Community notes on graduations visits and local events
Mrs. John Standfer of Corpus Christi visits her parents in town for graduation exercises. London Church of Christ reported 41 attendees for worship and the Commencement sermon at Community Hall. London graduates include Sue Caughron Lilburn Goodman Carlos Pool Dicksy Price and Dorothy St Clair. The Junction school keeps the Commencement sermon at night to leave Sunday free for services. Softball League has no Wednesday night games to honor prayer meeting night. The Soil Conservation picnic at Whitaker Ranch was enjoyable in a pleasant setting. The American Legion Convention has passed with lingering jailbird talk. Bottling a Sancho lamb on twenty cent milk is not a money making method. A good sermon was heard at North Side Church of Christ last Thursday. The Senior Class picnic was held Saturday night. Mrs J A Turner of Corpus Christi visited relatives. Mr and Mrs Vernon Ball and daughter Judy from Fresno California visit Mr and Mrs John H Ball and family.
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London Church of Christ
Community Hall
London
Sue Caughron
Lilburn Goodman
Carlos Pool
Dicksy Price
Dorothy St. Clair
Junction School
Whitaker Ranch
American Legion Convention
Northside Church of Christ
El Paso Couple wed in New Mexico ceremony
Freshman year at Western College El Paso graduate Tommy Lee Couey wed Cpl Harvey Alford of Black Hawk Mississippi The wedding took place March 4 at Grace Methodist Church Almogordo New Mexico A single ring ceremony at 745 pm Attendants were Mr and Mrs Jack Widner Bride wore navy dress with red accessories and a red carnation corsage She is a 1949 El Paso High School graduate Delta Gamma pledge and Texas Western Chorale member The groom studied in Lexington Mississippi stationed at Biggs Field El Paso He is now stationed in Roswell New Mexico.
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Western College
el Paso
Tommy Lee Couey
Cpl
Harvey Alford
Black Hawk
Grace Methodist Church
Almogordo
N. M
Jack Widner
J. W. Wright, Jr
Thomas W. Coney
Junction
el Paso High School
Delta Gamma Sorority
Texas Western Chorale
Lexington
Miss
Biggs Field
Air Force
Roswell, N. M
St Theresa Parish Bazaar Planned for Sunday
The St Theresa Catholic Church of Junction will hold a church bazaar Sunday at 2 p.m. in the WOW Hall in Little Mexico. A full program features games and entertainment. Coffee tamales sandwiches cake and cold drinks will be sold.
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St. Theresa Catholic Church of
Junction
Little
Mexico
Local FFA Chapter Elects New Officers
The local Fu ture Farmers of America chapter elects Jimmy Hughes as president along with officers Horsefly Murr Ennis Winslett Jimmy Carpenter Ben Urban Dale Cavaness Clint Warren Bill Bivins Charles Brite to lead the organization with Vernon Jones VA teacher reporting the results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Hughes
Future Farmers of America
Vernon Jones
Hughes
Horsefly Murr
Ennis Winslett
Jimmy Carpenter
Ben Urban
Dale Cavaness
Clint Warren
Bill Bivins
Charles Brite
Jaycee Blue Team Reaches Two Hundred Members
Milton Powell of the Blue team received a certificate of merit as outstanding Jaycee for April. The drive added 102 new members and boosted Jaycee membership from 35 to 200 by the May 1 contest end.
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Milton Powell
Blue
Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Private piano recital honors Mrs Grisham's students
Twenty five piano students and three violin students of Mrs W P Grisham performed in a private high school recital on Wednesday evening May 17. The program included piano pieces by Janice Lee Kirk Mitzi Ann Lehne Georgia Gillis Marion Sales Betty Lou Smith and others violin numbers by Nettie Hunger Marion Teel and Sue Beth Bannowsky a saxophone duet by Rayola Schneider and Margaret Grisham piano duets by Mrs Reuben Loeffler and Margaret Grisham and a violin solo by Mrs Grisham Patricia Ann Sales served as announcer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Grisham
Janice Lee Kirk
Mitzi Ann Lehne
Georgia Gillis
Marion Sales
Betty Lou Smith
Rendy Loeffler
Carol Moss
Frank Randolph
Joycelyn Rothmann
Betty Jo Norton
Nancy Ann Kirk
Leola Bowers
Judy Dickerson
Brenda Dickerson
Clovis Ray Barker
Lenore Loeffler
Sue Beth Bannowsky
Rayola Schneider
Margaret Grisham
Reuben Loeffler
Mrs. Grisham
Patricia Ann Sales
Crowds Pack Grandstand for Weekly Rodeo and Dance
An estimated 500 spectators attended Saturday evening to watch 70 cowboys compete in bareback bronc riding. Vernon Dutton of Junction won first place, Kenneth Lewis of Burnet took second, and Donald Behrens finished third.
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Vernon Dutton
Junction
Kenneth Lewis
Burnet
Donald Behrens
Calf Roping Wins Highlight Tie Down and Breakaway Results
Jack Hoggett of Kerrville won tie down calf roping with a 15.1 time followed by Walker Epperson of Rocksprings at 16.0 and Doyle Riley of Ballinger at 16.1. Crawford Mitchell of Rocksprings topped breakaway calf roping with 3.0, Hoggett second, and George Cowden third. Gene Graham led the bull riders with first place while Dink Tomlinson and Bobby Custer, both of Rocksprings, tied for second. Purses ranged 70 dollars in bareback and 120 in tied down and breakaway, with total purses listed.
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Jack Hoggett
Kerrville
Walker Epperson
Doyle Riley
Ballinger
Crawford Mitchell
Hoggett
George Cowden
Gene Graham
Dink Tomlinson
Bobby Custer
Lorena Collier Visits Brother-in-law in Corpus Christi
Lorena Collier returns home after visiting her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John Standfer, in Corpus Christi.
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Lorena Collier
John Standfer
Corpus Christi
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Walter W. Leamons
C. D. Collier
J. A. Turner
Inlaw
Mrs. Ward Terrell
Rs. Vernon Ball
Judy
Fresno
Calif
Mr. Ball
John H. Ball
Alford—Couey
Billy Frank Moore
THE
FFA
Jaycee
Joseph’s
Sonora
OZONA
Roper Gas Ranges
Las Lomas
America
Clark & Green Pontiac Co
Junction, Texas
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