Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1943 Page: 1 of 6
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Jack's Shack
VOL. 32
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNTY, TEXAS. OCTOBER 1, 1943
No 23
P. M. Green, Age 89
Buried Sunday
P. M. Green, 89, passed away early
Sunday morning, after a few days’
illness, at the home of his son-in-
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Ready, at 420 West Uvalde Street
in Crystal City.
Funeral services were held at 5
o’clock the same afternoon from the
First Baptist Church, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. B. W. Mantooth.
The scripture—John 14:1-6—and
two songs, “Nearer My God to Thee"
and "Sweet Bye and Bye” were used
at his wife’s funeral on the 4th Sun-
day in September, 1917, just 26 years
before. Mrs. R. C. Tate sang, “Rest
for the Weary.”
The body was prepared for burial
by the Manifold Mortuary and inter-
ment was in Edgewood Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: C. F. Jackson, G.
C. Jackson, N. M. Roberts, H. R. Mc-
Niel, B. H. Erskine and Judge N. H.
Hunt.
Peter M. Green was born in Coffee
County, Alabama, January 20, 1854,
and passed away in Crystal City,
Texas, September 26, 1943.
He lived on a plantation near the
city of Troy in Pike County, Ala-
bama some 40 years. He was a farm-
er all his life and operated a gin and
grist-mill on his farm for 20 years.
Mr. Green was married to Sarah
Elizabeth Walden, March 3, 1881 and
to this union were born three boys
and two girls. He came to Crystal
City, Texas in December, 1913 and
lived here until Mrs. Green’s death,
Sept. 21, 1917, when he went back
to be with his brother who was criti-
cally ill in Alabama, and remained
there two years. He came back to
Crystal City in 1920 but was never
content and made his home in East
Texas and Arkansas until 1930 when
he came back and lived in the Co-
meta community until he was too
feeble to farm, when he came to
Crystal City, occupying a garage
apartment at the Ready home.
He joined the Baptist Church in
1886 and was an ordained deacon in
this church. Mr. Green was a mem-
ber of the Masonic Lodge since 1900.
Survivors are: his daughter, Mrs.
jReady, Crystal City; Eugene Green
of ComeU, and Asa Green of Eagle
Pass; six grandchildren: Sarah Neale
Ready, with the American Red Cross
at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio,
Texas; Edward Ready, who will get
his wings as a pilot in the Army Air
Corps, at Phoenix, Arizona, October
1, and Wm. L. Ready a deferred en-
gineer in Texas University; Eugene
Green Jr. freshman in A. & I. Col-
lege, Kingsville; Anice Louise and
Sarah Green of Cometa.
--WGD-
United War Chest
Drive Ready to Go
J. H. Beasley, County chairman
for the United War Chest, says the
drive will get under way next week.
His organization has not been com-
pleted but will be within a few days.
Zavala’s quota in this drive is $3300.
The United War Chest is the fund-
raising service of seventeen national
war appeals and is deserving of the
fullest support of the public.
More details will be given next
week.
-WGD-
COMPLETES COURSE FOR
AIRPLANE MECHANICS
PFC. MANUEL M. GARZA
who was reported missing in action
since July 10th. He is a son of Mrs.
Louisa H. Garza of Crystal City
TUBERCULOSIS ASS’N. HELD
QUARTERLY MEETING TUESDAY
Big Pecan Crop
Ready to Harvest
E. H. Price of San Antonio, a
member of the firm of Price &
Rhodes who own 150-acre pecan
grove some six miles north of Crys-
tal City, wrs in the Sentinel office
last week and said they are about
ready to harvest their heaviest pecan
crop.
This pecan acreage was started in
1930, some of the trees are 13 years
old. Of course some of the first trees
died, for one reason or another, so
new trees were put out. The trees
were put out at the rate of 12 trees
to the acre. There are now 1200 bear-
ing trees and others come into bear-
ing each year. Mr. Price estimates
the 1200 trees now bearing will yield
this year an average of 50 pounds of
nuts per tree. Some of the trees have
a very heavy crop, even to the point
of breaking under the load.
