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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1954
Page
4
A series of birth announcements and marriage notices from Comanche County recounts several families welcoming new children and listing parental details. Oriented notices include weights and birth dates, maiden names, and local hospital deliveries, along with multiple marriage records across De Leon and surrounding towns.
Land conveyances recorded including Jesse F Reese 8.5 acres in F B Gentry Survey for 500 dollars, Warren Dale Cagle and Kay L to J H Edwards 5 500 acres in Block 40 Original Town Plat for 5500, W H Caffey and Mary J to J L Ellis Jr 58.66 acres of James Walker Survey for 5800, J H Edwards and wife to Veterans Land Board of Texas 50 acres Hiram Williams Survey and 96 acres Green Lee Survey for 7500.
Indian Creek resident Indian Creek Palmer Carmichael was discharged from Blackwood Hospital after a serious illness. A Brady York farm well reported strong flow at 220 gallons per minute. Preston Carmichael and Sharon of Ft Worth visited D F Carmichael who is ill. Brady Yorks attended the Black and York reunion at Lake Banes. Jess Sliger began pulling cotton bolls as prices sit at 2 dollars per hundred. Allan Hicks near Board Church sold a melon load weighing 4144 pounds.
The bulletin lists Rev. John T. Salberg as vicar at St Matthew’s with services on Sunday September 12 1954 the thirteenth after Trinity at 10 a.m. Holy Communion and sermon. Also Holy Communion on Wednesday at 9 30 a.m and Friday at 7 a.m. Holy Communion times.
Fort Worth visitors Hart Helmsley and son join Mrs. Cc C Stanley's family in Sidney. Jess Caffey and sons visit Wayland Caffey's family in Fort Worth. Irwin Ward and children from Waco spend Labor Day with J K Ward and Grady Hutchins families. Jimmie Rice and Walter Rice Jr. from Ellington Field stay with Walter Rice family. Walter Rice visits Dudley Mason in McGregor. Jerry Morris from Fort Worth weekends with O D Morris. Multiple relatives from Fort Worth San Antonio Premont Irvying Comanche and others join local kin for weekend and holiday visits.
A church notice for Victory Baptist led by Pastor James S Hamilton shows Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 10 50 a m Training Union at 7 p m Evening Worship at 8 p m at Corner Fleming and Park Comanche urging Christians to forsake not the assembly and live as Children of Light while a furnace image illustrates cooling coal as a meditation.
Local notes record visits and social calls across families in Cross Roads. Several Lamesa Austin and Abilene visitors stop by. Baylor University church meeting and kinship ties feature among weekly gatherings and travel.
The text likens a lamp that glows only briefly to a Christian who misses regular church attendance. It warns that without constant contact with the Heavenly Feed-Log and the body of believers, one grows cold and useless. It invites readers to worship at Victory Baptist Church, The Country Church in Town.
A speaker reflects on hope guiding worldly deeds and progress while praising Sunday school teachers for their enduring impact. He recalls his childhood habit of attending services and notes a former employee’s execution underscoring how early moral influence shapes future choices.
Mills County reports its first bale of the season ginned August 31 by Priddy Gin owned by W. R. Shipp. Albert Tilcher raised 1900 pounds of picked cotton yielding 3 pounds of lint. Bale sold in Goldthwaite at 36 cents per pound. Ginner Stupp provided free gin and Tischler received 77 dollars in cash and merchandise.
A witty character sketch describes a quick speaking, evasive advisor as the person who adds vice to guidance. The piece contrasts snap judgments with thoughtful counsel and hints at the risks of clever talking over substance.
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