Comanche Peanuts Add to County's Farm Wealth
Comanche County's peanut crop for 1942 is pegged at about 54 million pounds with an acreage over 90 thousand, averaging around 20 bushels per acre. Prices range from 1.29 to 1.83 per pound depending on nut size and stock type, with peanut hay selling high and harvest aided by local labor sharing. Vendors include Durham Peanut Co and Southwestern Peanut Growers Assn, aiming to weigh 1.8 million bushels locally.
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Comanche County
Comanche
C. F. Denny
Denny
L. H. Groves
Southwestern Peanut Growers Association
Durham Pecan & Peanut Company
Sidney Eagles crush Early High 44 0 in district clash
The Sidney Eagles defeated Early High 44 to 0 in a Friday conference game at Sidney. Heathington, their big end, scored four touchdowns as Sidney dominated each quarter. The team completed all thirteen passes after attempting thirteen, and they host Sipe Springs at Sidney this afternoon.
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Sidney Eagles
Sidney
Eagles
Heathington
Sipe Springs
Gustine Tigers Dominate Sipe Springs 46-0 in Football
Gustine Tigers rout Sipe Springs 46-0 at Comanche Friday night. Barnett and Adcock led scoring with strong performances, while Harris and McCullough contributed on both sides of the ball in the shutout victory.
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Gustine Tigers
Sipe Springs Foods
Comanche
Barnett
Adcock
Tigers
Sipe Springs
Harris
McCullough
Gustine
Cemetery Work Planned at Albin Cemetery Saturday
A cemetery work party will be held at Albin Cemetery, south of Comanche, on Saturday according to Mobe Little chairman.
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Albin
Comanche
Mobe Little
Passion Play "Golgotha" Shown At Comanche Monday
The Passion Play "Golgotha" will be shown at Comanche High School Auditorium Monday October 5 at 3 PM for children and 8 PM for adults and children. Lions Club sponsors offer admission at 28 cents with tax, aiming to provide religious and educational value through dramatic scenes from Christ's last days and resurrection.
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Comanche High School
Golgotha
Comanche Lions Club
Lions
Christ
Earth
Pilate
Herod
Judas
Jerusalem
Garden
Gethsemane
Howard Payne Faces East Texas Teachers Saturday
Howard Payne College, after defeats by the San Marcos Teachers and a win over the North Texas Teachers of Denton, will host the East Texas Teachers in Brownwood at Brownwood High School Stadium Saturday night.
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Howard Payne College
San Marcos
North Texas Teachers of Denton
East Texas
Brownwood
Brownwood High School
Fourteen Comanche Schools to Serve Hot Lunch
Public schools in Comanche County will offer hot lunches this year under County Superintendent Dale Howard. A twenty acre garden near De Leon supplied produce, with a Government canning plant at De Leon and WPA stock from Comanche assisting. Miss Berwyne Bass will supervise lunch rooms with an office in the courthouse. Fairview School still seeks a local manager at $33 per month.
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Comanche County
Dale Howard
de Leon
WPA
Comanche
Berwyne Bass
Court House
Fairview
Glider School Planned for Hamilton Area
A pre glider school will be established in Hamilton within thirty days. The site on Highway 281 will cover 504 acres and 75 planes will be kept on the field. The Army payroll is projected at about $60,000 monthly with 60 initial officers and instructors.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Field
City of
James
Hamilton Sanitarium
St Matthews Church Radio Address Marks Bishop Anniversary
Members of St Matthews Episcopal Church will listen to a radio address on KRLD Saturday from 5 to 5 15 PM. The program commemorates the Twenty fifth Anniversary of the Bishop Committee.
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St. Matthews Episcopal Church
KRLD
Comanche Youth Joins Naval Air Corps for Wings
Bob Skinner, son of Mrs. Bessie Cunningham of Comanche, has joined the U.S. Naval Air Corps and is receiving preliminary instruction at Abilene Christian College. A 1940 Comanche High School graduate, Skinner will become an ensign when he earns his wings.
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Bob Skinner
Bessie Cunningham
Comanche
U.S. Naval Air Corps
Abilene Christian College
Young Skinner
Comanche High School
Lt McCorkle in Life Magazine on wartime flyer's feat
Lt Hal McCorkle of Comanche listed among U S pilots shown in Life Magazine on September 14. The Flying Fortress pilot and 1936 Comanche High School graduate grew up in Texas, later graduating from Texas A and M and entering Randolph Field in 1940.
