Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. [24], Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1937 Page: 7 of 8
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Handelman’s
CARD OF THANKS
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to be
open
assisted
them during
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Mr
and family.
SWEET HOME P. T. A.
CENTER 3
of
Mrs.
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new
are
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Joe
Owner see T.
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were
business.
Mr.
was
well
Sunday
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(Had
5c
10c
10c
; SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY
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with
Wisconsin
CHEES
WAGON WHEEL
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will
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LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL U.
S. FLAG PRESENTED TO
SCHOOL BY MR. AND MRS.
MC CRAW.
Mild a Mellow
COFFEE
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re-
garded as fanciful tales, have
since been demonstrated as sound
reporting.
OKLA. PLAYBOYS
SUNDAY, SEPT. 19
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the meet- ‘
brought to order by the ’
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mean-1;
was ex ‘’
FOR SALE—at a liberal dis-
count, a $175.00 deposit, on the
purcMMe price of a new Ford
V-8, any model. Apply Box X,
e-o Yoakum Herald.
(dwtfnc)
When you think <.f furniture
think of us. We buy and i
used household furniture .it high-
reno-
I see
YOAKUM
CO., at
(126-tfc)
Standard quaifar
I01II1
0 No. 2% dCc
11 Cans 1O
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friend-
in tin-
helm rd
LoUIm
urged to attend the next meeting son
which will be held Friday night, ing
I Brosch.
Mrs.
Sunday
lia ii'cr.
Miss
W(‘(
est prices paid. We ats» i
vate mattresses. Come and
us for estimates.
USED FURNITURE
Browning’s corner.
FOR SALE—Syrup at 65c per
gallon. Mat Story, R. F. D. No.
4, Phone 804-21. (137-1td-2twp)
FOR SALE CHEAP—6 tons feed,
stalk cutter, 2 cultivators and
one wagon. Chas. Matus, Shiner
Route 2. (24-3twp)
FOR SALE—Young mileh eow,
fresh, Apply 201 Walnut St., T.
H. Whitfield.
(124-3lwp)
We own and offer for sale
farms of various sizes, located in
different sections of Texas. Sub-
stantial cash payment required.
Liberal terms—low interest rate.
THE FEDERAL LAND BANK
OF HQJJSTON.
C25-wtf)
FAYTEX OIL COMPANY
Wholesale and retail Petro-
leum Products. Farmers we
have all kinds of tractor fuel.
No. 1 distellate, No. 1 kero-
sene. Special heavy duty trac-
tor oils and grea.se. For more
power and mileage use our
H. P. gasoline and Wanda
oil. for your cars and trucks.
MIKE HARBUS, Agent
Phone 831, Yoakum
On Shiner Highway
(22-4tw)
POSTED—All property owned
and controlled by me in DeWitt
and Lavaca counties. No hunt-
ing or trespassing.
(Id—2w) Terry Matthews.
STAM^'-D INTO MY PASTURE
—-JPaifiof brown mare mules, been
I •
Dedication Ceremonies Held At
*:• ij High School Building Friday I
Yoakum Saturday on business. 1 ♦ t
---------------------MCCRAW UNABLE TO ATTEND
CLASSIFIED BUT SENDS ASSISTANT
lAHUt White W
Shreda_ 1 *<
KRAUT
2 «!
Marco Polo’s travels, once
as fanciful tales.
Miss Polly Albrecht left Sat-
urday morning for an extended
visit with relatives in Houston.
Mrs.
Yvonne
laws.
The motion was made and car- [ *
ried that the association buy, <
school ground equipment for the ,
school. II
The following officers for the|<
1937 38 term were elected: <
President—Mrs. lx*o
Y’ice-president — Mrs.
the
stands.
The benediction was given by
Rev. F. O. Beck ami at the con-
clusion of the program, the
i were invited to remain a
few minutes to see the stage set-
I tings which had lioen installed.
I One of the scenes available, the
, was set up and
of the hoard, including O. C. i 8hown but due to the fact that
Wagner, Arthur Cain, C. C. Wei- ,he otbpr fiCenes rM»’,,ref’
hausen, E. L. McMurrey, J. W.|tim’’ ,o ”P’ thcy werc
„ Boothe, Fred House, and A. O. Rbown.
in ihy pasture for several weeks. Prob^. He also introduced H. S.
L. Wagener, Yoa- Frady, chairman of the city com-
(137-ltd-2twp) mission.
