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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1942
Page
3
Rev S L Jefferies of Brownwood will preach at St Matthews Episcopal Church this Sunday night as part of the church services.
Services will be conducted at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Saturday at 11 a m and 2 p m and Sunday at 11 a m Elder Len Dalton will be with us at each service Visitors always welcome Committee
The First M Church invites members to the church school at 10 45 and a Fourth Sunday Missionary program in the main auditorium at 11 30 War Time. Morning worship follows at 11 55 with a sermon Unfinished Man. Evening programs begin 6 30 with youth games, 7 00 devotion, 8 00 sermon Forbidden Fruit. Women's Society meets 4 00 War Time next Monday. Mid Week devotional Wednesdays 8 00 and choir at 9 00.
The notice lists 10:00 a.m. Bible Study and 11:00 a.m. sermon titled The Double minded plus a 6:30 p.m. Young People's Class and 7:30 p.m. sermon The Power of God. It ends with a religious admonition about attitudes toward the Lord and a quoted moral reflection.
Central Christian Church Disciples of Christ will hold Sunday services at eleven with a sermon on The Frontiers of Our Faith focusing on the Christian's patience. A poem by C. R. Piety titled If You Are a Christian will be harmonized with the service as part of the weekly observance.
Sunday School at 11 00 a m with War Time label Morning Sermon at noon titled An Elect Race A Royal Priesthood An Holy Nation Evening Sermon at 8 00 p m The Sabbath Was Made For Man Monday at 5 00 p m auxiliary meeting at Mrs Vollie Meyers home Mrs Lewis Cunningham leads the program Visitors welcome Bob Jones and family visit Comanche Mrs C C Coker Fort Worth trip for C W Gray finals of Golden Gloves tournament referenced
A. J. Whitlock Dee Brown and Cecil Burk were visitors from Sipe Springs last weekend. Carl Marshall Houser stayed with his parents and returned to Tarleton Sunday. Local residents Mr and Mrs Loftis and Mrs Littlefield visited family and attended church and singing events.
Harmony residents shared visits with Stephenville, Mercer Gap, and Comanche relatives. The community hosted a 42 game at Harmony with top scores by Coulter, McAlfley, McDonald, and Wilhelm while Rev. Helm conducted services and numerous kin visited family members in nearby towns.
Suez Rev Frank Martin attended Walnut Springs church conference. H F Carey and daughter Naomi Ruth visited Jay Martin and Joe Martin families near Albany. Bert Prazier Brownwood visited G J Frazier parents. Elvie Carey visited H I Thomas in De Leon. R C Thomas and granddaughter Naomi Ruth spent weekend with Clifton Thomas in Blanket. Keither Elroy Martin visited Milton Elms. Troy Cauley and Fort Worth family stayed with W C Cauley. modern cottage built on Creamer farm. Cauley holds Farm Security Dept post in Fort Worth. Catherine Collar teaching in LaMarque spent weekend with Clarke family in Comanche. Mary Lou Thomas attended beauty convention in Dallas.
A cosmetic bar nine feet long has been installed near the front entrance of Service Drug Store. Owner C. L. Huett reports favorable customer response to the latest display of nationally advertised beauty preparations illuminated by Florescent lighting.
Mrs Wade Wallace 35 wife of Wade Wallace died Friday February 6 at home in Beattie after illness of several months. Born June 7 1906 she married Wade Wallace in 1927 and had four children Jessie Joe Oscar Roy Bernice. Survived by husband three sons a daughter one brother two sisters and father Funeral held February 7 at Beattie Church of Christ with minister Howard Casada presiding. Interment Beattie Cemetery.
Elaine Scott, an education major from Comanche and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Scott, joins 18 University of Texas students in a non credit Playground Leader Training Course offered by the Austin recreation department. The class aids sociology majors and others hoping to work in recreation. Many students do volunteer work at Austin's community center and some work as playground leaders each summer.
From Austin an announcement says former Governor James V. Allred may enter the U S Senate race this summer. Allred, presently a federal judge, could face a crowded field. Buy bonds and slap the Japs.
A public plea urges citizens to organize a group to examine welfare administration for the aged, dependent children, and the blind. Delegates would gather facts on eligibility, delays, and possible graft, escalating issues to county and state officials if needed.
Miss Helen Slider was brought to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Hardie Steer Sunday from a German hospital where she had been receiving treatment. She is connected with the Durham Pharmacy as part of the recent placement of a graduate of the University of Texas in pharmacy.
Mr and Mrs E G Wells and Mr and Mrs William F Bennett Jr spent last week in San Antonio visiting Bennett's parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Thomas Russell Gray. Mrs Ed Blue was seriously ill Sunday and taken to a German hospital for treatment. Joe Hicks Jr left Brownwood for Houston for a civil engineering job. B A Riley plans to close his San Saba grocery and reenter local business, spending the weekend in Comanche with family. Miss Lois Moore a nurse at Seely Hospital Santa Anna spent the weekend in Comanche with Mr and Mrs Ernest Tupin. Miss Peggie Durham of Tarleton College spent the weekend in Comanche with her parents Mr and Mrs N N Durham. Ted Durham recently fin-
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