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THE COMANCHE CHIEF
War Chest Drive Co; Solicitors
To Work East Community Soon
The War Chest Drive Is now on
according to Wayne Evridge. Co-
manche County Drive Chairman,
who said that not much response
has been made yet towards rais-
ing $5200 for Comanche County’s
quota, but that he felt sure that
the quota would be met as soon
as the solicitors in each com-
munity made their canvass.
“Have your pocketbook full or
your check book ready when the
Sdcllcitors come around • to see
you,” says Charlie Marshall, local
chairman. “Everyone must give at
least as much as was given last
year if the quota is to be met,”
says Marshall.
Evridge urges each coinmunity
chairman to work his list as soon
as possible, *
Hereford Breeders
Make Ranch Tour
By County Agent R. E. Burleson
The 2-day' tour of the Mid-
Texas Hereford Association was
held according to schedule and on
Thursday of last week the follow-
ing were visjted: O. Henson, Wal-
ter B. Barret. Tom Williaqis, Dud-
ley Bros., Hasten Walker, Roy
Stafford, Cnanes Neblett Jr„ John
Watts and Son. Ellis Hill. D. C.
Earner, and Oak Drove Kergford
Ranch. -
On Friday the following breed-
ers were visited: Charles Neblett
Jr.: <Dlen Rose Road': W. E.
Boyd Anthony, vice president of, Rogers. Parks Hereford Ranch.
the State National Bank of Co- Sam Spears, Flat Top Ranch, end
Boyd Anthony Is
Expected Home Frorti
European War Soon -
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~7j To Improve Girl f amous Stamps Quartet lo Appear
Scout Work Herei At Local Hi?h School Tonight In
Musical Program Benefit Scouts
rranche, who has been in the
Army in Europe for-the past two
years, left Wednesday for Paris,
France, from where he will go
Bywaters Hereford Ranch.
■ On Thursray, there were three
carloads of breeders making the
trip, while on Friday the business-
(By Mrs. G. Preston Tate) .
The first training course for
Olrl Scout adult workers in Co-1
manche was conducted Monday,;
Tuesday and Wednesday at the
Bind Hgll by Misa AUyce Nelson,
field adviser for the National Girl
Scout organization.
The sessions included informa-
tion on duties and functions of
I! [troop leaders, assistant leaders
and troop committee members,
i Special emphasis was placed upon
STAMPS QUARTET HERE TONIGHT—A capacity crowd
is expected at the local high school auditorium tonight *act that P&^nts of^.Qirii
when the nationally known oU.mps Quartet will be pres- <St*°Uu; mLLSt assume resrxinsibiii-
ented under the auspices of the Comanche Lions Club.
Members of the quartet, pictured labove left to right are
Waiter Rippetoe, Bob Bacon, Harvey Shelton, pianist,
Robert Arnold, and Frank,Stamps.
Bulldogs Outlast
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Billy Dillia
Made Ma jor
»ry
?ekly
[ILK
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EXAS
to a port of embarkation for pas-‘men of Stephenville. Dublin, and I HEADQUARTERS 20th AIR
Comanche helped make the large T^BCE. _Guam—William N. (Ell-
sage home, according to a cable-
gram received by his wife here
this week:
Sgt. Anthony will resume his
work with the local back as soon
as he receives his discharge, his
father, E. E. Anthony, the bank
president announced.
Wilkerson Gets
Army Discharge
crowd of 60.
Charles Pettit of the Flat Top
Ranch served -lunch on Friday,
and the Bywaters Hereford Ranch
served a barbecue supper.
Those that made the 2-day trip
saw some of the best Herefords
to be had in this section of the
State. All of the breeders have
over a hundred head of register-
led Herefords listed for our com-
Jing sale, January 21, out of which
After service of three and a will come the sale offerings. All
h^lf years in the Afmy, Staff 'of the cattle are in very good
Sergeant Danforth Wilkerson, son .shape at this time.
of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Wilker- —-—«*-
son, is back home with an hon-j
orable discharge from Ft; Lewis.)
t Washington. He arrived in Co-
manche Monday night with his |
wife who had' been with him in
Washington where she held anj
important position with the Na-i
tional Bank of Washington. After j
a day and a night here, the cou- j
pie left for-Hamilton to visit her'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shade Re- j
glster.
