Comanche County War Bond Drive Quotas Announced
Local chairmen and quotas for the Sixth War Loan Drive are set across Comanche County. County War Finance Chairman Roland Miller notes corporate donors have already purchased bonds totaling 18 000 from Stephenville Production Credit Association Texas Power and Light and Fry Brothers.
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Comanche County
Roland Miller
County War Finance
Miller
Comanche
Stephenville
Association
Texas Power & Light Company
Y Brothers
City of Comanche
Karl Shock
Newburg
John Burton
Gustine
Odis Petsick
Hasse
Lonnie Craig
Mercer Gap
Carl Cunningham
Harmony
Belve Bean
Sidney
M. O. Lane
R. J. Bean
Roy Davis
Lamkin
D. L. Truett
Sipe
Earl Morris
van Dyke
W. J. Fritts
Fairview
Fred Curry
Sode
A. E. Vineyard
W. C. Pettit
White Point
Dock Edwards
Shrum
Homer Smith
Board Church
Merlin Stanton
Maxville
W. S. Prick
Cotton Grove
Riley Hilliard
Wilson
J. E. Barrett
Shiloh
Earl Jenkins
Whitville
Barfield
Bibb
Tom Summers
de Leon
Comyn
Robinson Springs
Round Grove
St. Joe
Oliver Springs
Rucker
Rock Bluff
Duster
Suez
Pounds, Downing
Ebenezer
Liberty
Beattie
Sabano
Indian Mountain
Comanche Native in Philippines Joins World Famous 49th Fighter Group
Roger Loudermilk son of Mr and Mrs J B Loudermilk of Comanche serves in the Philippines with the 49th Fighter Group famed for most enemy planes shot down The ex Comanche athletic star says fox holes less frequent than in New Guinea natives friendly many speak English and he hopes for Japan's defeat Also Pvt Wm R Collins of Pampa Army Air Field visits his parents in Sidney during furlough.
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Roger Loudermilk
J. B. Loudermilk
Comanche
Philippine Islands
49Th Fighter Group
49Th
Foxholes
New Guinea
Pvt
Wm. R. Collins
Pampa Army Air Field
F. C. Collins
Sidney
Thinking With Thinkers by C. C. Klingman
Charlies A Beard states four history lessons as modern expressions of divine laws: the gods grind slowly. destroyers are made mad. night reveals stars. the bee fertilizes the flower it robs. God’s last word comes from what one sows.
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Charlies A. Beard
Comanche County Exceeds War Chest Drive Quota
Comanche County surpassed its $5,2000 goal in the National War Chest Drive with nearly all communities meeting or exceeding their targets. Listings include individual and group contributions from Sipe Springs Energy Wilson Proctor Hasse Bibb Van Dyke White Point Indian Creek Dingler Soda Springs and praise for county chair Wayne Euridge secretary Dorothy Robertson and local workers.
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Comanche County
Sipe Springs
O. E. Wilkerson
W. C. Pettit
Wilson
Fred Munselle
Proctor
R. G. Collingsworth
K. F. Barry
Hasse
W. L. Warren
Bibb
A. C. Kilgore
van Dyke
Montie Irby
W. J. Fritts
White Point
J. C. Helm
Doc Edwards
Indian Creek
Brady York
Burdette
Dingler
Grady Harkins
Soda Springs
R. Gressett
Wayne Euridge
Dorothy Robertson
Made Captain Billy Dillin From Comanche High School to UT alumnus
Made Captain Billy Dillin, son of Mr and Mrs G Dillin of Comanche, has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain. A Comanche High School graduate, he later attended Daniel Baker College and the University of Texas.
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Billy. It
G. Dillin
Comanche
Dillin
Comanche High School
Daniel Baker College
University of Texas
Thanksgiving closure eyed for November 30 by merchants
Following a long tradition many Comranche stores will close Thursday November 30 to observe Thanksgiving. Mayor House backed the day, though no formal petition was circulated and merchants will decide individually. A Thanksgiving service is planned at the Presbyterian Church next Wednesday night.
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Comranche
Mayor House
Treveday
Union
Presbyterian Church
Ssue
Jewelry dealer visits Dallas wholesale markets
Finest Tupin, owner of Tupin's Jewelry Store in Comanche, visited Dallas wholesale jewelry markets last week. He says they bought a good assortment of nearly all types of jewelry, though watches remain the hardest item to obtain for his line.
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Finest Tupin
Tupin
Comanche
Dallas
Mr. Tupin
Chief To Be Out Pacs Next Week
Chief to be issued one day earlier than usual next week and will appear in the main Tuesday or Thursday night edition. Advertisers and readers urged to contribute news material early for full cooperation during the Thanksgiving schedule.
Pvt Evans Killed in Action in Germany October 26
Word from the War Department to his wife Dona Evans and his mother Mrs. J C Evans says Pvt RR Evans Pricat Rieffers 2 Evans 29 Ecdr Sarimee community was killed in action in Germany October 26. Memorial services were held at Taylor's Chapel last Sunday. In De Leon the Comanche Indians visit the De Leon Bearcats in a Thanksgiving football game at 9 o 69 oclock.
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Pricat. Rieffers
Evans
Sarimee
Germany
War Department
Dona . Aren
J.C. Evans
Comanche
Pvt. Evans
Taylor’s Chapel
Local cattleman Hardy Creamer celebrates 70th birthday
Native of Comanche County Hardy Creamer, 70, is pictured with his 2000 pound Hereford bull Sid and his herd of 35 cows on his 149 acre farm seven miles east of Comanche. He was born November 19 1874, son of the late Jasper Creamer, and has led a life mixing stock raising with stage lines and politics while hunting deer elk and turkey.
