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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1943
Page
3
Clyde Nichol arrived in Mills County around 1888 and lived west of Priddy until 1900. He married Edna Earl Jones on August 20 1899 and settled at Mt View in Comanche County. The couple moved to Indian Gap in February 1943 after living at their Mt View home.
Lizzie Laurence Tidwell died at her Iredell home on Monday August 23 after a heart attack Sunday. Funeral services were held at Iredell Methodist Church with interment in Iredell Cemetery. She leaves Madden Tidwell husband son Ray Tidwell two grandsons Thomas Ray and Carrie Von Tidwell and two sisters. Mrs Coker and Mrs Lloyd Coker attended the funeral. Mrs Arvel Smith is mentioned as recovering from an operation in Gordon Hospital.
Obituary notes a life devoted to the Lutheran faith and lists the deceased’s wife Elizabeth and a large family. It records seven daughters including Mrs. Schuster and Mrs. Tiemann, four sons led by Fred Hiller, two half-brothers, thirty three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Two daughters Louise and Frieda had predeceased him.
Jack Bryant of 5SA joined 171 high school students from Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana at the North Texas State Teachers College Vacation Music School held August 21 to 29. The program ended with a final concert by chorus orchestra and band. Bryant is the son of William F Bryant of Sidney.
A. J. Whitlock of San Marcos visited home folks last weekend. Miss Martha Ray Hil and a twin aged about 30 were mentioned in the notes from the German Meapital event.
The Red Cross First Aid School closed here last week with good attendance. Army man Norman Roberts on furlough visits his mother Mrs. Willie Roberts. Coast Guard member Willis Fisher attends to visiting friends. Mrs. William Keith of Park Worth visits her relatives the Watts. Lloyd Little of Beaumont visits his parents the Frazier family. Wilson Armstrong of Ebony visits the Tommie Moore home. Gloria Jeanne Keith of Custer stays with Lorene Bingham. Gaylen Solomon of Rule visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Ravenshine. Watt Smiths remodel their house. Bonnie Bingham and Walter Rae of Hamlin visit the Dan ee home. Herrell Kelley, back from Brownwood, spends a few days before school starts. Beattie school adds two teachers Mrs. Ted Roland and Mrs. John Smith. Nolan Warren is on furlough to visit his parents, stationed in Oklahoma with the Army.
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