Community Notes on Local Visits and Moves
Mr and Mrs Dean Collins of Winters were here last week due to the death of Uncle Easley. Mr and Mrs Fred Johnson visited his parents Sunday. Sipe Springs Mrs Eugene Robertson of Cotton Grove spent Thursday with Miss Irene Hartman. Mr and Mrs Horace C Smith moved to this community from Mount Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Collins
Winters
Easley
Fred Johnson
Eugene Robertson
Cotton Grove
Irene Hartman
Horace C. Smith
Mount Pleasant
Brunks Comedians Open Weeklong Run Here Monday
June Alyce Brunk leads a week of Brunks Comedians at canvas east of the Post Office with the original Glen D. Brunks Comedians. Monday night’s opening play is Johnnie Get Your Gun, featuring an orchestra and vaudeville acts as part of the twenty sixth annual tour.
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June Alyce Brunk
Glen D. Brunks
Johnnie Get Your Gun
June Alyce
Commanche
Funeral for Dr. Mark Stricklin Held Here
Attendees from Comanche and many area towns join funeral services Wednesday morning for Dr. Mark Stricklin. Represented are Mr. and Mrs. Rolly Brumley of McCamey, H. C. Brumley of Clarendon, Alpha Clark of Cisco, J. H. Brumley, Harold Van Look and Jerry Jack of Burk, Ross Stricklin of Regan, Clent Stricklin of Groesbeck, Taylor Bowles of Altus, Neil Jarrett of Dallas, Maud Daniels of Waco, and others listed among mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Mark Stricklin
Rolly Brumley
McCamey
H. C. Brumley
Clarendon
Alpha Clark
Cisco
J. H. Brumley
Harold van Look
Jerry Jack
Burk
Ross Stricklin
Regan
Clent Stricklin
Groesbeck
Comanche Baptist Workers Conference Schedule 1941
A detailed Friday program from First Baptist Church Comanche lists devotions, sermons, and training sessions by E N Strother D D Tidwell M McGinnis Herman Davis Paul Counts R M McGinnis Levi W Price and others. Events include devotions lunch board meeting department conferences panel discussions and an inspirational address following the Living Christ in Our Training Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Baptist Workers’ Conference and Training Union
First Baptist Church, Comanche
Herman Davis
Dallas
Paul Counts
Abilene
R. M. McGinnis
Gustine
E. N. Strother
Newburg
Levi W. Price
Gorman
Presbyterian Church Seeks Attendance and Mission Conference
The notice lists church activities including Sunday School at 10:00, Morning Worship at 11:00 with sermons titled The Challenge and the Opportunity of the Hour, and The Christian Motive at 7:00 p.m. Evening services, midweek prayer, and a Mission Conference at Coleman Presbyterian Church on Friday January 10 at 3:00 and 7:00. A Roger Babson quote encourages laymen to attend church. Reverend E. M. Shepard signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Presbyterian Church
Roger Babson
E. M. Shepard
Elm Grove Hilton Carter Visit Noted in Abilene
A fragmentary item notes Elm Grove Hilton Carter of Abilene visiting during the holidays and mentions an upcoming club event. The text references a meeting scheduled for January 15.
