Many Comanche County Servicemen Receiving Honorable Discharges
Comanche County Selective Service Board released a list December 12 naming numerous local servicemen who have received honorable discharges. The compilation includes Williard Cone Robbinett Fimo Lee Snow Hezzie Carlton Dean Alvin W. Gafford and many others, totaling over a hundred names across multiple families and towns.
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Comanche County
Comanche County Selective Service Board
Williard Cone Robbinett
Fimo Lee Snow
Hezzie Carlton Dean Alvin W. Gafford James Woody Hughes Maurice Maxwell Gugger
Will Hellum Jones
Buford Sylvester Carter
Jake Valentine Timmons
J. D. Hicks
Paul Buckner Hornburg
Stanley Clark Hansford Emmett Earl House
Roy Eugene Lightfoot
Tom Zack Bolton
Elvin C. Loudermilk
Jesse Hawkins Douglas Guynolian Ruth George B. Moore Charles N. Guyger
Ernest E. Carlile
Clovie Ancel Armstrong Arthur James Layman
Percy Lane Parsons
Jesse Lige
Bobby Lanell Green
R. Q. Loudermilk
Thomas Wilson Summers Mack Carl Gossage
J. P. Carlin Simpeon
Emmerson Lacy, Jr
Ike Phifer
Rollen Allen Davis
Delmer Singleton
Roger Allen Magness
L. B. Dewbre Lloyd Mack Allen Truman
Durham George Allen Terrill
T. J. Coach
Claudia Gibson Starkey
Odis
Doyle Brown James Wesley McEntire Jr
James Kirby Summers Alton Lajoyce Sadberry
James Erwin Tatum Raymond Grady Graham Pasol
Roy Tupin
Olen Wilson Kelley Oliver Franklin Hall
Bob Lane Receives Navy Honorable Discharge
Torpedoman First Class Bob Lane son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Lane Comanche Route 3 has received an honorable discharge after three years service He served in the Atlantic and Pacific aboard a destroyer escort earning battle stars for Iwo Jima and Okinawa He hopes to lease ranch land in the county or return to Dallas to work His wife the former Miss Allean Talley has worked in Dallas during his service
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Bob Lane
Bruce Lane
Comanche
Route 3
Navy
Torpedoman
Lane
Atlantic
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Dallas
Lan
Allean Talley
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs J F Watson
Funeral rites for Mrs J F Watson former Board Church resident were held Thursday afternoon at Board Church. She died Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Cotton’s home in Fort Worth. Rev Walter Scott conducted the services.
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Board Church
J. F. Watson
Cotton
Fort Worth
Walter Scott
Brightman Opens White's Auto Store in Brightman Building
Oswell Brightman opens White's Auto Store in the Brightman Building on the northwest square corner. The business began in the latter part of last week with a planned formal opening in January when a fuller stock will arrive.
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White’s Auto
Oswell Brightman
Brightman
Miracle boy walks again after polio at Kernan Hospital
Five year old Roger Hawk nearly paralyzed for eleven months recovers in five weeks, earning the label miracle boy. His parents, polio survivors themselves, trained through the Polio Emergency Volunteers course and credit Kernan's Hospital staff and the Maryland Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for his recovery. The story ties to the March of Dimes and its year round funding.
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Roger Hawk
Kernan’s Hospital
Baltimore
Roger
Maryland
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hawk
Dad
Hawks
Kernan
National Foundation
National Foundation For
Kyle Barrett Receives Army Honorable Discharge
Kyle Barrett son of Mr and Mrs W B Barret of Comanche received his honorable discharge from the Army at Fort Sam Houston separation center after three years of service and time in the Pacific He returned to Comanche for holidays with his parents noting his wartime hardships including extended foxhole duty.
