Bonds Drive Rally Planned At Courthouse Memorial Day
A bond rally to be held at the courthouse Wednesday May 30 features Major David O J fins of Camp Bowie as the principal speaker. Comanche stores are urged to close 3 to 4 PM so owners and employees can attend and buy bonds. Lions Club aids drive with music from a military band and singing by the Purple Heart Quartet. Banks will be open for the drive and afterward to observe Memory Day.
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Memorial Y
David O. J. Fins
Camp Bowie
Roland Miller
Shock
Comanche Lions Club
Purple Heart
Comanche Banks
McHorse Brothers Lead New Coleman Frozen Food Locker
W M McHorse, partner with his brother W C McHorse, operates the Coleman Frozen Food Locker. A former wholesale oil agent of West Texas and a bank cashier for over thirteen years, he brings locker plant experience from Coleman Frozen Foods. He helped open the local plant and will split time between home in Coleman and the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. McHorse
W. C. McHorse
West Texas
Coleman Frozen Foods
McHorse
Coleman
Movie Stars In Person At The Majestic
Majestic Theatre in Comanche hosts movie and radio stars Jimmy Wakely and Lee White in person next Tuesday. The appearance is promoted in this issue with an advertisement announcing their arrival and engagement at the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Jimmy Wakely
Lee ‘“Lesses
Hite
Ajestic
Teir
Sve
Birth of eight and a half pound daughter at German hospital
A daughter weighing eight and a half pounds was born to Mrs. and Mr. Chambers on Thursday May 10 at the German hospital. The mother and baby Jane Elizabeth are reported doing well at home with her parental guardians. Cpl Wood serves with American forces in Alaska. Mrs Jesse Wood and Mrs Rob Harris of Lockhart file suit against Mr and Mrs Mart Sherhi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janelizabeth
German Hospital
Ping Nicely
B. Chambers
Cpl. Wood
Alaska
Jesse Wood
Sharp Freezing In Locker Plants
In the Frozen Food Lockers plant a sharp freezing room cools food immediately after preparation. The product is stored 8 to 48 hours at about 20 to 25 degrees below zero Fahrenheit to retain flavor and texture.
Plum tree limb shown by Hardy McCampbell at The Chief
Hardy McCampbell displayed a two foot limb from a three year old plum tree at The Chief on Wednesday. The tree, sent by Ross Wolfe of Stephenville nurseryman, was to test how the variety thrives in this area and bore 105 plums on the limb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCampbell
Ross Wolfe
Stephenville
T A Barnes Narrowly Survives Near Kassel Germany
Pvt. Thomas A Barnes Jr son of Mr and Mrs T A Barnes Manthe writes from Ballinger details of his injury near Kassel Germany about 100 miles from Berlin. He recalls being wounded after a tank battle, hiding in a cellar with wounded Germans and a German doctor, and receiving a shot in the leg before medics found him. He mentions earning the Good Conduct ETO ribbon with two stars and the Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A Barnes, Jr
T. A. Barnes
Manthe
Germany
Bern
Ballinger
Pvt. Barnes
Frozen Food Lockers opens in Comanche under W C McHorse
W C McHorse, former Coleman contractor, leads the new Frozen Food Lockers in Comanche. He moved with his wife and nine year old son to 301 West Walcott Avenue and organized the project last August. Construction gained War Production Board priorities in November and the plant began operation in March. Open house invited this Saturday to showcase a modern facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. McHorse
Comanche
McHorse
Coleman
Preston Tate
West Walcott Avenue
War Production Board
Mr. McHorse
Seven Graduates At Lamkin High School
Lamkin High School awarded diplomas to seven graduates on commencement day Sunday afternoon May 20 in the school auditorium. The class includes four girls Wanda Faye Lawson Myrtle Lightfoot Essie Mae Westmoreland Patsy Lou White and three boys Henry Lawson Hyland Ray Stephens James Vaughn White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamkin High School
Rev
H. H. Barnett
Wanda Faye Lawson
Myrtle Lightfoot
Essie Mae Westmoreland
Patsy Lou White
Henry Lawson
Hyland Ray Stephens
James Vaughn White
Purple Heart Quartet Attends Singing Meet in London
The Purple Heart Quartet of Comanche attended a singing convention last Saturday and Sunday at London in Kimble County. We had a very successful singing meet, said the quartet members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purple Heart Quartet
Comanche
London
Kimble County
Miss Jewell Werner Travels to Visit Sister
Miss Jewell Werner left Monday for a visit with her sister Mrs. Bert Richey in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Werner
Bert Richey
San Antonio
Pfc J B Rush Killed in Action. Comanche Native
Pfc. J. B. Rush, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rush of Comanche, was killed in action April 8 in Germany. He was the grandson of J. F. Rush and nephew of F. M. W. L. and Dave Rush of Comanche. His widow is Sneva Atkinson. 16-
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Pfc
J. B. Rush
Pfc. Rush
J. E. Rush
Comanche
Germany
J. F. Rush
F. M
W. L
Dave Rush
Wido
Sneva Atkinson
Wilburn Richey Killed in Germany During World War II
Cpl. Wilburn Richey son of Mr and Mrs R R Richey of Comanche was killed in action in Germany on April 13 as reported by the War Department. The Comanche High School graduate worked in the Higginbotham Bros grocery department before enlisting and served about four years in the American forces including Hawaii and the Western Front. He leaves two younger brothers Bertis and Doyle Richey in the armed forces.
