Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1951 Page: 1 of 8
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Zavala Countv Sentinel
VOL. 40
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNTY, TEXAS, MAY 11, 1951
NO. 3
County Agent’s
Column
JACK ADAMS
SPRAY FOR PECAN NUT
CASEBEARER
There are not many Pecan Nut
Casebearers showing up this
i spring but in examining trees on
Tuesday of this week it appears
that spraying should be done
now. A few eggs were found so
spray should be applied within
a few days to get control. In the
northern part of the County if
spraying is done by early next
i week, May 14) it will be suf-
ficiently early.
A spray that develops 600
pounds pressure or more should
be used. Use 3 pounds 50% wet-
table DDT, 6 to 8 pounds wet-
table sulfur to 100 gallons' of wa-
ter. Large native trees will re-
quire 50 gallons of spray or more.
Smaller trees run from 15 to
30 gallons.
Zinc sulfate added to the above
formula will correct Pecan Ro-
sette. Two pounds in 100 gallons
of the spray will correct rosette
unless it is severe. If it is a se-
rious problem then this amount
should be doubled
PUREBRED GILTS
DISTRIBUTED
The five Purebred Poland
China gilts and Poland China
boar that are being distributed
Wednesday to the following 4-H
Club boys: Sammy Guyler and
Burrell Day of Crystal City;
Jack Scott and Darrell Walker of
La Pryor, and John Patridge of
Eatesville.
A show will be held in the
fall. The winner of the County
gilt show and the boar for the
County program will compete in
the area show at San Antonio.
Out of the first litters from
the gilts, the best gilt pigs will
be turned back to the County
Agent to be distributed to five
more 4-H Club boys. The boy
who has the heaviest litter of
pigs at 56 days of age will re-
ceive an award. From the
mainder of the litter of pigs each
hoy will fatten three market
hogs to be shown in the County
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Observing
Mother’s Day
j Everybody should honor Moth-
er and Mother’s God by attending
church services somewhere on
Mother’s Day
At the First Baptist Church,
the Rev. J. Wm. Mason, pastor,
.special services are being
planned. A red flower for those
having a living mother, and a
: white flower for those who have
passed on, will be pinned on each
one on entering the church Sun-
Iday morning.
j Several Mothers will be rec-
1 ognized Sunday morning, and
bouquets wilT be awarded them:
JACK HALE " 1. The oldest Mother present.
2. The Mother with the young-
who recently purchased the Joe esj baby, both present. 3. The
Smith Jewelry business is a grad-1 Mother who has had the greatest
uate of Bradley University School j number Qf children. 4. The
of Watchmaking. He comes to ; Mother with the greatest number
Crystal City from Uvalde where
he has been employed by Spring-
ers Jewelers (successor to Joe
Vosatka) as watchmaker, jewel-
er and engraver.
He says: “I specialize in Swiss
and American watches.”
Court of Honor
Breaks Attendance
Records Monday
of children present in the service.
5. The mother with the greatest
family connection present in the
service (including the “in-laws”
even.)
The Sunday School is striving
for an attendance of 250, and the
^Training Union an attendance of j
100. Both organizations are plan- j
ning to go over the top. Mr. Clyde j
Tate is the fine Sunday School
Superintendent, and Mr. Ralph
Post will act as Training Union
Director.
Sermon subjects for the day
are: Morning, “Crowning Moth-
er” — John 19:25-27, and eve-
ning, “The Sufficiency of Christ,”
Home Dem. Agent
VERA THORMANN
CLOTHING REVUE
The Annual Girls’ 41-H Cloth-
ing Achievement Revue was held
in Batesville on Saturday after-
noon, May 5th, with 61 girls mod-
eling garments which they had
made.
The garments were divided
into six divisions and winners in
each division were:
Beginners’ Aprons
1st Mary Backor; 2nd., Glenda
Cook; and 3rd, Martha Solis, all
of Crystal City.
Beginners’ Division, Pajamas
and Gowns
1st, Sadona Pratz, Batesville;
2nd, Janice Bookout, Crystal
City; and 3rd, Kay Yancey, Crys-
tal City.
Junior Division
Pajamas and Gowns
1st, Lindell Cummings, Bates-
ville; 2nd, Patsy Hunter, Bates-
ville; 3rd, Katherine Krai, La
Pryor.
