The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1944 Page: 1 of 12
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SHTHE COMANCHE CHIEF
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IEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
COMANCHE, COMANCHE COUNTY .TKXAJfc DECEMBER 1. 1944 •
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OMANCHE CLOSES THANKSGIVING
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itails of Sgt. Paul Little’s
In France Are Given;
ells of His Heroic Actions
BE THANKFUL AND SAVE
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„ Mr* Paul Little of Bracket vlll*
received a letter thl* week from
U. Harry K Hopkins of the
Mechanized Calvary and a friend
|f flgt. Paul Little. telling of
oumstances under which Paul
wounded, and later died. 8gt.
le. son of Mr: and Mrs Roy
le of Comanche, died of his
Ultdc m Prance in August.
■The letter from Lt. Hopkins
follows:
_ , England
^■r. Dear Mi
^ Believe me when 1 say. that
th Trtre you ail “the pcrf*nmt de—
mils of your husband& death. as
PI result of enemy action. I want
a to know that It Is Just as
sd frf me to write about it. as
TrYBrYCU to njattjt';--------
It war during a dismounted at-
ck on the morning of 26th
uly that my platoon was repulsed
4 pinned down. As a result, we
ere pretty much disorganized and
w(s only through Paul's quali-
is of leadership and possessing
he confidence of his men that
re were able to organize again.
At approximately* 8 o’clock In
the morning. Sgt. Little was about
twenty iWl »W*J from me on
the opposite side of a hedgerow,
when we received a mortar bar-
rage. One shell landed pretty close
him without giving him enougn
tng to allow him to hit thw
nd H* was hit pretty hard*
but remained conscious, and nev-
er suffered at any time.
He continued to talk, give or-
ders. and even Joked with hla
men. ar- we administered first aid
to his wounds And you have my
word Mrs Little, as Paul’s re
Court House Newt
Men Who Were Registered With
IxH'al Selective Service Board,
Listed I>ecca***d Nov. 27.
Oecrge Lawless
Waldo C 1 -vindle
Homer D. Tupln
Aioei t t. Scn.-artz
Benton L. Jtymm
Frank C. Compton
.Jeff '‘t.v.Tnrr
‘ Tawrfucc L. Hancock
Witter JE. Raccna
* iiiiiic C. Kemp
Robert W. Weathers ,
Men Placed In C la»* 1-A A*
Reported Bv * —’ ” ard
On November 27
Francis O. Newsome
Gilbert L. Amos
Henry P. Montague
Charles F. Norris
Ghat lea B. Freeman, Jr* . _
Harold R. Burks
Rubin W Rogers
Joe B Bell
Men DUdharged Horn Service A*
Certified By Local Board
Henry W Carbell
Gorland B. Boyd
Bert Beaty
• John Naples'
Daniel Evans
Ivan Ram bo
Frank H. Stockton
District Court
Walter Jones vs Leoia Jones
Divorce.
Azalea Ellis va. Cloia Lee Ellis.
Divorce.
Marriages Recorded
Oaylon Evans. De Leon, and
Mias Betty Matthews were mar-
Nov It by
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Nov.
30
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1 D-_J-
ln dodos
Sold al Ratty I
Here Honday
Most Stores Scbedoled To Take
Holiday; Sow To Observe Sunday
Hours; Football Game at De Leon
Corervabcu and Thrift, fed Still
A Good Dinner, To Be Thanksgiving's
Keynote of This 1944 Year of War
$H6.898 In Bonds
Sold at De Leon
With families sc. scattered, and
women so busy with war Jobs,
Thanksgiving Day this year doe*
not suggest a lavish feast. Food
a* we know, is a war supply, to
be conserved and shared r'yy
We can all have Thanksgiving
dinners, and have thankiui hearu..
