Veterans GI Bill loans discussed by Texas bankers
Wm C Chilton of Comanche National Bank submitted information on veteran loans under the GI Bill of Rights at a Texas Bankers Association meeting. Murray Kyger of First National Bank Fort Worth led the committee. bankers report broad Texas support and caution against overpricing, with VA guarantees up to 2000 or 50 percent.
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Benker
Wm. C. Chilton
Comanche National Bank
Texas Bankers Association
Association
Committee On
Murray Kyger
First National Bank
Fort Worth
Texas
Kyger
Pfc Adcock from Iwo Jima News Held for Treatment
Pfc Leonard W Adcock wounded in action on Iwo Jima February 27 landed in San Francisco last week and is being transferred to New Orleans for treatment. He hopes for a furlough to visit his parents Mr and Mrs 3 E Adcock of Gustine. He was shot through the neck by a small calibre rifle. His aunt Mrs Nona Besor visited him in the San Francisco hospital. Adcock has served two years and went overseas last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard W. Adcock
Iwo Jima
San Francisco
New Orleans
3. E. Adcock
Gustine
Pfc
Adcock
Nona Besorvi
Wilkins Named CHS Coach
J M Wilkins former Mexia High Kilgore Junior College and Texas Wesleyan standout quarterback was elected coach of Comanche High School by the board Tuesday night. He is 29 with five years teaching and coaching experience and will attend spring training next week. He has held posts at Cotulia and Judson Grove and is married with one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Wilkins
Mexia High School
Kilgore
Texas Wesleyan
Comanche High School
Board of
W. Z. Compton
Wilkins
Cotulia
Judson Grove
Longview
Canning Sugar Rules Cited for Comanche County
The canning sugar program will begin in Comanche County with local advisory panels in each community. Panels hold application blanks, assist filers, and forward completed forms for approval. all coupons will be mailed, not handed out in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
War Price & Rationing Board
Canning Sugar Panel
Quarterly Conference at Gustine Sunday
Rev. H. H. Barnett announces a Quarterly Conference at the First Methodist Church in Gustine Sunday at 2 p.m. District Superintendent A. S. Gafford will preach at the 11 o'clock morning service. Dinner will be served in the church at noon.
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H. H. Barnett
First Methodist
Gustine
Comanche County Names J C Helm Jr County Superintendent
The Comanche County Commissioners Court appoints S/Sat J C Helm Jr to the office of county superintendent effective May 1 He will not assume duties until after the war and will not receive salary until then Helm succeeds Dale Howard who resigned He will not seek discharge from the Army and remains stationed at Randolph Field having volunteered for service since October 1942.
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Comanche County
Set
Helm
Randolph Field
Gustine County Appoints Acting Superintendent Willis
George R Willis, Gustine Public School superintendent, was hired by newly named county superintendent J C Helm Jr to serve as acting county superintendent from May 1 until after the war. Helm will return later and Willis will become assistant county superintendent. Willis held the Gustine post since last September for eighteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Willis
Gustine
J. C. Helm, Jr
Helm
Baby Contest Proves Popular at Victory Vanities Event
The Victory Vanities program fundraiser for the American Legion Memorial Community Building drew many votes. Susan Blackwood, 16 months, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E E Blackwood, won girls' first place, with Carolyn Pettit, daughter of Captain and Mrs B E Pettit, as runnerup. Boys' first went to Arthur Lee Morris, two, son of Lt. and Mrs. Wyatt Lee Morris, while runnerup was Malcolm Edmondson, son of Mr. and Mrs I M Edmondson. Captain Pettit and Lt Morris are overseas in Germany and the Philippines respectively.
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American Legion
Morris
Philippines
Malcolm Edmondson
I. M. Edmondson
Resigns as County Superintendent Dale Howard
Dale Howard tendered his resignation from the county school office to the Commissioners Court and will leave May 1. He will become vice president of the C. C. Porter Company Inc a wholesale book concern in Dallas and begin new duties May 1. Howard has served since January 1 1939 and thanked citizens for electing him.
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Dale Howard
Commissioners Court
Howard
C. C. Porter Company, Inc
Wholesalesale Book Concern
Dallas
Comanche High Student Undergoes Operation
Comanche High School student and cell leader Nancy Connor, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Connor, underwent an operation at a Brownwood hospital Monday following an at dash.
