County cooperates in conservation work with farmers McKinzie
County and Farmers Produce Company boost turkey production as McKinzie guides conservation efforts. Farmers interview in the country note some regions will fall short of last year’s crop while others show slight gains. A Minnesota-raised Erath County grower plans 5000 turkey hens next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raist
Mark . Kinzie
Minnesota
McKinzie
Mercer Gap
Comanche
Farmers Produce Company
County Officials Improve Soil Conservation With Shared Machinery
County commissioners discuss cooperative use of bulldozers tractors and other equipment to perform soil conservation work across precincts. War tire shortages slow terracing and maintenance but officials praise their fleet's condition and note purchases from Abilene Breckenridge and Stephenson County aid progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Precinct . 2
Steens County
Breckenridge
Induction Examination Reports Delayed at Dallas Station
A large group of prospective Pearl Harbor era fathers were kept for physicals in Dallas to decide on military service eligibility. Official notes up to 9:00 p.m. Thursday show incomplete reports. Names mentioned include Ben Evridge Sam Todd James Lacy and C. D. Tucker was held for further checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Ben Evridge
Sam
Todd
James Lacy
C. D. Tucker
Mrs. Eva Jane Rushing Gore Dies After Weeklong Illness
Mrs. Eva Jane Rushing Gore of Comanche died at 2 15 AM Saturday October 23 at German Hospital after a week of illness. Funeral services were held at Mercer Gap Church the next day with burial in the Mercer Gap Cemetery. She was born June 17 1895 in Comanche County and spent her life there. She married C R Gore June 19 1913 and was a Baptist church member since 1934. Survived by husband two sons Earl Gore of Comanche Carroll Gore of El Paso one granddaughter Linda Lou Gore three sisters Mrs Alfred McKinzie Mrs Doc Edwards Mrs Delbt Couch two brothers Dode Rushing Roy Rushing and her father J R Rushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Gore
Comanche
Mercer Gap Church
Roy Tupin
Roy Williams
Ira Fletcher
Velma McKinzie
Clarence Edwards
Bill Bagley
Royce
Maud Wallace
Opal Carter
Norma Gene Carter
Elouise
Willie Pearl Rushing
Louise Youngblood
Cordie May Rushing
Eva Jane Rushing
Comanche County
C. R. Gore
The
Baptist Church
Earl Gore
Carroll Gore
el Paso
Linda Lou Gore
Alfred McKinzie
Doc Edwards
Delbt Couch
Abilene
Dode Rushing
Zephyr
Roy Rushing
Lamesa
J. R. Rushing
Freewill Baptist State Convention Set Near Comanche
A committee from Easley’s Chapel Free Will Baptist Church at Gartman’s View invites members to help arrange the State Convention, to be held three miles north of Comanche starting Tuesday night and continuing through Thursday. Local church asks attendance and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Will Baptist Churches
Gartman's View
Comanche
Easley's Chapel
Pre-Flight Training Complete for Gore at Kelly Field
Aviation Cadet Victor Ray Gore formerly of Comanche completed preflight training at Kelly Field San Antonio and moves to Chickasha Oklahoma for further instruction He earned the expert marksmanship medal at Kelly Field one of two of 500 to qualify He is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Gore formerly of Comanche now of Cameron and a 1941 Comanche High School graduate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Ray Gore
Comanche
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Gore
Henry Gore
Cameron
Comanche High School
Community Quota Set for War Chest Drive in Comanche County
County Chairman F. O. Jaye announced a $5,081 quota for the United War Chest Drive in Comanche County. Donations are already arriving, with precinct leaders naming individual contributions across communities such as Porter B. Franks and J. B. Cooper among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
F. O. Jaye
Boyce Briscoe Buys TCU Tailor Shop Fort Worth
Boyce Briscoe, former owner of Chief Dry Cleaners, has purchased the TCU Tailor Shop in Fort Worth and also bought a home there, planning to move next week. A crystal shower was held Thursday evening at Mrs. Huett’s home with co-hostesses Mrs. Huett and Mrs. Doc McNutt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce Briscoe
J. H. Arthur
TCU
Fort Worth
Briscoe
Clarence Huett
Huett
Doc McNutt
Birth of Daughter Virginia Ruth to Robertson Family
Sgt and Mrs Houston Robertson announce the birth of a daughter named Virginia Ruth on October 27 at a Brownwood hospital. The baby weighed eight pounds eleven ounces. Mother and baby are doing well and have returned to the home of Mrs Robertson’s parents Rev and Mrs E N Strother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Robertson