but we should waste no valuable
supplies All those bits of skin and ___ r
i nsUe discarded In the prepara- A u>ud 0f $70,000 in c*sh and
tton of mebt. and tnoae bones and pledge was subscribed for War
portion* of fat left on the plates r?nds within 50^ minutes at a
slujulri be hoarded and melted rany hcW at De Leon Monday
down to extract every drop of afternoon according to County
precious tat. This should be re- War Finance Chairman Roland
turned to the meat dealer for Miller. Business houses of De Leon
extra ration points and cash, so were d0g«d for the bond rally. ■
lt can be processed and distrlbut-. _ ^th an g™,*)
ELS*1 u"^ “ SSffl at** l£n Set
as housewives need butter and oou*™ -.- -t’W.
. A total of $29,000 In War Bonds
was sold at the rally here at the
courthouse Monday night and this
together with about $40,000 prev-
iously bought In Comanche made
' thp total Tor Comanche up to
Wednesday morning $69.00. This
included both cash and pledged
amount, to be bought by Decl'16.
An exceptionally good program
r - "iv en here at the rally un-
der the direction of Harley Sad-
ie.', statewide known shuwtnan,
and Jimmy Allard. Vernon theatre
owne.\ f
Mi&ic was furnished by a mili-
tary band firm Camp'Bowie and
the talks made by three returned
vrteranr. from oversea* duty were
among the most interesting ever
delivered at a tally here and were
so convincing that practically
everyone present bought one or
morn bond. {
The crowd present filled the
district court room and was made *
up principally of young women
whose husbands are in service and - 75
< of employees of the various firms
Lt. and Mrs. Klingler
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tp- ]
Most Comanche stores wan*
scheduled to remain closed aft
day Thursday. November 30. M
observance of Thanksgiving. Tha
stores that are usually open an
Sunday will ns* a rule observe
Sunday hours Thanksgiving
Moody's Cafe, Skaggs’ Cafe, and
Mrs. McMillan’s Dining Room ad-
vertise special Thanksgiving din-
ners. '• > •
Football Game at De Leon
-AJqqHmJI game at De Leon In
the afteEnoon between the Co-
manche and De Leon High School
teams was the chief attraction
- advertised for the day with a
few of the fans scheduled to go
to Austin to see the traditional
game between the University of
jTexas Longhorns and the Texan
A. Se M. Aggies,
I Earlier this season De Leon de-
feated Comanche J9 to 0 and
the Bearcrats are favored to re-
peat in the Thanksgiving Day tilt
j The early season win was Da
Leor.’s first victory over the In-
dians since 1936. The Indians and
of Comanche and those working Mr and Mrs L' °’ 8U of Bearcats’ pUyed two games last
oi comancne ano tnose worxing llL<va tenw;|. Avenut, lirown-
1 ****es- **1. ®odlei compliment- wocxj> announce the marriage of
2rb,« ’sr+srhf
where they prepared him for field Dorothy WlUon.
hospital treatment farther back J- B. Fnwdar. Route 2. Coman- bacon. ;
from our squadron medical *ta- che. AndOTOiL I— Japs Control Fa is
z
^ tS"Pl?th of1* A^ujlt^and*^ in rJ if- m„Jtutinn 49n(V? your kitchen fat because he knows
only contained the same informs- j faU. The Japs now control the
tlon tut you r^c^lv^d. Th^rf were Herbert ^Marwitx wnd , ..^iji^ .imniu fat« on/i niu
» Ds Leon. Consideration $2000. L .
&
no details of how or why ha died t sLh to IL C- ®‘hu®an-Ju >nd liave since' they slezed The
-£3r SfTJSSTISlur^ *u'“ ■ ^
may possibly get it from our Per- sitteraUon $zA92.50
islands of the F'ar East. He
»,v' tt rrav be a matter
[e knows
of years
H. C. Tiemann, guardian
„ . T FtHi’fi. of UMiinp i^bk*. a minor and that tmttl it
at all possible. I ^ is. used kitchen fat must help
ie get all that in- one-fourth t^ter^t in LB “fres . th, dpf4rlt
sonnel section.
