Navy Seaman Reported From Training To Pearl Harbor
Robert L. Buford Prim. 2-c U S N R is now in Pearl Harbor after five months of boat training in San Diego California. He traveled via Treasure Island San Francisco and Hawaii where he has served about 22 months. Douglas Buford S 2-c Fort Pierce Florida trained in the Great Lakes Illinois then Boston Massachusetts and is now in amphibious force service training.
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Robert L. Buford
Pearl Harbor
San Diego
California
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Hawaii
Douglas Buford
Fort Pierce
Florida
Great Lakes
Illinois
Boston
Massachusetts
Amphibious
C C Glenn sells Norton gin plant to Morrison Ely Co
After 25 years as Norton cotton farmers gin man C C Glenn sells his gin plant and business to Morrison Ely Company. He began the gin business at Maverick and has owned and operated the Norton gin for the last 25 years. Glenn plans to devote time to farming interests and town realty.
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Norton
C. C. Glenn
Morrison-Ely Company
Oi. Glenn
Maverick
Glenn
Thore Ehly
Bronte-Maverick-Norton
Bronte Deer Hunter Reels In 10 Point Buck
Gulf Service Station manager Will Wrinkle returns with a 10 point buck after a weekend hunt at Fort Stockton. Wrinkle and Bud Bell traveled Sunday and Monday morning Wrinkle went out stalking while Bell joined for the outing. Bell did not hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Wrinkle
Gulf Service
Bronte
Mr. Wrinkle
Bud Bell
Fort Stockton
Bill
Bell
John Tarleton Student Recounts Weekend Absence
A fragment notes a student from John Tarleton spent the weekend away. The tersely worded entry mentions no further details about location or reason, offering a brief glimpse into a campus diary item.
Americans Visit Allied Beachhead Memorials After Combat
The narrator describes flying from London to Normandy near the main invasion beach and meeting Colonel Leland B. Kuhre. They tour fortifications, bomb craters, and graves where French women leave flowers for American soldiers, emphasizing quiet acts of remembrance.
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London
Normandy
Army
Leland B. Kuhre
Gladys Glenn Weds J T Gray in Ranger Nuptials
Miss Gladys Glenn of Abilene married J T Gray of Fort Worth in Ranger on November 10. The Bronte native, daughter of the late W A Glenn, previously worked at Bronte’s First National Bank and later managed offices at St John Motor Co in Abilene. Gray heads the Veterans Administration in Fort Worth and enjoys wide local popularity.
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Ranger
Gladys Glenn
Abilene
J. T. Gray
Fort Worth
Miss Glenn
Bronte
W. A. Glenn
Ballinger-Maverick
Country
Gray
First National Bank
Aihlene
St. John Motor Company
West Texas
Veterans ’ Administration
4 H Girls Plan Clothing and Gardening Demonstrations for 1945
Coke County 4 H Club Girls outline 1945 program with clothing and gardening as main demonstrations. Nine 4 H ers and two sponsors from four clubs meet at the courthouse to plan a two day encampment in July and exhibits, tours, and etiquette and room by room improvements. Walter Scott joins as paid in advance subscriber this week.
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Coke County
Fay D. Croslin
Court House
Croslin
Palmer Allen Family Reunion Honors Returning Corporal
The Palmer and Allen families held a reunion at Mrs. O E Allen home to honor Cpl Orval Allen home from overseas after two years. Attendees included F A Stubblefield family from Winslow and many relatives from Abilene San Angelo Brownwood and Robert Lee. Cpl Alvin C Allen and Pvt Cecil H Allen are overseas in Belgium and the Southwest Pacific.
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Palmer
Albert Palmer
Brownwood
Dale Green
San Angelo
Lill Palmer
Tennyson
I. E. Lloyd
O. E. Allen
Cpl
Orval Allen
Wm. Vanderland
D. A. Palmer
Curtis Walker
Harvey Palmer
Chrystelle Mathers
Fred Campbell
Robert Lee
Coke County Sets 100000 Quota For War Bond Drive
Coke county Texas is assigned a 100000 quota for the sixth war bond drive launched Monday. L T Youngblood leads the fundraising effort with American Legion posts in Robert Lee and Bronte aiding. He urges every patriot to buy bonds to speed the war’s end and bring Coke county’s boys and girls home.
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Bronte
Coke County
Texas
L. T. Youngblood
Youngblood
American Legion
Robert Lee
Mr. Youngblood
Shortage concerns loom as Paris faces coal and food gaps
Reporters describe strained supply lines with 3,000 tons of food daily reaching Paris about half of the city’s normal needs. Worries focus on coal prospects for winter while many stores are closed or poorly stocked.
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Paris
December 1944 election set for Coke County community committeemen
Triple A Community Committeemen for Coke County will be elected on December 14, 1944 to serve January 1 1945 through December 31 1945. Farmers choose committeemen for each community and delegates from meetings will name county committeemen and alternates. Elections mirror local school votes and town meetings, emphasizing democracy in action as the war nears completion. The exact polling place and time will be announced later.
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Coke County
C. N. Webb
County Aaa
AAA
Miss Glenn Enjoys Weekend Home From Big Spring Daily Herald
Miss Betty Jo Glenn, daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Glenn, spent the weekend with her parents in Big Spring. She works for the Big Spring Daily Herald and says she is having a barrel of fun as a cub reporter.
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Betty Jo Glenn
Texas Farm Groups Set 1945 Production Goals Meeting
Leaders from farm groups and state agencies will gather in College Station November 27 and 28 to set Texas crop and livestock targets for 1945. War Food Administration guidance and national needs will shape the plan, with AAA and USDA War Board officials present to explain outlooks on requirements labor fertilizer and machinery.
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College Station
Texas
AAA
B. F. Vance
War Food Administration
Vance
Marvin Jones
WFA
Texas Usda War Board
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E. K. Buford
Buford
Lack. Good
John Tarleton
Our
Washington
Eve
O. C. Fisher
J T. Gray
Walter Scott
Mr. Scott
Walter
Palmer-Allen
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