The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. [28], Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1929 Page: 1 of 12
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El Campo, Texas, Friday Morning, Odober 17, 1929
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EXECUTIVE LYONR CONDUCTS
FIRST MEETING AT THE
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Final Service Next
Sunday
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SCOUT MASTERS
SCHOOL BEGINS ON
TUESDAY EVENING
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El Campo, Texas
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At the final service Sunday night
we wiU give a brief survey of our
work here.—J. Leonard Rea. Pas-
tor.
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MEETING OFfflAMB
LUNCHEON FORM—~
tlie two teams as a whole.
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Wehrman, and
me* touchdown
six first (towns tbe B1 Campo Lton?s Club wfll
d quarter, 4 after
first downs,
j over again
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children, Bey tiullew, Kathryn. I
C. and Lavon Long, spent I
week end at Bercla(p. They Arere
accompanied home by Mrs. D.
M. Wttoon and son Billy, who are
vtoltftng relatives for a few days
ed wo closely by
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RICE FARMERS TO |M.E. Pastor to Hold
GET GOOD PROFIT I
BY HOLDING CROP
Call Chairman, Mr. L. O. Lundy
Chapter Chairman announced day and time is absolute-
ay‘ . ly necessary in' the' profitable sell
Mr. Reber will be In- general ....
the, of Commerce several matters, of-Tmpo
shoe in
_ larae i'
too small it
The El Campo Band is going to
make Its first public appearance
since its re-organisation. on that
day and will be on hand to fur-
nish music at the Luncheon, aa
well as render music tor the Fair
throughout the day, and it is He
desire of officials of the Local
Lions Club know what a live ant
wide awake bunch we have
et with
prices.
There is no reason on earth for
a panicky condition as regards the
selling of the present rice crop.
The Association is not advocat-
ing any widespread iron clad hold
ing agreement It does believe
that the principles of orderly mark <
eting, selling as the demand Jus-
tifies, If rigidly adhered tto will
result In a profit from the rice
crop this year, and unless order-
ly marketing does prevail that
rice farmers will have lost the
best opportunity for a profit that
they have had for many years.
Those members of the American
Rice Growers Co-operative Asso-
ciation desiring to borrow money
on the rice, in storage should see
their district managers, as ar-
rangements for loans bave been
made.
Drew Mayfield. This is the high
eat a^vard in Scoutwork, and rep-
resents work done for 21 badges.
After the meettlng coffee and
doughnuts were served.
r PLAYS TIGHT FOOTBALL, MAKING
JCH DOWNS AND SIXTEEN FIRST
fHILE THE PIRATES MUSTERED ON-
IRST DOWN AS THE RESULT OF A
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• Mr. Arnold Reber has been ap
pointed by the County Red Cross
Chapter to act as its 1929 Roll
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FURNISHED THE CITIZEN BY
OUR REPRESENTATIVE
AT THAT PCACE
broke tote a |M*-
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pleted were com-
<f A teto
be present, u
ra»iw n • j •Mend. ft, __
and the extra moo drive and the attendance
should be up to, and even better
than the attendance at the local
meeting®. ,, . jr /*.,
This is to be the regular pebb-
ly luncheon of the Chib for this
week, and is to be held nt the),
JRrir Grounds. and a good program
»r of the Mcond Msuned. '
■Med tbe ball Bo at the Commetelal State __, ______ _ _
Wed. On a Bank corner about llttf Frfdark^^ of"sir ptans and arrange
‘‘MY GRANDMOTHER” coa
Grandmother ^har, you’ve tread tfe) fo^
paths of life these many years?
And yet you grow more young
each day, and altogether dear. w
Your time’s been filled with toils *
and cares, more than your share *
jt srami
Yet through It all your afitnln
faith, your time tor love an
irsairt.
The sunset’s glorious splash <
gold, painted by God’s gre«
brash. <-
Yon tore It all yew heart's attnn
With the great Master's touch
Tfo*fove ffen teaMF dC 4he,roe
The song-Hrd*« note et fosor,
The wMHMfo ptnoo-y<m nndet
stead tie Basic of the sphere
a Rice Wrd. Thea
nke loose for e beau-
i for forty yards and
n. Mickelson booted
ough the poets for a J
LIONS TO ATTEND IN BODY
AND HOLD LUNCHEON AT
looked mlgbry
C-tM’wi ogre*
s writer of the
rhea ho aeld that
woM Jbake a good
E elaoe B footbdll. Coach
las confidence to his team
drilled them hard, al •
ie has many new men on
i, is making a good start,
w thia week’s root they
in better shape to meo»
teas^uM October 24th.
