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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1935
Page
5
A list outlines aims for FFA members including promoting thrift, paying dues, improving scholarship, and sponsoring activities. It notes district officers with average 75 in all subtests, encourages warship, organized recreation, and district library contests. It calls for a project exhibit, monthly FFA news stories, and delegates to the state convention.
Fragments indicate a sales item for footwear with a focus on men’s work shoes priced at 1.59. The text urges readers to visit and bring family for shoe purchases.
The article details causes for exclusion from the pool including flood and insect damage and poor yields. It explains two transfer methods in Wortham county where buyers come to the office or certificates are sold via a voluntary program. A farmer leaving certificates gains a receipt and sales occur at four to five cents per pound with proceeds or trust kept for the owner. Wortham asserts meticulous record keeping and annual reporting, open for inspection. A wire from Wallace noted exemption cotton certificate price cut to four cents effective immediately.
With winter approaching the store promotes cook stoves and heaters for wood and gas and claims prices are lower than elsewhere. Kilpatrick's Hardware Store.
Mrs Roy Little celebrated her son Ray’s ninth birthday with a Monday party for invited children. After games gifts were opened and admired. Refreshments of hot chocolate and Halloween candy were served to a list of attendees including Billy Joe Brown Jerry Dean Hawkins Kyle Barrett Larrymore Shankles Percy Jean Howard Ruth Addeley Moore Harold Burks Evelyn Cunningham Matricia McDaniel Weldon Lacy Jane Sharkle Marie Macshill George Walker Tommy Majers James Fuller Thomas Stark Bob Marshall Craig Barrett John Buthod J M Arthur Gene Arthur Dorothy Baker Sidney Baker R L Baker Jerry Shelton and the honoree.
Comanche High School Indians outplayed the German Panthers in a scoreless conference opener at the local park Friday. The Indians had 9 first downs to Gorman 3 and 197 total yards to 82, despite five fumbles. Walker, Switzer, Marshall, Cloud and Coojmanche starred on offense and defense.
A local hardware store advertises a sizeable stock of paints varnishes and enamels with very reasonable prices inviting customers to visit Kilpatrick's Hardware Store for bargains and selection.
Higgin Botham's advertises a special seasonal dress sale with details in this issue.
At the De Leon Fall Fair October 9 to 12 the Sidney Future Farmers earned six firsts and five seconds across field crops. Awards went to Percy Parsons and G H Hillin Jr in cotton, G H Hillin Jr and Gene Ward in corn, G H Hillin Jr and Elwood Boyd in maize, Wilson Summers and Quentin Jones in peanuts, plus firsts for honey by Boyd Hil ley and syrup cane by Wilson Summers. The Sidney Chapter also adopted new objectives from the State and District FFA, plus three local goals including a basketball tournament, fundraising ideas, and a Galveston trip if possible.
Cotton Grove resident Tom Glasgow was called to his brother Satur day night at Brownwood hospital. Stile McEntirad and son of Breckenridge visited Mr and Mrs John McEntire Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lee Maples hosted a party for local youth Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Jake Graham spent Sunday with Jim Graham and family at Robersonville. Mr and Mrs Steve Hilliard and family visited Miss Gracie Hilliard ill in Brownwood hospital. Mr and Mrs Elmer Day and daughter from Mount Pleasant spent Sunday with Will Day family.
Local ad promotes Higginbotham's window glass in all sizes at right prices through Reese Drug Co asking customers to buy now.
Economical sale offers at Reese Drug Co with oil cloth at 19c and Brown Domestic 44 inch bleached at 10c. Large selection from counter to counter includes hundreds of items and new low priced farm radios and battery sets.
Niland Fagan of the Fagan Chevrolet Company attended a district dealers meeting in Brownwood yesterday. He said valuable information was shared on the new 1936 Chevrolet, to be displayed here on November 2.
Durham Pecan Co seeks a large number of pickers for shelling the new crop this fall and winter at the Cotton Belt Depot Site. Apply now to assure a place.
Mies Elizabeth Tate, a CIA student at Denton, spent the weekend in Comanche with her home folks.
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