Hill Country Fair Directors Are Selected
Election judges Cecil Craven and Callan Graham announce the Hill Country Fair Association directors for the upcoming year after canvassing ballots. Elected are L. R. Allen Aubrey Hill Alfred Bannowsky Dee Cowsert Willie Collins J. S. Farmer Clay Holland R. E. Homann Goodall Rothmann S. M. McWright C. A. Schraub Roy Spiller Gordon Stewart Rudolph Tatum Jack Turner C Wright and H E Wright. A directors meeting will choose president and secretary for the year from among the directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Craven
Callan Graham
Hill Country Fair Association
L. R. Allen
Aubrey Hill
Alfred Bannowsky
Dee Cowsert
Willie Collins
J. S. Farmer
Clay Holland
R. E. Homann
Goodall Rothmann
S. M. McWright
C. A. Schraub
Roy Spiller
Gordon Stewart
Rudolph Tatum
Jack Turner
C. Wright
H. E. Wright
Funeral for Edgar Kothmann Held in Fredericksburg
Edgar A. Kothmann died Friday in Fredericksburg of a heart attack at age 52. Relatives gathered Saturday for the funeral. he was eldest son of August Kothmann of Mason County and is survived by his father stepmother a sister Mrs F K Hawke two brothers Marvin and Walter Rothmann a half sister Miss Elsie Helen Kothmann and five half brothers Arthur August Sterling Wesley Howard Gideon and Gilbert Kothmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Edgar A. Kothmann
Kohtmann
August Kothmann
Elizabeth Geistweidt
F. K. Hawke
Marvin
Walter Rothmann
Elsie Helen Kothmann
Arthur
August Sterling
Wesley Howard
Gideon
Gilbert Kothmann
Mason County News
Segovia Public School Sets Opening on September 6
The Eagle announces Segovia Public School will open Monday September 6. A circulating report that it would open Tuesday is corrected by a notice from Principal Wayne Sears confirming Monday opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Segovia
the Eagle
Wayne Sears
Local Students Achieve College Degrees in Texas
Miss Victoria Brewer returns from San Marcos with a summer degree and will teach in Junction Public Schools this term. She will live at Tea Cup and ride the new Tea Cup School bus to Junction schools. Mr and Mrs Dan Morales return from Austin where their nephew McConnell Terrell earned a B A degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Brewer
San Marcos
Junction
Tea Cup
Dan Morales
Austin
University of Texas
McConnell Terrell
Live Stock Shipments Show Big Increase
Texas livestock shipments to Fort Worth stockyards and interstate points rose sharply. July totals reached 5 926 cars versus 2 659 last year, up 123 percent. Cattle 4 145 cars up 160 percent, calves 869 up 89 percent, hogs 414 up 4 percent, sheep 498 up 146 percent. Fort Worth remained a primary destination for cattle calves and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Fort Worth
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Legion Auxiliary Meeting at Courthouse Friday
American Legion Auxiliary members are reminded of a meeting at the courthouse Friday at 3 30 p m. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and a full attendance is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Post Meeting Set for September Ninth at Court House
Burt Fleming Post of the American Legion calls ex servicemen to the next regular meeting in the court house Thursday night September 9. Visitors from Kerrville and San Antonio have been invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legionnaires
Burt Fleming
Kerrville
San Antonio
Pecan Meeting Set for Brownwood by West Texas Growers
The West Texas Pecan Growers Association will hold its summer meeting in Brownwood on Friday September 10. President W S Price Jr says the agenda covers pecan marketing, prices, and production prospects, with tours of two federal pecan experiment stations for students and 4H members. A barbecue at Izaak Walton Park precedes afternoon papers for growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Pecan Growers Association
Brownwood
W. S. Price
Izaak Walton Park
Lake Brownwood
Five Constitutional Amendments Passed In Last Week’s Vote
In last week’s constitutional amendment election five measures passed. The only defeated proposal sought to restore the fee system for county official salaries, which some counties argued was oversalaried under the current regime. The constitution was amended two years ago, and counties now say the salary system is breaking them. They must await another two years for another chance to amend. The legislature may not submit it again soon.
