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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1940
Page
10
The page records community updates from Soda Springs with mentions of Mr. Beck and the Matthews family, the Pred Vineyard family, and travel to Carlsbad New Mexico. It also notes Mrs. Parker of Comanche visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lane, plus visits by W A Jones and others.
The Comanche Future Farmers of America chapter elected officers for the year. President Calvin Ross is joined by Vice President Jimmie Roberts and Secretary Layne Loudermilk with Reporter Jack Lane and Treasurer Doyle Rushing. A Chapter Sweetheart will be chosen next meeting. A gym party is set for Friday at 7:30 p.m. Attending the first regular meeting were members including J L Cox Kenneth Dutton James Edwards Jack Griffith Dwain Howell Arol Howington Leo Lucas Myrle McGlothlin Ray Murphy Lee Reece Doyle Richey Clifton Shoemaker Allen Young Royce Brantley Gene Carter Hubert Eoff Harold Hutchins Jessie Woods Claude Cleere Pat Dutton Jack Lane Jackie Laughlin Layne Loudermilk W T Morphew Odell Reece Jim mie Roberts Calvin Ross Doyle Rushing Wayne Wilhelm Kenneth Fred Phifer Sherrill Robertson Winston McNutt Nell Sprouse C W Murphree George Fletcher Ikie Pipes.
Rev Luckey from Brownwood conducted services at Mercer Gap on Sunday at both morning and evening hours. Local families visited kin, with the Payne and Huggins clans gathering at Lake Brownwood for a reunion. A large Sunday crowd at Lake Banes honored Treva Payne on her birthday as neighboring families shared weekend visits.
Miss LaVerne Isham and J C Helm Jr were married Saturday night at the Baptist parsonage in Brownwood by Rev J M Bradford. The couple will reside in Comanche at the Moore apartments after a wedding reception at the Powells.
Edna Hill School will begin here Monday Sept 23. Bud Barnett and sister Minnie Barnett attended their brother Luther Barnett’s funeral at Alexander Sunday. Rev Jenkins of Brownwood preached here Sunday morning and night. John Decker spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs E W Bruner. Mr and Mrs Elmer Gilbert of Dublin visited Mr and Mrs Jeff Tackett Sunday. Visitors in the Wells home included Mr and Mrs George Prater and children, Mr and Mrs Troy Brown and children, Miss Etta Decker, Howard and Marie Wilson.
Mrs. O. N. McBride of Los Angeles visits the E. A. McBride family in Comanche while Mr. McBride travels to Detroit Michigan to obtain a new Packard automobile and plans to return by Comanche to fetch his wife.
The Duster school system receives a $32,393 building project plan with an $18,624 WPA grant approved by federal authorities. The district will match $13,669. Fifty nine WPA workers will be employed. The main school building was destroyed by fire last year.
A roundup of property transfers in Comanche and nearby towns shows deeds from multiple pairs including J W Reese and wife to Richard W Blake and others with varying sums, along with detailed conveyances in blocks and surveys. Birth notices list Lola Gayle Mauney, Dean Boyd, Billie Jane Burleson, Paul James Grosson, Bobbie Estelle Kimble, Donna Alice Burleson, Peggy Jean Godfrey, Roy B Underwood, and a son born in Sept. Death notices include Armita Van Winkle, Laura Belle McDonald, James David Couch Sr., John Nabors, and court items cite aggravated assault fines and a dry-area liquor sale penalty. Also listed are August automobile registrations for residents and local businesses in Comanche County.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dixon of Malvern Arkansas visited her sister Mrs. C. R. M. Dudley the first part of the week as they paused in town during their travels.
A long list of social visits features Mr and Mrs Hix Guyger of Dublin with relatives, Miss Lillie Walker of Fort Worth visiting her Walker parents, and many others across Coleman Proctor Rising Star Shilo and local towns. Attendees include churches, college students, and residents from Stephen ville Carlton Capell and Lubbock Texas Tech.
Cross Roads Store owner Mrs. John Eanes and daughter Margaret visited Mrs. Garland Johnson in Dallas last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rachel and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Darnell of Dallas spent the weekend with J. G. Hood. George Hood of Brownwood visiting his brother J. G. Hood. Henry Drennan and children J. C. and Howard spent Sunday in Breckenridge. Elder Short filled his regular Primitive Baptist Church appointment. Several farmers in the area threshing peanuts this week.
Howard Kilpatrick buys the Bowers homestead east of the Chilton residence and plans a modern house. W H Thate purchases the Allen homestead east of Kilpatrick and will build a frame or brick home.
In Brownwood at Howard Payne Stadium Sidney's Eagles defeated Early High 7-6 in a District 38-B game. Early scored on Melvin Henderson's 2-yard run with the extra point. Sidney answered in the second half as Douglas, supported by Ward and Prater, drove to the 4-yard line and then crossed for the score with a successful extra point. The teams meet again November 8 to decide the conference race.
The report notes protein content in common bunch grasses varies widely from as high as 145 percent in spring to about 2.5 percent in the all.
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