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VUL. NO. 52 NO. 17
COTULLA. LA SALLE COUNTY, TEXAS FIJIDAY, JULY 8, 1049
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Funi'ial Sen id's
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QUEEN OK RODEO
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Once again hundreds of Waco or- Funeral services were held Sunday
phans have eaten their fill of water- j afternoon July 3, at 5:30 at the Meth-
mtlons through the generosity of the j odist Church for Albert Ray Guinn,
people of La Salle County. | und were conducted by the pastor,
The Cotulla Lions Club has spon- ; Rev. C. B. Diltz.
cored this generous thought for the Albert Ray Guinn passed away j
past three years and each year the June 30, at 1:45 p. m. at the nome of >
results have been much greater and j his mother. He was 41 years of age j
tne task of collecting the donations i and died suddenly following a short !
and melons much easier. T ‘n"ess- . .
May we express our wholehearted j He was born m Cotulla April 2o, ;
glatitude to Mr. L. E. Schulze and I 1008. He later moved away with his !
Mr Delbert Curtis who filled the j parents, but returned in 1037 and had j
car with their melons. Not only did j since made his home here. He join- j
they furnish the melons but they de- ; ed the Methodist Church when quite a j
voted much time and effort on the j.young boy at Odem, Texas.
i On April 24, 1939, he was married
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Needless to say the citizens of Co- to Miss Ada Cheatham of Bryan,
tulia contributed so readily, little 1 Texas. To this union two sons were
solicitation of donations was neces- : born, William Richard and Thomas
gary The Missouri Pacific Railroad Ray. j
has paid half the freight every year . Ray Guinn had been in the bull-
ae the undertaking of this project dozing business for a number of years j
and our appreciation to this company and was well known over this section, j
. i He was a hard working young man i
is very strong. 1 °
‘ The following people have contrib- I and a good father and husband, and j
uted very leniently and the Melon j had many friends who will mourn his
Committee of the Lions Club wishes j passing.
MISS BETTY DOSSF.Y
Miss Betty Dossey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Dossey
selected as Queen of the Rodeo and was crowned with a ten gallon Su
son hat at the coronation held during rodeo on July 4th.
lii/.arti Lumbrrra
Killed ill'll'
Sunday \i«bl
w CT
Lazara Lumbrera. age 59, of Arte-
sia Wells was shot to death at Plaza
Flcrita last Sunday night about 10
I o'clock. Two bullets from a .22
I caliber pistol entered his body. He
; was lushed to the Myers Hospital
but lived only a short time.
Cruz Davila, 25, was arrested and
placed in the county jail. He admit-
ted the shooting.
An examining trial was held in
Justice of the Peace John Wilden-
thai's Court Tuesday monring, and
Davila was remanded to jail without
bond to await the action of the
grand jury.
Cotulla Cubs Will Enter State Semi-pro
Tournament With Re-built Ball Club
\i‘U Books ll
i'niiuh Library
this
New books
Library are:
he La Salle County
to thank each of them for their part
in sending the Waco Orphans this
third ear of watermelons.
Ray M. Keck, Sr., Chairman
Ben Ludeman
W. P. Cotulla
Roy E. Dossey
Melon Feast Committee.
The following made donations to-
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Ada
Guinn and two sons, William Richard
j and Thomas Ray; his mother, Mrs.
j Georgia Mangrum, two sisters, Mrs.
Irvin Cauley, Leary, Texas; and Mrs.
i Blocker Natus, Fowlerton; three bro-
j thers, Claude Coates, of Venezuela,
; S. A., Harold Glenn of Cotulla and
! William George of Fort Lewis, Wash.;
ward the melons fo7 Waco Orphans: j nine neices and nephews and two
H W Altenburg, E. Aaronson, A. j great nephews.
B Alexander A. V. Aldridge, Jack j The floral offering was large and
Bavlor, W. B. Barbour, W. F. & J. j beautiful.
