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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1942
Page
4
The school employment service reports 43 boys and 15 girls signed up for various tasks. Jobs include lawn mowing four boys, baby care seven girls, ranch work one boy, housework four girls, cafe two boys, filling station four boys, grocery five boys, typing five girls, and clerking six girls.
The Dramatic Club held its first meeting of the year on September 17 and elected officers. Meetings are set for every other Thursday. Officers are Jack Mattox president Billy Don Jordan vice president Mary Marr secretary Mary Gene Martin reporter. A program is plannedEach meeting. The program committee includes Mary Gene Martin Velmer Foley Smith Benny Jean McWright Sylvia Taylor Melba Herron. The club, with seventy four members, claims to be the largest J H S has had in four years.
An editor notes Myrtle House a senior and secretary treasurer of the homemaking club known for public speaking and school service. She held multiple offices, placed in extemporaneous speaking at county level, and plans for a speech field after college. She enjoys classical music and participates in W.A.A.C.
The P. E. class played six man football last Friday at three. Jack Stapp's team defeated Lent Hardenman's team 10 to 0 after a first half 3-0 lead and a late score by Billy Joe McGuffin. Friday's Baker vs Dutton game determines who faces Jack Stapp's squad. Starting lineup includes Maddox Simmons Whitworth Phillips Stapp Barnes.
The V for Victory Club elected Fern Hunger Nancy Spiller and Albert Martin to plan six weekly party events. Mrs Sykes adds Ben Warren Urban of Houston and Mary Alice Kenamer of Garden City as new pupils. The third grade studies Good Manners. The assembly moves to Thursday at 11 45. Last week Miss Olive Chadwell led a short play and songs. The group sang together in full. The Texas School of the Air program starts at 1 15 daily and is enjoyed by all. The school backs a scrap iron drive and hopes to beat the high school next week. a large scrap pile sits on the playground as encouragement.
A box supper will be held in the gym Friday night October 9 with dancing as the amusement. Each girl brings a box and boys bring extra money for a box. Cold drinks will be sold. games cost a dime. All ages invited for an evening of fun hosted by the Junior class.
The Spanish Club met last Thursday to elect officers for the year led by new president Billy Don Jordan. Norman Clay Holland became vice president Mary Louise Flatt secretary treasurer Gershom Pinkerton reporter Mary Logan Carpenter pianist with Cielito Lindo as club song.
A Monday health education program depicted diseases like rickets and preventive foods. The film showed a balanced diet, exercise, and proper eating manners before an accident halted its screening when a child opened her mouth for a dental check.
A collection of humorous skits about Axis leaders and Allied figures. Jokes target Rommel Wilkie Churchill Grant Gable and British cheek in wartime humor with playful, cautionary lines.
Effie Felps has taught library lessons to sophomores with two sessions completed and others awaiting their turn. The program aids student learning and educators anticipate future lessons for other grades.
The assembly program opened Friday morning with Dorothy Jackson and Lent Hardeman presenting names such as Carlton Bierschwabe Katherine Stapp Myrtle House Mary Louise Flatt Benny Jean McWright Greshom Pinkerton Billy Don Jordan Teddy Holekamp John L Dagen and Goree Durst. They were initiated to the Annual Staff by answering questions about the annual. Some did not answer enough so Myrtle House read and Billa Spiller and Katherine Stapp sang Jersey Bounce. FRA candidates and managers were then called to the stage.
A breezy gossip column mentions students like Mary Lee Westbrook at the dance and Kenny Jon C Westbrook, with plenty of playful scandal about jackets, votes in a sweetheart box, and social intrigues. Pairs Lloyd and Nora Belle play badminton while others tease and warn about interactions with soldiers and boys.
Report notes the F.R.A. heart jacket fitting by several managers sponsoring girls. Some managers show more skill than others in adjusting the garment. The piece ends with an about news reel titled 4 Battle of Egypt.
Reports detail increased armored units and resumed assaults near a contested front line. Officials warn of heavy fighting, with analysts noting reinforcements from allied forces and shifting supply routes.
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