Christmas visits spread across Comanche region
Local residents and many relatives spent Christmas holidays with family across Comanche and nearby towns. Visitors included Harmes, Lacy, English, Ellis, Massingill, Neel, Cauley, Bonser, and numerous others from Fort Worth, Dallas, Lubbock, San Angelo, Ballinger, and Cross Plains. Multiple households hosted gatherings in Comanche and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Smith
Comanche
Harmes
Lacy
Pottsville
H. R
Camp Bowie
Grace Lacy
Cross Plains
Virginia Lacy
Sipe
Jim Lacy
Castle B. Ellis
Glenn
Merkel
V. N. Ellis
Lorraine
Texas Wesleyan College
Camilla English
Harris Methodist Memorial Hospital
Fort Worth
A. B. English
English
Kincaid
A. C. Thomas
Leonard
Dallas
San Saba
Roy E. Box
Corpus Christi
Ellie Pulliam
Eugene Anthony
E. E. Anthony
Leo Brandt
Lamkin
E. R. Wright
Dublin
E. G. Wright
George Massingill
North Texas State Teachers College
Coma
Jamie Clarke
Oklahoma City
Catherine Collar
New York
D. Charles Clarke
Doyce Short
de Leon
J. B. Rudd
Raymondville
J. C. Meyers
Gus Meyers
Clyde Bonser
Nghter
Patsy
San Angelo
W. A. Thornton
Loyd Merchant
Marmarita
Ita
J. E. Merchant
J. E. Bonser
Russell Bonser
Ballinger
George Bonser
Otis Cahill
Brownwood
Park Kemp
Harry Pitchford
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Howard Kilpatrick
Charles Wetzel
Edwin
J. A. Stafford
Weyland Clarke
Eastland
Glenn Frazier
San Antonio
J. B. Carnes
Spur
Jack Carnes
Mary Standlee
Munday
Don Smoot
Herbert Goodson
Camp Wolters
Ed Onster
Austin
H. N. Goodson
W. P. St. Clair
Billie
Hilbert Huett
Wichita Falls
Sheppard Field
Hollis Isham
Lloyd Isham
Bill Williams
Billie Lou Cameron
Rita Isham
de Leon Clinic
Eugene Cook
Lubbock
Walter Barret
Sue
Len Clardy
Tarleton College
Varsity of Texas
Ted Durham
Fere
W. B. Stripling
Lias
R. H. Beene
George Knowles
R. A. Tupin
Local notes sweep Comanche county stories and people
A roundup of short items mentions Mrs Saye visiting relatives in the Nash region, Dr J Frank Norris facing re indictment over a church fire, kin McKinzie in Comanche, and local residents Jim Ellis practicing medicine as Dr James T Ellis. It covers teachers’ salaries, Ground Hog Day birthdays, sermons, prizes won, and reflections on pensions for elderly workers like George Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saye
Nash, Lumber Company
Waco
Joel Nabers
J. Frank Norris
First Baptist Church of
Fort Worth
Kin McKinzie
Zephyr Range
Comanche
Jim Ellis
Brushy Gap
Callahan County
James T. Ellis
Clyde
Texas
W. R. Slider
F. E. Adams
Rafe Adams
Santa Anna
Grand Lodge of Masons
J. P. Crow
W. D. Jenkin
D. M. Smith
Gustine
H. B. Clark
Duncan
M. Atwood
Waco Cotton Palace
Dallas Fair
Leon Valley
F. H. Cooper
A. E. Boyd
Sidney
Ss. T. Ballou
Hamilton
Lyman Brightman
Tom Helmsley
George Vernon
Mrs W W Harvey Celebrates Birthday at East Grand Ave Home
Mrs W W Harvey marked her birthday last Tuesday at home on East Grand Ave with all children present including Mrs J M Stewart of Katy and Houston Mr H J R Gille Charley L Harvey and Mrs M A Ferguson. Friends sent flowers gifts letters and cards cherished by the family. WPA workers completed another ten mile all weather road link in Precinct 4 Eastland County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Harvey
East Grand Ave
J. M. Stewart
Katy
Houston
H. J. R. Gille
Charley L. Harvey
M. A. Ferguson
Addie Harvey
WPA
Precinct 4
Eastland County
Texas Reporter Joins Fort Worth Rangers Northward Ice Trip
A Texan columnist travels with the Fort Worth Rangers to the North, visiting Excelsior Springs Missouri and Des Moines before reaching St. Paul. He tours with Sam Byron, notes Minnesota’s capitol, St Paul cathedral, and local figures like Bill Bradfield Jr. A Texas public opinion poll favors Coke Stevenson for governor at 56 percent, with 20 percent for the next candidate and 15 percent undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Byron
Fort Worth
Ozark Mountain
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Capitol
Des Moines
Northfield
Minn
James Boys
Youngers
St. Paul
Texas
Byron
St. Paul's Cathedral
Italy
John J. Hill
State Capitol
Texas Capitol
Minnesota
Paris
House of Representatives
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
United States
The Colors are Calling You
Poem-like piece urging citizens to do their part for country. Invokes bugle calls, soldiers, and the flag Old Glory, red white and blue, and peace without battle. Calls for everyone to take part in national service or duty.
