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VOL. NO. 55. NO. 30
COTULLA, LA SALLE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1952
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
KOREAN WAR WEAPONS DISPLAY AT
LEGION RALL SEPTEMBER 30TH
Under the auspicies of the local
American Legion Post and Legion
Auxiliary, a display of modern in-
fantry combat weapons will be exhib-
ited at the American Legion Hall,
starting at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday, Sept
30th. The program will include a
barbecue supper, and the showing of
documentary and combat films cov-
ering the 36th Division’s operations
in World War II. The weapons dis-
play will be made by Company D,
141st Infantry, 36th Division of the
Funeral services for G. W. Will-
iams, 50, were held Tuesday at 4 p.
m. in the Doran Chapel with Rev. E.
M. Skinner-, pastor of the First Bap-
National Guard from Carrizo Springs j tist Church, officiating. Burial was
under the direction of 1st Lt Joe m»de in Westlawn Cemetery under
Fun (Till Services
Held In Del Rio For
!i. IV. Williams
Soil Conservation
Service Reports Bn
Drought Condition
Boy Scout Fund
Raising Drive
October 7-11
LA SALLE COUNTY INCLUDED IN
DROUCRT STRICKEN AREA
Gross, Commanding Officer. Among i ^ diriection of the Doran Funeral
the weapons to be exhibited, the j Home.
deadly 3.5 Rocket Launcher, which ! Williams, who had an interest in
has been a highly effective weapon j Palace Barbershop, died in his
in the Korean war, will head an in- 'residence Monday at 7:15 a. m.
teresting array of weapons, including
the 75 MM recoilless rifle, the 81MM
mortur light and heavy machine guns
50 calibre guns, and various other
weapons.
OUTSTANDING COMBAT FfiJU
TO BE SHOWN
The 36th Division’s “San Pietro”
one of World War II’s most outstand-
ing combat films, will be shown after !
the crowd has finished its picnic
supper. “San Pietro” covers the
36th Division’s operations in Italy.
A documentary film covering some
of the 36th Division’s operations—
“Naples to Cassino”—will also be ex-
hibited.
COUNTY WIDE BAR-B-t*
SUPPER PLANNED
To initiate the National Guard pro-
gram, the American Legion and the
Auxiliary are preparing a barbecue
supper for the occasion, which will
be served to the public. Serving
is to begin at 6:30 p. m. The supper
is being prepared and served at
cost, as an accomodation for the
large crowd which is expected. The
program will be terminated by S o-
, dock, but the Legion Hail will re- .
main open until later hours for those i
couples desiring to dance to the mus- j
ic of the jute box.
Indications are that the crowd will :
represent a good segment of the cifc- 1
izenry of the county. Don’t miss |
this interesting function, which will j
be the first in a series of some twelve ;
He was born June 8, 1902, in Com-
manche County.
Survivors include his widow, two
daughters, a son, five grandchildren,
two brothers and four sisters. The
daughters are Mrs. James Keath,
Cotulla and Mrs. John R. Riggs of
Carta Valley; the son is Dewey Will-
iams of Marfa. The sisters include
Mrs. J. J. Johnson of Carrizo Springs
Mrs. C. A. Thompson of Odessa and
Mrs. A. J. Johnson of Millett; the
name of the other sister was not a-
vailable. The brothers are A. W.
Williams of Three Rivers and Jesse
Williams of Quemado Valley..
Pallbearers were Jack Casbeer,
John Nations, Gerald Streuter,
James Roberts, Elbert Nations and
Lee Drisdale.—Del Rio News Herald,
Sept. 16, 1952.
Fort Worth, Sept. 24—The Soil
Conservation Service regional office
today announced results of a four
state study of drought conditions
! and reported that the drought in
! Texas, from the standpoint of area
• involved, duration, effect on land cov-
'*r, persistent high temperatures and
in the scantiness of effective rainfall
the present drought exceeds all pre-
vious ones in severity,
i Neig/fhoring Oklahoma, Arkansas
and Louisiana, though hard hit in
some areas by months of dry wea-
ther in the growing season, are gen-
erally in less critical condition.
Reports from 440 field offices,
230 in Texas, were summarized by
the regional SCS office in its study.
