Comanche High football drills under war era pressure
Thirty four players report for Comanche High School football practice amid wartime strains. Coach duty falls to A. P. Burks with two senior assistants Mickie Carter and Sg Cecil Jack Cox guiding the squad as co captain contenders Jimmie Carpenter and Harold Ray Burks emerge as leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
Navy
A. P. Burks
Mickie Carter
Cecil Jack Cox
Signal
Mickie
Red
WPA Commodity House Closes After Helping WPA Clients
The WPA Commodity Warehouse here has closed after distributing hundreds of pounds of groceries and clothing to WPA clients. The final local operation ends with large quantities of food previously sent to county school lunch programs as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Comanche County
Garden Club Holds Regular Meeting in Comanche
The Comanche Garden Club met at the Comanche First Methodist Church with President Mrs. J. B. Ston presiding returning from leave. The Cemetery Committee led by Mrs. Tom Helmsley was authorized to plant two Italian Cypress at the cemetery gate and hire someone for shrub work. The club planned a drive with local organizations and heard talks by Mrs. Warning on propagating cuttings and Mrs. Dudley on cacti and succulents. A visiting committee from De Leon and a county bond selling chairwoman were noted, with hostesses and a sandwich plate served to fifteen members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Tom Dudley
de Leon
Ivah Pittman
John Weaver
George Rollins
Pittman
Comanche County
H. L. Stewart
Porter McCarroll
Elmo Montgomery
J. B Chilton
R. W. H. Harmilton
Viola Cheatham Conducting School Census for Comanche ISD
Mrs. Viola Cheatham is this month taking the school census for the Comanche Independent School District. All children who will be six and under 18 on September 1, 1943 should be enumerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Cheatham
Comanche Independent
Miss Oma Lee Jones Weds Kenneth Craig in Fort Worth
Friends in Comanche announce the marriage of Oma Lee Jones to Kenneth Craig of San Angelo. Miss Jones is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones, a 1941 Comanche High School graduate, and has worked in San Angelo. The couple plan to reside in Fort Worth where Mr. Craig is employed. Mrs Nora Williford Tischer visits her husband, Pfe. Edmon Tischier, stationed near Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Oma Lee Jones
Kenneth Craig
San Angelo
Craig
Fred Jones
Comanche High School
Fort Worth
Mrs
Nora To Williford Tischer
Pfe
Edmon Tischier
Washington, D. C
Mrs. E. M. McGlothlin Dies At Lamkin
Mrs. E. M. McGlothlin, 76, died at her home near Lamkin on Sunday March 7 at 6 30 pm. Funeral services were conducted in the family home Monday by Elder Len Dalton. Interment was in Toliver Cemetery beside her husband. Pallbearers listed and flower girls named. Mrs Werdna Robertson Williford visiting her husband O D Williford Jr, stationed at Ames Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. McGlothlin
Lamkin
Len Dalton
Toliver Cemetery
Ray Wooley
Richard Burt
Paul Neel
Wayne Lawson
Johnie Stephens
Wayland Stephens
Mary Neel
Carrie Mae Neel
Fern Wooley
Dessie Truet
Pearl Lawson
Mildred Thompson
Frankie el] Ellenburg
Ona Pay Burt
Werdna Robertson Williford
O. D. Williford, Jr
Ames
Iowa
Hattie M Hampton Joins WAACs For Active Duty
Hattie M Hampton of 601 East Central Comanche reported Monday March 15 to Dallas District office for WAAC active duty. After processing she will go to Fort Des Moines Iowa for five weeks of basic training then enter one of six specialist schools and possibly Officer Candidate School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie M. Hampton
East Central
Comanche
WAAC
Dallas
D. G. Hampton
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
John Huett Advances at Sweetwater Flying School
John Huett, a graduate of Co High College, has been advanced to flying instructor at the Sweetwater Flying School. He is the son of Mrs. W H Huett of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Huett
Sweetwater Flying School
Huett
Co- High College
W. H. Huett
Comanche
John J. Kelly Buried at Dublin
John J. Kelly 96, a prominent stone contractor and builder in the area, died March 8 in Hamilton after residing in Dublin for 20 years. Burial took place in Dublin. Mrs. A R Oglesby returned from Medford Oregon where her husband is stationed at White Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Kelly
Dublin
Hamilton
A. R. Oglesby
Medford
Oregon
White
Personal Notices From Comanche Area Docket
Local notes record visits and absences including M G Lowry of Lampasas at Camp Hood visiting J B Lowry in Comanche over the weekend Ruth McCorkle from North Texas State Teachers College Denton visiting Dena Lou Cox over the weekend and several military postings and family visits in Comanche during the period including Major Joe Evridge in California desert maneuvers, Pvt Tom Evridge near Salt Lake City Utah, Pvt Jesse D Wood at Goodfellow Field San Angelo, and Corp Kenneth Finklestein at Waco Flying School visiting Comanche homes.
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M. G. Lowry
Lampasas
Camp Hood
J. B. Lowry
Comanche
Ruth McCorkle
North Texas State Teachers College of
Denton
Dena Lou Cox
Ernest Tupin
Sealy Hospital
Santa Anna
Tollie Williams
Fort Worth
Mae Cameron
Joe Evridge
Wade Evridge
California Desert
Evridge
Tom Evridge
Salt Lake City
Utah
Jesse D. Wood
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
J. B. Wood
Jewell Edwards
Abilene
Corp
Kenneth Finklestein
Waco Flying School
Dave Finklestein
Paul Pirkle
Fort Stockton
Leve Roberson
Bud Newsome
J. O. Lane
Rebekah
Dallas
Gene Machels
Dave Ravenshine
Nolan Burdette Promoted to Corporal in Army
Nolan E. Burdette of Comanche Route 3 has been promoted from private first class to corporal. A Comanche High School graduate, he was a farmer and stock raiser before enlistment and has served about eight months as an aerial mechanic and instructor engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan E. Burdette
Will. Burdette
Comanche
Route 3
Comanche High School
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Caba Nome
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Cara Nome
Argona
Rexall Drug Stores
Naturalle
Rachelle Light
Rachelle Dark
Rachelle Olive
Tan Ray
Castanet
Ray Castanet
Art
Tan Ray Castanet Burgundie
Durham
ST Ae
Garden Club
Sutton Dudley
Coats Dudley
Pg Aerry Voucher
Hattie May Hampton
Waacs
Lucy Kirk
San Antonio
Kenneth Ory
Waco
Hugh
Bo) Wiilliams
C. F. Williams
O. W. Greene
John Abe March
John Abe March, Jr
Columbia, South Carolina
Dore Greene
Nolan Burdette
Udder
PABLU
Brytons
Tampax
Dorothy Perkins
Hind
Pratt
Lee
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