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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1939
Page
5
Multiple farm items offered including a 4 wheel rubber tired trailer, Deere hay press, and International plow. Also John Deere tractors, hay baler, and miscellaneous implements with prices and contact notes. Local gas station and ice drug store ads appear nearby with prices for gasoline and bulbs.
The fourteenth annual Watermelon and Peach Festival starts next Wednesday at 10 AM with a band concert. Downtown parade at 4 PM, coronation at 8 PM at City Hall. Free watermelon slicing Saturday at 4 PM and Old Settlers Day. Thursday Visitors Day with a baby show. Friday features American Legion Band Mothers and PTA programs.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM at Stephenville Presbyterian Church for Mrs. J H McMillan who died yesterday in a Stephenville hospital. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche around 4:00 PM. Widow of Judge J H McMillan she lived in Comanche for years and moved about twenty years ago.
C P St Clair and his grandson C G Whitten of Abilene will depart this week for a week to ten day vacation. They have spent past trips with C G and will spend part of this year’s break at the Davis Mountains camp meeting.
Roy Harrison of Macksville died July 22 1939 at his home after five weeks illness most of which was in the German hospital He is survived by his wife two sons a daughter and a grandson One brother three sisters and many nieces and nephews. Burial was at Cottage Hill in Hamilton County with funeral services by Rev West.
Miss Eldena Lane who will wed Ben Evridge on August 5 was honored with a miscellaneous shower and a tea hosted by Misses Catherine Payne Christine Coleman Ora B Nichols and Mary E Jones at the home of Mary E Jones. Iced tea sandwiches cookies and olives were served.
Jim Moody has purchased Buell's Cafe on the west side of the square and remodels are underway. The new Moody's Cafe will open Saturday offering free coffee to all customers. Moody previously ran the North Side Cafe and earlier was in the confectionery business.
The Pyburns gathered at Lake Eanes on Sunday July 23 with 73 members present. Out-of-county relatives traveled from Colorado City Reeby Goldthwaite Mullin and Corpus Christi. Visitors included W C Johnson and family Democrat Robert Dabney Comanche D J Luce Blanket Aunt Matt Pascal Milam County and M Luce Sprinzer Liano. Four generations were represented.
B H Glover of Comanche and his uncle W A Haynes of Killeen returned from a two week vacation visiting the New York World’s Fair and sights in the South Atlantic Coast and Northeast. They traveled by southern route through Houston New Orleans Birmingham and up the Atlantic coast via the Carolinas and Virginia. They visited Washington D C and Virginia scenery. the pair crossed seventeen states and logged 4700 miles.
Mrs. Tillie Black, widow and new owner, is converting the former J. E. Milton two story house in East Comanche into a modern rental home. She also rebuilds the Milton farm residence east of town. Black, from Seagraves, is mother to six children including Tech graduates now county agents in New Mexico and a son awaiting entry to junior class at Comanche High in September.
Miss Kathleen Barrett was taken to a Brownwood hospital Wednesday for treatment. She suffers from a carbuncle on her face and doctors fear it may prove serious.
Work progresses on a new five room house for Mrs Grace Robertson on Brownwood Street with modern conveniences and a frame structure. The Buckl Cafe site on the square is being remodeled for a cafe by Jim Moody while Higginbotham Bros. & Co. adds two new signs. Other homes in the city receive interior redecorating and repapering work by local residents including Mrs S J Hicks and A P Burks.
Leo Hoffman, UT law student and Comanche native, spoke to the Comanche Lions Club Tuesday night on the United States relation to the outside world. He urged forming an economic alliance with England and France to prevent war, drawing praise for his talk.
Burks Transfer and Storage, agent for Johnson Motor Freight Lines, reports handling 1,143,000 pounds of freight in the quarter ending July 1. A. P. Burks, manager, operates two large Comanche warehouses and has built a strong freight and storage business.
The Comanche Band trip to the Gorman Picnic was funded by Comanche Wholesale Grocery which paid for transportation and dinner for the members. Band members, the Band Mothers Club, and president Mrs J C Wilkerson express appreciation for the support.
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank reports De Leon deposits totaling $406,238.51. Loans and discounts amount to $238,798.90, with total assets listed at $494,504.45.
Words fail to express our heartfelt thanks for the prayers and support during the illness and death of our husband and father. May God bless and reward each of you. Mrs. Roy Harrison and children.
Mr and Mrs H Grady Dowdy Newburg visited Mrs Willis ting Sunday according to a local society note highlighting community connections and weekend visits.
Local shop offers alterations cleaning and pressing with pickup and drop service. Located three blocks west on Brownwood Highway, Gille The Tailor presents expert tailoring and garment care in town.
Personal mentions from Comanche and surrounding towns note health updates and family visits. Mrs. John Alexander, wife of a rancher, is hospitalized in Brownwood with a hand infection while the Alexanders own part of the Bryson ranch. Several residents travel for visits including Mrs. C. W. Williams to Brenham to see Ross Long and family, and Grace and Margaret Lacy to see Virginia Lacy in Stephenville. Others report hospital stays and home recoveries after weeks away.
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