The La Coste Ledger (La Coste, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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Finnish Relief Fund
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Vacancies in the ranks of .the
United States Marine Corps, are
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Devine Postoffice Moved
To New Location
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GRAIN DEALER
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Miss Dickinpn’s <,
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Dee Diekinson, of
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anagement super-
'arm Security Ad-
School Representatives Meet And •
Plan Interscholastic League
Meet For 19394940
sociated with Hoover in the Bel-
I gian Relief Drive in 1914 and
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- Observations -
Things we see, hear and infer
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it rained in .November 2.15 inches
fell; and December brought 115
inches,', ,21 c 1
Even though rain fell during
has done fu
University of
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Rainfall of Past Year Falls More
Than Ten Points Below Average
Of Last Ten Years
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Stands at the heart of the business
life of this community.
place immediately after the new
road is opened as pledged by
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1910 License Plates Bring
Forth Gay Colors
P'Hanis, the following were elect-
ed as directors of the different
athletic events. N. L McNeal,
Yancey, Athletic DRctot of bas-
ketball; Matt Bader, LaCoste, Vol-
ministration in Medina, Real and
Uvalde countie , it was announc.
can automobile Assocjation has
reported that thirty-four states
have adopted entirely new color
pneumonia for two weeks. ■ ’
Funeral services were held at
the Horger chapel in the Horger
Funeral Home in Hondo Friday
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ball at LaCoste; Tennis at Hondo;
Playground ball at Devine; Track
at Hondo; Dates fqr schedule of
volleyball, tennis, playground
ball, and track, will be announced
by the directors of these meets.
4 Texas, because .of its size, has
been allotted a January enlist-
The overpass at Kelly field is
due for completion about January
15th. Traffic that has long been
everyome’s hopes werehiut Snow
fel north and northeast of Baa
antpnanby: to the disappointment
from throughout the Medina Val-
ley took part in the evening of de-
lightful fun and frolicmm.
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Baker Hotel, Dallas, Funds so v. r ,
secured, from all over the state, I announced the opening of a beauty
will be forwarded from the state shop here in LaGoste. Her shop
headquarters to the national will be situated in the Handy-
headquarters of the Finnish Re- Andy Building and will be known
every month of the past year, the
total only reached 15.64 inches. —3
In the last thirty years only
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at New Fountain.
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A Correction
ed recently by
C. M. Evans.
GOOD SEED OATS
The Turf Variety
BEARDLESS WHEAT \
Now is the time to get your seed oats and wheat—We
buy all kinds of grain and sell better feeds. See us when
you want anything in the field seed line or Poultry Feeds.
LITTLE BOY BLUE
Is a poultry feed that pays big dividends
R. J. Mangold
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Beauty Shoppe Opens --
In LaCoste .e .09,,0,3
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Mrs. Cilla Dee Springfield has:
nthe
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structed to decide whether a
Literary Meet will be held, name
chairman as, needed for such
meet, and select a place and date
for the meet, if held. Mara "
three had less rainfall than did *
1939. Those three Were 1925
with a total of 12.81 Inches, 1917
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mangold
visited Joe Tachirhart and Mes-
dames Pauline Tondre and Katie
Hauck at Castroville one day last
week. Mrs. Hauck, whose home
is in San Antonio, spent several
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Even though the weather ---
quite: coldg a large crowd turned
out to enjoy the evening. People
Funeral Rites Held Sunday
For Luella Karm
Kelly Field is practically com-
pleted for painting, state high-
way officials have stated. . . —
If the weather permits the
work, painting will be completed
about the middle of January.
The formal action by the Bexar
County Commissioners’ Court
will then close the highway a-
eross Kelly Field. This will take
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Wednesday morning LaCoste
and surrounding territory exper-
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2 Mr. and Mrs. Robert .Rihn and
daughters visited With relatives
forth with their work, what will
become of this magnificent coun-
try when Communistic workers
see that the time is at hand when
they can take over all superior-
ity ?
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nSedi
The building was completed sev-
eral weeks ago but because of de-
lay in receiving fixtures the: mov-
ing was completed on Christmas
Day. g,2*12 ,
The building, which also houses
the drug store and barber shop,
is constructed of brick and tile.
She is to aid in the rehabilita-
tion -of "lowincpme farm families
of the three counties by guiding
and education of women in im-
not happen here? Many Ameri-
cans, in spite of past experinees,
assume that one of our soldiers is
a match for any ten foreigners.
