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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1936
Page
5
In the first primary 1902 ballots were cast in Mills County. The Mills County candidate received 1439 votes, Proctor 175, De Leon 174, and Comanche 114. Comanche County supported the Mills County candidate with 1083 votes.
The church resumes normal hours with Sunday School at 9 45 and Church Service at 11. Coach Frazier returns to meet his Boy's Class. The pastor invites members to commit to church work and previews next Sunday's topic When A Woman Pleads.
In East Chicago Indiana a large room like structure on the Sinclair Fly Farm tests Sinclair P.D. Insect Bicay for killing power on live insects. A batch must kill 1,000 insects to pass official testing, proving the spray’s real effectiveness before sale.
A long list of visits, relocations, and travel mentions from Comanche and nearby towns. Names include Earl Ray Evans, Danforth Wilkerson, Henry Kemp, Dorothy Kemp, Ralph Carnes, and many Coleman, Mehaffey, Mazurek, and Williams family members. Several attend Dallas Centennial events and university movements, with Ostensibly spreading through Brownwood, Gatesville, Houston, and more.
J H Burkett of Clyde Texas urges voters in Comanche County to support Geo Terrell for Commissioner of Agriculture. He cites Terrell’s moral character, honesty, knowledge of relevant laws, and clean public and private life as qualifications and examples for youth.
Mt Pleasant Baptist Church announces a revival meeting starting next Sunday August 23 and lasting through at least the Fifth Sunday. Pastor Gordon Barrett invites all to attend, with emphasis on grateful praise, singing, and serving Christ. Mr and Mrs Bill Meyers of Dallas visited relatives in Como.
The State of Texas Comanche County Sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in October 1936 at the Comanche Court House door in De Leon as directed by a district court order. Property includes Lots 2 and 1 in Grammar School Addition to De Leon and Lots 18 17 in the same addition all in Comanche County Texas. Levied to satisfy a $140 judgment in favor of E B Gregory against C A Palatie plus costs.
Ethel Mae Crews nine died August 13 after illness. She was buried at Whitney Cemetery on August 14. This follows the death of Rosa Lee Crews eight on August 3, marking two children lost in August for Sid Adam Crews of Comanche Route 3. Ethel Mae was born December 19, 1926.
Elbert G. Kinsey, 27, of Pottsville, died August 15 after two months of illness at a German sanitarium. Funeral at Pottsville Church of Christ with Elder Aiton and Rev. S. J. Isham. interment in Pottsville Cemetery. Born April 2, 1909, he married Amber Fuqua on June 17, 1933 and is survived by his parents, a brother Marvin Kinsey, and sister Mrs Hallie Spivy.
Mrs. Jack Cauley and Mrs. Joe Tupin hosted a bridge party at the Tupin home on Tuesday with three tables. Decor featured cut flowers. High scores: first Mrs. Clara Stack, second Mrs. Bob Stanton. A salad course was served. Judson Lloyd has returned to Knott, Texas.
A Mills County man has served this district in the Legislature for years and a Comanche County man for 4 years. With Mills at 262 people and Comanche at 18,430, voters are urged to support R. A. Luker of Proctor for a second term if Comanche County is to be represented for the next 2 years.
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