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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1940
Page
6
Personal mentions fill the page with visits to Comanche from San Antonio Eastland Brownwood and Fort Worth families. Local residents travel for fishing trips church events and family gatherings while new job moves and school pursuits appear among the reported activities.
The column notes illnesses in the Donaho family and several trips and reunions. It lists visitors from Hamilton, Tyler, Houston, and Fort Worth as well as family guests at Lake Fanes and Highland. It also mentions premium incentives for the American Shorthorn Breeders Association and over 85 thousand dollars in livestock prizes at the State Fair of Texas.
Fort Worth guests Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Read and Milton Nix with son Milton Jr. spent the weekend in Comanche visiting Mrs. W. H. Rowland. Visitors included Mrs. S. E. Ferguson of Borger and Mrs. George Marten with Miss Catherine of Dallas. Local residents Hobson Williford of Randolph Field and J. Henry Loader of Meridian joined relatives in various Comanche gatherings. W. W. Kilpatrick returns to work after illness. efforts continue by Hilton Burks and others at a Central Texas Highway Association meeting in Waco.
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