Sunday Visits and Social Roundup in Shiloh Area
Local residents from Shiloh and surrounding towns, including the Falkners, Jaggers, Thunderburgs, Looneys, and Betts families, are listed for visits, dinners, and gatherings. The piece notes multiple house calls, horseback riding, fishing on the Leon River, and a move of the Skiles family to Cornett for teaching duties. It closes with a playful line about collective nouns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wal
Genevie Falkner
Billy Looney
Loreta
Floden Thunderburg
Areta Jaggers
Clenna Fae Looney
L. B. Hancock
Mary Nell
Oretha
Hugh Stephens, Jr
Shiloh
Quincie Bettis
Baby
Dublin
Trudie
Sally Bettis
Thunderburg
Matt Hayes
Jean Berry
H. T. Richardson
Peggy Joyce
Jodie
Genegie
Wanda Nell Falkner
Harmon Stephens
Purvis
Ollie Falkner
Comanche
Lola Nell Carter
Willie Fae Williams
Edna Hill
Norma
Nelda Adams
A. B. Kanap
Louisiana
Ollie Palkner
J. W. Kite
Floyd Thunderburg
Leon River
Floden
Mary Lois
Loreta Thunderburg
Areta
Jodean Jaggers
Genevie
Wanda Nell Faulkner
Clenna Fae Mey
Wanda Fallingr
Junior
Mary Nell Steens
Bill Bryson
Dorthy Joyee
Bill Caulbough
Genebreath
Norvell Capell
Zeva Hammons
Welton Berney
Ronald Collinsworth
Simon Collinsworth
Douglas. M
Dean Skiles
Weve
Cornett
Ps. Archin
Benny Caulbough
Gee
Elmer Bryson
Lois Thunderburg
Jodie Jag
Texas
America
Thanks To Red Cross Garment Makers In Comanche County
Mrs. Huntington thanks the Comanche County Red Cross production committee for surpassing sewing quotas with 1163 garments. Clubs and individuals listed include Tuesday Club, Friday Club, Wednesday Club, JTA Grammar School, PTA units, churches, and area groups totaling 1163 garments mailed. The note closes with a poem by Mrs. W. F. Bryant of Sidney about sewing for homeless boys and reliance on the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Conty Chapter
American Red Cross
Joe Tupin
Vasco Lee
Eugene Rauhut
Grammar School
J.T.A
Homer Palmer
Ward School
P.T.A
The
Methodist Missionary Society
Ewell Arthur
Leader
the Baptist W.M.A
FE. E. Anthony
Newbury
Wade Chancellor
Earl Seay
Beattie
Ray McCorkle
White Point
John D. Waring
Rena Owen
O. B. Phillips
Sipe Springs
T. D. Brown
Cox
Shiloh
E. D. Cox
Sidney
W. F. Bryant
Pettit
George Willis
Indian Creek
Duke
Sewing Club
Sweetwater Club
Charlie Williams
Red Cross
Local Health Notes From Suez and Nearby Towns
Nellie Mull's health appears about the same and she can be up around the house. Pearl Warren shows improvement though still bedbound. Tom Stacy suffers stomach illness. Thurman Sweeney and wife have had mumps. Julia Martin was in bed with a sick headache. Ennis Nawhman of Hawkins and his wife visited the Careys. R C Thomas stayed with son Clifton Thomas and family at Blanket, taking Jo Ann Thomas home. Frank and Frank Martin go to Bay City for a church convention. Iva Edwards and son visit her parents Loudermilk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Mull
Pearl Warren
Tom Stacy
Thurman Sweeney
Julia Martin
Ennis Nawhman
Hawkins
H. F. Carey
R. C. Thomas
Clifton Thomas
Blanket
Jo Ann Thomas
Frank Martin
Bay City
Iva Edwards
Vol Loudermilk
Two Sidney Boys to Get Lone Star Degrees
Talmage Woods adviser for the Doole Chapter and Area IV Lone Star Farmers Degrees chair announced at John Tarleton Agricultural College that two Sidney youths Billy Ray La Roque and Loel Dene Cox were recommended to receive the Lone Star Farmers Degree at the state executive committee meeting in New Braunfels on June 18 and 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage Woods
Doole
Lone Star Farmers
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Tarleton
New Braunfels
A. J. Spangler
J.T.A.C
Texas Association
Sidney
Billy Ray la Roque
Loel Dene Cox
Cross Roads Store Pvt Wilson Summers on ten day furlough
Summers of Florida is spending ten days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Summers. Other relatives visit from Sunset and Ballinger while local residents work at Brownwood. Grandmother Davis remains serious and Riley Davis returns home after caring for his ill mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Wilson Summers
Florida
T. C. Summers
Guy Weaver
Sunset
W. T. Coker
Robert Grimes
Hershell
Ewell Jones
Brownwood
Russell Jones
Son
Ballinger
Herbert LaRoque
Davis
Riley Davis
Brownsfield
Robert Roe
Bernell Cox
Mary Jo la Roque
L. A. Weaver
Sipe Springs
Roy Baker
Turkey
J. A. Moore
Thurston la- Roque
Sabinal
C. E. la- Roque
Pate Wiginton wedding details disclosed in Brownwood
