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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1957
Page
3
Obituary notices list Mollie Pearline Poe Reeves aged 94 of Rt 1 Comanche died at home Sept 13 at Black Hospital. Other items include marriages, guardianships, land transactions, court matters, and vehicle ads from Comanche area records and local businesses.
The family of Rufus McNutt expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and Mr and Mrs Porter Franks for every word of sympathy kind deed food and floral offerings after the death of his wife and mother Mrs Rufus McNutt. They convey appreciation and ask blessings from the Lord.
A reflective piece discusses living in the present and showing gratitude to friends. It emphasizes choosing compatible friends, warns against selfishness, and recounts a humorous tale about two women in an apartment building whose trash dispute escalates into a hair pulling brawl over a hallway.
The list records Sunday school attendance counts for numerous churches including East Side Baptist Sidney Church of Christ First Methodist Central Christian Taylor's Chapel Be Liberty Baptist De Leon Assembly of God United Pentecostal Gustine Church of Christ Gustine Methodist Proctor Methodist Gartman View Zion Hill Pettit Baptist Sidney Methodist Board Church Downing Methodist Amity Baptist Mercer Gap Baptist First Baptist South Leon Baptist Proctor Baptist First Freewill Free Pentecostal Beattie Methodist Indian Creek Methodist Presbyterian Victory Baptist Church of Christ Lamkin Baptist Lamkin Methodist Hasse Baptist and others with a combined total of 1 820 attendees.
Reverend Donald Carson of Brownwood will preach here next Sunday. all are invited. Several local families and guests visited relatives this past week including the West and White families. trips included New Orleans, Batson, and Jal New Mexico. Prolonged reports note health updates for Mike Pierson and a vacation plan for Hayden White and Roger.
Mrs Harold McCorkle former Mrs Dela Graham has moved back to Comanche with her family from Vernon. Mr McCorkle works on the Godthwaite Highway construction project nearby.
Mr and Mrs John Guthrie of Sidney mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary on September 22. A fiftieth anniversary reception for friends and acquaintances will be held that day from 2 to 6 p.m., announced by Mrs James Morrow.
Captain Bill Bassham formerly of Comanche earned Rifle Marksman and Sniper honors at Camp Perry Ohio. He placed in the Tendents Match and won the President’s Hundred Medal. His wife Natalea and son Nanny accompanied him to the National Marines event on Lake Michigan. Bassham is stationed in rein Maryland with the 2nd Army Rifle Marksmanship unit.
Former First Presbyterian pastor Dr W B Gray will guest preach at 11 am with the sermon Life's Thrilling Race. No evening service. Youth Group meets 6:30 pm with sponsor Mrs Gene Rau. Also notes new typewriter ribbons and a local enlistment update from Fort Chaffee Arkansas about Pvt Now EB Stacy.
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