Thanksgiving Service Planned at Comanche High School
A united Thanksgiving service is set for Wednesday night at 7:30 at the Comanche High School auditorium. More than 100 will participate in songs and readings as community groups join in a prayerful event led by land Fagan with R C Lec ter delivering the sermon.
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Coman
Comanche H
Jocal
Audi
Chamber of Commerce
Club
Hbors
Land Fagan
R. C. Lecter
Church of Ist
Youth Charged With Murder In Dugout Death
A grand jury in Comanche County returned an indictment Wednesday charging 18 year old Joc k Barton with murder in the death of J. D. Couch Sr. at his dugout home last August. District Attorney Bill Allen said Barton killed Couch in malice aforethought by striking him with a shotgun butt. Couch’s partly buried body was found August 16 with wrists tied and a head wound. Barton was arrested in Comanche jail after a burglary charge. If the term ends next week, trial on the murder count likely won’t occur until next April’s term.
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Grand
Jock Barton
J. D. Couch, Sr
Barton
Couch
Gustine
Bill Len
Lew Couch
Allen
Uch
Young Barton
Id Spivey
Comancheunty
Spivey
Triat
Chief To Be Out Early Next Week
In observance of Thanksgiving November 28 the Chief will be out one day earlier. The Post Office will be open on November 28. mail will go out on Rural Routes November 28 and boxholders. Sub riders will receive their Chief on Friday.
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Venient
War Production Program For Red Cross Underway
Under Mrs. Vasco Lee, Red Cross Roll Call Chairman for War Production, volunteers sew garments for England’s homeless. Comanche Chapter receives dresses, sweaters, bed jackets and layettes from shipped material. County women invited to join in rooms lent by Texas Power & Light and Southwest Natural Gas. machines loaned by local volunteers.
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Vasco Lee
Red Cross
England
Comanche
Lee
Texas Power & Light Company
Southwest Natural Gas Company
C. P. St. Clair
Y. W. Holmes
Ollie Trippe
George W. Tate
Joe Tupin
Rules on Exemptions for Dependents in Draft Regulations
Readable excerpt outlines who qualifies as a dependent for Selective Service exemptions. Key points define dependents as spouses, children, parents, grandparents, siblings, or minors, or handicapped adults, with conditions on U.S. citizenship or residence, support in fact, and regular contributions from the registrant. Also clarifies terms for child, parent, and sibling in context.
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Draft Board
United States
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Youth Administration
Out of Town Wadsworths Attend Funeral
Comanche residents note Claude Wadsworth Jr. funeral services with out of town attendees. Among them were B. D. Wadsworth, Miss Jinney Wadsworth, Mrs. Dick Wadsworth from Madison, Florida, and Mrs. Fred Wadsworth and her daughter from Tennessee.
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Comanche
Claude Wadsworth, Jr
B. D. Wadsworth
Jinney Wadsworth
Dick Wadsworth
Madison
Florida
Fred Wadsworth
Tennessee
Exemptions For Military Service Rules for prior training
Rules determine exemption from selective service based on prior military training. Class IV A covers men with three years in regular army or equivalent service and honorable discharge. Also includes National Guard service with combined active duty and regular Guard time and honorable discharge. Other provisions cover Guard members and Officers Reserve Corps alumni with specified lengths and honorable discharge.
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Active National Guard
Army of the United States
Regular Army
Officers’ Reserve Corps
County Clerk reports 1940 rise in Comanche County business
Comanche County records show increases in 1940 over 1939 across multiple offices. Chattel mortgages reached 5,364 by November 19, up from 5,223. warranty deeds 1,590 vs 1,560. marriage licenses 187 versus 171. Births rise sharply as older adults seek birth recording due to new government proof of age requirements.
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Comanche County
Mary Fields
Youths May Yet Volunteer For Military Duties
Miss Dess Rock secretary of the local Draft Board says youths may volunteer for selective military training. Twenty three have volunteered so far, advancing in order of their volunteer status. Names listed include Marvin Eugene Anders and Earl D Young of Comanche, John Sulver Broyd of De Leon, Stanley Garland Fair of De Leon, and Eroc Jefferson Cox of Comanche.
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Miss Dess Rock
Draft Board
Comanche
Miss Rock
Marvin Eugene Anders
John Sulver Broyd
de Leon
Stanley Garland Fair
Rt 1
Eroc Jefferson Cox
Earl D. Young
Brannan Couple Announce Birth of Daughter Judith Anne
Mr and Mrs J B Brannan announce the birth of a daughter Judith Anne at a German hospital on November 15 Mr Brannan an employee of the State Highway Department and former Tarleton student Mrs Brannan is the former Dorothy Anne Cox of Stephenville
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J. B. Brannan
Judith Anne
Brannan
State Highway Department
Tarleton
Dorothy Anne Cox
Stephenville
Indians at Weatherford for 12 A title clash
Comanche Indians travel to Weatherford for the District 12 A football championship against the high scoring Kangaroos who are unbeaten in league play. Both teams expect a balanced lineup around 153 to 155 pounds as Bernard Edwards returns after a broken hand and Milton recovers to start at halfback.
