Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1968 Page: 1 of 10
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Barrett Gaus Honored as Eagle Scoot
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The Yoakum Farm
will meet at Morris-Center
v munity Center Monday,
Sry 26th at 7:30 p. m.
A Social will be held after the
meeting.
Henry Guerra Guest Speaker
For Yoakum C. Of C. Banquet
10 CENTS FEE COPY Na. U jJ
Youth Singers
At Methodist
Church Sunday
DeWitt County Health Dept
Officials At lions Session
the
will
The Youth singers from
Kenedy Methodist Church
sing in Yoakum February 25th.
at the Methodist Church at 10:45
a. m. The public is cordially in
vited to hear them.
Mr. and Mrs. El wood Gout and ton Barrett, Pete
Matthew pining on medal at Scoutmaster Earl Wyatt
gives approval.
Barrett Gaus was formally a- trict 593 has an In emutixmeu
warded scouting’s highest rank He reminded everyone of the res-
of Eagle Scout at a Court of Hon ponsibility which invariably goes
or, February 19th, 1968, at the along with the honor of Eagle
Holy Cross Lutheran Parish Hall Scout.
in Yoakum. C. T. “Pete” Math) Matthew challenged the au-
hew, Executive Vice-President of; dience to consider a man’s actual
Yoakum Federal Savings & Loan worth. He pointed out that chemi-
Assn., and prominent citizen, cally, a man’s body is worth only
Two Fires Here At Local Homes
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made the presentation.
After Assistant Scoutmaster
2illy R. Neeley welcomed the
group of scouts, parents, and
friends. Scoutmaster Earl F.
Wyatt convened the Court of Hon-
or and Pastor D. I. Dolton gave
the Invocation. Wyatt then out-
lined the Eagle candidate’s re-
cord of accomplishments on his
trail to earn the Eagle Award.
In making the Eagle presenta-
tion, Mr. Matthew explained that
only one percent of all the boys
in Scouting in the United States
achieve the rank of Eagle Scout.
“The Eagle Scout badge is a
symbol of what a boy has (ione',
but more important, it represents
what the boy will be in the fu-
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98 cents. “Jesus’ life was sold
for thirty pieces of silver. A
man’s true worth is not measured
by his bank account or his office.
The service which one can rent-
er to other men is a good mea-
sure of value and Scoui ing helps
make a person worth more.”
Barrett is a junior in Yoakum
High School and a member of
Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
Barrett’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elwood Gaus, were also com-
mended by Matthew for their role
in their son’s achievement. Both
parents have been active in var-
ied community services in this
Henry Guerra, of the
HemisFair International Re-
lations Staff a well known
Sfn Antonio radio person-
ality since 1939 and a pro-
minent newscaster and in-
terviewer since 1949, will
be the speaker at the Yoa-
kum C. of C. Banquet here
March 7th.
A student of Texas and
Mexican history, he served
as chairman of the Bexar
County Historical Survey
Committee and as president
of the Mexican-American
Friendship Committee. He
also served as president of
the Bexar County TB As-
sociation, and the St. Ma-
ry's Alumni Association He
currently serves as a mem-
ber of the Tuberculosis Ad-
visory Committee of the
state of Texas, a member
of the Board of the Bexar
County CeieDrol Palsy As-
sociation, and a member of
the Santa Rosa Medical
Center Children's Hospital.
He is a member of the
San Antonio Press Club,
Sigma Delta Chi, The Serra
Club, Knights of Columbus,
and the Clubers Interna-
tionales de Sembradores de
Amistad.
ved four years with the Ar-
my Air Corps in the Pocific
Theatre during WW II.
He is married to the for-
mer Mary Ann Noonan of
Hondo, Texas They have 2
daughters and twin sons.
Tickets for the March 7
banquet which will also fea-
ture famous movie and TV
star entertainer and sing-
er Rosita Fernandez and a
troup of dancers, will be
$2.50 each Already Cham-
ber members have been
mailed two tickets each to
the banquet which they are
expected to purchase. The
•general public may pur-
chase tickets at the Cham-
ber office and from the tic-
ket committee headed by
C. T. "Pete" Matthew.
Claud Barton Jacobs is
chairman of the banquet
committee.
Firemen at Herrera home, putting out fire
attic by chopping thru the roof.
Two fires, one early in the
af ernoon and the other ai night,
were keeping Yoakum firemen
area for many years. After re- busy here Tuesday with work in
Exchange Program For Dist 593
Which they saved two
from destruction.
homes
ceiving his own badge, Barrett
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Mission — Rotary District 593
of South Texas this year will ex-
pand its International Student
Exchange Program to include the
sending of a scholar to Cen ral
or South America for study.
