WPA Gives Comanche County $61k in Food and Clothing in 1941
A 1941 report to County Judge H H Lockridge from Anson M Cone details 409 cases and 1,119 people served by the WPA Commodity Distribution in Comanche County. The program distributed $39,317.41 in food and $20,102.25 in clothing plus infant and garment items to 22 schools and 2,512 free lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Commodity Distribution Project
H. H. Lockridge
Anson M. Cone
WPA
Notice on Class 1-A Registrants Induction Breaks
Upon arrival at the Army Examination and Induction Station selectees will be physically examined and those accepted will be inducted and sent to Reception Centers. Reception center commanders may grant a furlough up to ten days to complete personal and business affairs to avoid hardship for the soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Teachers Elect Convention Delegates in Comanche County
The Comanche County Educational Association chose delegates for the District House of Delegates to meet in San Angelo March 19 and 20. Elected delegates are W. Z. Compton J. E. Lightfoot and Dale Howard with alternates Miss Hattie Brightman J. B. Cooper and M. C. Kay. County Superintendent Dale Howard, vice-president of the 21-county Mid-Texas Association, will preside over the First General Session and speak at the Rural Administrators Section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Educational Association
Pvt Houston Robertson Captures Fort Leonard Wood Marksmanship Title
Pvt Houston Robertson of Comanche won the Fort Leonard Wood marksmanship championship in Missouri last week. He tied with another soldier at 93 hits of 100, then prevailed with 98 hits in a second 100-shot round, earning the title and a leave of absence to visit his wife and relatives.
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Pvt
Houston Robertson
Comanche
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Robertson
Roberson
McDonald Announces Birth of Son Thomas Otho
Mr and Mrs T A McDonald Jr announce the birth of a son at a German hospital on March 13 The baby weighed six pounds and is named Thomas Otho
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T. A. McDonald Jr
Thomas Otho
Debt Adjustment Meeting April 2 in Comanche County
Farmers with heavy debts can seek relief from the Comanche County Farm Debt Adjustment and Tenure Improvement Committee. Irwin Ingram of the Farm Security Administration says the committee will hold a 10:00 a.m. meeting on April 2 at the SA Office to work out debt payment schedules with debtors and creditors. Committee members, serving without charge, include John B. Pogue and C. M. Caraway.
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Comanche County
Irwin Ingram
Farm Security Administration
Ingram
John B. Pogue
Rt. 3
Comanche
C. M. Caraway
de Leon
Thirty Three Men Practice Spring Football Here
Thirty three players including seven returning lettermen from the bi district champion team are in the first week of spring drills at Comanche High School under coaches Frazier and Dyer. The initial scrimmage featured standouts like Jack Smith and Roger Smith, with Dixon and Scott among new contributors and Gene Carter anchoring the line. A lengthy list follows of those reporting for practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
Frazier
Dyer
Jack Smith
Roger Smith
Dixon
Meridian
Scott
Hubert Boff
Ikey Pipes
Gene Carter
Cecil Cox
Dan Waggoner
Bobby Marshall
R. L. Bowman
Harold Burks
Jimmie Carpenter
Troy Kirkland
Duane Howe
Charles Hicks
William Guthrie
Jack Riley
Harold Edwards
Bill Wilkerson
Harold Williams
Ray Stevenson
Doyle Richey
Herbert Davis
Dick Armstrong
Cleve Denny
Paul Slider
Pat Luper
Rayymond Ruth
Charles Dudley
J. L. Cox
Jack Griffith
Hubert Eoff
Denny Jackson
Victor Scott
W. T. Dixon
E J Vineyard Appointed Duncan Field Radio Operator
E J Vineyard of Route 2 Comanche has been named radio operator at Duncan Field San Antonio by the U S Civil Service Commission. He previously worked at Ranger NYA Defense Resident Center shops after applying through the United States Employment Service and gaining shop experience and training through Ranger public schools and the State Board for Vocational Education.
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E. J. Vineyard
Comanche
Ranger Nya Defense
Duncan Field
San Antonio
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Vineyard
NYA
United States Employment Service
Ranger Nya
Ranger Public Schools
State Board For Vocational Education
Thomas T. Marshall
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Marshall
Ranger Schools
Comanche County FSA Office Moves to Recreation Hall Area
The Comanche County FSA office has relocated from the Masonic Building to the offices above the Recreation Hall on West Side of the square in Comanche.
