Citizenship Club Formed at Comanche Grammar School
The Eighth Grade at Comanche Grammar School organized a Citizenship Club on Friday March 3 under Principal D R Murday. Officers are President Don Keel Vice President Neal Curb Secretary James Wilson. Members include Verna Bess Burkett head of the Program Committee and many class members listed by name. A family visit noted Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Grammar School
D. R. Murday
Don Keel
Neal Curb
James Wilson
Verna Bess Burkett
Dalton Isham
Erland Hicks
Imogene Spivey
Kath
India and Africa through Jack Chapman's vivid lens
A cousin letter from India dated Jan 10 1944 recounts life in India and Africa. It contrasts illiteracy and poverty with tea gardens and modern cities, noting climate extremes and disease, then shifts to Africa's charm and hospitality. The writer promises fuller details on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Wynona
Santa
India
Jack
Helpful Workers Club Meeting Notes From February
The Helpful Workers Club met February 1 with Mrs. Ida Williams and twelve members plus one visitor. A covered dish dinner followed at noon and three quilts were completed. February 15 under Mrs. Lucy Mae Lowery featured a gift day with thirteen members and eight visitors, a bountiful lunch, and four quilts finished. The February 29 gathering with Mrs. Edith Adcock required wearing sacks as clothing items, yielding six dresses five slips two panties two smocks and one hankie all made from sacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helpful Workers Club
Ida Williams
Club
Lucy Mae Lowery
Edith Adcock
Nationwide grocery price check set for March 20 to 25
The plan calls for surveying all U S grocery stores to compare prices. Stores must post ceiling prices and may not exceed them during the period March 20 to 25. The message also endorses War Bonds as a safeguard for national security.
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United States
Jokes and wartime humor cross Atlantic aboard U.S.S. Ancon
J C McPherson, former Comanche resident now in the U S Navy, reports a German propaganda broadcast from overseas. He mailed the joke from aboard the U S S Ancon about Nazi pilots asking St Peter for entry and the remark that two planes shot down allow entry while others go to Hell. Mrs J L Smith underwent a major operation at a German hospital Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. McPherson
Comanche
U.S. Navy
U.S.S. Ancon
Pearly Gates
St. Peter
Peter
England
Berlin
J. L. Smith
Primitive Baptist Services at Beattie
The Lord willing Eld. A. D. Wood of Glen Rose will preach at Beattie Sunday morning and evening. Everybody welcome. Come out and hear this man. T. J. Davis, Church Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Willing
Eld
A. D. Wood
Glen Rose
Beattie
T. J
T. J. Davis
Join the Women's Army Corps for important wartime roles
The ad promotes WAC service with Army training and postwar career paths. It invites readers to visit a U S Recruiting Station or request an informational booklet. It notes that women in essential war industry must have release from their employer or the U S Employment Service and provides the Adjutant General's address in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Army Corps
WAC
U.S
Adjutant General
Munitions
Washington
D. C
Thomas Marshall Ready For Combat
Cpl. Thomas T. Marshall Jr. will finish training at the combat crew school in Sioux City Iowa and be ready to go overseas as a gunner in a heavy bomber crew. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Troy Marshall of Comanche.
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Cpl
Thomas T. Marshall, Jr
Combat Crew Training School
Sioux City
Iowa
Army Air Base
Cpl. Marshall
Troy Marshall
Comanche
War Bonds as Tool Against Inflation Urges Officials
Officials urge War Bonds to curb inflation and fund national needs. Experts say bonds stabilize the economy, offering safe investment while financing military and public programs during wartime. Citizens encouraged to purchase bonds through banks and post offices.
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Citizenship Club
Leen Coulter
Delphine Morgan
Paraline Sharp
Jimmy Cunningham
Jimmy Smoot
Jerry Ww. Tucker
Harold Dene McCullough
Jesse W. Guthnie
James Layman
West Abernathy
Odis Smart
Gar Faldon Tupin
Medford Scott
Ralph Woods
John Lacy
Mary Ruth Ligon
Floyd Phifer
Alvin Grayson
Dan Gayson
Virginia Hart
Norma June Godfrey
Ammie Jewel Dubre
Jack Butler
Odell Ormsby
Marvin Jaggers
Mrs
Mazzer Everett
Adolph and
Hirohito
Frank Vineyard
Fersi
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. 4
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Brownwood
Jack Chapman
Wayne Caffey
Sidney
Set
George Chapman
L. E. Chapman
Soda Springs
Set. Chapman
Comanche County
Proctor
Lamkin
Sipe Springs
Comanche County, Texas
Bell’s Cafe & Station
Bell’s
T P
L. S. Bell, Proprietor
Slarr
Mexico
Ed Duke
America
Chief Dry Cleaners
J. H. Arthur
W. Central
Gille‘s Hatchery
Primitive Baptist
Thomas Marshall
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Tabeets
Robertson’s Hatchery
Comanche High School
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