The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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-NINTH YEAR
THE COMANCHE CHIEF
COMANCHE. COMANCHE COUNTY, <ffcXA8. AUGUST I. 1932
EAM WINS FIRST PLACE AT A &
Old Settlers Get An Increased Crowd At Their One - Day Affair At Hasse
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THREE DWELLINGS BURN IN TWO FIRES
IH UTflf QD
sWYPRK
One of the best light-seeing trips in
lew York is the boat trip around
Island No better way
Id be found to get a good view of
lew York’s sky-line. But lately a com-
oercial aviation company has an-
around the island,
rri-motored planes, holding eight per-
pns, are used. The fare u $5. each,
under five are carried for
: price.
• * *
A few of New York’s rich use air-
fo commute from their sub-
un homes to their offices on Man-
ttan Island. A larger number use
Hts and motor boats. It has been
* * *
OCCUPflTS HE
HOT IT HOME
IH BOTH CASES
Two fires destroyed three resi-
dences in Comanche Sunday," con-
tinuing the series of successive
week end conflagrations.
The first occurred Sunday Jif-
the
r
THE SPEED CONTEST
By .Albert T. Reid
ternoon at 1:16 p. m. wnen
residence of Elmer Gore, in the
West part of town was completely
burned, destroying all the house-
hold furniture and clothing of
the family. *
Mr. and Mrs. Gre left immed--
.. . ... i lately after noon to visit his
that the tune ,* rapidly coming Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
. New York would have a line o £ at Merder3 Gan, and while
r taxis between the lower end of V 1 * . A 9
’sland-and the upper areas of the | were enroute “*• <lre 100,5
; The fire was discovered by
c< i •, ., . .. v .. . , , 1 Will Schwarts, a ^neighbor, who
It is said that New York today has , { that. the back part of the
but four carousels—-tiny merry-go- h on fire when he saw
rounds mounted on four wheels and i .. . . ■ tkaf
-fed from place to place by a lone ! «>ving rise ta the beUef that
sc. There used to be many more the ({re *“ve started ftwn
the owners cemplain that New an_£- coo!S 8*ove-
York’s children seem to have lost in-
terest in wooden horses and chariots.
A penny a ride Is charged.
♦ • •
The dental college of (Columbia Uni-
versity is across the street from St.
Gabriel*! Park, a three-acre green spot
in the heart of the city. In thisjurk
■ftrett who are out of work. From
tflUo time some of them are invited
to the dental college, where the stu-
dent* work up6n their teeth.
I ♦ * *
‘ Whit Strange laws one may still find
in the code of ordinances of the dty
* New York, a volume of 718 na<jc*
1 prohibits the throwing of knives
Midevllle acts. Another prohibits
O'. And the “us?; transportation
1 of bean-showers" Is not kl-
ik men must not have Wort
, bells on their carta No one
r-n tent or make Chtap in N*w
k -out a health board permit
Tand trappers may not seek
f'e in the parks.
• * * .
i are many amusing stories totd
Babe Ruth, the Yankee’s home-
j hitter. One of the best dates back
the time that Ruth contracted to
te a description of each of his home
s for a certain newspaper syndicate,
is was his first wire:
'“High, outside, Babe.’*
lYHOME
>UR$
iSTWAfOSOH LAY
The residence was owned by
Bud Arnold.
The ’ second fire occurred at
12:16 a. m. Monday, when the
residence of Bryan Edwards in
the East part of the city, was
discovered on fire, and the flames
spread to the home of Mtzs
Sarah; Tom and Frank Leviaay.
All the contents of the Ed-
wards residence were destroyed
but the contents of the Levisay
home were carried to safety.
The fire was of undetermined
origin, as Mr. and Mrs. Edwards
had been away (cr ^yeral weeks,
when the fire started.
» occupied ‘by -Mr.
“ DeHart
owned by
Mr. Moore.
wnen me nre atartea.
Ths residence occupied
2aW*r4" btidhirecl to Ed
aha the other was ow
Hill SCATTERS
CM3 IETER
COMANCHE Cl.
