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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1941
Page
5
Rev. BE. M. Shepard will return home from Montreal North Carolina Saturday and will fill his pulpit at the local Presbyterian Church Sunday morning.
Miss Minnie Elkins was brought home from Brownwood hospital Friday and remains under treatment at home for influenza.
Local residents and visitors share weekends across Comanche and nearby towns. Notables include Mrs. J. P. Howard and daughter Percy Jean Brownwood. Uncle Alex Neel Gustine recalling 82 years in the county. and many travels to Hamilton, San Saba, Dublin, and Fort Worth. Also mentions school events, a church homecoming in Brownfield, and a Kilpatrick Hardware advertisement for Plymouth Binder Twine.
The Presbyterian Church schedules June 1 services with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and morning sermon at 11:00 a.m. The evening service at 8:00 p.m. is led by the Woman's Auxiliary, featuring the Annual Birthday Program directed by Miss Minnie Cunningham. Members and friends are urged to attend. E. M. Shepard, Minister.
Brown County voters rejected beer legalization by 2 471 to 1 003 in the county wide election. Brownwood city mostly dry with 1 073 to 747 against beer, Ward One narrowly wet. Results show broader dry sentiment than 1936, with detailed box totals across Woodland Heights to Zephyr.
A 12.6 acre site north of Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche is set for a WPA garden linked to the School Lunch program. A canning center in Comanche will preserve about 35 No. 2 cans per child for Pettit and Proctor schools. WPA will provide labor and funds for cans while schools supply seed equipment and transport produce to the canning plant.
See Sheppard McDonald and Barrett in Brownwood Texas for prices on several rebuilt Allis-Chalmers combines during a clean-up sale week.
A Mulllin area gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Misner’s home on May 24 featured numerous neighbors and relatives. Attendees included the Schumann and Hohertz families, Tischlers from Comanche and Priddy, and others from Cardan and Indian Gap. Games of 42 and music complemented refreshments. county clerk Mary Fields reminded notaries to file names by May 1 1941.
A Scot petitions for divorce arguing marital strain after his wife washed out his shaving brush. The action highlights domestic tensions and personal property dispute within a family setting.
The Roch community Thursday Club led by Miss Lela Vaughan has produced 44 quilts including a friendship quilt for Dublin patrons and 23 club quilts total. Members host 12 birthday showers, work on Buckner Orphans Home quilts, and recently toured Glen Rose with stops at Stephenville and Wolfe's Nursery.
The Waco Abilene Coaches announce a new schedule effective May 31. Eastbound departures from Abilene at 8:00 a.m. arrive Comanche 10:35 a.m. depart 10:45 and reach Waco 1:45 p.m. Westbound leaves Waco 3:45 p.m. arrives Comanche 6:27 p.m. depart 6:45 p.m. reach Abilene 9:23 p.m.
Mrs Kate Prode of Brownwood announces the engagement of her daughter Stella Margaret Prode to E W Smith Jr of Dale As. Both attended the University of Texas with degrees in 1940. Smith, son of Dr and Mrs E W Smith of Dallas, is an FBI agent in Akron. The ceremony is set for Friday June 6 at 5 30 PM at the Callaway ranch in Brownwood Comanche relatives attend.
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