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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
2
A reminiscence read at the Old Settlers Reunion, titled Pin meer Pickups, recalls frontier days in this county. The piece covers salt trade, hog processing, drought relief, stagecoach life, sewing machine arrivals, and memories of grandparents and school exhibitions.
A nostalgic sketch recounts old time behaviors and humor from frontier days. It nods to courting tricks with a cow horn, elopements, and stubborn parents, then shifts to homestead humor, early technology, and hardy chores, ending with a Bible Thought from Nehemiah.
Through August 1938 the University of Texas had issued 26 836 degrees. Bachelors in arts and sciences led with 10 933 while masters of science law and business administration and bachelors of engineering followed with 3 891 and 3 258 respectively.
Testing engineers describe McDonald Observatory as the most perfect astronomical laboratory in the world. Built by the University of Texas and operated with the University of Chicago, it stands as a premier research facility.
Over four years the Bureau of Industrial Chemistry at The University of Texas progressed a process to manufacture a new structural building material from gypsum and sugar cane bagasse.
Lone Lions recount a Mexico tour visiting Mount Otizaba, tropical valleys, a cable rail descent, and a Spanish school. back in Texas the oil state faces a major shutdown, price cuts, and an anti trust probe led by officials including Jerry Sadler and Gerald Mann. light jokes and humorous vaudeville snippets close the piece.
The Nelsons held a reunion on Sunday August 20 at Alli gator Hole on Indian Creek. Mrs Mattie Nelson and most of the surviving children attended, one daughter living in Mt Calm Texas missed. A basket lunch followed by swimming. Joe Nelson and daughter Cloda joined in with other relatives from Comanche.
Clyde Clay and the J R Warner family lead a wide circle including the Bly E and Nelson families at Gustine. Friends from Comanc, Proctor, Desdemo, Lubbock, Brown, Fort Worth and Desdemo attend, with names such as Claude York, Dave Edinburg, Bill McDonald, and many Humphreys listed among attendees.
Comanche reporter C H Cleary brought a May 1895 issue of The Chief. The readable items include a bill setting road work age from 21 to 45, 18000 bales weighed at three yards, a projected 25000 bales seasonal total, cotton at 5 1 2 cents, and a housing note on Charlie St C’s house nearing completion.
The 51st Fair of Texas runs October 7 to 22 each Friday turning over activities to children. The first Friday focuses on elementary students and the second Friday on high school students.
A report notes that someone from Waco spent Sunday with Detective Captain Red Burt and his sister Mrs. Bob Robertson in a meeting that year.
Both Bull Durham and Dukes Mixture smoking tobacco are produced at Durham facilities. The note confirms local manufacturing ties and shared production lines.
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