Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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BEST
OF FOOD
and
BEER .
CRYSTAL CITY
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Zavala Countv Sentinel
VOL. 26
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNTY, TEXAS, MAY 6, 1938
No. 81
District Court
Has Little to Do
District Court for Zavala county
convened here Monday, Judge K. K.
Woodley presiding, and District At-
torney R. J. Noonan, several visiting
attorneys and all members of the lo-
cal bar in attendance.
In empaneling the grand jury,
Judge Woodley said the oath of the
juror is in itself a remarkable in-
strument because it states all the du-
ties of a juror, and mentioned brief-
ly a few of its statements about in-
quiring diligently into all matters,
impartially, without fear or favor.
Jack Eubank was made foreman of
the graqd jury and they adjourned
Monday afternoon after one day’s
session, reporting two indictments,
one against Paz Rocha for driving
and operating motor vehicle without
consent of owner, and another
against three brothers for cattle
theft.
The case against Rocha was trans-
ferred to county court and he plead-
ed guilty to the charges and was
fined $25.00.
There was little for the court to do,
so recess was taken Tuesday until
Friday. A few divorce cases were
tried and orders of continuation en-
tegpd in several cases. The case of
M. E. Weber vs. Dolph Briscoe et al
for damages was set for trial this
Friday morning. The case of A. Hib-
don vs. Cob Carpenter et al for dam-
ages was transferred to Medina
county. This case has been in court
several years.
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MRS. S. E. ARNOLD
BURIED HERE TUESDAY
Mrs. S. E. Arnold, age 67, died
Monday morning after several weeks
illness, and was buried Tuesday af-
ternoon. Funeral services were held
from the Manifold Mortuary, con-
ducted by Rev. Geo. F. Williams, pas-
tor of the local Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Ada Grace Arnold was born
in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and was a mem-
ber of the Church of Christ, prac-
tically all her life. She came with
Mr. Arnold to Crystal City about a
year and ahalf ago from Memphis,
Tennessee. They made their home
here with a granddaughter, Mrs. W.
E. Casey, and operated a coffee shop
until Mrs. Arnold took sick several
weeks ago.
She is survived by Mr. Arnold,
one son and two grandchildren. The
grandchildren are Mrs. W. E. Casey
of Crystal City, and H. H. Buck of
Brownsville, Texas.
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PIANO RECITAL
SUNDAY IS MOTHERS DAY
Universally accepted as the symbol of ideallic motherhood is this
Portrait of His Mother, painted by James McNeill Whistler, first
shown at the Royal Academy in 1872 and now hanging in the Louvre.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL HEALTH
PROGRAM LAST THURSDAY
The Study Club will present Judy
Stubbs, pupil of Tekla Staffel, in pi
ano recital Sunday afternoon at
three o’clock at the Baptist church
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ROTARIANS HEAR REPORT
OF DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Ancil Mayhew and Leslie Haw
thorn, vice-president and secreary
treasurer elect of the Crystal City
ft. Rotary Club, attended the Distict
Conference at Austin last week and
brought a report to the club Monday.
Mr. Mayhew has attended several
conferences and he said the Austin
conference was one of the best he
ever attended. This was Mr. Haw-
thorn’s first attendance, having been
a Rotarian less than a year, and he
said it was a great inspiration to him.
There are 48 clubs in this district
and only one club was not represent-
ed. The Taylor Club was present 100
percent. Harlingen Club had 17
members present and won the at
tendance prize for the most miles
traveled. Benevidas Club won first
prize for largest number of Rotary-
anns present.
Reports were brief because of lack
of time. Before hearing these reports
a Pan-American musical program
was pesented to-wit-:
Vocal solo by Carey Lackey.
Cornet solo by Ketineth Hamilton.
Duet by Connie Laird and Iva
Dixie Baker.
Mrs. Clyde Tate accompanied these
at the piano and also gave a special
piano number. All singing was in
Spanish.
The Crystal City Rotary Club will
be hosts to the Boy Scouts at a steak
supper Monday evening at the Ex-
periment Station. At this time Mrs.
kncil Mayhew will,tell Rotaryanns
what they mimed by not attending
[the District OonfbNIioa.
Health Creed—Bennie Ruth Lowe.
Health Rules—Children from 3rd
grade.
Songs, third grade—Rose Reeves
and Landon Jones, soloists.
Play—“The Health Habits Way”—
first grade.
Dr. C. A. Poindexter addressed the
audience with a very interesting
talk.
First, he explained in a very com-
prehensive way how Public Health
in the State Health Department is
divided into six districts, Zavala
county being in District No. 5, Dr.
Harold Wood representative of said
district with headquarters in Kings-
ville, Texas. District No. 5 comprises
37 counties.
