Ex-Students of Comanche High in All Armed Services
Comanche High alumni serve across Army Navy Air Corps Marines Coast Guard WAVES and WAACs. Notables include Brigadier General George Fleming Moore commanding at Corregidor and Lt Col Ike Moore with other officers from Comanche. Many captains lieutenants and sergeants serve in Europe Africa and the Pacific, with medals and ongoing duty in multiple branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High
Armed Services
Axis
United States
Comanche
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Marines
Coast Guard
Waacs
George Fleming Moore
Moore
Corregidor
Philippines
Curtis Renfro
West Point
Comanche High School
Ike Moore
C. M Moore
Comanche exes serve in war effort across services
Comanche High School alumni join the fight in WWII including Virgil Chaffin in the Army and many others listed in the Army Air Corps and United States Army. Exes serve in the Southwest Pacific and at Quantico while WAACs and civilians support war bonds, Red Cross, and defense. The first local casualty, Pilot Officer Jim Bob Lee, died in 1942 in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Huse
Southwest Pacific
Weldon Edwards
Melvin Bear
Jack Scudder
Marine Corps Reserve
Henry Huffman
Stanton Wilhelm
Quantico
Virginia
Wilson Smith
Comanche
Army Air Corps
Billie Monroe
Thomas Marshall
J. C. Helm
Dewey Fields
Thomas Brown
Quinton Cauley
R. B. Ewing
Burnell Vineyard
Marcus Odell
Kenneth Fields
George Cecil Hanes
Melvin Beaty
Toby Davis
Glenn Hicks
Noland Burdette
Millard Coleman
Norman Howington
Carroll Cardwell
Charles Marshall
Harold Prater
James K. Smallwood
Bevalyn Nance
Travis McKinzie
Charles Osborne
Irby Lee Maples
Archie Beard
Buster Cameron
Harry Cloud
United States Army
James T. Pate
Egbert Pate
Aubrey Davis
Johnnie Pate
Joe Magness
Jack Magness
Wagner Magness
Ed Hicks
Owen Mason
Gavin Driscoll
Jack Parker
James Guthrie
Lloyd Guthrie
Tyson Phillips
Fred Robertson
Melvin Autry
Harry Mark Cauley
Wes Hammock
Robert Earl Seay
Eltas Dudley
William Fletcher
Dale Shoemaker
Junior Dutton
Wesley Helm
Tom Evridge
L. D. Edwards
Karl Jack Carter
George Ollie Fletcher
J. W. Carter
Dalton Morphew
J. B. Ruth
F. D. Coker
Tom Clyde Marshall
Curtis Thomas
Therman Fagan
Collier Pope
Ory McKinzie
Delbert Kirkland
Roy Wilhelm
Mac St. Clair
Nap Thomas
Willie Jack Thomas
Walter Durham, Jr
Bill Clemons
Jake Dave Hodges
Joy Lee Williams
James Martin
Russell Lane
Larrymore Shankle
Raymond Young
Harold Rambo
L. T. Coker
Hardy Jones, Jr
Billy Ed Seay
Warren G. Vineyard
Pat Dutton
Kyle Barret
Vernon Cunningham
Harold Little
Paul Little
Jesse Woods
John David Milton
Virgil Chaffin
Eleven Seniors on 42 Indian Football Team
The 1942 Indian football seniors dominate the field with Co-Captains Hubert Boff and Dan Waggoner leading at full back and quarterback. Key players include Denny Jackson, Cecil Cox, Winston McNutt, Ray Stephenson, Vic tor Scott, Mickey Carter, Ikey Pipes, Pat Luper, and Doyal Richey. Outstanding performers are Eoff, Carter, Pipes, Jackson, Cox, and Waggoner. Several seniors also played intramural basketball. The next Indians starting lineup is likely to include Dudley, Slider, Bowman, Fails, Kirkland, Cox, Carpenter, Burks, Marshall, Sprouse, and Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Boff
Dan Waggoner
Denny Jackson
Cecil Jack Cox
Winston McNutt
Ray Stephenson
Victor Scott
Mickey Carter
Ikey Pipes
Pat Luper
Doyal Richey
Indians
Eoff
Carter
Pipes
Jackson
Cox
Waggoner
Hubert Eoff
Donald Hall
Charles Dudley
Paul Slider
R. L. Bowman
J. C. Fails
Troy Kirkland
J. L. Cox
Jimmy Carpenter
Harold Burks
Bobby Marshall
Neil Sprouse
Richard Armstrong
Joke Exchange At School As Pupil Quips Oldest Sport
A classroom joke centers on a pupil claiming the oldest sport is necking after a Bible reference to a woman hosting a feast and wine. The teacher questions the pun, turning to a playful exchange about wordplay and timing.
