Family Reunion Highlights June Gathering in Comanche
A Texas family reunion drew sixty relatives for a buffet lunch and photos in Comanche. The gathering honored the late Macon and Jefferson Macon lineage with Rev. Frank McMillean and Rev. John T. Ivey leading scripture readings. Attendees included R L Macon De Leon and J A Duke Comanche group along with friends from Dallas, Dublin, Mertens, Sweetwater and nearby towns.
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Comanche
Macon
Jefferson
L. C
Doe
Frank McMillean
John T. Ivey
John Ivy
Mary Ellen Lee
de Leon
R. L. Lee
Dublin
C. A
Big Jim remembered in frontier town funeral sermon
A frontier town funeral for a leading gambler features a sermon by the only available lawyer. The oration extols using money and power to bring happiness, calls Big Jim a friend to humanity, and honors mourners from Dallas Fort Worth and La Fayette. The piece closes with reflections on kindness and a humorous bank anecdote.
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Big Jim
Orient
Fort Worth
De Leon Man Helps Catch Would Be Robber in Dallas
Dallas Morning News printer John Russell Freeman aided by a Dallas streetcar conductor helped arrest a 25 year old man who pretended to have a pistol. The suspect, traced from Seventh Street car to a stop at Young and Record around 12 30 a m, was taken into custody after the conductor and Freeman acted quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Russell Freeman
Dallas Morning News
de Leon
Dallas
Young
Vaughan
Streetcar robber thwarted as conductor holds door
Vaughan punched a man who tried to imitate a pistol and blocked the door during a streetcar robbery attempt. J. R. Freeman, a Dallas News employee aboard, summoned police after the would-be thief was restrained by the conductor and other operators watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughan
J. R. Freeman
Dallas News Composing Room
Allotments Okayed For Farms With No Wheat For 3 Years
Farmers on land with no wheat seeded for grain in 1952 1953 and 1954 may apply for a 1955 wheat acreage allotment. Written requests must be filed with the county ASC committee by June 30 1954. Blank forms available at the county ASC office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie E. Boyd
Comanche County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
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