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Kyle Barrett
W. B. Barret
Comanche
Fort Sam Houston
Barret
Pacific
Richards Back From Pacific After 35 Years in Army
Pfc. Roy B. Richards, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Seay Sid ney, has returned home with an Army discharge under the point system. He served 35 years in the Pacific Theatre of Operations and earned battle stars for two Philippine invasions and the Philippine liberation campaign. He also served on Bougainville and New Guinea. He plans to visit Sidney then consider settling in Arizona.
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Pfc
Roy B. Richards
E. C. Seay Sidney
Richards
Sidney
Seays
Philippine
Bouganville
New Guinea
Philippines
Manila
Arizona
Jolenk Purchases City Bakery in Comanche
John Jolenk buys City Bakery from J. B. Lowry and Charles Marshall in Comanche. The former Army Air Corps captain, a B 29 Pacific veteran, will take charge around January 15 after training in the north. The bakery, renowned for Sno Flake bread, has long stood for quality.
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J. B. Lowry
Charles Marshall
Comanche
John Jolenk
Army Air Corps
Jolenk
North
Pacific
Minnesota
Bette Krauss
Lowry
City Bakery
Marshall
Gustine Infantryman Receives Discharge
Pfc. James G. Pettit of Gustine is discharged from the Army at McCloskey General Hospital Temple. Pettit a 345th infantry rifleman was wounded March 4 in Germany and served over a year.
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James G. Pettit
Gustine
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Pettit
Germany
Phillips Family Holds Reunion in Gartman’s View
Mrs. Carrie Phillips hosts a December reunion with all her children and many relatives at the Bill Phillips home. Attendees include Retha Faye Phillips, Frank Williford, Harrice Cottrell, Orel and Horace Cottrell, Melvin Phillips, Bobby Phillips, Aubrey Patton and children, Janice and Rodney, Clifton Phillips, Glenda and Billye. Orel and Horace Cottrell and Melvin Phillips share Army and Navy discharges. Clifton remains in the Navy awaiting discharge. A dinner and pleasant time followed.
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Carrie Phillips
Bill Phillips
Gartman’s View
Retha Faye Phillips
Frank Williford
Harrice Cottrell
Orel Cottrell
Forrest
Melvin Phillips
Bobby
Aubrey Patton
Janice
Rodney
Clifton Phillips
Glenda
Billye
Orel
Horace Cottrell
Army
Navy
Brownwood Livestock Show Dates Set
The Brownwood Livestock Show runs January 26 to 29 in Brownwood with 14 tents at Brady and Coggin. Entries come from 13 counties for a $2,007 to $2,170 cash prize pool. December 24 deadline. Hereford sales and auctions January 28 and 29 with no admission. Auctioneers FarI Gartinn and Walter Britton.
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Brownwood
Brady and Coggin
John S. Kurkendall
Frownwood Junior Chamber of Commercce
Burnet County
Brown, Coleman, Callahan
Fastland
Comanche
Mills
San Saba
McCullough
Lamnasas
Purnet
Mason, Llano
Menard Counties
Spoonsorine Brownwood Junior Chamber of Commerce
Brown County Hereford Breeders
Brown County Polled Hereford Association
Farl Gartinn
Breensburg
Indiana
Walter Britton
College Station
Burglars Break Into Service Drug Store
Burglars pried open a rear door and forced a drawer lock at the Service Drug Store on Christmas night. The theft focused on narcotics taken from the locked drawer, according to owner C. L. Huett who checked the premises.
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Service
C. L. Huett
Aluminum the most abundant metal in Earth's crust
Aluminum stands as the most plentiful metal in the earth's crust, widely distributed and mined for diverse industrial uses.
First Candidate Announcements For 1946 Primary Election
The Chief will publish an initial list of candidates seeking Democratic Primary nominations next week in the New Year issue. County officers including the school superintendent are up for election in 1946, with several incumbents and appointees planning campaigns.
