Fourth of July Fireworks Draw 1500 in Valley View
About 1500 spectators gathered at Lover's Leap to view the July Fourth fireworks display sponsored by the Jaycees. Former Gov. Coke R. Stevenson spoke on three Jefferson achievements and was introduced by R. D. Borden. Ted Mann led the event with Jaycee assistance. costs exceeded donations and carnival proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lover’s Leap
Coke R. Stevenson
The
Jaycees
Stevenson
Thomas Jefferson
U. S
University of Virginia
R. D. Borden
Ted Mann
Jim Arrington
Joe A. Perry
Federation of Women's Clubs Meet Monday
Projects for the Kimble County Federation of Women's Clubs were discussed informally at a courthouse gathering Monday afternoon. Planned efforts include studying local government and boosting participation, plus park improvements. President Mrs. Marshall Heap presided with La Junta Study Club Highland Study Club and Daedalian Study Club in attendance.
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Kimble County
Guffey Drilling Co Hosts Barbecue on North Llano River
The Guffey Drilling Company entertained Chamber of Commerce members and guests with a barbecue at the C. EF. Reid test well site on the North Llano River Tuesday. Mrs. Jack Guffey and others oversaw serving while friends provided the beans tea and cake. About 80 attended. Also noted are a Kerrville rodeo visit by Scott family and a pastors association broadcast by Rev. B E Baker on KMBL July 16–20 at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Guffey Drilling Company
Chamber of Commerce
Llano River
C. EF. Reid
Jack Guffey
Clarence Shearer
Vernom Curtis
Roy Guffey
Ice Cream Benefit Saturday Set On Church Lawn
Six p.m. Saturday is the hour scheduled for a benefit ice cream supper on the Methodist Church lawn sponsored by the Efficiency Class. Sandwiches and cakes will be on sale to raise funds. M/Sgt. and Mrs. Andrew M Burt announce the birth of a daughter Monday July 9 in a San Antonio hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Matt Burt. Baby Cynthia Colette weighed six and a half pounds.
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Methodist Church
Andrew M. Burt
San Antonio
Matt Burt
Cynthia Colette
Joy Stovall Visits Abilene Grandparents
Joy Stovall of Abilene is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johnston.
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Joy Stovall of
Abilene
Mrs
Arthur Johnston
Parking Meter Violation Case Tried Monday
Henry Bossmann was found guilty by a six man jury in corporation court before Mayor W P Hendrix for a parking meter violation tied to a pickup on April 16 1951. Bossmann appealed to County Court to test the zone ordinance in Junction.
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W. P. Hendrix
Henry Bossmann
Hendrix
Bossmann
Junction
London Masons Install Officers
London Masonic Lodge No. 814 installed officers for the ensuing year at a July 3 meeting in the Community Hall. A joint session with the Eastern Star included a barbecued goat supper. Visitors from nearby lodges attended. appointive officers to be installed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge No. 814
London
Lodge
Eastern Star
London Church Of Christ Meeting To Close Sunday
Protracted meeting with evangelist Marshall Davis of Eldorado ends Sunday with two services and a basket dinner. Preaching at 11 a.m. follows Bible classes, then dinner in the Community Hall, and an evening service to conclude. Walter W. Leamon fills Davis’ pulpit in Eldorado Segovia and Cleo on the designated times.
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London Church of Christ
Marshall Davis
Eldorado
Walter W. Leamon
Mr. Davis
Segovia
Cleo
Strube Leads Lutheran Resettlement Work in Texas
Miss Marguerite Strube a home making teacher now Texas Resettlement worker for the National Lutheran Council operates from the Lutheran Welfare Society in San Antonio. Her duties include locating work and housing for ethnic Germans guiding them from arrival to settlement and providing counseling throughout Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Strube
Texas
National Lutheran Council
Lutheran Welfare Society
Craig Place
San Antonio
USA
Cunningham visit follows critical illness in Temple Hospital
Mr and Mrs Jordan Cunningham left Tuesday afternoon to visit his father Joe L Cunningham who remains critically ill in Temple Hospital.
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Jordan Cunningham
Joe L. Cunningham
The
Temple Hospital
Jones and Wrights Return From Monterrey Trip
Mr and Mrs Jack Jones and Mr and Mrs Preston Wright returned Thursday of last week from a trip to Monterrey Mexico. They left Junction the previous Saturday.
