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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1943
Page
4
Due to rationing of tires and gasoline Kimble County suspends Interscholastic League work this term. Junction High School plans a May Day with contests in spelling arithmetic declamation ping pong washers horseshoe pitching and track.
The library adds Official Congressional Directory and Congressional Record 78th Congress. Three new books Assignment in Brittany See Here Private Hargrove The Complete Sherlock Holmes join shelves as PTA attendance awards for seniors sophomores and freshmen. Other awards ordered for next week. Army appeals for scrap metal for planes ships and guns.
The second year V A T boys presented an assembly play at Junction High School depicting teachers applying for army service. Characters Rothmann Gregory Hubbell Felps are rejected for age or Defects while students Mary Jo Taylor Jim Butler Duane Dutton J A Hasse J T McDonald Clayton Marr Faye Claire Stapp Aubrey Rothmann Tunney Woods Earl Jennings Virgil Lawler Henry Elledge and Kennon Beasley acted in the scene.
Freshmen held after school games at City Park with swimming and refreshments. Seniors spent a day and night at Colemans camping swimming games and a hearty Irish stew meal. Several sponsors and families assisted both events. Scrap drives urge reducing the Axis to crumbs and collecting scrap metal.
Dr. Geo W Cox, State Health Officer, cautions vacationers due to wartime limits on lifeguards. He offers safety rules for bathing at ponds and rivers, including wait an hour after meals, avoid fatigue, float, and avoid polluted water. Excursions are advised but must remain beneficial and safe during wartime.
Reading through a string of social snippets the note asks why Martin blushed on Thursday and references Provoking questions about cigars dates and shows. It mentions Lorene in a Kaiser shipyard shirt and asks about a Kerrville warning to Jackson while probing gossip about Joyce Dewey Carolyn and Mary Lee and Katherine at a picnic.
Junction Boy Scouts divide into patrols to boost interest in scouting. Patrols listed include Rattlesnake with Jim McCrary Albert Martin Gerald Loeffler R. W. Davis Earl Taylor. Coon with Jackie Taylor Nathan Whit worth Billy Tatum Billy Ed Allen Earl D. Brite. Flaming Arrow with Tommie Hod ges G W Walker Albert L. Hod ges Lindy Gilbert Charles Beasley Fox. Gully Cowsett Milton Cav ness. Eagle with Albert Bartley James E. Barnes James H. Watson and T J Black.
The report details city financial activity for 1942 through February 28, 1943, listing receipts and disbursements by the tax department under the city authority. It records sums collected and allocated to various funds and accounts.
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