Senior Division
Pajamas and Gowns
1st, Noble Gates, Crystal City;
2nd, Janis Capps, Batesville; 3rd,
Jane Guyler, Crystal City.
(Continued on Page 4)
Honor Mother and Mother’s
God by attending services some-
where on Mother’s Day.
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Smith Furniture
Ninety-three people attended
the Spring Court of Honor held
by Troop 96 and Post 9096 at the
Roadside Park Monday night and | p“J6’..
fifteen boys received their ad- ° ■
vancement badges, with Judge N.
H. Hunt acting as master of cere-
monies.
Everyone enjoyed a picnic
lunch as the program got under |
way about 7:00. Mrs. Tate led as,
the group sang “America,” and I fVlptirfltpc
“Home on the Range.” The scouts I dlCo
then presented an exhibition of -j 4.1 A •
scouting skills as G. L. Lee nar-1 J.~ftn /\nniVCrSflry
rated. John Lee and Billy Coker |
explained the construction of
♦heir lean-to shelter, made from ^'ran^c ^ Smith owner of Smith
vegetation found along the river. Furniture, thinks about the wars,
Fire-building with one match j dePressions and many other
re- was demonstrated by Jerrv W:l-! hardships that have confronted
liams and Herman Acosta Stu-!him in his climb UP the ladder
of success. Now after fourteen
Committee for Dam
Completed, Having
Meeting Tonight
The La Pryor members for the
committee to promote a dam at
Tom Nunn Hill was named at a
meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce Monday night. The
two named were Jake Laning
and Tom Walker.
This completes the six-man
Fire Dept. Answers
Record Number
Alarms for Year
The Crystal City Fire Depart-
ment closed its fiscal year on
April 20th with a banquet at the
Country Club and the following
ofticers were elected: W. P. Bren-
nan, Jr., president; D. L. Al-
dredge. secretary; W. E. Casey,
chief; Howard Reed, assistant
chief; R. H. Morris, captain; J.
W. Rutledge, Lt., conpany No
1.; Frank F. Smith, Lt. company
No. 2 and H. Hale, Lt. company
No. 3.
During the past fiscal year the
department answered a record
number of alarms in the number
o' 56, or an average of better than
one fire each week. This number
of alarms is more than double
for any previous year, and the
department has resolved to reduce
the number through fire preven-
tion for the coming year. The 56
alarms are classified as follows:
g»-ass and rubbish 26, residential
15, miscellaneous 2 cars and trucks
5, electrical 4, mercantile 3, and
false alarms 1. Of the total num-
ber of alarms answered one-
third were out of the city limits.
Estimated non-insured fire loss-
es, $18,000.00.
members answering
alarms
Man hours spent by mem-
Man hours spent by mem-
bers at drills
Total man hours put in by
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TFC. RODOLFO D. CASTILLO
son of Mr .and Mrs. Raul L. Cas-
tillo, and husband of Mrs. Maria
M Castillo of Crystal City, who
F. M. Getzendaner
iTalks Water at C.G
Meet Wednesday
F M. Getzendaner, geologist,
whose home is in Arkansas, but
has been in this area for the past
several months, studying under-
ground water, was a guest speak-
er at the Chamber of Commerce
meeting Wednesday. He was
I asked to talk about the water sit-
uation.
| The speaker had prepared a map
| to show the location of the Car-
Irizo water strata in relation to-
!*he balcones faults through which.
|the sands get much o' their wa-
iter. His ta'k concer'ad mainly
| the water basin arouad Crystal
fity, how the water came into the
hrsin from several directions,
but mostly through the faults
north of La Pryor, and how the
sands may be recharged either
‘hrough wells or by a series of
is attached to the Btry.-A-780th, j dams along the faults.
F A. Bn. now serving with the
armed forces in Korea, has been
active for the past three months.
Rudy was formerly employed as
In case of a dam on the Nueces
river at Tom Nunn Hill, Mr.