F ‘ Barnes Lumber Company, C. D. j Pall bearers were Paul Cotulla,
Bate* Jr Chester Baldwin, Bill Black | Gerald Streuter, J. T. Pogue, Arnold
Jimmie Black, W. P. Cotulla, George j J. Kuykendall, John E. Hearn, Frank
E Cook, Cotulla Record, Cotulla Newman.
Grain and Feed Co., P. M. Cox, L. | Out of town relatives and friends
B Cooper M. D. Curtis, Jack Curtis, attending the funeral were Mr. and
Paul Curtis, Roy Dossey, M. V. Davis 1 Mrs. Richard Cheatham, Mr. and Mrs.
E S Dorou’gh, M. L. DuBose, Rev. C. j Jimmie Cheatham, Mr. and Mrs. H.
B Diltz Dr. O. M. Durham, R. W. ; R. Cheatham, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Fergurson, Claude Franklin. Jr. Guina j McAdams and daughter, Mr. Jack
Del Toro, Gill Del Toro, Raul Del ; Cheatham and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Toro Robaeo Del Toro, Henry Del | Britton all from Bryan; Mr. and Mrs.
Toro’ J H. Gallman, Gaddis Phar- | J. J. Cheatham and daughter, Bay-
macy J B. Henderson, C. T. Hud- town; Mr. Edward Cheatham. Bayou
dleston, Herring’s IGA, Ralph Hearn, .City; Mrs. Anna Lou Tolleson, Hous-
Edward Hargrove, George Hopkins ! ton-, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop Johnson,
T E Harris, Chas. Hoff, Hughes Bu- j Bobby and Tommie Flannery, San
‘ane Gas Co., Louis Hardcastle, Don Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold J.
Iwan Ida McMains Shop, A. H. ; Kuykendall, Fowlerton; Mrs. W W.
Johnson. Z. T. Jordon, Ray M. Keck. I Alderman, Mr. and Mrs. Omar Alder-
Sr Ray’ Keck Jr., Enrique Jiminez j man, Artesia Wells; Billie Marvin
Fred Kuaggs, T. R. Keck & Sons, ' Burwell, Oklahoma; Mrs. Beryl Pot-
Jack Kerr, Kerr Motor Co., Johnnie | chejrnick, San Marcos
Ludeman, La Salle
The Cotulla Cubs will play a two i notch ball players on hi- club
game series here on Saturday and j time who can give any ball club | P°>nt of No Return,
Sunday. On Saturday night July 9 j trouble. So come out Saturday nite I 9-and
and Sunday afternoon, July 10, the i and Sunday afternoon and get a ! Seven Storey Mountain
Cubs will take on the strong Laredo j glimpse of the team that will be en- Merton
Cardinals of I.aredo. in what promis- lered this year.
Saturday night all children under
13 years of age will be admitted to
the game free of charge. Sunday
afternoon will be ladies day and all
J. P. Mar-
Thornas
,es to be a good set of ball games.
The local fans will get to see a re-
built Cotulla ball club, as the Cubs
are entered in the State semi-pro
:
tournament to be held in San Anto- j ladies will be admitted to the game
nio on the 22nd of July and are en- I
tering with the intention of win-
ning the State championship this
year.
Manager Brown has fifteen top
j free.
On Wednesday night, July 13th, the
j Cubs will take on the Hondo Baseball
Club at 8:15 at the local ball park.
VOCATIONAL AG TEACHER
RESIGNS
j minor in advanced animal nutrition.
Mr. Adcock came to Cotulla as Vo- !
|,eational Agriculture teacher about
L. Adcock, Vocational Agricul- ,_________________.__|
W.
ture teacher in Cotulla High School
has resigned and will enter Texas A i resignation of of Lewis B. Taylor and j Father of the Br.de, Streeter, (book
one year and a half ago following the
There is no Armour, Howard Spring
The Moment of Truth, Storm
; Jameson
Death Be Not Proud, John Gunther
There’s Freedom for the Brave,
Paul McQuire
The Brave Bulls, Tom Lea
The Slender Reed, H. H. Lynde
Guard of Honor, J. G. Cozzens
Rio Grande Robert, J. W. McDowell
My House is Yours, Elsie Larvialde
The Evening and the Morning,
Virginia Sorenson
Little Squire Jim, Robert K. Mar-
shell
This Is My Son, C. B. Kelland
Tree of Wisdom, Rebecca Caudill
& M at the second summer term to
begin work on his Master of Science
degree, continuing through next year.
