The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1954 Page: 18 of 20
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THE COMANCHE CHlfcJ APRIL 16. 1954
Then there was Jack Martin.r.
1 and' the Dancing Lady, a very | £
Soda Springs
Community Club
Holds Meeting
» By Ilk M. O'Brien. Reporter
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I don't know of h v^ay to arrive ‘husband, a part scentilatin^ly
at a rount of thos? a^endU thJ by your reporter, with Jack
two rooms with all seats occupied ; sound effects. J^at Mrs.
and people standing at the read * most suspicious womans
and the Dancing foauy. a very i is ■. —. , «r« w
handsome couple; and ashojtplay IJ WB aid . J an viSy
in which Guy Ion, £vuns. that ■ _ filW ■ M M
shrewd super salesman sold Mi$. J
super
1H. O'Brien a lie detector to use
on her mo&t Innocent unsuspecting
<1> add those who overflowed Into
the kitchen, itp the hall, and the
Children playing outside and (3)
add one reporter snooping all
around the place and you have an
exact count.
Mattie Mae Causey listed some
•0 visitors plus and minus child-
The program was, then turned
to the musicians with Mrs. D-
Auvenshine at the piano, Merle
Davis, Violin, and Mac Pybum,
guitar leading off^follow^d by the
Hillbilly Boys, Mac Pybum. piano
and vocal, Delbert Reed, M.C.
and vocal', and JacfcJVright. guitar
Those who have heard these boys
know they make a complete pro-
^[e^ our Spr^Iatlon for ««“ by themselves. This was my
to express our appreciation tor flr#t time ^ hear John Wrlghtf
Si»^» PthMnCma^ ofh tnemhco! and 1 didn't hear him say much.
HZuL ln t but he can really make Uiat guitar
tributed to the evening. I talk. Among the numerous songs
The program started with Frank j boys played and sang was Del-
Power leading the group In Gospel Bert’s own composition “My Sweet
Songs, with Zulean Fisher at the ' Honey Bee Gill"
Plan* then followed: A short play j- Myrlle J(unap' jolned the
as vocalist for 'Honky Tonk Angel’
and T^obody’s Sugar Daddy’. Hear
thaUglrl. __,
With Dale and Zulean Fisher; song |
by Louise Helm: two songs by
Susie and Jo Jerry Cook: Mary
and Martha Haynes and Sue Cook
accompanied by Mrs. Auvenshine
at the piano with their entry in
the “Share The Fun Contest”,
All were well received and enjoy-
ed by the audience.
IT’S PLANTING
TIME!!
♦ Bulk Garden Seeds
♦ Seed Potatoes
♦ Sweet Potato Slips
♦ Improved Porter
Tomatoes
HUGHES’
FRUIT STAND
2 Blocks West
of Square
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BUILT
HOVSES
~ See them at 401 W. Grand
“WE FINANCE”
Joe’s Lumber Yard
A LOVELIER
YOU!
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A flattering hair set . .
a new permanent . . neat-
ly manicured nsi/s — all
add up to a lovelier you.
SEE US FOR YOUR
BEAUTY NEEDS!
bRDORR’S
Beauty Shop
The final number on the prog-
ram was a short play, ‘Monkey-
shines In A Doctors Office’, star-
ring those budding Thespians D.
Power H. Stewart. Billy James
Qressett, H. Cavitt, Paul HillL
and Johnny Poynor, all Inspired ,
by a bottle of supercharged had-
acol
Jack, the community owes you
and Thelma and others who have
worked with your Social Com-
mittee our approbation for a job
well .done’ in arranging and direct-
ing the programs presented,, and
tn the sole interest of accurate
and impartial reporting, your re-
porter fel impelled to sample all
of the refreshments (of which
there were more than ample for
the whole crowd > and I Would like
to add a personal word of appre-
ciation to the ladles of the com-
munity who fixed the coffee and
the delicious cakes and cookies.
Don't forget the-business meet-
ing night April 13 and next social
nfght April 2.
