Abilene Resident Mrs Banner Turns 92 In Style
S A Barnes a former Comanche resident celebrated her 92nd birthday in Abilene with family from Houston Dallas Merkel and Sipe Springs. Grandchildren and friends joined a Comanche County noon dinner two birthday cakes were cut and shared as Mrs Banner’s life story was recalled from Georgia to Texas to Merkel and Abilene with husband J L Banner, a Baptist minister.
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P. Banner
Abilene
C. A. Rus
Houston
H. C. Chanler
Dallas
Neal O’rear Trent
W. E. Corbin
Mirs
J. K. Jones
Merkel
Banner
A. D. Jones
Sipe Springs
Banner Vs. Banner
Murry Unty
Georgia
Texas
Christen Armenda Bates
Mid
Nner
Jale L.ner
J. L. Banner
Local Hunters Net Bucks Near Llano
A party of eleven hunters from Comanche and Dallas counties returned from Ino County with their limit of bucks. Members listed include Belve Bean Jack Whitton Edwards Delmar McDaniel Ine Tupin Roy Tupin T McDonald Parker Tupin Jeff Iier M L Plum er and B J Beeler. They reported twenty two bucks taken on the trip and favorable hunting conditions with a lone wild turkey cobbler killed by Bean.
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Comanche
Ino County
Belve Bean
Jack Whitton
Edwards
Delmar McDaniel
Ine Tupin
Roy Tupin
T. McDonald
Parker Tupin
Jeff Iier
Dallas
M. L. Plumer
B. J. Beeler
Texas
Johnny Click
Llano
Bean
Singing at Glory Baptist Church on Sunday Afternoon
A Sunday singing event is planned at Glory Baptist Church in Coman ve with a church program scheduled for the afternoon.
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The
Glory Baptist Church
Coman Ve
Most Stores To Remain Closed On Thanksgiving
Comanche business firms will stay closed next Thursday November 26 for Thanksgiving. No petition prompted the closings but for more than 25 years Comanche Ways has kept the day closed. Union services are set at the Comanche Methodist Church at 10 a.m. Thanksgiving. The Comanche and De Leon high school football game will be played in De Leon at 2 p.m. Thanksgiving afternoon.
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Comanche Methodist Church
Comanche
de Leon
Union Service At Methodist Church November 28
A joint union service is set for Thursday morning November 28 at the Methodist church from 10 to 11 with the Methodist choir and Baptist speaker. Pastors appeal for a liberal Thanksgiving offering to fund a community chest aiding very needy people under pastors association supervision. Each case will be investigated by at least two pastors before approval.
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Methodists
Baptists
Pastors’ Association
Charles Carter Expands Firm With Insurance Department
Charles Carter, proprietor of Carter's Butane & Home Appliances, announces an added insurance department and becomes agent for several old line fire insurers. He will write fire and personal liability, property damage, truckers risk, wind, hail, plate glass, and comprehensive coverage.
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Charles Carter
Carter
Butane & Home Appliances
Mrs. Mattie Preston Disabled by Death in Comanche
Mrs. Mattie Preston 74 widow of Joe Preston died Friday November 15 at 9 p.m. at her home in Comanche County after a heart attack. Funeral services were held Sunday at Comanche Funeral Home with Lambrides, pastor of the Piat Busciet Church, officiating. Interment followed at Cox Cemetery. She was born Mattie Steele in Comanche County and raised in Sidney. Surviving children are Lee and Euell Preston of Comanche, Jewell Woodcock of Brownwood, and Ollie Preston of Blanket, with fourteen grandchildren. Brothers and sisters include Charlie Burt Rob Steele of Comanche George Steele of Dallas and Mrs. Reeder of Sidney.
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Mattie Preston
Joe Preston
South Comanche
Preston
Comanche
Rros
Lambrides
Piat Busciet Church of
Cox Cemetery
Sidney
Lee
Euell
Jewell Woodcock
Brownwood
Ollie Preston
Blanket
Charlie
Burt
Rob Steele
George Steele
Dallas
Reeder
Indians Brace for De Leon Bearcats on Thanksgiving Day
Comanche High meets favored De Leon Bearcats to close the 1946 football season. De Leon leads District 9-A, eyeing a bi district clash with Coleman, while Comanche seeks an upset or a tighter score for the county title. Indian coaches Morris and Daughtery have planned an offense and defense after Armistice tilt with Dublin.
