Peanuts Sold Across Season Reach Six Million Pounds
Approximately six and a half million pounds of peanuts have been sold this season in Comanche. The Southwestern Peanut Growers Association reports around six million pounds with Durham Pecan and Peanut and Higginbotham's as other local buyers. Prices paid range from 26 cents for U S No 1 to 90 cents for No 2 and 8242 cents for No 3 per bushel. Public weigher C F Denny notes about seventy percent of the crop harvested. Grower L H Groves says ample room remains in Comanche to handle all peanuts and he will stay to assist the government with marketing. An estimated 110,000 tons of hay and about 300,000 pounds of peanuts have been produced. hay sells around a per ton with bales of about 70 pounds.
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Dhe
Southwestern Peat Growers Association
Durham
Higginbotham
Southtern
Democrats Plan Rally To Push Roosevelt Ticket
Democrats will sponsor a rally next week to urge voters to back the Roosevelt ticket. Judge R B Cross will speak at the event. H L Stewart backs a rally resolution calling Dems to vote the ticket and to scratch or write in independent candidates for Comanche county offices.
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Ande
Constable
Presit
R. L. Lane
Acratic
R. B. Cross
H. L. Stewart
Roosevelt Sporter
Stewart
State Commissioner of Culture
Comanche County
Gustine Honor Roll Announced
Gustine Schools announced the honor roll for the first six weeks under Superintendent Paul Whitton. Students with averages of ninety or above in all subjects are listed by grade, including First Grade pupils such as Thoysiee Beggs and Ruth Miller and up through Eleventh Grade names like Jean Thompson and Levi Johnson.
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Gustine
Paul Whitton
Thoysiee Beggs
Try Ruth Miller
Nelda Lively
Ecil Ray Evans
Paula Fern Sawers
Garry Zane Luker
Martha Hurt
Marjorie Nell Greebon
Uanita Clements
Anna Faye Williams
Carol
Ma B. Rambo
Earl Henry Smart
le Green
Jean Thompon
Levi Johnson
James Sneath
Anetha Dell Luker
Leo Palvado
Mrs Purves Elected President Of Omanche Grammar School PTA
Mrs Purves elected president of the Omanche Grammar School Parent Teachers Association at an organization meeting on October 0. Other officers elected include Mrs B G Combs vice president Mrs Odom secretary Mrs Trevarshall treasurer Mrs Porterc Carroll program committee chairman Mrs Edmondson membership committee chairman Miss Jewel Werner reporter and Mrs Carl Stewart yearbook committee chairman.
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Jesse E. Purves
Omanche Grammar School Parent Teachers Association
Rs. B. G. Combs
Ath Odom
Trevarshall
Porter cCarroll
Edmondson
Jewel Werner
Carl Stewart
Peanuts Reach 16745 Dollars in Comanche Monday
C P St Clair reported nearly 17000 dollars worth of peanuts weighed in Comanche on Monday totaling 558170 pounds and bringing 16745.10 dollars. All warehouses except C F Denny’s storing No 1 nuts were full with five or six cars daily shipped to other points for storage.
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Comanche
C. P. St. Clair
C. F. Denny
Pettit Explains Tax Statements for Comanche County
P A Pettit Assessor Collector explains that the recently sent condensed tax statements cover all County and State taxes for Comanche County property owners. The statements are not bills but a service to speed future tax payments, requiring only a short time to complete transactions.
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Comanche
Comanche County
P. A. Pettit
Negro Minstrel at Gustine Oct. 31 Halloween Show
Gustine High School Auditorium hosts a Gustine Parent-Teachers Association Negro Minstrel on October 31, 1940 at 8 p.m. Admission 10 and 20 cents. The program promises singing dancing preaching and a wedding with students and teachers in performed roles.
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Gustine
Gustine Parent-Teachers’ Association
Gustine High School
Curtis Thomas Wins Des Moines Trip for Sales Excellence
Curtis Thomas son of Mrs. E. E. Thomas of Comanche completed Bankers Life Insurance Company training and earned a Des Moines trip as a leading Fort Worth salesman. He is designated an Advanced Graduate and recorded at the home office in Iowa.
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Curtis Thomas
E. E. Thomas
Comanche
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Thomas
Fort Worth
Des Moines
Towa
Comanche High School Honor Roll First Six Weeks
The CHS honor roll lists students with at least three A grades and all other grades B or better. Top group includes those with all A’s such as Billie Black and Emma Louise McDonald. others earn four A’s and one B, two B’s, or three A’s and a B across various names.