For some years the trees did not
do so good, so the Department of
Agriculture cooperated with Price it
Rhodes over a period of six years
and developed a spray that really
destroyed the insects. They have two
power sprays and sprayed the trees
twice this year. Mr. Price believes if
they had sprayed the third time the
trees would have put on more fruit
than they could have carried.
They also have modern facilities
for proper grading of the pecans.
He is worrying about getting harves-
ters at the proper time. The pecans
are the Mahon variety, a very large
pecan, but the OPA has a ceiling
price of 26c a pound. But even at this
price 60,000 pounds of pecans will
return quite a sum of money.
And while these trees were grow-
ing to the age of production, the
land produced spinach and other
money producing crops. So it looks
like pecans are a pretty good bet.
-WGD-
ROTARY
The executive members of the Za-
vala County Tuberculosis Associa-
tion held a quarterly meeting in the
county court room Tuesday after-
noon. A contract was made for the
Christmas Seal Sale in which the
County will retain 80 percent of re-
ceipts from the sale.
An effort is to be made to acquaint
the Mexican people with the work of
the Association, and the importance
of their cooperation in the work. To
this end a representative of the state
organization who can speak Spanish
is to be invited to come with pictures
and explain the work.
-WGD---
MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE
ORGANIZED IN CRYSTAL CITY
The ministers of the city met Mon-
day morning, September 27th., at
the Methodist Church to discuss
plans whereby they could better co-
operate in the many duties they are
called upon to perform.
Those present at the initial meet-
ing were: Rev. A. A. Carter, Meth-
odist pastor; Rev. B. W. Mantooth,
who moved to Crystal City last week
to accept the pastorate of the Bap-
tist Church; Rev. T. R. Elder Pres-
byterian minister and Rev. A. W.
Curry, representing the Nazarene
congregation.
Rev. Carter was elected president
of the organization, while Rev.
Curry was elected vice-president
and secretary.
All pastors of the city have been
invited to meet with the “ministerial
alliance” which will hold regular
meetings each month. ,
-WGD----
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
MEETS OCTOBER SEVENTH
Short $28,000 In
War Bond Sales
Pvt. First Class Roberto Loera, son
>f Mr. and Mrs. Emilo Loera, 113
Vest Holland Street, Crystal City,
:ompleted the course for airplane
nechanics on Sept. 6th at Seymour
rohnson Field, North Carolina. Pfc.
U>era has been transferred to the
3hanutc Army Air Field in Illi-
loais for further training.
--WGD-
Weather Report
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
E. M. HOLDSWORTH, Observer
From Tur.
Sept.
23, to Wed. 29th.
Min.
Max.
Pcpn.
Thu* 23rd
72.3
89.6
Fri.
68.3
87.1
Sat.
70.3
77.8
0.02
Sun.
99.2
63.7
0.94
Mon.
97.8
65.1
0.45
Tues.
61.7
78.3
Wed.
69.4
90.1
T
Total
1.41
Average Temperature, 72.2.
Dr. S. S. Peters had the program
at Rotary Monday and his subject
was “Fellowship."
Fellowship, he said, is the heart
of Rotary. It was in the seeking of
fellowship or friendship that Rotary
was founded. Take the fellowship
out of Rotary meetings and atten-
dance would be very poor.
Rotarians carry the fellowship and
friendship engendered at the meet-
ings back to their business or pro-
fession. Through the inter-city meet-
ings this friendship is expanded be-
tween communities, and at district
Conferences it is expanded over a
still wider area, until finally in the
Rotary International Conventions
fellowship and Liendship is extend-
ed around the world.
Rotariars extend fellowship to the
under privileged, and in doing this it
often reacts and the Rotarians be-
comes more liberal in many ways
toward the needs of humanity.
-WGD--
PULLIAM ATTENDS MEETING OF
PRODUCERS IN CORPUS CnRISTI
Meetings of the Cemetery Asso-
ciation are dispensed with through
the summer months, but now as au-
tumn has set in and the weather
cooler, regular meetings will be held
once each month. The first meeting
will be held at the home of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Ray Wiley,, East Maverick
Street on Thursday afternoon, Oc-
tober 7 at 4 p. m. Members are urged
to attend.