Mr. Wilkerson was manager ofJ
Higginbotham lumber Company
at Hamilton before entering ser-
vice. -
CHS Choir Receives
National Recognition
CofC Sponsors
Another Rat
Killing Drive
; l •_ *
(By Ruth Medford, Seety.)
Comanche Indians
To Meet Tigers
In Hico Tonieht
iScduiu must assume responsibili-1 Game Statistics
j ti js ir the organization since all Comanche Hamilton
j work ria volunteer. 14 ' . Score 20
Am6ttca'$ young girls need the 8 First downs
companionship and- guidance of 17* Yds. gained rushing
women who will help them learn 26 ■ . Yds. lost rushing 22
about homemaklnng and books, 2 *or 25 Penalties 2 for 20
about running their troops demo- 8 Posses attempted 9
One of the largest crowds to
attend a public entertainment in
Comanche this year is expected
at the local high school auditor-
ium tonight when the famous
8tamps Quartet of KRLD. Dallas,
will be presented under Auspices
of the Comanche Lions Club for
the benefglt of fhe Boy Scout
Cabin Fund, v
— The Stamps Quartet always
draws a full house everywhere
they go and are expected to draw
_ an unusually large crowd here on
w*. .account of the fact that Walter
'Rippetoe, reared in this county
and a brother of County Judge
O. E. Rippetoe, Is one of the sing-
ly ) Dillih, son of Mr. and Mrs
O. W. Dillin, Comanche, has been
promoted from captain to major |
at Lieut. Den. Nathan F. Twin- ^lans*
Major Dillin entered the ser- y“J.^Lg“nvt!!ve"J b**n
Vice in June 1942., He is present-
ly assigned as assistant ordnance
officer of the Twentieth Air Force.
Dyer Expected
Back From Army
First of Week
able to crash Into the win col
uann. journey to Hico tonight,
where they will meet the Hico
Tigers.
The Indians, in their last start,
dropped a thrilling 20-14 tilt to
i the Hamilton Bulldogs, a team
that Hico defeated in the rain
and mud in Hamilton two weeks
egc.
This Will be the last game for
the Indians under the direction of
Coach M H. Stephens, who will
leave next week, a few days after
cratlcally and running their city 2 for 25 completed 4 for 88 of“thc
democratically, about their next ® Passes intercepted by , 2
door neighbors and their neigh- 5 f°r *22 Punts. Yds. 4 for 128
burs across the ocean. I —o—
The Girl Scouts in Comanche a?0°g.a
have bee noperating as separate
troops with no board of directors . U a uvtrtav
to plan with and help all the "5Kf^!g1,l h<Te ,
troops In town. However, at the t
business meeting on Tuesday ka?»f °f» Jt nmll’
night the Girl Scout adults voted thfa
to form a Olrl Scout board of *ame,Tw‘t.^ Co*Capfcftin
J. D. Williams, Field Repres'-
entative. Fish and Wildlife Ser-
vice, of Brownwood, WSS fie*
— Lt.-John Dyer, coach of the Co-
manche High School, who has
been in the U. S. Army, and sta-
tioned in the Fast most of the Coach John Dyer, ho has been
time for the last three years, is .in the Army for the last three
scheduled to get his discharge to- years, , takes over as coach of the
day and is pxpec-ted to arriv^dn Indians. -—rr——
Comanche early next week to as- 1 Ccrneh Stenhera a classmate of
sume his duties in the school here. Coach Dyer, agreed to stay with
M, H. Stephens, emergency the locals only a month. He has
coach who has done such an._jexr ibeen offered a permanent posi-
cellent job ---- — — *“
over
‘bfee weeks . aco to serve until where he will wo into private busi-
; Dyer’s return. has been offered a n°ss ‘
: rmaneni position as assistant , The Indian sauad. which has
coach and a-regular teaching posi- bern handicapped by wet grounds
1 ion. but says that he wiTT go all week. wc;> able to get its first
ahead, -with his plans to enter p»i-
director, for Comanche with a
membership of ten. Each of the ^la^ r>K tou,c^V
five Girl Scout Itoods will send down midway in the first period.
