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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1941
Page
7
Residents and relatives visit and move between Lamkin and nearby towns. Teachers and school staff shift posts at Lamkin and surrounding districts. Local events include hospital stays, family visits, travel to Waco and Dallas, and attendance at funerals in Winter and Comanche.
Soda Springs School opened Monday September 1 under Superintendent Chas Moore with Miss Montie Irby as assistant. Attendance was strong and parents showed interest. Community Club officers were elected: Chas Moore president, Montie Irby vice president, and Mrs Chas Moore secretary. Various local families attended church services and outings, with numerous visits and notes of social activity throughout the week.
Mercer Gap pastor Reverend Glasgow of Mount Pleasant filled his appointment here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs A J Huggins and daughter spent Sunday with their daughter and her husband, Mr and Mrs Bill McEwin of Zephyr. Mrs E A Rogers is in Fort Worth with her sister recovering from major surgery. Finley Williford couple vacationing in Colorado and Mexico plan to return in about two weeks. Gaylon McKinzie and children visited her father in Zephyr Friday. Miss Lee Roy Priest and De Alva Priest and Emery Ray Stevens visited their sister and aunt, Mr and Mrs Gaylon McKinzie, Friday night. Caldwell visiting his brother, Mr and Mrs George Caldwell. I can't come tomorrow evening. Tom.
Brownwood Comanche County entries list marriages of Bomar, Barrett, Barfield, and many others in Comanche and Brownwood. Licenses granted include W J McCarty Jr with Martha Holleman and Dale Melvin Burkley with Jessie Castleberry. Deeds recorded cover land in De Leon and Comanche. births in Comanche and Sipe Springs. deaths include Edward Bozeman of Comanche and Thomas Levisay. Court docket items show multiple drunk driving and theft cases with fines and jail time.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Braziel and son John Truett of Emory move in with Mrs. W. A. Tipps as John will enter Comanche High School. Numerous relatives from Blanket Blanket and Corpus Christi visit kin in Hamilton and Pettit areas. The Sunshine Club met with Mrs. Otha Cleere on August 28 and with Mrs. Duke on September 11.
The church reorganizes its Sunday School with a new Young Adult's Class led by Miss Hattie Brightman. A full slate of officers and teachers assumes duties the first Sunday in October, including Vasco Lee as General Superintendent and A. P. Burks as General Secretary. The new Board of Christian Education meets quarterly under convenor Vasco Lee.
A long list of visits and travels across towns including San Antonio Abilene Christian College in Abilene and College Station A M College. Notable mentions include Mrs. Fred Johnson Orris Masters J M Waggoner Mrs J G Bruce Mr and Mrs Tom Cox and Dena Lou Cross Plains Roby and Rising Star residents and weekly family visits.
Visitors including Lars Merman Pounds and Mr and Mrs Tommie of Custer and Ger a Brewer and A J Whit lock of San Antonio visited homes last weekend. Charlie Morrow spent Sunday in Desdemona. Hope Brown visited Katie Ruth Jones. Deward Warren spent Sunday with his sister Mrs Newman Jones. Joe Isabel and his wife called on sister Mrs T D Brown Monday.
Church services were held Sunday with Rev. Grisham from Fort Worth preaching. Woodrow Springer returned home from Wichita Falls where he had been working. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mancelle. R. E. Wilcoxson. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kerley. and Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Starns spent Sunday in Glen Rose. School started here Monday September 8.
Twenty one members of the Women's Society of the Methodist Church gathered Monday afternoon. Mrs Thate gave the devotional from the Forty Sixth Psalm on "The Value of Silence." Mrs Mallard led piano with Mrs McCullough directing the singing. Mrs Williams presided, Mrs Lowry read minutes, and Mrs Clarke was named secretary of Young People's Student Life.
Gums that itch or burn can become mighty trying. Druggists will return your money if the first bottle of LETO'S fails to satisfy. Durham's Prescription Pharmacy.
The obituary notes Mrs Williams age 84 years and 2 months, a Baptist Church member since childhood. She was faithful to home and friends, and wished her children not to grieve. Her husband G W Williams died on March 1, 1937, and two children Nancy Hamilton and Rachel Williams had already died.
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