Comanche County News Notes On War, Libraries And Local Officials
A long reader column reflects on 1940 into 1941 with war talk and a call for personal inventory. It notes University of Texas Library volumes top in the South at 639,732 and lists several local officials retiring or changing roles in Comanche County, including County Judge R. S. McCharen, County Attorney D. P. Parker, Commissioners Leverett Little and F. T. Brandt, and Higginbotham staff like C. P. St. Clair and Jim Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas Library At Austin
South
Tampering with Trifles by Judd Mortimer Lewis
Poem addressed to Mrs. Ellen Fletcher Harvey of Comanche celebrates longevity love and family memories. The Houston Post 1940 Christmas notices list local holiday greetings and a flurry of relatives visiting in Comanche and nearby towns including names such as Loretta Keith Ora B. Nichols B W Speed Polly Anna Salena Jack Walker Bill Polston Harmell Gilliam and others with Christmas travel and visits across Texas and New Mexico communities.
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Fort Sam Houston
R. D. Polston
Jack Cauley
Amarillo
Comanche
Harmell Gilliam
Allen Academy
Schuler Gilliam
Howard Payne
D. F. Gilliam
B. M. Franks
Mineral Wells
R. B Franks
Graham
and Hays Franks
Gustine
J. L. Herrington
Brownwood
Tommie Foreman
Lizzie Tidwell
Iredell
D. T. Coker
Sines He Sakae
Mercedes
L. R. Smallwood
Buel Arthur
Big Lake
J. F. Cartwright
John Boswell
Nocona
Coa
Friends Aid
John Dyer
Pennaiesteel
Cne
Dallas
Temple
Clifford
J. C. Gaddy
Gussie Walker
San Angelo
Miss Walker
Big Spring
George C. Wetsel Judge of Precinct No 1
George C Wetsel longtime barber and Justice of the Peace for Precinct No 1 served four years in Comanche County. It is believed he shared more county affairs than any other man now living. He is quoted with a biblical farewell about going into the House of The Lord.
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Parker
Texas
Leverett Little
Comanche County
George C. Wetsel
Wetsel
Gem of Thought Verses On Land And Mind
A compact collection of thoughts on choosing bounded land and contentment in one’s own home. It muses that happiness rests with care and the world one creates, whether pleasant or burdensome based on attitude.
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Ifrey Chas Mall Matter
Frice
Adjetaing Ceanticn
United States
U.S
England
Mexico
Us.a
Spain
U.S.A
University of Texas Library
Tames
Austin
Duke University
Durham
N. Carolina
University
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Chicago
Illinois
Minnesota
Michigan
California
Cornell
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Stanford
Rice Institute
Southern Methodist
North Texas State Teachers College
Texas A. & M., Aan
Texas Christian
Camp Bowie
War Department
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Coleman
C. P. St. Clair
Higginbotham Bros. & Company
Mr. St. Clair
St. Clair
Meyer Roth Advertising Company
Higginbotham Firm
Mrs. St. Clair
Higginbotham
Baptist Church
Jim Cox
Hardware Department
Cox
Elbert
Armstrong
Tom Cox
R. S. McCharen
McCharen
Coman‘che County
Geer
D. P. Parker
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Government Printing Office
Little
F. T. Brandt
Lamkin
Judd Mortimer Lewis
Ame
Ellen Fletcher Harvey
Gilad
Diac
Houston Post
B. O. Twparen
Leas Dillard
Marilyn Clark
Oran Clark
John Carpenter
Gustin
A. G. Miller
Daugh Mary Frances
Denton
Iz. Cs Ic
Hancell
Odessa
and Greenwood
Carl
Abilene
Golda
Mr Williford
Lubbock
Hobson Williford
Kell
Jess O
Bill Dudney
Fort Worth
the Lord
Oak Bend
Gott Wei
Dixie
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