Local Folks Attend Visits and Family Gatherings
Various residents and relatives listed visiting kin across towns. Leroy Williford visits Albin and family. Rita Kaye Fay visits relatives. Curtis Murphree visits parents. Gayle Nelson, Dan Nelson, and James Foreman from Wichita Falls travel to see kin. Ann Foreman visits in Lubbock. Hannaberry siblings visit grandparents. Elmer Gore of Stephenville visits Mrs. Ethel Rogers. Joe Nelson and Joe Smith attend a Mullin reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cody Murphree
Pat. Gayle
Dan Nelson
James E. Foreman
Wichita Falls
Ann Foreman
Lubbock
Fred Holmes
Jimmie
Ronnie
Linda Hannaberry
Granbury
Erving Gore
Elmer Gore
Stephenville
Ethel Rogers
Joe Nelson
Joe Smith
Newburg
Smith’s
Mullin
Local Church Notices and Community Updates Stirring in Eastland
The column lists rainfall totals for Van Dyke in early 1954 and notes upcoming church events including a regular breaching gate service at the Free Will Baptist Church and a unanimous call to Rev H O Barnes of Brownwood as pastor. It also mentions Rev W A Hearron visiting Sulphur Oklahoma and a busy day for Rev Vessemer in Eastland with various local residents traveling to Austin and other Texas cities. Several Sunday visitors and family reunions are recorded, highlighting community activity and travel among residents from San Antonio Houston Comanche and Galveston areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dyke
Free- Will Baptist
W. A. Hearron
Ana
Wits. Lack Werez
Chuaren
Ail
San Antonio
H. L. JacKkson
M. R. Granamy
Mamillon
Davidson
Charlie
Iasse
Anay Vennson
Asi
Jesse
Ammie Liner
W. A. Carver
Mary Wauitlock
Ulue Wiss
Loi Gann
Cals
Jewel Boren
Aaugnier
Marice
Alveston, Ie
Luke Stewart
Ned Stewart
Comanche
Social visits connect Cross Roads with regional families
Cross Roads residents hosted and visited relatives from Dallas Joshua Anson Cleburne Abilene Fort Worth during the weekend and holiday period. Families included Loy Collie Suzanne from Dallas Vanda family from Cleburne and several others visiting Mr. and Mrs. Scott Vancleave and local hosts. Judy Morris spent the week with grandparents as Victoria visits her parents Edd Colbough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Vancleave
A. C. Bland
Abilene
Robert Roe
Judy Morris
Victoria
Edd Colbough
Community Folks Attend Hodges Park Independence Day
Local families and visitors from Odessa Fort Worth Rankin Lufkin Camden Arkansas and Grosvenor gathered for Independence Day celebrations at Hodges Park De Leon on July 5. Residents and guests including the Hart Coker LaRoque May and Ward families joined neighbors for a Weekend visit and a community Home Demonstration Club meeting at the Community House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Vancleave
Johnnie Colbough
Tom Hart
Fort
Odessa
Harts
Hodges Park
de Leon
Robert Roe
Dave Ravenshine
W. T. Coker
Loyd Coker
Helen
Jean Rachel
Almon Moore
C. BE. LaRoque
Roy Fielder
Floyd Coker
Ira Fletcher
Ben Tatum
Fort Worth
Herbert la Roque
Arthur Ward
Lufkin
John Ward
Collie May
Camden
Arkansas
Preston May
Mil
Central Christian Laymen Lead Services During Minister’s Vacation
Laymen of the Central Christian Church conduct morning and evening services while the minister is away. Rev. Eugene Brice, a recent Brite College graduate, will preach Sunday July 25, with James K. LeSueur returning to the pulpit Sunday August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Christian Church
Eugene Brice
Brite College of the Bible
T.C.U
James K. LeSueur
Inter-Church Youth Group Hosts Lake Picnic
The Junior High Christian Youth group held a swimming party and picnic at Lake Eanes Park. After supper the girls beat the boys in a fast softball game with help from Jerry Boykin. The next meeting is Sunday July 11 at 4 00 p.m. at Central Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Eanes Park
Jerry
Slugger) Boykin
Central Christian Church
Californian Invites Friends to Cotton Grove Reunion
Mrs O W Thompson nee Nan ate 1935 graduate of Comanche High School plans to attend the Cotton Grove School Reunion at Lake Kanes Park Comanche Sunday July 11 and invites former classmates to join her in the reunion. Mrs Thompson wife of a former Cotton Grove resident now resides in Fresno California. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Pate of Paso Robles California who were Comanche residents for years. Mr Thompson was reared in the Cotton Grove community by his uncle the late Fred Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Thompson
Nan «Ate
Comanche High School
Cotton Grove
Lake Kanes Park
Comanche
Thompson
Presno
Calif
Andrew Pate
Paso Robles
California
Fred Ellis
Arrowheads and Indian Relics Wanted for Top Prices
Advertiser G. C. McKinzie at McKinzie Hotel seeks arrowheads and Indian relics paid at top prices. Contact McKinzie for offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. McKinzie
McKinzie Hotel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ord
Ornia
Leroy Williford
Albin
Cel Albin
Ndson
Robert
Rita Kaye Fay
Curtis Murphree Iere
Cross Roads
C. E. LaRoque
Vera Jae
Bulova
Cr 5. Testing Co
Rane
Evvey Lovebright.t
We Meables
Tupin
Ayu
C. T. Johnson
Austin
Jack Dempsey
Johnson
Billy Graham
Fulton J. Sheen
Allan Shivers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Price Daniel
John Ben Shepperd
Ralph Yarborough
Ton May
Kay
Todd Harrell
Linda
Rankin
F. M. Vines
Martin Bird
Grosvenor
Ernest Stanley
Walter Clawson
Lee Drennan
Arthur
Central Christian
Housekeeping
Ptt Uno
Brownwood, Texas
Dudney
Dry Cleaners
MR. and
Mrs
Bill Dudney
Lake Kanes
Florial Company
Jim Johnson
Florist
Howdy
Comanche Rodeo
Ass'n
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