List of Grand and Petit Jurors for Fall District Court
The fall term grand and petit juries for District Court are drawn and set to convene on October 14. District Clerk Hugh Estes released the list, naming hundreds of jurors from Comanche, De Leon, Dublin, Sipe Springs, Gustine, and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
T. Morris
de Leon
Simpson
E. D. En
Comanche
J. A. . Sipe
Z. R. Rogers
Codhe
Dem. Star
W. M. Han- Proctor
Leslie Daniell
de- E Cc
A. Coan
P. Fisher
G. Houser
Sipe Springs
C. Jones
Erry
Proctor
L. O. Armstronger
E. W. May
W. Trimble
O. D
Rs. Sidney
A. B. Laminack
Lin
L. V. Cleghorn
Leon
Bart Payne
Cowie
E. H. Allen
Gustine
Bragg
Denn
Ed Millwee
Huddleston
R. Clark
Jelson
Walker
Carler
J. C
Sidney
R. Stephens
Ed Barton
J. K
W. D. Wool
J. C. Rob
Fork
J. P li
Henry Drew
Sidney Star
S. T. ZelyMay
A. V. Boswell
L. S. Clayton
N. Alexander
Jemons Laker
Dublin
Lock
Homer
O. J. Swann
D. M. Yarbrough
G. W. Gleaton
G. Mathis
May
A. H. Gra
A. F. Hilman
C. J. Bratton
Coman
A. J. Huggins
Zephyr
Ry Moore
C. Schuman
G. Benlee
J .Thomas
Gorman
H. H. Ncocks
Governor O'Daniel Makes Comanche Stop On West Texas Visit
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel toured Comanche on a trip en route to Brownwood visiting Representative Frank Howington at his farm east of town. Local barber Homer Thompson greeted the governor and Mayor M. Coleman accompanied him to several stores. The party met with Brown County official Penrose Metcalfe in May and heard from officials that the Forty-Eighth Legislature should prove itself. The governor urged a cash basis for state finances and noted local farmers shifting from cotton to peanuts and sweet potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lee O'Daniel
Comanche
Frank Howington
Homer Thompson
M. Coleman
Star-Telegram
Brown County
Chambers
O''Daniel
Chambers House
EE. B. Ellendge
Brownwood
Wallace
Stanley
Lizette
Nell
O Daniel
Penrose Metcalfe
May
Horace E. White
Williams Consolidated School
Leo Warner
Cecil Courtright
Mills County
Howington
Arol
Gayle
Herman
Comanche County
O'Daniel
Seven County Singing Meet Set for Comanche in December
One of the largest gatherings of singers in the region will convene December 14 and 15 at Comanche. Eastland Mills Coleman and Erath counties are represented along with Comanche, promising a premier local singing event in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Eastland
Mills
Coleman
Erath
Ray Profett Opens Grocery Store In Comanche
Ray Profett this week opened a new grocery store in Comanche located in the front of the J. E Morris Furniture Building. He will continue operating his produce business just south of the Morris Building, with Shorty Coker in charge of the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Profett
Comanche
J. E Morris Furniture
Mr. Profett
Morris
Shorty Coker
Anthonys Welcome Daughter Kay Earlene in Fort Worth
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Anthony of Comanche announce the birth of a daughter Kay Earlene on Monday September 11 at All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth. The baby weighed eight pounds. Dr E Anthony Jr, brother of Boyd Anthony, was the attending physician. They expect to return to Comanche in about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Anthony
Comanche
Kay Earlene
All Saints Hospital
Fort Worth
E. Anthony, Jr
Comaniche
Cotton Parity Checks Arrive at County ACA Office
U S Government checks totaling 4733.00 were received at the County ACA office this week as the first payment on the 1940 cotton parity. County Secretary J W Roberson Jr said about 37000.00 more would be received during the year and notices will be mailed to farmers whose checks have arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
ACA
J. W. Roberson, Jr
Roberson
Sidney Eagles Meet Gustine Tigers in Valley Class B Game
The Sidney Eagles and Gustine Tigers clash at Comanche Ball Park Thursday night September 26 at 8 in a Pecan Valley Class B football match. Whitey Morris coaches Sidney and D. A. Swope coaches Gustine. Admission is 10 15 and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Eagles
Gustine Tigers
Comanche Ball Park
Pecan Valley
Whitey Morris
Sidney
D. A. Swope
William Reese, long-time Comanche Baptist official dies at 84
William Reese of Comanche, an 84 year old Baptist leader, served 45 years as an association official and 35 years as Buckner Orphans Home chairman. He arrived in Comanche in 1891 and raised funds and supplies including eggs fruit and jars for the Dallas home. Born in Kaufman County near Rockwall, he joined Canton church in 1888 and taught Sunday School for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Reese
Comanche
Comanche Baptist Association
Reese
Buckner Orphans Home
Dallas
Association
Baptist Church
Canton
