Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1945 Page: 1 of 6
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State Observer
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VOL. 34
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNTY, TEXAS, MAY 18, 1945
NO. 4
County Agent’s
Column
AWARDED AIR MEDAL
JACK ADAMS
Don’t Crowd Baby Chicks
Let’s give our baby chicks plenty
of room in which to grow, says S. A.
Moore, poultry husbandman for the
A. and M. College Extension Service.
Chickens this year are going to be
more important to our meat supply
than ever before.
Plenty of room means one-half a
square foot of floor space for each
baby chick until it is five weeks old,
and one square foot when they are
past that age. It’s merely a matter
of figuring out the number of square
feet in the floor of the chicken house
and putting in just that many chicks.
Most poultrymen have no trouble
with cannibalism except when
houses are over-crowded. And over-
crowding increases the danger of
coccidosis spreading among the
chicks. Moore explains that one of
the best ways to prevent disease
among growing chicks is to give
them plenty1 of room—And it has
been found that .jt also pays to give
them as much snady space as pos-
sible during hot weather.
Comfortable surroundings for little
chicks means healthier fowls when
they grow up.
Small Gardening Chores
There are several small tasks in
the victory garden, such as staking
tomatoes and thinning some leafy
plants, which if attended to at once
will improve production says J. F.
Rosborough, horticulturist for the A.
and M. College Extension Service.
Tomatoes which are to be staked
and pruned should be given close at-
tention now. Plants should be pulled
closely to the stakes and tied firmly
in order to prevent them whipping
back and forth and possibly damag-
ing blossoms or fruit. It is also im-
portant, Rosborough says, that suck-
ers be removed at least once week-
ly. After three clusters of tomatoes
have set on a plant all top buds
should be pinched out to prevent
more growth. But when this is done,
two pairs of leaves should be left
above the top cluster of fruit to
maintain normal growth. Staking,
pruning and topping tomato plants
assures earlier and larger fruit.
Rosborough cautions, however,
not to stake and prune summer to-
matoes such as Porter and Danmark.
These varieties produce fruit on
sucker growth, and staking and
pruning will reduce the yield. Dur-
ing the hot summer period these
types of smaller tomatoes must be
depended upon for the garden-to-
table supply because the large, early
varieties will not set fruit. The small-
er varieties, which still may be
planted, need plenty of foliage to
protect the fruit from the hot sun-
Thinning, Rosborough says, may
be practiced profitably with okra,
ssuash, and cucumbers. In the pro-
cess, okra plants should be spaced
two or three feet apart. If it is done
new side branches will develop ten-
der pods and thus increase the yield
of each plant. These should be
spaced at least three feet by remov-
ing all others, Rosborough says. Cu-
cumbers especially must have am-
ple space and plenty of moisture and
fertility. Side dressing with two or
three tablespoonsful of 50-10-5 com-
mercial fertilizer per plant about the
time the first blossoms appear will
make the cucumbers smooth, crisp
and tender. One pound of barnyard
fertilized per plant will give the
same result.
-WGD-
CATTLE CHUTES DELIVERED
TO NEW MEXICO
Clay Shearer delivered two cattle
chutes to New Mexico last week. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Shearer
and Sam Barder. They were guests
of Mr. W. L. Cleveland at the Slash
Ranch, Beaver Head, New Mexico,
on arrival.
They report this ranch around
/ *
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CORPORAL MAURO TORRES, tail
gunner, serving with the AAF in
Italy, has been awarded the Air
Medal. He went into the service in
1943 and has been overseas one year.
His wife, Mrs. Domingo Torres, and
their two children, Maria Tereza and
Le Roy, reside in Crystal City.
* *
A veteran armored Infantryman of
three campaigns in Tunisia and Italy,
Staff Sergeant John B. Hatch, son of
Mrs. Claude E. Miller, of Crystal
City, is a member of one of 25 Army
Ground Forces “Here’s Your Infan-
try" teams now touring the nation
for the 7th War Loan.
