Cunningham Family Reunion Draws Record Turnout Near Comanche
The twenty-fourth Cunningham reunion gathered 183 descendants and relatives at the grove near PD H Cunningham's home nine miles south of Comanche. Attendees came from Texas towns including San Angelo Brownwood Ballinger Waco Mineral Wells and Amarillo. Notable mentions include Capt James Cunningham and long-time residents Uncle Jave Uncle Tom Uncle Dick and Uncle Jim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Susie Cunningham
Cunningham
PD. H. Cunningham
Comanche
James Cunningham
Comanche County
Jave Cunningham
Tom
Newburg
Jim
G. W. Cunningham
San Angelo
J. KR. Lewis
Brownwood
Joe Neely
Ballinger
Willis Johnson
West Texas
McNew
Lettie Wynn
George W Cunningham
Walter Pierson
Amd
Elizabeth
Will Stephens
Tom Neely
Waro
Det King
San Pentto
W. Christian
Big Springs
W. N. Vevey
Dodsonville
Texas
J. BR. Lewis
N. Strother
Linnie Conner
Amarillo
R. A. Cunningham
Rookdale
Jack Cunningham
Carlton EK
I Cunningham
Stiles
Bille Pierce
Cleburne
Cunninghams
Japs to Be Protected in California Rights Unite Groups
In San Francisco Augusta area California organizations including the American Legion, Federation of Labor, Grange and Native Sons of the Golden West unite to protect Japanese residents rights during their stay. Resolutions signed by Morgan Keaton Paul Scharrenberg George R. Harrison and Edward J. Lynch vow to safeguard resident aliens from discourtesy and to aid in apprehending and punishing acts against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Augusta
California
American Legion
Federation of Labor
Grange
Native Sons
Morgan Keaton
Legion Department
Paul Scharrenberg
State Labor Federation
George R. Harrison
Edward J. Lynch
The
Native Sons of the Golden West
Date Of Comyn Fair Set For September 16
CG M Caraway and George Goosby in Comanche Monday evening told directors the Comyn fair date is September 16. The Chief had been given September 17 earlier. Moving to the 16th allows a single day to transfer exhibits to the Dublin fair on September 18 and 19. Comyn will attend the Comanche County Fair October 9 to 11 with a strong community exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. M. Caraway
George Goosby
Comanche
Dublin
Comyn
Businessmen and Band Attend Priddy Picnic
A large group from Comanche including businessmen and citizens with the Aimer icon Legion band will travel to Priddy this morning for the ongoing two day picnic that began yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimericon Legion Band
Priddy
Dallas Man to Have Intermediate Work At County Institute
Dallas educator W HL Sutler from Forrest Avenue high school is hired as Intermediate conductor for the Comanche county teachers institute September 9 to 12. J St Layne leads the institute with Miss Minnie Merrick in charge of the primary department. Godbold of Toward Payne College will lecture September 11 afternoon. A state education representative will visit later. full program next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. HL. Sutler
Forrest Avenue High School
Dallas
Comanche County
Teachers’ Institute
J. St. Layne
Comanche
Minnie Merrick
Fort Worth
Shutler
Forest Avenue
State University
Sam Houston Normal Institute
North Texas Agricultural College
Arlington
Kaufman County Teachers’ Institute
Godbold
Toward Payne College
Comanche County Institute
State Department of Education
Gantz
Protracted Meeting At Comanche Church Of Christ
A protracted meeting will begin at the Church of Christ in Comanche at 11 a m on August 24 led by W A Schultz and Leon McCarty. The aim is to persuade sinners to turn to God and urge Christians to bolster living for a higher community standard with daily services at 10 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
To Speak Sunday at Presbyterian Church
C. M. Tushy state director of Near East relief work will talk Sunday morning at the Presbyterian church. He has traveled abroad to study conditions in the Near East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
C. M. Tushy
Near East
Nothing to Keep Them From Going to Brownwood
A car passed through Comanche en route to the American Legion convention in Brownwood. Its banner read Cow Creek, Waxahachie on the back with the legend Wife divorced, Hootleggers in jail, Crops laid by, Cows gone dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
American Legion
Brownwood
Cow Creek
Waxahachie
Blank Contracts Available At Office Of County Supt
