The Duncan American (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1933 Page: 3 of 4
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The Duncan American
News in and Around Comanche
COMANCHE LADIES ORGA-
NIZE SOFT BALL TEAM
Mrs Emmett Woodard has as(up for fighting and being drunk
her house guest this week her The municipal Judge fined them
mother Mrs J C
Pdnca City
Calhoun of '$5 each on each count
Both the married and the single
girls and women of our communi-
ty have gone out for soft ball
playing Mrs Ouy Henderson Is
captain of the married ladies
team while Miss Mildred Patty
is in charge of the girls team
They practice In the park each
evening and their team Is rapid-
ly growing Their first matched
game was played Wednesday eve-
ning Anyone who Is Interested In
Jxring either team Is cordially
Invited also spectators are wel-
come to watch them play at ®:00
la the evening at the park
They strive to become efficient
enough to arrange some match
games with the women’s teams of
the neighboring owns
Earl Boyd scoutmaster accom-
panied the boys scouts to Waurlka
Monday evening where they en-
joyed a swim
Mrs E P Weston's sister Mrs
Willie Herrin of Visalia California
Is her house guest this week
Mr and Mrs Jasper Roberts
and family visited over the week
end In Bowie Texas
FDR SALE OR TRAD El— One Tin
Can Sealer Used one season—
Inquire at Weakley’s Drug Store
TREES CLEARED AWAY
AT COMANCHE DAM SITE
Trees have been cleared away
for Comanche’s new dam from
the dam site back to the sighway
E L Kirkpatrick made-work sup-
erintendent for the county re-
ported Monday after visiting the
scene i
Work Is going steadily ahead
Forty men with teams have been
used and forty laborers without
teams also have been given em-
ployment Men living east of Co-
manche will be given work next
week
Mr and Mrs Clay Smith are
attending the fall market In Dal-
las this week
Guests of Mrs E P Weston
last week were Misses Belina and
Clara Petty of Ada
Mrs J P Yates Jr and daugh-
ter Mrs L C Ayres Mr Ayres
and daughters Tommy and Peg-
gy left Monday for Dallas Tex-
as They will spend the remain-
der of the week In Durant Okla-
homa guests of Mrs O C
Duncan
Mrs Monk and daughter Mar-
garet were week end guests In
Ardmore
Miss Agnes May Miller Is a
guest of Mr and Mrs Erie Clark
and family
Mr George Woodward and son
Cleo were In Oklahoma City Mon-
day transacting business
Clyde Reynolds returned to Co-
manche Tuesday after an ex-
tended visit In Fort Worth
Billie Kinder and Champ Moore
left Monday on a trip to Okla-
homa City
ROBERTA BRIDGES ENGAGED
TO BE MARRIED IN JAN
Miss Lera Qultt who has been
attending the World's Fair at
Chicago has returned home
Mrs Joyce Fitzgerald of Long-
view Texas is the guest of her
parents Mr and Mrs W C Yates
for about two weeks
Mrs Aleene Payne of Healdton
spent the hirst part of the week
visiting her sister Mrs Lloyd Me
Creight
Jesse Owensby Jr and family
left the first of the week for
Colorado for a visit before re-
turning to take up his duties as
a teacher In Taliqua
Mrs Marjorie Bowman of Okla-
homa City visited last week In
the home of Mr and Mrs E Q
Haltom'
Mr and Mrs Frank Turner and
family have returned from a de-
lightful visit to points In Florida
Miss Mildred Massey was made
very happy about three weeks ago
at which time she received her
AB degree at the close of the
summer session at the Oklahoma
University
Baptist Assembly
The new cabin at Price's Falls
built by the Baptist young people
for their use while attending their
assembly received its first In-
habitants Tuesday of last week
About 45 young people went to
the annual Baptist Young People’s
Assembly to stay the full 10 days
Approximately 60 Duncanltes mo-
tored to the meeting for the week
end
IN
THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND
FOR STEPHEN COUNTY OKLA
HOMA