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Cpl
Wilburn Richey
R. R. Richey
Comanche
Germany
War Department
Richey
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Hawaii
Bertis
Doyle Richey
Optometrist Dr. Connors Opens Comanche Office
Dr. T. J. Connors opens an eye clinic in Comanche in Wrights Jewelry Shop rear. He visited Tuesday and Wednesday this week and will hold office each Tuesday until further notice. He lives in Cleveland now and may relocate here if a suitable residence is found. He has practiced optometry for forty years.
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T. J. Connors
Comanche
Wright
Dr. Connors
Cleburne
Memorial Services For Sgt Herbert Hohertz In Priddy
Memorial services will be held Sunday at Zion's Lutheran Church in Priddy for Sergeant Herbert T Hohertz son of Mr and Mrs Herman Hohertz killed in action April 17 in Western Germany He had served in the Army Air Corps then transferred to infantry about six weeks before going overseas He is survived by his parents and three brothers Albert of Big Spring Ewald of Priddy and Martin of Temple
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Zion’s Luther Church
Priddy
Herbert T. Hohertz
Herman Hohertz
Germany
Set. Hohertz
Army Air Corps
Infantry
Albert Hohertz
Big Spring
Ewald Hohertz
Martin Hohertz
Temple
Veterans Graves To Be Decorated Sunday
A. P. Cox announces graves of war veterans will be decorated next Sunday May 27 at Wood Cemetery. He has extra US flags and will supply flags for decorating veterans’ graves in other county cemeteries at Higginbotham's.
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A. P. Cox
Kwood
Cox
Higginbotham’s
Alvin Hitt Wins Bronze Star On Luzon With 11th Airborne
Sgt. Alvin D. Hitt of Comanche has received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement while serving as a military policeman with the 11th Airborne Division during the Leyte Island fighting in the Philippines. J. D. Easley, a Sidney area native now visiting from Arkansas, is a retired teacher and former Fort Worth school principal for 26 years. his wife, sister of Mrs. J. E. Morris of Comanche, accompanies him.
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11Th Airborne Division
Luzon
Alvin D. Hitt
Sarah C. Hitt
Comanche
Leyte Island
Philippines
J. D. Easley
Sidney
Arkansas
Fort Worth
J. E. Morris
Lamkin Pvt Bert Hayes Remains hospitalized at Brooke Field
Pvt. Bert T. Hayes of Lamkin returned to New York April 27 and is now at Brooke Field San Antonio under treatment for frozen feet and shell shock. He served with the Third Army Infantry, 90th Division, and endured five days of severe cold with only three boxes of K rations per man after his unit was cut off during the Siegfried Line breakthrough. Only Hayes and two others survived of the original fifty. the rest were killed or captured. He is a Lamkin High School and John Tarleton College graduate and hopes for a furlough to visit his parents, Mr and Mrs Harvey Hayes.
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Bert T. Hayes
Lamkin
New York
Brooke Field
San Antonio
Pvt
Hayes
Third Army Infantry
Siegfried Line
Lamkin High School
John Tarleton College
Harvey Hayes
Open House For New Comanche Frozen Food Locker Plant
Frozen Food Lockers owned by W C McHorse invite the public to a Saturday open house May 26 at 10 am to view the new Comanche plant at 211 215 West Grand Avenue. Visitors will tour locker boxes aging room and quick freezing room with refreshments served all day.
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W. C. McHorse
Comanche
McHorse
Coleman
J. S. Starr
Chamber of Commerce
Starr
W. C. Chilton
Comanche National Bank
War Production Board
WPB
Mr Horse
Atwood
E B. Atwood
West
Grand Avenue
Mr. Horse
W. M. McHorse
W. €. McHorse
W. M
Prisoner Letter From Lt Hilley In Jap Camp
Lt Gayle Hilley, captured at Corregidor in May 1942, is a prisoner at Zentusji Camp Japan. The War Department transcribed a short wave message noting he and fellow prisoners hear propaganda and that he is studying Gray’s Anatomy to pass time while awaiting release.
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A. A. Hilley
Sidney
Gayle Hilley
Zentusji Camp
Japan
Gayle
Hilley
Corregidor
Public Installation Of Eastern Star Officers Next Week
Public notice invites attendance at the Order of Eastern Star installation at the Masonic Temple next Thursday at 8 30. Mrs Eulalia Wells to be installed as Worthy Matron with Mrs Dale Howard retiring from the role.
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Eastern Star
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Order
Eulalia Wells
Dale Howard
Put Trash On Curbs Urge Emphasizes City Cleanup
Comanche mayor W C House urges residents to place trash in containers at street curbs for curbside pickup during Clean-Up Week. City crews process waste while the city mower trims weeds along street rights of way.
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Comanche
W. C. House
Comanche Plant Opens Frozen Food Lockers
Clarence Jones McHorse and partners announce a new plant in Comanche with a pork curing operation ready to begin. The associates Mrs Edna Hicks Mrs W C McHorse and Miss Frankie Lloyd invite the public to inspect the facility on Saturday and tour the new lockers.
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Ita
Ovie
Mrs. Wood
Rob Harris
Lockhart
Mart Sherhi
Cape
Kassel
Lamkin High
W. L. Hamilton
Weley
Grand Ave
Herbert Hohertz
Set
Alvin Hitt
Stars OF Radio
New Majestic Theatre
Bob Crosby
Fay McKenzie
Donald O’conner
Peggy Ryan
THE
Merry Monahans
Falcon
Mexico
Tom Conway
Mona Marie
Kitty O
Jean Parker
Donald ¢ Cookson
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