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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1937
Page
3
Local residents including J. McCarty and son Will Hendrix Homer s Opal Wilson Mrs. Beelee Beaty and Mrs. Ethel John Beaty plan a Sunday September 12 event at noon with visitors in the afternoon. They will meet again at the same place on the second Sunday in September 1938.
Aug. 2 notes list births marriages and deeds in Comanche County. Entries include Bettie Katherine Bolde, Jack Whitely and Dorothy Hawkins marriage in Comanche, Rue Hart and Mildred Byrd, Lee Dendy and Vera Robinson, plus licenses Owen Lee with Mavis Newton and Gordon Hill with Hilda Mikeska. Commissioners set tax rates, pauper fund aid, cemetery deed to the city, and county purchases. Deeds cover multiple tracts in Energy Comanche Sidney and surrounding areas with various sums. State court records show A. Sinclair pled guilty to liquor sale with $25 fine and costs.
Bud Davis and William Farrar, sons of Mr and Mrs J D Farrar, are attending Howard Payne College.
Boon Lacewell and family friends visited Ada. Lacewell is moving his family east. J. Robinson of Odessa returned home Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Cox and daughter visited relatives in Stephenville. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Hayes hosted family at Main Street. Rev. King preached at the Baptist Church on Sunday.
Beattie School started here last Monday with higher turnout than last year. Local families and visiting relatives from Knox City De Leon and Sipe Springs visited during the week. Students head to De Leon High School and Brownwood for college prep as work begins on a new gymnasium.
Homer Greenlee J C La Grone and Hobson Williford left for A and M College in College Station. Mr and Mrs Max Greenwood of Pyron and Golda Williford of Abilene visited J H Williford. Mrs F M Powers celebrated her 79th birthday with dinner including three daughters and a grandson Jess Davis. Mr and Mrs F B Carter and daughter visited A B Laminack in Proctor and D Swearingen and marble Falls relatives visited last weekend.
Aunt Lizzie Johnson and her husband Uncle Billie settled in Gustine after moving from Ki Risher country in 1874. They paid 2 2 on farm land and raised ten children with thirty six grandchildren and twenty five great grandchildren. Many relatives and friends attended the reminiscence noting their church work and long service as a Methodist stewards.
The Sidney High School senior class met on Sept 10 to organize for the new term. Elected officers are Elwood Boyd president, Lansing Pinkard vice president, Joye Farquhar secretary reporter, and Aletha Drennan treasurer. An order for class rings was placed by the class members.
A man paid 110.00 for oxen and an old check was found during the incident. The check drawn on First National Bank and payable to J T Jaye was dated October. The case references E. Cate and J. Chrestman in connection with the matter.
The fragment notes a monetary value and a small number of oxen in a terse historical record. Details are sparse, but the entry references a price or measurement and a pair of draft animals. The language suggests a dated, agricultural ledger or notice from a bygone era.
The ad claims Cardus eases severe monthly pains and restores youthful freshness, improving appetite and resistance to discomfort. It urges women to try Cardus and consult a doctor if it does not help.
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