Fall term Grand Jury And Petit Jury Lists Announced
Fall term of District Court will convene Monday October 1 with divorce cases making up most civil trials. Grand jury and petit jury lists are released for the term listing numerous jurors from Comanche Gustine De Leon Dublin and Sidney among others with multiple weeks of petit jurors and second third weeks detailed.
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Visitiet Court
Petit Jury
Charles Carter
B. Barret
Comanche
Coye Willingham
Gustine
L. C. Hensley
Energy
J. W. Moore
W. D. Starkie
B. O. Koonce
Homer Hafford
de Leon
Alton McCamey
Proctor
W. H. Smith
Guy Houser
Sipe Springs
H. F. Kellan
Comyn
A. H. Kellan
Hugh O'Brien
Howard Kilpatrick
S. E. Brandt
Carlton
Earl Seay
O. J. Reynolds
May
J. H. Green
Ernest Watts
L. L. Duke
Gorman
J. P. Jones
Sidney
Artie Rambo
Clyde de Nabors
C. A. Hayes
C. C. Craig
Dubin
J. T. Collie
Ira C. Crow
J. R. Bethany
W. W. Cook
Hasse
H. V. Moore
J. E. Springer
Dublin
W. S&s. Price
R. G. Collingsworth
Joe Hamilton
Robert Blue
LS. Ford
C. M. Houser
C. S. Floyd
Tom Dudley
C. C. Cagle
Avery Moore
Te Dalton
J. Striplin
M. H. Priddy
Coy Stateville
Eeba Jones
Guy Hutchins
E. N. Barnett
Rt 1
Cc. Sumner
Bill Dendy
G. R Pratt
Way Acams
Ira B. Clemons
B. W. Clement
A. D. Dunn
Paul Holland
Karl Shock
P. A. Pettit
J. W. Hickman
Gussimne
York
R. Wilson
Herbert
Gh. Wack
D Leon
TR. Rice
Cy K. de Leon
W. F. Rambo
Pyr
G. R. Gorrie
A A
Coman
A. J. Cox
Gusti
R. W. Blake Hasse
M. B. Carter
W. H. Henson
W. O. Mims
Wilmur Brownlee
Wv. B. Hodges
E. Paul Jeanes
R. G. George
Fred Hall
L. S. McNutt
Clemens Luker
M. A. Hightower
C. C. Hodges
J. D. Holmes
E. R. Wright
W. R. Clark
Claude McPherson
Cullen Stephens
Percy Parker
A. V. Littlefield
H. E. LaRoque
O. B. Cleere
E. W. Bruner
G. M. Cook
J. D. Alexander
G. H. Morrow
Clemons Drives 1946 Ford Car In Dallas Showing
Clemons owner of Clemons Motor Company was in Dallas Monday to view the new 1946 Ford at the Adolphus. He examined and drove the car and called it a dandy. He did not name the price but hopes to be among the first dealers to have the model on sale.
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Tra Clemons
Clemons Motor Company
Dallas
The
Adolphus
Melvin Harkins Attends Bar Bers Convention in Abilene
Melvin Harkins attended a bar bers convention held in Abilene. The event gathered attendees from local chapters to discuss fellowship, fundraising, and upcoming activities.
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Melvin Harkins
Abilene
Creamers Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary in Comanche
Mr and Mrs L H Creamer observed their golden wedding anniversary with a mock ceremony at their Comanche home. Rev E G Gregory Jr officiated, a reception at the Peacock Ranch followed, and family members including children and grandchildren attended. The couple married September 8 1895 in Comanche County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Creamer
Comanche
Hampton Floral Shop
Burk
Creamer
Peacock Ranch
Ow Creamer
West College Ave
Comanch
M Ra Surnime
Los Angel California
T. H. Day
Demin
New Mexico
L. H Card
Deming
W. F. Creamer
Brady
Luke Springstead
J. Creamer
San Saba
Neona
Cleo Springstead
Isaac Taylor
John McKay
Laura Madaline Taylor
Mr. Creamer
Comanche County
Jasper Creamer
Alabama
Jasper
G. A. Pyburn
Route 2
Lake Eanes Park
Jack Pyburn
B. J. Pyburn
Bee Pyburn
Mary Greene
Harvey Clawson
Shooting in City Limits Declared Unlawful by Mayor
Mayor W. C. House announces hunting or shooting within Comanche city limits is unlawful and subjects violators to penalties. He notes recent violations by some dove hunters and reports that the home of former mayor M. Coleman has been peppered with shot.
