Comanche Visit Highlights Local Social Week End
Mrs. T. F. Smalling of Pampa and Mrs. G. A. Chilton visited Comanche for the week and returned to Pampa for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bonser and daughter of Ballinger spent Sunday with the Bonser brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Arrington and Miss Pansy Harris visited with their mother, Mrs. Vinnie Harris, over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Smalling
Pampa
Comanche
Russell Bonser
Ballinger
Bonser Brothers
Kenneth Arrington
Pansy Harris
Vinnie Harris
Questionnaires Mailed to Local Draft Board Members
The Local Board mailed questionnaires on October 26 to twelve men including Harold Dexter Allen James Spurgeon McClung Oral Bur Lutz Troy Melton Barker Star Inter Dixon Cerral Larue Wall Nolan Berle Warren Billie Curtis Kemp Willie Dee Armstrong Jr Hiram Boyd Turner Jr Charlie Vernon Venable and Tom Carmichael for draft processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Dexter Allen
James Spurgeon McClung
Oral Bur Lutz
Troy Melton Barker
Star Inter Dixon
Cerral Larue Wall
Nolan Berle Warren
Billie Curtis Kemp
Willie Dee Armstrong Jr
Hiram Boyd Turner Jr
Charlie Vernon Venable
Tom Carmichael
Gustine Residents Visit Kin and Sailors Enter Navy Plans
Gustine residents travel to visit daughters in Lubbock while others report camp Bowie visits in Brownwood. Pete Archer of Fairbanks plans Navy service. Local families host relatives from Dallas Houston Fort Worth and Brownwood. Williamson feed mill purchased by J W Hickman. Cotton and peanut harvest aids reopen schools with new superintendent Sam J Ottinger from Whiteface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Toby
Lubbock
J. N. Boyd
Elbert Adams
Phil Bertram
Leroy
Tom Clements
Jerry Clements
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Pete Archer
Fairbanks
H. N. Willingham
Pete
Navy
M. Gatlin
Peggy Jinkins
Dallas
Bobbie Jean Brown
T. M. Gatlin
Plainview
Pearl White
Houston
Buford Smith
Jeff Kee
Fred Adcock
Aaron Isham
Opal Nichols
Fort Worth
C W. Isham
J. W. Byers
B. A. Howell
J. H. Robinson
L. A. Gleaton
Geraldine
E. W. Gleaton
Frank McClelan
J. W. Hickman
Williamson
Sam J. Ottinger
Whiteface
Brightman Family Travels to New Home in Lubbock
Dwight Brightman and family journeyed from Dallas to Lubbock to establish their residence. They spent part of the week visiting Mrs. Brightman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Luker, at Proctor and Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Brightman at Comanche with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Brightman
Dallas
Lubbock
Proctor
C. F. Luker
Comanche
O. O. Brightman
County Election Judges Named
The following persons were named officers of elections for 1941 1942 with precincts listed from Comanche to De Leon. Notable pairs include Geo G Smith James Wilkerson in Comanche and J J Dixon W A Hughes in Proctor, among many others across 33 precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Geo. G. Smith
James Wilkerson
Ed Sanders
George Black
Hasse
Jim Williford
W. W. Cook
Soda Springs
W. H. Lloyd
Ed Williams
Dingler
M. R. Stanton
H. F. (Flair
Frank Roberson
Proctor
J. J. Dixon
W. A. Hughes
Comyn
Ed Thomas
Jesse Barnes
de Leon
W. G. Barker
Mose Blitch
Downing
H. L. Beaty
Ernie Loudermilk
Duster
Ed Foote
A. L. Jenkins
Rucker
L. J. (Lige) Grisham
Jesse James
Sipe Springs
A. V. Littlefield
Jack Whiteside
Shrum
Norman Rey
J. C. Mathis
Bibb
T. C. Summers
Henry Drennan
Sidney
Oral D. Morris
M. T
Tant) Walker
Whitville
Charley Livingston
Allen Scott
Mercers Gap
Tom McKinzie
T. N. (Rock
van Dyke
Roger Smith
Walter Grigsby
Gap
J. L. Franklin
Jack Cagle
D. C. (Dalt) Gilder
Sid Brumbelow
Waco Visitors Take A&M Trip for College Station
Mr and Mrs C A Greene and Mr and Mrs Ira Clemons were visitors from Waco Sunday. They went to College Station to catch a bus for the A&M boys. Mrs Ardell Hicks and baby left for Los Angeles to join Mr Hicks there as their home. Hicks has been painting there for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Greene
