Angoras Bring High Prices At 17th Texas Angora Sale
Prices paid at the 17th annual Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association meeting show strong demand for Angora bucks. Otto Mund paid 350 dollars for a top buck from Gulley & Sons, with several other sales from 310 to 125 dollars. About 15 bucks sold for over 100 dollars, though private sale totals were not available at press time.
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Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association
Otto Mund
J. L. Gulley & Sons
A. Pepper
James Prentice & Son
Davis Bros
J. A. Ward, Jr
John Guthrie
Jack Turner
Roy Murr
Fletcher Gardner
Sam Cooper
Parent-Teacher Meeting To Decide PTA Function
A Junction area PTA will hold a high school auditorium meeting on Wednesday August 18 at 3 30 to decide if the local organization will continue. The topic is Shall We Have a Parent Teacher Association in Function. All interested are urged to attend. An executive committee business meeting is scheduled for Monday August 16 at 3 30 in the same auditorium.
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Junction
Parent-Teacher Association
Buzz Motley Named Manager of New Humble Station
Buzz Motley, longtime manager of the Junction Humble Station, is transferred to Kerrville to lead the newly completed Humble station. Junction regrets the loss while Rotary Club notes his valued service. Lawson Johnson acts as manager here during the transition, with local hopes for his future promotion.
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Buzz Motley
NEW Humble
Kerrville
Junction Humble
Humble
Junction
Mr. Motley
Buzz
Lawson Johnson
Johnson
Meeting at Cleo Led by Elder Leamons Town Visitors
The Cleo meeting will start tomorrow night at 8 15 with Elder Walter W Leamons conducting. Bear Creek residents and visitors from nearby communities are expected to attend and the event is well advertised. Everyone is welcome.
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Cleo
Walter W. Leamons
Bear Creek
Kerrville Visitors Named Mr and Mrs B L Smith
Mr and Mrs B L Smith and James were Kerrville visitors to day.
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B. L. Smith
James
Kerrville
Angora Goat Show And Sale At Junction Sets 18th Meet
More than 500 Angora goats exhibited by 40 top breeders at the 17th annual Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association show and sale in Junction. W. H. Rawlings elected president succeeding M. D. Taylor. C. A. Pepper and Joe Gardner named first and second vice presidents. Directors chosen include A. E. Mayes and O. B. Epperson among others. Junction selected as site for next year’s show. Hill Country Fair Association leaders pledge support for a successful event alongside the race meet and rodeo.
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Junction
District Court Room
W. H. Rawlings
Johnson City
M. D. Taylor
C. A. Pepper
San Antonio
Joe Gardner
Roosevelt
A. E. Mayes
O. B. Epperson
Jack Turner
M. A. Cowsert
L. A. Clark
J. H. Guthrie
QO. O. Cowsert
Arthur Davis
Sam F. Cooper
Bob Davis
J. A. Ward
F. T. Barwood
S. W. Dismukes
O. J. Camp
Marvin Skaggs
Seaton Prentice
F. C. Landrum
L. R. Allen
Hill Country Fair Association
H. E. Wright
Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association
Grand Jury Returns Six Felony Indictments
The 112th district court opened with Judge Joe G. Montague presiding and a panel led by foreman Bart Tracy. The grand jury focused on drunken driving, forgery, and other offenses, returning six indictments by day’s end with District Attorney Weaver H. Baker assisting.
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112Th District Court
Joe G. Montague
Bart Tracy
Foreman
Sam Honig
A. J. Kinsey
Roy Baker
Max Hahn
Brit Allsup
Aubrey Hill
Chester Bannowsky
Frank Rembold
Wilburn Garner
C. W. Herbst
Howard Rothmann
New South Llano Bridge Opens Ahead of Race Meet Traffic
The new South Llano Bridge opened Tuesday to handle race meet traffic as Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Patterson of Kimble became the first to cross the magnificient span.
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New South Llano Bridge
N. C. Patterson
Kimble
New South Llano bridge opens as public toll on August 10
Traffic streams onto the new South Llano bridge at 8 a m as informal opening precedes a formal ceremony. Ed Abbott of the Texas Billithic Company signals the Patterson family who drove the first crossing, followed by about two dozen cars. The bridge links Old Spanish Trail and Pan American highways with Junction as a key traffic hub. The Patterson family ties to 1875 settlement are recalled by a banner reading 1875 on one side and 1937 on the other. This historic moment honors pioneers who helped shape the valley town.
