Christmas Visitors Fill Langley and Nearby Homes
Indian Creek families host relatives over Christmas with Langley and Carmichael households sharing gatherings. Local church plans Sunday services with Sunday School at 10 and services at 11 and 7:15. Other visitors include Stewart of Hobbs New Mexico, Scott of Blanket, and Williams of Goodfellow Field. Bowmans host a musical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Day
Iris Langley
Comanche
W. A. Langley
D. Fichael
Foreman
Lelah Cunningham
Newbury
Myr McGlothlin
Hildrey
Dale Carmichael
B. L. Carmichael
Elton Stewart
Hobbs
New Mexico
D. W. Stewart
Clyde Scott
Blanket
George McGlothlin
Tom Wagner
E. Burdette
Downing
H. E. Sealer
Union
Will Burdette
Vernon
Austin
Hasse All-Stars and Hill Billies Girls Tie In Holiday Game
A Friday basketball clash between the Hasse All-Stars and Missouri Hill Billies girls ended in a 26 to 26 deadlock. Local families and relatives from Dallas, Brownwood, Comanche, Wink, Lubbock, and other towns visited relatives over Christmas. The community also notes several holiday visits and a health update on D. M. Dunn, hospitalized in Stephenville, with recovery expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasse All-Stars
Hill Billies
Missouri
C. B. Skinner
C. T. Venable
Dallas
Mancel Hodge
Jack Kinman
Brady
A. R. Hodge
J. D. Hodge, Jr
Brownwood
J. D. Hodge Sr
Ewin
Hansel Hawkins
Wink
Travis Williford
Lubbock
Max Greenwood
Balmorhea
Hobson Williford
San Antonio
Bill Mewborn
R. C. Isham
Texarkana
Lonnie ‘Mpig
F. B
Ter
Comanche County Residents Urged to File 1941 Income Tax
The US Treasury issue warns all residents with gross income of 750 or more for singles and 1500 or more for married couples to file a 1941 return. Penalties apply for noncompliance. Filing deadline is March 15, 1942 with guidance on Form 1040A and 1040.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
United States
US Treasury Department
Collector of Internal Revenue
Christmas Visits Across Texas and San Antonio Ties
Personal mentions note Mr. and Mrs. Dave C. Boyd of Tyler Christmased in Comanche with May Woodward. Darrell Woodward weekend in Fort Worth. Heflin family from Denton visited Comanche with Sid Riley and Abbie. Barry family from Miranda City and San Antonio relatives celebrated in Comanche. Gilmer Barry finished Dallas aircraft training and left for San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave C. Boyd
Tyler
Comanche
May Woodward
Darrell Woodward
Fort Worth
Charlie Heflin
Harry
Denton
Coman
Sid Riley
R. E. Barry
Maurice Barry
Miranda City
Millard Coleman
M. Coleman
Medford Stephens
San Antonio
Curtis _Montgomery
Dallas
Bell
Camp Bowie
Garland Camp
C. M. Edmondson
W. H. Dudney
Dublin
Comyn
Claude Roberts
Lubbock
C. F. Rogers
Amarillo
Charley Lewis
Pampa
Ernest Hughes
O’brien
Lonnie Hicks
C. E. Boyd
Haskell
Nolan Boyd
Peacock
Burkette
Former Carlton Teacher Joins Kelly Field Air Corps Cadets
George R. Moore, son of J. W. Moore of Carlton, Texas, enters the Air Corps Replacement Training Center at Kelly Field to begin five weeks of initial military and ground school training. He previously taught at Carlton High School and later in Reserve Union High School in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Moore
Air Corps Replacement Training Center
Kelly Field
Texas
United States
Moore
J. W. Moore
Carlton
Army of the United States
Army Air Corps
Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center
Reserve Union High School
Reserve
New Mexico
Red Cross to Aid Philippines Fire Relief Effort
The American Red Cross pledges full assistance to the Philippine Red Cross amid evacuation of Manila and other areas. 760 words?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Red Cross Aid
American Red Cross
Philippine Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Washington, D. C
Charles Forster
Manila
Red Cross
Forster
U. S. Army
China
Washington
Davis
John Carnes as Sheriff Quietly Kept Peace in Comanche County
The San Antonio Light recounts John Carnes of Comanche County as a pre gunfighter peace officer. A fearless yet unarmed sheriff, he used firm talk and quick orders to quell trouble among hard cases and prevented disturbances that plagued sleep at night. Local visits note I W Robertson, Sgt Garvin Walker, and Miss St Clair in Comanche Sunny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carnes
Carnes
Comanche County
San Antonio
