Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 27
CRYSTAL CITY. ZAVALA COUNTY. TEXAS. JULY 8. 1938
No. 8
CRYSTAL CITY SHIPS TEXAS’ FIRST CARLOAD OF FLAXSEED
Car Contains 701 Bags Amounting
to 55,624 Pounds and Goes to
Fredonia, Kansas.
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Crystal City shipped a earload of
flaxseed Wednesday of this week,
which is understood to be the first
solid carload of flaxseed ever shipped
from Texas. In the car were 701 bags
containing 55,624 pounds. The car
was shipped to Archie Daniels Mid-
land Co. at Fredonia, Kansas, and is
sold at around $1.80 per bushel, it is
said, which should net about $150
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TOUR
(By Whitman Alger)
Buildings Belie
Hard Time Talk
N. J. THOREEN TO ATTEND
SWEDISH CELEBRATION
N. J. Thoreen plans to attend the
Swedish centennial celebration at
Austin Saturday and Sunday, July
9-10. The celebration is in recogni-
tion of the first Swedish settlers in
Texas. The first settler is said to
have been S. M. Swenson near
It has been said that opportunity
knoks at everyone's door at some-
time or other. I know that it knocked i
at the door of the Crystal City High I DesPite ,lle usual summer hard
School when Mr. W. L. Guyler of the time tulk' more building has been
Wallis Lumber Co. conceived the |done bore this summer than any time
idea of giving some of c
County Agent’s
Column
LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENI
ASSEMBLY AT KERRV1I I.E
(By Bub Crawford)
Bob Crawford and Doris William*
_______ , members of the local Methodist F Jjj
4 , worth League, attended the anni
The annual Farmer's Shortcourse Epworth A- sombiy held at Kerr\ he
School boys an opportunity to see
Hiffh ■!iine ‘be depression started Besides "pens at Texas A * M College this June 27-July 4 This annual as cm
g the new residences mentioned - week as 4’H Club
j„ boys and girls bly was one of the largest and i »s»
from all over Texas gather for a successful in the historv <.f the ea •
pc. bushel. There are approximately | Roundrock 100 years ago.
1000 bushels of flaxseed in the car.
In addition to the above there are
20,000 to 25,000 pounds of flaxseed
being held back for planting next
season, enough to plant 400 or 500
acres. Other planting seed will be
shipped in and the estimate now is
that around 1000 acres will be plant-
ed to flax in this area next fall.
A number of farmers planted
small plats the first season as an ex-
periment. The yields ran from al-
most nothing to around 20 bushels
per acre. Some of the growers are
discouraged and will not plant any
more. Others see the posibility of a
fair return from the crop.
Many things entered into the deal
this year, but someone had to make
sacrifices in order to learn. And a
lot was learned. In the first place,,
it was learned that one can’t just
plant the seed out in the weeds and
forget about it. The seedbed has to
have some care, more seed planted
than most growers planted per acre,
some irrigation is needed, and the
time of planting, etc. But the biggest
handicap this year was not having
the proper way to harvest it. In j
some cases it is estimated that half j
the seed were lost in handling thei
flax. In some fields the weeds were!
so bad the only way to harvest the j
flax was to cut it with a mower,
rake and handle it several times. |
Mr. Thoreen expects to leave for
Austin Friday or early Saturday, lie
will be accompanied by his son, W.
P. Thoreen. and if Mrs. Thoreen is
able she may also go. Mr. Thoreen is
76 years old today (Thursday) and
came to the U. S. from Lund, Swe-
den, 52 years ago. Mrs. Thoreen also
came from Sweden some seven years
later. She and Mr. Thoreen were
from the same province in Sweden
are a few others: r
A modern four-room cottage is be-' pful lllnts on cluh work- ;ln<1 P1' "- ''nt
ling built on North Fourth Avenue ty <>f fun t0 make tbc thrt’e da>'s a Rev Go i
for Morris Oden and his father bul'day farm boys and girls look for of this ritv
j Lea-e Oden. Roger Morns and Del-,ward to ‘*ach •summor- Five Zavala |,lv and R,
pha Ah' edge are the contractors. countv boys, making up three judg- ftav j„hn.
icounty boys, making
mg 'cams left Tuesday morning and ;iluj
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many of the main industries in action !“'•-•se columns from time to time here "..... UVL'r lVK"* "a,ner ,or a me history
many tne main industries in actum others- |three-day session of judging contests, there being 300 voung people
in our great state of Texas. So 1 " ouu,-s- I....... - - K 1 '
through the kindness of this lumber
company here, fourteen of our boys
were taken on a 1500 mile trip in our
school bus through a largo part of
the industrial section of t ic state.
