The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1940 Page: 2 of 10
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TGIVE'YOU *•> ! ‘ Dotwodd”. ■ beautiful bit o
T’1"'"' w.v » e . j writing which K, C. Lowe Ipuni
' " • TEaAS »nd vepreduoed lp hi. Lometj
Reporter; J
- in' Boyn: IlOVSE t. Af the time of the cruciffxlofl
* __ - ttlie Dogwcod had the size of ihi
~‘‘Gu-wV.ermctorTfiave a hea'' *]C3k unu -other forest tree#. 8*
£g*d*-arT6ad5lde sign Urm and it: oat was the tree tha
v . * * . It was chdfen as-the timber i«.
Wfite^s seeking material for the Cress. To be used for such 1
biographies, usually select a cap- cruet purpose greatly distresses
tain of finance a ranat-h.nin. r ,nu» inn* un.1 -1cm. .1^11^1 im
toys who have gone The Railroad Journal:.^---T
.yex...JJ.it_a:ehmlusty , > • -_*.*—
fieToreedto aioBttoh In Th-> tong Ago
JMHrWa the * A WiiiL-fitreet mala was rerv
dd^ahundred c'oHar^UMr'lfy having proficient c^rk’'
v:ni.-*l!j--siKlttt!?r-^!n his employ Bsiere a fieri could
^-HftTTf’^thjtr glory enter his ..jtffire m' w** requn 1
and iheir brsgadoc-j to. pass a written examination on
a bit embdii whing," his knowledge. 0/ business.
—o—• ii» At an w examination one of thf
ting the day." wrote'questions was. "Who formed the
company?'’ ......... [f 7 :
New* Department
btrshlp of nearly 30,000 men. 7
J Q., Allcgrji, ! KotorLJ^rfeF-
bury, and Erue-e. lane attended
th* 5 Division Convention at Am-
arillo recently. A new hospital was
—----- — Several Vetorstvs from Coman- t^ere
little puzzled athhis. but he wa* ehe are now sick ov hospitals, c—- ■ , ..
;ndt to be floored He wrote: Dally ^^3 „y ..„Brrjr Bridges 1 * ™<*erful *><*«
£ ^2rsrv
He passed . " . Hcnest Amertcamsm to the onltlt,orn at °,d 81 Mgry’* I* Refugio it shall be^slepder and bent, «i
ZZ-- * **** ‘•ion** that the Airir'fa* Lemon County, a town no longer existing ,tw,isted.*wfld lta blossoms shall'
-- - - - ' J?® Ame. .can ta the t£ut country, in the lorn oft Cress-two lc
Rav K>llv National Command- wh«re ‘here was an abundance of and two shirt Pttah and in t,
er recently visited Eastland Poa’.. I#*.* oysters^ wild turkey and wild center+df the outer edge of e»
The followins statement Is from i^oga. Mr Bnghtman lias had a petal there rill be nail prhi
Mr Kelly ' vailed and successful business Brown wljh ruat and stained an
nmlSSfnS and a.uomonu ana m «a «* irmt, rtnwmb
these day* of strife and. turmoil 0 l nev' j '
throughout the world..
-----L . "If you must become partisan
you manage to mate so much lyet * be solely an aggressive
ncise in the kitchen, Ncrah? partissnshm for the American
Cook: Well you Just tty to way 0f uf.
break four plates without mak-^ Lotus remembei that whatever
lng a noise. r . ' mav bsfcur sympathies and antlp-
“ >' ' - athlea In tlie struggle which is
I New Saving Plan— going cn across the Atlantic" that
•Neighbor. Are you saving any jf ^ vital for us to loot to our
money since you started your bud- own couhtry e needs fl^t We love
get syatMD? - .America more
Second Neighbor: Sure By the Lets try to see both side of
time we have balanced it up every every* story and not Jump to con-
night it's too late to go anywhere. elusions. " ■' ' ______
* * " 1 "LeTs intensify our campaign
Not Just Then for an adeouate National Defense
Jack 'Insinuatingly*: How won Id "Review lusu*ry and, learn fixHn
you like to lend, a friend five doi- paj>t experience that news from
lars? • foreign ccuntrle* 1* coloWT for
Tom; I’d be only too glad to. oie purpose of '"rystaUlzlng attl1
old fellow, but I haven’t a friend tuder in fsrrr belligerents
in the world "Jf tiiere is to be any crusad-
• • ng. let’s confine .-.uch altruistic
Explained * impulses to cur own country ’*
Qrandma Wiiat are you crying If you want a n“* United States
for. Willie? P*l»«—foe street, home lodge, or
WHlie: ’Cause Unck* Jolin drop- decoration, '•all J H Mart:n ah
ped a "b-big box on hi* tnoet 397 The American-Xeglcn wants
Grandma OTV. that’s '-nothing Comanche tc decorate with Flags
to cry about Why don’t you just and is sponsoring a "Flsg’’ Sale
Of 1 SBlaier-oi-iortune as a sub-41. sensed this, and in His gcntli
; ..I. ‘ * are people all^plty for all sorrow and sufferlni
around ui> whose’lives would make tald to It:
a wonderful bopk. 1 Because of ydur‘regret and pit]
ig never again shall tb
igl
as a Cross Hencefortl
Follev
wear.