Poultry Shipments Rise From Texas in July
Texas poultry and eggs shipped interstate in July exceeded last year’s figures though seasonally low. Poultry totaled 45 cars up from 32, a 40 percent gain, while egg shipments were 40 cars versus 31, about a 30 percent rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Two New School Buses Added To Present Fleet
The district adds seven school buses to move students to Junction schools next year. Tea Cup district joins for first time with Miss Victoria Brewer teaching in Junction schools and living at Tea Cup. Cleo and Spiller buy a bus, Evergreen Hull James River routes continue, Roosevelt sends part, Eight Mile and Copperas partial riders shift, Noxville and Adams join Harper schools. London Ivy Segovia Bodarc Roosevelt Murr White Bluff maintain sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction
Tea Cup
Victoria Brewer
Cleo
Spiller
Menard Road
Evergreen
Hull
James River
Roosevelt
Eight Mile
Copperas
Noxville
Adams
Harper
Business Week survey shows 1937 first half activity rise
A Business Week survey finds activity up 10 percent in the first half of 1937 from the prior year. Steel up 35 percent, autos 12 percent, housing 54 percent, lumber 8 percent, power 13 percent, factory payrolls 29 percent and employment 13 percent. Farm prices 18 percent higher, construction costs 13 percent, department store prices 7 percent. Stocks up 18 percent, bonds up 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Week
Raglands Open Grocery and Service Station
Mr and Mrs B B Ragland have opened a grocery store and service station on the new highway near the curve where the old road turns toward the new bridge. A concrete building houses the grocery with a Magnolia driven service station in front. Fresh groceries are stocked and friends are invited to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Ragland
Magnolia Products
Local RA staffing expansion outlined for county offices
County RA representatives will handle more duties as Washington and Dallas shift work to local offices. Half of rural rehabilitation families in the county must graduate soon to independence, with new arrivals from lower-influence groups stepping up. Poultry and housing recommendations aim for two eggs per person daily and one meat chicken weekly using farm materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Washington
Dallas
Duckworth
Miss Burma Wood
Mc Wright Family Vacationing in South Texas
Mr and Mrs Sherman Mc Wright and daughters Amy and Bonnie are vacationing in South Texas visiting relatives and enjoying time together in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Sherman McWright
Amy
Bonnie
Texas
New Texas Hunting and Fishing Law Affects Kimble County
A new state law requires resident hunting and fishing licenses for citizens in Kimble County and other counties. The act, effective in Kimble, sets license fees at two dollars with age and resident exemptions and designates shooting preserve operators as agents remitting ten percent to the Game Fish and Oyster Commission. Continued on last page.
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Kimble County
Kimble
Harris
State of Texas
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Game, Fish and Oyster
Mason, Menard, Kerr, Schliecher, Crockett, Sutton, Kimble, Real
Edwards
Blanco
Llano
Kendall
Gillespie
el Paso
Culberson
Val Verde
Kinney
Maverick
Terrell
Oyster Commission
Joe Andrews Killed After Fall From Newbridge Bridge
Joe Andrews died in a San Antonio hospital on August 25 after lingering 17 days from a fall from the New South Llano bridge while painting the structure. The Junction native, 39, moved to function as a boy, married Betty Collier in 1918, and left four children, a granddaughter, three brothers, and a sister. Funeral services were held August 26 at the cemetery with Rev. R. C. McCullough conducting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Llano
Joe Andrews
San Antonio
R. C. McCullough
Junction Baptist Church
J. E. Abbott
Sam Kelley
Jim Holder
Allen Oliver
B. C. Camp
Joe Lee
Bandera County
Betty Collier
Leo
Henry Chancellor
Joe, Jr
Frances Bell
Barbara Jo Chancellor
Willie
Jake
Johnnie
Junction
Bill Chapman
Ozona
Joe
Nichols Are Safe in Northern China
Mrs Porter Hodges reports a State Department cable from the American Consul at Tientsin confirming Mr and Mrs Buford Nichols are safe at a northern China summer resort. Friends had feared for their welfare as war rages in China. Missionaries are hoped to remain safe.
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Porter Hodges
State Department
Washington
Tientsin
China
Buford Nichols
Death of J. D. Fisher in El Paso
J. D. Fisher of Sierra Blanca Texas died at the home of his daughter Mrs Frank A Hughes in El Paso Survived by widow a son J B of Sierra Blanca and another daughter Mrs Guy Simpson of Lamesa He and family had long lived in Kimble county near Junction on the North Llano with many friends here who regret his passing.
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J. D. Fisher
Sierra Blanca
Texas
Frank A. Hughes
el Paso
J. B
Guy Simpson
Lamesa
Fisher's
Kimble County
Llano
Junction
Sam Ashburn Resting After Busy Day on the Range
The passage portrays Sam Ashburn as a courteous cowboy who ends a long day with copy finished and the last trip to the West completed. It highlights his consistent good will and humor in all conditions and his broad circle of friends who are described as personal losses to him.
Motley family returns from San Anegro ahead of football practice
Mr and Mrs Dillard Motley and their young son Robert Dillard returned Wednesday from San Anegro. The father hoped the boy would reach home in time to begin football practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Craven
Carlsbad Cavern
Boulder
Denver
Dillard Motley
Robert Dillard
San Anegro
Dillard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hill Country Fair
Edgar Kothmann
Mickie
Statesman
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Southampton
N. Y
Bureau
Legion Auxiliary
Courhouse
American Legion
Peggy Jean Callender
Roscoe
H. G. Callender
Aviation
John Louis Smelser
W. H. Smelser
Randolph Field
Business Survey
Raglands Open Grocery and Service Station
R. A
Resettlement Administration
H. G. Duckworth
College Station
Menefee Locke
del Rio Press
Faye Dobkins
Newbridge
Nichols
Sam Ashburn
Ulmer Bird
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