Cattlemen Meet Here to Discuss Stock Movement and Tires
The Comanche County Livestock Association held a Friday night meeting with local and Fort Worth representatives to discuss livestock transport needs and tire distribution. They warned that Comanche County loses hundreds of pounds of rubber monthly under current rules and sought a larger Texas tire quota and coordinated rail truck shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Livestock Association
Comanche
Fort Worth
Comanche County
J. R. Eanes
C. M. Caraway
de Leon
O.D.T
Charles A. Stewart
Texas Live Stock Shippers Emergency Council of
Ted Gouldy
Texas
Texas Shippers
Organization of Livestock Shipping Associations
Gouldy
Washington
Harry Easton
Warren Smeby
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Indians Open Grid Practice With 36 Man Roster
Thirty six football players report for Comanche High under coach D A Swope. Opening practice Tuesday and light tackling work by Wednesday. Comanche meets Stephenville on September 18 to open 1942 season. Ends include Dixon Stevenson Ritchie McNutt Williams and Denny. Tackles Scott Luper Slider J L Cox Howell. Guards Carter Pipes Smith Kirkland Guthrie. Centers Carpenter Bowman Luper. Backs Eoff Waggoner Jackson Cox Armstrong Burks English and Dudley. Other returnees include Bobbie Marshall Arthur Wilkinson Riley Edwards Rains Samuels and Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
D. A. Swope
Indians
Comanche
Stephenville Yellow Jackets
Dixon
Stevenson
Ritchie
McNutt
Williams
Denny
Scott
Luper
McKinzie Improves in Typhus Battle at Brownwood
Physicians attending George C. McKinzie, manager of the Farmers Produce and Cheese Company at Comanche, report he is in improved condition after suffering typhus fever at Medical Arts Hospital in Brownwood on Thursday afternoon. He remains in serious condition overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. McKinzie
Farmers Produce and Cheese Company
Comanche
Medical Arts Hospital
Brownwood
Mr. McKinzie
Join the Navy Sailors Ready to Cut Enemies Off at Knees
Young volunteers are urged to join the Navy to sail the high seas and contribute to national defense by disrupting enemy operations. Recruiters emphasize discipline, training, and teamwork as paths to service.
Baptist Assn Opens Eighth This Session at Mount Pleasant
The Comanche Baptist Association begins its seventy-eighth annual session at Mount Pleasant with a full day program. Activities include devotions, temperance talks, training union, Sunday schools, Brotherhood, WMA, Sabbath observance, missionary sermon, sacred music, state of religion, ordained and licensed ministers, obituaries, resolutions, and nominations.
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Comanche Baptist Association
Mount Pleasant Yestern
Tony
Temperance
S. J. Isham
Training Union
Maurine Beaty
Murray Kay
Brotherhood
R. R. Harvey
W.M.A
John Hart
E. N. Strother
J. Isham
R. L. Graham
Preston Frazier
Ory Beaty
Examination For Postmaster At Comanche Set
The Civil Service Commission announces an exam for the Comanche postmaster job with a 2600 yearly salary to succeed J R Eanes. Applicants must file blanks with the Commission by September 8 and pass a physical test plus a character recommendation. Veteran veterans receive extra credit. age limits 23 to 63, or 70 for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
J. R. Eanes
Harry Mark Cauley
Comanche Post Office
Banes
Vineyards Welcome Son Ronnie Mac At German Hospital
Mr and Mrs H M Shorty Vineyard announce the birth of a 7 pound son at a German hospital Saturday. The baby has been named Ronnie Mac. Both mother and baby are reported to be doing well and at their home in Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M
Shorty
Married men with children likely spared from draft
Chairman Andrew J. May of the House Military Affairs Committee said a Selective Service survey suggests married men with dependent wives and children should not be drafted for another year and a half, possibly not at all. He urged permanent deferment for those with no other means of support and no families to return to, to avoid disrupting war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
Washington
May
Robert R. Reynolds
N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Miss Mary Lee Claimed By Death
Miss Mary Lee daughter of Mrs J A Lee of Comanche died at a Brownwood hospital following an appendicitis attack after an operation. Funeral services were held at the Comanche Methodist Church with Rev A Bryson English and Rev J D Smoot in charge. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery. She is survived by her mother and three brothers Marvin Herbert and Joe B Lee all of Comanche County. A Navy recruit offers a free new suit.
