Community Notes and Local Visits Amid Wartime News
A column by A. G. Lee discusses moving to Houston, reader expectations, and publishing Mondays. It then shifts to Community Chatter about Victory Gardens, sheep shearing pricing discussions, and local social updates including visits, illnesses, a music recital in San Antonio, dental treatment, and family movements. Alfred Bannowsky reports for Navy duty, sworn in on April 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Lee
Station B
Houston
Eagle
London Chatter Box Social News and Visits
London community notes report visits by Mr. and Mrs. Fellers Hinds Pearl and Pearl families. Local baseball attendance at London school, plus multiple business and social visits to Brady Junction Mason Menard and Mason. Weather spurs yard work as Richard Carpenter remodels for local ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fellers
Gary
Monroe Hinds
D. H. Pearl
Raymond Pearl
London
Nildus
Opal Pearl
Boerne
French Cummins
Alta Sutherland
Brady
O. H. Pearl
George M. Pearl
Junction
Walter Hardesty
Port Neches
Jim
Faye Daniels
Jr. Hull
Irene Pearl
Geo. Pearl
Alma Reichenau
Mason
Nellie Hight
Merion Hight
Oscar Pearl
R. V. Hight
Menard
Richard Carpenter
Roosevelt Roundup Weather Brings 113 Inches. Local Stores Trim Staff
A heavy rainfall of 113 inches last week set a new county record. Mrs. Hilda Cochran leaves for California for the summer. Miss Beatrice Camp visits Mexia relatives. Adelle Leifeste departs Park er ranch for Lampasas after a 10 day stay. Tom Love returns from San Antonio trip. Mrs. Homer Mansfield seeks Kerrville dental care. Fred Schweining Sr. visits from Fredericksburg. Mrs. Camp and Mrs. Gifford injured in a Fredericksburg trip car wreck. Lorena Gifford returns from Mason to help in the store. Bill Schweining’s family visits Fredericksburg. Simon closes his store awaiting Uncle Sam orders. W. O. Dickerson store remains open, best stock and hours from dawn to dusk. Scrap-metal drive urged. collect scrap locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Cochran
California
Beatrice Camp
Mexia
O. J. Camp
Parker Ranch
Adelle Leifeste
Lampassas
Tom Love
San Antonio
Homer Mansfield
Kerrville
Fred Schweining, Sr
Fredericksburg
T. A. Gifford
Fredricksburg
Lorena Gifford
Mason
Bill Schweining
Simon
Sam
W. O. Dickerson
Rain blesses farmers as war talk enters Ivy Echoes
IVY ECHOES reports fine rain aiding planting while urging Americans to work hard against Nazi forces. London school plans May 21 closing with exercises. local events include birthdays, visits, and a cemetery cleanup set for April 12. Page also notes draft registration, defense work, and a two week furlough.
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London School
Roy Martin
Bobby Dan Smith
G. W. Hardesty
Delton Stewart
Orlan Stewart
Long Montain
Europe
New Order
Gestapo
D. W. Gephart
London
Red Creek
T. C. Daniel
T. C. Black
Hugo Leifeste
Mason
T. A. Chandler
Amarillo
Jack Amnon
Ben Grobe
Local Marriages Filed For March Licenses
County Clerk Lewis Jetton lists marriage licenses issued in March including Paul Davenport with Madelyn D Phillips Arthur W Smith with Dorothy Bell Parks Tyrus Holland with Madeline Ragland Bruce H Luedecke with Mary Elien Heimann Mays Woodruff with Islenne Newby Jas BE Pullen with Dorothy Inez Pollard Jas D Simmons with Jurene Rutherford Sailo Fabelo with Eyzavel Viareal Sebastian Dominguez with Yrena Fuentes. A noted ad mentions a zinc plating method speeding production in midwestern war plants using AC or DC current.
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Paul Davenport
Madelyn D. Phillips
Arthur W. Smith
Dorothy Bell Parks
Tyrus Holland
Madeline Ragland Bruce H. Luedecke
Mary Elien Heimann
Mays Woodruff
Islenne Newby
Jas
BE. Pullen
Dorothy Inez Pollard
Jas. D. Simmons
Jurene Rutherford Sailo Fabelo
Eyzavel Viareal
Sebastian Dominguez
Yrena Fuentes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Chester Bannowsky
Victory Gardens
Landers Ranch
Cleo
Court House
Myrtle Davey
James Prentice
Allen Bishop
Kathleen
D. L. Stewart
Grover Landers
Jean
Josephine Farmer
W. A. Pannowsky
J. F. Dragoo
F. A. Weaver
Henry Waddell
J. H. Northcutt
Johnson Fork
Walnut Canyon Ranch
Mattie Robertson
Bishop
Charlie Bishop
Arch Reynolds
Alfred Bannowsky
Guss Bannowsky
C. J. Bannowsky
Bernice Stephenson
Larry Stephenson
Bennie Stephenson
Brownwood
W. A
Minnesota
Cameron
Walkon
Roosevelt
Schreiner-Hodges Funeral Home
Family Group Insurance
Kimble County
C. T. Holekamp
Mr. Holekamp
Junction National Bank
Junction Postmas
Ter
Air Corps
Kimble CO
Ivy
E. V. Stewart
Hitler
Lough
Ben
Elton Brown
Carroll Brown
CTS Commeree
San Antonio, Texas
Lewis Jetton
the Japs. Life
Insurance Prem
Ium
London, Texas
W. C. McCord
Dallas
C. A. Schraub CO
United States
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