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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1942
Page
10
County Chairman William C. Chilton announces a May War Bond quota of 17 2000 dollars to support frontline equipment and national finance. He frames bonds as a safe, redeemable investment to fund bombers tanks and artillery, urging residents to invest to protect security and economy.
Two members of the local Draft Board W. H. Thate and Walter Barret and Mrs. Cleve Callaway secretary of the Comanche County Draft Board attended an instruction meeting of the Draft Boards of this section in Fort Worth Monday. An interesting meeting was held and much useful information was passed on.
A Santa Fe freight train No. 48 derailed Monday afternoon near Watson between Blanket and Comanche, overturning fifteen cars on a curve at 2:30 p.m. Crew members were unharmed. Traffic shifted to Temple via Brownwood Fort Worth branch. line restoring by Wednesday. Derailed cars included lettuce possibly damaged. freight others intact. The incident paused service and caused equipment damage with little other loss.
J B Griffith of the United States Employment Service says about seventy five unskilled workers are needed at Camp Bowie. Pay is 40 cents per hour and interested applicants should register at 111 Main Street Brownwood. The work is expected to last three to four months.
Red Cross workers ask anyone with Red Cross garments to return them by Saturday. Mrs. P. R. Huntington in charge notes knitting is still available for those who want it.
Mrs. Cleve Callaway, secretary of the Comanche County Draft Board, outlines the classifications used for registrants. The questionnaire answers determine each individual's class, including 1-A, 1-B, II-B, IV-A, IV-D, TV-C, and other designations, with notes on non combatant and dependency factors.
All women may register for the Red Cross Home Nursing Course at McKinzie Beauty Shop on Saturday May 9 between 9 00 and 11 00 a.m. and 2 00 to 4 00 p.m. The class meets Wednesdays and Thursdays 2 00 to 5 00 p.m. in City Hall upstairs under Mrs E G Gregory Jr R N supervision. A cemetery work day at Shiloh is set for Wednesday May 13.
Governor Coke Steven son revoked a one year reprieve from a life sentence for robbery of Benton Layman held in Brown County jail. Layman was sentenced in 1934 for a robbery near Glen Rose and charged in 1933 with robbery of a Brownwood junkyard. He was arrested in Brownwood last week on a liquor raid misdemeanor. Layman denied liquor ownership but gave no further info. Layman’s home is Comanche, and his sentence carried mail on Sidney Star Route.
A total of 1770 men aged 45 to 64 were registered in Comanche County on Monday April 27 per Local Board. Registrations by center listed for Comanche 637 De Leon 601 Gustine 141 Sidney 123 Proctor 108 Sipe Springs 74 Newburg 30 Lamkin 21 Energy 21 Mercer Gap 14. Miss Ima Gene Stevens and Pfc. Arthur Goodin wed May 2 at the Baptist parsonage. Goodin is stationed at Camp Bowie and the bride will stay in Comanche.
Mrs. L. McCulloch aged 67 died at a San Angelo hospital Friday at 1 00 p.m after a year long illness Funeral services were held at 10 a m in San Angelo with Rev B O Wood Presbyterian minister Interment followed at the local cemetery She moved from Comanche to San Angelo seven or eight years ago Survivors include her son Eustace McCulloch wife Eva Lee and grandchildren Anne and Ben McCulloch a sister Mrs D Lovell of Gorman She once ran the Colonial Hotel in Comanche and was famed for her meals and hospitality
Sue Barrett of Comanche, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Barrett, was discharged from a Brownwood hospital Sunday after treatment for a threatened pneumonia case.
Mrs Agnes Dearson died at her home near Indian Gap on April 28 after nearly three years as an invalid. Funeral services were held Thursday and she was buried at St John’s Cemetery near Priddy. Pallbearers included Ernest Meyer and others. Survived by husband three sons Ed Walter Willie and daughter Miss Lanie plus eight grandchildren two brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Luther Sledge 58 of Soda Springs died in a Dallas hospital after five days of treatment. Funeral services were held Thursday at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev. Otis Cahill officiating, burial at Taylor's Chapel Cemetery. She was born Mary Tinnie Engle in Mississippi and married J. J. Sledge in 1906. Survivors include her husband and six children. She was a member of Sweetwater Baptist Church.
Mrs. S. V. McElroy, 87, died Sunday night at her son C. E. McElroy’s home in Shiloh. Born May 23, 1854, in Missouri, she moved to Texas as a child and lived in Gonzales and Comanche counties. Funeral services were at Shiloh Church, with interment in Shiloh Cemetery. pallbearers included local men from Comanche and Fort Worth. She leaves five children: C. E. McElroy, A. T. Perry, Millard McElroy, Joe Beck, and Euel Elms.
City Grocery emphasizes continued deliveries within city limits despite tire shortages. Customers are urged to phone orders early to avoid duplicate trips. The shop offers a full line of groceries and fresh vegetables and seeks ongoing patronage and new customers. Billy Monroe, now at Hampton's Floral Co., has learned to say corsage.
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