James Farber
Texas
Sheriff Carnes
John Wesley Hardin
John Robertson
I. W. Robertson
Garvin Walker
Lawton, Oklahoma
Miss St. Clair
Comanche
A P Backs Government Effort to Curb Food Prices
John A. Hartford of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company announced a six point pledge in a nationwide ad campaign. The plan commits cooperation with government agencies to prevent unwarranted price rises, stabilize supply, support farmers, and keep retail margins low while maintaining employee wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
New York
United States
Hartford
America
Local Teacher Read Paper at AAAS Meeting in Dallas
Miss Dorothy Rose a Comanche High School science teacher and TCU graduate read a paper before the AAAS biological section at the Dallas annual meeting December 29 to January 3. Her study Pollution Studies on the Trinity River at Fort Worth Texas analyzes two years of hydrobiological surveys showing higher pollution near the Sewage Disposal Plant and Packing Houses stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Rose
TCU
Comanche High School
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dallas
Gayle School
Texas Christian University
Southwest
Miss Rose
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Texas
Trinity
De Leon Man Pursues Japs At Pearl Harbor
Rural carrier Chambers, serving from De Leon post office thirty three years, writes his father that he and three officers chased the enemy at Pearl Harbor. Wayne Chambers, once a schoolteacher, joined the Navy this summer and serves on the U S S Henley with brother Roger Chambers a Pearl Harbor Yeoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunk. Chambers
de Leon
Wayne Chambers
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Star-Telegram
New York
Navy
Wayne
U.S.S. Henley
Roger Chambers
Waring Family Holiday Visit Reported in Comanche
Mr and Mrs Hayne Waring of St Louis and Laura Lou Waring of Fort Worth spent Christmas in Comanche with Mr and Mrs John D Waring Jr and John D Waring. Also listed are Mr and Mrs Tom F Reese of Dallas and Dawson Waring who attends Washington and Lee College Lexington Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayne Waring
St. Louis
Laura Lou Waring
Fort Worth
Tom F. Reese
Dallas
Dawson Waring
Washington and Lee College
Lexington
Virginia
Comanche
John D. Waring, Jr
John D. Waring
Let Your Light So Shine A Christian Moral Poem
A religious verse urges Christians to let their light shine before others, resisting Satan and spreading Jesus’s love. It contrasts gentle living with overt zeal, calling believers to care for the lost, avoid bitterness, and renew the sense of mission as they guide strays toward salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
God
Jesus
Christmas Visits Spanning Comanche and Dallas
Mr and Mrs So Hoffman and son Gary spent Christmas in Dallas with Mrs Hoffman and Gary remaining for several days. Mr Hoffman will travel to Dallas Thursday to attend the Cotton Bowl game. Visitors from Eden Fort Worth Mission Tulsa and Sidney include Will H Jones O G McDaniel Walter Lockridge Bert Hale L F Bain and C D Swearengin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
So Hoffman
Gary
Dallas
Will H. Jones
Eden
Comanche
O. G. McDaniel
Fort Worth
G. S. McDaniel
Walter Lockridge
H. H. Lockridge
Bert Hale
Mission
L. F. Bain
Tulsa
C. D. Swearengin
Sidney
Comanche Christmas Holiday Visitors Packed Local Scenes
Local note shows numerous visitors spending Christmas in Comanche. Families from Abilene, Fort Worth, Dallas, Midland, Lubbock, and other Texas towns visited relatives and friends here. Some residents, like J L Albin and Mrs. J B Lowry, are noted for travel and health matters.
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Indian Creek
Hasse
Ville Smallwood
A. Smallwood
C. C. Gilstrap
Walker
Bud Hulsey
D. D. Gilstrap
Lota
R. C. Turner
Charley Reese
Baggett
D. M. Dunn
Stephenville Hospital
Doyle Reid
Bill Sears
Proctor
Rafe Clayton
Gartman’s View
Homer Sneed
W. R. Elliott
S. M. Ellott
van Dyke
Earl Fulks
R. J. Fulks
Russell Eltt
Bill Elliott
Maxine
Wanda Gay Reid
Comanche Free Will Baptist Church
Elm Grove
Comanche CO
Jesse Allen Tiner
Earth
1942
Offmans
Jim Robbin
Tom Robbin
Tom Moore
Henry Kemp
Lloyd Howington
Cleburne
Frank Howington
B. A. Riley
San Saba
Jack Moore
Munroe
Louisiana
J. L. Albin
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