Junction Natural Gas raises rates under new franchise
W R McFadden and W R Klein, operators of Junction Natural Gas, win a rate increase in a special council session raising the first 1000 cubic feet from 1.555 to 2.51 per 1000. Council split, Mayor Hendrix casting deciding vote. The move follows their franchise clause to negotiate fair rates as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. McFadden
W. R. Klein
Junction Natural Gas Company
Klein and McFadden
Buddy Harte
J. D. Blackburn
Tom Hardeman
Bill Jeddis
J. L. Baugh
Bloodmobile to visit Kerrville for blood donations
Kerrville residents are urged to donate blood February 18 at the Episcopal Church Kerrville 12 noon to 6 pm to meet Kerr County target of 150 pints. Kimble donors can join by pledge card via Dr J E Wiedeman Junction Texas. Alma Scholes and Ethel Borden will assist. excess blood funds polio vaccine needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Wiedeman
Junction
Texas
Wiedeman
Kerr
Waco
Kerrville Hospital
Alma Scholes
Kerr County
Ethel Borden
Aubrey Hill To Represent NFLA In Houston Meeting
Aubrey Hill will represent the Kimble Llano Mason NFLA with headquarters in Mason at the Federal Land Bank of Houston stockholders meeting in Houston on February 23 and 24. Henry Keller, secretary treasurer of the Association, notes the meeting aims to hear from bank executives on business and financial conditions and to involve the NFLA in planning loan service to farmers and ranchers. The bank holds 8,252,920 dollars in capital stock owned cooperatively by member NFLAs in proportion to their stock. Attendees will represent members with 32,652 loans totaling 135,900,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Hill
Kimble-Llano-Mason Nfla
Mason
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Houston
Henry Keller
National Farm Loan Associations
Texas
NFLA
Eldorado Eagles Edge Junction Eagles In Tight 6A Clash
Eldorado Eagles beat Junction 47 to 45 on Tuesday, remaining undefeated in 6A while Junction suffers a third loss. Long led Eldorado with 17 points and Moss added 14. Loeffler topped Junction with 11. The Eldorado B team trailed at halftime but rallied to win 42 to 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction Eagles
Narow
Eldorado Eagles
Junction
Eldorado
Long
Moss
Eagles
Loeffler
Girl Scout Worker to Meet Kimble County Leaders
Miss Gerene Stanberry of San Angelo, a Girl Scout field worker, will meet with the Kimble County Girl Scout Committee Monday evening at the Scout House. She will meet with troop leaders there the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerene Stanberry
San Angelo
Kimble County Girl Scout Committee
Scout House
Unction Boy Crowned in Houston Lamb Show
Joe Smith returned from Houston with a prize winning lamb a Southdown cross. The animal won first in its class at the Kimble County show and was exhibited with a Menard group. County Agent Vernon Jones and Pete Smith accompanied Joe to the event held Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Smith
Houston
Joe
Lamb
Menard
Vernon Jones
Pete Smith
Weaver Family Return From Uvalde Visit
Mr and Mrs Gene Weaver and Jim Frank returned Saturday from a visit with Mr and Mrs Jim Weaver and Jimmie you in Uvalde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Weaver
Jim Frank
Jim Weaver
Jimmie You
Uvalde
Howard couple visits Austin for reading conference
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Howard spent the weekend in Austin where Mrs. Howard attended a reading conference on Friday and Saturday sponsored by the Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading. She was met there by Mrs. Bennett Kindrick, a Gatesville primary teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Howard
Austin
Look Who's Here Look Who's Here
Robin Lynn Stewart, six pounds three ounces, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Buell Stewart born Thursday morning in Kerrville hospital. Grandparents are E R Stewart and L R Hodges, with sister Rebecca."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Lynn
Buell Stewart
Kerrville Hospital
E. R. Stewart
L. R. Hodges
Rebecca
Chronicle Pioneers Easter Pageant Pictures in Junction
Press photographer for the Houston Chronicle captured numerous color scenes last week of the Easter Pageant to be staged in Junction on April 9 under the Men’s Bible Class. The color photos show The Crucifixion The Garden Christ Before Pilate The Lord's Supper Mary at the Tomb and The Dancing Girls. The cast is Kimble County’s own and the images will accompany a feature in an early Sunday Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Chronicle
Junction
Sunday Chronicle
Kimble County
Air Force Sends Ball to Indiana University
