86 Year Old Woman Sings 32 Ballads for Library of Congress
Mrs. Nancy Humble Griffin, age 86, recorded 32 folk songs for the Library of Congress at her Austin County home on October 22 with John A. Lomax and his wife. The recordings will be cataloged in the Polk Song division. Rockefeller Foundation funding supports future reproductions.
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Hasse
Nancy Humble Griffin
John A. Lomax
Dallas
Wyara
Washington
Mr. Lomax
Mrs. Lomax
Lomax
Corporal O'Carey
Mexico
Texas
Mrs. Griffin
Lomaxp
Alan Lomax
Rockefeller Foundation
Jersey Breeders To Meet Tuesday Night In De Leon
The Comanche County Jersey Breeders Association will meet in De Leon Tuesday night November 4 at eight o'clock. President E C Seay urges all members to attend for final and last minute details for the Comanche County Dairy Day to be held in Comanche November 6 at the Rodeo Grounds with O B Phillips as secretary of the association notifying members of the meeting location.
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Comanche County
Army Captain Dodson Faces Drunk Driving Charges
Captain T. A. Dodson of Camp Bowie was charged with driving while intoxicated after an arrest two miles west of Comanche on the Brownwood Highway. His car had been in two minor collisions moments before the arrest by Sheriff Wid Spivey.
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H. D. Lane
T. A. Dodson
Camp Bowie
Dodson
Comanche
Brownwood
Wid Spivey
Governor To Attend Comanche County Courthouse Dedication
Governor Coke Stevenson has accepted an invitation to speak at the dedication of Comanche County new courthouse here on Monday November 24. He will attend as guest of the Comanche Lions Club at noon with music by the Comanche and De Leon Bands and a program to be announced by Mayor Clyde House, program chairman.
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Coke Stevenson
Comanche County
Stevenson
Comanche Lions Club
Comanche
de Leon
Clyde House
New Road Paving Project At Gustine Approved
A work order was received by Park Huntington resident engineer of the Texas State Highway Department to start construction of a flexible base and asphalt road from Gustine to the Dublin Lamkin road three and a half miles east. State funds totaling 8500 dollars funded the project.
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Park Huntington
Texas State Highway Department
Gustine
Dublin-Lamkin Road
Comanche Man Sells 198 Pheasants in Dallas
John M. Cowan of Comanche County AAA Office sold one hundred ninety eight pheasants in Dallas last week in a likely record sale in Texas. He has raised pheasants commercially for six years and plans to sell about 1,000 this season with around 200 more to market soon. The birds were placed in cold storage for sale to exclusive Dallas restaurants. Cowan raises them on his farm near Downing.
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John M. Cowan
Comanche County
AAA
Dallas
Texas
Cowan
Downing
Howard Payne Faces Tough TWC Tonight
The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets host the Texas Wesleyan Rams at Howard Payne Stadium Brownwood in a showdown that could decide the 1941 Texas Conference title. Both teams are undefeated in league play and lead the standings with Abilene Christian College. Major and Mrs. George B. Black have taken roles at the State Home For Dependent and Neglected Children in Waco.
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Howard Payne Yellowjackets
Texas Wesleyan Rams
Howard Payne Stadium
Brownwood
Texas
Yellowjackets
Rams
Abilene Christian College
Major
George B. Black
Waco
Major Black
Black
Abilene Hosts District Meeting On Food For Freedom Campaign
Farmer AAA committeemen and government agricultural reps from 19 counties meet in Abilene to plan the Food For Freedom drive. O. D. Johnston and A. E. Boyd attend along with Ed win L. Pierson Barton B. McPherson and Doc Ruhmann. County canvass and pledge sign up to follow district plan.
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AAA
Abilene
A. E. Boyd
Comanche County
Usda Defense Board
Defense Board
O. D. Johnston
Whit Sides
Edwin L. Pierson
Barton B. McPherson
Doc Ruhmann
Boyd
Methodists To Close Year With Dinner Sunday
Comanche Methodist Church prepares to close the conference year with morning and evening services and a noon dinner in the basement. Pastor Rev. R. Gordon will depart for Fort Worth to attend conference. in three years 135 members joined, debts paid, subscriptions doubled, and church programs expanded.
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Comanche Methodist Church
R. Gordon
Fort Worth
Rev. Gordon
Gordon
C. L. Cartwright
Monday Is Trades Day In Comanche
Comanche merchants announce special bargains for the weekend and next Monday as the town observes its regular First Monday Trades Day. The Chief features ads from most merchants highlighting weekend and Monday sales.
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Comanche
Resignation of Texas State Treasurer Charley Lockhart
Austin reports Charley Lockhart resigns as Texas State Treasurer after eleven years in office citing declining health. Jesse James, former Milam County representative, is named to succeed him. The transfer covers a $341.8 million business and a state with a 4 percent cash balance and near $100 million in fund securities.
