Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1943 Page: 2 of 6
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ZAVALA COUNTY SENTINEL, CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 5, 1943
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ZAVALA COUNTY SENTINEL
PUBLI8HHD BVHUY FRIDAY
1. H. HARDY, OwnerJS^ditor and
Publisher
SOMETHING’S GOT TO BE DONE
■stored as Second-Class Matter at
the Peat Office at Crystal City, Texas.
Oder the Act of March 8, 1878.
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Crystal City, Texas, Nov 5, 1943
FSA Activity
The Supervisor and Miss Schneid-
er were in Vance this past week
making Farm and Home plans for
the 1943-44 season.
At the Ezra A. Welch home where
they were on last Thursday, they
say that a book could be written on
what this family is doing. Mrs. Welch
is a Real Homemaker. This y»ar she
has canned almost everything that
grows in this part of the country, in
addition to curing meat and storing
such vegetables as will store fresh.
In- short, the value of the food
canned, stored and cured this year
amounted to $676.00. This was done
where no irrigation was available.
We wonder what she would have
done had she been on an irrigated
farm. At present they are threshing
pecans and will gather in excess of
$600.00 worth of pecans this year.
' Mr. Pulliam says that he had such
a fine noon-day meal at this place,
that Miss Schneider had to do most
of the work in the afternoon.
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FSA farmers are paying their tax-
es early, thereby saving 3 percent.
This would be a good practice for
every one in the county.
Roy McCarley is buying a dusting
machine that will fit on his Fordson.
He will not only dust his own crops,
but will do custom work on the La
Pryor Suddivision.
Guy O. Fen ley, formerly of Me-
dina City, has moved to La Pryor
and has his application in for one of
the T. P. farms. Guy was born in
Zavala County but has been away
since childhood. He is a brother to
the late Judge G. B. Fenley of Uval-
de. We certainly welcome him to
the county.
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The county personnel is busy this
week making up progress reports on
FSA borrowers for the Bureau of
the Budget Washington, D. C. These
reports take into consideration not
only the amounts of money bor-
A RESOLUTION OF RESPECT
WHEREAS, God in his infinite
wisdom has permitted the removal
by death from our midst our friend
and fellow worker, Mr. A. C. May-
fiew; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Mayhew has
given of his time and labor to the
civic and business welfare of our
town since coming here some ten
years ago; and
WHEREAS, he served as a mem-
ber of the Crystal City Chamber of
Commerce: be it
RESOLVED, that we pause for a
moment in appreciation of his help-
ful contribution to our town and or-
ganization;
That we extend our love and sym-
pathy to the family;
That one copy of these Resolutions
be placed on file with the Secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, that
a second copy be published in the
Zavala County Sentinel and a third
copy be mailed to the family.
A. A. CARTER
B. W. MANTOOTH
R. S. CRAWFORD
Committee of Resoultions
Chamber of Commerce
Crystal City, Texas.
Greener Pastures
’By Henry W. Rascoe, Cr>stal City
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, death has taken one
of our most useful, best informed,
and most highly though1-of mem-
bers, Ancil C. Mayhew,
AND WHEREAS, we as a Rotary
Club realize, that in his loss, we
have been deprived of the fellow-
rowed and paid back during 1942 and ship advice and attendance of one
1943, but also gives a comolete pic-
ture in detail of all of the Fi rm in-
come and expenses.
These reports from this county and
every other county in the United
States are tabulated and from the
net results of these reports, statis-
ticians are able to give a summary
of just what the Farm Security Ad-
ministration is doing with the money
that they LOAN out.
From studies of reports that have
been made on 1942-43 crops by farm-
ers, the following information was
obtained for District No. 2 which
includes Zavala County.
Milk shows an increase of 3 per-
cent on a national scale. FSA farm-
ers increased their production 25
percent. ,
Pork national increase was 13 per-
cent while FSA farmers in this dis-
trict increased their production 45
percent.
Eggs, national increase, 15 percent.
FSA borrowers 31 percent. Beef, na-
tional increase, 11 percent. FSA bor-
rowers 43 percent increase. Poultry,
national increase 14 percent. FSA
borrowers made a 25 percent in-
crease.
In short, the milk subsidy program
will be handled through AAA office
in this county.
