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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
5
Headache and bad breath are linked to slow elimination and constipation. The ad touts Black-Draught as a spicy all vegetable laxative that tones lazy bowel muscles and claims millions of users testify to its merit.
Rev Duffy of Comanche preached here Sunday and will speak again next first Sunday. Singing occurs every second Sunday night. Sunday Schools are held each Sunday morning. Clyde Scott and Joe Townson of Blanket visited Sunday night. Pitt Johnson and family moved to the Helm place.
Soda Springs notes Aunt Kittie returned to her Beattie home last week after visiting relatives here. The week included visits from Mrs. Gillentine to Beattie and social calls among the Jones and Vineyard families with numerous relatives from Waco Brownwood Suez and De Leon.
Elm Grove Mr and Mrs Robert Reid and family and Mr and Mrs W L Reid visited Mr and Mrs Emmett Chancellor at Fairview Sunday. Mr and Mrs W W Smith and family spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Fred Ferris at Sidney. Mr and Mrs Edwin Sartor and family spent the week end with relatives in Hood County. Mr and Mrs S D Hart and Dan Hurt and son spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs D C Summers at Sidney. Mr and Mrs George Reed of May visited in this community Sunday. Mr and Mrs J K Bingham and family visited relatives at Beattie Sunday. George Buckmaster spent Sunday with his brother at Taylors nap e.
Trinity School opened Monday after Thanksgiving holidays with four new students enrolling. Local families including Short Welch and Nolans visited relatives in the community over the holiday. Visitors from Beattie Tarleton College Ranger Junior College and Dus ter joined families here for the weekend gatherings.
Gap Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Dupree and family of Ranger spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Newt Allen. Miss Doris Allen visiting Brownwood business college spent Thanksgiving with home folks. Miss Ada Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Milner were in Comanche Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ocie Ward visited the Jack Cagle home. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jones of Petersburg spent Thanksgiving with relatives.
Beattie Arvel Smith marked 11 years old. Willis Fisher of Brownwood visited his father last weekend. Rev. Lee Ray Woolsey preached at the Soda Springs Baptist Church with his wife and son present. A birthday dinner for Mr. Helm was attended by several locals. Robert Kelley of Cross Plains and Herrell Kelley of Desdemona visited homefolks. A new Methodist preacher will preach next Sunday at 2 30 PM. Mr. and Mrs Will Fisher left for Warren Arizona due to their daughter Mrs George Williams being seriously ill.
Neighborhood social notes list visitors to Macksville and area households over the weekend. Among those mentioned are Mr. and Mrs. Russin and Mrs. Love of Waco, plus Harrold Caraway and Miss Anna Lee Mosely of Roney visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Caraway during Thanksgiving.
Pettit School was dismissed for two weeks amid fear of an infantile paralysis outbreak. One student is reported to have the ailment. Julia Belle Seay of Newbury visited her grandparents here over the weekend. Mrs. Godfréd Willis and children visit Mullin relatives, Mr Hess Wilson and son of Macksville, and Mrs. W. H Burton of Newbury visited Roy Henson and family Sunday. Rev. W. M. Scott of Brownwood preached at the regular appoint ment here Sunday.
Blanket residents hosted and visited relatives during the holiday period. Miss Mattie Bila Cravens and Denton joined Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hobson for a Saturday visit, while the Logan family and relatives spent holidays in Stephenville. Clarence Woolsey and son from Comanche joined Melvin Eddings family for Thanksgiving and Rev. C. A. Wilkerson and family of Strawn visited friends Friday morning. Melba Nevans and children from Lometa visited their daughter and her husband, Chux Bettis, over the holidays.
Rain nourishes crops as Thanksgiving program at Hazel Dell school is postponed to this week. Local residents visit Comanche and West Texas relatives while the Dublin Sports Club plans a goodwill visit to Hazel Dell School. Social events include a singing class election of officers and a party hosted by Miss Neeta Jean Bryson.
An old advertisement touts a SILVER colored Bettie product containing three laxatives and five curminatives to ease upset stomach and gas. It promises relief in two hours or less and lists Service Drug Store and The W. Reese Drug Co as providers.
Roch Mr and Mrs Weyly and children moved to Throckmorton. Mr and Mrs Granville Johnson and Charles Guy visited J R Wilkerson in German hospital Sunday. A J Champion family spent Thanksgiving in Ranger. Elmo Shupp moved from near De Leon. Luther Parsley returned from Beaumont. Tear down and rebuild planned on Edd Harris place now by C A Rees. Maud Grissom Wanda McGinnis Rotan visit Gerald Thompson family. John Brown and children of St George visited Granville Johnson. O H Cox and Johnny V visited Rollins at Rotan. M L Doggett spent the weekend at Spur with Doris Thornton family.
Indian Creek Rev. H. J. Sanders filled his regular appointment here Sunday at both hours. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Williams spent Friday with their daughter, Mrs. Ed Burdette. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Edmiston of Hamilton spent last Sunday with her mother, Mrs. W. B. Kearney. Church services were well attended here Sunday.
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