Local servicemen news from Junction and area updates
The Junction Eagle highlights weekly personal notes about local boys in military service. Furloughs and visits are reported for Clomah Murrah J. D. Sheppard George E. Stapp John Tolbert Jr Bennie Creech R. E. Moore Jr and others. Updates include transfers deployments and recent letters from Geo Hahn Deland Montgomery Alvah Pearl and Major Z T Wimberly with family notes and Army Air Forces cadet pilots.
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The
Junction Eagle
Boy Scouts Will Make Drive for Toys in Junction
The Junction Boy Scouts plan a toy drive to collect serviceable toys for children unable to buy them. Repaired toys will be prepared for distribution through proper channels via the Welfare Office. Mrs. M. N. Harrison is ill at her Junction home this week.
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Junction Boy Scouts
Welfare Office
Boy Scouts
Cotton Referendum Set for London December 12
H C Pearl chairman of the London community AAA committee urges cotton farmers to vote in a December 12 referendum on cotton marketing quotas. He cites limited food supplies and war needs, stressing production limits to free labor and equipment for food crops and war materiel. Eligible producers vote at the Community Hall and may sign 1942 payment applications. government loans at 90 percent parity hinge on quota approval.
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H. C. Pearl
London Community Aaa Committee
Mr. Pearl
London
Hereford Bull Sells Quickly for 5100 at Dallas Auction
A Hereford bull topped the Merkel sale at 5100 dollars, purchased by Miss Cleo George of Gladacre Farm, Dallas County. The 59 bulls averaged 720 dollars with the top 50 at 805 each, and the sale concluded in about two hours.
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Merkel
Cleo George
Gladacre Farm
Dallas County
Family Travails Mark Week’s Illness Trips
Mr and Mrs C F Hamer and children were called to Rocksprings and Del Rio the first of the week due to the illness of J A Goodwin in a Del Rio hospital. Hamer returned Tuesday stating Goodwin is very low and not expected to live many hours. Mrs Lucy Motley returned to function after a month with her Robert Buzz Motley in Yakima Washington.
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C. F. Hamer
del Rio
J. A. Goodwin
Hamer
Goodwin
Lucy Motley
Robert
Buzz) Motley
Yakima
Washington
Gasoline Sales Policy Clash With OPA Rules
Officials warn that selling fuel to drivers without displayed rationing stickers on windshields violates OPA regulations. The notice targets consumer purchases and enforces compliance during rationing periods.
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OPA
Christmas Spirit In 1942 Should Make Us Humble
The piece notes the Christmas spirit amid wartime 1942 with families having loved ones on battle fronts. It praises holiday decorations in homes and businesses and predicts widespread displays as the week ends.
Junction F R A Sponsors County Wide Scrap Drive
Local V A boys name community committees to supervise a county wide scrap metal drive. Collectors will call on residents, with truck routes planned after initial loads. Proceeds fund War Bonds Stamps and food programs as FRA boys expand hog feeding and new poultry and garden projects. Continued on page two.
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V. A
Vocational Agricultural Department
War Production Board
Voc. Ag
FRA
Welfare Office Sets Christmas Cheer Distribution
The local welfare office, led by Mrs. Ross Beasley, seeks toys and comfort items for needy children. Churches clubs and lodges assign committees to assist. Contact the first floor of the courthouse to donate as the Eagle plans follow up next week.
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Ross Beasley
TS G R A Holds Annual Meeting In San Antonio
The 27th annual TS G R A meeting in San Antonio heard questions of interest including why the U S buys foreign wool. Speakers Dr Coke R Stevenson and Rep Elect O C Fisher impressed ranchers. Officers elected included Horace Fawcett, Del Rio, as president. The next quarterly meeting will be at Sonora and the annual meeting in Fort Worth. Local attendees listed.
