Comanche County Livestock Men Hold Annual Barbecue
The Comanche County Livestock Association’s annual meeting and barbecue drew more than 250 raisers at Lake Eanes Park. Officers were re-elected with no opposition, including President C M Caraway and Secretary Jim Banes. Directors and guest speakers from Fort Worth and San Angelo spoke on rural school aid, meat marketing, and livestock operations amidst ongoing war.
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Comanche County Livestock Association
Lake Eanes Park
C M. Caraway
Jim Banes
Walter B. Barret
T. R. Helmsley
C. M. Albin
A. H. Caraway
Bob Lane
W. J. Fritts
Wayne Evridge
John Burton
Walter Jack Barret
J. Doss Miller
Harry Huddleston
E. C. Seay
M. E. Stephens
T. J. Williams
Penrose B. Metcalfe
San Angelo
Metcalffe
Comanche County
Fort Worth-Dallas
Metcalfe
Sam Russell
Stephenville
United States
Washington
A. K. Mackey
Fort Worth
Ted Gouldy
ODT
County Court Meets Tuesday Jury Summons Sent
County Court will meet here Tuesday per Judge H. H. Lockridge. Sheriff Wid Spivey mailed summons for 18 men to report Tuesday for jury service. By Thursday 14 replied with Belve Bean E G Wells John Pogue W H Boothe E F Joiner Bob Burton W D Stokes W B Ray Dee Burleson C N Barlow M D Stewart C E Irby C E Linders Elmer St Clair. More jurymen: Edwin A Sorter W C Dunham O O Hatley and O B Phillips.
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H. H. Lockridge
Wid Spivey
Belve Bean
E. G. Wells
John Pogue
W. H. Boothe
E. F. Joiner
Bob Burton
W. D. Stokes
W. B. Ray
Dee Burleson
C. N. Barlow
M. D. Stewart
Gustine Schools Open Monday for New Term
Gustine Public Schools start Monday August 17 with 11 teachers and about 300 students expected. Worth Eargle will be Gustine High principal, replacing D A Swope who moves to Comanche to coach. The district will recess during peanut harvest to ensure labor.
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Gustine Public
P. L. Whitton
Worth Eargle
Gustine
D. A. Swope
Comanche
Mr. Whitton
Dry Cleaners To Reopen Monday After Vacation
The Chief Dry Cleaners will reopen Monday August 17 after a vacation enjoyed by Mr and Mrs Boyce Briscoe. They said business has been unusually heavy this year and wartime conditions made staffing hard, so they took a rest visiting relatives at Swenson. They will be back ready for business.
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Ers
Mrs. Boyce Bris
Missing In Action PFC Joseph J Johnson 26 Comanche
Private First Class Joseph J Johnson, 26, son of Mrs Leona Soward of Comanche, is listed as missing in action after serving as a gun mechanic in the air squadron in the Philippines. He entered the Army in 1940 and was a 1936 Comanche High School graduate. The War Department says he is missing from the surrender date May 7 1942 until further notice.
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Joseph J Johnson
Leona Soward
Comanche
Johnson
Philippine Islands
Comanche High School
Army
Philippines
War Department
Corregidor
J. A. Ulio
Cunningham Reunion Set for August 15 16 in County
The Cunningham Reunion will be held Saturday and Sunday August 15 and 16. It has run for over 40 years and sparked many county reunions making the area first in Texas for number of gatherings. War interrupted some events this year. Next week the paper plans to publish all county reunion write-ups and asks locals to submit theirs.
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Cunningham
Texas
Defense Pictures Shown At Comanche High School
Interesting and instructional pictures will be shown by Texas Ranger W. E. Naylor on the civil protection training program at the Comanche High School Auditorium on Tuesday night August 25. These films should be attended by every Air Raid Warden in the county and as many other civil defense workers in the Comanche area as possible. The films are free and the public is invited.
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Texas
W. E. Naylor
Comanche High School
Homer Garrison, Jr
Department of Public Safety
Camp Mabry
Austin
Comanche
Coast Guard Appointment for Port Arthur Man
Fount Wood of White Point Farner has been appointed a coast guard for the Government at Port Arthur. He passed the physical exam and left Saturday to report for duty.
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Fount Wood
White Point
Port Arthur
Mrs Irene Walker Plans Nebraska Vacation Visit
Mrs Irene Walker efficient secretary of the Farmers Produce and Cheese Company will leave next week for a vacation in Nebraska. She will visit Mamie folks in Ne wresea and travel by unspecified means.
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Irene. . Walker
Farmers Produce and Cheese Company
Mamie
Newresea
78th Annual Session of Comanche Baptist Association
The program outlines the 78th annual meeting at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church September 3–4 1942 with devotions sessions missionary reports ministerial education reports and executive discussions. Notable items include addresses by Dr J R Hickerson and H E Waggoner and obituaries for Ory Beaty.
