The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. NO. 52. NO. 27
COTULLA, LA SALLE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1949
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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POLITICAL CRAP GAME
PUT UVALDE HERE TONIGHT
The Cotulla Cowboys journeyed to
Carrizo Springs last Friday night anc.
won their first game of the seasoi.
13-7. The game was a district game.
The game was hard fought with !
the Cowboys outplaying the Wildcats
throughout the game. The Cowboy ; Qne hundred and nineteen patients
line outcharged the Carrizo line and i are registered this week at the Gon-
kept such backs as Dockery and zales Warm Springs Foundation.
II!) Polio PalirolN A(
(ioizales H arm Springs
Moulder from getting
the ball.
Fumbles on the part of the Cow-
boys stopped several drives that no
doubt would have added a couple of
touchdowns to the Cowboy score.
Curtis scored both touchdowns, and
a 20 yard sprint.
Play Uvalde Tonight
The Cowboys will have their hands
full tonight if they trounce the Uvalde
Coyotes. According to newspaper
reports Uvalde has the best team in
the district and they are pointing
toward a district championship. Last
week they ran roughshod over De-
vine by a score of 26-0, with 2 TD’s
being called back- They apparently
have a couple of scat backs that will
started with Coming from all parts of Texas, pa-
| tients at the Foundation represent
- the babies, children, and young people
who are most often affected by polio-
myelitis or other crippling diseases.
I Forty-eight patients are in the
\ building reserved for infants and
children up to school age- Thirty-
seven boys and girls are attending
regular school at the Foundation, edu-
cating their minds as well as their
muscles. Three boys are just be-
yond school age. They are studying I
photography through the aid of a
professional photographer. Their
spare time is spent in the lab of the
treatment center, doing all of the de-
velopment and printing from their
wheel chairs.
bear watching if the Cowboys expect Twelve of the patients are young
to win. mothers, two arriving during the past
This should be one of the best ten days from San Antonio and Gol-
games of the season and if you are
interested in supporting the Cowboys
be on hand at 8 o’clock at the Cow-
boy stadium to give them a hand.
Coach Rittiman has been working
the boys hard this week and they are
in good physical condition although a
number of the boys were pretty badly
bruised after the Carrizo game.
Results of games played last week
are as follows:
Pearsall 48, Yoakum 0
Uvalde 26, Devine 0
Del Rio 20, Lakeview
gelo) 10
Eagle Pass 12, St- Joseph’s 6
New Braunfels 39, Hondo 0
(San An-
' iad- The other ten are “old timers’’
having been at the foundation for
several weeks.
j Several patients are in the recep-
tion center, waiting to be transferred
to wards in other buildings where age
groups are separated. Four pati-
ents are colored children under school
age. Many of the babies and young-
er children are Latin Americans. All
are Texans-
The campaign which is under way
this months in all parts of Texas, led
by our Own Governor Shivers, will
provide the additional buildings which
i will make the foundation readily a-
I vailable to all who apply. Contribu-
i tions to the National Foundation for
! Infantile Paralysis emergency fund
I drive, also being held this month, will
laid the Gonzales treatment center, as
many of its patients are polio victims
whose treatment costs are sponsored
| by local chapters of the Infantile Par-
, alysis organization,
j Built entirely by Texans and sup- j
ported largely by Texans since its
opening in 1941, the Gonzales treat-
ment center has quickly taken the lead
in providing complete care for child-
IT
FORMAL OPENING SET FOR OCT. 9TH
I Ilf {’ Idles To
Build Office ICuildiiig
A good crowd was present at the
called meeting of the membership of
the Cotulla Chamber of Comerce held
in the Court House last Thursday
night.
It was agreed by a unanimous vote
that the Chamber sponsor the open-
ing of the Cotulla Airport, and this
"eek, Secy. J. V Lacey sent out
over 500 invitations announcing the
formal opening 0f the Cotulla Muni-
cipal Airport on October 9th.
