A Downing Three Act Play A Wild Flower of the Hills
The Downing community hosts a three act comedy drama A Wild Flower of the Hills at the Downing auditorium on Tuesday night in December. Cast includes Mammy Lily Chloe Mrs Wayne Payne Snow White John and Verderee Loudermilk with R V Leslie as school principal and Mrs Burke as Chloe’s foster mother. Special music between acts. No admission charge.
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Downing
Wind
Floyd Bush
Lily
Mammy
Mose
Jack Isbell
Chloe
Wayne Payne
Snow-White
R. V. Leslie
Downing School
Burke
Jesse Ladd
John
Jed
Verderee Loudermilk
Downing Community Club
All Out Defense Causes Material Shortages for Local Telephone Service
The All Out Defense Program tightens controls on copper and brass, hampering local telephone material supply. Officials warn A-10 priority limits new extensions and may force service delays or refusals as shortages grow, with copper demand for October and yearly shortfalls cited. Local firm drills to use substitutes and conserve materials.
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Karl
Shock
Office of Production Management
Potatoes Grow Big in Comanche: One Reaches Nine Pounds
In Comanche last week large potatoes weighed 41.5 pounds total with the largest at just over nine pounds and the smallest at six. Local residents Charley Allen and C C Wilson hosted visitors from across the region. Mrs. C C Nance traveled to Big Spring for her son Wintz Nance’s appendectomy. Helen Slider visited family in Comanche while students from North Texas State Teachers College spent the weekend with relatives. Other locals include Mr. and Mrs. Less Wilson, Ed Onster of Austin, and residents of Mineola, East City, and various area families.
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W. R. Loran
Charley Allen
Spen
C. C. Nance
Big Spring
Wintz Nance
Less Wilson
Maxwell
C. C. Wilson
Helen Slider
North Texas State Teachers College
Comanche
Hardie Slider
Ed Onster
Austin
Herbert Goodson
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Mammy, A
Ayaa
Turre
Chrysler Dealers
Dudley Bros
GAIL
Turkey
Hammers Produce CO
Texas
W. RB. Ee
Lane
McMillan
Ever City
New Mexico
D. Long
Miss Long
John Burton
W. L. Kine
Mineola
Ed Sanders
Tupin’s
Ee Pcoys
Tupin’s Jewelry
Comanche, Texas
Biggs Auto Paris
AGP Tea Co
Sunnyfield
A&p Pork & Beans
A&p
White House
P&g
C.W
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