Dr. Poindexter spoke on the prin-
ciples which comprise Public Health
on immunization of school children
against diphtheria and smallpox. At
the present time the school children
have been immunized agaipst diph-
theria and smallpox. He is very in-
terested in having the Tuberculin
Test given to school children. He
stated parents sometimes fear the
test will give a child tuberculosis or
cause tuberculin infection. When the
first test is negative the doctor us-
ually repeats the test once or twice,
using a larger amount of tuberculin
at each test.
There is nothing unduly alarming
about having a positive skin test, al-
though a positive skin test indicates
the presence of a tuberculosis infec-
tion. it does NOT IN ITSELF, even
when associated with “lime spots”
on the X-ray plate, indicate active
disease.
Display of health work done by
school children.
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LOCAL MOVIES SHOWN
TUESDAY EVENING AT GUILD
A large audience saw the town of
Crystal City and themselves in pic-
tures at the Guild Theatre Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings of this
week.
The production seemed to be a hit
and many laughs and thorough en-
tertainment rippled through the
crowd as familiar personalities
flashed on the screen in clear-cut
moving photography.
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Lad Interested
in Fine Stock
Local Firm Now
Crosley Dealers
A visit to Wallis Lumber Company
store first of the week found them
busy with a new line of merchan-
dise.
The Wallis Lumber Company
Crystal City are authorized Crosley
dealers for the Winter Garden Dis-
trict and have displayed the new
models of Crosley Shelvador refrig-
erators, Crosley gas ranges, Magic-
Aire vacuum cleaners and the new
model Superfex kerosene burning
refrigerator.
This home appliance department
has been placed in charge of H. K.
Lawrence who has had many years
experience in the sale and service of
major home appliances.
The Winter Garden District will be
covered by Mr. Lawrence and he is
very enthusiastic about the interest
shown by all who have visited the
store and seen these home servants.
See the page ad in this issue of the
Sentinel for full details.
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P. T. A. FINAL MEETING FOR
YEAR
Thirteen Tons
Beets Per Acre
Experiments made at the Winter
Garden Experiment Station recently
indicate a yield of thirteen tons of
table beets per acre. On some plats
the yield reached 71 tons. This may
sound like a believe it or not story,
but records bear it out, according to
reports made at Chamber of Com-
merce meeting Wednesday. Not only
was the yield high but the quality
i|as exceptionally good.
County Agent Fred LeCrone said
this county, along with other Texas
counties, had the refusal of a booth
at the Dallas State Fair this fall and
would be paid $100 besides for a
County Agent’s
Column
Judge Woodley on
Law Observance
Judge K. K. Woodley of Sabina!,
holding District Court here this
week, was honor speaker at a meet-
ing of the Baptist Brotherhood Mon-
day evening. The subject for discus-
sion before the group was Observ-
ance of the Law.
After the regular program Judge
Woodley spoke He started jgit hy
sayng that laws go from *|)T sublijpe
to the ridiculous, and cited several 1
cases of the seeming ridiculous. Said
he had just that day heard of a case
W. G. Orr Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Orr, a high school pupil who
won first prize at fat calf show here
during the spinach festival, has be-
come an enthusiast for better stock.
This week he purchased from F. W.
Pulliam a registered Hereford cow
and calf and they are to be his
foundation for a prize winning herd.
Other boys are becoming interest-
ed in better grade cattle as result of
feeding done by them during the
past two years. Who knows but what
this is the beginning of a new day for
farming and ranching interests of
this section.
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-4m plant will be closed at 8:00 P.
M., beginning May let. ; f
The Crystal City Parent-Teachers’
Association will meet in the Gram-
mar School auditorium Thursday,
May 12, for the final meeting of the
year. The following program will be
given:
Report of Fifth District Confer-
ence at Beeville—Mrs. W. L. Guyler.
Yearly Reports.
Installation of officers.
Music by band.
First grade room mothers will be
hostesses.
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COOLER WEATHER IN APRIL
Below normal temperatures brought
the average daily temperature to 71.6
degrees which is exactly the same as
the average reported for March at
the Winter Garden Experiment Sta-
tion. The lowest temperature in
years of record for April was 34 on
April 10. The highest for the month
was 98 on April 6.
Perhaps the most outstanding
weather phenomenon for the month
was two days of strong northwest
wind on April 7 and 8 when the wind
averaged almost 20 miles per hour
Considerable damage occurred to
fruit crops and the newly emerged
spring crops of corn and cotton suf-
fered somewhat.
Needed rains occurred in the lat-
ter part of the month to break a
long drought and totaled 2.77 inches.