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New South Llano Bridge
Junction
N. C. Patterson
Ed Abbott
Texas Billithic Company
Patterson
Harry Patterson
Fair Grounds
Pattersons
America
Local mail service to Ozona improved with direct routes
Direct daily mail service from Ozona to Junction and from Junction to Ozona and district points began on the 11th inst. The Ozona pouch arrives at Junction at 4 45 p m and is dispatched from Junction to Ozona at 5 45 p m. Previously Ozona mail went via San Angelo Brownwood and Menard or direct through to San Antonio by bus.
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Ozona
Junction
San Angelo
Brownwood
Menard
San Antonio
Bennett Kindrick Baby Born to Mr and Mrs Bennett Kindrick
Freddy Bennett Kindrick is the newborn son of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Kindrick born Thursday morning August 12. Grandmother Annie Highsmith and Aunt Maurine join family in welcoming the new member.
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Freddy Bennett Kindrick
Mrs. Bennett Kindrick
Annie Highsmith
Maurine
Auto Plates To Use Black and White In Texas
The Texas Highway Commission adopts 1938 plate specs for next year. Passenger cars will have a white body with black letters figures and border. Other categories will use varied color schemes including commercial black with orange trim and farm trucks orange and black.
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Texas
The
Highway Commission
Marcon
Mrs. B. L. Smith Returns From Tulsa Visit
Mrs. B. L. Smith arrived home last week after an extended visit with her mother in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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B. L. Smith
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Laughing Around the World With Irvin Cobb
A wartime vignette recalls 1928 fighting near the Flanders line where a Gulf States draft regiment helps push back retreating Germans. An American correspondent meets a Black infantryman who describes a shell exploding near an improvised hospital and a near miss at a tavern, with vivid dialect and danger in war zones.
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Gulf States
Flanders Line
Ala-Bab
Pisa
American News Features, Inc
Local Schools Open September Sixth in Junction
The Junction Public Schools will open for the 1837-1938 term on Monday morning September 6, as announced by Superintendent George H. Mitchell. A home economics teacher has not yet been selected. The new teaching staff includes Miss Austin Durst, Miss Elenne Newby, Mrs. Mattie Patterson, Mrs. Natalee Wallace, Mrs. Sam Bowers, Miss Velma Owens, Mrs. Bernice Kindrick, Miss Lorena Coney, Mrs. O. B. Faubion, Miss Mabel Dunham, Miss Vic Brewer, Miss Nevada Blackburn, Mr. Edwin Gamble as principal, Mrs. Effie Roy Felps as librarian, Miss Helline Patterson as English, Miss Fae Jensen in commercial, W. W. Gregory in vocational agriculture, Clayton Hopkins coach, Edgar Taylor principal, and Superintendent George H. Mitchell.
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Junction
George H. Mitchell
Mitchell
Austin Durst
Elenne Newby
Mattie Patterson
Natalee Wallace
Sam Bowers
Velma Owens
Bernice Kindrick
Lorena Coney
O. B. Faubion
Mabel Dunham
Vic Brewer
Nevada Blackburn
Edwin Gamble
Effie Roy Felps
Nellie Randolph
Helline Patterson
Fae Jensen
W. W. Gregory
Clayton Hopkins
Edgar Taylor
Geo. H. Mitchell
Pecan crop forecast at 63 million pounds for 1937
Washington reports the crop reporting board estimates the 1937 pecan crop at 63,440,000 pounds, up slightly from 1936 and near the 1928-32 five year average. Damp conditions in Oklahoma and Texas lower seedling crop prospects, with Texas shown at 24,000 thousand pounds and Oklahoma at 10,000 thousand pounds. In Kimble county trees are heavily loaded, threatening limb breakage.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Oklahoma
Texas
Kimble
Llanos
62 Cents Is Paid for Comfort Hair by Ryder Buyer
Ingenhuett and Montague of Comfort Texas sold 27 000 pounds of spring 1937 mohair at 82 cents a pound to Tom Parker of Ryder and Brown. The sale netted growers 81 cents per pound. San Angelo Morning Times reported the event as a high mohair price in years. J D Pepper, a pioneer of Texas goats, commented from Sweetwater after visiting Junction.
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Ingenhuett
Montague
Comfort
Texas
Tom Parker
Ryder and
Brown
San Angelo
San Antonio
J. D. Pepper
Sweetwater
Junction
Rodeo Events Best Ever Staged At Fair Park
The Hill Country Fair Association closes its third annual rodeo and race meet with praise for West Texas performances. Highlights include record goat shows by the Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association with 30 flocks and top goats selling up to 350 dollars, notable roping results, and a grandstand packed with commendations from attendees.
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Fair Park
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