The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 257, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 20, 1927 Page: 3 of 29
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GARDEN PLANS
ARE CHANGED
Walls Are to Replace
Fence Planned At
First
Hi$h walls will surround the
Spanish garden at the rear of Hotel
H Jardin instead of the fence at
first planned according to J. M.
Nix of San Antonio president of the
hotel company who is in Browns-
ville now.
After a conference with the con- '
tractor Thomas Gibson and the
architects the Kelwood Company it
was derided that a more Spanish ef-
fect could be secured by putting
walls around the garden stuccoing
tbjiB properly and decorating them
i It .is planned to have the north
★all of the garage being built on
the south side of the property as a
background for the stage dance
floor and garden with the hotel
fdrmiwg the opposite wall. Tile
walls will connect the two buildings
forming a solid enclosure for the
garden.
Mr. Nix said that work will he
speeded up during the week. The gar-
den will be virtually ready at the
*nd of the week he said- The con-
n* t* squares which form the floor
blot t0 be colored in gay tints the
T- -e floor will be red and nrtia-
char.^hl lights and posts also will be
The ful.
two w°rk °f planting ! rul<-
rrt and various tyVs of tropical
* t will start soon!
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~JNGHORN band
-COMING THURSDAY
ac*~
—
The Longhorn Hand from the Uni-
*° *sity of Te.-tas and their corps of
n ertainers will present a program
**' musical and dramatic numbers
day ar>day March 24. Their enter-
f nment will be given in t^e audito-
gl-um of the ‘•enior high school.
$jj The program the students will pre-
nt will consist of two parts. The
#r*t will be given ever to the hand
.n the sec* ml half the Curtain Club
'drumatic organization at the Univer-
sity will be featured giving a one-
wet play. Th» Varsity Peacock Or-
chestra will give a final number and
the finale will he the "Eyes of Tex-
a«.”
i Other features of the program will
be a humorous sketch bv L. R. f an- .
f field and a novelty act hy Miss Nan
t Bennett of Angleton and Rurt Dyke
of Orange. Mr. Dyke has appeared
before on concert tours <f the band
and has wen the applause of west
central and north Texas.
Platter in Ceiling
Falls in Local Bank
' When pertions of the plastered
ceiling of the First National Bank
fell shortly after 9 o'clock Saturday
night it caused a* much excitement
*> & robbery or a fire many persons
hunting the noise and stopping to in-
vestigate what it was all about.
When the bank was entered it was
{xpurd that water coming from bro-
ken plumbing on the fbor above had
H loesened the plaster of which a
I lurge portion fell to the floor.
Too Late to Classify
FOR {RENT—Nice new efficiency
ajifcrtrnertt; private bath; electric
raitK^; hot water heater furnished (
Will rent to party buying: a small
amount of new up-to-date inexpen-
sive furniture. Phone 980-J.
VEW HOME in West Brownsville
four rooms slypinp porch; larjre
lot Am Ravin* town and will sell
vary reasonably. Mr. Brown—West-
ernunlon.
LOST - One leather hat box con-1
ftlninp child's clothes — Liberal re- .
ward Hamilton Faulk 422 Levee
S|. Phone 757-W. i
DITTMANN
— NOW —
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With
Doris Kenyon Lloyd HurHc*
Louise Fazenda
By Sam Janncy
V Scenario by Carey WiUon
* (An Alfred L t.rccn Production
'j
A First National Picture
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Tferc Never Was Any-
. thing Like It—
iier Y
There Never Will
r« Be Again
fc-
^ Don’t say you didn’t see the
atason's smartest comedy!
*»• A Laugh Riot
•ho.
Oh Ladies Behave!
wfY
p l IMPERIAL comedy
Admission 30c; 25c; 10c
lY • ;
tell
At The Queen Today
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Estelle Taylor and William Powell in a scene
from the Paramount Picture ’New Yorks
At Dittmann—Sunday—Monday
Uofd. HuQht* And Dorn Kt*VO* in 'LacLc* At P/4./’
‘All l HAVE IS MEAT’
*
SAYS PEDESTRIAN AS
* V *
COP CALLS HIM BACK
The scene was the intersection of
Elizabeth and Twelfth streets
Brownsville’s big show corner.
The characters were J. T. Arm-
strong chief of police and a Mex-
ican pedestrian.
The acticn began when the pe-
destrian started walking across
the street against a red stop sig-
nal with a paper bag under h:s
arm.
Mr. Armstrong blew his whistle
and motioned the man back.
