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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1955
Page
5
The Friends Class of the Method ist Church met at the T. T. Hodges home for a monthly social and business session last week. Hostesses were Mrs Hodges, Mrs Alton Mason, and Mrs J Prather.
Mrs. T. W. Guy and Teddy and Mike of Phoenix, Ariz., visit while Ist. Lt. Guy, stationed at Luke AFB, is at Randolph AFB for special work during a two weeks’ leave.
Dr W P Dickey lectured at the Sunday morning session of the Men’s Bible Class attended by 48 men. Special music featured two duets by Mrs El Roy Dechert and daughter Susan, with piano accompaniment by Mrs W P Grisham.
A spring fashion show and discussion was led by Mrs. Robert M. Neal for Cactus Study Club at Mrs. R. D. Kothmann's home on Wednesday afternoon. Models included LaVerne Johnston Connie Faye Odom Margaret Hamer Jill Jones and Delia Ruth Williamson with accessories shown. Mrs. Sherman Rimes was named delegate to the Sixth District TFWC convention in April with Mrs. Roy Spiller as alternate. The group voted to donate to the Penny Art Fund and served refreshments to 19 members and guests.
State docket reports J B Sherman and Billy Joe Cartwright indicted for receiving stolen property. Mar 3 1955 jury found not guilty. Pleas and severance motions noted. Civil filings include divorces for Blanche Carrigan and Charlene Archer, plus promissory note judgment for Coke Stevenson.
Opal Kirchman paid a total 122.15 for carrying a pistol under a complaint by city marshal Joe Baker. M. E. Taylor was fined 29.15 total for swindling. Victor Mena faces charges of wife and child desertion and non support, agreeing to send 310 weekly to the county clerk for child support per Mrs Margart Mena.
Probate Docket notes the Estate of Natalie S. McNutt with William Harry McNutt as administrator and an application for probating the will filed. Juvenile Docket shows no entries since Oct 16, 1954.
Joe Bailey Cooper paid 42.50 for driving without license. J D Pence 37.50 for overweight load. Red Smith 22.50 for being drunk in public. W B McGee 17.50 for overlength load. Curtis B Carrell charged with over axle load. Floyd Stewart 37.50 for affray. Russell Nixon charged with affray. Ernest Henry Winkle no operator's license. Juventino Ramos no operator's license. Fredrico C. Ruiz warning. W C Hannemann no inspection sticker. James Paul Phillips no inspection sticker. Inquest verdict for Anthony T. Lorente listed.
In a Corporation Court presided by Judge W. P. Hendrix and Judge Fernando Castillo of San Antonio, two men faced fines for driving without a license and intoxication. City Marshal Joe Baker filed the complaints. James Delz of Fredericksburg paid a $5 fine plus costs totaling $19.50 for being drunk in a public place, while another unnamed driver was fined $5 plus costs totaling $17.50 for driving without a license.
Wilton Glimp and Willie Ben ge Hargis, Charles Victor Bradford and Helen Laverne Morgan, Jesse James Gentry and Ernestine Crouch received marriage licenses in the latest local records.
Leon Turner and wife transfer two Riley Ragland lots to W N Hardeman. R D Rothmann and wife move land in Junction to Lucy and Blanche Cullen. A F Fritz and Lida Fritz sell 40 acres in Kimble County to C P Porter. Tillie Goodman and husband C C transfer 35.14 acres in Kimble County to Fritz and Lida. E C Lewis and wife Mamye sell a tract to L V Carroll. Jack Winn and wife Lucille transfer land to Ward Terrell in Mueller Addition. Jim Herron Jr and wife Stella May sell 200 acres to Veterans Land Board of Texas. El mire P Norton and husband Marshall Cook receive two lots in Blue Bonnet Heights Addition. Permian Basin Construction Co transfers 560 acres in Kimble County to A A Townsend and Barron Kidd. Chevis Wyatt sells lot in Durst Addition to Ruth Wyatt. Monroe Gray and wife Nina Jean transfer 43 percent of an acre in Junction to Bernardo Hernandez. Florence Roberts transfers title and interest right to J H Phillips.
A compiled list shows transfers of numerous 1940s and 1950s motor vehicles among private owners and auto dealers. Entries include makes such as Chevrolet Ford Buick Willys Dodge and Packard with years 1938 to 1955 and buyers like W H Cottle J A Long Robert L Fox and Calvin Peel among others.
Eva Mae Gary and Pierce Gary transfer 2236.1 acres in Kimble County to J H Phillips. Connie Jean Neal Dennis Worth Neal and Louis Carlton Neal transfer 2236.1 acres in Kimble County to C C Phillips. Ward Terrell transfers part of a lot in Mueller Addition to James W Dagen and Mae Jean Dagen. Juanita Fuentes transfers part of a lot in Pompa to Salvador Castillo.
Mrs Joe Bissett directed the program The Fellowship of Christian Love when the Mamie Cowsert Circle met last week at the home of Mrs A D Kindrick Sixteen members attended Mrs Walker Ragsdale was elected to life membership in the WSCS Sixteen members attended reports and participation noted in this local church circle update.
A historical listing includes Zelda P Gill with a 1955 Chevrolet, Lee E Willis with a 1955 Chevrolet, David King Akers with a 1955 Chevrolet, H. H. Farmer with a 1955 Chevrolet, J. M. Fruge with a 1955 Buick coupe, L. E. Gibbins with a 1948 Chevrolet.
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