School Busses Transport 275 Kimble Pupils
County Judge J B Ranulph reports about 275 Kimble county pupils in rural areas are transported to school rooms by busses this year. Regular bus service is in its third year with Roosevelt Eight Mile pioneering private transport a year earlier.
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Kimble County
J. B. Ranulph
Roosevelt School
Eight Mile
Roosevelt
Fight Mile
Evergreen
Junction
Randolph
Segovia
White Bluff
Roosvelt
Wettable Sulphur Boosts Fleece Lustre Says County Agent
R E Homann county agent reports dipping goats with wettable sulphur improves fleece shine and oil content. Field checks with ranch cooperators show the Murr community fleeces are lustrous and long, with less lice due to the sulphur dip amid recent heavy rains.
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R. E. Homann
Murr
Homann
Missionary Meeting for Methodist Church at Annex
An important meeting of the Society of the Methodist Church will be held at the Annex next Tuesday at three o'clock. Full attendance is desired. Mrs. Pearl Chadwell and Miss Olive Chadwell returned Saturday to Austin after visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Hubert and Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Woodward.
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Methodist Church
Annex
Pearl Chadwell
Olive Chadwell
Austin
H. G. Hubert
S. P. Woodward
Tom Bear Leaves Avis Mountains on Kimble Ranch
A little black bear named Tom Bear is described as visiting the Joe Epsy ranch in the Avis Mountains with K Cowsert and Gully Cowsert nearby. Tom enjoys riding with his forepaws on the dashboard and eats almost anything offered, according to his master.
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Tom
Avis Mountains
Joe Epsy
K. Cowsert
Gully Cowsert
Prac Cally
Raven Facts Puzzle Odd Raven Description
A garbled passage discusses a raven regarded as unusual and interesting. It mentions the bird’s size and captivity, hinting at its historical associations with superstition and folklore, though the text remains unclear and fragmented.
Improvements Made on 29 In Mason County
Easements on 605 acres along Highway 29 from Mason east about ten miles have been turned over to Mason County Commissioners. County will contact 28 property owners to secure right of way for road work proceeding soon. Route will straighten and widen the road to 120 feet as a federal highway with a $90,000 appropriation. Two major bridges will be built, one over Comanche Creek and one over Willow Creek at Art.
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Highway
Mason East
County Commissioners Court
Mason County
Brown King
Comanche Creek
Willow Creek
Art
Bierschwale Rams Win Honors At Kendall Co Fair
F M Bierschwale of Segovia community showed De Laine and Rambouillet rams at Kendall County Fair in Boerne September 2 3 4 earning three firsts one second and grand championship with four rams He exhibited the Angelo trophy ram bred by H Johansen and Son owned by Sol L Kelly winning first in the two year old Delaine class He also shown a ram bred by his herd now owned by Sol J Kelly winning first in the Delaine yearling class In final competition the Bierschwale ram captured grand championship overall He showed Rambouillet rams earning first and second with them and said the two Kelly rams will be shown at the State Fair in Dallas in October
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F. M. Bierschwale
Segovia
Boerne
H. Johansen and Son
Sol L. Kelly
Sol J. Kelly
Bierschwale
Kelly
Dallas
Cadet Jarvis Jordan Receives Promotion at West Point
Cadet Jarvis Jordan, son of Mrs Agnes Jones of Junction, is promoted to First Sergeant at the United States Military Academy West Point New York. The promotion announced by Superintendent General Jay L Benedict follows his 1935 appointment via Congressman Charles L South, with expected graduation in 1939.
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West Point
New York
United States Milita Academy
Beigafier
Jay L. Benedict
U. S. Army
Sergant Jarvis
Jordan
Agnes Jones
Junction
Chas. L. South
Military Academy
Junction Eagles Open Season Against Hillbillies Saturday
Smoky Klaerer and the Fredericksburg Hillbillies travel to meet the Junction Eagles in the 1938 football regatta opener at 3 30 PM Saturday. Local fans recall a 7 7 draw last year as rivalry remains keen with admission set at 15 cents for kids and 35 cents for adults.
