Miss Holden Weds D Ray McCarthy in Odessa Ceremony
Miss Lelia Coreta Holden and D Ray McCarthy united in marriage April 18 at 11 30 a m in the First Baptist Church Odessa with a single ring ceremony. The couple, both Sidney High School graduates, reside at 1614 North Texas Avenue Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelia Coreta Holden
D. Ray McCarthy
Alleghany St
Judson Prince
First Baptist Church
Odes
Herman Jones
Sidney High School
Draughon
Business College
Abilene
Defense
Ranger
United Aircraft School
Anglewood
Cal
Sloan Field
Army Flying School
Midland
E. D. Holden
Beattie
D. F. McCarthy
Sidney
McCarthy
North
Texas Avenue
Odessa
Emma Louise McDonald Honored at Tarleton College
Emma Louise McDonald of Comanche was elected secretary treasurer of the Tarleton College Student Council by popular vote. A first year student, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S McDonald of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Louise McDonald
Comanche
John Tarleton College
Miss McDonald
Tarleton
S. McDonald
Keel Pendleton Wedding Announced in Comanche
Mr. and Mrs. V. O. Keel announce the marriage of their daughter Vivian Keel to Sgt. J. A. Pendleton of Camp Blanding Florida. Rev. E. G. Gregory Jr. officiated April 17 at 4 30 p m. Attendants included Corp. Hudson Smith of Camp Blanding Miss Wilma Wards and the bride's mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. O. Keel
Comanche
Vivian Keel
J. A. Pendleton
Camp Blanding
Florida
O. J. Pendleton
Stephenville
E. G. Gregory, Jr
First Baptist Church
Elder G. L. Willis Dies at Sipe Springs
G L Willis age 77 died at his home in Sipe Springs April 17 after a heart attack. Funeral services were held at Stag Creek Cemetery with Elder J M Owens officiating. Pallbearers were Hoyle Haley Charley Chambers Forest Chambers and Tommie Smith. Willis lived in Haskell County many years before moving to Comanche County in 1937 and had served as Primitive Baptist minister for 61 years. He was survived by his wife four children 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Willis
Sipe Springs
Stag Creek Cemetery
J. M. Owens
Cisco
Hoyle Haley
Charley Chambers
Forest Chambers
Tommie Smith
Willis
Haskell County
Comanche County
Registration Place Energy Added in Comanche County
Energy has been added as a registration place in Comanche County per Mrs. Cleve Callaway secretary of the Local Draft Board. Other registration points include Comanche De Fen Gustine Proctor Siperings Sidney Lamkin Newburg and Mercer Gap. A man may register anywhere in the United States but must give his home address and the county of that address governs his draft authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Cleve Callaway
Draft Board
Comanche
de Fen Gustine
Proctor
Siperings
Sidney
Lamkin
Newburg
Mercer Gap
United States
Funeral Rites Today for J. R. Skinner
J. R. Skinner, 66, former Eastland County sheriff, died at his West Comanche home after illness. Short services at Comanche Funeral Home at 10 am, then at Eastland Baptist Church, with interment in Eastland cemetery. He and his widow are survived by a son in California and a daughter at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Skinner
Eastland County
West Comanche
Comanche
Eastland Baptist Church
Eastland Cemetery
Mr. Skinner
Gustine
George Montgomery
Brownwood
Bobbie Skinner
California
City Exacts Explanation for Water Taste Changes
City officials explain the peculiar taste in the drinking water, describing seasonal disturbances in raw lake water and the absence of a filtration plant. They note routine flushing of mains, reassure sanitary conditions, and state the taste should disappear after a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Quits WPA For 50c Hour Job
One Comanche County man leaves WPA rolls for a defense industry job earning 50 cents an hour after completing a twelve week general machinist training course. WPA officials cite state vocational schools for emergency training and note enrollees are paid WPA wages during training and assisted back to private work after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
WPA
Works Projects Administration
John B. Stamey
State Department of Education
Division of Training and Employment
United States Employment Service
Army Camps in Texas Can Be Wet or Dry
Attorney General Gerald C. Mann rules Camp Bowie and other Texas Army camps may be designated wet or dry at the discretion of Army officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald C. Mann
Camp Bowie
Texas
Revival Prepares Members for May Revival at Comanche Church
Pastor A Bryson English announces a church wide preparation period through May 24 for a Revival. Congregants urged to join Church School on April 26, with larger attendance planned for Prayer Meeting and two Sunday services. A 9:45 a.m. assembly, 10 a.m. class work, 11 a.m. worship, 7 p.m. youth activities, and an 8:15 p.m. Bible baptism pictures are scheduled with sermons on Living By Faith and Practicing What You Preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bryson English
Comanche Methodist Church
Christ
Methodist Reporter
Services at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church This Week
Elders Len Dalton of Hamilton and E. C. Mahurin of Wingate will preach at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church on the fourth Sunday and the preceding Saturday and Saturday night, April 25-26. Friends and members are urged to attend. ordination work will be done in the afternoon and dinner will be brought. A. T. Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Dalton
Hamilton
E. C. Mahurin
Wingate
Primitive Baptist Church
Shiloh
A. T. Perry
Services Sunday at St Matthews Church
Services will be held at St Matthews Episcopal Church Sunday at 8 p m Rev S L Jeffries of Brownwood will preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Matthews Church
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
S. L. Jeffries
Brownwood
Living Church series sermon and convention notes
