Conservation Election For and West Part of County Is For Saturday
The election to annex the Southern and Western part of Comanche County to the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District will be held Saturday September 18 at multiple voting boxes. Landowners in specified boxes may vote at their box or, if residing off the farm, at the box of their farm, with qualification as in a standard election.
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Comanche County
Soil Conservation
Upper Leon
Newburg
Mercers Gap
Brushy Gap
Whitville
Comanche
Ripe Springs
Gap
Shrum
Indian Mountain
Sipe Springs
Piggly Wigly Offers Free Cigarettes to Overseas Servicemen
Comanche County residents are invited to submit the full overseas service member’s address to the Piggly Wiggly store in Comanche. Mr and Mrs W H Thate announce a Christmas gift of ten cartons of cigarettes for every eligible overseas service man, with a deadline of September 25.
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W. H. Thate
County Overseas Service
Comanche
Thate
Comanche County
Comanche County Names New World War Veterans Service Officer
The Commissioners Court of Comanche County appoints J. B. Allcorn as Service Officer for World War Veterans. The law allows counties to appoint such officers. Veterans and families with claims can visit Allcorn at his Comanche office near the American Legion. He also serves in rehab for the Seventeenth Congressional District.
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Commissioners Court
Comanche County
J. B. Allcorn
Allcorn
Comanche
Loce American Legion
Eugene Johnston Receives Purple Heart in Sicily
Pfc. Eugene E. Johnston of Comanche Route 1 was awarded Purple Heart No. 163,228 by Col. John H. Sturgeon in the Twelfth General Hospital in Africa for a July 12 wound near Gela Sicily while operating a machine gun. His parents received a photograph of the medal being pinned on him in a hospital.
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Ardis E
Eugene) Johnston
T. H. Johnston
Comanche
Route 1
John H. Sturgeon
North Africa
Johnston
Gela
Sicily
Col. Sturgeon
Africa
Pre Pearl Harbor Fathers Must Register for Essential Jobs
Fathers face a September 15 deadline to register with the U S Employment Service or risk draft, per the Co manche County Selective Service Board. Eligible men can learn what qualifies as essential work at the local board or US Employment Service, with 30 days to obtain a job after registering. Paul V McNutt urged patriotic duty in essential home front labor to support families and the war effort.
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Pearl Harbor
United States Employment Service
Comanche County
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Baptist Assn To Meet At Lake In 1944
The Seventieth Annual Session of the Comanche Baptist Association will be held at Lake Eanes Park in September 1944. The 69th session concluded last week voted next year’s meeting for Wednesday and Thursday only. Rev. T. N. Carter, moderator for 33 years, says a two day session is better than a long drawn out one. Officers re-elected: T. N. Carter Moderator, D. FE Nabers Clerk, W. D. Sturkic Treasurer.
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Comanche Baptist Association
Lake Eanes Park
T. N. Carter
D. FE. Nabers
W. D. Sturkic
Comanche WAC Gets Promotion
Private Lillian Holman of Comanche has been promoted to Technician 65th Grade in the Women’s Army Corps in an announcement from the First WAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines.
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Lillian Holman
Comanche
Women’s Army Corps
WAC
Fort Des Moines
Gustine Teacher Moves to Comanche Public Schools
Morris Dean, formerly vocational agriculture instructor at Gustine High School, has been elected to a similar post with Comanche Public Schools and is now employed there. He and his wife will live in Gustine until housing is found in Comanche. Dean is a Texas A and M graduate with seven years teaching experience in Burkburnett Rockwall Munday and Gustine.
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Morris Dean
Gustine High School
Comanche
Dean
Gustine
Texas A. & M
Burkburnett
Rockwall
Munday
Dublin Man Named New Gas Company Manager
R A Zachery resigns as Southwest Natural Gas Company manager after two years. He will relocate to Lake Charles Louisiana to join the Cities Service Oil Refinery. B B Warner of Dublin will become the new local gas company manager and move with his wife and daughter to Comanche once a house is found.
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R. A. Zachery
Southwest Natural Gas Company
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Cities Service Oil
B. B. Warner
Dublin
Comanche
Mr. Warner
M Coleman Opens Third War Bond Drive in Comanche
M Coleman, prominent local grocer and war supporter, started the Third War Bond Drive in Comanche at sunrise placing an order for two One Hundred Dollar Bonds through a sales committee member. Mrs Coleman later bought a Bond. Mrs Walter Durham visited Fort Worth last week.
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M. Coleman
Comanche
County Sets 1943 Tax Rate at 64 Cents per $100
County Commissioners set the 1943 tax rate at 64 cents per $100, keeping it in the lower bracket. The 1944 county budget is $57,620.09 for estimated operational expenses, with funds broken into General 20c and Road 18c, plus sinking and special district taxes.
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Commissioners Court
H. H. Lockridge
Mrs Oscar Callaway Returns Home After Illness
Mrs Oscar Callaway, who fell ill in downtown Comanche and was treated at Mrs G Preston Tate’s home, was able to return home this week.
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Oscar Callaway
Comanche
G. Preston Tate
Stars Over Texas in Comanche Third War Loan Rally
Hollywood trio Mary Lee George Byron and Elaine Shepard visit Comanche for a War Bond rally on the square. They will tour Texas for two weeks helping sell bonds without pay, with an Army Band to perform and no admission charged.
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Hollywood
Comanche
Texas
Republic Pictures
Mary Lee
George Bryon
Miss Lee
Gene Autry
George Byron
Elaine Shepard
RKO
RKO Studio
J. T. Carter
Majestic Theatres of
William C. Chilton
Comanche County War Finance
Uncle Sam
Chilton
Camp Bowie
Ilinois
Ted Weems
Weems
Autry
Farmers urged to buy more War Bonds in Third Drive
The Third War Loan Drive begins September 9 with Secretary Morgenthau estimating higher individual contributions if taxes do not rise. Stephenville Production Credit Association directors urge farmers and ranchers to invest more in War Bonds, planning regular purchases and a Victory Club to allocate portions of production to bonds.
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Morgenthau
Dicztors
Stephenville Production Credit Association
R. E. Seay
Association
Victory Club
Grease Drive Seeks Citizens for War Effort in Comanche County
County salvage committee chairman Co F Denny says Comanche County is behind quota for waste fat and grease for the war effort. Miss Iva Hart named co chair to help collect donations. Housewives urged to donate at least a half pound in a lidded container at any market during September. Adding machine paper at Chil.
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Co. F. Denny
Comanche County
Denny
Iva Hart
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Calvin Helcom
Llcorn
New Comanche County
Eugene Johnston
Purple Heart
Byron
Group of Stars
Elaine
Comanche Wac
Walter Durham
Fort Worth
Flamne Shypara
Hollywood Stars
Miss Shepard
Powers Agency
New York
Qld Majestic
Roy Rogers
New Majestic Theatre
In— “Song OF
George Raft
Harold Peavy
Jane Darwell
Errol Flyvan
Ann Sheridan
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