Unfortunately this fell in heavy
showers and was not all effective
but enough was taken up by the
soil to give the feed crops and pas-
tures a good start.
The relative humidity averaged
61.6 per cent which was slightly be-
low normal. Evaporation was also
below normal with a total of 4.84
inches. Wind averaged 3.9 miles per
hour which is the lowest in eight
years.
Sunshine was below normal with
10 clear days, 13 partly cloudy, and
seven cloudy. There were six thun-
derstorms. a light hall, one norther
and duststorm.
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Conferences with physicians
Lay Conferences
Office Visits
T .B. Home Visits
T. B. Contacts
T. B. Visits to private physicians
Health talks
Attendance
Health talks to P.T.A.
Attendance
School Visits
Health Literature distributed !
Circulars distributed ll
Letters sent out from office
Newspaper clippings for
scrap book ................
Health Articles in Newspapers
Pre-Natal Home Visits
Ante-partum cases to private
physicians
Infant-field visits
Pre-school Field Visits
School-field nursing visits
Respectfully submitted,
LULA CHAMPION,
County Health Nurse.
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DE ZAVALA SCHOOL HEALTH
PROGRAM APRIL 27th.
Within a few days flax harvesting
will get underway on eighteen Za-
vala county farms. There are 229
acres to be harvested, and from this
acreage around 3,000 bushels should
be produced. As if always the case
when new crops are grown not all of
the seed produced is going to be
pure, for varieties have been mixed.
It is necessary therefore that care be
exercised in separating the mixed,
and pure seed This can be done, and
enough pure seed of two of the most j at Uvalde where a man was charged
promising varieties retained in the by complaint with disturbing gravel
... ..... ,, , county to seed around 2,000 acres to on the Nueces river. A man had been
creditable display He also discussed fiax this fall. Farmers who have found getting a sack of gra c
ax again and said he thought thosetgrown this crop this year are anxious]the river bed and when told h was
who plan to grow flax another year t° realize some money from this violating the law the gra-cMwas
- lou t agree on one kind and all crop, and are going to ship their seed j dumped back into the rivei hut^™
pant he same variety. Also hejun|ess those who plan to plant an j had disturbed the gravel In violati
urged those who want seed to con- acreage t0 fJax this fall will lay in of the law
trfct _for tlifm now, because those }their seed supply now Seed can be
bought now for around $1.70 to $1.75
per bushel, but if held until fall it
will cost $2.00 to $2.25 per bushel. If
all of the seed is shipped out of the
county, and seed is shipped back in
the fall, the cost will run around
$3.00 per bushel. A little cooperation
among farmers in handling the seed
produced here will save money, and
promote a healthy growth in a new
industry on every farm in the coun
ty. There will be enough mixed seed
produced to ship a car, therefore by
trading mixed for pure seed the
mixed can be disposed of and the
pure seed retained for 1939 planting.
Nearly a fourth of the farm fam-
ilies in Texas have no milk cows, and
Zavala county is no exception. This
means that these farms do not have
enough milk, and other dairy pro-
ducts to feed themselves, and also
means that the income on these
farms is such that the necessary pro-
ducts cannot be bought. On each
farm then lies an unsupplied market
for milk, cream, butter, and cheese
that is not being supplied, and the
only one who can supply that market
is the farmer himself. The first
cream buying station in Zavala coun-
ty for many years is now operating,
and before long a second station is
due to open. This is an indication of
the return of farmers to their old
standbys— the cow, the sow, and the
hen, all of which supply the market
on the farm by providing a living at
home, while at the same time they hy saying we must match good
pay off the mortgage. Prices may be the evil.
who grew flax this year will need
tc sell some of the crop. They plan
to ship a carload at least, if the yield
is what they expect. He thinks now
that at least 1000 acres will be plant-
t d this fall and maybe 2,000 acres.
Secretary Williams called atten-
tion to several things in the offing
which make the future look mighty
promising so far as he is concerned.
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HEALTH NURSE SUMMARY
FOR MONTH OF APRIL, 1938
Some people get the idea that i|
law is considered unwise or is
popular, it should not be obeyed.i
other words, he can obey what he*
Sards as good laws and disobey the
he con 1 This theory is de-’'
structive of law and democratic gov-
ernment Law represents the judg-
ment of the majority of the people
acting through their chosen repre-
sentative. This is the fundamental
principal of representative govern-
ment If one person can select laws
he does not choose to obey, others
have the same right which would]
nulllify all law. A good citizen ob-
serves the spirit cf the law, becai
in so doing he helps build a bettej
country.
Most crimes are based on tw|
things—egotism and greed. Ever
boy and girl 16 years old know thl
crime doesn't pay and the result!
of crime, but some are egotistics
enough to think they can get by thl
law. They think they are just a littll
smarter than the ether fellow Burf
won’t work.