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Nancy Connor
Joe Connor
Comanche High School
Brownwood Hospital
Missing Captain Tull McGuire in Pacific Action
Captain Tull K. McGuire 25 Comanche reported missing in action over Japan since February 10 after a mid air collision on a Tokyo bound B 29 mission. He was a first pilot, Beech test pilot and early B 29 flyer, with wife Josephine and daughter Judith Gale in Wichita.
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Tull K. McGuire
Comanche
Japan
Tokyo
McGuire
Gustine
J. L. Northcutt
J. M. Stark
Gustine High School
Tiger Athletic
Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
Army Air Corps
Army
Beech Aircraft
Wichita
Kansas
Boeing
Vaughne
Josephine Watson
Judith Gale
Comanche High Presents Senior Class Play All Gummer Up
Mrs Homer Palmer announces Comanche High School senior class will present their annual play in the high school auditorium next Friday night April 6 at 8 15. The play is titled All Gummer Up.
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Homer Palmer
Comanche High School
Pfc Bobby Holmes Killed in Action in Germany
Pfc Bobby Burt Holmes son of Mr and Mrs Fred Holmes of Lubbock died of wounds on March 2 in Germany. Born and raised in Comanche he finished high school class of 1942 then moved with his parents to Lubbock. He turned 18 in June 1943 and had been overseas less than a year. He is survived by grandparents Mrs A T Perry and Mrs J A Holmes of Comanche.
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Pfc
Bobby Burt Holmes
Fred Holmes
Lubbock
Germany
Comanche
Pfc. Holmes
A. T. Perry
J. A. Holmes
Comanche High School Choir to Sing Easter Services
The Comanche High School A Cappella Choir will perform at the Easter sunrise service Sunday at seven AM on KBWD Brownwood broadcast from the courthouse east lawn. They will also close with Mozart's Gloria in Excelsis at the Methodist Church. Fort Sam Houston? Jimmie Carpenter and Wayne Stewart depart for Army induction.
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Comanche High School
Fort Sam Houston
Jimmie Carpenter
John Carpenter
Wayne Stewart
G. L. Stewart
Comanche
Army
San Antonio
Fox Hunters Meet Today at Round Mountain
Comanche County Fox Hunters Association holds its annual meeting and barbecue today March 30 at Round Mountain. About 500 attended last fall and a larger turnout is expected. A beach show Friday at 2 pm will judge fifty top dogs by Lewis Ackers of Abilene.
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Comanche County Fox Hunters Association
Round Mountain
J. P. Jones
Lewis Ackers
Abilene
Mr. Jones
First Baptist Church of
County Wide Red Cross Election Meeting Planned
A county wide Red Cross meeting is set for Tuesday April 3 at 3 30 p m in the county court room to elect officers Roy Brannan chairman said all Red Cross members especially committeemen and workers are urged to attend and representatives from every community are hoped to be present
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Red Cross
Roy Brannan
Brannan
Comanche High School Choir Wins Superior Rating
Comanche High School A Capella Choir earned the superior rating at a Brady music festival last Saturday, the highest score at the State Federation of Music Clubs Convention. Judge Thom Merideth Tatton praised the choir and Carl Brumbelow for the performance.
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Brady
Comanche
Federation of Music Clubs
Thomas Merideth Tatton
London
England
Carl Brumbelow
Trades Day Here Next Monday At Local Sale
Regular first Monday livestock sale to feature hogs cattle horses and other cattle on hand for trade with usual assortment expected at the market event next Monday.
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Vanitiesets
A. P. Cox
Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration Guaranty
Pfc. Adcock
Iwo Casualty
Bact In States
CHS
Sibyl Stewart
Opa
New County
Coarge
Ctine County
Tull McGuire
Captain McGuire
Bust Baptist Church
Alvin Hafford
Son of My Soul
Hursley
THE
PALMS
J. Faure
Miss Joy Jean Eaton
Sing Aloud
Hiland Fagan
Eiland Fagan
Gethsemane
R. L. Eaton
E. G. Gregory, Jr
Marion Wilkerson
Arden Lewis
Joy Jean Eaton
Roland Miller
Hazel Streety
Court House Lawn
Christ the
W. B. Gray
C. C. Klingman
R. B. Hooper
Palestrina
Tscaikowsky
Mr. Brumbelow
KBWD
Mutual
New Majestic
FBI
Hoot Gibson
Bob Steele
Mabel
John Hubbard
Gail Patrick
Marjorie Weaver
Peter Cookson
Humphrey Bogart
Claude Raines
Marseilles
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