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Comanche Chief

Location

Comanche, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1926

Page

5

Four Comanche Students on Honor Roll at University

At the University of Texas Dean Benedict announces 439 arts and sciences students on the winter term honor roll out of 3,243. From Comanche, Harriett Brightman, Troy J. Cauley, John A. Rauhut, and Josephine Anthony are listed among the top scholastic performers based on course work and grades.

Austin Texas H. Y. Benedict College of Arts and Sciences University of Texas Comanche Harriett Brightman Troy J. Cauley John A. Rauhut Josephine Anthony

Insect Paint Ad Promises Poultry Pest Solution

An old advertisement touts Martin's Roost Paint to kill and deter poultry insects inside a house with a claim to feed Martin's Poultry Tone to infested chicks. It is guaranteed by The Leading Drug Store, catalog number 89-42.

Martin

Comanche to Get Gas and Water as New Lake Opens

Comanche will ignite two epochal days with a July 1 water turn into mains from a nearby lake and a September 1 natural gas supply. C O Moore of Cross Plains holds a franchise to supply gas locally, with survey crews working on the pipeline to speed delivery. The lake, now filling at about 90 acres, will boost fire protection, attract industries in brick, pottery, and glass, and spur cannery and sweet potato processing plants as farmers expand crops. A new post office and city growth hinge on cheap fuel and water, with plans for irrigation storage discussed for later.

Fort Worth Cross Plains Supy Perarit Duo Ad Stephenville Comanche Moore la Comanche Amanche

Stop That Itching and Soothe Cracked Hands Jar Promise

An advertisement guarantees relief from itching skin conditions including eczema and poison oak. The copy promotes a BLUE STAR or GUARANTEE product from Wm. Reese Drug Company, claiming to cure old sores and cracked hands without staining or odor.

Reese Drug Compan

Sipe Springs to Add Two Gasoline Plants

Sipe Springs Texas plans two new gasoline plants on the Gardenhire farm, lifting local output after Desdemona operators and Mon-Texas first plant. The new facilities expand a shifting oil to gas production cycle that revived the town with a growing field between here and Rising Star.

Sipe Springs Tex Desdemona Hirt & MacDirmott Gardenhire Mon-Texas Company Rising Star

Proctor Social Roundup Touches Nearby Towns

Proctor residents hosted and visited relatives this weekend with trips to Dublin Fort Worth and Mount Pleasant. Local students attended events at John Tarleton college and a Dublin band concert while others traveled to Bonham Austin and Brownwood for speaking contests shopping and family gatherings.

J. B. Jones Gorman B. H. Lee Catherine Purvis Ruth Howell Annie Lee Pettijohn John Tarleton College Howard Kay Lewisville A. D. Kay Proctor Baptist Church John Wilson Proctor Arthur Neal Billy Jack Rochelle B. F. Stone Lennie Merle Walker Fort Worth E. M. McNeeley Frank Bush Will Ewing Dublin Ben Cooley Austin Lomax B. Byrd Caraway Williams Charles Allen Ector J. R. Luton EK. M. McNeeley T. J. Walker J. H. Mayer Green’s Creek Jim Rucker Magnette Bonham Wright Roma Lee Mount Pleasant Vandiver Blanche Jettie Harbor Brownwood Charlie Guyger Charlie Guyger and Boys of R. H. Reid Mae Miller J. W. Miller

Comanche County Farm Bureau Elects Delegates for District Meet

The Comanche County Farm Bureau elected delegates KR. W. Fielder and George Moore with J. L. Ellis and J. I. Van Cleave as alternates to the district convention in Brownwood on May 22. Directors will be chosen for District 13 for 1926 27 by post card ballot.

Comanche County Farm Bureau Brownwood KR. W. Fielder George Moore J. L. Ellis J. I. Vancleave C. M. Kilgore Association

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Vredom Cou Coleman’s Grocery A. D. Backstrom North Side Eastman Kodaks Kodak Wm. Reese Drug Co You Barry Brothers Bill & Joes’s Comanche County Abstract CO C. E. Frost Colt Paris Smith Texas Qualified Druggists’ League Farm and Ranch and Holland’s Magazine New Lake Wilhelm Selz Shoes Tate Dry Goods Store Home Abstract & Title Company BH. L. Stewart Comanche Co P. D. Block Somanche, Texas Slider & Lacy Slider & Lacy’s Romeo Walker Samuel French New York God First Methodist
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