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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1942
Page
5
The Rector Cunningham Post of the American Legion will hold a meeting on Wednesday night September 9 in the County Court Room. Post Commander A P Cox calls for ex service men to attend as eligible for Legion membership and notes 1943 dues are expected to swell membership to a record level.
J. O. Chandler an oiler at Humble Pump Station Comyn died at Gorman Hospital after the July 26 explosion and fire at the Humble plant in Comyn Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in De Leon with burial in De Leon Cemetery Perry Hicks was another worker burned and has been discharged from the hospital.
Warren Vineyard Wells and Eva Wells exchanged marriage vows Saturday in Brady with a double ring ceremony conducted by Minister A So Knight. The bride is daughter of Clarence and Mrs. Wells of Brownwood, a Brownwood High School and Daniel Baker College graduate who will teach music in Blanket Public Schools. the groom is son of Mr and Mrs J E Vineyard of Comanche and works with the Ordnance Dept at Camp Bowie. They will reside in Blanket after school opens and are at home 1701 Third Street Brownwood for now.
Helen Laverne Huse celebrated her eighth birthday Saturday August 29 at her grandmother Mrs Clara Carpenter's home. Guests included Elvis Warren Joey Nan Wanda Ann Tabor Norman Lee Dan Mauldin Jimmie Leo Edwards Sharon Green Twyla Gerry Herring Billy Betty Magness Charles Wetzel Janell Burnett Patsy Coleman Norma Gene George and Kate Spivey.
Comanche County War Price & Rationing Board urges surrender of War Ration Books when inducted into the armed services. Secretary Sibly Lam notes few books are turned in compared to the number entering service. Death registrations also lag. failure to surrender books violates Rationing Order No 3.
Howard Hayes of Comanche now at Consolidated Aircraft Fort Worth won 100 for a wire stripping gadget he designed under the Employe Suggestion Plan. His device speeds wire prep for Liberator bombers and transports, raising hopes for many more cash and bond awards.
GORMAN August 5 The Eastland and Comanche counties will top Texas peanut output for war needs. Comanche holds about 90 000 acres, Eastland about 80 000, both up roughly 50 percent from typical plantings. South Texas and Atascosa Frio and Wilson counties follow, with broader statewide activity and cooperative harvesting plans led by the Southwestern Peanut Growers Association.
Comanche County is assigned twenty Navy recruits for September as part of the North Texas district drive to enlist 3,600 men aged 17 to 50 in thirty days. Lieut. L. H. Ridout Jr says the district aims to be representative in the Navy's fighting force and urges men 17 to 50 to enlist.
The U S Navy announces 400 chaplains from all faiths are needed now. Eligible practicing clergymen under 44 with college degrees and three years of theological training may be commissioned. Endorsement by denominational authorities required. Applications for North Texas residents to Dallas Office, 1530 Allen Building.
A Texas tribute quotes Pat M Neff praising the hen as a universal symbol of independence and practicality. The essay lauds the hen’s self sufficiency, egg production for freight, and her quiet influence on home life, civilization, and daily sustenance.
A humorous argument extols the hen as the ideal national symbol, claiming she sustains households, fuels industries, and outshines the eagle in honesty and utility. It contrasts the eagle’s supposed greed with the hen’s industrious, money-making image, then shifts to recollections of past news events and wartime shortages in a satirical tone.
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