The La Coste Ledger (La Coste, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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School
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before sunrise with a prize catch.
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agricultural and marketing acti-
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Alex Jungman Jr., and baby of
meeting, adopting the by-laws
man and family here Sunday.
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Theo. Trip, Miss Henrietta Less-
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Everybody Cordially Invited
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Your Business Appreciated
Sunday, April
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met Saturday evening, April "27,
1940, with the Co-pperative As-
sociation in an enjoyable meeting
tors captured an-
nday by beating
tion, motored to D’Hanis for an
afternoon visit
’What Catholic Action Really Is.”
After the adjournment of- the
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- Observations -
Things we see, bear and infer
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Hondo Creek, east of Hondo, was
resumed last week after being at
a standstill for over a month.
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Public Forum
Scheduled
For Wednesday
Pressing School activities
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Medina Valley
Co-operettes
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ranging for a social evening the .
last Saturday in May.
Succumbs Monday
William B. Wier, 74, died Mon-
day, April 29/1940, at his home
in San Antonio. He was a native
OF ALL
KINDS
ver and lakes.Before daylight
hundreds of anglers wet their
hooks and many returned home
Wednesday, May 1, and ardent
fishermen again Staged their an-
" i to deliver the beccalaurate
sermon for the Seniors of LaCos-
discussed topic of interest to all, ning at 8:00 o’clock.
The principal speaker of the ‘ ,
evening well be the prerident of J ;
Antonio, upon the request of the
Senior Class accepted the invita-
Holy Cross Parochial School of
D’Hanis visited St. Mary’s School
here in LaCoste and extended the
students an invitation to return
the visit.
Tuesday, April 30th, the fifth,
sixth and seventh grade pupils of
St. Mary’s, accompanied by Sis-
ters M. Melanie afld M. Francas
Construction of Modern Bridge
Over Medina River To Begin
Soon In Castroville
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Funeral 1
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Stands at the heart of the business
life of this community.
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New Hondo Bridge
To Be Completed
In a Few Days
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— Mr. Ray Trip.
Treasurer’s Report Mr. R.
Your Markets".
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the possible information so as to
keep up with the times. Attend
this meeting and take home with
you numerous pointers on “Know
Social Hour.
CommencementExercises
Here May 16th
Father James T. Lockwood, pas- ] tion
tor of St Henry's Church in San -serm
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vice, will speak on a topic espe-,
clally interesting to farmers.
Goodspeakers are always in
demand Ito fih engagemenu for
organizations of all kinds, and aa
Mr Hooks' is ‘an accomplished
speaker, and much to demand.
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the delay of a shipment of steel
from Pennsylvania. This ship-
ment has now arrived and is being
unloaded at Dunlay.
The LaCoste National; Bank
LaCoste, Texas .' t
to High School at the LaCoste
seventeen years of age, persons
fishing on land they own or on
land which they reside or persons
holding an artificial, lure license
are exempt. A- ?
Legal methods of taking game
fish in Texas are by ordinary pole
and line, setline, trotline, artifi-
Helotes 110 000 000—2
LaCoste 000 440 00X—8
Summary: 2 base hits, H. Trip,
F. Keller, S. Keller; Base on balls
off Schmid 4, off Biedigernone,
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Bader were indeed fortunate | in 1
---- securing Mr. A:B. Wacker, of the ‘
runs, and repeated in the fifth University of San Antonio to de-
back and the roek buildings in
the path of the right-of-way were
dismantled Weeks ago so work-
the State. LaCoste High School
seniors are exceptionally pleased
that such a remarkable man will
be their speaker on such a memor-
Work on the bridge over
ever, the date has been definitely
set for Wednesday night, May
8, at 8:00 o’clock in the LaCoste
School Auditorium.
"Know Your Markets" will be
the topic for discussion at the
meeting and Mr. Lance G. Hooks,
specialist in agriculture, has been
secured as the speaker of the
evening. Local citizens have
been requesting a man, versed in
being treated with a base perser:
vative and tarvia is being laid.
Completion of this modem new
bridge is expected early in June.
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St. Mary’s Students Visit ,
D’Hanis School
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Laoste, Medina County.
Association will convene for its
last regular meeting for the cur-
rent school year on Tuesday
night, May 7, at eight o’clock.
The feature of the program will
be the installation of the new
officers for the coming year.
The public is invited to attend
the meeting and social hour
which will follow the meeting.
It is hoped that a large group of
patron# and friends of the school
will turn out for this last meet-
ing. Following is the complete
program that will be rendered:
Caldwell, Mrs. D.' E. Halsell of
Lytle, and Mrs. Ben Scallird of > .
San Antonio; and twelve grand-
Children.