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Hal McCorkle
B. Ray McCorkle
Comanche
United States
England
Life Magazine
Amiens
France
McCorkle
Comanche High School
Texas A. & M. College
Randolph Field
Sugar for Canning Deadline Announced by War Board
The Comanche County War Price and Rationing Board says the canning season closes Thursday October 15 with no certificates issued for sugar for canning after that date. Miss Helen Slider has joined the law office of Oscar Callaway.
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Comanche County
Helen Slider
Oscar Callaway
Forty Per Cent of Comanche County Children Harvest Crops
About 40 percent of Comanche County's nearly 5,000 school children are helping harvest crops such as peanuts and cotton, as local officials report. Some districts may suspend classes for periods to aid farm labor, while state leaders note widespread rural child participation in farming across Texas.
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Comanche County
Dale Howard
United States
Comanche
Texas
L. A. Woods
Lamkin
Hasse
Sidney
Proctor
Soda Springs
Howard
Peanut Time in Comanche 1942
In October 1942 Comanche County touts peanut production as a wartime boost. Propaganda links peanuts to national defense with strong anti Axis sentiment and calls to support the war effort through farming and processing peanut products.
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Comanche
Indians Meet Gustine Tonight
The Comanche Indians host the Gustine Tigers at 8 30 this evening at the local ball park. Gustine, in Class B football, aims to challenge former coach D A Swope and the Indians. Gustine beat Sipe Springs 46 0 in their opener and later edged Dublin 20 0, with Adcock and Barnett leading the offense and Barnett passing. Comanche counts on Eoff Pipes and Jackson in the run game and Cox at quarterback. Ray Stephenson breaks a collar bone and will miss tonight’s game, but all other regulars are set to play.
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McCurdy
Hamilton
Walker
Wilman
Howard
Comanche High School
Howard Payne
Boykin
Dillard
Thomas
Tate
Marshall
Walter Durham
I. M. Cochran
Comanche
Higginbotham Bros. & Company
Bettis & Gibbs
Berna Cochran
Janette Blatherwick
Judith Clarke
O. C. Thrasher
Constantine
U. S
Tom Watson
Georgia
Comanche National
First State
First National
Eorge Helmsley
Annie Jo Boykin
Brookston
Gustine
Louise Scurry
Riley Eubanks
Corpus Christi
Tom Kinningham
L. C. Shaw
Harding
Dublin
Ranger
Brownwood
Parker County
Burk Burnett
Comanche Indians
Gustine Tigers
Tigers
Worth Eargle
Sipe Springs
D. A. Swope
Indians
de Leon Bearcats
Dublin Lions
Adcock
Barnett
Eoff
Pipes
Jackson
Cox
Ray Stephenson
Coleman
Williams Invited to Ordnance Conference in Columbus Ohio
Herbert Williams of Comanche son of Mr and Mrs T J Williams and Higginbotham Bros manager is invited by the War Department to a series of indoctrinal conferences on Ordnance Depot Operations in Columbus Ohio October 5 to 15. About 125 men are invited to be considered for commissioning in the Army Specialist Corps or the Army of the United States.
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Herbert Williams
T. J. Williams
Comanche
Higginbotham Bros. & Company
War Department
Columbus
Ohio
Williams
Deshler-Wallick
Clement D. Johnson
Ordnance Department
Army Specialist Corps
Army of the United States
Thompson Made Ensign In Navy
Clinton Thompson of Comanche has been promoted to ensign in the United States Navy according to Pearl Harbor Hawaii. He has served sixteen years and rose from Chief Electrician's Mate to ensign. He was at Pearl Harbor during the December 7 attack but survived without injury.
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Clinton Thompson
A. E. Thompson
Comanche
United States Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Ensign Thompson
Navy
Thompson
Blanket Senior Class Elects Dylan Payne Leader
The Blanket High School senior class elected Dylan Payne as president and Chester Damron as vice president. Virginia Petross is secretary with Manuel Mackey as assistant secretary, Frankie Lloyd as reporter, Jean Petross treasurer, and Homer Bronstad sponsor. They plan wartime activities with some cancellations due to the war.
