Elmer Kane 15 Buried After Abilene Death
Funeral rites for Elmer Louis Kane age 15 were held at Hodges Funeral Home with minister W W Leamons officiating. Burial followed in Junction Cemetery. Kane, born June 14 1936 in Junction, died in Abilene July 2 and lived in San Antonio with family. Survivors include parents Elmer H Kane and spouse, three brothers, and grandparents from Junction and Big Lake. Pallbearers were named Jimmie Simmons John Gall Harrel Sanders Lester Smith Fritz Meador Dr W T Laxson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Louis Kane
Abilene
Hodges
W. W. Leamons
Church of Christ
Junction Cemetery
Junction
College Street Church of Christ
Elmer H. Kane
San Antonio
Steve
Jerry
Larry
Joe Ruff
H. H. Kane
Big Lake
Jimmie Simmons
John 3All
Harrel Sanders
Lester Smith
Fritz Meador
W. T. Laxson
Methodist Guest Speaker to Address First Church Sunday
Dr Karl Brewer of Emory University will be guest preacher at the First Methodist Church Sunday morning. He teaches town and country work and will lead sessions in the Conference Leadership School at Mt Wesley near Kerrville starting next Monday. The pastor Rev W G Birkner will preach at evening service and Copperas afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Brewer
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Atlanta
Georgia
North Carolina
First Methodist Church
W. G. Birkner
Brewer
R. F. Curl
Interboard Council of the Southwest Texas Conference
Dr. Brewer
Mt. Wesley
Kerrville
Board of Stewards
Leamons to Preach at Eldorado Church of Christ
Walter W. Leamons will preach at 11 o clock in the Eldorado Church of Christ for the next two Sunday mornings while Marshall Davis attends a meeting in London. He will keep his 3 o clock Segoia and 8 15 p m Cleo appointments. The public is invited to attend as many services as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Leamons
Eldorado Church of Christ
Marshall Davis
London
Segoia
Cleo
Local visitors return from Texas trip with Schraubs
Mrs. Clellen Moss and child joined Clifton and Carol in returning Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Mal Schraub and family from a visit in San Antonio. The Schraubs were on their way to the West Coast and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clellen Moss
Childran
Clifton
Carol
Mal Schraub
San Antonio
Schraubs
West Coast
Canada
Church of Christ Meeting At London Opens Friday Evening
Marshall Davis, Church of Christ minister, begins a sermon series at the London Church of Christ Friday July 16. Daily 8 p.m. services through July 15 with Sundays featuring 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. sessions and a 2:30 p.m. afternoon service. Basket dinners served in the community hall on Sunday. Davis is the third preacher to lead this series and has many local friends and relatives. Public invited to all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Davis
Church of Christ
London
Davis
Cedar Creek Pool to Open in Ten Days
The Cedar Creek swimming pool will be ready for use within ten days with diving boards swings and all swimming and picnic facilities for adults and children. C A Schraub chairman reported progress on the Cham ber of Commerce sponsored project noting completion of the dam above the road crossing and ground cleared for picnicking. Diving boards and swings are to be built next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Creek
C. A. Schraub
Chamber of Commerce
Junction Man Buys Ingram Telephone System
Fred Schwiening of Kimble County has purchased the Ingram Telephone Company for 75000. The Kerrville sales agent Ray R. Larnard announced the deal with Charles Craig remaining as manager and Harvey Bird Jr. as maintenance man. The 40 year old exchange serves 429 subscribers in the Ingram Hunt area along the Guadalupe River and supports Camps lodges ranch homes west of Kerrville. Two new lines were installed at Bear Creek ranch home of Capt Eddie Rickenbacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingram Telephone Company
Fred Schwiening, Jr
Kimble County
Ray R. Larnard
Kerrville
Larnard
Charles Craig
Ingram
M. C. Blackburn
Schwiening
John Adkins
Craig
Harvey Bird, Jr
Ingram-Hunt
Guadalupe River
Kerr County
Bear Creek
Eddie Rickenbacker
Weekend visit by Mrs. Buster Atkinson and Thomasine
Mrs. Buster Atkinson and Thomasine of Menard spent the weekend with Mrs. Lucy Wright, sharing time at her home and catching up on family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Atkinson and
Thomasine of
Menard
Lucy Wright
W. W. Tipton 51 Menard citizen buried Sunday