The school furnished the I*as with
Mr. Ed \ er as driver and our
Superintendent, Prof >ssor Fly, as
conductor of the u
Lumber Co. paid all expense and ar-
ranged with Chambers of Commerce
and various industries to show us
points of interest at the many places
we visited.
men-
at an
1 shall try and describe as best I
but met for the first time in Chicago can thc many wonderful things we
where they were married and lived saw al>d the fine time we haci.
until coming to Crystal City nearly j Our trip started on Tuesday, May
30 years ago. Mr. Thoreen has never 24. 1938, from Crystal City, Texas
been back to his native country, but and our first stop was San Antonio.
Mrs. Thoreen has. (Upon arriving in San Antonio we
The main feature of the Austin went to the Alamo Lumber Co. There jrock home on North First Ac venue |penso'
centennial celebration is a lecture Mr. Thomas, the manager, interest- for Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ray i^ still
Sunday morning by Bishop Rodhe ingly showed and explained the dif- under way.
of Lund, Sweden. This makes the oc-lferent parts of the lumber yard. He I --WGD---
i Work, ias st, ud Friday on a ........ “** and u
four-r- a residen-e for Mr. and Mrs U 1 1 ",mn Saturday. The boys are u|«v mrmbor-
W. R. ,|R T, located on East Val,''u'lor Uub<*- A11°" Hil,don- and Win. [) (Happy. Ha
Verde Street just east of the LeCrone ! K,’app "f Prvor, Aaran Nelson Horace M Km
residence. The home will also have a al? Bernard Brown of Batoxville ham of Nashviih
large sleeping porch. jTbe>' wil1 1,1 livestock, field Munk. Car: ..II M
I Plans have been drawn for a honie|c rops’ alld ,,ica‘ identification eon- Jesse Iwig. M;
for Mr. and M-s. J. II Beasley. It will. te*ts'
j he located on West Dimmitt Street.' shol'u'"ursc is to be held in three
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Stmebaugh are lSCparate sessions ,his >'car The 4-H
planning to build a modern home ses'slf,n from Julv (J,h “> Hth- the Ag
Suonman, forme; .
lean of the assei -
A Iapps and Mrs
* ' J ans of men
'1 - ■ Other fac-
i the Revs. L.
Wood H Patrick,
-M Earl Cunning*
Tennessee, Arthur
Leonard Miller,
on East Nueces Street.
Contracts for the tui last
tioned are expected to he et
early date.
Work on the IrJ Trjlo*’ residence
on North Seventh / -onae and the
Benja Lee Gell and
Mrs. Donald Redmond.
Very interv ting and educational
programs were held each day, there
eiit ' sessmn July 9t”h to 12th., and The! bJ’>in* a ba,anced amount ,)f work,
adult farmers and hommuker’s ses P'ay and w,'rsh,p A da,1.v schedule
sion from July 13th to 15th Farmers,
who have never visited the Texas
A. and M College would find a «-‘45-7:00- Morning Watch on Mt.
there well worth the time and
play and w.
follows:
6:15—Rise
6 45-7:00— Morning Watch
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casion doubly attractive for Mr. Tho- showed the different t*pes of lum- Pevinuit MltVl I T« IL
reen since Bishop Rodhe is from his ber, their uses, and where they were! ^ I UIIIUllUHcf I I <IiK
native town, and from the Bishop grown. He brought out the point!
he hopes to learn first hand how j that the forests are inreasing, noti
things are in the town of his boyhood decreasing, as believed by the gener-
da>’s. lal public, because of the large plan
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being that "John Public. ... „.
•it ( nf ( \lonlin ; wrong impression and started
Cll \l. HI [III Cl III'" ihnl f......J.
on a
prejudice that has “no foundation."
In the absence of F. W.
Brown Express, Inc.
