Russell Makes Hadress For 70 Year Clubbers
The Comanche County Veterans Association outlines three classes for a 70 Year Club including long-term residents, veterans, and seniors over seventy. A speaker recounts Texas life from 1850 to 1870, recalling railways telegraphs and pioneer customs before noting modern changes and reflecting on progress.
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Twe
Comanche County
Veterans’ Association
Comanche
Unitedates
Wes
Texas
F. S. Borse
Legraphy
Letter From Old Timer Read At Reunion
L W Davis of Dodson Texas, eldest son of the late W H Davis, sends a note read by L B Russell at the Old Settlers Reunion. He recalls Dodson near the Oklahoma line, mentions Ike Albin Will Jenkins Jim Eanes and asks for a copy of reunion proceedings.
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L. W. Davis
Dodson
Texas
Old Settlers
L. B. Russell
Comanche
fRungsch
Star-Telegram
Eanes Lake
Ike Albin
Will Jenkins
Jim Eanes
W. H
Bill) Davis
Collingsworth County
Oklahoma
Childress
Minnie Powers
Julius Powers
Wellington
Maggie Weaver
Cunningham
Garden of air remembered in Life's morning moment
The fragment evokes a rekindled sense of life and belonging as air and shore memories return. It suggests a renewed vitality and appreciation, framing past deception as a distant moment while freshness and life persist.
Ferguson family visits and hospital trip noted
William Ferguson of Austin accompanied his mother Mrs. M A Ferguson to an Austin hospital for eye treatment last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Thomas Ferguson were detained while visiting their grandmother Mrs W W Harvey the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ferguson
Austin
M. A. Ferguson
Austin Hospital
Thomas Ferguson
W. W. Harvey
Woman Killed in Car Accident Near De Leon
Isabel Woodfin Forrest 40, of Rock Bluff near De Leon, died instantly when the car she rode in overturned after striking a rough spot near a railroad crossing six miles west of town. Her husband A G Porrest, seven children survived. Funeral was held at Victor Baptist Church with burial at Victor Cemetery.
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A. G. Portest
Duster
DeLeon
DeLeon Free Press
Forrest
James P Sanford Dies At Home In Comanche County
Funeral services for James P Sanford were held at Oakwood Cemetery after his death at home in South Comanche on Wednesday night August 16. Born March 14 1870 in Comanche County he is survived by his wife two daughters Stella Sanford of Comanche and Mrs Earl Flinchum of Fort Worth and a son Charles Sanford of Comanche.
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James P Sanford
South Comanche
Oakwood Cemetery
A. Edwin Wilson
Mr. Sanford
Comanche County
Stella Sanford
Comanche
Earl Flinchum
Fort Worth
Charles Sanford
National Piggly Wiggly Meeting Draws Operators
August gathering in Galveston brings independent Piggly Wiggly operators from 40 states plus Canada Alaska and Hawaii. W H Thate of Comanche participates with national figures John Logan and Godfrey Lebhar. Over 4000 in prizes and fixtures awarded to attendees.
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Galveston
Piggly Wiggly
United States
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Jackson
Tennessee
Old Settlers in Memory of Walter Loudermilk
Resolution adopted by Comanche County Pioneers and Veterans Association mourns Walter Loudermilk a 78 year old pioneer resident of Downing who died April 20 1939. The measure expresses sympathy to his family and orders the resolution entered in the Reunion minutes and sent to his kin at Lake Eanes on August 17 1939.
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Old Settlers
Walter Loudermilk
Comanche County
Downing
Lake Eanes
W G Curry Dies At Blanket Home
W G Curry, 81, Blanket carpenter, died at his Blanket home Tuesday of last week. Funeral services were held next morning at 10 at Blanket Methodist Church with Rev Chester Wilkerson officiating. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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W. G. Curry
Blanket Methodist Church
Chester Wilkerson
Rock Creek Cemetery
Successful Revival Closes At St. Joe
The revival at St. Joe Baptist Church ended Sunday night August 20 marking the neighborhood’s strongest revival in years. Twenty seven additions occurred including eighteen baptisms with ages from ten to forty five, plus letters. Rev. Ruben Ward of Sidney preached. Roger Smith is the pastor.
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St. Joe Baptist Church
Ruben Ward
Sidney
Roger Smith
Miss Daniel to Return to Teaching Position
Miss Ida Daniel of the Lower Rio Grande Valley plans to return to teaching in the Edinburg District, the United States largest school area. The district covers 945 square miles with twelve schools, one hundred twenty teachers, over five thousand scholastics, and about two hundred people on the payroll.
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Ida Daniel
Rio Grande Valley
Allen Hitt
RB. M. Daniel
Gustine
Edinburg
United States
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Russell
George Vernon
Byron Green
Dudley
Holland & Carter
Lem Burris
Dodson, Texas
James P. Sanford
W. H. Thate
W. Loudermll
D. E. Nabers
Blanket Home
St. Joe
Miss Daniel
Alu
Everlite
Westinghouse
Euciliati Ae
Plymouth
Bacon
Gail
Tom
Eltos
Wey
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