Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1944 Page: 2 of 6
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ZAVALA COBHTY SENTINEL
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
J. H. Hardy, Owner, Editor and
Publisher
Entered as Second-Class Matter at
Up Post Office at Crystal City, Texas
under the Act of March 3, 1819.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
One Year in Advance------1.50
Six Months _________________ .15
Three Months —...........—.......50
Display Adv. per col. inch „ .30
Legal Notices and Classified Adver-
tising 2c word for 1st insertion, lc
word for each additional Insertion.
Crystal City, Texas, Sept. 1, 1944
—DOCTOR WANTS furnished house
or apartment. Box 897. tfc
Big Wells News
MRS. PERRY BOWLES
One of the prettiest receptions and
showers of the season was given by
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Blalack last
Wednesday evening honoring Lt.
and Mrs. Julius Meredith, Jr., of Del
Rio, who were married the week be-
fore. The rooms were decorated with
cut flowers and light was furnished
by tapers. Mrs. Paul Levering took
care of the Guest Book, and S. A.
Armstrong the Groom’s Book of Ad-
vice given by the men. Mrs. Perry
Bowles and Miss Dora Lee Bowles
took care of the gifts. The dining
table was laid with a cut-work cloth,
and the centerpiece was a tiered
wedding cake which was served by
Mrs. Ruby Grissom, and punch was
served by Mrs. George Dutt. Along
with Lt. and Mrs. Meredith in the
receiving line were Mr. and Mrs. Ju-
lius Meredith and Mr. and Mrs. Bla-
lack. The guest list numbered 100.
• •
Guests in the home of their moth-
er, Mrs. L. E. Hooter, are Hobart
Hooter of the Navy, from Corpus
Christi, and Mrs. Schultze of San An-
tonio.
• *
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Zimmerman
and Corky and Maxine spent several
days of last week in San Antonio as
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Carter.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. Cooch Courtney of
Asherton spent the past week-end
here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Standifer.
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Mrs. V. I. Powers and V rginia and
Mrs. E. T. Standifer and Maida went
to Austin the past Wednesday.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Standifer
were visitors in Beeville the past
week.
• •
Mrs. Berry of Pearsall spent the
past week with her daughter, Mrs.
Karl Ward. Mr. and Mrs. T S. Buch-
anan entertained with a chicken
barbecue for her the pas!. Saturday
night.
• •
Mrs. R. E. Frenzel and Paul Bor-
den have returned home from Alpine
where they attended school the past
six weeks.
Mrs. Lucille Dutt of San Antonio
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Bla-
lack.
• •
Mrs. Geo. Brice of Batesville spent
several days of the past week with
Mr. and Mrs. Peiry Bowles.
-WGD-
Anazacs Meet U. S. Men’s Food
Needs
Australia and New Zealand have
supplied American forces in the Pa-
cific Battle zone with 250,000,000
pounds of meat, 34,000,000 dozen
eggs, 175,000,000 pounds of fresh
fruit and vegetables, 27,000,000
pounds of butter and 55,000,000 lbs.
of sugar up to the beginning of this
year, the Commonwealth Food Con-
trol announces.
Batesville News
Mrs. T. T. Nelson, Reporter
This entire community received
from seven to eight inches of rain,
which broke the heat wave and was
enjoyed by all.
Batesville schools open Monday,
September 4 with all teachers em-
ployed.
• •
Murry Baxter went to Kansas last'
week to take his niece, little Arvon
Sherwood.
Mrs. C. H. Carpenter and son,
Gary, Miss Mildred Vivion and Sgt.
E. H. Gatwood of San Antonio spent
the week-end here with their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wilson. Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson and daughter, Fran-
cis Wilson, accompanied them on
their return and will spend the week
in San Antonio.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Royal of La-
sara spent Friday here with his sis-
ter, Mrs. J. E. Churchill and Mr.
Churchill.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Peace and son,
and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Peace of San
Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Peace of
La Pryor were guests of their moth-
er, Mrs. J. T. Peace last Sunday.
• •
T. T. Nelson sold 51 big hogs on
the San Antonio market Wednesday.
C. B. Ross was a business visitor in
Crystal City Tuesday.
99
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Pope and chil-
dren spent the week-end in Barks-
dale as guests of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Lanman.
99
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. White of Crys-
tal City were guests of Sgt. and Mrs.
C. M. White several days last week,
Sgt. White is here on a furlough.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Nelson were
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. English
of La Pryor last Friday.
*♦
Bill Senney of Bracketville was
guest in the I. F. Postell home last
week.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bragg and
daughter Francis Lee of La Pryor
were guests of her sister, Mrs. Jno.
Maddux last week.
-WGD--
Most women are shy about telling
their ages—sevearl years shy.
-WGD-
Stars visible to the naked eye, all
at one time, number around 2,000.
-WGD-
Canada, with an area of more than
three million square miles is nearly
as large as Europe and much larger
than the United States.