The demonstration units, specially
trained at The Infantry School, Fort
Benning, Georgia and jointly spon-
sored by Army Ground Forces and
the Treasury Department, present a
spectacular “front-line” view of an
Infantry assault on a Jap pillbox and
an exhibition of the weapons used,
explained by overseas veterans.
In his 32 months overseas, the
Texas doughboy fought in Tunisia
and Italy, where he found the fight-
ing on the Anzio beachhead and at
the Arno River was the toughest of
his battle career. His outfit was an
LT. CAPTAIN EMORY JONES
It has been reported on the radio
and seen in the San Antonio dailies
that Lt. Captain Emory Jones, a pris-
oner of war in Germany since July,
1944, is listed among those liberated
from Barth prison camp in Germany.
The parents are Mr. and Mrs. Em-
ory Jones of San Antonio, but for-
merly of Crystal City”, and friends
rejoice with them over the good
news.
Lt. Eugene Rutledge of the Laredo
Army Air Field spent Sunday, Moth-
ers’ Day, here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Rutledge and family.
• •
Mrs. C. L. Coleman went to In-
diana last week where she was met
by her son Pfc. Busey Coleman,
Marine Corps, who arrived there
from Portsmouth, Va. He has a med-
ical discharge from the Army and
will return home with his mother
after they visit in Sullivan, Indiana
with Mr. and Mrs. Ward Keller, and
other relatives in Anderson and Pen-
dleton.
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Pfc. W. D. (Bill) Stinson of the
Marine Corps on Okinawa wrote his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Stinson
armored Infantry battalion in the 1st of Crystal City that he had met Cal-
Armored Division.
During the battle to break from the
Anzio beachhead, he was wounded
and was awarded a Purple Heart. In
addition to this award, he holds a
Distinguished Unit Badge and the
Combat Inftntryman Badge for ex-
emplary conduct in action. He also
wears the European Theater Ribbon
with three battle stars, the Ameri-
can Defense Ribbon and the Good
Conduct Medal.
Prior to entering the Army, Ser-
geant 4iatch worked as a bookkeeper.
While overseas he has purchased
over $800 in war bonds.
• •
News was received here Tuesday
by the J. B. Mount family from Miss
Charlotte Spann in San Antonio that
the family had been notified by the
War Department that her brother,
Lt. James W. Spann, had been killed
in action in Germany, April 27. Lt.
Spann was a flyer, serving as a liai-
son for the field artillery.
Three brothers and three sisters
of the Spann family are in the ser-
vice.
The' Spann family formerly lived
in Crystal City. All the children
graduated from the Crystal City
High School and are well known
here and friends sympathize with
them in their sorrow.
• •
Captain John L. (Jack) Pegues,
Air Corps pilot, has been awarded
the Air Medal for meritorious
achievement in accomplishing 35
missions while based in Italy and
France.
Captain Pegues’ wife, Mrs. Bonnie
Jean Pegues and small daughter,
Carol Lynn, spends their time in San
Antonio and also Crystal City with
Captain Pegues’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Scott Pegues.
• •
Luke Thompson Lands in India
Word has been received that S/Sgt.
Luke Thompson of the Army Air
Forces, has landed .safely in India.
vin Cox of Big Wells. The boys
joined the Marines and went through
boot training together. After eight
months separation they met again on
Okinawa. Another son, Robert Stin-
son, Seaman 2/c, spent a brief fur-
lough last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Stinson. He had just completed boot
training in California.
La Pryor Soldier Becomes U. S.
Citizen in Southern France
Three Killed, One
In Hospital Result
Car Accident
San Antonio To Ilelp'Zavala County Crass
Area Development
Three young people
Springs were killed
night and a young lady from Seguin
is in the Crystal Hospital seriously
injured as result of a car accident.
The names of those killed, as given
to the Sentinel, were Miss Marjorie
Vernor, John Leonard Pace and
Coleman Wedding.