one vo ikg delegate S t^bSd 2* todia^ *“d *•«•* a 8Ust?in-
fSSSSi TXZ %£?£
entatlve each for the board. ^ ® pf Y*
_ _ . . . . yard marker. Prom there, Pate
The Girl Scouts have been work- attempted to circle his left end.
lng on the problem of securing a wa8 trapped for an apparent Ion,
permanent meeting place and this then reversed his field, and went
the group voted to accept OVer standing up, after circling
the lot offered them by Mr. and right end. Armstrong hit the
s^,ider 10 have middle of the line for the extra
a drive for funas to build a house point.
on that site. Mrs. O. Preston Tate,. Hamilton scored in the second
Mrs. J. y. L«e. Mrs. Walter Bar- quarter for their first time on
ret, and Mrs. Charles W. Marshall the Indians’ wet field, which was
are the committee of Scout work- \n exceptionally good condition
ers who are to meet with a com- considering the amount of rain
mittee of business men to .plan that had fallen during the week.
building fund. West, hard running Bulldog back,
The- Olrl Scouts begin their raced twenty-five yard for the
most popular singers in the State
and president of the Stamps Music
Company; Bob Bacon, and Rob-
ert Arnold.
This Is the first appearance of
the Stamps Quartet in Coman-
che within several years. It is the
No. 1 quartet of the Stamps Music
Company and is in demand every
night of the year. -
Walter Rippetoe was here early
this week to his his brother and
to make arrangements for the
entertainment. He told Judge Rip-
petoe that since this was his
home county, that very effort
would be put forth to make this
the best program possible.
E. S. Fagan and Charles Mar-
shall. Lions Club members, who
are taking a lead in staging the
entertainment, say that the school
auditorium seats around 800 and
believe it Is big enough to take
care of the huge crowd expected.
Mays Furniture
Anniversary Sale
Begins Here Today
..ww,,. ... , -y- workout -outdoors Wednesday af-
_____ 'Wednesday 'with five other men.|Vate business’.in Browrtwood. , ~ ternoon. Coach Stephens stressed
The Comanche Hich School to h*lp him carry out Comanche’s —-j. ... ^ —- ?ass defense, as well as pass of-
Choir has received a beautiful rat killing campaign* Mr. Paper Bargain 1 j *Th " - >n«, arc in hotter rroHi
cold embossed corUIicatc from WHIIams noted that OT raptr nargam tloo^ht?*i.k
the National Music FeOerntion of -* Are Now On |SK%3£tU'Sgg %££&
J. T. Mays & Co. first anniver-
sary sale begins here today and
. __ . - A , ____- ------- ^,extendthrough October 27 as ex- '
new year in Jxovembei and at that sc6re, then hit the middle for the plained elsewhere in this issue,
ume there will be live troops extra point. - « The furniture store was opened,
here. Two Brownie Girl Scout Co-Captain Pate broke'loose on'here a little more'than a year ago
troops for girls 7, 8 and 9 years the second play from scrimmage i by J. T. Mays of Stephenville
of machine since he -----; ftt-: Intermediate troops lor in the third quarter, and raced-with H. O. Allen as manager.