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Mary Lee
J. A. Lee
Comanche
Brownwood Hospital
Comanche Methodist Church
A. Bryson English
J. D. Smoot
Oakwood Cemetery
Miss Lee
Marvin
Herbert
Joe B. Lee
Comanche County
Comanche Native Henry Huffman Completes Officer Training
Marine Lt Huffman Henry Alli son 25 of Comanche finished ten weeks of officer training at Quantico Virginia and is assigned to active duty as a platoon commander. Huffman signed with the Marine Corps after graduating Howard Payne College in 1940 and is a former Comanche High School football captain in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Allison Huffman
Comanche
Quantico
Virginia
Huffman
Marine Corps
Howard Payne College
Comanche High School
Kilpatrick Opens Hardware Store in Stephenville
Howard Kilpatrick and Elton McCullough open a hardware store in Stephenville on the street between J C Penney and the Majestic Theatre. McCullough serves as manager and has moved with his family from here to Stephenville. Kilpatrick is noted as a progressive local merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Kilpatrick
Elton McCullough
Stephenville
McCullough
J. C. Penney
Majestic Theatre
Pete Ve
Kilpatrick
Texas
Kilpatricks
Pettit Receives Master’s Degree at Texas A&M
Kirk Pettit son of Mr and Mrs P A Pettit of Comanche received his Master of Science Degree Friday night August 28 at Texas A&M College. Pettit is a vocational agriculture instructor and is teaching at De Leon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk Pettit
P. A. Pettit
Comanche
Texas A&m College
Pettit
de Leon
Roy Brannan Chosen Red Cross County Chairman
Roy W. Brannan was elected by the Comanche County Executive Committee as County Chairman of the Red Cross succeeding Miss Berta Goodson. Brannan is president of the Comanche School Board and a member of the Comanche Wholesale Grocery firm, also serving as Baptist Sunday School Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Brannan
Comanche
The
Red Cross
Berta Goodson
Brannan
Baptist
Donations Sought To Fill Red Cross Soldier Kits
Comanche residents are urged to donate coins for Red Cross kits to aid U S soldiers. The Comanche County Red Cross Chapter aims to prepare 400 kits including razors cigarettes paper and Bible. Volunteers may contact Mrs Park Huntington or any Red Cross Executive Committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Comanche
United States
Comanche County
Park Huntington
Red Cross Executive Committee
Vineyard resigns from tax office to join Kilpatrick's
H M Vineyard veteran Deputy Tax Assessor-Collector for three years resigns to accept a position with Kilpatrick Store. He will assume new duties Saturday after quitting Tuesday to rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J H. M
Shorty) Vineyard
Kilpatrick
Vineyard
Army Air Corps recruiting visit targets West Texas mechanics
A board from Goodfellow Field and the Advanced Flying School will interview men ages 18 to 45 with mechanical and technical backgrounds in Comanche on Friday and Dublin on Saturday. Openings include aircraft mechanics, radio technicians, metalworkers and aircraft welders with schooling at San Angelo airfields. Enlistments take place at Goodfellow Field or the Advanced Flying School with rapid promotions and local assignments near home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Force Specialists
West Texas
Goodfellow Field
Advanced Flying School
San Angelo
Comanche
Postoffice
Dublin
Army Air Force
Monday deadline for firms to file ceiling prices
Firms serving consumers wholesalers or manufacturers must file their ceiling price lists with the Local War Price and Rationing Board by midnight September 10. A sample copy is available at the County Board office, says Miss Sibyl Lam, secretary. The board urges cooperation to keep price control effective and protect businesses and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