Bible School and Communion every Sunday at ten o clock with no evening services. This Sundays sermon, April 26, is the third in the series on The Living Church titled Fellowship. Echoes of the Houston convention will be given by Mr. and Mrs. Ingram. C C Klingman Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
the Living Church
Houston
Ingram
C. C. Klingman
Presbyterian Church Services and Sermons Schedule
The church invites all for Bible School at 0 00 a.m. and a 11 00 a.m. sermon titled Three Distinctive Isms followed by an 8 15 p.m. sermon on World Peace and Unity. Minister E M Shepard extends a cordial welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
E. M. Shepard
Gustine Lamkin Charge Revival Services At Gustine Church
Gustine church announces revival activities beginning with morning services at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Y P division at 11, evening service 7 30 p m and church school at 8 p m led by J D Smoot. Second quarterly conference at Gustine May 3 with Dr. Williams preaching at 11 a.m. and conference after lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamkin
Gustine
Jno
Dr. Williams
J. D. Smoot
Gustine Methodist Women In Meeting
The Gustine Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service meets each Monday with new members joining. Two Bible lessons from The Seed and the Soil are planned this month. Last week featured a social day hosted by Mrs Gleaton with a tulip quilt, covered dish lunch, and a program including scripture, prayer, a poem, and a talk on Christian living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Gustine Methodist Church
Methodist Women Hold Meeting With Mission Study Home
The Methodist Women met Monday at 3 30 in regular session with sixteen members present. Lois Jeanes gave the devotional and Virgil Chaffin led the spring mission study The Christian Roots of Democracy. A luncheon for the Garden Club was voted for May 6 and plans were set by a new committee. A regualar business meeting is scheduled for April 27. Members invited to hear Corsicana meeting reports including Mrs Logan Williams, Mrs G B Clark and Hattie Mae Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Lois Jeanes
Virgil Chaffin
Logan Williams
Garden Club
Corsicana
G. 8. Clark
Hattie Mae Hampton
Baptist Women Hold Royal Service Meeting
The W M U of the First Baptist Church met Monday afternoon for a Royal Service program. The study topic was Purity with Mrs R W H Hamilton as leader. Mrs Manley Stone gave the devotional and five women participated. Mrs E E Anthony president led the business session and Mrs John Hart offered the closing prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.M.U. of the
First Baptist Church
R. W. H. Hamilton
Manley Stone
E. E. Anthony
John Hart
Ming Jr and Marian Wolfe Plan April 4 Wedding
News reaches from Lincoln Nebraska and Goodwell Oklahoma of Miss Marian Wolfe daughter of Mr and Mrs E E Wolfe and James Ming Jr son of Mrs Marvel Carson of Comanche and a former Brownwood resident. The ceremony occurred April 4 and both graduates hold MA degrees from Eastman School of Music. Ming heads Western State College music department and Mrs Ming teaches cello in Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Wolfe
E. E. Wolfe
Lincoln
Nebraska
James Ming, Jr
Goodwell
Oklahoma
Brownwood
Ming
Western State Agricultural College
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Brownwood Bulletin
Marvel Carson
Comanche
School Closings and Programs Announced by County Superintendent
Assistant County Superintendent J C Helm Jr lists closings and programs for several towns. Fairview and Beattie plan daytime and evening programs on April 24. Lamkin hosts all day events with dinner on April 28. Cotton Grove May 1, Proctor May 7 with day and night programs. Comanche on May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Helm, Jr
Fairview
Beattie
Lamkin
Cotton Grove
Proctor
Comanche
Homer Palmer Named Beaumont Navigation Department Hire
Homer Palmer former Deputy Tax Assessor-Collector has accepted a civil service post with the Navigation Department in Beaumont. He is already on the job and will relocate his family after school ends as Mr. and Mrs. Perry St. Clair rent his residence. The article notes a wartime slogan "Work or Fight" as a historical reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Palmer
Camp Bowie
Navigation Department
Beaumont
Palmer
Karl Shock Heads Navy Relief Society for Comanche County
Karl Shock named chairman of the Navy Relief Society for Comanche County by Attorney General Gerald C. Mann. The role provides welfare support for sailors and families while navy personnel serve abroad, with Shock urging county residents to meet and exceed their wartime quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Shock
Navy Relief Society
Comanche County
Gerald C. Mann
Texas Citizens Committee
Texas
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
Shock
Mr. Shock
Woman poses beside Greek temple ruins in car photo
A woman driver stops beside toppled temple columns in Greece and warns, Do not photograph the car or her husband will think she crashed into the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Merchants To Register For Sugar Apr 28 29
Retailers wholesalers institutions and sugar using or selling establishments must register April 28 and 29 at the local high school. Call county superintendent or high school to obtain the Sugar Purchase Certificate blanks and complete information before registration. A separate note mentions Claude George offering an old gun from Noah to World War I era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude George
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Department of Agency
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Board of Applicant
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DA Vanter
Miss Holden
Keel-Pendleton
Energy
M. E. Jenkins
City Water Department
Church News
Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Gustine Lamkin
Methodist Women In Meeting
Flora B. Couch
Baptist
W.M.U. Reporter
Hitler
Ars
Piggly Wiggly
Complete Food Store
WGN
Sudan
del Monte Fee
Colorado Potatoes
Kraft’s Cheese
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