Church Tonight Invited This Evening by R E Nance
Mr Nance invites everyone interested to attend church services tonight issued by the church leader R E Nance and noted in local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Nane
Nance
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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1941
Page
9
Upshaw Named City Secretary Succeeds Resigning Kinchen
Mrs S R Upshaw is appointed city secretary to replace C L Kinchen Jr who resigned to take a federal secretarial post. Kinchen left Friday for Abilene to join her husband. Sgt L Sloan visiting from Camp Bowie predicts transfers as defense plans reshape postings. Thiebaud Produce moves to De Leon building across from C G Foust yard. Ralph Carnes drove a new Pontiac from Detroit last week. Rev D D Tidwell spoke at a Texas Baptist Historical Society meeting in Dallas. J G King, Mamie Bellah cousin, visited family Thursday evening. Dub Neal spent Sunday in Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Upshaw
C. L. Kincen, Jr
Kinchen
Abilene
L. Sloan
U. S. Army
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
A. W. Sloan
Sgt. Sloan
Thiebaud Produce Company
de Leon Produce Co
C. G. Foust Lumber Company
Ralph Carnes
Detroit
Michigan
Pontiac
D. D. Tidwell
Texas Baptist Historical Society
Dallas
de Leon Free Press
Sunrise Wedding Unites Miss Geraldine Slider And Mr Allen
Miss Geraldine Slider and Mr Allen wed in a sunrise ceremony at the home of the bride’s relatives Mr and Mrs W C Chilton. Rev C C Klingman performed a single ring ceremony as guests admired spring flowers and a wedding bell cake. The couple planned a honeymoon to New Orleans with a ranch home near Colorado City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Slider
W. C. Chilton
Tom Dudley
C. C. Klingman
Mendelsohn
Wallace Scott
Stephenville
Elizabeth Tate
New Orleans
Colorado City
Comanche
Weekend Visits and Family Mishap Report
Cotton Grove residents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Glasgow visited at Hasse Sunday. Grandma Knight fell Sunday breaking her arm and was taken to a German hospital for treatment. The McEntires and several kin from Sidney and local families visited Sindov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Glasgow
Hasse
Knight
Stell McEntire
Sidney
Wayne Dingus
Jake Graham
Stile McEntire
Jake Phifer
Sindov
Miss Nan Shelton Weds Dick Holcomb
Mrs. Nannie Wade Shelton of Los Angeles announces the marriage of her daughter Nan to Dick Holcomb of Los Angeles. The ceremony was held in the Wilshire Boulevard Chris Church wedding chapel with sister Mrs Fero Williams as attendant and Mr Williams as best man. The couple honeymooned in Palm Springs and will reside in Los Angeles. They areTarleton College alumni. he works for Douglas Aircraft Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Wade Shelton
Los Angeles
California
Nan
Dick Holcomb
Wilshire Boulevard
Chris Church
Fero Williams
Williams
Palm Springs
Holcombs
Stephenville
Tarleton College
Douglass Aircraft Corp
W H Williams Dies At Abilene March 5
W H Williams 65 prominent West Texas businessman and brother of T J Williams of Comanche died at his Abilene home March 6. Buried in De Leon his former home. He was bank president and former Higginbotham manager, married to Margaret Weaver, with five children and eight siblings. Funeral in Abilene then De Leon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Williams
West Texas
T. J. Williams
Comanche
Abilene
de Leon
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Williams
Dublin
Texas
Margaret Weaver
T. P. Weaver
de Leone
Charles Bartlett
Higginbotham- Bartlett Lumber
Thomas
Joseph
Elizabeth
Alice Williams
Walter Williams
Dallas
Bob Williams
Ballinger
Lee Williams
Stephenville
Young Ayers
May Herndon
Martin Harmony
The
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of
Rev. Jenkins
Higginbotham
J. D. Tate
Herbert Williams
Young Ayres
G. E. Hooker
Tyler
John Horn
Colquitt Williams
Rising Star
Mrs. E. Miller Dies at Hazel Dell
Elizabeth Miller known as Grandma Miller died at 7:15 p.m. Sunday March 9 1941 at her daughter Beulah Reid’s home in Hazel Dell Texas. Born August 26 1850 in Tennessee she was 90 years five months thirteen days old. She married William Miller March 19 1868 in Tennessee and moved to Texas in 1877. Survived by sons Bob and Alton Miller and daughter Beulah Reid with 35 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral by Rev Jack Hathaway Dublin. burial Hazel Dell Cemetery beside her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Miller
Grandma” Miller
Heaven
Beulah Reid
Tennessee
William Miller
Texas
Hazel Dell
Bob and Alton Miller
Dublin
Jack Hathaway
Cross Plains School Superintendent Resigns After Four Years
Lewis C. Norman resigns as Cross Plains Schools superintendent after four years in the role and a long tenure as high school principal since 1929. His future plans were not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis C. Norman
Cross Plains
Norman
Mrs Baskett Visits Freer Mother
Mrs. Clell L. Baskett of Freer is visiting her mother Mrs. J. M. West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clell L. Baskett of
Freer
J. M. West
Local Sipe Springs Notes and Social Visits
Sipe Springs notes report Mrs W J Westbrook returning from Wink to her home after wintering with her son Joe. Paul Morris and several schoolboys attended the Fat Stock Show. Relatives visited Mr and Mrs Dave Miller as he came home from Brownwood. Rev Clifton Tennison preached at the Baptist Church. Mary Heatly visited Coleman then returned home with friends. The Taylor family attended the funeral of Mr Taylor's brother in Dallas. Mr and Mrs Newman Jones visited German relatives. grandmother joined them. Mr and Mrs B M Jones Hazel and Mrs W A Smith vacationed in Mount Pleasant. Mr and Mrs G G Thorp visited Lloyd Cowan. Teachers of Sipe Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Westbrook
Joe Westbrook
Paul Morris
Dave Miller
Miller
Brownwood
Clifton Tennison
Baptist Church
Mary Heatly
Coleman
Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Dallas
Newman Jones
B. M. Jones
Hazel
W. A. Smith
Mount Pleasant
G. G. Thorp
Lloyd Cowan
Sipe Springs
County Teachers Meeting in Comanche Monday Night
The article notes attendance at the County Teachers Meeting in Comanche Monday night and reports construction work beginning on the cemetery road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Comanche
Cemetery Road
Family visits mark weekend around Cross Roads area
Cross Roads store owner Herman Moore of Camp Bowie visited his mother Mrs. A. O. Moore. Several families including the Atchisons of Comanche LaRoques of Cross Plains and May, and the Nichols of Beattie, spent Sunday with relatives in the area. Summers of Camp Bowie and Wayman Osborn also paused from work to be with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Moore
Camp Bowie
A. O. Moore
Jesse Atchison
Comanche
Thurston LaRoque
Cross Plains
John Wagnon
May
C. F
Ira Nichols
Beattie
Hugh Moore
Sipe Springs
Charles Owen
Orvel Moore
J. A. Moore
Wilson Summers
T. C. Summers
Wayman Osborn
Rex Rankin of
F. M. Vines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board Church
Tom Fagan
Elkins Tin Shop
J. G. King
Mamie King Bellah
Mrs. M. Atwood
Dub Neal
Fort Worth
Edmondson’s
Beauty
Margaret Cunningham
Broadstreet
Mr. Allen
Cotton Grove
Fisher
Dudley Comanche
Gail
Tom—I
Eneral Motors
Nan Shelton
E. Miller
NOWIT
McCall
Ovit’s Dept. Store
the Friendly Store
West Side Square
Phoni
Cross Roads
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