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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1938
Page
1
Deer and turkey seasons are set to begin November 16 in Kimble and nearby counties. Reports say deer and turkey are more plentiful this year, with ducks abundant in Gillespie County and sloughs lively with game. Hunters are urged to follow game laws to protect wildlife.
Burt Fleming Post of the American Legion will meet in the county courtroom this Thursday at 7 30 p m full attendance is urged. Officials listed include P H Barrow commander K G Durst vice commander W R Gilliam adjutant G W Crabb chaplain Lewis Coleman sergeant at arms Leon Durst historian. Souvenir walls nearing completion east of the courthouse invite mementos. contact Ollie Floyd today.
County Attorney Callan Graham spoke on Armistice Day meaning to Junction Lions Club at noon. He called the World War victory an empty one and praised twenty years of peace since the war. Guest M B Bethel of Mason spoke briefly. Leon R Powell won the attendance prize. Next meeting set for November 16 at 3 PM at Mrs L R Allen’s home.
Bedlam reigned at the high school Friday evening as carnival attractions drew crowds from 6 to 9. The show ended with a queen coronation, a play The Blackbird Pie, dances, and a band concert. Wanda Speer was crowned queen. Colleen Benson named princess. Proceeds totaled 381.11 to aid school property improvements.
Schreiner B team overpowered the Junction Eagles 14 to 6 at 2 30 pm on the local sundiron. Junction led briefly in the third with a 55 yard pass completion from Baugh to Roy Dale McKay, but Schreiner answered with two scores, one late third and another in the fourth quarter. An offside penalty nullified Schreiner’s second period TD. Local visitors Mrs Beasley of Ozona and Mrs Heasley attended.
Mayor H E Wright designates Armistice day through Thanksgiving as Red Cross membership renewal period in Junction. He emphasizes the chapter's year round relief work and nationwide aid to disaster victims, epidemics, public health nursing, and services to veterans, urging all residents to enroll or renew.
Almost two thousand dollars in cotton subsidy checks covering six farms in Kimble county are being distributed to farmers this week. Only three remaining checks due Kimble county now, for new growers. Total net earnings to Kimble farmers in cotton subsidy payments for 1937 reach five thousand? The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William Goldberg born in San Antonio Thursday November 5. Interment in Alamo City Friday afternoon. Mrs Goldberg improving slowly. Mr Goldberg with her since last Wednesday night.
Coke R Stevenson Jr chairs the Kimble County Red Cross drive starting Saturday with a goal of 50 000 new members. Last year Texas reported 172 067 members as the drive runs from November 11 to Thanksgiving. Committees meet with a smile and invite memberships from $1.00 up at the Cardwell ranch this week.
Kimble county extension agents attended a state conference in Big Spring on a 1939 Agricultural Conservation program. Highlights include simplified farm program, parity payments totaling 36 cents to 4 cents, and changes favoring silage crops like sweet sorghum and sudan grass. Accommodations for acreage allotments and neutral classifications aim to aid farmers against drought and future crop failures.
Educational meetings explaining the 1939 farm program will be held at London Junction and the Divide School in Harper. Owners and interested parties should attend. London Community Hall Saturday November 12 at 2 30. Junction County courtroom Monday afternoon November 13 at 3 00. Divide School Tuesday November 15 at 2 30. Further range program meetings to follow.
Carson Durban, Junction High School’s 1937 honor student, now a Schriener Institute sophomore in Kerrville, earned Phi Theta Kappa membership as the only student selected this fall. He has been promoted to sergeant and continues college work, balancing study with long hours of effort.
Armistice day gridiron tilt pits Junction Eleven Eagles against Menard Yellow Jackets Friday at 2 30 pm. Menard seeks win to avoid loss in district title race while aiming to beat a historically dominant Junction squad.
An unusually light turnout was recorded at the Junction box with 236 votes cast. South Llano box reported 18 votes. Most voters chose straight Democratic tickets and no Socialist or Communist ballots appeared. Republican bids: Bier schwab 9 for Congress, Boynton 8 for governor, O Daniel unknown. Stevenson led lieutenant governor with 221. Constable R E McKay won with 41 votes. Cleve Stephen had 30. Cloma Murrah defeated with 3 votes. Full county results to appear next week.
Junction Public Schools will be closed Friday November 11 in observance of Armistice Day according to Superintendent R D Kothmann.
County Clerk Ramsey Randolph lists marriage licenses issued in October including Stephen G. Smith with Leila Edna Smith on October 31, Hoyt Truelove with Athalene Millsap on October 30, Jay William Green with Hazel Eugene Moore on October 22, Raymond E. Willingham with Artie Fay Carroll on October 20, and Fedl Benevides with Mrs. Alisia H. Ybarra on October 10.
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