Bear Creek Study Club in War Time Fundraising
Cleo Clippings reports on Bear Creek Study Club members conducting weekly food sales on the fair grounds to finance nursing scholarships. Members plan events in Harper and Coleman, with community gatherings, conventions, and social visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Creek Study Club
Joseph M. Perkins
General Federation
New York Herald-Tribune
San Angelo
Perkins
Norma Patterson
London
America
Harper
Mmes
Harold Dutton
Guss Bannowsky
Ed Bode
Gillespie-Kimble
Coleman
C. Bruce
Menard Club
Kimble Club
London People Visit Families and Attend Events
Local residents and visitors are noted in social roundup style as they visit relatives in London and nearby towns. Senior trip details are cited for London High School seniors, with Supt. Sanderford accompanying the group on their San Antonio journey.
Ivy Echoes And Local Happenings From Ivy School Notes
Rev Louis Pearl preached at the Ivy schoolhouse on the third Sunday each month with dinner on the ground. A baby of Mr and Mrs Lem Fleming drowned near their new home on M C Gary place. Sympathy to the bereaved family. Mrs Ernest Hardesty visited Mrs Stewart. London hosted a dance and the PTA pre supper for the senior class. Long Mountain juniors defeated London in tennis, and London remains undefeated this season. Pfc Frank Stewart of Camp Blanding visited on furlough. Panther screams linger prompting caution after dark.
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W. L. Fellers
Robert Fellers
Earl Fellers
Raymond Pearl
Lorene Collins
Fort Worth
H. B. Collins
London High School
San Antonio
C. B. Sanderford
Pvt
Frank
Sam) Stewart
Florida
May Dell Moore
Jake Fritz
London
C. C. Goodman
Big Saline
T. A. Chandler
Amarillo
Howard Horn
Cole Wilson
Brady
T. J. Horn
H. C. Reichenau
Hugo Reichenau
Alma Reichenau
James Bishop
Jesse Good
Boerne
Leslie Davenport
Carl Ruff
Menard
Geo. Pearl
Lonzo Ralston
Junction
Henry Pettigrew
Henry
George Ford
Mason
Joe Eastman
Mason Mon
Louis Pearl
Ivy
Lem Fleming
Ernest Hardesty
Er. V. Stewart
P.T A
Alamo City
Long Mountain
Henry Holden
J. H. Holden
E. V Stewart
Pfc
Frank Stewart
Camp Blanding
Fla
W. D
Dan St. Clair
Dan
Local Visitors and Weekend Social Roundup
Mrs Bertha Sorrell and daughter Marie visited San Angelo for Sunday and Monday. The D'Spains and children joined Jess D'Spain at Long Mountain. Joe Haines and Bert Haines hosted visitors from Long Mountain. Goodall Rothmann and spouse conducted business in London Monday. Commissioner W C Jones cleaned streets in London in preparation for topping. A large crowd attended Jim's Tent Show on Wednesday night. D H Pearl visited J L Bruce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Sorrell
Marie
San Angelo
Doc D’spain
Leslie D
Spain
Jess D
Long Mountain
Joe Haines
Bert Haines
Goodall Rothmann
London
W. C. Jones
Jim
D. H. Pearl
J. L. Bruce
Federal employee rolls rise and cuts urged in 1943
In January 1943 the executive branch listed 2,862,185 civilian staff with a payroll over 519 million dollars, double the 1942 figure. The Budget Bureau ordered 41,631 dismissals saving 80 million annually as calls to reduce excess staff grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budget Bureau
Bureau
Renewal Notice for Junction Eagle Subscriptions
Subscribers are urged to renew promptly as circulation restrictions tighten. Expiration dates appear on the Eagle and on the wrap. check for 443 or earlier months to avoid missing issues. The paper remains priced at $1.50 in Kimble and nearby counties and $2.00 elsewhere. a recent honor roll lists Ed Barfield and others.
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Eagle
Junction Eagle
Kimble
Ed Barfield
Junction
Virgil McCoy
The
Pacific
Cecil Smith
London
J. E. Deats
Telegraph
K. G. Durst
R. J. Coney
Glossbrenner Junction
Lee Joy reports from Camp McCoy Wisconsin
A soldier writing to his parents describes backcountry work with a bulldozer near camp. He explains travel delays due to boggy roads, rest needs after days of movement, and his experiences with extreme cold, a silk feathered sleeping bag, and building a snow hut four feet deep with pine brush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Blues
Winter Camp Reflections From a Teammate Across The Snow
A letter describes harsh winter camping with 45 below temperatures. The writer details snowbound routines, heating in a truck, shaving with a mirror in deep cold, and washing with snow. He reports viewing parts of the Great Lakes and Ottawa National Forest and staying healthy. He ends with optimism about making it through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Ottawa National Forest
Record of wartime supply losses in military manpower
More than 200000 soldiers sailors and marines might have received fighting equipment from production spared by avoiding 460000000 man-days lost to accidents last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
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Thomas Coney
Tommye Lee
Van
Mack
Lee Morgan
Ernie Goule
Jerry
Ben Dechert
Peggy
Billie
Alfred Bannowsky
Grover
Winona Dutton
Ann Bannowsky
Grover Landers
Jean
Josephine Farmer
E. Vv
Stewart
Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Texas
Miami Officers’ School
Miami Beach
General Weaver
Eee
House Committee On Civil Service
W. Cardwell
G. W. Sanders
W. B. Adams
Camp Allison
A. J. Kinsey
W. C. McMurrey
Columbus
Katherine Stephenson
Houston
I. S. Foley
Hoy Smith
August Simon
Lee Maddux
C. C. Scott
Orville Murr
Virgil Ferris
Norman
Okla
A. B. Johnson
Gouldbush
Ray Stewart
Salt Lake City
Mildred Ferguson
Lee Joy
Camp Mccoy
Wis
OPA
Ball’s Dairy
J. L. Ball Dairy
Denman
Insurance Agency
Kimble County
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