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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1938
Page
7
Residents including Mr. and Mrs. 5. Caffey and children roamed relatives in town over Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Derrol Music plus daughter from Abilene visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stewart for the holiday.
Miss Bone Megan and Mrs H E Cobb with relatives in Brownwood and Dallas. Prank Hardier and daughter Peggy visit Monahans and Fort Worth ties. Daniel Baker and Howard Payne students spend holidays with families. Rev P D Fullingim preaches at Baptist Church Sunday. Additional visits include Misses Coffey Locke Shelton and Lynn Coffey’s travels.
Raymond and Leland Johnson of Hico spent Sunday with their uncle R. C. Johnson of Lamkin. Marion Morris and sister Lily Bell of Coleman are visiting friends here over the holidays. Harrison Elienburg had a minor finger operation recently. His daughter Ramona is seriously ill but reported improving. Elbert has returned home from ham.
A spark from a flue ignited a house, with parents and friends present nearby. Local residents including Mr and Mrs Ruel Boswell and Joyce Worton visited over the weekend. Several families and students from Howard Payne College were listed as holiday visitors and relatives in the area.
A Saturday night harmony event celebrated the community Christmas tree. Fort Worth honored Martin Hanson among thirty four citizens receiving final papers. Families from Falls County and Antioch shared holiday visits, with many Gober and Bean relatives spending time with kin and traveling to Brownwood for Christmas.
Fragmentary text notes Brown of Comanche and Brownwood residents spending Christmas with Calvin Thomas and family. Mentions Christmas Day gatherings and relatives, with unclear additional details or full names due to damaged OCR.
Family notices list Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rudd hosting and visiting relatives from Pottsville and Gustine. Garland Rudd and others spend time with McPherson and Cox households. Fort Worth visitors Elbert Horner and Henry Horner join relatives for holiday celebrations with McGlothlin and Diesher families near Dublin.
Rev. Preston Frazier of Gorman will fill his regular appointment at the Baptist Church at the house next Sunday. Christmas gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hurt and family of Bronte, Mr. and Mrs. John Burrows and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Ira York of Dublin with D. C. Summers. Visitors Irlean Trulove of Lipan, Lucille Reed, Gary Shelton with his mother, Mrs. Buckmaster, and others attended Christmas activities and visits across Hood County and Alpine relations.
Hazel Dell residents celebrate a much needed rainfall from last week. Obituary notice for Mrs E H McCarty’s mother and local holiday greetings from J Wall Jr of Cleburne. Bennie McCarty and Cliff Hillhouse are visiting Hank and B M Ey.
A note recalls a gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Claud Harris to discuss a kitchen shelver project. The writer expresses gratitude and notes some addresses may be missing or incomplete.
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