Mr. Adcock states that his major will
be grasses and brush control and his
the department has made progress
under his leadership. He hopes to
return to this section of the country j
following completion of his graduate
work.
j club selection)
Death of a Salesman. Miller (book
| club selection)
REGISTERED JERSEY PUR-
CHASED FOR COTULLA FARM
Knaggs, Ben
Hotel, Dr- C. P. Myers, R. C. Me
Combs, Jr. Dick McCombs, Missouri
Pacific Lines, George Noah, Miss
Marie Neal, Ossorio Cleaners, Mrs. T.
H. Poole, J- C. Poole, Ramirez Gro-
cery, Corkey Sledge, L. E. Schulze
Bill Tarver, Tony’s Service Station,
J. B. Redding, Bill Tarver, Jr., H. H.
Wildenthal, Joe Earl West, J- <1
Young, S M. Zinberg, Benito del Toro
(out of town)
Mr. and Mrs. Percy L. Walker
(M P Lines employees)
The Hearn Funeral Home had
charge -of the funeral arrangements.
I
WINTER GARDEN PCA READY
FOR l.VKH ANNUAL
ST()CK HOI.DER’S M F.ETING
DISTRICT SUPERVISORS
L. Otis Cox, Chairman
O. L. Smith, Secretary-Treasurer
of the Winter Garden Production
Credit Association, Crystal City, says
plans have been completed for the
* stockholder’s meeting to be held at
C. W. Gimble, J. E. Kessler, R. H. : Crystal City Grammar school on July
Richter, C. L. Farmer, E. E. Ray, Ed | nth.
Moynahan, C. M. Juvenal, H. E. j in addition to the business session
J. Donald Jordan
Oscar T. Boeker
Harry Zavisch, Jr.
Black Dilworth
Columbus, Ohio, July 1—Gordon
i Rankin, Cotulla, Texas, has purchased
| the registered T, 'sey Standard
Sparkling of F. F. The animal comes
Don. the herd ed by the Ruling
! Foundation, Luling. Texas,
j The purchase acid* to the steadily
: growing number in this area. Dairy-
• men buy Jerseys because of the high
i quality of milk they produce.
Purebred Jerseys are registered by
the American Jersey Cattle Club
| which has its national headquarters
' in Columbus, O. Several programs
j are available through The American
. Jersey Cattle Club to help breeders
j get the most profit from their Jer-
seys.
G. R.. Hoff & Son, district cooper- ,
ators, have also recently completed
the combining of a crop of hubam j
clover seed. They harvested the seed
from 70 acres of clover that had
been planted in rows.
Wakefield, W. B. Coleman, W. J.
Herd, P. W. Hofstetter, J. A. War-
ren, A. L. Ramsey, David S. Opiela,
George Urquhart, L. R. Sohn, O. T.
* ,’atson, U. L. McCoy, T. L. Jungman
A. D. Sump, L. S. Squyres, T. H.
Godfrey, A. C. Soechting, C. A. Pack-
ham, C. W. Sledge, V. D. Nidever
Following are two letters of ap-
preciation received this week from the
Orphan Homes:
Methodist Home
Waco, Texas
Mr. Ray M. Keck, President
Stockmens National Bank
Cotulla, Texas
Dear Mr. Keck:
I am writing you on the behalf of
the four hundred twenty-three boys
and girls in the Methodist Home, as
well as the staff, to express our ap-
preciation to you, as the chairman of
the “Melons for Orphans Committtee”
of your local community. We are
delighted to receive the four hund-
red seventy-five nice melons which
recently came, and which were serv-
ed to the children July 4th. They
were good, as well as properly cooled
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an orchestra will supply music for
the occasion and a free barbecue
lunch will be served to guests and
members by the ladies of the Crystal
City Cemetery Association.
