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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1929
Page
3
Sr. Lewis, county treasurer, received word of his brother William T. Lewis of Socorro New Mexico having died. Funeral arrangements set for Saturday. the Texas native had been in ill health for five years and spent part of last winter with his brother in Brownwood.
Ramsour of Rusk visits Uncle J M Cameron while J W Dailey of Kansas City, aided by her son Jack, is tangling with her brother C E K Straley, in a perplexing family dispute.
Mrs. J. S. Franklin of Sidney was surprised Sunday as relatives and friends gathered at her home to celebrate her sixty third birthday. The day featured dinner with music, singing, kodaking, and socializing. Attendees included Earl Franklin, Grace Franklin, and numerous Franklin family members from Sidney, Walnut, Proctor, Downing, Marble Falls, and nearby areas.
A 2000 dollar bond issue for building purposes passed in Pettit School district with 48 yes and 17 no votes. A new Pettit Cross Roads building will rise from Swan Hill and Fleming structures. Nannie Perry elected Pettit teacher for next year Grace Tate named principal at Dingler.
In a humorous exchange, a couple argues about pinching a road fog and shrinking groceries. The wife agrees to buy a paper weight while the husband remains stern about costs.
Two bandits speak in clipped lines as a professor and a strange woman in skirts appear. The scene mixes bravado and misdirection with comic misreads and shifting targets in a bizarre exchange.
In Teavency on June 20 the "As You Like It" Club held five tables of bridge at the home of Mrs J D Slack. Mrs Jack Cauley won high for members and Mrs Tom F Reese low. For guests, Mrs J D Waring was high and Miss Minnie Cunningham low, each receiving a hostess gift. Salad and ice course followed. Guests included Miss Anne Palmer Minnie Cunningham Bette Goodson Josephine Anthony Dorothy Shelton and Mesdames Inez Palmer Penn Odem Tra Clemens and J D Waring.
Clark Reid N of Comanche and Mrs Sarah Reid of Breckenridge married in DeLeon last Thursday by Justice H C Heath. Mrs Clark has lived in Comanche County twenty years and resided in Proctor and Comanche before moving to Breckenridge.
Court notices list marriages for Robert N Verdy and Lillian Hazelwood both of DeLeon and Arthur Maxwell of Dublin with Alexandra Lopez of El Paso. A birth reports a daughter for Willis H Hasley on June 19. Deeds record transfers by L A Gleaton to J W Robinson 160 acres for 6500 dollars and other land transfers with varied prices. The text also contains an advertisement for Fly-Tox insecticide and various local social notices on residents traveling and visiting events.
Bryan Grainger and his family from Olden visited Comanche on Sunday to spend time with his father L. B. Grainger.
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