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Charley Lockhart
Snyder
Scurry County
Lockhart
State Observer
Austin
Texas
Jesse James
Coke Stevenson
Casital
Cameron
Milam County
House of Representatives
James
Stevenson
Dairy Day Show Planned for November 6 at Comanche Arena
County Agent Doc Ruhmann reports final plans for Comanche County’s first Dairy Cattle Classification Show and Program. Cattle owners must bring animals to the Rodeo Grounds by 10:00 a.m. November 6. Breeders Association sponsors the event to educate on dairy cattle grading and production. E. R. Eudaly will classify cattle and Elmo V. Cook discusses increasing milk production. An exhibit features a dam and daughter demonstrating improved type using a proven bull.
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Comanche County
Comanche
of Texas
Elmo V. Cook
Eastland County
Chance For Big Saving on Taxes in Texas Remission
Delinquent taxpayers in Comanche County are urged to pay overdue taxes before the Friday deadline to qualify for the most liberal remission in Texas history. If fully paid, all penalties and interest are waived under a legislative plan adopted locally. Interest and penalties can reach up to 46 percent of the tax bill in a single year.
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Comanche County
Texas
Fifteen AAA Meetings On 1942 Farm Problems
County agents Ruhmann and Pierson announce a series of meetings across Comanche County to discuss the 1942 AAA Farm and Range Program and other farm issues. Farmers and interested parties are invited to attend in Gustine Sidney De Leon Newburg Mercer Gap Proctor Oliver Springs Sipe Springs Custer Downing Comanche Beattie Pettit Lamkin Comyn.
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AAA
Doc Ruhmann
E. L. Pierson
Comanche County Agricultural Conservation Association
Ruhmann
Pierson
Gustine
School House
Sidney
de Leon
City Hall
Newburg
Mercer Gap
Church House
Proctor
Oliver Springs
Sipe Springs
Custer
Downing
Comanche
Court House
Beattie
Pettit
Lamkin
Comyn
Comanche Hico Grid Game Delayed To Monday Night
The Comanche Indians football game with Hico is postponed from tonight to Monday. Coker the Indians eye injured star expected to recover enough for full use, while Spears and Arthur remain out. Munroe and Nichols improve with rest. Hico comes off losses to Dublin Hamilton and Weatherford.
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Hico
Comanche
Indians
Coker
Tigers
Spears
John Manning Arthur
Munroe
Nichols
de Leon
Dublin
Hamilton
Weatherford
Appliance School Postponed in Comanche County
The Comanche County Rural Electrification Appliance School has been postponed from November 4 and 5. Project superintendent A. C. Thomas announced the event will be held at a later date in November.
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Comanche County Rural Electrification
A. C. Thomas
Dr Robert T Hill laid to final rest on Round Mountain
The ashes of geologist Dr Robert Thomas Hill were scattered from Round Mountain six miles west of Comanche in private rites attended by friends and relatives. The act fulfilled his last wish after a lifelong career studying rocks begun nearly seventy years ago in Texas.
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Robert T. Hill
Round Mountain
Comanche High School
Comanche
Hill
Dallas Morning News
Mound Mountain
Robert Thomas Hill
Tennessee
Howard Elected Officer In Texas Teacher Meeting
County Superintendent Dale Howard was named vice president of the Mid-Texas Educational Association at the executive committee meeting in Ballinger. He has ten years in teaching and three as county superintendent, plus leadership roles in local, district, and state education groups. He also serves as president of Comanche County Educational Association and sits on the State Teachers Association Constitution Committee.
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Dale Howard
Mid-Texas Educational Association
Ballinger
Howard
Comanche County Educational Association
State Teachers Association
Five Comanche NYA Boys Receive Jobs at Ranger Center
Five Comanche County youths gain Civil Service appointments at Camp Wolters after work experience and training at NYA Ranger Resident Center. They include Willie A. Williams Fred I. Roberson Walter J. Morris Dee A. Davidson De Leon and Cecil H. Elliot.
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NYA
Ranger
Comanche County
Willie A. Williams
Fred I. Roberson
Walter J. Morris
Comanche
Dee A. Davidson
de Leon
Cecil H. Elliot
Hasse
Camp Wolters
Texas
Texas State Employment Service
State Department of Public Welfare
Tom Ireland
All Attendance Day At Baptist Church Here Next Sunday
The Baptist Church invites all members to attend services next Sunday under Pastor E. G. Gregory. Billy Muth will demonstrate the Hammond organ during the day. A committee will arrange transportation for those without a ride as the church considers buying a new musical instrument.
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Baptist Church
E. G. Gregory
Billy Muth
ROUND MOUNTAIN Symbol of Geologic Time Poem
A tribute poem by Betty Carothers Dill extols Round Mountain as an imperishable symbol of geologic time. It likens its forms to wind, leaves, dawn, and stars while urging guardianship of its fragile remains and sacred dust.
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Betty Carothers Dill
Dr. Hill Remembered by Two Daughters in Dallas
In a Dallas service, the two daughters of Dr. Hill, long associated with the Comanche and Dallas geology circles, paid final tribute to the late physician. Postmaster J R Eanes recalled Hill’s lifelong curiosity about geology sparked in youth by a Tennessee shell formation discovery. The report notes Hill arrived in Comanche as an orphan at age fifteen in 1873. Continued on page six.
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Dallas
Comanche
Dallas Petroleum Geologists Society
Hill
J. R. Eanes
Dr. Hill
Tennessee
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