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Comanche High School
Indians
Weatherford
Kangaroos
Dublin
Frazier
Dyer
Hamas Bulldogs
Bernard Edwards
Edwards
Billie Munroe
Milton
Munroe
Waldrip
Carter
Thomas
B. Edwards
Ritchie
W. Edwards
Loudermilk
Community Night At Beattie Set With Student Involvement
Beattie Grammar School hosts a Wednesday evening program in Beattie Auditorium directed by Miss Jewell Halbrooks with Miss Farrow presenting plays drills songs rhythm numbers and more High school students assist in singing Women of Beattie stage a fashion show for laughs with no admission charged.
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Beattie Grammar School Folks Direc Bly
Marital Status Trends in Comanche County Draft Registrants
Among 69 registrants under the Selective Military Service Act in Comanche County, 11 were single and 58 claimed exemptions as married. If this ratio holds, about 350 will be single out of 2,100 registered men, while the rest are married.
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Comanche County
Classification Of Registrants For Training
Young registrants for military training seek their class placement by the local board. The board will assign the lowest qualifying class, with IV through I categories defined, including IV-F for unfit, IV-D for religious ministers, II-A for civilian essential work, I-A for general service, and other special cases such as conscientious objector or dependents.
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United States
Local Maytag Men Return From Factory Trip
Clarence Huett proprietor of the Service Drug Store and J. D. Jackson Maytag salesman are expected home today from the Maytag factory in Newton Town. They earned a free trip to visit the factory and other Midwest points as guests of Maytag officials for setting a new regional sales record during the recently closed contest period with Comanche participation.
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Clarence Huett
Service Drug Store
J. D. Jackson
Newton
Iowa
Midwest
Comanche County Sends Four For One Year Military Training
Four Comanche County young men left for Dallas to begin one year of military training under the selective service system. Names and addresses given, with quota ratios for Texas and future calls through March 1, 1941.
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Comanche County
Santa Fe
Dallas
Weldon Hampton Carroll
L Gorman
Barton Meridith Hughes
Rt. 1
Dublin
Milam
Travis Martin
Otis Garland
Comanche
Misa Dess Rock
Texas
Harvest Pageant to Crown Comanche Grammar Harvest King
Comanche Grammar School presents a 7:30 program directed by Marguerite Ross Nobia Dunn and Virginia Beever featuring the Choral Club first, then the patriotic He's My Uncle, followed by the Harvest Pageant with vegetables and fruits in costume and Sue Barret crowned Harvest Queen. The event ends with the funny story tale How the Story Grew. Admission is 10 and 15 cents with public invited.
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Comanche Grammar School
Marguerite Ross
Nobia Dunn
Virginia Beever
Sue Barret
Grammar School
Two County Youths Enlist in Regular Army
Richard M. Diels of Comanche and Alfred E. Swinney of Gustine have been accepted for the Regular Army and sent to Fort Worth for enlistment completion. Additional men were enlisted at Brownwood Army Recruiting Station and vacancies remain in the Air Corps Puerto Rican Detachment and Infantry at Fort Sam Houston Texas. Sergeant Hess, recruiting officer, will be at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Brownwood and at Comanche Post Office each Tuesday 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.
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Richard M. Diels
Comanche
Alfred E. Swinney
Gustine
Regular Army
Fort Worth
Army
Brownwood
Samuel E. Graves, Jr
Rising Star
Air Corps
Barksdale Field
William O. Wooldridge
Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
William J. Hess
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
Hess
Notaries Public Appointed by Secretary of State
The Constitution allows the Secretary of State to appoint Notaries Public starting after the November 20, 1940 canvass. Appointments before June 1, 1941, expire then. those on June 1, 1941 or later expire June 1, 1943. Applicants must be 21 and county residents. apply through the County Clerk. Also notes a Navy trainee, Robert Faulkner of Comanche, has passed the yeoman test in San Diego.
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Mary Fields
M. O. Flowers
Secretary of State
Senate
Robert Faulkner
Comanche
Navy Training School
San Diego
California
Robert
Stores To Close On Thanksgiving November 28
Stores in Comanche are expected to close on Thanksgiving Day November 28 with many keeping Sunday hours as usual. Union services will be held at the High School auditorium Wednesday at 7 30 p m. The Comanche De Leon football game at De Leon is the Thursday highlight. Arden Lewis and daughter Marilyn from Carlsbad New Mexico visit Mr and Mrs O H Donahoo.
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Comanche
de Leon
Arden Lewis
Marilyn
Carlsbad New Mexico
O. H. Donahoa
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