YJ*MBFDRT OCT. 2STH
Mr MR whl rest this
in.Wharton this week on the
as Luncheon day, Friday.
UxeJ this Luncheon, we understand,
_ will be held' In conjunction, with
made. Victoria city Lious Club, but
tumbled the ball eapfoptah yfill be seated at tfa-’-
was re- respective tables. It is the detfli
of the officers of the El Campo, ‘
Club that a good attendance from
the members of El Campo Club *
" Everyone is urged
only a few min-
APPOINTMENT MADE PUBLIC
WEDNESDAY AT MEET-
ING AT CITY HALL
frig of all farm products?
A very similar condition has
recently been experienced in
the wheat belt There was such a
rush to market that the rail-
roads were forced, in self pro-
tection, to declare an embargo.
This stowed up the rush to mark-
a consequent boost i»
munity were-brought up for discussion
It was decided Ifiat the Chamber of Con
erect a large-sign for the identification arfe
from the air and from the Highway eaSJ
sign thedettew of which witt tw
will W erected on top of the El <
and will -be lighted at night by
ing Company.
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WORKING ON A PLAN OF DIVES
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ONE4
ERS IK THIS SECTION.
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At a recent meeting of the Diree
------ Pirates went down to defeat last
a little Red and White Army that showed
it and form. On the offense they plowed
ine and tore around ends for gains that
enied by the Pirates, while on the defense,
[days and threw the opponents for losses,
a the field Friday, after the defeat handed
powerful JqJid Reagan Bulldogs of Hous-
>oys showeafrom the starting Whistle “that
; for big game, and they took it too,,for
meh of a judge, there was little, if any.
lie-weight of the two teams as a whole.
; Friday, October 18: First Nat l-
Ken Maynard tn ‘‘The Royal Rider’
Saturday. October 19: Universal
La Plante in ‘‘Scandal”.
Sunday and
20-21: Para:
"The Dance of Life.’’
Tuesday and Wednesday, Octo-
ber 22-23; Uni. Adoree-Nagel It
“Michigan Kid." Price 40c.
Thursday, October 24; Fln»t Nal
ttonal. Milton Sills in' "The Bar-
ker.”
At a meeting of the manager^
of the American Rice Grower®
Cc-eperative Association and large,
rice interests held in the offic?
of 'the Association at Beaumont
Monday. October 14th, it was de-
cided that in the future no Blue
Rose or Lafly Wright rice of No.
1 and 2 grades would be offered
for sale at a price below $4.00 per.
fbarrell. Thia Bjovement came as
a result x)f the recent unjustified
decline in prices for which there
was no legitimate reason.
Rice -is - in . lhe best statistical
position it has. enjoyed for years.
With practicably no carry-over
from last season and with an es-
timated U. S. production of near-
ly six million'bushels -less than
was raised last year, Texas rice
farmers believ« that they are ful-
ly justified in asking a minimum
of >4.00 per barrel and have de-
termined that they will not sell for
less. ’ ( 1 vj
While no formal action bat
been taken as far as Louisiana is rtabra of God's grace upon
concerned, it is believed that the; d
decision of Texas rice interests
wil have a decidedly strengthen-
ing effect on tbe market, and with
“ARNOLD BFRER TO X\=.i0<i ,,nh ,B
^IffiAD HED GROSS !
DM I fill IID D V bring about th® present unjusti- (
KI ILL CALL nEKt fiabie ** acal® 01 pricea’ chl*f 1
among them belpg the excellent
harvest weather which has pre-
vailed, causing an unprecedented
rash to market. Many farmers
have seemed to prefer selling on
a declining market rather than
demanding the true market vglue
for their rice. Thia hae'eaused al-
most a chaotlc cooditlon, the .re-
verse of orderly marketing which
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;h school pirates on the hX‘
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I the <ky Fire Station Hell fiatur
day night at 8 o'clock sharp. Any
body Interested in development of
oil In this oommnnity is welcome
Heart* Oil Company.
On October 15th. during a rain
storm, Mr. R. C. Mallow, whose
rice farm is on—the Pierce es-
tate in Wharton county, noticed ;
film of smoke in his rice field
and went over and discovered that
lightning bad set fire to a shock
of wet rice which burned to the
ground. The balance of the crop
unharmed. T&e lightning bit
in a spot about three feet wide.
Thia has never been known tu
happen before in the history 'of
the rice industry here.