m icivnc irh here Vi°n h ocf^ ^hools, but girls 10 to 14 years of age._ beautifully 65 yards around end i Messrs. Mays and Allen state
. * B J Plans* to return t.» Brownwoodr4' .The following ladies who at- for .a touchdown. L. Samuels hit (that they a»e well pleased with
tended at least 10 of 12 hours of %the right iade 4.pr the extra point, the business thnt has been done in
tunning were given training cer- putting the Indians out in front; Comanche since opening the local
tificates: Mrs. L. C. Durham, 14-7, ' t* store, and to show their apprecla-
I Mrs. Charles W. Marshall, Mrs. The Bulldogs came right back. J tton they are offering, this an-
J. A Rice, Mrs. Evan B, Jones, and scor.ed early in tire final niVetsa/y sale and parade of fall
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New York City, signed by Mrs
^ouTTbe^n ^ej. Port O. SumueU and Btoote were nura-
glth Tatton. intentionally known «». ^hem mot ISSHSm' «SJ“'
English musician and composer iunK T'aper over inem Derore ^ ■ - - * ■ -
: was out due to a bruised foot, and
ing minor injuries.. All
week. The ready to go this week.
ing so as to prevent ahy of the) F>aily and,Sunday is $8.95 per vear j --——:-—
hv mail, or $9.70 with The Chief.
will be
cause
gular
■i—A 2
r car
j - j
ienced
best!
ac-
for-
Membershlp Campaign
The Chamber of Commerce will
be conducting a membership cam
-Goodson
“S hr “ °r bUrled Back in State.
attained national distinction
cording to Carl Brumbelow,
mer director. “—
Miss Grace Lacy
And Eltos Dudley
United in Marrage
Telegram will take no new sub-. ■
scriDtions this year'.
The Fort Worth Press, which
” accepts both new and old
we must have means to do it with.
Captain Herbert Ooodson.-.U.S.
s’lb- ! Army, son of Mrs. H. N. Goodson
palgn soon. Those who are not is“ ^ ^Conuuo^e. and husband of the
now contributing are urged to do'J?.'Zht/mhl SrJl E«, •’ones-,,ls
so. for we have lot., to do and cept Sun^ay Pnm ** *** “*, Sn exfended service In ?h” Eur"
The Chief will be glad to take pean Theater of Operations, ac-
your subscription for either of cording to a message received!
these papers. , -. . — ,here by his wife, who will leave
—--| today for San Antonio 1 to be on
hand when he arrives at Fort
I Sam Houston Saturday, m
| Mrs. Goodson and their two
i children, have made their home
In Comanche during the captain's
Mrs. J. V. Lee. Mis Robert Al- period, Smith parsed to .values,
kn,. Mrs. Bcb Carpenter, Miss Sadler for fifty yards, and
Golden Jones, Mrs. G. Preston touchdown. Hamilton plunger tiro CORPORAL JOUa J. ,M{ RPH
Tate, Mrs. Waller Barret. Mrs. line fqr the extra point, and the RECEIVES. ARMY DISCHARGE
■.'y' A. Taylor. Miss Nobia ^ on was tied 14-14 --
Dunn, Mrs. A- F. McNutt and • Taking over afber a pass inter- Cpl. John H. Murph, who has
Mrs. .Dewey Williams. • eeption in midfield, the Bulldogs been with the First Cavalry In
Others who attended some of started a passing attack of their Japan, husband of. the former
the maellngs weie: Mrs. Ciar- own. and advanced the ball to Miss Margaret Hamilton of Co-
erce Jb. Huett, Mrs. Harvey J. the Indian three yard marker, manche, ha* JITst arrived at F'ort
Durham, Mrs. Maurice Gaither, F’rom here, Smith took charge, Sam Houston where he will re-
Mrs. Roy/Poace, Mrs. J. W. Wil- and after two passes failed, plung-
lingham, Mrs. C. >B. Baxter, Mrs. ed over.
Jack Vaught, Mrs. C. E. Skaggs, The Indians played without the
and Mrs. W. H. Slider.
Miss Lucille Ropetoe
Bride Of
Hill
Postwar Maytag
At Service Drug
Miss Grace Elizabeth Lacy be- Becomes
came the bride of Eltos Dudley ^ , ,
at 8:30 pm. Saturday. October 6.'! L^pl. Hoy 1 i.
The single ring ceremony was _
read by - Dr. Marvin A. Jenkins,) Miss Lucille Rippetoe ~ daugh-1
pastor of the First Baptist Church ter of Judge and Mrs ’ Emmett I A 1946 Mavtag was received by service overseas.
