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Commissioners Meet
To Name Grand Jury
EDINBURG — The March term
grand jury in 92nd Civil District
Court will be empaneled on March
6 according to District Clerk K. C
Boysen Members of the grand ju-
ry commission who will draw the
the 16-man panel are Nix Harring-
ton. Mercedes: Thos B Sammons
Mission; and U. J. Boehnke.
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MATTRESS
Quartet is composed of Robert
Stanley. Victor Clouse. Jessie Cas-
son and Eldon DeVnre.
Aims and objects of the league
were discussed at the organization
session including speeches by W
W Rirhards of San Benito, district
governor, and the Rev. Lewis P
West Texans Visit
Lower Valley Area
McALLEN — Mr. and Mrs. John
Edwards of Midland. Texas,
visiting in the Valley.
Edwards is a large ranch owner
in West Texas He declared he has
"punched cows” all his life, but he
would like to own a farm in the
Valley before calling it a day.
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SAN BENITO — Mrs. Ora Davis
underwent a major operation at the
Valley Memorial Hospital in Har-
lingen Thursday afternoon.
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Registrations Close
For Trip To Mexico
McALLEN — Registrations close
at noon Tuesday for the final Mon-
terrey-Saltillo. Mexico conducted
tour of the season. McAllen Cham-
Joe Trussell. Brownwood. Is In
charge of the singing at the re-
vival at the Baptist church in
Donna. Rev. N. B. Moon. King-
____________________________ ville. is preaching for services
f .r ’he Institute of International Un- which will end March 5.
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BROWNSVILLE - At the sug-
gestion of Senator Rogers Kelley.
Valley attorneys are redrafting the
, proposed retail sales tax measure
La ‘ which would lift the
bonded indebtedness
real property.
Those redrafting in
proposal of Ralph T Altar. Came-
ron county tax assessor-collector,
are Strickland and Ewers. Mission:
Crane and Glarner. Raymondville:
and J. P. Ellis. San Benito.
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Officers of the McAllen unit
chosen were: Clarence McVey,
president; Cecil D Robinson, vice
president, and James Dey. secre-
tary and treasurer Delegates from
many Christian Valley churches at-
tended
Plans were made tn enlarge the
work of the church and to entertain
the Valley and district convention
of laymen to be held April 29 at
McAllen It is expected that Harry
Hines, state laymen s president, and
possibly Gov. Lee O'Daniel will be
HARLINGEN — Ethan Colton.
Upper Montclair, N. J., last of four
lecturers tn appear in the Valley, l&J
under Rotary Club auspices, will
speak in Harlingen's municipal
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auditorium Tuesday at 8 pm. on
• Behind The European Headl.nes"
Celtnn. nne nf the nation's noted
authors, travelers and lecturers, re-
turned recently from a two-mnnth
study period in Europe, and will
embodv in his address some of his
observations behind the news from
Eumpe. according tn R H. Kern.
Mercedes, chairman of arrangements
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Holds Stunt Night
HARLINGEN — Among students
figuring in presentation of the an-
nual Stunt Night, unofficial horne-
c-'TT^g at Mary Hardin-Baylor Col-
lege at Belton, was Miss Mary Lee
Koniakowsky, Harlingen, president
of the senior class there
Stunt Night is sponsored by the
Women's Sports Association, and
originated in 1909 as a measure tn
ward off homesickness in girls who
could not go home for the Christ-
mas holidays The event has since
become one of the major activities
of the year at Mary Hardin-Baylor
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Zoning Commission
Planned By McAllen
McALLEN — Knox Kyle- Jr.
and W H Moon, representing the (
McAllen Chamber nf Commerce
will moot with the city commission
at its regular meeting Wednesday
night to discuss formation of a
zoning commission.
Kyler and Moon were appointed
by chamber directors to serve on the
zoning board.
bill be redrafted in more detailed
form, and when this is done an
effort will be made to have the bill
; introduced in Austin.
Mr Agar would substitute a three
per cent retail sales tax for the
advalorem tax now assessed in the
four Valley counties for bonded
debt This would lift the debt
off real property and place it on
sales.
In Cameron enuty. Mr Agar says,
local taxing agencies levy approxi-
mately $2 164.000 yearly and Sl.-
603,nob nf this is for bonded debt
His plan is to substitute the three
per cent sales tax. which he says
will bring about $2 000.000 yearly,
for the ad valorem levy now levied
for the $1,603,000 in bond require-
ments.
Senator Kelley,
doubtful as to the
Modern plumbing facilities are
tn he installed in the Carlsbad
bcr of Commerce officials announc-
ed Saturday.
The travelers will leave Rrynosa
Mexico, by tram Thursday morn-'
ing for the interior cities The round
trip fare to Monterrey is $3 80 and Cavcrerns. 750 feet below the sur-
sccretary and treasurer; Catheryne
Melton of Pharr, program chair-
man. Margaret Matthews of L.
