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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1955
Page
2
The column praises school holiday readers and celebrates National Children’s Book Week winners. It urges reliance on libraries as limitless knowledge sources and promotes reading both new releases and timeless classics.
In Those Days From the Eagle dated December 3 1925 reports the Oliver place yielded 60000 pounds of pecans from its trees while the Nethery place produced about 42000 pounds One Nethery bottom tree alone produced 600 pounds selling locally at 35 cents per pound Also notes visit by Post Office Inspector and Brownwood postmaster to Postmaster Tra cy and a trip by Road Foreman Sanford Roe County Judge A G Farmer Commissioner A B Hodges and H G Perry to San Antonio for a Texas Road Maintenance Association meeting Thanksgiving dinner was on.
A reader suggests revisiting works by Shakespeare, O Henry, or Dickens and invites a library stop. The notice announces new Saturday hours starting Dec 1, with the library open from 9 30 a m to 12 p m instead of the afternoon.
Joy spreads at the new camp headquarters as Price's Camp occupants host. George Delano and wife host. Texan Theatre to install talkies soon. Mrs. Earl Barr of Concho visits her mother, Vashti Taylor. George R. Pepper named local chairman as lamb campaign opens in Kimble County. August Herbst and wife host a ball game. 43 of 85 goats die from suspected poison. Boy Scout badges awarded locally with Tenderfoot to Keidel Shepard, Clifton Schraub, Milton House. Second Class to Warren Roberts, Leon Turner, Virgil McCoy, Freddie Ramsey, Jarvis Jordan.
The text notes Rev G W Crofoot and family moving to Kingsville, mentions Junction and Fredericksburg set for a bi district game Friday with tickets at 50 cents, and ends with Judge and Mrs J B Ran.
Dolph returned Wednesday from Austin after meeting with Judge Ran dolph and the State Highway Commission regarding the Llano and Segovia bridge. Just So Club members met with Mr and Mrs Clint Barnes. John Riley Gardner and Billy Boone left for A&M College Station. Felton Wright and Omer Wright brag about recent fine bucks. Chris A Schraub Aubrey Hill and Cecil Craven came back from a West Texas blacktail hunt. Kimble County REA names directors with W O Dickerson as chairman. Council of Church Women plan a pageant for Dec 22. November was cloudy with rain on 10 days totaling 2.86 inches. Miss Josephine Steen Mason wed Barney Williams Nov 27 at 10 am. J N Hodges, veteran hunter, killed an 8 point buck last week.
Mr and Mrs Bob Short and Linda and Kristy of Taylor were Sunday luncheon guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Chadwell and Connie They spent Thanksgiving in Brady with Mr Short s parents Mr and Mrs W E Short Herbert Boerm came for the Thanksgiving holiday with relatives He and Mrs Boerm who spent last week here returned to their home in Kennedy Sunday Phone NEWS to the EAGLE
Mr and Mrs Jack L Rabo and Harriet of San Antonio and Mrs J H Northcutt were weekend guests in the C Bannowsky home. Mrs W Bannowsky and Mr and Mrs Don Reed joined them for Thanksgiving Day.
Mr and Mrs A C Hudso and Joe Richard Lancaster joined Sonora and Mr and Mrs Vann Callan and family of Irving in visiting Mr and Mrs R C Callan, Mr and Mrs Cecil Craven and Kenneth over the holiday weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sykes stayed Wednesday night and Thanksgiving Day with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Waston and Jimmy in Alpine. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Boone and Jacky of Odessa for the holiday gathering.
Mr. J A Sykes a 61 year old Sutton County rancher central to the Sonora community grew critically ill Saturday evening prompting family to rush to Sonora Hospital. Mrs Sykes took a brief trip home Monday for personal matters.
Mr and Mrs Carlton Biersch wab and Paul and Joan spent the Thanksgiving weekend in Itasca with relatives and friends enjoying a quiet holiday gathering in the town.
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