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Comanche High School
Billie Black
Emma Louise McDonald
John Manning Arthur
Annie Belle Goosby
Joan Jenkins
Mary Katherine Ory
Berynice Rushing
Dalpha Spinks
Patsy Ruth Bumpas
David Compton
Cleve B. Denny
Lois Ann Lam
Robbie Allen Perkins
Irma Lee McPherson
Virginia Boyd
Billy Joe Edwards
Dorothy Armstrong
Roger B. Welles
Mary Alice Williams
Thieves Take 24 Cases of Oil in Wednesday Night Raid
Burglars broke into W. C. House Sinclair Wholesale Warehouse and stole twenty four cases of oil worth about 100 dollars. Entry was via clipped screen and broken window. Sheriff Wid Spivey investigated and submitted fingerprints to the Texas State Department of Public Safety. House says thieves took only the high priced oil, leaving cheaper stock. Four empty cases were found outside the building.
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W. C. House
Sinclair Products
Wid Spivey
Texas State Department of Public Safety
Austin
Abilene Meet to Study 1941 AAA Program and Cotton
Five Comanche County delegates will attend a district AAA meeting in Abilene Texas to study the 1941 AAA program and discuss the cotton marketing quota referendum set for December 7. The agenda includes range program plans and fiscal matters with State and district officials leading sessions.
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Comanche County
Abilene
Texas
Whit Sides
N. E. Scudder
White Sides
A. E. Boyd
O. D. Johnson
J. W. Roberson
AAA
W. I. Glass
Howard Kingsberry
Fred Rennels
R. T. Price
Cliff H. Day
The
Parker Named Field Agent for Local Draft Board
D. P. Parker has been appointed Field Agent for the Draft Board of Comanche County by Governor W. Lee O'Daniel. He will represent the interests of registered men and the County Draft Board in legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Parker
W. Lee O’daniel
Draft Board
Comanche County
Former County Supt Visits Comanche
Romeo S. Walker former county superintendent and Mrs. Walker visited Comanche from Austin on Wednesday. He departed Thursday for a business trip while she stayed through the week.
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Comanche
Romeo S. Walker
Mrs. Walker
Austin
Mr. Walker
Comanche Hosts Gorman Panthers Tonight at 7:30
The Comanche Indians host the Gorman Panthers at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the local park after moving the game from Gorman. Comanche seeks a fourth conference win and shares the District 12-A lead with Dublin and Weatherford, with only guard Jackie Laughlin inactive. Starting lineup includes B Edwards, Spears or Ritchie, W Edwards, Loudermilk or Eoff, Rains, Bear or Carter, Davis, Marshall, Albin, Milton, and Coker. The Panthers have yet to win a league game this season, with ties vs Rising Star and Eastland and losses to Weatherford, Dublin, and Hico. New warm up jackets for the Indians arrived, rubberized for weather resistance, brown with a black and gold Indian emblem.
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Gorman
Comanche
Indians
Panthers
Dublin
Weatherford
Jackie Laughlin
Letterman
B. Edwards
Spears
Ritchie
W. Edwards
Loudermilk
Eoff
Rains
Bear
Carter
Davis
Marshall
Albin
Milton
Coker
German Panthers
Rising Star
Eastland
Hico
New Band Uniforms Ready For Armistice Day Arrival
The Co manche High School Band orders are to arrive by November 11 for the Armistice Celebration. Mrs. N. N. Durham notes the effort and thanks several donors including Mrs. H. N. Goodson Henry Moore William Chilton C. P. St. Clair Clay Building Material Co. J. R. Eanes Wade Evridge Hollis Burton Dale Howard and Castle B. Ellis.
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N. N. Durham
Band
Mothers Club
H. N. Goodson
Henry Moore
William Chilton
C. P. St. Clair
Clay Building Material Company
J. R. Eanes
Wade Evridge
Hollis Burton
Dale Howard
Castle B. Ellis
Howard Payne Faces Southwestern Brownwood Tilt Tonight
The Howard Payne College Yellow Jackets host the Southwestern University Pirates in a Texas Conference football game at Howard Payne Stadium tonight. Howard Payne enters favored status after convincing conference wins over Austin College and McMurry College, each by more than 50 points.
