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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1932
Page
1
A miscellany of odd items and opinions touches on fashion, politics, crime, and culture. A young man asks for newspaper running advice while jokes about lipstick and blush, unemployment relief, and Shakespere pop up amid brief musings on justice and court witnesses.
In Junction the Cloud building at Main and North Eighth Streets is razed to make way for a modern Texaco filling station by Fred Cole and Royce Buster. Granite columns and Junction tile walls will define the structure, with completion aimed for January 1 under B O Newby and Jim Massie supervising construction.
Ideal cotton picking and pecan gathering weather in Kimble County gives way to cloudy light rain. Frosts two weeks earlier killed tender vegetables while livestock look good for winter. Fred Coleman and Louis Jetton report successful deer hunt with two and one deer. Claudia Whitworth bags a 10 pointer. Thanksgiving falls on November 24, with a brief history of the holiday's origins and presidential observance.
Coke R. Stevenson, Weaver H. Baker and J. B. Randolph traveled from Culberson County after joining Judge Joe G. Montague on a hunt. Each hunter brought home a black tail buck.
A biblical blessing extols abundance in goods, livestock, land, and fruits of the ground. It promises rain from heaven, national influence, avoidance of debt, and leadership for those who heed the Lord’s commandments and follow His guidance.
A ladies minstrel show is planned for December 1 at 7 45 PM in the High School auditorium under the Efficiency Sunday School Class. Seventeen women perform in the first part with five extra roles in the afterpiece. Music includes banjos guitars mandolins tambourines violin and piano. Mrs A W Loeffler directs with Mrs H Q Patterson in charge of the afterpiece and I W Myers conducting the music. Admission is 15 and 25 cents.
County Clerk A D Kindrick notes it has become a novelty to issue marriage licenses here. The last license was granted August 31 to Ray Salter. A Kerrville couple filed intention but did not proceed due to religious differences, a Catholic man and Protestant woman, and family opposition.
Rocksprings defeated Menard 20 to 0 on the Junction gridiron to clinch the west end of the 11th district in class B football. The win followed a prior tie, with Rocksprings scoring in each quarter and converting two extra points.
A flood washed out the Four Mile Dam on the South Llano River. Rebuilding may be inexpensive with donated labor and materials. Water would flow through a cut off during construction and a sponsoring organization could coordinate the effort.
The Junction Schools announced closure on Wednesday for the rest of the week. No classes will be held as the district suspends operations through Friday.
Judge R R King is selected as chairman of the local Red Cross roll call drive. Kimble county aims for 150 members with a late start and few enrollments so far. Members pay one dollar with half kept locally, and higher gifts mostly stay in the local treasury to meet an emergency need.
Mrs. A. W. Loeffler presents her pupils in Thanksgiving Wonders and The Turkey and the Pumpkin skit at the Texan Theatre on Friday November 25. The two sketches, shown before the regular picture show, benefit Junction High School chapel attendees with no extra admission fee.
George Washington recommends Thursday November 26 1789 as a day for the people to thank the Beneficent Author of all good. He cites providence through the late war and the tranquility union and plenty since, praising the constitutional government and civil religious liberty established in the new nation.
The Bodarc P T A met November 18 at the schoolhouse for a Thanksgiving program and box supper. Proceeds of 16.62 were raised from pies and boxes auctioned by County Judge R R King. The association plans a December 16 meeting with urged 100 percent attendance.
Carl Wolf returned home after two months with the World Series rodeo directed by Col W T Johnson of San Antonio. The tour played at Chicago Stadium New York Madison Square Garden and Boston Gardens where Wolf served as time judge and contestant. He describes a wonderful trip seeing sights on the north and northeast tour. The Simmons Cowboy Band provided music for the trip.
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