Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1942 Page: 3 of 6
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1M2
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NEWS FROM
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PREMONT
AComplete Coverage Of Southern Jim WelU County
By MARJORIE WA&KENTIM
BOMB THE JAPS WITH JI NKI
THROW VOIR SHA? i\Ti>
Tilt FIGHT
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KEIP EM FIRING—WITH JINK!
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THROW VOI R SCRAP
THE FIGHT
KEEP EM FIRING—WITH
Our Boys in Service Mr. and Mrs. J P KUewer And
In a San Antonio paper we see Mr and Mrs B Deavor Lshed at
that Sgt. Robert . McBiyde of Dun- Loyola Beach Wednesday and
can Field is to get married, on Sept. Thursday.
12 at San Antonio to Miss Dora -
Ann Denhollem. Sg. McBryde is and Mr* Wolff and Sam.
the son of Mr. and Mrs R. E. Me- Klotz were hi Corpus Christi Mon-
Bryde, Kingsville, and formerly day-
lived in Premont --
W O Skidmore, who enlisted Rlta shay and Rupert Poetker
recently in the Officers Training motored to Mexico Saturday.
Carps, is attending the Cavalry
School at Fort Riley. Kansas. He A bobo ,par.ty was *iven at the
writes that it is a beautiful place tubhein>ld home on Wednesday
and he likes it. He seems to be K‘'tiu1yn Robne:t and James.
the only one there from South recf‘ved br:“s !or b*'
Texas dressed, most like a hobo. For
Mr and Mrs W. W. Speer, who those Present were
lve on a farm west of Premont, ei er roas •
have the dtetinction of being the Mr and Mrs Cobb and dau?ht£r
second family in this community returned home from their vacation
to have three l.oys in the service, pfjday
Their oldest son, Louis, enlisted ___
£at PreS!,nt at Rev and Mrs Burns a”d
Fo . .tI^lX• ,N' 'J' .J^e second son ter were supper guests in the Mc-
enlisted at the beginning of the Bryd home Sunday evening,
war in Europe in the U. S. Navy.
and is statione don the U S S Miss Marjorie Trott of Weslaco
Portland, and serving as a gunner. visited Miss Maiy Alice Langen
The youngest boy, named Russell, Monday and Tuesday,
enlisted last Saturday at Fort Sam _1
Houston. Mr. and. Mrs. Howard Fish spent
The Heniy L. Hinkle family also a few days in San Antonl0 last
have three hoys in the service. The week.
oldest. Cpl. Lawrence Hinkle, was _
serving in the infantry on Bataan. Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Livingston
and is reported by the War De- and sons of Kingsvill were in Pre-
payment as miss n ; in action.
George is an engineer in Australia,
and Raymond in the MecMcal Corp
at Fort Sam Houston.
nr/r.t Sunday.
Lieut and Mrs Kirkland and
baby of Brooks Field, San Antonio,
Mrs. J W. Leigh tells us that vislted Mrs Pennie L:(ngen and
her grandson. J. B. Inman, of San daughter Monday.
Antonio is at San Diego, training
at the Naval Base. J 3 is well Mlsses Belinda Gonzalez and El-
nown around Premont. having ndna Barrera are spending a week
spent his summer vacation here. visiting in Edinburg.
