CHS Cagers Open Practice and Schedule for Gustine Games
Comanche High School begins basketball practice for boys and girls under Coach John Dyer. District 10-A play starts January 4 with games against Gorman De Leon and others, plus a planned December 13 prelude vs Gustine. Sixty players, fourteen boys and eighteen girls, are in training with local support urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dyer
Comanche High School
Gyymnasium
Gorman
Comanche
de Leon
Dublin
Fastland
Hamilton
Hico
Me Tenn
Hire
District 10
Coach Dyer
Dyer
T. Fritts
J. Riley
J Gore
G. Samuels
R. Armstrong
T. Scott
C. Grayson
F. Kerley
B. Wilkerson
D. Biggs
D. Massingill
K. Hicks
O. Ormsby
J. Mophew
Betty Lou Parker
Martha Sue Parker
Nadine Ferrill
Rita Lloyd
Marie Bear
June Johnston
Delphine Morgan
Billie Jo Kirkland
Peggy Seals
Faye Kirkland
Claudine Perkins
Carmaleta Williams
Fay Williams
Jo Curry
Billie Ruth Davis
Gertrude Elliott
Elouise Marshall
Joan Welch
Mrs. Kate Britain Claimed By Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Britain 73 of Lamkin were held at the Hamilton Methodist Church Friday afternoon November 30 with the pastor and Elder Len Daiton officiating Burial followed in Gentrys Mill Cemetery She was the widow of O D Britain and a longtime Lamkin resident Eight children Kemp Ross Earl Wade Mark Fred Ruth and Opal were born to the couple all were present for the rites She is survived by five grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Britain
Lamkin
Hamilton
Hamilton Methodist Church
Len Daiton
Gentry's Mill
Britain
O. D. Britain
Kate Wright
Kemp
Ross
Earl
Wade
Mark
Fred
Ruth
Opal
Pulpit Committee Report Planned at Comanche Church
Roy Brannan announces the pulpit committee of the First Baptist Church of Comanche will report next Sunday at eleven o clock. A vote on selecting a pastor will follow the report. Chaplain J W Mason of McCloskey General Hospital Temple recently returned from overseas Army duties preached at the local church last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Brannan
First Baptist Church of
Comanche
J. W. Mason
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Ev J D Smoot to Preach at Sipe Springs Church
Rev J D Smoot of Comanche will preach Sunday morning December 8 at 11 o clock at the Sipe Spring Methodist Church in a standard worship service.
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EV. J. D. Smoot
Sipe Springs
J. D. Smoot
Comanche
Sipe Spring M
Santa Letters To Be Printed In The Comanche Chief
The Comanche Chief will publish children letters to Santa Claus as a yearly custom. Letters may be mailed to Santa Claus care of The Chief or brought to the Chief office. A special copy will be sent to Santa at the North Pole. Public school teachers may submit letters for their pupils.
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Santa Claus
Santa
North Pole
Robet Long Named Comanche County Attorney
Robert Long a 28 year old attorney and former Army Air Corps officer was appointed Friday by the Commissioners Court as Comanche County Attorney succeeding Fred O Jaye. Long will assume duties Friday and is a Sweetwater resident, UM grad from UT Law 1941. He flew B 17 missions over Europe with the Eighth Air Force and is married, lodging in Comanche while seeking a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Long
Army Air Corps
Armed Services
Commissioner’s Court
Comanche County
Fred O. Jaye
Sweetwater
McMurry College
Abilene
University of Texas Law School
Long
Eighth Air Corps
Comanche
Oklahoma Weekend Visit By Coker and Houck Families
Mr and Mrs Jerrel Coker spent the weekend in Oklahoma visiting their daughter and Mr and Mrs Cecil Houck keeping a cordial family gathering in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Jerrel Coker
Oklahoma
Cecil Houck
National Quartet Set for CHS Auditorium Concert
The National Quartet will perform at Comanche High School Auditorium on Wednesday night December 12 under Gartman’s View Freewill Baptist Church. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. A report notes the group is among the state's best and urges music lovers to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Quartet
Comanche High School
Gartman’s View Freewill Baptist Church
Gartman’s View Church
Walker Receives Honorable Discharge Returns Home
J. D. Walker, formerly an electrician for Service Drug Store, has been honorably discharged from Navy service and returned home to his family. He plans to resume work at the store after a short rest and is recognized as an outstanding local electrician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Walker
Service Drug Store
Navy
Mr. Walker
Union Community Club Organized
A Union neighborhood community club formed last Tuesday at C. L. Evans home. Officers: C. L. Evans president S. R. Savage first vice president R. S. Goodman secretary C. L. Adcock treasurer A. J. Boucher reporter D. G. Williams building trustee. Next meeting December 14 at 7 p.m. at D. G. Williams home. Attendance was good. games followed the business session. Refreshments will be served. all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