Ira Clemons
Waco
A&m Boys
College Station
School Heads To Hold Meeting In Brownwood
The Mid-Texas Educational Association will hold its annual conference for school administrators in Brownwood on October 31. Dr. B. F. Pittenger and L. A. Woods will speak. The event will have one streamlined session with no banquet. All administrators from twenty-one counties are urged to attend. The theme is Emergency Problems in Texas Education. County Superintendent Dale Howard is president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Texas Educational Association
Brownwood
B. F. Pittenger
Tex- State Teachers Association
L. A. Woods
Mid-Texas
Texas
Dale Howard
The
Mid- Texas Educational Association
Social notes from area families visit various kin
Sidney Ferrill and families from Ogden and Fort Worth visit Mrs. Bill Ferrill and Dec Ferrill. Tarleton's Carleton Ferrill and others visit over weekend. Colorado's Mrs. Stapp stays with daughters Caffey and Redwine. Several couples, including Ellis, Cox, and Stailey families, are noted visiting and hosting in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Ferrill
Ogden
Utah
W. C. Ferrill
Fort Worth
Bill Ferrill
Dec Ferrill
Carleton Ferrill
William Rollins
Lowell Dean Cox
Tarleton
George Stapp
Colorado
Jess Caffey
Archie Redwine
Wayne Merritt
Baby
M. T. Walker
Castle B. Ellis
Comanche
N. E. Graham
Tom Cox
Cross Plains
Dee Ferrill
Walter Rice
Aransas Pass
Ottie Ferrill
Gienda Lee
Rising Star
Wayne Caffey
Bobbie
L. E. Chapman
Soda Springs
Weaver Caffey
Barbara Jo
Brownwood
Ben White
Brady
Coleman Crouch
C. C. Cox
Lubbock
Guy Taylor
Winters
Finley Stailey
Abilene
Garvin Stailey
Jim Stailey
Comanche High School Honors Roll For First Six Weeks
Principal Virgil Chaffin announces Comanche High School honor roll selections for the first six weeks. A’s include seniors Dorothy Armstrong Patsy Ruth Bumpas Christine Godfrey Thelma Hasley Lois Lam Nadine Phillips and others. B or better lists feature many juniors sophomores and freshmen with five subject students noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
Virgil Chaffin
Armstrong
Dorothy Bumpas
Patsy Ruth Godfrey
Christine Hasley
Thelma Gene Lam
Lois Ann Phillips
Louise Stone
Nadine
Little
Ray McPherson
Irma Lee Moore
Ruth Adele
Rains
Herman Ross
Wanda Shepard
Sara Stewart
Marie
Beaty
Patsy Carpenter
Bobbye Jean Edmondson
Peggy Joyce Parker
Betty Lou
State Senator Penrose Metcalfe speaks against pay as you go policy
State Senator Penrose Metcalfe of San Angelo visited Coman che and De Leon last week and urged defeating the proposed pay as you go plan that would issue bonds to liquidate overdrafts from the general revenue fund. Hardy Creamer and sons, J. C. and Barney, left for a two week bear and elk hunt in Arizona. Mrs. Hardy Creamer visited Santa Fe New Mexico to see her daughter Mrs. T H Card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
Comanche
de Leon
Brownwood
General Revenue Fund
Hardy Creamer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Sam
Hoffman’s Dept
Sol Hoffman
Comanche County
P. A. Pettit
Hoffman’s
Offman
SPOI
Butler
Dorothy Cunningham
Burton Dean
Bernice Denny
Cleve B
Ellis
Norma Jean
Flippo
Billy Charles
Hall
Donald Jones
Wanda Maurine McDaniel
Matricia
Mazurek
Tommie Perkins
Robbie Allene Smith
Jack Tucker
Jimmie
Warren
James
Albin
Savanah Ayers
Beatrice Burks
Harold Ray Connally
Iaa
Ruth Cunningham
June Fails
J. C
Ferrell
Billie Dean Hammond
Margaret Howell
Dwain Hutchinson
Eloise Lacy
Weldon
McGlathlin
Joyce Moore
Iona Rauhut
Brent Smallwood
Billa Jane
Spears
Laverne
Steele
Elsie Strother
Billy Walker
George Welch
Louise Williams
Lorraine Wilson
Anna Laura Sophomores
Barnes
Billy Joe Bowman
Lavelle Briscoe
Vancille
Flanagan
R. L. Guthrie
William
Marshall
Bobby
Neal
Linnie Jo Payne
Betty Lou Payne
Dorothy Power
LaVerne Spivey
Dorothy Warren
Majorie
Miles Nervine
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