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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1970
Page
3
Saturday shoppers in Comanche will find nutty bargains as merchants dress in crazy costumes and promote Krazy Day deals. The Chief and KCOM radio push the event with station spots and pages of ads. Local residents also note veteran stories from Comanche and a long memory of school athletic history.
Mountain View Lodge on Lake Brownwood hosts a two day Murphree reunion with about 75 attendees enjoying fishing water skiing and swimming. A Saturday talent show and Sunday gospel music followed a Murphree men cooked breakfast with many relatives listed among the attendees.
Mr. and Mrs. James Edwards of Dickinson visited his mother, Mrs. Z. T. Edwards, for the weekend.
The Ross Carruth and Weaver families held a July 30 reunion with a smaller crowd due to vacations. Attendees included N L Box Sam Weaver O B Ross W W Carruth Stanley Carruth B J Hare and Cathey Mary Fisher Ross I M Ross Nan cy Weaver Morgan ardd Holly Jetton Morgan Dick Weaver Longview Dallas Comanche Rogers Sidney and others. They enjoyed a baseball game at the Astro Dome and several relatives visited in nearby towns after vacations.
Dallas resident Larry Bonser, son of the Bob Bonser family, traveled to see his grandparents Mr and Mrs George Bonser last week in a confirmed family note revealing a simple visit and family ties.
Mrs Annie Myrtle Echols aged 86 of De Leon died Monday in a Brownwood nursing home. Funeral services were held August 12 at De Leon Church of Christ with Ollie Cantwell and George Hughes presiding. Burial followed in De Leon Cemetery. She was born April 23 1849 in Breckenridge and was predeceased by husband Harvey in 1961. Survived by three sons, five daughters, fifty grandchildren, seventy seven great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
Twenty five members of the Ladies Golf Association competed in a Tuesday morning putting contest at PAR. Winners included Mildred McKnight and six first flight players, with multiple ties in first and second flights. Social notes mention Mrs. Lee B. McPherson’s return from vacation visits in Denver City, Odessa, and Dallas, plus trips from Harlingen and a Sweetwater family reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Shankle and Kristi of Mt. Pleasant spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Leo Shankle.
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