Reluctantly the pedestrian re-
traced his steps and apparently
misunderstanding the reason for
his being called back said in Span-
ish as he held out the package:
"Li no tengo mas que carne." il
have nothing more than meat. I
Prizes Awarded
In Theme Contest
PHARR Texas March 1‘*. In the
contest held in the Pharr ward 1
schools and the Pharr-Sun Juan se-
nior and junior high scho Is the win-
ners of the various classes and
schools were decided upon and the I
prises awarded The prize' wen
made possible by Judge K. L. Greene i
of Pharr insurance agent who of- j
fered fifty dollars in prizes for rh>
ones who would write the be-t fire
prevent it n themes. .
Genevieve Hailey of Alamo was
winner of the first prize of $10 in
gold in the senior high school with i
Frank. Heard of the sophomore class I
winning the second prize of $5.
The winners of the other gold :
peces in the various schools were:
Bernice Skeans and Stella Warnock
of the eighth grade Dorothy Greene
and Irene Price of the seventh grade
and Vivian Bigger and Linda Burks j
of the sixth grade. In the Pharr'
Amerienn school the prizes were won j
by Mary (athryn Sorenson Beth
Wagner ( athryn Melton and Juanita
Krueger. The Pharr Mexican school
awarded prizes to the following
children: Ernest*-' Leal Antonio
Benaridas Gilbert Ball! Eli dia Her-
mande-' t'rescencio Hermandes anil
Rebecca Hinojosa.
BANDITS blown to VTOMS
ATHENS. Thirty Greek bandits
who refused to surrender north of
Salonika were blown to atoms when
their position was mined.
THE SECRET OF
HIS HAPPINESS
is that he does good work. Let
us do your plumbing jobs and
you will be as happy as our
workmen. We are export
plumbers and guarantee to
give satisfaction at reason-
able prices. Our jobs stand
the hardest tests.
Quinn & Derrick
' 811 Elizabeth
CITY BRIEFS
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Correct Time—Phone 970 Dorfman’s
Root Beer Service today. Eliza-
beth and highway. Remember our
god hamburgers and sandwiches.—
Adv. 20.
hall Player Returns.—F. E. (Red)
Partain cf Houston came to Browns-
ville Saturday. Mr. Partain wt> a
member of the Brownsville baseball
club last summer.
John A. Jones lawyer State Na-
tional Bank Building. Phone 68—
Adv. tf.
Bus. ness Men’s Luncheon every
day at El Arco Shop 508 Elizabeth
50c—Adv. 21.
The Valley Business College at
Brownsville is offering a special an-
niveisary gift f* r new students. This
means money-saving to all enrolling
in either day or night classes be-
tween now and March 30. For more
information phone 744 or call at the
t allege office 813 Elizabeth Street.
—Advertisement 21
ITI3 Mgn snop.—Monroe si. op-
posite court house. We sign any-
thing.—Adv-
Poin»ettias at special prices. Read
our advertisement and profit thereby.
T. K. Riggs.— Advertisement. 26
Ringworm. —One bottle of Imperial
Eczema Remedy is guaranteed to be
enough for any case. All druggists
are authorized to refund your money
if it fails.—Adv. (4)
Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
cools and heals red eyes. Doesn't
hurt. Red folding box. All drug
gists.—Adv. (4)
I'ncle Henry Says—Visited the
old home town yesterday and the
neighborhood didn't knowr me. Reck-
on I K ok -0 years younger since
going to “Nelstn'r Drugless Physi-
cians in the State National Bank.—
Advertisement.
Sen nd Birthday Anniversary of
the Brownsville Business College is
March :u». IU27 ^o President Mooth-
art desires to express his apprecia-
tion to all who have helped make the
school a real success hence a birth-
day gift to all day and night student*
enrolling between now and the 30th j
inst.. a fret outfit of books valued
at five to ten dollut*. Even th<ugh
you are not quite ready to begin the
work come and arrange your en-
rollment now making a month's tui-
tion payment and receive your books
free.—Ad\ertist ment 21
Read Our \d\ertment of special
values in this is>ue and come and
>tc us. T R. Kigg-.—Advertise-.
: ment. 26 j
Potato Grower Here—B. H. Diercks '
of Antigo Wi>„ arrived in Brown*-;
; ville Saturday to “ t»end several days
land look after hi» property here. Mr.
| Dierck* raided a potato crop near
| here last seas- n.
Dancy Addresses
Mercedes Kiwanis
MER' HUES. Texas. Mar. 19.—
'Judge O. C. Dancy county judge of
i amerun county. Br wnsville. was
the principal speaker at the Kiwanis
I club luncheon here Friday.
Judge Dancy talked on Kiwanis ac-
tivities and accomplishments and de-
. velopmenta of the Rio (>rsnde Valley
'through Kiwe.ms.