Virginia Ruth
Brownwood
Bank deposits set new records in Comanche county
An all time deposit high was reported for Comanche Gustine with totals for Comanche National and State National banks reaching 2.79 million. First State Bank at Comanche reported 167,436.19 and 162,358.09 previously, with July deposits also a record. Leon’s Partners Merchants Bank posted 1,256,347.41 in deposits, bringing total records to 1,322,263.18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche National
State National
Comanche
First State Bank
Partners & Merchants Bank
Leon
Ing
Lamkin Youth Enters School For Midshipmen
Billie Neel son of Mr and Mrs Paul Neel of Lamkin will enter Midshipman's School at Columbia University New York City on November 4 After four months training he will be commissioned as an ensign in the United States Navy He has been in the Navy four months at Kansas State as part of the Navy Training Program He was one of 10 of 275 Naval students at Kansas State selected for outstanding records to attend Columbia University Neel visited his parents in Lamkin for three days before departing for New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Neel
Paul Neel
Lamkin
Columbia University
New York City
United States Navy
Neel
Navy
Kansas State
Midshipman’s School
Young Neel
New York
Lumkin
Grissom Begins Second Phase of Flight Training
Aviation Cadet James Harold Grissom 24 arrives at Garden City Army Air Field Kansas to start his second phase of flight training. After nine weeks of intensive training he will move to advanced schools. Grissom, a Hardin-Simmons University 1941 BA graduate, was a Port Lavaca bank director and Texas Music Educators Association member and is married to Audrey Lee Eskey of Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harold Grissom
Isom Newton Grissom
Rt. 1
Comanche
Garden City Army Air Field
Kansas
Garden City
Grissom
Hardin-Simmons University
Port Lavaca
Texas Music Educator's Association
Audrey Lee Eskey
Beaumont
Lt Bill Hicks Writes From Sicily
Lt. Bill Hicks of Comanche writes from Sicily to James Wilkerson in The Comanche Chief. He served with the Seventh Army in North Africa and Sicily and plans to return to Comanche after Berlin. He jokes about forming a future baseball team and staying in shape by throwing hand grenades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hicks
Sicily
Bill H. Hicks
Comanche
Seventh Army
North Africa
Berlin
Johnnie Carpenter
Houston man visits sister in Comanche this week
F. M. Black of Houston traveled to Comanche to spend time with his sister Mrs. E. S. Fagan during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
E. S. Fagan
Comanche
Local Fragment Reflects Names Hull Bradley in Dallas Item
A damaged OCR line mentions EB L Hull and Bradley in connection with Dallas. The fragment suggests a brief local item or notice without full context or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
EB. L. Hull
Bradley
Memorial Rites Held For Pvt Billy Joe Conner
Memorial rites were held Sunday evening October 24 at Melwood Baptist Church in Brownwood for Pvt Billy Joe Conner formerly of Comanche. He died October 7 at U S Army base hospital in North Africa from injuries received in Sicily as a paratrooper. He was awarded the Purple Heart for actions in combat. Born April 22 1925 in Comanche he attended schools in Comanche and Brownwood and volunteered for the Army two years ago. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs W Herndon of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood
Melwood Baptist Church
Billy Joe Conner
Comanche
S. Ay Base
North Afica
D. W. Conner
Sicily
Pvt
Conner
Andre W. Herndon
Comanche, Rt
Paul J. Cato Appointed New Local Board Member
Paul J. Cato, Comanche real estate man and former rancher, is appointed to the Comanche County Selective Service board succeeding Ernest Straley who resigned due to ill health. Other board members include C. M. Caraway of De Leon and F. L. Bolton of Gustine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Cato
Comanche
Proctor and
White Point
Comanche County
Selective Service
Cato
Ernest Straley
C. M. Caraway
de Leon
F. L. Bolton
Gustine
Sgt Jack Reese Earns Gunners Wings in Arizona
Kingman Army Air Field in Arizona awarded gunnery wings to Sgt. Jack Reese 21 son of Comanche residents after completing ground school on ballistics sighting turret maintenance and range estimation He enlisted at Camp Wolters August 28 1942 and attended Hasse High School before training at Kingman Field with air firing and weapon drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman Army Air Field