County Superintendent Gantz announces that teaching contracts can be obtained at his office. He urges all who have not yet called for their contracts to do so at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gantz
Duster Hosts Successful Meeting Led by Elder Schultz
Pastor W. A. Schultz of the Church of Christ in Comanche closed a successful meeting at Duster Sunday night. Large crowds attended all services and six baptisms were recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Schultz
Church of Christ In
Comanche
Duster
Majestic Theater Week Program August 25 30
Week schedule lists Milton Sills in The Isle of Lost Ships and Cartoon Comedy for Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday features Viola Danna in The Social Code and The Riding Master Comedy. Thursday and Friday show Thomas Meighan in Homeward Bound and One at a Time Comedy. Saturday program incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Milton Sills
Viola Danna
Thomas Meighan
First Bale Marketed Here Wednesday With Premium
The season’s first bale reached Comanche from Henry Grelle on the Henry Seida farm near the county line. Grelle sold it to J A Lee at 27 1 2 cents a pound and a premium of 62 40 was donated by local firms and individuals. Last season the first bale arrived Aug 15 selling at 24 12 cents with a 61 25 premium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Henry Grelle
Henry Seida
Hamilton and Mills County
J. A. Lee
C. W. Williams
Grelle
Three Political Speeches Highlight Week in Comanche Runoff
Comanche hosted three political rallies within the week for the governor and lieutenant governor races. Speakers included A Owsley for Miriam Ferguson, Oscar Callaway opposing the Ku Klux Klan, Barry Miller of Dallas promoting his bid, and J C Everett endorsing Felix Robertson. Crowds reached several hundred at the courthouse lawn as candidates pressed their campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Court House
A. (. Owsley
Denton
Miriam A. Ferguson
Jerome P. Kearby
Owsley
Oscar Callaway
Ferguson
Felix Robertson
Callaway
Robertson
Austin
Hion
Barry Miller
Dallas
Miller
Judge Miller
Will C. Edwards
Invisible Empire
J. C. Everett
San Antonio
Felix D. Robertson
G. W. Renfro
Methodist Church
Everett
EB. M. Davis
Brown County
The Violin Dream
A lyrical piece describes a woman playing an old violin. The music dissolves conflict and haste, bringing peace, sunlight, laughter, and a return to simpler days. Lovers, children, bees, and clover fill the warmed scene as evening approaches. D.K.R.
McGee's Baby Elixir Offered for Wind Colic
Advertises McGee's Baby Elixir as a pure harmless and effective remedy for wind colic diarrhoea and summer complaint in babies. States price 85 cents and 60 cents and lists Paris Smith as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGee
Paris Smith
Fire destroys Pioneer business block. losses exceed $60,000
A stray match started a blaze in Pioneer Texas destroying the north side business block and damaging several firms including Cooper Grocery Allen Grocery City Drug Store Oil Center Pharmacy Jones Drug Store Wilcox Hardware Rippy Cafe Ford Davis Barber Claude Dunlap Barber Neal Tailor. Firefighters and volunteers from Cross Plains Rising Star aided. no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Plains
Callahan Co
Rising Star
Pioneer
Cooper Grocery
The
Allen Grocery
City Drug Store
Oil Center Pharmacy
Jones’ Drug Store
Wilcox Hardware Store
Rippy Cafe
Ford Davis
Claude Dunlap
Neal's Tailor Tailor Shop
De Leon School Faculty Announced for Next Session
The De Leon schools reveal the next session faculty with LD. M. Russell of Stephenville as superintendent and vocational agriculture teacher. High School principals and teachers include F. C. Johnson of Tolar, Jim Mobley of Stephenville, Lolita Woods of Blanket, Augusta Short of Lubbock, Louise Edmonds of Dublin, Artie Coley of De Leon, and South Ward and North Ward staff assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Leon
LD. M
Rissell
Stephenville
M. C
F. C. Johnson
Tolar
Jim Mobley
Simmons College
Lolita Woods
Howard Payne
Augusta Short
Lubbock
Baylor College
Louise Edmonds
Dublin
O. H. Moore
Jessie Lee Havis
Jewel Jones
Grace Herring
Alpine
Alpha Moore
Gladys Ripley
Local Clerks Score High in Postal Examination
Fort Worth chief clerk Mr. Davis visited Comanche to test local clerks Jack Cauley and Kenney Sullivan. Both earned 99.76 out of 100 in the case examination, each distributing 118 cards and missing two. In the junction test both achieved perfect scores of 100 for proper railroad distribution in towns with multiple lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Davis
