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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
4
The OPA announces that owners with old B and C coupons must exchange them for Mileage Ration coupons from August 23 to September 1. Old B and C coupons become invalid on September 1 and cannot be accepted by gasoline dealers after that date.
Navy Department and Post Office Department designate September 15 to November 1 for sending Christmas gifts to naval and marine personnel overseas. Parcels must not exceed five pounds in weight.
Sugar coupons 14, 15, 16 each cover five pounds of sugar through October 31. Coffee stamps no longer required. Processed foods blue stamps R S T valid Aug 1 through Sept 20. Meats 16 points weekly per Book 2. Red stamps T U W X Y Z have varying dates, with X Y Z good through October 2. Shoes stamp 18 allows one pair through October 31. Gasoline A book coupons 7 valid for three gallons through September 21. car owners must endorse gas coupons with license number and state. Tire inspections: A book by Sept 30 1943, B by Oct 31, C by Aug 31.
J H Goodman died at his son Ray Goodmans home in London after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Community Hall with Rev Louis Pearl and Rev J C Copeland officiating. Interment followed at Red Creek cemetery. He was born November 9 1871 in Bosque County Texas and moved to Kimble County in 1891 where he married Edna Shaw in 1893. Survivors include his children Rush Ray Anna Mae Mike and Carlos plus ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. He lived in London for over fifty years and was a farmer and rancher a Masonic Lodge member and a loyal citizen.
Local column reports neighbors sharing turnip greens and canned goods, a wildcat well being drilled on Morris Murr ranch, and a busy social week. Joan McLendon visited Tommye Lee Coney. Mrs. Ernest Ehlers of San Antonio arrived for a ten day visit. residents discussed blood donation and church gatherings.
It is estimated that waste fats salvaged in army camps within the continental U S. could produce 1,500,000 pounds of dynamite each month while leaving grease to render 5,000,000 pounds of soap stock.
Farm Security Administration now offers loans to Kimble County residents to repair home and farm water facilities or install new equipment. The program applies to both tenants and owners, with funds for wells windmills stock tanks and storage tanks up to one acre irrigation not covered by irrigation loans. Applications directed to Denny O Sullivan in the County Court House office.
Mrs C W McCarroll will start piano and singing classes on September 2 in the Grammar School building studio. She offers private lessons and small ensemble work with credits toward high school study and has a state education certificate. appointments to call 157 or visit her studio.
Second Lieut Doris Marker and First Lieut Carson Durbon married at 8 o clock Sunday in the Sioux City Army Air Base chapel with Chaplain Howard Ott officiating. Mrs Marker wore Army Nurse Corps summer beige. Durbon’s sister Lorraine Marker attended. The couple flew to Topeka after the ceremony and returned to Sioux City. Durbon serves as group navigator at the 445th Bomb Group Sioux City AAB.
The U S Forest Service states a cord of dry oak or hickory equals the heat value of a ton of soft coal. Green wood yields only about half the heat of dry wood, underscoring energy differences between seasoned and fresh wood.
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