Community busy with harvest as locals move and visit
Wilson farmers threshing peanuts and picking cotton in good weather. L Higginbotham moves house to Dublin. Several residents relocate near Dublin Fort Worth and to other towns. Pierce Munselle, stationed in the Aleutians, visits family before rest camp in Miami. Local social updates include visits, inductions, and a 87th birthday dinner for Uncle Dock Kerley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Higginbotham
Dublin
Pete Dilmore
Weldon Weidner
Weidner
Baby
Elmer Weidner
Fort Worth
Ladour Adams
Wayne Bruner
Pvt
Pierce Munselle
Aleutians
Thinking with Thinkers by C. C. Klingman
Dr. Alexis Carrel Nobel laureate and author notes that prayer aids recovery and fuels daily life. He says miracles occur quietly in hearts when prayer provides sustaining power beyond therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexis Carrel
Harmony Club Women Hold Hallowe'en Carnival for Piano
A large crowd attended Harmony’s Hallowe'en carnival organized by club women. Proceeds of 104.60 funded a church piano. Sunday School meets weekly at 10 30 and invites broader participation. Young people plan a singing class with Miss Pauline Ray next Friday. Birthday dinner honored Melba Ruth Thomas. Local residents visit and recover from illness with several family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Ray
C. A. Thomas
Melba Ruth
T. A. McDonald
O. B. Phillips
Gorman Hospital
Glenn Keating
Comanche
J. H. Robinson
Gustine
W. F. Robinson
Mary Wilhelm
Harvest Duties Delay Duster School Reopens Soon
Peanuts harvest keeps section busy with threshing progress and labor shortages as small children join field work. Duster School recess extended to aid crop gathering while Duster Church of Christ donates to Boles Orphan Home. Local visits and football games noted along with a bridal shower for Mrs Jewel Kimmel and her husband’s army induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duster School
Boss Johnson
Hallowe'en
Duster
Duster Church of Christ
Boles
W. L. Donahoe
Comanche
Brownwood
de Leon
Jewel Kimmel
Army
Local Folks Report Visits and Moves in Mercer Gap
Mercer Gap residents share family visits as relatives travel from Abilene Comanche Brownwood Zephyr and other towns. Mrs M L Brown returned home with granddaughter from Abilene. Tom Gore and Emitt moved to Comanche. Gorman Hawkins visited Brownwood. Udell McKinzie and Neva Crumley from Comanche visited Williford and McKinzie families. Wilsons and children visited near May. Floyd Thomas improving after illness. Gaylon McKinzie family went to Zephyr. Cleo Grooms family from Brownwood attended church and dined with Willifords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Brown
Abilene
Tom Gore
Emitt
Comanche
Gorman Hawkins
Brownwood
T. N. Williams
Udell McKinzie
Neva Crumley
Jess Williford
Tom McKinzie
Tom Wilson
Floyd Thomas
Gaylon McKinzie
Zephyr
Cleo Grooms
Finley Williford
Court House News Court actions list for De Leon and Comanche areas
Court notices list foreclosures, divorces, and partitions. Marriages certified include Kenneth Osborn and Virginia Spivey on Oct 28 and James McAdams and Jesmae Howell on Oct 24. Deeds filed record transfers in Comanche and De Leon with amounts from 400 to 12500 dollars for properties ranging 30 to 160 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustine
Winston Warren Miller
Virginia
Lou Miller
E. L. Luckie
Newburg School
Mary Jo Young
Preston Young
L. L. Gibson
John H. Briscoe
Samuel Heath
F. A. Lawless
Otis Cahill
Wright Addition
Comanche
R. J. Lynch
F. T. Bryan
Wm. Isbell Survey
George Ward
Roy V. Fair
Chaney
City of
C. A. Carter
A. J. Gray
Wright
M. W. Holdridge
Berlin F. Bowdwen
Wete, Sanford
Summers and Kin Visit Families Across the Weekends
Bibb Mr and Mrs A Summers and Howard visited with Mr and Mrs T C Summers and family Sunday. Col W L Strickland of Lowery Field visited his sister with Mr and Mrs T C Summers Saturday night and Sunday. J M Hilley of Monahans is visiting his parents. Dorothy Rue Miller accompanied her aunt home. Mr and Mrs C G Stanley entertained with a musical Friday night. Mr and Mrs Allison Dineler and children of Fort Worth visited with Uncle Tom Hancock and his son H H Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A’. Summers
Howard
Tre
T. C. Summers
Col
W. L. Strickland
Lowery Field
J. M. Hilley
Monahans
J. S. Hilley
Dorothy Rue Miller
Herman Moore
C. G. Stanley
Allison Dineler
Fort Worth
Tom" Hancock
H. H. Hancock
First Methodist Church Opens New Conference Year
The First Methodist Church invites the public to join Sunday services next week with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Pastor R. B. Hooper expresses gratitude for the returning year and welcomes all to experience the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
R. B. Hooper
Helpful Workers Club Meeting Notes February 294
The Helpful Workers Club met with Miss Forest Stokes. two quilts were quilted and a covered dish dinner served to eleven members and three visitors. The November 7 meeting is set with Mrs Edith Ad cock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helpful Workers Club
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Davie Carroll
Haskell
Addie Carroll
Odell Woods
Childress
E. C. Woods
Della Fae Box
Pauline Box
Henry Box
Rob
Yarbough
Myrlie Springer
Uncle Dock" Kerley
Emma Box
Carlton
Dee Weidner
Edna Hill
Piler
Richardson
Cawyer City, Kansas
C. C. Klingman
Coleman
Stephenville
Brady
San Saba
Santa Anna
Cross Plains
Comanche National Bank
Sutton Dudley, Drugs
Comanche Chamber OF Commerce
W. C. McHorse
Court House News
W. A. Pendergrass
H. O. Little
J. N. Williams
A. M. Laughlin
H. C. Little
J. B. Tunnell
Bibb
QUA
Farmer’s Cheese & Produce Co
Comanche, Texas
Hoffman’s
Coats
Davis
A Davis
Hoffman
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