4-H TEAM FIRST
PflflC. 5TIRT5 POULTRY JUDGING
.1
A crowd larger than usual and
estimated te exceed a thousand
waa at Hasae Thursday morning
to attend the annual meeting of
the Old Settlers Re-union. Special
seats were reserved under the
tabernacle for the old settlers but
the thinning ranks of the early
settlers were greatly outnumber-
ed by the younger people who
(By J. A. Barton, Co. Aft)
Comanche County’s 4-H Poultry
Team, composed of J. C. LaGrone
Jr., and Miss Charlene Craig of
the Hasse 4-H Club, won first
place in the all-state contest at
the A. & If. College Short Course
with other poultry teams from
over the state competing, last
apparently were furnishing much ' weck
of-the entertainment - and enjoy- . ,n‘ the-individual ranking, J.
mg theniselve to the fullest ex- c. LaGrone was third in the
T*nt. 1 state, winning a 4-H Bronze Mod-
Speaking on the Spirit of the ak
pal Pioneer, Rev, J. F. Luker i '<
Real Pioneer, Rev. J. F. Luker j Tb^ poultry judges. Miss
of Temple drew repeated applause Charlene Cftftg and J. C. LaGrone
from the crowd as he compared. arc two Qf the older members
the simple life of 40 years ago Qf the 4-H Club of Hasse and
\° thLmor* complex life of to- this year have chickens for their
day. The speaker asserted that projects. These members were not
we must return to simpler living only tried out on their ability
and added that the “denrasaion to. judge but were given a thor-
might be a blessing to disguise oiarh examination on their know-
« h*,*'„bnnf ,»b?Qt very; ledge of poultry culture and cull-
thing. Rev, Laker’s address eras jng as well as other methods of
interrupted bv a shower of rain
which almost broke ap the gather-
ing and drove the audience to
shelter.
successful chicken raising.
Clyde Thompson and Moody
Hazxard, two other Comanehe
County 4-H Club member* enter-
_ . s . . - - "ft ’■» ed hi the all state terracing eoss-
Comanche Band «nder the dime- test, but were unable to place
tlon of Pat Howard and a mu*, amoftft-tea first high three teams
*“ ^ro^a“ * as they had not had the oppor-
^ number of Cbmanche ckfldren on- tunity to carry on as much actual
'd,er d,i^ running of terrace lines at home
A, Mobon which Vps followed M some of the other boys who
by a reading by Pollyangft Speod. *-on over them.
Judge R A ".idler PPeMi«T*-n{ of
STERLING HALIT
TO OE HELD OH
FRIDAY. AUC. S
COY. STERLING
ADDRESSES THE
VOTERS HERE
PIONEER IS FOUND EIGHT DARREL
DEIO ID PASTURE; STILL IS TIGER
Governor Ro§s Sterling spoke
in Comanche Wednesday after-
' noon to a crowd numbering sever-
; al hundred, from the band stand
-H— , in the interest of his campaign
A meeting of Sterling-for-Gov-, #Qr
Carpenter, who is acting as chair- torney of Fort Worth, _ rmched
man of the Sterling forces. j Comanche a short time bmore
Plans for an intensive cam- the Governor and was speaking
paign over this part of the county In his behalf when the executive
will be completed at this meet- arrived in company with Mrs.
ing according to Mr. Carpenter. Sterling and delegations from De-
| Women Backera To Meet. Leon and Dublin.
