Verse Speaking Choir to Appear in Comanche Program
The Verse Speaking Choir of Texas State College for Women in Denton will perform in Comanche Saturday afternoon April 25 from 3 to 4 with 22 voices directed by Miss Mary K. Sands. Admission is 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. proceeds go to the Comanche Garden Club.
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Comanche Garden Club
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Garden Club
TSCW
Mary K. Sands
London
Texas
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Austin
Houston
Abilene
Temple
Gainesville
Sherman
Bryan
Brownwood
Lutherans Praise Australia for Aiding Safe Missionaries
Delegates at the Texas District convention in Seguin lauded Australia for evacuating Lutheran missionaries from New Guinea. Dr R Taeuber and Rev A H Muehl bradh praised government airlifts saving women and children near Mala lo as Japs attacked. The gathering noted church and state support for soldiers and the Service Centers.
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R. Taeuber
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Lutheran Church
New Guinea
A. H. Muehlbradh
August Drueckhammer
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Priddy
Texas
American Lutheran Church
Seguin
Ackermann
Malalo
Slaamaua
Lae
O. R Scawe
Camp
Shelby
Oliver Grotefend
Bowie
Grotefend
National Lutheran Council
Lutherans of America
M. C. Rieke
San Antonio
Zion’s
Lutheran Church of
District Court Opens as Grand Jury Is Impaneled
The district court began Monday with an empaneled grand jury and Judge R B Cross delivering the charge. Bailiffs were Mark Stephens Elmer Little and Leverett Little with John Gore as door bailiff and W W A Mercer named foreman. Jury members include I B Clemons C B Williams Ben Keith Guy Houser A V Boswell C G Harris O D Morris G T Rudd L R Daniel J P Neel and S W Haggard. Next week usually hosts civil juries but Judge Cross said no demand exists and farmers are busy with crops. Cases disposed include divorce Pell v Pell and injunction Burns v Burns. final decree in Shackelford County. removal petition in Mrs W H Satterfield v Benefit Association of Railway Employees granted.
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R. B. Cross
Mark Stephens
Elmer Little
Leverett Little
John Gore
W.W. A. Mercer
I. B. Clemons
C. B. Williams
Ben Keith
Guy Houser
A. V. Boswell
C. G. Harris
O. D
Tilda Ellen Burns
Robert Elton Burns
Shackelford
W. H. Satterfield
Benefit Association of Railway Employees
U.S. District Court
Denny Vice Elected Vice President of Comanche Chamber
Denny Vice was chosen as vice president of the Comanche Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening to replace Dale Howard who resigned. Tom Burton was elected to the board of directors to fill Howard's former seat. The chamber also voted to erect two large billboards on Highway No. 10 near the city limits to advertise Comanche.
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Co. F. Denny
Comanche
Local School Heads Sugar Registration Announcement
The Comanche area urges all residents to register for sugar rationing at Comanche High School gym. Wholesalers and industrial users register April 28 29 from 8 am to 7 pm. consumers register May 4 5 6 7 with after school hours available. Each family unit must register, and one member may register the entire family. Fire prevention is noted as aiding national defense.
Faith Defines Meeting as Bonding Blessing Effect
A group gathered with a declaring faith as the core trait of the event. Attendees described the belief as a lasting influence that would bless all who partake, marking the gathering as spiritually significant.
Farmers Request Soil Program in Comyn County
Nineteen farmers met in Round Grove to apply for Upper Leon Soil Conservation District help with a watershed wide soil and water plan. W A Morgan led studies. A P Cherry elected community contact. If approved, district aids soils mapping and farm by farm plans this summer continuing into terracing after harvest.
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Round Grove
Comyn
Comanche County
Upper Leon
R. E. House
G. L. Ross
R. H. Gilder
A. P. Cherry
Ivan Ross
J. D. Gardner
G. H. Gilder
Sid Brumbelow
D. C. Gilder
Clyde Hodges
Lela M. Vaughan
R. George
A. F. Kay
Wade George
Herman Gilder
J. P. Barton
H. O
Morgan
May 1 Deadline for Deferred Grazing Applications
Farmers may apply at the AAA Office by May 1 to earn part of the 1942 Soil Building Allowance through deferred grazing. Areas must be livestock free from May 1 to October 1 in Comanche County. Notify the AAA Office by card or phone by May 1, says E L Pierson administrative official.
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AAA
E. L. Pierson
Comanche County
Pierson
Local Baptists Close Successful Revival
The First Baptist Church of Comanche concluded a two week revival with eleven baptisms at the final service and others received by letter. Rev. E. G. Gregory Jr. preached and Tommie Godfrey led singing, then departed to Ranger to lead a revival there.
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First Baptist Church of
Comanche
E. G. Gregory, Jr
Tommie Godfrey
Mr. Godfrey
Ranger
Baptist Church
Employers urged to balance war work and service needs
General J Watt Page urges Texas employers to keep war production while releasing qualified workers for the armed forces. He calls for drastic business readjustments to prioritize essential production and individual deferments, stressing cooperation with Selective Service to minimize disruption to war material output and agriculture.
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J. Watt Page
Page
General Page
Texas
Priddy Delegates Return From Lutheran Convention
Rev. A. H Muehlbrad and August Drueck hammer of Zion's Lutheran Church Priddy report on Seguin District Convention. Main aim to support boys serving as country protectors and aid those in camps. They also attended Golden Jubilee of Texas Lutheran College and hope for future Priddy students next September. Hermann Kopp spent six weeks in Temple Hospital recovering.
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A. H Muehlbrad
August Drueckhammer
Zion
Lutheran Church of
Texas Lutheran College
Priddy
Hermann Kopp
Temple
Lieutenant Ruhmann Visits Comanche on Way to Camp Barkley
Lieut and Mrs Doc Ruhmann and their son are in Comanche for a brief visit en route from Fort Riley Kansas to Camp Barkley Abilene where he has been transferred. Ruhmann was county agent here before entering U S service a few weeks ago.
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Priddy F.F.A
Father & Son
Muehlbrad
Fort Bend County
Muehlbrach
Aleman
Ernest Wedekin
Shive
Hinze
Brownwood
Niemanns
Mf&in
Bruno Schrank
Doc Ruhmann
Son
Comanche
Fort Riley
Kansas
Camp Barkeley
Abilene
Lieutenant Ruhmann
Uncle Sam
Fort Worth Will Rogers rink to open for public skating
The Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth nears completion as a large ice rink with public skating sessions each morning afternoon and night except during Fort Worth Rangers games. Experts will offer free lessons to beginners.
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Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Rangers
Edgewood ROTC Camp Echoes Aggie Rivalry Tale
A Tennessee student recalls Edgewood Arsenal ROTC mess hall eras with sugar requests and taunting from Texas Aggies. The Texas visitors sparked chaos and tobacco juice boasts while the crowd met with calls about dues and pest behavior.
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R.O.T.C
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Robert L. Fischel
University of Tennessee
Texas Aggie
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Orsen
Anny
Service Drug Store
Cara Nome Beauty Creations
America
Durham
Lieut. Ruhmann
Boyce House
Lometa
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