Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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Yoakum — The Home of a “Live-at-Home” and Diversification Program
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YOAKUM, TEXAS, AFTERNOON OF THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1940
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Funeral Services
Held Friday for
Mrs. Stevens
ARMY ENGINEERS
STUDYING FLOOD
DAMAGE AT CUERO
REGULAR MEET
SCHOOL BOARD
HELD MONDAY
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ADDED TO
TRAGEDY
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FARM LOAN
MEETING
J. L. REED TAKEN
BY DEATH
SATURDAY
FSA LAND LOANS
STILL AVAILABLE
TO GOOD TENANTS
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R. T. (Bob) Garrett of Cuero
candidate for sheriff of DeWitt
county, was in Yoakum today in
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Trick to Control
Weeds in Pasture
i Pictures on Club
Work To Be Shown
In Yoakum July 20
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OLD YOAKUM TRAGEDY
By H. D. MEISTER
interred in
here,
ABSENTEE
VOTING
in
the di-
Funeral
Father Hug Given
Surprise Party
Father H.' V. Hug was surpris"
ed Monday night with a party
at the Parish when about 200
members of his congregation
gathered to wish him many more
’nappy birthdays.
A handsome lounging chair was
presented as a birthday gift and
Father Hug received a round of. was
congratulations.
Miss Julia Sandelovic left this
morning for Victoria where she
will spend some time with rela-
tive* and friends.
on
at
Yoakum
association,
high school
Saturday. July 20,
S. Edgar, secre-
entertainment
the annual meeting
National Farm
to be held at
auditorium in
Application blanks for tl
/ be obtained at
FSA office located is th* I
Office Bldg., Cuero, Texts j
Yoakum — The Home of the Tom-ToO fll
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'ftiau DeWitt County Land Use
Planning Committtee £et at th*
county agent’s office in Cuero
Monday night to plan an inspec-
tion trip. It was decided to* meet
at the Yoakum OCC camp at 9
a. tn.
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Two IJnited States army engitr
eers from Galveston were in
Cuero Monday studying the dam-
age done by flood waters from
the Guadalupe during the recent
high water.
Many business houses and pri-
vate homes suffered considerable
damage during that flood and
an attempt will be made to get
help to prevent a similar catas-
trophe.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. X. Tolbert
and family are spending a few
days at Magnolia Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gwyn of
Fort Worth are spending thia
week in Yoakum with their
daughter, Mrs. Everett Moore and
family. They reeently returned
from a vacation trip to Kerr-
ville and other points of inter-
est and were accompanied on the
trip by Mr. and Mrs. Moore and
•on, Gayle.
(LEO SPEARS
'MAKES BOND
and
town.
The grave was banked high witn
flowers, evidence of the
esteem they held for her.
The surviving children
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friend, Mrs.
Tuesday night,
seen alive that
she failed to
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As Car Turns Over
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mowing
the
dry
First Baptist Church.
Interment was made
(i rove Cemetery, under
rectum of Buffington
home.
are:
Five sons, E. L. Dow of Edna,
L. C., A. D., V. O„ and G.
V. Stevens of Cuero.
Nine daughters as follows:
Mrs. Nora Foster of Cuero; Mrs.
A. J. Midgett of Dallas; Mrs.
W. M. Clark of Corpus Christi;
Mrs. J. H. Stevens of Yoakum;
Mrs. L. R. Kleinecke of Vic-
toria; Mrs. Bryan Linney, Mrs.
P. L. Korbel and Mrs. Lois
Mayne, all of Del Rio, and Mrs.
W. T. CoKins of San Antonio.
Forty-two grandchildren and
19 great-grandchildren and many
other relatives and friends mourn
her passing.
The casket bearers were: Hol-
lis Stevens, Oliver Stevens, C. X.
Tolbert, W. F. Placke, J. D.
McCaskill and Arnold Foster.
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Mrs. Clyde Chaddiqk -
daughter Ruth of San
spent the past weekend here
Mrs. F. W. Iiedbcttor. IM
mained to spend s^vCT*I;*U|
Mrs. J. W. Cook
today from a brief
friends in Runge .«•*
Mrs. Mandana P. Stevens,
who passed away in the Burns
Hospital in Cuero, Thursday af-
ternoon, July 11, was i—
the Oak Giove Cemetery
Friday afternoon.
The services were
The period during which ten-
ant fanners may apply for loans
to buy their own farms has been
extended in DeWitt county to
July 20, it was announced today
by the FSA .supervisor, Lawrenc*
D. Smith. I
“This application has been ex-1
tended,’’ Mr. Smith said, “in ord
der that every worthy tenant fard
mer in the county can apply foq
one of these loans. A number on
fanners who are eligible for the*®
loans did not know that the®
could apply for them until th®
period had closed.’’