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MT. Pleasant Baptist Church
Christian Literatu
H. E. Waggoner
J. R. Hickerson
Temperance Ss
Preston Frazier
Ory Beaty
Three and Others Eat During Comanche County Livestock Meet
The annual Comanche County Livestock Association held a business session followed by a barbecue. President C. M. Cara of De Leon praised the beef as strictly choice with strong backing from Vice President Wal.
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Comanche County Livestock Association
C. M. Caraway
de Leon
Wal
Scrap Metal Drive Progressing in Comanche County
The WPA scrap metal drive to aid the war effort is developing nicely in Comanche County but needs more participation. County Chairman C. F. on urges readiness of WPA trucks to collect scrap metal rubber and salvage from any city or rural home and asks residents to notify Mr Denny County Judge H H Lockridge or any county official if trucks have not yet visited.
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Comanche County
C. F. On
Five
WPA
Mr. Denny
Denny
H. H. Lockridge
Comanche Reports 1941 City Tax Collection Exceeds 91 Percent
City Secretary Hardie Jones says 1941 Comanche taxes collected total $23,196.98 with $21,287.96 paid and $1,909.02 delinquent. Delinquent taxes paid in the last year amount to $3,980.37, closing the year at full collection. Mayor W. C. House adds the city follows a pay as you go policy with no new debts and bonds being paid as they mature.
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City of
Comanche
Hardie Jones
W. C. House
Record of Comanche Independent School tax collection
Nearly 92 percent of the 1941 school taxes for the Comanche Independent School District have been paid. Taxes assessed were 17,585.19 with 16,087.36 paid leaving 1,497.83 delinquent. Delinquent taxes collected in the last 12 months totaled 3,626.79, bringing total school taxes collected to 19,714.62.
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Comanche Independent School District
Hardie Jones
Phonograph Records Wanted to Aid Soldiers
The Comanche Chief reports a drive by the American Legion to collect phonograph records in any condition. Bring old records to the Legion office. records will be melted into modern discs for Army camps. A. P. Cox urges all residents of Comanche County to cooperate.
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Comanche
American Legion
Comanche County
A. P. Cox
Allison Named New CHS Vocational Agriculture Teacher
A. L. Allison a 1933 A&M College of Texas graduate was elected as Comanche High School Vocational Agriculture instructor. Reared in Erath County he taught in Wise County before and after serving with the Farm Security Administration. Married with a two year old daughter he was in Comanche Tuesday seeking a residence.
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A. L. Allison
A. & M. College of Texas
Comanche High School
Allison
Anson
Farm Security Administration
Erath County
Stephenville High School
John Tarleton College
Wise County
Paradise
Chico
Comanche
83.5 Percent of 1941 County Taxes Paid on August 1
Eighty three and one half per cent of the 1941 Comanche County taxes had been paid by August 1 per P A Pettit Tax Assessor-Collector. Total county taxes assessed were 112 946 26 with 103 961 33 paid and 8984 93 delinquent including 6369 09 on real estate and 2615 84 on personal property The note excludes state taxes which share the same percentage paid.
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Comanche County
P. A. Pettit
J S Walker Dies at 76 Longtime Sidney Resident
J S Walker 76 longtime Sidney resident died Wednesday after a yearlong illness. Funeral services were held at Pendergrass Cemetery in Sidney with R C Ledbetter of Comanche Church of Christ officiating. Interment followed. Survived by wife Hallie May Merrett, a daughter Mrs Jack Hendrix, and son Romeo Walker of Austin. Born February 8 1866 in Claiborne Parish Louisiana he moved to Texas in 1898 settling in Comanche County. Pallbearers named Loran Armstrong Ottie Cox Carl Walker Jack Hendrix Jr and Horce Perkins.
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J. S. Walker
Sidney
Pendergrass Cemetery
R. C. Ledbetter
Comanche Church of Christ
Pendergrass
Loran Armstrong
Ottie Cox
Carl Walker
Jack Hendrix, Jr
Santa Anna Reader Sends Renewal Note to Chief
Irwin J. Taber of Santa Anna writes to renew his subscription, enclosing a check and stating he cannot do without it. The brief note reflects local reader loyalty to The Chief.
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Santa Anna Reader
Irwin J. Taber
Santa Anna
Housewives Urged To Save And Bring In Scrap Fats
Households are urged to save waste cooking fats and pan drippings and deliver them to cooperating meat dealers or lockers. Four steps explain cleaning, storing, weighing, and payment of 4 cents per pound, with guidance to avoid glass containers and weekends.
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Comanche
de Leon
Sidney School Opens Monday With Community Meeting
Sidney Public Schools will begin on Monday August 17. A community gathering is planned for Saturday August 15 at nine oclock at the Sidney School Building. Superintendent J B Cooper urges all parents to attend to settle matters and start the school year right.
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Sidney Public Schools
Sidney
J. B. Cooper
Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Five Hundred Dollar Domino Parlors License
Comanche City Council approved an ordinance to charge a $500 annual license fee for all domino parlors and domino walls in Comanche, replacing the previous $12 yearly rate. The higher fee takes effect this week.
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Comanche
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