This association now occupies its
new $40,000 building and a number
of out-of-town guests are expeeted
to attend the meeting and look over
the new plant.
The District Supervisors of the
Dos Rios Soil Conservation District
held their regular meeting Thuisday
afternoon, June 16 at the Harry
Zavisch ranch southwest of Calli-
; ham.
The supervisors approved 17 appli- j -
cations for assistance on 46,3.2 acres : Supervisor Harry Zavisch. Jr.
and 11 conservation plans on 19,140 j pj.mted 70 acres of hubam clover last
acres. j fan jn rows on his ranch southwest
After all business was attended to of Ca]ijham. He inoculated the seed
Supervisor Zavisch took the group an(1 app]jed 200 pounds of 20 per
over part of his ranch and showed : cen{ superphosphate in the rows un-
them some of the conservation work der {j,e ?eed- While talking about
he was doing. J this planting Zavisch said: “This 70
acres of clover furnished grazing for
JAIL BREAK AT PEARSALL
Deputy Sheriff Frank Newman
went to Pearsall Wednesday night
after being notified by Frio County
officers that a jail break had occured
there about 10 p. m.
Newman stated that a white man
and a Mexican escaped. They were
both being held in connection with a
series of safe robberies in that city.
Lirgr Croud
ill'll’ To Alli'od
ii-llli Celi'liialiiiD
Gnt of the largest crowds in years
was in Cotulla over the weekend to
attend the rodeo and celebration on
the 3-4th. Troy Howard put on a
bang-up performance both days of
1 the rodeo and everyone seemed to be
j well pleased with his show.
The parade was held Monday morn-
ing at 10 a. m. with the Cotulla Cow-
boy band heading the procession.
There were many beautiful floats,
decorated automobiles, vehicles of all
kinds and a long string of cowboys
and cowgirls. The first prize for
floats went to the American Legion
i Auxiliary; 2nd prize to Bobby Ann
i Dick Play School; 3rd prize, for the
: most unique, to the Los Angeles
J school; and Herring’s IGA Store for
: the best commercial float. Mar-
guerite Sturges was selected as the
| most outstanding junior cowgirl and
| Bobbie Kinsel as the junior cowboy;
: Miss Beatrice Garrison of Three Riv-
i ers took first place as the most out-
standing senior cowgirl, and Guy
Jean Lowe as the outstanding senior
i cowboy.
No. 763
Mrs. Lamar Trammel of Big Wells
; held the lucky number (No. 763) and
j was winner of the Registered Zebu
| bull calf given away by the Legion.
Wins $50.00 Pair Boots
J. B. Hill of San Antonio, the cow-
I boy winning the most points in the
! riding events, also won a $50.00 pair
I of boots given by Ben Ludeman and
! a pair of Levi’s given by Aaronson’s.
Queen of Rodeo
Miss Betty Dossey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Dossey was sel-
ected as Queen of the Rode0 and
| was crowned with a 10 gallon Stetson
hat by Post Commander Henry Pott-
hast. She was sponsored by the
Cotulla FFA Chapter.
i
Susie Knaggs and Her Trick
Cow Pony
Susie Knaggs, 9 year old daughter
of Sheriff and Mrs. A. J. Knaggs of
| Carrizo Springs drew much applause
| at each performance as she put her
! cewpony through his act. She was
assisted hj her brother Bill.
\\ inners in Rodeo Events
Following is a list of winners in
the tv ... rodeo events;
Calf Tie Down
1 s'. Wesley Davis. Freer
2nd Wynn DuBose, Uvalde
3-4th places tic: .Tnk • Robinson,
Smiley; Edgar Kuenstler, Eneinal;
Walter Stephenson, Dilley; Prince
Wood. Uvalde.
