Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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Zavala County Sentinel
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MEET
Jack's Shack
VOL. 31
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNTY, TEXAS. NOVEMBER 27, 1942
No. 31
Paper Will Not Be
Sent to Service Men
The Sentinel mentioned last week
that a plan had been proposed to
send the county paper to each man
in the service. A committee from the
Chamber of Commerce, the secretary
of the organization as chairman, re-
ported Wednesday that inasmuch as
Postmaster Pipes had said in sub-
stance that newspapers could not be
delivered with any degree of regu-
larity to the men in-service, the
committee had decided that trying
to send the local paper to the men
would be impractical. The commit-
tee report was accepted and the com-
mittee discharged.
Later, on motion of S. H. Fly, it
was voted that the organization send
some sort of Christmas greetings to
the men.
Mr. McCollister and Mr. Colliar
from the Concentration Camp were
guests of the organization. Mr. Col-
liar gave a few brief remarks about
the camp. Said they were busy get-
ting things ready and the camp prob-
ably would be occupied by January
1st. There would be about 30 people
in the personnel. When occupied,
the camp would be organized like a
little city, with school, hospital, stor-
age buildings, etc., and there would
be some sort of working activities.
Mr. Collister expressed his appre-
ciation for the cooperation that had
been accorded them here.
F. W. Pulliam told something of
his work with the Farm Security Ad-
ministration, especially with the La
Pryor farm program. Said he would
like for members of the organization
to go with him sometime and see
what these families are really doing.
He spoke of one 19-year-old boy who
has a farm that would be an eye-
opener to any Crystal City farmer.
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BOYS IN SERVICE
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Staff Sgt. B. P. Arthur arrived
last Friday from Camp Van Dorn,
Centerville, Mississippi and is spend-
ing his ten days furlough with his
mother, Mrs. B. P. Arthur and fam-
ily.
Cpl. Evans Rutledge will leave
Saturday to return to Camp Barkley,
Texas, following a visit with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Rutledge.
Pvt. Arthur C. Worsham has 18
days leave of absence from Camp
Polk, Louisiana and is the guest of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wor-
sham. *
Lt. Oscar Goodson of Fort Sam
Houston spent Friday night here as
guest of his brother-in-law* and sis-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davidson. He
was enroute from Eagle Pass where
he visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Goodson before leaving Texas
for Wisconsin.
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GREATER NEED OF BUYING
CHRISTMAS SEALS
The annual Christmas Seal Sale
sponsored by the local Zavala Coun-
ty Tuberculosis Association will get
under way this week. War unfailing-
ly inflicts upon humanity its terri-
fying strain: famine, plague and pes-
tilence. In the aggregate, those de-
stroyers kill more people than bul-
lets and bombs. They take their
heaviest toll from the civilian popu-
lation.
One of the dealiest plagues spread
by war is tuberculosis. It continues
to disable and kill long after the
guns of battle are stilled We all
know here in the southwest that our
one big health problem is tubercu-
losis. Any criticism or suggestions
relative to the work will be re-
received and considered by the Asso-
ciation.
To our own vital interests as well
as civic duty and neighborly obli-
gations, it is urged that we keep
the little green seals and use them
on every piece of mail that we send
out during the next few weeks. Mrs.
J. R. Pipes of Crystal City is the
chairman for the Christmas Seal
Sale for Zavala County.
Our attention is called to the fact
that most of the money obtained
from the Christmas seals is used
right here in our own County, and
that every penny is applied where
it will do the most good.
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Triple A Elects
Committeemen
30 Out of 45 Men
Accepted for Service
Low Temperature
Kills Vegetables
Temperatures dropped to around
30 degrees in this area first part of
the week and as a result tomatoes,
peppers and some other vegetables
were killed, according to reports.
Spinach was not hurt and 16 car-
loads have moved from Crystal City
since last Thursday.
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GUILD THEATRE WILL
SHOW WAR HERO PICTURE
Community elections were held in
Zavala County, November 13, for the
purpose of electing County and Com-
munity Commiteemen to represent
the farmers and ranchers in the 1943
Agricultural Conservation Program.
Eelection results were as follows:
COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN:
W. G. Orr, Chairman
C. A. Brown, Vice-Chairman.
Ira Caid, regular member.
