The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1943 Page: 1 of 10
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COUNTY.
5!!1943
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Money Now Available At County
AAA Office Here For Dairy Feed
Pay As Explained In Roles Cited
Now A TCU Frog
Rail's for payments VhUi WflT
Set. Gid
■*” “d w“^rssrc«m« Speak. From London
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'dairy feed coats
be made ____ ___.___
fSaturday Over WBAP
cently announced according to in- yUL b® beard from London. *k)g-
formation received by the County land. on Saturday morning. No-
AAA Office according to E. L. vf®b?r 7- ?.*?
Pierson. Adtr.inlstrattve Officer o clock until 10:IS over WBAP.
AAA. Payment will be made at according to an announcement
the rate of &0 cents a hundred from the War Department,
weight for whole'milk and S cental Sgt. Campbell, son of Mr and
per pound on butter fat and 4J Mrs. C. J. Campbell of Lamkln.
cents per pound of butter. is a graduate of Laxnkln High
Payment will be made by draft school and of Southwest Texas
direct to the producers by the State Teachers College at San
County AAA Committee for the 'Marcos. He formerly wqrked far
oounty in which the producer's the REA here, and .was head of
farm is located, upon the submit- t the physical education department
alon of satisfactory evidence of of the NY A at San Antonio, at the
the quantity of milk or butterfat; time he Joined the Army. ..
sold Milk statement* or salat re- Sgt. Campbell la a brother of
tpbrit
of whole milk or butterfat pur- who was killed in action in North
shM«d. the date of purchase, and
the names of the seller and buyer
will be considered as satisfactory
evidence of sales. Producers who
-MU hiHtr WjwmwmOT local
Mtfim tto-, «***♦»
receipts from the buyers.
Payments -for October will be
mede early In November and pay-
ment* for November and Decem-
ber will be made early in Jan-
uary. small producers whose Octo-
ber payment does not equal one
dollar, may make application in
January for October. November.
December period and receive pay-1
merit, provided the total payment |
equals or exceeds one dollar.
Application for payment cover-
inc November to receive payment.
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Legion To Meet
Here; Claims
To Be Discussed
J. n Allcorn. Comanche County
Centre Officer, has recently re-
turned from a special Service
Officers School■ at Austin, and
will have a special message for all
men who have been discharged
from Wrrld Wsr II as well as
Worn war I veteran* at the
meeting of tHa American Legion
post of * SO o'clock next Wednes-
day night at the Comanche Coun-
ty Court Room.
Mr. All com will give out some
information that will be of special
value to all ex-service men. es-
pecially to those who are Just
coming out of service.
All honorably discharged men
from the military forces of the
United 8tales are Invited and urg-
ed to be present. *
Funeral Rites Held
Here Funday For
Mrs. Rebecca Old
Africa, on July 10.
By Coanty Agent Calvin Helcemb
The Comanche County 4-H
Club boys are going to lend a hand
in the educational work Incident
to the Cattle Orub Control Pro-
gram which will be conducted
vigorously under the supervision
Of the A. St M College Extension
Service end the County Agent
Calvin Hoicolnb. this fall.
In each 4-H Club in Comanche
County demonstration teams .will
be trained by the County Agent
for the purpose of showing farm-
ers and ranchmen how-to carry
on the control work. *
Qrubs, which srtgtnsie with the
heel fly. take a yearly toll of
about I6.000.0M from Texas far-
mers and ranchmen But more
alarming is the damage to hides
and the amount of meat which
tk' pest makes unfit for consump-
tion. It I* estimated that 43 per
ccr . or 840.000 of the 3.000.000
cat ’.’ slaughtered yearly in Tex-
as lor meat, are grubby; An aver-
age of two pounds is trimmed
fit n each Infested carcass, or
e.uugh to furnish the meat ration
fo about 4.6Q0--soldiers for one
rcor. As a consequence this meat
U lost to the nation's food stock
qJLa. time when it is most urgent-
ly nrrtled and cannot be replaced
Thi;v loss is exclusive of the re-
dwtion in milk production due
to-rub infestation of‘fairy cows.
