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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1944
Page
5
Melvin Davis, 24, of Roch, lost his right arm in a feed mill accident while feeding a neighbor’s farm. The limb was amputated below the elbow at Dublin Hospital after the crush injury. Neighbors donated over $200 and sent flowers and gifts reflecting the high esteem in which he is held.
Dorothy Jean Bradley spent time visiting Maxine Cook on Tuesday, continuing an informal social call between neighbors.
F. S. Harris 82 a Mount Pleasant area pioneer in Comanche County died Sunday night after months of illness. Born in Arkansas he moved to Texas as a youth and settled in Comanche County. Funeral services were at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church with interment in Zion Hill Cemetery. He leaves a widow and three children Merton L Harris Texarkana Mae Cooper Sidney and Florence Harris Mount Pleasant.
Col Leslie S Moore, visiting Stephenville, is reassigned from Baltimore to Dallas to take one of four U S Army tasks linked with General Marshall. He previously served at Tarleton College, now joins top staff duties affecting Army and Air Corps combat forces with Mrs Margaret Smith and two children in tow.
Mrs Bertha Wilks returns to Odessa after visiting her mother Mrs C E Huffman in Hasse. Chattel Mortgage blanks at The
Cadet Richard Eugene Thomas son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Thomas of Comanche continues basic flight training at Greenwood Army Air Field Mississippi after reporting as a student. He graduated from Jonesboro High School where he played basketball and baseball. He was accepted as an aviation cadet at Waco on December 9 1942 and has two brothers in service overseas. He will learn to transition to combat piloting and night flying before advancing to a training school for wings in the program.
Comanche Brownie and Intermediate Scouts with mothers are sewing a Red Cross quilt to be displayed soon in Higginbotham window and given away Saturday March 11 at 4 o clock. Troop leaders Nobia Dunn and Marguerite Ross. committee members Mrs. G. Preston Tate, Mrs. Walter Barret, and W. Z. Compton. Mr. Davis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Davis and has a wife and one child.
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