_ A . A special invitation is extended Stuart chargsd that Ferguson
Corn OyaUra ! to ladies to be present and a is allied with the big oil internets
Try this as something different for county wide Womens Sterting-for and said that the former govmr-
mcheqp. Served as the fteeaf 4kh Governor Club will be organised, nor represented the railroad in-
vegetable, it is at this meeting according to Mrs.1 teresta, for whom f Stuart said
Tom Jones, 8J, well known citi-
zen of the Gap community ond
for over fifty years a citizen of
Comanche County was found dead
* *”-L B- a; s«.~' "*>*'*
«id f l Representative E. M. Davis at
memL^hin* Brownwood who spoke in the
membwship^ in the ^ ialion, int^reat of Mr*., Ferguson’s cau-
o sefrond didacy for Governor from the
IK RAID S1I3WS£K?S
home FViday at 7 p. m., a day destroyed Saturday afternoon by singing which was followed by .nartiaf ’ law in the F*it TexaS
and a half after he had left sheriff Dwight Brightman, (bounty.mUs,c »>y the Haaae String Rand. oiI f|e]d. criticised Lfchivhwkt
home in a buggy ^ go J? Cokc Attorney F. O. Jaye and Deputy |
------d(| CONVENTION
of veterans in every war from „ .
the Revoluutionary to tee World pr€8ided °V*r
War. %a
by the Brownwood organizat
by Gib Cal
Davis reviewed the recent
.SS
At cording
whom Mr. Joqes lived, Mr. JonAis
pockets were turned wrong side two full barrels of working mash t
out and Ms prune which is said at)(j four more partly full in |
to have contained not leas than addition to a small quantity of
$76.00 was missing. A small wound whigkeV-
was found under one shoulder on -----
hlThismwound may have been ( allilWay To . .
caused .from a fall or a llimb Gnpak AlUTUSt 13
teute *aeSrdMg^Dr *BwSoin of Oil GO▼C^IO^,8 Race
May who axamined the body end - -t '
PROVES TO Of
QUIET AFFAIR
policy, and accused Sterling at
being closely allied with the big
oil interests.
"I want a governor who does
, not think in terms of dollars,
l hut of humanity,” Mr. Davis said
iaftd closed with an eulogy of the
Fergusons.
any ftveu
1 capful of canned or
cat from the cob,
1 beaten egg, flour, ■ ___
Pat ths corn hi a bowLaddthejrefl Hick> “id'
|S. J. Hicks.
con Mrs. John Birdsong of
| Worth will be present for the
organizations of the clubs, Mrs
Ex-Gov. Ferguson was
Fort'ney during his wife’s
Governor.
Governor Sterling was
reported that he was unable to Oacar Callaway will speak
the Court Houee Tawn 3at-
determine the cause of his daftth
Miss Nelda Stephens of Plain-
view is visiting Miss Pauline
Marshall.
Governor Sterling was intro-
duced by W. H. Carpenter, who
said that two yean ago he pift*
sen ted Mr. Sterling as a man due te causes undetermined,
who would make a good governor,
and ho was presenting him m
a -J man who has made a good
governor. Discussing Ferguson’s
campaign promises, Carpenter
shape and size. These were! called attention to the fact that
Ferguson g&id he was goin** *'
take
flow**to'^nake'nthw thkfcTScuoa, YOUNG ORCHARD
Hid if too thick to drop easlV from | BRINGS RETURNS
fat^taralmr as^wwi* as tm^sSe^ The Chief is~Mdebted to Mrs.
brown. v 1 iC. W. Janes for a sack of extra
* .................... I choice Elberta Peaches, perfect
^ A good furniture polish may be in
made
good fun
by mixing
- oil"and
with soft
dean soft doth
* • e
r mixing canal parts of linseed gathered from the young orchard
vinegar. Shake wsJL and apply of Mr. and Mrs. Janes which is
ft doth, then rub dry with a just coming into bearing.
tvom over hj.UA to hi. .UU- !*”«» JBW«. W
ur jar
.h. uputod Hr. J.«. OHy U. to. priptory. ;
;--iSu platforin w te*
Democratic Conn
• re- ____• ____
g into bearing.
Mr. and Mrs. Janes found ready
Funeral services were held at K 0F P. LODGE PLANS
Stag* Creek CsmstftT Satuntey DISTRICT MEETING HF^i
afternoon, conducted by Rev. Sam . - -
writing, or printing, if that is the
of marking one prefers,—-with
I pencil, then tracing directly over
il marks with a pen and mark-
peaches this year.