U. S. Army Fliers
In Pernambuco
PERNAMBUCO. March 19.—iJP>—
1 h» good will fliers of the United
States Army landed at 5:00 p. in-
today at Porto de Pedrus. being pre-
1 \ rated by darkness from completing
I their scheduled hop from Bahja to
is city. They covered about SOO
miles of their northward journey
along the Coast.
STUDENTS ON
VALLEY TOUR
Georgetown Party Say
Valley Is Most De-
lightful Spot
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is
one of the most delightful spots in
the South was the unanimous ver-
dict of five Georetcwn college stu-
dents who arrived in Brownsville
last night having completed an auto
tour of the entire Valley in behalf
of that institution.
The party consists of Herschel E.
Whigham. son of I)r. Whigham of
Dcnoa. Miss Johnnie Marie Brocks.
Miss Beulah Davis Miss Gertie
Whiteher3t and Miss Lera Albin.
They are chaperoned by Miss Zelma
Tisdale a member of the George-
town faculty.
The party was accompanied to
Brownsville by Duane Mateer a
young business man of San Benito
and an cx-student of Georgetown.
They returned to San Benito last
night but will c< me to Brownsville
Sunday morning to attend services at
the local Methodist church. Miss Da-
vis being scheduled to make an ad-
dress before the Sundav school at
10:15.
“We are going back to Georgetown
Monday but we dislike to leave the
Valiev** one of the students said.
"Its manifold beauties thriving
towns and general air rf prosperity
has completely captivated us.”
ORCHESTRA WILL
PLAY OVER RADIO
Monday’s 12 o’clock radio program
to be broadcast over station KVVWG
will consist of musical numbers by
the Queen Theatre orchestra.
At G:30 o'clock Monday evening J.
E. Gerhold baritone will sing-
At the 8:30 hour a recital will be
given by Mrs. H. E. HaRer a pop-
ular soprano of Mercedes. Mrs. Ha-
ger will he accompanied by Mrs. L
M. Vigness of La Feria a pianist
who has appeared on a number of
programs. She was pianist for the
Messiah.
Miss Freddy Clindinning will give
several readings on this program
also and several ensemble numbers
will be played by H. E- Martin on
the cello. Miss Margaret Gochrum on
the violin and Miss Beth Sewell on
the piano. Mr. Martin is recently of
Chicago.
Divorce Refused
El Paso Chaplain
EL PASO. Texas. March 19.—fJPt
—Just because “folks can't get
along" is the reason Judge W. D.
Howe in district court here today de-
clined to grant a divorce in the
suit of Rev. and Mrs. T. B. Bea-
ton.
The Rev. Mr. Beaston is chaplain
of the Enlisted Men's Club at Fort
Bliss. He sued his wife for divorce
and she filed a cross-complaint.
According to the testimony the
minister and his wife were incom-
patible.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Terry of Mc-
Allen were in Brownsville Saturday.
\Y. A. Riemenschneider of Mission
is a week-end visit* r in Brownsville.
F. A. Bass and C. Munn were here
Friday from Laredo.
Lt. Col. Levi G. Brown and family
are visitors here.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Spence of Hous-
ton arrived in Brownsville Saturday
night to-spend several days.
John J. Conway was a business
visitor here from Mission Friday.
Mrs. S. A. Chcnault arrived in
Brownsville Friday night from H« us-
ton to visit her son. L. R. Chenault.
Miss T. Ruth Heidland of Donna
spent Saturday in Brownsville.
J. Kloeser and A. C. Grace were
here Saturday from Edinburg.
Mr. and Mr-5. Frank J. Schusty and
children are viistc-rs here from In-
dianapolis Ind.
J. B. Gibbons of Kingsville was
in Brownsville Friday.
Key L. Williams was here Friday
from Harlingen.
J. W. Barber of Austin came to
Brownsville Saturday.
Fred Evans of Kaymondville was
here Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. B. Thompson are
week-end visitors here from Chap-
man's Ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hubbard of
Falfurrias spent Saturday night in
Brownsville.
Old Fire Apparatus
Just Put in Discard
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4PPtET04
‘CAN YOU PROVE YOU
* * *
ARE LEGALLY WED?’
* * *
COUNTY CLERK ASKS
“Fhould married men have
wives ?’’
That is the latest question that
is making vht- collegiate vaude-
ville and sheik circuits hut 11. I).
Ftago county clerk has made up a
new one which goes I:ke this:
“Con you prove you are married
to your wife?”
lit says that there r'e thousands
of couples married in'* iis#county
who have no legal evidence of
their having been wed in con-
formity with the laws of the realm-
fortuity with the laws of the realm.