Mills Creek
Mr. Reese
Kaufman County
Rockwall
NYA Interviews Scheduled Today in Comanche
L Elmore Hudgens NYA Aree Clerk Stephenville says he will be in Comanche today September 20 at Mrs Ernestine Arthur’s office in the Gile Building to take applications from all youths contacted recently. No details yet on new NYA projects in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Elmore Hudgens
NYA
Aree
Stephenville
Comanche
Ernestine Arthur
Gile
Brownwood Street
All Y
Fifteen Marriage Licenses Issued in Comanche County
Fifteen marriage licenses issued recently in Comanche County, a slight rise from last year, says County Clerk Mary Fields. The list includes couples married in late August and early September, with names such as J S Findley and Velma Kimmel, Norman Hall and Elizabeth Ward, and J C Helm Jr with Ruth Isham, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Mary Fields
J. S. Findley
Velma Kimmel
S. W. Short
Norman A. Hall
Elizabeth Jane Ward
A. R. Swearengin
Julius W. Cook
Mildred Mae Hill
Comanche
Ernest D. Shelton
Earl Winfrey
Marie May
Sipe Springs
Justice W. B. Smith
de Leon
Jesse Hargroves
Muriel Bloyd
Roger Smith
Silas J. Huse
Dublin
Alta Fane Parris
F. C. Dozier
Lawrence A. Shupp
Dora Perdue
R. M. McGinnis
Gustine
W. R. Black
Vena Beshears
A. Edwin Wilson
New Teacher Pauline White Joins Comanche High Faculty
At a Friday school board meeting, Pauline White was elected to teach English and other subjects at Comanche High School. A Howard Payne College graduate, she has prior teaching experience in Crane and Menard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
Pauline White
Miss White
Howard Payne College
Crane and Menard
Sipe Springs Red Hawks Defeat Blanket 12 0 in IL 38-B Opener
Sipe Springs Red Hawks won 12 to 0 against Blanket last Friday in their first Interscholastic League game. Herman Zellars had a 40 yard touchdown run in the second quarter and Charlie Ray Elliott scored in the third. Coach M. B. Miller, formerly of Daniel Baker, leads the team at Sidney Park today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sipe Springs
Red Haws
B. M. B. Miller
Daniel Baker
Red Hawks
Mrs Emma Anderson Dies In Michigan
Mrs Emma Anderson aged 59 died in Lansing Michigan on September 12 after months of illness. Funeral services were conducted in Lansing September 16 and she was buried at Lake Odessa. She was born in Comanche County Texas and lived here most of her life. Surviving children are Cecil Anderson of Sayreville New Jersey and Mrs Reba Estep of Lansing. She was the sister of Maude Kelley Berta Kelley and D W Long of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Anderson
Lansing
Michigan
Lake Odessa
Mich
Anderson
Emerson Kelley
Comanche County
Texas
Cecil Anderson
Sayreville
New Jersey
Reba Estep
Box Supper Friday Night At Hasse
A box supper and program will be held Friday night at the Hasse gymnasium on September 20. Proceeds go to athletic equipment per Robert Sneed superintendent. He urges all in the Hasse community to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasse
Robert Sneed
Sneed
State Senator Penrose Metcalfe visits Comanche
State Senator Penrose Metcalfe of San Angelo traveled to Comanche on Wednesday to meet residents and discuss local issues. He spoke on district concerns and potential policy impacts for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
Comanche
Mrs. Arminda Moore 96, Comanche’s oldest woman, dies
Arminda Falkner Moore, 96, longtime Comanche resident and oldest local woman, died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs. C. C. Shankle’s home in Comanche. Funeral services were held Wednesday at South Leon Baptist Church in Newburg, with interment in Newburg Cemetery. She was born February 26, 1844 in Alabama and married W. J. Moore September 27, 1865 in Texas. She lived in Leon and Comanche counties most of her life and leaves daughters Mrs. Fannie Cobb and Mrs. Henry Couch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arminda Moore
Comanche
C. C. Shankle
South Leon Baptist Church
Newburg
Anla E. Haiford
A. Edwin Wilson
Leo Shankle
Brady Stuteville
George Frederick
Herbert Lee
G. B. Moore
Larrymore Shankle
Moore
Arminda Falkner
W. J. Moore
Alabama
Texas
Leon County
Comanche County
Fleming
Payne Couple Welcome Daughter Frances La Nell
Mr and Mrs Johnny Payne of German Hospital announced the birth of a daughter Frances La Nell born Tuesday at seven o clock weighing seven pounds both mother and baby reported in good condition at the German Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Payne
Comanche
Frances la Nell
German Hospital
Comanche Chief Classified Ad Canceled After Sellout
A reader requests discontinuation of a want ad for sale items after selling out, sent to the Comanche Chief on Tuesday September 17, 1940, expressing thanks.