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Comanche
W. C. House
House
M. Coleman
Butane Company Opens Local Storage Tanks and Appliance Store
The Butane Company completed two 2000 gallon storage tanks one mile off the De Leon Highway near Comanche. Local manager Charles Carter says the tanks are full and ready for fuel sales. P I Matson notes local operation with Carter Elmer Cottrell and Than Wilson in charge and a new appliance store to open after building completion.
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Butane Company
de Leon
Comanche
Charles Carter
P. I. Matson
Mr. Carter
Elmer Cottrell
Than Wilson
Electrolux
Thor
Mr. Matson
Liberated Lt Hilley Aids Osaka Under Japanese Authority
Lt. Arthur Gayle Hilley son of Mr and Mrs A A Hilley of Sidney reports liberation after three years as a POW. He is listed among officers helping run Osaka Japan and giving orders from the Zentsugi Club with about 30 other liberated Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gayle Hilley
A. A. Hilley
Sidney
Sam Kinch
Fort Worth
Zentsugi Club
Osaka
Japan
Levis Nabers
Comanche
Yom Nabers
Desaa
Hals
Jrs
E. G. Wells
Randall Huffman Returns From Hawaii to Comanche
Randall Huffman, after two years working in Hawaii, returns home to Comanche where he served as a civilian employee on airport construction around Hickam Field near Honolulu.
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Randall . Huffman
Hawaii
Comanche
Huffman
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Army Veteran Hansard Returns Home After Overseas Service
Tech. Sergeant Dallas W. Hansard son of Mrs J T Hansard of Blanket has returned home after completing 37 months of overseas service in Africa Italy and Germany with the 48th Med Bn First Armored Division He fought at Kasserine Pass Anzio and witnessed Mussolini's death He earned the EAME Campaign Medal with five Bronze Stars the American Defense Service Medal Good Conduct Motor Drivers and Mechanics Badges and Unit Citation He will join a training post at Camp Bowie Brownwood.
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Dallas W. Hansard
J. T. Hansard
Blanket
Hansard
48Th Med. Bn
Armored
Germany
T Set
Kasserine Pass
Anzio
Mussolini
Milan
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Life of Pfc Joe Magness Ended In Maryland Car Crash
Pfc Joe Magness, 24, son of Mrs Maude Magness of Comanche, died instantly when an automobile rolled seven miles from Fort Meade Maryland on September 6. He served 33 months overseas and was due to be discharged soon. Funeral rites were held at Fort Meade and in Comanche with military honors, burial in Oakwood Cemetery. He leaves his mother one sister and four brothers, including service members Jim, Wagner, Winlow, and Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Magness
John Magness
Comanche
Maryland
Pfc
Magness
Fort Meade
Popular Heights
Army
Fore Meade
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Church of Christ
Camp Bowie
Sat. George S. Station
Gus Ledbetter
Wallace Hammack
M. Coleman
Joe Marshall
W. H. Thate
Fred Thorp
Albert Miller
Oakwood Cemetery
Tritiyta
Pfe
Minter Ledbetter
Abert Joseph Magness
John
Maude Magness
Joe
Johnnie McKinzie
Jim Magness
Brownwood
Wagner Magness
U. S. Army
Winlow Magness
Sipe Springs
Jack Magness
Service To Display New Bendix Unit In Store
L Huett proprietor of the Service Blue Store spent two days in Dallas at a Bendix school and a meeting of Bendix appliance centers. He expects a new Bendix laundry unit on display at his store within days, calling it the latest invention for home laundry.
Tire Shortage Worsens in Comanche County War Board Warns
Comanche County War Price and Rationing Board head John D. Waring Jr says the tire shortage remains severe. September quota cut nearly 100 tires, with 228 applications unmet after issuing. Labor strike in Akron disrupts tire and tube production, compounding supply limits for farmers and essential workers.