Use Our Want Ad Column for Quick Returns
O — 0
TIIE G Si M CAFE
Comanche Okla
J W McILVAIN Owner
Good Meats Lunches
And Short Orders
Service With a Smile
O—O
FDR SALF1— Well equipped cafe
good business good location
cheap rent $600 cash will
handle reasons for selling For
full Information apply at the
Reflex office phone 16
Mr and Mrs Julius Bridges
announce the engagement of their
daughter Roberta to I Schlos-
man attorney of Kansas City
MissourL
Their' wedding will be an event
of the early part of January In
Kansas City
Roberta is a graduate of the
Comanche high school and also
attended the Oklahoma University
for three years She Is employed
by the Katz Drug Company In
Kansas City Roberta is the oldest
daughter of Mr and Mrs Bridges
Her pleasing personality and
beauty' have won many friends
who wish her much and lasting' f°r about a week
happiness w - ' —
Mr Schlosman is a graduate of
the Kansas City School of Law
and Is also credit manager formonth of August Please pay at
the DeWitt Motor Company In the City clerks offlce-
that city ( After a two week’s visit with
her husband Mrs O I Warner
and two children Gordon and
An Interesting meeting of the!na’ ave burned to their
Ladies Bible Class of the Church h°me-
of Christ was conducted Tuesday
afternoon In the church
Mr3 Lucille Robinson was the
leader of the study Fifteen ladies
answered jell call the subject
being -Faith’’ “My Face Looks Two Church of Chrlst mlnisters
Up To Thee” was sung in theBr0 a K Wallace and Br0 Gray
opening followed by prayer by Cartt were vLjiting Comanche
Miss Janette McDaniel Hebrews frlends Monday They will both
the 11th 12th and 13th were be remember by the member-
the chapters studied At thq closel ship as havlng preached here In
of the study hour Mrs ‘ A B th'e -
Weakley worded the prayer of
dismissal
Thursday afternoon of next
week was decided upon during the
business session as “clean up day"
The women present who had sons
volunteered to send them on this
date to help In the cutting of the
grass and the cleaning of the
church lawn The entire congre-
gation will be grateful to these
Christian boys for their efforts
and this will also be an oppor-
tunity for them to serve the Lord
We are commanded to be workers
not slothful Christians
Next week Mrs Fred Mcllvain
will be in charge of the afternoon
study at which time the first
three chapters of James will be
studied
B E Masey Ls “back on the
Job” after a trip to the World’s
Fair He says he gets about as
much “kick” out of telling what
he saw as he did seeing it Well
we less fortunates enjoy hearing
it B E so “rave on”
Ball Team Elects Officers
BOYS ARM BROKEN IN FALL
Earl J Absher Jr son of Doc
Absher broke his arm early Fri-
day afternoon when he fell ofT a
barn The break was near his
shoulder
He was taken to the Weedn Hos-
pital w'here he received treatment
Mrs Ada Brooks Yates has been
the guest of Mrs Carl Rice this
week
At the meeting of the soft ball
tem in the Southwestern Light
Si Power Co office Monday eve-
ning the following officers were
elected
Nick Schnabel president R T
Jackson vice president Carl Rice
secretary-treasurer John Templer
official umpire
Thomaa J Huoknalt Plaintiff
VS No 733
J Kutliar Taylor a bankrupt
C I Sampla trail In bank-
ruptcy and Ktlial C Taylor
INfrmlanta
NOTICE OF SALE
Not lr la harrbv irtvan that In pur-
auanoa of an order of aala laaued out
of tha dutrht court of 8tephana coun-
ty Oklahoma on tha Uth day of Aiifuit
1 S3 J In an action wharain Thomaa J
Hurknall waa plaintiff and J Lulher
Taylor a bankrupt C P Sample trua-
tea In bankruptcy and Pthel t Taylor
war defendanta directed to ma tha
underaianed aheriff of Stephana county
Oklahoma commanding ma to levy up- i
on and aell tha following described
real property to-wll:
The Weat Half of Section Sixteen
(1) except Nine and 73-100 Acrea
