Legislature Advances Bills as Committees Work Through Session
Lawmakers move bills through committees and both houses with Governor Moody signing several measures. Notable actions include withdrawing leased school lands from oil under Land Commissioner jurisdiction, an investigation into his department, and a $1.5 million appropriation to bolster the state school fund. New district courts are created in West Texas with SB 9 and SB 85, reorganizing districts and setting terms. Additional bills authorize extended teacher certificates, raise bank director limits, and define cattle ownership evidence with immediate or near-immediate effect.
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Coke R. Stevenson
Moody
West Texas
109Th
Comgee
Reeves
Winkler
Crane
Loving
Midland
Actor
Andrews
Martin
Glasscock
Briscoe
Floyd
Motley
Dickens
Senate
Judicial Department
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Set for February 19
The Chamber of Commerce will hold a regular meeting at the Court House on Tuesday night February 19. members are urged to attend to strengthen the organization and improve options for Kimble County.
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Chamber of Commerce
Court House
Kimble County
County correspondents urged for fuller Eagle news
The Eagle praises its growing county correspondents and their role in delivering local news. It notes some regions still lack coverage and calls for more volunteers from those communities to boost reporting.
Girls Win and Boys Lose In Basketball at Kerrville Meet
The Junction teams split with Kerrville last Wednesday with the girls winning 44 to 16 while the boys lost 22 to 18. A second set of games is planned in Kerrville on Friday. Earlier, Junction boys fell 12 to 4 to Menard on the Blackburn court, in cold attendance. Coach Earl Bowers urged county teams to contest the championship, with the county title deciding at Kerrville on February 23 and the district meet to follow there.
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Junction
Kerrville High School
Eagles
Kerrville
Menard
Blackburn
Dunbar
Newman
Littlecenter
Lavelle
Hendricks
Earl Bowers
McDonald Chevrolet Co Moves to New 38 by 70 Building
The repair department of McDonald Chevrolet Co. began work in a newly completed concrete building measuring 38 by 70 feet. The battery department is housed there and much new equipment has been rehased. Organized two years ago the business has expanded from a filling station to a complete shop in the area under Clarence McDonald and foreman L F Corset. The sales force attended a Kerrville meeting Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald Chevrolet Company
Clarence McDonald
L. F. Cowsert
Kerrville
Webster brothers promote Texas Highway Bulletin in Austin
Messrs L D and J R Webster of Austin visited this week to advocate support for the Texas Highway Bulletin and its publication aims.
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Messrs, L. D
J. R. Webster
Austin
Texas Highway Bulletin
City Council Orders Election for Sewers and Paying Bonds
At a regular meeting the City Council passed measures including paying bills regulating new water connections granting a franchise to Junction Telephone Co and ordering an election to decide if bonds will be issued for a sewer system and related paying for Junction The mayor and council favor a modern sewer system to cleanse the city and pave the way for cleanup plans The new water works are nearly complete with lines laid and a tank erected a hundred hose feet received and a test run showing pressure below expectations prompting potential pump purchase until new pumps are installed and pressure improves
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Junction Telephone Co
Junction
Hill Country Roads Praised by Chicago Traveller
Putney Haight Chicago Tribune automobile editor and Mrs Haight toured Texas Hill Country near Junction to gather road data for northern tourists. Haight said Chicago’s highway information about the southwest is often misinformation.
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Texas
Putney Haight
The
Chicago Tribune
Haight
Hill
Junction
Big Hereford Sale At Premier Ranch In Mason County
A large sale of Hereford bulls is planned at Premier Ranch Mason County Texas on March 7 1929. About thirty to fifty head will be offered from the Sale Pavilion 17 miles southeast of Mason. Catalogue requests should be sent to Elgin O Rothmann Mason Texas. See the advertisement in this issue for more details.
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Mason County
Texas
Mason
Elgin O. Rothmann
West Texas Chamber leaders praise Stevenson in Legislature
Homer D. Wade manager of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and Charles Miller of the publicity department visited Junction en route from Austin to El Paso. Wade reports Coke R. Stevenson is among the strongest lawmakers and the West Texas stand he takes earns attention from members when he speaks.
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Messrs
Homer D. Wade
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Chas. Miller
Junction
Austin
el Paso
Wade
Coke R. Stevenson
Stevenson
West Texas
Kerrville Visitor Mrs Turner Arrives Tuesday
Mrs. Joe Turner visited Kerrville on Tuesday as part of a brief stay away from home. She traveled for leisure and met local friends during the afternoon and evening.