he 4-H teams will put on this
demonstration at farm and other
tyves of meetings attended by
farmers. The beys will use two
lmested animals as a community
demonstration. After, training
each boy will be urged to treat
all of the infested cattle on his
Punbral rites were held at Oak- h*ia»iU
ss 2«®iWB»ss rSC£r£r
sassnss
and daughter cf Mr and Mr*. with dipping and
Olb CallawaY of Brownwood. Dr. *nn * m
C. C. Kllngman. pastor of the
Central Christian Church of Co- £luo boya ^ ComaBphe Coung,
ffSfcSStt25ss
sab:: rsss as 4KHtE&t
Wii:ssi ho.-
pitai Friday where she was taken *4, m
upon her return from JJJortda ^ /
where .he had beemwtth h.r hug-
Mrs. Old was a native of Co- **lUl *00<i lesult*- '
manche. having been born here e , -
July 30. 1915. 8he was a talented Fiftv-SlX School
And refined young lady; a Tad- D > _ .__»
uate of Brown wqpd High School nUIW Inspected
and of the University of Texas * _ j A J U...
where she dlstlnspllhed herself And Approved Merc
as a student. She was a member -....... v
of the ZeU Tau Alpha .Sorority. (By County Rupt. Dale Howard)
She was a member of a well
known family. Her father practlc- All school buses T Comane**)
ed iMHbere for a number of years County were recently Inspected,
and sewed as district "attorney, as tbe third annual bus lnsnertton
and her mother, the former Miss «•«* h-M for county. Patrol-
Slcan Couch, was a public school man Glenn Williamson of Meri-
teaclajr here. Mrs. Old left Co- rUqn conducted the inspection and
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Cecil Jack Cox. son of Mr. and
Mrs Armstrong Cox of Comanche,
is now a member of the TCU
Homed Progs football team. Cox.
who has been student manager
of the Progs this season, waa call-
ed upon by narh Dutch
report for practice, after transfer
of Naval and Marine players had
cut the TCU squad to twenty-one
men.
Concerning Co*, tbe Port Worth
Star-Telegra
Men Who Passed 4 :
Test For Armed
Forces Listed
The following La a list of :
who went to Dallas last week from
Comanche County j for a physical
examination for the armed forces
and passed the test. They will
Comanche on Thursday, Novem-
ber It, for Camp Wolters. Mineral
Wells, where they will be Inducted
into the Army:
Haskel H. Belt
Trueman Vines
Elwyn p. Lane
Atlas Irvin .
Henry 8. Loudermllk
William R. Hamilton
R. H. Cloud s 1
Rufus B. Evfldge
Artie L. Taber
Malcom A. Patton A
Sertl Newsom . v
Am on W. Taber,
Clarence T. Jones
James R. Lacy
Samuel P. Todd
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Pledges Sorority
Finns Vote To Remain Closed
Next Thursday; No Program
Announced; Football At Dublin
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Court House News
Brody * J> vHUfatutler
Elmer H. Cottrell ■
Fletcher C. West
John McDonald
Beginning a streamlined pledge-
ship of four weeks, "Miss Paula
Cato. Comanche, is a new pledge
of the Kaghllr sorority, social or-
ganisation an the North Texas
State Teachers College campus at
Denton.'
The brief wartime pledge period
— will dispense with the traditional
n Nh^T?t,iTr Newsprint Shortage
in# edition
ger. Cecil (Red) Cox, grabbed him- — rv *i n
self a football uniform at Texas. 10 Daily Jrapers
Christian’s practice session Mon- j _____
day.afternoon, and there waa no D»te Borders wRh the Subecrip-
Joke attached to the move. tion Department of .the Port
Cox. who waa a halfback at worth Star-Telegram was in Co-
Comanche- High, wai handed *.xnanche Wednesday imd .said that
Uniform, and told he could, do aether cut in newsprint allow-
more good packing a football than ance mits expected in December
he could carrying water and sort- and that there was fear that dally
lng helmets. papers would have to top tak-
“Cox weighs but 135 pounds. tag even renewals. The SUr-Tele-
but at tliat the Progs are picking gram tg not taking new subscribers
up three ^ds m the exchaMe. now and Mr Bowlers said that he
He is replacing Dim Culwell. 132
pounder, who was transferred."
by-play of college clubs, as pit-due
duties go all out for service in
various campus war programs.
Miss Cato is a Junior student,
and is a member of the Senior
Mary Arden Literature club.
