The La Coste Ledger (La Coste, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1944 Page: 2 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 20 x 14 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
*
1
«
FRIDAY, JUNE SO, 1044
THE LACOSTE LEDGER, LACOSTE, TEXAN
PAGE TWO
I
—
Valley Pickin’s & Shakin’s
Co-Editors
varied for elassification:
Er*'.
t ..
7
al
'I
‘ja K
•< A
machine.
o"
YOUMISTHELI
J
to
4:3 05; 002T een
group —organization of
padml Sheldon said that he
M
,91.
2 ■■ ■.
"az
820
4
This
0.2
n
9 —
of San Antonio spent the week-end
prise.
A. n. A HR, Prop.
50
l'
2
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
Company
a ,N
%
W
and Mrs. Robert Tschirhart and
--0
Groff, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Jung-
7 <
2
1
||
■
1
p !
*
203
t
L ■
i
1
1
2
p
A
1
INVESTMENT
e
F 3
>
g
v
le i
X
tu
2uuuuT N
Ha
nothing to dislike about their phy-
sician. Another point of outstand-
"In moments of crisis involv-
ing the safety of our native
>
I
-\.8
2 (a1
$
o
I
LaCoste Barber Shop
N w hite Mi n.and Boys
gh
M
' 1
to
I
in Lytle with Mr, and Mrs. Ei L.
Been.
wishing to join night hand;
craft classes.. / >
r ■
r
I
: # .
LP
Bo
that thes chuve the problem lick-
pl." iMe,
i
u-
- ’W-
72
24
Our Boys & Girls...
(Continued from page 1)
Mrs. Florence MeSwain of San
Antonio has lately informed Us
that her son, Earl MeSwain, has
been promoted to Private First
Class, and that he has been trans-
ferred from San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, to Bakersfield, California.
WITH A
GURE-PIRE
X
•Sz
DITTLINGERS
Poultry and Dairy Feed
Poultry and Life Stock Vaccines
SUBSIDIES BUT POOR
EXCUSES
EGAD! WHO CAM REFUGE
TO BACK THE INVASION f
—• —
Buy
NOW.
----
Sixty-six pericent, of the Ameri
can people consider their physi
man, JI,, and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Aram and daughters, Mr.
28
.. -xd
by theshostess.
The next meeting will be at the
Staff Sergeant and Mrs. W. E.
Pluab of Altus, Oklahoma, are
spending his furlough in Lytle
with Mr. and Mrs. 1 M. Aaron and
medikcal profession -such as is
being proposed now on a national
Mrs. M. R. McDonald and Mrs.
R. B. Touchstone went to San
Antonio to meet their sister and
daughter, Miss R. B. Touchstone
who is a hostess on the Braniff
Airlines.
the heat it has ever, been It
is port of your poftin helping to
win this war." -
Success of 5th War Loan Will Meet Acclaim of Men in Field
and Prove Nation Is Backing Our Armed Forces f.
........... by Gen. Ike Eisenhower .----
medical systems where the patient
becomes a cogingan impersonal;
the ckael reason why any customer
leaves without making a purchase.
Tin other day a woman customer
seventy-two times in the last ninety years.
It has been adopted forty-seven times in
the past thirty-three years and discardedh
everywhere except in three states. Same
„ thing was tried in eight provinces in
Canada and in Norway, Sweden, Finland
and Russia but it was an admitted failure
and universally abandoned.
"The reason is prohibition- does not
prohibit. All you get is bootleg liquor in-
stead of legal liquor, plus no end of crime
and corruption.” ; I. . 2,
turned into milk until a year from
next winter. He has to finance his
production program for months
and years before cashing ini His
experience with, subsidies thus far
teaches him that they are unrelia-
l ble .and slow in payment:" ■
NO SUBSTIUIE REQUIRED
Major Hoople
By-
NEA Syndicate
I
g,
Miss Wanda Gray and brother
Bolby of Rosemead, California,
are spending some time in Lytle,
San Antonio and Moore with rel-
atives. ' .. /
9F 21 .