Tenant fanners to whom th«MM
loans are made do not have tfl
make any down payment, bufl
those who have an adequate su«
ply of livestock and equipmttfl
free of debt are given preference!
The money is repayable over J
40 year period at 3 per cent IM
tereat.
Application
loans may I
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Motion pictures showing va-
rious phases of Home Demonstra**
tion and 4-H club work will be
featured on the
program
of the
Loan
the
Yoakum
at 3 p.
tary an
CORPUS CHRISTI, July 17.—
Rep. Richard M. Kleberg sufffer-
ed a broken collarbone when his
automobile skidded on a wet
highway and overturned.
William P. Elliott of Corpus
Christi, his secretary and only
other passenger ,received a broken
arm. Kleberg is spending the
week in South Texas while con-
gress is in recess for the Demo-
‘•ratic convention.
5c THE COPY
Monday, July 22, for
• o-f soil, conser-
vation work in the Moulton area.
The purpose of the tour will b*
to study the use of terraces,
strip crops, projierly constructed
terrace outlets and other L
tiers on farms which recently tf*
reived 20 inches of rain.
Farms of cooperators in th*
Center community will also b*
studied. From Center the group
will proceed to Cuero for lunch
and then to the Clinton coqw
rnunity to assist in planning * J
soil conservation practices oq, >
farm in that community. ■ rr ’
Vocational agricultural teach-
ers, county agents, Farm Se-
curity Administration representa-
tives and REA officials are in"
vited to make the tour.
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Men are dwarf«S~by ^flfla huge air liner,on)y six-motored plane in the world, which re-
cetly went into passenger service out of Moscow. The 60 passenger ship has five cabins
in the fuselage and four sleeping compartments in the wings.. It can cruise 1,900 miles at
about 130 m.p.h.—(Copyright, 1940, NBA.)
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The regular annua! meeting of
the members of the Yoakum Na-
tional Fann Loan association will
be held at 3 p. m. on Saturday,
July 20, at the high school au-
ditorium in Yoakum, it has been
announced by the secretary and
treasurer, J. S. Edgar.
A* the meeting the members]"^
ot the a,ssociatioi^ will elect two
directors for this cooperative or
ganization which has enabled the
farmers and stockmen to secure
long term loans from the Federal
Land hank of Houston at an ex
ceedingly low rate of interest.
A very interesting program will
be hail at the meeting which will
o|»en at 3 o’clock.
A. C. Haigis, vice president,
and S. A. Palmer, district super-
visor of the Federal I^and hank
have arranged to be present and
arrangements have also been mad<;
for a free picture show at the
close of the meeting which will
be well worth seeing and to which
anyone desiring to attend will be
welcomed.
The directors and officers <»!■-
the association most cordially in-
vite anyone interested to be pres-
ent at 1' 1 * *’
talks and to see the tree picture
show.
Each and every member of the
association is urged to be present
and to bring his family and oth-
ers with him as guests.
of the family applying for the
■ballot must make a written ap-
plication.
Anyone past 60 years must go
before a notary public and make
an affidavit that he is paat 60
years of age, prior to January 1,
1939 ,and the notary must affix
his seal to the affidavit. In case
of sickness you must have a phy-
sician’s certificate. Please send
poll tax receipt and 15c postage
with application.
Yours truly,
(Signed) D. L- Hudson, Coun-
ty <SMk
Speaker of the House Wm. B. Bankhead, keynote speaker
of the Democratic National Convention tries out the speaking ar-
rangements at the Chicago stadium.
held at the
Church of Christ at 4:00 P. M.
Pau’, and Roy Stevens officiat-
ing. The services were attended
by her many relatives
friends here and out of
3 months and
this lilt
following
few minutes.
HALLETTSVILLE, July 16 —
A tragedy was added to a trag-
edy here when Mrs. Laura
Strickler took her own life Tues
day morning. A few months
ago her husband Henry W.
Strickler, local justice of peace,
disappeared and was later arrest-
ed as an embeszlcr. This was a
crushing blow for this sensitive
woman from which she never re-
cpvead.
The fateful morning she slash-
ed her wrist and throat and
hung herself. Thus she wf.s
found in her smokehouse by her
Robert Fertsch
She was last
morning,
attend a
meeting that afternoon, a
for her was begun and the trag-
edy discovered.
Recently she suffered a nerv-
ous breakdown, bring treated at
Dufner’s hospital. The day prior
to her death she attended to some
ways and’of *,er *eK»l matters. But for
several days h«r mind seemed to
be seriously clouded.
Her husband, to whom she was
married in 1931,, is in Houston
free on bond, awaiting trial here,
according to last reports. He
did not attend the funeral.
