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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
5
Want ads list a very gentle Shetland pony about 38 inches tall, 11 years old, offered with or without riding equipment. Contact Victor F. Marshall in Harper Texas at phone 322. Also several small ads include requests for a five room house in Junction, a lost dog named Skip, and various local goods and services from Moon Drug Store and Barker Bros.
The 180 pupils from grades four to six performed a Christmas pageant in a full auditorium. Dorothy Jean Person read, with direction from Mmes. Howard, Munn, Patterson, Marr, Billie Louise Bierschwale, and P. E. Holcomb. Paula Woodard played Mary and Billy Jacoby Joseph in a manger scene. A West Texas Utilities note said tennis court lighting materials arrived and work would begin soon. Attendance awards went to grades six and eight. Mrs. Gussie Watson presided.
Miss Betty Carpenter among 26 Baylor beauties chosen to play in an all girls football game at Baylor University this Thursday afternoon. The event, sponsored by the Baylor football boys, matches each player with a coach for the game this afternoon.
The American Legion Auxiliary plans a Christmas party at the Legion Hut on Monday evening December 19 at 7 p.m. Members are urged to attend and bring a gift for the tree.
The Guiding Star will be shown after a short musical program at the Methodist Church on Sunday evening December 18 at 7:00. The event is in observance of the Christmas season and highly recommended by the church. The program, directed by C A Dodd, features Christmas carols, solos by Mrs. Albert Searcy and Mrs. Weaver Baker, a duet by Mrs. ElRoy Dechert and Mrs. Marvin F E Blackburn Jr., organist Mrs. A W Loeffler, and guest organist Mrs. Reuben Loeffler. Public invited.
The Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville started with a bicycle parts shop and a weekly paper before building gliders at Kitty Hawk North Carolina. On December 17 1908 they achieved the first successful powered heavier than air flight guiding aviation into a new era and later sold their plane to the U S government in 1909.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Murr are in Jena Louisiana at the bedside of Mrs. Murr's father who was seriously injured in a traffic accident last Thursday. They left Friday at 2 AM after learning of the crash. Roscoe Lewis substitutes for Mrs. Murr in grammar school.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Black burn Jr and daughter Roybeth visited Mrs. Minnie Crossley and Miss Fannabel Crossley Sunday. Mrs. Blackburn and Roybeth remained for several days of visiting.
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