If It were
Rffmatlon ^^‘bufas you can of the Amos Pollard Survey. Con-
see from my address. I am now 30 . 4# . _
ns m «£» .I
my leg several months ago. i* Comanche out of the John
#_r before prewar' commerce ian
—* —* -hat until
Merlon Harris,
Fmr County
Judge Hero Dies
nn-.thnf 1 their daughter. Martha Nell 8tew-
pa.. of p art' tD Lt’ Hrnry A Wtofter. son
believed that the «OF|of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klingler
of Wendelln, Illinois.
that he
Was such that had more people1
been able to attend that the local
quota would have been oversub-
scribed after hearing the three
veterans speak.
The wedding occurred at flght-
thlrty«^jo’clock on the evening of
October twenty-fourth. The doub-
le ring ceremony was solemnized
at the rectory of St. Igary’j
Church, Brown wood, by Reverend
Father Edward Harrison. Attend-
Funtral Rites Held
r ajB p . . Father Edward Harrison. Attend-
r Or Mrs. W. O. Hickey Ants were Mrs. Charles Oallehear
Funeral rlt«~were held at the[ Wend’d? th^bride!^^d Lt^James
family residence in Comanche last
year. also, r
The past f record of
teams Is as follows:
Year Comanche
1915 .... . 35
1916 40
1917' ....._______________ 10
1918T.,..........
1918
1920 No game
$Pj 6
1922 No game
1923 0
the twa
Friday afternoon for Mrs. W. 8.
Hickey. 93. who died at her home
on November 23. Interment was
in Oak wood Cemetery. Rev, Wal-
ter Scott was in charge of the
services. Four of her sons served
eg pallbearers, assisted by two
L. Napier of Chicago. Illinois,
classmate and buddft of the
groom. Mrs. Boyd Stewart, Brown-
wood. and Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Cowan. Jr., Qoldthwalte. were al-
so present to witness the cere-
mony.
The bride wore a single-breast-
grandsons who took the place of ed suit of white wooi The only
two other sons who were unable' ornamentation was a leaf design
to attend the services.
Mrs. Hickey, who had
In Comanche for nearly a
eeutifry. was the mother of thir-
teen children of whom the follow-
embroidered in gold along each
lived Iside of the front o fthe coat
half which was buttoned with round
gold buttons Pleated rose-point
lace covered the small collar of
the coat, and her shoulder-length
dark hair ' was covered with a
.supoly this deficit.
Ask Jane, an Army Nurse in a
ing survive: R. L. Hickey of Dub-
i lin. J. W. Hickey of Brownwood. „
R E. Hickey of Breckenrldge, .*?mi-veil cut from rose-pointlace.
ij. mr uiskmv nt Fnrt Wnrth a A flat bow of white satin ribbon
1925
1926
25
0
»
7
1927
0
7
1928
7
1929
19
«
; 1930
1931
12
•V. ( .V
- . /'-.g/l -g __
20
•
.1932
1933
0
0
2!
nm
6
0
1935
12
20
1936
I
•jpe-----
20
t
1937
31
t
1 1938
1939
HUM
14
6
54
♦ —
7
0
1011 «A W
1942
...........•>_
16
•
1943
6
t
1943
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13
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Merton L. Harris. 87. a former r S Oamblin, Comanche. Rt. 3,
war hospital behind the lines in State. Assistant Attorney General,; Mrs. I. B„ Henson of Rt. 3. Ste-
i ,Wn<»r -hue U tell you how vitally died in a Texarkana
needed are the medicines ~IKat Thursday. Nov. 23
hospital
Mrs.
Sincerely. •'« •
Lt. Harry K. Hopkins.
Little had previously te-
Survc>. CoM,dtr.Uon^ttonJh.u^odue«i.„dtby-
$26.00.
