Wartime Citizenship Program launches in Texas schools
The federal Wartime Emergency Citizenship Program expands through Texas schools under the State Department of Education with federal cooperation. Volunteers are urged, county superintendents direct efforts, and WPA staff assist as textbooks are supplied by the State. Sidney Superintendent J. B. Cooper wins reappointment. Junior Red Cross programs are active in nearly all county schools with literature and ongoing activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
Texas
Comanche County
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of Justice
WPA
Sidney
Sidney Board of Education
J. B. Cooper
Cooper
Junior Red Cross
Mid-Western Office
Littell's Liquid A Calcium Sulphurate Solution
A calcium sulphurate remedy for itching from minor skin irritations prickly heat and insect bites. It relieves eczema itching locally. Sold for 50 cents a bottle.
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Littell
Follow Factory Recommendations On Lubricant Use
Guidance urges adherence to OEM lubricant specifications and intervals to protect equipment. Using recommended grade viscosity and change schedules helps maintain performance and prevent wear.
Seventh Grade Seeks English Pen Pals and Information
A De Leon N. Ward School seventh grade writes to the home office requesting how to obtain English children addresses for a correspondence project. The note notes training value, with $2 per child paid to date, $3 more due in February, and a total year-end balance of $12 per child. Transportation payments forthcoming as counties approve applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Leon N. Ward School
Home Office
A Creed for Peaceful Mindset and Positive Living
A list of maxims promotes inner peace and optimistic living. It urged health happiness prosperity to others and self improvement. It encourages smiling at all times avoiding criticism and anger and remaining fearless and joyful despite trouble.
Tim Thorton Dies in Coalgate Oklahoma
W C Cox of Sidney received a telegram reporting the death of Tim Thorton in Coalgate Oklahoma. Thorton, former Comanche County resident, was reared locally and was married in the 1890s to Rosa Cotten who survives him. They raised eight or ten orphan children. Farm leases noted in The Chief.
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W. C. Cox
Sidney
Coalgate
Oklahoma
Tim Thorton
Comanche County
Mr. Thorton
Columbus Thorton
Rosa Cotten
Cox
Robertson family moves to Hooks near Texarkana
Mrs. Bob Robertson and children travel this week to Hooks near Texarkana to join Mr. Robertson in establishing a new home. He has spent several months in Texarkana working on a large defense project.
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Bob Robertson
Texarkana
Mr. Robertson
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Gulf Oil Corporation
W. H. Slider
R. W. H. Hamilton
Comanche
Blackwell Sanitarium
Gorman, Texas
F. L. Hill
Higginbotham Bld
A. J. Gray
C. W. Gray
Physicians and Surgeons
Nat'l] Bank
N.E Cor
Comanche, Texas
Kenneth Ory
Ysician
Comanche National Bank
Office
DR. Bryant
Baker
Adlerika
Durham
Pharmacy and Service
P. A. Pettit
Comanche County, Texas
Roy Wharton
O. H. Donaho
Dale Howard
New Citizenship
Comanche County Abstract Company
MAE Clemons
Comanche Nat’! Bank Bldg
Telephone 377
A. Greene
Sec
Treae
J. R. Eanes
Pres
Elkins Tin Shop
Tion
Tupin
Ernest Tupin
Jewelei
J.R. Eanes & Company Insurance
Real Estate
John D. Waring
C. A. Greens
Rx. Pharmacy
Lai Lh
Ford Service
Ford
Cara
UES
Reser
Clemons
Ford Sales & Service
Roberson
Coda Baggett
Lamkin
Baggett
Isla Lewis Herring
Laredo
Tim Thornton Dees
Coalgate, Okla
South
Coleman
Coleman’s
Mooody
Moody’s Cafe
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