Indians Face Bearcats Today in Annual Thanksgiving Tilt
From The Comanche Chief December 3 1920 Comanche Texas Indians meet De Leon Bearcats at De Leon Ball Park in the annual Thanksgiving football clash. Comanche seeks second place in district standings while seniors wrap up their final season with a 54-0 win last year influence noted.
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IANS
Bearcats
DE Leon Ball Park
Comanchery School
de Leon Beards
de Leon
Comanche County
Comanche
Hamilton-Dublin Game. Coach Turner’s de Leon
Indians
Weatherford
Comanche High School
B. Edwards
Ritchie
Loudermilk
Rains
Bear
Laughlin
Davis
Fletcher
Milton
Marshall
Albin
Comanche County Baptists Reach 3724 Members in Minutes
The Comanche Baptist Association reports 3724 members across 34 active churches. The top church is Comanche with 781 members, followed by De Leon at 530 and Gustine at 199. several smaller congregations are listed with varying counts.
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Comanche County
Comanche Baptist Association
Comanche Church
de Leon Church
Gustine
Pettit
Mount Pleasant
Sidney
Newbury
Custer
Gustine Tigers blank Brownwood B squad 24-0
Gustine High School Tigers routed the Brownwood High School B team 24-0 Thursday morning in Gustine. Gustine led 8 first downs to 4 and kept Brownwood scoreless. Coach D A Swope’s squad remained the lone loss for Gustine this season as the Tigers won decisively.
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D. A. Swope
Gustine High School Tigers
Brownwood High School
Gustine
Pie Supper December 4 Set for Stag Creek
A committee of W. C. Cox W. T. Coker and F. B. Chambers announces a pie supper at Stag Creek on Wednesday night December 4. Proceeds will go toward recovering the church houses.
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Stag Creek
W. C. Cox
W. T. Coker
F. B. Chambers
First Monday Trades Day in Comanche Ahead
Next Monday marks the annual First Monday Trades Day in Comanche with a large crowd expected to trade sell and buy. Merchants have arranged special bargains for the weekend and Monday and feature advertisements in this issue.
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Comanche
Williams Motor Co Opens In Comanche Monday
The Williams Motor Company opens Monday on Brownwood Street in Comanche at the former Doc Wyce location. Grady Williams owns the Hamilton operation and the Comanche store is owned by Mr Williams and his wife Cr Williams. The business will offer new and used cars and employ a mechanic.
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Williams Motor Company
Hamilton
Comanche
Brownwood Street
Higginbotham
Doc Wyce
Grady Williams
Golightly Chevrolet Company
Williams
Cr. W. Williams
Chevrolet
Higginvookham Chevrolet Company
Stafford Motor Company
Stephenville
Fagan Chevrolet Company
Marriage Licenses Show Increase Here
County Clerk Mary Fields reports 187 licenses issued from January 1 to November 19, 1940, up from 171 by this date in 1939, a gain of 16. December is usually strong, suggesting 1940 may set a high marriage total for Comanche County since 1929.
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Comanche County
Mary Fields
School board members entertained at Comanche High
Mr and Mrs W Z Compton hosted the local school board members and wives for dinner in the new Comanche High School Home Economics dining room. Homemaking students prepared and served a Thanksgiving themed dinner under Miss Baker. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Roy Brannan, A P Cox, Ira Clemons, Walter Barret, Jack Moore, Robert Eaton, and Virgil Chaffin.
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W. Z. Compton
Comanche Hi
Miss Baker
Roy Brannan
A. P. Cox
Ira Clemons
Walter Barret
Jack Moore
Robert Eaton
Virgil Chaffin
Draft Board Classifies 180 Men in Comanche County
Comanche County draft board chaired by W Z Compton W H Thate and W B Barret classified 180 of 2125 conscripts. Of 186 examined 138 were married. Thirteen single men claimed dependents with five approved. Among 35 examined 2 in 1 C 3 in 4 F 3 in 1 B and 4 in 1 A. Four volunteers sent and four more waiting. two volunteers automatically placed.
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Comanche County
W. Z. Compton
W. H. Thate
W. B. Barret
Volun
Fire Destroys Home Of B. J. Stephens Near Mercer Gap
The Mercer Gap community farm home of B. J. Stephens was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon. The house valued at about 1800 dollars and furniture at 1000 dollars were a total loss with no insurance on either.
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B. J. Stephens
Mercer Gap
Sidney Eagles To Play Red Oak For Bi District Title
Sidney High School Eagles, District 38 B champions, meet Red Oak, 37 B winner, in Waxahachie for the bi district title at 2:00 PM Saturday. Sidney lost only one district game.
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Sidney Eagles
Red Oak
Sidney High School Eagle
Waxahachie
Sidney
Dalhart Man Held On Drunk Driving Charge After Wreck
J. T. Stone of Dalhart working as a plumber at Camp Bowie Brownwood was arrested near Proctor by Sheriff Wid Spivey on a driving while intoxicated charge after colliding with a Stephenville car near the Comanche underpass. Stone left the scene before officers arrived. the rodar was badly wrecked.
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J. T. Stone
Dalhart
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Proctor
Wid Spivey
Stone
Stephenville
Comanche
Rodar
Gustine Schools Closed by Rains and Floods
Gustine schools suspended Monday at noon due to heavy rains and floods. Bridges out and many buses unable to run. Attendance dropped to less than half. Classes expected to reopen Thursday if bridges are passable. Pecan crops damaged along the river bottoms in Gustine area.
Balmorhea couple visits Comanche with Willifords
Mr and Mrs Max Greenwood of Balmorhea spent the weekend in Comanche with Mrs Williford and her husband J H Williford the couple’s hosts during the visit.