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Comanche County
FSA
Masonic Building
Recreation Hall
Comanche
New CCC Camp Set Up Amid War Drive in Texas
Texas CCC officials announce a Victory Program to expand enrollment to 3,000 youths aged 17 to 24 for six months with possible renewal to 24 months. Enrollees to be trained for defense industries and conservation work, may be sent to camps nationwide, with pay and benefits described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army
Texas
CCC
J. S. Machison
United States
Arizona
California
Colorado
Nevatta
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Murchison
Cccg
Thomas Marshall Takes Radio Operator Role at Camp Bowie
Thomas T. Marshall of Comanche has been hired as radio operator at Camp Bowie Brownwood after applying for NYA work at the Ranger NYA Center. Instructors arranged through Ranger schools and the State aided his placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Marshall
Camp Bowie
Crazy Radio Gang to perform at Comanche High School
The Comanche Band Mothers sponsor a program tonight at the Comanche High School Auditorium by The Crazy Radio Gang from Mineral Wells. The show starts at 8 15 p m and features Miss Billie Walker and her Hill Billy Band plus Sugar Cane and February. Proceeds benefit the local band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
Crazy Radio Gang
Mineral Wells
Billie Walker
Amateur Fights Tuesday at Comanche Gymnasium
Fifteen amateur fights are scheduled for Tuesday night at 8 30 at the Comanche Gymnasium. The event is sponsored by the Comanche FFA Chapter with eight fighters from Ranger NYA camp joining Comanche’s top boxers. Seven other matches plus a battle royal are planned. admission is 20 cents for students and 25 cents for adults.
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Comanche Gymnasium
Comanche Ffa
NYA
Ranger
Worth Howe
Comanche
Howe
WPA Salvages Abandoned Rails For War Use at Paris Texas
About fifty tons of abandoned street car rails were salvaged under a WPA project in Paris Texas for war production. The effort involved workers removing, melting down, and repurposing the steel to support national defense. The operation demonstrates the home front mobilization typical of wartime labor programs.
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Paris
Texas
Coast Guardsman Visits Comanche During Leave
Coast Guardsman Barrett from Algiers Louisiana arrived in Comanche on Tuesday for a week long visit with his parents Rev and Mrs Gordon Barrett. Barrett has served eight months in the Coast Guard and received several promotions and is currently stationed at a New Orleans Customs House.
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Macc
Barrett
Algiers
United States
Comanche
Gordon Barrett
Young Barrett
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Over There and Over Here Editorial Ends in Resolve
A Dallas Morning News editorial condemns profit over patriotism as it honors soldiers fallen and urges readers to act without delay. It contrasts distant policy debates with the sacrifice of troops and calls for wholehearted support of the war effort. It ends with a pledge to do everything possible for the country and its defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Morning News
Washington
Brownlee Mo fan From County In Draft Lottery
De Leon resident James Wilburn Brownlee age 43 holds serial No 441 in Comanche County and is assigned Order Number 1 by the county Draft Board after the national lottery held Tuesday. The first ten numbers listed include Brownlee 441 and others with local ties. officials note numbers and order numbers will be confirmed once Washington releases the official list.
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James Wilburn Brownlee
de Leon
Comanche County
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Brownlee
George Emmett Archer
Comanche
William Munroe Morris
C. R. Peterson
Gustine
Edgar Dewey Brinson
Harley B. Williford
Curtis Wayne Murphree
Dem. Star Rt
C. L. Freeman
Arthur Roy Tarpley
Downing
A. B. Fneglish
Cleve Callaway
Draft Board
Washington
Hasse Seniors To Present Lena Rivers Play
Hasse high school seniors stage Lena Rivers at the gymnas ium Friday night March 27 under Miss Anne Dry. Rehearsals are finished and admissions are ten cents for all. The community is invited to enjoy a melodrama said to be the finest senior group production.
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Lena Rivers
Hasse Gymnasium
Anne Dry
Hasse School Heads Re-Elected
At a Hasse School Trustees meeting Superintendent Robert Sneed and Principal Gar land McGuire were re-elected. Sneed has led for three years as head and taught four years overall, while McGuire is in his first year as principal and teacher. Other teachers will be re-evaluated after scholastic enumeration proceeds.
