East Side Auxiliary Formed By East Ward Parents Teachers
East Side teachers and parents organized an East Side Auxiliary at Mrs Joe Chilton's Friday meeting with delegates from the PTA. Officers named include Chairman Mrs Joe Chilton Sec and Treas Miss Cordin Lindsey Press Reporter Mrs W Sharp. Committees named for Program Membership and Social with noted volunteers. Meets at Fast Side school the second Friday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Parent-Teachers Association
Joe Chilton
Holloway
Sec
Treas
Cordin Lindsey
WV. Sharp
C. R. M. Dudley
Walker
Kk. H. Moore
Secretary of Y M B L resigns in Comanche
A. B. Harris resigns as secretary of the Y M B L in Comanche after serving about a year. He accepts a train auditor post with the M T Ry and leaves for Dallas to begin duties, leaving the town with regret for his road, market, and farm loan efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Comanche
Dallas
City approves sidewalk spitting ban in Comanche
Comanche area council enacts an ordinance prohibiting spitting on sidewalks and requiring discharge points to face the street. The measure is praised as promoting health and decency with officers empowered to enforce. Birth notices list numerous newborns from Comanche and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Lider & Lacy
Rions
Te National Guard
Comanche
Mrs. George P. Cleveland Dies at 73 in Corpus Christi
Mrs. George P. Cleveland, 73, died Tuesday night in Corpus Christi. She is survived by her husband and three children, including Mrs. Frank Anson of Coleman and Dexter Cleveland of Corpus Christi. Burial will be Saturday in Abilene Cemetery. She was a cousin of J. A. Holman and from an old pioneer family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Democrat Voice
George P. Cleveland
Corpus Christi
Frank Anson
Coleman
Dexter Cleveland
Geo. P. Cleveland Jr
County
Louise Doss Medlock
Buriel
Abilene Cemetery
Cleveland
J. A. Holman
Notices From Wetzel and Higginbotham Store
A note from J Owen Wetzel announces location on the north side of the square in Wetzel's Barber Shop inviting patrons to visit. An additional notice from Higginbotham's urges automobilists to visit next week for a new state number plate bringing their register number.
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Wetzel
J. Owen Wetzel
Higginbotham ’S
Red Cross Auxiliary Organizes Chapter and Calls for Members
The Local Red Cross Auxiliary forms a chapter led by Alma Neely as chairman and William Reese as vice chairman with Anne Palmer treasurer and Mrs. W G Dingus secretary. The group seeks 500 members by October 10 from 300 currently, urges immediate dues, and asks knitters to finish wash rags and return them with needles. yarn is available at headquarters for making sweaters mufflers wristlets and sex. Boxes of home made candy were prepared for the boys leaving for San Antonio. Gene St Clair and W F Conway announce their forthcoming marriage with a luncheon hosted by Mr. and Mrs P St Clair featuring Hearts and a doll gift game.
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Red Cross
Alma Neely
Wm. Reese
Anne Palmer
W. G. Dingus
P. St. Clair
Gene
W. F. Conway
Shreveport
Killarney
Gene St. Clair
Ruth Farmer
Miss St. Clair
Lilla Jordan
Julia St. Clair
Ruth Latham
J. R. St. Clair
Dublin
New 1918 Chevrolet Impresses At Higginbothams
Car buyers are invited to inspect the new 1918 Chevrolet praised for improvements over the previous model at Higginbotham's. Kilpatrick & Son advertise Buy Big Chief flour promising fresh clean flour and savings on lard or shortening with large rubber heel stock available for quick fitting.
Wood Brothers Furniture Store Ad Bulletin
A fragmented feed notice advertises a furniture sale at Wood Brothers Furniture Store, urging readers to visit for goods and deals. The readable text emphasizes a sales phone line and store number, hinting at a promotional event in a local paper.
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Atwood Brothers Furniture Store
Comanche County Sends Second Draft Quota to San Antonio
Comanche County dispatched its second draft quota to the San Antonio training camp on Wednesday. The group gathered at the courthouse for enrollment details and lunch with local families before marching to the depot. The delegation, led by captain N. E. Palmer Jr., included 13 named youths headed to San Antonio, amid a large community sendoff from De Leon and other areas.
