All Home Demonstration Club Picnic At Lake Eanes
A large crowd of Home Demonstration Club members and families is invited to a picnic at Lake Eanes Park on Saturday. Miss Annie Lucy Lane, County Agent, urges attendees to arrive by 10 30 and bring a picnic lunch and sufficient utensils for their families. The event is described as enjoyable and well attended.
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Lake Eanes
Lake Eanes Park
Home Demonstration Club
Annie Lucy Lane
Comanche County
Revival Owens Tonight At Sidney Church
Revival meeting opens tonight August 24 at the Sidney Methodist Church and runs through September 2. Services are at 11 am and 8 30 pm daily with Rev Clyde Pittman of Bangs preaching and Rev W B Morton of May leading song. E C Seay urges all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Methodst
Clyde Vv
Pittman
First Methodist Church
Bangs
W. B. Morton
May Methodist Church
E. C. Seay
Sidney Methodist Church
Comanche High to meet for football plans Friday
Comanche High School boys football will meet in the CHS gym Friday evening at 7 oclock to plan a trip to Lake Brownwood next week. Superintendent Virgil Chaffin says all interested players may attend and will register for the fall semester. Coach John Dyer, stationed in Pennsylvania, is elected coach and should be released from the Army soon, with local captain Pug McMillan guiding the squad temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
Virgil Chaffin
Lake Brownwood
Chaffin
John Dyer
Pennsylvania
Armed Services
Lewis
Pug) McMillan
Dyer
McMillan
Army Air Corps
Texas A. & M. College
Two Big Real Estate Deals Move $45 000 In Realty
Court House News notes two large transfers this week totaling 45000 dollars. J L Thomas of Brownwood sold 730 acres in Sipe Springs area to Scott McWilliams for 21080. Flora C Smith sold 512 acres in Newburg area to T G Prick for 24087.50. A weather line reports a 231 mph wind gust at Mt Washington NH on April 12 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
J. L. Thomas
Brownwood
Sipe Springs
D. & D. Asylum
John Elliott
J. M. Moorman
Scott McWilliams
Flora C. Smith
T. G. Prick
A. Bagley
Grier
Newburg
Mt. Washington
N.H
CHS Students To Register Next Week
Comanche High School sets registration for seniors on August 27 juniors on 28 sophomores on 29 and freshmen on 30. Football players register early for pre season conditioning at Lake Brownwood before the school opens September 3. More than 300 pupils expected. total enrollment may exceed 900 in three schools. Fines issued for running red lights. city criticizes traffic safety enforcement. Horace Busby to preach revival at Comanche Church of Christ August 31 to September 9 with twice daily services led by local ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
E. L. Curb
Comanche
Brownwood
Lake Brownwood
Curb
Horace W. Busy
Fort Worth
Comanche Church
War Toll in Comanche County During World War II
The county suffered heavy costs in lives wounded and imprisonments, with many local residents named as prisoners of war missing in action or killed. Notable casualties include General George Fleming Moore, Jim Bob Lee, John David Milton, Alton Hall, Robert Loudermilk, Lt Gayle Hilley, and others. The roll details incidents from 1942 to 1943 across the Pacific and North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WY Notkins
Alton Hall
H. A. Hall
Comanche
Philippines
Robert Loudermilk
California
Ruth James
J. B
Thomas B. Booker
North Africa
Cpl
Joseph J. Johnson
Comanche High
Leona Seward
Bataan
H. B. Buchanan
F. H. Buchanan
J. O. Jone
Europe
Berin
Carl P. Dry
Charlie Dry
Comyn
Southwest Pacific
Mark Brittain
O. D. Brittain
Lamkin
H. H. Robertson
Army Air Force
Rt. 2
Murray Hamilton
Opal Harris
L. C. Mercer
A. P. Mercer
San Angelo
Worthy Long
Myrtle McCollum
Germany
Maurice Magness
Roxie Magness
South Pacific
Noel Bumgarner
Vera Bumgarner
Gustine
Pfc Steve Banks Returns Home From Pacific
Pfc Steve Banks comes home after twenty eight months in the Pacific. He visits his mother Mrs Texie Banks and says he was well cared for and glad to be back. He will stay thirty days before reporting to San Antonio for reassignment. His younger brother Bobby Banks is a Navy Seaman second class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Steve Banks
Pacific
Texie Banks
Pfc. Banks
San Antonio
Bobby Banks
Navy
Gafford to Preach at Local Methodist Church
Rev A S Gafford district superintendent will preach at the local Methodist Church Sunday morning at eleven. Mrs Logan Williams leads the evening program sponsored by Vacation Bible School as a two week course finishes. Celesta Peck of George town spent a furlough visiting her grandmother. Chas Bowman resided with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Gafford
Logan Williams
Vacation Bible School
Cpl
Finish F. Williams
Celesta Peck
Georgeday
McCook
Nebraska
Chas. Bowman
Work Under Way on New Blackwood Clinic and Hospital
Ground clearing has begun for the Blackwood Clinic and Hospital in Comanche. Construction starts within two weeks on a one story L shaped building costing 30 000 to 35 000 with 36 rooms and potential second floor. Completion is targeted for January 1 1946 under Tom Pate. Dr. E E Blackwood an established surgeon and physician who came to Comanche in 1944 will head the facility.
