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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
1
Inclement weather cancels the Junction faculty Fire Department volleyball game set for tonight. The piece notes that age and cold hamper play while the fire department claims all players are young men.
Thousands of Texas school children will compete for 105 in cash prizes announced by Marvin Hall state fire insurance commissioner. Open to public school pupils in three divisions eight awards per division. Posters must be original on fire prevention and arrive at the Austin office by May 1. Last year over 1200 posters were submitted.
Dr W P Dickey of Uvalde Presbyterian Church will lead a Bible Study for the Women's Auxiliary at Junction Presbyterian Church. Morning session starts at 10 o'clock and the afternoon session at 2 30 with an open invitation to the public.
Mrs Roy Spiller had a tonsillectomy in San Antonio last week. The operation proceeded without complications and she is resting at home afterward.
A cold spell ends with a record low of zero degrees Tuesday morning in Kimble county. Snow blankets the ground, livestock losses are not evident, and a January temperature table shows extremes ranging from 0 to 69 degrees with daily highs and lows through the month. Pay Your Poll Tax Now.
Junction High School upset Sonora in a Saturday gym event with a 33 to 24 volleyball win. After an extra five minutes due to a deadlock the Junction boys lost 20 to 7 and the Sonora faculty triumphed 19 to 9.
A district six range conservation meeting for 20 West Texas counties was held in Fort Stockton on Monday. Kimble county attendees included R F E Homann county agent Howard Rothmann committee member Clay Holland Murray Jarvis range inspectors and Mrs Hal B Snead secretary. A series of Kimble county community meetings will inform operators about the 1940 program.
J O Ollie Cobb died at his Segovia area ranch in the early hours of January 22 1940 after a heart ailment. Born April 24 1864 in Florida he moved to Texas as a boy and later married Irene Griffin in Gonzales County on March 4 1891. He and Irene had ten children with nine surviving today. His Kimble county residence since 1878 and 1906 move to his ranch made it a hospitality hub with people warmly welcomed to meals. He was noted for generous cordiality and boundless love for humanity. The obituary continues on the last page.
The 86th District wildlife advocates meet at the courthouse with N C Tulloss as chairman and Wm O Harwell as secretary to discuss forming a district federation. Claud Gilmer delivers the principal address. Roscoe Runge Gordon Stewart and Wm Bevans form a committee to draft a constitution and by laws and pick a name and plan the next meeting and officer slate.
Ramsey Randolph announces issued marriage licenses from January 1 through January 13. Names include Herschel Newton Cunningham and Zella Agnes Wahl on January 10 and J D Murr with Dorothy Lankford on January 13.
The Women's Federated Church Council of Junction will skip the regular meeting on January 29 and hold it on February 9. Further notice will appear in next week’s Junction Eagle. The Junction Volunteer Fire Department answered an alarm at the Methodist Church Sunday morning with no damage reported.
With only about half of Kimble County poll taxes paid and five days left to pay, voters must secure receipts by Wednesday January 31 to be eligible to vote in 1940. All offices from constable to president are on the ballot, and residents under 60 need the receipt to vote. Call at the collectors office now, preferably Friday or Monday to avoid long waits.
The February term of the 112th District Court will convene Monday at ten o'clock led by Judge W. C. Jackson. Grand jurors are empaneled first. petit jurors report Wednesday morning at nine. Jury lists include named grand and petit jurors and commissioners John R. Martin O. B. Fisher and A. A. Bannowsky.
Dr W P Dickey will preach at the Junction Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at 11 oclock. The service is open to the public and expected to draw a local congregation.
The Kimble county 4 H and FRA clubs hold their ninth annual fat stock show at Hill Country Fair Grounds on Saturday February 10 starting at 10 AM. Sponsored by the Kimble County Chamber of Commerce with J D Motley secretary in charge. O L Carpenter of the Sonora Experiment Station will supervise judging and provide guidance to exhibitors.
News desk reports the Ninth Annual Livestock Show has been postponed from January 28 to February 10 due to bad weather. Inclement conditions prompted the change as the Eagle prepared to go to press.
Judges from Mertzon and Big Lake oversee Delaine ewe lambs Rambouillet classes as Junction citizens raise a $300 show fund. Donors provide prizes including Angora doe kid and registered ewe lambs while two local firms donate feed for best fitted animal and showman. Fifty-two boys will exhibit 202 registered animals across Rambouillet and Rambouillet cross herds.
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