In Abilene. ’ -----------—1 of Comanche became ithe Service Drug Store here Wed- —-
The bride’s dress was of brown the bride of CdI Rov H FU111nesday• ***** of the flr8t ' '
crepe with wedge Jeeves and Wednesday in a lovely home cere- ! Postwar washing machine to reach
sweetheart neckline. 8hfc wore a mony "r™ / :thls section.
machines on sale soon.
Collins-Burkett
^ ",W o, Abl.cn,1
SS Mr h2SZ drSVnan «« ^ SSkS
Marriage Performed
ak te,thBe 55RS'S®SaSS 3^
manche and the 'bridearootn is wWte chrysanthemum corsage.
manenasano tne wia«Kroom is H j Powell attended Cpl. hui
as best man.
the son of Mrs. ti. R. M. Dudley,
Comanche.
Mrs. Dudley is a graduate of1 Following the ceremony, the
Big Lake High 8chool and attend- couple left for Dallas for a short
ed Howard Payne and Daniel Bak- j wadding tirip. Mrs. Hill was, wear-
er Colleges graduating from 'the lng a blue gaberdine suit with
latter ii* 1940. She has taught In,black accessories,
the public schools of Cross Plains Both the bride and groom are
and Ballinger and for the past graduates of De Leon High School,
two years has been employed in,the groom also attended John months in the European Theater
the Adjutant’s Branch at Camp Tarleton College ofu Stephenville . of Operations
Thomas, Former
REA Head,'Buys
Creosoting Plant
services of Co-Captain Arthur,
who was out due to a bruised foot.
Pate and Armstrong were offen-
sive stars for the locals, with
Fritts. at an end position; and
Armstrong, wh0 backs the line,
and L. Samuels and Riley, half-
backs. being stalwarts of Coman-
che’s defense.
Line play of the Indians show-
ed Improvement, particularly on
celve' an honorable discharge. Mrs.
Murph and daughter, Anne Rus-
sell, 20 months, and son, John
Harold Jr„ 3 months, are in Co-
manche with her mother, Mrs. R.
W. H. Hamilton.
Opens Business Here
Millington Motor Company, new
Thursday evening, October 4 at
A... C. Thomas, orgaziner of the
Comanche County REA, and who
served as head of the local co-
operative for 6ix years, before re-
signing to accept the position as
manager of the Texas Power Re-
serve creosoting plant in lufkln,
has resigned this position to op-
nine o'clock. Miss Verna Bess erate his own plant In Conroe.
Burkett became the bride of Jim Following is an article concem-
Collins at the home of her par- ing his resignation from the Tex-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Burkett, as Power Reserve, from the Luf-
Rev. Oregory performed the cere- kin Dally News:
mony. • A. C. Thomas., manager of, the
The bride was dressed In white Texas Power Reserve creosoting
Mike RoacI^ Former
Resident Here, Dies
Fool, with black accessories.
The groom, UJ3. Army, recent-
ly returned from twenty-eight
and has been serving in the Air
plant In Lufkin* Saturday an-
nounced his resignation from the
company to operate his own plant
in Conroe.
Mr. Thoftia* said' William
Collins,
Bowie.
Mr. Dudley has recently receiv- Corps for 30 months. [local high school, is the youngest
ed an honorable discharge from Cpl. Hill, son of Mr, and Mrs.: daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. N.
the Army. He served for sixteen W. A. Hill of De Leort, will Te-1 Burkett. Mr. Collin* is the son
months with the Eighth*,Air Force port back to Sheppard Field itf-,of J. 8. Collins of LAwton, Okla-
ln England. Mr, Dudley attended ter a brief furlough and there homa. : , . -
Comanche High School and In the couple will be at home at t Those attending the wedding
1925 he and his father, the late.the present.
C. R. M. Dudley entered the tire
business. Today he and his two^^. _
section of Texas _ .IWorth this week receiving treat-
rjgffijjgLmik* g3|g
hotbs Thursday.
ceremony were the bride’s parents,
also Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Coleman,
student of the I Church of San Antonio and W.
