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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1955
Page
1
Dr Gary C Myers praises Little League for community prestige belonging and preparedness for junior leagues. It boosts playground ball, family unity, and equalized competition, especially in areas with limited recreation programs. Local notes urge support for Labor Day barbecue tickets, with adult tickets at 1 and children 50 cents. College and Wool Week promotions wrap the page.
Attendees at Mrs J W Atterson's funeral in Brownwood Sunday afternoon included Mr and Mrs Gerald Ragland and Mr and Mrs Jack King. Also present were Mrs Roy I Blackburn, Weaver H Baker, Earl Chadwell, Vann Marin, Mr and Mrs Louie England, and Jon L and Mrs Earl P Gibson.
Mrs Kate Moser departed Vion for her home in Waco following a five day visit with Mrs Hydie Felps and other relatives.
A calendar listing events from Thursday to Tuesday includes a swim meet and pool closing, a back-to-school party, a school assembly and registration, a Little League benefit barbecue at City Park, and a Burt M. Fleming Post and Auxiliary meeting. Key items: Sept 1 to 6 with times and venues.
A ceremony marking the last section of Highway 290 near Roosevelt will start at 10 a m Friday. R P James of the Chamber of Commerce and officials from Houston to El Paso will attend with LaVerne Johnston to cut the ribbon. A motorcade leaves Junction at 9 am with locals invited to join, and prizes totaling over two thousand dollars will be awarded to motorists stopped along the route.
Frank Randolph wins both county and district ram show titles in Sears Range Sheep program. Kimble County Show at Hill Country Fair Grounds judged by W G Godwin. District show includes Kimble Gillespie Menard Schleicher counties with Clinton Langford as judge. Other winners include Lamaretz Marvin Coney Bobby Neal and Lamar Carpenter in ram lambs and ewe lambs. Marvin completes his fourth year. selection for next year limits to one boy.
Mr and Mrs R B McKinney traveled to Dallas from August 20 to 23 and to San Antonio on August 28 to select Christmas holiday merchandise and back to school items for McKinney's Department Store.
The first 1955-56 assembly of Junction Public Schools will be held Monday at 9:00 in the high school auditorium for all students. A short program with Rev. B. W. Mantoth as speaker will precede registration for high school and junior high, with grammar school students registering in their building. No classes will be held. Buses will run. Construction contractor assures the building will be usable by then, though some inconvenience is expected as finish work and furniture are placed. A new faculty and 16 high school rooms are noted, with 29 teachers including Supt. Long, Principal Sherman Rimes, and Walter Adkins. 17 teachers will occupy the high school.
A Labor Day Barbecue Supper to raise funds for next year’s Little Leaguers will be at City Park Monday starting at 5 30. A pre supper bingo is planned and Lions Club boat rides will run all afternoon with receipts for the Little League. Little Leaguers in uniform will sell supper tickets in the business district Saturday.
Texas sheep breeders plan the ninth annual ram performance and progeny test starting September 7 at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station near Sonora. The cooperative study, led by W. T. Hardy and Oscar L. Carpenter, aims to improve daily gain, fleece weight, staple length, face covering and more. Breeders may enter four rams from one sire, registered, with specific drop dates, and pay only feed costs during testing.
Mr and Mrs Robert M Neal travelled to Dallas in August 2023 to select new merchandise for C Maye s Shop They joined the R B McKinneys for a luncheon during the trip indicating active purchasing and social business activity in the Dallas market era
Junction prepares for a season kickoff against Eden led by coach Barry Barton. Eden fields a rebuilt squad with captain Bill Pfluger a noted back, while Junction highlights players Bob Motley injury status James Brown Jesse Cordero Charles Fox and Dutton as key contributors in preparations for Friday’s scrimmage.
Mr and Mrs Hubert Breuster spent the weekend in San Angelo for the 21st District convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary attending events and meetings as part of the district gathering.
The Junction announces a county wide closing meet next Saturday at 3 pm for all classes and ages. Events span non swimmers to seniors with ribbons for top places and cards for completed lifesaving classes. Four boys divisions plus a Fat or Forty group. entry is the regular pool fee.
Rainfall totals reached about two inches in Murr and Ft McKavett on Tuesday afternoon, with Junction recording a half inch and Bear Creek reporting the same. The southern county saw lighter showers while Hill Country rain continued, and statewide reports noted good rain from two light cool fronts.
Lonnie Patten and Lloyd Bates snagged a 46 pound, 45 inch cat at Mason Crossing last Friday night. Rudolph Becker stands alone holding the fish for the photo as the only one available to pose.
A back-to-school party for high school seniors and college students will be held Saturday evening at the swimming pool under the auspices of Cactus Study Club. Plans for refreshments and fun begin at 8:00 p.m. Committees and officers led by Mrs. Sherman T. Rimes, president, extend a cordial invitation to school bound youngsters.
Cliff Teer underwent eye surgery in Kerrville last Friday and has returned home in good condition. He is reported to be doing fine.
Mr Denver Ellis and Mrs Ellis visited Sunday with Mrs Lottie Bolt who is convalescing in the Tom Owens home near Big Lake after leaving the hospital in San Angelo.
Attendees at the Talley-Furr wedding in Northwest Baptist Church Austin and the reception at the Nelson Talley home Saturday evening included Mrs. E. P. Furr, Alfred Bannowsky and Virginia, Roy Jacoby of Menard, Chester Bannowsky, Harriet Rabon of San Antonio, and Edgar Farr and sons of Victoria.
Dr and Mrs W T Laxson returned Tuesday from a Laxson family reunion at the home of Dr Laxson s brother in Palacious. They left Friday.
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