Time Will Tell Explosive Lesson Provokes Awe
A chemistry professor demonstrates powerful explosives in class warning that a small error could blow them through the roof. He asks students to move closer to follow the experiment more clearly.
Jaye Heads Comanche County Roosevelt Birthday Fund Drive
Attorney F C Jaye of De Leon chairs the county committee for President Roosevelt birthday events to raise funds for the Warm Springs Foundation benefiting infantile paralysis victims. A basketball tournament will accompany the drive with boys at Comanche and girls at De Leon hosting finals January 30 with modest admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Jaye
de Leon
Comanche County
Roosevelt
Warm Springs Foundation
Jaye
Comanche
Fred O. Jaye
R. R. Harvey
F.&m. Bank
De _Leon
H. L. Stewart
A. C. Schuman
Bob Arpenter
Ivah Pittman
Burdettes Honored With House Warming
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Burdette and family hosted a house warming at their Indian Creek home on Friday December 5 with about fifty gifts and twenty guests from the Sunshine Club presenting an end table. Oleta McGlothlin greeted guests at the door and Ruby York kept the register while tables of 42 and piano singing entertained attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edd Burdette
Jean
Hollis
Indian Creek
Oleta McGlothlin
Ruby York
Otis Coker
N. F. Williams
Jake Mast
Delbert McNutt
David Coker
Viola Stewart
Jodie Allen
Will Burdette
Pansy Harris
Perry McGlothlin
Sam Williams
Gus Kiser
Coleman
Ed Duke
J. L. Gore
Nettie Carpenter
Bill Smoot
Herbert Williams
C. W. Butler
Hilton Lawless
D. L. Holcomb
J. M. Bowman
Lloyd Coker
Russell Nance
Christmas Visitors Dop Comanche Folks Rocking Holidays
A long list of families spent Christmas in Comanche visiting relatives and friends including the Gordons Taylors and McKinzie households. Notable notes include E. S. Fagan, secretary of the Comanche National Farm Loan Association, being out of the office for illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Tupin
John A. Smith
Santa Anna
Ike Pipes
Fort Worth
J. O. Hoad
Tommie Marshall
Dickinson
Jimmie Marshall
Stephenville
Buster Hicks
Venita
Oklahoma
Comanche
Joe Marshall
Clyde
Rosy) Horner
Dudley's
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Eastland
Everett White
Brownwood
John Barton
Ballinger
John Kimble
Gorman
Buck Thompson
Tyler
N. C. Timms
Jeff Timms
Lubbock
C. F. Denny
Jack Gardener
Coleman
Albert Bonser
J. O. Lane
Dick Lane
Breckenridge
I. G. Evridge
Brady
Wade Evridge
Sherman Smith
Ory McKinzie
North Texas State Teachers College
J. H. McKinzie
E. W
Central Texas Checker Tourney at Brownwood Hotel
A Central Texas Checker Tournament will be held at Hotel Brownwood on December 28. Organized by A H Plummer of Rising Star with S R Sellers as secretary. Central Texas residents pay 25 cents to enter. prizes awarded. Players should bring boards and men. Play begins at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood Hotel
Brownwood
A. H. Plummer
S. R. Sellers
Central Texas
Carl Brandt Joins Navy as Chief Petty Officer
Carl Brandt, a member of the U S Naval Reserve, will leave Friday for Los Angeles to enter training as a Chief Petty Officer. He is from Lamkin and formerly worked as Resident Engineer in Comanche during the Comanche REA line construction and lately held a key post with a Fort Worth construction firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Brandt
U. S. Naval Reserve
Los Angeles
Mr. Brandt
Lamkin
Comanche
Fort Worth
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis
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Brightman party returns home after Christmas visit
Kenneth Foster of El Centro California visits friends and relatives in pemenane and Sipe. Mr and Mrs O O Brightman Mr and Mrs C F Silvas and son Bob and Miss Grace Brightman are en route home after spending Christmas with Mr and Mrs Dwight Brightman in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Foster
el Centro
California
Pemenane
Sipe
O. O. Brightman
C. F. Silvas
Bob
Grace Brightman
Dwight Brightman
New York City
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Pete
Boyce House
Bill Bradfield Jr
Garland News
American Amateur Press Association
Irvin Cobb
Geneva Ann Pittman
F.C. Jaye
Roosevelts
A. F. McNutt
Carbon
Walter Greer
NAVY
Hatter
P. O. Street
ADLE
Adlerika
Durham
Rx. Pharmacy and Service
Conoco Products
Roy Yantis
Hugh White
Sinclair Refining CO
West Central Ave
Fagan Chevrolet Co
J. H. Arthur
E. E. House
Elmer Isham
B. A. Griffin
Hasse
W. R. Carmack
van Dyke
Comanche, Texas
R. D. Lee
Proctor
Geo. H. Loudermilk
Downing
J. M. Young
W. E. Steward
Creamer
Carl Jethe
Coe
Pedyarl
Jesse Chas. Lawless
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