Brownwood Flood Toll and Rescue Efforts After Major Weekend Inundation
A. O. Brannan, 69, drowned when a flood boat sank near East Broadway in Brownwood. The Saturday disaster, described as the worst since 1900, left about 1,750 people affected and damaged 200 homes while rescuers including soldiers searched for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Brannan
Brownwood
Indian Gap
Comanche
Adams Branch
East Broadway
Brown County
Brannan
Lamkin Brothers
Fred Y. Bell
Wendell Mayes
Major Pettit Receives Bronze Star Medal
Major Bruce Earl Pettit of the 298th Engineer Combat Battalion earns the Bronze Star for meritorious service from June 6, 1944, to April 17, 1945. Serving as S-3, he coordinated unit operations under fire during the Normandy campaign and is a Texas A and M graduate. Pettit awaits transport home from a port in France with his wife June Long and their daughter Carolyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Earl Pettit
Comanche
United States
Ninth Army
Pettit
June Long
Carolyn
Normandy
France
Will Pettit
Texas A. & M
Bruce E. Pettit
Corps of Engineers
Army of the United States
298Th Engineer Combat Battalion
First Melons Marketed Here In Comanche County Crop
The first of the 1945 Comanche County watermelon crop was marketed Monday when Homer Wilson and Virgil Cox of Comanche Rt. 1 delivered truckloads. Prices ran about 25 cents per pound as locals Lew is Bowers and J. J. Westbrook note the crop is only one fourth to one third of normal due to small acreage and spring rains. Steady melon movement is expected next week as melons appear in quantity by late week. Peaches remain heavy with typical prices of 1 to 1.50 per bushel while canvasoupes fetch 1.50 to 2.50 per bushel.
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Comanche County
Homer Wilson
Virgil Cox
Comanche
Rt. 1
Lewis Bowers
J. J. Westbrook
J. W. Brewster
Brownwood
Blanket
A. P. Townsend
Brown County
Carlson Battery and Electric Company
Brewster
Randal W. Brewster
Mr. Brewster
Fort Worth
Daniel Baker College Names First and Only Woman Texas President
Mrs. J. W. Trapp was elected president of Daniel Baker College Brownwood becoming the only woman head of a Texas college. A Brownwood native she has long served on the Daniel Baker faculty and led the education department for 16 years. Renovations and new courses including business administration and radio oriented speech are planned for the 1945 46 term.
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Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
Texas
J. W. Trapp
Comanche
the News
The
Times
Texas College
B. T. McClelland
Yale
Trapp
T. H. Hart
Daniel Baker
Presbyterian Church
J. R. Holley
W. N. Adams
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Frank Turner
McMurry College
Abilene
S. R. Coggin
Department of Business Administration
Brown County Tubercular Association
Bank Deposits Hit All Time High in Comanche Banks
Comanche two banks report a new peak in deposits at June 30 totaling 3 786 653 74 dollars, up from 3 421 467 97 three months earlier. First State Bank at Gustine deposits reach 354 739 77 with loans and discounts at 523 135 09 for Comanche and 130 674 26 for Gustine.
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Comanche
Gustine
Pearl Harbor
Mrs. H. R. Lacy Dies at 64 in Comanche Texas
Mrs. Ora Belle Arnold Lacy, 64, longtime Comanche resident, died Tuesday after a stroke. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church with Rev. E. G. Gregory Jr. officiating. interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by husband Hugh Lacy and daughter Zara Wiesendanger, plus numerous Arnold and Lacy relatives.