Funeral services for William Woody Tipton 51 lifelong Menard resident were held Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Mission Funeral Home chapel Menard with Rev J C Wade officiating Burial followed at Rest Haven cemetery in Menard He died Saturday morning in a Temple clinic after a week of treatment Surviving are his widow his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Tipton two brothers Pharoah and Joe Tipton all of Menard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Woody Tipton
Menard
Mission Funeral Home
J. C. Wade
Rest Haven
Tipton
Frank Tipton
Pharoah
Joe Tipton
Local 4-H Judging Team Wins 2nd At College Station
Menard wins top honors in the wool and mohair judging contest at the 4-H Club Round Up in College Station. Kimble places second with Bennett Ragsdale named fourth high individual. Teams were accompanied by county agents J W Jennings and Bud Nolan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menard
Kimble
College Station
Bennett Ragsdale
Gene Simon
Rob Roy Spiller
Ed Walker
J. W. Jennings
Fritz Landers
Lee Speck
Duery Menzies
Don Elliott
Landers
Menzies
J. K. Stanford
Schlieder County
Bud Nolan
Roger Landers
Dr Robert Hunger Opens Llano Veterinary Office
Dr Robert Hunger Jr opens a veterinary office in Llano following ranch upbringing on his family farm. He graduated from A and M College in May and prepared the Llano office last week for a July 1 opening. Charles Bishop left Wednesday for New Orleans for engineering training with Standard Oil Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hunger, Jr
Llano
Robert Hunger
Charles Bishop
New Orleans
Standard Oil Co
Schraub-Gulf Softball Clash Friday Night
Schraub-Gulf faces Outlaws Friday evening to settle definite league standings. Eight league games remain this season with Wednesday evening games starting this week. All games are under lights on the softball field with free admission. families from San Angelo visited Del Rio Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schraub-Gulf
Outlaws
Schraub- Gulf
C. A. Schraub
Week End Two Car Crashes Reported in Kimble and Edwards Counties
Highway Patrol investigated two weekend crashes. In Kimble County a Goodfellow AFB soldier, Herbert Wilton Flowers, 31, was injured when his 1947 Plymouth coupe struck a water truck on U S Highway 83 ten miles north of town. Flowers is hospitalized with head and arm injuries. M Sgt Paul H. Scott treated for minor injuries. passenger Carl J. Guesson unharmed. driver Allen Robbins not injured. In Edwards County, Renaldo Hernandez Reyes, 22, of Uvalde was killed while sleeping beside his stalled truck when struck by a car driven by Mrs. D L Cloudt of San Angelo on Highway 55 near Rocksprings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe A. Perry
T. P. Jones
Kimble
Edwards County
Goodfellow Air Force
State Highway Department
U. S. Highway 83
Herbert Wilton Flowers
Legion Hospital
Paul H. Scott
Carl J. Guesson
Allen Robbins
Plymouth
Jones
Renaldo Hernandez Reyes
Uvalde
D. L. Cloudt
San Angelo
Wildlife Federation Meets June 30 in Kimble County
Howard Dodgen executive secretary of the Game and Fish Commission spoke at the Kimble County Wildlife Federation meeting in City Park about game conservation restoration and education. Warden Joe Matlock introduced speakers including Capt Hebert Ward and James P Reich presiding. Awards were given for predatory animal elimination and permanent directors announced from 50 ballots among 135 members with about 200 attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Dodgen
Game and Fish Commission
Austin
Kimble County Wildlife Federation
Joe Matlock
Hebert Ward
Catalina
J.T. Swanson
James P. Reich
Bob Ramsey
Leakey
Real County Game Protective Association
A. L. Lindsey
Brownwood
Fox Calling
Milton Caroline
San Antonio
Department of Interior Game and Wildlife Division
Game and Fish Department
Cerry County
W. E. Allen
A. Schraub
Aubrey Hill
C. H. Holland
H. H. Rothmann
Fred Whitewood
R. Brown
Cecil Woodard
W. D. Wilson
Bob Ragsdale
E. R. Brown
J. D. Joy
Pete W. Jacoby
Grady Hill
San Angelo
Texas Wildlife Association
Kimble REA Annual Meeting Sets July 14
Kimble Electric Cooperative Ltd plans its annual meeting in the district court room on Saturday July 14 at 2 p.m. Fred Rinkca of the REA management division will speak and new board candidates from multiple districts will be named. Annual reports are due and attendance prizes offered. W. E. Allen will preside. Partial list of prizes includes a GE portable radio, iron, percolator, drill, lamp, toaster, heater pad, clock, hair dryer, waffle iron, popcorn maker, fryer and fan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rinkca
Abilene
REA
Kimble Electric Cooperative, Inc
District Court Room
Dstricts
W. E. Allen
General Mills
Coop
