Ranchmen Round-up Set for June 24 and 25 in Kimble County
The Texas Experiment Station near Sonora will host its 9th Range program on June 24 and 25 with Kimble County well represented. County Agent R E Homann notes efforts to bring a large ranchman and 4H youth delegation, featuring disease and wool handling demos, market preparation, range finance and breeding topics, plus 4H wool and sheep club demonstrations. A Kimble County survey shows 69 eligible club-age boys on ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Experiment Station
Sonora
Texas
Kimble
R. E. Homann
Water System For Cemetery Extended
A June 3 regular meeting of the Junction Cemetery Aid had seven members present led by Mrs Vashti Taylor. The committee report urged buying more water pipe to extend the cemetery watering system, noting further contributions are welcome. The next meeting is set for the first Thursday in July at 3 30 p m with full attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction Cemetery Aid
Vashti Taylor
Boy Scouts Swim and Picnic Tonight at Kimble Courts
Local Boy Scouts meet at 6 30 PM Thursday at the school for a swimming party and picnic. Scouts should bring their own sandwiches. Future meetings move to 8 PM Thursdays per assistant scout master Chetty Porter. Nearby farmers report good weather after rain, with daytime highs 91 to 96 and nights 72 to 88.
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Kimble Courts
Chetty Porter
Kimble County
Worthy Grand Matron Florence Read to Visit Local Chapter
Mrs Florence Read Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of Eastern Star will visit the local chapter Monday night June 27. All members are urged to attend and greet the senior officer, with visitors from other chapters invited to join the meeting.
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Florence Read
Coahoma
Texas
Order of Eastern Star
Order
Juneteenth Celebration Planned by Brady Negroes
Juneteenth on June 19 marks a holiday for the Negro community with many celebrations planned in centers with large colored populations. Brady residents announce a major event on June 19 and 20. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Spann and daughter travel to Eden for the funeral of the infant son of Claud Spann and his wife. The child lived briefly and was the Spanns' grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Spann
Eden
Claud Spann
J E Koon Promoted To Asst District Manager Of W O W
J E Koon, long time W O W field representative, promoted to assistant district manager for efficient service. He led in insurance written across campaigns, wrote 115000 during the Foundation Campaign honoring John Yates and secured over 30 Mountain Camp applications. He aims to reorganize Menard camp with an initiation next Thursday night. The official family includes JW McLendon CC Guy Munn past CC Clomah Murrah A L Leroy Taylor Banker Melton House Escort M Ferris Watchman Dr J B Wiedeman Camp Physician.
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J. E. Koon
Foundation
John Yates
Menard
Mr. Koon
JW McLendon
Guy Munn
C. C. Clomah Murrah
A. L. Leroy Taylor
Melton House
M. Ferris
J. B. Wiedeman
Rocksprings Hosts Three Day Rodeo and Race Meet
Rocksprings opens a three day celebration by the Edwards County Fair Association with races rodeo and dances in progress. Hundreds from Junction attend and a free barbecue and free ice water are offered daily. Friday marks the final day of events.
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Junction
Edwards County Fair Association
Mexican Produces First 1937 Bale of Cotton
A Mexican farmer near Edinburg produced the first bale of 1937 cotton weighing 600 pounds. The bale was trucked to Corpus Christi and earned the producer a $500 premium, the fifth time a Mexican has won the award and the third straight year Star County has led with the first bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
Corpus Christi
Star County
Sonora Agrees to Buy Water Plant and System
Citizens of Sonora through two commissioners and the mayor approve paying 37 935 dollars for the water plant and system serving the city. Arbiter Joe E Ward of Wichita Falls selected by the city and the utility company confirmed the amount by telephone to H R F Helland of San Antonio.
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Sonora
Joe E. Ward
Wichita Falls
City and Utility Company
H.R. F. Helland
San Antonio
Prized Document Turns Out To Be Booking Slip
A Mexican laborer in Phoenix was taken into custody after displaying a paper he believed proved legal entry to the United States. The document proved to be a 1937 police booking slip for petty larceny, not immigration proof.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Altho
United States
Police Department
Advertising Men Laud This Section As Tourist Resort
Will C Grant and Bill Hinson of Dallas tour the heart of Kimble County praising its climate and scenic beauty. Grant, advertising manager for Lone Star Gas, urges more Texas promotion while Hinson, a Dallas direct mail advertiser, discusses past newspaper ties and current campaigns. The visitors stay at H Ranch tourist camp and travel with Rep. Coke R. Stevenson and wife.
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Llanos
Will C Grant
Bill Hinson
Dallas
Grant
Lone Star Gas Company
Federated Advertising Clubs of America
Hinson
Texas
Heart of the Hills
Colorado
Hills
Kimble County
Lone Star Gas
Leon Durst
Associated Press
H Ranch
Treasury gold tale ships to sink a battleship
The Treasury reports government gold totaling 12.143 billion dollars weighs 11,888 tons with a volume of 19,820 cubic feet. Navy estimates show tonnage could raise the West Virginia’s waterline by nine feet, rendering it unseaworthy but not sinking it.
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United States
Mint
Navy
West Virginia
Revival at Junction Baptist Church by Dr W Y Pond
Dr W Y Pond conducts revival at Junction Baptist Church with twice daily services drawing large crowds. The two week meetings began Sunday with 10 am and 8 pm sessions. Pond, a former state evangelist and pastor, delivers plain messages. Singers from congregations join each morning and evening. Panama Canal officials plan to enlarge the canal at an estimated 150.9 million dollars with a ten year design phase and another decade for construction, not in operation before 1960. Col C S Ridley urged quick starter funds before the House Appropriations Committee on canal operations.