Gene Goodwin, Mission, Chair-
man of the International Stud-
ent Committee, said the new
project is “exactly reverse” ot
a program under which 17 South
and Central Americans have bean
brought to South Texas to
study at Texas A and I or Pan
American College 6ince 1967.
This added phase is to send a
South'Texas boy to South America
1o study in a university there.
Under the present program
Padro Lasarte, of Lima, Peru
is enrolled at Pan American Ool-
iege, studying Engineer ng. and
Jose Perez, of Guatemala City,
Guatemala, is at Texas A and 1
University, studying Agriculture.
Boh the present and expanded
programs are to be financed with
the $1.50 per year per Rotarian
investment by some 2,000 Rotary
Club members in 39 South Texas
clubs.
Goodwin said the new toutor-
will be called “ The Ivan Gilbert
Project” in memory of the lae
originator of ihe idea and ramrod
of American Field Service
student exchanges in SoU h Texas
for many years. Gilbert was a
resident of McAllen.
Goodwin said student prospects
should apply io their local Ro-
tary Club, or the Club snould
seek out prospec s before May 1
in order to enroll in the nex
school year. The student should
be a college gradua’e, but Avis
would not be a prerequisi e. He
should ha » excellent academic
standing, good personally traits,
speak fluent Spanish or Portu-
guese, and be a s udrnt in some
field of culture, such as History
or Art, thait can be pursued to
good advantage in Central or
Sou'h America.
The program contemplates con
tribuing some $1,500 to $2,500 a
year to this project.
The South Texas Ro ary Dis-
Student Project Committee to
rornor of Armstrong and Julia
Street, in the extreme nor.h end
of Yoakum. There idle home of
.ho Simon Herrera family was
gu“od by fire caus.ng the loss
1 of all personal belongings and
... , . , . ! damaging the interior. Mrs.
administer their programs of - jjererra was r,.por ed at homo
porting and exporting students. | a( ihp time> probably out ln
This committee is composed of
Gene Goodwin. Chairman. Leo
the yard or nearby
neighborhood at the time
the
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Leo. Alice, and Wilburn Hughes, ^ jlonu, js a rented cottage it was
Sinton.
Yoakum Primary
School To Observe
Public School Week
reported
A 7:15 PM Tuesday, the night
run was a call ,n Ihe home of
Mr. and Mrs John Berryhill and
family, 808 Hopkins Street. Mr.
Berryhill, a watchmaker nnd
clock repair man who formerly
kept his home-made uirplano at
Yoakum Airport, was busy in his
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house and program at Yoakum ^Jse and the family was wi(h
Primary School. The program will him a. ,h(. time the fjro start(,d
Public School Week will begin
Monday, March 4th with an open stK,pUlt the' fron" part" of
Hart at 7 00 p. m. and finish with
room inspections and demonstra-
tions at 9:00 p. m. All visitors
in the kitchen in the rear part
of Ihe home.
Evidently starting
are requested to sign the guest ccok s ovc in ,he kitchpn the
books and assemble in the cafe-
torium at 7:00 p. m.
Mrs. Ivy will conduct the sing-
ing in groups composed of child-
ren from all three grades. The
first grade will sing “Our Band”;
the second grade, "Little White
Duck”; and the third grade,
"Two Little Donkeys”. Everyone
will then sing "America The
Beautiful.”
All c!ass rooms will be open j
for inspection but you will miss I
u real treat if you fail to see: I
"Improve Reading Skills Through '
Remedial Reading Drills,” new
building annex; "Parade of First
Grade Work,” Borchers, Room
12; ”An Overall View of the
First Grade,” Davis, Rerun 3;
“Highlights in First Grade”, Don-
nelly, Room 1; “Signs of Spring”,
McManus, Room 2; “The Many
Things We Do From Nine to
Two,” Plume, Room 4; “Hemis-
Fair, Circus, and Carnival’’ Bue-
hring, Room 11; “Community
Helpers,” Guettner, Room 6; “In-
dians — Their Homes and Trans-
portation,” Snyder, Room 10;
“Our Community — Yoakum”,
Whitley, Room 5; “Cowboy and
Rodeo Theme”, Alexander, Room
7; "Social Studies and Science,”
Anders, Room 9; "Slides of Pupil
Activities" and a Geography Ex-
hibit. Clark, Room 8.
fire did heavy damage there and
in the dining room. Extensive
heat smoke damage in
rooms was caused by Ihe blaze
which like in the otiier home had
apparently Oared up to consider-
able size before it wes noticed. V
Guerra is an active par-
ishioner of Our Lady of
Grace Church. Born and
educated in San Antonio,
Guerra attended Lufkin Mi-
litary Academy, Central Ca-
tholic High School, and St.
i Mary's University, where he
other received his B. A. Degree in
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English in 1940 and was ed-
itor of the campus news-
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After graduation, he ser-
Petition Signers Rush To Avoid
Loss Of Livestock Industry Here
Famous personality .
