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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
8
Ira Gerganess, a local showman at the picture house for months, departs Thursday for Globe Arizona to join the Elite Theatre. The management congratulates Elite on securing him and notes his showmanship.
Local residents and visitors frequent Comanche this week with gatherings across towns. San Antonio’s Chas Halcomb and family, San Angelo’s Will Childers, and Dallas’ Will Morris visit relatives while many residents travel to Dallas Fort Worth Waco and Galveston for work school or family events.
Miss Clara Moore and her Ward Belmon t schoolmates were hosted at a Bry son Ranch round up on Wednesday followed by a buffet luncheon and tennis party on Thursday. Guests included Miss Moore, Miss Street, Miss Cunningham and numerous friends and relatives with Mr Bryan Bryson arranging the events.
Miss Clara Moore entertained with a large 500 party Friday for her house guests Miss Street Crenshaw and Grinter. Prizes included silk hose and silver pins. sixty guests enjoyed Devils Food cake and metropolitan ice cream. The group later tours Brownwood for a visit with Mrs Will Robinson before a possum hunt in Comanche.
The Study Club prepares a three week run of The Soldier's Romance in Comanche to benefit the library. Mrs. R. W. Scurry will coach the production and promises an all-star cast drawn from the town's top dramatic talent.
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