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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1937
Page
1
The article notes resignations and promotions affecting Dallas figures including an auditor for T. and a new position with raised salary. It mentions community gatherings, tributes at churches, and local youths leaving for training camps. The piece also covers post graduate study plans at the University of Texas and a unity meeting at Fairview School.
Ackey, a veteran said to know ten languages, will speak at the County Supt. B. Ray hosted Lions Club events at the courthouse lawn Saturday and Monday. He is scheduled to address polls on Monday and Tuesday and will be a guest during the Lions Club week.
The Bearcats were defeated 19 to 6 as the De Leon team concluded its football season at Brownwood Friday night with a late score in the final quarter.
A letter urges citizens to support a plan to improve city cemetery care and supervision. It notes neglected lots, weeds, sunken graves, and expensive monuments marring the grounds. The author calls for community involvement and details of the proposed plan.
Texas cotton farmers face nine cents an hour for field work as J E McDonald state agriculture commissioner explains price. He cites 250 hours needed per bale and argues Domestic Allotment Plan would boost farm production and employment abroad while government curtailment harms agriculture.
Nine Comanche and Mills County men face complaints linked to a four-year burglary spree in Comanche County. Benton Layman, already in state prison, is named as principal in thefts from William Chilton of the Comanche National Bank and a Mohair theft from a local doctor. Bonds set at 1000 dollars in three accessory to burglary cases. Arrests included C F Jeske, Priddy bank cashier, and Fritz Dinkelage, a Priddy rancher, with Dinkelage charged as an accomplice in one case. Statements were taken from Dinkelage and from Jesse Mon day night at Coleman by Ranger Frank Mills and Sheriff Wid Spivey.
The first home talent play of the season will be given at the High School auditorium next Thursday night. The Methodist present the comedy The Hob Goblin House a ghost and mystery story. Details and characters are listed in an advertisement in this issue.
Farmers and landowners from Erath Eastland Comanche and Parker counties met in Stephenville with H A Yarnell Texas A and M horticulturist to plan a soil survey for fruit growing The group aims to identify soils and varieties best suited to peaches plums and other fruits and coordinators from Dublin Cisco Comanche and Stephenville attended along with county agents and landowners
The Federated Missionary Society of Comanche churches will gather Monday September 27 at 3 00 p m at the local Baptist Church. Mrs J E Morris secretary announces the event with devotional led by the Christian Church and music by the Presbyterians. Miss Viola Humphries returned missionary from China will speak. benediction by the Methodist.
Dr. J. H. Lewis of Comanche and Basil Gilmer of Dallas killed 65 squirrels in six hours over two mornings without dogs. They also bagged daily dove limits, mostly on the Walter Barrett Ranch.
Luther Medcalf of Owens and Earnest McDonald of Comanche escaped from the County jail last Friday night after sawing bars and a window with a blanket. Officers pursued Medcalf who fled into the mountains. McDonald vanished. Medcalf has prior theft charges. McDonald faces two burglary counts and a theft charge.
Superintendent L A Austin meets with Frank N Watson of the Pan Exposition as Texas school children are arranged to visit before October 31. Santa Fe runs a special train from Comanche on Saturday October 2 at 4 am, returning Sunday morning, price 1 45. Katy runs a De Leon service on Saturday September 25 at 4 am, returning Sunday at 5 55, fare 1 40.
Comanche Lions Club plans a tabernacle for Lake Eanes Park, aiming to secure cooperation from the Chamber of Commerce City Council and local business leaders. The club will donate what it can but seeks broader support for a facility that serves as the county summer social hub.
J M Howell longtime Comanche County resident died in a Dublin hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Proctor Baptist Church with Rev Donald Chisholm officiating. Interment followed in Proctor Cemetery. He was born in 1855 in Tennessee and moved to Texas as a boy.
Comanche County still has open quota for October enrollment in the CCC camps. Youths from families not on relief may enroll, and entrance has been eased. Call at the County Welfare Office upstairs in the rear of the Masonic building near the Art Home Studio for details.
Dr A J Gray and Dr C W Gray will open modern offices in the First National Bank building after renovation of the rear first floor. The project will use the latest architecture to create doctors offices with waiting rooms an operating room a laboratory and other improvements to match any in this region of Texas.
The Sidney Community Fair opens for a two day run a week from today with more entries than usual. J B Cooper, the director, says interest is rising. A motor caravan from Comanche with the Comanche High School Band will leave around 4 PM October 1 for the fair. Wayne Dingus Mrs D C Dingus and Mrs Ruby Nell Doggett returned Sunday from Kansas visiting Mr and Mrs H J Smith and children.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer plans talent auditions at the Lyric Theatre Brownwood on September 29 30. Ages 16 to 28 residents of Comanche or nearby circulation area may enter. One Brownwood winner goes to San Antonio for a screen test then to MGM Studios Culver City. No entry fee.
The grand and petit juries for the Fall term of District Court, opening October 17, are listed. Heavy criminal docket includes theft cases from over four years ago, while civil matters are light. Names cover jurors from Comanche, Gustine, De Leon, Sidney, Proctor, Blanket, Zephyr, Hasse, Dublin, and nearby areas.
State Highway Commission members told Comanche County delegates led by H L Stewart and H Burks that Highway 36 will be completed eastward without interruption. The route already reaches from near Comanche to Evergreen Cemetery west of Gustine and will extend through Lamkin to the Hamilton County line.
The new Tom McDonalds residence on his farm about ten miles south of Comanche has been finished. It is a frame structure with about ten rooms and modern throughout.
About 15 to 25 young men may be assigned to N Y A work in Comanche for park projects at Lake Eanes. Lions Club sponsorship boosts chances this year with CCC and WPA families involved. Work is part time at $10 for 7 1/2 days monthly, age 18 to 25.
H. Burks secretary and H. L. Stewart president led a Comanche Chamber delegation to Austin to press the State Highway Commission for Highway 6. The event highlights local efforts to secure the route.
Rising Star High School beat Gorman High School 20 to 6 on Friday. Gorman faces Coleman next Friday in Coleman.
A play titled The Blundering Herd will be presented in Sidney on the first night of the Community Fairs, Friday October 1. The cast features Walrus Loyd Morrow Pappy Elwood Boyd Timothy Tynan Gene Ward Zip Ralph Caraway Gordon Rogers Lansing Pinkard Shoo Hi Gene Hall Peggy Houston Joye Farquhar Ruth Bell Audie Bob Merritt Miss Herring Billie Swearengen Sylvia Mildred Miss Herring Ward Miss Herring Othel Steele Thelma Clark.
Improvements this week include repainting and redecorating the Howard Kilpatrick Hardware Store front and Perry Brothers Store facade. Work continues on the Shamrock Coffee Shop as upgrades proceed.
In Comanche the Farmer residence on Brownwood Street has been repaired and repainted after occupancy by Park Huntington and family. The home now appears nearly new following papering and multiple coats of white paint.
Mrs G Allen Lee has accepted a position with Higginbotham Bros Co and will begin duties with the firm shortly. Her appointment marks a notable move within the local business community and expands the company’s Chicago area operations.
Four registered Jersey Bulls may be purchased by the Farmers Cheese Plant and Comanche Chamber of Commerce to aid local dairymen. Bulls would be distributed or loaned to improve herd genetics in Comanche County, depending on farmer interest. Contact H. Burks or George C. McKinzie to discuss.
Peanuts in Comanche Tuesday sold as high as 84.44 cents per bushel. The crop is shorter than last year, buyers state. Hon. C. C. Hampton spent several days last week in West Texas.
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