Flag Day observance and wartime notes in Comanche
Flag Day is marked with a mayoral proclamation as the nation honors the 13 stripes and 13 stars. The page reports war mobilization news, sugar rationing in De Leon, local bond sales, household farming shifts, and community notices about local business and daily life during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
de Leon
I.c.0.f
F. O. Jaye
Frances Smith
H. L. Stewart
Comanche
Clarence Huett
Service Drug Store
Boyce Briscoe
Marriages Deeds Deaths Births and Court Actions Noted
Court notices list several marriages in May by local ministers among Brownwood and nearby towns including Jarl Dean and Mary Lee Overstreet, and Arthur Lamar Littleton and Thelma Jewell Henson. Deeds record transfers in Gustine and Comanche County School Land. Deaths include Mrs. Cora Lee Pogue of Newburg. Births report a daughter for Howard and wife in Comanche. District Court records cover forged instrument plea and multiple land title actions with judgments for the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Ennis Robbins
Brownwood
Frances Daniel
H. D. Lane
Jarl Dean
Cagie
de Leon
Rt. 1
Mary Lee Overstreet
J. P. Frazier
Arthur Lamar Littleton
Liberty Hill
Thelma Jewell Henson
C. D. Hensley
G. E. Applewhite
H. C. Applewhite
D. G. Hampton
Dayton Powell
Comanche County
Clara A. Adams
Frankie Elinor Sawyer
Dallas
Comanche
Cora Lee Pogue
John Pogue
Newburg
Comanche Baptist Church
Texas
J. F. Chancellor
Ellen West Chancellor
Howard Price
Margaret Ann
District Court
State of Texas
E. C. Plant
R. V. Yates
Arthur Simonsen
Travis County
State
S. E. Harris
L. L. Shook
L. D. Merritt
L. L. Shooks
Fork Valley School 1895 Memories From Comanche County
A former Fork Valley teacher recalls the 1895 1896 terms at the rural school later renamed Suez and beattie. He notes enrollment of 64 then 72, daily hours 8 to 4, tuition 1 dollar per month, and room and board costs. The piece lists teachers preachers and pupils, describes social visits and singing, and notes remaining descendants and former pupils years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fork Valley
Comanche County
Horse Branch
Suez
Beattie
Oliver
Underwood
Isaacs
Beam
Weaver
Maddox
Johnson
Wagnon
Easley
Goad
Texas
State Normal
J. C. McDaniel
A Lad Remembers Dinners at the Pine Table
A nostalgic poem recalls a boy dining with his father at a pine table. He cherishes favorite pieces like the gizzard and leg then breast, but often saved portions for others. The verse reflects childhood meals and family moments.
Miss Elaine Scott Teaches in Dallas Camp for Underprivileged
Miss Elaine Scott daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Scott of Comanche and UT graduate is in Dallas teaching and counseling at a school camp for underprivileged children sponsored by the Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce. She plans to teach elementary work in a public school next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Scott
R. L. Scott
Comanche
University of Texas
Dallas
Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Scott
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. C. Wilkerson
Continental Congress
United States
Union
O“T
Jack Grayson
Pacific
Gerald Mann
Baylor University
Martin G. Ettlinger
Sue Allyn Stripling
Robert Quil- Yen
Gene Autrey
Sutton Dudley Drug Store
Autrey
Ardmore
Oklo
Charlie Marshall
Feading
Gulf Coast
Florida
WPA
Howard Motor Company
China
Japan
Uncle Sam
Pearl Harbor
Midway
J. B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Tha
Washington
Ram
War Board
Hell
William C. Chilton
U. S
U. S. War Department
Bataan Peninsula
Corregidor
O. P. Wheeler
Near Rising Star
Rising Star
Henry Durham
Durham Brothers Grocery
Gustine Road
Claude George
Oswell
O. O. Brightman
A. J. Gray
J. B. Allcorn
T. J. Williams
Dudley Brothers
M. E. (Shorty) Gore
J. W. Carter, Jr
W. H. Thate
Burkett
William Chilton
Jim Cox
Elbert Cox
Bill Kellis
Sterling City Record News
France
Hitler
Gob
Pal
New Mexico
Joan
Eve
Adam
Parker County
Nellie Singleton Whitmire
Weatherford
Court House News
Raymond McCoy
Jean Edington
John C. Hayes
Ruth Smith
Freddie F. Ross
Mary Ruth Hicks
Fate Mull
W. P. Weaver
Goldthwaite
McDaniel
Hansard
Burleson
Posey
Wasson
Gressett
Smith
West
Marshall
Poynor
Mill
Volley
Loudermilk
Homer Randolph
Sallie Millican
Icciinbotham Bros.& Co
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