The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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THE COMANCHE CHIEF
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COMANCHE. COMANCHE COUNTY. TEXAS, JULY 8
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HIEF POLITICAL EDITION JULY 14
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Many Attractions Are Planned For Old Settlers Reunion Next Thursday
to»
HUNDREDS TO GATHER AT LAKE
EANES FOR ONE DAY PICNIC!
SKc‘ Cmt Can
lied at
Main
Friday
illness,
►ent in
*ur.r;a!
local
after-
Bryant
nnert
netery
lorn*t
Ken-
, and
Ruth,
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sane he
Point
aost of
was
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» old
iTTlves.
to her
. Clar-
Ifgs of*
Mrs. "
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Cki.ric
20 Y^ars Ago
The
' Jaly 5. 1018.
Chief,
AT
SIGHT
if." a
stnted
tor.um
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red by
taken
will be
Carl McDermott. grandson of
Captain Jack Wright, was killed
in actum in Prance last week, he
being the .first Comanche boy to
Jud McCarty of thi'Reese A Mc-
Carty Drug Company sold his in-
terest ipJthat firm to William
Re«*r and has gone to Dallas to
accept a position. -
Hazel Rieger, daughter of Judge
'hod Mrs J M Rieger, while walk-
ing near the Red Gin yesterday,
was shot in the hip by a stray
^ bullet from a .23 target and was
^painfully injured.
Pomp Carnes came near losing
his life Prlday when his clothes
became entangled in a shafting
si lui ice cream plant He was
bruir* % and hi* clothes literally
tom off him. Carnes feels a pride
in the tact that his clothes were
so old that the wm torn off of
him instead of pulling him through
the machinery.
Mi» Prances t Burks gave a
matinee dance Wednesday, guests
being Marion Waring. Tot Hood.
Louise Scurry, Mary Moody. Jrf-
fte Thomas, Ernestine Atwood.
Ghrtstme Don aho and Virginia
McKmncy of Stamford
> Don't .be misled by this widely
advertised protest gainst existing
institutions, or Co the constant
suggestion that all things are
about to change, that life is to
be easier for every one and that
in some way or other we are to
avoid the suffering *hd reduce the
sweat of a sfruggle lt>: a llvllhood
uid for success which heretofore
lias been necessary Whatever is
worth having demands in Its seek-
ing hard work. * fidelity to task.'
courage of individual thought, and
action and self-restraint.—Wil-
liam Howard Taft
Hundreds jil people “of all ages
Will be at Lake-Eanes next Thurs-
day to attend the annual Comkn-
cbe County Old 8ettlers and Pio-
neers reunion and basket picnic
and to honor "the pioneers and
aged of the county according to
Judge.,JL A.- Luker of Proctor who
said that advance interest in the
gathering is unusual.
A unique program is being'ar-
ranged for the day with a round
table discussion for the old folks
when all will be given an oppor-
tunity to tell of early day exper-
iences, many of which are expect-
ed to be thrilling. -
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Miss Eugenia French, pictured
above, well known Home Eco-
A feature of the program will, nomtst of the Ball Brothers Com
be a sing song led by Ernest Rip-1 pany will be .In Comanche on
petoe who is c«ote£tlng some of July 13 and 14 at 2:00 p. m., at
Comanche Booster
Trips Planned To
Announce Picnic
A motor car car vdR. advertising
the Comanche County Old Settlers |
Reunioti and sponsoring a..good
will spirit will leave the Coman-1
che Chamber of Commerce build- !
mg. at 6:00 of clock Monday after-!
noon for Gu&tine and Mtergy The j
vj trip is being sponsored by the >
" Comanche Chamber of Commerce
with the Lions Club 4|i-operating
and every business and profes-
sional man and woOHn in Co-
manche “whether a Member of
these organizations or not ate
the best singer* of the county for
the occasion. The Davis Quartette
will appear on the program and
I. M. Davis hss arranged with
several other groups including the
Blanket Quartette and the Cox
Quartette of Dubkp. to bf present
and to take part in th# sifiging
“ The Comanche and Dr Leon
bands will furnish music for the
occasion.
