Bands Invited To C. of C. Meet May 15 17
West Texas bands are invited to enter the band contest at the 21st annual West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Abilene May 15 to 17. The first place winner becomes the WTCC official band for 1939 and receives a 50 dollar prize. The contest parades May 16 will judge the entries. Abilene High School’s R T Bynum chairs the event. Bands from Abilene cannot compete for honors.
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West Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Abilene
WTCC
Eagle Band
Abilene High School
Wichita Falls
Traffic Deaths Show Decrease Since January 1st
Austin Texas May 11 Julian Montgomery State Highway Engineer noted a notable drop in deaths and injuries in motor vehicle accidents during the first three months of 1939 compared with earlier years. He credited an intensive educational campaign by the Traffic and Safety Division with Department of Public Safety and other agencies and public cooperation. Sunday leads in accidents, with six to eight pm peak. Sixty two percent of crashes occurred with vehicles moving straight ahead. fourteen percent while driving too fast for conditions.
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Austin
Texas
Julian Montgomery
Montgomery
Highway Department
Department of Public Safety
Typhoid prevention and rural public health effort noted
Health official notes the decline of typhoid in the United States from 31.3 to 2.1 per 100000, Texas at 6.5, and stresses sanitation and immunization. Rural cooperation essential for reducing typhoid, with emphasis on personal responsibility and community protection. Also brief items: a Rockland lawyer fined 20 cents after remark. Arterov sentenced to 10 years for bigamy with 58 wives and 102 children.
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United States
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
Arterov
Deloris Smith Born to Mr and Mrs R G Smith
Deloris Smith, a daughter, was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Smith on May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deloris Smith
R. G. Smith
Galban Manuell a Couple Marry in Little Mexico Home
Enrique Galban and Manuela Castanuella wed at the bride’s Little Mexico home on Saturday morning May 6. Justice of the Peace J. W. McLendon read the ceremony. The Hortons of Eden were Junction visitors over the weekend, with no Llano fish taken home.
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Enrique Galban
Manuella Castanuella
Little Mexico
Justice of the Peace
J. W. McLendon
J. F. Horton
Eden
Junction
Miss Mary Farmer Elected Vice President and Reporter
Miss Mary Farmer of Junction a Mary Hardin Baylor College student was chosen vice president of the Senior class for next year and reporter for the Historical Philo senior society. In Greenville a bantam hen ran under Lebron Scism's truck and vanished, the dog abandoning the chase before the hen reappeared.
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Mary Farmer
Junction
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Historical
Philo
Lebron Scism
Greenville
S. C
Scism
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Atlas
Judge Gruff
Lola
Horace
Missouri
Busby
Zimper
Zimpir
Mabel
Ofather
Daddy
Miss Quiggle
Jones
Economy Club
Lucids
Frank A. Tirrell
Rockland, Me
Kimble County
Bill
Catalina
Goldberg
Threaten
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Hitler
Dea
Evelyn
M. C. Blackburn
Junction, Texas
General Auto
C. W. Walker
West Main Street
DR. J. Holt Smith
Galban
Manuella
M. E. Blackburn
Attorney-at-Law Junction
Knetsch
Cowboy Boots Shoe Repairing
E. O. Lowgren Junction, Texas
Woodmen OF the World
Kimble County Abstract Company
Courthouse Square
Coke R. Stevenson, JR
Callan Graham
Junction National
Edgar Allen Poe
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