Hasse Frisco Depot Robbery and Local Notices
The item notes a Saturday night robbery at the Hasse Frisco Depot with several tickets stolen and the agent Craddock taking the money home. It also lists many community events including a May 17 wedding announcement for Inez Reese and Garrett Palmer and various local appointments, plays, and school items from Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasse Frisco
Craddock
M William Reese
Inez Reese
Garrett Palmer
Clair
Jeff Reese
Wade Evere
Frank Palmer
George Montgomery
Alma Neely
Lucille Bruton
Mary Harris
Rita Harris
Anne Palmer
Minnie Cunningham
Lizzie Rogers
Stella Hicks
Mattie Lee French
S. Harris
Young Men’s Business League
Oxford
Stephenville
James Swayne
Fort Worth
Congress
Oscar Callaway
R. W. Scurry
Pauline Gage
Thelma Gray
Gene Cooper
M. V. Pole
Quanah
B. F. Alsup
Eulalia Frances Nabers
Ernest Eugene Wells
W. J. Nabers
Comanche Public Schools Rank High Statewide
Comanche High School gained early Texas affiliation and maintains high rank under Superintendent J D Bramlette in his first year. The district opened with a new program and schedules, added four new teachers, expanded bus lines and rural transfers, extended class periods to sixty minutes, and grew vocational agriculture with 53 students in regular classes and about 24 in preparatory coursework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Comanche High School
Texas
J. D Bramlette
Briar Grove
Harmony
Mercer Creek
van Dyke
Cross Roads
Mercer Gap
Soda Springs
Cotton Grove
Fairview
W. Z. Compton
Comanche Septuplets Reported by Local Rancher
J. J. Shaver, a Comanche rancher, reports the birth of seven lambs from one ewe at the Shaver Ranch. The seven newborns, nicknamed septuplets, are all dead now with witnesses to attest to the birth's authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Shaver
Ranchman Oath of
Comanche
Shaver Ranch
Remembered Rock School and its notable educators
The piece recalls the old Rock School Building that stood on the site of the current High School, shaping lives of Comancheans who later became professionals. It highlights W. F. Rogers, superintendent until 1902, and W. H. Carpenter, the first Grammar School principal appointed in 1914, whose influence endures in former students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Rock
W. F. Rogers
W. H. Carpenter
Comanche
M. K. Witt
J. B. Layne
W. D. Jenkins
A. D. Pettit, Jr
Jim Fanes Reese
Final Grammar School Program At Graduation Night
The Gram mar School announces its final program next Thursday at 8 oclock with processional invocation songs address and diplomas. Graduates listed include Sallie Barkley Welkion Barrett L B Bowman Frances Durham and many others across mid term and May cohorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Ruth Barkkley
Welkion Barrett
L. B. Bowman
Frances Durham
Tom Everidge
Wilburn Fletcher
Frances Maxine George
Glennie Guill
Charlie Hamilton
Lola D. Harris
Frances Bernell Godfrey
Bettie Lee Lester
James Harold Little
Richard Mahon
Ruthie Morris
James T. Pate
Jamita Renfro
Leona Sophie Schwartz
A. J. Stuckey, Jr
Bobbie Hemphill
Ruth Sullivan
Sidney May Get Electric Lights
Prospects are good for Sidney and homes along the public road between Comanche and that place to receive electric lights. T. D. Moore of Comanche acts as a special representative for Texas Power and Light Company to survey farmers and Sidney residents on signups. If a high line reaches Sidney, all electric service now available in Comanche will be extended to new customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Comanche
Texas Power and Light Company
T. D. Moore
Sidney and Comanche Road Improvement Underway
Work on the Sidney to Comanche road receives an 18 000 dollar PWA grant under Commissioner Leverett Little. Leroy Bertram leads 40 workers to build a caliche road bed ten inches thick over roughly ten miles, with straighter right of way for all weather access starting May 5 and finishing in about four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney- Comanche
