Fourth annual Bruce and Tunnell family reunion at Lake Eanes Park
A large reunion of Bruce and Tunnell relatives was held at Lake Eanes Park over the weekend, marking the fourth annual gathering. About 110 relatives shared a noon picnic dinner, with eight siblings reuniting after 25 years and a roll call listing numerous family members from Fort Worth, Dallas, Abilene, Lubbock, Comanche County and beyond.
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Lake Eanes Park
Bruce
Tunnell
Texas
W. C. Tunnell
Ollie Tunnell
Ruth Tunnell
Jess White
Stamford
J. W. Kearney
Smyer
J. G. Bruce
Robert Bruce
Worth Bruce
Ralston
Ronald
Byron
J. M. Bruce
Duane Bruce
Loraine
Clarence E. Edmiston
Edwin Lund
Kenneth
Mary Elizabeth
C. E. Lunch
A. J. Christianson
Midred
Charlie
W. F. Taylor
Will Parker
Mary Joyce
Hico
Hamiton County
John McGuire
Laslie McGuire
Bascom Redwine
Redwine
Abilene
W. B. Copeland
Lubbock
Bush Kearney
Jenniie Marie
Leon Junction
Gladys Duval
Roscoe
W. B. McGuire
Pete Clark
Fort
Georgians Visit Relatives Here From Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Vineyard of Comanche hosted five cousins from Newnan Georgia for a week. Ray Buford and Loriene Storey along with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beckom and Lizzie Beckom traveled from Georgia to visit. They left Thursday night to return home.
Hotel Quarters For Camp Bowie Guests
Relatives and friends of men quartered in Camp Bowie are offered comfortable guest quarters mirroring the soldiers' beds and amenities. The Guest House provides cots, mattresses, blankets, sheets and other bedding to visitors, ensuring a similar living environment to the troops.
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Camp
Bowie
Camp Bowie Guest House Open For Families
Families may stay at the Camp Bowie guest house with frame buildings while soldiers sleep in walled tents. Reservations are through the Senior Hostess, Camp Bowie, Texas. Rates are 1 dollar per night for one person and 1.50 dollars for two. Each room has two cots and a guard is on duty. Reading room open. cafeteria not yet operating.
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Dad
Camp Bowie
Texas
McBride Boatwright Reunion On Bayou River Brownwood
A Sunday gathering near Brownwood on the Bayou River brought together the McBride and Boatwright families. Attendees included E. A. McBride and kin, the Bettie Gordon family, Paul Brewer and Mrs. Jack Stucky, and numerous Boatwright relatives from Brownwood Comanche San Bernardino Regency Trickham Grosvenor Los Angeles Men tone Bangs Mullin Santa Anna and nearby towns. Visitors in the afternoon included Mr. and Mrs. Fisher Mrs. Donano and son and E. M. Wright of Brownwood.
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McBride-Boatwright
Bayou River
Brownwood
E. A. McBride
Bettie Gordon
Paul Brewer
Jack Stuckey
Comanche
Will Boatwright
San Bernardino
California
Owen Boatwright
Frank Powell
Babe Boatwright
Regency
Emmett Boatwright
Trickham
Lucille Boatwright
Grosvenor
Minnie McBride
Mercury
W. A. Bissey
Los Angeles
L. Trent
Mentone
Clyde Bien
Bangs
Mac McCleskey
Lloyd George
Lloyd Campbell A
N. E. Campbell
Mullin
Bolton
Santa Anna
Comanche County Fruit and Melon Festival Planned
A mass meeting at the court house was set for 8 o clock to discuss the Comanche County Fruit and Melon Festival to be held August 14 and 15. Farmers merchants and ladies of the town and county are urged to attend and help plan the show. M Coleman president urged participation.
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Court House
Comanche County
Comanche
M. Coleman
Prizes Announced for Fruit Festival Exhibits
Ralph Moser announces prizes for the fruit and melon festival to be held August 14 and 15. Awards include best baskets of Elbertas Augbertas Franks and other peaches, grapes and two-melon groupings with amounts to be listed in the next issue.