A new‘feature of the .program
will be an old fiddlers contest se-
conding to D E. Nabers chair-
man .of the program committee,
who said that every plri time fid-
dler in the countY or this section
of Texas is invited to come and
bring his fiddle and take part in
the contest
The committee wishes to stress! hospital
which time she will give a free
demonstration of meat, fruit and
vegetable preserving at Higgin-
botham Bros A Co. ..........j'
Comanche Seeks
WPA Grant For
City Hospital
Thc.jSrram of Comanfhe for
years, a first class hospital...w, th-
in the city limits, may be realiz-
ed In the near future as a result
of a meeting held at t,he Cham-
ber of Commerce Tuesday night
when plans wey discussed for cb- i
tsinlng a Federal grant to supple-
t mem a smart bond rsrue frrr a.Dnv
Mayor John E. Hoff
Quits Politics
urged to' make th* trip according'
to H. Burks. Th* Cotnafacr * Band
will go slong and an' attractive
program is being arranged—
The first stop will be made at
Gustine and at 'the conclusion of
the program at 7:30. the caravan
will rontimje to Energy where a
second performance wifi be given.
To Pntddy TueaSav
A similar trip will b* made to
Pnddy Tuesday evening, the cara-
van leaving the Chamber cl Com-
at TfOO
E. S. Fagan manager of the
Fagan Chevrolet Company here
and candidate for Tax Assessor-
Ccllector, was appointed secretary
o! the two farm loans associations
last vgeek when the board of dir-
ectors-of the Comanche Rational
Faun Loan Association and the
Co-Operative Farm Loan Associa-
mefee building at 7*00 o'clock 1 tioh voted to use the same sec-
wlth the program scheduled to retary. Mr. Fagsn is withdrawing
1 from the race lor Assessor-Col-
lector. but will retain his interest
in the Chevrolet company, de-
voting most of his time to the
loan business. He has opened an
office over the Comanche Na-
tional-Bank. --------------
b* given on the streetirof Pnddy
at 8 00 o’clock.
in* inre
speeches
PvfheCt
said that he had been consider-
ing “the idea for several months
and he is sure that the City will
co-operate with the Chamber of
Commerce in promoting the idea.
A bond issue of from $10,000 to
$20,000 with, an equal grant from
the Government will be sought
Dr A A Gray veteran physician
spoke in bens if at t he project and
fiild he'wotild let the hospital use
his equipment ,
Mrs. D. H. Isham
Dies After Illness
' Mr D H Isham. 53. member
of two of the pioneer families of
Comanche County, died at her |
S home tn the Indian Creek com-
munity Monday. July 4. follow:
iryt five years of Ul health. Fun-
eral services were'conducted-Tues-
day afternoon at Indian Creek
with Eld*r Lynn Dalton of Hkfrtv
ilton officiating, assisted by Rev!
H. J. Isham of Energy and Rev
H. J. Sanders, pastor on the Co-
manche Circqit.
Mr* Isham. who was Nettie
Carolln Coker before her mar-
riage. was born in Comanche
County June S, 1885. being the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Pate Coker. Soon after reaching
young womanhood, she was mar-
Lrird to ,David H Isham who with
ftfAnr daughter and six sons survive:
They are Mrs. Hobert Alter bury.
(Otho Isham. R C. Isham. David
Kuril Isham, Edward Isham all
of Comanche: Alver lshsm of
Washington State, and'Carl Isham
of Blanket She is also survived
jy a number of brothers and Ris-
ers -
Mrs Isham was a member of
that this Is a basket picnic and
everyone is urged to come and
bring a well'filled basket with a
little extrf to take care of any
aged person who does not bring
lunch.
The program will be interest-
ing throughput with no long
on docket Dr. Thomas
preekteirt at Howard
College will make a thirty
minute address at 11:30 o'clock,
and Hon Clyde L Garrett. Con-
gressman from this district will
speak at 2 00 o'clock, |
Will Weaver, former Sidney;
school superintendent, who has
been county agent of Mills Coun-' The second of a kerles of two
ty for many years, will be present donkey soft ball game* will be
and tSlk of the early days in Co-j held here tonight at 8 15. at the
manche County • balj park If you want to get
The complete program follows: plenty of laughs from watching
9 00 a. m. Band Music. these Qomancftc ball players ndr.
