Ex-Comanche High Alumni Serving in World War II
Ex-students from Comanche High School are serving across all military branches in World War II. The piece lists numerous graduates, from pilots to gunners, detailing casualties, missing in action, and wounds, with several noted as heroes and leaders from the 1935 to 1942 classes.
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Comanche High
Armed Services
Axis
United Ares
Comanche
Coanche
Rge Fleming Moore
Rregidor
Army
Vy. Coast Guard
Air Corps
WACS
WAVES
Kinawa
Home Islands
Japan
Jim Job Lee
England
Ofcer Lee
RAF
Wter
Allen Lee
Wendell Beaty
France
B. F. Beaty
Rt. 3
Patsy Beaty
Bobby Burt Holmes
Germany
Pfc. Holmes
Fred Holmes
Lubbock
Thomas Marshall
Marshall
Comanche High School
Bobby
Elouise Marshall
Troy Mar‘nall
Hulan
Nig) Robertson
Fort Worth
Robertson
CHS le
Oomis Robertson
Dixie Land
Honor Graduates at Comanche High School 1945
Comanche High School presents its 1945 graduating class with top honors to Larry Carter who posted a 92.6 average and salutatorian Rains with 92.5. Eight other graduates achieved averages of 90 or higher, led by Marie Stewart, Mary Catherine Slider, Pany Cook, Betty Lou Payne, Ethel Jean Aston Davis, Dorothy Payne and Bobby Marshall.
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Comanche High School
Larry Carter
Marie Stewrt
Mary Catherine Slider
Pany Cook
Betty Lou Payne
Ethel Jean
Aston Davis
Dorothy Payne
Bobby Marshall
Comanche High School Song and Gas Survey Note
The passage joins a Comanche High School song praising school spirit with a 1944 natural gas production figure. A UT engineering professor reports Comanche area production at 1.898 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in 1944 according to a Dr. E P Schoch survey.
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Texas
E. P. Schoch
University of Texas
CHS Seniors Serve in Armed Forces in 1944 Class
From the 1944 CHS graduating class numbering 56, four are known to be serving overseas. Three are with the Pacific Fleet R L Bowman Jr M L Conway and Troy Kirkland. The fourth Neil Sprouse US Army is in the Philippine Islands.
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Texas
C.H.S
R. L. Bowman, Jr
M. L. Conway
Troy Kirkland
Neil Sprouse
US Army
Philippine Islands
J. €. Johnson
Jimmie Carpenter
Doyle Burdette
Ray Murp
Poults Fed Purina Turkey Starter Strut at Two Weeks
Clarence Edwards and witnesses confirm two farms Ottis Cox and Bobbie Wilson report turkey poults fed Purina Turkey Starter are strutting and sabbling at about two weeks old. Evidence centers on early development observed on both operations.
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Clarence Edwards
Ottis Cox
Bobbie Wilson
Big Chief Compton to Leave Camp at Comanche High
Comanche High School bids farewell to W. Z. Compton the longtime superintendent resigning after ten years of service starting in 1935. Students express gratitude for his inspiring talks aiding morale during wartime and future work.
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Compton
Comanche High School
W. Z. Compton
C.H.S
Comanche
CHS
Cemetery Working at Energy on May 12
A cemetery work day is planned at Energy on the second Saturday in May, May 12. All volunteers are invited to help, with a noon dinner provided. Mrs. Ed Howell notes the event and invites participation.
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Energy
Ed Howell
Also Mentioned on This Page
John David Milton
Bataan
Ruth Slakemore
Naval Aviation
Johnie
Moody
Jallas
de Moody
San Diego
Cpl
Joseph Johnson
Atea
Se Philippines
Leona Howard
Paul Little
India
Romeo Walker
Austin
CHS Grid
Bob Wetzel
Set. Wetzel
C. E. Wetzel
San Angelo
T. A. Barnes, Jr
Patton
Third Army
Paris
T. A. Barnes
James R. Lacy
J. B. Lacy
Johnnie Lacy
Set
F. D. Coker
California
Indian Grid
Coker
Shorty Coker
Phin
Dan Waggoner
US Navy
Pacific
H. E. Waggoner
Lloyd Howington
Frank How
Ington
Victor L. Edwards
Belgium
Jess Edwards
Harold Edwards
Chi
Grady Ripley
States
T . Collier Poper
Ro Pope
T/Set
Joe Cardwell
Brunswick
B. G. Cardwell
Garland Williams
C. W. Williams
Houston
Ft Class
Houston Milling Company
Hall Bros
Edwin Pierson
Aaa
Ross Wolfe
M. R. Stanton
Comanche County
United States
L. R. Daniel
RED Chain and
Bewley
Brightman & Son
Johnson’s
Jim Johnson
Mike Sweeney
Carpenter Paper Co
Fort Worth, Texas
America
Edwards Feed Store
Atwood Hatchery
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