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Hardy Creamer
Creamer
Comanche
Jasper Creamer
Comanche County
Alabama
Hardy
San Saba
Liano
San Antonio
F Eastland
Bowen Motor Company of
Fort Worth
Lt Hope Promoted Near Aachen In Germany
Lt Lannes Hope receives battlefield promotion from second lieutenant to first lieutenant while serving with the 745th Tank Battalion near Aachen Germany. The promotion comes after his service in the first American Army and his prior action entering Paris. His wife Peggy Durham confirms the rank change. He has overseas service of about a year.
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Lannes Hope
Germany
Peggy Durham
Hope
Paris
Aachen
Boris
Hodge
Lacos Buys North Side Cafe In Comanche
Clarence Skaggs, a former local cafe man, bought the North Side Cafe from B. H. Briscoe this week and renamed it Skaggs' Cafe. Skaggs returns to the restaurant business in Comanche after a fire destroyed his prior cafe about six weeks earlier and invites former customers and Briscoe’s patrons to visit the new location. Briscoe plans are not yet announced.
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Clarence Skaggs
North Side
B. H. Briscoe
Skaggs
Comanche
Mr. Skaggs
Mr. Briscoe
Comanche Corporal In First Tank Group To Enter Germany
Cpl. Collier Pope of the Tank Corps attached to General Hodee's First American Army has been in Germany for weeks and fought near Aachen. He recalls crossing into Germany with the first troops and describes daily rain and knee deep mud. He longs for home in Central West Texas near a pie oak tree in the square.
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Cpl
Collier Pope
Hodee
Germany
Roy Pope
Aachen
West
Texas
Cpl. Pope
Merton I Harris Dies in Texarkana
Texarkana attorney Merton I Harris died Thursday, a native of Comanche County and former county attorney and county judge. Relatives reported the death to local circles.
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Texarkana
Merton Harris
Comanche County
Magnesses of Overton Visit Relatives Here
Mr and Mrs W P Magness of Overton visited relatives here during a recent trip. They spent time with family and caught up on local news.
Soldier of the Month Barrett praise at Stout Field
Sgt. Thelma B. Barrett of Comanche Texas named Soldier of the Month for October at Stout Field Indiana headquarter I Troop Carrier Command. She is cited for diligent duties neat appearance barracks upkeep and cooperation with base and squadron regulations. An Army band from Camp Bowie and three wounded veterans from McKloskey General Hospital will join a Bond Rally and GI Jamboree at the courthouse Monday night to aid the Sixth War Loan Drive.
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Stout Field
Indianapolis
Ind
Thelma B. Barrett
Gordon Barrett
Comanche
Tex
I Troop Carrier Command
Women's Army Corp
Barrett
Base Special Services Office
Charles Weldon Barrett
Coast Guard
New Guinea
Seaman
Lawrence Craig Barrett
Navy
Pacific
Juanita Barrett
The
WAVES
Mare Island
Calif
Lexington
Oklo
Dublin
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Woren’s Army Corps
Dallas
Reba Allen
Marshall
Comanche County
Camp Bowie
McKloskey General Hospital
War Finance
Roland Miller
Lone Star State
Phil Isley
War Activities Committee
Jimmy Allard
Vernon Theatre
Vernon
Texas
Harley Sadler
Will Rogers
West Texas
Farflung
Joe B. Osteen
Norman E. Bonds
Herman P. Enhrhard Set. Osteen
Southwest Pacific
Bougainsville
Munda
Islands
New Georgia
Set. Bonds
China
Set
Ehrhard
England
Good Conduct Medal Awarded to Sgt Wesley T Phillips
Sgt Wesley Tyson Phillips, a radio operator in charge of a beach radio tower, received the Good Conduct Medal. He is the son of Mr and Mrs O B Phillips of the a mong community and has been overseas about eleven anne. Since deployment, the only Comamsiche boys he has seen are Johnny Moore and Howard Cleere.
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Wesley Tyson Phillips
Sgt. Phillips
Pacific
O. B. Phillips
Anne
Johnny Moore
Howard Cleere
Pvt Leo Hall Visits Parents From Bryan Army Air Field
Private Leo Hall from Bryan Army Air Field is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hoss Hall.
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Pvt
Leo Hall
Bryan Army Air Field
Mrs
Hoss Hall
Hospital Clinic At Stephenville Expands With New Wing
The Stephenville Hospital and Clinic has completed a second wing and is enlarging the operating room, dining room, and kitchen. A photo in this issue shows the new facility. Plans call for the full new building to be finished around March 1, 1945, as the hospital continues to grow serving the region.
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Stephenville Hospital
Harold Warren
Benjamin Franklin Named First U S Ambassador to France
The historical record notes Benjamin Franklin served as the United States’ first ambassador to France, marking a pivotal diplomatic milestone in early American foreign relations.
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Benjamin Franklin
France
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Seas
Uncle Sam
Pearl Harbor
Richard H. Mohon
John A. Mohon
R. C. Patterson
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Richard
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Canada
Royal Canadan Air Force
U. S. Army
Miami Beach
Florida
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Teddy Weatherby
Houston
London
Richars
College of Mines
Houghton
Michigan
Roger Loudermi
Philippines
C. C. Klingman
Bor
Rhard
Linus A
Sergeant Osteen
Comache
Lacos
North Side Cafe
McKinskey Hospital
Hospital Clinic
Dave
Tex) Obrien
Jim Newell
Ross
Rawhide
Cory Grant
Janet Blair
Falcon
Tom Conway
Barbara Hale
Gary Cooper
Loraine
Iti
DR. Wassell
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