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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1928
Page
4
Jack Dukes spent last week with home folks in Coryell county after months away. Mrs. Lillie McDaniel, once sick, shows improvement. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Anderson of Sipe Springs visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Chambers on Wednesday. A. C. C. Orchestra performed Saturday night.
The Chief is authorized to announce the following candidates for office subject to the action of the Democratic Primaries.
A readable list of candidates and positions for the 17th Congressional District and county offices. Names include R Q Lee and T P Perkins for Congress, J H Eidson for District Judge, Tom Robinson for District Attorney, Henry Gore for District Clerk, W Holmes Homer De Wolfe for Legislature, and others such as J T Gilbreath, Vollie Jackson, Clyde Coan, W D Carroll, and Romae Walker for various county roles. The roster shows multiple precincts and re election notice for W D Carroll.
Comanche Chapter No. 310 and neighboring O. E. S. chapters meet May 1 at 8 p m in the Comanche Masonic Temple for a brief business session followed by a public memorial service honoring members who died in the past year. Relatives and friends are invited.
De Leon High School Business Law Class with two students and their instructor Principal W. Z. Compton attended Comanche District Court to observe proceedings. They kept notebooks and pencils, took notes on cases, and found the experience interesting and helpful for their studies.
Mrs R V Bailey wife of the assistant county engineer is from Comanche Route 1. She has lived in Laredo three years since graduation from Hill's Business College Waco. She managed the Western Union Telegraph office in Waco four years before marriage. She is active in the First Christian church and Ladies Aid.
Four delegates from the Comanche Woodman Circle attended the District meeting in Abilene on Friday. The Abilene lodge representatives were Mesdames Alice West Bud Newsome May Cameron and Miss Clara Mae Seale. Delegates met Supreme officers of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle of Omaha Nebraska touring Texas. Sessions were held Friday afternoon and evening. The Comanche group returned after the night session.
In Comanche on Thursday April 19 at about five o two couples from Shiloh wed after obtaining licenses. Perry Jr. and Bertha Hicks married at the Methodist parsonage with Burton Hicks and Naomi Johnson as witnesses. An hour later Burton Hicks and Naomi Johnson were also married by Rev. J. L. Ray at the parsonage.
Central Christian Church reports all Sunday services, with Bro A F P Cox delivering the morning sermon and Bro W H Rowland to offer a brief message next Sunday. The Sunday offerings support home missions and the pastor asks every member to contribute. The church invites all worshippers. An advertisement urges customers to bring dollars to Durham Brothers for free examination with Saturday specials offering a Missouri Flying Bird with purchases of a dollar or more.
A county agent reports a committee leaves Comanche Monday morning April 30 to buy seventeen registered Jersey heifers of Merit for the club boys and girls. The Jersey Show is set for Comanche Monday May 7, with many entries expected.
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