San Angelo Ram Show and Sale Opens July 10
The fifteenth Rambouillet Ram Show and Sale runs July 10–11 at the San Angelo fairgrounds with 574 sheep from 39 breeders in Texas New Mexico Utah and New York. Premiums total 350 for five judging classes led by Leo Richardson Iraan as judge and Walter Britton College Station as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Fairgrounds
Leo Richardson
I[raan
Walter Britton
College Station
John Williams
Eldorado
M. D. Fanning
Ralph Trollinger
Iraan
Pat Rose
del Rio
R. O. Sheffield
H. C. Noelke, Jr
Sheffield
Clyde Thate
Burkett
Fisher Speaks at Coleman Fourth of July Picnic
Rep. O. C. Fisher was principal speaker at an old fashioned Fourth of July picnic at Herd's Creek Coleman. The VFW sponsored the event with music and entertainment throughout the day. Fisher was introduced by Coleman County Judge Ira Galloway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Fisher
Herd’s Creek
Coleman
VFW
Fisher
Ira Galloway
Kimble Electric Cooperative Receives $56000 REA Loan
The REA approved a $56000 loan for general extension of power lines by Kimble Electric Cooperative Inc. Chester Kirk, manager, said the allocation will fund new applications and 20 miles of line in Beal County. The grant was approved the previous Friday. Kirk filed the application in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimble Electric Cooperative, Inc
REA
Chester Kirk
Beal County
Kirk
Gentry Family Returns From Japan on Furlough
After 30 years in Japan M/Sgt and Mrs Wilson Gentry and children Floyd Wayne J W and Kathryn are home on furlough. They returned to the West Coast by plane Monday and arrived in San Antonio Wednesday. They were met at the airport by Mr and Mrs Jim Gentry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Wilson Gentry
Floyd Wayne
J. W
Kathryn
West Coast
San Antonio
Jim Gentry
Adjunct student kills giant eagle in Mason County
M L Hart of Fort Worth a geology student at the A and M Adjunct displays claws and legs from a giant American eagle he killed on a Mason County field trip. He struck the bird with a pick axe after it charged him while he walked a fence line on a surveying project. Residents wonder if young eagles were nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Hart
Fort Worth
A. & M. Adjunct
Mason County
Hart
Giant fireworks display marks 175th independence anniversary
Former Gov Coke Stevenson was the principal speaker at a large Fourth of July fireworks show on Lover's Leap. Sponsored by Kimble County Jaycees for the second year, Ted Mann chaired the event with Joe A. Perry as president. Businesses and offices closed. local picnics and gatherings followed. Nearby towns offered rodeo celebrations as Kimble County saw no tourist boost this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke R. Stevenson
Kimble County
Kerrville
Rocksprings
Brady
Fredericksburg
Kimble
Baptist Vacation Bible School Set to Open July Seventh
Rev. B W Mantooth will be principal of the Daily Vacation Bible School at the Baptist Church when it opens Saturday July 7 with a church program. Registration starts at 9 a.m. A town parade will escort attendees to City Park for a picnic lunch.
Dr P A McLaughlin Installs Sinus Treatment Equipment
Dr P Andrew McLaughlin has installed a Syfogen machine for sinus treatment in his Main Street offices. The Syfogen method is described as simple quick and easily given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. McLaughlin
P. Andrew McLaughlin
Main Street
Local Youth Pat Rank Visits Carlsbad Grandparents
Pat Rank of Carlsbad New Mexico visits his grandparents Mr and Mrs O E Jennings and Belle and O E Jr during a family visit to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Rank
Carlsbad, N. M
Mrs
O. E. Jennings
Belle and
Mrs. Whitewood Visits Parents in Marfa
Mrs. Fred Whitewood of the Harper community is visiting her parents in Marfa for a short stay and family time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Fred Whitewood
Harper
Marfa
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Methodists
Walter Leamons
Junction Man Buys
Ingram Telephone System
W. W. Tipton
Menard Citizen
Joe Perry
J. O. Little
R.1.p
Fedestrian Wali
The
Travelers Safety Service
V!p
Wildlife Federation
John L. Phillips
Big Spring
Luke Hagood
Phillips
Water Valley
Hollis Phillips
Big Eagle
Mason CO
Baptist Vacation Bible School
D. F. Davee
Betty Jean Powell
R. D. Kothmann
C. D. Collier
Kothmann
Jim Carpenter
Mary Willis
Herman Meredith
Grady Clark
Ray Dobbs
Vinie Hodges
J. H. Isbell
E. D. Parrott
Hugh Coleman
Ernest Murr
C. H. Ransdell
B. W. Mantooth
B. D. Williams
Earl Ashley
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