-WGD-
No matter what the labor unions
do, the wages of sin remain just
about the same.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
For State Rep. 77th District:
MRS. FLORENCE FENLEY
For County Judge:
R. S. CRAWFORD
For County Attorney:
G. C. JACKSON
For District Clerk:
J. M. EVANS,
For Sheriff:
W. E. POND
For Assessor-Collector:
H. C. WHITE
For County Clerk:
DON VESTAL MOORE
For County Treasurer:
W. G. BARTON
For Commissioner Prect. No. 1:
E. B. ROSS
For Commissioner Prect. No. 2:
ROY DAVIDSON
For Commissioner Prect. No. 3:
A. F. RUTLEDGE
For Commissioner Prect. No. 4:
H. R. REYNOLDS
For Justice of Peace, Prect. No. 3:
E. B. TAYLOR
From where I sit... 6t/ Joe Marsh
Recipe for a
Perfect Marriage
Dee and Jane Cuppers cele-
brated their Golden Wedding
Anniversary last Saturday.
Having so many friends, it
seemed like half the town
stopped in that evening to pay
their respects.
Little Ida Moffat brought a
home-made poem to read, called
Love Enduring. Bert Childers
Addled “Silver Threads Among
the Gold.” Will Dudley made a
speech and proposed a toast
And as I watched that toast—
Dee with his glass of beer, Jane
with her buttermilk—I thought
to myself: There’s a recipe for
happy marriage. Two folks with
different tastes—no doubt an
honest fault or two-who
through the years have learned
to live In tolerance and under-
standing.
From where I sit, Dee and
Jane are a mighty good example
to young married people of
today—an example of how mod-
eration, tolerance and under-
standing can build lasting
happiness and solid homes.
fofoe
No. 92 of a Series
Copyright, 1944, Brewing Industry Foundation
ZAVALA COUNTY SENTINEL, CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 1, 1944
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STRAY BABIES
Laura Gray
The phone rang. I answered. "Are
you continuing your kindergarten
through the summer? No? Well, do
you know of anyone who would look
after a three-year-old boy and his
five-year-old sister?”
“Where’s the mother?” I asked.
“She’s looking for a job; the fath-
er is overseas. She’s tried all the pri-
vate schools, but not one will take
them so young. I’m the children's
aunt. If we could find a school, I
could look after them week-end, or
maybe we could find a friend who
could—when I haven’t time. Sorry;
I didn’t know you had given up the
kindergarten.”
The same day a friend on the
street stopped and asked me', “Do
you know of anyone who will take a
six-year-old boy for a few days? It
would have to be someone especially
kind—Tommy isn’t like other boys.”
"Is he not quite bright?" I asked.
“O, yes he’s bright—and advanced
for his age—but he gets into terrible
fits of temper. The last four foster
parents who tried to look after him
couldn’t manage him. He was in an
institution for months, but they say
he is quite normal, mentally. My
friend, with whom he is now living,
says he’s had too many homes. She's
not quitting—only feels she must
have a rest from him for a few days.”
“Parents doing war work, I sup-
pose.”
“Yes, it’s terrible what babies have
to go through today. So many are
•vandering around like stray kittens.”
“Indeed, yes,” I agreed, a lump in
my throat. Then I recalled another
friend, middle-aged.
“I long to help, but everywhere I
go I’m turned down because of my
years,” she complained. "But I’m
strong, capable, have more under-
standing and skill than ever before.
I’m free, yet always I’m refused work
because of my age.”
These are true stories—not of peo-
ple in some bombed area, but here
in this fair land of America. Are we
mothers making a mistake? The call
to serve is loud and insistent and is
heard most clearly by the most con-
scientious. Our country needs us, but
let us take thought before casting
aside our precious children. Mothers
contemplating leaving your babies
for a job, ask yourselves these ques-
tions:
Why am I doing this? Is it because
I want more money? More excite-
ment? Or do I genuinely believe my
country “needs” the help t can give
in this way more than it needs me
to care for my children—its very
young citizens?
Often we do not realize what a
magnificent work, what i patriotic
work, caring for our children is.
Does not a mother serve her coun-
try well—perhaps better than she
could in any other way, even today—
when she brings up boys »rd girls to
be fine men and women? We don’t
get much praise. No fuss is made
over our work. We receive no pay
check for our efforts, but tell me
what jobs are of more importance.
Sacrifices today must be made to
the uttermost, but let us use wisdom
in making them. Let us not imagine
"we” are sacrificing when our babies
must suffer the consequences of our
offering.
We are creatures of habit. It takes
a lot to make us change an idea. We
have long believed that anyone—es-
pecially a woman—over forty is old,
unfit for exacting employment, but
people today have health and live
longer than fornterly. To take young
mothers from their children while
others stand wistfully wading, long-
ing to help, is like using furniture
for fuel to heat the house, while a
pile of firewood stands ready, with-
out. —National Kindergarten Asso-
ciation.
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Go-To-School Campaign
Progresses
More than 40 national organiza-
tions—educational, economic, social
and civic—are supporting the cam-
paign to get employed high school
pupils back to the classrooms next
month. In 30 States especially organ-
ized campaigns are under way.
Greatest stress is being placed on the
importance of having a well-educat-
ed citizenery in the post-war era and
the hundreds of thousands of high
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school boys and girls who have gone
to work are being advised by veter-
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preparing for the new era. In a joint
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Chief of the Children's Bureau of the
U. S. Department of Labor, and Jno.
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of Education, said, “Throughout the
campaign we are stressing the im-
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those communities where the labor
supply is tight and where the work
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