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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1953
Page
5
Seed oats offered as high yielding, with a past harvest near Mercer Gap yielding 95 bushels per acre. Recleaned price listed at $135 per bushel, plus thresher run with vetch seed at $1.10 at the barn by Porter B Franks in Comanche. Includes second item for a modern 5 room house in Comanche.
Mrs Ada Loftis 79 longtime Comanche County resident died Sept 17 at Midland home of daughter Mary Vineyard Funeral services held at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev S J Isham Interment Taylor's Chapel Cemetery Pallbearers listed She was born Dec 23 1873 in Fannin County Texas married Oct 4 1889 to John Benjamin Loftis Survivors include children J A Loftis Mary Vineyard R W Atkins J W Young Ben Loftis Lem I Loftis and others Also a sister and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and other relatives She was Methodist in faith For Sale 18 acre farm 65 cultivated five acres pecans peaches apples pears plums Good water oil and mineral rights 4 room house REA and school bus route 3/4 miles northeast of Comanche A L Faulkner 511 W Duncan Comanche
Bobby Arthur, a Comanche Grammar School boy who recently suffered a broken leg, is doing nicely and is expected to return home from an Abilene hospital next week.
The Hughes and Williams families thank relatives and neighbors for kindness during illness death and burial of Mrs. Sarah Jane Mack. Special thanks go to Dr Gray and Dr Ballard and to those who assisted with the services. Garland Collins will lead singing at Gartmanview Church Sunday night September 27 and special singing at Indian Creek Church Sunday September 27 at 2 pm.
The Comanche Garden Club to sponsor a public plant exchange on November 20. Bring seeds bulbs cuttings and plants for the committee. Watch for time and place. Also a help wanted notice seeking a live-in housekeeper for Mrs. Cleo Grooms in Brownwood Texas Rt. 1.
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