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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1926
Page
4
Garland Farly of Big Springs husband of the late Verla Dowdy and his mother stayed from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning with his sister in law Mrs. Evie Thomas. Comanche Marble and Granite Works to sell any marble in the shop at cost to May 15 to clear space for new stock car.
The Wm. Reese Co. announces a resale event set for May 16 17 and 18. Details of lot numbers and sale conditions will be available at the office and online closer to the dates.
Businessmen of Comanche have funded monthly support for the town band for two years. The Chief invites new firms to enroll starting May first to bolster this community asset. The American Legion Band is earning praise nationwide, enriching town life and County ties through concerts and regional appeal.
Durham Bros advertise hardware savings at Brightman and Son warehouse offering feeds from 1.75 per hundred and a broad line of chicken feeders. Elkins Tin Shop and Brightman and Son promote wholesale and retail feeds with light housekeeping supplies and a phone contact.
Brownwood and Comanche Lions plot to take the Comanche Band to Houston state conference and the Lions Club international meeting. A Comanche gathering featured stunts speeches and band music with Rev C A Johnson of Brownwood delivering the principal address and inviting a Pure Food Show and a wedding feature.
Fred Smith special deputy Game Fish and Oyster Commissioner visited Comanche. Miss Byrd Carwile arrived for a visit with her mother Mrs. A M Carwile. Gip Gilchrist former State Highway Engineer stopped briefly with Jerome P. Kearby. Mrs Eustace McCulloch of Frederick Oklahoma visiting her mother Mrs J H Bryson. Mrs J F Reese operated on for tonsils in Brownwood sanitarium and is recovering. Dr Ory at Brownwood sanitarium remains fever free and progressing. Mrs A G Miller ill with pneumonia improving at her parents home. Mr and Mrs P K Mackey visiting Hillsboro. Lydia Honea of Gustine visiting Mrs Evie Thomas. Local residents visited by friends from Ballinger Brownwood. M J Sullivan and T H Broad attended Lions Club luncheon in Eastland. Mrs J D Smoot Miss Dona Saye and Mrs D K Doyle attend Methodist Women's Missionary Society annual conference at Temple. Miss Blanche Grainger returned from two weeks in Dallas. Joe Tupin and Rollin Johnson from Oklahoma visited Waco. Miss Davie Dunn from John Tarleton College weekends at home. Rollin Johnson of Oklahoma visited last week with Mr and Mrs Joe Tupin. Mrs Johnson known in Comanche as Miss Hazel Reiger. Mr and Mrs Clint Davis of Dubback visiting in Comanche.
In stock items include Avery repair parts and Durham Bros White cotton shorts. Prices listed at $2.35 per hundred for the shorts, available at Brightman and Soa.
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