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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1928
Page
4
Just shipped into Comanche a car load of extra good Jersey milk cows heifers and springers as well as some fine registered cows. Contact Dr. J. M. Cochran or D. M. Brightman in Comanche for details.
Classified notice urges readers who did not receive Will Hogg sermon The Ten Plagues to call for a copy. Also for rent a furnished room with modern conveniences two blocks east on North Main street. garage space available and galvanized iron cistern for sale. Phone 354 Mrs W F Rogers Comanche Texas.
County officers listed include TOM F REESE and J T GILBREATH among many names for county posts. Bradshaw the Jeweler at Vineyards Store appears. Notice of Lost Time Certificate No 36 issued Jan 1 1927 by The State Bank of Proctor in favor of Miss Alice Foley, payment stopped.
Comanche County records show 187 marriage certificates issued in 1927 with 17 divorces granted, a ratio of 11 to 1 in favor of continued marriages. Local readers note the community trend contrasts with national commentary on divorce’s impact on the home.
A fragmented note notes a farmer choosing county seat as a business hub and questions religious energy in town and country. It mentions Sunday night and asks about divorcees and a Baptist church with a reference to Atwood's Add on page 5.
A young woman checked into a Comanche hotel as Miss E. M. Morris of Hico. She later claimed mail at the post office under another name and was detained on a federal charge. Post office inspector and U. S. marshal transported her to Fort Worth for federal court on mail fraud via no fund checks to mail order houses.
Miss Melloy and Miss Amoret Tunnell led a party at the high school auditorium with 44 attendees enjoying punch and angel food cake. The community heard a plan for the play The Prairie Rose to be presented February 24 at the high school.
Burks and Son promotes big truck savings on heavy equipment purchases. The campaign highlights lower costs for fleet upgrades and service packages, aiming to attract business buyers seeking value in durable trucks.
Noel P. Wilkinson reports at Lions Club that $737 of a $750 quota has been pledged for the Comanche Boy Scout drive, with $450 in cash and additional commitments in sight. A local council was organized at the Presbyterian Church with officers named and district plans set, including a District Council meeting at Howard Pa auditorium and a Sunday service by Rev. W B Gray.
At 9 45 preaching by President Godbold Hege. Sunday School at 6 30 p m. Young people's services at 7 30 with Dr Maddox in the pulpit using Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement as the evening text. Bible lecture to yield next Wednesday night to church organization and business. Reports from auxiliaries read and funds tallied. Members urged to attend.
Mesdames Marshall Barcroft Matt Cook and J D Barcroft visited Dr Davenport in the Blackwell Sanitarium for blood poisoning treatment. Mrs W A Shelton of Comanche and Mrs Winnie Blatherwick of Coleman travel to Dallas for a Style Show and Bettis Gibbs goods. Fred Huse visits his mother Mrs Clara Carpenter after Army service in Honolulu. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Hardy Slider. Mrs O C Thrasher of Las Vegas NM travels through Comanche to Ft Worth. Mr and Mrs Olan Coulter of Coleman County welcome a daughter born last Friday at the Wallace home.
We thank friends and neighbors who assisted in burying our dear son and brother Arthu r Trice. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Trice and Children. Read Atwood's Add on page 6. Bradshaw the Jeweler is on the Square at Vineyards Store.
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