Canvass to raise $30,000 for Comanche County memorial center
Campaign opens to fund an American Legion Memorial Community Center honoring World Wars I and II veterans. Over $7,000 raised already with donors including Higginbotham firms and the Higginbotham Burial Association, plus a $1,000 Series F War Bond from the Comanche Chamber of Commerce. Committees plan house-to-house solicitations today to reach at least half the goal, with funds placed in escrow for the center and related sponsorships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Comanche County
Comanche
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Comanche Funeral Home
Higginbotham Burial Association
T. J. Williams
Higginbotham Organization
Higginbotham
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
J. B. Allcorn
Legion
Comanche American Legion Post
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Garden Club
Study Club
American Legion Memorial
J. B. Albcorn
Roy Brannan
Charles Marshall
E. Paul Jeanes
W. H. Thate
C. W. Gray
Ira Clemons
J. H. Tupin
Vasco Lee
Berta Goodson
Post
Tokyo Raid Casualty Report for Cpl Truman Vines
Cpl Truman Vines of Comanche landed in Saipan three weeks earlier and participated in the third raid over Tokyo on November 30. A gunner on a B 29 Super Fortress he is the son of Mr and Mrs E C Vines and a former Comanche High School basketball star. His training was at Kingman Army Air Field and Smoky Hill Army Air Base. His wife Missie Guthrie resides at 3127 Emmett Street Cal.
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Cpl
Truman Vines
Comanche
Saipan
Tokyo
Associated Press
Missie Faye Guthrie
Cpl. Vines
E. C. Vines
Comanche High School
Kingman Army Air Field
Kingman
Arizona
Smoky Hill Army Air Base
Salinas
Kan
Emmett Street
Cal
Peggy Edmondson Killed Here In Car Accident Sunday
Peggy Joyce Edmondson a 15 year old Comanche High School queen died in a late Sunday automobile crash on the 36th Division Memorial State Highway near the west city limits. The car she rode in overturned after a collision with another vehicle. Patty Jo McDonald and Harold Gene McGlothlin were injured, Brent Rauhut and Joe Alexander uninjured. Funeral services were held Monday at the First Baptist Church with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Joyce Edmondson
I. M. Edmondson
Comanche
36Th Division Memorial State Highway
Edmeondson
Brent Rauhut
John Tarleton
Comanche High School
Miss Edmondson
Patty Jo McDonald
Harold Gene McGlothlin
Betty Ruth Roberts
Joe Alexander
Dublin
Roberts
Lawrence Trading Post Gains Attention Near Harmony
Lawrence Trading Post, one of Comanche County's newest businesses, carries its first advertisement in The Chief. Located 7 miles from Comanche on Democrat Star Route near Harmony, the post has been open a few months and is doing a good business with buying and selling featured in this issue's ad.
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Comanche County
Aig
Lawrence Trading Post
Comanche
Harmony
Lawrence
Lt Wyatt Morris in Philippines with 7th Infantry Division
Lt. Wyatt Lee Morris, in the Philippine Islands with the 7th Infantry Division, reports from Leyte Island. He notes warm weather, frequent rain, sleeping in water, bananas and coconuts, locals perceived as not progressive, and censorship limits on news reaching the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt Lee Morris
Philippine Islands
7Th Infantry Division
Tootsie Morris
Comanche
Morris
Leyte Island
Philippines
Pvt Allan Beck Wounded in Action in Germany
Pvt Allan Beck of Comanche has been slightly wounded by shrapnel in Germany. He was evacuated to a French Army hospital after the injury to his neck and reports through his wife Jewel Kirkland that he is progressing, with the shrapnel removal completed.
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Allan Beck
Germany
Jewel Kirklana
Beck
France
Dining and appetite divide the world in two classes
The remark divides people into those who eat more than they crave and those who crave more than they eat, illustrating a playful view of consumption and desire.
Pocket Testament League Team to Sing at Comanche Church
The Pocket Testament League Gospel Team from Camp Bowie will perform at First Methodist Church in Comanche Sunday at 11 00 AM. The group includes a singing trio and Mr and Mrs Edward Martin who will speak on their camp work under War Department authorization. They have visited forty camps in eighteen months and given New Testaments to soldiers reaching over sixty five thousand men. Rev R B Hooper invites all to attend.
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Comanche
First Methodist Church
Camp Bowie
Pocket Testament League
Edward Martin
Martin
War Department
Comanche Soldier Floyd D. Coker Wounded in Germany
Staff Sergeant Floyd D. Coker husband of Irene Warren of Comanche was slightly wounded in Germany on November 23. He was hit in the leg by shrapnel, shattered the bone, and was treated first in Holland before evacuation to France. Coker, a 1938 Comanche High School graduate and former athlete, enlisted in 1942 after working at A P Tea Co. He has a two year old son, James Ronald, and a brother Jim Coker serves in the U S Coast Guard.
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F. D. Coker
M. V. Coker
Irene Warren
Comanche
Germany
War Department
Floyd D. Coker
Holland
France
Coker
Comanche High School
Romee Walker
Tr. 25
India
Austin
Walker
University of Texas
Jack Walker
England
Department of Internal Revenue
Houston
State Department
Jim Rutherford
Virginia Walker
J. S. Walker
Wounded Soldier Wilburn L Wilson Counted Wounded Again
Pfc Wilburn L Wilson of Co Manche was wounded in action in France on November 17 following an August injury that sent him to an Army hospital in England. War Department telegram states he was slightly injured and that further condition reports would follow.
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Wilburn L. Wilson
Comanche
France
Webb Wilson
War Department
Pfc
Unique War Bond Advertisement By County War Finance Committee
A War Bond advertisement on page three, authored by C. P. St. Clair, offers a new view on why to buy War Bonds. St. Clair, recognized as an advertising authority, presents a distinct approach from typical War Bond campaigns.