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Comanche County
San Antonio
Frisco
Brown
Specia
Santa Fe H. & T
Court House
A. S. Harris
E. M. Moore
L. B. Russell
J. H. McMillan
the Red Cross
de Leon
N. E. Palmer Jr
Gustine
H. B. Allen
Hulsey
Walter Hanson
N. H. Greene
Ira Amon Morgan
Wm. Samuel Greene
Homer Bryant Allen
van Edwards
Walter McNeill
Horace Elbert Powers
Charles Arthur Woolsey
Harvey E. Turney
Eric D. Robertson
Virgil Hanes
Comanche Methodist Sunday School Honors Former Supt O M Simmons
The Comanche Methodist Sunday School presented O M Simmons with a gold headed cane for 27 years as Sunday School Superintendent. At services the congregation paused to honor his departure from Comanche with tears and caringly shared sentiments. Dr I T Clemons also awarded a gold headed walking cane engraved in recognition of his service.
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Comanche
Notable Names and Numbers in Historical Ledger Fragment
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with associated numbers, including Lemuel B. Henson, Barton D. Jones, Milton McCullough, John W. Moore, Walter L. Miller, Natt W. McCurdy, Arthur Phifer, and many others. The sequence intermixes names with numeric values, suggesting a roster or census-like record, possibly from a local directory or payroll list, with sporadic garbled entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel B. Henson
Barton D. Jones
Milton McCullough
John W. Moore
Walter L. Miller
Natt W. McCurdy
Arthur Phifer
Ollie V. Preston
William T. Scott
Lester
Ripley
Dallas Williams
Lesley L. Wilson
J. R. Waldrop
Amos Henry Tennison
Wm. L. Thomas
W. R. Pettitt
William C. Haselett
John R
Thos. C. Westmoreland
Otto S. Kensie
Willie L. Duncan
Claude H. Clarey
Willie C. Hancock
Garland I. Vick
Jas. C. Dingus
William G. Ingram
Bert O. Hayes
Calvin Caraway
Frank Katy Miles
Dexter Walcott
Harold Samuel Gribble
K. Green Kendrick
Raymond G
Comanche County Attends Major Dublin Highway Meeting
About two hundred delegates from Comanche and surrounding areas meet in Dublin to discuss the National Highway recognition and the Fort Worth to Fort Stockton route. F. E. Adams is elected Comanche county vice president of the new Fort Worth-Fort Stockton Highway Association, with emphasis on advancing the De Leon Comanche and Gorman De Leon segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Highway Commission
Ft. Worth
Ft. Stockton
Brownwood
Comanche
F. E. Adama
W. R. Slider
M. K. Witt
J. Hf. McMillan
Fort Worth
Fort Stockton
F. E. Adams
Comanche County
Adams
State Good Roads Association
State Highway Commission
The
Waco
Stamford
Gorman
de Leon
Manche
de Leon-Comanche
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Houghton
Masonic Temple
East Ward
Teacher Assn
W. K. & T. Railroad
Arvel Cox
Sipe Springs
O. M. Bean
G. H. Jones
Lee House
B. D. Starnes
Jim d
Mortis
R. M. Lane
J. W. Slone
E. C. Stagner
H. C. Bradshaw
Ed Kemp
Alvey Lawless
B. E. Powers
Milliard McElroy
van Clar
Thomas E. Morris
John B. Marchant
Q. B. Phillips
John Robert Reese
J. D. Poindexter
W. M. Little
Dan W. Wells
Gutsine
Harry Rodgers
Chas
Fenwick
Geo. W. Purvis
Proctor
West Frazier
Henry Teeters
Richard Hastings
N. H. Payne
Alton Preston
W. A. Pate
Alfred Dee Couch
Lamkin
Heardquarters
Higginbotham’s
Kilpatrick & Son
M. E. Sunday School
Kilpatrick & Ben
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