The purpose of the law is ttwmaij
tain order and promote justice,
servance of the law' should be a de
inite concern of the church. Christ!
people should be more concer
about results than about individt
when it comes to political issues
electing our officers. If unwise lav
are exacted, let us make better or
and not break those we do not lik|
Judge Woodley closed his remark
Dr. M. A. Serna tendered a health
talk in De Zavala School last Wed-
nesday night. He gave very practical
points on the care of an infant when
born at home.
He spoke on communicable dis-
eases, as diphtheria, whooping cough
and tuberculosis. He emphasized the
symptoms of these diseases and also
explained in a very comprehensive
way the precautions to be taken in
order to avoid the spreading of dis-
ease to members in the family.
Everyone present commented on
Dr. Serna’s talk.
R. C. Ortega, Mexican Health Di-
rector, Texas Tuberculosis Assiation,
Austin, Texas, spoke on Personal Hy-
giene and the Cause of Disease. He
stated that diseases were due to
germs. His talk followed moving pic-
tures as follows:
Man lAgainst Microbe.
Working for Dear Life.
Health work done by De Zavala
and Mexico Chico pupils were on
display.
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CAN’T GET TO CAMP
BECAUSE OF SNOW
We are in receipt of a letter this
week from our good friend Carey
A. Snider of Big Piney, Wyoming.
He said: “We arrived here the 9th of
April (three weeks ago) after a trip
of about 12000 miles — one puncture
the only trouble. It went to zero the
night we got here. Our cabin is 30
miles back in the mountains. We
haven’t been able to get there as yet
on account of heavy snow. Have had
just a touch of flu and don’t feel
real good. My last' trip (37-38) to
your town and state convinces me
that Texas is a fine place to live.
The kindnes of the people there
makes that.
'Remember us to the fine folks of
Crystal City
low, but when home grown feed is
turned into meat, eggs and mjlk on
the farm there are always a few pen-
nies coming back to the farm fam-
ilies’ bank behind the clock. This
program is sound, and will continue
to be sound as long as humans eat
the things they are eating today.
He has been invited to speaj
Sunday School at the Baptist
on May 15th.
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BIG WELLS TO HAVE “
PLAY FRIDAY
May 15, Final Signup Date for New
Program
1
Mrs. Ben U. Comalander and
Celeste Vause were here this
with a program for a play to be
on by the senior class of the
COLLEGE STATION—May 15 has j Wells School this Friday evening]
been set as the final date for accept- 8:30. The program was supported
ting farm work sheets and applies- about 60 business firms and pr
tion for range inspection under the sional men of neighboring tot
(Continued on page 8) These ladies say they met wil
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BAND MOTHERS’ CLl’B j sideration everywhere, for all
- which they are grateful.
The Band Mothers’ Club will meet i The program is printed clsewk
in regular business session Wed- j in this paper.
nesday, May 13th, at High School au- j -WGD-
ditorium at 3:30 p. m.
All mothers are urged to attend
this meeting and help elect new of-
ficers to serve this coming year. The
new band mothers are especially
urged to be present.
The program will be several vocal
numbers given by the pupils of Mr.
Fly’s Spanish class. Also numbers
given by the band and members of
the band.
The business session will be fol-
lowed by a social hour planned by
the hospitality chairman.
Publicity Chairman.
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i CANDIATE FOR STATE
SENATOR HERE THIS WEEK
Hon. Lon T Messer of Roistown, j
candidate for State Senator for th
27th district, was a Cryst* Uity visi
itor this week While here he placed
his formal announcement in the Sen-
tinel. and his statement Is given else-
where in this issue.
Mr. Messer calls himself a fkrtM ’
and does have large farmipf in*
ests, to which he gives the greater
part of his time, although he has had
a wide experience along other linen
He got his education through expe-
rience and personal contact, aid has
. „ „- , . , | some practical ideas about what thus
A five-room frame cottage is being dlstrici. arK foc ^ wU1
built for Mr and Mrs. Dennis Oden devoU, every effdrt^ he He
onEaslBexa, Street. The foundation promiBC try revolution-
ize the State Senate and write
HOME BUILDING
has been laid for a five room resi
dence for Mr. and Mrs. Irl Taylor on
East Seventh Avenue. Work is pro-
gressing rapidly on the home* for
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Onzon and
County Agent and Mrs. Fred Le-
Crone.
All these residences are being
built under the FHA plan and ^re
strictly modern and whan completed
will be ^■
bunch of rtew bills that have.
tual merit, juet for show, but]
■Sieves he knows how to get t
the thirds the district n
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