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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1943
Page
1
County tax official Mr Pettit urges citizens to pay taxes early to gain state tax discounts. A split payment plan allows half the tax by December 1 with no interest on the remainder until February. Delinquent notices and countywide statements aim to reduce penalties and avoid tax sales of homes.
The ceremony took place Sunday at 10 am at the Durham home with Dr C C Klingman officiating. The bride Peggie Durham is a 1941 Comanche High School graduate and 1943 John Tarleton College honor graduate. Lt Hope, a Texas Tech alumnus and Camp Bowie Army officer, will depart for Maryland soon for overseas duty.
Freedom will be elected Thursday November 18 at 8 06 p m per A E Boyd Chairman County AAA. After elections delegates to the county convention meet November 24 to elect 1944 county committee members. Voting places listed in Comanche De Leon Gustine Proctor Sidney Sipe Springs Beattie Lamkin Duster Oliver Springs Newburg Mercer Gap Wilson Energy Downing.
The Comanche Red Cross Chapter leads a campaign to raise 288 dollars to fill Overseas Cross Kits. Chair P. R. Huntington invites donations of one dollar per kit, with contributions payable to Dr E Anthony at the State National Bank. A recent letter from Mrs Huntington thanks donors for bags sent to a hospital ship, aiding wounded American soldiers.
A local appeal urges citizens to collect scrap iron to aid war production. Sol Hoffman, a dealer, says the drive supports national shortages and the government underscores the need to fill war production orders.
Ion Box formerly of unknown origin suffered serious injuries on December 27 when he fell from a derrick near Kermit. The accident occurred at a work site and local authorities are investigating the incident.
Carl Brombelow, Comanche High School music teacher, appointed to conduct the local Methodist Church choir. He will train singers one evening weekly. Brombelow, a De Leon native and Comanche graduate, earned a B M from John Tarleton College and a M M E from Chicago.
Comanche High School senior Betty Jean Nichols received a letter of merit for a 76 percent score in a national amateur drawing contest conducted by Art Instruction Inc of Minneapolis Minnesota. The entry shown is a Halloween drawing submitted by Miss Nichols.
Mrs Earl Bean and Mrs R A Allen of Fort Worth visit company W A Tipps and other relatives.
Mrs. T. J. Washington longtime Proctor resident died November 1 and was interred in the local cemetery. Born February 3, 1857 in Martin County Indiana she moved to Texas at age twelve and lived in Brownwood before settling in Proctor. Married J. T. Washington in 1875 she and her husband raised several children including Mrs. R. F. Moore Mrs. J. W. Roark Mrs. Wood Plummer J. T. Washington G. P. Washington and Mrs. E. C. Keen with Paul G. Higginbotham deceased and two infants.
Dub Brown of the United States Navy is on special hospital corps training in California and is home on leave from duty.
Albert Brannan of Comanche son of Mr and Mrs Roy Brannan receives promotion in the Navy while seen in active combat. Brannan a graduate football letterman is noted for his service and return from the front.
Rev A S Gafford son of Mr and Mrs Dave Gafford Comanche was appointed District Superintendent of Central Texas Methodist churches serving several counties. He will live in Brownwood district parsonage after leaving Coleman. Rev R B Hooper returns as pastor of First Methodist Comanche. Rev R T Wallace to Comanche Circuit. H H Barnett to Gustine. Lloyd Sanders to Blanket.
Jim Coker, stationed near Galveston, Texas, in the Coast Guard, is visiting his parents in Comanche this week.
Postmaster General Frank C. Walker urges large scale mailing in November to prevent Christmas delays. He cites crowded December routes, war material and personnel shortages, and 31 thousand postal workers in the armed forces. He urges marking parcels Do Not Open Until Christmas and limiting last minute mail to Dec 10.
Ada McCullough Johnson, aged 53, died at home in Comanche on October 28 after a long illness. Funeral services were held October 31 at Gustine Methodist Church, with interment in Union Cemetery. Survived by husband T. J. Johnson, four children, a brother Lloyd McCullough, and two sisters, with roots in Gustine and surrounding areas.
A letter from Mrs. Clara Slack chairing the Comanche County Camp and Hospital Service Council thanks readers for a box of Bingo Prizes sent to the Station Hospital. The note praises the gifts' wrapping and notes patients enjoy weekly Bingo Parties and hope to continue with local support. Harold C. Hill and Lucille Gilstrap sign as field directors.
Holcomb urges ranchers to dip or treat cattle for grubs and lice using Rotenone and Sulphur. He cites losses from grubs including leather damage, meat loss, milk reduction, and an annual Texas toll of about 5 million dollars. County agents issue Rotenone Requirement Certificates and provide supplier addresses.
Sammy Waisman former owner manager of a Comanche and Brownwood department store has joined the Navy Seabees and begun active training in the Naval Construction Unit in Virginia. He volunteered weeks ago and is now in basic training. His wife Mrs Fannie Waisman runs the Brownwood store in his absence.
A special Knights of Pythias Lodge meeting will be held Tuesday night to honor three members bound for military service. Ben Evridge James Lacy and Sam F Todd are named as the honorees and all members are urged to attend.
The column lists service members placed in Class 1-A and private and corporal discharges as honorable. It notes births in Comanche on October 31, lists multiple marriages in early November, and previews the Indian football lineup with probable starters Sprouse Murphree Hicks Cox Kirkland Gore Bowman and others.
Captain Dewitt Claunch formerly a doctor in Comanche and Captain Doc Rulmann, ex County Agent, are now in the same sector in Italy and meet often. A letter to Sutton Dudley from Claunch describes busy times and visits to historic spots. Claunch thanks Dudley for The Chief and notes both officers enjoyed reading it.
Leon Nichols son of I. C. Nichols of Sweetwater and Miss La Delle Butler daughter of Elmer Butler of Beattie were married Friday night November 5 at the home of Rev. Tom Moore. The bride wore a blue dress with black accessories. Dwight Green.
A better than expected pecan crop is being harvested in the county and will average with the ten year norm says C. F. Denny, a local pecan raiser. Native pecans bring about 17 cents per pound with selected papershells selling at 30 to 35 cents.
Captain and Mrs. Vincent Urbanowski announce the birth of a daughter Martha Louise at a Pinto hospital on Sunday in November. The baby weighed seven pounds ten ounces. Mother and child are doing well and will soon be at home at 527 West Central in Comanche.
Proctor Public Schools will reopen Monday morning November 15 after a three week closure to allow students to help harvest peanuts and other crops. Superintendent Perry Moring said attendance is expected to be good next week despite not all crops being harvested in the area.
Bishop Harry Moore of Dallas will preach at St. Matthews Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock. The public is invited to attend. A singing event follows at Freewill Baptist Church in Comanche Sunday at 2 30 o clock with remarks from Charlie Marshall of Van Dyke.
Mrs Earl Norwood and her son Wayland together with Miss Billie Joe Scoggins of Clyde visited relatives in Comanche last week. Wayland enters the Army this week at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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