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Howard Payne College Yellow Jackets
Southwestern University Pirates
Texas
Howard Payne Stadium
Austin College
McMurry College
Howard Payne
Eighteen Grand Jury Indictments Reported in Comanche County
The grand jury for the October Term 1940 of the Comanche County District Court returned 18 indictments including 17 felonies and one misdemeanor. DWI, burglary, wife and child desertion, passing forged instruments, and non support of children are listed with no death indictments connected to J. D. Couch. The jury urges public cooperation, notes jail sanitation needs, and thanks citizens and officials.
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Chilren
J. D. Couch
Gustine
R. B. Cross
52Nd Judicial District
District Court
Comanche County
Texas
Commissioners Court
Willkie Films To Be Shown In Comanche Saturday
Davis to speak Saturday evening at 7 o clock in Comanche on the west side of the courthouse square under the No Third Term Democrats of Texas. Fred W Davis will discuss farm problems at 2:00 p.m. followed by sound pictures of Willkie addressing farm, defense and tax issues and a final news reel from the Republican Convention.
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Wendel Willkie
GOP
Court House Square
Comanche
Oscar Callaway
No Third Term
Democrats of
Texas
Fred W. Davis
Willkie
Davis
Geo. B. Black
Shock Parents Welcome Son Karl Wayne
Mr and Mrs Karl Shock announce the birth of a son Karl Wayne at Medical Arts Hospital in Brownwood on Sunday morning. Mrs Shock and son returned home to Comanche on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs B G Combs were Breckenridge visitors on Sunday.
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Karl Shock
Karl Wayne
Medical Arts Hospital
Brownwood
Comanche County Draft Figures Reach 2103 Registrants
Comanche County totals for selective military draft rise to 2103 after initial 1999 opening day. Dess Rock, secretary of the Comanche County Draft Board, says 2101 White and 2 Mexican registrants are counted, including those who registered outside the county using Comanche as home.
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Comanche County
Burks- Wadsworth
Dess Rock
Comanche County Draft Board
Comanche
Deputy State Supt to Visit County Schools
Deputy State Superintendent G D Holbrook of Brownwood and County Superintendent Dale Howard will visit county schools on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Holbrook is in his third year in this role overseeing nine counties. Rural Aid Schools have been notified of visit times and conditions are expected to be ready.
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G. D. Holbrook
Brownwood
Dale Howard
Howard
Holbrook
Six Holdridge Sons Register For Draft In One Family
Six sons of Rev H B Holdridge registered for the selective service on October 16 forming a near record for one family. Marvin 34 Lee 33 W C 29 and Fred 22 registered in De Leon Coy operates a Dallas cafe Paul a Plainview pastor registered there. The Holdridge family has eight sons and one daughter.
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H. B. Holdridge
Marvin
Lee
W. C
Fred
de Leon
Paul
Plainview
Coy
Dallas
Santa Anna
Nazarine Church
Holdridge
Melvin
Caver
Draft
Miss Comanche Pageant to Highlight Tuesday Night Program
The Personality And Talent Program airs Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the High School Auditorium with a parade of high school entrants and out of town judges. Winners go to San Angelo with all expenses paid to a state contest. Pre school Little Miss and Mr Comanche receive silver dollar prizes and should attend Monday at 6 pm for instruction.
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San Angelo
Miss Kelley
Grammar School
Miss Ross
High School
Beever
Draft Numbers Posted as Nation Prepares for Peacetime Call
Local draft office announces post numbers for registrants. National lottery in Washington on Tuesday October 29 will determine order of classification. Local boards will classify into four divisions based on questionnaires and physical exams for Class I. Induction follows in order of drawn numbers.
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U.S
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
National Lottery
Washington
Dess Rock
Comanche County
Brightman couple announce birth of daughter
Mr and Mrs Oswell Brightman of Comanche report the birth of a daughter at a German hospital at 10 o clock Friday night. The infant weighed six and a half pounds.
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Brightmans
Oswell Brightman
Comanche
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Pettit
By Worth Eargle
CHS
Baylor
Lewis Self
Texas A. & M. Aggies
Waco
Villanova
Self
Wildcat
Gorman Panthers
Southwestern Brownwood
Geo. W. Rollins
John Lightfoot
B. G. Combs
Breckenridge
NEW Majestic
Lloyd Nolan
Don
Barry
Ronald Coleman
Ginger Rogers
Gene Raymond
Wendy Barrie
James Cagney
Ann Sheridan
Jin
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