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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
1
The Chamber of Commerce will welcome each newcomer family and publish their names. A proposal to erect Welcome signs on city highway approaches was discussed, with future board meetings set for the second and fourth Wednesdays at 4. Attendees included Russell Graham and other directors.
The Junction Volunteer Fire Department designates College Street as the fire lane to aid firemen en route to calls. LaRue Newby announces. Citizens should cross with caution after sirens. Intersections are marked as precautions for public and firemen. Main Street remains used by trucks en route to fires. Cooperation is urged to save lives and property.
J. E. B. Crenshaw recently of Peel-Jackson Funeral Home in Corpus Christi has taken the role of funeral director and undertaker with The Hodges Company, succeeding M. G. Stephens who resigned to enter sales. The Crenshaws moved into the Stephens apartment last week. Stephens will reside in Fort Smith Arkansas after moving with his wife and daughter. He begins at Lynch Supply Co. while the Stephens family plans their relocation.
Junction Methodist Church sponsors a downtown men’s Bible class meeting first at 9 45 Sunday morning in the Texan Theatre building. All local men are invited to join and enjoy fellowship. Mrs Walker Ragsdale is thanked for offering theater space. The appeal invites men to join in the Christian life effort.
Joe Brown Ross of Sonora and N IX Farmer are named as directors of the Kimble Electric Cooperative replacing Alfred Bannowsky and Asa Marr. E R Brown named vice president to serve until the July annual meeting. The resignations followed by bylaws bar incumbents from political office with paid salary.
A Chamber of Commerce survey shows most town businesses will close Friday from noon to 3 pm in support of the Fat Stock Show and Sale set to begin at 1 pm. Walter Leamons, secretary, notes the downtown area was surveyed and nearly all approached agreed to close.
Hill Country Fair Grounds hosts a barbecue dinner Friday during the FRA and 4-H Stock Show. Tickets cost 1 dollar and go on sale at the grounds. Sponsored by the senior class and FRA chapter with the senior mothers club finance committee in charge.
Louis Joseph, a local merchant, announces the purchase of the Vanderstucken Dry Goods Store in Sonora. The deal closed Friday of last week. Miss Minta Riddle has moved to Sonora to work in the store. Joseph and LaRue Newby have spent several days in the store during the past week.
Miss Toby Jones of San Antonio spent a weekend as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Verlan Skeggs, enjoying hospitality and fellowship during the visit.
The Burt M. Fleming Unit of the American Legion will meet Friday evening February 13 in the Legion Hut for the regular business session. Members are urged to attend, says president Mrs. Floyd Little.
The 1948 Democratic primaries reveal presiding officers elected in 1946 across Kimble County. Edgar Mclendon is County Chairman with H. O. Denman and S. T. Rimes among others named for Junction London Evergreen Copperas Bear Creek Gentry Noxville Segovia Roosevelt Whitewood White Bluff.
The local Red Cross quota is set at 51 000 with March fund drive groundwork led by Louis Joseph and Reuben S Loeffler. Officials cite higher costs and 1947 being a record disaster year as reasons for the national increase from 60 006 000 to 75 000 000 while the local last year stood at 1 720.
Judge J. B. Randolph postpones the spring term petit jury from February 2 to February 26 with sessions at 10 a.m. Grand jury remains set for February 23. Jurors were announced last week by Sheriff J. O. Wright.
Mrs Annie Bailey of Cherokee returns home after a ten day visit with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Clyde Roberts and her mother Mrs Betheane Frazier who is living in the Roberts home.
The event begins at 9 A M Friday with the annual boys livestock show and sale. Red Cross fundraising kicks off March 1 as local chairman Louis Joseph announces committees and plans to cover the county. Walter Leamons heads headquarters. Anna Mae Sheppard leads special groups. E A Loeffler and C A Schraub run the business district. Kimble County Federation of Women’s Clubs participates in residential areas. Buttoned up plans include two later committee meetings and soon named chairmen for outlying communities.
The Highland Study Club presents Mrs. Elwood Street of the Hogg Foundation for youth and parent groups on three occasions Monday and Tuesday. Events include a 3 p.m. talk at Hotel Las Lomas on February 16, a 8 p.m. panel with local high school students, and an assembly at the high school auditorium for PTA members and families. The event, part of a yearlong program on Juvenile Delinquency, aims to help mothers and fathers meet teens' needs. colors yellow and white will mark the tea. Herbert Hardin is reported ill with pneumonia at home.
Attendance is expected to reach a new high at the Hill Country Fair Grounds as the FRA and 4H Fat Stock Show and Sale opens with a 9 am curtain. Supt. John A. Long declares an all day holiday. businesses close noon to 3 pm. Entries are in pens by 5 pm and sale begins at 1 pm with Lemuel Jones auctioneering.
Junction accepts invitation to host the Hill Country Firemen's Convention in August. The local department won three second places at the convention held Tuesday in Winters in the pumper race, 3-man race, and one man race. Attendees included Chief Jimmie Simmons and Assistant Chief Leon Powell with several others. New officers elected include Fred Key as president and Gomer Menick as vice president.
The Cemetery Aid Society will host a sweet sale on Saturday February 14 starting at 1 p m in front of the Texan Theatre. Donations of pies cakes and candies are invited and may be given to president Mrs J A Cavaness or brought to the booth. treasurer Mrs Albert Taylor and Mrs Cavaness will supervise.
The community joins in a global World Day of Prayer with prayers in 1068 languages. A midday service for men and a 3 30 pm service for women will be at First Presbyterian Church of Junction. The event emphasizes prayer as a means to release God’s love power and energy to meet world needs.
Kimble Electric Cooperative unveils a new rate plan effective February 20 offering subscribers 400 kilowatts for slightly more than the current 200. The structure lowers costs for high usage, with first 100 kilowatt hours priced in stepped rates and the rest at reduced cents, aiming to ease heavy appliance costs like water heaters. Chester Kirk notes the change, with March 20 statements reflecting the updated charges.
La Junta Study Club meets February 18 at 3 p m at Mrs E R Borden's home. Mrs H P Lathrop directs “Let's Laugh At Our Selves” and Mrs W E Allen speaks on “It's A Man's World Maybe.” Mrs Mattie Patterson discusses “Helen Hokinson Talks to Club Women” with roll call “the joke's on me” and Mrs Ward Terrell presiding at the business session.
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