AU Named As Buyer Of 1945 Crop Peanuts
E L Pierson, Administrative officer for Comanche County ACA 1e Commodity Credit Corporation, is named CCC buyer for 1945 crop farmers peanuts. Effective date 17. CCC will contract with users, crushers and producer cooperatives to act as agents for purchase and disposal. Minimum base price is 160 per ton for Spanish Virginia Valencia types and 145 per ton for Runner types. Prices based on mature kernel content with premiums and discounts for other qualities. CCC offers to store farmer stock peanuts through cooperatives. The 1945 loan, price and sales program will mirror 1944.
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Commodity Credit Corpora
War Food
Uers
CCC
Viria
Valencia
Soldier William N. Lloyd Dies in Germany in 1945
Staff Sergeant William N. Lloyd 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lloyd of Blanket Route 2, died in Germany April 13 1945. He had been a prisoner of war since May 8 1944 and last wrote in February from a German POW camp. A telegram from the War Department conveyed the official loss. Lloyd was born in Soda Springs and graduated Sidney High School in 1941 before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in November 1942.
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William N. Lloyd
William H
Bud) Lloyd
Germany
War Department
Comanche County Garden Club Flower Show Set
Comanche County Garden Club will host its annual Flower Show on June 16 in conjunction with a 4-H Club vegetable exhibit and handiwork entries from men’s clubs. Admission is free. exhibits open to the public. Tupin, club president, urges growers to enter and display blooms next show day by 10:30 a.m. Winning gardens will be awarded. 4-H clubs should bring vegetable arrangements.
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Manche Garden Club
Hmen
Comanche County
E Tupin
den Club
Floyd
W. H. White
Arthur Chevrolet
White Brothers
Indian football schedule outlines home games for Co An Indian
Nine football dates listed for the Co An Indian team under new coach J Wilkins. Home games are sought for September 14 or September 28 with a two week pre season camp planned at Glen Rose in August. About twenty to twenty five players expected.
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Coanche High School
J. Wilkins
Glen Rose
Augst
Coleman
Hamilton
Hico
Gorman
Goldthwaite
Eastland
Dublin
Gatesville School
de Leon
Beck Returns From Europe After War Service
Pvt. Allen Beck, Comanche soldier wounded twice in Germany, has arrived home to visit his wife and family. He landed in the United States about two weeks ago and received his honorable discharge at Fort Sam Houston Tuesday. Before the war he ran a top and body shop in town and worked at the same shop in Brownwood.
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Pvt
Allen Beck
Solier
Germany
Beck
States
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Eck
Ade
Brownwood
Mrs Wagnon Visiting Comanche Kin In Texas
Mrs. Walter Wagnon of Mexico Mexico and formerly Mrs Murtlivan and former county treasurer visits Comanche with her son Billy and family Mr and Mrs J M Boykin and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wagnon
Mexico
Murt Livan
County Bonds Reach $169 333 in Manache County Drive
County totals from the Seventh War Loan Drive show $169 332 in bonds with $81 589 in Series E purchases. A telegram from Dallas urged stronger personal solicitation to boost sales as Texas backs its Fighting Sons and pledges to support the effort until Japan is defeated.
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Comanche County
Karl Shock
County War Finance
Roland Miller
Nathan Adams
Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank
Texas
Japan
Niwen Jackson and Helen Buda Married in Key West Florida
Niwen Jackson son of Mr and Mrs J D Jackson of Brownwood and Helen Buda of Riverside Drive New York were married Saturday April 28 at a Navy chapel in Key West Florida Attendants included shipmates Dr McCafferty and wife hosted a wedding party with a cake The couple now reside in Key West where Jackson has served eighteen months overseas in the South Pacific
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Niwen Jackson
J. D. Jackson
Brownwood
Comanche
Helen Buda
Waves
Riverside Drive
New York
Key West
Florida
Eugene Rauhut
Navy
McCafferty
United States Navy
Pfc J D Mooney Wounded in Action on Okinawa
Pfc J D Mooney is reported wounded in action against Japan. He sustained a right knee injury on Okinawa and is hospitalized in the Marianas. The Comanche soldier served eleven months in the Army, was at Camp Wolters before overseas, and has spent six months in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Mooney
Mrs Skaggs Visits Brother After Double Operation
Mrs. C. E. Skaggs visited her brother Buster Martin of San Saba in a Temple hospital Thursday. Martin recently underwent a double operation and is now reported better.