Guerr-
Cowboy* v*. Sweeny
In Bi-District
February 27th
The Edna Cowboys, champions
of the 26AA basket ball crown
If present proposed regulations feeders and slaughter, would bej will meet the Sweeny Bulldogs
governing the movement of cat- reduced six to eight cents per in ihe Bi-district play off in Ei
tie, in connection with the brucel- pound or even more. ! Campo, Tuesday. Feb 27h a?
uosis control program, are a- The DeWitt County Animal 7:30 p. m. in the El Campo High
dopted DeWitt County livestock Health committee has been or-1 School Gymnasium,
producers could lose several mil-1 ganized to get DeWitt County de- Coach Morris Orsak’s team wen
•ion dollars annually, the DeWitt dared a Type II Brucellosis Con- the tide with a 9-1 district re-
count y Animal Health Committee j trol Area. cord.
stated today.
The proposed regulations could
cause the loss of markets for
from 35,000 to 40,000 head of De-
Witt County cattle that move into
interstate shipment annually.
TIT, uS 'VTn Codxd,” Charles Nagd;
would prohibit the shipment of all , Nordh<,im.CabaZa
Petitions are being circulated I Edna won the' toss of the coin
to this effect. All persons having in a mectinc wi lh Ihe Sweeny
cne or more head of cattle are [ officials. Sweeny wanted to play
urged to see any of the following j the game in Bay City,
to sign a petition: in the Amecke I Ticke.s for the game will be
ville-Green-DeWitt area — Wer-' 75 cents tor adults and 25 cento 1. s “ ls«jse and cancer,
ner Wolf. Paul Sager. Rudolph | torsludcnto mul will bosoxi only1” «
in the at •he door on the nigh! of fhe
Rud-i gunie.
Mary Virginia Jacobs (Mrs.
Claud Barton Jacobs), the Pub-
lic Health Nurse of ItoWItt
County, and County Judge Geo.
Trowoll, at Yoakum Lions Club
meeting.
The DeWitt County Health De-
partment is an organization now
operating on an annual budget ol
$18,784.00, tin- Yoakum Lions au-
dience was advised here Tuesday
noon at program time when Co.
Health Nurse Mary Virginia Ja-
cobs, R. N., and DeWitt CoUfity
Judge George Trowell were the
speakers presented by program
chairmen Lions Dan Autrey and
Bill Arnold.
Judge Trowell was the prime
organizer ol the DeWitt County
Health Dept, two years ago, it
was revealed during the review
ol health department activities.
County Health Nurse Mary Vir-
ginia Jacobs, who resides at Yoa-
kum and travels to Cuero daily
and to many other points in the
county each day, was educated
at the University of Texas and
Incarnate Word College and has
held other responsible positions
including that of director of a
large hospital at Victoria. Her
hU5batxL_£2aud Barton Jacobs,
local insurance man, and theftr
son, Todd, age one year, are the
two other members of this young
Yoakum family residing at their
new home on Kent Street here,
after working hours during which
their routines lake them to many
different locations.
Quoting population figures, the
county health Nurse told of the
increasing work load of the pub-
lic health services throughout tlv
nation. Latest figures she said
place the U. S. population in
crease at 28 million each ten
years, a figure arrived at by
counting 41 million births, three
million immigrants and 16 mil-
lion deaths.
Leading causes of death were
and cafe personnel and all food
whole lamilv with six cmldrcn. all
ol whom were TB cases. They
were all sent to a San Antonio
hospital for special treatment.
In other rare cases, the health
dept. protects ,,ie public with
laws tlial have teeth in them,
Ihe report showed. One case only
was on record in which a positive
TB case refused treatment sug-
gestions, so the law was exer-
cised via sheriff’s arrest and
quarantine of the patient to home
residence.
Multiple .services both drastic
and mildly persuasive were thus
reported keeping each communi-
ty measuring up to the highest
standards of health and disease
prevention.
The DeWitt County Health Dept
was reported serving all ol the
city of Yoakum since Lavaca
County lias no such agency. Yoa-
kum chips in extra payment for
the Lavacar. hall of its area, the
report showed.
