Brown County man drowns in Bayou near Comanche
Maxwell, 43, of Brownwood, a plasterer and Comanche native, drowned in the icy Bayou near the old bridge on the Comanche road. His body was recovered by Brownwood firemen after a rescue attempt by two men who were with him when he entered the water. The Brownwood Bulletin reports the grand jury heard statements from Monroe Biggs and Mike Mabry about the incident. Funeral services were held in Dublin with burial at Dublin Cemetery. Maxwell survived by a wife, mother, four brothers and three sisters.
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Brown County
Recep
Jan ' N Bayou
Rutu C. Maxwell
North Creenleaf
Plasterer
Brownwood Bulletin
Maxwell
Comanche
John Burks
Comanche Road
Brownwood City
Grand Jury
Monroe Biggs
Mike Mabry
Biggs
W. P. St. Clair
Comanche County
Mark Callaway
Brownwood
Biges
Mabry
Charles Alford
Joe Hair
Charles C Parker
Bayou Bank
Biggs’ Shirt
Bayou Bridge
Roy C. McCune
Dublin
Mr. Maxwell
Erath County
Lou Maxwell
Arthur
Jake Maxwell
Fort Worth
Pete Maxwell
George Maxwell
Jessie Maxwell
Mrs J M Johnson Claimed By Death In Comanche Texas
Funeral services for Mrs. J M Johnson were held at Comanche Funeral Home with Minister Ledbetter of the Comanche Church of Christ officiating. Interment followed in Zion Hill Cemetery. Born Alize Roberta Mackey on March 21, 1858 in Tennessee, she moved to Texas as a child and lived in Comanche County most of her life. She married J M Johnson in 1875 and had four sons and six daughters, six of whom survive. She was a Church of Christ member for 53 years. Also noted, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Smallwood bought the home of Supt and Mrs W Z Compton on Northwest 36th Street.
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Comanche Funeral
J. M. Johnson
R. Co. Ledbetter
Comanche Church of Christ
Zion Hill Cemetery
Alize Roberta Mackey
Tennessee
Tiry Preston
Martha Mackey
Texas
Comanche County
A. H. Gray
Comanche
L. J. Jones
Odessa
T. P. Johnson
Merkel
M. W. Wheeler
Abilene
Kieffer Johnson
Plenie
Mrs Sallie Shanks of Dublin and Mrs Ella Eason of Hale Center
Mrs Shanks of Dublin and Mrs Eason of Hale Center figure in a local notice listing parties in a forthcoming matter. The item notes their names as individuals involved in the case context.
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Sallie Shanks
Dublin
Ella Eason
Hale Center
Local Notes Highlight Community Visitors and Illnesses
Comanche area residents are noted visiting relatives and dealing with illnesses and injuries. Miss Rose Nelson sustains a fractured hip and is treated in Glen Rose, while Eanes returns home after a serious illness. Several families, including the Ho lmes, Alien, and Hasley clans, host or visit kin in nearby towns. Various relocations and job changes are also recorded.
Local social notes from Gustine region week end visits
Gustine and nearby families share weekend visits with relatives in North Camp Hood Gatesville Fort Worth Stephenville Waco and Brownwood. Military moves involve Pfc Pete Hi White from Brookley Field to Macon Georgia. Mrs Ase Welch returns home after pneumonia treatment in a German hospital and Mrs Ed Palmer visits in Waco with Love Marie Palmer.
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Buford A. Mitchell
North Camp Hood
A. J. Mitchell
Roy Elms
Roma Louise
Gatesville
Zona Smart
Johnnie Griffen
Fort Worth
A. A. Smart
Viola Sparks
Stephenville
Farl Sneath
Pearl White
Eva Compton
Waco
B. W. Speed
Cauchters
W. J. Robinson
Fila Mae Stephens
Hamilton
S. Sadler
Charles Harvey
Fred Collins
New Ibera
Dale Collins
Dr. Collins
Mississippi River
Huey P. Lane
Louisiana
Fort Worth Woman Visits Comanche Kin Over Weekend
Mrs. Pat Tupin of Fort Worth spent the weekend in Comanche with Mrs. R. A. Tupin and other relatives. O. O. Brightman, seriously ill for over two months, is now some better but confined to his bed.
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Pat Tupin
Fort Worth
Comanche
R. A. Tupin
O. O. Brightman
War Plant Jobs Send Former Chief Employee to Knoxville
E A McBridge Jr, once with The Chief, moved from Comanche to Knoxville Tennessee for a steamfitter job at a war plant after a year and a half Army release. He had worked three months on a war project in Walla Walla Washington. Nancy Jo Wilkerson, UT graduate, returns from Austin to visit her parents before resuming work in Walla Walla Washington.
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E. A. McBridge, Jr
The
California
Comanche
Knoxville
Tennessee
Walla Walla
Wash
Nancy Jo Wilkerson
Internal Revenue Department
Austin
University of Texas
J.& Wilkerson
Washington
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Lawrence Smallwood
Supt
Mrs. W. Z. Compton
36Th Street
Hanson
Rhode Island
DR. Salsbury
Atwoon's Hatchery A Poultry Institution
U. S
Kenney’s Hatchery
Hico, Texas
Rose Nelson
G. H. Goodson
Glen Rose
Fred Holmes
Lubbock
Cyril Isham
Higginbotham's
Temple
Doris Ruth Alien
Mineral Wells
H. O. Alien
Walter Durham
Floyd Prather
Eastland
Parker
E. R. Wright
J. E B. Williamson
Joe Cowan
College Station
R. W. H. Hamilton
Cowan
Rio Grande Valley
Lee Signor
C. P. St. Clair
E. M. Eanes
Banes
I. E. Warren
Baird
Conanche
J. E. Vineyard
Jim Brown
de Leon
Boyce Briscoe
Service Drug Store
Sol Hoffman
Roger Hasley
Alice McCrary
Arkansas
Ben F. Curry
Bill Keel
Pfc
James Dean
John Dean
Hasse
H. Grady Dowdey
Consolidated
J. D. Mooney
Hawaiian Islands
M. L. Gaither
Edmondson’s
Coleman
Eagle Brand
City Bakery
J. B. Lowry
Charles Marshall
Dublin, Texas
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