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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1937
Page
4
Hostesses Mrs J D Slack and Mrs S held a gathering where Mrs J B Guston of Waco Mrs Mike Lenard of Dallas and Miss Harriet Weikel of Bethlehem Pa received the low score award. Ice cream roses and chocolate cake squares were served.
Aug. 15th guests from Fort Worth Henrietta Hamilton Pettit and Pettit families visited Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Thompson at Energy to celebrate their father G. K. Thompson's sixty ninth birthday. A noon dinner of prepared foods was served.
The annual Glasgow and Miller reunion was held at Lake Eanes on Wednesday. A large gathering shared dinner, games, and conversation with attendees from Lamkin Baggett Soda Springs Sidney Cotton Grove Mercer Gap Gustine Elm Grove and Comanche. The next reunion is planned for Lake Banes in August next year.
Russell notes say old English Scotch Irish and Welsh family names figure in local reunions with many Revolution era descendants in Comanche County. He estimates the population could reach about a thousand.
Miss Cleo Bird of Blanket was awarded the Bachelor of Science degree at the thirty fifth graduation exercises of Texas State College for Women. She completed her work this summer with a home economics major and was active in other departments.
Mrs. Paul Jeanes entertained her Sunday School class with a Friday picnic at Lake Eanes. A lunch of pickles olives sandwiches potato chips cookies and ice tea was served.
Miss Linda Sherrill of Comanche and Marvin Ray of Coleman married Thursday August 19 at the Baptist parsonage officiated by Rev. A Edwin Wilson. Mrs Ray daughter of Mr and Mrs Mart Sherrill of Comanche, a Comanche High School graduate, worked at Marchel's Beauty Parlor. Mr Ray a Coleman High School graduate, assists his father in handling used iron and brass. They will reside in Coleman.
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