"of: 1.2 13 -
by her sister, Mrs. Weldon Palzin,
and the two visited their aunt, Mrs
Tsra Cook.
pen cent either had no
Ebe Zaoste Ledger
Established August 1, 1916
PUBLISHED) EVERY FRIDAY
Ledger Building, LaCoste, Texas
JOHN C. BIEDIGER,
Editor and Publisher’
’ Catherine A. Christilles, Ass’t.-Ed.
Private Roy F. Groff, of Fort
Riley, Kansas, who is spending a
thii teen-day furlough with home-
folks, was entertained with a tur-
key supper at the home of his pa-
rents. Mr. and Mrs, John Groff of
near LaCoste, on Saturday even-
ing, June 24. Present were Mr.
I i
",2
•MMISMNME
' I
,. i
I
$ V .ca
R. J. Mangold
/ Grain Dealer
Corporal Ernest F. Bourquin is
now receiving his mail through
the Army Post Office, New York,
according to word received from
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Bourquin of Rio Medina. He had
formerly been getting his mail
through Bayonne, New Jersey,
His new station is somewhere in
Canada.
PROGRESS WITHOUT
COMPULSION
an
i
8
t
1 3
LaCoste Telephone i sBiO - a - w-
HERAN ERGORTEISER
'‘ nwbh •. gs2 :
I hereby announce myself as a
dandidlate for the office of Sheriff (
bocatciune Long Distance
ra i Vice, ieport all troubles
or discourtesy. to Mgr.
cinet No 6, Bexar County, Texas,"
subject/ to .action of Democratic ■
Primary: on July 22, 1944. Mr. ",
Magnus solicits your, vote and sup- ,
port.320is* ,
Through an article in the San
Antonio Light the information has
been obtained that Private First
Class Blaz Gareia, son of Mrs.
Ejina N. Garciu of Atascosa, has
been wounded in" action in the
Mediterranean area. No other de-
tails were obtainable.
«
and Mrs. Aaron Mangold and
children, Clinton Groff and the
............ The main land, the American people
thing is that 66 per cent found . have invariably rallied against
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Gray had as
their guest* last week, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Creager and daughter,
Carol, of Corpus Christi, Mr. and
Mra. C. a Dunn land son, Bobby
Jean, of Dallas and Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Harris and son, Billy, and
Mr. and Mrs Cecil Willis and son,
Cecil, of San Antonio.
. •.3 i
J
l ■ ■ 1
li l
sesteryear when our greatest
2 orry /was the monthl y installment
IW
“8"
uX 1NN9S
Prof, and Mrs.S. P. Cohn are
leaving the last of the week for
Lexington where they will teach
next year.
The power plants of these com-
panics are scattered in a thousand
different places, thus providing a
power system virtually bomb proof,
for by interconnected lines, power
can be immediately transferred
—g
0
"I can't think of anything else you'll need
for your Victory garden. Judge... you’ve
got pretty nearly everything.”
“I think so, too, John. Ever get your
asparagus patch going?”
“I gave that up last year, Judge. Tried it
six years in a row with no luck. Just haven't
got the right soil, I guess?”
"Well, I think you’re wise, John., .no
use keeping op trying things you know won't
work. Just like prohibition. State-wide pro-
hibition has been tried in this country
LACOSTE, TEXAS
6
perfection in packaging gopds, was
to have fewer loss claims, said
Colonel E. C. R. Lasher, Deputy
Chief, Traffic Control Diyision,
conduofed.
A delicious lunch was- served
the matter or cited «i
of their doctors which they found.
F ‘5
- ----—-n— ’
lowsiniple were the problems of
Private Floyd Tondre and Mrs.
Tondre from Chickasha, Okla-
homa, are spending a furlough
with relatives in Castroville. Pvt.
.9 ■
,,‘2 ’ ge
MV, . ?•
/«7.
: 0
rW
Bowie, Texas, spent the past
week-end with his mother, Mrs.
andj Beeville where they visited
. Mr/and Mrs. H. D.Iughes. ,t
I hereby announce as a candi-
date for re-election to the office
of Justice of the Peace of Precinct
No. 6, Bexar County, Texas, sub-
ject to the action of the Demo
cratic Primawy July 92,01944.
