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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1937
Page
8
The Durham Pecan and Peanut Company ladies hosted a celebratory bath at Mrs Birch Wilson’s north Comanche home on Monday afternoon. Attendees included Mrs Godges Audra Williford Gabe Wilson Cleo Graham Mildren Irene Beatrice Johnson Ruby Edna Viola Harris Lidda Kemp Treva Mae and others.
Miss Nina Lou Pete, attending a business college in Fort Worth, spent the weekend here with her mother at Kilpatrick’s Hardware Store. Mrs. George aud McCarty of Dallas visited Comanche friends and relatives the first of the week.
The Texas Planning Board's mineral resources committee reports rich fluor spar in the Big Bend country and predicts the area will become a source of wealth comparable to East Texas oil. Current mining includes gold silver lead zinc and copper in Big Bend.
California report to the Texas Planning Board claims chickens can be freed from lice by hanging a banana stem in the coop. The lice allegedly migrate to and gather on the stem, reducing parasite load in the fowl.
The Texas Planning Board public health committee reports San Antonio saw a nearly 50 percent drop in diphtheria deaths from 1935 to 1936, with 13 deaths in 1936 versus 23 in 1935.
Gold silver copper and lead mined in Texas last year yielded a gross value of 1 141 573 dollars, up from 781 614 dollars in 1935, according to data to the Texas Planning Board from the Bureau of Mines.
Miss Odessa Edmondson has accepted a position with the Ruth Buchannan Beauty Parlor in Dublin. She spent the weekend in Comanche with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Edmondson, before starting the new post. W. W. Kilpatrick attended a shoe convention in San Antonio last week.
Miss Blanche Grainger returns to her Wheeler home after weeks visiting friends and relatives in Comanche. Mrs. Melvin Whitehurst and her young daughter of De Leon visit her parents Mr and Mrs C A Nelms. Sid Cunningham was seriously ill last week and taken to a Brownwood hospital for an operation on stomach trouble.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Switzer of Wichita Falls visited his brother Sam Switzer this week. It was Mrs. Switzer's first visit here in ten years and Mr. Switzer's first in three years.
John Reese of Austin spent the weekend in Comanche with his family and local friends, enjoying time at home and catching up with longtime acquaintances.
Mrs. Ruth Laughlin spent Sunday in Ireland with John Edwards and family. Oscar Hill of Birmingham visits his mother Lizzie Hill. Beamon, Beaumont, and Shreveport connections appear in a flurry of arrivals and farewells as locals travel for meetings, birthdays, and family events.
Charlie Oscar Davis age 62 known as Uncle Sam died at his Sweetwater area home on Wednesday September 8. Funeral services were held at his home with ministers from Sweetwater Baptist Church and Comanche officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche. Davis born June 18 1875 in Dadeville Alabama married Mattie Williams in 1902 and had six children five living with survivors including five daughters and a sister and his father living in Comanche.
John Sargent a 49 year old farmer was fatally wounded by a shotgun blast through a screen door at Wiley Howington home near Indian Gap. He died en route to Hamilton from the Howington residence. Howington is jailed as the Grand Jury investigates. relatives say nine knife wounds followed the initial blast. Funeral services were held August 28 at the family home with burial at Indian Gap Cemetery.
Mrs. Amanda Alice Barry Mason, 71, died Sunday night at her home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Monday in the Mason residence with Rev. Gordon Barrett. interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by seven children and siblings, husband deceased in 1931.
Romeo Walker is back at work at the Tax Assessor-Collector’s office after returning from Austin. He resumes duties and is expected to handle standard clerical tasks and inquiries.
A sailor writes about ten months in the U S Navy aboard the U S S Arizona. He praises navy pay and liberty, notes Bremerton overhauls, Seattle and San Francisco beauty, Fleet Week in San Francisco, and proximity from Long Beach to Los Angeles. He urges Comanche youths to consider a naval cruise and plans to say more if readers are interested.
Kilpatt Hardware Store announces the start of dove season featuring ammunition brands Remington and Winchester with both heavy and light loads available.
Grady Newsome married Miss Elizabeth Jean Littlejohn Saturday night at the Parsonage officiated by Rev. Edwin Wilson. L. T. Coker and Sallie Barkley attended. Mrs. Newsome is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Little. Sac is a Comanche High School graduate. The couple will move to McCamey after a short honeymoon.
If you own an electric refrigerator you need Seal-Sac bow covers available at Kilpatrick's Hardware Store. This sales blurb promotes the product and the retailer in a concise warning to customers.
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