Mr. Barr<*n was called upon to
Morey Brandstetfer who presented
a beautiful violin solo, accom- *
panied by Miss Hollander.
Mr. Barron was called upton to
introduce the visitors and among
those introduced werc the follow-
ing: II. C. Johnson, Acting State
P. W. A. Administator; G. C.
Street, Jr., State Engineer In-
To out neighbors and
who were so kind to
' illness and death of our
its forthcoming annual Pa,*nts, Mr. and Mrs.
vis-
i ited at the E. Baechermann home Mr. Dullye i
Empire Builders
The present stage of develop
ment in South Texas in the re-
sult of work of empire builders
of many years ago even as the
South Texas of the future will
reflect the work of today’s em-
pire builders who are building on
the foundation provided by their
predecessors in this very fair
land. The Corpus Christi Caller- I
Times, in i..
fall edition, to be dedicated to Rohan Sr., and Rev. Maneth who
empire builders of South Texas,
will stress the part played in the lu.ss> Kevs. F. O. Beck, A.
section's development by the,.. . .
colorful leaders of the past and
present. The edition will be un
usual inasmuch as it will survey,
in story and picture, the develop
ment and rich present day op-
portunity of the great South Tex-
as section. Proper representation
in the picture will be accorded
each town and city in the South
Texas area.
8 O’CLOCK •
MILD AND MELLOW Q 1 lb. J
2pkg^l>’.. L
Excelo
SPINACH
Iff
and was attended by a good num- ,
her of interested patrons.
The program was delayed
few minutes when electric
trouble developed and the lights; ’
to the building went out. The j
trouble was soon corrected how-;
ever and the program was car-
ried out without interruption.
Attorney General Win. McCraw
was unable to attend the cere- i
monies, due to urgent state busi-,
ness at Fort Worth, but his as-
sistant H. B. Stout of the At-
torney Generals Department and
Mrs. McCraw were present to re-
present him.
J. O. Barnett, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, acted as
master of ceremonies and called
upon Rev. Paul Beehter for the
Invocation. The welcome message i
The Sweet Home P. T. A. met
for the first time of the 1937-38
term Friday night, Sept. 10.
A short program was
dered by the students of
Sweet Home High School,
After the program
ing was I
president, Mrs. Leo Frazer.
A short talk was given by Mr.'
Victor Dullye in which the
ing of the P. T. A.
plained.
The joining of the National |,
Parent Teachers Association was [
fully explained and discussed by;’
Ijeo Frazer and Miss <
McDaniel road the by H
: CUCUMBERS, 2 lbs.
nek; Treasurer
1 fully e;
Ann Elstner.
The P. T.
having Mis.
president for
I The
P. T. A. will
l month at the
School.
After all the old and
business were discussed the memj;
hers adjourned.
All parents and friends
of
He
. the
I safety of the nation against in-
vading isms, is in the principles
I of Democracy and high ideals
taught in high school* and said
that all Yoakumites should he
proud of the facilities available
here for such teachings. Mr.
, Stout made a most interesting
address and commanded the at-
tention of all present by his stress
of the importance of our schools
and his explanation of what has
was given" by" O. C." Wagner, prosil 1 been «ndJ8 b,‘,n* done to P™™0^
dent of the School Board. In a
few words he called attention to
the many advantages to be found
in the new school building and
urged the patrons to make good
use of all opportunities offered.
Carruth Palmer was introduced
as a Yoakum boy who was mak-
ing good in the vocal solo field,
and Carruth presented ‘ ‘ The End
of a Perfect Day’’ in a most ac* |
complished manner. He was ac-'
com panied by the high
band under the direction
J Morey Brandstetter.
( Durell Miller made
! teresting talk on
j biruviuro anu wnai 11 siooii lor.
I He praised the school board and
Supt. Geo. P. Barron and called
upon a response from the audience,
when he introduced the members: wood’and 8cene»
ot the hoard, including O. ( .
I A most impressive dedication
[ceremony was held at the new i
"h I high school building Friday night t,ne na,,Kers rr
sen U..1 I... „ 1 tractors for the
speetor; Walter Collard, local
l Inspector for the building; Vic-
tor W. Bouldin, Assistant At-
torney General, Mrs. Bouldin and
Mrs. Win. McCraw.