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Jack Jones
Preston Wright
Monterrey
Mexico
Junction
Optometrist Opens Office In Junction
Dr. Ward B. MacKeen of Abilene opened a new optometry office at 105 North 8th Street Murff Studio building in Junction this Monday. He is 36 and has practiced in Abilene for over two years, holding civic roles including president of the Optimists Club and director for Boys' Ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward B. MacKeen
Abilene
North 8Th Street
West Texas Optometric Society
American Optometric Association
Journal of Texas Optometric Association
Illinois College of Optometry
MacKeen
Accident Victim Transferred To Brooke Hospital
Herbert Wilton Flowers of Goodfellow Field San Angelo was injured in a June 30 traffic crash north of town. Transferred from Legion to Brooke General Hospital, he has a punctured lung and serious injuries to head and face and left arm. Two other Air Force riders escaped serious injury when Flowers sideswiped a state truck slowing for a left turn on Highway 83 ten miles north.
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Herbert Wilton Flowers
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Legion
Brooke General Hospital
Joe Perry
Flowers
Air
Grass judging contests planned for July 27th
Only two weeks remain to prepare for grass judging contests to be held by the Association of Hill Country Soil Conservation Districts on July 27. Further assistance and information can be had by contacting local supervisors or the SCS Service Office in Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Hill Country Soil Conservaton
SCS
Junction
Local Broadcast Schedule Remains Open Next Week
The association announces a radio broadcast on KMBL from Monday July 16 to Friday July 20 at 9 a.m. The message emphasizes the daily time slot and station for listeners seeking programming.
Duttons Leave Alpine After Relatives Visit
Mr and Mrs Duane Dutton and Debra departed last Thursday for their Alpine home following a visit with relatives here.
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Duane Dutton
Debra
Alpine
Mrs Jimmie Simmons Visits Family At Bois d Arc
Mrs Jimmie Simmons spent Sunday with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Austin Moore at Bois d Arc in a family visit noted by the local paper.
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B. W. Warren
M. G. Warren
Kerrville
Jimmie Simmons
Austin Moore
Bois d’Arc
Mrs Daisy Deats Funeral Rites Set For Today
Funeral services for Mrs Daisy Deats 74 who died at her home in San Antonio Tuesday will be held Thursday at 4 o clock from the Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Junction cemetery. Survivors include three children Temple Deats of Junction Arthur Deats and Mrs Ruby Smith of San Antonio and two brothers Ollie Fleming of Lamesa and Homer Fleming of Mississippi.
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Daisy Deats
San Antonio
Smith Funeral Home
Junction
Temple Deats
Arthur Deats
Ruby Smith
Ollie Fleming
Lamesa
Homer Fleming
Mississippi
Kimble Singing Convention Set to Meet Sunday
Kimble County Singing Convention will gather at London Community Hall Sunday at 2 p.m. Ollie Martin president announced the group formed in London on June 17 for Kimble singers. Ted Kiser as vice president Joyce Martin secretary and Victoria Brewer treasurer were elected. Monthly meetings will rotate among communities. All who enjoy singing are invited.
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Kimble County
London Community Hall
Ollie Martin
London
Kimble Singers
Martin
Ted Kiser
Joyce Martin
Victoria Brewer
City to vote on extra bond for water sewer work
City Council orders a new 38 000 dollar revenue bond election for July 28 to raise funds beyond the 175 000 bond already approved for water and sewer improvements. Contracts total 213 000 dollars but work can begin only on the 175 000 portion. polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the courthouse with H G Hubert presiding.
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W. P. Hendrix
Hendrix
H. G. Hubert
Leroy Taylor
Earl Ashley
Highway 290 Improvements Under Way In Texas
Cage Brothers of San Antonio began work Monday to clear eight miles of U S Highway 290 east from Fort Terrett on the Sonora road. The $415000 contract aims to relocate and straighten curves over about a year with work spanning Kimble and Sutton counties. Fencing of the right of way was completed earlier by Sutton and Kimble counties.
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Cage Brothers, General Contractors
San Antonio
Fort Terrett
Sonora Road
Cage Brothers
W. N. Hardeman
Kimble
Roosevelt
Sutton County
Sutton
Mr and Mrs Felix Harrison Return Home to Del Rio
Mr and Mrs Felix Harrison returned to their Del Rio home Sunday after being summoned by the illness and death of Mr Harrison's father M N Harrison who had been stricken last week.
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Felix Harrison
del Rio
Mr. Harrison
M. N. Harrison
Mrs Febagene Dickerson Joins County Attorney Office
Mrs Febagene Dickerson is employed in the County Attorney's office in a new appointment. The move places her within the legal staff, supporting prosecutions and legal work for the county.
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Febagene Dickerson
REA Annual Meeting Set for Saturday
Kimble Electric Cooperative members meet Saturday at 2 p m in district courtroom for annual director election and officers reports. Candidates include Hill, Dickerson, Stewart, Wilkinson, Ross, Whitworth, and Thurman with additional nominations possible. Fourteen all electric appliances to be given as attendance prizes.