Senior Class Honors Comanche High Faculty Members
Senior class members express thanks to Comanche High School staff led by W. Z. Compton the efficient superintendent. They credit teachers including Virgil Chaffin Hattie Brightman Minnie Cunningham Dyer Nettie Burt Charlene McMeans and others for guiding them through Algebra Physics English history and Spanish as they completed four years at CHS. The note also salutes earlier grammar and Ward School faculties for foundational support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
W. Z. Compton
Comanche
de Leon
Comanche County
Virgil Chaffin
Compton
Hattie Brightman
Minnie Cunningham
Dyer
Mr. Chaffin
Nettie Burt
Charlene McMeans
Ana Il
Chaffin
Palmer
Ridinger
Harris
Allison
Werner
Blanche Dabney
Jeanette Woods
Carl Sutton
Dorothy Rose
Glenn Frazier
D. A. Swope
John Dyer
Otho Barbee
E. B. Hibbs
W. H. Carpenter
Gladys Dumas
Pauline White
W. W. Logan
Grammar
Ward School
CHS
Junior-Senior Banquet Tops Comanche High Socials
The Comanche High School junior senior banquet on March 27 filled the second floor with a Hawaiian themed decor and program. Ray Little played Hawaiian medleys, Rev. R B Hooper gave the invocation, and Miss Ridinger sang Aloha Oe as Irma Lee McPherson presented gifts to the seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
Spirit of Hawaii
Ray Little
R. B. Hooper
George Walker
Harold Ray Burks
Brannan, Compton
Chaffin
Troy Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Miss Ridinger
Irma Lee McPherson
Four CHS Students Never Absent or Tardy This Year
Only four students have neither been absent nor tardy this school year. The seniors Lois Ann Lam and Cleve Denny, the junior Weldon Lacy, and the freshman Otis Roberson are recognized for perfect attendance and punctuality, deserving a medal for their dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHS
Lois Ann Lam
Cleve Denny
Weldon Lacy
Otis Roberson
Lois Ann Lam Named Comanche High Valedictorian
Lois Ann Lam daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Lam is valedictorian of the Comanche High senior class with an average of 97.45. David Compton son of Mr and Mrs W Z Compton ranks second with 96.29. Other top seniors include Louise Phillips Christine Godfrey Bobbie A Perkins Thelma G Hasley Dorothy Armstrong Cleve Denny and Patsy Bumpas with high marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Ann Lam
A. A. Lam
David Compton
W. Z. Compton
Louise Phillips
Christine Godfrey
Bobbie A. Perkins
Thelma G. Hasley
Dorothy Armstrong
Cleve Denny
Patsy Bumpas
Famous Words Of Famous People
A collage of quotes from various people including Mr. Chaffin Miss McMeans Mrs. Palmer Miss Minnie Mrs. Chaffin and Miss Ridinger. The dialog contains remarks about housing gum chewing stage experience and a garden plot with bugs and worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Chaffin
Miss McMeans
Mrs. Palmer
Burton
Miss Minnie
Mrs. Chaffin
Miss Hattie
Miss Ridinger
Virginia
Virginia G
Also Mentioned on This Page
K. Ory
Australia
Jack Cauley
England
Herbert Goodson
Fort Benning
C. T. Laker
Marfa
Hal McCorkle
Salt Lake City
Nathan Mehaffey
Alabama
Rommel
Afrika Korps
North Africa
Herman Beene
Ted Durham
Herbert Williams
Texarkana
Ordnance Division
John Sullivan
Grady Williams
Allen Hamilton
Romeo Walker
Jack Walker
Marine Corps
Pacific
Ellie Pulliam
Panama Canal Zone
Carroll Black
Comancheigh School
Wendell Beaty
Mig Spring
Nig Robertson
Arlsbad
New Mexico
Dick Lane
Camp .Berkeley
Bill Hicks
Ensign C. B. Williams
United States Navy
MacEwan Palmer
Charles Wetzel
Jim Gray
James Slider
Schueler Gilliam
Curtis W. Murphree
Victor Gore
Donald Howington
William Young
John Shepard
Eldred Jones
Joe Hicks
John Travis Mahon
Don Gray
Lewis (Pug) McMillan
Monselle O'Brien
Aubrey
Oscar) Wilhelm
Quinton Guthrie
Joe Cardwell
Weldon Withers
Joe Evridge
Robert Eaton, Jr
Houston Robertson
Roger Loudermi
A. J. Coker
Hurt Eoff
Donald Spears
Albert Brannan
Everett Breedlove
A. J. Stuckey
Charles Hughes
Walter Jack
Thomas
Niven Jackson
Robert Faulker
John King
Lane Loudermilk
J. C. Huett
Jimmy E
Justice Edwards
Dub Brown
Ole Richey
Clayborne Kerley
Ig Barrett
Jack Gore
Eugene
North Texas State Teachers College
University of Texas
Cotton Bear
Herman Thomas
Guy Ruth
Burmett Cunningham
Jimmie Roberts
M. S. Davis
Billie Stewart
John Brewton
Harold Roberts
Naval Air Force
Dawson Waring
Joe Waring
Billie Jack Scott
J. B. Moody
Todd Switzer
Merlin Jenkins, Jr
Malecomb Shepard
Jim Coker
Jack Pate
Weldon Barrett
Marion James
Fightin Marines
D. Randall
Gayle Newsome
Roy Rains
Wilburn Richey
Earl Mason
Rector Swann
Dallas Hansard
Danforth Wilkerson
Tupin
Tupin’s
Supt. Compton
Miss Burt
Red
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