Texas politics roils as governor mulls third term
In Austin the three week senate filibuster over tax bills and race horse repeal dominates speculation about Texas politics next year. Gov Allred is eyed by allies as weighing a third term on a vindication platform amid Senate opposition, while candidates McCraw Thompson and Woodul advertise campaigns and policy shifts. The race track repeal and possible special session loom as lawmakers push for action before adjournment.
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Austin
Senate
Alfred
Texas
Allred
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Highway Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Wm. McCraw
McCraw
Indiana
Thompson
Texas Hall of Fame
Walter Woodul
Woodal
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Ralph Yarborough
Austin Judge
Gerald C. Mann
Scouts National Jamboree Opens June 30 in Washington
National Jamboree preparations in Concho Valley Council report 26 registered scouts and leaders with under 60 days to opening day. The camp will host 30,000 scouts from across the U S and foreign countries in a 350 acre area along the Potomac river with extensive utility and food requirements.
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Boy Scouts
Concho Valley Council
Washington, D. C
America
Potomac
Four Pattersons Meet First Time In Forty Years
Four remaining members of the Cum mings Patterson family held a reunion in Kimble County. G Q Patterson of Peacock Stonewall County visited with his brother and sisters and was joined by relatives from Fort McKavett and Williamson County. G Q Patterson 85 appeared spry. N C Patterson and two sisters in their 60s recall a family of ten with roots in the county.
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Cummings Patterson
G. Q Patterson
Peacock
Stonewall County
G. Q. Patterson
Wilburn Patterson
Patterson
Fort McKavett
Burl Stockton
N. C. Patterson
Vaughn
Ellen Tomberlin
Kimble County
Williamson County
Junction Fire Dept Votes to Join Pension Fund
The Texas Legislature passed a law creating a pension fund for paid and volunteer fire departments. The Junction Volunteer Fire Department voted Tuesday night to join the plan. Members pay 3 to 5 dollars yearly. after 20 years and at 55, they receive 25 dollars monthly. A clause provides injury benefits up to 15 dollars weekly plus hospital and doctor bills. Mrs R C McCullough returned Thursday from Gonzales after visiting her daughters.
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Texas
Junction Volunteer Fire Department
YARD LONG TALES IN VOGUE SINCE MAY 1st
Rivers and streams of Kimble county opened the 1937 fishing season on May 1 with fair to good catches reported. Lewis Coleman won the catfish first week honors with a 51‑pound yellow cat. A Davis of Austin claimed fly fishing with a six‑pound bass. Major I. Margolis, guest of the Hendersons of South Llano, landed a four‑pound bass using an artificial lure.
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Kimble County
Lewis Coleman
A. Davis
Austin
I. Margolis
Chas. Henderson
South Llano
Art Exhibition at Junction High School May 11 14
An exhibition of fine art prints will be held at Junction High School from May 11 to May 14. The event supports the school picture fund with a small admission. It features over 100 reproductions by masters from America and Europe, spanning from the 13th century to modern times.
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Junction High School
America
Europe
Commencement Exercises Begin May 23 At Junction High
May 23 marks the start of commencement events with a sermon by Rev. R C McCullough at 11 a m in the school auditorium. A panorama on communication by elementary students, seventh graders receive high school promotion, and diplomas are awarded May 28 to a list of named graduates.
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Junction
R. C. McCullough
Junction Baptist Church
Bert William Allison
Leon Rudolph Becker
James Howard Bissett
Carson Curbon
Joe Baily Grobe
August Henry Hunger
James Stanley Kirkpatrick
Alton Stewart Kirkpatrick
Carleton Massie
Charles W. McCarroll, Jr
Robert Max Neal
Oren Phillips
John Self
Lloyd Wood Stewart
Alvin Boyd Wootan
Reba Mae Barfield
Helen Frances Caldwell
Mary Martha Clark
Nora Temple Gilliam
Mary Hal Holland
Dorothy E. Hull
Loma Bell Jarvis
Mildred Nixon
Roberta Ragland
Febugene Riley
Mavis Louise Roberts
Joyce Wright
Governor vetoes merchant owned truck measure
Governor James W Allred vetoed a bill to exempt merchant owned trucks from contract carrier restrictions saying it overstepped its purpose and would leave thousands of trucks traveling highways unregulated. The House voted 110 to 29 to override, with Senate pending a possible third attempt to pass the measure.
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James W Allred
Coke R. Stevenson
House
Senate
Alfred
McLennan County
Plans Under Way for August Show in Junction
A joint Hills Country Fair Association and TAGRA meeting in Kimble County laid plans for a three day event August 10 to 12 in Junction. Premium lists and race meet features are being worked out by committees for the goat show rodeo and race meet. Notables including M. D. Taylor TAGRA president and Vance Arthur Davis TAGRA secretary attended along with local leaders and goat industry figures.
