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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1938
Page
3
The church will hold services only on the second Sunday night after BTA services, replacing the former second and fourth Sunday nights. Mrs Nellie Swindell returns home to Pauls Valley Oklahoma after a two month visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Munroe Elliott.
Indian Gap School opened Monday morning with a large enrollment. Faculty include Ber nice Swindle superintendent principal Mr Howard English Miss Marcelle Shults intermediate grades Miss McCasland and Miss Grace Lacy. Several local residents visited families and others traveled to Brownwood and Eden for illness and hospital care. The cotton crop is short and nearly all picked.
An advertisement urges readers to try Creomulsion for lingering chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims the product reaches the root of the trouble, soothes inflamed mucous membranes, loosens germs, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
A Comanche Texas reader asks about the state building project once aided by French masons whose errors caused delays. She recalls Scottish granite workers who finished the work and questions whether the situation occurred, urging careful editorial keepout from European entanglements and expressing antiwar sentiment.
Blanket Mrs. Alice Switzer and daughter Vada of Rising Star visited the C. B. Switzer home. The Iden family from Big Spring were weekend guests of C. A. Wilkerson. Alva Lee Greaton of San Saba visited her parents Geo Gleaton. Sadie Dobbs of Mason visited friends. Comanche visitors included Mesdames Root Swartz Minnie Chenault H M Boyer and Mattie Riley. Lorene Caldwell and Arlie Simpson announced marriage for Sept 28 at the Methodist parsonage with Rev C A Wilkerson officiating.
The program Lamkin Aviay titled For Pete's Sake will be staged Tuesday night in the high school auditorium. Octo ber 11. Mrs. Mattie Hull of Hazel Dell visits John Stevens at his home. Hazel Faulkner of Proc tor visits her mother Ethyn Faulkner over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Briley visit Mrs. G. B. Crain Monday night. A bridal shower Saturday October 1 honors Mrs. Bob Frank Little formerly Charline Tally. The term cold wave was first used in 1872.
Practical all glass glow night lamp stands five inches high and burns kerosene for 66 hours per fill. Odorless with a crystal fount and opal globe 65 cents postpaid, ruby globe 50 cents postpaid. Complete with one dozen cotton wicks from Elizabeth Barron, 116 Scarsdale Road, Tuckahoe New York.
Marriages recorded for John H. Ellis Jr. and Susie Mae Laurence in Santa Anna, and William P. Davis and Jenette Greenway in Indio with others. De Leon and Comanche property transfers noted including parcels for Charlie Freeman Ira Clemons, Annie Ragland, W C Mixon, J D Gardner, Mary Adams, Amizone Navel, G H Loudermilk, and J R Rushing with various consideration amounts.
Sweetwater residents G. W. Hoover and Herbert Hoover visited Mrs. C. D. Hartman and G. C. Hoover. Miss Eugene Matthews stayed with Earline Matthews. Glen Robertson visited J. M. Robertson in De Leon. Irene Hartman visited her brother in Bibb. Mrs. Charlie Hammil from Oklahoma visited J. M. Robertson family. Rev. Archie Jones preached at the Methodist Church Saturday night and Sunday. Eugene Robertson visited his parents. J. H. Lloyds and W. H. Lloyds spent Sunday with the GarnER Lloyd family at Brysonville.
An old advertisement urges women to seek nourishment and rest, claiming a run-down body lacks strength. It promotes Cardus as a remedy for appetite loss poor digestion and nervous fatigue and notes mothers have recommended it for fifty years with thousands testifying. If no benefit consult a physician.
Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Smoot visited their daughter Mrs. E. A. Taylor in Southbridge Mass for 16 weeks and returned home Saturday. Mrs Law Sullivan and daughter of San Diego are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Jake Stark in Comanche. Mrs Joe Bukoviny left Monday to join her husband in Uvalde where they will make their home. Mr Bukoviny resumes work with his father in the top and body business. Mrs Virgil Reed of Oklahoma City visits cousins Mesdames Ollie Trippe and Jennie Garrett.
Miss Sue Evans departed Monday for San Saba in a brief local travel note.
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