The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1953 Page: 16 of 18
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PHONE 348
Johnson - Stephens
Reunion Held At
Lake Eanes Park
The Johnson and Stephens
family held theft first reunion
i on Sunday. August 30 at Lake
Eanes Park. Comanche. Six of the
children of the late joe and
Fannie Johnson were present,
along with two aunts. "s
The early part of the morn-
ing was spent in visiting and
taking pictures. Among those at-
I tending were Mrs. Grace Wernta
| and daughter. Lauda Holdra and
! son. John. Jacksonville • Mr. and
Mrs. Rube Ott. qieburne; Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph White and two
daughters, of Clovena, Calif.; Mr.
i and Mrs. Boss Stephens, of San
[Dimas. Calif.; Minnie.Slade. Sac-
| ramento. California.
| Mr. and Mrs. WU1 Barnett,
Dublin. Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
1 Wright. Dallas; Mr. and Mrs.
Brown Ram bo and daughter.
Comanche* Mr. and Mrs. John
Robinson and two sons, Corsicana;
[ and Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Barnett
and children. Fort Worth; Will
j and May Holden. Louis and Thel-
ma Denny. Jan Dorothy and
Lavon Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Welch and
children. Danny and Billy; Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Stephens; Mrs. V.
L. Graham and Virginia; Mr. and
Mrs. Elmo Stephens, Peggy Steele.
Mr. and Mrs. Caddie and Barbara
Ella.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blackwell and
children, Janet and Sandra, and
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hardy and
daughter. Opal.
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Homerallows
Dan W. Bingham, Of
Btattii, Praises Late
enator Robert Tagt
By Homer Stephen, Stephenville
I allow that older people are
entitled to certain privileges. ’ j
I wonder If any person who
reads this Is Interested enough
to use his influence to get the*1
legislature of Texas to pass a
law with teeth In it where an j
elderly aged person buys a bus |
ticket he shall have preference
of the seats. From the things I.
Kight’s Gin Operating
Daily and Paying Top
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my ads. Some years later a friend
er of a Sunday School class In
a West Texas town, he read and
have observed on buses, I be- ________
its* .is rs,te * ,ot Bum-> »>■* ^ ™
It seems to me, In regard to
Mothers, to whom we owe our
! existence on earth, other names committed to memory and act-
Dan Bingham, retired barber or may become sacred but no other' uany used the little stanza In
i the Beattie Community, dropped *ver a as us birth. God has given'.. «. . . . , . _,.
Into the Chief, and renewed up *s m£ny mothers like your moth- hls Sunday Scho°1 work Dld you
Saturday and said that he wanted | er and mine who are good and waste the day or lose It. Was It
to pass along a compliment on the true, who will smile when the w*U or poorly spent? Did you
, late Senator Robert A. Taft. I going Is tough. Those great and leave a ray of sunshine or a
| "He never did bolt hi* Party”, noble characters have left a »car of discontent?- As you close
says Mr. Bingham, a life-long deathless Imprint upon the hls- your eyes ln slumber, do you
REMEMBER
W. R. Lambert, Former County 10 MUs Cora Belle BlRlr
_ - C. j She passed away many years ago
Lomoncheon Dies children surviving are a dau-
W. R. Lambert. 84,
CARBON HAS CASTOR
BEAN SHILLING PLANT
. O. D. Strahan has opened _
resident I?— ___, ...V..an___,I^nQ castor bean shelling plant In Car- 50 years.
ham of Cisco, and two sons W. B.
and W. J. Lambert of Brownwood
A brother, J. C. Lambert lives In
De Leon.
at Comanche for about 16 years
before moving from here to
Brownwood about 30 years ago.
died In a - Brownwood hospital
August 34. Preliminary services
were held In the Chapel of London
Burton Funeral Home on August
38. with Dr. Paul Brooks, pastor
of the First Baptist Church in
Brownwood, officiating.
# Final services were held In the
chapel of the Higginbotham Fun-1 Recreational leader attend a 4-H
eral Home In De Leon with Rev. Leadership School in Brownwood
Stag Creek Club
Holds Meeting
8tag Creek Neighborhood Club
Is very fortunate In having their
Mr Strahan also has a shelling ]1fe’ wlthjn tw° mlle81°' the famUy
place, where he was born.
plant In Cross Plains which he
that God would say you
of the right kind of mothers, i I allow that the only people [
I allow that anger may come W€ should try to get even with j
Chief ^e door of most of us but are those who have helped us.
rests only In the bosom of the And ** 18 plce to be o ngood
It never makes us strong, terms especially with our cons- t
It is first wrath, then fury and clence, people with a balanced
tred. These develop malice, mind admire a good loser. And
fortunate are those who W we allow our mind to be made
tempest
not the
Democrat, who says he always ad- ! tory of nations which were not think
the Republican Party, all the way.
Mr Bingham, the 77 year old
"mayor” of Beattie, says that hls
father subscribed for the
when it was first published 80
years ago—and that he has been I
reading the Chief for more than; “ ^ *
Ho\
bon. It Is In operation on Tuesday, He is a native of the Beattie' oontrol the
Thursday and Saturday. Community, and has lived all hls mlnds. It Is
operates on the three days each
week when the Carbon plant Is
not running.
U-jt
of their UP by rumors we are heading [
possession for a fall. And no matter how
Is someone who loves us. 80 Isn’t
life wonderful after all.
T. J. Sparkman In charge. Burial
was in the De Leon Cemetery.
Mr. Lambert, a native of Miss-
issippi. came with hls parents to
Texas when two years of age.
last week. This opportunity was
possible by working with Home
Demonstration Agent 'Mrs.
Dorothy Arthur and County Agent
Wayde K. Prey.
RISING 8TAR SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT 369
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A total of 369 have enrolled at
the Rising Star School.
Of this number 129 are enrolled
In high school.
of temper but the giving way to much sorrows and disappoint
It that produces the evils lncl- ments may come our way there
dent *o anger.
Visits Family Here ' I allow that we do not know _
<*•»*. suite.
In Temple, was able to be at1 very fine person sent the follow- Alvin Oafford Is going to open
home last week-end for a visit lng lines to me, at that Ume la new Conoco 8tatlon In Coman -
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While living In Comanche Mr. j Those attending from Stag
Lambert worked for Higginbotham Creek were Mrs. Nellie Roe. and
Rising Star Fair
The annual free Fall Fair at
with his wife and daughter. used the little stanza In, one of che.
S-E-R-V-I-e-E is the
Unseen Value in any
appliance you buy.
Be sure to get yours-
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Straley Electric Co.
Phone S48
Comanche, Texas
and later operated a store of hls Mrs. Marguerite Jones. The young Rising Star will be held Thursday,
own. He also operated a store people leaders were Miss Mar-, Friday, and Saturday, October 1, |
later in De Leon and San Angelo, guerlte Morrow and Miss Wanda 2. and 3. In addition to the usual
He operated a restaurant In Beth Johnson. .
Brownwood before moving to a
ranch near Ooldthwalte In 1933 Here For Week-end
which he operated until hls re- Weldon Turner, who Is enrolled
exhibits there wll lbe a carnival
and rodeo.
Visit Parents Here
tlrement In 1915 when he moved In Howard Payne and a candidate1 Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Boyd of
back to Brownwood. Hls children for the Jacket football team, was San Antonio visited hls parents
attended school In Comanche. back home for the week-end— In Sidney and her parents, Mr.
Mr. Lambert was married In visiting hls parents Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Porter McCarroll, here
March 1890 at Holland In Bell Roy Turner. 1 over the week-end.
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1953, newspaper, September 25, 1953; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888637/m1/16/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.