-WGD-
Crystal City Plays
Hot Wells Tonite
The Crystal City Javelins lost
their first football game of the sea-
son to the Uvalde Coyotes last Fri-
day night by a score of 34 to 0.
The score would indicate a very
one-sided game, and it was, in a way,
yet some of the Javelins played a
very good game. There is really not
five touchdowns difference between
the two squads, but this being the
first game for the Javelins there
were certain handicaps to overcome.
The Coyotes had played a game the
week before and were over th.it first
game fear.
This is not just an alibi for the
home team. We have some good
players if they will just get in there
land do the job. Local fans are ex-
pecting them to do that tonight
| against the Hot Wells team, which
comes here for a game.
Hot Wells has a large number of
players to select from and the team
will outweigh the Javelins by sev-
eral pounds average, but our boys
will be in there to win and the game
promises to be good. Let’s be there
in large numbers to give the players
the moral support they need to win
this game.
-WGD--
P. R. FENNER NOW
FULL TIME CITY MARSHAL
According to reports given us at
3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Za-
vala County is $28,000 short of its
goal in the War Bond Sales. Up to
that time sales amounted to $94,-
551.95. Of this amount La Pryor gets
credit for $14,97500 and Batesville
$10,037.50. Tnis would leave n credit
for Crystal City of $69,539.45. The
County quota is $122,600.
Mr. Fly is still of the opinion we
will reach the goal set for us, but it
means some will have to buy more
bonds a.id those who have been put
ting it off will have to hurry. The
campaign closes Saturday night at 12
o'clock.
Thursday morning a thermometer
was placed at the street intersection
near the bank to show the bond sales
from time to time. At the time it was
placed sales were shown to be $76,-
000, which is $18,500 less than was
reported to us at 3 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. This thermometer will be
changed each morning, so anyone
can see just how we stand in rela-
tion to the goal.
What are we going to do? Are we
going to let our fighting boys down?
They are giving their lives if need
be, but we arc only asked to lend
our money at a fair rate of interest.
We are not only letting our boys
down, but our neighbors in adjoining
counties who have already gone ever
the top. Will Zavala be one of the
few counties in the country to fall
below its quota? Some are buying to
their limit, even though in small
amounts,, while some undoubtedly
are not. But even so, it is an indi-
vidual matter, and your conscience
must be your guide.
Pupils of the Crystal City High
[ School are not letting the boys down.
Since Monday morning they have
sold *2,239.20 in bonds and stamps
and are really working at the job.
If they call on you between now and
Saturday night, don’t turn them
away empty handed. What, is better,
don’t wait for someone to call but
go to the bank or post office and buy
to the limit of your ability, and then
you can look your boy or neighbor’s
boy in the face with a clear con-
science. Don't hesitate a minute, but
act now.
-WGD-
MRS. WILLIAMS WOULD LIKE
MORE NEWS FROM LA PRYOR
Grystal City Ready to Handle Bi^est
Prospective Ve^elahe Crop in Many Years
C. OF C. NOTES
There were 23 busy men present
at the Chamber of Commerce week-
ly meeting Wednesday, including
two guests—Webb M Sperry, gue.-t
of Bob Pipes, and Rev B W. Man
tooth, guest of Bruce Bushey Bob
Baker, at home for a few days from
the Navy, attended the meeting with
Ins father but recognized as "one
nf us” as President Wagner said
Postmaster Pipes introduced Mr
Sperry as a representative of the
post office department who was here
to install 135 additional boxes at the
local post office. Mr Sperry said in
going around he had occasion to at-
tend various civic organizations and
j was very pleased at the opportunity
of attending the Crystal City Cham-
ber of Commerce which had evry
indication of being a live, wide-
awake organization.
Mr. Bushey introduced Rev Man
! tooth as the new pastor of the First
Baptist Church. Rev. Mantoo'h said
he is now a citizen of Crystal City
and it shall‘be his purpose to do
whatever he can for the betterment
| of the community, spiritually and
j otherwise.
President Wagner asked Bob
! Baker if lie cared to say and Bob
i replied by saying he was trying to
| do his bit in the armed forces and
I “am sure you will keep things go-
ing at home."
