Opening enrollment set record in Comanche schools
Comanche Schools opened with 823 students, highest first day total, surpassing 664 last year. High School enrollment stood at 281 with 623 estimated for Tuesday, Grammar School 248, West Ward rising to 293. New hires include Miss Nina Beth Terrill for Grammar and Miss Alice Hamilton to teach English. several transfers from Fairview and other nearby schools join the freshman and senior classes.
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West Ward
Nina Beth Terrill
Fairview School
Terrill
Tarleton
Howard Payne
Fairview
Alice Hamilton
Comanche
Hamilton
University of Texas
Comanche High School
Pettit
Cross Roads
Mercer Gap
Vandyke
Indians Open Grid Season at Brownwood Thursday Night
Comanche Chiefs football opens 1936 season with a Thursday night game in Brownwood against the Brownwood Lions. Captain lineup includes Tommie Marshall and J B Merchant with eight lettermen in the Indians roster. The schedule lists games at Coleman Gorman Desdemona and Stephenville among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood
Glenn Frazier
Comanche
Brownwood Lions
Brownwood High
Pat Cagle
Frazier
Tommie Marshall
J. B. Merchant
Merchant
Jones
Bear
Coker
Ruth
E. Pate
Cauley
Charles Marshall
Don Gray
Switzer
J. Pate
Mehaffey
Charles Wetzel
Davis
Huett
Indians
Coleman
Walnut Springs
Hamilton
Gorman
Desdemona
Big Spring
Stephenville
Dublin
de Leon
County Sewing Staff Turns Out 482 Garments in August
The County Sewing Staff at the Relief Office finished 482 garments in August under Miss Ethel Wilson. Items include overalls shirts dresses and underwear. Average price of the finished garment with materials labor and overhead was 88 cents. Twelve women and two young girls work under the N Y A Division. They are now making school clothing for children and distributing garments to relief clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Wilson
Postal Receipts Rise In Comanche August 1936 Report
August 1936 postal receipts at Comanche office rose about twenty percent from August 1935 and surpassed receipts of any month since 1929. Through 1936 there is a notable year to date increase over 1935. New direct mail service with Goldthwaite and an added Fort Worth first class schedule improve deliveries. mail deposited by 4 40 p m at Comanche reaches Fort Worth in time to catch north and east bound mails.
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Comanche
Goldthwaite
Fort Worth
Mae West Alone Remembered, Says Snyder Times
A Snyder Times quote from Prof. R C Rhodes of Cornell University predicts that fifty years hence students will be asked to define Mae West Adolf Hitler and Rexford Guy Tugwell and only Mae West will be recalled.
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R. C. Rhodes
Cornell University
Mae West
Adolf Hitler
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Snyder Times
County Wide Trustee Meeting Set For Saturday
The annual meeting of county district trustees will be held September 12 at Comanche High School starting at 10 o'clock. Miss Gilstrap Deputy State Superintendent and C M Elwell Rural School Division head will speak on the Standard School and rural schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Ray McCorkle
Comanche
State Department of Education
Gilstrap
C. M. Elwell
Comanche County Cotton Crop Falls Sharply From Last Year
Comanche County estimates this year total 4200 bales, down from 17200 last year, with acreage reduced about 10 percent as many farmers avoided full Government planting allocations. National figures show drought cuts U S production to 11,121,000 bales for 1936, well below 1928 32 five year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Tom Wortham
Wortham
U. S
Dallas News
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Comanche Visits Fort Worth Frontier Centennial Highlight
Comanche attended the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial with about 100 locals, greeted by officials, then entered the Worth Hotel. A WBAP program featured Hilton Burks hosting a talk on Comanche County farming, followed by Miss Geraldine Slider presented to Casa Mano audience by Paul Whiteman.
