Cotton Farmers Get 85 Percent Parity Loans
Comanche County cotton farmers allied with the AAA can obtain 85 percent of the parity loan on eligible production. The basic national loan rate is 14.02 cents per pound for 7/8 inch middling cotton, based on a parity of 16.49 cents as of August 1, with 15/16 inch middling net weight averaging 14.82 cents. Loans—60 percent for cooperators on eligible acreage—run through CCC and local AAA offices, with a 15 cent per bale classification fee. loans available May 1, 1942, with details on weight, grade, and location differentials applied.
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Comanche County
AAA
A. E al
Corn Committee
Comanche
Boyd
Usda Board of Examiners
E Commodity Credit Corporaor
Ich
Ind
Commo Credit Corporation
Joyce Geye Named Teacher at De Leon Schools
Mrs. Joyce Geye formerly Miss Joyce Williams has been elected as a public school teacher in De Leon. She taught in Comanche schools the past two years and will teach at the New Slope School near De Leon, where the couple will reside.
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H. L .Joyce) Geye
de Leon
Geye
Joyce Willams
New Slope
Check-Up Finds WPA Grapes Juice Not Stolen
Fourteen cases of grape juice reported stolen from the WPA Commodity Office in Comanche were found Friday during a check-up. Sheriff Wid Spivey said an incorrect count led WPA workers to report the juice as stolen, now corrected.
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WPA
Comanche
Wid Spivey
Spivey
Safe Driving Advice Emphasizes Tire Care and Fuel Economy
Gail P. Dudley urges motorists to save tires and fuel by moderate speeds for long trips and smoother starts and stops. Proper inflation prevents uneven wear and tire damage, reducing waste amid rubber shortages and cost concerns.
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Binoth
Gail P. Dudley
Dudley
Nunnally Elected May School Head
Ray Nunnally the athletic coach at May selected as superintendent succeeding Horace E. White. White resigns after 12 years to join Central Texas Gas Company. Nunnally, son of Rising Star residents, Howard Payne graduate and former football backfield ace, will lead growing school with about 400 students and new facilities. Britt Pippen named head football coach.
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Ray Nunnally
May
Horace E. White
White
Central Texas Gas Company
Nunnally
Tom Nunnally
Rising Star
Howard Payne College
Britt Pippen
Brownwood Banner
Head Consolidated Callahan School Elects Leader
Vernon Welch of Beattie, former Proctor High School principal, has been elected head of the Denton Community School in Callahan County. The district is a seven teacher consolidated school.
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Vernon Welch
Beattie
Proctor High School
Denton
Callahan County
Women’s Society set meeting to start new fiscal year
The Women's Society of the Methodist Church will meet next Monday September 2 to open the fiscal year. Rosebud Friends will be chosen for the next three months.
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Women’s Society of the Methodist Church
Rosebud Friends
Cotton Industry Aims to Boost Home Use of Cotton
A. P. Cox states that U S efforts with the National Cotton Council and government programs are increasing domestic cotton consumption from 5 0 0 0 bales in 1935 to a projected 10 000 000 in 1941. He notes exports remain limited and urges expanded home use and new applications such as insulation and cotton based paper.
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Lts Marketing Administration
U. S
A. P. Cox
Comanche County
Cox
SMA
United States
National Cotton Councis
Williams Family Reunion Net Contacts and Dates Change
The J. H. and Lucy Williams descendants held their annual reunion on Monday August 25 at Lake Banes. The next reunion will be on the third Sunday in August. Attendees included numerous Williams relatives and several visitors from Comanche McFarland Austin Boulder and others. Marriages reported since the last gathering Christine Bowman and Jake Hodges. Births Sherry Brockman Troy Wayne Williams and Garry McCullough.
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J. H
Lucy Williams
Lake Banes
Williams
Omie Black
Myrtie Cozart
McFarland
California
J. H. Williams
N. F., Williams
Troy Williams
Preston Jr
Betty
Margaret
Comanche
Bob Williams
Bobbie Jo
Wanda
Dorothy
H. L. Willams
Sue
Luther Steward
Kenneth
Therman McCullough
Dean
Jo Ann
Garry
Andy Bowman
E. G. Gregory
Bob Love
Lula Bowman
Jennie Carter
Charles Brown
Ruth Lester
Bettie Lee
Hazel
Jim Bowman
Christine Bowman
Jake Hodges
Sherry Brockman
Troy Wayne Williams
Garry McCullough
Church Services Schedule for Sunday at Methodist Church
Regular services planned for Lord's Day at the Methodist Church include morning and evening sermons by the pastor. Sunday School begins at 9 45 with Worship at 10 50 a m and 8 00 p m. The union services with Central Christian and Presbyterian groups conclude for the summer season.
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Methodist Church
Union Services To Close Sunday Night
The Central Christian Methodist and Presbyterian churches have held summer union services with pastors preaching at each. The August 3rd sermon was by Rev. 8. L. Jeffrey of the Epic Church. The closing service will be at the Methodist Church with that church's pastor delivering the sermon.
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L. Jeffrey
Epic
Methodist
Opening of School Invites Community to September 1
The notice invites everyone to the opening of school on September 1 with a noon picnic lunch featuring stew. Local residents and visitors are listed among attendees and extended visits are noted from Comanche Dallas Blackwell and other nearby towns.