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Max Greenwood
Balmorhea
Comanche
J. H. Williford
Two New Mexico Youths Arrested At Sipe Springs
Two youths from New Mexico, Tommie Tucker 16 and Noble Murdock 17, were arrested Thursday afternoon near Sipe Springs by Buck Jones. They faced car theft charges after driving a 1940 Lincoln Zephyr owned by a Roswell resident and attempting to sell its radio and heater. They are held in Comanche jail for Federal officers amid anticipated federal charges for moving a stolen car across state lines.
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New Mexico
Tommie Tucker
Noble Murdock
Sipe Springs
Buck Jones
Roswell
Tucker
Murdock
Comanche
Sipe Springs Man Severely Beatten Thursday Night
Elbert Winfrey about 40 of Sipe Springs was severely beaten Thursday night at his home. He lies in serious condition at the German Hospital with a fractured skull broken jaw and multiple broken limbs. Sheriff Wid Spivey and Deputy Manley Stone say Mrs Elbert Winfrey admitted striking him with an iron poker after he attacked a child and was struck by her. No charges yet.
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Elbert Winfrey
Sipe Springs
Winfrey
Wid Spivey
Manley Stone
Ward School PTA Meeting December 4 at 3 PM
The Comanche West Ward School PTA will hold its regular meeting in the band hall Wednesday December 4 at 3 00 PM Mrs George Preston Tate will talk on Books for Children Miss Berta Goodson will speak on Magazines for Children and Mrs W H Carpenter High School Librarian will discuss Library for Children A few musical numbers will be given by children in the school.
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Comanche West Ward
PTA
George Preston Tate
Berta Goodson
W. H. Carpenter
Garden Club To Sponsor Christmas Lighting Program
The Comanche Garden Club will sponsor a Christmas lighting program in Comanche. Members aim to have every home display lights and seek the town’s best lighting in this part of Texas. The club will consult City Council and Texas Power and Light about downtown lighting. Next meeting with Mrs. J. B. Chilton on December 19. Sid Burton visited Fort Worth and Dallas Tuesday.
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Comanche
Dallas Brothers Arrested in Car Burn Incident
Fred Hall and Harmon Hall of Dallas faced charges for burning a 1936 Pontiac owned by the pair. The blaze occurred four miles east of Comanche on Highway 10. Sheriff Wid Spivey noted initial denials gave way to ownership admission. One brother was arrested at the scene, the other a short distance away. The insured car was recovered burning twice. bond posted for Fred at $1,000, Harmon remaining jailed.
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Fred Hall
Harmon Hall
Dallas
Hall Brothers
Comanche
Wid Spivey
Spivey
Lake Eanes Surges Fourteen Feet After Weekend Rain
A heavy three day rainfall in Comanche County raised Lake Eanes by fourteen feet four inches, nearly filling the municipal lake. Water now covers more than twice the previous area as city water superintendent Merlin Jenkins notes the timing came during a low point in the lake’s 15 year history.
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Comanche County
Lake Eanes
Comanche
Merlin Jenkins
Christmas Turkey Season Opens Around December First
The Christmas turkey market season will open about December 1 says George C. McKinzie manager of the Farmers Produce Dressing Plant. He notes the exact date is not yet set and asks all coop owners belonging to Farmers Produce Company to bring their coops in as they are needed.
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George C. McKinzie
Farmers
Broadstreet Appointed Manager of Edmondson Beauty Shop
Mrs. Margaret Cunningham Broadstreet is now manager of Edmondson's Beauty Shop on the south side of the square. This week she advertises special beauty service prices in the issue.
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Margaret Cunningham Broadstreet
Edmondson’s
Frank Barton Sentenced to Two Years for Burglary
Frank Barton, 19, was sentenced by a District Court jury to two years in the penitentiary for burglary connected to the Lewis Bowers Fruit Stand theft in Comanche on May 18, 1940. The ruling noted the sentence would not be suspended. Barton also faces an indictment for murder tied to the dugout death of J. D. Couch, Sr., near Gustine last summer. Sam Ash Acquitted. Sam Ash of De Leon was acquitted of murder charges against his father, W. B. Ash, after a two hour jury deliberation. he pleaded self defense.
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Frank Barton
Barton
Comanche
Young Barton
J. D. Couch
Gustine
Sam Ash
de Leon
W. B. Ash
Young Rush baby dies at five months in Co
Mona Joe Rush, five months old and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Rush, died Monday afternoon at their Co home. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Zion Hill with Rev. Gordon Barrett officiating. She is survived by her parents two sisters and a brother.
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Mona Joe Rush
D. M. Rush
Comanche
Zion Hill
Gordon Barrett
Cotton marketing quotas on ballot December 7
White Sides of the Comanche County ACA Committee urges all cotton producers to vote in the December 7 referendum on whether marketing quotas will be used for the 1941 cotton crop. A two thirds vote is needed to apply quotas nationwide. Polling places: Comanche A P Store, De Leon City Hall, Gustine State Bank, Sidney School House, Sipe Springs School House, Proctor School House.
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Sides
Comanche County
Comanche
A&p
de Leon
Gustine
State Bank
Sidney
Sipe Springs
Proctor
30000 Troops to Train at Brownwood
About 30 000 troops are slated for training at Camp Bowie Brownwood in December. The 36th Division Texas National Guard will mobilize from a peace strength around 10 000 to roughly 18 000 during training. Four units of the 142nd Infantry based in Brownwood will train locally, offering nearby morale and contact with friends, while draftees may be sent away and paired with unfamiliar comrades.
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Texas National Guard
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Yeas
Texas
National Guard
142Nd Infantry
Battallion
Brown County
Regular
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Dick Powell
Fred MacMurray
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