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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1951
Page
1
The Hill Country Fair Association invites consignors to a June 15 meeting in the Silver Gables dining room at noon to discuss rules for the Fourth Annual All Breed Sheep Sale scheduled for August 24. Sale manager Vernon Jones outlines the discussion, and notices go to prior consignors with invitations extended to new participants.
Directors of the Harper Community Park Association plan a rodeo and dance at the park Friday night June 15. Contestants may sign up at 1 p.m. Grand entry begins 7 30 p.m. A dance follows with Hill Country Boys providing music. The Harper Pep Squad sells food. J R Peril is president and Victor Marschall secretary treasurer.
The first marriage license after more than two months went to Rector Llano Lester Jr and Billie Louise Biersch wale on May 25. On the same day James Henry Wright and Anne Emma Bierschwale were licensed. No other licenses have been applied for since. The last license prior was issued on March 23.
The Rev W P Dickey retired minister of the Presbyterian Church U S will preach at the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday June 10 at eleven o'clock.
Cpl Larry Smalley, recently back from 40 years in Germany and a World War II veteran, visits his parents Mr and Mrs R R Smalley and is joined by daughters Marilyn and Sharon Smalley from Albuquerque NM. After a 30 day furlough he will report to Fort McClellan Alabama. Mrs Sama Baker returned from Waco after attending grandson Baker H Davs wedding to Jewel Steinke and graduation at A M College where Mr Davis received a degree.
Thomas A Hodges son of Mr and Mrs T T Hodges was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on May 29 at Quantico Virginia The ceremony marked his entry as an officer in the Marine Corps Reserve.
Sue Jacoby of Mt. Home spent Thursday and Friday of last week with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jacoby.
Applications for fall delivery of hatchery fish by the State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission are being taken. Game Warden Joe M. Matlock said forms are available at the Game Warden's office and at C. A. Schraub Co, T. J. Moore Lumber Yard, and Junction Hardware Co. Applicants will be notified several days before their fish allotment ships.
The Junction Warehouse Company hosts the Area Sears Foundation Club wool show and District 114-H Club elimination contest in wool and mohair judging and grass identification. Kimble, Menard and Gillespie counties compete with top fleeces advancing to the state event at A and M June 29.
Lee and Jay Lowry visit Mrs Ruby Swanson and Mr and Mrs Lee Lowry while their mother Mrs J W Lowry stays with her ill husband in a New York hospital.
J B Cook of Sunset is visiting relatives in the area, staying with family members and catching up on local news.
Mrs. D. H. Carson and Mrs. Alice Fleming traveled to San Antonio and attended the candlelight capping of the junior nurses at Baptist Memorial Hospital where Jerry Sue Carson is a member. Mrs. Fleming stayed for an extended visit with her daughter. L. P. Bishop was dismissed from Brooke General Hospital Friday and is convalescing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Ackermann, with Mrs. Bishop and Martha.
Mr and Mrs Ed Jacoby visited Mr and Mrs Earl Jacoby at Mountain Home Saturday. Ned Jacoby who spent a week there returned home with them.
Frank Smith came home Sunday from Fredericksburg Hospital accompanied by Mrs. Smith and Mr and Mrs Henry Barker.
The Rev. W. G. Birkner preached his first sermons in the First Methodist Church as the new pastor. He moved here last week from Beeville with his wife and four sons. He has pastored in Art, Blanco Johnson City, Mercedes, Luling, and Beeville and serves as chairman of the town and country commission of the Southwest Texas Conference. He is a Mason.
Evangelist Rev. A. F. Johnson announced the big tent revival will run one more week at 10th Street and Main. Sunday services include 3 p.m. at First Methodist and 8 p.m. at the tent, while next week services move to the Baptist Church at 10 a.m. and the tent at 7:45 p.m. He praised cooperation from local pastors and churches.
A Martin family reunion for 200 relatives and friends was held Sunday at Bracketville Park. Mrs. Bob Martin, 84, led the gathering with a barbecue dinner. Junction attendees included John and Barbara Martin, C T Holekamp and family, Dr Ted Holekamp, Seaton Prentice, Joe Whaley, Harold Schwening Jr, Martha and Kay Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Reed left this morning for San Angelo where Mr. Reed will undergo bone surgery of the left foot Saturday. Mrs. E. P. Farr is with Mrs. W. A. Bannowsky while they are away.