9 30 a m "How Firm A Foun- Manager Ira Clemons advises you
datlori” Everybody singing, dir-1 to be at the local park tonight
ci ted by Ernest Rippetne | Dudley s soft ball team, one of
’ 10:60 a. m. Invocation. Rev. 8.'the five teams in the first half
Brooks Scores
High Taxes Here Loraine Well Is
Small Producer
Donkey Game
Piero© Brooks spoke here Tuee- |
day in the. interest..pEius candi-
dacy for Liuetenant Go-. ::nor and
based his plea to tile tiectorate
on practically the -seAffc policies
he advocated two years ago when
he was a candid&t* for Governor
Brooks told his aud ‘•nee' ift hi$
efforts for the past several years
to effect a reduction in the auto-
Here Tonight "Wednesday ° Uie1*prewure
EXTRA COPIES OF THE CHIEF
TO BE DISTRIBUTED NEXT WEEK
Notice To All
Old
An added feature of the pro-
gram of the Comanche'County
Old Settlers Reunion this year
will be an “Old Fiddlers" con-
test. The committee wants as
many entries in this event as
possible and if “you can play
the fiddle, please be at the re-
union ground with your instru-
ment. There is no age limit or
other definite requirements for
entering, but contestants are
expected to play the old time
Junes All entries as soon as
convenient after arriving on
the grounds, will please hand
their names to D. E. Nabers,
Secretary.
TTiis event is expected to at-
tract unusual attention and a
number of “fiddlers” from oyt-
side the county may enter If
The ComafecTie' Chief Political
Edition will be published next
_ Wednesday night and will be dts-
Pl^fllert tributed eaHy Thursday morning,
i luuicrs ^ July 14th so that free copies may
be distributed on the 'reunion
you know Of any old man who (copy arid advertisements are
can play, please tell him of
this contest and invite him to
enter.
grounds at Lake, Eanes
hundreds of people from all ac-
tions of' tne county are expectoft
to gather. The paper will con-
tain State. District. County and
Precinct political news and vn
hope to carry1 a message frona
every candidate to the voters of
the county. The paper will con-
tain the program for the Old Bat-
tlers Reunion and much other
useful information to those at-
tending the picnic.
We also hope to have a message
from every business firm in Co-
manche from the largest to the
smallest.
To Be Published Early.
This Issue of the paper will go T
to press Wednesday night, onw
day earlier than the usual time,
and those who are submitting
ed to get this 1c as soon as l
so that there may be no delay.
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Leon July 4th
While deaths from accidents
was taking a heavy toll in all
parts of ..the State and Nation
July 4. Comanche County suffer-
ed one fatality. when Wilhe Harve,
Candidate For State
Superintendent On
Vigit To Comanche
The Loraine well in the Dusterj HarvTDw^rtdson drowned*^Horse
Ynmi iV"i it tr offer haino orl/flvoH ct.na on t ^»n DIkap •• III© PlcCuOil "I
be abolished.'' Brook' said, “and
that we should have in its stead
a nominal registration fee."
Charging waste ar.d extrava,-'
gance In all State departments.'
and Pledging himself to work for ‘ fourth wf a mile north for another
; f11 immediate reduction in the ; drilling contract A drilling outfit
■ trepiendous^ overhead at Austin., jOI B Smith tract, one-
J Isham.
n. Basket Lunch,
m. Koftg. Business 8
■tuary Report by L:
he Methodist Church.
10 A5 a m Welcome address by
'JrTv. Bramlette.
J0 30 a. m. Response to welcome
adaVesM by Hon L. B. Russell.
10:55 a m Old Fiddlers' Con-
tesir
11:90 a- m, Address by Dr.
Thomas Taylor
12:00 m
1:30 p.
sk>D, Mortuary
Russell.
2:00 p. tn Address by Hon.
Clyde L. OarretL
2:30 p m. Days of Old Settjers,
Win Weaver/
2:50 p m. 2 Minute Talks by
Old Settlers.
3:20 p. m Announcements by
candidates <Two minutes each >.
3:50 p. m Singing. Quartettes.
Etc
4:80 p. m Benediction. Ike Al-
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Adjourn.
of the City League, will play the
Fort Worth Motors team in Fort
Worth Saturday night.
The second half of the City
League begins Monday night.
Four teams will plky in this last
half. The ~Mm>dy club will drop
out: players on the Moody team
will be equally distributed among
the other four clubs.