A A
phenville. Mrs. Jocte Bell of De
He had been Leon Mrs. V. V. Bell of De Leon,
ill since Sunday. and Mrs. H. D. Cameron of Cisco.
Hairia was appointed to the Surviving also are 39 grandchild-
reived a letter from Paul’s Troop Williams . — ---- __
hu ,,it
Hillln and wife to J W manufacture. She’ll explain that Attorney Oeneral'a office by Wll- ren, 36 great-grandchildren, and
and wife. Lots 13 and y°u are. saving lives when you jlam McCraw and was in charge two great-great-grandchildren.
of the State’s Interests In the East gt* grandsons' and 23 great-
Texas oil Delds. He also served grandsons
Fats for Munitions
R. Hlc^y^^n^anc^Mrl: H^'cor^e'°lovdy CoUUttoe To Pudl
orchid. Bond Sales Here
The former Miss Stewart Is a __
graduate of Sidney High School. a committee will work Coman-
Comanche County, and up to the che next, week for the sale of
time of her marriage she was War Bonds among those who
employed in the Post Ordnance wtre unable to attend the rally
office of Camp Bowie. hero Monday night according to
Lt. Klingler was graduated at Countv Chairman Roland Miller
in losing the popular young Co- ____^ „
IE, ,n um* -
In
_______are in the armed tones, i Marmion Military’ Acad«ay, Aur-, an<j local chairman, Karl
Ask young Dick, now training as attorney for the University of four of whom are overseas. j ^iS i is hoped thet enough
_ . .__ Paying tribute to the memory
moved to Texgrkana from mo^er one 0jf t^e daugh- **
jr.______
geant. from Paul’s friend*
Troop C. in appreciation of Paul.
Hunters Get 19
Deer. 3 Gobblers
Women’s Clubs To
Sell Bonds Here
ter's wrote as follow?:
Mother was so sweet and pat-
passed into
Lt. Klingler receives other assign-
ments.
I '
Louise McDonald
i.
if d«r8»d wS!kf;K
r S. H mtf-MSi
Comanche
The M-eest buck:was. k11^ ^ Xrde^'chTb."’ with' Rea^,o^as’jusi. return- ?"a*1*1 t*°
XX?- *?%»*«*&* “J" BTT aeJ^SfuSS’ Short Term
from 10
Jollbwing
Decetnoer 9lh. the’
riiicu ^7 ,
Earl Albln, weighing __
_!la Charge oT the War Bond booth
est buck killed this season in the ■ _< _
Llano section. The men took along c. . ^ - u /> . -
four tents and a chuck box and dinging at vaUitine
aiWple supply of groceries. John A ffremnnn
Meyers of Comanche was thei jOUnuay JMiernoon
cook and he did a good Job ac-
er».
Toklo. and he’s going to heed Harris, formerly county judge
srz? snssrszsrzrss -jsu. -n- .nd
iob he has »urwd j ney tor the Jl« Judicial Dlatrtct ^Xd^S^MfOTtSlr kM-
We at home mu.t ftnlah our He' «« ^*7«r" of ^flcrin, here.
Job too, and be even more con- the Desdemona oil news, ’roe * infinite merrv saw . . , ......
'^len.louath.n ever_ln Javlh*^ ,0o“enh ‘‘IS.YothU death Hurl* mVilUher* h°Z where .there' L Honored With
j Kiiould be thanlclul we have thle w*e war fund chairman for Bowie ^Sj’r^'fSJ thuShll t^Ood ’for Bridal Tea “Friday
opportunity to eupport the ef-) and Miller (Ark.) Countlea. 7?SrlIS :' _
War Bond saiea~boot* will b.!100®^'r^cT ln tan ^ther and^ «_**ree with
Higginbotham Bros. home, adds up to a tremendous tho Cottonwood communityy He 1 wno w,uW -
In Comanche each volume of industrial fat. and is an attended Gomanch© High School frrtm ... ffnnp
the remainder of , important factor in our war eco- »nd later received a law degree A tortng
nomy since lt insures the contln- from the University of Texas He A vrtc© to mr home
ued monuiacture of supplies need- was a man of outstanding char-1 A P,ac® Jfprv‘^ftb!n
our ac»er and one of the many Co- That never can be filled.