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Joe Turner
Kerrville
Western Electric Promotes C. C. Randolph to Chief
C. C. Randolph son of Judge and Mrs. J. B. Randolph of Junction Texas has been promoted at Western Electric Co Chicago. He joined in 1920 as Methods Engineer rose to second chief and department head before being named chief of Apparatus Assembly and Inspection Planning Division. He grew up in Junction and studied at A & M College of Texas and Milwaukee Electrical School of Engineering. He is 30 years old.
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C. C. Randolph
J. B. Randolph
Western Electric Co
Chicago
Illinois
Randolph
Junction
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Electrical School of Engineering
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sidewalks Built by Vocational Class at High School
The PTA funded concrete sidewalks poured Tuesday by Vocational Agriculture students under instructor A J Bierschwale on the west side of the High School. The dry walk will benefit lower grade children and music students using the Vocational Agriculture building.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
V. A
A. J. Bierschwale
Clean-up drive called by Mayor Holekamp urges citywide effort
Mayor E Holekamp asks residents to gather all non burnable cans and rubbish and place them in street receptacles for pickup Saturday. Junction City Council aims to make Junction the cleanest city in West Texas and urges hearty cooperation as trucks pass to haul away debris.
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E. Holekamp
Junction
Texas
Style Show By Model Shop At Texan Theatre
A style show will be presented by the Model Shop under Mrs Vara James Stephen at the Texan Theatre Monday night February 25 at 730. The event is linked with the ongoing show and a program is listed elsewhere in this issue. Mrs Stephen urges readers to mark the date on their calendars.
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Model Shop
Vara James Stephen
Texan Theatre
Smith Family Moves to Junction from Bowie
Mrs. R. C. Smith and her son Roy Allen moved to Junction to make it their home. Mr. Smith is employed at the City Market and has been in the area for some time.
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R. C. Smith
Roy Allen
Bowie
Junction
Mr. Smith
Unusual Cold Spell Bites Town Water Pipes
A cold snap since last Thursday dropped to 11 degrees in places with four days below 32. Most days had little moisture and clouds. Many residents faced burst pipes and plumbers worked nonstop all week to repair water lines. The stretch is the coldest since January 2, 1928.
Pecan Association Set for Saturday Meeting
The West Texas Pecan Association directors will hold a quarterly meeting on Saturday February 23. Dr J Fred Burt states the program will be announced next week and invites pecan enthusiasts to attend. The Junction High School Vocational Agriculture exhibit won first at Brownwood, boosting local pecan prospects. Kimble County is noted for many native pecan trees and favorable growing conditions.
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West Texas Pecan Association
Brownwood
Kimble County
United States
McCarroll Lumber Co. Marks Third Birthday
The McCarroll Lumber Co. of San Angelo celebrated its third anniversary last Friday. Founders L A McCarroll, president, C A McCarroll, vice president, and L L McCarroll, secretary and treasurer, have steered the business since 1926. L L McCarroll, long a Tom Green County resident, previously ran a local grocery. C W McCarroll now heads the San Angelo operation with E B Burk overseeing Menard. Two additional yards were added last year at Menard and in San Angelo.
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McCarroll
San Angelo
Wellington
Cicero-Smith Lumber Company
Menard
McCarroll Company
C. W. McCarroll
E. B. Burk
Bank Closes Tuesday in Lincoln Birthday Observance
The Junction State Bank closed all day Tuesday in memory of Lincoln's birthday honoring the holiday with a statewide banking observance.
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Junction State Bank
Lincoln
Burt and Mother Visit San Antonio Over Weekend
Mr. E. M. Burt and his mother spent Sunday and Monday in San Antonio and returned Monday night.
Kimble County Chamber of Commerce Grows Membership Drive
The Kimble County Chamber of Commerce reports a successful membership drive with many members increasing dues and new members joining. Secretary J B Stevenson has resigned, replaced by H W Bierschwale who is leading outreach, with a meeting scheduled for February 19 to discuss plans and a campaign to promote Kimble County as a vacation destination in Texas.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kimble County Chamber of Commerce
J. B. Stevenson
H. W. Bierschwale
Conrad T. Holekamp
Chris Lehraub
Bierschwale
Kimble County
Texas
Concrete floor laid at Gann Grocery Co store
Work on the concrete floor at the Gann Grocery Co store is finished this week. Shelves are being replaced and the interior is being straightened as part of the improvements.
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Gann Grocery Co
Dobbin has gone: Kimble County autos reach record total
Kimble County reports 1053 automobile registrations by January end, with 396 added in December 1928 and 657 in January 1929. The last official census lists 3,581 residents, yielding about one car for every three and a third people. Registrations include vehicles from North Carolina and Louisiana.
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Kimble County
North Carolina
Louisiana
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County News
Eagle
the Eagle
Chicagoan
Weatkeer
McCarroll Lumber Co
Dobbin
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