Cotton Imports
Pulliam, Recent publicity given to a ship-
the mill in connection with the yard! S"bIeicber prfc'^ded at Wedncs- mem of cotton from Calcutta. India.
where the finished products are 8 Ve^w few^ thTto" " N°? Carolma mi" bas k'd a
m . ¥. .made and sold by the lumber yard.fc,J l i . ! committee _ t-roat deal of misunderstanding
BlIVS 1 nick I. Hlf* When we finished this interesting m-^" m^n had an> ccpoits to make so i about the importation of cotton to
V® ^ UL/IV J-.1IIC , - t 'most of the time was spent in gen- this eountrv •icmrdino t \ m,i
. i-spection we were taken by car to thelc„. 18 countij. accoictmg F.. A Mil-
I"West Point of the Air," Randolph! u’im ______vl^T'JeTafA^nd
Many people received the nnpres-
T,. , , tI , , - i Secretary Williams sounded a note
Fieid. Here we visited the hangars |that seemed to meet with approval.
stated that under a government
a person could purchase a
The Brown Express Inc., head
quarters in San Antonio, have pur- „„ , ■—*'-**
. , , 1 and watched with great interest the up
Those fields that were free of weeds j * ^‘ijav^be-n serving off and landin* of thc Planes-j setup
- where a ^ ^ ^ ^ “
Brown Express Inc. promise a dailv .. P bv.Ml- Thon'as behne being Housing program. He wondered if it
1 1 - tar.en. again as guests of ,l'" a i«—........- -
in harvesting
yields.
Some believe.Uiat if . . oclvlVL., UI1 callv ulu,
planted and handled, it is possible jn Crystal City such
properly service, an ''earlv'mining dcln-erv l**™' **** “ g“«st8“f the ,Alain0 i would be all right if the Chamber of
-i m*., .. ..........:. • umbel Co., to the Texas League Commerce went into the real estate
to get a yield of 20 to 25 bushels of ^ave'from the" S."m.' t7 Lines and'ilal1 gamc betwcen Shrevepwrt a,ld
flaxseed per acre, which at present xvfissouri Pacific,
prices should net $15 to $20 per acre,
and would be a mighty fine supple-
mental crop to grow. If, of course,
the acreage grows as it has in other
favored spots, there is the possibility
of a crushing plant and all the by-
products that go with it.
While most spinach growers
around Crystal City have at one time
or another made good money on a
crop, it is very doubtful that over a
period of ten years the average year-
V. F. Caulkins, field agent for
Brown Express, was in Crystal City
Tuesday contacting business houses
and making arrangements for Crys-
tal City headquarters. They propose
to put a local man on the job to pick
up freight and deliver. The end of
„ ... business and try to work out a pro-
ban Antonio. We were honored by gram whereby farmers might be lo-
having our pictures taken with Mr.1 gated here. It was voted that a com
Thomas by the San Antonio Evening mittee be named by the chair to in-
vestigate this proposition.
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News.
\fter spending the night in Brack
a tnp Wesley.
7:15-7:45 Breakfast.
__ , 8:00-9:30—Class and study. Ad-
Publicity is a great thing hut jt ministration, Young People’s Divi-
often leads us into wrong lmpros-!s‘nn- small church. Administration,
sions because it often fails to give an 1 Senior Young People's Department,
of the facts in the case, the result 9.35-10 15—Business, Herman Vet-
is given a ' tl’r- Presiding
10:45 12 15 Class and study.
12:30-1:00- Lunch,
1:00-2:00—-Committees and quiet.
2:00-3:00 Interest groups.
3:00-4:00— Quiet hour.
400-5:30 — Recreation (swimming,
tennis, baseball).
6:30-7:00—Supper.
7:15-7 45-.....Vespers
8:15-9:15- Special events (camp-
lin' hikes, pageants)
9:15 10:00- Informal social hour.
10:00-10:30- Prayer groups.
