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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1940
Page
8
Garden Club members chaired by Mrs. D. Charles Clarke set yearly aims to beautify Comanche with vacant lot cleanups and a city effort to improve an unpaved area near the Grammar School. With cooperative effort, grounds east of the school will be reset with grass and shrubs and a social hour followed.
Tex Carleton pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers attended the funeral of his uncle E. M. Woodward in Fort Worth Sunday afternoon. Carleton, noted as the only National League pitcher to fire a no hit no run game this season, was born in Comanche and now makes his home in Fort Worth.
The seventh grade class elected officers with Pres sy, Vise-Pueriaent, er, LaVera arene Reporter, Van ce Briscoe named. Blue and White chosen as class colors. Miss Ruth King sponsors the club.
A farewell party for Rector Stewart and George Abernathy was hosted by Miss Ariena Gunn at the Dennis home Tuesday night. After games, guests enjoyed popcorn and candy before the boys left Wednesday morning for six months in the CCC. The gathering included J. R. Dennis family, Abernathy relatives, Gunns, and numerous friends and neighbors.
A religious essay reflects on hard work to build Christian character and notes a passerby offering ten dollars for singers, contrasting earned virtue with desires for easy gains. It urges sacrifice, prayer, study, and church attendance despite obstacles. It challenges readers to pay full value for eternal life.
Relatives and friends traveled from Hamilton Denison Tyler Lohn Clyde Pampa Fort Worth Knox City Clyde Hardisty and other areas to attend the funeral services for M. E. Woodward. The list includes Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Boyd and many Woodward relatives.
Roy Rambo of Comanche won an automatic kiddy car at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. He guessed attendance at 12,500 on Friday morning among hundreds of entries and had the closest estimate to the actual crowd.
On October 7, sixth and seventh graders at Comanche Grammar School formed the Charm Club with Migs Beene as organizer. Dorothy Spivey was elected president. Willie Pearl Rushing, LaVelle Bowman, and Dorothy Nell Cornelius were named officers and reporters.
The Texas FFA chapter reports thirty-one members attended the State Fair in Dallas. Attendees included Frances Williams Sherrill Easley R. E. Dutton Kenneth Dutton Leo Lucas C. W. Murphree C. M. Bowman George Fletcher Joe Laughlin Ray Murphree J. Rushing Harold Hutchins Hubert Boff George Abernathy and Wayne Wilhelm.
Thirty four Greenhands were initiated Wednesday night by Comanche High School Second and Third Year Vocational Agriculture Classes. Names listed include George Abernathy C M Bowman Odis Cox Kenneth Dutton R Edwards Hubert Eoff James Edwards Frank Hatley Melvin Beaty J C Fritts Truett Vines Thurman Vines Bill Godfrey Bill Gore Jack Griffith Roy Hammack Dwain Howell Arel Howington Allen Young Junior Tommarson Ja Lane J C Johnson Walter Joe Lee Leo Lucas Myrlie McGlothiin Ray Murphree Kenneth Prifer Bret Reuhut Lee Reece Doyle Richey Victor Scott.
Comanche High School first year home making class presented a grooming program in the grammar school assembly. Short talks covered hair grooming clothes teeth care nail care and tips to boys by named students Adele Moore Clayton Gilliam Swan McDaniel with Billie Jo Barnes introducing and closing the program.
In Texas an oil company lifts office and supervisory staff pay by six percent from the boom year of 1929, while working hours are reduced by eight and a half percent.
Save money on window glass building paper heaters paint and other winter needs. Kilpatrick's Hardware Store advertises discounts across essential home improvement items for cold weather readiness.
INYA representatives announce NYA job placements for unemployed youths ages 17 to 24 in Comanche County. Applications for training in wood craft, radio, plumbing, electrical work, printing, and auto mechanics are taken at the County Case Worker's office on the second and fourth Mondays each month.
Seventh Grade Dramatic Club organized Thursday morning with 25 students under Miss Nobia Dunn. Officers include President. the group expects to accomplish much and is glad many members are interested.
Dennis Evans of Blanket defeats Sipe Springs 21 to 0 Friday afternoon. Blanket adds three points from placement and a successful kick. Blanket leads in first downs ten to zero. A Blanket Fair athletic program features a conference game between Blanket and Early.
The Comanche Grammar School Library Club elected officers led by President Neil Thompson and Vice President Harris Thompson. Committees named include Program with Gemetha Gilliam and Dixie Jo Evans on posters. Fire prevention week observed with posters and a Fourth Grade visit to the fire station.
Friends and relatives held a birthday dinner at Mrs. W. B. Kearney’s home on Sunday October 6 honoring her eighty three birthday. Indian Creek Sunday School members contributed baskets for the celebration with many family and local names present.
The state is both the biggest producer and biggest consumer of natural gas. About three quarters of the marketed gas produced in Texas is consumed inside the state by households and industries.
Miss Olene Higginbotham of Comanche County has a poem titled Dying Message accepted for publication by Lyrics of 1940 from Beacon Publishing Company New York. Born September 30, 1921 in Buffalo Gap Texas she moved with her family to a farm near Comanche and was valedictorian of Hasse High School 1940. She has written poems and short stories for six years.
Mrs Maurine Boykin Schrenker now lives in New Mexico and writes about rattlesnakes in Texas. She recalls a five foot rattler with nine rattlers broken off and offers to send the specimen to Tom Helmsley as a souvenir. She notes Texas Panhandle oil wells are 97 percent pumpers.
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