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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
1
The annual banquet of the Volunteer Fire Department will be held Friday at eight o'clock in the high school gym. Speaker J. B. Randolph will deliver a short, engaging address. The department reports a full membership for the first time since 1930 and invites new applicants only when an opening occurs.
The Four-County Interscholastic League Meet will be held at Junction High School on Friday and Saturday March 24 and 25. Judges from the University of Texas and other schools including Roy Bedichek are slated to preside. Contenders must report for instructions before events, and teachers are urged to cooperate to avoid confusion. The Eagle will publish the event schedule next week. local residents Stapp and Murrah names appear with a note about a mounted mountain lion displayed at the Junction National Bank.
The Junction High School girls volleyball team coached by R D Kothmann won the Eldorado tournament title defeating Eden 21 20 and Sonora 35 9 after an opening 28 13 win over Eldorado. Freddie Gardner and Freddie Mae Cox earned all tournament nods with gold volleyballs.
Plans for the eleventh annual Junction Volunteers Fire Department banquet are set for the school gymnasium at 8 00 p m with J B Randolph as speaker and several musicians on the program. After the program guests may dance until midnight, and a fifty cent plate charge will be collected from attendees. Tickets are available from any fire department member.
County Agent R. E. Homan reports Kimble county farmers are among the first in Texas to receive cotton allotments under the 1939 program. With 247 farm applications, they have 2075 acres of cotton allotments, 1871 acres of general crops, and 4928 acres of soil conserving acreage, plus potential payments for soil building. Meetings set for March 20 at London and March 21 at the Divide school to discuss details.
Chas. L. Kessler world wide traveler and Byrd associate will speak at Junction Rotary Club luncheon at 12:15 Weds March 23. He is with Ford Motor Company and accepted the invitation from Reuben Loeffler to discuss his global travels.
At a Tuesday meeting the Function Independent School District board re elected all teachers for the coming year. Raymond Allen was appointed to succeed R E Homann as trustee. Superintendent Rankin Rothmann was already re elected for a three year term.
The Junction Grammar School softball team routed Sonora Grammar 14 to 0 Tuesday afternoon. Under Ed Gamble, the school principal, the team features players Terry Lynn Randle Jesse O Rear Ramon Sanchez Saul Pompa Jesus Torres Aden Nixon Albert Martinez Maurice St Clair Glenn Carson Robert Hunger Roscoe Marsh representing a strong lower grade club.
Founders Day was celebrated by seven Post members their wives and guests in the new Legion Hall. Rev G W Crabb gave the opening prayer and addressed the history of the Post founded March 15 1919 with George Vierling as first Commander. A high school debate on whether Texas should adopt a retail sales tax was presented with students speaking for and against. The event also marked the first anniversary in the new hall now growing into a small museum of war relics. Plans to add an extension to the hall are already under way.
Wilson Buster Jr. is named one of five members of the A and M College judging team from about 40 entries. The selection includes boys from Kimble Edwards and Mason counties, highlighting regional ranching representation from Menard county’s success in Chicago. Petey also noted among the selections.
Kimble Wool and Mohair Company Inc announces the contract award for a new warehouse. B O Newby is the winner with bids from J D Braley C A Turnell T J Moore and others. The 70 by 100 foot hollow tile building will sit north of Loeffler Motor Co and should be done by May 1. Walker Ragdale, manager, states it will be modern and well lit to display wool and mohair.
ER. A. Smith, 49, formerly of Elgin Texas, died after a pistol discharge while cutting cedar on the Julius Hunger ranch in Kimble County. The 38 caliber weapon discharged as he tried to remove it, mortally wounding him. he died within minutes. He had lived in Elgin most of his life, moved to Kimble County in 1938 with his family, and is survived by his wife Lillie Bell Smith and seven children. The body was taken to Elgin for interment.
Roy Dale McKay, backfield ace for the Junction Eagles, visited Rice Institute in Houston from Friday to Monday meeting athletic officials. He may enroll next fall and has also considered Texas, TCU and Baylor.
The article recounts a recent cavern exploration of Devils Sink Hole, a natural wonder not yet fully discovered. Water engineers note the cavern’s water supply could service a metropolitan center.
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