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Blanket High School
Dylan Payne
Chester Damron
Virginia Petross
Manuel Mackey
Frankie Lloyd
Jean Petross
Homer Bronstad
Men On The Farm Deferred Draft List Warned
General Hershey in Washington says farm workers may be placed on deferred draft lists under new War Manpower rules. County boards must classify registrants by skill and training for essential agricultural jobs such as dairy farming cowpunching buttermaking hatchery work nursery care and farm laboring. Also consider availability of trained replacements and draft exemptions.
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General Hershey
Washington
War Man Power Commission
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Blanket Man Found Hanged At Farm Home
Frank William Lappe a 61 year old farmer was found hanged early Tuesday morning at the Blanket area farm home five miles from Blanket. His body was discovered by his son Alfred Stewart Lappe with feet weighted by about 25 pounds of scrap iron. A metal tub lay near the scene and a rope attached to a mesquite tree fork was used. Justice of the Peace T J Code said the evidence indicated suicide and there was no clear motive though worry over the war was noted. The family had leased the farm from D E Crisp for cash rent and had lived there three years. Lappe was born December 13 1880 and was a longtime member of the Blanket Baptist Church.
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Frank William Lappe
Alfred Stewart Lappe
Blanket
Lappe
Justice of the Peace
T. J. Code
Cade
D. E. Crisp
Mr. Lappe
Grimes County
Baptist Church
Brownwood Bulletin
War on Rats Aims to Curb Typhus in Comanche
A. N. Whitehead of Fort Worth leads a Comanche rat killing drive sponsored by the Lions Club to prevent Typhus fever. The State Health Department notes two fever cases in Comanche weeks ago with no new reports. The campaign extends through the business district and into about half the square. poison is placed in stores. Contact County Agent Calvin Holcomb to reach Whitehead before the drive ends mid next week.
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Comanche
A. N. Whitehead
Fort Worth
Comanche Lions Club
Whitehead
A. & M. Extension Department
State Health Department
Mr. Whitehead
Calvin Holcomb
Austin Visitors Mack St. Clair and Victor Gore
Mack St. Clair and Victor Gore were Austin visitors last week, meeting local residents and touring city sites. The pair discussed community programs and opportunities during their stay.
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Mack St. Clair
Victor Gore
Austin
Births and legal notices from Comanche district court records
Births announced for Melba Corene Sliger Orlensia Trujillo and John e Hart. District court filings include divorce and trespass to try title actions. Marriage licenses issued to Medeiros Miears and McFord Hodges. Deeds recorded in De Leon and Comanche. Pauper relief and justice of peace bond approved by Commissioners Court.
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A. J. Sliger
Comanche
Melba Corene
Daniel Trujillo
Orlensia
L. L. Hart
Ypepectie
John E
Oleta Lewis
E. O. Lewis
Ada McLemore
C. M. van Winkle
Frank Phillips
Thomas Nun
William R. Medeiros
Marie Miears
Henry McFord
June Hodges
W. H. Young
Horace A. Jones
H. Oberthier
Co. L. Hamlin
City of de Leon
City of
de Leon
J. F. Clopp
C. Thompson
J. L. Chandler
Theney
Ruel Cecil Dickey
Johnnie Cecil
Commissioners Court
W. D. Starkie
Gustine
Frances Burks
Red Cross Drives $100 Short of Comanche Goal
Comanche County Red Cross leaders seek $200 quota with $100 already raised. Coin jars placed in every business house to fund kit bags for American soldiers overseas. They urge continued donations through next week until the goal is reached.
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Comanche County
Red Cross
Comanche
Miss Nanza Yantis Secures Brownwood Grocery Post
Miss Nanza Yantis daughter of Dr L R Yantis of Blanket has accepted a steno grapher and secretary role with Walker-Smith Wholesale Grocery in Brownwood She previously served as secretary to Oscar Callaway of Comanche.
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Nanza Yantis
L. R. Yantis
Blanket
Walker-Smith Wholesale
Brownwood
Oscar Callaway
Comanche
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Sol Hoffman
Sam
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Rénance School
Court House News
New Majestic Theatre
Bette Davis
THE
Little Foxes
Bill Ceepaionn
Cassidy Boyd
Riders OF the Timberline
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Lucille Ball
Richard Dix Andrews Gifford
Tombstone
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Pred Astaire
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