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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
5
A busy week brings news of travel and visits. Mr. and Mrs. J F Mahaney plan a week with relatives in Young county while Mr and Mrs Joe Eager move to Mexia for highway work. Various local families host guests from Dallas Abilene and Fort Worth with store ads and public notices mixed in.
Information received last week states tests for driver's licenses will be taken at the sheriff's office Tuesdays from three to five o'clock instead of Thursdays. The new schedule begins September 1. Reed mentions several local and visiting residents including Mr. and Mrs. Howell Whitsitt and children Jeanette and Howell B. of San Angelo, Houston Crow and Miss Verda Mae Thompson of Eden, and others visiting or relocating.
Classified note lists a 1937 Chevrolet coach for sale in good condition by Mrs. Louie Ragland. The item appears among local notices and includes names such as Mrs Jessica Bennett and Miss Juanita Bull and a mention of the Texas Relief Commission in Abilene. The clipping also reports health notes about Mrs R W Fisher and updates on Miss Elenne Newby returning from Sul Ross State Teachers College.
O W Cardwell of Junction advertises horses mares colts and roping and polo ponies for sale. Bundled listings include Maynard L. horses Chicago bred stallion Chicany with lines to Ciencia and California races. Also fifty yearling billies priced at 15 dollars each. Concurrently Junction Tailor Shop cuts prices on mens furnishings and B O Newby recovers from pneumonia with Dallas visitors.
Dean Carlos Speck of San Marcos preached at eleven o'clock last Lord's Day on teaching and being taught using James 1 19 25 as text. He is brother of Bro Speck of San Antonio who spoke here in July. The ladies plan to bring school supplies for the orphans home box and the church notes a tailoring shop ad with men furnishings at cost.
Joe Fisher, son of Mr and Mrs Alva Fisher, is on crutches after a horse threw him and kicked him last Thursday. His foot is in a plaster cast and he is recovering. He was in town with his father on Wednesday. R E McKay and family visited relatives in Boerne on Sunday. Mrs W H J Kelley of Sutton county is visiting at the C L Bishop ranch.
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