Mercer Gap Baptists Welcome Visiting Preachers and Guests
Rev. Barber preached at Mercer Gap Baptist Church Sunday morning with Mrs. Barber as guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Williams. Gaylen McKinzie, newly called to preach, led the Sunday night service. Visitors included McKinzie and family of Seagraves, Sylvia Roach of Zephyr, Mrs. Sam Lewis of Comanche, and Vernon Fleming and his wife of San Francisco visiting Robert Brewster’s family. An uncle and aunt of the Brewsters, the E. W. Lowreys, also visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
Mercer Gap Baptist Church
Robert Brewster
E. W. Lowreys
C. C. Thomas
Gus Wilhelm
T. J. Williams
Powers
Wilhelms
Jack Wilhelm
Doc Halbert
Comanche
Texas Tech
van Dyke
Ruby Catoe
Houston
O. B. Phillips
Phillips
Emert
Stephenville
Jake Sledge
Lonneal Guthrie
Brownwood
Mary Ellen Pate
San Antonio
Clifton Shoemaker
Odessa
Tom Shoemaker
Key Wilhelm
Oklahoma City
Local families and visitors gather across towns
A long list of visitors and relatives fills the week with travel between Muskogee Oklahoma Odessa Fort Worth Seagraves Mc Camey Pottsville and Granbury. Highlights include Pic Wayne Foreman and Owen Pletcher reuniting in Ulm Germany Mercer Gap natives visiting in Texas and a surprise birthday for W E Kirkland. Continuous notes on hospital plans for Ronnie Mannaberry and surgery updates.
Harmony by the Harmonettes on WBAP and local notices
The Harmonettes performed two numbers at WBAP studios in Fort Worth with Mary Wilhelm and Patsy Wilhelm among the group. The community mourns the sudden death of Bill Stewart who had lived with the C. C. Thomas family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Thomas
Fort Worth
Patsy Wilhelm
Charlene Matthews
Marjorie House
Louana Cox
WBAP
Harmonettes
Little Bill Stewart
Van Dyke Revival Adds Five New Members
A Freewill Baptist Church revival concluded last Sunday evening with four new converts baptized Herben Wilson Katherine Ann Jean Carolyn Wilson and one new member by statement Mrs Curley Rogers bringing total new members to five. Baptismal services were held Sunday after services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freewill Baptist Church
Herben Wilson
Katherine Ann
Jean
Carolyn Wilson
Curley Rogers
Revival at Duncan Creek Draws Faithful and Six New Members
A Freewill Baptist revival at Duncan Creek in the Jeff Easley pasture featured gospel singing and strong messages. Six new members joined, including Mrs. Herben Wilson by restoration, with conversions and church strengthening noted. Local pastor absence due to family illness is mentioned. Also listed is a for sale notice for a 67 acre property on Gustine Highway with contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Creek
Jeff Easley
Ted Patton
Herben Wilson
Rogers
Wilson
Missionary Baptist
Robers
Hasse
Zion Hill
Daniel Catlin
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Missionary Baptist Church
Ranger
Ernest Eugene Burns
Jesse Tiner
Granbury
James Brinson
Coleman
John A. Brinson
T. L. Layman
Bill Burns
Palma Joyce
Houston
Ben Hulsey
Patsy
Marjorie
de Leon
A. L. Colcleasure
Winfred Holland
Japan
Hogan Scott
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Mrs. Gage Nelson
Ford Tudor
FORD
Lena
W. Central
Pat Dutton
Muskogee
Okla
Roy Dutton
Grover Layman
Arkansas
Cliff Shoemaker
Venoy Kirkland
Woodie McKinzie
Seagraves
T. M. McKinzie
Edna Bart
Robert Williams
Clinton Payne
Jimmy Foreman
Wilkins
Gage Nelson
Joe Daffts
Arizona
Joe Tom Gore
Vickie Lynn
Nita Ann
B. M. Gores
Charles Ray Ellis
Elizabeth Ann
McCamey
Jess Williford
F. J. Woods
John Henry McKinzie
Fischel Gober
T. O. Rogers
Layton
Cecil Johnston
George Gober
Johnnie Westbrook
G. L. Stewart Jr
W. E. Kirklands
Kirkland
J. O. Kirkland
Jimmy
Oral Gilbreath
Will Kirkland
J. M. Clary
C. A. Thomas
J. D. Jones
Fort Hood
Clara
Donald
Lucy Helen Roden
Lila Phillips
Ervin Gore
Beck Allens
Humble
Seu Vs
Wistowr
Parkers
Esso Extra
Gracoline
Esso
R.E.A
Lake Eanes Park
Comanche County Rea
Atlas Tires
J. H. Tupin
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Comanche, Texas
O. F. Hall
Robertson
Gustine— van Galloway
Democrat
Aldridge & Johnson
Frick’s
Ned Stewart
L. L. Hayes
Joe’s
Downing
Roy McNutt
Mary Wilhelm
By Jesse Tiner
Trudy
Tupin
Gustine Highway
Nolan Burdette
National Farm Loan Association OF Comanche
National Farm Loan Ass'n
The
Comanche County Electric Cooperative
Association
Brown, Mills, Eastland
Callahan
Stephens
Shackel
Ford, and
Comanche Counties
Comanche County
REA
Westinghouse Refrigerators
Westinghouse Laundromats
Westinghouse Radios
Motorola
Mathes
Westinghouse Ranges
Bendix
Auto Parts
Arvin Radios
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Roasters
Hathcock Appliance & Auto Parts
John M
Happy
Hathcock
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