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John D. Waring, Jr
Comanche County
Akron
Akron Beacon Journal
AFL Federal Labor Union
Goodrich
Piggly Wiggly Announces Half-Price Closing Out Sale
Piggly Wiggly will close out the remaining fire sale merchandise today and tomorrow at half price. Owner W. H. Thate says much of the stock is better than before as items were retrieved from storage after fire damage. The store will close after Saturday night for repairs and reopen soon with new merchandise.
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Piggly Wiggly
W. H. Thate
Sidney Eagles blank Gustine Tigers 13 0 in opener
Sidney High School Eagles defeated the Gustine Tigers 13 to 0 at Gustine in the season opener for both teams. Sidney travels to Comyn today.
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Sidney High Eagles
Gustine Tigers
Gustine
Sidney High School Eagles
Sidney
Comyn
Reese Butane and Appliance Store Opens Here
Fisher Reese Gwens Butane and Appliance Company opens this week in the former Panhandle Service Station Building on Fort Worth Highway ten blocks east of the square. The wartime freeze on butane has been lifted, allowing sale and installation of butane and propane tanks and equipment. The first shipment of butane plants is expected this week, with orders now being taken. Storage facilities will be built near the Comanche city limits.
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Reese’s
Butane
A. L. (Fisher) Reese
Panhandle
Fort Worth Highway
Reese
Reese Butane and Appliance Company
Comanche
M. Reese
Comanche Becomes Peanut Insurance Test County
Comanche County is named one of twenty test counties for a new Federal Crop Insurance program covering peanuts for the 1946 crop. Two contracts offered protect against low yield or investment, with 75 percent coverage of yield or investment and a protection period from planting to 21 days after threshing.
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W. 8. Price, Jr
Gustine
Washington, D. C
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
D.A
Congress
United States
Comanche County
Texas
Macon Elected Head of C H S Science Dept
J. M. Macon, former Comanche County resident, elected head of the Comanche High School science department and began duties last week. He previously led Allen Academy Bryan science, taught at Conroe High, and ran German Public Schools. holds BA degrees from Howard Payne and Minnesota, pursued graduate work at Hardin-Simmons, and holds near completion of an M A. He is a Navy veteran who did research in chemistry and explosives. will teach biology chemistry and physics at Comanche High.
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J. M. Macon
Comanche County
Comanche
Macon
Allen Academy of
Wounded Veteran Rejoins Work With Peanut Thresher Crew
Staff Sergeant Ray Richmond on a sixty day con valescent furlough recovers from a Nazi era leg wound in Germany. He works with a peanut thresher crew at Van Dyke to regain strength and aid farm manpower shortages while visiting brother Millard Richmond.
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Ray Richmond
Germany
Millard Richmond
van Dyke
Richmond
Mr. Richmond
T J Couch Awarded Purple Heart
T J Couch, wounded in action against the Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge in November 1944, has been awarded the Purple Heart. Relatives in Gustine report the award. he is the husband of Martha Mae Thompson and resides with their children in Gustine while awaiting his return.
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T. J. Couch
Belgium Bulge
Gustine
Martha Mae Thompson
American Legion Supper Planned at Lake Eanes Park
All members of the American Legion and other discharged service men are invited to attend a supper at Lake Eanes Park on Thursday night September 20 at 7 30. Please be on time and don t forget the date. B A Riley Commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Lake Eanes Park
B. A. Riley
Hall on Leave From Pacific Serves Thirty Day Home Visit
Jack Hall MM3 son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Hall Gustine returns on leave after twenty months in the Pacific where he volunteered for service with the Seabees after high school graduation in 1943 He plans to report back to Dallas for reassignment During his visit he is joined by Mr and Mrs W K Bustle Miss Juanita Hall Miss Ruth Hall and Mr and Mrs Joe Anglesburg of Fort Worth.
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Jack Hall
Harvey Hall
Gustine
Pacific
Seabees
Hall
Dallas
W. K. Bustle
Juanita
Ruth Hall
Joe Anglesburg
Fort Worth
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Clemons
Creamers
Tanis
Butane Co
Hilley
Randall Huffman
Wale Art
Car Hesiden
Bendix
Waring
C.H.S. Science Dept
From
New Majestic Theatre
FBI
SAT
Texas Rangers
Jack Benny
Alexis Smith
James Craig
Donna Reed
Annie
Marjorie Main
Leon Erroll
Elaine Riley
Spencer Tracy
Katherine Hepburn
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