Break-a-way
1st Wesley Davis. Freer
2nd Jose Moya. Fowlerton
3rd Wynn DuBose, Uvalde
4th Lem Reeves, Freer
Barrel Race
1st Charles Hinkel, Cotulla
2nd Bill Maltsberger, Cotulla
3rd Oscar Boeker, Jr. Cotulla
Second Day:
1st Bill Maltsberger, Cotulla
2nd Oscar Boeker. Jr. Cotulla
3rd Jackie Davies, Freer
Girl's Barrel Race
1st Merle Mahoney, Jourdanton
Second Day:
Tie for l-2nd. Betty Dossey, Co-
tulla and Bonnie Mangum, Poteet
3rd Pearl Jenkins, San Antonio
Saddle Krone Riding
Tie for l-2nd: George Timberlake,
ATTEND TENNIS TOURNAMENT
MEDICAL SOCIETY TO
MEET IN CORPUS
104 cows for three months. This
permitted me to defer the grazing on
800 acres of my native pasture for
this period, which was during the
spring growing season. My grasses
The Southwest Texas District Med-
ical Society will meet in Corpus
Christi July 8th and 9th. The district
includes all the doctors in cities from
Kerrville and Fredericksburg on the
N#?th to Brownsville, and from Gon-
zales and Refugio on the East to
Eagle Pass and Sanderson. On the
program will be the following promi-
nent speakers: Dr. Philip Thorek of
Chicago: Dr. Michael DeBakey, Pro-
fessor at Baylor; Dr. Carl Meyer of
Southwestern; Dr. G. V. Brindley,
President of the State Association;
Dr. D. W. Chapman, Dr. G. S. Me
Reynolds, Dr Wm. F. Guerriero and
Dr. James A. Greene.
C. T. Payne, district cooperator
four miles west of Millett, has com- i
bined the seed from five acres of j
Lehmann’s lovegrass. Payne appli-
ed 27 sacks of 5-10-5 commercial fer- |
tilizer broadcast and disced it in. I ^ave made a fine growth
February 10 and 11, 1949 he planted | jjaVp a good seed crop.*’
the seed in row's at the rate of one- | ___
half pound per acre. Then 110 days
later he harvested seed from this
planting. After the seed were re-
cleaned (87.83 per cent pure seed)
the yield was 296 pounds from the
five acres.
• Hogue Poole, district cooperator,
last week completed the harvesting
Ezra Alderman, district coopera-
tor, on May 15 started deferring the
grazing on 2,250 acres on his ranch
southwest of Artesia Wells. He is 0rn’
grazing his cattle on sudan during
the deferment period. Alderman
said, “I believe having a good sudan
feld to graze each year is very im-
portant in good range management.
Charles Burwell and Joe Tom Har-
ris were two of the four selected
from Goodfelltw Field, San Angelo to
attend the AFTRC Tennis Tourney
at Scott Field, 111., June 20 to 25.
Charles and Joe Tom have won
and now several honors and trophies in tennis
I w hile stationed at Goodfellow Field.
| Both boys expect to be released
from the Air Force within a couple
of weeks. Charles is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Burwell and Joe
the son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
i B. Harris.
ATTENDING HOME ECONOMICS
WORKSHOP
of seed from 50 acres of hubam clov- » period complete ' ^ Marco?- Ju,-V Mary
rowBTwit^1r^d.^r2J1petreceI.t I()e#erment during the time when our ! Home
superphosphate applied in the rows K,aFS‘s ma e * e,r est growt an Economics Workshop at Southwest
under the seed. The seed v ere in- alao dur,"K »he Penod of our highest Texas Sute Teachers
average rainfall." ' —
oculated before plantings.
The workshop will last from July
San Antonio: Gene Webster, San An-
tonio
3rd Gerald Akers, San Antonio
Second Day:
1st George Timberlake
2nd Gerald Akers
3rd Bud Clark, San Angelo
Bareback Bronr Riding
Tie l-2nd Ira Akers, San Antonio
and Johnnie Bell, Austin
3rd Speed Collins, Crystal City
4th J. R. Hatley, Uvalde
Bull Riding
1st J. B. Hill, San Antonio
2nd Jodie Reeves, San Antonio
3rd Bubba Davis, Crystal City
4th George Hermes, Cotulla
Wild Horse Race
1st George Hermes’ team
Second Day:
1st Bud Clark’s team
6 to July 23 with special representa-
tives from commercial fields lectur-
ing the group.
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