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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1953
Page
9
A column reflects on names and kinship between Roy Roddy of Dallas and a Memphis Roddy, jokes about postal cards in colors, recalls a mortician brother, cites Dewey on unsolicited advice, and notes visitors Coleman Mr and Mrs Haun Jr and Colorado guests Tiny Hallmark and family visiting local residents.
Births Loretta VickieSmart weighs 7 pounds 10.5 ounces born Nov 16 at Blackwood Hospital to Mr and Mrs Odis Smart with Betty Jean Bleaton as mother’s maiden name. Deaths Annie Pickle 79 of Abilene died at Nine Oaks Home Proctor Nov 24. Burial Odd Fellows Georgetown. Marriages list multiple couples in De Leon area with dates. District Court notes include several divorces and a $50 fine and 3 days jail for driving while intoxicated. Deeds and vehicle registrations recorded. New motor vehicles registered W D Preston Gorman 1953 Ford Sedan.
Virginia Atherton became the bride of Daegon Dooley McGuire in a double ring ceremony in Enid Oklahoma on November 21. The bride, a 1952 graduate of Wahona High School, later attended Enid Business College and served as vice president of Phi Beta Gamma. She was Northwest Oklahoma FFA Queen and Queen of the Northwest Oklahoma Junior Livestock Show in 1952 and works at Vance Air Force Base. McGuire is the son of Otho and Mrs. McGuire of Newburg, a Comanche High School graduate who enlisted in 1950 and is stationed at Vance.
The Camanche County Quartet Singing Convention will be held at East Side Baptist Church Friday night December 11 with Less Dillard in charge. Dallas visitors Mr and Mrs George Trench and Mrs George Knowles and son George were here visiting relatives. The Salvation Army was established in the U S in 1880.
A series of brief notices lists vehicle owners and makes including B. J. Vineyard Comanche with a 1953 Mercury Coupe W B Roberts Comanche with a 1953 Chrysler Sedan Herbert N Goodson Comanche with a 1954 Plymouth Sedan Ida M Leach De Leon with a 1954 Plymouth T E Kelley Dublin with a 1954 Dodge Sedan Maudie Riddle De Leon with a 1953 Chevrolet Sedan J N McMillan De Leon with a 1953 Chevrolet Sedan Tally J D Boswell Delong with a 1953 Ford Pickup.
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