The party was returning to Carrizo
Springs from Dentonio where they
had attended a dance, according to
reports, and ran into the rear of a
cattle truck. The three were killed
instantly and the fourth was so bad-
Prof. Stafford Smith, chairman of
*the Farm and Ranch Committee of
of Carrizo^*10 San Antonio Chamber of Com-
Wednesday
merce, was a guest of the Crystal
City Chamber Wednesday and
brought an inspirational talk to the
26 men present.
He says the San Antonio Chamber
of Commerce proposes to help fur-
ther develop the San Antonio trade
territory because it will mean more
business for San Antonio.
He spent 12 years ranching at
Uvalde, so is just a country chap
moved to the city to help spend some
money, he said. But he has a real
vision not only for the future growth
Steers Bring Record
Price in San Antonio
ly injured she could not immediate- ®an Antonio but the entire trade
ly give details of just how it all hap-
pened. There were quite a number
of vehicles on the highway at the
time, it is said, and the dust made
driving difficult, which may have
contributed to the accident.
The young men had only recently
been accepted for the armed forces
and were awaiting call.
-WGD-
630 Head Cattle
Bring $119 Average
Mr. and Mrs .L. M. Peters served
barbecue dinner to a few friends
Tuesday, near Brundage, the occa-
sion being the delivery of 630 head
yearlings and 2-year-old steers to
Chas. Murry for Tovrea Packing Co.
of Phoenix, Ariz. The cattle aver-
aged 846 pounds and brought $119.00
a head, average.
The cattle were bought here and
there, a part out of the Ed Richie
head, and were placed on oat pasture
in January. They were fat and pret-
ty and will need only a few weeks
top 'feeding before going to Califor-
nia markets.
Mr. Peters is well pleased with re-
sults but says the cattle would have
been really tops if he had started
growing a couple months earlier.
-WGD--
A CORRECTION
You know, the best way to find out
if people read the paper is to make
mistake and say the wrong thing.
We can be right 99 times and noth-
ing will be said, but make one mis-
take and you hear about it.
Last week we had an item about a
WITH U. S. FORCES IN SOUTH-1 change at Sunset Oil Co. and inci-
ERN FRANCE.—Private First Class dentally mentioned that while Fred
Ramon DeLeon, La Pryor, Texas, i Owens was not able to stir around
recently became a naturalized citi-
8,000 feet above sea level, the weath- Sgt, Thompson left ^he States early
er plenty cold and the ranch beau-
tiful with plenty of deer and ante-
lope in sight at all times.
They left Monday, May 7th., and
returned Sunday, May 13th., driving
more than 1,600 miles. They report
parts of West Texas in good shape;
New Mexico mountains plenty rough
and with snow on the highest, but
the valley ranch land as fine as can
in February this year. He was sta-
tioned at Pyote Aie Base at Pyote,
Texas for some tifne before being
sent overseas witty a bombardment
group. He was formerly a clerk in
the Winter Garden District office at
Uvalde and in the local office at Har-
lingen.—C. P. L. News.
Sgt. Thompson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Thompson of ba Pry-
be seen anywhere. This being their .or and brother of Mrs. C. H. Clark of
first trip west, they enjoyed it all. Crystal City.
zen of the United States in a cere-
mony in Marseille, France.
Of Mexican birth, Pfc. DeLeon
took the oath of allegiance to the U.
S. with a group of seven other sol-
diers. Vice Consul John H. Boyd,
West, Mississippi, administered the
oath after a speech by Mr. HerVe J.
L’Heurrux, Manchester, New Hamp-
shrie, U. S. Consul General in Mar-
seille. Brigadier General J. P. Ratey,
Commanding General, Delta Base
Section, presented each man with a
naturalization certificate and con-
gratulated each one individually.
Pfc. DeLeon entered the U. S. from
Mexico in 1928. He was called by
the army in September 1942 and sent
overseas in May 1943. He served
with the 669th Port Company in
Iran and France, and has earned the
Good Conduct Medal and European
Theater ribbon.