I The survey showed that conditions
in the Lubbock area have improved
materially since April and consider-
able relief has come to the Marfa-
Fort Davis country.
East Texas has suffered from the
: hot, dry summer but that area still
has fair to good cover although it is
generally dry. However, 81 counties
in western and southern Texas and
parts of 68 others are still suffering
extreme drought with respect to
both cover and moisture. Twenty-
two counties and parts of 40 others
west of the Blaeklands have fair
cover but are extremely dry.
In eight widely separated locations
'the estimated duration of the present
drought is as follows: Lubbock, 29
months; Haskell, Fort Worth and
San Angelo, 23 1-2 months; Big
LEGION BARBECUE
RESERVATIONS
public event features which will be j
offered at the Legion Hall during the |
coming months. The public is cordi- |
ally invited-
Because of the exceptional-
ly large crowd expected at
the American Legion’s‘Chick-
en Barbecue Supper sched-
uled for 6:30, Sept. 30th,
'the public is Being encourag-
ed to make supper reserva-
tions not later than 5:00 P.
M. Monday, Sept. 29th. Res-
■ervations can be made by
telephoning No. 39. The
supper -will be served be-
tween 6:30 and 7:30 P. M„
at $1.00- for adults and 50c
for children. A reservation
-will assure you of a plate.
Springs, 24 1-2 months;
ton 22 1-2 months; Del
months; Falfurrias 34 1-2 months.
The report of Regional Director
j .Louis P. Merrill of SCS showed that
in many of the drought ridden west-
ern, southwestern and southern por-
tions of the state crops have been a
New Optometrist
To Practice Here
| Softball Dotibleheader
| Monday Night
•Dr. .Wayne DeWeese, optometrist,
will open his office sometime next
week in the building located on Broad-
way across from the fire station.
Visual.care, including visual analy-
sis, visual training and the prescrib-
ing of glasses will be offered.
DeWeese is a former resident of
•Cotulla and attended the Southern
•College of Optometry in Memphis,
Tenn. for a period of four school
years, and received the degree of
JDuctor of Optometry in March 1952.
He is well qualified as an opto-
metrist as he graduated in the upper
one-third of his class and has cared
for .aver 100 patients in the college
•clinic.
The Lions Club has scheduled an-
other .ScCftibUll Doubleheader for Mon-
day night, Sept. J!9.
The Cotulla Lions will play the
Eneinal Lions Club and the Cotulla
Lioneefiee twill play the local Boy
Scout Troop 150.
The first game twill start at 7:30
p. m.
-complete failure. In ranching areas
range cover, except where good man-
agement practices have given protec-
tion, has largely disappeared. Stock-
men have sold or moved out large
percentages of the normal livestock
populations of their counties.
I In Mitchell, Howard and Reagan
.counties the shipment of livestock
to market or pasture is estimated at
80 to 90 percent. In 20 other coun-
ties the outward movement has been
from 60 to 80 percent. In 32 coun-
1 ties it has been 40 to 60 percent and
j in 48 counties 20 to 40 percent,
i South Texas sections have been
hard hit by periods of drought which
I have held crops and range in far be-
low average condition. Zapata
county is one of the driest. Drought
conditions began there in 1951. In
; parts of the county no rain has fall-
|en in 1952 and owners have sold or
shipped away 75 percent of the live- • e(j
stock.
Teams of more than two thousand
five hundred campaign workers will
take the field in the Alamo Council,
Boy Scounts of America Oct. 7-11
to raise the $80,000 budget needed o
operate the Boy Scout program in
1953 according to W. W. Wimberly,
District Chairman of the Frio-La
Salle District of the Alamo Council.
Early Bird breakfasts will kick off
the “dawn to dusk" one day campaign
in more than forty different commu-
nities.
Roy Dossey is Finance Chairman
for Cotulla and the kick breakfast
kwill be on October 7th.
Harhold D. Herndon of San Antonio
Council Finance Chairman who head-
ed the Council Budget planning also
heads the campaign for funds this
year. Each Community Campaign
Chairman is working under the lead-
ership of the thirteen District chair-
men. “The wonderful record of pro-
gress in this council" states Hern-
don, “justifies the full confidence of
every citizen in the leadership of the
movement and results prove that an
investment in our youth will pay the
highest dividends for many, many
years to come.”