Getzendaner said a spillway may
be provided to divert water into
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Galveston Invaded
Bv Seniors
j
I The Senior Class of Crystal
693 City High School descended on
(Galveston Island Saturday after-
noon, May 5, 1951. Twenty mem-
fire department U80 hers of the class were accom-
The Ciy of Crystal City will lpanied by Mrs s H Fly, Mrs.
retain its good fire record credit j Susie FloreSi John Anderson, and
of 25 percent, which we have had jMiss Jean Donalson on the an-
since 1947. This 25 percent is the nual trip Thev had nice accom-
oommittee, two each from Uval- maximum any city or town in modations on the east beach at
Texas may have and is based on
the ration of premiums collected
against fire losses paid. The pre-
de, La Pryor and Crystal City.
A meeting of the committee has
been called for tonight (Friday)
at La Pryor. They will get or-
_ , . , , ganized and probably select a
Looking back over the years, manager or promoter who will be
-rt Pullen explained the use of
stars and various nature signs in
Show at the same time the gilts I finding directions without the aid
from the first litter are shown.
This will be in the fall of 1952.
All prizes won by the 4-H Club
members are to be used in pur-
chasing permanent equipment to
further their swine demonstra-
tions.
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Last Grammar
School Program
Tuesday 7:30 p.m.
A n interesting program i s
planned for Tuesday evening,
May 15, at 7:30 o’clock at the
Grammar School auditorium.
This entertainment will close out
the monthly program activities of
the school and feature a small
-portion of each program that was
presented during the year.
There will be no charge and
parents are urged to attend.
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—WHEN BUYING that new re-
frigerator or electrical appliance,
remember that anything we sell,
we will service. Krakow Refrig-
eration and Air Conditioning, tfc
CLASSFIED ? QUIZZEES
About Titles
• ‘ In what countries would
you find the rulers and princ-
es bearing the titles mentioned
in the following questions?
Turn to the Classified Page
for the answers.
1. In what country is a chief-
tain called a shiek?
tain called a sheik?
2. In what country are princ-
es given the title of Rajah?
3. A Shah is the head of the
government of what coun-
try?
4. In what country were rulers
once called Czars?
5. What country has been
ruled by Sultans?
“Classified has the Answers.”
of a compass as well as what ac-
tion to take in case a person is
lost.
Charlie Reed and Stuart
showed their collection of edible
plants found in this region at this
♦ime of year, and explained the
methods of preparation for eat-
ing.
Phineas Durbon, Larry Tate,
Gerald Coleman and John Lee
demonstrated^ various knots
learned in the Scouting program.
Scouts from Troop 196 of Win-
ter Haven proved their skill in
starting a fire without matches
by the use of flint and steel.
Charlie, Stuart and James Rob-
erts demonstrated and explained
the use of artificial respiration.
Dr. Henry Daly awarded the
following boys their Second Class
advancement badges: Billy Casey,
Donnie Gardner, Bobby Lee,
Johnny Hale, Gerald Coleman,
Tommy Rossington, Stuart Pul-
len, Jerry Williams and Clarence
Harrell.
First Class awards were pre-
sented by Judge N. H. Hunt and
went to the following: Larry
Tate, Charlie Reed, Johnny Lee
and Phineas Durbon
R. C. Tate awarded the Star
Badge to Herman Acosta.
After the singing of taps and
the Scoutmasters’ Benediction,
Judge Hunt officially closed the
Court.
Norton Curry, Scout Field Ex-
ecutive for the Winter Gadren
District, was a special guest at-
tending the Court of Honor.
vears’ of labor and hardships,
*Yank is celebrating his anniver-
■iry with a big sale at bargain
prices.
He has been at his present lo-
cation for ten years since moving
from the old Pullen building.
Enjoying his anniversary are two
faithful and reliable employees,
Mr. S. A. Bruner, bookkeeper
since 1946, and Aurelio Reyes,
handy man, who has been with
Frank for thirteen and one-half
years.
The future looks bright and
Frank says he is going to con-
tinue to offer the highest qual-
ity merchandise at the lowest
prices and to serve our customers
in the best way possible. Frank
wants to express his appreciation
uninsured losses were high.
The local fire department will
be host to the Winter Garden Dis-
Weather Report
(24 hrs. ending 6 p.m.)
W
Wt >
Rain
Sun. 100 68
Mon. 88 61 JOS
Tue. 88 56
Wed 98 66
Thu. (a. m.) 71
April high, 104; low, 38; rain,
0.59 in.
imously approved to set up an
organization and get busy. The
idea was that the way to do a
thing is get busy on it. Just talk
never gets a job done. It takes
action. The committee is ready
to go. It is up to us to back the
committee, and the first thing we
know a dam at Tom Nunn will
be a reality.
