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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1927
Page
10
The bridal party was entertained Saturday night at Mrs. Mary Lee Kerr’s home 510 East Sixth Street, with a buffet supper after the rehearsal. The marriage of William H. Waring and Miss Maude Kerr is set for Monday evening at the bride’s mother’s house.
J. J. Shone and Miss Cleo Grace Sackett both of Coleman were married in Comanche Monday at the Methodist parsonage. The ceremony was performed by the Reverend J. M. Wynne.
The U S Civil Service Commission will hold an examination in Comanche Texas for a Lamkin Texas postmaster vacancy. Applicants must be 21 to 64 and reside within the local post office territory. Applications close August 24 1927 and may be obtained from the Lamkin or Comanche post offices.
Mrs. J. E. Howell of Troy visits granddaughter Mrs. T. O. Rogers. George Harris and family from Rising Star stay with Grady McKinzie. Frank Gore returns from Brownwood Hospital. Elmer Fletcher plans move to Valera. Others visit Brownwood and Bethel church as revival begins Friday before the third Sunday. all invited.
Sam A. Ribble preached at Union Grove to a large audience after visiting friends in Comanche. The Ladies Bible Class, led by Mrs. Anna Clayton, read Acts chapters 13 and 14 and discussed The Church of Christ why. Llyle Price, now at Sidney, begins a three Sunday sermon series on August 17. Congregational singing by Earnest Steele of Brownwood.
Mrs John Hart and Li visited her niece Mrs Wayne Glam one afternoon last week. Several from the community attended the Strickland Nelson Fisher reunion on Copperas Creek last Tuesday. Revival begins at Taylor's Chapel Friday night with Rev Rowland preaching. Miss Mabel Walling of Comanche visited Miss Lodera Sledge. Ben Stephenson teaches a singing school at Soda Springs. Many from here enjoyed Beattie day trip. Relatives visited Mr and Mrs Sam Carter last Saturday including Rev and Mrs Strickland and Nelson family. Mr and Mrs S C Vineyard attended Oakland services Sunday. Lon Sledge and Miss Ledera Sledge joined Mrs Will Sapp for trip to New Braunfels. Bob Evans Gressett left for Rankin to visit sister Mrs Lawrence Boynton. Garner Lloyd and family weekend with I M Vineyard at Comanche. Mrs George Barrick and daughters Marjorie and Mrs Ollie Barrett visited Buffalo Gap. Funeral service for Mrs W Garner held in Comanche Monday.
Edna Hill residents report ongoing farm work despite hot dry weather. Haying and stubble breaking continue while maize heading proceeds. Tom Johnson tests peanuts planted July 15 and Joe Walls sells the first cotton bale at Dublin. Visitors include Joe Chambers and family and a Pennsylvania return for Oma Barbee Stockton. T. J. Wyatt, 81, now drives a Ford and travels countywide from Comanche. Salyer and Ed Chambers families return from a San Saba fishing trip.
Last Friday evening on the lawn of the Central Christian Church a reception was held by Rev. and Mrs. Ben F. Hearn and members of the Congregation in honor of the nineteen members who had recently been received. It was a social affair with men playing horseshoe and dollar pitching and croquet while the women performed stunts and conversed. Children enjoyed games and refreshments of cake and punch were served.
Proctor reports a Saturday car wreck injuring Dimpsy Smith and Williford Bush with Smith suffering a serious arm wound. Local births, visits, illnesses, and social calls are noted including Mrs. J T Snell’s baby girl, Mrs. J L McClatchey ill, Ruth Gray visiting Stamford, and multiple local visits among Abilene Gainsville and De Leon residents. Mrs. T B Ewing hosted a neighborly gathering with Angel food cake and punch.
A human interest gathering drew relatives from Breckenridge and Ireland to the Comanche region last week. J M Tyson Sr, 94, and his son J W Tyson, 70, met at Dr. and Mrs. J H Lewis home then at J W Tyson’s Ireland residence with daughters Mrs C R Duncan, Mrs Ed Roach, and Mrs Lewis. The Tysons’ long history includes J M Tyson’s fifty five years near Rising Star and a move to Corvelle County during Dr Lewis’s childhood as their courtship began. The reunion occurred at the home of Mrs J W Tyson, where the family had gathered for sixty years.
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