There was some discussion of
frozen locker service for Crystal
City and Secretary Williams said we
could only wait developments.
J. G. Juvenal announced comple-
tion of the packing sheds.
Supt. Fly said attendance at school
continued to increase. He announced
the sale of only $76,000 in war bonds
up to last Saturday and solicited
the cooperation of everyone to help
put Zavala County over the top.
President Wagner appointed J. H.
Baker, Bob Pipes and E. L Ready
as a committee to audit the trea-
surer's books for the past year.
-WGD-1
New Scrap Drive
Oct. 1 to Nov. 15
Mrs. Lillie A. Williams, in send-
ing her renewal subscription to the
Sentinel, wrote:
“Am enjoying the Sentinel every
week. Keep hoping for more locals
from La Pryor, though. Like San
Antonio fine, except it's lonely with
all the children gone, but one. The
boys are all in the Navy. Buck Dan-
iel is a midshipman at Annapolis,
Kenneth is in ti ming school at Los
Angeles, Lillian is teaching at Mc-
Allen, and her husband John White,
is overseas."
-WGD---
WOMAN’S C. OF C.
WILL INSTALL OFFICERS
F. W Pulliam, representing the
Winter Garden Shippers and Re-
ceivers Association, attended n meet-
ing of vegetable and citrus growers
and shippers of Southwest Texas at
Corpus Christ!,* Monday and Tues-
day.
He said it was an exceptionally
good meeting and undoubtedly much
good will result. Some 900 were in
attendance.
P. R. Fenner, who has been deputy
sheriff of Zavala county and acting
city marshal of Crystal City since
about the first of this year, resigned
both positions on the 15th of Sep-
tember, to take effect October 1st.
This week he was employed by the
City Administration as a full-time
city marshal as of today October
1st.
-WGD-
AMERICAN LEGION TO
ELECT OFFICERS, OCT. «
The American Legion will meet
next Wednesday evening, Oct. 6th.,
at 8 o’clock.
This is an important meting, being
the time for election of officers for
another year. A full attendance is
urged. Other matters of interest will
be up for discussion.
A meeting of the Woman's Cham-
ber of Commerce will be held Thurs-
day, October 7, at the Community
Building at 4:15 p. m.
Officers for the ensuing year will
be installed and an interesting meet-
ing is promised. A special invitation
is extended to the new people of the
community and all members, es-
pecially the charter members who
still live in Crystal City are urged
to attend.
---WGD-
Card of Thank
We wjsh to thank our many
friends for the kindnesses and sym-
pathy shown us in the recent illness
i and death of our father, P. M. Green.
Words are inadequate to express
our appreciation for such expres-
sions.
MR. and Mrs E. L READY
Mr. and Mrs. E. F GREEN
A. W. GREEN
SARAH NEALE READY
EDWARD G. READY
WM. L. READY
EUGENE F. GREEN. Jr.
ANICE LOUISE GREEN
SARAH GREEN.
-WGD-
WILL SELL TAMALES
The Mexican Methodist congrega-
tion will sell tamales Saturday night.
Oct. 2nd at their church in Mexico
Grande. This will be for benefit of
the church.
An all-out iron and steel scrap
drive this fall to surpass even the
highly successful campaign of last
year is being planned by state coun-
ty and local salvage committees and
[district War Production Board of-
ficials, according to Carl Pool, San
Antonio district WPB manager.
The campaign has been set for Oc-
tober 1 to November 15 by WPB
Chairman Donald Nelson, who has
appealed for cooperation from all
governmental units and civic and pa-
triotic organizations.
Although the national campaign
doesn't start until October 1. many
of the local salvage committees in
this district already are at work. Mr.
Pool said. Commitee organizations
being revitalized and plans made for
participation by all groups and
schools in responne to requests from
the state salavge committee, he said
As was the case last year, organi-
zational plans for the campaign are
being left up to the local committees.
Dates for intensive effort, house-to-
house calls, and parades in the va-
rious cities and communities also
will be set by the local committees,
just so the big push is made before
November 15.
In addition to intensive collections,
WPB and state salvage officials are
urging local committees and civic
organizations to sponsor salvage
rallies and jallopy parades. Every
city is being asked to build up a
community scrap pile on which can
be placed all available iron and steel
scrap and worn out jallopies.