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de Leon
Coleman
Bearcats
Eastland Mavericks
Comanche
Whitey Morris
Glen Daughtery
Dublin
Eastland
Mavericks
Funeral Rites Today for Mrs. B. M. Franks Sr
Mrs. B M Franks Sr dies at home in Comanche after heart attack. Funeral services set for 2 PM at First Baptist Church Gustine with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. She had lived in Comanche eight years and 45 years a Gustine resident. Survived by six children.
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Gustine Church
B. M. Franks
Gustine
First Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
A. M. Ruth Opens Wood Workshop
A. M. Ruth, a well known Comanche carpenter, announces in an advertisement that he has opened a wood workshop. He will make door and window frames cabinets and perform all kinds of mill work.
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A.M. Ruth
Chief To Be Out Early Next Week
The Chief will be published one day earlier than usual next week due to a holiday. Rural mail will not be delivered Thursday and subscribers will receive the paper Wednesday afternoon or Thursday. items and ads should be sent in early.
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Comanche
Funeral services set for Zack Hulsey in De Leon
Zack Hulsey born April 9, 1863 in Rocamart Georgia died Monday morning November 11 1946 at age 83 with Interment at Downing Cemetery. Services will be held November 12 with Owen Freeman of De Leon Church of Christ officiating. He left a widow Etta Rigsly and ten children with many grandchildren great grandchildren surviving.
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Zack Hulsey
Downing Cemetery
Owen Freeman
de Leon
Zack Hulsey, Jr
Joe Hulsey
Fannie Hulsey
Claude Husely
Downing
Cal Hulsey
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ben Hulsey
Comanche
Wilber Hulsey
Fort Worth
Plez
George
O. M
Margie Jean Grumbles Severely Burned in Yard Fire
Margie Jean Grumbles, six year old daughter of Mrs. B Howerton of Comanche, suffered severe injuries when her clothes ignited while she played in the yard. Dr J O Lane said the burns covered a large area but were first degree, causing much pain.
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Margie Jean Grumbles
Funeral rites for Mrs W H Hall held at Pleasant Grove
Funeral rites were held Thursday for Mrs. W. H. Hall at Pleasant Grove Cemetery eleven miles southeast of Goldthwaite. The Comanche area resident for 11 years died Wednesday.
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W. H. Hall
Pleasant Grove
Goldthwaite
Hall
Comanche Band Mothers Club raises funds for uniforms
Comanche Band Mothers Club has raised over 635 since September to outfit a 75 member uniformed band, with about 100 more members needing uniforms. Donations from the Roping Club and Comanche Funeral Home supported meals at concession stands run at football games and the Quarter Horse Show. The Community Public Service Company provided ice for drinks.
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Comanche Band Mothers Club
Travis Cunningham
Band Mothers Club
Comanche
San Angelo Man Killed in Wreck Near Erath Line
Lawrence Tillotson Jr., 29, of San Angelo, died after a head on collision Friday night on the Comanche Dublin highway near the Erath County line. The Army major driven car and several others were injured. Tillotson served in the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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Lawrence Tillotson, Jr
San Angelo
Comanche-Erath County
Dublin
Tillotson
G. L. Tillotson
Mineral Wells
J. Frank Starling
Higginbotham Motor Company
Comanche
Negro truck driver jailed for fatality of UT student
Henry Jefferson, 36, a Houston Negro truck driver, received one year in county jail for negligent homicide in the Oct 26 death of Earl Henry Smart, UT student and Rice football travel companion. Jefferson admitted striking something near the South Main underpass but said he did not know a person was hit. Evidence tied loose boards to his truck bed. the verdict follows maximum allowed for negligent homicide. Mrs. Smart attended the courtroom as jurors returned the verdict.
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Henry Jefferson
Earl Henry Smart
University of Texas
Jefferson
al Schroeder
A. H. Hayes
Smart
South Main Street
Allie Peyton
Johnnie Rockwell
Lavoy Lasiter
Vic Parker
Judge Miller Dies in Brownwood at 68 After Long Legal Career
Edward Joseph Miller 68 longtime Brownwood lawyer and judge died in a Brownwood hospital after a brief heart attack. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church with burial in Greenleaf Cemetery. Miller, born December 13 1877 in Sabine Parish Louisiana, served as 35th District judge and was elected associate justice of the Court of Civil Appeals Eastland district. He had planned to take office January 1 1947.