IIGHWAY 38 LETTING
DUE ON JULY 15 BETWEEN
CALDWELL SOMERVILLE
Mrs. Georgia Walcott
Die* Here July 4th
V
luctw
I days
Contract for paving Highway
between Caldwell and Somer-
iille will be let July 15, according
» a letter received by 8eh. Al-
>ert Stdne of Bronham. says The
3renham Herald.
The projert has been advanced
fom the 1930 program to the
1038 program, so that work can
jagin sooner than formerly plan-
jed, according to The Herald.
A total of 47.3 mlle» of paving
s to be laid ^Between thS. Yegua
tlver and Caldwell, thus giving
3renham pavement all the way'to
he’ Burleson County seat. '
fork 1» already in ' progress
' of Caldwell on the dirt and
slnage structures to continue,
paving on to Cameron, thd*
ompletlng the most direct route
>etween West Texas and the Oulf /
The letter from Btate Highway
\ tngineer Julian Montgomery to
r. lenator Btone follows: -r
“With further reference to ob-
, alning bltfs on Highway 38. Cald-
I ’ rell to Bomervilie, I am pleased
0 inform you definitely that this
iroject will be in the July 16th
_
* *Mr and Mrs. Ben Lawson. of
I Jallas visited her mother, Mrs.
■A k>ta Greene BundAf.
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Metcalfe To Speak
Saturday Afternoon
Hon. Penrose B Metcalfe, of
Tom Oreene County, will speak
from the band stand on the,court
house square here Saturday after-
noon at 2 30 o'clock, in the inter-
est of his candidacy for State
Senator, 25th .District.
This will be Mr Metcalfe's first
address to the publtc in Coman-
che.
Mi** Iva Hart 1*
Injured Friday
hiiss Iva Hart, former County
Brooks said: “We have all toe
many departments, boards and
commissions in Austin with top-
heavy pay rolls and *s your Lieu-
tenant Governor, I shall "Use everjr
effort to Jiave the personnel of
these departments and boards re-
duced to such a ' point that wc
can effect a saving of at least
$10,000,000 a yar. This amount
will provide the needed funds for
pensions, etc."
Charging that the administra-
tion of the old age pension law is
a disgrace to Texas. Brooks stated
that he was in favor of placing
Its operation in the hands of local
officials who know the needs of
their own home people.
Brooks stated his unalterable
opposition to any new taxes, sales
tax or otherwise. “I hate taxes/’
he said.
S. R. • Bob’ LeMay. Superin-
tendent of the Athens Public
Schools for the past ten yean
and candidate for State Super-
intendent. was a Comanche visi-
tor Tuesday and was introduce*
t© a number of people by Super-
intendent J. D. Bramlette.
Mr LeMay s platform follows:
1. He advocates an economical
and efficient educational program
which will give value received for
LeMay
, as State Superintendent would
give the public schbols System of
! Texa* a trained leader wl)p hac
Acccraitig to reports Irom that a large amount of proratak
community a number of men, wo- al training and successful exper-
hut-in and it is thoucht that It f1” ,and c^lldren J™1 to Jhe tence and whose executive lability
^ n F^ da lv lU nrorat on of i L°La picmc and rn5, womerj is an established -fact.
daily its prorarirm «i|and ctuldrcn were in wading and; 3 He advocates admimsterMr
is saia io uc15WJnming when Willie Harye wiw | thr- educational affairs of the
could not swim stepped off -ta ayg^tate on a professional basis,
deep .hole of water Mrs. Wes j 4 He proposes to regain fur the
Cook and Mrs Ralph Huffman state Department of Edwattam
made frantic efforts to reach him.! the respect of the other de«art-
but a.: they could not swim, failed ments ol the sute Government
to reach him. The men had gone, and 0, the fiends of educwtimg
further down the river and were | everywhere.
cfffnmunity after being acidized 8hoe Bend on .the Leon River
was estimated to be a 23* barrel j near Hasse ‘Monday while on
producer. Wednesday. The well un- j picnic. ----■*-—
del a prrssure of 500 flowed 22
going down to 200. The well was
ahut-in a
will How daily its
22 barrels. The ojl
of a fine quality
The rig is being mtoved one-
fourth mile west.
set up.