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Castroville Ladies Aid
Society Meets
Fishing Season
Opened Wednesday
Morning, May 1
ral months have been asking to _____________________
hear an experienced and intelli- vities for several months and
gent man speak on some subject
. n of interest to them at the Public
The ladies of Devine and Na-
talia will furnish entertainment.
—Reporter, Mrs. Roy Perrault
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H. H. Ochs Will Speak
At C. of C. Meet
LaCoste Public High' School
announces its commencement exer-
1 Schmid 8, S. Kelldr B; Umpires,
Lisman and ntis; scorer, Joe
The halt in the work was due to —essing- ______ ______
that the size limits ire: black and
white bass, eleven inches and
crappie (white perch), seven
inches. It is unlawful to take in
any day more than fifteen bass,
fifteen crappie, thirty-five bream
or goggle-eye, or an aggregate of
more than fifty of these species.
It is also illegal to possess at any
time more than fifty bass, thirty
crappie, or seventy bream or
ed with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture in various capacities
for the last fourteen years. He
was placed in charge of the San
Antonio Market News Service on
livestock, meats, wool, and fruits
in 1935. He is the director and
chairman of the advirtising and
publicity committee of the South-
west Texas Boys' Fat Stock
Show.
Not the farmers and all inter-
ested persons of LaCoste and
community, but also those of sur-
rounding communities, are urged
As the complete program for the
evening has not yet been complete-
IB. Keller, 1. ly arranged, it will be announced nual on the Medina ri-
next week. , * „ . . .. .
2 Anglers who use artificial lure
are being warned by the Game
Department that they must pro-
cure the 81.10 fishing licence be-
fore traveling to their favorite
lake or stream. There are no ex-
ceptions under this law.
' Sportsmen are being reminded
: ing, and Henry EChtle who fur- Harley Haegelin and Clarence
ngahed the MM of transporta- "RbDhan 3. Lonuen, the direc-
tor, gave a short talk on a widely
of Kerrville and Dr. Earl Newton
of Corsicana.
made the occasion a happy one.
, After the lunch was served the
co-operettes held their regular
LaCoste Parent-Teacher
Eo Meet May 7
The LaCoste Parent-Teacher
™ cu, ... axatua. Mrs. Toni Jo Henzy, wife of
A barbecue furnished by the "Cowboy" Henry, convicted of the
murder of a Houston salesman
was granted an appeal to the
For MiSs Randle
Miss Lou Randle, 85, died at the
home of her niece, Miss Bertha
Newton, in Hondo, Wednesday af-
ternoon, April 24,1940.
'Funeral services were held at
4:00 o'clock (Thursday afternoon,
April 25, 1940, from the Horger
Funeral Home with Interment in
Oakwood Cemetery.
Miss Randle was a native. of
Navarro County, near Corsicana,'
but moved to the Yancey commun-
ity in 1882 where she lived for 27
years. She resided in Hondo the
last thirty years of her life.
. The surviving nephews and
nieces are Mrs. Shelby Woolls,
Miss Bertha Newton, and J. O.
salads brought by the ladies
cial bait and seines or nets of
not less than three inches square
mesh, except a seine or net made
of wire or other metallie sub-
stance of fish traps, , Minnow
seines not more than twenty feet
in length for the purpose of tak
ing minnews for.bait aze permit-
ted.
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certainly will be very .educational.
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Pope Pitts XII received twenty-
eight students April 29th, who
shortly will return to the United
States upon completion of their
courses of study at the North
American College in Rome. Bis-
hop Ralph L. Hayes of the collse
presented them and afterwards
was received privately by the
Pope.
The Castroville Chamber of
Commerce will meet in regular
session Tuesday night. May 7,
1940, at Wernette’s Garden, begin-
S. Keller none; struck out by
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the LaCoste High School prevent
the regular monthly meeting of
the Public Affairs Forum to be
held on the second Tuesday of the
month, the regular date. How-
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In the boys' baseball game the 1
DHanis team defeated the St
tor of St. Mary's Church here, and
during his comparatvely short
Stay here made many friends
who will certainly be glad to re-
new his acquaintance. He is fa-
vorably known throughout the en-
tire State, and he was very desi-
Rain which would grealty be-
nefit crops in Medina County is
being awaited by < farmers and
ranchmen, but to no availl
Chances for harvesting good
crops this year, are getting slim-
er and slimer. However, a slow,
soaking rain would be beneficial
to attend this meeting aa it is unloaded at Dunlay.
intended for their benefit, and ' Approaches to the bridge are
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framed by the committee and ar- ments and reprieve briefs before San Antonio visited Alex Jung-
ranging for a social evening the .fall. man and family here Sunday.
Meet
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The Medina Valley Co-operettes
Rev. James T. Lockwood To Be
Speaker At Baccalaureate
* Services Here May 12th
; and Mrs. Harry Field, Miss
; Louise Lessing, Mrs. Emil Muel-
I ler, Mrs. Henry Franger, Mrs.