ASC Tommy Dean Ball of the US Air Force Security Service left Wednesday to study languages at the University of Indiana Bloomington. One of five top airmen among 300 who recently completed an introductory Russian course at Kelley AFB San Antonio, Ball will study Bulgarian and Russian in Indiana. He entered the Air Force September 15 1954 after Lackland AFB basic training and studied Spanish in high school and at North Texas State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Tommy Dean Ball
US Air Force Security Service
University of Indiana At
Bloomington
Kelley Afb San Antonio
Ball
John Ball
Air Force
Lackland Afb
North Texas State College
Indiana
Mrs Ramsey Undergoes Appendectomy in Rocksprings
Mrs Homer Mansfield traveled to Rocksprings with her mother Mrs W H Ramsey who had an appendectomy on Saturday Jan 22. The 76 year old patient stayed in the hospital until Tuesday of this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Mansfield
W. H. Ramsey
Ramsey
Official Boy Scout Week Poster 45th Anniversary Observed
Boy Scout Week runs February 6 to 12 marking the 45th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. More than 3,860,000 boys and leaders participate nationwide, with 22,750,000 members since 1910. The theme is Building for a Better Tomorrow as 95,009 units stage demonstrations and exhibits. The week caps the first year of the National Conservation Good Turn, a program urged by President Eisenhower. National Conservation Good Turn Certificates of Merit will be awarded by Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson and Interior Secretary Douglas McKay to qualifying units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Ing
Eisenhower
Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior
Ezra Taft Benson
Douglas McKay
Troop 20 Observes Scout Week with Court of Honor
In observance of Boy Scout Week February 6 to 14 Troop 20 marks the 45th anniversary with a court of honor a Scoutcraft display and open house flag ceremonies and church attendance. Scouts leaders and commit teemen attend the 11 am Presbyterian service next Sunday with alternating church attendance by the troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 20
Presbyterian Church
Scouts
M. J. Nethery, Jr
Junction Man Joins Del Rio Accountants
Bill Mansfield, son of Mr and Mrs Homer Mansfield, is now employed in an accounting office in Del Rio. He earned a BBA from Texas A&M on Jan 21 after graduating Junction High School. In 1950 he was inducted into the Air Force and six months later received a medical discharge for a back ailment and returned to college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Mansfield
Homer Mansfield
del Rio
Mansfield
Texas A&m
A&m
Junction High School
Air Force
Harvey Hull in McCloskey hospital for treatment
Harvey Hull remains hospitalized at McCloskey for treatment. His wife and children spent the weekend at the Jim Hull ranch, offering support during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Hull
McCloskey Hospital
Jim Hull
Kerrville Visitors Honor Mr and Mrs Loeffler
Kerrville locals note that Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Loeffler spent Friday as visitors in Kerrville, engaging with the town and its residents during their brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Loeffler
Kerrville
Workers Named For Scout Drive Opens Feb 12
On February 12 opening day of the Boy Scouts finance drive, 300 prospective donors will be contacted by S84 workers after a 7:00 a.m. breakfast at a local cafe. Drive chair man R D Borden announced teams of five under 14 captains will call after the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts Finance Drive
S84
R. D. Borden
Drive
EF Roy Dechert
R. P. James
Rev. B. W. Mantooth
Jack Jones
C. W. McCarroll
M .J. Nethery
Sherman Rimes
Cecil Woodard
Robert S. Evins
R. D. Rothmann
Mines
el Roy Dechert
Vernon Jones
Herbert Lamb
Rothmann
J. E. Wiedeman
Special Gifts
Fordtran Johnston
Joe Beck
Farrell Brooks
Leon R. Powell
Buell Stewart
Broncos Upset Eagles In 6A District Contest At Sonora
In a 6A district boys game Sonora defeated Junction 67 to 50 on Thursday night in Sonora leaving Junction at 2-2 in district play. Moss scored 17 and Long 16 for Junction while Johnson led Sonora with 22. Junction’s Johnston had 14 and Hamer 12. Henderson scored 33 for Sonora and Ross 16. Sonora girls also beat Junction 55-33 with Johnston leading Junction and Henderson pacing Sonora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Eagles
Junction
Moss
Long
Johnson
Johnston
Hamer
Henderson
Ross
Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Jones Visit Family on Ranch
Mrs. Dave Ferguson of Mason and Mrs. Tom Jones visited the Lewis Ferguson family on the ranch Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Ferguson
Mason
Tom Jones
Lewis Ferguson
Women To Be Half Of Jury Summons In District Court
The 112th District Court opens February 28 with 28 jurors summoned, exactly 50 percent from Sheriff J. O. Wright’s list. Notable names include Mrs. Jack Jones and Mrs. Jack Sykes, plus Mrs. Weaver H. Baker, widow of a former state official. Grand and petit juries feature numerous local residents, with jury commission members listed as Laray Stapp Dan Morales Mrs. R. B. McKinney and Mrs. Coke R. Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
112Th District Court
J. O. Wright
Jack Jones
Jack Sykes
Weaver H. Baker
Mr. Baker
State Board of Control
Stevenson
Coke R. Stevenson
Howard Ragshill
LaRue Newby
K. Cowsert
Flem Felps
Aubrey Hill
M. G. Bruns
Chester Itz
Seaton Prentice
Jack Stapp
Jack Hughes
Marshall Cook
N. E. Burgin
Barny Goule
Robert Fox
Lee Ruff
Robert Davis
Hal B. Snead
Hubert Brewster
Joe Dominguez
Cecil Craven
J. M. Day
Stanley Lackey
W. E. Allen
W. H. Skaggs
Herbert Lamb
Thaldia Vick
H. H. Lawler
J. R. Peril
Weaver Laker
David Schmidt
Ed Barfield
R. D. Rothmann
Ennis McCollum
Douglas Duderstadt
Grover Landers
Fred Coleman
B. L. Smith, Jr
W. E. Hooks
Frank Hubbell
Belton Tatsch
Sam Morgan
W. C. Oliver
Carlton Massie
A. A. Bannowsky
Carlton Bierschwale
W. A. Henley
Dick Weaver
Earl Ashley
Fordtran Johnston
C. C. Scott
Roy Spiller
Ray Jacoby
Henry Bossman
A. G. Murr
Laray Stapp
Dan Morales
R. B. McKinney
Mrs. E. Lovelady Buried Thursday In Rocksprings
Funeral services for Mrs. Eugene N. Lovelady 70 died from a heart attack in her Rocksprings home. She was a Church of Christ member over 50 years and was buried beside her husband who died in 1951. She was born March 7 1884 in Burnet County and survived by a daughter a son two sisters two brothers and three granddaughters. Pallbearers and nephews are named in the obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene N. Lovelady
Rocksprings
Church of Christ
Burnet County
Gertrude Guthrie
S. H
Emma Clifton Guthie
Edwards County
Llano River
D. Y. Baldwin
Anahuac
Wayne
Bay City
Minnie France
F. L. Beck
San Angelo
John
4-H Clubbers Enter 16 Head In Angelo Show
Four Kimble County 4-H Club members entered 16 head of livestock in the San Angelo Fat Stock Show. Frank Randolph entered Rambouillets, Leon Bennett and Lamar Itz each entered Rambouillets, Ola Mae Itz entered Delaines, with counts of four, three, three, and six head respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Vernon Jones
Frank Randolph
Leon Bennett
Lamar Itz
Rambouillets
Ola Mae Itz
Delaines
City Pharmacy buyers trip to San Antonio for jewelry
Cecil Woodard Hayden Lawler and Charles Craig traveled to San Antonio on Tuesday to purchase jewelry for the City Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Cecil Woodard
Hayden Lawler
Charles Craig
San Antonio
Apply Now For Drouth Feed Feb 15 Deadline
Kimble County FHA announces no further Emergency Feed Program approvals after February 15 1955. Raymond Pearl states producers needing extra hay or grain to feed livestock through April 15 1955 must file by Feb 15 1955. Committee members Asa Murr and Chester Itz also named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimble County
FHA
Raymond Pearl
Homer Hall Buys Winn's Pharmacy
Homer Hall completed the purchase of Winn's Pharmacy on Monday with final papers. The store will be renamed Hall's Pharmacy and keep current stock in the Hall Building. Hall, a legally registered pharmacist, previously ran a drug store with his brother L. L. Hall at the City Pharmacy site from May 15, 1940 to July 15, 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Hall
Winn’s Pharmacy
Hall’s Pharmacy
Hall
L. L. Hall
City Pharmacy
Mr and Mrs Bennett Boone and Jacky Move to Austin
Mr and Mrs Bennett Boone and their child Jacky left Saturday to establish a home in Austin while Mr Boone attends the University of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Bennett Boone
Jacky
Austin
Mr. Boone
University of Texas
Blood donation drive announced in Kerrville
Citizens are urged to donate blood at a Kerrville event on February 16. The drive, organized by Dr. J. E. Wiedeman, offers free blood for anyone in need of their blood type, with no charge or limit, via a bloodmobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Wiedeman
Junction
Kerrville
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Frank Horton
EAGLE
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Fund
Eagle Office
Walter Tinsley
Junction Chamber of Commerce
Junction Publishing Company
Boy Scout Fund
Girl Scout Fund
Red Cross
March of Dimes
Junction Publishing Commy
Chain of Commerce
Antonio
Husky
Hill Country
Silver Gables
Ncon
P. Dickey
Chronicle
Indiana University
Bern
FOES
BOY Scouts OF Americas
BOY Scout Week
Scout
Broncos
E. Lovelady
Angelo
WINN
Rx Pharmacy
Post Office
Thonence
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