That attitude is based on the un-
A broken record of victory in all
1940. autombile - registration
plates will again emphasize gay
color combinations. The Ameri-
da
,y. . 4005 .. i 1 1.,"
Miss Diekinsin was formery a
member of the FSA staff at He
ing held for the theft pending
action of the grand jury. The
yearling is to be used as evidence
in the case. Een2uniteca
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lief Fund in New York.
Those desiring to contribute
xs. She has al-
economics for
West Texas high
its of Mr. and
r and children
•day. Malcolm
the past week
I them to La-
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Headquarters for Texas, which
Capt. Lucey has opened in the
This Bank
. Miss Luella Karm, age 30
years, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Karm, died Fri-
day evening, December 29, 1939.
She had been iH for six years but
only two days of serious illness
preceded her death.
/ The body rested at the home
of Mr. and Mrs; Emil Zimmer-
man at Castroville .‘where the
rosary, led by Very Rev. Dean
J.. Lenten, was said Saturday,
night. The funeral was hld'at
ten o’clock Sunday morning with
years of
n- The Communists are trying
desperately to get 'a foot-hold in
LFinland. Their success is evi-
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house for its regular term ofward such contributions once
court. The following are new jeach week to the Finnish Relief ;
eases on the docket: -kef
g0g. SCriminal .
State of Texas Vs. Ross C.
Adams, swindling with Worthless
check. ' 17-- 1 ea. ;' ■ ,
State of Texas vs. Anastacio
Villa, aggravated assault.
State of Texas Vs. C. J. John-
son, assault with motor vehicle.
The meet will be held as fol-
lows; Basketball at Lytle, if pos-
sible, on February 16 and 17, ur«
less otherwise notified. Schedule
of games will be arranged and
By motion of Mr. Barry of schools will be notified. Volley-
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accepted for enlistment through
recruiting officers located in Ab-
Ilene, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, tonio.
Houston and San Antonio.
Applicants may secure further
information by contacting the
postmasters or the recruiting of-
ficers of the above named cities.
Of the prigitial 5,000 V
existing two months ago, ap-
proximately 2,000 now 'remain
to bring the Marine Corps up to
the authorized peace *
strength.
" privilege.. Many of the Euro-
J peans long for rights such as we
enjoy here in America and many
of us Americans are qualified to
vote but instead let the oppor-
tunity pass. We are all Amer-
ican citizens, therefore, let’s act
like American citizens and take
the trouble of at. least casting
, i our votes in the coming election.
New Road and Overpass Southeast
Of Kelly Field to be Completed
By Middle of January
or bus on
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of many. However, chances for
snow seem about as available as
those for rain and one of the
- other may surprise us sometime.
He had been ill
On ThursdayDecember 14/
1989, by call of Supt. Matt Bader
of LaCoste, school representatives
met at LaCoste from Hondo, Yan-
cey, D’Hanis, Natalia, Devine,
and LaCoste to organize the In-
terscholastic League for 1939-
1949. 0-3 onl6 "
\ By motion of Mr. Willingham
of Devine, seconded by Mr.‘Bar
ry of Hondo, Mr. Breazelle of Na-
talia was nominated and elected
Director General of the county.
The Director General was in-
Your Business Appreciated
The LaCoste National Bank
- LaCoste, Texas______. ________
nated gifts to the tree.
We are sorry that this on
slipped our attention and
that the good business poo
-te "i' over °0k, t.
Biediger acting as hostesses;
.Several games of "bingo” were La
enjoyed by twenty-eight adults ,
I nd youngsters. Prizes were 3
I awarded to Mir. G.«e ---- ad—
Mre. G.E. Wieehma
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It will tako your message to
■ hundreds of consumers
- foreign wars, together with a (
-feeling of general superiority ov-
? or all aliens. Thus the change
in modern military science which
accompanied the development of
mechanised warfare is ignored.
The American soldier may be
without an equal in individual
- initiative and resourcefulness, but
J, these factors alone do not insure
victory in modern conflict. There
is no need for breathtaking
alarms just yet but armies to
fight the communist invaders can-
not be supplied and trained over-
s’':’ night or even in a few months.
All this takes time and con-
sideration. If Americans sit idle
and dream of the wonderful
. strength of this great nation of
ours, and let the Communists go
- - considered a serious hazard to
racanciesboth Kelly field fliers and the
motorists, will then be barred
from the section of the Frio City
road beginning at the Leona
time Bridge and extending across Kel-
At the request of ex-President
Herbert Hoover, made to a large
number of newspapers in the
United States, and ' relayed
through Capt. J. F. Lucey, prom-
inent Texas independent oil oper-
ator, the LaCoste Ledger will
participate in' the sponsorship of
a nationwide move to raise funds
for the relief Of Finland.