The vote and support ol the voters
in the precinct will be greatly ap- >
preciated.
MRS. CHAS. A. FISCHER '
Private First Class Francis
Eehtle arrived home Friday
placeable man-hours of work,” said
Colonel Lasher.
Shipments from our country
wtrra up in the frigid porta of
Russia, the steaming jungles of
New Guinea, or the oven-like tem-
perature at the head of the Persian
Gulf where the thermometer hits
180 degrees in the sun- and no
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
"Because of their uncertainties
ns to amount and duration," says
Ernest C. Strobeck, Secretary of
the Dairymen's League Coopera-
tive Association, "subsidies are no
substitute for price for bringing
about aincreased production. A
farmer has to plan. The grass
seed he sows this spring is not
0,
I
",,‘2
r
objeetionable. Six per cent ob-
jected tolthe physician’s personal-,
ity, 4 per cent said he rushed
patients too much, 3 per cent
challenged his personal competence. !
3 per cent’clled him indifferent
Other faults mentioned were too ,
The series of community dis-
cussions conducted by eight lead-
ers from various valley towns, un-
der the caption Medina Valley
Thinking, has been completed.
Congratulations are in order for
those fifty odd participants who
pooled their thinking and made
such excellent reports. Many of
the participants stated that they
had thoroughly enjoyed the exper-
ience and that a thing worth do-
ing once was worth repeating.
Evidently the compliments on
group work are not just idle words
for the editor of South Texas,
the magazine for the South Texas
Chamber of Commerce, has -writ-
ten the coordinator for An article
describing the discussion groups.
Curl- Gidley of Dallas visited in
the A. J. Gidley home this week.
They spent part of the week
fishing at Medina Luke.
' m,
Mrs. E. G. Blatherwick spent the,
week-end in. Waco with her
nephews, Jack, and Cadet Lynn
Gidleye
JmrDiXoli l< home on leave from
Maryville; Missouri,- where’ he is
taking his primary training in the.
Naval AiN Corps.n
Mrs,M. K. Plumb and daughter,
Betty, of San Antonio spent Tues-
day inLyte With Mrs. L. M.
Aacon. , ■. re ' - 2 M 1 ■'
1 S
Ip
(age
from one area to another.
----Nm-pmvata induutry wau raadu
for war when it came. It picked up
the load and expanded when neces-
sary to meet the most unusual
demands.
Remember this record when tax-
exempt government ownership of
any industry is offered as a sub-
stitute for American private enter-
ing importance is that only 3 per!
cent challenged’ their doctor’s com-, have been in one of these crises,
petence. perhaps the greatest in our his-
| • ;
I 1 " -
I
--Mas. Q. H.. Ahr and Janie Salzman
Entered as second-class mail
matter at the postoffice in La-
Coste, Texas, under the act of
Congress of Myh I879-_____
SUBSCRIFTION RATE
In Texas. $1.00 a year
Other States $1.50 a year
1 Any erroneous reflection upon
1 the. character, standing or repu-
tationcrany person, firm or.cor-
poration, whioh may appeal in the
/l columns of this newspaper will
be gladly corrected upon being
brongh tosthe attention of the
‘puhlisher.
Previous: to World War II. tholdiseses for (>u r a lined forces has
average shipper's only spurn to hi o .overcome to a large extent.”
.....•'.....— 1........1---a*-Fhe Navy ‘mdical officers feel.
3 P
~ h
L
it will be welcome news to
Ilie human relationship hundreds .of thousands of fathers
between the American doctor and and mothers whose sons are in
his patient is one of the Ereatestpseryice in tropical countries to
'Assets of medicine. It should neve. . read the statement of ; Rear
be debatched byjpolitieal tinkerig Admifal Luther Sheldon, Jr., As-
*..... ac siastautClicfof the Navy Bureau
-
■
P L
BA
Hu ilhe os Iuss: 8:30a.m.
To 8:80 p.m.