There will be paid the sum of 40c
for each 100 pounds of milk sold
during the months of October, No-
vember and December. There will
also be payments of 5c for each lb.
of butter fat sold and 4c for each
pound of butter sold.
Application for the October pay-
ment should be made at the AAA of-
fice during the first part of Novem-
ber. No applications for this payment
will be accepted after Nov. 30th.
Applications for payments under
this program should be substantiat-
ed by sales slips or other receipts.
If for any reason these are not avail-
able then the AAA will explain the
necessary procedure.
These payments will not be on
milk or butter consumed pn the farm
but only on that portion of your pro-
duction that is sold. Be sure to get
your records in shape so that you
can avail yourselves of this payment.
of our most valued members.
THEREFORE it is resolved by the
Crystal City Rotary Club, that we
make a record of our feelings by say-
ing that we will miss you Ancil, now,
and will for many years to come; we
will miss your good advice, your
wonderful knowledge and informa-
tion of Rotary, your devotion to Ro-
tary; your interest in Rotary’s
growth along the best lines, we will
miss your friendship, but we can say
that we have profited by your be-
ing one of us, in having your coun-
sel and advice on the many subjects
of Rotary during the years you have
been with us, in having your friend-
ship through the years, and we say
that still live with us in the work
you have done; your work will live
on through the years, and we have
been a better Rotary Club by laving
had you the years you were here,
and wish that yon might have been
with us longer, but bow to higher
will of HIM above.
We direct that a copy of our reso-
lution be placed upon minutes, and
a copy be given to the family of our
departed friend, and a copy given to
the local newspaper.
CRYSTAL CITY ROTARY CLUB.
Carrizo Springs. Texas
October 28, 1943.
Crystal City Rotary Club
Crystal City, Texas.
Dear Fellow Rotarians;
At our regular meeting October
28, 1943 a motion was unanimously
carried that a letter be sent to you
expressing our deep sympathy at the
loss of your beloved member Ancil
Mayhew.
We think of him as one who exem-
plified the true Rotary spirit and
lived each day the principles and
concepts of Rotary.
With his passing we share with
you the loss sustained by Rotary, but
we also shgll ever profit by the in-
spiration of his life.
CARRIZO SPRINGS ROTARY
CLUB
President, M. P. Lester
Secretary, Albert G. Smith.
-WGD-
—Now is a mighty good time to re-
new your subscription.
(The author says that the material
in this story is a combination of facts
from two different life stories well-
known to him. The names of the
characters and locale are ficticious so
far as the story is concerned.—The
Editor.)
Chapo Garret had been a cowboy
all his life. He was born in a sod
house not fifty yards from the cor-
ral on a ranch in the Indian Terri-
tory. He started riding when he was
twelve and was able to do a pretty
good day’s work by the time he was
fourteen. Schooling in those days
came under the heading of compul-
sion to Chapo. Although book knowl-
edge came easy to him just like rid-
ing and roping, he couldn’t quite fig-
ure out just what book learning had
to do with taking care of beef cattle.
The main trouble was that Chapo
didn’t have time to sudy, many hours
of endless ranch chores before and
after school weren’t exactly con-
ducive to his becoming a model stu-
dent. Grammar school was the best
Chapo could do.
The elderly Garrets passer) away
when Chapo was eighteen. Five
years straight of hard luck had
wound them up both financially and
physically. Chapo sold the few head
of livestock, implements and fur-
nishings that belonged to his folks
and gave them a church funeral as
befitted the honest, God-fearing peo-
ple that hardship and happiness
breed in the Southwest.
All this didn’t bother Chapo too
much. He had seen it coming for
years. Death from just being worn
out and old age seemed only natural
to him. He had seen some of his
neighbors killed by horses or shot in
disputes. To him this was about the
only way ranch people ever died.
Out of his meager wages he had
paid for his cowboy rig. This equip-
ment was fine because he had used
sound judgment in selecting the
gear that means so much to the
working cowhand. Cattle being the
only work that Chapo knew, he
learned well the difference between
floss and good sound leather work
He was proud that he had learned
that the fancy regalia of “Bronco
show” and public rodeo style wasn't
for everyday work on the range. In
earlier days he had wished that he
had a fancy outfit to ride in the local
celebration parades. That was a sort
of cowboy heritage. One time, after
a trip to San Antonio with cattle, he
paid seventy hard-earned dollars for
a pair of boots and a Stetson hat.