Their licenses were left with
preachers or justices of the peace
to be recorded with the county
clerk hut have never been called
for. A large number of licenses
b-< accumulated at the clerk’s of-
fice.
It is mighty embarassing. some-
times he says when a license is
required for presentation in se-
curing passports or in other in-
stances where it is necessary to
prove legal relationship and it
cannot be produced immediately.
VALLEY GIRL IN
NEW YORK OPERA
According to information received
here Miss Mary Lubbock who sev-
eral years ago made h^r home in
Brownsville and more recently lived
in Edinburg is now singing the lead
part in light opera in the Roxy
Theater of New York City. The
theater is one of N-w York’s new-
est and largest having been opened
March 11.
Miss Lubbock has been heard by
many people in the Valley. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Lubbock. H*r mother is with her
in New York. Her father is ranching
near Ealinhurg.
Miss Lubbock’s voice has been the
subject of many compliments. She
has had careful tutoring and has had
a number of tempting offert. accord-
ing to her father but she has reject-
ed these offers for studio work-
Watch
Belvedere in the Heart
i of Brownsville
DANCING
At Preamlnad. Val Verde
With Billie Pcvere and Her
CALIFORNIA REP JACKET
ORCHESTRA
Now every Wednesday. Friday and
Saturday. We have discontinued
Tuesday and Thursday dances.
Come and dance to real music on
a wonderful floor.
Largest and finest ballroom in
Valley. Hall for rent Monday
Tuesday and Thursday.
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jHISI^akI flSKJJElO
fJ.r!rtTMy f f "rtxASy
HERE
HE
IS
THE
DOG
WONDER
TODAY — TOMORROW
RANGER DOG
ITS A DRAMATIC THRILLER!
Nature'* greatest conflict—the fight of
lose against instinct—of duty aganiat the
dictate* of the heart—the redemption of a
great dog wrought out amongst the eternal
snow* of the froien north.
A Great Story
Of a Matchless Dog
— Also —
KRAZY KATS RATHE NEWS
Adults 25c-Children 10c
jmmmmmmmmmmmmamammmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmammm
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j Exclusive Central Press Dispatch to
' Brownsville Herald.
DARBY l*a. March 1*> Evolution
doesn't always work it didn't hold
good in the case of the oldest fire-
lighting company in the United
States which jumped right from the
man-pulled wagons that carried the
mile-long hose around the town to
the $12500 motor engines which now
tiu-h to every fire in the \icinity of
the Darby Eire Company No. 1. They
never used horses in Darby except
for puling Weir horse-cars.
In 1775 152 years ago—'.he thirty-
si* original volunteer members of
the fire company lined up at P« ar-
son’s General tstore i now the new
Darby Bank) and organized them-
selves into the fire department that
I has been putting out fir s ever since.
■ They put out all the fires with their
! buckets of water that they passed
along the line from the old Darby
creek to the burning house.
in lhd2 came th • Darby Ram
brought over from hnglan. nnd since
made famous in song and story. It
had e rotary pump with two handles
to accommodate four men each. The
water was carried to the engine by
a bucket brigade. •
A ■ a ■ f Allll _A
will C.IIKMIV
The old engine decorated with its
motheuten rum's head still stand* in
i the Darby Fire House but it is no
longer used today for the fire com-
pany has become modern and now
Uses a 1000-gallon motor engine a
i combination hose and chemical truck
and a $750 sir?n.
Andrew Appleton 72. who claims
that he is the oldest fireman in the
oldest fire company in the country
remembers pulling engines to every
fire when he urns a little boy and
after he was a grown man-
“1 don't know how we used to be
so successful in our work but we
were” he says proudly. “This new.
i big noisy engine scares me. 1 liked
i the qui"* Darby Ham much better. I
think I’ll resign from service now
I that the Darby Ram and the nian-
I pulled engines are r.o longer of any
use.”
GIRLS PARADE
i VALLEY TOWNS
Procession Advertises
Style Show Bath-
ing Revue
Many c f the pretty Valley girls
who will participate in the interna-
tional style -hew ami bathing girl
revue at Val Verde Sunday after-
no n were in Brownsville Saturday
night at the conclusion of an 85-mil*
parade through the alley towns ad-
vertising the events which are to be
presented.
They arrived in Brownsville at
7::ll) o'clock Saturday night accompa-
nied by eight orchestras and bands
and riding in si me of the 100 new
| automobiles furnished by Valley
dealers. Many of the aut mobiles
weie decorated in honor of the occa-
sion.