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Hilton Carter
Abilene
Miler du
Wee
Jailbreak suspects recaptured. others charged in car theft cases
Oswald Pell, 20, was recaptured Friday night at relatives’ home near De Leon after escaping Comanche County jail. Pell faces forgery sentence and was taken to Huntsville to serve. Companion Clifford Brook, 20, remains at large and is indicted for murder in J. D. Couch’s death. Brook and Pell face auto theft charges in two counties. Frank Barton, 18, also under indictment for burglary and sent to the penitentiary Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Pell
Comanche
de Leon
Wid Spivey
Manley Stone
Pell
Bud Russell
Huntsville
Clifford Brook
Brook
J. D. Couch
Gustine
Spivey
Buster Hicks
Commanche
Hill County
Hillsboro
Couch
Frank Barton
Fathers Entertained By F F A Chapter
The F F A chapter held its annual Father and Son banquet on Friday night January 3 with fried oysters corn green beans rolls cake and coffee served by the Future Homemakers. After opening ceremonies and an invocation by Rev Helm fathers were introduced by President Jim Roberts and guests and speakers included Senator Metcalfe J B Rutland A J Spangler Edd Williams and many chapter members and sweethearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.F.A
Rev. Helm
Jim Roberts
Tom Mazurek
O. B. Phillips
J. G. Rushing
I. C. Fletcher
Roy McNutt
Roger Smith
Carl Roberts
J. D. Waring, Jr
Keith Lane
A. P. Cox
Tom Cox
Roy Dutton
Frank Howington
Milburn Carter
R. R. Richey
L. E. Easley
J. W. Roberson
B. L. Gore
Herman Rauhut
B. H. Scott
Tom Shoemaker
Zet Edwards
L. L. Howell
Jim Godfrey
A. J. Helm
Farmer Creed
Sherrill B. Roberson
Cecil Jack Cox
Roberts
P. B. Metcalfe
San Angelo
J. B. Rutland
Austin
A. J. Spangler
Edd Williams
Stephenville
Hilton Burks
Roy Brannan
W. Z. Compton
Robert Eaton
Jack Moore
Ira Clemons
Senator Metcalfe
Jack Griffith
Joe Lewis Dies At Home In Comanche Texas
J L Joe Lewis 51 died at his Comanche home after a brief illness on Friday January 3. Interment was at White Point Cemetery Saturday at 3 with Rev Gordon officiating. Pallbearers listed. Survived by wife Lela three sons Elbert San Angelo Willie New Mexico Howard Comanche a step daughter and three grandchildren. Also four brothers and five sisters. Member of Methodist Church from infancy.
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J. L
Joe) Lewis
Comanche
White Point Cemetery
Rev
Gordon
Bart Payne
Alfred McKinzie
Ardell Hicks
Edward Hicks
A. J. Coker, Jr
Marion James
Mr. Lewis
Comanche County
Texas
Seymour
Preston Lewis
Brownsfield
Reubin Lewis
R. H. Lewis
Brownwood
Mesdames Tom Nabors
Desdemona
A. D. Barnes
Coleman
Georgia Boyd
Ozona
D. M. Jones
Florence Barkley
Methodist Church
Flu cases prompt Stag Creek community notice
The Stag Creek report notes several flu cases in the community. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. Henry Drenne and other locals, and records a club meeting planned for the second Tuesday in January with Mrs. Carrie Hambrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Drenn Nee
Regs
Dennason
Carrie Hambrick
Mrs. Mattie Carson 90 Dies in Stephenville Funeral Held
Mrs. Mattie Carson known as Grandmother Carson, 90, an early Lamkin settler in Comanche County, died New Year’s Day at her daughter’s home in Stephenville. Funeral services were held January 2 in Dublin, with burial at Toliver Cemetery near Lamkin beside her husband. Born in Glasgow Scotland, she sailed to America in 1866 and later settled in the area. She is survived by six children, 25 grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and a sister in Australia.
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Carson
Lamkin
Comanche County
Henry Northcutt
Stephenville
Mattie Carson
Dublin
Toliver Cemetery
Charlie” Carson
America
New York
Australia
Doyle named editor of Heart Of Texas News in Brady
D. K. Doyle, long known editor with The Co manche Chief and The Brownwood Bulletin, becomes editor of The Heart Of Texas News in Brady. A Tennessee native, Doyle started in Ste phoneville on The Stephenville Empire and has been with The Brownwood Bulletin since 1927.
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D. K. Doyle
Brownwood Bulletin
Heart O' Texas News
Brady
Bulletin
West Texas
Heart of Texas News
Mr. Doyle
Tennessee
Stephenville
Sister Receives Christmas Rug Sent by Loving Sibling
A woman mailed a handmade rug as a Christmas gift to her sister, delivering a warm, personal keepsake across the miles. The gesture highlights familial affection and the time honored practice of handmade presents during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cently
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Martin
Carnes Food Market
Gartman
Sipe Springs
Glen D
Brune
Johnnie
Brunks
DR. Stricklin
John
M. McGinniss
D. D. Tidwell
Presbyterian Church
Texas Highway Construction
Highway Department
Meinnannman
P. R. Huntington
Elm Grove
Joe Lewis
Stag Creek
W. L. Hamilton
Hon Lwric
Brownwood, Texas
Robert Taylor
Ruth Hussey
Walter Pidgeon
Flight Command
Henry Fonda
Dorothy Lamour
Linda Darnell
Chad Hanna
Lucille Ball
Richard Carlson
Ann Miller
Frances Langford
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