RUSSIA’S ‘BIG SIX' GOES INTO SERVICE
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We greatly appreciate the
operation the voters of Lavaca
county have |
CUERO, July 15.—Leo Spears
of Yoakum, denied a motion for
a new trial on his charge of mur-
der by Special Judge S. B. Carr
here last Friday was at liberty
on $500 bond Saturday pending
outcome of his api>eal to Court
of Criminal Appeals. ,
Evidence presented the court
showed Spears to be in exceed-
ingly jioor health. He was grant-
ed bond immediately and will
now take his case to the higher
courts.
Spears was convicted here on
a charge of murder grownig out
of the highway crash which
caused fatal injuries to the in-
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz
Schaefer. He received a
year sentence.
years,
passed from
p. m , July 13,
ness of only a
Reed is
wife, Otye Reed;
Reed of Houston; om
three brothers Chari.
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| THURSDAY and Friday of
L * last week we attended the
t M^ricultural Writers Confer-
k' ence at College Station held
in conjunction with the An-
nual Short Course at A. and
M. College which was attend-
s. ed by representatives from
( all parts of Texas. »
A. and M. College, recog-
nizing the great help and co-
operation of the Agricultural
Writers of the daily and
weekly papers and the mag-
azines of the state, accord
these writers special conces-
sions and accommodations
during their two days con-
ference.
These writers and publish-
ers bring to the readers en-
gaged in agriculture, the
substance of the bulletins is-
sued b ythe college and co-
operate with the college in
publicizing new discoveries in
agricultural pursuits.
In the various sessions of
this conference
means were discussed as to
how these writers could im-
prove their service to those
interested in agriculture.
• Besides the publishers and
W'riters of the press, those
who took part in the discus-
sion of matters before the
* conference were A. D. Jack-
son, Chief of Agricultural
Experiment Station Publica-
tions; Byron Winstead, Di-
rector of Information at A.
and M. College; and Louie
Frankie of the Extension
Service.
Among the prominent writ-
ers on the program were:
Arthur Lefevre, editor of
Texico Topics, Houston; H.
B. Fox( publisher of the Cen-
terville News. Mr. Fox last
year was accorded the out-
standing publisher of a week-
ly paper in the whole United
States. Mrs. Dewitt McMur-
ray who as “Aunt Minn’’
conducts a column in The
Dallas Semi-Weekly Farm
News; and T. C. Richardson
of Farm & Ranch, Dallas.
J. R. Killgore of the Rose-
bud News was president and
presided. Arthur Lefevre of
Houston is assistant to the
president, and H. B. Fox of
Centerville is secretary and
treasurer.
Cullen Browne of Hemp-
hill was elected president and
Ralph Cooper of the Coastal
Cattleman of Beaumont, vice
president, and H. B. Fox, sec-
retary-treasurer.
CONSERVATION
PRACTICES TO
BE INSPECTED
JULY PRETTY WET
SO FAR THIS YEAR
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Weatherman O. C. Wagner, re-
ports that the total rainfall here
so far for July is 4.34 inches.
The rainfall Sunday was .37 of
an inch.
Gonzales reports 1.50,
.75, and at Victoria .46.
While the ground is still able
to take care of the water that
comes in these showers it is not
very encouraging for the cotton
fanner for it is too good insect
breeding weather.
survival by his
one son, D. E. i
> (jramlchild.
es ami Wi.l
Red of Yoakum and (lark ot
California; three sisters, Mrs
Dan Williams of Lulimr, Mrs.
Harvey Warren of Yoakum, ami
Mrs. Billie Varness of Weimar..
Mr. Reed has made his home
in Yoakum for the past 32 years.
He was an employe of tl^‘ South
ern Pacific, also an employe of
the former S. A. & A. P.
On December 31, 1994 he was
united in marriage to Miss Otye
Houchins in Hallettsville. To
this union one son was bom who
survives.
Mr. Reed was a man that was
loved by all who knew him, be-
ing a man that was agreeable,
pleasant, and accommodating. His
ideals were high and his friends
were his acquaintances. In the
passing of Mr. Reed Yoakum has
lost a good citizen.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed from the family home, 107
Garrett street, Monday. July 15,
by Rev. Earl Hill, pastor of the
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FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
On Price Street
This church strives to present
a canctuary from the bustling
outside world, where people can
come to worship quietely, medi-
tatively and intelligently. The
sermons are presented so as to be
helpful to everyone, regardless
of creed, doctrine or theology.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Communion following Sunday
mAooL
Church services at 10:50 a. m.
and 8 p. m. every first and third
Sunday.—Dick Claybome, Minis-
ter.