Wffi e’er tanpfo tibe ttens ym ve
UfolMd. to to tfofr life’s , fol
part-
AM tow you’re yearn
, oM; meh yen* a-Wfeet gum
Weaving tor yog tto crown of life*
A wonderful dtedoua. _
Ok, mny God Mean you ou and tm
Thru all the coming days,.
And MB foe you tontoriy,
To ehertoh you always.
Tbe above poem , is Lovingly
written and dedicated to the writ-
er’s grandmother, - Hrs. Mary BM-
xnbeth Payne, who parood her
eighty-seeond birthday October 14
In order that a larger number -of . j v
tbe relatives might be proc ent for >
the celebration of the happy even^,
it was held at Grandmother’s
that passed the Junior Red Crow* home in El Campo Sunday, at
which time wore precoat her ait
living children, F. O. Pgyne, K. H.
Payne, C. E. Payne of El Campo:
Mrs. Penn Dwigaas of Gana^K
Mrs. Will Thomas of Laubs, afo '
Mrs.-g. a Scoggins of Lake Cbm;-,
lee. La. All of the graatohifoe* *
Since Rev. J. L. Rea, pastor of
the Methodist Church here for the
past tw^rgpra, to to,.preach bk
farewell tetmon’on Sunday even-
tag. we M taking our congmga-
tion to worship there at the ev-
ening hoar.
Z- *'«»■»»•<•• L R. Byrd, Paator.
I $MIEff * safetyi- gfvtag El . r
Mrs. Wz L. -Ballew and grana-
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___-August Farenthold, one of the
pioneers of El Campo, who now
lives at Houston was in the city
last week on a business mission.
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Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and
and Dr. and Mrs. Schulze
moving this week in the new du-
plex near the Thompson home.
* and; ran a Pirate tadiMI
ifon no vfttemip that tigs
fo from, fo grasp. Laroon
cent tn aa sab. and he talke l
wan pewaHsed fifteen yards,
liked dgain gad wm penalised
m yards mere before he wm
to keep gnieL This wm the
that town that the Pirates
I Bartng tbe entire game,
the begiaaiag of the fourth
er, Micketoon went through
I bole to tbe Mae and the
wm good for twenty-flvt
I and a touchdown.
Wm during this set-to that
h Ctorteo pulled hie entire
rtrtng and cent- in aH second
** ogfte at rttto tbe I San^to^jpehool 19 a. m.
Mbnfogiwo^Mp 11 a. m.
L. Payne and F. P. Dwigans of
Him st on, Mrs. John Welters to
Louise and. Miaa Freda Scoggins
of Lake Charles. La. At the woou
hour a sumptuous tenet of goto
things: waa. served, nene of whM
was more delidous than the eake,
baked by the honoree. Tbe re
mainder of the day was spent to
true reunion style and m the long
shadows of evening fell the foto
ones departed for their vurlmis
homes, hapgy and thankful to
have been >refent at .the occas-
ion. So passed another mfiestone
of one whose Mfe on this earth
has proved such a bleataag. The
story of her life to truly that jt
■ftie pioneer.
in Quincy. Indiana.
parents, moved to Adal, Iowa when
eight year* of age. *^NNM**
made with two rtbgE^RMrtMfl|||
typical covered WggMB
regal red a fogy*
gto I tolto<§l itot
First in M
First in C
and Trad
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coaM UMlse no headway
r were held, and the young
nto were right at the goal
wg <be anal wbtotle bleu .
thto gaarter. immediately
se second team took , the
ie loot the ball toi downs,
Svn yato* of tbe goat Has
► paMer wm sinh ding be-
Mias Vera Tanner spent the
week end in Palacios visiting with
hA parents.
good game and should be a, real
teat Tor the team and show then
many of their weak pointn before
their first conference game.
Coach Hopper always puts ou
* strong team and we can look
tor • «•! scrap, although we havo
no doubt but tha* each rice bld
*0* be. out to take the measure
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NisK1 BROUGHT UP FOR DISC
SPECIAL PROGRAM ARRANGED ¥ ¥ ¥ • ¥ ¥ * a
Our final service with the peo-
ple of El Campo will be held next
Sunday night.\
There has been arranged a spe-
cial program of music, song and
sermon,
paper.)
The subject of the sermon for
this service will be “A Man Stand-
The subject for
IS ' ‘‘Jesuo’ .
Voluntary Sacrifice for us.”
Our regular- schedule for
day is as follows: ' -
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
preaching by pastor, ll-00 a. m.