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High School
Closing Exercises
The plans for the high school
closing exercises include Bacca-
laureat service at 8:00 p.m. Sun-
for the patronage and friendship i<j ay, May 20, and Graduation ex-
ercises on Friday, May 25, at 8:00
p m. All exercises will be held in
the high school auditorium.
Below is a list of the candidates
for graduation, together with the
names of the two students with
the highest averages for the four-
year period:
Pete Acosta
Israel Alvarado
Manuel Arenas
Ralph Casey
Daniel Guzman
Frank Hipp
Harold Mandell
David Lee Oden
Alejo Romero
Rey Yruegas
Florentina Bocanegra
Diane Caperton
Bertha Cumpian
Lucinda Diaz
Joyce Dunkle
Charlsie Mae English
Patricia Fly,
Valedictorian
Emma Guenther
Elvira Lara
Yolanda Longoria
Hermila Martinez
Florence Murphey
Nancy Pegues
Peggy Rossington,
Salutatorian
Shirley Ann Sorrell
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Africa is within ten miles of
Europe.
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of his customers during the last
fourteen years and give them
credit for his success.
Ses reminder ad elsewhere in
‘his issue.
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Miss June Fry
Seriously Hurt in
Gun-Shot Accident
Miss June Fry, daughter of
Mrs. Vivian Keenan, and operator
of the local Mode O’Day Dress
Shop, was seriously injured
Tuesday afternoon when a .22
Winchester rifle was accidental-
ly discharged, the shot entering
the lower part of her body, rang-
ing up and through the body.
She was in the store alone at
the time, but the report is she
had the rifle in her hand pre-
paring to clean it and accidental-
ly dropped it. She went next door
and asked Miss Mary Ann Noble
to call a doctor and ambulance.
She then fell on the floor and
♦he examination at the hospital
showed her to be in a serious con-
dition.
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—WE HAVE PADS to fit any
type oL Evaporative Cooler. Kra-
kow Refrigeration and Air Con-
ditioning. tfc
promised a salary. We say prom-
ised a salary, because first of all
the money for promotional work
will have to be raised. A plan for
doing this is yet to be inaugurat-
ed.
At the recent meeting held in
Crystal City a motion was unan-1 ;r‘c^ Firemen s Association on
May 20th. Watch this paper for
big feature edition coming soon.
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Cancer Drive
Over the Top
The Cancer Drive held during
the month of April is completed
and the results are gratifying to
County Chairman Cliff Ford,
and should be to all of those who
contributed to the drive to fight
this dreaded disease.
The quota for Zavala County
was set at $548.00 proportioned
to the several towns of the coun-
ty. The final tabulation and count
of the take-in amounted to (in
round figures) $875.00.
a clerk at Barnes Service Sta-jWood Slough, and through this
lion and Grocery. • reservoir into the faults, thence
--Jinto the Carrizo sands. There are
| many other ways to recha-ge the
water sands, he said.
But first of all, we should con-
serve all the rainfall by terracing
‘he land, building reservoirs and
planting cover crops. Then we
should not waste water by incon-
sistent and erroneous irrigation
•md letting wells run wild.
When asked if the water sands
car. be recharged, Mr. Getzen-
daner said he had never prac-
ticed it, but had seen some ex-
periments and was as certain it
can be done as he is of anything.
At Rotary on Tuesday, H. R.
McNiel talked about water along
the same lines as did Mr. Getzen-
daner. So our people are becom-
ing water conscious, and we are
beginning to learn that while wa-
ter is our No. 1 problem, there
the Jack Tar Court Hotel.
After several hours of shop-
ping, swimming, and sightseeing,
miums for 1950 were $20,164.00 , party was entertained by the
while uninsured losses were only j cIass treasury with a sea food
$203.00. This ratio is small, how-jdjnner at tbe Turf Grill,
ever, it does not give the true j garly Sunday morning the
picture as far as fire prevention „roup boarded the Galvez for I are ways to conserve our natural
is concerned, since we have a | a boat ride and fishing trip. Dur-
record number of alarms and thej,;ng the morning a grand total of
10 channel catfish and a stringray
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were caught. High point man was
Hermila Martinez with three cat-
fish to her credit. On the return
trip through the ship channel
the class saw the remains of the
‘anker that was rammed by an-
other in the Gulf with a loss of
all but four of her crew.