A vote was also taken
oi not the Chamber ot Commerce
would go ahead and build an office
building in the City Park- This vote
was also unanimous and plans are
now being worked out to finance
same.
Dr. Myers was also instructed at
the meeting to have plans drawn up
for a hospital, and get an estimated
cost and submit to the Chamber, af-
tcrwhich some plan of financing same
would try to be worked out
_
The Chamber of Commerce, City of
Cotulla, American Legion and Lions
Club have all joined to push plans for
the formal opening of the Cotulla
Municipal Airport on October 9th.
It is hoped to have well over 100
planes visit the field on that date
The Chamber of Commerce this
this week sent out over 500 invita-
I tions to aircraft organizations, asking
j them to participate in opening. It
I is planned to have a large number of
^ both Arnly and Navy planes as well
i as civilian planes here on that date.
A. B Alexander, J. T. Pogue, Louis
Schulze and Curtis Herring are on the
| arrangements committee.
; The American Legion is planning to
on whether fee<i the visitors as well as local peo-
: pie with a barbecue dinner at the
I Legion Hall. All visiting pilots will
be guests of the Chamber of Com-
: merce, but tickets for local people
will be on sale at $1 per plate-
Free Heather
Inftirinaliiiii
Eagle Pass Centennial
lelehralinii (let. L'-lfi
FarniersKanrbers
Irged To Buy Bonds
Dallas, Sept. 20—The value of fin-
ancial reserves in farming and ranch
ing operations will be emphasized in
a special effort to sell U. S. Savings
Bonds to farmers and ranchers of
Texas this fall, Nathan Adams, state . . . , ....
„ . „ , ’ . - ren requiring long hospitalization for
. , I rehabilitation of paralyzed muscles
Its present six buildings are all air-
conditioned. Each of the four bed
DISTRICT SUPERVISORS
L. Otis Cox, Chairman
J. Donald Jordan Harry
Oscar T. Boeker Black
Fred L. Klattenhoff. district cooper- damaging his
ator, has constructed approximately j
three miles of terraces on his ranch j
south of Los Angeles.
Zavisch, Jr,
Dilworth
field.
L. W. Mumme is another district
| cooperator in the Los Angeles Con-
servation Group who has recently
completed the construction of a sys-
tem of terraces on his farm.
today.
The program is now getting started
with the cooperation of the major ! .. ... . .
. . , , . .. , ! umts has its own indoor therapy pool,
state and federal agricultural agen- : ,,, . ,, ,, H
. . . . , , . . . | P'us a table therapy room
cues, Adams said, and will extend into . .
ii ’ . m ’ .. „ ., wel' equ'PPed gymnasium and
all of Texas 2o4 counties- He said ,___ . , ,
,, .. ., , „ . , large outdoor pool are two of
it would continue through October 1__. , , , .
. ... „ . . XT i. 1 m°st popular treatment features for 1 cleared recently,
and possibly well into November. .. , . . A,
v , „ . ., „a, „„„ . , the patients. It is in the pool that .
Nearly all of the 385,000 farm and , r
. ... a child often feels that
the state will
Ezra Alderman, district cooperator
has harvested a crop of KR bluestem
grass seed from 10 acres on his ranch
; southwest of Artesia Wells. Five
acres of this was planted last fall
The big. and the other five acres this past
the spring. Alderman will use this seed
the to plant some bottom land that he has
L. Otis Cox, Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors of the Dos Rios Soil
Conservation District, has harvested
his third crop of seed from five acres
of slender grama on his ranch four
miles west of Artesia Wells. With
the help of one or more good rains
he will harvest another crop of seed
this fall- Cox has also harvested a
seed crop from 20 acres of slender
grama which was planted the first
part of March 1949.
Fiedler Brothers, district coopera-
tors in the Buckholts Conservation
Group have constructed approximately
two miles of terraces.
ranch families in the state will re- > easj]y
ceive letters and printed literature 1
about Savings Bonds. Adams said that 1
the mailing lists of county agricul-
tural agents and county representa-
tives of the Production and Market-
ing Administration (PMA„ the Pro-
duction Credit Corporation (PCC),
and the National Farm Loan Associa-
tion (NFLA) are being utilized to
achieve virtually 100 percent distri-
bution in rural areas.