Is also being
County Bar Endorses
Judge Richard Critz
For Supreme Court
Wc, the undersigned lawyers of
the Comanche bar, heartily en-
dorse the candidacy of Hon.
Richard . Critz for re-election as
Court of Texas, and commend
him to the favorable cotufcijter*-
tion of our citizens. w
Y. W HOLMES
OSCAR CALLAWAY *
out of hearing at the time of the
accident. Several women hurried
to notify the men and they im-
mediately returned and began the
search. The body was found by
Pink Wiilltams in wafer not more
than waist deept
Funeral services were held at
Sardis Tuesday. ____ _______ ^ _____
In addition to his parents. Wil- ^ consequences erf his actions
----------- ... ------ Harve is survived by three sis- 7 He believes that the time b
Associate Justice of the Supreme j^ers, Mary Nell, Jaunita, and Po-1 comf. f0r Texas to oeaae to I
retta anti by three half brothers behind in the progress of the
and four half sisters.
’ Those in the swimming party
at the time included Mrs. Ralph
Huffman. Mrs. Harve Rush. Mrs.
Wes Cook, Mrs. Ed Huffman, be-
sides a number of children.
5. He favors, a balanced educa-
tional program which should in-
clude salary aid, transportaUma
aid. and high school tuition iR
6. He pledges himself to exer-
cise the Judicial and other jsmtn
vested in the State SuperiniiBnl-
ent in a fair and impartiA’ man-
ner without regard to Che pOUO-
AMFBELL
A. C. Wells Dies
Al Brownwood
C C. HAMPTON
BOB McCAA
■Flo JAYE
FREDERICK G. HARMON
D P. PARKER
O. E. SMITH
Mrs. Oeorgla Walcott. 86. lv» »arl Louniy
known to nearly every one in Co- Tretiurti and now head of the
manche as "Aunt aeorgia CaraeR.” ilva Hart Insurance Company",
died at her home here July 4 fol- “uffered + Jtrakttt *hkl4 and^a
lowing several months o{* niness
A. C. Wells for many years a
resident of Sidney and Coman-
che, died Monday at Brownwood
j where he moved only a few weeks
kgo. Burial was in illf Pewlf)wras.s
Cemetery Tuesday with Eldcf
Herbert Newton of thf Austin
Davis Quartette To
Sing Over Radio
The Davis Quartette will sing in
a contest over KFPL tonight at
eight o’clock competing, with sev-
eral other quartettes. I. M. Davis
has promised to invite all Jthese
during most of which time she
was confined to her bed. Funeral
services were held at Oakwood
Cemetery with Rev. Gorthwi Bkr-
rdt officiating, assisted 6y Rev.
E. M. Shepard.
Aunt Oeorgla had lived in .Co-
manche for many years and took
an active part in the early social
life of the town. She was a daugh-
ter of James Carnes and Eliza-
beth Hobbs Carnes, who were
among the first settlers of this
County. “ .
She is survived by several chil-
dren. -<................i
CEMETERY WORKING IS
SET FOR BOARD CHURCH.
T
Cemtery working will be held
Saturday. July tub at Board
Church, according to announce-
ment of a Committee
Those tn chairge request that
all attending bring hoes and rakes
and be on nand early. Plenty of
toe water and lemonade will be
aerved, they stated
suffered, a broke© ankle and a lng. ...
broken leg Friday night when she’ Mr Wells wa* born In Tennes-
fell from thevpwr.fa of Mr and see June '9. 1865. In early man-
Mra. Oeorge Smith. \
' Miss Hart was rushed- 4©-- a
Brownwood hospital after receiv-
ing preliminary treatment here.
Avejiye Church of CUriat official, to attend the Coman-
tlon’s educational program ao*
that it is now time for our grwafc
State to assume a place erf lead-
ership in the Nation's edwaattocaB
program as tt has already
in political and economic affata.
8. He favors the reorganization
of the administrative personnel
of the State Department at Edu-
cation along lines now in i
tion in the most educat
hoodrhe moved to Sidney and la-
ter to Comanche where he was
custodian of the Griiminar School
He recently returned ttom Wichita
Reports from Brownwood' Thurs- ] Falls’where he had been living for
the past few years, I
He is survived by two'Children,
A. C. Wells knti Liicllle Huddles-
ton. •. t
Pallbearers were Carl Walker,
Britton Jones, Euell Ferguson. R.