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Hill Country Fair Association
Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association
Kimble County
Junction
Fritz Hotel
M. D. Taylor
The
TAGRA
Vance
Arthur Davis
Can Can
F. O. Landrum
Laguna
W. H. Rawlings
Johnson City
P. E. Gulley
Uvalde
L. A. Clark
Brown Epperson
John Guthrie
S. W. Dismukes
T. C. Hampton
Rockspr
Jack Turner
O. J. Camp
Commencement Sermon Preached at London Schools
A large crowd gathered in the London community hall Sunday at 3 PM for the commencement sermon. Songs included I Choose Jesus and Christ Will Our Pilot Be. The service featured Superintendent Mark Wheeler, Elder Walter W Leamons, Rev Marvin H White, and Rev R McCullough.
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London
Jesus
Sheppard of Love
Mark Wheeler
Walter W. Leamons
Junction Church of Christ
Marvin H. White
The
London Baptist Church
Rev. R. ©. McCullough
Junction Baptist Church
Mission San Saba Dedicated May 8 in Menard
The Mission San Saba near Menard will be dedicated at eleven o clock Saturday May 8 after a restoration by the Texas Centennial Commission. Lt Governor Walter Woodul will give the principal address. A dance featuring Jimmie Klein’s Orchestra closes the day’s events following the ceremonies.
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Menard
Texas
Presidio de San de Las Amarillas
Mission San Saba
Texas Centennial Commission
Walter Woodul
Jimmie Klein
Cinco de Mayo Celebrations in Little Mexico Draw Crowds
Throngs of Mexicans and Americans attend a two day Cinco de Mayo festival in Junction Little Mexico with dances at night and an open air pavilion. A Wednesday parade through town and political speeches marked the event. The piece recounts Mexico independence struggles from 1810 Hidalgo to 1821 Iturbide.
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Little Mexico
Republic of Mexico
Spain
San Antonio
Junction
Mexico
Guanajuato
Don Miguel Hidalgo
Morelos
Hidalgo
Chilpanzinco
Iturbide
Resettlement Work Reaches Two Year Mark in Kimble County
H G Duckworth announces two years of Resettlement Administration efforts in Kimble County. The program has issued 124 loans totaling 29565 dollars and 92 non repayable grants totaling 1734 dollars to help former relief families become self supporting with detailed farm and home management plans and financed supplies livestock and equipment.
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Resettlement Administration
Kimble
H. G. Duckworth
Texas
Business Visitors Schraub and Mason In San Antonio
C. A. Schraub and Alton Mason are listed as business visitors in San Antonio today, engaging in meetings and related activities.
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C. A. Schraub
Alton Mason
San Antonio
Farewell Party For Dr W P Dickey Draws City Friends
Friends and church members gathered at the Methodist church annex last Friday to bid Dr W P Dickey farewell before he departs for Uvalde to lead the Presbyterian church there. Rev Ennis B Hill hosted and emceed as talks readings and music filled the program. Cake and cream were served to 66 attendees after a community sing. the Presbyterian women sponsored the event.
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W. P. Dickey
Methodist Church
Uvalde
Presbyterian Church
Junction
Ennis B. Hill
W. N. Hardeman
W. G Oliver
Olney Patterson
C. W. McCarroll
Guy Wynne
Hardeman
Women of the Presbyterian Church
Mrs Arthur J Moore To Speak At M E Church Sunday
Mrs Arthur J Moore wife of Bishop Moore of San Antonio will speak at the Methodist Church Sunday evening at eight oclock. She has accompanied him on world trips and will discuss mission problems across Europe Africa and the Orient. All city churches have been invited to hear her and gain insight into world conditions.
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Arthur J. Moore
Bishop Moore
San Antonio
Methodist
Moore
Europe
Africa
Orient
Junction Camp Woodmen to perform degrees in Menard tonight
Junction Camp of the Woodmen of the World will travel to Menard tonight to perform the degree work for the recently reorganized Menard organization. About twenty local members expect to make the trip.
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Junction Woodmen
Menard
Junction Camp of the
Woodmen of the World
Menard Organization
Local Rancher Becomes Agent for Warner’s Saline Vessel
A. G. Murr, freshly returned from a ranch west of Junction, has taken the role of agent for Warner's Saline Verculate operating in Kimble, Menard, Sutton and Schleicher counties.
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A. G. Murr
Junction
Warner’s
Kimble, Menard, Sutton
Schleicher Counties
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Scouts
Frontier
Pension Fund
Gonzales
Dr. W. P. Dickey
M. E
Mickie
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