Fort Worth
Comanche
Jack Cauley
Kenney Sullivan
Sullivan
Cauley
Vermifuge Restores Child After Worm Infestation
A dose or two of White's Cream Vermifuge puts the little one on its feet again as worms sap strength and vitality. Price 35c. Sold by Parts Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parts Smith
Forces Ready for Opening of Comanche Football Season
Coach Coke plans arrival in Comanche this week to organize training for Indians ahead of the September season. Nine lettermen from last year and fourteen second-string players plus eight from nearby towns will compete for spots. Class A and B divisions under the Interscholastic League set elimination. Abilene Breckenridge Brownwood Cisco Comanche and San Angelo in A. The Indians face four league opponents before November 11 with Breckenridge at Comanche Oct 24 and Brownwood at Brownwood in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke
Comanche
Mason
Woodward
Dingwall
Moody
Herring
Boswell
Stephens
Sullivan
Marshall
Spencer
Williams
Pulliam
Thaxton
Thompson
McCollum
Stewart
Tingus
Couch
Tullis
Huse
Newby
Burks
The
Scrubs
Sadler
White
Adcock
Gustine
Littlefield
Sipe Springs
Fielder
Weaver
Sidney
Wilson
Hasse
Abilene
Breckenridge
Brownwood
Cisco
San Angelo
Breckenridge Man Killed, Breckenridge Man Injured in Road Accident En Route to Legion Convention
Y P Wheeler of Breckenridge was killed and Ben J Dean of Breckenridge seriously hurt Sunday evening when their car leaving Cisco went into a ditch and overturned. Dean, a candidate for district committeeman from the seventeenth district, was en route to be on the convention grounds. his campaign will be carried on by a district representative. Wheeler’s body was taken to Breckenridge. Dean received medical care and was reported improving. Two other men in the car escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood News
Y P. T. Wheeler
Breckenridge
Ben J. Dean
Cisco
American Legion
Brownwood
Wheeler
Dean
Methodist Services Sunday at Local Church
Rev J R Morris announces Sunday morning sermon titled Church Gadabouts and evening message Dead Game Sports Violin solos will be performed by Brooks Morris of Fort Worth at both services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Morris
Brooks Morris
Fort Worth
Comanche's New Gin Set to Open for Cotton Season
Comanche's Red Gin, owned by R. K. Shelton, near ready to operate and expects to gin any cotton arriving by today or tomorrow. The facility should be fully ready for the season’s ginning with the start of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
R. K. Shelton
Brownwood Hosts Sixth Annual American Legion Meeting
Brownwood welcomed Comanche people and Legion members for Texas American Legion convention events. State Commander elected Mark McGee, Fort Worth chosen for 1925, and the Defense Day plan endorsed by Coolidge. Madame Schumann-Heink and May Peterson Thompson gave concerts amid parades, dances, and receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Department of Texas
Brownwood
Women's Auxiliary
Society of 40 and 8
90Th Division
Memorial Hall
Sherwood
Brownwood Post
Schumann-Heink
Pat Neff
Alvin Ows
John Townes
Madame Schumann-Hink
Kine
Rehabilitation Bureau
8. M. N. Marrs
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Old Gray Mare
Comanche American Legion
Gonzales
Ernest Thompson
Amarillo
Thompson
Southern
Mark McGee
Fort Worth
Texas Legion
Coolidge
Madame Schurmann-Heink
May Peterson Thompson
Many Visitors With the Rebekah Lodge Last Night
The Rebekah lodge of Comarine invited the degree team of De Leon to perform degree work and welcomed many neighboring lodges as guests. A pleasant meeting occurred with numerous visitors registered from De Leon Brownwood Dublin Mercer Gap and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Comarine
de Leon
C. L. Cinchen
J. T. Waller
J. S. Nance
J. O. Stow
Pearl Stone
H. G
Esther Epperson
J. M. Bradley
J. M. Harrod
W. A. Goodwin
R. N. Bradley
Mercer Gap
R. B. Waldrop
J. C. Edwards
N. N. Gore
C. M. Fletcher
Rubie McKinsie
Vennie McKinzie
Susie McKinzie
Doc Hdwarda
Also Mentioned on This Page
Comyn Fair
County Institute
Office of Co
Jack Hoxie
Fighting Fury
D.K.R
Legion
Legion Meeting
Rebekah
Klingman
Central Christian Church
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