The parade was headed by Cam-
eron county traffic officers who met
i the procession at the county line
' and escorted it to Brownsville where
thi participants disbanded until the
style -hew and hathing girl revue is
to unite them again at Val Verde
Sunday afternoon.
Following the officers was the
roadster which is to be given as
first prize in the Sunday events and
then came the cars bearing the con-
testants and trucks bearing hand-.
Preparations are being made for a
big cr« wd at \ ill Verde Sunday af-
ternoon. Many prizes will be award-
ed to contestants. Not < nly will
there be a bathing beauty contest and
I stvle show but a musical show as
: well.
1 A giant grapefruit is to he fea-
tured in the pageant. The fruit was
'especially built for this purpose.
HiltS. THIS
BELFAST. James McVeigh aged
17 w.-.s awarded a gold medal for at-
tending every Sunday school session
for ten years.
Watch
Belvedere in the Heart
of Brownsville
REMINDERS;™
Brownsville Bakeij-
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Do you believe in it? Without
Sunday Schools and Churches
Synagogue* and Cathedral*. Minis-
ter* and Teacher* how would we
ever have that spiritual spark en-
larged and fanned into a flame to
help enlighten the world brighten
lives and lift up the fallen? It
is everyone’s bounden duty to sup-
port these builders of civilization.
Not only with your money but
your presence your voice an# in-
fluence.
“For none of u* liveth to him-
self and no man dieth to himself.’’
“It is appointed unto men once
to die hut after this the Judg-
ment.'"
/ Legally \
If Registered j
'Pharmacist/
x «
JUST RECEIVED—
A full line of Houbijrant's Cheney’*
and Coty’s perfumes and itoilet pre-
parations.
SPECIAL THIS WEEK
$1 box'^Coty’* powder and bottle
perfume for $1.
WILLMAN’S
Pharmacy
Phone 40—Brownsville
NOW
SHOWING
—- —
—All Around the Town.
The whole roaring panorama of modern
New York from Brooklyn Bridge to
the Bronx.
Wfcien East Side meets West Side in a
thrilling love-melodrama.
All the glamour and glitter that is New
York. ^
Ako AESOP’S FABLES — KINOGRAMS
Koko Song Cartune “My Old Kentucky Home”
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SELLERS HEADS
LIBRARY BOARD
W. B. Sellers was eiccwa by the
members of the Brownsville Public
Libran- board to be president of that
board Thursday evening. Mr*. VWi-
ne w VV. Taylor was elected vice-
president.
The board declared the Browns-
ville Public Library Association to
be formed and that its membership
will be composed of all the adult
subscribers in good standing. It was
voted 10 incorporate the association
j at once end plans are already under-
! wav to that effect.
fag day was uuthoriied for April
J 2 for the benefit of the library.
A committee composed of W. B.
! Sellers J. K Wells and Stanley Ford
j was named to investigate the annual
; mount of money necessary for the
I maintcnani*' of the library here.
The third Thursday night in each
I month was designated as the reg-
ular meeting date for the library
board.
A number of the leading newspa-
pers in the United States were sub-
scribed for at the meeting and will
be placed in the library each day.
Prizes
Prizes of course go right
along with what ever
games you play and the
more luring they are the
more interesting the
game will be. They arc
priced so reasonably that
you can offer quite a
number instead of just
one or two.
I See Our
WINDOWS
Divided in 4 groups
Table No. 1 .. 75c
Table No. 2.$1.00
Table No. 3..SI.50
Table No. 4__S2.00
Each article is worth
much more
Phone 970 for the ji
Correct Time ' jj
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Dr. Nelson’s Drugless
Physicians
Dr. J. J. Van Stan In charge
300 State Katioo.vj Bank
Phone 113u
Consultation without obligation
We add years to life and life to years
iimHiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiitiiiin
508 Elizabeth
WAFFLES—GIFTS—LIBRARY
Business men’s daily
luncheon 50c
Regular Sunday Dinner
$1.00
Dinners any time on two
hours notice
PHONE 1054
Give your parties in our
Rainbow Rooms
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Valley Automobile
Exchange
Located on Highway in
Harlingen. New fireproof
building new garage
euipment Huco paint
shop wrecker service
welding storage and
cash paid for Ford and 1
late model Chevrolet
cars.
Nesteen Hair Dye Phone 4K1
Lucile Wentz .
Beauty Shoppe
Nestle Circuline System
PERMANENT WAVING
Duro Softened Water
118 S. First St.—Harlingen Tm.
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We Sell GLASS
For Every Need
WEI DENBACH PAINT AND
WALL PAPR* CO.
115 S. 1 at
Harlingen. Teiaa
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