_ fthe ia a, daughter of Mr. and
1»L Paul Cato of Comanche
Need Is Urgent
For More Surgical
Dressing Workers
Car Stolen Here
Scnlay Is Found
In Brownwood
Placed in Class 1-A By
Local Board, Nbv. 1
- Fincher
Herschell L. Barnes ,
Jefferson D. Yancey
Bstdn Stone
Samuel J. -Morgan
Cecil E Box
Raifford R. Evans
Marshall J. Ryth
Coy 8utton
John B. Nelson
Richard Stephens
Pelda Marshall
James A. Layman
L. C. Lock
Floyd White
N. O. Roberts
Tom L. Hutchison m
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A 1931 Model Ford Tudor, be-
longing to Jimmie Tucker, was
■stolen Sunday night from in front
of his home in Comanche, but
. WillianTL. Gore
1 Dalton A Hicks
Dennis C. Hugnes
Aaron H. Wilson
Obie L. Boyds to if
Ftagene E. Lewis
E. Y. Morris
Arlie Cogburn
Lewis A. Self
leopard B Hirst
Alfred L. Lammons
Samuel D. Williams
W. J. - Stark
James E. Scott, 1-A (H)
0 District Court
Dillie Towry and W. P Brock
vs. Loy Brock et al, partition.
C. C. Hampton vs. Robert Dav-
enport et al, partition.
Lula Taylor va. W. H. Taylor,
divorce.
R. E. Darden vs. Tisha Belle
Darden, divorce, granted.
Marriages Recorded.
Edward Meissner and Miss Pmt-
Comanche business firms voted
one hundred percent to remain
closed Thursday in observance of
the 25 th anniversary of the sign-
ing of the Armistice which endrd
the First World-War on November
11. 1918.
No formal program has been
arranged for Comanche. The Co-
manche High School Indians will
play Dublin Thursday afternoon
at Dublin in a district foothal
game. Another nearby game w*lt
be played at Brownwood etween
the high stepping Breckenrtdga
Buck&roos and the Brownwood
High School Lions.
Fallowing is a list of those sign-
ing a petition favoring closing, aa
carried around, by Miss Jennie Lon
Dewitt, secretary of the Coman-
che Chamber of Commerce:
Dudney's Dry Cleaners
Texas Power Si Light Co.
Modernway Pood Store
Reese-Palmer
MTs. McKenzie's Beauty Shop
- J. B. Allcorn. Ins. ---------
M. Coleman
Brightman Si Bod
Novlt's Dept. Store
Ernest Tupin ■ _____
saw little prOkpect of them doing
so as most of the old subscribers
are renewing ana that there are
thousands of applications for
would-be new subscribers if there
should be any vacancies caused . _., - . ^ .
hv old subscribers fallina to re- was recovered Monday nirht. when sy Ash bum were married in Mills
new feund abandoned in Brownwood. County Oct. 2 by Justice -R. P.
Those now taking the Port "Nothing ls mining from the Swindle.
Worth Star-Telegram by mail who i <*T- W* Mr Ttiokrr, “.tad ap- Horace Robinson and Miss Imo-
wish to renew at the Chief oftjpe P*rcntly. the car hts not been gene Mefford were married Oct.
ftsked°io°s^d'or'b^g thrlf'Re- A 1955 Plym.uth E’don which * P^O Brehm and Mrs. WUlle
newal Certificate” to the Chief belonced to Jesuc James. J- .. was Brehm were married Oct. 21 by
stolen in Dublin Euzutay nighti Justice H. D. Lane.
and w?s recovered lure* Monday. .■______
morning, Vhen four! parked cne mainage uwam
block eh«txf the square. t^y w. SOmmers and Miss
Brow: wood officers report that Turlcne Bopgs, Corrsoche, Rt. 3.
a car was' stolen etuly Sunday R. E. Darden and Mrs. Lucille
night In Brownwood, and recover- Gray. De Leon,
ed in Dublin. Wilburn UluHt and Miss Myrtle
Officers, who investigated this Alice Martin,
sertos of car thefts, say that they Ri'twt L. Denton a d Miss Ruby
believe that all three thrfts wen) c-le*‘ _ ....
committed by the 'same person, H. E. Pester and Miss Reba
or group of persons. *, Faye C-mith.
Service Dtarh-irges
and we will be glad tivaend it off
fqr your Star-Telegtam.
_ Pnw* Taking New Subscribers
3Sn'L''riJ».u!
A' C0%i c™lnT1an- ■ is not planning iny bargain rates.