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Edward Joseph Miller
Court of Civil Appeals
Brownwood
Judge Miller
First Baptist Church
Greenleaf Cemetery
Harry Lee Spencer
First Baptist Church of
Roy A. Langston
First Methodist Church
Brownwood First Baptist Church
Miller
11Th Court of Civil Appeals
Eastland
Courtney Gray
Gray
A. S. Mauzey
Sweetwater
Appeals Court
Sabine Parish
Louisiana
Thomas E
Doc) Miller
Susie Whatley Miller
Simmons College
Abilene
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Comanche Trail Council
Boy Scout Council
Brownwood Bulletin
Legion Auxiliary Banquet At Comanche High School
The Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Rector Cunningham Post No. 232 sponsors a banquet at Comanche High School on Thursday November 21 with plates priced at 1.00 each. The post’s next regular meeting is Thursday December 5 at 7:30 PM in the County Court room Comanche.
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Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion
Cunningham Post No
Comanche High School
The
American Legion Post
Comanche
Mrs Atwood Heads to Tyler for Medical Treatment
Mrs. M. Atwood travels with her son in law E A Hanson to Tyler for medical treatment and to visit her son Frank Atwood.
Comanche B Indians to Close 1946 Season With Dublin Lions
The Comanche B Indians host the Dublin Lions B team next Wednesday night November 27 at 7 oclock in a benefit game for local Boy and Girl Scout building funds. They are 1-1 this season after a 19-0 season opener win over De Leon and an 8-6 loss to the Bearkittens. Advance tickets go on sale this weekend as a large crowd is anticipated for the final home game of 1946 with proceeds aiding the Girl Scout house and Boy Scout house expenses totaling about 750 dollars.
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Comanche
de Leone
Bearkittens
Dublin
Bearcats
de Leon
Charles Marshall Joins Greene & Waring Firm
Charles Marshall, formerly a partner with J B Lowry in the bakery business, joins Greene & Waring a local insurance loan and real estate firm as a third owner. He will devote most of his time to the real estate department of the firm.
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Charles Marshall
J. B. Lowry
Greene & Waring
Marshall
Tewn
Sidney Baptist Church Names New Pastor
Rev Homer Davenport former Orange pastor accepted the Sidney Baptist Church pastorate. He is son of the late Dr Davenport who practiced medicine at Hasse. Davenport, Howard Payne College student, lives in Brownwood and will move to Comanche once he finds a house.
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Homer Davenport
Orange
Sidney Baptist Church
Dr. Davenport
Hasse
Davenport
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Comanche
Stamps-Baxter Quartet Sings At Beattie Tonight
The Stamps-Baxter Men’s Quartet of Dallas performs at Beattie School auditorium Friday night November 22 at 8. Gene Moss Glenn Session Clarence Campbell Clyde Roach and Robert Christian are on the program. The group broadcasts daily at 6 45 a m over KGKO and Tuesday nights at 11 05 over WFAA. Hershel Horton arranged the appearance and will be present.
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Stamps-Baxter Men’s Quartet of
Dallas
Beattie School
Beattie Parent- Teachers Association
Gene Moss
Glenn Session
Clarence Campbell
Clyde Roach
Robert Christian
KGKO
WFAA
Hershel Horton
Comanche and
Beattie
Stamps Organization
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S.A. Barnes
Enging
Ritz Theatre
Hoot Gibson
Harry Carey
iIn
Tom Brown
Wwith
Sir Cedric Hardwick
Freddie Bartholomew
Jerry Hunter
Sharyn Moffett
Methodist Church
Sgt
Loys W. Samuels
Mary
Franca
U. S
Varidge School
Mrs. Samuels
New York
Comanche High School Indians
Bearcat
A. M. Ruth
Ralph Hulsey
Buck Hulsey
Bill Hulsey
John Doyle Hulsey
Gerrye Hulsey
Jim Hulsey
Virginia Hulsey
Juanita Hulsey
Coleene Hulsey
LaRue Hulsey
Jan
Stuart
W. B
Caffey
Sue
Early Noe Comanche
Band Mothers
Erath
Houston Post
Henry Smart
Ona B. Rambo
M. L. Smart
Legion Auxiliary
Sidney Church
Stamps-Baxter
Majestic Theatre
Gilbert Roland
the Cisco Kid
Randolph Scott
Ann Dvorak
SUN
Hollywood
Tom Breneman
Falcon
Tom Conway
Rita Corday
Richard Dix
Patricia Morison
Ingrid Bergman and
Gregory Peck
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