Food Stamp Plan Eyed For Comanche Merchants
Mrs estine Arthur public welfare chairman says merchants and clients discuss using the food stamp plan to distribute surplus foods. Hilton Burks of the Chamber of Commerce plans to invite a State Relief Office official to explain details before a mass meeting. The plan allows purchase of orange stamps for each family member with blue stamps provided in place of former commodities. lists of eligible items and changes over time are outlined with butter eggs flour rice peaches cabbage and more. new items added periodically and blue stamps usable for surplus foods.
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Estine Arthur
Arthur
Hilton Burks
Chamber of Commerce
Burks
Comanche
Iks
U. S
Rotary of Agriculture
Local Legion To Honor Pershing At Meet Tonight
The American Legion at Rector Cunningham Post invites all World War veterans to gather at 8:00 pm at the Woodman Hall in Comanche to honor General Pershing on his eightieth birthday. The event highlights include observance of September 18 as American Legion Day per a 1940 resolution by the National Executive Committee.
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Cunningham
Iday
Woodman
Comanche
John J. Perking
American Legion
Pershingill
Indianapolis
Indiana
The
African Legion
Ashing
Ational Executive Committee
E American Legion
Visit Comanche First Time in Forty Years
A group from College Station and Bryan visited Comanche on Tuesday for the first time since leaving about forty years ago. They are descendants of H S Ramsey, a Black resident of Comanche from 1870 to 1900. The party includes J H Ramsey family members and friends Mrs Carroll Mrs Lee and others for the weekend.
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Comanche
Collegeton and
Bryan
Coanche
De Leon Man Drowns While Trying to Save Children
Merlin Gilchrest a 45 year old De Leon farmer drowned in the Leon River five miles southeast of De Leon while attempting to rescue two of his children and a neighbor child learning to swim. His body was recovered by divers about thirty minutes after he sank. Funeral services were held at De Leon on Monday afternoon.
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Merlin Gilchrest
de Leon
Leon
Gilchrest
A. E. Gilchrest
Vernon Gilchrest
Waggoner to Report for Army Exam at Fort Sill
Reginald K. Waggoner of Comanche National Bank received orders from Eighth Corps Area HQ at Fort Sam Houston to report to Fort Sill for an examination between September 20 and October 15. He earned a Second Lieutenant rating in May 1939 from the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill and may be sent to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for a year of training after completing 160 hours of maneuvers at Fort Sill.
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Reginald K. Waggoner
Eighth Corns
Ft. Sam Houston
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Waggoner
Field Artillery Reserve
Field Artillery
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Comanche National Bank
Former Gustine Residents In Auto Crash Near Navasota
Ammon Turnbow, Mrs. Marion Jones, and the former Miss Berta Turnbow of Gustine were injured when their car collided with another near Navasota while returning from a Galeston vacation trip. Turnbow faces a broken arm with torn muscle, Mrs. Jones a broken arm and facial injuries, and Mr. Jones knee injuries.
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Ammon Turnbow
Marion Jones
Berta ‘Turnbow
Stephenville
Navasota
Galeston
Jones
Dudney's Cleaners Undergoes Remodeling
Dudney's Dry Cleaning on the Comanche square south side begins a remodel this week. Carpenters and painters work outside and inside, add new wallpaper and other interior improvements. Proprietor Bill Dudney says new dry cleaning equipment will be installed. the business has operated about five years.
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Dudney
Bill Dudney
Comanche Square
Garden Club to Meet at Clara Slack Home
The Garden Club will meet Thursday September 19 at the home of Mrs. Clara Slack. Members should bring dues and the year book and answer roll call with garden resolutions.
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Garden Club
Clara Slack
Farmers Meeting Monday Night at Coleman's Grocery
The Farmers Marketing Association will hold its regular mass meeting Monday night at eight o'clock over Coleman's Grocery. All farmers and farmers wives in Comanche are urged to attend along with local business people. The last gathering drew a full house and organizers expect another strong turnout.
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Farmers Marketing Association
Coleman's
Comanche
Evening Of Entertainment At High School Gym
On Monday September 16 the Band Mothers Club hosts an Evening of Entertainment at the High School Gym with two large Binco tables. The event aims to raise funds for new band uniforms and could be the last under current sponsorship. A concert precedes the games as the band thanks the public for support and hopes to reach the fundraising goal.