Representatives of the general
contractors, Walsh and Burney,
were not present but Mr. Bar-'
ron introduced F. O. Crawford,
contractor for the foundation of
the building and 1). A. Poth of
the Bankers Printing Co., con-
j office machine
equipment of the building.
u I The principal address of the
line1 even*n^ was ,,,ade by H. B. Stout,
assistant attorney general, who
' in a most accomplished manner,
dedicated the new school building
! to the assurance of safety
! Democracy in this nation.
! stressed the opinion that
Danger visited
Mrs. G. Emmen-
BEANS, Giant, Stringless, lb. 5c
CARROTS, bunch
’ CABBAGE, 3 lbs.
YELLOW ONIONS, 3 lbs....
SQUASH, White or yellow,
2 lbs. 13c
15c
PEARS, Kiefer, bushel 99c
GRAPES, Flaming Red Tokay,
3 lbs. 19c
CELERY, each 10c
PEANUT BUTTER, Sultana 4 Rc
Brand, 1 lb. jar lU.
SPARKLE, All Kinds, J Qc
3 pkgs-........................- 10
Carton, 10 pkgs. yli.civ
TOMATO JUICE, ( ampbells Me
3, 14 oz. cans 1U
HEINZ PRODUCTS
KETCHUP
14 ob. bottle
VINEGAR, Cider White,
pint bottle
BAKED BEANS,
2, 18 oz. cans
their welfare.
Following the address by
. Stout, Mrs. Win. McCraw
I introduced and in a few
chosen words presented the Yoa-
; kum High School with a large
American Flag. The flag being a
gift of the Attorney General and
Mrs. McCraw. Supt. Barron ac-
cepted the flag on behalf of the
school and pledged the teachings
of the school to the Nation and
school I *be principals for which it
of |
a most in- |
„ the wonderful
structure and what it stood for. Pa*rons
t<> report that
rdes i> getting better.
Ixtui' L. Dullye, son of Mr. and
spent Mrs. F. Dullye, Yoakum, ro-
F.;cently received his Master De-
I gree at the August ('omuientM*
’ment of the Vniversity of Texas,
is Professor of bio-
Sunday. 1 logy in the Ball High School at
Mr. and Mrs. A. Schroeder and Galveston.
Silvester visited Friday
with Mr. and Mrs.
Pearl Albrecht visited last
k with Miss Alice and Gladys
hauling. SP"‘' 1,1 'oakum.
Mi and Mrs. J. Rollen visited
with Mr. and Mrs.
< fill
14.
Most cotton is picked,
corn will begin soon.
Miss Dorothy I'.luinenhauser
and brother Alfred. Mr. and Mr-, i
A. Kupka and daughter Mary]
Ann and Miss Agni's Suhr visited ’’
last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
W. Suhr ami family.
Mr. Sidney Met’rah
Thursday with his brother
Cabe.
Frazer;;!
Leonard J
Mudd; Secretary—Mrs. Ed Bre-' ’
Victor < CIGARETTES. Wings,
Reporter — Miss Lillie ,
«
<
is fortunate m ’
Ijco Frazer as their <
a seeoinl term. 1 <
regular meetings of the ’
lie held even ’
Sweet Home High ’
<
opportunity |
to continue that proec" through
adult life is limited indeed in a
. community which dm - i ’ make i
j some provision for a library.
Libraries are as es-ential to
I community life as schools, in nJ
I way. They should be supported,
from the community coffers -
with a certain small per cent of i
the community’s tax income.
Armours Star
POTTO
ME A®
3 Iff
1. at 7:30 p.
as
term.
of the
held every
The
their ill , 8ept.
Drozd i
for their services and consoling i
words, and to those who expres I
sed their sympathy with beautiful
floral offerings, we wish to ex-
tend our sincerest thanks. We
shall never forget your kindness
and may Gods blessing rest upon
you all. I I
Mr. and Mrs. John Sandelovic (
| Mr. and Mrs. W. Buesing vi
We are having some real fall
weather at the present writing,
although fall hasn’t started yet.
Most every one in our com-
munity are about through picking
cotton. Although there is still
plenty of corn to pull.
The school childrens long vaca-
tion has come to an end. Most all
the country schools will open
this week. Our school (Center)
will open Tuesday, Sept. 14th.
Miss Elsworth Claxton as prin
eipal and Miss Armour as as-
sistant.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Matus,
Shiner, Mr. and Mrs. F. Dicker-
son and children of Yoakum and
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Berger
and daughter visited Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Berger and
sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brosch
of San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Schroeder and son ami
some Miss Adeline Suhr of Yoakum ami
not I Mr. and Mrs. J. Brosch spent
| Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs.