I manrhe County-reared men who ~ "
' made good “ THANKSGIVING SERVICES
J eunlving are his widow, the AT VICTORY CHURCH
former Hazel Randolph of Aus- ,, a ,
i tin* two dauc liters. Mrs. Floyd! There will be Thanksgiving ser- . an. ,hru,BBfha
I Beil Atlanta O.. and Mr*. Rich- new Thursday night. Nov jo. wth loyaly rows and ctayaanthe-
ard ’ Artdrewartha. Austin; a son. at the Victory Baptist Church.
! Randolph of Texarkana; his Everyone is invited, the corn-
mother. Mrs. P. 8. Harris of Co- mittea slates. ______ >.‘~
County Chairman Roland
Shock.
t ____________________...WHtm
the 13th. Armored Division at ^e bought in the drive to
meet Comanche’c quota of 1125,-
The couple will live at 1203 OOO.OO according to Mr. Miller.
Austin Avenue. Brownwood, until
located ‘ at Higginbotham Bros.
One of the most successful saturdav^for
hunts reported here tn wveral the BlJtth War Drtve
year* was made last week on tne 'n1WM» booths will be operated ued manufacture of supplies need
return of a group of 12 hunters various women’s clubs of ed by civilians as well
Ranch SSTvlto^lS.1 "•hUn* '
WHh1 Mr. Travis Cunningham wid
. Mrs. 8. McDonald entertained
I-Tiday afternoon. Nov. 24lh from
ne : 3 c’cloc kto 6 o’clock, with a
bridal tea honoring Miss Louise
John Manning Arthur, son of
Mr. and Mrs J. H. Arthur, has
been ordered to report to North-
western University, Chicago, No-
vember 23 for enrollment In the
Midshipman School for a course
that will lead to a commlaskm
as an ensign. Arthur was a Junior
at Texas AAM College when he
enlisted in the Navy several
months ago.
f Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hulsey
______________________ ______ ______ and daughter. Colleen, of New
McDonald, bride-elect of Lt. Ray- Orleans. La.. Visited relatives here
In Llano County The kill Jnclud- Dect,m^r 2nd. the Comanche jl nt .i '
ed 19 deer and 3 ***** Study thub. Jif which Mrs. Eucll Thre« DTOtherg 111
ervicc Visit Their
arents In Comanche
mond Meslayers. at the hoone of <
fMn\ Cunningham.
The guests were received by
Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. McDon-
i aid and the bride-elect. The spac-
ious living room was decorated
and at Be’Leon last week.
Aleutian Islands. Billy Stewart..
B M. 1/c of the Nayy and who
has recently feturned from
South Faclflc Where he was ior - D
1 rente tlrsn_lwenty months, and Hiring Agent 10 DC
M ___ ..Subscription
foJ War Worker! Wanted, prices Citcd
!Rector Stewgrt. 8t/c. who ls.sU- i*o ISUwf Mnnrlav
cording to the huntefa. 1 Regular first Stinday singing. iloned at Miami. Florida, spent aier© lwext lvionuRjr
Hunters from Comanche were: rr«U be he’d at the First Methodist Thanksgiving with their parent*, -*■—’ '
Earl Albln. Delmar McDaniel. Church of Qustlne 8unday after- Mr. and Mrs.. G. L. Stewart of A hiring representative of the
Belva Bean, RoyrT4*pin. Dock Ed- noon acrordtHtf to announcement Comanch •. j B. F. Goodrich Company of BorP
wards and Waynq Evridge. Others by the arrangements committee ■•)• Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have five ger, Texas, will be at the county
In the party were Jack WhitesUto Everyone is invited to attend sons in tho service The twb un- rrurt room In Comanche Monday,
and Jack Whitten of Etpe Springs, this xmging, those In charge able to be here for Thanksgiving December 4 to interview those
mum.*.