>Mr. Hoover's request that John
C. Biediger accept the local chair-
manship was’ received here yes-
terday. Capt. Lucey was as-
through the LaCoste Ledger are
requested to Qddress their con-
tributions: to Finnish Relief
Fund, care of LaCoste Ledger,
LaCoste, Texas. All contribu-
tions will be acknowledged in
the columns of the Ledger,.
Mr. Hoover issued the fol-
lowing statement: "America has
a duty to do its part in the re-
lief of the hideous suffering of
the Finnish people. Our people
should have an outlet in which
to express their undivided and
practical sympathy. I havecon-
sented to organize a nationwide
Finnish relief fund for this pur-
pose.
"I appeal' to the American
people for its support.
“Finland is not a rich coun-
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.students are planning to buckle
down to some real studying. -
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Holiday Dance Proves
Within a month the qualified
voters of thia Road District No. 2
of Medina County, will again have
the opportunity of casting their
g votes either for or against the
issuance of a >60,000.00 . Road
Bond. Certainly by. this time
- there ia no one who hasn’t given
it at Pleast some thought. And
there is definitely no one who can-
not see, if willing to do so, the
3u great opportunities the issuance
of these bonds offers. By this
ly field.
The overpass across the South-
ern Pacific and Missouri Pacific
r study at the
State-of Texas Vs Pete Heil-
bron; attempt to hunt wild ducks
from a power boat.' V"
: State of Texas vs. Agapito
Campos, theft. od 6. ' .7
’ Civil
State of Texas vs. Frank Rihn
and Hulda Rihn. • ■”
’ State of Texas vs. Mrs. Phili-
pina „Bendele et al.
Mrs. Cora Yarbrough vs, Q. F.
Yarbrough- . ,
Ben Balzen vs. H. C. Oefinger
pt al, suit on promissory note,
Hondo Anvil Herald.
at ;
" geam
quarters in Dallas w H Wiemers of Hondo. 80
These 120 young men will be . • • miL — a—
Ewing and 3. B- Rihn, Jt., visit-
ed "with friends and relatives in
LaCoste Friday evening. They
were accompanied to LaCoste by
Mrs. Wm. Rihn who visited in
San Antonio during the holidays.
' ery qualified voter would rise
up in rebellion! Yet quite a
? number don’t make use of their
Mrs. J. C. Biediger and sons,
John Co, Jr., Frhcis, and Thom-
farming practides given by FSA
farm supervisois., Ta : .
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All Religious Schools In
Mexico Ordered Closed
Religious schools in Mexico
were banned Thursday, December
28, after the chamber of deputies
passed a billudrawn up by Pres-
ident Lazaro Cardenas, ordering
tout “private schools which im-
part religious teaching shall be
closed.” ' . ■ ‘
ments were made by the Tondre
Funeral Home. a. t ' .
.Active pall bearers were Mar.
shall Koch, Maurice utz, .Jesse
Applewhite,; Ernest "‘Tschirhart,
Victor Tondre, and Wilfred
Tschirhart. Tena Lee Lieber,
Eloise Haegelin, Laura Mae
Schott, Wilfreeh Boehme, Ludell
Boehme and Isabell Karm were
honorary pall bearers. Cross
bearer, Clovis Boehme, and Anna
Bell Tondre and Leatrice Burell
were flower girls. ... .
She is ‘survived by three broth-
ws, Joe G., Albert > and Oscar
The- automobile - registration
plates for 1940 in Texas -will be
quite -distinctive. The numerals
will be purple on a white back-
ground. affording a sharp con-
trast to the orange . and black
combination of 1939. No other
state, possession or territory of
this Nation, or Canadian terri-
tory is using purple for the plates
of 1940.
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Texas Allotted Enlistment
Quota of 120 to Marines
try. The people have little re-
serve for emergency. They arc
making an heroic defense. Air
attacks have compelled the eva-
cuation of civilians from their
towns and cities. Hundreds bf
thousands of women and children
have been driven from their
homes in the middle of the north-
ern winter. Many already are,
and nib re will be, refugees out-
side their own country. Many
are destitute. Others are with-
out adequate shelter, clothing
and food. This fund is for the
purpose of serving these broad
needs.
