May 16 Graduation Exercises at Alma Mater
Front page notes Principal speaker Colonel Jesse E. Moseley of Camp Bowie will address the 1941 seniors at graduation. Baccalaureate speaker Rev. E R Gordon will speak Sunday May 11. School officers named with valedictorian Billie Black and salutatorian Lou McDonald. List of senior students provided.
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Bowie
Jesse E. Moseley
Peaker
Camp Bowie
E. R. Gordon
Billie Clemons
Kyle Barret
Ruth McCorkle
Classmates Of Forty One Class Of 41 Farewell Poem
Poem by Roy Rains bids farewell to classmates and teachers of the class of 41. The speaker recalls hard work and happiness, notes tears and smiles, and praises shared years as they part.
Compton Leads Comanche Schools In Seven-Year Rise
W. Z. Compton, efficient superintendent, has headed the Comanche Public Schools for two years after seven years in the system. He arrived seven years ago from De Leon as a vocational agriculture teacher and later served as principal before becoming superintendent.
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W. Z. Compton
Comanche
Mr. Compton
de Leon
Comanche High Students Win Danforth Leadership Award
Emma Louise McDonald and Billie Black, graduates of Comanche High School, receive Danforth Foundation awards for outstanding leadership. The award includes a certificate and a copy of William H. Danforth's "I Dare You." The foundation aims to recognize youth leadership and encourage purposeful living.
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Emma Louise McDonald
Billie Black
Comanche High School
Danforth Foundation
William H. Danforth
Cotton Grove School Faculty Re-Elected
Mr and Mrs Roy Holiday teaching their first term in Comanche County were re elected at Cotton Grove School. Improvements include closer cooperation among teachers trustees and patrons and a new school bus. The term meets Rural Aid requirements marking progress and plans for another successful term are in place.
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Roy Holiday
Comanche County
Cotton Grove
Cotton Grove School
Holiday
Closing Exercises Held At Sipe Springs School
Sipe Springs School closed Friday April 25 with seniors led by valedictorian Carl Marshall Houser and salutatorian C L Robertson. Howard Payne College’s Mr Havens spoke before diploma presentations. The Seventh Grade program, garden party of memories, followed April 24 with Mac Tidmore as top student and diplomas by Supt. W E Heatly.
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Sipe Springs
Carl Marshall Houser
C. L. Robertson
Sue Mre Keehan
Charlie Ray Elliott
A J. Whitlock
Herman Tate Zellars
Flossie Mitchell
Havens
Howard Payne College
Mac Tidmore
E. H. Boulter
de Leon
W. E. Heatly
Glenn Frazier Coaches Comanche Indians Six Years
Glenn Frazier completes sixth year as head coach of the Comanche Indians. The team has been consistently strong with one district championship, a tie for another, and two additional runners up finishes plus a third place.
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Glenn Frazier
Comanche
Frazier
Baccalaureate Sermon Set for May 11 at Local High School
The First Methodist Church will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon at Comanche High School Auditorium Sunday night May 11 at 7 45. Superintendent W Z Compt on notes the event is first held at night and urges punctual attendance. Rev Gordon will preach under the theme The Church of Tomorrow. Graduation exercises follow Friday night May 16.
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E. R. Gordon
First Methodist Church
Comanche High School
W. Z. Compton
Church of Tomorrow
Gordon
Comanche High School Names New Language Department Head
Jeannette Woods, a competent teacher and Comanche High School graduate of Mary Hardin Baylor, is finishing her third year in the school system and leads the foreign language department.
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Jeannette Woods
Miss Woods
Mary Hardin Baylor
Hasse Public School Honor Roll Listed by Supt Sneed
The recently released honor roll for Hasse Public School lists students by grade. First grade includes Robt D Lee Ima Lou Cox Tommy Zell King Larve Rush Doris Williford Aretha Eubanks. Second grade names Dean Gaines Dale Green Audrey Powers Luriene Haynie Nadine Norwood. Third grade student Helen Rogers Brice Lee. Fourth grade Dorothy Gene Harris. Seventh grade Maxine Reid. Eighth grade Wanda Gay Reid.
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Robt
D. Lee
Ima Lou Cox
Tommy Zell King Larve Rush
Doris Williford Aretha Eubanks
Dean Gaines
Dale Green
Audrey Powers
Luriene Haynie
Nadine Norwood
Helen Rogers
Brice Lee
Dorothy Gene Harris
Maxine Reid
Wanda Gay Reid
Commencement Address to the Senior Class of 1941
The speaker praises the Texas graduates for four years of high school effort and intelligence. He urges pursuit of higher education or responsible work, notes democracy needs the best from citizens, and extends heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for future success.
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State of
Texas
America
Texas Abandons Nearly 40000 Oil Wells
The report notes that close to 40,000 Texas oil wells have been abandoned due to unfavorable producing conditions or economic factors.
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Texas
Ralph Moser Leads Comanche Calf Show Success
Ralph Moser, popular vocational agriculture instructor at Comanche High, completes his second term. A 1939 A and M graduate, he leads a vigorous department backed by the Comanche Livestock Association. The Annual Calf Show, despite bad weather, marks one of the most successful in history.