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Blackwood Clinic
Dora Greene
E. E. Blackwood
Comanche Hospital
Tom Pate
Blackwood
Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas City College of Physicians and Surgeons
Comanche
Comanche National Bank
Raton
New Mexico
Dawson
Texas
Dave Cunningham
DeWitt Claunch
Bryant O. Baker
Overseas Christmas Mailing Window Announced
Postmaster R L Eaton states all overseas Christmas packages must be mailed between September 15 and October 15 to ensure timely delivery. An article detailing the requirements will appear in the next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Eaton
Eaton
Comanche Baptist Association August 29 30 meeting schedule
The notes list two day schedule for the Comanche Baptist Association with devotional periods, mission reports, sermons, and board meetings. Items include readings by Rev. Jimmie Dobbs, reports on associational and state missions, Buckner Orphans Home, evangelism, Christian education, hospitals, cooperative program, and a noon meal, followed by obituaries and adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Carter
J. R. Hickerson
Jimmie Dobbs
T. Arthur Sproles
Foreign Missions
T. J. Sparkman
G. S. Hopkins
Buckner Orphans Home
Frank Reese
E. J. Gregory
E. G. Gregory, Jr
Earl McManus
Roger Smith
Training Union
M. E. Barnett
E. L. Carpenter
Brotherhood
H. H. Inter
Jimmy Dobbs
Ooo
Graham
Jesse Tiner
Darrel E. Nabers
REA Annual Meeting Draws 600 At Lake Eanes Park
About 600 members and guests of Comanche County Electric Cooperative attended the annual membership meeting at Lake Eanes Park on August 18. Directors were re elected and remarks were given by Congressman Sam Russell State Representative Bill Chambers and REA president W S Price. The meeting featured a noon barbecue and prizes with members contributing salads desserts and other dishes. A brief summary of proposed Texas constitutional amendments to appear on the August 25, 1945 ballot followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Electric Cooperative
Lake Eanes Park
Comanche
Eastland
Mills
Brown, Stephens
Callahan
W. S. Price
Gustine
W. S. Clark Blanket
J. D. Guy
Carbon
G. F. Carraway
A. N. Lancaster
May
L. W. Garmon
Brownwood
Edd Townsend
Nimrod
Sam Russell
Bill Chambers
Ory J. Grigsby
REA Ladies Club
Grigsby
Texas
United States
Armed Forces
Armed Force Rescue
United States Maritime Service
United States Merchant Marine
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Waldrops Honored by Chicken Dinner After Navy Leaves
Mrs. R. B. Waldrop hosted a chicken dinner at Ridgeway Hotel Sunday honoring her two sons in the Navy. Fane Waldrop served twenty four months with nine in the Pacific. Dale Waldrop has fifteen months in service and works in the Postal Department at the Naval Hospital in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeway Hotel
R. B. Waldrop
Navy
Fane Waldrop
Pacific
Dale
Naval Hospital
New Orleans
Helene
Billy Brent
Joyce Ellen
Dale Waldrop
Ronnie
Judy
Joe Pat
K. Mewborn
M. E. Davis
Brownwood
Ellen Eoff
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Owens
Sidney Church
CHS
W. C. House
R. ©. Ledbetter
Church of Christ
Busby
Ledbetter
Pfc
Methodist
Comanche Baptist Association
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Dan L. Gaines
David M. Gardner
W. M. Scott
Ray Summers
Gordon Barrett
Charlie Myyrick
Mrs
E. N. Strother
REA
Lake
Claude Isbell
Secretary
Supreme Court
Emmett Day
Kaufman
W. H. Thate
Dr. Day
New Majestic
Woodie Johnson
Saddle Mountaineers
New Majestic Theatre
FBI
Johnny Mack Brown
Outlaws OF
Stampede Pass
Ida Lupino
William Prince
Pillow
Lloyd Nolan
Trudy Marshall _jin
Charles Laughton
Ella Raines
Thur
Thunderhead
Flicka
Roddy McDowell
Dany
Rae
Inns
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