"I fully .realize . the present
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Kinney. She has a degree I
homefeconomiea
from West Tex-
as Teachers College, Canyon, and
leyhall; C. D. Sadler, Hondo, Ten-
nis; Leroy Fry, Devine, Play-
ground ball; Tom Bridges, Hondo,
Track. ,
\ It was decided to hold the has-
ketball tournament as a Round
Robin at Lytle, if possible. Mr.
Willingham of Devine was in-
structed to make arrangements
for securing the gymnasium at
Lytle.'
January 15 was set as the last
date for entry of teams for the
basketball tournament to be made
to Mr. W. L. MeNeallof Yancey.
talent, at the home of Mrs. Henry
was gold on Tuesday after
1 January 16th at one o’clock.
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The regular monthly meetilig ss
of the- LaCoste Parent-Teacher 1, -54
Associaton met in the study hall .. —8
of the high school on Tuesday a
evening, January 2nd. After all 9
routine business had been dis- me,
posed of, the meeting was ad- ' ' ?>
I journed for a social hour, with G
I Mrs. R. J. Mangold and Mrs. Max .
ment quota of 120 men by Head- 1
quarters, Marine Corps, accord- "
ing to Captain J. D. O’Lea ry Of- ------
Heer in Charge of Marine Corps .
recruiting in Texas, with head- Fa895 A"
{.handler flower
812 8. Alamo BL
San Antoni, Texa
Funeral Flowers shipped I
afternoon. Interment was
QfMM, Taas, January 5, 1940
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The Christmas mails were de- ,
livered from the new location.
124 are being an aid to yourself and
V02 your neighbors and if you are
pdarhelping to push forward instead
of stepping backwards.
as the LaCoste Beauty Shoppe. ' ; «
The grand opening will be held
Friday, January 12th. Mrs.
Springfield has come here highly , ean.1
recommended and. promises/ excel- ; 03 " .i
lent service.
Karm; and two sister, Mrs. Jul-
ius Tschirhart and Mrs. Robert
Boehme. The late Mrs. Joseph
Haegelin was also a sister.
She was born on December 1,
1909, in Castroville and lived
practically all her life there. She
Mn. H. F. Kell
l at LaPryor S
• Keller, who.spen
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Public Affairs Forum
Tuesday Night ,,
Tuesday night, January 8th,
has been selected as the date for
the next Public Forum meeting
in LaCoste. ' g 7—
Brother Aloysius Blume, pro-
fessor of English at St. Mary’s
University of San Antonio, will
be the speaker of the night. His
subject will be “Neutrality
Through Cash and Carry”. A
very good talk on this current
event is expected.
It is hoped that a greater num-
ber of persons will be present
than were last time, even though
a good crowd was on hand.
It is hoped that everyone, who
possibly can, will be present.
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Lee Tschirhart from Rio Me-
dina spent Hie holidays at Pipe
Creek as the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Sebt.. Tschirhart.
Services were held from the
Methodist Church Friday, Decem-
ber 29, at Devine for Mrs. Nan-
pie McCauley Howard, 80, widow
of the late Dr. George F. Howard,
who died Sunday night, December
24th, in Mountain Lake, New Jer-
sey, at the home of her son,
George F. Howard. Rev. Kermit
Gibbons and Rev. W. L. DuBose
officiated., 1.
Survivors are three son, Earl W.
Howard and Dr. Elmer Howard,
both of Pearsall, and George F.,
two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Moth-
eral of Houston, and Mrs. Harry
Bennett of Derby; and a brother,
J. B. McCauley of Lubbock.
Mr. and Mrs.^binus Tschirhart
and children from Hondo were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Tschirhart and ' children at Rio
Medina New Year Day.
tracks at the southeast cornerof {the Court. . ' The Devine postoffice has been
az ■ moved to a new location recently.
Hites Held at Devine .
For Mrs. Nannie Howard
the past year but reversed them
as to numerals and background.