In 1941, the Alamo Council was
serving a boy membership of 2708.
In 1951 this membership grew from
5992 to 7000, an increase of more
than a thousand scouts in a single
year. A membership of 8000 scouts
in more than 300 Troops, Packs and
Explorer Units is expected by the
1 end of 1952 and the 1953 budget pro-
Ft. Stock- vides for the leadership, supervision
Rio 32 1-2 and facilities, for more than 9000
boys according to Scout Executive
R. Glenn Singleton.
( The Alamo Council is currently
! participating in the Three Y'ear Pro-
gram of the Boy Scouts of America,
“Forward On Liberty’s Team” which
aims to give every boy an opportu-
i nity for Scout training in Character
! Building and Citizenship training.
Funeral Seniors
Held \Vedne?vdav For
Cpl. Jn.se Harlinez, Jr.
Funeral services for Cpl. Jose Mar-
tinez, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jose
Martinez, and husband of Mrs. Beat-
rice Martinez, who was killed in
Korea July 25, 1952, were held here
Wednesday at 9 a. m. The remains
of Cpl. Martinez arrived on the 2:30
p. m. train Monday.
Cpl. Martinez was born in Pearsall,
Texas, Jan. 16, 1930. He had work-
ed in Racine, Wis., prior to entering
the Army, June, 1950. He was sta-
t'oned at Ft. Knox, Ky. and assigned
to overseas duty last November. He
was attached to the 2nd Reconnais-
ance Battalion of the 2nd Infantry
Division.
Lions And Lionesses
Win Softball Games
Cirnb«js 11 in From
Laredo “if Team
The Cotulla Lions Club and Co-
tulla Lionesses Softball clubs won
both ends of the doubleheader Tues-
dan night at the local ball field. The
Lions defeated the Ramirez All-Stars
14-4 in a seven inning affair.
In a five inning game, the Lion-
esses outhit and outscored a team
made up of wives of the Ramirez All-
Stars, 12-3. Freddie Vickers did
the pitching for the Lionesses and
turned in a good game, allowing no
walks and only one ball hit to the
outfield. All the Lionesses had their
eye on the ball and hit well.
Following is the lineup of the
Lionesses: Avis Dorough. c; Freddie
Vickers, p; Robbie Daniel, lb; Elane
Franklin, 2b; Minnie Walker. 3b;
Marie Wimberly, ss; Claretta De
Weese, If; Jo Ann Jennings, cf; Ed-
die Mae Steighan, rf; Lorene Dau-
ghtrey and Margaret Kimball, utility
outfielders. J. W. Jennings in man-
ager of the Lionesses.
PM A Administrator Frank Craw-
ford received a wire Friday morning
! stating that La Salle County had been
i included in the drought stricken area
and was entitled to participate in the
hay program.
| Crawford immediately called a
meeting of the County Committee
and interested farmers and ranchers
at the Court House for Friday after-
noon at 2:00 p. m., and thoroughly
explained the program. He stated
that farmers and ranchers may buy
legume hay at $36 per ton, mixed
hay at $32, and grass hay at $28.
All foundation cattle including dairy
stock with steer calves no older than
ten months, and sheep are eligible for
hay at these prices. A deposit of
$5 per ton is required with each or-
1 der.
j The hay will be delivered to Co-
tulla or any other rail point in the
county in carlots, and buyers will
have to pay for unloading and haul-
ing.
I Farmers and ranchers signed up
for 483 tons Friday afternoon, and
this order was wired in Saturday
morning. Since then approximately
100 tons more has been signed up for.
It is not definitely known how long
it will take the feed to arrive, but
anywhere from two weeks to a
month is predicted.
I
Reuben Willson Post
Re-organizes
The Cotulla Cowboys won their 2nd
| start of the season by winning over
the Martin High “B” team of Laredo
120-0, last Friday night at the local
; stadium.
