The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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day Morning, November 25, 1932
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WHITE HOUSE CON-
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FROM LOUISE KEPT FROM PUBLIC
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represenyng the 23rd Di-
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by Cockburn, who contracted with &amer
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guests thevpast wegk in the home
have
The Catholic Ladies will
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tertast visitors. A turkey supper
in response to numerous inqul-
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duled last Saturday was concelled
be held before Spring.
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DECIDING At VICTO-
least four strong teams which;
at
and lost to a good team.
have
Thanksgiving holiday
teams have now
Thursday and Triday.
Mn W. W.
said to have
three, who were
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stuff in them to make strong col-
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This waas the last meeting with
Miss Burton this year but wo are
deserve, and hope for a more suc-
bo with us again the
glad she
oeasful sason for next year.
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Mrs. o. olqulat was appointed
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and fried chickeni3
lunch at
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; toys from Fort Bend County the
right to play in the Bi-Distriot
The derrick for the Lurker No
1. located about six miles south
the writer wishes to state that
due to the lateness of the season,
GAME
HAVE
It is a matter of regret that in-
clement weather forced its post-
ponement as the prospects for a
lovey display of autumn blossoms
HARD FOUGHT BATTLE ENDS
IN 9 TO 6 VICTORY FOR THE
TEAM TO REPRESENT THIt
DISTRICT IN FURTHER TILT
INJURED WHEN
PLANE HITS TREE
“COQUETTE" IS THE TITLE OF
NEXS PRODUCTION OF THE
WHARTON LITTLE THEATRE
BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
Furnished The Citizen By
Our Correspondent
From That Place
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meat in the local Baptist pulpit
Sunday.
member the ride from El Campo
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Templeton, a Los Angeles ge-
ologist for the Union Oil Company
giving Holiday and .week end.
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MISS ISABEL REEVES
HAS LEAD IN LITTLE
THEATRE PLAY, 22
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FINAL ANSWER RESTS WITH
CONGRESS AS LEADERS ASK-
ED TO HOLD LAST PARLEY,
Following the enthusiasm and
praibe inspired by the left pre
sentatiomn of the Wharton Little
RIA FRIDAY NIGHT.
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Thanks^ivinQ
“Ay, call it holy ground,
The soil where first they trod!
They have left unstained where
there they found - - -
Freedom to worship God.”
. —Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.
on in geological
demorlal Hospital
idax momihg. 0
eived a severe
NEWS ITEMS OF
INTEREST TO ALL FERENCE’S RESULT
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of the city, is up, and machinery El Campo Rice Birds, by the Rod-
is being installed, preparatory tc enberg High Brahmas, gave the
W. G. Gallagher, my passengers,
complained the carbon monoxide
gas from the exhaust heater was
making them dizzy, I, too, felt odd
and remember either of trying to
turn off the gas or of actually
doing so. Beyond that .I don’t re-
member a thing.
“In ny sub-conscious mind I
must have kept the ship’s nose
headed for the Wharton landing
field and attempted to bring her
down in the dark. I don’t know
I championship teams, two Bi-Dis-
The race for football honors intrict and one Regional champion-
ship. The fact that he and his
district 30 has been close and in,boys lost this year to Rosenberg,
teresting since the beginning of does not discredit him or them.
the old world, anxioub to post-
pone payments of $124,934,421 due
less than a month hence, waited
eagrely to hear the results of the
words exchanged beneath the glit-
tering chandeliers of the White
House’s famous red room. .
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. The Eastern Star had initiation
these teams meet in Victoria at
eight o’clock to play off the tie.
The Victoria school authorities
are planning to entertain the larg-
est crowd ever to attend a foot-
ball game in this district.
ON 18TH, AND
ONE MAN KILLED INSTANTLY AND OTHER
DIES LATER WHEN PLANE HITS A TREE
Tnm a 4
The women of the Methodist .
Church had an all day quilting 3
last Thursday in the basefhent of t
the Church .with a “covered dish’ > d
was served.
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made the outcome of the
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TWO TEAMS PLAYED A
Wharton, Nov. 22.—One man was
killed and two others were injur-
ed. one critically, in a plane,
crash on the unlighted air field
here Monday night.
The dead man is E. C. Temple-
ton, geologist of Los Angeles, and
the injured are W. G. Gallagher
geologist of Beeville, and C. F
Lienesch of Los Angeles.
All three men are members of
a geophysical expedition that has
been emngaged to work in this
section for the past week for the
Union Oil company of California
Lienesch is head of the aviation
department of the oil company
and was pilot of the ill fated
plane " - ”' I . - si
The smashup occurred when the
No.:
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decided Friday night when
it Hoover a year ago
to congress that the
of thel parents
Mr. and Map:, X Kubate.
o.E. g. members from Louise
DISTRICT TITLE 1
DERRICK UP ON THE ROSENBERG WINS ''
LURKER TRACT: MA- OVER ELCAMPOFOR
iE Coach Rich has tuft. the Rice
WILL Birds under his tutelage for six
seasons, and during that time,
he has turned out four district
a, chicken Dinner at St. Philip's
Hall Sunday, December 4th. Ev-
erybody invited.
