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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1945
Page
3
Gustine section records passings and services for Mrs. G. G. Bruteville and Mrs. Delia Jackson, with funerals in Rising Star and Weatherford. Local notables and relatives travel for hospital visits, discharges, and overseas service as families gather for services and reunions across Gustine, Comanche, Brownwood, and nearby towns.
The British ran a flying training school in Terrell Texas for four years. An atomic bomb presents a new problem of ensuring enough enemy surrender. Some wives wake their husbands during sleep and begrudge even brief words.
E Callie Preston, longtime Comanche resident for 57 years, died at a Stephenville hospital on November 1. Funeral services were held November 2 at his son C S Preston’s home, with interment at Stag Creek Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary Ann Downing Preston and children F A Preston, O H Preston, Mrs ZU Smith, and C I Preston. sister Mrs Zora Downing. Born in Hopkins County, he moved from Bibb to the Sidney community in Comanche County.
Courthouse notices record multiple real estate transfers in De Leon and Comanche, including J. M. Sturdivant to A V Littlefield for 1800 dollars, Barley Dooley to R E Merworth for 160 acres at 5750 dollars, and other deeds in James Thompson and John Marshall Surveys with varied sums. An unrelated joke about a drunk man and train appears at end.
The pastor will fill his regular second Sunday appointment at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday. The morning sermon asks What’s the Use of the Church and the seven o clock evening service will consider Doing Well. A public invitation is extended. The article adds a note on tropical wet and dry seasons and polar light and dark seasons. It also discusses soil formation by living organisms and the disappearance of snow via evaporation in arid regions.
Treland becomes focal point as linen trade flourishes with mills and merchants driving economic activity in the town. Local workers rally to support expanding production and export opportunities.
Sol Hoffman attended the Southwest Men's Apparel Show in Dallas last Tuesday and bought goods for his shop. Goat skins are used to make kid gloves. Pedagese Cop says I know what it means when I raise my hand. Old Maid Driver claims twenty five years of teaching.
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