Burks Transfer and Storage Firm Promoted for Moves
Clarence Foster of San Saba hires Burks Transfer and Storage Company of Comanche to move to Burk-Bearnett. J C Carr of Priddy uses Burks to relocate to Brooksmith by phone. Walter H Price moves from Aransas Pass to Sidney with Burks of Comanche praised as old reliable for hauling household goods.
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Clarence Foster
San Saba
Burk- Bearnett
Burks Transfer and Storage Company
Comanche
Burks
J. C. Carr
Priddy
Brooksmith
Walter H. Price
Aransas Pass
Sidney
Burks Transfer and
Service Drug Store Plans Animal Poultry Health Dept
Local Service Drug Store in Comanche announces an Animal and Poultry Health Department to stock vaccines and medicines and asks farmers to return a questionnaire listing animal numbers. Readers who respond will receive a free Stock and Poultry Health Guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept
Comanche
Z Z McKinnon Dies at De Leon Age 63
Z Z McKinnon 63 former Comanche County resident died September 23 at De Leon Baptist Church funeral held September 24 at First Baptist De Leon. Born June 10 1879 in Jacksons Gap Alabama he married Jessie Pearl Craddock February 4 1912 and had four children Edwin Mrs J O Freeman Willane and J T McKinnon. Burial followed in De Leon Cemetery with pallbearers and flower girls named.
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Z. Z. McKinnon
Comanche County
de Leon
de Leon Baptist Church
Mr. McKinnon
Jackson’s Gap
Alabama
Oklahoma
Jessie Pearl Craddock
Marlow
Okla
Edwin McKinnon
J. O. Freeman
Willane McKinnon
Dublin
Pvt
J. T. McKinnon
England
McKinnon
Billy Dan
James Lee
Bobby Lewis Freeman
D. W. McKinnon
Sallie Hamby
Dadeville
Ala
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of
H. J. Starnes
S. B. George
Fred Harvey
Willis Grisham
W. P. Alexander
Arch Lee
R. H. Pryor
Imogene
Wilda Mae Craddock
Jean Simmons
Melba Rees
Catherine Dunn
Joy Martindale
Twenty five cent ad sells rake to distant buyer
A twenty five cent want ad offering a rake for sale inserted in The Comanche Chief by Neel Brothers of Lamkin drew a buyer from Jayton in Kent County, over 200 miles away. The sale closed quickly and the buyer headed home rejoicing.
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Neel Brothers
Lamkin
Jayton
Kent County
McCoy Evan Palmer Enrolled as Aviation Cadet at Maxwell Field
Cadet McCoy Evan Palmer son of Mr and Mrs John Evan Palmer of Comanche Texas is enrolled as an Aviation Cadet at the Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School for Pilots at Maxwell Field near Montgomery Alabama He will undergo nine weeks of training followed by 27 weeks of flight instruction toward wings. Palmer attended Comanche High School and North Texas State Teachers College and worked for the Texas State Highway Department before his acceptance on August 24 in Dallas as an aviation cadet.
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McCoy Evan Palmer
John Evan Palmer
Comanche
Texas
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Alabama
Palmer
Southeast
Army Air Forces Training Center
Comanche High School
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Texas State Highway Department
Dallas
Singing Convention At Wilson Sunday
The Shiloh Singing Convention will meet at Wilson on the second Sunday in October the llth. The event is an all day meeting starting about ten thirty. Good singers from surrounding territory are expected, said Mr Hun Woods.
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Shiloh
Wilson
Hun Woods
Lamkin Boy Active in Sports at S T S T C
Lionel Tatum of Lamkin joins Southwest Texas State Teachers College Bobcat football squad as a debutante college football player. The senior is captain of the San Marcos college basketball team and may see considerable service at right end.
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Lionel Tatum
Lamkin
Southwest Texas State Teachers College Bobcat
Tatum
San Marcos
Singing Sunday Afternoon at Pentecostal Church
Comanche residents are invited to a singing convention Sunday afternoon at the Pentecostal Church on the lot north of the Comanche Gin Company. Organizers urge attendees to bring song books and join in the weekend event.
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Pentecostal Church
Comanche
Comanche Gin Company
James Ming Jr.. Joins DePauw University Music Faculty
Word reaches Beaumont that James Ming Jr formerly of Brownwood has been elected to DePauw University Greencastle Indiana on the music faculty. He is son of Mr and Mrs James Ming of Beaumont formerly Brownwood and a former Howard Payne College student. His mother Miss Marvel Carson was raised in Comanche.
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James Ming, Jr
Brownwood
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Indiana
School of Music
Ming
James Ming
Beaumont
Howard Payne College
Miss Marvel Carson
Comanche
Internment Camp Under Construction at Camp Bowie Brownwood
Work advances on a $1,000,000 internment camp at Camp Bowie between the hospital area and Brownwood Country Club. The facility will house enemy aliens as announced by officials.
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Camp Bowie
Brownwood Country Club
Brownwood Eyes Local Meat Packing Plant Project
Brownwood Chamber of Commerce directors voted to push construction of a meat packing plant to be financed by local capital. P. C. Barnes was named chairman of a committee to work out financing and expenses for the project.
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Brownwood Chamber of Commerce
Brownwood
P. C. Barnes
Chamber
Coleman County Attorney In Army Assistant Named
Dave Snodgrass took the oath as assistant county attorney of Coleman County and will substitute for County Attorney Louis Crump while Crump serves in the U S Army Air Corps. Crump had been re-elected for a second term before entering military service.
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Dave Snodgrass
Coleman County
Louis Crump
U. S. Army Air Corps
Crump
Dean Davis Improves After Hospitalization at Tarleton
Dean J. Thomas Davis of John Tarleton College has been a patient in Stephenville Hospital but doctors report he is showing improvement. This is his first fall registration in 23 years without greeting incoming students at Tarleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Davis
John Tarleton College
Stephenville Hospital
Dean Davis
John Tarleton
Coast Guard Man Visits Mother During Comanche Stop
Marion James stationed in New Orleans visited his mother in Comanche last week, returning to duty shortly after the brief family stop.
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Marion James
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Comanche
World War II era hometown notices and military moves
Personal mentions record families visiting relatives and service members returning or leaving for duty. Weldon Bar rett returns to New Orleans after fur lough. Charles Marshall and Herman Thomas linked to Sheppard Field and Little Creek. Buddie Hicks plans to join Air Corps or Navy. Don W. McBride earns second lieutenant commission after Officer Candidate School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Marshall
Elton McCullough
Comanche
Coast
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Fort Worth
Cox
Smn
Sheeran
Cutter Laboratories
Western Produe
McEvan Palmer
Alabama Flying Field
S.T.S.T.C
DE Pauw U
Army-Navy
Alaska
Post Office
New York
San Francisco
Mark
Iva Hart
John D. Carpenter
Dreamer
el Paso
Carpenter
The
el Paso Electric Co
J. R. Skinner
Los Angeles
California
Rob McDonald
Gustine
Bill Hicks
Maurine Dixon
Luther Dixon
Set
Columbus
Georgia
Wade Kendrick
Denver
Colorado
Elizabeth Mallard
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Don W. McBride
Air Forces Officer Candidate School
Miami Beach
Fila
Air Forces
Dorothy Perkins
Bexel
BAYER
Vicks
Indies
Doan
Phillips Milk Mag
Teel Liquid Dentifrice Jergin
Tampax
Jeris Hair Tonic Hair Oil
Masterole Price
B.C
Balialine
Sutton Dudley
the Cherry Voucher Store
Uncle Sam
Army
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