Mr and Mrs Ivy Smith and their sons from Ozona visited Mr and Mrs Frank Smith and other relatives Sunday.
Highway Patrolman T. P. Jones left Wednesday morning for Edinburg where he has been summoned as a court witness.
Mrs. T S Jones left Monday to visit Mr and Mrs Cecil Mc Clatchey and Tommy Lee and Mary Beth in Snyder for several days.
Mrs J H Northcutt spent the weekend on Bear Creek. Lasca Butler returned to her home in Kenedy Friday after a visit at the J M Livingston ranch.
The sole weekend traffic incident reported by the highway patrol involved a 1949 Studebaker with $900 damage that overturned two miles west of town on U S Highway 290. Emma Florence Ingham of Santa Monica California fell asleep at 8 15 am while eastbound with her husband en route to Fort Myers Florida. both escaped serious injury. The vehicle was towed to San Antonio by Powell Motor Parts.
Grace Wootton returned from a five month leave to resume work as cashier bookkeeper for West Texas Utilities in March and received a diamond-studded service emblem for 25 years with the company. Her career in the electric industry began in November 1920 with Ballinger Electric Company in Ballinger, Texas.
Mayor Hendrix and the City Council urge residents to voice support or opposition to continuing the spraying program. So far the third spray is nearly complete, costing the city about 1500 with only 200 raised. a 1 dollar monthly fee funds equipment and operation to curb disease and pests.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Bannow visited San Angelo with Mrs E P Farr and Mr and Mrs Don Reed spending Monday in the city.
Kimble County fair events begin with the Sears Foundation wool show judged by James Gray. Four top fleeces from each class advance to a regional show with participants from Menard and Gillespie counties. Early Kimble entrants include Gene Simon, Donnie Bode, George Parker, J R Evans, Jerry Dutton, and Jimmy Bannowsky.
One man died and another is critically injured after a one vehicle crash on Highway 183 about 11 miles northwest of Junction. Fred Lawson McKinney 45 died when his 1937 Ford truck overturned after hitting guard posts. Preston M. Sifford 30 was taken to Kerrville’s Sid Peterson Hospital with unclear injuries. Both men lived in cedar camps on the Joe Maddux ranch. Funeral services were pending. McKinney moved to the area with ten children from Arizona last January. He was born September 25 1905. His wife died January 3 1949. The accident marked Kimble County’s sixth traffic fatality this year. Regular classes began at A and M College Adjunct with 133 students and a 7:30 a.m. start. Freshmen enrollments and scattered Texas attendance noted. many names listed.
The three criminal cases scheduled for trial were continued while two divorce actions were heard by Judge Garland Casebier in Fort Stockton 112th District Court. Petit jurors were dismissed for Monday and a jury commission was named for the August term to appoint grand and petit jurors. Decrees were granted in both divorce suits. Regular social notes follow with visits and travel among local residents.
C. C. Chessher and daughters move to Groveton. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Livingston and Linda Livingston visit San Angelo and Christoval. T. W. Coney resigns from T. J. Moore Lumber Yard effective June 1.
Ray Ridenhower reported in town that only three quarters of an inch of rain fell over the weekend. He noted the modest showers and a brief wet spell for the area.
Ft. Stockton judge Garland Casebier addressed the Kimble County Junior Chamber of Commerce on Communism and its impact on Americans at a luncheon in Silver Gables dining room. The group planned an anti fly campaign with city and county officials, naming J W Metz as campaign chairman. Twenty six members and one guest attended.
Rain totals reached 1.20 inches in Junction with official gauge at 1.10 inches Saturday night and 1.00 inch Monday morning. Kerrville area notes include hospital discharge and visitors as Mrs. Kay Phillips and daughter visit C. C. Phillips ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Smith and Mary Catherine travel to Dallas where Mr. Smith obtains a commercial first class radio operator license.
Mrs Artie Simer left Saturday for Lubbock after a week with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Kay Phillips and friends. Mrs Mabel Warren visited son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Willis Barton in Kerrville the past 12 days. Mrs Mary A Boone Mrs Gussie Watson Janis and Mrs L W Boone and daughters returned Friday from Huntsville Ark to be with relatives.
Mrs. Cecil Woodard, Hayden Lawler and F. H. Dunk were San Angelo visitors Monday. Mrs. J. B. Cartwright left last week to join her husband in Georgia after an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Long.
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