Rail Road Right of Way and the
West Half of the Southeait Quarter
and the Northeaat Quarter of tha
Southeast Quarter and the Northweit
Quarter of tha Southeait Quarter of
tha Southeait Quarter of Section Six-
teen and Kaat Half of the South-
weit Quarter of tlia Southweil Quart-
er and the North Half of the North-
weit Quarter of the Smithweit Quart-
er and the Southeait Half of the South-
went Quarter of the Northweit Quart-
er and tha Southeait Quarter of
the Northeait Quarter of tha North-
weit Quarter of Section Ten (10)
Townihip One (1) North of Range
Seven (7) Weat I M containing Six
Hundred Thirty t39 Acrea More or
leia according to the Oovernment
Survey thereof
lying and aituated In the aaul Count
of Stephens State of Oklahoma to aat-
lify a Judfment and decree of fore-
rloNute in favor of aald plaintiff and
againit laid defendanta obtained and
madg in aaid court on the 4th day of
January 1933 for tha mini of $S02i)l
court coata with intereit at the rata
of 10 per cent per annum from tha tth
day of October 1932 and coita accru-
ing I will on the Hth day of Sept-n-ber
1931 at the hour of 10 o'clock a
m of aaid day at tha front door of
tha court home In the City of Puncan
In aaid County and St ite off-r f
aale l"d aell to the highot bidder fm
caah tha aaid property above deacrlbed
or ao lunch thereof aa will autifv aaid
judgment with Intere-t and coet-r
Witneii my hand thin lith div of
Auguit 1933
i SEAL)
Karl Kunell Sheriff of Stephena
County Oklahoma
Hv Kov H Waldrlp 1'nderiherlff
J W MARSHAK!
Attorney for Plaintiff
I Pub Aug 17-24-1S1 Sept 7-14)
NOTICE
The Comanche swimming
pool is now open
Come! Take Swim
ADMISSION
10c and 20c
PALMER’S CAFE
Comanche Okla
Properly Prepared Foods
Regular Lunches and Short
Orders
HOME MADE PASTRIES
BOOSTING
THE COMMUNITY CLUB
If it is good food that you
desire you will find it
at the
COMANCHE CAFE
BILL MONTGOMERY
PROP
POLICE NEWS
Police arrested and fined five
persons for drunkenness during
the past week Each of the per-
sons were fined $5
Carl Maloney was arrested by
city police for driving a car while
intoxicated and for possession of
whiskey He was turned over to
the county authorities for pro-
secution Major Davis a negro was ar-
rested and charged with posses-
sion of home brew He drew a
fine of $20
A man and woman were picked
Week end guests of Mr and
Mrs John Smothers were F M
and P B Smothers and Mrs Cora
Holley of Abilene Texas Mrs
Holley remained for a continued
visit
Mrs Doc Morris Is visiting In
Cortrey Flats Oklahoma
Mrs Tom Gray and Mrs G W
Lewis have opened an attractive
dressmaking and gift shop next
door west of the Clark Ice Cream
Parlor
Black-Draught
Clea rs Up Sluggish
Dull Feeling
“I have used Thedford’s Black-
Draught for constipation for
long time and find it gives relief
for this trouble” writes Mrs
Frank Champion of Wynne Ark
“I think It U good for spells
caused from gas on the stomach
If I get up In the morning feeling
dull and sluggish a dose of Black-
Draught taken three times a day
will cause the feeling to pass away
and In a day or two I feel like a
new person After many years of
use we would not exchange Black-
Draught for any medicine”
P8 — If you ho” C'HILDKgM g 1 1
Diem the new p I ea ta a ( -f a a M a g
8YKVP of Thedford’t Blok-Draught
NOTICE OF SALE
For Vibrant Health MILK
And Plenty Of It Is The Natural Answer
Of all the vital needs of growing children nothing U
more immctant than the proper food And proper food
meins first :f all a coirect balance of the various food
elements And no single food outstrips whole milk In
proper bi’ance! It contains every necessary element but
Iron
Sunny Side Dairy
H II HILLERY Prop
Comanche Okla
Call us at 27 for Delivery
: thk i isTitn-T coi pt fr stki
KXS cril''TV OKLAHOMA
Illinois Banker Life Auranr r
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Plan!
