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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1942
Page
3
London correspondents record family visits across Junction Mason Brady and Del Rio plus London notes on soldiers at sea and sailors furlough. Residents share shows, travel to Mason and San Antonio and a bulk of kin visits while war training keeps residents hopeful.
Relatives learned Arch Brown of Mason died from appendicitis. Funeral planned in Mason Wednesday with W. O. Brown family members attending. Also noted is Charles Markwordt injured when struck by a car while bicycling in Kerrville, arm broken but improving in hospital. Local residents and visitors frequent Harper area engagements and travels among Bode, Markwordt, Cottle, and Strackbein families.
A roundup of residents and visitors: Mrs. A E Sageser and family visited Fredericksburg, while Allen Fowler and son Charles returned to San Antonio after a weekend with Fred Gammenthaler. Paula Pape joined to visit her daughter in San Antonio, and Sam Ezell and Ida Smith visited Center Point. Other trips include Kerrville, Boerne, Harper, New Orleans and A M college.
Mrs. Wm McAngus visited her parents the Love family over the weekend. The W C A Z Joy families visited Lee A Joy in San Antonio Sunday. George Riley of Ganado Texas visits relatives here. Fred Schweining Sr of Fredericksburg visited his sons near Roosevelt last week. Claud Lawler and son Hugh of Segovia employed here briefly. Miss Modene Fish of Junction visited O J Camp home Sunday. Hearn family hosted their Army Post son from Washington state last week. Isbill family ill and moved to Junction near physician. Ted Bailey Joy and his trained Bah lead sheep to pens at shearing camps. Edwin Ahrens and sons of Gillespie County visited Grosenbachers Sunday.
Civilians from plants producing Army gear attend current maneuvers to study operation of equipment under conditions close to actual combat.
Hog prices rose with Good and Choice hogs 180 pounds and up mostly 25 cents higher. Calves and cattle showed varied steady to higher bids with feeders and replacements improving in parts. Sheep and goats traded steady to firm as a record spring pig crop looms and a family note concludes the piece with a humorous counterpoint.
Texas farm truck owners must obtain a Certificate of War Necessity under new Office of Defense Transportation rules effective November 15. The certificate limits mileage or sets minimum loads and affects gasoline tires and parts access. Field officers will issue applications and require operation records while enforcement is nationwide. Steel production in early 1942 reached 42.5 million tons, near wartime 1917 output.
Machine tool output in July rose sharply, showing a 96 percent increase over July last year. A total of 28,300 new machine tools were produced, indicating a strong upturn in manufacturing activity.
The town closes from 10 to 5 for a US scrap drive with 150 tons gathered at the firehouse and nearby shops. The writer and Judge Cunningham praise democracy, self help, and communal work, noting citizens’ voluntary effort and shared beer on completion.
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