10 45 Tap.r
Officers foi tin' coming year were
chosen during the Assembly. These
officers, uho will lead the younf
people of the huge West Texas Coi(
sion that spinners had suddenh
started importing cheap cotton from
to compete with
I cotton produced here,
j This ns not the case at all, Miller
observed. Manufacturers in the Unit- , , _
ed States have been importing some C‘,nan Woou
o n„.i f.„n, .......... ..... ... ......1. ... M!’M' president. Harvey Didre
et.ridge Park, we went in the morn- FARM SECURITY ADM. OFFICE
ing to the San Antonio Portland Ce- j TO BE CLOSED AUG. 1-6
P’ent Co. Starting from the place The County Farm Security Admin
the line for the Winter Garden Dis-I^uw6 the ma‘enal 1S taken frorn the iatration Office will be closed from
trict will be La Pryor, with connec-! h‘n. 0 ^ment, we proceed- August 1st. 1938 through August 6th
tion with the San Antonio-Laredolcd ,thr°agh the p anb lhe supply of!1938- AI1 personnel is attending a ..................
material is estimated to last for 526'State Meeting at this time at A & M. KTSA next Wednesday
route at Cotulla.
Harry Brown, , ..... .
ly net income has been more than brothers Who have built one of the |t0 a,n a,kaline ‘>r hme rock soU’ is!able information will be absorbed at L Uvalde program, using to or
$15 to $20 per acre. But the same. largest frcight service linca in South 'crushed by machines, m.xed with this meeting and will be passed on to minutt.s „f the time. He would.
Brown, one of the Brown ™®tfr!*1::.'Vh,Chapp^ars j C.°.lle*e: 1 am sure that much valu-|at 1:00 o'clock P M. He will speak on
amount of spinach may be planted,
and have a few thousand acres of
flax besides. Diversified farming is
always regarded as the safest, and
most of our farmers are beginning to
figure it that way.
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JUNE WEATHER W ARM AND DRY
Temperatures in June averaged
86.4 degrees for the daily readings,
according to records kept at the Win-
ter Garden Experiment Station. This
is 1.5 degrees above normal but was
exactly the same average as June,
1937 The highest temperature this
year was 105 on June 3 and the low-
est 68 on the same day. There were
17 days with maximum temperatures
of 100 or more.
The relative humidity 57.4 percent,
which is five percent below normal.
The rainfall totaled .66 inch which
was .92 inch below normal. This rain
fell in scattered showers on four sep-
arate days.
Evaporation averaged .286 inch per
day, with a total of 8.59 inches for
the month. Irrigation requirements
were high as a result.
Wind was considerably below nor-
mal with an average of 4.6 miles per
hour for the month. The lack of
breezes was made up for by more
cloudy weather than usual for June.
There were 16 clear days, 13 partly
cloudy and one cloudy. Five thunder-
storms were recorded.
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—Ledgers, double entry record
books on sale at Sentinel office.
Texas, is in charge of this division.
They propose to cooperate with
Chambers of Commerce and other
organizations to get a highway to
Corpus Christi and to help build a
greater Winter Garden District, be
cause in so doing they make busi-
ness for themselves, according to Mr.
Caulkins.
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STATE SERVICE OFFICER
WILL BE HERE JULY 13
TO AII) WAR VETERANS
(Continued on page 8)
all clients when we return.
Harvey Didreil yj?
Scgu'm vice president: Bernice Hall
of Austin, secretary. Jimmie Fank-
hauser ot Harlingen, treasurer, and
Bob Crawford of Crystal City. Di-
rector of Publicity.
This assembly has proved to be an-
P Hornby, customs °,bcr 8reat inspirational success and
vve feel sure that more of our own
young people would attend each
summer if only they knew just what
the Epworth Assembly is. Remem-
ber it you attend this assembly, you
will know young people from all
parts of the state—as far west as San
Angelo, as far south as Brownsville,
as far north as Brownwood. and as
long and fine staple cotton, such as
Egyptian, and the rough varieties of
India and China for years.
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II. P. HORNBY TO BE
HEARD OVER KTSA WED.
Friends of H
collector for this area who has just
been inaugurated for another four-
year term, will have an opportunity
to hear him speak over Radio Station
July 13th ,
A. O. Willman will be in Crystal
City on July 13, 1938, with headquar-
ters located in City Office to assist
all war veterans and their depend-
ents in establishing their claims to
any Government benefits they may
be entitled to receive under present
veterans laws. The Veterans’ State
Service Office of Texas is a part of
the State Government maintained
for the purpose of rendering service
to war veterans and their depend-
ents.
