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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1942
Page
5
Local ads announce day old chicks and breeding stock from Kennedy Hatchery in Dublin and Gille's Hatchery, plus sales of farms, homes, cattle, and household items around Proctor, De Leon, Comanche, and Energy. Also notices on Maytag washers and a custom grinding service near Fort Worth Highway.
Cross Roads neighbors share weekend visits with relatives in Sheppard Field Abilene Clyde Cross Plains and Sipe Springs. A daughter Agatha Yvonne was born to J B Watkins at a German hospital on April 27. Families include La Roque Owens Moore Stewart Free and Roe among others.
Energy Mr and Mrs J R Trimble hosted guests including Clyde Smith and family from Pottsville Luther McGlothlin and daughter Emma Manning and Claud Gustine and Mrs Annie Cox and daughter Mary Peterson Mrs Doris Ruth Cox from Hamilton visited relatives W A McGlothlin and family hosted Abilene trip Bar on McPherson and family from Comanche visited Sunday Co S Lowry and Corpus Christi visited L J Mc Akley and family Only ten Women’s Club members met due to rain Next meeting with Eva McPherson on May 7 Senior High School edition of The Chief next week
Rev A J Helm conducted services Sunday. Frank Bryant visited Camping Bow he. J P Jones Jr left for California to enlist in the Navy. Eldon Hall of Brownwood was a Sidney visitor. The Stewart and McDaniel families shopped in Brownwood. Dabney family from Blanket visited Fred Johnson. Hendersons from Blanket stayed with Frank Bryant. Mrs Ector Clark recovering from tonsil operation. Heathington from Dublin visiting her mother. Measles and mumps reported in the community. Tom Cox and wife of Cross Plains visited relatives here Sunday.
Sipe Springs residents report travel and visits as Mrs. W. J. Westbrook returns from Vernon with her daughter Mrs. Lorena Vernon. R. F. McClung of Camp Wolters spent the weekend with Rev. and Mrs. Frank McClung. Mrs. Johnie Clumey visited J. O. Jones Jr. of Goodfellow Field San Angelo. Mrs. Orus Jones and children visited J. O. Jones in Abilene. A. V. Littlefield visited her parents in Gorman. Guy Houser visited in Holder. Newman Jones visited relatives in De Leon. Patsy Heatly visited friends locally. Mrs. S. F. Curtis returned home after a visit with her daughter. Several attended the Dublin Rodeo. Cecil Burk and C. L. Robertson were town visitors last weekend.
A large crowd enjoyed a Friday night 42 party at the auditorium with plans for another Friday before the third Sunday in May. Local residents and visitors including Sergeant and Mrs. Truman Hornsby of Charlotte North Carolina, Gene Rogers of Fort Worth, and Tiller Yates hosted and visited, with several households sharing news of weekend visits and Sunday gatherings in the community.
Comyn Mrs Maye Doggett and Mrs Nettie Buckler, both ill, are reported improved. Dewey Blarton and family were in Dublin Saturday. Mr and Mrs Lute Doggett and Miss Eula Buckler visited Wade George and family at De Leon Monday. Mrs Josie Buckler stays with son Grady Buckler and family of Proctor. Marvin Farris and wife of Dublin visited Ansher Blanton and family. Mrs Nettie Buckler returned from Fort Worth last weekend with daughter Nellene Morris after three weeks medical treatment. Several from the community attended the rodeo at Dublin over the weekend.
Attendees at the Dublin rodeo included Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Thomas Miss Drapon Ritchie Miss Pauline Redding Miss Ruth Mayfield Mr. and Mrs. Earl Albin Mr. and Mrs. Sutton Dudley Mr. and Mrs. Ira Clemons Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dudley Mrs. Belle Dudley Eltas Dudley Bob McCampbell Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Evridge Gail McCullough Bob Burton Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Wright and children Mr. and Mrs. Vascoe Lee Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Greene Jimmie Gore Mr. and Mrs. Harris Long Mr. and Mrs. Swann Mr. and Mrs. James Wilkerson Wade Evridge and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Massingill. Miss Alice Buckmaster visiting her sister Mrs. Clarence Bryant at McCamey. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Roberson of Sherman visited his mother Mrs. Etta Roberson this week.
Mrs Sutton Dudley and Mrs P A Pettit welcomed sixteen members to the Alice Russell Sunshine Club day event on April 26 at Mrs Pettit’s Grand Ave home. The group voted to stitch and auction a quilt to donate proceeds to the O ES Educational Punch. Prizes went to Mesdames Roy Dabney and Belle Dudley. Sunflower ice cream and nut cookies were served.
State Highway Patrol officers stopped a pickup between Comanche and Proctor Thursday afternoon and seized three cases of beer from Tom Douglas. Douglas was charged here with transportation of alcoholic beverages and posted a $250 bond.
A sonnetlike verse expresses family affection with a vow to honor Mother through a bouquet. It mentions violets for faith, roses for love, and white lilies for purity, linking floral symbols to familial devotion and divine grace.
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