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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1935
Page
6
Annual meeting of Bowdoin Canning Company stockholders to be held in Comanche Texas on January 25 at 2 o clock p m Mrs H A Bowdoin serves as President with details listed in the notice.
The notice lists Sunday activities at 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 12:00 p.m. Preaching 6:00 p.m. B Y P U 7:00 p.m. Preaching and midweek service at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday. Pastor A Edwin Wilson. tf
Sheriff to sell 110 acres in Comanche County out of Mary Isaacs Survey No. 317 and adjacent land lines. Action arises from C F Jeske vs E L Jones No 7968 in District Court of Comanche County. Sale set for the first Tuesday in February 1935 before the Comanche Court door with costs of suit.
Ralph McWilliams left Monday for Coleman to establish a home. Miss Minta Crain departed Saturday for Glen Rose where she has a job. Jesse Lanmon moved here from Waco. Stephenville couples and families spent Friday night and Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. George. Rev. Len Dalton conducted services at Sardis. Tom Jeffreys visited Steubenville relatives. S. M. Pruett of Blue Ridge visited his daughter Sunday. Rev. Hubert Crain preached at Energy Sunday afternoon. Miss Creola Richardson of Gentry's Mill attends school here. Mrs. Perry Moring and her son Bobby and K. E. V. McCarty visited her mother in Stephenville. Perry Moring led the girls basketball tourney at Dublin. Mrs. Ruby Dealey underwent appendicitis surgery in a Hamilton hospital Friday. Lamkin teams defeated Edna Hill here Friday. scores 36 6 in favor of Lamkin girls and 21 12 for Lamkin boys. Miss Glynith Harris hosted a party Saturday. Hulon Roberson spent part of rest week in a Brownwood hospital. Miss Leota Simpson hosted a high school party Monday. J. D. Carpenter of Gustine spent Monday night with Bud Farrar. Bud Farrar visited Gustine last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Osear Swindle spent the weekend in Brownwood.
New pastor Mr. and Mrs. Nance were surprised with a miscellaneous shower by the Church of Christ congregation. The gathering featured congregational singing and socializing with cake hot chocolate and homemade candy. The Nances came from Lometa to Comanche and were warmly welcomed.
The Pittman family expresses heartfelt gratitude for friendship and sympathy shown during the illness of husband and father. They thank all who offered support and especially the Baptist Sunday School and the Ladies Club for floral offerings. Mrs. Gussie Pittman and the children extend blessings to all.
Alacrowd attended the play Fingerprints at the school auditorium directed by Miss Ruby Bush. The cast included Mrs Hughton H Madelene Davis Mozel Hornburg Madee Alexander Annie Bellis Zelet Mayor Manton Doggett Gaston Charles Gugger and Morgan Evans. Morgan Evans and several students went to a Kansas basketball tournament Sunday.
Blanket and Mrs J D Smoot of Comanche visited Mr and Mrs M G Smoot on Saturday. A revival began at the Baptist Church led by Rev Crim. Several families from nearby towns spent the weekend here visiting relatives and attending church services.
Rev and Mrs K B Garrett of Mercury and Dean Summers of Sipe Springs visited Mr and Mrs D Hurt Wednesday. W W Smith traveled to Tuscola last week and returned with Mr and Mrs Bud Vancleave. Bronte couple W G Hurt and family visited relatives here this week. Jim Reed of Sidney and family spent Sunday with the Smiths. Uncle Billy Keith of Beattie was in the community Thursday. John Burrows and sons and Mrs D C Summers of Sipe Springs spent Sunday with the Hurts, and Elvin Woolsey of Taylors Chapel visited the Hurts Sunday.
A readable fragment notes demand for McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets, marketing them as convenient, tasteless capsules offering firm, healthy flesh and relief from disease without the odor of liquid cod liver oil.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Nance of Carleton spent Sunday visiting the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Nance.
A brief notice expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for their kindness during sickness and for the help they provided. The message includes a prayer for God to bless them.
Mrs Mary Garner of Burleson Texas endorses Thedford s Black-Draught as effective for biliousness bad taste and other discomforts from constipation She notes her mother used it for years and she gave it to her children as a laxative for colds and to help them feel better The advertisement pairs Thedford s Black-Draught for adults with Syrup of Black-Draught for children
Edna Bill Tom Hodge of Dallas spent the weekend here with Mrs. J. J. Caple. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hag of Wynell visited Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jones. Loree Giltreach spent the weekend at Hasse. Buster and Miss Inez Salyer hosted a Saturday night party. Mr. Parl and Mrs. Floyd Kilgore with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Colbaugh of Sidney spent the weekend with relatives. Charley Kincheloe of Gustine attended singing Sunday night.
Clyde A. McNeil, a World War veteran and former Brownwood National Guard captain, received a conditional pardon from Governor Miriam A. Ferguson. He had been sentenced in 1929 to 40 years for robbing the First National Bank of Brownwood and in 1930 to 25 years for robbing the First State Bank at Richland Springs.
Mr and Mrs A H Gray were called to Abilene last week where their daughter Mrs Pink Fisher of Snyder is in a hospital for treatment.
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