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Junction Baptist Church
W. Y. Pond
Pond
Panama Canal
Col. C. S. Ridley
Canal
House Appropriations Committee
Allred Signals Another Texas Legislature Special Session
James V. Allred indicated a second special session of the Texas Legislature, likely late summer or early fall. He told reporters July vacations to allow time for pension funds, noting another session could be hard but necessary to fund old age pensions. The regular session ended May 22, with a brief intermission before the current special session began May 27.
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James V. Allred
Lanham Endorsed for UT Presidency by Texas Delegation
Texas House delegation endorses Rep. Fritz G. Lanham of Fort Worth for University of Texas president to fill the vacancy created by the death of Dr. H. Y. Benedict. The luncheon resolution passed unanimously.
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Fritz G. Lanham
Fort Worth
University of Texas
Texas
House
Lanham
H. Y. Benedict
Laughing Around the World With IRVIN S. COBB
Irish Mrs Carr with a very large family lives in a neighborhood where big families are common. Her twelfth child had just been born. A visitor greets the mother and jokes about the size of the brood as a whimsical line on a test edition arrival.
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Honora
Terrence
Donovan
American News Features, Inc
Eagle Plans Special June Edition for Races and Rodeo
Eagle announces a special June edition to promote the Races Rodeo and Goat Show to be staged in August. The edition, issued August 5, aims to make the big show on August 10 11 and 12 the outstanding celebration in Junction with community cooperation requested.
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Eagle
Junction
Theagle
Junction Church Of Christ Will Not Hold Revival This Month
The Junction Church of Christ states it will not hold a protracted meeting during the current month. Elder Walter W. Leamons cites inquiries and conflicting reports as cause, noting a June 1938 meeting is planned with Herbert Newman invited to preach.
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Junction Church of Christ
Walter W. Leamons
Herbert Newman
Central Church of Christ
Ft. Worth
Bro
Newman
Junction High School
John S. Newman
Station B Hosts Large Annual Barbecue Event
Between three and four hundred people attended Station B of the Humble Pipeline Company for its annual barbecue and celebration on Friday June 11. Officials of the Humble Pipeline Company joined employees for an afternoon of softball tennis and horse shoe games followed by a 6 o clock barbecue supper. Local residents from Junction and Kimble counties enjoyed the hospitality.
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Station B
Humble Pipeline Company
Junction
Kimble County
Smith Tops Fort Worth Sheep Market Report
B. L. Smith sold 115 sheep to Fort Worth and earned the top market price for yearlings at $8.00 per hundred, $5.50 for two year olds, and $5.00 for aged ewes. The sale reflects improved Kimble county sheep production. The note also lists a brief local subscription honor roll and welcomes three new subscribers.
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B. L. Smith
Fort Worth
Mr. Smith
R. C. Bruce
Junction
J. H. Graham
Kerrville
Howard Rags Dill
Frank Reinbold
Segovia
R. T. Williamson
Fort McKavett
Victoria Brewer
San Marcos
Junction Chapter to Install Officers for Ensuing Year
The Junction Chapter Number 497 of the Order of the Eastern Star will install officers for the ensuing year at a meeting tonight Thursday June 17. The wool market shows improvement with prices for short wool selling as high as 36 cents a pound.
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Junction
Order of the Eastern Star
Hill Country Fair Officers to Meet Ahead of 1937 Race Meet
Hill Country Fair Association officers and directors will meet June 19 in Kimble county courthouse to plan the 1937 Race Meet Rodeo and Fair set for August 10 11 and 12 at the Fair Grounds. The TX Angora Goat Raisers Show and Sale and TAGRA events will accompany the three day celebration with new barns under construction and a full slate of races and shows expected to draw ranchers regionwide.
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Hill Country Fair Association
Kimble County
H. E. Wright
Fair Park
Conflicting Dates Rule Out Dove Shooting in Texas
In Texas the dove hunting window clashes between state and federal law. State law allows killing from September 1 to November 30 while federal rules set December 1 to January 16. Officials plan to seek a presidential proclamation to align federal regulations with the new state law signed by Governor James V. Allred.
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Texas
Will J. Tucker
The
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
United States
James V. Allred
Local Masonic Officers Elected For Next Year
At the regular lodge meeting last Saturday night officers were elected for the ensuing year Dr J Holt Smith W M C W Walker S D Roy Baker J D W McCarroll Treasurer Frank Patterson Secretary Dick Coleman Tiler Also noted Elder Walter Leamons preached at Bear Creek baptizing one convert Attendance was high at church services in Rocksprings with 3000 to 4000 attending three day celebration and Junction promoting a goat show rodeo and race meet August 10 to 12 Vice President John Garner and Mrs Garner visited Amarillo and their son Tully Garner in Uvalde prior to Congress adjournment.
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Masonic Lodge
J. Holt Smith
W. M.C
D. L. Stewart
Cleo
Walter W. Leamons
Leamons
Bear Creek
Junction
John Garner
Congress
Uvalde
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Beatrice Wright
Wright Ranch
Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Dr. W. Y. Pond
Baptist Church
Anama Canal
Allred Hin Special
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Colle
Boost
Univer
Anham TY Head
Irvin S. Cobb
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