No
A Corporation
v
L W Wilson and Maud B
M Hi Wife:
Shell Petroleum Corporation
A Corporation:
I'red H Pm ter and W II (
Woods I ef'fid t r I
Notice I hereby given that in pur-
suant of an order of eale tabued out
of the PUtriet Couit of
County Oklahoma on the $th day of
August 1933 In the above entitled
action directed to me the unriereiw I 1
Sheriff of Stephen County command-
ing me to levy uyon find pelt withm l
appraisement the following de4r hd
property: -
The Northeast XE 1-0 Quarter f
Section 24 Township 2 South
Range $ West of the Indian Meri-
dian Stephen County Oklahoma
to eatisfy a Judgment and decree f
foreclosure in favor of paid plaintiff
and against said defendant ht iin‘d
find made in aaid court on the 7th div
of February 1333 for the sum of v
035 65 with Interest thereon at ) per-
cent per annum from the first day of
November 1532 00 attorney's f
and costs of $17W and cost accruing I
I will on the 11th tlav of b rt
133 at the hour of 2: od o'clock P r j
of aaid day at the front br of the
i ourt house in the City of Innn in
sud county ami state offer for aale j
NOTICE
If you have freight that
you want picked up
CALL 16
Send Shipments by—
Johnson Motor Line Truck
and sell to the highest bidder f-r c-t-'n
the said property above described to
satisfy said Judgment interest attor-
ney's fee and cost firt offering tid
land for sale subject to the miner il
interest of the defendant Fred H Pr- I
ter and if a bid be received sufficient
to satisfy plaintiff' Judgment Interest
attorney's fee and cnt to ho sell the
same and in the absem-e of ft bid
Indent a aforesaid to immediately re-
oTer said Uml and sell It to the highest
and best bidder a herein directed
Witness my hand this the 5th dv
of August 1133
Karl Kuhs4II Sheriff of Stephen-
('mint y Oklahoma
W Ry ft Waldrip Fndershenff
(SKA I)
1 rnv H ’bn nbei and
Jon A ('lift Attorney
for I lamtiff
(Pun iu S-pi 7
s 'ZyS'J We Take Pride -
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v
In saying we are in trend with
the N R A We have put cn more
men raised wages and shortened hours
We have a complete line of Ford and Chevrolet parts
Goodyear Tires and Tubes and Accessories
Western White Lily and Benzite NoKnox Gasoline White
Lily Oils Texaco and Quaker State Oils
Give us a trial our service and merchandise will
please you
WESTERN OIL CORPORATION
Rhone 52 EMMET WOODARD Mgr
Comanche Station No 1 Okhhoma
Mr and Mrs R T Jackson and
son Ralph left Wednesday lor a
three days trip to Arlington Tex-
as Mr Jackson will also go to
market In Da'las while away
They will be accompanied homej
by their son Grant who wllP
be their guest for a while I
After a three week’s absence
In Oklahoma City Mrs L C
Randle Miss Zoe Randle Mrs
Ruth Gossett and Muss Betty Ann
Randle have returned to their
home Mr Clyde Randle accom-
panied tnem on their drive home
MLv Zoe unJeiwent a nose oper-
ation while away
Mrs George Butts motored to
Waurlka Monday for a visit In
the home of her mother Mrs!
Green
NOTICE
We hav been lortunat in securing Dr H B Nicholas
of Oklahoma City In ear rose and throat work
We are fficcessfully operating on children’s tonsils and
adnoids without the use of a knife
If interested come In and we wljl show you our plan
We have a number of patients on treatment all well pleased
Prepare your child for school
Dr Warner the Eyesight!
Specialist will make regular vis-lx
Its to Comanche Next visit Is! I
Monday September 11th with of-:e
fice at the Rexall Drug Stare
Evei e::aminei ani elas'-e) fi‘tjd
815 Elm
Dellinger’s Clinic
Duncan
Phone 397
We Will Keep Your Money Safe
HAVE MONEY!
To save money REGULARLY Is easy when
once you START When some golden oppor-
tunity comes you will be prepared to grasp it
Opportunity might be Jnst ahead Start
saving today!
Start Saving Regularly NOW
WE INVITE YOUR BANKING BUSINESS
SECURITY STATE BANK
A N HARLEY SIMPSON HURST CARL RICE
President Vice-President Cashier
Phone 11 — Comanche
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Carley, Marion B. The Duncan American (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1933, newspaper, August 17, 1933; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1862630/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.