Woods Announces Candidacy for Constable No 1
R D Woods declares for the office of Constable Precinct No 1 and emphasizes a fair firm approach. He cites military service with Co F 143rd Infantry 36th Division and a life of service across Texas communities, urging voters to support him for an honorable tenure and self supporting pay.
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Eoinct No
Co. F 143Rd Infantry
Fort Worth
Camp Bowie
France
U. S
Texas
United States
Comanche
Brown
Proctor Cadet Joins Kelly Field Aviation Class
Evan E. Miller a Proctor School teacher for two years enters the Air Corps Replacement Training Center at Kelly Field Texas as part of the first Air Corps class since U S entry into World War II. He is the son of Mr and Mrs D S Miller of Lamkin. Miller will undergo five weeks of preliminary training toward becoming an Army officer after graduating from an advanced flying school thirty weeks later. Claude Chastain Jr of Sidney returns home after an auto accident before Christmas and will miss four terms at A M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan E. Miller
Proctor
Air Corps Replacement Training Center
Kelly Field
Texas
United States
Miller
D. S. Miller
Lamkin
Army of the United States
Man Killed By Car Buried In Priddy
Fritz Tischler longtime Priddy resident died after being struck by a car in Goldthwaite last Friday. His funeral was held Sunday at St. John's Cemetery with Rev. A. H. Muehlbrad officiating. Born October 13 1878 in Blanco County he later lived in Hamilton Mills and Priddy. Survived by wife Emma Goerdel two daughters nine sons five sisters and three brothers. Wife died in 1939. He was 63 years 3 months and 10 days old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Tischler
Priddy
Goldthwaite
St. John’s
A. H. Muehlbrad
Zion's Lutheran Church of
Mr. Tischler
Blanco County
Hamilton County
Mills County
Emma Goerdel
Amenda ‘Toppe
Rosenberg
Texas
Nora Wuistinger
Winters
Louis
Gottlieb
Indian Gap
Charlie
Hamilton
Erick
Edward
Amherst
Monroe
Bennet
Comanche
Lee
Albert
Otto
Gottlieb Tischler
Emma Huesche
McGregor
Emilie Meissner
Ireland
Julia Goerdel
Lydia Meissner
Martha Hopper
Tischler
Proctor P.T.A. Plans March of Cures Drive
Proctor P.T.A. met Wednesday January 21 at the president Mrs T J Kelly home. They formed committees and outlined a March of Cures to fight infantile paralysis and support a Community Chest. The next meeting is Thursday February 5 at seven pm in the high school auditorium with a patriotic program on national defense. A drive for new members was urged to involve every parent and child welfare supporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor P.T.A
T. J. Kelly
Proctor P T.A
Harmony Club News Meeting Notes and Feb Plans
The Harmony Good Will Home Demonstration Club met with twelve members due to date confusion. Members will knit or quilt for Mrs. M. E. Owen at the February meeting, with Miss Ruth Mayfield demonstrating the frame garden and gift day aprons on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Good Will Home Demonstration Club
M. E. Owen
Ruth Mayfield
Card of Thanks for Lee Elkins
Family thanks friends and neighbors for floral offerings sympathy and kindness after the death and burial of their daughter and sister Mrs. Lee Elkins from Mrs. S. K. Fisher and children. Deeds of Trust at The Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Elkins
S. K. Fisher
Stars Fall Meteor Shower Tale and Local Moves
The story recalls a November coon hunt with Bill and Ben Cox as meteors blaze across the sky drawing the boys and a frightened farmer to prayer. The episode ends with reflections by a local preacher and notes Mrs. Mollie Jo Wells Bennett moving to Brownwood to join her husband at Camp Bowie.
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Bill
Ben Cox
My Brother
White Rock
Ben
Major
Queen
Ingraham Pond
God
Cox
Rufe Cox
Father
Coxes
Rufe
William F. Bennett, Jr
Mollie Jo Wells
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Brownwood
Camp Bowie
Humorous idol tale from Isaiah reflected in church sermon
Pastor E G Gregory Jr uses Isaiah 44 to comic and cautionary effect. He notes a man who hewn a tree for shelter fire and food then made a leftover into a god. The sermon urges prioritizing God’s kingdom over earthly needs and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah
Indian Creek Church to Hold Sunday Services Timely
The Indian Creek Methodist Church on the Comanche Circuit will host morning and evening services this Sunday led by Rev. A J Helm. Sunday School begins promptly at 10 am per Superintendent N F Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Creek Methodist Church
A. J. Helm
Comanche
N. F. Williams
Unity and Completeness of the Task Sunday Service
The Presbyterian Church invites at 10 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. preaching. The sermon titled The Unity and Completeness of the Task. Week of Feb 1 7 marks the week of Self Denial and Prayer for Foreign Missions. Minister E M Shepard extends a warm welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Shepard
Singing at Freewill Baptist Church Next Thursday Night
Charlie Marshall of Van Dyke announces a church singing at Freewill Baptist Church in East Comanche next Thursday night. All singers are invited to attend and bring both old and new books. The church sits one block south of Wagner's Store.