Comanche Chief ends farm news clubbing beyond September
The Comanche Chamber of Commerce discussed a new brick hotel and a farmers marketing warehouse. The Chief and Semi-Weekly Farm News club offer ends September 30 with all subscriptions rejected after that date. E T Wyatt’s county contract as Semi-Weekly agent ends. The Dallas paper cites high newsprint costs amid European tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Chamber of Commerce
Hilton Burks
Weatherford
Burks
Dallas
E. T. Wyatt
Stephenville
Texas
Europe
Singing School Opens Monday At Local Church
A fifteen day singing school opens Monday night September 23 at the Church of Christ in Comanche. Damon Smith of San Saba will lead the sessions. The church pays Mr. Smith, and attendance is free for all interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Comanche
Damon Smith
San Saba
Mr. Smith
Mrs. M. L. Hays 76 Dies at Sipe Springs
Mary Leslie Atkinson born in Darlington South Carolina December 12 1864 married Dr M L Hays at 25. They moved to Texas in 1905 settling at Bibb then Sipe Springs in 1916. Survived by children Charlie Fay Frank and Vance with funeral at Sipe Springs Methodist Church and burial in Sipe Springs Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Hays
Sipe Springs
Sipe Springs Methodist
Rev. Brown
Hays
Mary Leslie Atkinson
Darlington
S. C
Texas
Bibb
Methodist Church
Charlie Hays
Fay Hays
Frank Hays
Temple
Vance Hays
Ballinger
Beaumont woman Belle Lanfear 87 dies after long illness
Mrs Belle Lanfear 87 died at her daughter Mrs J A Montgomery's home in Comanche on Thursday Sept 12 after a long illness. Born December 30 1852 in Arkansas she was a pioneer in Comanche County and had lived in Elgin Beaumont and Comanche with several marriages and children. Funeral at Albin Cemetery with Minister Ledbetter of the Comanche Church of Christ officiating. out of town relatives included grandsons Walter Montgomery San Antonio and Curtis Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Lanfear
J. A. Montgomery
Comanche
Albin Cemetery
Ledbetter
Comanche Church of Christ
Lanfear
Comanche County
Arkansas
B. S. Helmsley
Gatesville
Williams
John Posey
Red River County
T. J. Posey
Beaumont
Lanfears
Elgin
Texas
Fort Worth Press Subscription Offer
The Comanche Chief acts as agent for The Fort Worth Press offering daily delivery for one year at 3.00 or with The Chief for 3.50. The paper promises world news for about one cent per day and notes the Farm News clubbing offer is withdrawn on September 39. Rural subscribers are urged to subscribe through The Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Study Club Meet Set For Sept 16
The Comanche Study Club held its first meeting of the year Thursday September 26 at 3 43 in Harold Dennrs home with Mrs Pearl Phipps as co host. News officers are Mrs George G Smith president Mrs E E Anthony vice president Mrs W Z Compton secretary Mrs John Burton treasurer and Miss Minnie Cunningham parliamentarian. Miss Anne Dry of De Leon visited Mrs P C Sloan and family last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Study Club
Yea
Harold Dennr
Pearl Phipps
George G. Smith
E. E. Anthony
W. Z. Compton
John Burton
Minnie Cunningham
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Warrath
John Tfoot
G. Wins
L. C. Macon
C. F. Denny
P. M. Fagan
Coman- Earl
Frankway
Energy
B. F. Keith
Anche
E. M. Foote
Han
Petit Jury
Ven
Anthonys
Sidney-Gustine
WYFA
Clemens Watson
Virgil Parker
Olen Wilson Kelley
Louise Dawkins
J. C. Helm, Jr
Ruth LaVerne Isham
Grafton Townsend
Blanche Eidson
Oliver Hall
Patty Louise Hollman
Buster H. Snodgrass
Stella Baker
Leonard Sutton
Dimple Nabours
Sipe
Sidney Park
MR. and
Mrs
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Ft. Worth
Anne Dry of
P. C. Sloan
New Majestic Theatre
Judy Canova
Alan Mowbray
Bill
Hopalong Cassidy
Boyd
Boys From
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Joe Penner
Martha Raye
George Brent
Virginia Bruce
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