Adams said that other activities in-
clude distribution of 25,000 to 30,000
j osters for display in places where
farmers meet or transact business.
“A financial reserve
aid for proper management of busi-
ness”, Adams said, “and farmers and
ranchers need such as a reserve for
their business just as much as the
merchant or manufacturer.
“We want the farmer and rancher
to become as well acquainted as the
city man with the value of Savings
Bonds as the means of acquiring fin-
ancial security. Agriculture has al-
ways been a hazardous business, sub-
ject to sudden disasters such as flood,
drouth, epidemic in livestock, or a
sharp break in commodity prices. The
farmer or stockman who builds a
strong financial reserve for himself
by investing in Savings Bonds during
the good years protects himself a-
gainst these emergencies.
If emergencies fail to develop, his
cash reserves are still available for
buying more land, expanding produc-
tion, replacing old buildings and e-
quipment, education of his children, or
comfortable retirement in old age.”
he can walk ; g g. Edge, district cooperator
again, foi the bou.vant, warm j southwest of Calliham, planted 30
acres of Chinese red cowpeas and 11
acres of Guar for soil improvement.
After the guar was about two feet
high, it was grazed along with a
field of sudan. Edge said, “My cattle
grazed the sudan first then grazed
the guar second.”
water relaxes weak muscles and holds
up paralyzed limbs with ease.
Texas Lien Hunter
SCATTERED SHOWERS
A new book just off the press is
i the “Texas Lion Hunter”, and tells of
E.
| the rugged adventures of John
; Hearn in Southwest Texas.
The book is centered around La
, Salle and adjoining counties and tells
i how John Hearn outsmarted the
. mountain lions and other wild animals
is a powerful of this section and brings ’em in alive.
| He has 129 mountain lions to his
edit, and has shot or trapped rough-
ly 25,000 coyotes, 10,000 wildcats
j 1,000 red wolves and 100 timber
] wolves.
The Lion Hunter is not a biography
. in the usual sense—it ife the exciting
| account of a man pitting his method-
I ical sureness against the cunning and
deadliness of predators which range
the Texas cattle lands.
John R. Vosburg is the author and
the book was published by The Naylor
Company 0f San Antonio.
Scattered showers fell over most of
the county during the week. In some
spots it was heavier than others.
The rain was bad on the cotton and
peanut crops that were being har-
j ~ vested, but came at a fine time for
the farmers who are planting fall
i T. E- Keath, district cooperator, crops and on the ranchlands.
has recently completed the construe- ; The rainfall at Cotulla amounted
tion of a diversion terrace on his j to 1.07 inches. Total for the month
farm west of Los Angeles. This ; is 1.17 inches and total for the year
terrace will divert outside water from j js 30.35 inches according to the Rec-
’ an adjoining pasture that has been ord Office gauge.
CHARIOT
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RACE
OIL NEWS
Plymouth Oil Company spudded in
on a new wildcat well about 1-4
mile west of the Plymouth No. 1
Archbishop of San Antonio and have
now set surface casing. The No. 1
well blew in as a gasser and was out
of control for a couple of days be-
fore being shut off.
The Eagle Pass Centennial Cele-
bration will open October 12th with
a grand Historical Parade depicting
the 100 years and more 0f history of
this area, west of San Antonio. Many
of the cities from San Antonio west
to Eagle Pass will have parade en-
tries in the Historical Parade.
Beginning with the first mass in
the year 1635 such historical events as
the founding of Mission San Juan
Bernardino at Guerrero, the romance
of the French soldier, St. Dennis,
passage of the Canary Islanders
through Texas to San Antonio, found-
ing of Ft. Duncan, Robert E. Lee's
visit to Ft. Duncan, Eagle Pass as a
cotton port in the Civil War, the
Seminole Indians’ migration to Mex-
ico, early frontier days, stagecoach
transportation, culture in Eagle Pass,
education in Eagle Pa-s, mining, in
ligation and the military history of
Ft. Duncan are theme subjects of
floats to be seen in the Historical
Parade.