Hindi
•tyle-i
Hoffn
when Adciph Hitler will stand
a his throne in-Cana-
Playlng Safe
Teacher: James, can >"»
me why the Babylonian
Nebuchadnezzar, built the
ir.g garden; 1
■^finmy: I ain’t sure, teach
I guess, his neighbors kept,
ens. “’4*
establishments
other, the daughter of Gener
or Tnrre'',Tmlrr*
< <>uUI llavr t ailed Him Unis
' The new colored parson, call
lng for the ftret time On Mandy
«ned. That will help the looks o* I' An, asphalt
that part of town. [Highway No. 36 from Oomaricoe
* ...... .... (East Is expected to be.let at the
A feature etoi:y about people June meeting of tire State .High-
who had madAjA AJ^CM under wgy Commission,
difficulties was carried m Sun- r
day's Fort Worth Star-Telegram Approximately $100,000 will be
and Included a write-up of Br- spent this year on Highway .16
nAt Tuptn of Comanche. The (Old Pecan Betti from Commche
article included a nice photo of south according to Hlltbn Burks.
There >was an interlude wlien
was puzzled to hqar her call th*
children. Benle. Meenie. Mink
and Henry ■ <
"Why you name him Henry?"
Mandy replied: “We don’t wan
hurwePwho
Comanche Htglv for many years
has been turning out outstanding
students who make good In col-
lage -and university and ».*• far
back as the Ws University of
Texas teachers said they could
always tell 'students from Coman-
Did. you hear the one about tl
Mr Tupin
Our s
are fi
Iradin
your I
information from the State High-
way Commission —•
As a sign of fUrtHer success.
gMr. Tupin is this week opening
Not A Permanent C ure
Rastus brought a ham back t
the store, saying It wax no goo*
That ham’s all right: Raetua.
the storekeeper tniKtbtf. "Why
was cured only last week’’
'Well, maybe It’s been cure
all right, ’’ Hast us answered alts
,K'm» rellectlan. "but It sho* h*
had a .elapse. ”—Santa Fe Maga
j»T
his business in a buiiumg all by
himseLf His jewelry store is now
to the quarters formerly occupied
by-Vas’s Cafe. It has been re-
modeled and beaut 11 led for the;
Che High School by the thorough
e preparation they showed and ee-.
d penally their knowledge of. the
- fundamentals ,of English. ,
r. • • ii
n Among the -former Comanche
"' High students aim made the Phi
■e;Bcta Rippa society axe Misses
3] Agnes Graham.' Lucille Bruton
5.! Hattie Bt ightman. Phillip E Ora-
; ham.,-: Troy Ccuiey and c-nexs.
. Maurice Hoffman last year made
y thf highest grade |n the Law De-
~ 8an~ Angelo showed a gain of
anly 486 persons during .the last
decade.. the' llLAft, population be-
ing 25,794 as compared to 26,308
to 1930 . ,7.
-
Coleman- showed a loss of 28.
laugh? •!. Cotton wool and silk Flags, at
Willie. That’s what I d-dld. prices 35c up DtspUy your Kiss
' ' *. • on Flag Day. '
THe Vanishing American --;———-—
-I won’t »et married until I* The tight-Hgted hu-bsnd wtv»
find a girl like the one that grand- cat or towin' lar fttls wife's
pa married.” *-•' birthday sent hex * check for *
Huh! They don’t have women miihon kisses as a present. The
Old joke contest . There was
,the. one about the man who »*•-
asked. Can you play the piano1"
and lie answrred 1 don’t know -
I never tried."
It was his brother wild btoie a
.wtlat a ltd enquired of thf doctor
H’» A Whole Far a graph '■
Mne; What da that there
"ma'.riroony'' mean1
Rest us That ain’t no w
that's a sentence, man I- _ .
partmem
popuUticn being 6050 withlthe glory of the Lord
We hgve been requested to pub
ltfch "The American Pledge”
which we gladly reproduce oeiow:
as compaVed to 5078 In 1940
"}■**'
San Saba showed a gala of 687
durtey the last ten years. In-
creasing from 2240. to 2927
—Numbers 14:21
Business Thought: “Be a self-
starter and don't make a crank
■ that today ”. wife; a little annoyed *t his thrift.
That’s funr.y! Grandpa only sent back a post card:
xrted here vest-rday " V . . naear. Jim: TliankS for the pc, -
0 • 1 fectly lovely birthday check Tito
Tlie American Pledge.— For
America, I wOTT
iam)v.t»t showed a gain of 516,
Increasing from 2709 tp 3423. giv-
ing' H a population of about 200
.kindly, to home folks
« you [have received my education and
an who lily Here I,have earned my liveli-18 ..B .
to have hood Here I have Invested mv| I
e keens [money. Here I have, made lrtends. I . V**. ® mote, ^t drove up Just
-he Me- Here i^-ttnd thW:-f-love whl new *nd iJiouled. ’DiqaRe.auintwp-
: I live and work and plav and die y
l- -n.iv,k i. MV X'himt** .1 X*1*1 HU^.Pr’
■■■■ "Not U> Charlie. He simply said.