The Brownwood Bulletin reports the June wedding of Miss Rebecca Wiging ton and Bert Pate of Comanche in Central Methodist Church. The ceremony featured Dr D A Chisholm and Rev Chet Henson, with decor of white gladioli and blue hydrangeas, and a three tier cake. The couple plans to reside in Comanche then Rule after summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Pate
Rebecca Igington
W. A. Pate
Brownwood Bulletin
Rebecca Wigington
Truman Harlow
Egbert Pate
Comanche
Central Methodist Church
D. A. Chisholm
Waxahachie
Chet C. Henson
Truman W. Harlow
Dorothy
Doris McIntosh
Frances Merritt
Daniel Baker College
Haskell School
Pate
Rule
Harlow
Hugh Stewart
Walter Helmecke
Kenneth Harlow
Old Timer Wants Reunion Visit Despite War Strains
Wilson Straley of Kansas City, former editor of the Hico News Review, writes from 607 West 38th Street noting he will miss the Old Settlers Association meeting set for July 22 to visit his mother in Comanche County. He mentions his 1942 vacation ending, gas and tire shortages, and the war effort. He also updates on William and wife moving to Glenview Illinois and Wilkes and wife living nearby with studio employment and a potential War Department take over the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Straley
Kansas City
Hico News Review
Tom Preston
Comanche
Old Settlers
West 38Th
J. C. Wilkerson
Texas
Wilkerson
Old Settlers’ Association
Comanche County
William
Glenview
Chicago
Coronet Productions
Wilkes
Calvin Company
Tennessee
Arkansas
War Department
Keep a Little Warm Place in Your Heart for Me
Poem by Mrs. T. H. Donald of Gustine honoring soldiers. It speaks of separation, hope, and faith as messages to loved ones. Dedicated to Pfc. L. H. Lynn of the 83rd Pur. Squad, Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
L. H. Lynn
Long Beach
Paving 7-Mile Stretch in Erath County Starts
J. R. Ravenshine, Erath County maintenance foreman for the State Highway Department, will lead a crew of men to complete a seven mile paving project on the Stephenville and Lingleville road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erath County
J. R. Ravenshine
State Highway Department
Stephenville
Lingleville
Local Social Roundup From Rotan and Nearby Towns
Mrs Charley Rollins and boys return home to Rotan after visiting the O H Cox family. Miss Jessie Lee Rees of De Leon visits relatives. Matt Steele and Sgt Dick Gray of Kelly Field spend the weekend with kin. Buffalo visitors include Bill and Bob Wilkerson. Phylis Ann is born to Comer and wife a 742 pound baby daughter on June 5. Sgt Sam F Kinnard is transferred to Houston from Tampa marking his first Texas station. Johnsons and Wilkersons plant peanuts for a sick relative last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Rollins
Rotan
O. H. Cox
Jessie Lee Rees
de Leon
Matt Steele
Sgt
Dick Gray
Kelly Field
Bill
Bob Wilkerson
Buffalo
G. H. Johnson
Mary Kathryn Butler
San Angelo
Mignon
Joan Lollar
M. T. Lollar
Walter Goddard
H. H. Butler
Comer Steele
Phylis Ann
S. F. Kinnard
Sam F. Kinnard
Houston
Texas
Tampa
Fla
Kinnard
Sta
Local Visits Reported From Various Texas Towns
Beattie and Tommy Moore visited their son Harvey Moore in military training at San Angelo. Mr and Mrs Bill Horton visited relatives near Comanche on Sunday. Mr and Mrs G H Moore returned from Lubbock where their daughter Mrs Gaston Sanders was seriously ill in a hospital there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Moore
Harvey Moore
San Angelo
Bill Horton
Comanche
G. H. Moore
Lubbock
Gaston Sanders
Silent contempt avoids a black eye in many cases
The saying notes that silent contempt can prevent conflict while highlighting how many people rely on income they cannot live without. The remark reflects on restraint and dependence in everyday life.
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Mexico
Houston Dawkins
Dawkins and Son
Odell Reese
van Dyke and Pvt
Max Logans
Fort Bliss
W. A. Carleton
Bernell Cox of
Olney
Olene Roe
Mrs. Huntington
Red Cross Garment Makers
Park Huntington
Aea
Miles Nervine
Suez
Cross Roads
Pate - Wiginton
Ollie Mankin
Ted of
Ozona
C. H. Ruther
Texas Power & Light Company
Tp&l
Trinidad
U.S
Pioneer
T. H. Donald
Gustine
Sweetheart
Altho
Hoffman’s
Jean Comfort
Offeman
G. H. Johnson and Sons
J. R. Wilkerson
Johnson
F. L. Hill
Higginbotham Bird’s
A. J. Gray
C. W. Gray
Physicians and Surgeons
Nat'l Bank Bldg
N.E Cor
Comanche, Texas
Geo. T. Blackwell
Blackwell Sanitarium
Gorman, Texas
R. W. H. Hamilton
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