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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1924
Page
4
Sipe Springs Baptist Church held a Sunday memorial for Minnie Ashinhurst and Ruth Westbrook, killed in a March 28 auto crash. The service featured student-read tributes, hymns, prayers, and a sermon by Rev. A Th Jenkins, with graves adorned in flowers in the afternoon.
Harmony Regular Correspondent notes a golden jubilee reflection for Comanche counts history before centennial edition. Local items include visits by Jim Boykin family and Jessie Stewart, and health updates on Delbert Couch and Chester Edwards. Harmony Players Club announces initial play A Woman's Honor June 27 free to all with cast listed.
March 2 report honors Miss Minnie Ashinhurst Ruth Westbrook and Byron Anderson, treasuring their roles as Sunday school teachers and pianists. The piece recalls their devotion to the church, laments their deaths, and urges the town to reforms and renewed faith. Carrie F P Childers J B Pool A V Littlefield committee.
June 17 notices invite all to a bar singing with dinner on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W Harkins hosted visitors. Tom Sparks and family visited. the Knight sisters entertained youths. Pyvervhody reports a good time. J W Harkins and wife visited daughter Mrs C W Carnes in Newburg.
Desdemona residents and visitors are highlighted with local moves and social visits. Brantley Dranghon College secretary J T Hamilton enrolled students in Desdemona. Higginbotham family to Tilinsis for summer. multiple trips to Ranger Breckenridge Comanche Stephenville and Jonesboro noted.
June 16 report notes farmers chopping and plowing cotton. Charlie Tate and family visited Henry and Mrs. Tate. Lee Tate and Ethel Magness and Roger Magness visited Cisco relatives. KR Smallwood and family from Stephenville visited son Talmadge Smallwood.
June notes show a large turnout for an all day singing at Pleasant Home with Aunt Anna Ross and several neighbors visiting from Round Grove and SD. Strongly upcoming annual singing day promises a dinner for all. Local progress on a new school building is reported as Oswald Davis returns from harvest work and families visit Desdemona and Tarleton College students.
Sipe Springs I O F lodge held its memorial services last Sunday at 2 o'clock. Members and friends gathered at the cemetery for a short rite led by Ree A. BR Jenkins who spoke on What Think You of Christ. The lodge, founded in 1878, has endured fires and adversity yet remains active preaching fraternalism. A medicinal ad promotes Herbine for stomach and bowels with local price and sales at Corner Market Paris Smith.
Mr and Mrs PDP Brown of Comanche recount their dramatic recovery after using Karnak. He an M K T hospital engineer says digestion and pain improved and she reports sleep and strength returning. They urge others to try Karnak and note local sale by Hamilton Drug Co.
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