The $18,784 budget was listed
paid half by the state and haU
by the county, with half ot the
latter half paid by the clttoSn
Yoakum's bill was $500 last yeas,
The DeWitt Health Dept, pod
soffnel was Btifcd to include Re-
gistered Sanitarian C. A. ABm,
of Cuero, frequent visitor in a*
of the cities of the county; Di-
rector Dr. L. E. Silverthom ol
Victoria, in charge of four coun-
'1
ties including DeWitt; Public
Health Nurse Mary Virginia Jar
eobs and Secretary Laura Chld-
well.
Members of the Lkjis Ckjb
Claud Barton Jacobs was pre-
sent to OK ihe program altho
Mary Virginia insisttd he had
to do so without reading her
speech before it was delivered.
canto, regardless of age or sex olph tTochcn> Hubert Voelkcl, S. I The Edna Cowboys will play
Yorktown-Cot-1 warm up matches wilh Louise on
indudmg steers from now modi-; A R„., ln the
f.ed-certified areas into areas that , t<mpatch Garfield area - James *»>■ **«> and with Beev.lle on
are edher modlf.ed-certified or (Mettj (> x Migura, Buteh Ha- Feb. 23ni. The Louise game was
certified. I (rnal, Pete Seivers, R. J. Rnedcr hold in L™'80 and <h(’ Hoevalle
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In the event this happens it is , Frank Burda, W. E.' McAda, ma,ch wdl be in Edna-
estimated that the price per | games have been set for 7:30
pound of all cattle, stoekers,
See Petition Page 5 Col. I
All - Time Records Holders Win 19 Consecutive Games
Yoakum CB Club
Meeting Friday
Regular Ol meeting time, laat
reminded today. ,
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month.
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Social Security
Day Here Tuesday
A representative ot th
Security OMce,^Victoria.
latest
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er diseasi-s now controlled to a
laige extent by vaccines.
The health dept., Mrs. Jacobs
said, inspects water supply, cafes
handlers and stores handling
foods and drugs, be.-idcs inspect-
ing ail facilities at schools, to-
gether with theii immunization
and testing programs.
TB tests were reported given to
3,564 students and resulted in an
all clear record except for 769
students who had positive tests
indicating that they may have
TB or might have been in close
contact with persons who do have
tuberculosis.
Rare cases reported by the R.
N. included the incident in which
one Latin-Ameriean child was
cheeked out positive in the TB
test and then the trail led to a
State Diagnostic
X-Ray Unit In
Yoakum Feb. 22-23
The State Health Department
X Ray Unit will be operating the
follow-up clinic to the previous-
ly hold tuberculosis skin testing.
The X Ray Unit will be located
in a room behind the old City
Hall. Hours ot operation will be
from 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. on
February 22, and from 8:00 to
■2:00 on Friday February 23rd.
Adults requiring an X-Ray are
advised to utilize the clinic from
4 p. m. to 5 p. m. February 22
and the morning of the 23, thus
allowing adequate time to sche-
dule the school children. If you
were advised during the skin
testing clinic that an X-Ray was
recommended, please afford your
self this opportunity to be X-
Rayed.
SJH Tigers Win All • District
Honors In 2-AA Competition
By Julius Ermis
Two members of the SJH Tig-
er team of Yoakum, Bob Elmore
and Larry Johnston, were named
the 2-AA TCIL All-District
basketball teams last week. El-
more place-1 on the first team
while Johnston, only in his-Sopho-
more year, placed on the second
learn.
The four other members select
ed on the first team were Nick
Holm and Tom Moscatelli, St.
Joseph of Victoria, Anthony Stryk
Bishop Forest, and Elroy Othold,
St. Paul of Shiner.
Elmore who led the Tigers in
both the scoring and rebounding
department* received (he highest
number at votes <«) lor AlLDiM-
nct honors and will be eligible
for a place on the VAA TO I
season play he managed to gndl
15 rebounds per game.
Sophomore signal caller La|^y£^
Johnston was selected on
AA district basketball
team. Larry played out front!
the Tigers as he was very
and agile on defense-. He
stole the ball and while’ an
ofensive side his specialty M
hitting regularly on the outfll
shots and scoring on brei
Johnston was second behl
Elmore in points scored for
Tigers in district play with
points and a 14.1 scoring aw
age. In overall season play. Jot
ston was third in scoring on. (
Tiger squad with 188 poftnU, (■
aging 9 point, a game. y]
With two yean of
experience behind him
more yean of I
Head Coach
that Larry to
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Janacek, John E. Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1968, newspaper, February 22, 1968; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1062784/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.