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Hasse
Robert Sneed
Garland McGuire
Sneed
McGuire
Mrs Martha Kerley Dies After Illness in Comanche County
Mrs Martha Kerley longtime Comanche County resident died at home in Gartmans View after an illness. Funeral services were held at Gartmans View Church with Rev Brooks of near Waco officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche. Survived by several children including Will Kerley of Comanche.
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Martha Kerley
Comanche County
Gartman’s View
Gartman’s View Church
Rev
Brooks
Near Waco
Oakwood
Comanche
Kerley
Will Kerley
Whitesboro school opens new WPA shop for trainees
Two hundred young industry trainees can attend classes in a new mechanical shop building completed by WPA workers at Whitesboro school. The facility provides hands on training in mechanics as part of the regional recovery effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Whitesboro
Huge Texas rally and new resettlement offices open
About 7,000 residents packed Comanche for a two to five pm patriotic parade and military demonstration led by the Thirty-First Infantry and the 755th Tank Battalion from Camp Bowie. New Federal Resettlement Project offices open in Comanche serving ten adjacent counties with officials named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Masonic
Eastland
Robert Fisher
Lena W. Taylor
Ruth Atwood
Erath
Brown
Coleman
San Saba
McCulloch
Mills
Lampasas
Callahan
Texas
Thirty-First Infantry
Dixie
Camp Bowie
A. G. Paxton
Jesse Pearce
Jack Thompson
755Th Tank
Comanche Square
Brownwood
167Th Infantry Regiment
Alabama
Jack Hardin
155Th Infantry Regiment
Mississippi
Hardin
TP&L Employees Sell 273000 Defense Bonds in Bid for War Aid
Texas Power and Light Company employees sold 273326.42 dollars of U S Defense Bonds and Stamps in January and February, with each worker buying at least one 25 dollar bond. Weekly sales sessions and a plan by John W Carpenter aim to sustain bond purchases until victory or government halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Defense
Texas Power & Light Company
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
W. Murphey
T. P. & L. Company
Murphey
John W. Carpenter
Lt Hilley Sends Cablegram From Philippines To Father
Lt A G Gayle Hilley sent a cablegram from the Philippines saying he is just fine to his father A A Hilley of Sidney. The message, the first since Christmas, noted he is a pilot with a U S bomber group. He is part of MacArthur’s forces on Bataan Peninsula.
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A. G
Gayle) Hilley
Philippines
A. A. Hilley
Sidney
Lt. Hilley
Hilley
U.S
Philippppines
MacArthur Fighting Foces
Bataan
Application Filed To Drill In Comanche County
Comanche County designates a 2,800 foot wildcat drill for the No. 1 Pink Scott in section 21 block 2 H&TC, eight miles west of De Leon. F. O. Akin of Corning Iowa applies to drill from 660 feet inside north and west lines of the NW SE quarter. The plan calls for 2,800 feet using cable tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
F. O. Akin
Corning
Iowa
H&tc
de Leon
Fort Worth
Ted Durham Passes State Pharmacy Board Examinations
Ted Durham who took his State pharmacy examinations in Houston last month passed these examinations this week. He earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Texas last month and has entered the U S Army, now stationed at Fort Sam Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Durham
Houston
Young Durham
University of Texas
U.S. Army
Fort Sam Houston
Funeral rites today for Mrs J P Graham at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. J. P. Graham, aged over 90, will be held today at 10 o'clock in the local Methodist Church. The pastor Rev A B English and former pastor Rev E N Scarlett of Ranger will conduct the rites. Mrs. Graham, longtime resident, was active in church work and taught piano in Comanche and led a Sunday School class for more than 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Graham
A. B. English
E. N. Scarlett
Ranger
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Otis Miller
Ansom
Abilene
Miller
Coast Guardsman
Falaan Rev
Brownlee Mo
Hasse School Reporter
Oper
167Th Infantry
Tp&l
Father
State Pharmacy Board
Methodist Church
New Majestic Theatre
Randolph Scott
Roy Rogers
Laraine Day
Barry Nelson
Judy Canova
Constance Bennett
Bruce Cabot
Wild Bill Hickok
Old Majestic
Cheyenne
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