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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1938
Page
1
Delta Junction School band under Edwin Gamble placed third in class C at the Battle of Flowers. Upcoming air mail route talk at Rotary events and plans for an organ concert in the Methodist Church. Weather notes show improved crop conditions and rainfall totals around 1.93 inches for the period.
Junction school band under Edwin Gamble placed third in a Fiesta contest won by Iran with second going to Goliad. Other bands included Valfurrias Karnes City Ly and Dayton. The 43 member group drew praise for musicianship but needs better uniforms. many parents attended in San Antonio.
Rotarians of district 124 closed their conference in Austin at noon Tuesday after a full program from Sunday registration. Datus E. Proper of San Antonio was nominated to succeed Robert H. Kern as district governor with speakers including James V. Alfred Montague S. Turner Tom Taylor Dana X. Bible and others. Local Rotarians and Rotary Anns present included C. W. McCarroll John M. Hawkins Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Wiedeman and several couples. The Hill Country Bankers Association meeting in Hondo the previous Saturday had Joe as president.
The Kimble County Library Association board met in the courthouse with five members and committee chairs appointed. Miss Tase Hardin of El Paso, daughter of Mrs Pearl Hardin, died after being struck by a moving train in El Paso while walking. funeral plans set for Junction.
A.J. Bierschwale, former Kimble County teacher and Junction High School principal, receives a 30 day appointment as Head Field Officer Southern Division for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. He and his wife and three daughters move to Washington D. C. for April and May before returning to Alpine.
Harley Sadler and his company present a one night stage show at Junction on Thursday May 5 with Lew Childre and the River Revelers Band. The program features Mary and Jeanie Layne Glendale Quartet Mundee and dime Hobbs Silver Jean Oxford Jackie Phillips and special scenery. Admission 10 cents for children 20 cents for adults with reserve seats 15 cents extra Doors open 7 75 p m Curtain 4 15 p m. Mr and Mrs H Crow were visitors last week.
Plans for an air mail plane to pick up mail in Junction on Thursday May 19 amid the First Annual FRA Encampment and Rodeo at Hill Country Fairgrounds. Lions Club and local business leaders back the event with a big barbecue, boxing, and a program to inspire farmers and ranchers. Route details include San Antonio to Amarillo via Kerrville Junction Srora Del Rio Uvalde and Brackville with Pilot Wim Cason.
Lions Club reports from Ballinger San Angelo Sonora Eldorado and Junction clubs highlighted community work at Eldorado gathering. Officers J Smith J Powell and Walter Leamons led the meeting with invitations extended for the next session in Junction.
After a brief illness of double pneumonia Clyde Barnard died at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Skaggs Tuesday evening He had recently recovered from flu and was able to return to work at Humble Station Bo before being stricken again He was brought to the Skaggs home to be near his physician Brief funeral services were held there Wednesday afternoon by Elder Walter W Leamons Concluding services followed with interment made on site.
Anglers prepare for the May 1 opening with boats rods reels and gear. Licenses cost five dollars with youth exemptions and landowners on own property exempt. Rules limit catches on bass crappie perch catfish and bream with daily weekly and total limits and prohibit trotlines and certain nets. All fish must be returned to water and sale of caught fish is illegal.
Interest in the local softball league rises as practices fill afternoons before scheduled games. A notable match saw Texas New Mexico face the Fire Department with a late extra inning, resulting in a 12 to 8 Fire Department win. The town team remains undefeated as Dillard Motley and family visit Eden.
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