Yes. sir. and gave him five bah'’
.. • •*jr. ■ • * •.
me. Its strength . .
Its prosperity ts, • oor Judgment
its future Is my i vou guaranteed-that this
as
do over the telephone.
could play it before
A A
What was' that1’’ i.<krd hi
WWMWWWW—p——il m I "t:m «-«ne<uiM an tm
eraT TJ«tR bian»ger_ of the West ‘porum call
Texas Chamber of Commcr:; •‘It was somebody esyirff thi
pitbiiiit} department has return-lit was a long distance from Nr
cd tc 8;owrnwood’to bCTJinrxlghtJ York and I told Uiero that w
Vai'llThan^to'RfttiiT. James Wn::rnt»- that ’ replied the new »«
of The Banner 7 ivwnt -
Experienced
‘Corn
twttpir
he refused in .lake the mp3JcW>
the oocUUt hgd left. At las! Ills
mother began to cry
— Oh. my boy wiU’CUe.’’ she fob-
bed "my boy will-die.”
Don’t cry mother:'* said’ Ote
bey. ’’Fathqr’ll be home soon and
he’ll 'make me take It.
,.w— { » ’ Btse-. „J?. r.p;
Jones:, TJvat man Smith -a
going arr.una tgWW' lie*' about
Ooldthwaite showed a gain of
*8 durihg the last decade. Increas-
ttOTMdl
Buuuon.
pothanr
fevridge
Lie 1 Aar
kuiKill J
[if M
Llvdc He
I* ins. I
m
r cu
kvai.er .
Btraart.
[ O ut-ol
family j
buded-.J
pow»f«a»
Ban An)
[Waa: ton
las. Mr
anon* sr
Worth. J
ton from 316 to 327 * ”..............“• Supertmen'dtnt Compton oh- mean to stand by It; I mean to
- t .... n0..:,. not only teach and supervise, but mpport tt-tn thought, in word-
•id rhinese nmverb nts. apuity to get. 00 operuiom an<j fan together. Therefore, this
aia uiinesr provenr. I for Mis. Compton and ChUdren ls my pjt d«e
-• a^r-Ktorr-i-: tsas^ !'havP almo*t matched him hour for, j wU1 be icyai t0
The *bo\e proverb is undoubt-Taour. T*0 American insf ’u
•dly partly (rue, but nothing gives | . • • it uphold its
• person greater •attsfartlon tluui with Mr and Mr#. Jake D.ir- *and lt. Ooveinment
BaeomptlMtlng some hard task, as ham already owners of a pretty j
for eximple solving an arithmetic ’..-.wn cn this street, it is hoped
gwo.blem after wrestling with it - . . -
lor about- an hour
Belmont
break hi* neck
That's the Hrinte rrf the Kattlo‘ whTcTi fs sweeping the
cbttolr.r with dear receptinn—ftatteyy;—or Klertric.
Ask ypur neighbor abciul his HKLMONT—most
everyone hits one.
—NO Nl» WIKj s
NO M IMM
gqji£rr89Kiiii^wB Hh i-k k $
"Just Around the
f* A
Corner
THE HOTTEST WEATHER OF THE
SUMMER B YET TO COME.
- and Its ideals.
,‘h*t Superln*. indent Ompt an does ' \ wuf del end it:, flag -w
not expect everybody living on hit lt mHy f|y ^
street' to folldw, gutt. j will conduct my buslpe
£3 iuA Tg.
** ■* '- patriotic, cout
conferred by the Un.vprmty 'of i Tor AMERICA I WILL!
- M.nrln.r <in/t Ivnlf
Mf» -Pe
Wa
PC. Mr.
brstrph
Industry
•peqing ..fcr one lp ’Cbsnanche.
Texas Monday and half that
many more".will be conferred at i
tiie erid of tlie Summer term In
September. ■ ,*
The vote on the Soil .Plan by
*2995
Belmont Model No. 791
'' Tlie proposed Soil Con
Mon District lias run new
Practice ccnmrnry by pmlcriing the cvpcwictt walls «f
>"in home with a coat of SHKRW’IVWII.I.IAMS
PAINX^the best by every teat__S-W • PA1NT^«0«|
further—and lasts longer. Yes, it’s economical to use
SH^KUIN-WILLIAMS PAIMS—inside—or outside.
ONt.T
«m: rtuig. the territory around Ous-
ting. 61pe Springs and that part
of Comanche County south of
Cbmanehe. and, will vote on the
281 fer and 161
JflF plan ay a in witfiin a few
months according to C. M. Cgra-
waar.of Cornyn. member of the
State Board.
Eastlknd.Ctrtjnty.
avains!; Comanche County, 278
for and 319 against; EraCh Coun-
ty. H32 for and 102 against.
Mrs. Jar
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J. W. Rdfcwon wlio were omitted
By the rural census enumerator#
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that section.
We do not suppose the Croat
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1940, newspaper, June 7, 1940; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888803/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.