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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1925
Page
2
Sipe Springs residents and visitors list daily activities from early December. Notes include trips to Fort Worth and Dallas, relatives visiting Comanche and Brownwood, ranch shipments to Fort Worth, and social events. Several ailment mentions and church officers noted.
Residents report visits and relocations including L B Fain Alexander and families in Comanche Ovear Brown returns from Fort Worth Ode Morgan visits Indian Mountain families Les Steel Irving Steel move to farm Joe Chrestman’s place Uncle Jack Wright visits old friends Mrs J K Anderson visits Rising Star Ders Gladys Jones dies at 14 after tonsillitis and septicaemia service by Rev Owen Henley at Sipe Springs cemetery Ruby Hallbrooks ill with tonsillitis Eva Hood attends dance at George Keith’s Lois Robertson ill Ben Keiths travel to Post City for Mary Brown appendicitis operation Singing at Stag Creek and Opal Munfrey visits Bessie Wright
December 7 1925 report shows good general health and active church and school life. A box supper at the schoolhouse raised funds for the school while services at both churches proceed with scheduled reforms and Christmas plans including a long standing Christmas tree event on Christmas Eve.
Fairview and Comanche clashed Friday noon in a local basketball game. Comanche led after the first period, with final scores noted as 8 to 2 in a terse report. Community members, including the McNutt and Johnson families, were seen visiting over the weekend.
Beattie notes very favorable weather for peanut threshing on December 7, 1925. Several locals attended a party at Mr. Harvey Johnson's near Suez and enjoyed a pleasant time. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Abbey returned from Pose City where he had been working at the gin.
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