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Ralph Moser
Comanche High
Moser
Comanche
Comanche Livestock Association
Final Gustine Seniors Activities For Term Listed
Culminating the year’s events for Gustine High School seniors are a May 2 Lake Brown picnic hosted by the Junior Class a May 6 8 p.m. banquet at the Baptist Church by Baptist women a May 8 8 p.m. garden party by the Gustine faculty a May 11 8 p.m. senior vesper service at the Baptist Church with Dr Thomas Taylor of Howard Payne College a May 16 8 p.m. commencement at the school auditorium.
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Gustine High School
Supt. Whitton
Lake Brownwooed
Baptist Church
Baptist
Gustine
Thomas Taylor
Howard Payne College
Gustine High to Stage Two Plays Tonight
Gustine High School's Dramatic Club presents two shows Friday night May 9 at 8:00. A one act piece titled Good Medicine placed second in the County Meet, while the three act Midnight Horrors was written by student Kenneth Ray McDonald. Admission is free.
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Gustine
Dramatic Club
Gustine High School
Kenneth Ray McDonald
Zephyr Singers Prepare for County Wide Singing
Zephyr singers and other outstanding singing groups will participate in a County Wide Singing at Comanche Methodist Church on Sunday night June 8. Roy Little serves as master of ceremonies with H E Spears as assistant. Little predicts it will be among the best events ever held at the local church.
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Zephyr Singers
Comanche Methodist Church
Roy Little
H. E. Spears
Little
Appreciation Notes From Comanche High Seniors To Faculty
A class of Comanche High School seniors thanks their faculty for guidance and life lessons. They praise Mr. Co for school life, Mr. Chaffin for honesty and citizenship, Miss Brightman for discipline, coaches Mr. Frazier and Mr. Dyer, and teachers including Mr. Moser Miss Simkins Mrs. Dumas Miss Woods Mrs. Beever Miss Minnie Mrs. Carpenter Mrs. Chaffin and Mrs. Williams for support. They look toward the future with gratitude.
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Comanche High School
Mr. Co
Mr. Chaffin
Moser
Logan
Dumas
Minnie
Carpenter
Chaffin
Williams
Billie Black Tops Comanche High School Class of 1941
Billie Black son of Mrs. J. H. Black of Comanche is valedictorian for the 1941 Comanche High School class with a 95.43 average. Emma Louise McDonald is salutatorian with 94.8, Peggy Durham third, Nina Beaty fourth, and Mattie Lou Layman fifth. Principal Virgil Chaffin notes only these five finished with 90 or higher.
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Billie Black
J. H Black
Lou McDonald
S. McDonald
Peegry Durham
N. N. Durham
J. H. Black
Comanche
Comanche High School
Black
Emma Louise McDonald
Sherwood McDonald
Peggy Durham
Nina Beaty
Newburg
B. F. Beaty
Mattie Lou Layman
Nealy Layman
Virgil Chaffin
Gustine Grammar School to diploma 29 students listed
The Gustine Grammar School will award diplomas to 29 students at the end of the term. Named graduates include Edmond Barnett as president and Dorothy Pettijohn as secretary treasurer, among others such as Freddie Couch, Betty Adcock, Ophelia Adcock, Charles Alexander, Bruce Chambers, and more.
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Gustine Grammar School
Edmond Barnett
Freddie Couch
Dorothy Pettijohn
Betty Marie Adcock
Ophelia Adcock
Charles Alexander
Bruce Chambers
Preston Cox
Ola Jean Daniel
Everett Davis
Lois Haggard
Dorothy Jean Hurt
Forest Jackson
Mary Catherine Lane
Billie Joe Lagrone
Melba Jean McGinnis
Roy Dale Rambo
Martha Wilson
Betty Joe Young
Russell More Hayes
Helen
Senior Class Sponsored Comanche High School Issue
The Comanche Chief presents a year in review written largely by the senior class of 1940-41. It highlights school life and schoolwide events, praising Comanche High and the county schools as outstanding and wishing graduates success in their careers.
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Comanche High School
Comanche
Senoirs
Comanche High
Gustine High names top seniors and class ages
Gustine High School lists the senior class with Mattie Ruth Parker as the top honor student averaging 92. Francis Poindexter is salutatorian with 51. James Sneath leads the boys. Two seniors will graduate at age 15, Joyce Johnson and Lucille Alexander. Twelve at 16, nine at 17, four at 18, and one at 19.
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Gustine High School
Mattie Ruth Parker
Francis Poindexter
James Sneath
Joyce Johnson
Lucille Alexander
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Odell Ritchie
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Billie Ed Seay
Robert Earl Helms
Wesley Girls
Natalea Pate
Lajuana Slider
Helen Thorpe
Hazel Williams
Frances Yantis
Nanza Horton
Maureen
BY Roy Rains
Lou Meldonald
Bill Black
Hasse
Hasse School
Supt
Robert W. Sneed
Gustine Dramatic Club
Zephyr
Coranche
Caffin
North Texas State Teachers College
University of Texas
New Majestic
Mildred Coles
Vaquero
Cesar Romero
the Cisco Kid
James Cagney
Olivia de Havilland
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
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