Soda Springs Church Revival Drives Community Unity
In Soda Springs the Sweetwater Baptist and Taylor’s Chapel Methodist churches report strong revival attendance and active youth programs. The communities share praise and cooperation, with plans for a new Sweetwater Baptist church featuring five Sunday school rooms, an auditorium, baptistry, roof, and siding. See you at Soda Saturday September 3 for the second annual homecoming day.
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Soda Springs
Stag Creek
Sweetwater Baptist
Taylor’s Chapel Methodist
Breuth
Taylor's Chapel
Sweetwater
O'Brien
Soda Springs Community Club
Sweetwater Baptist Church
Soda
Scouts Attend Camp At Camp Billy Gibbons
Fifteen members of Comanche Boy Scout Troop No. 47 spent a two day two night camp at Camp Billy Gibbons located 144 miles southwest of Richland Springs. Acting Scoutmaster Euell Lightfoot Oswell Brightman and James Wilkerson led the group in fishing hiking and swimming with Scouts Gary Don Swearingen John Gleaton Elton Swindle Roy Dale Harbour Glenn Casey James Hinds Max Harelik Johnny Lightfoot John Dudley Jimmy Wilkerson Louis Rambo Stanley Rauhut Danny Cagle Tom Brightman and Robert Arnold participating.
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Comanche Boy Scout Troop No. 47
Camp
Billy Gibbons
Richland Springs
Euell Lightfoot
Oswell Brightman
James Wilkerson
Gary Don Swearingen
John Gleaton
Elton Swindle
Roy Dale Harbour
Glenn Casey
James Hinds
Max Harelik
Johnny Lightfoot
John Dudley
Jimmy Wilkerson
Louis Rambo
Stanley Rauhut
Danny Cagle
Tom Brightman
Robert Arnold
Baxter’s Place Proffers Clerking Amid Absence
Mrs Tom Pat acts as clerk at Baxter’s Place during Mrs Elmer Day’s recovery from a major operation.
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Baxter's
Tom Pat
Baxter’s Place
Elmer Day
Mullican Store Manager Joins Lampasas Pair in Dallas Market Visit
Mrs Roy Turner manager of Mullican Store accompanied Mr and Mrs Mullican of Lampasas to Dallas this week to visit wholesale markets and assess buyers and stock prospects.
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Roy Turner
Mullican
Lampasas
Dallas
Woolsey Family Holds Reunion at Lake Eanes Park
Seventy six descendants of John and Armilda Woolsey gathered August 7 at Lake Eanes Park for the annual reunion. The day included visiting, a bountiful noon lunch, and a short business session noting three marriages and six births since the last reunion.
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John
Armilda Woolsey
Lake Eanes Park
Chas O. Woolsey
Johnny
Mike
Sam Sharles
C. A. Woolsey
Dallas
Gene Sharles
Balph
J. C. Horn
Wiley Tipton
Dwight Woolsey
Joe Woolsey
Judson Woolsey
Guy Ruth
Linda
Patricia
Bessie Kelley
F. A. Stone
Fort Worth
Thed Wool
Abilene
Clarence Hollingsworth
Chico
W. M. Key
Burkett
Robert Elliott
Bronte
Richard Weber
Victoria W. N. Ruth
Breckenridge
Glenda
Patricia Woolsey
Denver
Colorado
O. L. Woolsey
Pep
D. E. Woolsey
C. E. Woolsey
J. E. Watson and Verdell
R. M. Woolsey
Briar Grove Families Gather for Visits and Events
Briar Grove residents and relatives visited in Royce City Comyn Rhone and O Donnell over the weekend. Families attended Copperas Baptist Church services and a reunion in Stephenville. A birthday shower honored Mrs A L Hudson Friday.
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Charley Marshall
Oscar Frazier
Royce City
Eunice Norwood
Inez McMillan
Zora Cottrell
George Pratt
Barbara
Herben Wilson
Bobbie Guthrie
Rhone
Copperas Baptist Church
Edd McMillan
James McMillan
Ronald
Co. T. McMillan
Comyn
Jess Lane
O'Donnell
Jewell Kerley
Sirvin Norwood
Emert
Stephenville Sunda
A. L. Hudson
Visiting Gunn Sister and Niece in Gustine
Here from Dallas Mrs. W. M. Gunn visits her sister Mrs. Sam Switzer and niece Mrs. Sam Hatchett. She will also visit her brother Sam Todd in Gustine.
Cup of Life and Woe Poem Commentary
A devotional poem by Rev. Jesse Allen about drinking the Cup of Life, portraying bitterness and salvation, with vivid images of venom, vinegar, hellfire, and heavenly life. It contrasts obedience to a divine command with human longing and ends with a line on marriage refrains.
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Hell
Radford Promoted to Sergeant at Fort Benning
Robert D. Radford, son of John C. Radford of Comanche Texas, recently was promoted to sergeant at Fort Benning Georgia. He serves with the 3rd Infantry Division nicknamed the Rock of the Marne, undergoing infantry training as a section chief in the 4th Battalion after three years in the Pay East. He graduated in 1953 from Comanche High School.
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Fort Benning
Nobert D. Radford
John C. Radford
S. Houston St. Comanche
Tex
Eant
For Benning
3Rd Infantry Division
Marne
Radford
Army
Comanche High School
Hayses Visit Gatesville Pastor Quests and Cattle Show Trips
Reverend J. M. Hays and his wife from Gatesville visited Comanche friends and relatives then traveled to German to see W. D. Carroll in hospital. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Walter Barret departed for Sedalia Missouri to show Barret Hereford cattle, then to Des Moines Iowa for additional judging, away about ten days.
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Gatesville
J. M. Hays
Comanche
W. D. Carroll
Hays
Walter Barret
Sedalia
Missouri
Barret
Des Moines
Iowa
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Tiner
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Comanche Rest and Convalescent Home
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