EXHIBITS FftEAK CORN
e*r of coF was grown
, Ben an
r tag Ink. I am told that the fhk will not by Floyd Carrx»n‘f«r
:■ mhK u^C.ywh0TCr “•
, should moke perfect feed for a
: paint horse accordiri
we so often sec on linen.
e e e
you know that to ref- the* best
“ “““ true to Ih,
e * •
thnist at tee wcltere of Go-
manone farmers, Whose markets
were wholly dependent on trucks.
Gov. Sterling- reviewed his five
years of service to the people of
Texas as chairman of the high-
way commission and as governor.
as announced
District Deputy,
to go to Coke "Fisher’s, five milos 1 Brownwood, who met with the *
Frtenndly tilts I
hibition question and over
substitute
the
nom-
iO-
cratic Convention held at the
court house Saturday afternoon. ,
Resolutions endkczing_ Uy| p«n-1
vention and
urging tl»# support •* avory
Democrat; criticising the Federal
Reserve System, and providing,
that the delegates te te* State
Convention vote as a bait, wort*
adopted. . |
Delegates electdA to attend the
State Canven$foh Wore: J. E.
Tom Tatum of Dallas is
g his parents, Mr. and
Ritz Theatre
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Aagnst 6-4
JACK HOLT, IN
‘Behind the Mask”
mw •, nyr nuw. tnvwswuvi, Chilton, L. Elkifts, Carroll*
sway. When he failed to return! u>cal lodge to make arraT'«®mtn9 , Black. V. E. Lowe, Jesse Purvis,
ikAitivIit thftt Ml /a« mftetinP. ’ t«i ,« ____ Delmae
at nigh** it was thought^ tha^^ib^for^thc meeting,
with
_________________...______ _______ ...w,
villa, Hico and. Comanche.
:\al uneasiness was felt until ■ wood, Del eon, Dublin. Stepltefi Howard,
•J.— tBs
fn
ftar*
reag- in part
disprove*,
of Jim Fori
I best breed of that stock of horses.
axssu.-aa tx!at'£J?tg4iw!iwwav-
sKstisut&rutTi8-JW-e
y Oacar Sw
TT
ra. R. 0. Bowman and son Ifra. C. F. Rodger* and Hl^
Amherst are vlaltliig Coman- MyrtlejRiclui ,of Frion* are vial"
ww .stat* Mr’ • tha^ Mr. Fisher was not at Mmio1 SWINDLE
,.^a,^?nA showing tha» Tjfr |r' -lU end that
he had spent a *hort time about
the middle of the nftemoon at
the residence of Rancft Ei»ly-
According to Jesse Rkc and
Less Franklin who found the
and teen cut across on a
used road wWab waa
a tm of the biggeat
.iSnSro, isrsw
thah a trail and H was on this
Ul(Continued Oft Ute
Edwin Talmcr,
K. A. White^idts. E. L.
............ Ovsr Callaway, Y, W.
Holmes. E. W. Short, J. B. Lacy,
J. NV. Robinson, C. R Wteottd-
h'°„’’b'Ator irnnm sin, J. R. Eancs, N. F. Williams.
NEWBVRQ M_HOOL M^Umea 0scar Caiteway W.
■E. Lowe, a. J. Hkks. and J. W.
Supt., °f whuiwl Voting precincts represented
Sd Superintendent of Rift N* urf ^aturday wars Cimanahe No. t
...hnnl FridaV.* ’ *' * ......" * .
MONDAY and TUESDAY
August 8-t
Marion Davies and Clark Gable
—IN— '
“Polly of the Qrcus”
UNIVERSAL NEWS REEL
WED. and THUR.
“Murderrs In
. Rue Mo
With Bel* LugaaJJ
*3r%windle taught at Nowbwrg
so tdtel year?
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r‘/v v >-v /
erintendenev of tee Brown County , nnmn. ^ — No. 16.
school, .ton «
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The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1932, newspaper, August 5, 1932; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888924/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.