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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1949
Page
9
Mr and Mrs George Marrs of Alley Mills spent the first of the week visiting their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Frank Embold.
Mr and Mrs Charles Glover of Urnet were Thanksgiving Day supper guests of Mrs Roy Gilliam, with mentions of Sunbeam Mix Masters, Shave Master razors, Toast asters, and Moon Drug Store in the readable snippet.
When you think of Insurance think of EDD CUMMINS. Mr and Mrs Hank Bailey and Schreiner of San Antonio were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Luke Murr. They hunted or were unsuccessful. Hot pit barbecue daily at JOZY INN starting 11 30 am. Barbecue plates and take home trays offered. L P Bishop and cousin Jim Derring of Ft Worth spent Friday through Sunday with Mr and Mrs W T Bishop. The Prescription House Williamson Drug Jack Stephen returned home from Yardin Simmons for Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Robert Loeffler made a trip Eden Sunday to pick up Gerald Loeffler Rosa Nell Rothmann and Marcia Martin who were enroute to Texas Tech after the holidays.
The page lists disturbances of visitors and locals including Clarence and Mrs Shearer visiting kin in Kansas and Midland for a funeral and holidays, Jack France and wife visiting in San Antonio, Rex Shearer in Midland, and Miss Josephine Farmer of Junction elected to a campus club at the University of Texas. Also advertised are furniture, cosmetics, and auto repair services and a local real estate ad.
BREWSTER'S BOOT SHOP announces custom name belts with prompt filling. Mr and Mrs Arthur Dunbar of San Antonio visited for Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs Roy Gilliam and stayed until Saturday. Construction workers sought at 6 Mile Bridge North Llano by M E Worrell Contractor. Mr and Mrs Barny Goule and daughter Jerry spent Thanksgiving Day in Hext with Mrs Minnie Walker and others.
Edd Cummins hosted Thanksgiving Day guests at the Bear Creek home of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Murr. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Murr and Mrs. Leona Murr. Moon Drug Store offers Ronson cigarette lighters. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Haschke of San Antonio spent the hunting season’s opening weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haschke and Sharon.
Albert Martin who owns a Burnet tailor shop joined his family for the Thanksgiving holiday. Albert Jr. of Texas U and Marcia of Texas Tech arrived to stay through Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McClatchey and children from Colorado City visited Mrs. T.S. Jones and other relatives Friday through Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Jack Jones hosted a Jones family reunion at their ranch home on Sunday with Mrs T S Jones and all her children and their families in attendance.
The column chronicles Henry Ford born in Greenfield Michigan in 1863 and his path from machinist to chief engineer at Edison Illuminating Company, detailing early tinkering, the 1893 trial run of his gasolined wagon, and the rise of a transformative auto mobile business.
We have a nice stack of box paper and nylon brushes. Moon Drug Store, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Raborn and Harriet left Sunday for their home in San Antonio after a holiday visit with relatives. POR SALE Large kerosene heater in good condition See Harrison Haven 35-2pd. See our line of Schaeffer pens and sets. Moon Drug Store. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stewart and Shirley were holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Avery Stewart, Tilden, Loyd Stewart and daughters.
Phillips Feed and Supply Store in Slate advertises a receiving station for Kimble county customers to bring game heads to Quality Grocery in Harper Texas. It offers a free price list via Hingo C Baumann taxidermist Fredericksburg Texas and notes home Towers visited Kimble relatives. Also mentions Barker Bros kerosene diesel furnace delivery and a fall special mattress remake at Brady Mattress and Upholstery Co with price ranges.
Mr and Mrs C O Hedges of Tul r ock Calif visited relatives in Tur lock. Joe Boyer and family spent Thanksgiving with A G Farmer and toured the Farm er ranch. Pearl strand lost after a Presbyterian Church wedding with donor contact and notices. Mrs W B Isaacks returned from Louisiana due to her father’s critical illness in New Orleans hospital.
Advertisement lists automotive repair services including electrical work and body repairs by Murr Electric Co. Also offers 1941 Oldsmobile for sale with heater and radio, plus clocks and heating pads from Moon Drug Store. Contains phone contact Columbus Allsup and location Westclox text.
An OCR segment notes Brewster's Boot Shop slogan Never knowingly undersold and Hodges Ambulance service. It mentions Mr and Mrs Ann Davis and Stuart visiting San Antonio with Mr Davis receiving care at Nix Hospital. Also lists sale items including Rays Rat Killer 25 cents, Skaggs Red and White Grocery, and a for sale or rent five room house with contact 371 Junction.
Murr Electric Co lists Decca phonograph records in stock. Six burner Roper gas range offered near E C Lewis Station by H L Sanders. Frigidaire in excellent condition available via Mrs T T Randle. Lease sought for a London area property with water and house by Mrs Henry Summers.
Advertisement from O. W. Cardwell offering turkeys for sale at 100 dollars per gun with notes on range limits and hunting prohibitions. Reads like a classifieds fragment urging buyers to bring bed roll and diet requisites, no Sunday sales, no liquor.
Effective now, barbecue will be sold on Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays and Sundays with good meat served as patrons like it. Misses Margie Joseph Ann Black burn and Carolyn Barthelow were among Texas U students home for the holiday season.
We thank the people of the Baptist Church for their generous response to the china shower held for the new kitchen at our church. Baptist W. M. U.
Kerrville locals welcomed visitors including Mrs T B Phillips, Mrs Walker Ragsdale, Mrs Jeonard Cowsert and Mrs Leonard Sides on Monday. M Sgt and Mrs Kitrell Baylor of Sheppard AFB arrived Thanksgiving Day to visit Kimble relatives, traveling via San Angelo with Mr and Mrs Charles Baylor and Mike. they left Sunday.
Auction style notice listing a 500 chick capacity electric brooder two finishing barn trays two electric batteries feed troughs and related items. Contact Oscar Vehle for details. 36-2¢
Mr and Mrs Noah Orlen Thorpe were married Monday afternoon in the county judge’s office with Judge M C Blackburn performing the ceremony. The bride, formerly Miss Doris Dell Parks, is the daughter of Mrs Lonnie Parks. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Noah Thorpe. They were accompanied by their mothers.
Miss Betty Hill and cousins Duane Gilbert and Doyle Gilbert arrived Wednesday to spend the holiday on the Aubrey Hill ranch. Miss Mary Jo Anderson of Calvert, Hill’s roommate at TCU, joined Friday. The group returned to Fort Worth Sunday. Hill and Anderson were candlelighters in the Oliver-Stindt wedding in Brady on Saturday.
An advertisement offers a 10 cent catalog featuring 350 toy molds used to cast lead soldiers cowboys and Indians and other figures. Readers are urged to send to R. M. Seaton Co P O Box 705 New Castle Pennsylvania.
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