1 A. P. Wendel and daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Berger
are the proud parents of a eight
I and one half pound baby girl
, horn to them Thursday, August
26th. The little Miss is nanu <1
Doris Jean. Congratulations.
POPPIE.
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'A
a
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of a
a
other trains
trains, parting from both Houston
the Dallas.
The new streamlined train
I passenger
Southern
arriving in and de
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Wh
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^k L
k. r
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Bi
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The child who has not had op
bed ■ P’O’tunity to browse tor pleasure
and instructive hours through the
stacks <<f a library has
deprived of a right which
leave | jd],,!!],] |H. |HS Hl ||1(. j 1<-l<| of edu-
imw is
st at <•-
p< r
public libraries and in
per capita expenditures
raries. It
to a
raries
a®
The Southern Pacific
will place two streamlined, high j
■peed passenger trains in service I
between Houston anti Dallas on
September 19, according to an-;
BOunceinent made by H. 11. Lull, speed, will take over the
executive vice - president. The I of the presently ojierated
trains, each of eight cars, consist-, beam which was established be
Houston and Dallas i
Northbound,
p. m., ar-; and o|M*rate
lated pairs, one parlor car, and j riving Dallas at 8:45 p. m. ;u]o.
one diner lounge will he powered I Southbound, it will leave Dallas ‘
with steam streamlined locomo- ; at 4:15 p. m. and arrive Hous*
fives constructed in the company’s j ton at 9:00 p. in. The schedulest”’
shops at Houston, the first of this I have been arranged to effect the
modern type of engines to Im I most desirable connections with
fc..;
Lines built hi the South.
Tht twin reainlined
w inch are con i rm ted of
• newest and most durable mater-
No Cause for Pride
i Public libraries are recognized
as outstanding educational agen-
cies the nation over, j et Texas
'is list among the state- in the
number of volumes pi r capita in
39th in
lor lib
is estimated, according
bulletin, ••Municipal Lib
the
ap-
of
public
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i ials, especially designed for safe constitute added passenger ser-
and luxurious train tavel at high vice on the Southern Pacific
over the name Lines between Houston and Dal-j
Sun* las. as the presently operated i I110!”'’ library
with the inauguration jto"11 recently
trains, will : library.
••lluMler"! .........
in Texas,” issued by
l itivi * ty of Texas, that
proximately 3,789,800 resident
Texas have access to no
I
I library.
The facts are not pleasant hut
it is encouraging to note that in
South Texas, organizations in
1 si'veral towns which have not had
library facilities have, in the In-t
'year, taken action t<» provide such
(service in their communities. The
'Business and Profes-ional Wo
[men’s Club at Alice last week
: climaxed several years of work
when ground was broken lor a
library building to be constrm*t-
ed soon. In Aransa> Pass a ei\ie
I minded group has wotked hard
and ' b’ ,‘sHiblish a library. Taft, build
j ing a new municipal building due-
ling the year, included space for
| a library. In Kenedy, young Bob
Sanders of the Advance has been
hi- town in
facilities. Robs
opened a new
as
on
northhound,
a. in
p. nn; southbound,
Dallas at 9:45 a. in., and arrive
Houston at 3:45 p. in.
in
I’ut
a
las, as
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ing of one baggage car, one chair tween Houston and Dallas in of the streamlined
CMr, for colored patrons, four | 19«26. Northbound^ the tram will' he designed as the
chair cars, constructed in articu : leave Houston at p. in., ar-; am! o|M*rate on following
’ , ' I book
and arrive Dallas
library
right
the field
cation. But education
known a> a continuing process in
which formal school work is only
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— ■*.-(—
By BILL EUJOTT
SPOT CASH
For Merchandise You No Longer
Need-
Bring—Men’s and Boy’s Suits
A Pants, Shirts, Sweaters, Hats,
Shoes, Furniture, Stoves, Dishes.
Etc.
YOAKUM TRADING POST
(Opposite City Hall)
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large size, assorted plaids
SPECIAL
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49c
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Double
Blanket
Part Wool, double blank-
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Plaid Blankets, Assorted
size.
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extra
Colors.
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Morgan, Cena S. Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. [24], Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1937, newspaper, September 16, 1937; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1295354/m1/7/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.