Andrew Abele, first alternate.
E. Holdsworth, second alternate.
COMMUNITY COMMITTEEMEN,
Crystal City:
King Ware, Chairman.
R. C. Donnell, Vice-Chairman.
John Powell, regular member.
C. F. Jackson, first alternate.
T. P. Alger, second alternate.
La Pryor:
J. A. Hope, chairman.
Roy W. McCarley, Vice-Chairman.
E. H. Grelle, regular member.
S. L. Kone, first alternate.
George E. Kelley, second alternate.
Batesville:
E. W. King, Chairman.
T. T. Nelson, Vice-Chairman.
T. R. Price, regular member,
J. H. Baxter, first alternate.
R. R. Russell, second alternate.
The duties of Committeemen are
increasing and much will be expect-
ed of these men during 1943.
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CRYSTAL CITY GRAMMAR
SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Out of a total of 45 men sent by
the Zavala County Selective Service
Board to Fort Bliss last Saturday
the 30 listed below were accepted for
active duty, effective as of
ber 2nd.:
George William Armstrong
Pedro Perez Cardenas, Jr.
Sol Dalkowitz
Alejandro De Hoyos
Salvador Constante Delgado
William Milton Donnell
John Bright Holdsworth
Juan Manuel Lopez
Francisco Lopez Martinez
John Francis Murray
Bentura Pargas
Jose de Jesus Perales
Teodoro Cardenas Rodriguez
Eloy Reyes Salaiz
Felix Trevino
Joseph Charles Bookout
Alonzo Allee Coleman
Ervin Easton Davidson
Francisco Ramon De La Rosa
Henry W. Dennis
Lazaro Elizondo
Leopoldo Gonzales Longoria
David Garcia Luna
Jeane Moore
Ramon Pargas ,
Robert King Parr
Tomas Herrera Riveria
Jose Luis Rodriguez
Jose Maria Salinas
Jose Villereal
S. C. Freed Elected
Legion Commander
At a meeting of the American Le-
gion on Tuesday night of last week
S. C. Freed was elected Commander
of Gus Ware Post. Other officers
Decern- elected were: Royce Manifold, vice-
commander; H. R. Lancaster, adju-
tant; L. L. Williams, service officer;
Rev. T. R. Elder, chaplain and Frank
Dunkle, sergeant at arms. The com-
mander and adjutant will fill the
post as finance officers.
The group enjoyed a barbecue sup-
per. They decided to try and meet at
least once a month. It was voted to
pay the interest on the building loan
and plans to make payment on prin-
cipal. S. P. Sloan, A Spanish War
Veteran, was an invited guest.
In accepting the post as com-
mander, Mr. Freed made a splendid
inspirational talk, saying among
other things that now is the time to
revive interest in the Legion and
have a live working organization for
the boys when they return home
from the present conflict. All men
now in service are automatically
members of the American Legion
and after the war this will be the
strongest organization in existence.
It is up to those of us at home to set
up the right sort of organization for
new and younger members.
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The picture “War Comes Home to
Main Street” will be shown at Sun-
day’s matinee, Sunday and Monday
nights at the Guild Theatre, Nov.
28-29.
The picture was made in Seguin
and features the hero, Captain Alvin
J. H. Mueller, ace of the Pacific war
theatre. H. A. Daniels, owner of the
Seguin Theatre and the local Guild
Theatre, had much to do with the
making of the picture.
Capt. Mueller was born and reared
in Seguin and is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Mueller of Seguin. For
his successes in the Phillipines, Java,
Australia and India, he has been
awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross, the Silver Star Citation and
the Purple Heart. He was wound-
ed Dec. 8, 1941 in the Jap sneak at-
tack in the Phillipines. Naturally the
public will be anxious to see the pic-
ture.
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When you rush through your work
too fast, you may get through in
time to do it all over again
Honor Roll for the term ending No-
vember 20:
FIRST GRADE:
Delwin Hale
La Von Wilson
SECOND GRADE:
Janey Addison
Mildred Miller
Mary Ann Roznovsky
Gary Clark
Tom Suber Harkey
Billy Smither
THIRD GRADE:
Mary Alice Coleman
Jean Millan
Elizabeth Ann Williams
FOURTH GRADE:
Patricia Fly
David Oden
FIFTH GRADE:
Sammy Neal Clark
Otis Templer, Jr.