L. Cowan of Bellville would be
his partner* in the Conroe plant,
which' will be owned entirely by
them and operated as a private1
business.
It was reported that Mr. Thom-
as and his partners had offered
to purchase the Texas Flower Re-
The Dublin Lions downed the
Gormah Panthers 38-0 in a foot-
ball game, played on a wet field,
in Gorman last Friday night.
Pat and Wesly, Mrs. A. A. Swln-: serve plant In Lufkin, to operate
ney and sons, and Miss Vonclle it as a priyate Industry, .but no
Carnes all of Comanche, and Mrs
C. E. Bouquett and ions of Hous-
ton. * vM ,
The young couple left shortly
after the ceremony for
visit in Oklahoma.
action on
ed.
indicat-
ivai<
the offer
WK
V. B. Shaw of Quitman is act-
ing manager Lufkin plant,
A Shortfwf*ll8-aet>rK* Haggard of Austin
is assistant.
EDs’SSIS
South Side Grocery on the Gold- aa*ll* r*
thwalte Highway from R. D. lVllilington Garage
Woods.
Mr. Norris took charge Wed-
nesday and Is enthusiastic about
his new business and says' that it' „ .
JSkVt Zl&Jfa&SS ^ TrucUd^,. hM OtHMd
in this issue for business at 214 South Houston
Street. Comanche, ,in the former
Herring Compand Building
“Our mechanics are now on
duty,” says Hugh L. Millington,
owner, who recently moved *rom
Colorado City to Comanche, “and
. _ . _ . we’ve been promised our first
. It**6' ^oc^; shipment of Dodge pickups and
den tof Comanche, dted October 8 trucks around November 1.”
at Desdemona according to Tom Mr Millington explains th|it Tils
J. Nabers of that place, and who service shop will handle repairs
sent in the foUoking sketch of on an makes of cars, trucks, and
t « \?r' « .. tractors, but will be specialists in
i servicing Crysler made cars and
late Ed and Mary Elizabeth Roch trucks
who were among the first settlers ••We hope to have one of the
of Comanche Comity He was largest gtock8 of Dwige parts in
reared In Comanche County, but this section.” concludes Mr. Mil-
for some time had lived in Des- hngtoh, who explains that strikes
demona where he was ifi many hava deiayed his shipments of
months pr*or to his death. thesc parta ^ they have
Mr. Roch is survived by fiis.ipot yet arrived,
widow,. Murriel, and by a daugh-
Mrs. Tom Gregory and by BEAT GORMAN
tite following sons: Clyde, Din D.,1
and Jewett Roch;*also by a bro-
ther, f^nmett Roch of Midland,
and byihe following sisters: Mrs.
Fannie Warren of Enid, Okla-
homa; Mrs. Kate Thurmond of
Kilgore. Mrs. Maggie Cowden of O.E.8. ANNIVERSARY
Wichita Falls. Mrs. Neil Lee of
California, and Mri
of Rochester.
Mrs. D. ,A. Owens of Anson,
who has been visiting her par-
ents. Minister and Mrs. R. C.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Don Norris Buys
Woods’ South Side
Grocery and Station
Don Norris, former employee of
An increasing number of people
are allowing their Interest In the
special Sunday morning sermons
at the Presbyterian Church on
the themer “Foundations of Last-
morning is the fourth and next
to last in the series. “Social Bases
of Christian Peace.” The fifth and
last of the series will be October
21* “What Can We Do About It?”
Rally Day services and program
Sunday morning in the Sunday
School at 10 o'clock. The evening
service at 7 o’clock. The sermon:
in the Name of the
Lord." ' The public will be wel-
comed to theee services.
—W. B. Oray, Minister.
-W
New Majestic
Theatre
FRI. and SAT. MATINEE
UNDER WESTERN SKIES
r 1 1 ——with— .
Noah Berry Jr. And
i1
SATURDAY NIGHT
Irene Dunne And
Alexander Knox
" i •
“OVER
MONDAY ONLY
Stan Laurel And
Oliver Hardy ..
“BULLFIGHTER”
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