•r E. ■ n.-f '
The Ladies Aid Society of Mar-
tha met in the Fous Building Ap-
ril 24, 1940. The meeting was
opened with prayer and songs.
The following committees were
appointed to serve for one month:
Sick commitee, Mrs. F. C. Stin-
son and Mrs. Louis Kriewald Sr,
Membership committee, Miss
Mary Balzen and Mrs. Henry
Boehme. *- ,
The meeting was then adjourn-
ed and a delicious lunch was serv-
ed by the hostess.—Reporter.
LaCoste Ledger
It will take your m essay to
hundreds of consumers
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to the extent of saving
quickly dying erops. Let's *
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Frank Mikach of Asherton and
Miss Louisa Mikach, Mr. and Mrs.
Castroville C.Y.O. Members
Hold Meeting
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The regular monthly business
and social meeting of the Castro-
ville C. Y. O. was held Wednesday
evening, April 24, 1940, at the
parish hall. The meeting way call-
ed to order by the. president and
opened with prayer by the direc-
tor, Very $ev. Dean J. Lenzen.
The Papal Encyclical, . “The
; High School Auditorium
> LACOSTE, TEXAS
: Friday, May 12
at 8:00 p.. m.
1 Given by Seniors and Juniors
; Admission: Adults 254
< ' Grammar School Children 154
your tackle and, troubles and go
on a fishing expedition. ’
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The time of the year is here 1
for baccalauerate and commence- 1
ment exercises and all that goes 1
with these, and graduates caught <
in I the web of anxiety, go about 1
like bees working furiously to get 3
their task completed before the ।
day is done. When the ordeal has
•J come to an end, graduates will 1
step into their vocations with the 1
Delladona H. D. Club Dance ::
AT MACDONA HALL <;
Saturday Night, May 4, 1940
9:00 to 1:00 ::
Old and Modem Music By - (
Joe Hartman and His Orchestra
HAND MADE ENTRANCE PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN ; :
Adm: Gents 404 Ladies 25 3;
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AT LACOSTE
SUNDAY, MAY 5,
i 3:00, p. M
" LaCoste Boosters
Vs.
Castroville Braves
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qectebpeerenroennetnnestjetetttertttt******
Base Ball
The fishing season in Medina
26 County opened officially at idawp
hope of becoming an asset to
their country.
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/ Farmers who for the past seve-
rous of being able to visit LaCoste
again and hopes to meet his many
did friends and renew his past
acquaintances. .
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Funeral Services at Hondo
the Boiler-Mlers of Helotes c. -______ _____
with a score of 8-2 The Boosters /16. The officials of the
started slow, hut ganged pon """
the Helotes piteher in the fourth
inning for fou hits and four
business session, salad, ritz, cook-
ies and coffee were served to the
assembled by Misses Ellyn and
Naomi Steinle, Pauline Haby, and
Howard Haby, Thomas Frey, and
Carl Steinle.
Dancing was enjoyed until a
late hour.
The next meeting will be held
Wednesday night, May 8, 1940, at
8:00 o’clock. All eligible non-
members of the parish are invited
to attend and join the ranks of
C. Y. O. Sdalists.—Reporter.
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An electrical storm accompan-
ied by hall hit Yancey community
Louisiana Supreme Court, Tues-
day April 30. The Supreme
Court is not expected to complete
its study of her case, hear argu-
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Two weeks aga th. stdents it EhristianEdtientionnof outh"T
was read and discussed by the
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Mary’s boys and in tha girls’
gams ths visitors won victorious
over the Holy Cross team.
The D'Hanis ladies served the
students sandwiches, assorted
cookies, cake, and iced tea.
Returning home the students
stopped at Moys Military Aca-
demy at Castroville when they
were conducted through the
building.
The entire group declared it a
grand and glorious afternoon.
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H. N. Hill has staked location
twelve miles east of Campbellton
in Atascosa County for the No. 1
When completed, the bridge
will excel all other bridges in
the county and adjacent counties
as well.
Bridge workers have commenc-
ed moving into Castroville in pre- ,
paration for the work and new
arrives are being housed daily.
Workmen residing on the form-
er Joe Biediger property have built
an office and at the present are -
constructing forms for the bridge..
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Brother of Lytle Resident , .
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1. The hail
id only • short
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BoqBten Sweat Helotes
Sunday 8 m2
Mr. Hooks, assisting marketing
specialist, in /charge of the fed-
eral-State Market News Ser-
Wolff and Marx Co., San Anton-
io, Mr. H. H. Ochs, who will give
an explanatory address on the
flexible maintenance tax.
A barbecue supper will be serv-
ed and the ladies and all interest-
ed citizens are cordially invited to
attend.