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Ralph Moser
Social news notes from the Hasse area and surrounding towns
A social roundup lists visitors and relatives from Kermit Fort Worth Yatesville Iredell Big Springs Abilene Ranger Cisco Lometa Brownwood and Brady visiting in Hasse over the weekend plus updates on Fulks recovery and Robert Sneed announcing Hasse School opens Sept. 1 WPA workers completed an all weather road to the Randolph Field radio beacon.
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Oscar McElroy
Clifton Greenlee
Kermit
Roy Adkison
Marvin Brooks
Jessie Burton
Fort Worth
O. G. Ward
Sam Arnold
Travis Hestilow
Yatesville
Ferman Howard
C. L. Adkison
Iredell
Ruby Murphey
LaWandda Adkkison
Big Springs
Modena Robertson
Abilene
Willie Greenlee
Hasse
Dub Lewis
Albert Huffman
Ranger
C. E. Huffman
L. L. Pulks
R. J. Pulks
Fulks
Russell Elliott
Robert Sneed
Gary
Dylan Sneed
South Texas
C. C. Gilstrap
L. L. Walker
Cisco
D. C. Gilstrap
Lometa
J. W. McIntire
Haste
J. E. Chiles
Azle
J. D. Hodge, Jr
Brownwood
Mancel Hodge
Brady
J. D. Hodge
WPA
Randolph Field
Why the Editor Left Town in a Local Turbulent Note
A playful yet biting jibe from a Cranckall Star editor on departing town, spoofing a wedding notice with sharp social gossip. The mock piece lampoons Jim Zilch and Geor Gianna Thistle, painting the groom as a lazy, spendthrift former college delinquent and the bride as vain and reckless, ending with a claim of truth-telling as life ambition.
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L. Kimsey
Cran¢all Star
Tor
Jim Zilch
Georgianna Thistle
Alex Thistle
Jones
Stay in New Braunfels and its old town charm
The route highlights New Braunfels with its rocky facades and tin roofs set among surrounding hills. It notes ranches abundant wildlife, a modern Faust hotel run by R. J. Grimaley, pew houses, a museum, two papers the Herald and the Zeitung led by G. F. Onheim, plus a Guadelupe River drive and the Comal River flowing through town. It recalls Walter Duffey from Port Worthol recounting Hogtown chaos and rough early roads.
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New Braunfels
Faust
R. J. Grimaley
Herald
The
Zeitung
G. F. Onheim
Guadalupe River
Duffey
Mingus
WPA Workers Install Curbs and Sidewalks in Irving
Curbs and gutters sidewalks street signs and street surfacing have been installed by WPA workers in Irving, reflecting ongoing public works projects.
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WPA
Irving
Revival Underway at Santa Anna Methodist Church
Reverend E. R. Gordon conducts a revival at the Santa Anna Methodist Church inviting community members to attend nightly services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Gordon
Santa Anna
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Kerr Jar
Duke’s Tobacco
LOE
Alta Vista
Lipton’s
Carnes Food Market
Inger
G Worth
W. J. Barlow
Coal
A. Tunnel
Stephenson
Mary Frances
Cross Plains
J. A. Johnson
John Steele
Levelland
Blanche Redwine
Nuella McCann
Hanford
Charley Prescott
Lucy Williams
Minnie Williams
Dewey Williams
Jean
D. J. Gafford
D. W. Bean
J. W. Franklin
J. H. Bowman
C. W. Williams
Troy Williams
Viola Stewart
Mike Tipps
W. B. Kearney
Lillie Kearney
Florence Kearney
Columbus Bowman
Charley Williams
J. M. Bowman
Hee Halen
Weels
Buck Abbott
Costello
Andrews Sisters
Missouri
Dennis Morgan
Jane Wyman
Wayne Morris
Herbert Marshall
Virginia Bruce
Washington
Rudy Vallee
Ann Miller
Brenda
Covina
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
Bachelor Daddy
Sandy
Everett Horton
Katheryn Adams
Sutton Dudley
Cherry
Mrs
GIANT
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