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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1957
Page
2
The readable items include estate actions for Jessie and David Hanson and others with names such as McCullough, Laura Strite, Lusk, and Kilpatrick. Vehicle registrations list Stout, Ford, De Leon, and Comanche entries with makes like Ford and Chevrolet among others.
John K. Coulter, 79, of Proctor, died Tuesday at a Dublin hospital. Funeral services were held August 1 at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bruce Thomas officiating and burial in White Point Cemetery. He was born April 2, 1879 in Taylor County Georgia and lived in Comanche County 40 years. He was a retired barber of about 50 years and married Bela Hornby in 1901. eight children, two sons, three daughters, eighteen grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and a sister survive.
The Gustine Baptist Church starts its summer revival on Sunday August 4 with Rev. R L Smallwood of Anna Texas preaching. Services are at 10 in the morning and 8 in the evening with singing and traditional preaching, and all are invited.
Dr Baxter Greer will preach The Ruling Passion Of A Genuine Christian at 11 am Sunday at First Presbyterian Church and The Gracious Saviour Who Seeks and Saves The Lost at evening service. Sunday School starts at 10 am with Horace Overstreet as general superintendent. The Young Peoples Fel group gathers at 6 49 pm.
Virgil Norris of Comanche traveled to Irving on Monday to confer the Master Mason degree on Gene Vineyard a former Comanchean. Attending from Comanche were R C Toon Bill Mewborn Frankie Jones and Don Gray with Dr E E Anthony of Fort Worth and J B Wylie of Garland both former Comancheans.
Sidney residents hosted guests from Eden Abilene Dallas Gorman Blanket Tokio and more including Alise Homer Bryant Myrna Winters and Homer Ray Muston. The Bryants plan a Dallas trip as Walter Smith recovers. Dr E E Anthony from Fort Worth visited family in Blanket revival attendance noted.
A compiled roster shows 26 church names across Mount Pleasant and surrounding towns including First Methodist, First Baptist, Central Christian, East Side Baptist, Victory Baptist, Emmanuel Baptist, Gustine churches, De Leon listings, Lamkin Methodist and Baptist, Proctor Methodist, and others. Totals indicate 322 entities with 2,751 as a final figure.
A ten day revival begins Sunday night August 4 at Taylor Chapel Methodist Church and runs through Sunday night August 11. Rev W R Talley of First Congregational Church Grand Prairie will preach and Bill Vineyard of Comanche will lead song service. Everyone is invited.
Claude Barnes former Coman che County resident died Tuesday July 23. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Bullard in Smith County. Attending were Mr and Mrs R K Lane of Pettit community and Mrs L F Bain.
Calvin Lee of Oomanche appears on Arlington State College spring honor roll as listed by Registrar B C Barnes. The junior college All America halfback plans to continue football at the University of Florida and is the Comanche High School graduate son of Mr and Mrs Joe B Lee. Tim Daughtery, former Comanche Indian coach now teaching in Anthony New Mexico, visited here.
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