Fowl Paralysis
The outstanding symptom of
fowl or range paralysis is in
poultry is disability of a bird’s
legs, wings, or eyesight. This is
because the disease affects the
nervous system. An affected
bird may gradually lose its
ability to stand. Similarly, the
wings may droop or drag and the
head tor* or twist unnaturally.
If th* nerves <xf the eye are af-
fected blindness seta in. As for
freatiMBt, about the only thing
one can do ia to kill off all af-
fected birds.
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dtreasurer of the asso-
ciation, said today.
These pictures are to be shown
by the Federal Land bank of
Hou-ton and were made by A. C.
Williams, president of the bank.
Included on the program will be
pictures made in farm kitchen*
that have been improved accord-
intr to ♦•xtension service stand" .2
aids, others showing the result*
of other forms of home improve-
ment work ami pictures of the
4 H <lub boys and gills who have
won iwards in state-wide com- .^3
petition.
While the films are being
shown, explanatory talks will be
made bv Derwood Varner, who ,J
was cadet colonel and valadictor-
ian of the class of 1940 at the I
Texas A. ami M. college, and by
Miss ('letis Clinton, a former
club girl, who won the home dem-
onstration association s college 4
scholarship award in 1938.
Anyone desiring to attend the A
meetimr is welcome and cordially fl
invited to be present. M
Jim Cimrhanzl, aged 74 years,
9 months and 14 days, passed
from this life at his home on
Shiner Route 3, at 9:40 a.
Friday, July 12.
Mr. Cimrhanzl was born in
Czechoslovakia and came to Tex-
as in 1891, settling in Fayette
oountju In 1905, he moved to
Gonzales county, later moving to
Lavaca to reside for a few years
before moving to the present
family home near Shiner in 1913.
He was preceded in death by
his wife in 1936.
Funeral services will be held
from the Shiner Catholic church
at 7:30 a. m. Sunday, July 14.
Interment will be made in the
Shiner Catholic cemetery under
the direction of the Buffington
Funeral Home of Yoakum.
Mr. Cimrhanzel is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Joe Zbranck
of California; four sons, Stan-
ley and Jim Cimrhanzl of Shiner
Route 3, Louis Cimrhanzl of
Waelder, and John Cimrhanzl of
, .Brownsville.
_____ given the county
clerk’s office in regard to ab-
sentee voting, but please remem-
ber if you write for a ballot and
include your family, each member
COLLEGE STATION — There
is a trick in controlling weeds
in pastures by mowing.
The trick according to R. R.
Ijancaster pasture specialist of
the A. and M extension service,
is to mow the weeds when they
reach their inaxiniuiu growth at
clout the time flowers form.
Mowing earlier than that does
i ot w eaken the w < «>»ls
great extent, and biter
allows seeds to ripen,
inowing ha'>p»qis to fall if.
period of tic year ,so much the
better.
Riqiorts i’-oin county agricul-
tural agents in East Texas, th-1
Gulf coast and the centr’d ; art
of the state indicate that reg"
ular mowing often doubles the
earrping capacity of pastures.
Results from tests at the Angle-
ton substation of the Texas A.
and M. agricultural experiment
station shows more profitable.
Mr. Jessie Lee Reed, aged 56
26 days
at 10.30
an i!'
Regular meeting of the school
board was held Monday night at
the high school, with the princi-
pal business transacted hiring the I
selection of teachers to fill va-
cancies.
Supt. Geo. P. Barron announc-
ed that R. W. Parker Jr, had
been selected as assistant coach
to take the place of Bailey Dren-
nan who lias accepted a place
at Uvalde. Parker graduated
from Centenary in 1936 with a
B. S. Degree and comes to Yoa-
kum from Wills Point where he
coached last year. He played end
for Centenary for three years
and was classed as one of the
three “great” ends ever to play
there.
C. I). Hamff of KingsviKe was^
selected as commercial instruc-
tor to take the place of Mrs.
Buster Burns (nee Miss Orien
Howell). Hamff is a graduate
of A. and I college at Kings-
ville and has several years ex-
perience as teacher and several
years practical experience in com-
mercial work.
J. B. Cravens or Little Rock,
Ark., has been selected as grade
school music teacher, and will
organize a junior band. He
comes to Yoakum from Louisi-
ana and is considered one of the
outstanding young music teach-
ers.
Miss Delores Rebstein has been
selected by the school board to
take the place of Miss Helen
Kidd, whose resignation takes ef-
fect on August 1. Miss Rebstein
the honor graduate of the
high school of the 1937
She has had two years
tins University of Texas and
besides her duties in the office,
will be the substitute teacher, be-
ing qualified as such.
The board also awarded a con-
tract for a new school bus chas-
is. The contract going to the
low bidder, Walter Pruetz, who
will furnish a Chevrolet truck
chasis for the old No. 1 bus.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
THIS AFTERNOON FOR
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN
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