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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1942
Page
5
Patricia Howard, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harmon Howard of Comanche, graduated with the North Texas State Teachers College class at Denton last week. The Howards attended the exercises.
Comanche County Red Cross Society plans to sew and fill kit bags with comfort items for service members bound for foreign assignments. County Production chairman Mrs. Park Huntington says chapters nationwide will participate and urges public help and cash donations via local stores.
Brightman and Son announce they will not grind feed for the public starting Monday due to a shortage of labor and machinery parts. An advertisement with details is printed elsewhere in this issue.
John A. Mohon and his brother Cager Mohon of De Leon traveled to San Antonio for a short visit this week. J A Mohon's son Richard arrived from Houston where he has been working in shipyards. Sergeant John Travis Mohon returned to his army camp in Phoenix after a several day stay here last week.
The regular meeting of the Old Age Pension Association will meet at the courthouse Saturday Aug. 29 at 2 p.m. The committee will meet an hour earlier. Many important matters are to come up at this meeting and all who are interested are urged to come.
Mrs. M. A. Johnson 67 died at Stephenville August 14 and was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery. Funeral was at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev. Gordon Barrett officiating. Survived by daughters Mrs. Dick Wylie and Mrs. Bill McKaughan of Stephenville and son Lloyd Johnson of Houston. two sons died, infant in King and Jim Johnson in Oakwood. sisters Mrs. D. C. Hurst Comanche and Mrs. Jane Auton Douglas. granddaughter Miss Beverly Ann Wylie of Stephenville. She had lived in Stephenville six years.
A public note expresses sincere gratitude to lodges clubs churches and individuals who contributed to the recreation room for convalescing soldiers at Camp Bowie hospital. The message emphasizes appreciation and notes continued need for support.
Dr. C W Kelley Brownwood Health Unit and Dr. C W Gray Comanche County Health Officer will convene with the County Agricultural Victory Council Federated Clubs head PTA and school leaders. Teachers bankers carpenters loggers and feed dealers meet Monday night August 31 at 8 30 in the County Court Room to discuss Typhus fever spread by rats. Typhus is rising in the state per Public Health Service and appears in nearby counties. Mrs Ruby Rudd has returned from Raymondville.
Tyson Phillips has accepted a position with the Dudley Drugs firm, taking a role within its operations. The move places Phillips in a new leadership capacity at the company and signals expanded activities in its retail and distribution network.
Local note lists visiting couple Mr A and Mrs from Fort Worth staying at a city lodging. The brief item mentions hospitality and social contact during a weekend visit.
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