“These bandage* are very im- ^ prtcP Df The Press, daily ex-
port ant to the war effort.” ehe ,*pt Sunday, is 87.80 per year,
explain*, "and are needed on all ^ chlef wm be gUd to send off
the fighting fronts of the world.” your oruer for The Press and if
The Comanche center is open you renew or subscribe for The
every afternoon of the week, and Chlef at the same time, we can _
on Tuoftdfty inti Inursdiy nights, you some money. If your pim > *po wi Rinrm v
It is located on the third floor of u not out. if payment ls P,,,IXIPS SERIOUSLY
the Comanche County. Courthouse. now. your subscriptions to
"We are needing Ute help of all both papers will be extended a
J. A. Mahon
E. R. Wright
MassingUl’s Barber Si Beauty
. Shop ’
Higginbotham Bros. & Co.
Comanche National Bank
Stanton’s Dry Cleaning
J. R. Bones St Co. — 1 —
Comanche Co. Abstract Co.
Stephenville Production Credit
Association
Western Auto Associate 8tore
Roberson Sisters '
Hoffman’s
Plggly Wiggly
Comanche Chief
Burton Bros.
Comanche County NFLJL
Kilpatrick Hdwe. St Variety
8tare
Edmondson’s Shoe 8hop
Southwest Natural Oas Co.
fva Hart Insurances Co.
Wilhelm’s Barber Shop
SUte National Bank
Freeman's \
Thompson's Barber Shop
Baxter's Place
J. I. Starr Store
City Orocery
Chlel
5hlef Dry Cleaners
Cunningham’s Barber Shop
Marchers Beauty Shop
ILL IN HOSPITAL
of our regular worker*, as well as y^'r f^'thedate'oii w'hlch'they ! 6-"a^ h^e
inniKn who h»vi> not v#«t. atartad ____,__ too nurm I operator nere, is senouaiy
Private First Class Walter Lay-
man. honorable , discharge from
women who have not yet started are expire.—THE CHIEF,
contributing their time to helping _________
make these Red Cross surgical PAUL NKEL TO ENTER
dressings." those In charge say.
Comanche ladies are in the
midst bl rilling a large quota of
these bandages and are very anx-
ious to have them out on time.
MACHINERY BUSINESS
AT HICO JANUARY 1
Hubert Phillips.
t _g»a. tg serlously ill in private Charles H. Carter, hen-
a Fort Worth hospital. orable discharge Iron Amy.
He was taken to a Qorman hoe- Private Homer H. Allred, hen-
pttal early this week and the phy- arable discharge from Army,
sic Ians there advised him to go Coanty Court
to Fort Worth for on operation. State .vs. W H. 8hipman,
Mr. Phlll.pj has been L'l m
the time lor the post throe .n
-t
Recreation Hall
Is Opened Here
Paul Neel, machinery and im-
plement dealer at Lamkin with
£2."™h£. ISJFfEi Ji'i! May Bo Speak*
over the agency of the Interna- | - ■___11 _
tlonal Harvesting Company. Mr.
Neel who regularly carries adver-
tisftanents In The Chief does a big
03)t of
bnth*.
A rocreation hall containing ten implement business over thiijsn-
or twelve pool tables was opened tlre Motion
here this week by CarJ Autrey Hls brother. J. L. Neel will con-
formerty of Cross Plains and a tlnUe to operate the Neel Brothers (
bother of the Mr. Autrey who f(r4 at Lamkin.
operated a pool hall here for some ___
time up to about a year ago.
The hall will be known as the
Service Men’s Club and is located
in the McDonald Building on the
west side of the square.
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Mrs. Conrad Schmidt and
NO PREACHINO SUNDAY
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Since this is Conference Week,;
there will be nd preaching either
Sunday morning or evening*at the
First Methodist Church in Co-
daughter. Betty Jo. of Fort Worth manch#
visited her mother, Mrs, R, Ward, j sunAy School will be held at
in Comanche last week.
; the usual hour.
leammsqsamAjan —
manene when a child but fre- reported that the bused in service
quently visited here at the ranch tot the Comanche County public
home of hor unde and aunt. Par- gchorls were tt> above-tha-gYMSge -
mer Congressman and Mrs. 'Oscar condition
Caliawa
Mr*
PeSmburg. Florida: a daughter,
johansna Old: » fister. Mrs. Bid
& u m *r h«.-
who Is stationed aL St. menta being recommended.
Ida; a daughter. —ih.,- —^
_____ a sister. Mrs. Sid Mrs. Mae Cameron spent the
Covington of Hi own wood, and by week-end with kin. Irving A. Pal-
urTuunu ur. gad Mr*. Olb mer la the White Point commun-
her parents. Mr.