Kingman
Arizona
Jack Reese
J. W. Reese
Comanche
Kingman Field
Reese
Camp Wolters
Hasse High
Sgt. Joe Cardwell Nears Combat Flying Training Completion
S/Sgt. Joe Z. Cardwell of Comanche is set to finish an intensive combat flying course at Alexandria Army Air Base Louisiana and will soon be sent overseas. He serves as Aerial Engineer in a Flying Fortress crew trained by the Second Air Force to prepare four engine bomber crews for combat. Over 250 veterans and instructors at the base guide trainees through exercises simulating real combat. Cardwell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Cardwell and his wife Nattie Lou Cardwell is with him in Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Z. Cardwell
Comanche
Alexandria Army Air Base
Alexandria
Second Air Force
Cardwell
B. G. Cardwell
Comanche High School
Nattie Lou Cardwell
Emmett House On Furlough Visits Family
Emmett House is on a ten day furlough to visit his mother Mrs W T House and his brother Mayor W C House. He is being transferred to the U S Army Air Field at Santa Ana California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett House
W. T. House
W. C. House
Emmett
U. S. Army Air Field
Santa Ana
California
Indians Face Hico Tigers In District 12-A Clash
The Comanche Indians host the Hico Tigers tonight at the local ballpark in a 12-A conference game. Coach I L Lasater reports several regulars nursing minor injuries but expected to start, with co captain Carpenter limited by an ankle issue. The Dublin Lions rolled to a 63 0 victory over Eastland, reaffirming their district supremacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Indians
Hico Tigers
Hamilton
I. L. Lasater
Hico
Tigers
Indians
Carpenter
Armstrong
Sprouse
Dublin Lions
Eastland
Dublin
Hoffman drives 40th car scrap shipment from Comanche
Sol Hoffman, official scrap dealer, reports the 39th and 40th cars of scrap iron will leave Comanche this week for Berlin and Tokyo via war production plants. He notes good public response and faster activity with peanut harvest, urging more scrap brought in Friday and Saturday to join two cars already loading. Regular market price offered and direct war contribution highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Berlin
Tokyo
Sol Hoffman
Hoffman
Mrs Rebecca Callaway Critically Ill in Dallas Hospital
Mrs Rebecca Callaway Old wife of Captain Levi Old and daughter of Mr and Mrs Gibb Callaway of Brownwood is critically ill in Dallas hospital. She was en route home from Alabama where she had accompanied her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Callaway Old
Levi Old
Gibb Callaway
Brownwood
Dallas Hospital
Alabama
Fish Stocking for Farm Ponds Lauded by District
One thousand channel catfish bass bluegill and crappie were delivered by the Cisco Fish Hatchery to stock newly built farm ponds. Farms listed include Pink Scott R W McPhail H G Terrill J B Dishman John Weaver and others with guidance offered by the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District on pond fertility feeding and stock management to ensure 300 to 600 pounds of fish per acre yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Leon
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation District
de Leonor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Inis
Turkey Men
Lockridge
U. S
Freewill Baptist State Convention
Porter B. Franks
J. C. Helm
Indian Creek
Jerrell Coker
Fairview
Lamar Hownel
Cotton Grove
Riley Hilliard
Sidney
J. B. Cooper
Sipe Springs
Charlie He Trey
Shrum
E. L. Stodghill
Whitville
Alton Keeler
Brushy Gap
Zett Edwards
Newburg
Earl Seay
Pettit
Eric Seay
Energy
L. C
Hensley
Willson
Charlie Matthews
Hazeldell
J. H. Young
Robinson
Rucker
Beattie
TCU Tailor Shop
Robertson
Midshipmen
James Wilkerson
Comanche, Texas
Dear James
Sgt
Joe Cardwell
Hice Tigers
Court House News
Laura Taylor
W. H. Taylor
Willie V. Vigel
Carl V. Vigel
Woods
P. G. Brehm
Willie Brehm
Justice H. D. Lane
Horace Robinson
Grace Robinson
Edward Meissner
Sundown
Patsy Joyce Ash
Robert L. Denton
Ruby C. Lee
H. E. Foster
Camp Bowie
Reba Faye Smith
Sarah E. Waldrop
D. W. Perkins
Gage Addition
City of
W. E. Heatley
Grover C. Perry
Block 2
W. T. Shoemaker
Truman L. Hall
John Duncan
T. W. Pittman
George M. Christie
R. W
J. N. Higginbotham
J. P. Lee
Allen Hitt and
Ira B. Clemons
Lula Masters
Wright
W. B. Locke
Alvin Hamilton
H&tcar Co
Eugene R. Wilson
U. S. Army
James Egbert Pate
Alton E. Rogers
U.S. Army
Rebecca Callaway
New Majestic Theatre
Don
Barry
Black Hills Express
Franchot Tone
Marsha Hunt
Adeno “Pilot NO
Lupe Velez
Eddie Albert
Wallace Beery
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