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LaCoste Bool'
other game 3n
Work on the proposed bridge
and highway through Castroville
Will materialize within; I a short
period of [ time. Fences and
frame buildings along the/ route
of the highway have.been moved
D. Bippert.
Music — Orchestra.
Chorus — Mother Singers.
Installation of Officers
Supt.C. F. Schweers. ‘
Music — Orchestra.
. Seines, rods, fishing poles, and
all other necessities for the grand
- \ sport are not uncommon sights
these days as the yearning to go
fishing is uppermost in the mind*
sof almost everyone. The State
‘ 2 - 3 ’ Fishing Commission furnishes
-8 sufficient amounts of fish each
year to keep lakes and. riven sup-
plied, therefore, fishing should be
good. Purchase a license, pack
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tcio.
School Auditorium, Sunday, May
12, 1940.
Rev. Lockwood served a short
time in the capacity of relief-pas-
Total....______34 8 9
Score by innings:
runs, and repeat
with four more r
game was theiis. ggvp-___--g_____ -v_____ —..
’ Next Sunday^ the Boosters take Wacker is conaidered the best in
on the Castroville team on the
local field. , , /
"BOOSTER LEADERS"
Batting — H. Trip, 346.
Runs — Lessing, 6.
Doubles — H. Trip, 5.
Triples - Franger, 2. <
Home Runs —]B.
Hits 4 H. Trip. 9
Following istthe
Sunday’s game;
HELOTES | AB R H
Braun, 1b —— „........ 4 12
Galm, rf-4 3 0 0
Menn, if "4 4 0 0
McCullough, eH-, 4 0 0
Kreuger,-2b-—-4 0 1.
Kempf, cf —
Belzung, ss —
Becker, 3b ,
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a1 0 0 Reportof Speeial
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• Campbell Hein in the O. Mason Sunday, April 28
Survey. The taat will go to was heavy but lai
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। members. Continuation of the
study on this topic will again be
discussed in June....
Formulation of plans to honor
the members’ motheralon Mothers’
Day was begun and the following
wen appointed to serve on the
committee, to make the day an
eventful occasion: Mine* Patricia
Sueha, Catherine Schmitt, Doris
Mechler, Helen Tschirhart, Laura
Mae Schott, and Isabel Karm and
Schmid, p —— ;——
Brant, p
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Total ...... 31 2 5
•Hit for Becker in ninth inning.
LACOSTE AB R H
A. Keller, ss K-- 5 0 2
Lessing, 3b ------ 3 0 0
Franger, cf ---
H: Trip, If -
S. Trip, 1b--- 4 1 1
men could begin laboring on the
designated day. ) /
The proposed bridge, an esti-
mated 1200,000 structure, will be
constructed of concrete and will
not be topped with steel frame-
work as is the narrow bridge, over
Medina River at the present. It a
will be build directely over the
present swimming pool in Haas
Park, just north of the present.,
bridge, and will connect with the
highway to the north of Haas’
Cafe and Service Station .
farming will want to obtain all have been able to wecuno Mr.
Hooka.
Mr. Hooks has been associat-
Affairs Fgrum meeting should at-
Ie: tend this interesting meet Wed-
■ nesday night, May 8. Experience
is the world’s best teacher, and a
I man who has spent year* of his
I life in the trade and performs his
I duty faithfully, can teach apt pu-
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Texas Railroad Commisioner
Ernest O. Thompson announced
April 29th his withdrawal from
t the Eighteenth district Congress-
ional race. He did not say
whether he planned to enter the
gudernatorial race. '
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GRAIN DEALER
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Joy Vaughn Paris, 18 year old
CCC employee of Coolidge, Texas,
was burned to death in a forest
fire which destroyed more than
350 acres of timber, April 28 and
29 in Lincoln Park near Alto.
Pari* was one of the 500 ranchers
and employees who battled
through Sunday night before
bringing it under control last
Monday evening.
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of Zapata County but had lived 8141
i San Antonio for thirty years. ,1SWR
Services were held at 10:00 ,7
o’clock Wednesday at the Chapel 38
of Riebe Funeral Home with Rev. ? 1 1
William DuBose, of Devine, of- : 198
ficiating. Interment was in Big N2
Foot Cemetery. .0-22
Survivors include his widow, ral
Mrs. Rodia Weir, three daugh- -51
1 ten, Mrs: Mark Montgomery of -M
--- . | Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mrs. '."^1
EoEEleeySucmgcuezsamccascemdmerot-Deoinmhamma "
countfeTthat 'now
sal license lawin effect and it is Louis Weir, all, of San Antonio; 73
unlawful to fish in them without two brothers, Allen and Henry ' , , 11
purchasing a fifty-five cent li- Taylor, both of San Antonio; three Pl
sisters, Mrs. Fannie McBride- of - ‛ "e jj
ate Tehger
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