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Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Swanson and
family will go to Groesbeck to
District Tilt 9-6
LIENESCH 8AY8 OCCUPANTS
OVERCOME BY CARBON-MON
OXIDE GAS WHILE CIRCLING
EL CAMPO.
Washington, Nov. 22.—To a sug-
ST Dana s ~examination or ce
neats test week, using as a deco- debt problem, Governor Roosvelt
SXe them" a white and yellow today replied the subject was one
hamot with chrysanthemums giving for the present congress to
the floral touch. Checked gingham siderir Mr Hoover should reoom-
table covers in the chosen colors mend It ■ '
with score pads and taules in the’.. The exchange took place at the
“gingham cat and calico dog" I now. meeting., betwemn
completed the table equipment At Presidnt Hoover and the, predi-
the close of the games a salad dent-elect before a crackling log
retreshment course was passed and fire in the austere red room of
Flower bulb bowls with bulbs wore the White House.
have lost a game and have pertectilege players. It now rest in the
records except for the tie Kam2jhands of the patrons to give them
which thy played with each otherjthe brand of encouragement thex-
la Yoakum November 18.
The district championship will
ton at the home of Mrs. Rudel
Allen of the Blue Creek Home
Demonstration Club was indeed
interesting. We often wonder what
to do with our culls and other
surplus, but Mias Burton always
ezcept Yeakum ud Victoria. Both
of these teams have made a good
record from the beginning and
have steadily Improved as the
season advanced. Neither of them
the Steed Production company of trict in Class B football.
Dallas, to drill. This company is Playing on a neutral field, the
reputedly a reliable concern, hav-, two squads fought with equal ad-
ing brought in several fields over vantages or disadvantages, and **
the State, and speak highly of the doubt the better team won. Earty
Leech Dome proposition. They in the game, Rosenberg worked
claim that if there is anything to the ball to El Campo's two yard
geology, there is oil there. stripe, where the Rloe Birds brae-
The Gant ft Teas, (Treble Oil ed and held for downs. Perhaps
the most part made his role in
the conference that of a listener.
Mr. Roosevelt’s position was out-
lined as unchanged from the at-
titude he expressed in answering
Mr. Hoover's invitation to the
conference—-that any immediate
action on the war debts was the
responsibility of those now in exe-
cutive or legislative control of the
government
An unconscious pilot was at
the controls of the ill-fated air-
plane which bore two men to their
death at Wharton Monday night
From his bed in a hotel there
Tuesday, Pilot C. F. Lienesch, a
veteran aviator, said he and the
two passengers were overcome by
carbon monoxide gas from the
plane's exhaust heater over El
Campo, ■ a dislance of 11 miles
away. »
“I don’t remember a thing after
, 3 said to have has a way to help us solve our
been away during the day on a problems with her various demon-
strations given each month. It
does not pay to miss any of her
Mrs. E. R. Marek
The Demonstration on chicken
E. N. PetersoR.
Rev. L. R. Brd of Ganado who
has recently returned from the
Baptist State Convention in Abi- Monday night with the Edna Chap
leno filled his regulgs appoint- 1
COMPANIONS ARE Sam Bishkin’s Sale
Begis at 9 A. M.
the school faculty Theatre, the organteation, in an
attempt to meitetn thie tempo of
feeling, has chosen for its Christ-
mas production, "Coquatte" s
play with an ever popular
. The play will “ “
TRIO PINNED UNDER PLANE
ON UNLIGHTED AIRPORT; E
C. TEMPLETON FROM LO8
ANGELE8 18 VICTIM.
awarded Miss Johnnie Hudson and
Addie Peterson, Club High and said by one in aposition toknow
Second High, While guests prizes what bad happened, declined to
— make any commitments, and for
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the
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. Pleasure trip, attempted to tend
at the airport here after nieht-
fall, and crashed too a tree on demonstrations,
the landing Held’s edge. • -
Reauzingthis high class play
to be most ezacting on both the
actors and director, Miss Eppie
It response to numerous 17 Miss Mary Owen will be at
rles since the Flower Show schet home from Bryan tor th eThanks-
a fatal mistake, in attempting a
running play rather than a kiek,
scored Rosenberg 2 points when
Freis was tackled behind his owa
goal line for a safety.
Things did not seem to be mush
to the advantage of either squad
until late in the second quarter,
when the high stepping Freh
broke loose for one of his famous
50-yard dashes for a touchdown,
Attempt failed for extra point
Playing hard, evenly matched
football through the third and al-
most all the fourth quarter, nei-
ther team could muster strength
to cross the goal line. The de-
ciding touchdown came just a mtn-
ute before the final gun, when Sti-
bora of Rosenberg ambled across
for six points, and Rosenberg forth
with made the extra point. Thus,
what seemed would end a 6 2
victory for El Campo was turned
into a 9 to 6 defeat.
By virtue of this win, after be-
ing handed a 13 to 6 defeat earli-
er in the season by the Ries
Birds, the Brahmas will uphold
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.5a,, rsturerdapo"mds“stortor,mra. debt bommoisslom bero-eatabtished.
sdedsie Cartoon*. *
? "P Mrs. Joe Senirik and son were
epudding in about the first of De-
cember.