SIXTH GRADE: v
Annie Lee Powell
James Millan
SEVENTH GRADE:
James Carter
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MR. AND MRS. OSBORN
HAVE GRANDDAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Curtis of Los
Angeles, California, are the parents
of a daughter, Sarah Katherine, who
was bom, Thursday, Nov. 19. Mrs.
Curtis is the former Miss Ruth Os-
bom of Crystal City and the grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Os-
born of this city.
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—Typewriter Ribbons, Sentinel oftics
From another list of 43 that went
to Fort Bliss the week previous, only
14 were accepted. These reported for
duty on Monday, Nov. 23rd and
were:
Jose C. Bermea, La Pryor
Joseph P. Glenn, Crystal City
Tomas Lopez, Crystal City
Paterico Puente, Crystal City
Francisco Salazar, Crystal City
Antonio Sanchez, Crystal City
Juan R. Ortiz, La Pryor
Marvin J. Blackman, Batesville
Concepcion Gonzales, La Pryor
Willie H. Phillips, Crystal City
Manuel B. Rodriguez, La Pryor
Charley Saldana, Batesville
Jose L. Tovar, Crystal City
Ricardo Vasquez, La Pryor
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ON HOSIERY SALVAGE
CHRISTMAS MAIL SHOILD
BEGIN BY DECEMBER 1st.
TO INSURE DELIVERIES
The bulk of Christmas mail must
be in the post offices by December
1 this year if deliveries on time are
to be assured, according to Smith W
Purdum, Second Assistant Post- J
master General Mr. Purdum is re- j
sponsible to Postmaster General
Frank C. Walker for smooth and ef-
ficient air and railway mail service, j
Unprecedented wartime demands
on the postal a'nd transportation sys-
tems, plus a prospective record vol-
ume of Christmas mailings, were
cited by Mr. Purdum as necessitating
TED MARTIN
DON’T WASTE YOUR VENISON
The deer which hunters bag this
fall should mean more to 'he family
than a brief variation in the home
menu. With less beef, v>'al, pork,
lamb and mutton available for ci-
vilian buying, all of the carcass,
from hide to hoofs should be saved.
The hide is a contribution to the na-
earlier mailings than ever before. I tion’s supply of tanned products, and
"It is physically impossible for the the meat, which may be conserved
railroads and air lines! burdened, m cold storage or by brining in a
with vitally important war ma- valuable reserve against ’uture
terials, to handle Christmas mailings i emergencies in the domestic meat
as rapidly as in normal times," Mr.1 situation.
Purdum said. “If the bulk of parcels j Here arc some observation from
and greeting cards are held back | R,,y w Snyder of the A & M Col-
until the usual time—the period of lege Extension Service which will be
about December 15 to 23 — they j helpful in obtaining the fullest re-
simply cannot be distributed in time, | turn from a deer carcass. It should
and thousands of gifts will reach j be treated comparably to beef or
Q. For what will silk be used?
A. For the manufacture of pow-
der bags.
Q. What are powder bags?
A. They are used by the armed
services and are woven silk bags
into which charges of powder are
placed from guns of major calibre.
They are placed in the breech of the
gun. A fuse, attached, is ignited to
cause the explosion that expels the
shell.
Q. Can only silk be used for
powder bags?
A. Yes, silk alone burns com-
pletely and leaves no hot embers.
This makes possible recharging guns
with greater speed than though
each gun had to be cleaned before
a new charge was inserted.
Q. For what do they use nylon?
A. For the manufacture of other
important materials.
Q. Does the retailer make any
profit from the collection of this
hosiery?
A. No. The hosiery is donated by
women for delivery through the re-
tailer to the Government agency,
Defense Supplies Corporation, Green
Island New York. The retailer acts
only as an agent for colleciton and
shipment, freight collect, to this
Government agency.
Q. Is there any cost to the retailer
for his part in this transaction
A. Yes. The retailer pays all costs
involved in the handling and prepa-
ration of the shipment. The Defense
Supplies Corporation pays freight
charges from point of shipment to
destination.