PWA
Leverett Little
Precinct No. 1
Leroy Bertram
Gustine Pwa
Sidney
Comanche
Soft Ball League Organized Here
A Soft Ball League was organized here last week with games scheduled daily except Saturday and Sunday near the W. Co. House Filling Station at 6 15 p.m. Three teams entered: Higginbotham firm led by George Walker, George's Service Station led by George Willis, and Gulf Refining Company led by Curtis Thomas. Efforts seek a fourth team. Navies is being charged, and good crowds attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Co
Higginbotham
George Walker
George
George Willis
Gulf Refining Company
Curtis Thomas
Fire Chief to Lead Comanche Firemen at State Convention
Fire Chief R C Graham Sam Gilbreath and Bud Newsome will represent the Comanche Firemen at the State Convention on June 6 in Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Graham
Sam Gilbreath
Bud Newsome
Eld
Fort Worth
Dallas Man Killed in Car Crash Near Brysonville
Joe B Lattimore a 35 year old Dallas traveling representative for Oldsmobile died at 7 30 PM in Brownwood after his automobile overturned about four miles southwest of Comanche on Highway 10 near Brysonville Herbert Fry a John Tarleton College student suffered a fractured arm and other injuries The accident scene was reached by Joe Tupin of Comanche Lattimore was taken to Medical Arts Hospital The youth was taken to Stephenville for treatment Lattimore suffered a crushed chest fractures of both limbs and a fractured skull He died less than three hours after arrival Survivors include his son his mother and two brothers with ties to Dallas and Hawaii
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe B. Lattimore
Dallas
Brownwood
Comanche
Brysonville
Herbert Fry
John Tarleton College
Stephenville
Lattimore
Oldsmobile Motor Company
Abilene
de Leon
San Angelo
Joe Tupin
Medical Arts Hospital
Denton
Oak Cliff High
Joe B. Lattimore, Jr
W. C. Lattimore
J. L. Lattimore
W.C. Lattimore, Jr
Hawaiian Islands
Filing Deadline Near for Candidates on June 13
June 13 marks the final day for candidates to file. Officials urge interested individuals to submit required forms and documentation before close of business to be eligible for the upcoming election.
Graduation Program To Be Held At High School
Sunday marks the baccalaureate service at 10 a.m. in the High School Auditorium with processional and ensemble performances. The graduation ceremony follows Tuesday at 8 p.m. featuring salutatory, class history and will, awards, and valedictory by the senior class led by Principal W. B. Smith and Superintendent J. D. Bramlette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Wilson
King
Schubert Club
C. H. Cole
T. N. Carter
A. P. Cox
Garry Palmer
Richard Slider
Cullen Blevins
Key
Herbert Goodson
Harold Hoffman
Jane Bramilette
Treva Magness
Catherine Payne
W. B. Smith
J. D. Bramlette
Louise Holmes
Pat Howard
Burgess Rudd
Opening of Lake Eanes Park Draws Thousands
More than 4,000 people attended the Lake Eanes Park opening last Sunday afternoon. The municipal band led a 30 minute concert at 2 30 p m directed by Pat Howard. Prof J D Bramlett presided at 3 p m delivering a formal welcome praising the park as a recreation center with scenery and waters for the people and visitors from Comanche and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Eanes Park
Pat Howard
J. D. Bramlett
Braiette
Comanche
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Ray Hoff
Comanche High Schol
R. F. Holloway
Mettie Lassiter
Comanche Study Club
A. D. Martin
Nen Star
Frank Stewart
Jershy
W. R. Sher
Jack McCollum
Ellenia Gray
Emulia Nabers
Maggie Moodie
Postal Department
Sori
Ralph Shuffler
The
Olney Enterprise
R. Shuffler
Foreign Sea Island
Comanche Grammar School
Jno. A. Mahon
Marilyn Dell Clark
Frances Williams
Eva Lee Roberson
Jim Eanes Reese
Sidney and
Dallas Man
Harold Lloyd
Bill Boyd
Franchot Tone
Ross Alexander
Patricia Ellis
Boulder Dam
Ann Shirley
Warner Baxter
Ritz Theater
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