• •
15th AAF IN ITALY — An ord-
nance man with the veteran 445th
Bombardment Group, Pfc. Cruz L.
Hernandez, Box 157, La Pryor, Tex-
as, was recently authorized to wear
the first Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to
the Distinguished Unit Badge when
his group was cited “for outstanding
performance of duty in armed con-
flict with the enemy.”
-WGD-
Waste Paper To Be
Shipped May 30
Your attention is again called to
the waste paper drive. The Presby-
terian Church is collecting the paper
this month and has arranged to ship
the collection out on May 30th.
Someone will call and get the paper
if one cannot possibly bring it in,
but if at all possible, please bring
it to the loading place no*, later than
the morning of the 30th.
much he had recently sold five In-
ternational Trucks.
Of course we know that Irl Tay-
lor handles the International line
and Fred Owens handles G M C
Trucks, but we let this slip get by.
Hence this correction.
-WGD-
LETTER FROM GRADYS
Gatesville, Texas, May 10, 1945.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hardy
Crystal City, Texas.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Hardy:
Enclosed find check for $1.50 for
the Sentinel for one more year. It is
one of the papers I read that I really
enjoy; don’t think I could possibly
do without it. One of the Monday
morning events for the wife and my-
self is to make a mad dash for the
mail. First gets, first reads the
Sentinel, with the many things of in-
terest to read concerning the many
friends of ours in your city, and I
might add, ours as it is a place in
both of our hearts that will never be
forgotten. And the boys and girls
in our Armed Services—I can hard-
ly wait to scan the paper and at the
same time I can’t help but have that
dreaded feeling as I read underneath
the headlines, shuddering from fear,
that there may be one more of your
gallant sons or daughters who had
to pay the supreme price.
We are so grateful for the past
events in the past week and we pray
God for a speedy victory over Japan,
with the minimum cost of young
American youth.
Our attention is centered on your
city, for your youngsters are so close
to us, in fact the greater part of
them we have known and learned to
love from mere tots.
We pray with all of you for a
speedy victory and a quick return
for all of our boys and girls, they
are tops.
Very truly yours
MR. and MRS. JAMES T. GRADY.
area. But it means cooperation.
San Antonio, he said, was located
in a basic farming area, but its nat-
ural advantages were overshadowed
by visions of a tourist or health re-
sort. San Antonio was once the larg-
est city in Texas, while now it is in
about fourth place. Investigation
showed that cities grow and prosper
only in proportion to the growth and |
prosperity of their trade area. They |
found there must be markets to give
stabilization to producers. The larg-
er producers could take care of them-
selves, but there must be produce
markets for the smaller producers.
To that end, San Antonio proposed to
build a two million dollar produce
terminal. They hope also to erect a
two million dollar livestock coliseum
to help encourage the production of
better livestock in South Texas.
Twenty years ago development
was by individuals, but now it must
be by cooperation. Areas must be
developed. He sopke of how the poul-
try industry in the Gonzales area
had been developed until now ship-
ments of fryers ran into hundreds
of carloads annually.
San Antonio people are interested
in the Nueces Valley development.
It is now the largest undeveloped
area to be found anywhere in this
country, and its possibilities cannot
be
The Sun Antono Express Wednes-
day morning carried a story that “an
all-time record for Texas grass steers
was set at the Union Stock Yards
Tuesday when 38 Hereford steers av-
eraging 1505 pounds consigned from
the Chaparosa Livestock Company
(J. C. Hardie) of La Pryor, Zavala
County, sold at $15.25 per 100 or
$229 51 a head."
So far as was known at the stock-
yards a price of $228.51 each for
grasssteers has never before been
equalled on a Texas market.
Also on Tuesday 35 steers, straight
grassers, from the E. B. Flowers Es-
tate Turkey Creek ranch in Uvalde
County, were sold by Fry at $14.50
to I R. Brummett, an order buyer.
These steers, younger than those
from Zavala County, averaged 1,313
pounds and brought $190.38 apiece.