Castorville will bring a float show-
ing the Tarde Inn, Crystal City will,
of course, show Popeye. Del Rio will
have as their theme Judge Roy Bean.
L’valde will, of course have a square
dance float and a theme float abou'
Fort Ing. and Bracketville will send u
complete section of floats showing
the founding of Fort Clark and the
establishment of the city of Bracket-
ville and will carry their history to
the present day showing Bravketvillo
as the center of the great cattle and
sheep industry.
Other cities participating in the
parade are Cotulla, La Pryor, C m ia
Springs, Asherton, Pearsall, lo
and Sabinal. San Antonio will send
a float from the San Jacinto Fiesta
Assn. with their Miss San Antonio
and the Sail Antonio Brewing Assn.
Will have a float in the parade.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
at 2:30, there will be a massive rodeo
at the Ft. Duncan Park. Such other
events as square dancing festivals,
Indian Villages, bullfights, dances and
of course, the famous Noche Mexi-
cana will be other features of the
Eagle Pass Centennial Celebration.
| H Miles Payne, Chief Aircraft
j Communicator at the Cotulla Munici-
I pal Airport, informed the Chamber of
j Commerce this week that they were
] in a position to keep the public in-
J formed on the weather conditions be-
j tween San Antonio and Laredo at all
j times and would gladly furuish this
J information t0 anyone so desiring
I Mr. Payne also extended an invi-
I tation for the public to visit the Air-
port at any time.
Humble Football
Broadest
One of the most unusual football
broadcasts timetables ever to confront
listeners come up this week on Hum-
ble Oil A Refining Company’s weekly
broadcasts of Southwest Conference
games.
There will be but one day game—
Texas vs Temple, in Philadelphia—
and that game will come to listeners
with an early 12:30 p. m. kickoff be-
cause of timf differences.
The remainder of Saturday’s heavy
six-game schedule, well-sprinkled with
intersectional meetings, is at night.
Three strong Southern Conference
teams invade Texas with Wake For-
est-SMU at Dallas. South C.’.rollna-
Baylor at Waco, and Clemson-Rice at
Houston. Texas Tech and Texas
A A M at San Antonio and Oklahoma
A and M-TCU at Ft. Worth complete
an evening schedule to provide listen-
ers with an unusual Saturday night
(Continued on Back page)
PUTS ON TWO RODEOS
NEXT MONTH
Trey Howard, local rodeo promoter
will put on a big rodeo at Eagle Pass
(luring the Eagle Pass Centennial
on October 13. 14 and 15. The rodeo
is being held haring the Eagle Pass
Centennial Celebration.
Another rodeo w ii he held in San
Antonio or October 21, 22 and 23rd.
and will be held at tile Storey-Wood
Arena.
Mfjflli
The chariot race is a regular feature of the Texas Prison
Rodeo held each Sunday during October. There’s laughs and
thrills galore as inmate clowns race these savage Brahma
bulls in one of the most comical acts of the “Greatest Prison
Show On Earth”, held at Prison Stadium in Huntsville.
BUILDING FUNERAL
HOME IN DILLEY
The Hearn Funeral Home began |
work this week on the construction of j
a complete funeral home in Dilley, j
consisting of chapel, display room, i
preparation room, office, rest room. I
etc. Bruce Tiller, local contractor j
has the contract for the building.
Mr. Hearn has recently purchased i
a new 1949 Pontiac ambulance to add '
to his fleet which will give him a j
three fleet service, family car, Am- j
bulance-hearse and flower car to take
care of'his business.
The new business will be known as !
the Hearn Funeral Home of Dilley, j
Texas. |
COTULLA COWBOYS
VS
UVALDE COYOTES
Game Time: 8 p. m.
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