“The seriousness for the need of
scrap can’t be stressed too greatly,"
Mr. Pool said. “The present steel mill
stocks are sufficient to last only
about two months. To keep those
mills producing war goods for the
fighting fronts, we've got to have an
all-out collection on the home front.”
-WGD-
Cabbage Seed Celling Prices
Ceiling prices for 1942 cabbage
seed have been made the same as for
the 1943 crop, according to a recent
OPA amendment.
-WGD-
—OATS—Feed or Seed at Wildridge
Feed Store. . ltp
J G Juvenal, local agent for Mis-
.-■<>ui i Pacific Lines, announced Wed-
nesday th<' completion of two new
packing and loading sheds at Crystal-
City These two sheds are to be op-
erated by Crabb Bros and Dave
Carr Another packing and loading
shed built last year i- to lie operated
by Eddie Taxm These beds are
double traeked. *>■ twice- the loading
capacity In addition, then' are two
other packing and loading sheds;
o|» rated 1>\ J is C Statler and
Temple! and Bookout tl-en Roy
Barker and Richie Bros will lave
loading platforms This gives seven
loading places to handh the 1613-44
vegetable crops
The spinach acreage will be in-
creased over last season, as will
some other crop. There will be a
mixed vegetable deal this season to
include tomatoes, peppers, lettuce,
cabbage*, beets, carrots and spinach
Also onions and plants will be
grown.
It is estimated there will be 300
acres of tomatoes, approximately
200 acres each of peppers lettuce,
cabbage and beets, and 1500 acres
carrots to be handled through the
Crystal City sheds, in addition to the
onions and spinach. The plant acre-
age will be above last year and prob
ably reach the peak years of the past.
Planting is new in progress, in-
cluding thousands of acres to be
planted to oats for winter grazing
of cattle
In addition to building the two
packing and loading sheds men-
tioned above, the Missouri Pacific
Lines are doing much other improve-
ment—completely overhauling the
station, raising the railroad grades
in town and remodeling the section
houses.
-WGD--
MANTOOTHS LEAVE FOR NEW
HOME IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
After two years and nine months
as pastor of the Baptist Church here,
Rev. B W Mantooth with his wife
find two children, moved to Crystal
City in Zavala County, at which
place he has accepted the call to
First Baptist Church, will preach his
first sermon, as pastor, next Sunday.
Rev and Mrs Mantooth leave a
host of friends here, not only the
Baptist people, but many in other
churches and of no church, who re-
gret to see them go, but w ish them
much happiness and success on their
new field of labor.
So far as we have been able to ob-
serve, they did a good work here.
The congregation was built up and
a good average attendance prevailed
j throughout the nearly three years of
i ministry. The Sunday School. Prayer
| Meeting and regular church atten-
dance all show a decided improve-
I ment over three years ago. Man-
! tooth, as we appraised him, was a
progressive in his preaching and
work and a conservative to the ex-
tent that his ministry moved along,
producing constant successes in all
lines of the church life. It is the “con-
stant dripping of the water that
wears the deep trenches in the rock.”
—Flood water rushes over and dis-
appears.
During his time here the congre-
gation enjoyed two outstanding re-
vival meetings. One in 1941, with
Evangelist Smith, and this summer
with Rev. Cobb of Plainview Dur-
ing the tune, the church had other
good meetings, but these seem to
lead in influence and results
Personally, w* regret to see the
family leave Venus. It is always re-
grettable when people you have
learned to know and who stand and
live for right things—there is always
a tinge of sadness attached to such
departures. Yes, Mantooth and his
good wife did a good work among
their people and in the community.
Our loss in their going, will be
the gain of other people.
We join heartily, all the friends in
and out of his congregation, in wish-
ing for him and his family the very
best at Crystal City—that they will
be happy, contented and successful
among their new friends and neigh-
bors.
Warning: Young man, if you don’t
send me a sack full of those Crys-
tal City oranges “shelled,” in due
time, we are coming down there and
stay a month, then you'll wish you
had sent the oranges.—The Venus
Express.
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