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Kimble Electric Cooperative, Inc
E. G. Hill
W. O. Dickerson
B&b
Chester Kirk
E. V. Stewart
Allen
Kimble Breeders Plan Show and Private Treaty Sale
The annual Kimble Co Registered Livestock Breeders Association Show and Private Treaty Sale is two weeks away with committees and president Victor Marshall directing preparations. County Agent J. W. Jennings and Sears Foundation 4-H groups help ready for the event as association members plan private treaty sales. A Brady reunion tied to Mrs Hugh Meredith’s family included Mr and Mrs Harrison Meredith and Mrs Jeff Meredith with Mrs Meredith over 90 enjoying the day. Dusty and Mollie Poynor visited Miss Bernice Cobb Tuesday.
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Kimble Co. Registered Livestock Breeders’ Association
Victor Marshall
J. W. Jennings
Sears Foundation
Association
Hugh Meredith
Helen
Doris
Donnie
Harrison Meredith
Jeff Meredith
Tucker
Water and Sewer Improvement Contracts Let
Contracts totaling 213000 have been awarded Holland Page of Austin and Pittsburg Des Moines Street Company of Dallas for water and sewer improvements and extensions with 38000 more sought to finance the work. The 175000 bond issue authorized on Nov 18 1950 funds the project. Pittsburg Des Moines Co will erect a 75000 gallon steel storage reservoir in Little Mexico.
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Holland Page
Austin
Pittsburg- Des Moines Street Company
Dallas
W. P. Hendrix
Pittsburg Des Moines Co
Little Mexico
Marvin Turner
San Antonio
North Junction
Hendrix
Jimmie Simmons
Chester Simon
W. B. Norton
E. C. Lewis
Vann Martin
M N Harrison Funeral Rites Held In Kimble County
Funeral services for Manlius N. Harrison 87 were held at the College Street Church of Christ with minister Walter Leamons officiating. Burial followed in Junction cemetery. Harrison, a pioneer Hereford rancher, moved to Kimble County over 70 years ago and helped build early fences and the first telephone system. He survived by his wife Margaret and three sons, a daughter, grandchildren, great grandchild, and several sisters.
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Manlius N. Harrison
College St. Church of Christ
Walter W. Leamons
Junction Cemetery
Hodges Funeral
Lavaca County
Mr. Harrison
Kimble
Felix Harrison
Johnson Fork
Margaret Griffin
Llano River
Texas
Dodge City
Kansas
Henry Harrison
Kimble County
LC Ranch
Gentry Creek
Harrisons
James J. Griffin
John S. Durst
Stewart Gulch
Harrison
Llano
Val Verde
Church of Christ
Elmer H
Junction
Felix H
del Rio
John PD
Sanderson
W. M. Seward
San Antonio
M. J. Nethery, Jr
Wilburn Nethery
C. W. Newbill
Joe Bissett
Spruel
Cox
John Griffin
Eldorado
Masonic Lodge Installs New Officers In July Meeting
Sir Walter Buck served as installing master and Lewis Jetton as installing marshal at the Masonic Lodge installation in the Masonic Hall on Thursday evening in July. Officers installed included Jimmie Simmons as Worshipful Master Marvin E Blackburn Jr as senior warden Joe Felps as junior warden Buster Crenshaw as senior deacon Dr W T Laxson as junior deacon Guy Munn as treasurer J A Cavaness as secretary Houston Smith as tiler Joe Simmons as Chaplain W A Henley and Gene Jones as stewards. M/Sgt Wilson Gentry, a visitor, spoke about lodge work in Japan during his 30 years there.
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Walter Buck
Lewis Jetton
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
Jimmie Simmons
Marvin E. Blackburn, Jr
Joe Felps
Buster Crenshaw
W. T. Laxson
Guy Munn
J. A. Cavaness
Houston Smith
Joe Simmons
W. A. Henley
Gene Jones
Wilson Gentry
Japan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Federation OF Women's Clubs
C. C. Scott
Paul Scott
Scott Ranch
B. E. Baker
Junction Gospel Tabernacle
Pastors’ Association
KMBL
London Masons
E. L . Hardesty
M L . Stewart
J. A. Brewer
London Church of Christ Meeting
Optometrist
Brooke Hospital
Kimble Singing Convention
Highway 290
REA
Kimble Breeders Plan
Dusty and
Mollie Poynor
Bernice Cobb
Becky
Walter Lindsay
A. 2. Lindsay
Carol Sue
Jay
Mason
Lindsay
Alice Lindsay
Ed Jacoby
Mrs. Jacoby
Mt. Home
Earl Jacoby
Ned
Harold Jacoby
T. J. Jacoby
Sue
Sandra
Pete Jacoby
Billie
David
Hal Holland
Tyrus Holland
Luke Hagood
Mrs. Hagood
Big Spring
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