Separated Unto God Sermon and Union Services At Local Church
The Presbyterian Church schedule lists Sunday School at 10:00 am and sermon at 11:09 am on the theme Separated Unto God. Evening Union Services at 8:00 pm at the Methodist Church. Young Peoples Meeting at 7:00 pm and a Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 8:00 pm. The minister, E. M. Shepard, invites all to worship.
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Methodist Church
Young Peoples
Adcocks Hold Ninth Reunion at Lake Eanes Park
The ninth Adcock reunion for the R A Adcock family of Gustine met August 12 at Lake Eanes Comanche. Family members from Gustine Merkel Abilene Brady Rankin Comanche and other areas attended for a three day session with hospitality from park officials and a birthday diving ceremony for John. The group plans another gathering next year.
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R. A. Adcock
Gustine
Lake Eanes Park
O. J. Adcock
Cora
Elmer
Lela
Merkel
Abilene
R. L. Adcock
Burde
Francis King
Lula Holcomb
Rankin
R. E. Adcock
Ester
Herbert Adcock
Neva
Dwain
James Robert
Regina Ann
Pottsville
Bill Fergusson
T. W. Jackson
Travis Green
Comanche
W. R. Graves
Lubbock
Calvin Barkley
Robert
Brownwood
L. R. Wilson
Ed Williams
Dale White
Billie Johnson
Scott
Dendy Boaz
Alabama
Castle Ellis
Lake Eanes
John
Appy
White Family Reunion Held At Cisco Lake
The White family gathered at Cisco Lake on August 17 with 53 attendees. A day of conversation, picnics, and a bountiful noon lunch honored Mrs. Mary E. White on her 72nd birthday, with relatives from Hamlin Ris ing Star Sipe Springs Comanche McCauley Nimrod Enid Okla and Cisco present.
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Cisco Lake
Mary E. White
Hamlin
Jack White
Bill White
Beattie Church of Christ to Host Friday Meeting and Singing School
Beattie Church of Christ will begin a series Friday night August 29 with Bro Williams preaching. He will also conduct a free singing school with afternoon sessions. Public invited to all services and the school. Beattie School starts September 8.
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Church of Christ
Bro. Williams
de Leon
Ruby Ferguson
Shirley Hillard
Rising Star
Ira Robertson
Hallie Peters
Wallis
Jewell Halbrook
Zualene Wright
Central Christian Church schedules Bible School and services
Bible School and Communion held every Sunday at ten o clock. Preaching on the first and third Sundays at eleven. This fifth Sunday August thirty first has no seven o'clock preaching. Evening union services at the Methodist Church conducted by Pastor C. C. Klingman.
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Bible School
Communion
Methodist Church
C. C. Klingman
College Teacher on Visit Here
Jim Eanes Reese a Texas A and I College instructor and his wife Mrs. Reese are visiting his mother Mrs. Mattie Reese and her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Burton south of Comanche. Reese attended Comanche High School and earned two UT degrees while tutoring there. Mrs. Reese is a former local schoolteacher and Baylor University graduate. Flying above 17 000 feet in the United States is restricted to military and some airline planes. Typewriter ribbons at The Chief.
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Ruby Welch
Comanche
Ora G. Webb
J. W. Landreth
Dallas
N. C. Griffin
B. A. Griffin
W. C. Stark
Jai
New Mexico
Nell Moore
Arthur Hendrey
Blackwell
E Huffman
Cabott Reed
U. S. Air Corps
San Angelo
L. L. Walker
Cisco
C. C. Gilstrap
Stitch and Chatter Club
Alvin Davis
J. K. Smallwood
Lewis Craig
Hattie Clark
J. W. Carter
Gertrude Elliott
Davis
Ralph Huffman
Kermit
Huffman
Skelly Oil Company
Lonnie Lewis
George Cecil Hanes
Patsy
C. F. Huffman
Jimmie Greenlee
Judy McElroy
Cora Mee Greenlee
Bobby Joyce Tubbs
Jimmie Greenee
J. Stark
T. J. Stark
Aubrey Stark
Abilene
F. B. Carter
Jim Eanes Reese
Texas A. & I. College
Reese
Mattie Reese
John Burton
Comanche Lions Club
University of Texas
Baylor University
United States
Statewide races teased for possible 1940 ballots
The piece notes A Woods seeks re election for State Superintendent with R LeRay of Athens or Charles Tergerson of Houston contending. A Johnson run for U S Senator could open a State race. Bascom Giles might run for congressman, with Bill McDonald potentially seeking vindication if Giles runs in 1940.
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I A. Woods
R. LeRay
Athens
Charles Tergerson
Houston
Johnson
U. S
Bascom Giles
Bill McDonald
Giles
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Callahan School
Williams Motor Co
Buick Sales and Service
First Methodist Church
Department of Commerce
Rockies
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E. R. Gordon
Hasse
Presbyterian Church
W. Walsham
E. M. Shepard
Adcocks
By J. E. Adcock
Corintho
Nicaragua
Central Christian Church
Biggs Auto Parts
Eee Food Stores
National Defense Savings
A&p Food
Califoria
Tata Clerc
Sana
Fiona Tomatoes
Armour's Corn
Vienna
Armour's Roast Beef
White House Milk
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