Q. Would it be better for women
to sell their stockings rather than to
donate them through the retailer?
A. No. Should the rag dealer buy
from the consuming public the most
he probably could pay would be
from lc to lVic per pound. Silk
stockings average 13 ounces to a
dozen pairs and nylons average 9
ounces to a dozen pairs. So to get
lVfcc the women would have to have
15 pairs of silk stockings or 23 pairs
of nylon.
Q. How many stockings are need-
ed to make a 100 pound case?
A. Approximately 1500 pairs of
silk, or 2300 pairs of nylon.
Rotarians Hear Talk
About Thanksgiving
Rev. T. R. Elder, pastor of the
Crystal City Presbyterian Church,
was guest speaker at the Rotary
j Club luncheon Monday and talked
about Thanksgi ing.
I To begin with Rev. Elder read the
Thanksgiving Proclamation by Pres-
KTent Roosevelt and praised its fine
! spirit. Rotarians greatly appreciated
the talk, a very brief outline of
which we give here.
If we were to select a theme for
Thanksgiving this year it would
probably be, “A Day of Tragedy and
Thanksgiving.” Such was the grati-
tude of our Saviour born in the
shadow of Gethsemane, “As He took
bread, and gave thanks—" It was not
easy with Gethsemane outside the
door. It was not easy for the early
colonist to express gratitude when
danger and tragedy stalked all about
them.
Gratitude that issues in Giving.
Here in America we still live in the
land of plenty and our tables for a
great part will be laden with the
proverbial turkey and all that goes
with it, while in war torn Europe,
starvation hovers over a war-torn
continent. Many of our boys are
serving their country on the four
comers of the globe and wherever
they go we are sending supplies and
materials, as in the case of our forc-
es landing irt North Africa. We are
helping the stricken wherever pos-
sible through the Red Cross and so
our Thanksgiving becomes one of
sharing, that of thankslivmg. After
all Christianity in essence is a DEED.
Gratitudes that culminates in Vic-
tory. As our Saviour expressed a
sense pf thanksgiving in the shadow
of the cross, he could further say
with a ring of triumph, “In the world
you have tribulation, but be of good
cheer, I have overcome the world.”
To reach up and place on hand, in
trust, obedince and gratitiud in the
hand of God, and to reach out and
place the other hand, in love and ser-
vice in the hand of man, is the only
assurance of victory, the only guar-
antee of a better world, when the ag-
gressor is shaking his fist at the
world, or those who do not agree
with him.
Our world is being tried by fire.
Many things shall be consumed,
many things shall be done away
with, but God grant that we may
save our tools. The tools with which
we can build again, we hold not in
our hands, but in our hearts. “I can
do all things through Christ which
strengthen me." “If any man would
come after me, let him deny him-
self, take up the cross and follow
me."
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their destination after Christmas."
Mr. Purdum called attention to the
task of the Post Office Department
in moving millions of pieces of mail
every day to and from soldiers, sail-
ors, and marines throughout the
world. This extraordinary job must
be kept current, even while the holi-
day rush of mailings is handled.
Also, he pointed out, the postal es-
tablishment is operating with many
thousands of inexeprienced person-
nel employed to take the place of
men called to armed services. The
new employees naturally cannot
handle the holiday mail jam with the
smoothness and speed of the postal
veterans whom they replace.
In view of all the handicaps to the
service, Mr. Purdum added, postal
patrons should mail their gifts by
December 1 if they wish to insure
that their friends will not be disap-
pointed at Christmas.
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FLEMING TWINS HOME
ON FURLOUGH
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
MEETS THURSDAY
The regular monthly meeting of
the Cemetery Asaociatfon will be
held next Thursday, Dec. 3rd at the
home of Mrs. C. L. Coleman at 3 p.
m. Members are urged to be present.
