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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1940
Page
3
A large crowd gathered for Sunday singing at Sand Hill with visitors from Beattie and Rock Bluff. Community notes record ongoing second and fourth Sunday services, funeral attendance, and visits among neighbors plus a memorial poem by Gwendolyn Lee Fowler Hooper honoring her grandfather L. C. Fowler who died in 1938.
Indian Creek residents report visits from Langley and son to Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Michael and son on Saturday. Carmichael of Mer-Gap and Mrs. Lela Canning and children visited Mrs. Jennie Michael on Sunday. V. H. J. Sanders of Coman conducted services at both hours. S. W. B. Kearney visits daughter Mrs. C. E. Edmiston Emily in Hamilton. Mrs. Troy Williams and family visited Luther Stewart at Van P and Gus Kiser family moved to Vic community.
Mrs Maud Tidmore visited relatives at Lingleville on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Geo French have a new house under construction on their farm here. Wayman Osborn is working in Brownwood. Mrs Owens and daughter returned from a trip to Loraine. Get your butter paper at The Chief.
Kenneth and Mary Elizabeth hosted a Halloween party for local youth Saturday. The Comanche Lions Club supper funded community benefits while the Comanche High School Orchestra entertained under the direction of Jack Scudder with Charles Marshall as master of ceremonies.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mason of Stephenville and Mrs. Virgie Woods of Purves spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lawson. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Neel and son Jack visited relatives in Hico. Beattie played Lamkin last Wednesday night with Lamkin winning 25 to 22.
The Ladies Club sponsors a cemetery work at Shiloh on the second Saturday in November. Volunteers are asked to bring their own tools to assist with the maintenance and cleanup. The event is organized by the committee.
Court house notices list marriages on Oct 15 16 and 19 by various pastors in Fort Worth De Leon Ballinger Comanche Gorman and other towns. Licenses issued include Harmon Insall Jamison Pierce Murry Beaty. Deeds show multiple land transfers in Comanche and surrounding areas with varied considerations.
Ofair and Mrs. R. M. Fitzgerald of Abilene visited Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McGuire last week. Mrs. McGuire and son returned home with them to visit a few days. Conley Morrison is reported to be seriously ill. Miss Dorothy Burdette of Comanche visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Burdette last week. Miss Faye Stewart was a visitor to the State Fair in Dallas. Mrs. Georgie Loudermilk is reported ill. R. Q. Loudermilk visited Dick Halton in Ranger last Sunday. Several men from this community are working in Brownwood on the construction of the Army Camp. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ladd and son visited his sisters in Spur and McAdoo Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. John Holloway and children and Mr. and Mrs. Conley Smith returned home with them for a few days visit.
A reflective line by Edmund Gosse expresses a desire to live simply and find harmony with all people, prioritizing heart and humanity over accumulation of knowledge.
Dale Singleton and Bevis Smith of Ranger Junior College reported they had passed the requirements and are ready to begin their course in aeronautics. Mr. and Mrs. Houston Dawkins and other relatives visited J. H. Dawkins and family on Sunday.
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