Weekend Visits Across Proctor Community
Residents visited relatives and friends across Proctor and nearby areas. Many extended families and neighbors, including the Faulkner, Jaggers, Kimbell, Looney, Hammons, and Tackett households, shared time over Friday to Sunday. One illness note mentions Mrs. Mail Harris of Purvey ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ning
Iona T
Billy Ruth Pyt
Tommy. Kimbell
Camp Bowie
Odis Kimbell
Zeva
Mari
Jean Hammons
Genevie
Wanda Neil Faulkner
T. Hickox
Clifton
Vera Kimbell
Vera
Doyle Looney
Ollie Faulkner
Houston
Looney
Nig Adams
W. L. Gee
Roy Tackett
Mail Harris
Purvisey
Out Like A Light Mystery Lamp In Mary Case
A short local notice reports a fatal incident involving Mary and a lamp fueled by benzine. Authorities say the blaze occurred during an attempt to illuminate a room and led to an untimely end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Commissioner Announces Fire Insurance Premium Credit
The 25 percent credit will cut fire insurance premiums for Comanche policyholders and save an estimated $7,125 next year. The credit applies to ogée written after the new rate and is based on 1942 premium payments. A five year average determines fire records with a maximum 25 percent credit and a 15 percent penalty for heavy losses.
Teenage Hamilton boy writes in faith amid draft uncertainty
A Hamilton teen writes of trust in God regarding possible Army service and urges others to seek comfort in divine guidance. The letter shifts to wartime coffee ration rules, noting new amendments effective February 20, detailing penalties for misuse by minors and stamps removal from adult ration books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
N. Ber
OPA
A Kiss Across Ages and Social Roles
A reflective aphorism on kissing as a social token changing with life stage. The piece notes that a kiss serves no use to one person but brings bliss to two, with different stakes for the young, the old, and various social positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith
Hope
Charity
Grave Robber He Interaction Arouses Noted Laughter
A grave robber proposes a crude ruse and gains a shock of laughter from a woman who suggests calling her grandmother to validate the request. The exchange reveals a troubling street corner episode amid casual banter.
Faith of Comanche boy praised by wartime parents
In Comanche Texas Rev C C Klingman lauds a local boy whose parents say his faith is priceless and practically proven by those with sons in the war. The quote emphasizes a religion caught rather than taught and valued as more precious than gold by families facing upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
C. C. Klingman
Comanche
Texas
Feed Wheat Cars Ordered For Comanche County
The local AAG office and County Agent arrange 42 cars of feed wheat for Comanche County with 18 already received. Producers pay around 1.56 to 1.58 per hundred pounds, saving costs for feeders while shipments face box car shortages and orders. Sale of feed wheat discontinued under Commodity Credit Corporation as Congress nears exhaustion of 125 million bushel authorization. Secretary Wickard notes 25 percent of this year’s farm production will support fighting forces and Allies, including major shares of meat eggs lard and canned vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oor
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Wickard
Local residents visit and a home fire disaster noted
Mrs J Aubrey Wilhelm of Brownwood visited in the homes of 3 F A W Wilhelm over the weekend. Beatrice McDonald visited O B Phillips and family Sunday. The Jones home was destroyed by fire last Sunday. Bobbie Hemphill of Houston visits Mrs C Thomas. George Ollie Pletcher and Wayne Wilhelm left for Mineral Wells to begin Army training. Various visitors attended A W Wilhelm's home Sunday, including Alton Jones and family of Dublin and Louis Dear son of Gustine. The Good Will Club meets March 11 for an all day session. The column closes with a reflection on living over merely making money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Aubrey -Wilhelm
Brown
Wood
A. W. Wilhelm
Beatrice McDonald
O. B. Phillips
Jones
A. W
Bobbie Hemphill
Houston
C. Thomas
George Ollie Pletcher
Wayne Wilhelm
J. F. Wilhelm
M. F
Owen
Alton Jones
Dublin
Louis Dearson
Gustine
Jewell Glasgow
Finn Grove
Audrey Weathers
Stephenville
J. K
Wilhelm
Comanche visitors and local notices mark a quiet weekend
Miat im Foume and Geetee orynthe Tobe Lynch and family visited with Comanche hosts. Virgil Miller family and others spent Sunday with R. T. ler, while Loyd McCullough Jr and Mrs. Loyd McCullough of Lincoln Neb. visits. A Red Cross Drive looms as community efforts push to boost support. Leight of Comanche’s Bix Gin sold 2 bales of cotton for 82.35 in 1911 as noted by the Stephenville Empire Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miat Im Foume
Geetee Orynthe
Tobe Lynch
Virgil Miller
Wilsom
Morace “Applewhite
Gustine
Charley Coor
Baggett
R. T.ler
Loyd McCullough, Jr
Lincoln
Nebraska
Army Air Corps
Som Air Case
W. Strickland
Maxwell
RM. Alexander Home
Ester
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Va Mae Johnston
Procetor
Edith Salvey
Fay
Porter
Dorothy Jo Gee
Ollie
Faulkner
Wilson
Bob Huggins
Proctor
Marie Swing
Areta Jaggers
Oveta Brown
Roy Brown
F. C. Shackelford
G C. Jaggers
Alexander
Wanda Nell Faulkner
Plodean
Loretta Punderburg
Clenna Faye Looney
Shiloh
Harvey
Punderburg
B. J Laird
Byron Dean Dorris
Billy Bruce Caulbough
Bill Dorrik
Byron Dean
Ben Caulbough
Eva Allen
Alvie Tackett
Henry Gilbreath
Stephen
Sipe Springs
Lamkin
P. A. Pettit
Comanche County
Comanche, Texas
E. L. Pierson
AAG
Comanche Couny
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
BLACK
God
R. W. H. Hamilton
Gulf Oil Corporation
W. H. Slider
Kesl
Wright
Tupin
Ernest Tupin
Jewelei
Red Cross
Jim
J.R. Eanes & Company Insurance
John D. Waring
A. Greene
TRU
Jill O Boot Shop Boot and Shoe Repairing
Land Made Boots
Inbotham Bldg
Moody’s Cafe
Chief Dry Cleaners
Mr. and
Mrs
B. H. Briscoe
Huett’s Furniture Store
Sidney Street
W. H. Huett
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