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Comanche
WBAP
Hilton Burks
Chamber of Commerce
Comanche County
Geraldine Slider
Casa Manana
Paul Whiteman
A. J. Gray
Thelma Gray
Betty Gray
J. B. Chilton
Tom Helmsley
Burgess Rudd
Marion Wilkerson
Vasco Lee
E. E. McNatt
John E. Hoff
T. N. Burton
Randall Burton
H. Burks
Callie West
Harlie Neel
Douglas Hilliard
J. Q. Johnson
Johnnie May Johnson
Walter Fritts
R. L. Lane
Katie May Lane
Son Lane
Hollis Burton
Henry Tate
Merlin Stanton
Chuck Pitts
Bob Stanton
Wm. Chilton
FE. R. Ammons
Jim Slack
G. L. Garrison
Itha Linders
Sam Switzer
Joe Tupin
C. D. Statum
R. S. Pinkard
Sam Gilbreath
Ike Pipes
Kilpatrick's Hardware Store Offers Radio Batteries Deals
Fresh full strength radio batteries advertised as the cheapest at Kilpatrick's Hardware Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilpatrick's
Twin Brother Causes Disturbance at Marion Smith High School
A disturbance arose at the high school when the twin brother of local teacher Marion Smith appeared in the hallways. Coach Frazier and Principal Compton were astonished as the superintendent entered rooms with the visitor, leaving staff incredulous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Smith
Frazier
Compton
Newburg School Program Set For Saturday Night
The opening of Newburg School will be celebrated in the auditorium at 8:00 PM Saturday September 12. E H Boulter superintendent of De Leon Schools will give the opening address followed by a musical program. All patrons and school children are urged to attend and visitors invited. The three buses will run their regular routes Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburg
E. H. Boulter
de Leon
Seed and Feed Loans Available for Local Farmers
Washington instructions authorize the local Resettlement Administration office to grant seed and feed loans to farmers in need due to county growth conditions. Applications are accepted from 8:00 a m to 4:00 p m daily by Floyd Holder, Assistant Rural Supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Resettlement Administration
Floyd Holder
Cotton and Peanut Shipments Reported in Comanche Yard
Up to Thursday morning 20 bales of cotton weighed at the Comanche Cotton Yard. Eight cars of peanuts shipped from Comanche by Monday night. Peanuts priced at 85 cents a bushel and cotton at about 1.24 dollars per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Rainfall Totals Highlight Driest Texas Year
Comanche County records 13.27 inches of rain for 1936 through September 1, a fraction of 1935’s after eight months. Monthly tallies show May at 6.42 inches and July at 2.03, while several months are under one inch. September 1935 yielded 5.16 inches.
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Texas
Comanche County
Comanche
29 Year Old Auto Draws Attention on Beattie Street
A 29 year old automobile, a 1907 Model Maxwell, drew a crowd on Comanche Beattie street when driven by D. Wright. Jim Wright of Beattie, son of the vehicle’s owner, operated it with classic features such as right hand steering. The car, bought over 20 years ago, had stood idle for 14 years in Beattie yard and was bound for the Fort Worth Dallas Centennial Expositions.
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Comanche
Maxwell
D. Wright
Jim Wright
Beattie
Wright
Gustine Star Trials for Tarleton Plowboys Football Team
Gustine high school star Ruggles Palmer tries out for the John Tarleton Plowboys in Stephenville. Returning Tarleton lettermen include Captain Bob Graves and a group of backs, guards and ends from various Texas towns. Newcomers listed include Hamphiles from Buckeye Arizona and fellow lettermen from San Saba Crowell and Brownfield.
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Ruggles Palmer
Ed Palmer
Gustine High School
Tiger
John Tarleton
Stephenville
Bob Graves
Uvalde
Joe Morrow
Breckenridge
Ernest Parnell
Corsicana
Tom Russell
Harry Boaz
Merkel
Clifford Funderberk
San Saba
J. W. Johnson
Maron Matthews
T. F. Baines
Walnut Springs
Byron White
Luling
Harold Duncan
Kingsville
Jack Myers
Tyler
Line
Hamphiles
Tarleton
Buckeye
Arizona
Guy Moore
Alden Horn
Crowell
Robert Pharr
Guy Tankersley
Brownfield
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Dallas
M. B. Taylor
Olene Robertson
Port Arthur
Young Men's Business League
Campaign Fund Committee
Comanche County Teachers Institute
Temney
Holloway
Speed
Roy Pope
W. H. Ferguson
Myrtle Tupin
Rev. White
Hets
Jim
Tennessee
Rube
Charlie
Jodie Allen
W. A. Tipps
Chilton
Rice Institute
Houston
John Lassiter
Temple
Hattie Brightman
New York
Chicago
J. C. Wilkerson
E. W. Tarrent
Waco
Tom Ball
Galveston
Binyon
John Stephens
Palace Theatre
Gustine
Shirley Temple
Guy Kibbee
Peter B. Kyne
Charles Starrett
Joan Perry
Popeye the Sailor Comedy
Skippy Cartoon
Will Rogers
Yuma Road
J. A. Rix
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Charlie Cotton
Worth Hotel
Worth
Miss Slider
Los Angeles Times
Oran M. Clark
Ford
Southwest
Arigona
el Centro
California
H. N. Boas
Virginia
Pennsylvania
David Boulware
Norfolk
Gustine Grid
New Majestic Theatre
William Powell and
Jean Arthur
Bradford
Gene Autry
Singing Cowboy
Robert Montgomery
Border Flight
Francis Farmer
Grant Withers
Palm Springs
Francis Langford
Sir Guy
Bing Crosby
Jane Withers
Tom Brown
Julia
King OF the Royal Mounted
Robert Kent
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