Elm Grove Service Club News Quilting Drive for Red Cross
Elm Grove Service Club met October 14 to quilt for Mrs. Jack Carter and Mrs. C W Taylor. The next meeting October 28 will quilt for Mrs. Hilton Burks and Mrs. Harvey Hart. Members start a scrap iron drive to fund Red Cross support and are urged to bring scrap to the club for collection by Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Carter
Elm Grove Service Club
Jack Carter
C. W. Taylor
Hilton Burks
Harvey Hart
Service Club
The
Red Cross
Sidney Home Demonstration Club Meeting Update
The Sidney Home Demonstration Club met October 14 in the Home Economics Room to cut foundation patterns led by Miss Mayfield County Home Demonstration Agent. The group did not finish and will reconvene October 28 at Mrs Herman Evans home to complete the cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeta Kemper
Sidney Home Demonstration Club
Home Economics Room
Mayfield
Herman Evans
McGinnis Couple Spends Weekend in Comanche
Mr and Mrs Lloyd McGinnis of Garland spent the weekend in Comanche. Mr McGinnis expects to report to Dallas for Army duties this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd McGinnis
Garland
Comanche
McGinnis
Dallas
Army
John H. McEntire Claimed By Death
John H. McEntire 71, longtime Comanche County resident, died October 18. Funeral service October 19 at Board Church Cemetery conducted by Rev. Sterling Isham and Dr. Daughty. Survived by wife Susanna Stokes, five children, eight grandsons, two granddaughters, brother Bob McEntire, and sister-in-law Mrs. John Goforth. A Missionary Baptist Church member, he was married in 1897 and had led a Christian life.
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John H. McEntire
Comanche County
Cotton Grove
Board Church
Sterling Isham
Daughty
Hilton Burks
Riley and
Douglas Hillard
Woodanl Lamar Howell
Lewis Ork
Floyd Jones
Bill Elliott
Frank Powers
Bob Seals
John Horace McEntire
Marion County
Arkansas
Texas
Susanna Stokes
Jake Phifer
Wayne Dingus
Jake Graham
Comanche
Stell McEntire
Sidney
Stile McEntire
Pampa
McEntire
Bob McEntire
Yellville
John Goforth
de Leon
Missionary Baptist Church
Sipe Springs Teachers Enlist in U S Air Corps
Elza Brinson and Alvis Rodgers of Sipe Springs School have volunteered for the Army Air Corps. They reported to Abilene for training and receive leave of absence. Mrs Brinson will fill the elementary post, and Mrs Jessie Holbrook Ellis of Eastland will serve as high school principal in Rodgers absence. She is Grover D Holbrook’s sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elza Brinson
Sipe Springs
Alvis Rodgers
Army Air Corps
Abilene
Brinson
Jessie Holbrook Ellis
Eastland
Rodgers
Grover D. Holbrook
Brownwood
Cleve Callaway Seeks State Senate Seat In Wartime Reform
Cleve Callaway presents himself as a steadfast wartime veteran and capable leader. He condemns political pandering and urges responsibility, honesty, and plain talk, promising to oppose pocketbook remedies and pressure groups while advocating production, fiscal restraint, and direct action in government.
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Cleve Callaway
Congress
Mmre
John L. Lewis
State Senate
Senate
Officers' Training Johnsie Pate A Coast Artillery Candidate
Johnsie Pate son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Pate of Comanche is in Officers' Training School in South Carolina and in the Coast Artillery. A 1940 Comanche High School graduate he starred as halfback for the Indians from 1936 through 1939 and captained his team in his final year. He has served about six months and was stationed with the Coast Artillery at Camp Wallace Texas. For wedding stationery call The Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnsie Pate
Andrew Pate
Comanche
South Carolina
Pate
Coast Artillery
Comanche High School
Camp Wallace
Texas
Eastland Downs Indians 7 0 In Driving Rain
Eastland High School Mavericks defeated the Comanche Indians 7 to 0 in a muddy rain-soaked Friday night game at the local ball park. Eastland scored in the third quarter after a 21-yard pass from an Eastland back to a fading left-flat end, then plunged in for the extra point. Indian threats in the second quarter stalled at the Maverick one, with Eastland recovering on its one-yard line after Boff fumbled. Names: Eastland Mavericks, Comanche Indians, Boff, Cox, Eoff, Carter, Pipes, Dixon, Hitchie.
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Eastland High School
Mavericks
Comanche Indians
Boff
Eastland
Indians
Cox
Maverick
Eoff
Carter
Pipes
Jackson
Super
Dixon
Hitchie
Ritchie
Scott
Suiper
Gates
Waggoner
McNutt
Stark
Slider
Carpenter
Burks
Armstrong
Storm Hits Mercer Gap Community
A windstorm reaching near cyclone velocity struck the Mercer Gap community at 3 a.m. last Saturday. J. O. Swinney reports a brick chimney and flue were blown from his house, extensive damage to the house and furniture, and a new picket fence surrounding the Swinney yard was blown down.
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Mercer Gap
J. O. Swinney
Spearses Bless First Child Thomas H. Spears Jr
Mr and Mrs T H Spears announce the birth of a son at a German hospital. The newborn weighed four pounds and has been named Thomas H Spears Jr. Mr Spears serves in the Army and Mrs Spears, formerly Miss Jessie Reasoner, is with her parents in Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Spears
Thomas H. Spears, Jr
Spears
Paul Cato Buys Hasley Home on West Central Ave
Paul Cato, who recently sold his White Point ranch to Abilene parties, bought Roger Hasley’s home on West Central Avenue in Comanche for 2500 dollars. The notice appears in The Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cato
White Point
Roger Hasley
West Central Avenue
Comanche
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B. Ong
SiOnar
Olo
Cacarm
Waigar
Anager
Texas Telephone Company
Texas Telephone Co
Lum Reed
Jake Bomer
Fosh Hollaman
Bill Glasgow
U. S. Air Corps
Your Gas
War Production Board
Consumers
FICE
Gas Company
Conoco
Roy Yantis
Conoco Products
Eastland Downs Indians
Byro
Star-Telegram
Mrs. Spears
Hasley
Sam
Ywuicni
Pearl Harbor
Santa Fe
Tokyo
Berlin
Santa FE System
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