W. Neill, Howard Cox. and Clifton
■YmM, »* .
day irvirning on Miss Hart's con-
dition arc that although she Is
suffering a great deal, she Is get-'
ttng along as well as cgn be ex-
pected. . —“ >1
Noted Minister To
, Speak At Local
Baptist Church
Or Jett D. Ray cf Fort Worth
Will be in the pulpit of the First.). Hon. Harry Flehtge of Gates-
Baptist Church of Comanche at
both services Sunday. ■*•'
He la professor of Homiletics In
the Baptist Seminary and has held
meetings here, He is a contributor
to the Saturday evening issue of
The Star-Telegram.
Rev. A. Edwin WUeoh, pastor
of the local church, la conduct-
ing a revival at Blanket. !
Flentge To Speak
Here Saturday
vllle will meak In Comanche Sat-
urday aftemoqq Bt 3 00 o’clock in
th© lntereat of hia candidacy for
district attorney.
Mr. Flentge Is fiow serving hl$
first term as district attorney.
Ur
sleuan were
Coleman
llondwv
l. T. C
Comanche visitors
che County CMdiSf ttlers Riuinion
next Thursday and to take part
in the singing.- ' .....7“
IAMKIN C.YMNASH?M
RONDS ARE APPROVED
AUSTIN July., ,6. — Attorney !
General William McCraw today
approved a $4.00 si Upul bond is-
sue for the Lamklh Independent
School 'district of Comanclic
CWunty fqi the constCuolNm of a
gymftasium building of wood rand
concrete mate rial
The Jssue,r consisting of bonds
Rev. Wilson Will
Begin Revival At
kj i o.i won in me most eaucaworuuq
, IveWDUrg Sunday progressive States of the Union.
• ——l'L«' 9. He favors strengthening
Rrv A. Edwin Wilson, pastor1 tain phases of the State’s e<#
of the local Baptist Church, will ttonal program.
begirr ;a revival at the South Leon ! M
Baptist Church at fJewburg Sun- j ZZ
day night. The meeting will con-i.l
tlnue through the following Sun-
day. '
Rev. Wilson is this week con-
ducting a revival at Blanket and
& number of local citizens are at-
tending. Many from here are ex-
pected tt> attend the Newburg re-
vival.
New Majestic
Theatre
Drilling Resumed
On Compton No. 1
* 1 ■
Work was resumed' Tuesday on
the R D. Compton No. 1 J. H.
Oflffin, located on blotk 2 of Cp-
mane lie Coupty school land near
celt's -ishut
weJl'k
FRIDAY NIGHT AND 'J
SATURDAY MATINEE
William 'Hopalong Cassidy)
Boyd In
PARTNERS OI THE PLAINS*.
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l«pgaii Gap, after a week
of $150 and $260 each and bear- down for repairs. The test welHe
ing 4 per cent Interest, was order- located about two miles from the
ed b* the Board of Trustees of Brown County line, being sbetet
SAT. NTIOHf gnd SUNDAY
Robert Montgomery And
. Virginia Bruce In
YELLOW JACK- *
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the district April 2, 1038 and is
date Akprll 10. 1938, The bonds
mature consecutively i^prtl JO,’
1939 to 1958 inclusively. t
McCraw said Mis. approval of
the issue was based on the tact
that the district has $232,210 in
taxable valuations on which . %
TT cents per |100 tax has been
levied to retire the issue. , , <
' J.- M Marshall and Nap Thomas
spent the Fourth in Fort Worth.
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three mdm> northeast of Blanket
The well was «hut down' at
about 900 feet. The test will be
drilled Into the Ranger !\me. Op-
erators said that a good* showing
was found at about 500‘feet but
was cased through. Drilling is near
the Fiar sand, it was said. 4
The well is being dr’ll!ed near
the oehter of 2-100 acres of'Mail
blocked by R- Dl. Compton and
Company of Fort Worth; and ,
Jac^sboro
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SiONDAY and TUESDAY
! Bargain Price* J
“HUNTED MEN"
■ With Uoyd Nolan And ,
Mary Carlisle
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WEDNESDAY A THCTRSUAY
, .Tyrone Powers. Alice Pin.
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“IN OLD CHICAGO* «
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1938, newspaper, July 8, 1938; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth891382/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.