Epworth League program 6:45.
Evening services at 7:30.
We very cordially invite you tc
any and all of these services and
especially to the closing service
Sunday night. -r>
This will close our year> work
and our pastorate of this church,
as we have asked for a move at
the approaching annual confer-
ence. We have had < gracious
time with you good people and
we leave with love in our hearts
to all. Borne of the best people
with whom we have ever worked
uro right here and we pray the
one
Mr. Arthur Schramm motored io
1 Fatocios last Suntoy evening. Wen
4„ wi.t tk.
WILL NOT OFFER BEST RICE FOR LESS THAN
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MANY MATTERS OF
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Life Saving tetst at Victoria were
given button*. These were Char-
les Capped Ladd Hancher, Drew
Mayfield, Jhhn Hancher, Paul Han-
cock; Al mo Halamichak and John
Kainer. Other buttons and badges
were given to Bruce Wiley. Earn- . . . r
eat Johnaou. J. C. Long, LeRoy attended with the esropttan of L
Byrd. Rozelle Lundy. Hamilton
Machlln. Ruwel Wallace.
Three Eagle Badges were given,
'John Halamicek. Almo Halimet-
Mrs. D. Gens and daughter speni , chek. and Ladd Hancher receiving
the week end in Houston. i them. Other Eagle Scouts here are-
■■*■■■ •* H. V. Reeves, Robert Harris and
PALACE PROGRAM
Tuesday Rtobt tbo Scoutmaster**
Training school waa begun, with
Scoutenecntive Bob Lyons con-
ducting. The school to h*M in the
baaemtot of the Baptist church
every Tuesday night, and I* for
all men interested in learning
something to Besot work, m well
m for Scoutmaster*. The patrol
leader* and Ebgl* Scouts were
also invited, and most of them
were present Tbo following El
Campo men wuru present; L. O.
Lundy. Goo. Wttlto, D. Gens, Cou-
sins, Rev. Byrd. Wftay. Emil Kal-
ner, Donald Duson, Wehrman, W
Harris, Dr. Lincecufn Edgar ReeJ|
Dr. Reeves, Goehring and Scout-
master parton. These men are all
interested and apparently enjoyed
the class aa much aa the Scouts
present
A number of buttons and badges
were given out before the school
proper began. The -seven boys
*o tbo Ltona can go over in a Wnt8t an4ei. way
** ‘ the opportunity to join the Red
Cross to all citizens in this lo-
cality. Aa hi* first public state-
ment* in his new capacity, Mr.
Reber said, “It to a great honor
to be Mked to serve In this ca-
pacity. I am sure that everyone
will help me to make good the
confidence that has been placed
in me by the West Wharton
County Red Cross Chapter. Aftei
all, that should be easy, because
the Red Cross belong* entirely
to the people and it* service* De-
flect their Judgement and intere*'.
The success of the Red Cross' is
dependent in a large degree upon
the representative nature of its
membership and the moral supper
that auch membership provides
for the maintenance of disaster re-
lief, health, educational and inter-
national services.”
, “Plans have already been con-
•tdered for the conduct of the Roll
<5*11 here in West Wharton Coun-
ty. and subcommittee* will, be
appointed toreach all parts of the
local chapter's jurisdiction.’’
Mr. Tom Beaston of the St.
Louis office was present and made
MEMBERS OF AMERICAN AS-
SOCIATION WILL HAVE
^ARRETING HELP
Monday. October
Carroll-Skelly in !
FRIDAY TO WIN 28-0 K4 bkc »Kr
¥ We found Mr. Cousins and ¥
¥ Big Ed taking it easy Wed- ¥
j¥ nesday morning when we ¥
I ¥ paid them ouy weekly visit. ¥
¥ The shower Tuesday evening ¥
¥ or something else, tended to ¥
¥ slow up the business at the ¥
¥ cotton platform. Nevertheless ¥
¥ we^are able to report pro- ¥
<$ gress being made toward the ¥
¥ 4000 mark. ¥
The receipts at that time ¥
¥ were three thousand, eight ¥
¥ hundred and thirty-two bales ¥
¥ Vor the season. The price be- ¥
¥ ing unchanged from
¥ week.
¥
ffro aakftig our congroga-
The Young People'*
la»ed to time
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Neat Sunday Will Worship
The Methodist* In Evening
Suoday^cbool
B. T. P. U. 4:45 p. m.
ATTEND IN
D LUh
THE FAIR GROUNDS
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. [28], Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1929, newspaper, October 18, 1929; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1323212/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.