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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1925
Page
8
Community notes from Comanche County detail visits, parties, and church activities. The report lists attendances at Baptist Association events in De Leon, teaching appointments for Clayre Robertson and Mildred Taylor in Electra, and numerous social visits and singing gatherings across Beattie, Gorman, Slaton, and De Leon.
Sidney residents joined a large crowd for the 52nd Chief Monday anniversary. Families from Gorman Meg targle and Blanket visited relatives, while others traveled to Comanche for watermelon slicing and church events at Shiloh.
C W Jones and family returned from Merkel visiting relatives joined by Lee Breedlove of White Point. Ernest McBride and family from Stanford visit Mrs McBride and Than Williams. Miss Gracie Day hosts a birthday party. Opal Boyd visits Lolette Weaver of Sidney. J McNutt family attends Vandyke church. Marshall McNutt visits Ronald Dillin and others from Comanche Slaton and Sidney guests. Lula Sanders stays with J McNutt home. N Carter of Comanche visits Fairview. Ernest Stapp and wife of Sidney spend weekend with J T Boyd family.
SODA SPRINGS Sept 8 families and relatives noted visiting and staying with local residents. Mrs. Tressie Stephens and daughters from Breckenridge call on kin and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gressett of Merkel spent the weekend with relatives. Mrs. J. E. Vineyard and sons and Miss Kate Vineyard of Comanche appeared Sunday afternoon. E W Gressett and family visited his mother. Gerald Matthews of Iodex visited and Miss Kitty Payne and daughter with Jonnie Carpenter of Comanche were mentioned.
The Indian Mountain community stays busy with cotton harvest and social visits. A baby boy arrived Sept 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Oxford. Numerous residents, including the Cham bers, Haneys, Stanfields, Smiths, McDaniel, and Chambers family members, share visits, parties, and travel to nearby towns while Grandpa Madix remains gravely ill.
Sept 7 report from Bibb shows singing school led by Mr. Clavte Robertson progressing well. Locals visit T. J. Jones family. several people attend cream supper at Elmer Holden’s. News covers illnesses, car purchase, barn building, and multiple social visits across Bibb and nearby communities.
Sept. 7 cotton picking accelerates with J E Putty selling the first bale at ten cents per pound. Desdemona merchants award a 75 dollar premium. Desdemona High School football, coach L R Lone, and Perry Davenport announce plans as students return Sept. 14. May of 1925 graduation notes and local Holiness meeting attendance cited. Desdemona residents from nearby towns join gatherings at the tabernacle. Davenport signs off from the Chief ahead of Texas Christian University studies.
Rev. L. B. Smith from Brownwood preached at the Vandyke Baptist church and a new member joined. Uncle Joe Grigsby and Aunt Dolly Grigsby attended with praise for the county’s best Sunday school. The youth have formed a B Y P U for October and delegates reported full cooperation at the De Leon Baptist Association.
Calvin Thomas and family visited Mrs. M. E. Owen on Thursday. Revival meetings led by Rev. J. L. Ray and Rev. Smoot were held in Comanche last week. Eva Franks left for Temple and a farewell party was hosted by Mrs. T. O. Rogers. Barnett Rogers visited Mercer Gap with his daughter. Community members attended a party at Milford Brown’s near Mercer Gap. Homer Boyd and Euell Rogers shared a night together. Luther Rogers of Sidney and Vernon Boyd’s family spent Saturday night together. Our Sun continues to draw more readers. F. E. Adams and W. R. Slider from Comanche visited Sunday, Adams teaching Bible at the school. D. A. Brown led prayer meeting Sunday night. Luther McAkley and family visited Obie Phillips family. Ed Parker and family from Sipe occupied the area.
Springs visited Sid Witten and family last week. Lindsey Thomas and family of Blanket visited relatives Sunday. Elizabeth Thomas returned home with them for a short visit. Mesdames Rogers and Boyd spent Monday with Mrs. Owen. The community attended the Chief's birthday celebration in Comanche Monday.
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