Ben and Sam Fleming, twin sons
of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Fleming, who
are in training at Great Lakes, Illi-
nois where they were sent when they
enlisted in the U S. Navy on October
21, 1942, visited here over the week-
end with their parents. The boys are
only 17 years of age and had to get
the consent of their parents when
they enlisted. Their sister, Miss Dru-
cilla Fleming, a graduate nurse of
San Antonio, was also here for a
visit with her parents. Miss Fleming
plans to go into the Army after
Christmas where she will do nursing.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming accom-
panied their children to San Antonio
Tuesday morning and the twins left
there Wednesday to return to Great
Lakes. Miss Fleming has been nurs-
ing in the city since her graduation
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Farmers Urged to
Collect Scrap Metal
The Sentinel received a telegram
Wednesday morning from Hon. Don-
ald M. Nelson at Washington, sug-
gesting that we ask the farmers of
Zavala county to dedicate the re-
maining weeks of 1942 to an intensi-
fied scrap hunt.
Steel mills need more heavy scrap
and the farms are one of the best
sources of this type of metal. All
salvage committees are being in-
structed to continue to make avail-
able to the farmers all their trans-
portation facilities and manpower.
The nation is looking to the Amer-
ican farmer.
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S. S. MOORE RECOVERING
FROM OPERATION
S. S. Moore, who is in a San An-
tonio hospital where he underwent
an operation last week, is doing
splendidly, according to Mrs. Moore
who returned home Tuesday after-
noon. She says Mr. Moore will return
home within the next few days.
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BACK ON JOBS
Friends of Judge N. H. Hunt will
be glad to know he is able to be
back on the job in the Tax Collec-
tor’s office after several months' ill-
ness. Judge Hunt says he feels fine.
N. M. Roberts is able to be back
at his place of business. Western
Auto Store following several weeks
confinement to the local hospital and
his home, recovering from an oper-
ation.
lamb in processing The hams and
loins make the best steak \ but the
thin bony portions do not make good
steaks or roasts. Snyder, who is an-
imal industries specialist, says that
if the owner of a carcass has access
to a freezer locker, the ideal proced-
ure is to have it skinned, cut into
desired pieces and place in a locker
box Otherwise, the thicker muscles
may be cured successfully.
The shoulder, neck and lower por-
tion of the ribs when boned make
good sausage. A good recipe calls for
two parts deer meat and one part of
fresh pork fat. For dried sausage,
use three parts deer meat and one
of pork fat Season with 14 ounces of
salt and three ounces of black pep-
per to 50 pounds of meat. One and
ono half ounces of sage may be add-
ed to the seasoning mixture accord-
ing to taste.
Snyder suggests seasoning the
meat before* it goes into the sausage
mill, where it should be ground fine.
If the sausage is to be kept for some
time it is desirable to stuff the pro-
duct into casing or a bag of muslin.
It also may be smoked if that flavor
is desired.
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BETTYE BELL HUNTER OF
BATESVILLE HONOR STUDENT
AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Learning how* to teach ot.iers is the
hardest task required of students of
education, but 26 education majors
at the University of Texas have
done well enough to be selected as
members of Pi Lambda Theta, hon-
orary education fraternity for wo-
men.
To be eligible, students must pre-
sent better-than average records in
their studies in education and other
fields as well. Initiated along with
the 26 new student members this
week was Miss Dorothy Gebauer,
University dean of women, who was
chosen as an associate member Miss
Bebauer is teaching a class in educa-
tion this fall in addition to her reg-
ular duties.
Among the student initiates is
Bettye Belle Hunter, of Batesville
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JOAN WHISNANT VISITS C.CR8.
:'yr
On Nov. 18th., pupils of the Crystal
City schools were given the oppor-
tunity to see in person Joan Whis-
nant, a girl who was born without
arms. Joan performed many things
with her feet, such as cutting out
paper dolls, making-up herself, eat-
ing and many other things. The main
thing she did was to draw pictures
with her feet for she is very talent-
ed. She played a guitar and with the
help of her assistant played the
piano.
She uses her feet as adeptly as the
ordinary person uses his hands Joan
has not let the loss of two arms
cramp her style. She is a charming
blue-eyed, normal girl who uses
make-up and puts it on with her left
foot. Yes, boys, Joan is married and
that handsome lad who drives her
car is her husband. His name is
James Beach.—Javelin Herald,
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WELDON THOMAS GARDNER
GETS PROMOTION
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Weldon Thomas Gardner has been
promoted to staff sergeant, 313 Ma-
terial Squadron, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, Florida. Sgt.
Gardner is a brother of Mrs. D. E.
Clark and H. O. Gardner of Crystal
City.
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