KJJ?L i™,1?. Ch' JOll!’ Ml* Eile>n Barr a: ,is-
£'”p,hE«1“h- “d ‘ 3 .““«»■»; .ted Miss Mary Alice Langen Sim-
from the Hobbs Air Base in Hobbs. dav
N. M. He writes to his mother.' _
Mrs Nelson English that the place; A gvoup 0f young people from
cots not compare with beautiful ce wju p-.P3ent a play ancl varl-
Mather Fie.d in sunny California, ;us other numbers in Spanish Fri-
nea: Sacramento The New Mex- day evening at 3:30 at the school
ki? ,sa,.ld is b*owinS andl the sun is auditorium. A small admission
blistering. Tt is not boo pleasant, will be charged for the benefit of
Mrs Effie Evans wes very pleas- j the Catholic church,
antly surprised in receiving a let-
ter from her son, James K. Evans. CPL CreWS of South
2*2? s.T^“ Texas Area Assist In
not know how long he win stay! Repairing Torn Lines
there, but is hoping to get a fur- __
lough to come to Premont. Jim crews of CP Electric servicemen
is one of the many boys that came from , all over Southwest Texas
through Pearl Harbor. He was in- were rushed to the area of the
iured at the time and was confined disastrous hurricane which hit
to a hospital for a long time. We the central coast of Texas early
certainly want to hear from Jim Sunday, restoring electricity to af-
when he comes home. The writer fected towns with a minimum of
enjoyed to have him as a Scout delay, according to R T. Mloore Jr.,
at one time, and as such he in- Central Power and Light Company
dicated that he wou'd like to i>e manager here,
signal man in the USN That am- No power plants were shut down
bition has been cchieped. by the storm, although many miles
Pvt 1st class Edward E Colson of transmission line were down for
Jr., U. S. Marine Corps, was in a number of years. Heaviest dam-
Premont Monday to visit his age was to local distribution lines
ganrimother. Mrs. L C. Miles. Pvt in Matagorda, Refugio, Woodshoro,
Colson is stat’oned a* the '’an BeevLle. Sinton. Port Lavaca, Ken-
Diego Marine Base, serving in the edy. Karnes City Victoria Aust-
Quartermaster Aviation Dept. well and Tivoli.
______ Because of the fact that crew
RODEO AND BARBECUE ufte,r "ew °f CPI‘ s«vlcemen.
. equipped with workshop trucks,
A 'od/° ay*d ba'bf'"'T? tn tdols and materials reached the
und.s for t.ae Premont C^thnlic SPenPS 0f damage before the storm
church will take on the mrea-onc? hac- completely subsided, Interrup-
" a ‘ 1 _ •ectrrn ‘own n -,noay. tions were of much shorter length
“ fp„ . V. '*<,'niar,res •' " !*n 4han would have been the case oth-
d nt 1 ,e Cj Mrs. erwise. 'Those fellows worked
raxe . Cana es. ro„eo director, without sleep from Saturday night
announced^ Proceeds will go di- t0 Monday *klght and. s£me 0<
rect t0 the Premont Catholic
church. There will be monev
prizes Cor the winning contestants.
Ladies and children are Invited to
them, through to Tuesday without
a wink.”’ Mr. Moore said.
Laiedo, Del R|o, Uvalde and
Lower Rio Grande Valley sections
em-
enter. For the ladies there will be of CPL territory all furnished
a. a? ,ace; cl*arette rolling and pi0yes for emergency service to
th * ^ borse ra^P for repair the storm's damage, Intense
the children—so, boys and girls. becausp of 75 t0 ioo-mile-an-hour
bring your ponies and saddles. Calf winds and hlgh water. Matagorda,
rop ng. roping and tying, break- WOrst hit by the hurricane, had I
!u"k°W #ml k and horse electricity at 5 p.m. Monday, as
a >v ie featurDd. Barbecue bacj most towns, although great (
v. i scivert on *he rodeo iocaj damage to transmission lines
in featuring the prevented Goliad. Woodsboro and
riders w.l send the rodeo off to a | Rpfugio frnm eettlng electricity
coiorrui start. juntii Tuesday.
... . " ~~ Although little effect of the
. «d, Stubblefield and hurrican was felt here. Mr. Moore
. 8 ter and Pennie Langen pointed out that, in event of a
re in orpus Chrtstl Tuesday. ! similar catastrophe here, local
_ _ _ , „ , electric useis would have the
J Ramsey left for Schreiner benefit of CPL’s traveling service
<f*y morning. crews on short notice to repair [
.. . ~ ~ ” any similar damage.