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County War Finance
Carlile Wounded In Germany Action
Pfc. Ernest E. Carlile of Sidney was wounded in Germany and sent to a United States Base Hospital in France. He suffered a knee injury while serving with the Fueineers of the First Army. His brother Tech-Set. Jake Carlile is also in Germany, while another brother Staff Sergeant Virgil V. Carlile was killed at St Lo. The couple also received the Purple Heart posthumously for Virgil.
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Ernest E. Carlile
Sidney
Germany
United States
France
L. W. Carlile
Carlile
Fueineers
First Army
Jake Carlile
Virgil V. Carlile
St. Lo
Sgt
Virgil Carlile
Gustine High presents three act comedy for Sixth War Loan Drive
A special three act play Too Many Relatives will be performed Friday night at the Gustine High School Auditorium to aid the Sixth War Loan Drive. Admission is free though attendees will be urged to buy bonds. bonds on sale thirty minutes before show and between acts. The cast includes Edmond Barnett Merline Stanton Bruce Chambers Harry Gene Miller Jo Miller Marilyn Miller David Franks Peggy Hayes LaVerne Van Winkle and Jimmy Reese.
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Gustine High School
George R. Willis
Gustine
Roland Miller
Odis Petsick
Mr. Willis
REA Office Here to Close for Christmas
The Comanche County REA office will close from December 23 to December 26 for Christmas holidays per superintendent A. C. Thomas.
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REA
Comanche County Rea
A. C. Thomas
Comanche Chief to Print Annual Christmas Greetings Edition
The Comanche Chief will publish its Christmas Greetings Edition next week with good wishes from local businesses and final pre holiday ads The paper honors Lt Romee Walker killed in action on November 29 and notes family details and Purple Heart recipients The issue will also feature Santa letters from local children and extended war bond and Veterans Memorial Building fund notes
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Comanch
Comanche Chief
Comanche
Texas
Comanche County
Veterans Memorial Building Fund
Santa Claus
Santa
Former Teacher And Missionary Dies Rites Here
Miss Agnes Graham a Comanche Ward School teacher who resigned for illness died in El Paso. Funeral planned at First Methodist Church in Comanche. She taught here for years and served 18 years as a missionary to Korea. A zealous Methodist worker known across Southern Methodism. She returned from Korea about a decade ago due to her mother's illness and resumed teaching.
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Agnes Graham
Comanche Ward
el Paso
First Methodist
Comanche
Miss Graham
Korea
Baby Found Dead In Bed In Comanche
Three month old Eugene Forrester Jr. was found dead in his crib in Comanche after a night with his mother. Funeral services were held at the Comanche Funeral Home with Rev. Gregory officiating, interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by parents and a 16 month old sister Yvonne, grandfathers Lewis Forrester and Rob Steele, and aunt Mrs. Mattie Sanford. The baby had been healthy until a week before.
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Clifton Eugene Forrester
Eugene Forrester
Comanche
Comanche Funeral Home
B& G. Gregory, Jr
First Baptist Church of
Oakwood Cemetery
Yvonne Forrester
Lewis Forrester
San Saba
Rob Steele
Mattie Sanford
Pvt Melton Stevens Wounded in Action in Tarsland
Pvt Melton E Stevens of the 110th Airborne Division was seriously wounded in action in Tarsland on October 5, reported to his father A O Stevens Rt 1 Comanche. His unit earned the Distinguished Unit Badge for Normandy invasion work. On D Day he described a vivid scene from a glider and noted excitement around him. His brother Albert C Stevens, a pharmacist’s mate, has returned from Alaska and is stationed in Virginia.
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Pvt
Melton E. Stevens
11011St Airborne Division
T%sland
A. O. Stevens
Comanche
Pvt. Stevens
Albert C. Stevens
Alasa
Virginia
Miss Clair Whitten Spends Weekend in Abilene
Miss Clair Whitten spent the week end in Abilene visiting home folks.
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Miss Clair Whitten
Abilene
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Peggy Edmondson
First Baptist Church
E. G. Gregory, Jr
Oseph Stacy
Harold Pate
Bill Wilkerson
Gene Arthur
Bobby Marshall
R. L. Flannagan
Charles Lane Dudley
Peggy
Carl Brumbelow
Marion Wilkerson
Elland Fagan
Arden Lewis
Gregory
Malcombe
C. M. Edmondson
Robert Sneed
Lawrence Alexander
Sam Edmondson
Roby
W. C. Sturdivant
Vernon
Glenna
Jane Sturdivant
Robert Snead
Russell Howell
de Leon
Bill Stacy
Olin Dellis
Bobbye Nell
Lampasas
John Jordan
Hamilton
J. M. Stalcup
Cleburne
Dena Lou Cox
Fort Worth
W. T. Edwin
Brownwood
Gladyce Miller
Patsy Heatley
Billie Lou Daniels
Marie Butler
Jo Ann Smith
Betty Keith
Harry Harris
Freida Schnare
Johnny Pearson
Joe Lee
Leroy Williford
Stella ‘Taylor
Roy Liles
Dolf Nichols
Frank Hamilton
Rex Browning
Arizine Monroe
Ruby Wyatt
Johnnie Mae Vickers
Effie Hall
M. L. McDonald
Wyatt Morris
Allan Beck Hurt
Beac
Jans
MH. E. Stevens
New Majestic
Saturday Night Crew
Y“ Aldrich
Cupid
Jimmy Lydon
John Litel
Kay Kyser and
Joan Davis
Irene Dunne
Alan Marshall
Dover
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