In the same consignment 6 steers
averaging 1,300 sold at $13.50.
-WGD--
War Bond Drive
Coming Along Fine
r r
Altho we were not able to get the
amount of bonds sold to date, Chair-
man Fly says the drive is coming
along fine. The school children are
really working and during the week
several social functions have been
given in their honor.
The pupils will continue to sell
bonds during the campaign, under
direction of Miss Agnes Power.
* -WGD-
WHY SOME PEOPLE DON’T GO
TO CHURCH
Some stay at home because it's cold.
And some because it's hot;
And some because they’re getting old.
And some because they're not.
home because their
Some stay at
clothes
visualized - specialized truck ;Are looking old and shabbv;
farming, citrus growing, but great-jAnd some bocause their special type
est of all the production, fattening Qf piety is “flabby.”
and processing of high grade cattle j
He wants to arrange a meeting of I Some
representatives from the various
areas in the San Antonio trade ter-
ritory to plan a program for the bet-
terment of all.
--WGD-
15 Lockers Left-
Hurry To Get One
J. H. Beasley, local manager of the
C. P. L. Co., says they have only 15
of the recently installed lockers left,
but these must be leased soon. He
has been holding them for those who
have no locker because there is no
more room to install others, but some
who already have lockers want more,
so Mr. Beasley said; "We cannot hold
them much longer.”
-WGD-
NAZARENE TO HAVE DAILY
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
A daily Vacation Bible School will
begin Monday morning, May 21, at
9 a. m. at the Church of the Naza-
rene, located at the corner of West
Maverick and North Avenue B. Rev.
A. Braswell of Carrizo Springs, has
been chosen as the superintendent
of the school which will close out
May 25.
Bible, Memory Work, Singing,
Handwork and Shopwork, will be
among the different subjects taught.
Rev. William C. Emberton, pastor of
the local church said in commenting
about the school, "We are going in
to have the best school possible. We
urge parents of children to enroll
their children this week as soon as
possible. We have a very interesting
and profitable schedule worked out
for the classes and we are sure that
the children will find the school
helpful to them. It matters not w'hat
faith you are, we welcome you to
our school. Our teachers will take
an interest in every pupil and will
do their best to impress upon their
minds the better things of life. The
sessions will last from 9 to 11:30 a.
m. There wil be no evening classes.
All parents interested should con-
tact me at 417 North Ave. B or just
drop me a card and we will be glad
to enroll your child in the school.
—Typewriter Ribbons, Sentinel office
keep from Church because
they
Find the members "cold and funny,”
"Who never clasp them by the hand
Unless they’re after money.”
And some bewail with pious face,
“The worldliness and sin
That find a lodgement in the Church"
So never enter in.
Alas! Alas! EXCUSES grow
To drive our thoughts from God,
And turn us from the house of pray-
er,
The place our fathers trod.
Why not attend the Friendly
and Spiritual Church of the Nazarene
this Sunday?
-WGD-
COUNTY HEALTH NURSE
APPRECIATES COOPERATION
I want the people of Crystal City
and Zavala County to know that the
eighteen months I served as your
County health nurse was one of the
most pleasant in my nursing career.
I’ll always remember your kindness
and the splendid cooperation, for no
one could have had better. I’ll miss
the friendly associations and I’ll also
miss each place which I learned to
love.
I wish each and every one happi-
ness and success. Thank you for
everything.
Sincerely,
ltp MRS. E. C. DENNIS.
-WGD-
SWIMMING POOL NOTICE
The City swimming pool is now
open to the public;
Swimming hours on week days
will be from 3:00 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Sundays from 2 p. m. to 7:00 p. m.
As usual Tyesday and Wednesday ^ -
be for Latin Americans only. (
will
W. G. MOORE, Manager.
-worr
In this great country you can still
get all you want from the best filling
station in the world—your own din-
ing room.
--WGD---
Approximately twenty-one times
as much plant food is washed away
by erosion yearly as is taken out of
the soil by plants.
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