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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
4
Mitchell McLendon editor notes gifts from 11 friends were opened followed by cookies and cold drinks. M-Sgt. and Mrs. Kitrell Baylor left after visiting relatives here and will visit Mrs. Baylor's relatives in Goshen New York. Sgt Baylor returns to Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls after the trip.
Baylors and relatives from Yoakum Amarillo San Angelo Brownwood plus local residents met for a Labor Day weekend gathering near the Howell Wright ranch. Sunday dinner and outing included J. W. Sellers Allen Bishop and families with C T Baylor. A buffet luncheon followed Monday at the Sellers home.
Mrs Oleta Kirkpatrick, set to wed Marshall Deaton of Amarillo, received a surprised kitchen shower Sunday afternoon August 28. Hostesses included Misses Margaret Burt, Mary Leamons, Evalyn Cummins and Frederica Burt as a group of young ladies gathered at the Kirkpatrick home.
Walter W. Leamons announces Sunday evening services start thirty minutes earlier and will be held each Sunday and Wednesday at 7 30 o clock. Sunday services include Bible classes at 10 00 preaching at 11 00 and Communion at 11 45 as usual. Ladies Bible Class meets 3 45 each Tuesday in the auditorium. A sermon series on Christian living and congregational development is planned for September. O C Fisher arrives Monday for a week with Kimble relatives while he works on his ranch.
The Upper Llanos Soil Conservation District Board approved conservation plans for Coke Stevenson Jr., H. H. Lawler, Herbert Simon, M. D. Slater, E. R. Brown, and Van C. Brown covering 31,998 acres. Technical assistance for 4,266 acres was also approved for Thomas Morris and Ted M. Kiser. A field visit to H. G. Whitaker ranch noted KR blue stem and grasses pending harvest. The district now has 63,352 acres under 25 cooperative agreements.
The article notes a local man has recently come to San Angelo after an extended absence. His daughter Rhoda is preparing to begin her senior year at Texas University this fall, highlighting family ties and upcoming academic milestones.
Miss Phyllis Brown of the San Antonio Girl Scouts will run a four day training program starting at 9 50 a m Tuesday in the Methodist annex. All women interested in Girl Scouting are invited to attend with no obligation to Miss Edda Raye Smith. In Junction, Miss Allen Smith and Mr William Cunningham preside at a quiet wedding as Rocksprings relatives attend. The couple plans a short honeymoon and will reside in Junction.
Miss Brown will provide a visual aid and one other equipment for the training session. Attendees are to bring only pencils and paper. The local Girl Scout Executive committee leaders view the program as a rare opportunity and expect future help to be paid. A Kerrville delegation is also expected to attend.
Sunday morning timetable records 9:45 a m as the start of Sunday School led by Gene. Local attendees expected. activity listed as a regular church program.
Jones superintendent in charge. 11 00 a m church services with a guest minister from the Austin Theological Seminary. Tuesday 4 p m Circle One meets with Mrs Cecil Craven and Circle Two meets with Mrs Gene Jones.
The Junction Independent School District must raise its local tax fund contribution to the teachers salaries under the new Gilmer Aikin law. The board of Equalization sees a valuation rise of about five thousand dollars beyond the past two years. Last year district and state paid about 74 thousand. under the law teachers will receive about 94 thousand, requiring higher district funds to meet the minimum.
Roy Spiller, president, outlines why valuations for school tax purposes have increased. The note cites that 90 percent of Texas districts face this adjustment as part of district funding concerns. The Texas Republican first printed in Nacogdoches in 1819 and the Austin Statesman are noted as historic Texas newspapers.
O B Colquitt became the second newspaper man to hold the Texas governorship after winning the 1910 election.
The Galveston Civilian became Texas’ pioneer newspaper to deploy a steam powered printing press in 1850. This innovation marked a shift from hand presses, boosting production and shaping early Texas journalism.
Mr and Mrs J W McKiddy of San Antonio and Oscar Greenwood with Karen of Rock Springs and Elizabeth Greenwood of Eden spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J W Andrews. Mr and Mrs Jess McKiddy of Eden visited Sunday.
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