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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1942
Page
10
Mrs. Melvin Autrey was honored Tuesday evening with a miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs. C. W. Williams. Decorations and favors featured an Easter motif. After games, guests enjoyed chicken sandwiches and spiced tea as gifts awaited the bride.
The State Commander of the American Legion will speak to Ex-Service men at the courthouse next Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock. The public is invited to attend. The notice names Tom H. Douglas as Post Commander and repeats March 18 as the date.
J. W. Dub Robertson, former ACA head in Comanche, was ordered to report to Fort Sam Houston as a First Lieutenant this week. He instructed Burks Transfer and Storage Company to move his furniture from Burks Storage Warehouse to San Antonio. Burks, a bonded concern with railroad permits, handles all furniture with care.
Prentice H. Palmer, 58, longtime Comanche businessman, died at home March 11 after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Thursday at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev. E G Gregory Jr of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. pallbearers listed. Survived by two brothers and four sisters, along with many relatives.
An Aldie Smith radiologist moved to Illinois taking Burks Transfer and Storage to store household goods. Mrs Bill Satterfield moved to Waco for a Methodist Orphanage role and used Burks Storage for furniture. Burks emphasizes bonded insured service and ample storage space.
Mrs Al Boucher aged about 42 died at her Creamer area home Thursday after illness. Funeral services were held Friday at Gustine Baptist Church with Rev R M McGinnis officiating. Burial followed in Union Cemetery. Survived by husband, her Jim Stokes parents from Gustine, and two sons and two daughters.
The Franks family expresses gratitude to friends who offered services or cared for their mother during her illness and death, asking God’s blessings on each helper from the children and grandchildren.
An advertisement promotes Comanche's dependable Burks Transfer and Storage Company as the local moving firm for moving household goods locally or across the state.
The Bouchers and the Stokeses express thanks for every act of kindness shown during Mrs. A J Boucher illness and death. May God bless you all.
The Sidney Home Demonstration Club met February 28 at the Methodist Church with many in attendance and several new members added. President led the business session while Mrs Grady Hutchins taught a foods program. A March 11 meeting at Mrs Damon Hall featured Miss Mayfield demonstrating peanuts as a meat substitute for the local peanut producing area.
Comanche sophomore George S. Massingill at North Texas State Teachers College was chosen to represent the physics department in the Who's Who section of the Yucca yearbook for 1942. He belongs to the Texas Association of Sciences and the Maverick Club and is the son of Mr and Mrs R D Massingill of Comanche.
Mrs. George S. Clarke and Mrs L. C. Cleveland hosted the Alice Russell Sunshine Club honoring the Worthy Matron Mrs. Ira Clemons the Secretary Mrs. C. C. Hampton and the Treasurer Mrs. J. B. Lowry. Each officer received a gift and a toast of appreciation. Eleven Past Matrons shared high points of their service. Refreshments served to thirty three members. Mrs. Virgil Chaffin and Mrs. Roy Dabney to entertain March 24 at the Chaffin home.
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