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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1943
Page
1
County agent urges every home to plant a victory garden to ease wartime shortages. With rationing limiting store fruit and vegetables to about 11 percent in can form, households should grow and can fresh produce. The 1943 guidance offers gardening plans and tips for home food production.
Joyce Lee Sliger four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Luther Sliger of Carlsbad New Mexico died en route to the German Hospital from the farm home of T J Sliger influenza meningitis Funeral services were held Saturday at Board Church and burial was in Board Church Cemetery She is survived by her parents a brother Jack William Sliger and a sister Jo Anne Bliger
Leslie H. Hardy 34 of Comanche died Sunday at German Hospital after a long illness following a fall from a ladder while painting at Camp Swift near Bastrop. Services were held at Comanche Funeral Home led by Rev. R. B. Hooper and Rev. E. G Gregory Jr. Interment in Board Church Cemetery. Survived by mother Ida Parker Comanche daughter Vera Nell two brothers Ezra McGregor and Willie Stamford sister Mrs Marvin Dodd Corpus Christi. Hardy had joined the Methodist Church in 1930 and lived most of his life around Houston before moving to Comanche after his injury.
Mrs Billy Helmsley daughter of the late Mrs G A Bruton has returned from Brownwood where she was receiving hospital treatment for a broken ankle.
Wartime appeal urges readers to buy war bonds to shorten the conflict and save lives. The message links home front sacrifice to front line outcomes, insisting every effort, including financial contributions, speeds victory. The 1943 slogan emphasizes men sacrificing lives and civilians lending money.
Eugene Stanton Wilhelm of Comanche has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U S Marine Corps and will complete the officers training at Quantico Virginia before leading Leathernecks in battle. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J H Wilhelm.
Beginning April 5 the Comanche County War Price and Ration Board will have new office hours. Miss Sybil Lam, chief clerk, said the office will be open 8 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 12 15 p.m. Saturdays. The office is upstairs in the Comanche National Bank Annex.
Funeral services were held at Comanche Funeral Home for Severn Beverly Thomas 45 a former Comanche resident who died in San Francisco after a ten day illness from pneumonia. Rev E M Shepard presided Interment was at Oakwood Cemetery Pallbearers included W C Chilton Jack Moore Frank Reese Pat Sullivan Rea T Hoff and Harold Williams of De Leon Thomas born in Comanche February 1 1898 left for California in adulthood worked as a government welder in shipyards he previously served in Navy during WWI but failed to pass the physical He was the son of the late Dr and Mrs L B Thomas and is survived by a sister Mrs Noel P Wilkerson two brothers Cody Thomas and Calvin Thomas.
A play titled Oh, Promise Me will be presented Friday night at the Sidney High School Auditorium by the Seniors under director Mrs. Cyril Irby. Mrs. Jeff Kee Mrs. B C Lynch and Mrs. Beauford Smith visited Mrs. Kuykendale in Comanche week
Executive Secretaries and treasurer Paul Danna witness the Texas Baptist Convention’s check for 33 000 to mark the paid in full settlement. Dr George J Mason and Mrs LaVerne Tittle observe as the note is erased. Ten years earlier the debt stood at ten million dollars.
Governor Coke Stevenson designates the week of April 4 to 10, 1943 as Health and Clean-up Week. He calls on municipal officials health authorities fire departments civilian defense units schools clubs civic groups the media and citizens to participate in health and fire prevention efforts.
Mrs. C B Rogers 47 longtime Comanche County resident died March 27 at her Fort Worth home from a heart attack. Funeral services were held at Mercer Gap Church with Rev E G Gregory Jr officiating. Interment at Mercer Gap. Survived by husband Charlie B Rogers two sons Charles Richard 18 Joe Tom 15 mother T M Gore three brothers and two sisters. Out-of-town mourners included Gertrude Tate Vernon Boyd family from Copperas Cove.
Mr and Mrs Fain Waldrop and their children from Hamilton spent the weekend in Comanche visiting relatives and friends.
The Comanche Garden Club in Higginbotham's booth sold 610 dollars in War Bonds and Stamps. Clubs sponsor weekly sales on Saturdays and first Mondays for months, with White Point Community Club handling this Saturday and Friday Club taking over April 4. The group urges investing at least ten percent of earnings in U S War Bonds and Stamps to support the war effort.
A play titled Sitting Pretty will be staged Friday night April 2 at 8 15 oclock in the Hasse auditorium. Sponsored by the Senior Class the production is directed by Lowell E Burks who promises plenty of fun from start to finish.
Colquitt Ev ridge Williams 37 manager of Higginbotham Bros. Co Rising Star and president of Central Texas Gas Company died in a Galveston hospital after a yearlong illness. Services were held at his parents home with Rev. Taylor and Rev. E G Gregory Jr. officiating. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Williams was born January 26 1906 in Comanche and educated locally then Baylor and Texas Tech. He led civic groups including Rising Star Chamber of Commerce and Boy Scouts troop committee and helped promote the Free Fall Fair. He was married to Addie Lou Posey with two sons and leaves three brothers and two sisters.
Comanche County calls farmers to turn in scrap iron to aid the 1943 war effort. Campaign chair C. F. Denny urges immediate participation as 25,000 pounds already moved. metal not surrendered may be conscripted with no pay if unused on farms.
I F Metcalfe was arrested Wednesday morning by Sheriff Perry St Clair at De Leon and is held to face charges of child desertion. Metcalfe was indicted by the April term grand jury in 1942 and has been a fugitive since then. He was also wanted by the FBI for failure to report to his Selective Service Board in Bosque County.
Miss Maude Kelly of Comanche died Saturday March 27 after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 PM at the Comanche Funeral Home with Rev. E G Baptist Church and Rev. E M Shepard officiating. Interment in Oakwood. Survived by daughters Mrs. D. W. Long of Comanche and Mrs. W. T. Lee of Los Angeles, among others.
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha E. Barker, 93, are set for today in Gustine. Burial will follow in Union Cemetery this afternoon. She had lived in Gustine for 31 years, survived by her son Zack Hammack of Wichita Falls and daughter Mrs. Emma Burt of Gustine.
Alfred Moore about 40 died at his home in the Stag Creek community Friday. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon with Rev Gordon Barrett officiating. Interment was in Stag Creek Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Lela Mae Ash inhurst, his mother Mrs Mary Moore, five children, three brothers, and three sisters.
Uncle Pat Lester, over 90, longtime Comanche County resident, died Sunday in Highland. Funeral and burial were held Monday at Siloam Cemetery near Gustine. A pioneer and famed Indian fighter in his youth, he led a colorful life and is survived by several children.
Mrs. J. S. Vancleave has returned to Comanche after a month with her son Berlie Vancleave of Abilene who is now in the Army and stationed at Camp Sibert Alabama.
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