C. L. Evans
S. R. Savage
R.S. Goodman
C. L. Adcock
A. J. Boucher
D. G. Williams
Miss Katherine Ory to Wed W J Shumpes
Invitations announce the December 29 wedding of Miss Mary Katherine Ory and William Joseph Shumpes. The ceremony will occur at the Ory residence 501 West Duncan Avenue Comanche. The bride is the daughter of Dr and Mrs Teeneth L Ory and UT graduate. The groom is a former Army captain now a student at Washburn University Topeka and member of Phi Delta Theta. The couple will reside in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Katherine Ory
William Joseph Shumpes
Ory
West Duncan Avenue
Comanche
Miss Ory
Teeneth L. Ory
University of Texas
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Shumpes
Washburn University
Tokepa
Kansas
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Topeka
AAA Election Set For December In Comanche County
Machinery was set in motion to elect AAA farmer committeemen in Comanche County s fifteen farming communities. Nomination committees named ballot candidates and voting boxes open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday December 8 at listed sites. To vote you must be an owner operator tenant or sharecropper with AAA or FCIC contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Comanche County
A. E. Boyd
Community Aaa Committee
County
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Boyd
Comanche
Proctor
Gustine
First State Bank
Energy
Newburg
Beattie
Lamkin
Wilson
Fairview
van Dyke
Sidney
Jones Feed
de Leon
Duster
Oliver Spring
Sipe Springs
Downing
Houston Beaty
Imola
Mercer Gap
White Point
Death claim of A L Colcleasure Van Dyke resident
A L Colcleasure a 86 year old Van Dyke resident died December 2 at the local clinic and hospital after a day of treatment. Funeral services were held at Zion Hill Baptist Church with Rev T N Carter and Rev Gordon Barrett officiating. Interment followed in Zion Hill Cemetery. A retired farmer, he was born September 13 1865 in Arkansas and moved to Texas as a young man and was active in the Van Dyke community and a Baptist church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln Colcleasure
Comanche County
van Dyke
Colcleasure
Zion Hill Baptist Church
T. N. Carter
Gordon Barrett
Comanche
Zion Hill Cemetery
Death claims Comanche lumberman Wade Evridge after long service
Wade Evridge 62 of Comanche a longtime Higginbotham Lumber Yards manager and prominent local businessman died at a Temple hospital after a week of treatment. Funeral services were held at the Comanche Funeral Home with many out of town attendees and interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Miss Nelsen Wyatt and four sons I G Evridge Ben Joe and Tom Evridge, plus four sisters and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Evridge
Comanche
Higginbotham
Temple Hospital
Evridge
C. C. Klingman
Central Christian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Evridge
Comanche County
Kentucky
Louisville
Ben Evridge
Nelsen Wyatt
I. G. Wyatt
I. G. Evridge
U. S. Army
France
Ben
Joe
Tom Evridge
Ben Thompson
San Antonio
T. J. Williams
Fob Dickerson
Paris
Roy Sanders
la Port
Tonie
Thomas Wade Evridge
Ex-Convict Isham Escapes Jail Again in Comanche County
Ex-convict Bill Isham escaped from the Comanche County jail on Sunday night December 2, using a broken lock on cell shutters and a window drop aided by a blanket. Isham, about 150 pounds, had been jailed for burglary at Joe's Service Station and awaited transfer to the State prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Isham
Erath County
Stephenville
Comanche County
W. P. St. Clair
Isham
Sheriff St. Clair
Joe
Roy A. Jones Promoted to Sergeant in Japan
Roy A. Jones of Comanche has been promoted from private to sergeant while serving in Kyushu Japan with the 198th Engineering Dump Truck Co. He has eleven months in the service and six months overseas. his wife and daughter live in Comanche.
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Roy A. Jones
Comanche
Kyushu
Japan
Jones
198Th Engineering
Set
Singing Sunday at Comanche Freewill Church
Charlie Marshall of Van Dyke announces a singing gathering at Comanche Freewill Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. Attendees should arrive by two o clock and bring their song books for the event.
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Comanche Freewill Baptist Church
Charlie Marshall
van Dyke
Marshall
Major Operation Reported For Mrs Purcella At Brownwood
Mrs A W Purcella underwent a major operation Tuesday at a Brownwood hospital and is reported to be progressing as well as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Purcella
Comanche
Brownwood Hospital
Local Hospital Notes Include Minor Procedures
Virginia Gossage had a minor operation on December 5 at the local hospital. George Grimshaw underwent a minor operation on November 30. A tonsillectomy was performed at the local hospital for J. P. Smith Harold May and Louise Tinney.