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C. E. Skaggs
Buster Martin
San Saba
Temple
Rev G P Comer Praised As Evangelist In Texas Revival
A Waco based revival evangelist Rev G P Comer is praised for his work at First Methodist Church in Comanche and in Indianapolis. His board commends his leadership and his three week outreach that drew large crowds and prompted future engagements.
Methodist Church Revival Opens Sunday June 10
Revival at First Methodist Church in Comanche begins Sunday with Rev. G P Comer preaching and leading music. Comer, in his ninth year as pastor of the Waco church, aims to energize the community as he conducts services daily 10 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. each evening during the revival.
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G. P. Comer
Waco
First Methodist
Comanche
First Methodist Church
Comer
R. B. Hooper
Chuirch
Brother Comer
Ship First
America
Indianapolis
Pasr
Last Day To Register For Canning Sugar In Comanche
Registration for canning sugar in Comanche ends at 5 p.m. Monday June 11. The committee led by Mrs Porter Franks urges residents to visit the Band Hall from 1 to 5 p.m. for assistance with sugar applications and notes future provisions if next Monday is unavailable.
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Comanche
Porter Franks
Carpenter announce birth of son Robert Craig
Mr and Mrs Bob Carpenter of Comanche announce the birth of an eight and a quarter pound son Robert Craig at a German hospital Wednesday evening at 8 20 o clock The baby is the grandson of Rev and Mrs Gordon Barrett and Floyd Carpenter of Comanche
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Carpenter
Comanche
Robert Craig
Gordon Barrett
Floyd Carpenter
Holiday family returns to Comanche farm after Raymondville teaching term
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Holiday and son resumed residence on Comanche Rt. 1 last week after a school term in Raymondville where both taught in public schools.
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D. R. Holiday
Comanche
Rt. 1
Raymondville
Legion Meeting Wednesday Night at County Court Room
Regular monthly meeting of the Rector Cunningham Post of the American Legion will be held in the County Court Room Wednesday night June 13 at 8 30 o clock. All members are urged to be present and all ex Servicemen are invited to meet with us.
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Cunningham Post
The
American Legion
County Court Room
Cr. W. Gray
Butler Reopens Garage On Fort Worth Highway
Virgil Butler, longtime garage and wrecking shop operator, resumes business at his old Fort Worth Highway location across from the Comanche Courts after wartime work at Camp Bowie. He runs general repair services and buys and sells parts.
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Virgil Butler
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth Highway
Comanche Courts
Mr. Butler
County Board to Meet Here Saturday
The Comanche County Board of Education will meet Saturday and appoint a trustee at large to succeed L. C. Macon, who resigned after being appointed County Commissioner, Precinct 4.
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Comanche
Notice to Gustine residents on canning sugar applications
Saturday June 9 is the last day to file canning sugar applications in Gustine. Pauline Livingston notes the deadline and urges residents to submit before close of business.
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Gustine
Pauline Livingston
Granddaughter Born to Mr and Mrs Burks at Brownwood
Mr and Mrs John Burks announce the arrival of a granddaughter Carolyn Sue to Mrs Ethel Maxwell on May 17 at Memorial Hospital Brownwood. Mother and baby spend the week in Comanche. Father Maxwell was accidentally drowned in Brownwood about six months ago.
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John Burks
Carolyn Sue
Ethel Maxwell
Memorial Hospital
Brownwood
Comanche
Plas Maxwell
Hoffman Family Business Leader Dies In El Paso
Charles Hoffman 51 a Comanche native and owner of Hoffmans Economy Store died in El Paso after a heart attack while visiting his son Lt Leo Hoffman at Fort Bliss. He left a wife Sarah and three sons Maurice Harold and Leo with Army duties overseas and at Fort Bliss. Funeral held in Austin with burial in Agudas Achim Cemetery Memorial Park.
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Charles Hoffman
Fe] Paso
Mr. Hoffman
Austin
el Paso
Leo Hoffman
Fort Bliss
Harold Hoffman
Sgt
Maurice Hoffman
Germany
Hoffman
Russia
Harold
Comanche High School
Hoffman Brothers
University of Texas
Harry Melowsky
Comanche
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Austin American
Sarah Hoffman
Maurice J. Hoffman
US Army
Leo J. Hoffman
Cook Funeral Home
Harry Shapiro
Rabbi P. Zissman
Agudas Achim
Memorial Park
Louis Laves
Jim Novy
Ellis Friedeen
Louis Meyrewitz
Henry Jacobson
Louis L. Hirschfeld
I. Commer
Haskell Harelik
David Marelik
Hamilton
W. H. Novit
Dublin
L. Cohn
I. Laibovitz
County Singing Event At Comanche Methodist Church Tonight
A large crowd is expected at the Comanche County Quartette Singing Convention at First Methodist Church in Comanche tonight at 8:38 PM. Vernon Welch notes invitations were sent to top singers within 50 miles, with general public invited to attend.
