Card of Thanks for Mrs. Delia Black
The children express gratitude for kindness sympathy and floral offerings during the illness and death of their mother Mrs Delia Black.
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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1938
Page
4
The children express gratitude for kindness sympathy and floral offerings during the illness and death of their mother Mrs Delia Black.
Miss Cordia Linsey a longtime teacher and former principal at West Via School in Camanche resigned and the board reluctantly accepted. She continued teaching while pursuing college work and recently earned a degree from North Texas State Teachers College.
The city warns that WPA funded streets cannot be finished without local assessments. A 25 cent per linear foot charge on abutting property has been slow to pay, risking delaying completion before winter. Mayor MO E Hoff appeals for cooperation and offers note-based payment over months if funds are unavailable.
Blanket launches the 1938 39 term with opening exercises Monday led by Deputy State School Superintendent H E Robinson. Principal speaker will discuss the new term as 232 credits are offered. Vocational agriculture and home economics receive emphasis with W B Jones as superintendent and a full faculty listed. Pallbearers named: Driskol Smith Harrell Steele Ben Steele Orville Cox Arthur Steele Felton Steele.
Mr and Mrs J R Waldrop and daughter Norma June and Mrs R B Waldrop were visitors in Mineral Wells Monday. Mrs R B Waldrop remained there for a week at the Crazy Hotel. Miss Mary Jean Singleton of Fort Worth visits her cousin Miss Norma June Waldrop.
Rachel Sullivan Steele 86 died Saturday at her Sidney home after a 25 day illness. A charter member of the Sidney Missionary Baptist Church, she was born August 2 1852 in Franklin County Alabama. Survived by husband Alfred N Steele and 12 children with many grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 4 pm at the Sidney Baptist Church with burial in Coxs Cemetery.
Washington August 31 The Works Progress Administration approved nineteen Texas projects this week including a state wide effort sponsored by the University of Texas. The $158,881 federal allotment plus $22,303 from the sponsor funds archaeological research by UT’s Anthropology Department. The work will explore sites such as mounds cemeteries and rock shelters of ancient Indians and produce scientific data maps and photographs.
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