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Smoky Klaerer
Fredericksburg Hillbillies
Junction Eagles
Clayton Hopkins
Eagles
Gillespi County
Hillbillies
Junction
Fredericksburg
Hopkins
le Ier
John Cowsert
Bol
Smith
Elich
Whitworth
Raugh
McKay O Co
Terracing Gains In Favor With Kimble Farmers
Kimble County soil and water conservation gains reported by County Agent RE Homann highlight 9560 yards of broad base terraces on 110 acres completed in August on the HH Kothmann and G R Kothmann farms. A two inch rain tested 70 acres of newly terraced land in Tea Cup, convincing H H Kothmann to plan 100 more acres of pasture terraces. G R Rothmann is building a spreader dam and several pasture terraces.
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Kimble County
RE. Homann
HH. Kothmann
G. R. Kothmann
H.H. Kothann
GR. Rothmann
Veteran merchant J N Hodges returns home from hospital
J N Hodges, longtime Schreiner Hodges function merchant, was released from an Antonio hospital after weeks of illness. The new Schreiner Hodges ambulance transported him home on Tuesday. His condition is improved and friends hope he soon resumes work at Schreiner Hodges Company. Accompanying him were Dorothy Westmoreland, Mrs J M Livingston, and Mrs Clay Se crest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.N. Hodges
An Antonio
Schreiner-Hodges
Lchreiner-Hodges Company
Dorothy Westmoreland
JM. Livingston
Clay Secrest
London Schools See Enrollment Jump at Opening Day
London Public Schools opened on Monday September 5 amid a large crowd as enrollment rose 18 percent from last year. Supt Mark Wheeler cited cooperation with Ivy and Grand Saline schools and noted the new fifty passenger school bus making its first trip carrying Ivy and Saline pupils.
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London Public Schools
Mark V. Wheeler
Wheeler
Ivy
Grand Saline
Aanley Fairchild
Fairchild
Old Kentucky Home
Vesta Weaver
Lond
Transporta
Kimble Ranchers Sowing Imported Rye Grass Seed
About 6100 pounds of imported Italian rye grass seed have been distributed to 23 Kimble county ranchers for reseeding ranges, with 500 more pounds ordered. Ranchers seek winter grazing by sowing rye in Cedar timber, abandoned fields, and new terraces. two operators have sown 1650 pounds of bur clover.
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Kimble
R. E Homann
Homann
Lions Club Luncheon Held Wednesday at Hodges Hotel
The Junction Lions Club met at Hodges Hotel Wednesday at noon with 15 members and guests Present included Leon H Durst and Rev and Mrs Ennis B Hill President Astor Wallace announced a Lions directors meeting at the Boy Scout hall tonight Mr and Mrs Grover Landers and daughter attended a family reunion at the Roger Landers ranch near Menard Sunday
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The
Junction
Grover Landers
Roger Landers
Romney Marsh Sheep Arrive At Junction For County Show
In Kimble county a Romney Marsh sheep event underway with five ewes and two rams from California. Hugh Spiller owns one ram and Rudolph Tatum owns the other. County Agent Homann and Tatum brought the stock to Junction after a trip to Menard. The breed, hardy and disease resistant, yields seven inch staple wool and light shrinking quarter blood wool, with ewes weighing 150 to 200 pounds and rams shedding 16 to 24 pounds annually. W. C. Oliver farms east of town and buys 12 Corriedale ewes at a Sonora sale.
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Kimble County
California
Hugh Spiller
Rudolph Tatum
Ram
R. E. Homann
Menard
Junction
Homann
Romney Marshes
England
Romney Marsh
W. C. Oliver
Town
Sonora
Port Fishing Incident Details Incomplete Report
Dry land fishermen and several locals were seen at Port last week for salt water fishing. A sequence of events involved an accident and a man named Callan from San Ante was present with the group. Further details remain unclear as the record is fragmentary.
