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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1942
Page
8
Comanche County announces a public sale on October 6 1942 at the Courthouse Comanche Texas from 8 to 10 AM and 1 to 5 PM to satisfy a lien of about 900 dollars held by the Federal Land Bank of Texas on a 7.5 mile tract of land described as the John Place. J A Braziel Constable Precinct No 1 Comanche County August 7 1942.
Mrs. M. K. ONeal Burr Oak Kansas announces the August 8 marriage of Ruth to Staff Sergeant Austin Williams at Park Heights Baptist Church San Angelo Texas. The Rev Finis Williams officiated. Open house followed at 630 Presu street. Williams is stationed at Goodfellow Field since January 1941 and is a son of Mr and Mrs S V Williams of Comanche. Ruth Williams is a Burr Oak Kansas native and Wallace Studios employee in San Angelo and Fort Worth.
The Walker family expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends and Sorel sites for expressing sympathy during the illness and death of husband J. 8. Walker. The message thanks those who offered aid and prayers and asks blessings in return.
FSA farm owners gathered for a Thursday afternoon chicken barbecue at Lake Eanes. Attendees included Horace Callaway and family, W Burton Caffey and family, Robert L Allen and family, Carl Cunningham and family, Winston Kee and family, T A Lee and family, H G Stephens and family, James E Sturdivant and family, Percy Wright and family. FSA personnel named L Theron Judy HoldenAsh Bomezell Isbell R N ., Irwin Ingram, Welson.
I G Evridge and Awalt of Brady Texas have created a small industry raising Angora rabbits for wool and rabbit hair blends used in aviator clothing and civilian wear. Their 120 head flock grows from nine rabbits, with wool harvested every eleven weeks averaging about a quarter pound per rabbit. Wool brings about 5.50 a pound and U S manufacturers now rely on American growers. A breeder in Oklahoma earned a show prize for one of their rabbits.
A poem by Edgar A. Guest on the oath implicit in a driving license. It frames the license as a moral affidavit of sanity driving careful behavior and responsibility behind the wheel, urging pride in holding the document and trust in safe conduct on the road.
Rev. and Mrs. A. B. English visited Hamilton Sunday afternoon. Rev. English filled the pulpit at the Methodist Church Sunday night, having served as pastor there from 1935 to 1937.
Mr and Mrs BE Lowe of Dallas spent the weekend in Comanche with her mother Mrs Thom. Mr Lowe had transferred from New York where he had been aboard three months working the...
City of Comanche amends the 1940 domino parlor occupation tax to five hundred dollars annually payable in advance. Violations carry misdemeanor penalties up to a hundred dollars fine. Emergency clause suspends three readings and the ordinance takes effect after August 10, 1942.
A flood of visits fills Comanche area as Gordon Ra daughter of Kilgore and Mrs. Ford Duffee of Garland with daughter, Rev and Mrs R M Nis visit Gustine. Dallas visitors J P Morgan and Trop Morgan see parents D P Morgan Gustine. Travelers from Selma Alabama Frances Kelley and sons visit Jim Nabers. Other guests include Mr and Mrs Lloyd McGinnis of Garland, Mr and Mrs Cyril Roberson, and families from Rising Star and Goldthwaite. Local teacher hires, store buyers, and out of town relatives converge for weekends and church events.
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