At the starving point (which
occurred about 2:00 p.m.) the
seniors became involved in a
traffic jam as the Galvteston
Splash Day Parade was in prog-
ress. After a late dinner at Hill’s
Fish House, the class went wave
riding at Stewart Beach. They
discovered one thing: It really
was Splash Day—everyone got
splashed!
That evening after a picnic and
play rehearsal on the beach, the
scene of activity shifted to the
seawall. Between hunting souve-
nirs, riding the roller coaster,
^nd covering the carnival, mem-
Mr. Ford stated that the solici-
tors were very favorably received (hers of the party saw a fireworks
and the contributors gave very I display, and a radio broadcast
generously. Batesville contrib-
uted $111.00 and La Pryor $208.00.
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Crystal City contributed the bal-
ance of $556.00.
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HOWARD STANSELL
ATTENDS TRAINING SCHOOL
AT EASTMAN KODAK
FACTORY, ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Howard Stansell left Friday
morning by train to attend a two
week training school at EAST-
MAN KODAK factory in Roches-
ter, N.Y.
Mr. Stansell is a partner in
Crystal Drug Co. and intends to
prepare himself at this Eastman
school to better serve cus-
tomers who are interested in
cameras and photography.
Mr. Stansell was accompanied
by Mrs. Stansell. They plan to
return by way of New York City
and Washington, D.C.
During Mr. Stansell’s absence,
D. M. Howard of Devine, father
of Dave Howard and a druggist
for many years, is helping out
at Crystal Drug.
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—FOR SALE: John Deere “G"
Tractor, in good condition and on
good rubber. See Buddy Freed,
Phone 256. ltc
supply and also the norma' rain-
fall may be increased. It will
cost us some money, but with wa-
ter there are many ways tu make
money.
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Lions Club
Sponsoring
Benefit Dance
The Crystal City Lions Club is
sponsoring a benefit dance for
the High School band to help that
organization to purchase some
needed instruments and to help
defray expenses for instruments
already purchased.
The dance is to held at the
Country Club with the Lex Harp
band furnishing the musical num-
bers. Both the Club and the band
are offering their services free so
that the entire proceeds may go
to the high school. The dance will
start at 9 p.m. and will conclude
at 1 a.m. Tickets are $2.00 plus
40 cents tax. Plan to come, and
over KLUF from the Pleasure buy your tickets early.
Pier with Red Grange and the | Prizes are to be offered to the
Snlash Day Queen. band members fur the ones sell-
The return trip featured a tour ing the most tickets. A list of
‘hrough Texas City and a visit (the prizes are as follows: $10, 1st
to the San Jacinto Battlefield | prize; four Mexican dinners, given
where several hours were spent (by Ben Gault at the Tavern, 2nd;
in the museum at the monument
and at the Battleship Texas.
one free portrait from Milton’s
Studio, 3rd; and one free wash
Without doubt the trip proved and grease from Dry’s Texaco
to be a profitable and enjoyable Station, 4th prize.
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of the cherished memories of
‘he senior activities. The class
would like to express its appre-
ciation an dthanks to the chap-
erons and to all who helped to
make the trip a success by their
support of Senior Class activi-
ties during 1950-51.
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—WESTERN UNION HOURS
Commencing May 1st:
Mon.-Sat...... 8:00 a.m.-5 pun.
Sunday _________8:00 a.m.-lO a.m.
4-3tc
Hammermilling — Mixing
Crimping — Molasses
Custom Mill Work
P. W. FLETCHER * SONS
Phone 401 - Crystal City, Tax.
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Vulcanizing Stat’n.
Damaged by Truck
The vulcanizing station on suotb
end of East Zavala Street, oper-
ated by W. C. Nichols, and the
building owned by A. G. Weston
of Uvalde, were damaged Tues-
day night when a truck driven
by a Big Wells man ran into the
building.
The damage to each party was
estimated at $500—to the building
and the equipment
Agricultural Extension Service
personnel supervised a home gar-
den program in 233 Texas coun-
ties last year. A total of 477,9V«
gardens were grown.
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