County Board
Sibyl Lam
Blazing The Way Tales Of Comanche County Pioneers
Mrs Eulalia Nabers Wells offers for sale new book Blazing The Way Tales of Comanche County Pioneers A History of Comanche County Texas at two dollars a copy From Ledger notes the history covers county organization towns churches and schools with pioneer tales told in authentic language The work draws on material from the Comanche Chief and family recollections highlighting Uncle Joel Nabers Texas Ranger and Indian fighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Comanche
Eulalia Nabers Wells
Blanket
Route 2
Texas
Wells
Joel Nabers
Superintendent Compton Earns Master of Education Degree
Superintendent W. Z. Compton of Comanche Public Schools received a Master of Education degree at Texas A&M College graduation exercises last Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Z. Compton
Comanche Public Schools
Texas A&m College
Red Cross Nursing School Begins September 10
The Red Cross Home Nursing Course starts its second session Thursday night September 10 at 8 o'clock in City Hall. All women of the county are eligible to enroll. Mrs. E. G. Gregory, R.N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Home Nursing
E. G. Gregory
R.N
Court House News and Local Notices from Comanche County
State cases include passing a forged instrument and affray with $13 total fines. District Court filings list partitions and divorces. Death of Robert Lee Roberts at 81 notes burial in Whitney Cemetery. Birth of Elane Lewis and marriages of Elkins–Funderburg, Nelms–Thompson, and Bailey–Bailey. County Court settles Damages suit with Fort Worth Linen. deeds recorded and land transfers shown with values and considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Clauson
Stewart
E. O. Hayes
Earl Ray Evans
Herbert Watson
Ernest Hanson
Florence Hanson
Robert Lee Roberts
Comanche
Whitney Cemetery
Comanche County
Texas
Emma Roberts
J. S. Bailey
Mary Ann Bailey
James R. Hawkins
Billie Marie Harris
L. D. Polston, Sr
Fort Worth Linen Service Co
Rena Owen Joins WAAC Leaves for Active Duty
Rena Owen, longtime Harmony correspondent for The Chief, has joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. She will depart for Des Moines, Iowa for WAAC training as she moves to active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Owen
WAAC
Harmony
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Miss Owen
Des Moines
Iowa
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Comanche High
Della Wall
Mercer Gap
Abilene
Simmons College
B. Ray McCorkle
Sidney
Sipe Springs
W. C. Cauley
Callie West
J. H. Huff
State Board of Optometry
Dallas
Tabernacle
Maddox
Waco
Higginbotham
Comanche National Bank
Wiley Smith
Ruby Cunningham
Dewey Townley
Jesse Walker
Lois B. Craft
Virginia E. Briscoe
R. M. Walker
Lillian Mary Tindall
Marion Welch
Myrtle Amonett
C. W. Jones
Golda Nance
Charlie Sanford
Virgie Brinson
Ernest Johnson
Iva Ross
D. C. Koezer
Mae Smith
D. W. Conner
Verbena Henderson
C. H. Wallace
Vinia May
J. J. Mann
May Manning
J. M. Macon
Adrian A. Akers
Forrest Chambers
G. C. McKinzie
MR. and
Mrs. Vineyard
Navy
Marine
A&m
Roy Brannan
ALF
H. M. Vineyard
Kilpatrick's
Army Air Corps
Eulalia Wells
Compton
RED Cross Nursing School
Court House News
Justice
H. D. Lane
H. J. Lewis
Elane
George M. Elkins
Mollie Funderburg
R. C. Hill
Jack Ray Nelms
Mary Helen Thompson
Rt. 1
Leon Douglas
Miles
H. T. Strickland
W. L Underwood
E. A. Whiteside
Audry Whiteside
D. & D. Asylum
Jack Platt Whiteside
Eastland
W. E. Butler
J. F. Carter
New Majestic Theatre
Pearl Harbor
Donald Barry
Fay McKenzie
Bill
Hopalong Cassidy
Boyd
Rudyard Kipling
Jungle Book
Sabu
John Wayne
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