The black and yellow combina-
tion will be the most popular in
1940. Eight states are using this
combination; seven are using
blue and white; six tn uaing
black and white; and four are us-
headquarters
, . icceedsLou-
ise Maudlin, w o resigned recent-
1939 saw only thirty-seven
rainy days. During those thirty-
seven days the rainfall averaged
about .42 of an inch per twenty-
four hours. The past year was
the driest since 1925. Even less
rain fell during 1939 than in
1938. According to Adolph
Zinsmeyer, local gauger who has
kept records of the rainfall for
the past thirty years, the follow-
ing rains fell during 193910
In January, eight days rain
totaled 1.88 inches; in February,
three days totaled .72 inches; in
March it rained but one day dur-
ing which .19 inches fell; in
April .30 inches fell; during May
a total of 1.16 inches fell during
the five days it. rained; during
June only .9 inches fell; July
brought 3.90 inches one day last
rainfall; in August five days
rain totaled 1.94 inches; during
September v the rainfall totaled
1.83 inches; in October only .33
inches fell; during the two days
Schuehle. The calf is one of the
several that was stolen from the c Ena
Mueller Brothers of . LaCoste;.
Robert Tondre of Macdona is be-
a requiem Mass in St. Louis
n Church and interment in St. Louis
*' Cemetery with Very Rev. Dean
J, Lenzen officiating. Arrange-
New Home Worker
Named
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ienced the first real frost of the
WQB. We have had several
“white mornings” but the first
hard ice appeared T
s
vne
Schools Resume Classes
After Holidays t < 1
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Classes for 1940 began January
2nd in both St. Mary’s Parochial
School of LaCoste and the La-
Coste High Sehoof ;
The pupils seemed quite eager
to get back to a regular routine
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teen states and the District of 'be time for mid-term evsytou-
Culii - " tions and
a vast majority of the
Mies Harriot
Canyon, Randa
named home n
visor for the
was a graduate of the Santa Rosa
School of Nursing in San An-
tonio and had practiced for sev-
eral years. She had a kind and
gay. personality and was befriend-
ed by many. Her departure has
left an exceedingly sore spot in
tor’ M- the heartaokman T1
gnanaCounty Cour convened ter
n cEic.Wednesday p.sg used in raqsing funds for the
Don’t lat it pass without putting
your vote in the ballot box. And
just before you drop your ballot
into the box ask yourself if you
with only 8.38 inches, and 1910
with a total of 13.20. ii .
The following fa the recprd of
rainfall for;the last ten years:
1939" "u,c. Aaree 15.64, 32.2
1938 17.41
1937 23.07
1936 - <n 34.07 :
1935 41.43
1934 26,61
- ga Ls, 19.96/'. ■’
nm". Ma- 28.05 ‘2
1931 28.50
1930 m .01 23.36
in the article about the Christ-
mas Tree Program at Natalia,
in last week’s issue of the Led-
ger, Lytle was accidently omitted
in the list of towns that donated
gifts to the tree.. We also failed
to mention that R. A. Martin, of
the Lytle Radio and Electric Com-
pany, furnished the loud speaker
and donated Ma work and all
electrical material used during
the program.
AU the professional and busi-
new men of Lytle aa well as of
Evidence for Cattle Theft
Case Arrives
A 400-pound yearling heifer
was shipped recently from Welsh, '
Oklahoma, to Sheriff Chas. J.
H. D. Club Holds First
Meeting of 1940
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Members of. the LaCoste H. D.
Club met with. Miss Neil Foley
at the home of Mra. Wm. Bohl on
Tuesday aftemaon, January 2nd,
with nineteen nembers present.
Miss Foley ditributed the yer
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Delightful Enjoyment and, alo gavehhem * leaflet en-
The average for the past ten - 0,
years is 25.81 inches. 1939′8 ,
rainfall, was more than ten inches
below this average, '• ’ ’ '
P-T. A, Enjoys Meeting
And Social Hour
time everyone has had sufficient
time to "really think the thing
over.” In the last elections there
were a great number of quali-
2 fied voters who didn’t bother to
. cast a vote, That w«i very
2 thoughtless. Would any of us
object to an act. by the govern-
) meat that would deprive us of
the right to vote. Of course, ev-
San Antonio New Year’s Day. days in the Tondre home.
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proved homem#king methods and
use of farm-grown products in
the home. Han work-supplements
the loans furnished by the Farm
Security Admitistration, and the
service in advising and educating
low-income farmers in good
i 4 in America. However, all work
j • ' ia done under cover so as to take
g/#•• • America by surprise when the rate according to information re.
e. time is kt hand. Are we going "n
htobe idealists with our heads in
, i the clouds and harbor the belief
I , that events ecurihg abroad can-
nu dently not goimg forth as well
2za as expected. Nevertheless, they
' ’. are not stopping to grieve. They
„—u. are continuing their heartless
work with more eagerness than
before. Theireffortsaregrad-
Tgne ually becoming noticeable here
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