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TSGRA
San Antonio
Association
U. S
Coke R. Stevenson
O. C. Fisher
Mark McGee
Sonora
Fort Worth
Horace Fawcett
del Rio
Fred Barwood
Savers Farmer
Kimble County
Sayers Farmer
C. T. Holekamp
Teddy
Frank Black
8. S. Bundy
Gordon Stewart
Ridenhoyer Brothers
L. Smith
Selective Service Board Reclassifies Several Men
The Selective Service Board met Tuesday and reclassified several men. Some moved to IA others to lower classes. Names listed include Burke, Davis, Stegall, Garza, Menchaca, Herring, Fox, May, Davis, Villegas, Thorpe, Molina, Dominguez, Sears, Lewis, Cheno weth, Harris, Deluna, Ybarra, Longshore, Smith, Horton and Wilkinson with shifts to I A II A III A IV H IV F and IV B. Mesdames Borden and Maddux spent Monday in San Antonio.
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Selective Service Board
Burchett Roberts
Sloan Davis
Horace Stegall
Henry Garza
Wayne Sears
Edgar Lewis
Archie Lee
Clyde Fellows
Joe Chenoweth
Francis Harris
Hilario Deluna
Mack Ybarra
Elzal Longshore
George Smith
Charles Horton
Carl Wilkinson
Mesdames
E. R. Borden
Joe Maddux
San Antonio
Coast Guard Artillery Recruit Rises Through Ranks
Kirkpatrick enlisted in the U S Service in the Coast Guard Artillery search light division on December 10 1941 in San Antonio. He trained in San Diego then went to Fort Bliss and was promoted to corporal before heading to Philadelphia where he became a sergeant and awaited higher rank.
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James Dowell
San Antonio
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Camp Wolters
Mineral Wells
Texas
Coast Guard Artillery
San Diego
California
Fort Bliss
Philadelphia
Vernon H. Kirkpatrick
Dallas
Norfolk
Virginia
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Raabe
First Blackout Alarm Shocks Junction Monday
The town conducted a complete blackout with a red alert at 5 53 pm and all clear at 6 35 pm. Police fire and air raid wardens coordinated, with Boy Scout messengers and utilities staff reporting eight fires controlled quickly.
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Junction
Boy Scout
Sayers Farmer Elected President of Tigra Auxiliary
Mrs. J. S. Farmer was elected president of the Auxiliary of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association during the annual meeting in San Antonio last week. She succeeds Mrs. Guy Nations. Mrs. J. T. Johnson and Mrs. Walker White were elected vice presidents.
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J. S. Farmer
The
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
San Antonio
Guy Nations
J. T. Johnson
Walker White
Cardwell Boy Heads Second Buck Hunt This Season
John Wesley Cardwell the young son of Mr and Mrs O W Cardwell has already killed a fine buck this season and is hunting for his second on Saturday the only time he has.
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John Wesley Cardwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kimble Boys
Clomah Murrah
Foreign Service
J. D. Sheppard
Hondo
George E. Stapp
Navigation School
A. F. Stapp
John Tolbert, Jr
Littlefield
Mary A. Boone
Bennie Creech
Camp Clairborne
Ech
R. E. Moore, Jr
Oscar Weaver
AD. Albert Pearce
W. S. Pearce
Oakland
Wi .Ulgin Tagpeers
Houston Crow
C. H. Crow
Army Air Force
Maxwell Field
Ala
Army Air Forces
Max Hahn
Geo. L. Hahn
South Africa
Deland Montgomery
Mabel Montgomery
Camp Welters
Deland
Mmic
Alvah Pearl
Z. T. Wimberly
Pacific
Wimberly
U. S. Army
Alvah
Tom Connally
South
Congress
Senator Connally
U. S. Senate
London Dee
Ts.g.r.a
Ovie Buster
Oklahoma City
Lloyd Williamson
Army Air Corps
Marshall Alexander
Kerrville
Kenneth Ray
Junction Bay Stars
Roy Dale McKay
University of Texas
Kirkpatrick
Lloyd Kirkpatrick
U. S. Navy
Houston
San Francisco
U.S.S. Show
Rhode Island
Alton
Civilian Defense Center
L. R. Hodges
H. E. Wright
E.R. Borden
L. R. Allen
Clay Secrest
W. W
Bill) Gregory
Leon Powell
J. C. Graham
J. O. Wright
Rev. Lewis L. Wilkins
R. D. Rothmann
C. E. Reid
Frank Hubbell
Homer Mosley
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