Mr. Willman states that he is
working with the various veterans’
organizations in his territory, and is
receiving their full cooperation. He
suggests that it would be advisable
to bring all papers pertaining to in-
dividual claims when visiting his
headquarters in order that he may
render the best service possible in
conection with claims brought to him
for assistance.
He would also like to contact all
Gold Star Mothers and Fathers in
this vicinity.
^ inter Garden Production Credit Ass’n.
Move to Ne\^ Quarters-Business Gains
The Winter Garden Production I for their hospitality and we feel that Ione Suzv Q or n,,s<-’ ■qt'awkerj
Credit Association has moved to its
new office quarters at 110 West Nue-
ces Street. During the past four and
one-half years, the Association has
been furnished office space in the Za-
valla County Court House and “our
stay there was very pleasant and
comfortable,” officials stated. "We
are deeply grateful to the County of-
ficers and citizens of Zavalla county
course, appreciate having some of hisl
old friends listen in. then if they care ffas‘ as Yoakum. These lusting
to, write him a line. friendships formed at Kerrv:lie are
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FREE BALLOONS TO CHILDREN «>k forward to seeing my old
At the Guild Theatre Saturday, j friends at Kerrvillc Assembly.
July the 9th., all children attending > --WGD---
the show- -matinee or night -will re tV. G. P. f, ASSOCIATION
MOVE TO NEW OFFICE
every member of the Winter Garden j Galloon The picture is a thrilling j
Production Credit Association, to-1 airplane action crashing from the The new office for the Winter Gar J
gether with the officers and dircc- rk'es with Jack Holt. Jacqueline!den Production Credit Association
tors, joins in this vote of thanks. Wells. Dick Purcell, James Burke in located at lit) West Nueces Street. B
In March, 1934 the first loan was I "Flight Into Nowhere," also good a credit to our city and Mr. Smitj^
made by this Association. Since they comedy.
i secretary-treasurer,
have enjoyed a continuous growth.
The following is a resume of the pro-
gress made by the Association from
March 31, 1934 to March 31, 1938:
Saturday, July 9th, only.
No. Loans
March 31-1934
March 31-1935
March 31-1936
March 31-1937
March 31-1938
Outstanding Loans
$ 2,425.00
67,302.00
394.285.00
467.948.00
609.262.00
Undivided-
Class(B) Stock Profits
25.00 None
4,395.00 145.00
22.570.00 9,056.00
29.410.00 19,569.00
38.755.00 29,153.00
At the time this Association was
organized, the following directors
were elected: Ray M. Keck, Cotulla,
C. F. Jackson, Crystal City; F. V.
Standifer, Big Wells; F. J. Avant,
Dilley and F. O. Weyrich of Eagle
Pass. Due to the exceptional business
ability and capable management, the
members have continued re-electing
these men to serve as their directors.
O. L. Smith was elected the first
Secretary-Treasurer of the Associa-
tion in January, 1934 and has re-
mained as active manager since. H.
L. Lemburg was elected as Assistant
Manager in April, 1936.
H The original territory included
Dimmit, Frio, La Salic, Maverick and
Zavalla counties, but on November
15, 1937, McMullen county was added
to this district. In order that the As-
sociation can facilitate the handling
of business, we have established
branch offices in Pearsall with R. T.
Barnhart in charge as local represen-
tative, and in Cotulla with Dee Stew-
art aa local representative.
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E. B. BARNES of Travis County
Candidate for State Senator
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and Mr Lei*
iburg. assistant manager, take gn™
i pride in showing the place The m.;
office is large, having plenty!
working space and also waii
room. Mr. Smith has a private o|
with new furniture, as also doe j
main office. All counters and wi
work are of natural finish, mJ
light fixtures and Venetian li
giving the place a beautiful
ance.
Miss Elizabeth Forsyth
employed to assist in the offij
ing the place of Miss Mary
who has returned to her
Gainesville.
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BLACKSTED PEA FE8TIT/
On July 15, at Centerville, an^
Texas town, a Blackeyed Pee
tival will be held. A queen wtilj
over the celebration and
tended by Blackejred Pee
from all of the ni
This is the aeeoud event
held at CenterviOe.
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