Comanche Waikiki Tunes Wow Audiences This Week
Comanche audiences enjoyed The Waikiki Novelty Boys as part of Brunk's Comedians show. The 45 minute set featured innovative melodies and arrangements led by King Shidler Curley Bowers Raymond Miller and Frank Cummings with instruments from banjo to electric steel guitar. A toast to the sun and Harbor Lights highlighted their musical versatility and stage craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waikiki
Everrn Brunk
Ana
Raymond
Miller
Shidler
King Shidler
Curley Bowers
Raymond Miller
Frank Cummings
Social Notes From Cotton Grove and Nearby Towns
Local families share visits across Cotton Grove Mount Pleasant Creamer Sidney and Baggett while Charles King leaves for Brownwood to attend Howard Payne College. Lonnie Gray visits relatives in Valley Mills as Noah Chatman spends Sunday in Sidney with the McEntire family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Glasgow
Bill Glasgow
Mount Pleasant
L. L. Howell
Sam Howell
Creamer
Leona Smith
Baggett
Merle Glasgow
Orvil Houck
O. L. Guthrie
Sidney
Noah Chatman
John McEntire
Lonnie Gray
Valley Mills
C. V. Biggs
George Blackman
Charles King
Brownwood
Howard Payne College
Local Social News and gatherings in Gustine area
The report highlights church events and visits around Gustine including a getty at the Norman Harrison home, Senior B T U visits to Hamilton B T U, and attendees from the community such as Pauline Bolton Tom Zack Bolton and Marie Barnett. Mrs. Burn Evans celebrated her fifty fourth birthday with family in Energy and Hazel Dell. The Macksville Home Workers Club held an all day quilting session hosted by Mrs. Jessie Edinburgh with a noon dinner and pecan candy for many local residents and guests from Gustine Board Church and neighboring areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clarke
Comanche
Porter
Burn Evans
van Galloway
Martin Edinburgh
Simon Edinburgh
Abe Cates
Elwyn Edinburgh
Hazel Dell
Dennis McKee
Macksville Home
Jessie Edinburgh
Rob
M. G. McDonald
E. L. Caraway
H. Donald
Rob Adcock
Floyd Bolton
W. H. Porter
J. S. Skinner
Wayne Hayes
Eula Hillhouse
E. C. Estes
Vance Estes
Aubrey Johnson
Week-end Visits Across Towns Reported
Mercer Gar Mrs Lena Caffey of Eden spent the week end with her sister Mrs M L Brown and family. Mr and Mrs Ed Payne and daughter and son of O Donnell spent last week end with their son C W Payne and family. Mrs E A Rogers. Mr and Mrs T M Gore and son Emmitt spent the week end with their sister and daughter Mrs Charlie Rogers and family in Fort Worth. Tommie Gore of Stephenville spent Thursday night with his aunt Mrs E A Rogers. Mr and Mrs Roy Tupin and sons of Harmony spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs T M McKinzie. Mr and Mrs Roy Fisher and son of Brookesmith spent the week end with her mother Mrs 8 A Brown. Mr and Mrs F M Williford visited Mr and Mrs C W Payne Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs C H Rutherford spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs T O Rogers. Mr and Mrs Turner Sanders and daughter of Harmony spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs I C Fletcher and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Caffey
Eden
M. L. Brown
Ed Payne
O'Donnell
C. W. Payne
E. A. Rogers
T. M. Gore
Emmitt
Charlie Rogers
Fort Worth
Tommie Gore
Stephenville
Roy Tupin
Sons of
Harmony
T. M. McKinzie
Roy Fisher
Brookesmith
A. Brown
F. M. Williford
C. H. Rutherford
T. O. Rogers
Turner Sanders
I. C. Fletcher
Boy Scout Anniversary Week Planned in February
All Scouts and Scouters are invited to a Jubilee Program in Rising Star in the afternoon and evening of February 12. The Brownwood Anniversary Week Jubilee program is Monday night February 7 featuring a scout carnival stunts contests and a Court of Honor. Most troops in the Council plan events from February 6 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rising Star
Brownwood
With All Due Honor to Tennyson Poem Verse Reflected
A fragmented poem by Jesse Allen Tiner blends in a religious passage about meeting the Redeemer and eternal light with an inserted ad line. It mentions a bonded and insured trucking service in Comanche Texas, run by Bob Cox near the jail, under Railroad Commission Permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Due Honor
Tennyson
Jesse Allen Tiner
Railroad Commission
Bob Cox
Jail
Comanche
Texas
Ransome New Hill Billy Coach To Lead Daniel Baker Grid
L E Ransome takes over as head coach at Daniel Baker succeeding Taylor whose contract ends July 1. Ransome returns after three seasons at Daniel Baker, brings prior playing at Moundsville West Virginia and Marietta College, and plans to begin spring training after basketball season. He and wife Mary Dingwall will move to Brownwood and seek an assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
T. Co. Gridiron
Ransome
Mary Dingwall
Brownwood
Daniel Baker
Big Lake Oil Company
Moundsville
West Virginia
Marietta College
Marietta
Ohio
Earl “Greasy” Neal
Yale University
Passing of One of County's Pioneer Citizens
Nancy J. Boland born September 8 1852 in Robertson County Texas married May 13 1869 to James J Sanders. Two daughters survive Mattie Humphries Sipe Springs and Josephine Price De Leon. They moved to Comanche County in 1876 where she lived until her death January 21 1938. She was a Methodist from age sixteen. Pallbearers were grandsons W B Green Earl Price Jeff Price Gene Price and great grandsons J B Creed Alvin Carlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy J. Boland
Robertson County
Texas
James J. Sanders
Mattie Humphries
Sipe Springs
Josephine Price
de Leon
Christian
W. B. Green
Earl Price
Jeff Price
Gene Price
J. B. Creed
Alvin Carlin
Associated Democracy Meeting Called in Comanche County
The Associated Democracy calls a meeting for Saturday February 5 at 2 pm in a district courtroom. All Comanche County citizens are invited to attend as important issues will be discussed and a delegation to the district convention will be elected. Prof. O H Moore of De Leon is featured as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Democracy
Turday
Comanche County
O. H. Moore
de Leon
D. T. Ross
B. F. Cadenhead
Priddy F F A selects Partin map for yard project
The Priddy vocational agriculture first and second year classes drew landscape maps of the school yard. After debate between Julian Carrs second year map and Cecil Partins first year map, the board chose Partins plan to guide beautification. The superintendent will keep the map and students will follow it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priddy
Julian Carr
Cecil Partin
Partins
Fire losses in 1937 fall below 300 million level
The National Board of Fire Underwriters documents total fire losses for 1937 at 284,120,094, down about 8.6 million or nearly 3 percent from 1936 and higher than 1935’s favorable total. December 1937 losses reached 30,172,952, the month’s largest in five years, and only slightly above December 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Blum Man Seeks To Locate Relatives
W. E. Flynn of Blum Texas writes The Comanche Chief dated February 1 to locate three half sisters Margaret Eller and Nancy and a half brother Robert Wright. He says they are children of R J Wright a former Duster blacksmith from about 30 to 35 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Flym
Blum
Texas
Duster
Flynn
Margaret
Eller
Nancy
Robert Wright
R. J. Wright
Card of Thanks to Cham ber of Commerce Banquet Helpers
The Cham ber of Commerce thanks all who helped at their annual banquet. Special gratitude goes to Sutton Dudley Drug Store Kilpatrick Hardware A P Burks Bob Baker Paul Jeanes Rev Scarlett for tables Clay Building Material Co for lumber Colemans and Vineyards for coffee Jim Johnson for flowers K of P Lodge for coffee urn City Bakery for bread and Mr and Mrs Dan Killian for extra work plus the Missionary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Sutton Dudley Drug Store
Kilpatrick Hardware Store
A. P. Burks
Bob Baker
Paul Jeanes
Rev. Scarlett
Clay Building Material Company
Coleman's and Vineyards
Jim Johnson
K. of P. Lodge
City Bakery
Dan Killian
the Missionary Society
Wolfe's Nursery advertisement from Stephenville
An advertising notice for Wolfe's Nursery at Stephenville promotes genuine trees and plants with direct buying to save agents' commissions. It encourages visitors to inspect stock, promises prompt service, and offers a free forty page color catalogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfe’s Nursery
Stephenville
Chief and Semi Weekly News One Year Offer
An old ad offers the Chief and Semi Weekly News for one year at a total price of $1.50. The promotion targets readers seeking a combined newspaper subscription at a discounted rate.
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Truetone
Ag PA Western Auto Associate
SARL
BR. Evans
East Side Square
Cotton Grove
J. H. Jones
Jones
Mercer Gar
E. Ransome
New Hill
California
Colorado
Ib. Sc
Angelus
White House
Lona
Ann Page
Jar
Ig. Ie
Sunnyfield
Decker
Weiners
Wisconsin
Mammoth Sale
Sona
Chief
J. W. Butler
RED Chain Poultry
Ust
Morris Furniture CO
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