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Port
Grahams
Port Nas
Hietle
Callan
San Ante
W O W Picnic And Meeting In Junction Park
The Junction Woodmen of the World held a fish fry and picnic supper on the South Llano River bank in City Park, serving about 130 Woodmen families and friends. Afterward, attendees moved to the district courtroom where the camp officers performed for guests as State Manager J. R. Sims spoke.
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Junction
Llano
Kimble County
District Court Room
Courthouse
Eam
J. R. Sims
Hill Country Fair Directors Re-Elected
A canvass of ballot returns for the Hill Country Fair Association shows all existing directors reelected. New term begins September 6 with L. R. Allen Alfred Bannowsky Willie Collins JS Farmer Clay Holland ROE Homann KOthmann 8 M McWrois CA Schraub Roy Spiller Gordon Stewart RC Tatum Jack Zner DC Wright HE Wrig J D Cowsert Aubrey Hill on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Fair Association
L. R. Allen
Alfred Bannowsky
Willie Collins
JS. Farmer
Clay Holland
Roe. Homann
Co. Kothmann
M. McWrois
CA Schraub
Roy Spiller
Gordon Stewart
R.C. Tatum
Jack Zner
D. C. Wright
H. E. Wrig
J.D. Cowsert
Aubrey Hill
County Cotton Production Off In The London Gin Run
Observers in the county report a short London Gin run with 2% bales harvested so far. French Cummins and A S Adams, visiting Junction on Wednesday, note boll weevils and worms have severely damaged cotton, predicting a crop well below normal.
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London
Cummins
A. S Adams
Junction
Mrs Laura Kountz Returns From Texas Vacation
Mrs Laura Kountz arrives in Junction Friday after a lengthy Texas and Louisiana trip with Dallas return by her brother John Turner and Mrs Turner. She toured with Mrs Nick Kersting and daughter Virginia Beth through Mason San Antonio Galveston New Orleans and Dallas.
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Laura Kountz
Junction
Texas
Louisana
Dallas
John Turner
Turner
Kountz
Nick Kersting
Virginia Beth
Mason
San Antonio
Galveston
New Orleans
Asphalt Topping City Streets To Start Sept 16
City Hall announces start of asphalt topping on September 16 to curb street dust. First streets to be paved include North Sixth from the square to the Fire Station, three blocks on South Sixth, and College Street to the Highway 200 bridge. Additional streets and paving on Highway 29 to city limits are planned with Texas Highway Department cooperation.
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Junction
H. B. Wright
South Th Street
College Street
Hiway
New South Llano Bridge
Wright
Texas Highway Department
Main Street
Junction Schools Open Year With Record Enrollment
The Junction Public Schools opened with a record attendance of over 600 pupils from multiple districts including Evergreen Roosevelt Hodare Eight Mile Murr Spiller Bear Creek Tea Cup James River and Hull. Superintendent BR D Kothmann announced curricular and extracurricular plans and urged cooperation for a successful year.
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Junction Public Schools
Evergreen
Roosevelt
Hodare
Eight Mile
Murr
Spiller
Bear Creek
Tea Cup
James
River
Hull
Segovia
Ivy
Tendan
BR. D. Kothmann
Kothmann
America
Ennis B. Hill
Florence Ellen Sheppard
Audrey Borden
C. McCarrol
Roy Baker
Local worker injured falling from bluff on Copperas project
Bode suffered a painful accident Wednesday when he toppled from a bluff while working on the Copperas bridge, receiving a severe knee cut. He got prompt medical aid and will be on the retired list for several days. Mr and Mrs Hal B Snead are vacationing in Dallas and Rockwall visiting relatives.
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Nd Bode
Copperas
Celal
Hal B. Snead
Dallas
Rockwall
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Chik
London Pool
Missionary Meeting
Raven
Mrlayne
Th Woodward
Bierschwale Rams
Kendall Co. Fair
Jarvis Jordan
Icksburg
N. Hobs
Kimble Ranchers
Lions Club
W.O.W
Acer
Hill Country Fair
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