Fena. reporter; Ruben Edelstein of
Brownsville and George Brown of
tn serve with George I
Detert on the Inter-City Council. |
Definite plans were made to have
a dance at the Women’s Building
March 24 The next meeting will
be held February 27 to make final
arrangements for the dance A mo-
tion was made to make more of
an effort to support the weekly
Germans he’d every Saturday,
night at the University.
Mrs. Rogers Kelley spoke last
week at a meeting of Theta Sigma
Phi. honorary journalism frater-
nity.
Lucille L.ingham of Mission and
Gloria Izaguirre of McAllen were
among those who passed the for-
eign language exam in Spanish
this week This examination is re-
quired before a degree can be ob-
tained.
There are several new students
from the Valley in the University
this semester. Among these are
Paul Bloom of Harlingen. Carl
Bumham of Mission. J. T. Casey of
I.OS Frcsnos. Norman W Ewbanks
of San Benito, Milton Goldstein of
McAllen. Robert Edward Holmes of
Harlingen, George Albert Morris of
Brownsville. Wayne Boyce Patter-
son of San Benito. Marie Guada-
lupe Salinas of Pharr, and Guy
Senter Simmons. Jr. of La Fcria.
Mrs. Percy Herman of McAllen
i visited her daughter. Adeline, on a
return
week
Josephine Taylor of Brownsville
had as her guests last week her
mother. Mrs Volney W. Taylor,
and her sister. Manzell. Ex-student (
of the University.
Incidentals Virginia Pile nn the
Drag . . . Edward Potter in Wagner
Hal . . . Tom Swafford it the Night
i Hawk . . . Jeff Lee Vin.ng applying
for an engineering degree . . . Mar-
garet Fisher engaging a room in
Carothers Dormitory for this sum-
mer . . . Marcille Strein reading the
Autobiography of Davy Crockett
Among the Valley students at-
tending the George Olsen dance
last Saturday were Virginia Run-
yon of Brownsville. Virginia Pile
, of Harlingen. George Detert of San-
1 ta Rosa. John Cooper of Browns-
ville. George Brown nf Edinburg
Ross Whittcnburg of McAllen.
MAN SERIOUSLY ILL
McALLEN — Tiburcm Snta. for-
mer city employe, is seriously ill at
his home here, friends said Satur-
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BROWNSVILLE — Brownsville
and a group of Brownsville people
are given prominent mention in
•'Going Around” a column written
by Harry P. Hornby, collector of
customs, in his own weekly news-
paper, the Uvalde Leader.
Mr Hornby visited Brownsville
and other border cities in hu dis-
trict recently on a regular official
tour.
In the column he mentioned
anecdotes regarding Congressman
Milton H West. D W Brewster
chief immigration inspector. A. F
Kraut, deputy collector nf customs.
L H Palmer. Johnny Broussard,
and W W. Alley. El Jardin operat-
ing personnel who were formerly of
Uvalde-
Mr Hornby called attention to a
sign in the immigration office of
Mr Brewster “Somebody Wants
Your Job.” and another m the cus-
toms office of Mr Kraut, “Man is
made with two ends One tn think
with and nne tn sit on. His suc-
cess depends on the one he uses
most Heads you win. tails you
lose.*
NOTED AUTHOR Directs Singing DUARTE HEADS
IS FOURTH IN L BROWNSVILLE’S
TALK SERIES
burden of
off Valley
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Valley Underwriters
Meet Saturday Noon
MECEDES - J. W Fincher. Wes-
laco. and I. A. Patton. McAllen,
were principal speakers at the
monthly meeting of the Valley
Grande Association of Life Under-
writers. held Saturday noon at
Mercedes high school cafeteria.
Routine business and plans for
association activities marked the
meeting. J O. Harris, Harlingen,
president, said
Visitors were J R Dodds, and W
i C Womack, both of McAllen.
Quartet At Church
Service Is Popular
HARLINGEN — Beacon Light
Quartet, of Rockwell. Tex. now
singing at the Free Methodist
church, corner South J street and
Hanson avenue here, has gained
considerable popularity since com-
ing here for the revival, which be-
gan February 10 Red team, captained by Irene Tamez
and the Blue team, headed by Del- |
fina Gomez. Red Team secured 25
new members, the Blues 31. Enter-
tainment furnished by the losers
featured the campaign finals. to Saltillo $4 80
McALLEN—Laymen nf the First
Christian Church of McAllen were
organized as a unit of the Valley
and District Laymen's League here charro Days” issue is planned for
next year.
Plans were made for sending
delegates to the national conven-
tion of the LULACS in San Anto-
nio June 3 and 4 Representatives
will be present from Washington.
D C. Texas. New Mexico. Texas.
California. Arizona and Colorado.
however, Is
popularity of
such a sales tax. and says he could
not undertake to back such a meas-
ure unless he was convinced that
a majority nf the people in the Vai- ,
Icy were in favor of it.
