Christmas Greetings From County Correspondent
County column shares holiday wishes and notes many readers and families spending Christmas across San Antonio Junction and nearby towns. Updates include travel to San Antonio and Dallas, visits by Bannowsky and Dechert families, birthdays celebrated, and at least one family planning to leave the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Clb
Jim Farr
Skipper Stephens
Llano
Alfred Bannowsky
Lucille Dechert
TSCW
Ben Dechert
Peggy
Billie Dechert
Hazel Spiller
Hugh Spiller
Thomas Coney
Harold Dutton
Doris Gail Bishop
Mack Coney
Sue Beth Bannowsky
Jimmy Louis Bannowsky
Clevans
Grover Landers
Jean
Local Residents Mention Canyon Trip and Buck Hunt
Mr and Mrs J H Cannon in Menard. Mrs J H Northcutt leaves today after a few days at Walnut Canyon Ranch. Lee Morgan shot a six point buck Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Cannon
Menard
J. H. Northcutt
Walnut Canyon Ranch
Lee Morgan
London Chatter Box and Local Notices This Week
London residents hear of Leon Henderson resignation and wartime progress. Jim's Tent Show comes Wednesday night with Hard Guy and Tumble Weed Trail. Local names report hospital, family births, holidays, and visits across Mason Menard Junction Brady and Abilene.
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Leon Henderson
Jim
London
Jack LaRue
Kane Richmond
Mary Healy
Bill Boyd
Art Davis
Lee Powell
D. H. Pearl
O. H. Pearl
Highway Dept
Hugo Reichenau
H. C. Reichenau
Mason
Oscar
George Pearl
Nildus
Menard
Irene Brown
A. J. Ivy, Jr
A. and M. College
A. J. Ivy
Lily Margaret Young
Abilene
Victoria Brewer
Richard Carpenter
Oscar Pearl
Junction
Alvah Pearl
Don Beth
Jewel Pearl
George Pear
Charley Coffey
Raymond Pearl
Brady
Ivy Echoes Returns to London School Desk
The writer teaches at London substituting for the ill Victoria Brewer. After years away, returning to teaching feels like home. The note laments teachers being under paid and under appreciated, prompting some to pursue other vocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Victoria Brewer
Pictures of Junction High School service members urged
The 1943 Junction High School annual dedicates six pages to students now in U S service. An urgent appeal asks for pictures from all former students of the high school who are serving, with letters sent to available addresses urging cooperation so every serviceman or servicewoman is represented in the yearbook.
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U. S
Junction High School
Christmas Spirit Amid War Time Notes In Junction Eagle
Local column reflects on Christmas spirit and wartime realities. Mentions Lucy Gene Clark starting school in London and families in Red Creek and Menard. Reports incidents including a rock injuring a London student and window damage, plus community updates on farming, auctions, and local greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Gene Clark
London
Red Creek
Menard
Rita Brown
Leona McMillon
Rita Gephart
Earl Hight
Junction
Louis Pearl
Ivy School House
D. H. Pearl
London School
Dan St. Clair
W. G. Matthews
T. O. Daniel
United Nations
George
Ernest Hardesty
Junction Ring
Bill Gephart
Alzada Pearl
Matthews
Junction Eagle
Silent Night and Local Return as Winnie O'Donnell Comes Home
A verse from Silent Night recalls the quiet Christmas eve. Mrs. Winnie O'Donnell returns Monday from a business trip to San Antonio.
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Winnie O’donnell
San Antonio
Mars Rules the Yuletide Poem Reflects Wartime Ideals
A wartime Christmas verse urges peace and human fellowship. The poem envisions lights shining despite blackout, calls for friends to teach enemies, and ends with hopes for a world at peace once Japan Germany and Italy acknowledge folly.
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Cleo
Mrs. Chester
L. J. Salter
Alamo City
Guss Bannowsky
Sue Beth
Charlie Bishop
W. H. Kelly
Schreiner-Hodges Funeral Home
Simon
Roosevelt, Texas
Ivy
E. V. Stewart
R. E. Buster
MER
Wahl & Schneider
Hartford
Policy
Denman
Insurance Agency
Mars
Jerry
F. Lee Herndon
Johnye’s
Beauty Shop
Merry Christmas
Wool & Mohair Co
Kimble County
L. R. Hodges
Lewis Jetton
J. C. Graham
Melba Johnson
Coke. R. Stevenson, JR
Roy Skaggs
Justice of the Peace
C. E. Reid
R. H. Spiller
Com
W. C. Jones
W. Lk. Bierschwale, Com
Prec
R. E. McKay
Constable
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