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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1939
Page
6
An advertisement touts Quick Relief laxative in a silver colored bottle said to ease sluggishness gas and temporary constipation. It promises rapid results in hours or less and lists AVICE DRUG STORE and HE WM REESE DRUG CO as sellers.
Fairview Mr and Mrs Bill Glasgow and daughter attended the funeral of J W Phillips at White Point on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Hillery Mathews hosted a wedding shower honoring Mr and Mrs Paul Fisher on Saturday night.
Miss Eula Hillhouse wed Frank Whitiar of Sunset Texas in Siloam on Saturday. Community attendance at the Gustine peanut festival and various local visits, travels, and family events fill the week. John Phillips funeral in White Point affected local families. Harmony Church hosts yearend services.
Mrs. William McAlpine and Billie of Abilene visit her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe W Dabney and Roy Dabney of Comanche visit relatives. Mrs. Mose Simpson and Mrs. Maude Henson of Fort Worth stay with Mrs. Geo. Cox. Miss Alene Fisher visits Mullin. Mrs. W E Brown conducts business in Goldthwaite. Creath Dabney and W D Hobson visit Dabneys in Comanche. Ina Mae Lightsey of Lockett visits for the weekend.
Harmony Mrs T O Rogers hosted the Goodwill Club Thursday afternoon. Mrs Susie Bean has gone to Weatherford to spend the winter with her daughter. Mrs Gus Wilhelm moved her household goods into storage last week and will join Mr Wilhelm in California. W M Shoemaker is seriously ill at his home. Herman Thomas attended the State Fair at Dallas with the Comanche FFA Chapter. Mr and Mrs Owen Cash of
Sidney C D and Mansel Statum of Dallas and Miss Reba Statum of Winters spent the week end with their parents Mr and Mrs C D Statum Sr. Elwood Boyd of John Tarleton College and Boyd Stewart of Fort Sam Houston visited home folks. Blanton Boyd underwent a major operation in an Abilene hospital last week.
Hicks Corner notes show several residents attended a quartet singing in Comanche Friday night. Lola Belle MacGrothlin visited Iris Langley Friday evening. W. A. Langley and family spent Sunday with daughter Mrs Elmer Day and family at Victory.
Sweetwater and nearby towns host a group of visitors including Mr. and Mrs. John Warner and Mr. Bill Warner, Mrs. O. D. Henley’s daughter from Sylvester, Hazel Johnson from Brownwood, and other families from Mt. Pleasant Brysonville and Brysonville as they visit J. H. Lloyd’s home. Hulbert and Eugene Robertson appear among relatives, and Fred Vineyard and A. E. Vineyard arrive from New Mexico. Mrs. A. E. Vineyard returns home from a German hospital. Luther Helm to preach at Elm Grove Church Sunday.
Hazel Dell活动 Sunday night attracted a large audience while visiting singers invited others to join. Wilmer Westfall in Gorman hospital improving after illness. S. J. Wall from Cleburne stays with local friends. Families Westfall and Hillhouse visit relatives in area and Houston.
Suez Rev. Frank Martin passed away during his regular second Sunday morning appointment at Elm Grove. Mrs. Martin and their son attended the service and the congregation held a post service shower in their honor. The parsonage is complete and Rev. Frank Barfum and family have moved in. Bert Frazier and Miss Tinney Webb married at Granbury on September 30 and stay with his parents.
Indian Creek families including Mr. and Mrs. N F Williams and Alma Williams with daughters spent Sunday with Ed Burdette and family. Luther Stewart and son Kenneth of Van Dyke joined Troy Williams's parents. J H Bowman and Dan McCarty visited in Sidney. Perry McGilothlin visited Ed Burdette Friday.
The Morris family thanks friends for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of wife and mother. They appreciate the floral offering and offer a blessing. R. C. Morris and children express gratitude and prayer.
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