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W. B. Nowlin
de Leon
O. H. Moore
O. E. Rippetce
Harris Lane
A. L. Helm, Jr
D. FE. Howard
Robert Long
F. O. Jaye
Doc Macon
Stephenville
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
R. B. Cross
Gatesville
H. W
Bill) Atlen
Hamilton
O. E. Rippetoe
Charles Carter
Claudia Fisher
J. E. Lightfoot
Ww. P. St. Clair
J. C. Helm, Jr
Margaret Craddock
P. A. Pettit
E. A. Williams
O. A. Brazier
Walter Chapman
L. R. Daniel
F. T. Brandt
Doc Mace
Fire destroys two houses in Comanche in two weeks
The Dingus homestead in Fast Comanche burned early Sunday with W H Dingus and tenants inside. Nearly all Dingus and Johnson possessions were lost. no insurance, estimated total loss 1500. Two weeks earlier a South Comanche two room house owned by Mrs N C Phillips burned, Miss Allie Steele and cash were lost. Phillips insured for 200, loss about 500. Citizens donated to victims.
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Dingus
Fast Comanche
W. H. Dingus
Jim Graham
Dad” Johnson
Graham
Phillips
Comanche
N. C. Phillips
San Antonio Educator Visitor in Comanche
Bates, professor of higher mathematics at San Antonio Junior College, and his wife spent holidays in Comanche with Mrs. Bates sisters Mrs. Wade Kendrick and Mrs. Ernest Thompson. A longtime school superintendent last at Lockhart, he plans retirement this year to manage two apartment houses in San Antonio. Also visiting are Mr and Mrs Ray Harper and family from Denver Colorado.
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Bates
San Antonio Junior College
Comanche
Wade Kendrick
Ernest Thompson
Lockhart
San Antonio College
Alamo City
American Legion Meeting Set for Jan 3
The first American Legion meeting for 1946 will be held in the County Court Room January 3 at 7 p.m. All members are urged to attend to start the New Year right. Ex- servicemen of World Wars I and II are invited.
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American Legion
Case Dismissal in Chaney vs Sharp Note Suit
A suit on a promissory note filed in District Court by E. W. Chaney against R. Q. Sharp has been dismissed. The action targeted the note and related claims, with no further proceedings indicated.
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E. W. Chaney
R. Q. Sharp
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Pearl Harbor
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Wake
General MacArthur
Hong Kong
MacArthur
Bataan
Singapore
Australia
U. S
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Marshall Islands
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Leyte
Luzon
Seal Peninsula
Tokyo
Corregidor
Philippine Commonwealth
Nanning
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Balikpapan
U. S. 3Rd Fleet
U.S. 3Rd Fleet
Kure
Honshu Islands
Ryukyus
Hiroshima
Toyokawa Naval Arsenal
Russia
Atlantic-Pacific
White’s Auto Store
Kyle Barret
Brown Livestock Show
Court House News
District Court
O. F. Large
Lasetta Large
Henry Dale Russell
Lila Mae Johnson
D. L. Morrison
Juanita Gore
Lawrence E. Farky
Bernice Skaggs
Howard Stephenson
Billie June Wilson
Edwin Cogburn
Doris Wallace
J.D. Summers
Fileen Gregg Ottis L. Anderson
Edith Jo Northcutt
Carrie Garmon
E W. Bruner
Proctor
Agnes Key
J. J. Elliott
N. W. Hayes
A. L. McDonald
East Texas Railway
Benny J. Cleere Herman Lee Rains
Charles B. Nabors Fount
Joe Wood Jr
Kenneth Lee Dutton Charles Ray Ellis
Jack Cooper Barnes Donald Wayne Lawless
J. D. McGuire Floyd Charles Wright Lee Edward Allsup Conda Deen Moore
Tom Blanton
TEI
Albany
San Antonio
Ray Harper
Denver, Colorado
New Majestic Theatre
FBI
Tex Ritter
Dave O’brien
Fred MacMurray
Lynn Bari
Eddie
Alan Ladd
Veronica Lake
Scotland Yard
Sir Aubrey Smith
Erich von Stroheim
Bette Davis
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