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Band Mothers Club
Brownwood Bulletin Sale Announced
Purchase of The Brownwood Bulletin by C. C. Woodson, formerly publisher of The Cleburne Times-Review, announced by Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McBeath owners since October 1938. Woodson controls The Bonham Favorite and has moved from Gladewater to Cleburne. Murray and Rowland, owners of multiple papers, are involved in the Times-Review sale.
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Brownwood Bulletin
C. C. Woodson
Cleburne Times-Review
J. S. McBeath
The
Bulletin
J. Woodson
Cleburne Tmes-Review
Cleburne
Gladewater
Times-Review
Walter Murray
Mineral Wells
William Rowland
Woodson
Murray
Breckenridge
Eastland
Ranger
McBeath
Brownwood
Comanche High School Receives New Automatic Bell System
The 1937 Comanche Senior class donated an automatic clock and bell system for the high school to automate class bells and dismissals. The clock cost a little over seventy dollars and was funded from the class treasury, with Ted Durham as class president and other officers overseeing the project. The senior class roster, officers, sponsors, and honor graduates are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
Ted Durham
Ellen Anthony
Winnie Macard
Nadine Booker
Billie Lou Cameron
James Carter
Quentin Cauley
Harry Cloud
Joe Evridge
Pauline Fasley
Dorothy Fryer
Don Gray
Harold Hoffman
Donald Howington
Hilbert Huett
Rita Isham
Rebecca Isham
Velma Keating
Ruth Kasey
Virginia Lacy
Jim Bob Lee
Sammie Lewis
LaVerta Little
Elizabeth Jean Littlejohn
Burtr J Lups Calf Market Tops Fort Worth Sale
John Burton of Comanche ranch sold 18 calves at the Fort Worth market on Tuesday. The calves averaged 681 pounds with 16 calves at 10.50 and two at 10.00. They were creep fed and bred by Burton on his stock farm ten miles south of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burton
Comanche
Fort Worth
Burton
Teachers And Pupils Grammar School Open House
Faculty hosts at the Grammar School open house next Tuesday September 17 at eight oclock inviting parents and trustees wives to follow the daily schedule and enjoy a prepared program for the evening.
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Grammar School
Comanche County Peanut Harvest Expected 12 to 15 Million Pounds
Comanche County, leading Texas peanut production, will yield between 12 and 15 million pounds this season. Walter Durham of Durham Peanut Co says countywide peanut output will match last year’s, though acreage rises sharply. Government prices are 96 cents for No 1 and 90 cents for No 2. The first 1940 crop is reaching markets as threshers begin work. peak activity expected around early October.
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Comanche County
Texas
Walter Durham
Durham Pecan and Peanut Company
Durham
Stamps Memorial Services Scheduled at White Point Church
A Stamps Memorial Service is planned for Friday night September 13 at White Point Church. The program will feature talks on W. O. Stamps early life and his contributions to Gospel music plus congregational singing of his compositions. Quartets are urged to attend.
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Stamps
White Point Church
W. O. Stamps
Comanche FFA Chapter Reports Record Enrollment
Comanche High School’s FFA chapter for 1940 lists 75 members, up from 66 last year and 55 in 1938. The chapter notes 35 Green Hands, the largest number on record, while Mrs Frank Weaver visits her parents Mr and Mrs M V Skinner.
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Comanche F.F.A
Comanche High School
F.F.A
Mrs. Frank. Weaver
Mrs. M. V. Skinner
Comanche Wholesale Grocery Reopens In New Building
The Comanche Wholesale Grocery Co. reopened Monday in a new sheet iron building three blocks south of the square on Highway 16 after a fire July 29 destroyed the previous store and stock. The loss was about 50 000 and operations resumed after five weeks with carloads of merchandise arriving to complete stock by week’s end.
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Comanche Wholesale Grocery Company
Highway 16
Burton Brothers
Henry Moore
Gov O Daniel Plans Comanche Stop Next Wednesday
Governor W Lee O Daniel will visit Comanche on September 18 as part of a four week tour to meet Texas legislators in their homes. He will travel with Mrs O Daniel and their sons Pat and Mike. He aims to interview Representative Frank Howington at his home east of Comanche and will not issue speeches or attend public functions. The trip targets personal talks with the 12 re elected members of the 56 Club who opposed the sales tax amendment. Meanwhile Comanche High opens the 1940 football season tonight at 8 against Waco State Home with several injuries affecting the Indians and a starting lineup expected around 153 pounds average.
