Comanche Chief 1875 Chronicle Notes Local Events
The Comanche Chief lists editor J. C. Wilkerson and a price for subscriptions, updates on local leaders like D. A. Swope at the high school, army station advisories in Brownwood, and rumors of political shifts in California. It highlights highway work, community reminiscences, and wartime homefront notes including newspaper suspensions and pension cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Swope
Comanche High School
Navy
Brownwood
Army
Sidney Youth to Be Aviation Cadet
Pvt. Robert Sidney Pendergrass of Route 1 Sidney is selected as an aviation cadet at Sheppard Field Texas where a large aviation mechanic school operates. He will attend a USAF ground school and train as a pilot officer earning pilot wings after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sidney Pendergrass
Mary Pendergrass
Route 1
Sidney
Sheppard Field
Texas
Air Forces
America
United States Air Forces
Week-end Visitors From Across Texas to Comanche
A long list of residents and guests travel between Dallas San Antonio Fort Worth and local towns. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Dale Howard Mr. Bill Dudney Miss Helesh Mahon Ralph Carnes Peggy Durham James Martin Billie Clem ons Captain Kenneth Baggett J. W. Robertson and many others visiting kin friends or serving in military or civilian posts. The notes reflect wartime social travel, local gatherings and visits to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Howard
Dallas
Bill Dudney
Comanche
Helesh Mahon
John Tarleton College
Ralph
Buster) Carnes
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Worth Bargle
Buster Cameron
J. C. Heim, Jr
Welch Lawless
Charles Moore
United States Air Corps
Randolph Field
Peggy Durham
N. N. Durham
James Martin
Billie Clemons
Texas A&m
Edna Scoggins
Yuma
Arizona
H. G. McKown
Grand Prairie
Melvin Gore
Melvin Autrey
J. A. Autrey
United States Army
Camp Wolters
Tyson Phillips
Camp Bowie
Sol Hoffman
Neva Williams
NYA
Ranger
Consolidated Bomber Plant
Fort Worth
J. H. Kemp
Tom Moore
Santa Anna
Armstrong Cox
Elbert Cox
Joe Tupin
Odessa Edmondson
W. B. Stripling
J. W. Robertson
Camp Swift
Captain Robertson
ACA
Comanche County
Fort Benning
Georgia
Imogene Smith
L. F. Elkins
A. P. Burks
Cisco
Weston McDonald Joins Coast Guard Training in Alameda
James Weston Fitz McDonald of Comanche has joined the United States Coast Guard and is undergoing training in Alameda California. His wife and children will remain living in Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Weston
Fitz) McDonald
Comanche
United States Coast Guard
Alameda
California
Comanche Boxer Acknowledged As War Arrives in Australia
Sgt. James Aubrey Wilhelm son of Mr and Mrs Frank Wilhelm of Comanche has landed with American forces in Australia. Wilhelm a Comanche High School graduate and former light heavyweight TAAF champion of Texas is regarded as one of the state s top Golden Gloves boxers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Aubrey Wilhelm
Frank Wilhelm
Comanche
Australia
Wilhelm
Comanche High School
TAAF
Texas
John H Mallard Arrives in England with AEF
John H Mallard son of Mrs. M L Mallard Comanche has landed with the American Expeditionary Force in England. He reports everything is fine and the country here is mighty pretty in a letter to his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Mallard
M. L. Mallard
Comanche
England
Sgt. Mallard
Jesse B. McMillan Accepted for Army Service at Camp Wolters
Jesse Bradberry McMillan of Route 2 Comanche has been accepted for military service in the Army and sent to Camp Wolters reception center for processing He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ross McMillan of Route 2 Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Bradberry McMillan
Route 2
Comanche
Army of the United States
Camp Wolco
Ross McMillan
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J. C. Wilkerson
Hteren
Comanch Texas
Hi Johnson
U. S
Hoover
Hilton Burks Place
Stag Creek
R. B. Wells
Frankie Howard
D. Charles Clarke
Mr. Wells
Merkel
Comanche Lions Club
Messenger
Whitney
Hill County
The
Brownsville News
H. J. Abney
Lampasas
Marshall Daily American
Eastland Daily Telegram
Crane County News
Crane
Jack Rozeman
Texas Press Messenger
Pearl Harbor
Carbon
Carbon Messenger
Davis
Goldthwaite
State Welfare Department
Somervell County
Glen Rose
Dudley Bros
Dudleys
Secon
Pat Bullock
Snyder
John Lee Smith
Cleve Callaway
Callahan
Lord of
Zachariah
Conor
U. S. House
House
U. S. Senate
Norris
Hamilton
Hamilton Verfiow
National Safety Council
Japan
Armed Services
University of Texas
U. S. Army
War Department
South
Congress of Texas
Hicktown
Argay
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Edison
Theodore Roosevelt
Dwight L. Moody
Eleanor Clarage
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. White
Johnny
Mary
Persona
Charlotte Durham
Chester McKinzie
Roy Johnson
Mary Tolvert
Forrest Golden
USO
Ruby Rudd
Weston McDonald
Coast Guard
Aubrey Wilhelm
Jesse B. McMillan
Chatham
Higginbotham's
Higginbotham’s
Higginbothawm
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