Tribute to Jaanita Merle Sent by Mrs Charles Woolsey
A tribute to the memory of Jaanita Merle was submitted by Mrs. Charles Woolsey and published early in life.
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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
8
A tribute to the memory of Jaanita Merle was submitted by Mrs. Charles Woolsey and published early in life.
Roch Miss Waldene Johnson returned home Wednesday from Rotan after spend ing several weeks there. Mr. and Mrs. Author Hazzard of De Leon visited with Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Cox. Festus Preston and daughter of Abilene spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. A. H. Grissom. Charley Rollins and sons of Rotan spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Cox.
A long recounting in a Texas newspaper details Nystel’s brutal seven day march with Indians brutalizing him and others. He endures freezing cold and hunger, witnesses killings, tunnels through fear and finally returns home after three months on the road. The piece also notes Gayle McPherson’s funeral and family notices.
Mrs. Bob Mitchell and son of Longview and Mrs. Katie Kelly and daughter of Dallas visited their mother Mrs. Annie Jay. Miss Katherine Jay of Dublin visited Miss Earleen Morris. Thelma Jenkins and Ruth Dunlap of Gorman spent Thanksgiving with Guy and family. Hickie Stamps and children of Abilene visited Lee and family. Dick Wyatt and son of Big Spring and John Robertson of Comanche were guests of Walter Foster. Mary Jo Brown and Joyce Brown spent the holidays with Tom and family. Tennie Foster and grandchildren Thelma and J. E. Rachels visited Sam Henderson in Baird. Iva Burleson of Fredericksburg spent Thanksgiving with Charlie Morrow family. Willie Stamey returned home from the German sanatorium. Carl Washburn and others returned from a deer hunt. Pat Scott of Bibb visited Effie Foster. Ernie Wilkerson spent the weekend in Dallas. Norman Morris and Wyatt Lee Morris and Earleen Morris spent Thanksgiving with Earl Morris.
Gartman reports Bill Elliott and family spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J O Jones of Comanche. Boyce Vaughan arrived from Shallowwater Saturday. Miss Mary Lou Thomas Violet Wright and Herman Mae Johnson visited Sylvia Morphew Sunday.
Thanksgiving activities and visits across Macksville. Families including Caraway, King, Kelly, Browning, Porter, Estes, Harrison, Barnett, Bolton and McDonald shared holidays in Hamilton Olton Gustine Dublin Pettit and Comanche. The Home Workers Club met November 26 to quilt and discuss club affairs with refreshments.
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