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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1940
Page
5
Bethlehem Journal notes a Johns University study on cigarette smoking as a contributory death factor. It laments misplacement of reports in major newspapers and questions why tobacco advertising dominates press pages while findings are tucked away.
Seventy members and guests attended a beautiful Sunday service featuring a Nativity drama and songs. Two choirs in white, violinists Virginia and Elaine Scott, and church school divisions performed. Gifts collected at the altar were given to the town fire department for distribution to those in need.
Indian Creek resident Myrle McGlothiin spent Saturday with Wille Preston Carmichael. Mr and Mrs Hilton Lawless and daughter Nan of Mercer Creek visited Monday with his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Lawless.
The Comanche area held two weddings at private homes with local clergy officiating. News notes mention bids to host the 1 0 0 F Widows and Orphans Home with several towns in the running. Merchants shipped 10 000 pounds of turkeys in a week, and coach Milton Collins received a surprise monetary gift during a chapel event. Local students return from Howard Payne for holidays and residents visit family or spend holidays in town.
San Saba County voters on December 17 vetoed the proposed road bonds totaling 1.25 million dollars as supporters failed to reach the two thirds required. A total of 1082 votes were cast with 613 in favor and 469 opposed. the measure fell short by 109 votes.
The 1941 Mills County basketball schedule is announced by Director S. E. Cloninger. Games listed: Jan 3 Priddy at Star, Jan 10 Priddy at Mullin, Jan 17 Star at Mullin, Jan 24 Priddy at Mullin, Jan 31 Mullin at Star.
The Brown Mills Soil Conservation District wins big with 81 percent approval from landowners in Brown and Mills Counties. Voter turnout is described as light across both counties.
Notice to hunters to bring furs of all kinds and check prices before selling. Butler & McDonald Produce Company Sidney Street.
A sermon urges visiting Bethlehem to ponder the birth of Christ and God’s goodwill toward humanity. It reflects on the Incarnation, Christ’s dual nature, and the call to cultivate goodwill in a world filled with ill will and hate. The piece cites Luke 2 15 to reinforce the message.
Two Stephenville banks reached an all time high on December 11 with combined deposits totaling 1,607,328.23 dollars. Postal receipts at quarter end are expected to rise accordingly.
Ten young people visited a sequence of homes starting with Ruth Adele Moore for sandwiches and fruit cocktail, then Thelma Gene Hasley for soup, Matricia McDaniel for a chicken dinner, and Billy Jo Barnes for dessert. Attendees included Hasley, Cunningham, Gilliam, Waggoner, Barnes, Pipes Jr, Moore, Cox, McDaniel, and Carter.
Local notes list numerous visitors and residents returning for holidays. Clerical workers from Brownwood Copperas Cove Ranger and Dallas areas join families in Comanche, with students and teachers from UT Austin Baylor Denton North Texas among those visiting relatives and spending Christmas and New Year with local kin.
The HS Homemaking Club and Economics Club held a joint session with Adele Moore Mary Ruth Gilliam and Joy Dale Thorp presenting reports. Short talks followed as girls practiced table service and table decorations and planned Christmas gifts. Miss Baker supervised.
The Dublin P TA presented a program on Wise Use of Time. Mr Vestal led a panel with a mother, a teacher and two students sharing opinions. Dublin High School Orchestra under Mr Logan provided music.
List of students with averages of 90 or above from Hasse School as compiled by Robert W. Sneed. First Grade names include Robert Dee Lee and others. Third Grade lists Karl Dale Bybee and Helen Rodgers. Fourth Grade Gertrude Elliott and Dorothy Jean Harris. Seventh Grade Maxine Reid. Fifth Grade Wanda Gay.
Veema LaVoy Biggs, 14, of Brownwood died December 12 at a Brownwood hospital from injuries after the automobile she rode in with Audrey May Hidane overturned December 11 around noon on Lake Brownwood road. The driver of a pickup took the girls to the hospital. Hidane sustained minor injuries and was released.
A fragmented item mentions planning for a pen and a joke about a young father naming his Weather strip to thwart the draft. It quotes Missouri former press figure and notes editors do the most for a town, with lines about bosses and riders.
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