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Freewill Baptist Church
Comanche
Charlie Marshall
van Dyke
East
Wagner's
Methodist Women Hold Meeting in Local Session
Mrs Merlin Jenkins discussed the Law of Love from the Bible study of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. Mrs Logan Williams presided over the business session and Mrs Joe Marshall was named chairman of children's work. Next Monday the second chapter from the Bible study will be presented.
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Merlin Jenkins
The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Logan Williams
Joe Marshall
Baptist W.M.U Meeting At First Baptist Church
The W M U of First Baptist Church met Monday afternoon for a Royal Service program on the topic Think On These Things. Mrs John Hart led the period with five women taking part and prayers offered for all foreign missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.M.U
The
First Baptist Church
John Hart
H. H. Huddleston
E. G. Gregory, Jr
Huddleston
Where to Find the Comanche Methodist Church
A Comanche business leader did not know the location of the Methodist Church and readers are guided to the church one block east from the northeast Courthouse Square Post Office on E Grand Ave. The pastor A B English announces sermons Love or Duty in the morning and Shouldering Responsibility at 7 pm and invites attendance.
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Comanche
Courthouse Square
E. Grand Ave
Methodist Church
A. B. English
Central Christian Church Names Orphan's Home Day
The Central Christian Church Disciples of Christ announces Bible School Communion and preaching each Sunday at ten o'clock with no evening services. This Sunday marks a new month and its Orphan's Home Day offerings must be maintained to support the church's work. The February sermon series titled The Frontiers of Our Christian Faith is announced by Minister C. Klingman. Oil Lease blanks at Chief Office.
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Bible School
Cc. C. Klingman
Baptist Workers Conference at South Leon Church
A program for the Baptist Workers Conference at South Leon Baptist Church in Newburg on February 4, 1942 lists sessions and speakers from 9:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. including Rev. Gordon Barrett, Rev. R. M. McGinnis, Mrs. H. J. Starnes, Rev. E. G. Gregory Jr, Rev. McClung, and an executive board meeting. Lunch is served at 12:15 p.m. Adjournment follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Workers’ Conference
South Leon Baptist Church
Newburg
Gordon Barrett
R. M. McGinnis
H. J. Starnes
E. G. Gregory, Jr
McClung
Sipe Springs
Donors Add To Red Cross Fund As City Reports Tiny Gifts
The community notes contributions to the Red Cross Fund totaling as much as one dollar since the last report. Ted Durham returns to Austin to finish his pharmacy degree in about two weeks after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs N N Durham. Mrs Sol Hoffman and son Gary visit Dallas where she serves as matron of honor at a friend's wedding and buys Sprint merchandise for the Hoffman Department Store.
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Red Cross Fund
Ted Durham
Austin
Mrs
N. N. Durham
Sol Hoffman
Gary
Dallas
Sprint
Hoffman Department Store
Pate Senior at Daniel Baker Visits Comanche. Wilhelm Relocates
Egbert Pate, a Daniel Baker College senior, spent the weekend in Comanche with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pate. Gus Wilhelm and his family moved this week to California where he has secured a job.
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Egbert Pate
Daniel Baker College
Comanche
Andrew Pate
Gus Wilhelm
California
C D Cuthbertson Dies at 70 in Comanche
C D Cuthbertson 70 died at his home in Comanche at 6 a.m. Tuesday after a three hour illness. He was a pioneer in Comanche County fruit development with a farm north of town. Survived by Dora Myers and six children including C D Cuthbertson of Austin and Mrs. Co O Poteet of Wichita Falls. Funeral 3 p.m. Wednesday at Comanche Funeral Home. Oakwood Cemetery burial. Pallbearers named. He was a longtime Christian Church member.
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C. D. Cuthbertson
Comanche
Mr. Cuthbertson
C. C. Klingman
E. G. Gregory, Jr
Oakwood Cemetery
R. L. Bowman
Jack O'Dell
Otho Isham
Raymond Hughes
Albert Miller
Perry St. Clair
Cuthbertson
Palestine
Texas
Comanche County
Dora Myers
Oora Cuthbertson
Jessie Cuthbertson
Jack Cuthbertson
Medford Cuthbertson
Austin
Co. O. Poteet
Wichita Falls
The
Christian Church
Porter Franks Family Attends Throckmorton Funeral
Mr and Mrs Porter Franks Hayes Franks and Mrs Buster Cameron attend the funeral of their grandmother Mrs R S Moore aged 93 at Throckmorton. Moore once lived in the Gustine community. Bills of sale noted at The Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Franks
Hayes Franks
Buster Cameron
Throckmorter
R. S. Moore
Moore
Gustine
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. D. Woods
Rer Proctor Cadhet
Claude Chastain, Jr
Sidney
A & M College
Chastain
Harmony Club News
Mary Wilhelm
Western Flyer
Western Flyers
Western Auto Associate Store
Earl R. Evans
Church News
Jesus
Indian Creek Church
Atwood Hatchery
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Reporter
Baptist W.M.U. Meeting
W.M.U. Reporter
First Methodist Church
Alvin Bryson English
Central Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Burton Bros
Quaker Out
Comanche, Texas
Red Cross
Dan Killian
George Clarke
M S. Elms
Sadie Kemp
Energy Woman's Club
S. A. Carnes
Fred Clark
T. H. Beene
Edna Carnes
Margaret Vernon
J. R. Stephens
J. C. Helm
Tom Preston
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