Selective Service Board Sees Two Members Quit in July
E P Kilgore and Conner S Scott resign from Brown and Comanche county board effective July 31. Kilgore, 76, has chaired since 1948 and cites wife’s ill health. Scott since April 15, 1952 resigns for business reasons. Kilgore replaced by Leonard F Bird of Blanket, Scott by R M Belcher, who becomes chairman. John D Waring Jr remains on the board.
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Selective Service Board
Brown
Comanche Counties
E. P. Kilgore
Conner S. Scott
Kilgore
Paul Wakefield
Selective Service
Morris S. Schwartz
Connerls. Scott
Leonard F. Bird
Blanket
Auvenshine Named Manager at Frick's Friendly Service Station
Glenn Auvenshine of Beattie has completed a year of training at a Humble dealer service station in Abilene and becomes manager of Frick's Friendly Service Station at 502 East Central. Owner T. G. Frick praises the appointment as the station offers 24 hour service and invites customers to drop by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Auvenshine
Beattie
Abilene
Frick
East Central
Auvenshine
T. G. Frick
Mr. Frick
Wanted to Buy Milk Cows for Dairy
Wanted to buy good milk cows for our dairy. Contact V. O. King at Rt. 1, May.
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V. O. King
Community Notes From The Erath County Area
Grateful for encouraging crop prospects this season. Fort Worth couple Mr and Mrs Troy Henson spent the weekend with his father Jack Henson. Mrs J D Stephens attended the Erath Baptist Workers Conference at Purvis church. Several attended the funeral of George Southall at Round Grove. Cathey Cain undergoing polio surgery visits grandmother Mrs Esther Parsley. Parsley home guests include Luther Parsley and family from Midland. Mrs Loggins of near Comanche visits daughter Mrs Clarence Garner. Community members attended revival services at Proctor Baptist and Church of Christ in Dublin. Paul and Effie McCoy from...
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Comanche
Clarence Garner
Proctor Baptist
Church of Christ
Dublin
Troy Phelps
Temple
J. E. Steele
Paul McCoys
Dale McNutt Begins Military Training at Camp Roberts
Pvt. Floyd Dale McNutt of Co Manche has been assigned to Battery C 440th AFA Bn Div Art at Camp Roberts California for his military training. Camp Roberts near the 101 corridor between Los Angeles and San Francisco hosts the Lucky Seventh Armored Division and uses Division Faculty instructors to prepare infantry soldiers.
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Floyd Dale McNutt
Comanche
Camp Roberts
California
Pvt
McNutt
Bristol Rd
Fort Worth
440Th Afa
Seventh’ Armored Division
U.S. High
Way
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Army
Man Who Made Old Rip Famous Toad Derby Guest
EASTLAND invites Boyce House, the newspaperman who sparked Old Rip's fame, as guest of honor for the Horned Toad Derby on August 8 marking the 25th anniversary of Rip's discovery. House, Fort Worth writer with posts in the Saturday Evening Post and author of I Give You Texas, is credited with publicizing the tale.
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Old Rip
Eastland
Rip
Boyce House
House
Fort Worth
Saturday Evening Post
Texas
Notice to Building Contractors for Comanche Frame Project
Sealed proposals for construction of a frame President Engineer's Office at Comanche Texas will be received in Brownwood at 2:00 PM August 17 1953 and publicly opened. Minimum wage rates follow Group III Comanche County per Highway Commission Minute 3133 November 20 1951 with modifications. Plans available at the district office or at Mr P R Huntington in Comanche.
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Comanche
Texas
Robert J. Milligan
Texas Highway Department
P. O. Box
Commerce St
Brownwood
Comanche County
Highway Commission
P. R. Huntington
For Sale 136 Acres Near Dublin Texas
Land sale listing for 136 acres 32 miles south of Dublin Texas with rock and tile house netting fences cross fences stock tank and electric pump two good orchards listing by Mrs Adah Sangster Approved for sale in a local paper.
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Adah Sangster
Dublin
Texas
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