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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1954
Page
6
Fort Worth and area residents gathered for weekend visits. Therman Garrison and Grady Hutch attended with Beaumont and Irving relatives. Many kin from Coleman Comanche Abilene and Fort Worth shared time with Rice Caffey Redwine Hutchins Woolsey and Stewart families.
Funeral services for H. E. LaRoque drew relatives and friends from Pottsville Hamlin Hamilton Cisco Hobbs Lubbock Wingate Fort Worth and Odessa plus Mr and Mrs Scott Vancleave and others. Farmers in the area began cotton harvest and rain from Thursday night aided late peanuts. Herbert LaRoque died Wednesday night Sept 8 and the community mourns his passing.
Annie Lamkin Denman Mrs Hester Massingill visit son Bart Mas singill in Big Spring. J O Helm Evant visits with siblings A K Taylor A B Denman M L Geye. Celeste Callaway funeral in San Angelo. Denman family hospital stays and out of town visitors noted.
A roundup of neighbors visiting relatives and traveling to and from towns including Newton Iowa Fort Worth De Leon Comanche Snyder Rotan and Dub lin. Entries mention illnesses visitors and a teachers training course attendance by Mrs J D Stephens at the First Baptist Church in Dublin.
Jimmy Culpepper age seven son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Culpepper of Comanche has returned home from Fort Worth City County Hospital polio ward after a bulbar form of polio. Parents report a mild case and a satisfactory recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy W. Tucker, owners of the Owl Confectivery, are spending the week on vacation in Denver Colorado.
Private J B Arthur of Comanche has been home on furlough visiting his wife and will depart for Georgia where he is to be stationed.
Mr and Mrs Dan Waggoner and their baby of Crane visited home folks here over the weekend.
Four members of the Hardin-Simmons University football coaching staff have master degrees. They are Murray Evans head coach Larry Cunningham Bill Scott associate coaches and Harold Barrett assistant coach.
Mr and Mrs Jewell Ray Mc Kinzie former Comancheans now living in Fort Worth were in Comanche as visitors this week. They just returned from a visit with their son Pvt Jewell Ray McKinzie Jr stationed at Biloxi Mississippi.
Mrs Walter Daniel of Hamilton and another Mrs ad visited relatives and friends in the community on Saturday.
Game warden Bill Bennett of the Hill Country spent last week visiting his father in law, Ernest Wells, during a family trip described in local notices.
Mrs. Dale Altemeier and her sons David and Mark are back home from Iowa after a summer away. Mr. Altemeier, who has several horses racing at Chicago, will return to Comanche in about six weeks.
Wayde Frey former Comanche County Agent now heads the West Texas Dairy Association headquartered in Abilene visited Seminole. Mr and Mrs C M Albin stayed in Seminole over the weekend. Clarence notes Seminole has had record rain this year while the region from here to there remains hot and dry.
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Tucker owners of the Owl Confectionery spent ten days touring Colorado and other western points leaving last week. Cards mailed from Denver were received here Sunday.
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