Announcing
Beginning April 12, Afternoon Hours 2-5
Will Be BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Hours: 9-12, 2-5. Closed Thursday Afternoon.
Claude Ballard, HI. D.
OR BEST RESUITS
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Rev. T. J. Sparkman
Resigns De Leon
Baptist Pastorate
Rev. T. J. Sparkman, pastor of
the First Baptist Church at. De-
Leon, who tn his early days was
pastor at Mercer Gap, has resign-
ed to take a similar post at Ray-
mondvllle.
Rev. Sparkman made a-wonder-
ful record at De Leon acording
to t\e following review of his work
as taken from the De Leon Free
Press. •
After eleven years as pastor
of the First Baptist Church at
De Leon. Rev T. J. Sparkman has
resigned and answered the call to
a wider field of service, and the
.first of April will assume the
pastorate of the FSrst Baptist
Church at RaymondVille. Texas.
The years Rev, Sparkman has
served the Church here have been
that there have been 943 additions
to the membership of the Church,
l 312 of which were by baptism.
Few churches in Texas can show
!a better record of Improvement
| and attendance than this church
j under the leadership of this able
pastor.
i There has been spep t more than
{ $40,000 on building Improvements.
More than $90,000 has been col-
sions and Benevolence. Total of-
ferings of this Church have been
more than $221,000.00 One of the
outstanding accomplishments has
been the establishment of a North
Side Mission £hurch.
Rev. Sparkman has performed
110 marriages during his pastor-
ate here, some of which were elab-
orate church weddings. He has
conducted 385 funerkls. He has
preached In 36 revival meetings
Rev Sparkman has been assigned
state-wide committee work and
Is held as an authority on church
doctrine.
Her Sparkman leaves De Leon
with love fpr his church as well as
all citizens and expresses appre-
ciation for the loyalty of his
membership through his years
of labor here. It is felt that his
work has been constructive and
permanent.
I Give You Texos
BY -BOYCE HOUSE
Publicity will “sell” the Ameri-
can public anything. Look at
chlorophyl or Marilyn Monroe.
YOU look at chlorophyl!
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Speaking for exactly one per-
son. ex-King Farouk’s picture
gets in the papers too often.
When the fat slob does an hon-
est day's work, that will be
news.
And. far too much space is be-
ing given to that POW who turn-
ed Communist, then turned back. !
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Writers are superior to all., |
other callings or professions.
Who says t*0 w-'ters.
• • •
I have trouble getting a barber
not to mow the hair off my
Grow More With JJJ,
We have recently added new machinery—and. now offer
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COMANCHE, TEXAS
temples,and leave my ears stick-
j lng out life Jug handles. I mar-
The membership of the church
as well as all citizens of the town (
wish Rev. Sparkman success in J vel that John L. Lewis Is able
___ | through the' stream of pedest- almost knockfyi
Just once, I'd like to buy one rlans—-tapped his white cane othen tun*
put on the suit.
his new and enlarged field of ser-
vice.
to preserve his eyebrows.
FOR RENT OR SALE—3 room
bouse, modem conveniences., bath
paved street—Mrs. J. E. Morris,j Then I put on weight and can't
And when I buy a suit, they
always sell me one that’s too
small and has to be let out.
that was too large and had to
be taken In. Then when I gain
, a little weight, the suit can be
let out.
• •
Odd things happen on the
sidewalks of Fort Worth.
A blind man—starting to walk
ahead of him as he moved with | arrogant one
slow, uncertain steps. He wsi loots!
All the pedestrians gave him
the right-of-way: all but one. a
tall man. carrying a suitcase and
walking with long, swinging
strides. ■ -1-
He bumped Into the blind man.
with a fixed i
lng a white
He. too. veil
Odd thiap
sidewalks of tall
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the glamorous modernity of these
new-day automobiles ever since the
first public showing a few short
months ago.
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going for the sleeker, longer, lower
lines —the futuristic shaping of the
new windshields — the stunning
decor of the striking new fabrics - KlSw&i t&'iZZXZ
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1954, newspaper, April 16, 1954; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892176/m1/18/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.