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H. R. Lacy
Comanche
First Baptist Church
E. G. Gregory, Jr
Roy Langston
First Methodist Church of
Temple
C. C. Klingman
Central Christian Church of
Oakwood Cemetery
Pvt
James Lacy
Johnnie Lacy
Truett Lacy
San Antonio
Tobie Arnold
Corpus Christi
Harold Rhinehart
Gladewater
Ulric Wiesendanger
Dallas
Zara Wiesendanger
Bud Arnold
Bob Clyde Arnold
Clyde
Della Bailey
Isla Mosley
Ollie Grantham
Eunice Atwood
Emma Atwood
Abilene
S. E. Lacy
Blanket
Adalla Gugger
Hulda Hohberger
Grace
Virginia Lacy
Brownwood
A. R. Oglesby
Macon
de Leon
Mr. Atwood
Church of Christ In
Brewster
Moore Cemetery
Ollie Cantwell
Fannie Brewster
Randall W. Brewster
Wayman J. Brewwster
Glynn S. Brewster
Madge Areletta Brewster
Pierce Brewster
Clive Brewster
Mildred Carruth
Evelyn Townsend
William Gilliam
Cisco
David Tyson
Owens
Citizens Urge Clean Up Drive To Make Comanche Disease Free
Brownwood article notes a city led cleanup to curb typhus and undulent fever spread. Mayor W C House and council hire workers to clear alleys and back lots. residents urged to tidy around homes and empty containers to drain stagnant water and reduce disease risk.
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Comanche
State Health Department
Texas
W. C. House
Mayor House
Las Vegas Sergeant on 15 day furlough to visit family
Sergeant E. E. House of Las Vegas Nevada is on a 15 day furlough to visit his mother Mrs W T House and his brother Mayor W C House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. House
Las Vegas
Nevada
W. T. House
W. C. House
Revival To Begin Sunday at Pettit
The annual revival starts Sunday July 15 at Pettit Baptist Church. Rev. S J Isham says Rev. Harry Haynes of Brownwood will preach twice daily at 10 30 am and 8 45 pm. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Soney
T. Arthur Sproles
Sidney Baptist Church
K. C. Stedman
Calvary Baptist Church
Brownwood
Pettit Baptist Church
S. J. Isham
Harry Haynes
Isham
Miss Leve Roberson Sprains Foot in Home Fall
Miss Leve Roberson suffered a sprained foot Monday when she fell at her home here.
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Leve Roberson
Reunion Plans Announced for 1945 Comanche Old Settlers
Plans for Lake Eanes July 27 include a display of oldtime relics with sketches of their history. Attendees are urged to wear period dress and bring a basket lunch. Meat and bread will be sold on the grounds with coffee free. The program will feature singing and a round table discussion, with no political speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lake Eanes
J. R. Eanes
Eanes
FSA Farm Water Loans Available
The Farm Security Administration launches its fifth year of water facility loans in seventeen western and southwestern states including Texas. Eligible farm owners with limited credit can apply for loans up to 20 years at 3 percent to fund wells tanks stock tanks and pumps irrigation and related improvements.
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Texas
Comanche County
Farm Security Administration
Roy J. Peace
FSA
Peace
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Mayes
Brown County Red Cross Chapter
J. J. Timmins
E. B. Henley, Jr
Gertrude Johnson
L. V. Ford
Memorial Hall
Santa Fe
Army
Cordell Street
USO
Red Cross First Aid
Ivan Hayes
Red Cross
Camp Bowie
Bluff View
Willis Creek
Pecan Bayou
West Broadway
Pecan
Lake Brownwood
Major Pettit
Wharton
W. L. Wharton, Jr
Church of Christ Evangelist
Denver
Colorado
Church of Christ
R. R. Richey
Park Hill Church
Rachels
Jean Rachels
Kenneth Lane
Okinawa
Artis Hood
J. G. Hood
Stag Creek
Siney
W. A. Richarson
Franklin Jerome
Dallas’ Hospital
Richardson
Zada Belle Simmons
Fount Woods
Roy A. Kemp
Clarence Edwards
Pfc
Lewis A. Breiner
Jackie Bourland
Breiner
Bourland
A. C. Pierce
Miss Frances Hampton
Mrs. C. C. Hampton
Mrs. Pierce
Mississippi
New AN
New Majestic
Oklahoma
Bob Wills
Lee Bowman
Jean Arthur
Joan Davis
William Gorgan
Jack Haley and
Ann Savage
Rome
Millons
Margaret O’brie
June Allys
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