The Cowboys first scoring threat
' was made in the first quarter when
i Henry -Munk, Joe Lee Jenkins and
Benevidas carried the pigskin from
i their own 35 to the 16 yard line
Where Munk passed to Salinas for the
; first score. The Cowboys had scor-
on the previous play but was nuli-
INTERESTING PROGRAM AT
NEXT LIONS CLUB MEETING
The program for the Lions Club
meeting Oct. 2nd will be a discussion
of the Federal Reserve Bank. Ex-
planation of what the Federal Res-
erve Bank does, how checks from all
over the country are handled and
cashed, how money is put into circu-
lation, who is banker for the U. S.
Treasury and what becomes of old
worn out money.
This program should be of inter-
est to all attending this meeting.
The Reuben Willson Post 409 of
the American Legion has announced
its re-organization for the 1953 fis-
cal year to include the following slate
of officers:
I
Commander, Roy G. Martin
1st Vice Commander, Gus Hoff, Jr.
2nd V. Commander, Vernon Brown
Adjutant, Herndon Rock
Finance Officer, R. S. Pfister
Historian, J. P. Mitchell
i Service Officer, Jack Hodges
• Sgt-at Arms, Albert Johnson
Executive Committeemen: T. A.
Kerr, Jr. and A. V. Aldridge.
The regular meeting date of the
Legion has been re-scheduled for the
first Tuesday of each month. The
Legion executive committee, compris-
ed of the officers and two appointed
committeemen, has announced plans
for a monthly series of public events
to be held at the Legion Hall. The
first of the events is scheduled for
September 30th and is to feature a
Weapons Display and the showing of
combat film by the National Guard
Company from Carrizo Springs.
Hinnblc Fralhall
Broadcast
, ’ fied because of an offside. Boeker
( Extent of damage from the drought ; kicked the point Later in the
in Texas range areas .cannot be meas- ,2nd quarter the Cowhctys scored af-
ured immediately, Merrill pointed ! ter recovering a fumble on the La-
yout. Forage losses can be determin-
ed only after enough rainfall has
National Guard Unit Wants Men From
Cotulla Area To Fill Vacancies
has occured to bring suviving plants
! back into growing condition. Gener-
; ally ranges with good stands of vig-
- onous grasses have come through with.
Refining Company only 23 to 30 percent loss in ground
redo 33. Benevidas carried the ball
across from the 4. Boeker missed
the point after.
On the kickoff after this score,
The 141st Infantry, 36th (Texas)
Division with headquarters at Carrizo
Springs is interested in taking some
REPORT ON 1952 COTTON
ACREAGE
It is very important that a record
of the aene^ge planted to .cotton in
1952 on each individual farm be filed
with the La Balle County PMA Of-
fice so that such acreage figures will
be available for use in the event of
any future cotton allotment aqd
marketing quota program.
Humble, Oil
goes into its second weelk of broad-
casting this season's Southwest Con-
ference football games with the pros-
pect of an exciting football weekend
for fans throughout the Southwest.
Kicking off at 8.-00 p. as. Friday
night, will be S. M. 11. versus Duke
from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The
familiar voice of Kern Tips aad Alec
Chesser will bring listeners a run-
ning description of this game over
stations WRR, Dallas; KFJZ, Fart
Worth; KEYS, Corpus Christi; KA-
BC, San Antonio.
< Broadcast of the Texas-North Car-
(Continued on 'back page)
, cover. In contrast, ranges with
poor grass stands at the start of the
drought have lost 30 to Of) percent of
| ground cover.
In comparing the current drought
for summer field training.
3. DRILLS: One two-hour arm-
1°*'™** 15 ln“’re5w;a ,n laKln8 some ory drill per week. Time 2000 -
«... .... _____ : from ‘he Cotulla area, 12200 each Tuesday night. Six week-
Tomas Salinas of Laredo back, took j ^C0^'"K to Joe Gross, its Command- ; end drills per year (one day). Men
• mg Officer. Joe is well known in ' ---
the kickoff and carried about 85 yds.
for a Laredo score but a clipping
penalty nullified the nice run.
The Cowboys scored their last
score in the 4th period when a Lare-
do kick was short after Jenkins had
fumbled on the 2nd and was recover-
this area having spent lots of time
here with relatives. Joe now holds a
j first Lieutenants commission in the
j National Guard and has been the
j Commanding Officer of the 141st
j for some time.
j There are quite a few vacancies
with those of 1916-18 and 1933-36, ; e(j by Laredo. Starting from the . ...