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Comanche Methodist Church
Comanche County
First Methodist
Comanche
Vernon Welch
Welch
Sportsman's Club to Be Organized in Comanche
Organization of a Sportman's Club for Comanche is planned with a meeting at 8 30 Friday night June 8 in the County Courtroom. Coaches L J Wilkins and Jack Wheat have helped spark interest to promote organize and sponsor athletic contests and a four team softball league on the Comanche High School campus starting about 7 o clock each weekday.
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Comanche
L. J. Wilkins
Jack Wheat
Cub
Wilkins
Wheat
Comanche High School
Seaman Cunningham Visits Here From Austin
Seaman Second Class James Cunningham, son of Mrs. Tom J. Cunningham of Austin, is in town this week to visit his grandmother Mrs. W. F. Rogers and other relatives. He served as a page in the Texas House of Representatives and later worked in Governor Stevenson’s Civilian Defense office before enlisting in the Navy in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cunningham
Tom J. Cunningham
Austin
W. F. Rogers
Panama
White Brothers
Comanche
Deep Ellenburger Oil Test Drilled at Pettit Ranch
Central Texas Gas Company reports a deep Ellenburger oil test under way on the W. C. Pettit Ranch in Energy. Drilling was below 1700 feet this week and officials expect to reach pay dirt within weeks.
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Ellenburger
W. C. Pettit Ranch
Central Texas Gas Company
Conmpany
Walter Durham Jr Returns from Army to Manage Local Plant
Walter M Durham Jr has his honorable discharge after 26 months in the Army Air Corps and returns to Comanche to become Manager of Durham Pecan and Peanut Company. He succeeds his father W M Durham Sr, founder of the firm, which has grown into one of Comanche County's largest businesses. He notes the plant will operate as before.
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Walter M. Durham, Jr
United States Army
Army Air Corps
Comanche
Durham Pecan & Peanut Company
W. M. Durham
Walter Durham
Deanna
Sharon
Greenwood
Mississippi
Greenwood Army Air Base
W. M. Durham, Sr
Comanche County
Durham
Roy Little and family visit son at Navy gunnery school
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Little meet their son Sir Ray Little at Purcell Oklahoma where he is enrolled in a Navy gunnery school while stationed in Fort Worth Sungay.
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Roy Little
Sir Ray Little
Gunnery School of the Navy
Purcell, Oklahoma
Fort Worth Sungay
Lt Howington Returns Home From German Prisoner of War
Lt Lloyd Howington a B 28 pilot based in Italy and prisoner of the Germans for six months is back home this week he visited his wife Dorothy Kemp and their daughter Howington was liberated in April and during captivity lost over 35 pounds He and his wife and daughter then left to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Howington who have moved from Comanche to Calipatria California.
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Charles C. Smith, Jr
C. C. Smith
Pfc
Smith
Dick Stalcup
Lubbock
England
Luxembourg
United States
Ashburn General Hospital
McKinney
Lloyd Howington
Italy
Dorothy Kemp
Howington
Forme
Frank Howington
Comanche
Calipatria
California
Homecoming at Sidney Sunday
Announcement invites all to Sidney for a tenth annual homecoming and all day singing on Sunday June 10. Singers from Brownwood and Dallas are to attend with song books. An excellent program is planned for a day of music and fellowship hosted by the committee.
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Sidney
Brownwood
Dallas
Lieutenant Carey Rambo Freed From German Captivity
Lieutenant Carey Rambo son of Mr and Mrs W F Rambo of Proctor has been liberated after about six months as a prisoner of war. He is expected to return home soon, according to his parents.
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Carey Rambo
W. F. Rambo
Proctor
Rambo
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E. L. Pierson
ACA
W. N. Lloyd
Rden
Toansor Flower
Adian
Europe
Omanche
Knight
Bro. Comer
Indiana
Dinger
H. H. Spencer
Spencer
Roberts Park Methodist Church
Billy Sunday
Gypsy Smith
Peggie Hope
Opa
Mrs. Carpenter
Legion Meeting
MR. and
Mrs. Burks
Charies Hoffman
Pfc. Smith
Emma Jean Smith
Sherman Smith
Seaman Cunningham
Walter Durham, Jr
Sharestic
Hoot Gibson
Bob Steelepe
Ann Sheridan
Jack Carson
Richard Travis
Eleanor Parker
Gloria Jean
Jack Gilford
Deanna Durbin
Robert Page
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