QallawRi^
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Chief Out Early Next Week
The Comanche Chief will be published next
‘Wednesday night instead of ne<tf Thursday nijrht at
is the usual custom, the change Leinpr made so that
the Chief may observe Thursday, November U as
a holiday on account of Armistice.
Thoso who get their mail in boxes at the post
office In Compnchc wil) jret next week’s Chief on
Thursday. All others will get the paper as usual on
Friday. •*
We Will appreciate advertisers and. others who
have material (or publication getting* their copy in
aa early as possible.
ity.
-THE CHIEF.
swindling with worthless check.
Entered plea of guilty and fined
$4.00 and cost.
Deeds Recorded
C mane he Independent Cehool
district to C. C. Hampton, pert
if Block 3. City of Comanche.
Consideration $5,000.00.
L. V. O’Ncr.l to J. R. Kinnard,
Lots 13 and 14, Elcck 1, De Leon.
Consideration $1,100.00.
beres out of the W. K. Hamblin
H. Little to M.ntie Irby. 123
fiOcatlve Interest In the Joseph
J. Blakemore Survey. Cors.de. a-
tion $2,500.00.
W. H. Ev.lJge to I. B. Wilhelm.
Lots 7 and 8.. Block D. Fairland
Addition. City cf Comanche.
W. H. Evridge to Frank Phifer,
rart cf Block 44, City of Coman-
che.
W. H. Bvridg; to Ethel E. Nelms,
lot 2. Block H. Fairland Addition.
City of Comanche.
Allen Hitt to O. E. Ore-g. -48 5
acres out of the 4ra A. Harris
Survey in three tracts. Considera-
tion f 1.750.00.
_________ C. P. St. Clair to O. O. Isham.
- lot In Comanche out cf the John
Representative Dallas Elacken^ Xxmcan Survey, once owned by
'whip of Dallas Is receivin': wide J. r. Dhnn. Consideration $1,800.
support for Speaker_nl the next vv tf„ Durham to C. L. Hendrix
Texas House of Representetiven, 113 acres of the Rsvecca M- C imey
|wl\ere hrTrw served eight yoan -suevey. Ccnsideratlrn 83,9:';.0O.
nays Mrs. A. J. Co-’k. editefr of - Borah E. Waldrop to D. W. Per-
iThe Tc*,as Mssqultcr. Dallas k n«. lota 1 and 8. Block 3. Gage
; County's eldest newspaper,’ pub- Addition. City of Comanche. Ci n-
lirhod at Mesquite. He wrote the sidcrattcn $1,200.00.
! B'ankerehto dm® •♦ore I'ocar. V,M1 Comlnlasloners C wrt
! which curbed the liquor prescrip- _ W. H. Creed resigned as Ju*-
!tlc» racket in ary tciritoiy aud flee of Peace. Prtoimt No. 8 Rot
j recently «$as endorseu by Dallas Euawail waa ar*pointed to the v.\c-
Ccunty ml.ilstere .when a vqcaivy ancy.
1 occurred on • the district court ■ a motion dtrrlod to accept the
j bench. ' , County's pro-rate shore ol $1,000
Blankenship is-a native of Be l u payment for ail di
Cmhty, a graduate of’S.M.U., and axes on_J. R. Davenport property
1 served oversea* In tVuld "War L tn City of Comanche.
Major Roy* O. Irvin
Killed In Action
Major Roy.O. Irvin, cousin at
Mrs. Hill Huddleston of Coman-
che, was killed in action some-
where gn the Mediterranean area
recently according to word receiv-
ed by relatives at 8nyder wba
wrote Mrs. Huddleston.
Major Irvin was County School
Superintendent of Scurry County
et Snyder at the time of his en-
listment. His widow is the former
Miss Lila Mae Williamson, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto William-
son. former Comancheans. Him.
Irvin was born in Comanche and
her grandfather Williamson wen
county Judge here at the time the
courthouse Just preceding the
present building was erect(-dljlm
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New Majestic
Theatre
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CATURDAY MATINEE
"THUNDERING TRAILS”
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The Three Mesquitoers
SATURDAY NIOHT
Edward O. Robinson
—in—
"THE DESTROYER”
MONDAY and TUESDAY
Judy Caqova
—to—
'I "SLEEPY IAGQON*
WEDNESDAY Ss THURSDAY
Robert Tiylor And
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SATURDAY
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1943, newspaper, November 5, 1943; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888703/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.