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Five Years Ago in Comanche Chief May 4 1917
This week saw renewed recruiting in Comanche with men enlisting and taking Leon Springs exams. Notable events include Minnie Cunningham elected secretary of the Womens Federated Clubs of Texas, William Carnes 80, death and Civil War veteran, and Ed Freeland moving to coaching in San Antonio. Also reported are Odd Fellows anniversary events, the Comanche Summer Normal starting June 4, a Baxter Brothers conscription sale, a Gap community music night, Arbor Springs loss to Suez, and Brewster County noted as Texas' largest county larger than Delaware Rhode Island and DC combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Comanche
William B. Steadman
Ames E. Tucker
Dutch Smith
Wight Brightman
Fred Brightman
Tom F. Reese
Robert Riley
J. Duke
Earl Tittle
Gordon White
Will Reeves
Mark Callaway
Henry Moore
Hector Cunningham
P. T. Lartywell
Hardy Slider
Brownwood
Leon Springs Oficers
Rob Harris
A. S. Harris
Dallas
Leon Springs
A & M College
Womens Federated Clubs of Texas
Sweetwater
Minnie Cunningham
William Carnes
Wendell Hammers
de Leon
Comanche County
M. J. Sullivan
Hugh O’brien
Sullivan
Hugh
E. Y. Freeland
San Antonio Academy
Freeland
TCU
J. R. Eanes
Rollie Waldrop
J. O. Wetzel
Alvin Cox
Arthur Cox
Rolly Waldrop
Miss Peal Boling
Reading
Johnnie Cunningham
Miss Lizar Ford
Long
Isla Lewis
Audie Gree
John Sullivan
George Hulsey, Jr
A. R. Jarrett
J. B. Layne
R. F. Holloway
A. C. Cathey
Gertie Hooker
Baxter Brothers
Baxter’s
Palm Beach