Ban ne on March 6 Sets Future Farmers Initiation
A March 6 ban replaces the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show as the usual event. A date was set to initiate the Future Farmers.
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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1937
Page
6
A March 6 ban replaces the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show as the usual event. A date was set to initiate the Future Farmers.
Local residents report visitors from Stephen ville John Tarleton Comanche Mexico and Brownwood. The Edna Hill community begins construction of a new church building sponsored by Rev Jack Shelton of Carlton. Sunday School continues each week at 10:00 AM with Rev Palmer slated to fill appointments.
Cotton Grove residents Mr and Mrs Weldon Glasgow of Mineral Wells spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs T M Glasgow. Miss Nancy Holman visited Miss Kathryn Lee of Comanche. Mr and Mrs Oliver Guthrie visited family. Miss Merle Glasgow spent Monday with Miss Alpha Mae Matthews.
The City Council of Comanche Texas declares a city election on April 6 1937 at City Hall. Voters elect a Mayor two Aldermen a City Secretary Treasurer a City Marshal City Recorder for two years. W D Jenkins appointed to oversee the election. Mayor Mo E Hoff signs notice.
Court House News itemizes births and deaths including Marcus Dean Johnson and Genetha Faye Johnson. It lists marriages such as John F. Gay with Katie Lou Wagner and Marvin Louis Prater with Julia Ozemny Hamilton, plus several other couples in Gustine De Leon and Comanche. Deeds, land transfers, and a roundup of used cars and local dealers close the item.
Peat Can of last week end visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Tom Armstrong. Mr and Mrs Ollie Danford of Goldthwaite spent last weekend here with Mr and Mrs Henry Helm. Mrs Virgil Tankersley spent the week end with her mother at Owens. Mr Fagan visited his son at Carbon last week. Mrs Hanes spent Tuesday with Mrs Armstrong.
Doole residents Blanket and Wilburn Underwood visited parents Mr and Mrs L F Bird. New Mexico couple Mr and Mrs Gates attended W B Rogers funeral. Herman Bettis of Brownwood visited relatives Sunday. Mary Stewart, sick with pneumonia, returned home from Brownwood hospital. Bettis family from Olney visited J W Dabney. Rev H D Christian preached at Baptist Church. Mrs C B Switzer visited cousin Mrs Dave Cunningham at Stepp Creek. Mrs A H Williams ended visit in Hamilton and returned with Hugh Williams. Rev C A Wilkerson preached in Mullin at Methodist Church.
Howell McCorkle son of Mr and Mrs B R McCorkle of Comanche is a Tarleton band member. He will travel with the band to San Antonio on April 20 for the Battle of Flowers and to Brownwood in March for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce spring meeting. He is a junior in Tarleton's agriculture department.
Mrs Pearl Boyd Bruce returned Sunday to her Lorain home after a two week visit with her mother Mrs Dave Boyd. Mrs Damon Hall resumes duties at A Hillays Store after a week's illness. Reuben Ward a ministerial student at Howard Payne College Brownwood spent the weekend with parents and preached at Elm Grove. Ottie Cox plants 14 acres of new orchard interplanted with pecans to supply home and market. Mrs Arch Boyd hosted Methodist ladies quilting to aid repairs for the Sidney Church with a quilt donated by Mrs Ernest Seay and the road to the gate was done by Commissioner Little.
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