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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
8
Mrs Chester Bannowsky reports a broad county roundup of ranching duties and social visits. Neighbors discuss spring grass, feed costs, a truck collision near Junction, and church prayers for unity. Many names and places appear, including Villa Acuna and Del Rio, with reflections on faith and community life.
Segovia residents excel at the Fat Stock Show with Carlton and Milton Bierschwale and Hollis Phillips earning prizes and ribbons. Local visitors and families attended, volunteers replaced equipment for softball as Segovia teams defeated Junction 13 to 10 and 2 to 10 in seven innings, with a large crowd watching.
Billy Kid Skaggs appears with grand champion Ange J. Merton and runner-up Lorenzo Moxford displaying their prize goats. The scene captures the prized animals and the exhibitors with a brief nod to their success amid the fair.
Reading left to right the calf lineup includes Wilburn Nethery M call GL Hahn and Jim Wright with third and fourth place, held by Me de Nethery. Calves bred by BF Holt and Omer Wright, showed by SOS Bundy and others. The image credits Nethery family and Wrights, with mention of Med by SOS.
At the Burt Fleming Post of the American Legion meeting on February 9 the group passed resolutions urging Congress to strengthen defenses by expanding Air Forces Army Navy and Marine Corps fortify coastlines Panama Canal and island possessions and to fund and continue the Dies Committee to expose un American activity. The resolutions named Hon. Charles South President Roosevelt Garner Martin Dies and the State Dept and called for broader military training and transportation systems.
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