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Virginia Gossage
George Grimshaw
J. P. Smith
Harold May
Louise Tinney
Highway Project Near Newburg Delayed Over Right of Way
State Highway Department cancels December 4 1945 setting for the Comanche‑Goldthwaite road on Highway 16 near Newburg because Comanche County Commissioners Court could not secure required right of way. If the county locates all rights of way within sixty days the project may be reinstated. funds may be reallocated otherwise. The move is tied to postwar job provision for returning veterans.
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State Highway Department
Comanche-Goldthwaite
Mills County
Comanche County
O. E. Rippetoe
Leo Ehlinger
Brownwood
Marriages and court actions in De Leon region
Court and county records report numerous marriages with dates in November and officiants named. The State vs Wesley Elliff case results in a $100 fine for driving while intoxicated. Deeds recorded detail transfers of land and property valued at thousands of dollars among multiple couples and families.
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A. C. Hanifan
Lodetta Johnson
W. M. Scott
Richard T. Stanley
Gretchen Horton
Gordon Barrett
Darren M. Long
Francee Holdridge
H. B. Holdridge
J. L. Clements
Addie L Wilkins
W. B. Smith
de Leon
J. W. Brown
Mary Louise Horton
E. H. Little
T. J. Stark
T. George
F. G. Adcock
J. D
E. Moore
H. S. Parker
Ottis Parker
J. O. Stewart
M. B. Carter
Z. S. Brooks
O. D. Johnson
Mark Montgomery
Gustine
Whitfield
Earl Jenkins
Curtis Bass
S&s. Gabler
Foreman announces birth of son Jerry Thomas
Mr and Mrs Thomas Foreman of Comanche announce the birth of a son Jerry Thomas born Tuesday November 27 at Blackwell Sanitarium Germany. The new arrival weighed nine and a half pounds. Mother and child at home here now.
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Thomas Foreman
Comanche
Sidney Star Route
Jerry Thomas
Blackwell Sanitarium
German
Tar Heels Identify North Carolina Residents
The term Tar Heels is used to describe people from North Carolina often linked to state basketball fans and historical lore about perseverance and regional pride. This label appears in sports and cultural references across local and national discourse.
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North Carolina
Tar Heels
Hoffman's Ad Gains National Advertising Toast
Hoffman's Department Store advertisement in The Chief from December 1944 earned national notice when reproduced in Publishers Idea, a Des Moines based service showcasing standout ads. The Chief features Hoffman's gag titled Well, Snap On My Antlers and Call Me Blitzen, continuing Sol Hoffman’s six year run as a consistent Comanche advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman's
Publishers
Idea
Des Moines
Iowa
Hoffman’s
Blitzen.” the Advertisement Is Reproduced In This Week's Issue of the Chief
Hoffman
Sol Hoffman
Comanche
Presbyterian Services Next Sunday Sermons
Next Sunday morning at 11:98 the pastor will preach on "Me Before God" and at 7 p.m. the theme will be "An Elders Letter." The public is cordially invited by Pastor W. B. Gray.
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W. B. Gray
Real Pathos: Nightly duty of a tired bar bearer
A weary bartender faces the ironies of adult life as he returns home to mow his own lawn after a long shift. The scene captures simple, grounded struggle and a quiet, relatable resolve.
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Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Dallas
Nathan Adams
Board of Trustees
Johnnie Watson
Hughes Springs
Cass County
Johnnie
Adams
Texas
Mr. Adams
District 10-A
W. L. Hamilton
Baptist Church
Robet Long
Chs Auditorium
George M. Sullivan
Lizzie Sullivan
Taylor
Presbyterian Church
Sullivan
Sullivan Brothers
Daniel Baker College
Presbyterian Seminary At
Austin
John Sullivan
Philippines
U.S. Army
Hamilton High School
Walker
Union Community Club
Katherine Ory
W. J. Shumpes
E. Pierson
County Aaa
A. L. Colcleasure
Hakes
Freewill
Hospital News
Ehlinger
Elizabeth Keeny
Driskill Hotel
George of
Francisco
Court House News
Henry James Powell
Billie Elois Miller
John Co. Jurney
Oma T. Gandy
Co. W. Dabney
Charlene Frame
G. J. Matthews, Jr
Christine Godfrey
Loretta Johnson
Troy Caraway
Dorothy Evelyn Jobe
Mrs. Foreman
Presbyterian Services
New Majestic Theatre
Charles Starrett
Rockies
John Hodiakine “& Bell
Tierney
Otto Kruger
Jungle
Amelita Ward
Falcon
San Francisco
Rita Corday
Maria Montez
Sudan
John Hall
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