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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1947
Page
5
Classifieds offer affordable all electric kitchen options with appliances. Listings include wind mills tractors tools boats and real estate for Comanche Texas with several local resident visits and weekend gatherings noted.
Auction style listing shows multiple properties for sale including a 7 room house with barn on 100 by 300 lot at edge of town for 3000 dollars, a 5 room house on two acres remodeled for 4000, 145 acres with 45 cultivated and priced at 45 dollars per acre, 300 acre well improved farm with 8 room house and REA, 1180 acre fenced ranch with living water, 17 acres five miles from town with no improvements, and a stray red roan heifer calf about 259 to 275 pounds. Also equipment for sale: Farmall F20 with attachments for 850 dollars and hay baler. Contact J. B. Lacy and T. R. Shaffer.
WANTED to rent unfurnished or near Dublin Texas. Frances at telephone company contact. Listings include sale of about 300 bushels of river bottom corn by Kennedy Moore Route 1 Dublin. Property includes a 6 room house with large lot, electricity, outbuildings, garden, peach trees, possession, priced around $1275. Other entry notes 108 acres in farm with 5 rooms bath puttin cabinet electricity well mill.
Church school at 10 a.m. and services at 10 50 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Rev. G B Clark preaches morning. Methodist Youth leads evening. Mid week service Wednesday 7 36 p.m. September begins Crusade For Christ emphasis with renewed attendance and enrollment. Classes for all ages.
Personal mentions list visits to Comanche Coleman Dallas and Fort Worth. Families include Cauiey and son Jack Jr from Fort Worth in Comanche, Brightman family in Fort Worth, Joe Paul visiting Dallas, Boff from TCU, Don Russell and daughter from Fort Worth visiting W. D. Chapman, Smoots visiting Whitefields in Coleman, Harris family from Canada visiting John Gore.
A Stated meeting of the local Masonic Lodge is scheduled for Thursday September 11, with Earl Burnett stating full attendance is desired for the Fellow Craft degree session.
Don Norris says a Sunday singing at South Side Freewill Baptist Church will begin at 7. Organizers expect local singers to perform and promise a good program with several voices on the program.
A former Comanche building contractor, M. Shell, now retired, recounts his visit to Comanche fifty years after leaving as a young man. He reflects on the town and people from decades past, sharing memories of earlier days.
Durham's Prescription notes Roy Dabney family visit to Sidney with Arch Boyd parents. Carl Stewart of Brownwood visited Comanche last week. Druggists refund money if Leto's fails to satisfy.
Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Orr and Mrs. J. B. Rains have returned home after an extended trip through Oklahoma visiting relatives.
A metal baked enamel street sign was installed at the intersection of West Ten and North Elm Street. The old concrete post was replaced. two plates were attached and a post was set. The project, costing about $5.60, was suggested as a civic effort by the Lions Club or any local group.
Mrs. Phil Bertram, former mayor of Gustine, was injured on Tuesday September 2 after a fall while visiting at the home of her friend Mrs. Gespa Tutwiler.
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