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W. Lee O’daniel
Comanche
Breckenridge
Eastland
Cisco
May
Stephenville
O'Daniel
Frank Howington
O’daniel
Pat
Mike
56 Club
Comanche High School Indians
Waco State
Waco
Indians
Glenn Frazier
Toby Davis
Ceci
Billie Kemp
Letterman
Frazier
Dyer
B. Edwards
Ritchey
Loudermilk
Hudman
Ier
McAlister
Higher Tax On Electricity Now
The Federal energy tax increases electricity bills for residential and commercial customers starting with the next bills. A 1.3 or 1 percent rise, absorbed previously, will be added for defense purposes per established Texas Power & Light rate schedules. Government and industrial customers are exempt from the tax.
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Comanche
W. P. Murphey
Texas Power & Light Company
Recount Confirms Chapman Wins in Precinct Race
The Democratic Executive Committee recounted the Precinct No 1 race in Comanche Box No 1 finding only a three vote swing. Little 323 votes to 2324 and Chapman 355 to 357. The recount did not change Chapman's nomination.
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Democratic Executive Committee
F. L. Little
W. D. Chapman
Comanche Box
Chapman
Little
No Wey
George E. Smith
Executive Committee
D. P. Parker
Carl Stewart
R. L. Lane
Margie Briscoe Weds Walter Barret at Brownwood
Miss Margie Briscoe and Walter Jack Barret married Saturday night in Brownwood with Rev. Leslie Boone officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Briscoe, is a 1938 Comanche High School graduate and former Baxter’s employee. Barret, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Barret, is a 1935 Comanche graduate, studied at A and M and Tarleton, and works with his father in ranching. The couple will reside in Comanche. The Farmers Marketing Association meets here Monday night.
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Margie Briscoe
Walter Jack Barret
Comanche
Brownwood
Leslie Boone
First Methodist Church
B. H. Briscoe
Tarleton
J. C. Helm, Jr
LaVerne Isham
County Pecan Crop Forecast Shows Strong 1940 Prospects
Comanche County prospects indicate a heavy pecan harvest in 1940 with yields exceeding 1939. C F Denny of the county’s top pecan farms projects about 20 000 pounds, while W S Price Jr near Gustine expects around 75 000 pounds. Government agents and Price work to salvage the season after 1939 loss.
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Comanche County
C. F. Denny
Tr County
Tl Denny
Denn
W.S. Price, Jr
T State
Gustine
M Price
Governent
Pri
County Delegation Attends State Democratic Convention
Comanche County sent ten delegates to the State Democratic Convention in Mineral Wells this week. Attendees include R. Lane County Chairman Osc Callaway Mr and Mrs A Thomas Mr and Mrs Ed Sarder and D E Nabers from Comanche Mayor Daniels W C Lightfoot and C L Kinchen Jr of D Leon.
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Comanche County
Mineral We
R. Lane
Osc
Callaway
A. Thomas
Ed Sarders
D. E. Nabers
Comanche
Daniels
W. C. Lightfoot
C. L. Kinchen, Jr
D Leon
Tinney Delivers First Bale at Rauhut’s Gin
F Tinney brings in first bale of the season at Rauhut’s Gin and earns free ginning. He delivered 1430 pounds, yielding 575 pounds of lint after processing under the gin’s advertised offer last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Tinney
Rauhut
Tinney
Caraway Herd Dominates Iowa State Fair Show
Co M. Caraway & Sons of Comyn County stock breeders display ten Shorthorns on the Northern circuit at Des Moines Iowa. All ten animals placed with none below second. They also purchased six choice Shorthorn heifers for their sock farm and plan a Southern show circuit later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. M. Caraway & Sons
Comanche County
Des Moines
Caraway and Sons
Comyn
Caraway
Pinkard To Attend Aeronautical School
Reginald Pinkard son of Mr and Mrs Rufus Pinkard of Sidney plans a three month training course at the Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa Oklahoma. Afterward he will transfer to Randolph School in San Antonio. Pinkard completed Sidney High School then two years at Tarleton College and recently earned an MS degree from Oklahoma A and M College.
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Reginald ‘Pinkard
Rufus Pinkard
Sidney
Ae Spartan School
Arronautics
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Randolph School
San Antonio
Young Pinkard
Sidney High School
Tarleton College
Oklahoma A. & M. College
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Walter J. Barret
Farmers’ Marketing Association
C. M. Caraway Herd
Iowa Fair
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Aeronautical School
New Majestic Theatre
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Anne OF
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