I The guests registered in the,
beautiful brides book which was
Resided, uvei by Mrf. Park Hunt-
: ington and Miss Catherine CaiiTd^.
I The guests were ushered Into
the dining room where the table
was laid with beautiful lace cl
;The centerpiece was delicate pink
1 chrysanthemums and pink candles
1 lh rosepoint crystal. Coffee and
bride’s cake decorated th pink
The Comanche Chief is one _
of the few papers which has * rosebuds, nuts and fhints were !>
kAiiM/.n/l .i »• .!«/■» in 1 eiiK . tJ ML/ Lift »•.
Jim Whiteside of Rising Star, stated.
Df. Ernest Cadenhead of Brown-^
wood. Frank Evridge of Millers- HfEFTF ^
»vlet?t, and J- **• Schlenker of |
Portales. N. M. . ' * [ The 6taU
—............. . i Orgahlzati g
VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH \ inani h® tS
E SATURDAY
Pensioners Protective
will meet at Co-'
the courthouse 8at-
\irday alterpoon at !P
There will be Thanksgiving ser- cording ■ ““ '
vices at the Victory Baptist J. T, ‘
jj*hurch Thursday-eiight, Nov. 30. G19nH
are oversea*. They are Pvt. Paul wanting to work in an..essential
Stewart, who is in France, and industry.
Harry Stewart, B.M. 1 e, who Is ----- -
with the Pacific Fleet.
Corilanche Baptist Association
Workers’ Conference mill be held
announcement by
’ chairman. and|
■Mfm
tv
.
> . T*t
at the First Baptist Church in
r>« Leon. Wednesday/ Dec. 4. A
Theme of the meeting is
Centennial Crusade.”
d
Good wagf1* will be paid accord-'
ing to sn advertisement carried
elsewhere in this isaue.
Note* made by James Madison
during the writing of the Constl-
|j tut ion, which was done behind
Our . closed doors.' were sold to the gov-
I eminent in 1140 Rt $00,000.00.
......aw
not announced a raise in ’sub-
scription prices for a fail year.
However, we are forced to
charge a higher rate for less
than a year. ■
* The subscription prices now
are:
Tn Comahche County and
Comanche trade territory.
$1.00 per year or' 75c for 6
months. 5c per copy for lass
than 6 months.
Subscription price elsewhere
Including 8crvlce men and
women: $1 50 per year; $1 for
six month* and 6c per copy
for leee than • months.
■ Served. M!rs. R. W Wyatt. Mrs
J A. P. Cox. Mrs. Joe Tupln, Mrs.
, Clara Flack. Mrs. Minnie Klimi-
/rnan. and Mis* Hattie Brigh$Rd|i
' i/m tied in the dining room.
Mrs. Arden Lewis and Mi**
Mvrtle TU:*-hncll sang appropriatr
joints throughout tho afterno « j.
Mrs. Tom Dudley and MVw Sarah
Lou McCarroll furnished pt&np
KtUi
The bride*etect t* the daugMee
of Mr. and Mr*. B. McDonald.
SC4 is a graduate of .Comanche
High School and attended John
Tarleton College and N T.8.TC.,
Denton. 1 *v •—
New Majestic
Tli^atre
THURSDAY. Nov. 30
f Oar:- Cerr ~ rind Laraine Day
“THE STORY Of
. UA. WAaSSELL”__
FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY Matinee Dec. 1-2
Johnny Mack Brown
—tor* vy-
__"LAW MEN” >
rofTP, Den. I
Edward Q Robinson
j- in— •
’MR. WINKLE GOES
TO WAR”
TTT®\, Dee. 4-5
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V. ’ ~ S’A rONAL
DASJV .DANCE”
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