Mr. rmd Mrs J. S. Warkentin T v. Plevans. lineman connected
and daughter Myrna Joan, went wlth the local offlce spent three
to Alice Monday. days thla ln the ^athia Qr-
... . , . ange Grove and Sandia area as-
Mlss Rita Sh*y of Refugio, sis-,gating in repair wx)rk.
ter of Mrs. Howard Fish, visited in
Premont for three days last week. RUBBER STAMPS, stamp pads and
- i ink. Three day service. Falfarrlas
Mr. and Mrs A. Flaming and ^acts-
sons returned, from their vacation THROW YOUR SCRAP INTO
Saturday . ' THE FIGHT
MOURNING DOVE AND WHITE-WINGED IX)VE OPEN SEASONS FOR MJ
—As Provided By Stale Law and Federal Keg u la tions—
INTO
JUNK!
I
MOURNING DOVES
OttN SCAION—NOftTH ZONt. Strr
I TO OCT IZ, INCLUSIVE SOOTH
ZONE. SEfT 16 TO 0CT06EI Z7. IN-
CLUWVE
SHOOTING HOU«S—T A M TO SUN-
SET IN tOTH ZONES
IN WEM. ZAfATA. SIAM. HILAOGO
CAMEtON AND WILLACY COUNTIES
SEASON WILL IE OPEN ONLY ON EACH
SUNDAY, TUESDAY AND THUISOAY
FKOM 12 NOON UNTIL SUNSET DUR-
ING PEIIOO SEPT 16 TO 25. INCLUSIVE
IAG LIMIT—10 A DAY Of EITHER
MOURNING OR WHITE WINGED
DOVES. OR OF lOTH SPECIES IN THE
AGGREGATE POSSESSION LIMIT—NOT
MORE THAN ONE DAY'S KILL
* 4
NORTH ZONE
SOUTH ZONE
NO OPEN SEASON
WHITE-WINGED DOVES
OPEN SEASON—SEPT 16 TO 25. INCLUSIVE, EXCEPT IN WEII.
ZAPATA. STARR, HIDALGO. CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES
THEY MAY BE SHOT FROM 12 NOON UNTIL SUNSET ON SEP-
TEMBER I7TH, 20TH, 22ND ANO 24TH ONLY
SHOOTING HOURS IN OTHER PORTIONS OF STATE, 7 A. M
UNTIL SUNSET
BAG LIMIT—10 A DAY OF EITHER WHITE WINGED OR MOURN-
ING DOVES. OR OF BOTH SPECIES IN THE AGGREGATE. POSSES-
SION LIMIT—NOT MORE THAN ONE DAY'S KILL
—From Texas Gome, Fish and Oyster Commission
SHOTGUNS MAY NOT
BE LARGER THaN 10 GAUGC
SHOTGUNS MUST BE PERMA-
NENTLY PLUGGCO TO THRIC-
SMELL CAPACITY
UNLAWFUL TO TAKE WHITT.
WINGS OR CMACHALACAS SOUTH
OF U S. HIGHWAY SI IN AREA
MARKED ON MAP AS 'GAME SANC- *
TUARY-.
GAME
SANCTUARY
JUNK RALLY
For
FALFURRIAS
and vicinity
-==*
NATIONAL SCRAP HARVEST
SATURDAY
SEPT. 5th
at
FALFURRIAS
Junk helps make guns,
tanks, ships for our
fighting men.......
Bring in anything made
of metal or rubber . . .
Get paid for it on the spot
firing your family
Spend the day
Meet your friends
h
JUNK MAKES FIGHTING WEAPONS/
One old die*- will iirovsde M/
■crapsteel needed for 210win! /
autixnutic light cm Innca.
One old plow will hr
make one hundred /S mm,
armor ;neri:ing |>rojcctilea.
One ueeleu old tire
provide* a* much
rubber a* i* used in
12 gas masks.
One olda shovel will
help make
4 hand grenade*.
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Let’s Jolt them with Junk
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Behrent, Howard. Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1942, newspaper, September 4, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth880470/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .