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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1941
Page
3
A surprise announcement at a Wednesday tea revealed the near marriage of Miss Geraldine Slider to Mr Woodrow Allen. The event featured tinseled valentines invitations, a red and white motif, a receiving line, a miniature wedding party, and a choral entertainment segment.
Annie Jackson spends a week with Aunt Mrs. A Smitherman. Jake Brookshire and relatives visit from here. Mrs Albert ter and Mr and Mrs Mac Taylor near Carlton. Nallie Hayes family attends funeral for Mrs Hayes grandmother Mrs Hamilton of Pottsville. Marvin Stephens moves to Gaston Stephens farm home. Gaston moves to Lamkin. Maples of Gustine visits Lamkin. Funeral attendance for Mrs Red Hart in Comanche. Hurt family formerly at Cooper place west of Lamkin. Hudson returns to Oklahoma after visiting daughter Mrs Harvey Hayes.
Energy Mrs. B O Caraway visited her ill brother in Pottsville last Thursday. Nellene Harrison of Gustine visited Doris Cox last Wednesday. Henry Horner of Joshua stayed with his sister Rae Jones and family on Monday. Barton McPherson and family of Comanche spent the weekend with relatives. Luther McGlothlin and daughter of Hamilton visited Deisher last Sunday. Leslie Hensley and wife spent Sunday with her parents in Gustine. Bart McPherson and his wife visited their son Cecil at Camp Bowie Brownwood last Sunday. Women’s Club met with Mrs Bill Rudd last Thursday. refreshments served to about twenty members. Next meeting with Mrs Bobbie Brown on Feb 13.
The Central Christian Church lists Bible School and Communion every Sunday at ten. Preaching every first and third Sunday at eleven and Sunday night at seven. This Sunday February 9 the sermon title is How Scientific Is Prayer in the science and religion series. Pastor C C Klingman.
The First Methodist Church under Minister E R Gordon reports growing attendance and active plans for a full Sunday program. Rev B F Jackson Jr from Fort Worth will preach at 11 00 and the day includes Teacher Training School 2 00 4 00 Young People 6 45 and evening service 7 30 with junior choir. Storekeeper contrasts stockings with a shopper joke about stockings running when she walks.
Indian Mountain residents and relatives are listed as visitors in the Gaines home on Wednesday night. J N Underwood and J B Gregory were in Comanche for business on Friday. D M Gaines and family with Mrs. Howard and the Cra Rachel attended a singing in Rock Bluff last Sunday. Uncle Joe Underwood recovering from an arm injury visited Gay Underwood. Royce Pope and family visited Eastland and Ranger. W C Gregory and son Wesley traveled to Abilene for work.
Excessive rains slow farm tasks in Hazel Dell as the Leon River rises and becomes too high for crossing at the start of the week. Local residents and visitors report moves, visits, and family updates across Del Rio Beattie Brownwood Camp Bowie Novice Waco Houston and Brownwood.
Mrs. Jodie Smith 51 of Comanche died Monday at 12 45 after a year long illness at the German sanitarium Funeral services were held at the family home in Comanche with Reverends Barrett and Steel officiating Interment was in Rock Church Cemetery She was born Cora Belle Edwards December 29 1889 married Dec 20 1909 to Jodie Smith They had three sons Dry Aubry J D Garland Phifer and three grandchildren Surviving a sister Mrs Roy Rains and four brothers Bob Roscoe Jess and Artie Edwards all of Comanche She joined First Baptist Church in youth.
P Y Barnes of Hamlin celebrated his 75th birthday hosted by Mr and Mrs A Pat Sharp of the Board Church community. Attendees included R E Lane and daughter Lawanda of San Diego. Thuren Rodgers of Hamlin. A T Barnes of McCaulley. Lester Harris family. W W Falkenberry. Cecil Rider. E C Barnes family. Milton Sharp of Brownwood. Burch Stuteville and family. Nome Sharp of Gustine. and the honoree P T Barnes of Hamlin.
At the First Methodist Church in Rising Star a bi-district Institute on Missions and Evangelism was held Tuesday February 4. The program was described as inspirational spiritual and educational with Rev E R Gordon and several Comanche attendees among those present including Mrs Troy Marshall Mrs B G Combs and Mrs Paul Jeanes.
A Texas Sentinel report notes five Towaccanny believed Indians killed on Webber's prairie twelve miles below Austin. Citizens pursue a second party in the same neighborhood. It also states James W. Smith former Travis County chief justice was murdered about January 22, with his ten year old son possibly carried into captivity by four Towaccanny Indians.
Miss Peggie Durham daughter of Mr and Mrs N N Durham and senior honor student at Comanche High School was stricken with appendicitis and taken to Medical Arts Hospital at Brownwood where she underwent an operation Friday. She is reported as doing nicely and was able to be brought home.
Mr and Mrs Bob Land of Abilene spent Monday in Comanche. He a former Abilene policeman lived in Comanche for years after 1900. He says Comanche has improved while he was away. Mrs Land is daughter of Uncle Tom Hendricks.
Mas G Hancock and family traveled to Mineral Wells on Sunday. Mr and Mrs D F Singleton with R V Singleton and family from De Leon spent Sunday with them. Jim Barton of Pioneer visited Mrs Lizzie Welch and she returned home with them for a visit. Shorty Welch returning from Buffalo Gap Sunday. Estel Weaver also from Buffalo Gap spent Sunday with his family. Mrs W D Nowlin and children visited Hip Frank and family at Duster. Mrs B B Skaggs and children visited her mother Mae Bunting at Rucker.
A brief note says he bought only one spur and believed that if one side of the horse wore a spur the other would respond, highlighting a practical detail in riding or training connected to The Optimist.
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