Merrill said the present drought has i 23rd the Cowboys with Jenkins doing !exist,n* m the unit« rekorts Lt. Gross
- ., . . . . . . I and he IS anxious that cornu nlianhlo
j most of the lugging racked up their
Mexican Supper Saturday Night
Sponsored By O. E. S. Chapter
A Mexican Supper, sponsored by
the Cotulla Chapter U. D. Order of
the Eastern Star, will be given Sat-
urday, September 27, at the High
School Cafetria from 5 to 9 p. m.
The menu will consist of tamales,
enehilidas, frijoles, rice, chili
bread and coffee. Tickets are now
on sale at $1.00 a plate for adults
and 50c for children.
Homemade cake, pie, candy and
soda water will be sold extra. Also
tamales will be available at 60c per
dozen.
Entertainment will be provided
throughout the evening. The public
is invited to attend.
(prevailed for an average of nearly
27 months at key locations in the
area. The drought of 1916-lii, using
the same yardstick, ran 24 months
and the 1933-36 spell lasted 24.4
j months.
! The 1933-36 drought did not cover as
i large an area of Texas for as long a
j period as did the 1916-18 drought
‘and the present one. It was most
severe in the High Planis, the Ed-
, wards Plateau and the Trans-Pecos
area. For the United States though
it was the worst in history. In the
Great Plains states, including Texas
and Oklahoma, 1203 counties were
effected. Over 8 million head or
cattle were bought by the U. S. Gov-
ernment at an average of $13.47 a
head.
Information is too sketchy for
comparing the three more recent
droughts with the one of 1885-87
third score when Salinas, the man
‘ under, carried over from the 1.
Boeker’s kick was good and the final
(score was was 20-0.
The Cowboys will play Crystal
City Friday night at Crystal City.
This will be their first district en-
counter. Crystal lost to Uvalde, but
last week defeated Edgewood of San
| Antonio 28-0.
and he is anxious that same eligible
men around Cotulla be givei* an op-
portunity to get acquainted with the
Guard Unit. On Tuesday evening,
September 30th beginning at 6:30 p.
m. the 141st will display its modern
weapons as well us show two out-
| standing films of the 36th during
I World War II. The public is invited
! to view this display which is being
j sponsored by the local American Le-
! 8i°n Post. A barbecue supper has
| also been planned.
1
j but according to an announcement by
i Dr. W. C. Holden, curator of the
< Texas Technological Museum at Lub-
(bock, that drought ran 23 months.
Dependence of people on water
( streams, on limited feed reserves,
! and on the undeveloped transporta-
tion and communication facilities
j multiplied the consequences of that
early disaster.
| Here are some interesting facts
about the National Guard and points
of interest to anyone interested in
joining the Unit.
1. AGE LIMITS* 17-85 for men
without previous military, service;
maximum age for men with previous
service repends upon length of ser-
vice.
2. PAY: One full days pay in
grade for each drill, 1-2 month’s pay September 30th.
9
j paid.foj- weekend drills, but not com-
[ pulsery to attend. All other (arm-
ory) drills attendance is compulsory,
unless excused in advance.
4. Men may qualify for com-
mission. Vacancies exist.
5. TECH SCHOOLS: Men in Co.
D., 141st Inf. have choice of more
than‘thirty technical schools; such
as Radio operator, Radio mechanic,
Wheeled, vehicle mechanic, Food Ser-
vice, Light and heavy weapons In-
fantry Readers school, etc. Full pay
in grade while attending.
6. SELECTIVE SERVICE: Men
enlisting before age of 18 years and
six months are classified 1-D. Those
J after this age will ordinarily not be
called if attending drills regularly
and j other sources are available for
filling quota.
7. TRANSPORTATION: Enlis-
tees from Cotulla area will be fur-
nished transportation to and from
Carrixo Springs by Company trans-
portation.
8. National Guard Service is fully
credited for longevity pay purposes.
9. Vacancies exist in Co. D, 141st
Inf. in all enlisted grades, through
and including Master sergeant.
Meet us at Legion Hall, Tuesday,
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