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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1955
Page
11
A sermon urges believers to trust God for both present needs and future events. It argues faith grows by handling small daily issues, making it easier to trust Him for bigger outcomes now and for eternity. The speaker notes Jesus addressed ordinary troubles and that anticipation strengthens spiritual security in unknowns ahead.
June reports show no motor accidents in the county as Captain Jack Sutherland commands the Fort Worth District of the Texas Highway Patrol. The dispatch notes steady enforcement and active traffic oversight across the region.
F G White of Comanche becomes division superintendent at Oklahoma City succeeding O M Joy. L H True announces promotions for S L Westlake as chief engineer and White moves from assistant superintendent. Westlake, Kansas native, fills chief mechanical engineer role after USC degree and wartime pipeline work. White, veteran of 34 years, previously supervised in Luling Brownfield Texas and Salem Illinois and oversees 20 inch Corsicana to Patoka lines and 10 inch East St. Louis to Lima trunk. Also Comanche County rural traffic accident summary for June reports no accidents, a decline from 1954.
Ernest C. Rambo, CHS graduate and native of Comanche, was named business manager of Howard Payne College Brownwood, succeeding J H Shelton. Rambo, auditor and former professor, holds a BBA and studies toward an MEd, and is married with three children.
Ernest Allen 77 a longtime Blanket druggist died suddenly in his Blanket drug store about 10 am from a heart attack his wife Lillian Cobb Allen was with him earlier at the Alien Drug Store and upon returning found him deceased funeral services are planned at the Blanket Presbyterian Church with graveside rites by the Blanket Masonic Lodge Survivors include his wife their son Ernest Allen Jr a chemical engineer in Venezuela and a grandson Ernest Allen III of Venezuela born August 5 1887 in Scott County Indiana later moving to Goldthwaite and Blanket he served as a pharmacist in Goldthwaite and Blanket and was a longtime vice president of the Blanket State Bank he was active in the Blanket Methodist Church and a past master of the Blanket Masonic Lodge he died at his home at 2510 Southside Drive in Blanket also identified as veteran of World War II with China Burma India theater service
Former Comanche residents Mr and Mrs Mitchell Lane celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday July 3. Family and friends gathered including children Tom Delbert Melba James Lois Bear Geraldine Cates and many others from Ft Worth Brownwood Hamilton Beeville Searcy and Alabama in a reunion setting.
Seaman Perry Middleton, 22, spoke by long distance phone from Formosa to his wife Dolores and mother Mrs. Joe Middleton on July 4. His message, received at 9 30 Sunday night, said he was in good spirits and hoped for an honorable discharge in about six months after serving four months overseas.
Fort Worth hosts welcomed visitors over the week end including Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilkerson and A. M. Archer. The group visits relatives in and near Fort Worth with others from Port Worth Glen Rose and Hurst.
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