That was as far as it went.
When it came to handling beef
cattle, Chapo was tops. He never had
trouble getting a spot with any out-
fit he chose all through South and
West Texas, New Mexico and Ari-
zona. For eighteen years he worked
back and forth, putting away a ittle
money regularly, turning a little deal
now and then, with one idea in mind.
He was going to find the right place
and have a spread of his own just
like his father before him. When he
was thirty-five he fell in love and
married a girl from Las Cruces. In
the course of time, they had two chil-
dren; one was a boy they named
Grant.
Chapo had sort of settled down to
a good job as foreman for a ranch
near Alpine, and after three years
there, he finally found just the place
he had visualized all these years. It
was just right and he hid *he money
to go ahead. There was one draw-
back, one thing that he just couldn’t
get settled in his mind. He decided
to talk to someone about it, so he
selected Judge Martin Singleton, the
one man among all his friends in
whom he had absolute confidence.
He approached the subject in the
plainest and most straightforward
way he knew.
“Judge, I just don't want my boy
to grow up on the range, workin’,
sweatin’, freezin’ through long days,
months and years like I did. 1 have
saved enough to give him an educa-
tion that will get him by, in an easier
job. Look at the men that are busy
around here. Maybe he could be a
good lawyer, a doctor or dentist, run
a store or maybe he would like to
work for the Government like that
Border Patrolman standin’ over
there.” Chapo shifted uneasily in his
chair. “I am willin’ to give up all I
had hopes for, for myself, just to
give him a different life from the
one I have had. I know that if he
grows up on a ranch with me he will
get bit the same as I did. It would be
easy for me to sacrifice everything
so as maybe he would grow up like
you. I would be the happiest man in
Texas if you would only help me
justify my feelings.”
The judge got to his feet, slowly
walked over to the water cooler and
drank a glass of water. He used his
time to think and compare while he
fingered a fresh cigar and turned to
the window. He had known Chapo’s
life and dozens of others just like his.
The judge also knew his own life and
many other men that served in his
similar capacity.
Without turning, the judge said,
“Chapo, I am sorry, but I cannot con-
sole your thoughts nor can I defend
the motives that give rise to your
way of thinking. I might have come
to you about my boy and me I will
compare my life with yours first-
hand, as I know mine best, a'though
I could give a pretty good summary
statements of facts about almost any
man in this part of the country. Af-
ter all these years, I have come to
the conclusion that most men are al-
ways looking for greener pastures,
no matter what their circumstances.
Man is not content with mere self-
sufficiency or ordinary peace of
mind and happiness. After working
my way through law school, I hung
out my shingle in four different sec-
tions of the country before I gained
the slightest bit of recognition. Af-
From where I sit...
I/y Joe Marsh
“Keeping store,” Sam Aber-
nethy says, “can teach a person
plenty about human nature.
“Now coffee rationing's lifted,
folks uin't a-breukln' their necks
ir> in’ to buy all they can. Know-
in’ they can have it if they want
it, (hey uin’t so all-fired anxious
lo get it."
Sam’s right, as usual. I don’t
crave that second cup half as
much as when I couldn’t get it.
But that’s human nature . . .
Like allowing moderate beer in
the Army’s post exchanges. In-
stead of leading to more drink-
ing, the ,OWI report says it
works out just the opposite —
often as not the men choose
soda-pop or milk, with beer right
there and no restrictions on it.
But if it wasn’t there, like in
the last War, the story might
bo altogether different.
From where I sit, that’s how
it is with Americans. Tell 'em
they can’t have a thing and by
golly, they’ll find ways to get It.
But admit their right to have it,
and their own good sense will
lead to moderation.
No. 74 of a Series
Copyright, 1943, Brewing Industry Foundation
ter many defeats I was finally elect-
ed State Representative and after
many years of local politics I be-
came county attorney and judge. All
these things saw me in and out of
debt many times. I made and lost
friends. In later years I have envied
men like you, free and without po-
litical tit's. You stood out as one who
was independent and enjoyed the
full blessings of life. When I pass on
I will have a marker with no more
distinction than the next man’s. The
only raeson that my name may be
spoken more often is due to the fact
that by force of circumstances I had
met more people than most. No,
Chapo, any mark that I have made
is due to pure selfishness in my quest
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