The well is on a block leased
Swanson’s parents.
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Mrs. Robert Porter of Temple
has been visiting her sister, Mrs
Eugene Azbill.
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VICTORIA AND YOA-
tamales given by Miss Aileen Bur-1 ter we-circled El Campo,” Lien- the season. The distrct boasts of, o5 Pty did the best they couia,
each said. “E. C. Templeton and - - - ------•-----hinh >
CHINERY GOING IN
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INTEREST INCREASES AS OIL
ACTIVITY TAKES IN LARGER
SCOPE OF COUNTY.
for all prepared and given hua
trying ovi the plane. Mrs. C. W. Tost. Three quilte-
alter a new motor had been in -J were completed one to be sent
stailed. They took off'from thejto the Methodist Orphanage and
York, wh was as- airport late in the afternoon and the others to be sold.
' -ntended to return by nightfall -----,7
but the plane did not reach the The Home Demonatration C1u5
rtela until King after darknese wiL meet, next with Mra
settied. I Record. All members are urged
body Of Templeton was sent to ba present, as this to the rezun
s Angeles Wednesday morn- lar meeting tor iecon of officers. 2
- be sent Mto. KrnezenuSvanisb tashet
attenir their chapter meeting
in El Campo Monday night were
Miases Jesste Thomas, Addle Pe-
terson, Mesdames Sam Heard
Glenn Johnson, Wil Thomas, H.
O. Frembing, L S. Stockton and
y in Januhry, 1933 what happened. I can’t even re-
Thanksgiving with Mrs.
Such netorm of protest was raised
amongpahe legislators—arising in
some cases from administration
STICK OF PLANE IN
THE FATAL CRASH ’
president and and a brother of Robert L. Tem-
well pleton, track coach at Leland Stan
d ones are urg- ford University, died almost in*
t at the Council stantly when the plane crashed each were
rton on Monday. into a tree on the tending field.
. ti ot Beeville and for-
motored to —
ht where Weldon strong
ivenite Yodeler at appeal,
rail staged by the on th* night of
Qteib and Shriners -
There was no one at the field
at the time, but persons living m,------
the neighborhood neqrdtthe crash Yirrt W
and rushed to the scene. Temple- M '
len- turkey demonstrator for the year
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Co.) Laura Hahn is down 5550,
and the well is being reamed, pre-
paratory to going deepr. The con-
tract on the depth of this well
has been renewed, and drilling re-
sumed recently after a shut down
Report comes that the Shel'
Kompany’s No. 1 Mitchell, has
lost. a tool and is fishing. The
axact depth of this hole has not
been learned, but they should be
iown well over 5000 feet.
There are now six teats being
made in Wharton County, two of
which are near Hungerford. With
a thorough test being made, peo-
ple should soon know whether or
not there is grease under the sur-
face of the county.
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CHICKEN DINNER
and grandparents,’ spokesmenthat the proposal wan
never brought to a specific vote.
Meanwhile, the > great powers of
. . ... I Football fans of El Campo may,
race uncertain up to the end. A , well lo0k forward to another sea-
been e m na son’ with anticipation. Some of the
boys playing Wedaesday’s game,
were playing their last game of
High School football. Some K.
them are capable and have the
the honors of the district in the
future battles before the Regional
championship is decided. It now
behooves boosters of District 28
to get behind a deserving team
and help bring the Regional crown
back to this district.
El Campo’s “little army” gave
the boys from over in Fort Bend
VTIN TA PI AV FAReounty, a hard fight, and wer
NUI IU rLhI lv!» just as deserving to win. How-
district 30 crown z
to win half of the time.
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Friday, Nov. 25th
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Sam Bishkin is celebrating his
22nd Anniversary in business in
El- Campo, with a big sale, be-
ginning at 9:00 a. m., Friday,
November 25th.
The itizen has printed several
thousand two-page circulars for
this Sale and the many bargains
offered, demand the attention of
the buying public. On another page
of this issue, Mr. Bishkin has an
anouncement of his Sale.
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Blue Creek Women
Learn How to Use
Chicken for Tamales
[ went to Mrs. N. L. Franke of El
L Campo and Mrs. A. S. Johnson.
r T. L. Heard has returned to
| State Ranger duties at Raymond-
k villa after a visit withhomefolks.
y Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Appling had
I a* week end guests Mesdames
is 5 Leroy and S. R. Friday and Emma
Einon, all of Tvoll. The "Vr-
[ days” are former Louisites and it
t was a pleasure to have them in
E town for this brief visit.
Kjor Mrs. Ruby,Bowers of Blessing
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1983 and Mrs. c.miwood poultry
demonstrator^
Pbe outgoing
Council Representatives, as
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onupe
(mawas,very promising. The Garden
b Club wishes to publicly express
L their thanks to the El Campo
K citizn for its donation or printing
r on the award ribbons which were
k to have been presented to winners
L and to Miss Norma Freis for her
; free advertisemnt of the show on
», the Normana screen, both of which
15 were greatly apprectated.
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1932, newspaper, November 25, 1932; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1577742/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.