He wrote Mr Agar as follows:
"However. I am not convinced
the majority of the people in the
Valley are in accord with your
proposal, and I would not want j
tn introduce a resolution for a pm- |
posed constitutional amendment
until and unless I am satisfied th»
majority of the people tn the Val-
ley are wholeheartedly in favor *»f
I
“I suggest that you and others
from Hidalgo. Cameron and Willacy
counties study the proposed resolu-
tion carefully and draft a new bill
covering the needs in more detail
I also suggest that people who are
interested in this matter communi-
cate with me. as
indication fmm
thev were in favor of
posal ”
Coach Grant Page of Garfield
grade school in Abilene. Kan.
gives the boys gum to chew at the
start of the game, but he makes
them spit it out if the team isn't
ahead at the half
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SAN BENITO —Star-Dust Degree
also included Team. Woodmen Circle. Harlingen.
Judge J O Henry of Mission. Sher- captained by Miss Lupe Muniz, of-
wood Rish 'p of Harlingen and ficiatrd a’ ceremonies initiating
Glen and R A ____ ---- —
j nito W G Stewart of the McAllen
ehnreh. presided Music was fur-
nished by a Hill-Billy band com-
posed of Roy Mullins. Mrs. J. G
Claypool and Bill McGill.
derstandmg sponsored by Rotary.
During his two-day stay in the
Valley, Colton will speak before
the Mercedes Rotary Club Tuesday
noon, and to school students at La
Feria. Weslaco and Dnnna, Kern
Mid
Colton has enjoyed special op-
portunity for world-wide contacts,
having toured 43 countries, and dur-
ing the past 20 years he has made
19 visits to Eumpe He has made
special studies nf conditions in
Soviet Russia. Nazi Ga’many. and
the new troubled Danubian Valley I
He recently returned fmm his
twentieth trip abmad. Considered
a speaker nf ability, and a trained
observer, he Is author of two out-'
standing books. "Four Patterns of
Revolution," and “The XYZ of Com-
g*munism "
Colton’s Tuesday night address
will be the last of four lectures
brought here by the Valley's 12 Ro-
tary clubs for the Institute of In-
ternational Understanding Fourth
object of Rotary International is to
encourage and foster advancement
nf International understanding,
good will and peace through a world
fellowship of business and profes- here for the district meet
sional men in the ideal of sen ice.
Preceding Colton. Dr Alien D
Albert. Paris. Ill., spoke February 7
on "American Neutrality;"’ Dr
Monme Elmon Dodd. Shreveport. '
La . spoke February 14 on “Interna- j
tiona! Understanding In The Amer- '
icas." at McAllen high school audi-'
torium; and Clarence Henry spoke
February 21 at the Harlingen audi-
torium nn “Plenty and Peace." i
R H Kern. Mercedes, has been
chairman of the executive commit-
tee in charge nf all programs con-
nected with the Institute, and aid-
ing him are Stanley Cmckett. presi-
dent of the Harlingen Rotary Club;
Coltnns Tuesday night address
Jordan. Brownsville; and H. A
Hodges. Edinburg.
Harlingen, and ficiat^-rl at ceremonies
seven new members of the Wood-
men Circle Grove 1950 here after a
two weeks membership drive which
netted the local group 56 new mem-
bers
Initiates included Cruz C Gon-
zalez. Blasita Z. Saldana. Mana R
Tamez. Guadalupe G Cortez. Juan-
ita M. de la Fuente. Rebecca T
Aguirre, and Mana R Gil. Cam-
paign began February 1, and ended
February 16
Visiting at the Initiation rites
were Mrs. Noma Heck, district
manager, and Miss Margarita Garcia
district captain, of Kingsville.
Local circle was divided into the
'J’he Valley Club has elected of-
ficers for the spring semester
George Dctert of Santa Rosa was
re-elected president; Adeline Her-
BROWNSVILLE — Ernesto B man nf McAllen, vice-president;
Duarte was elected president of the Marjorie Breedlove of Harlingen.
Brounsville council of the League
of United Latin-American citizens
Friday night, succeeding A. Torres
in the post.
i O B Garoa. young attorney, was Minbur(t
named vice-president; A. Hernan- -
dez. Jr., another attorney, secretary-
treasurer; and Joe Martinez. Jr.,
was elected assistant secretary-
treasurer Officers for last year
included J. B Tijerina, vice-presi-
dent; Joe Martinez. Jr, secretary-
treasurer; and A. Hernandez,
assistant secretary-treasurer.
The new officers will be instal-
led on the night of March 8 with
a supper at the White Kitchen
A letter of appreciation from
Kenneth Faxon, general chairman
of Charro Days, was read at the
Friday night meeting, held in the
law offices of J. T. Canales.
Brownsville attorney who has been
one of the main powers behind the
LULACs since organization Mr
Faxon especially commended the
i organization upon the “Charro
I Days Issue" of the LULAC maga-
zine which is widely circulated
over ’he southwest.
It was announced at the meeting
that an even bigger and better
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