R. A. BIEDIGER
Mr. and Mrs. John Groff re-
ceived a letter from another son.
Private First Class Sidney Groff,
stating that he met an old friend,;
Private Arthur Tschirhart. Both
boys are stationed somewhere in
England. Arthur is the son of
Mrs. Paulina Tschirhart of the
Sauz. , '
shade. 4,0 ■ ,0 :
Supplies have to be landed under ;
gunfire. They get rough handling. !
Ifithey go to pieces, irreplaceable '
goods are lost ami. the men on the Rio Medina ILD. Club Meets
front may pay with their lives. j — "e
drosses not buying, ,Husband not
dead yet.”
: +****************************+**************
+ Do you experience ;
: ’ trouble in getting
Automobile Repair Work
U the kind that ;
;; Satisfies? -
< ' We specialize in general repair wo 1 k carry n complete
$.1 line of accensot ies and guarantee to । I ase you
.i If Its Welding There I- No Job Too Difficult
AHR’S GARAGE
-
haracter isties
bring progfess. Nothing is more
personal than the relationship
between an individual and his
doctor, and nothing • should be
further from political domination.
- * -
j have powdered our eggs against
Rudolph D. Bipperi, Prop. | smashing. We have barracaded
• our trucks against pilferage. We
1 have teams of ‘shipmentsurvey-
I ors? Experience data from fat'*
lory shipping floor to combat area on the car. * am,
are mar the basis of contnubs ra Llu|Hw.n
improvenjci and reviMion of spec- 1 lu a certain store they have a -"en‘
ificationk ' \ ' bok in which a record is kept of
"With the exception of a few '
iolatedHincidents, paking is how
gm
FE2
t
For Sheriff
I hereby respectfully announce
my candidacy for the office of
Sheriff of Medina County, Texas,
at the General Election in 1944.
During the past five years and
down to the date of the death of
our Worthy sherift,.. Schuehle,
I served under him as Chief
Deputy and jailor, and since which
t ime I hav been sheriff, my ap- •
pointment by bur County Com-/, ,
missioner's Court, to fill the un-
expired term.
1 will greatly appreciate your
vote and support at the coming
general eleetior. and promise that
if elected, - continue to rend-
er the same efficient, impartial,
and thonorable service that has
been rendered in the past.
Very sincerely yours, • -
JACK MFVSSELMAN.
We are aathorized to announce
JOE VANCE ;
as a candidate for Sheriff of Me-
dina County, Texas, at the General
Election on November 7th, 1944.
Mr. Vance solicits your vote and
support.
The complete success in the
drive will meet the acclaim of
the forces in the feldand will
, s be renewed proof that all
>q Americans are one solid pha-
"a lanx of determination in this
1a“ great war.
Mi "AB of us profoundly trust
that soon the world may be re-
E .Stored to a just peace. Until
E2/we can, with God’s help, bring
RE about that happy realization of
M-our dreams, cach of us must
22 seek incessantly for ways and
yQ means by which the value of
E 5 our services to our country
E5 may b enhanced. Right now
P we can do so by buying Bonds.
BB Let’s make this particular vic-
B| lory a quick and decisive one.”
. t ; 1 —
Lytle News
Mrs. L. C. Grx, Correspondent
Miss Betsy. Gidley spent last
week in Houstoh with Miss Betty
ue Harp, - -
ga
....._________ of Medina County; Texas, subject
in San Antonio with Mrs. M. K: to the action the.voters at the
m: . . A ,, ... general election in November, and
I umb and Mr And Mrs. Franklin earnestly okreit you vote and sup-
Raschke, , • port
E. I BROD
Mrs. Kenneth Hughes has re- 2 -
tred from California where she ;MWe iare, avthorized to announce
gmited’her husband at San Diego, us a can&to MAconstabic,, Pre
She was met at Phoenix, Anzotm. cinet No s. Bexar County, Texas.
spend a twenty-one day furlough
with, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Echtle and family of La
Coste, after fifteen, months of
duty overseas with the Infantry
in the European theater of opera-
tions, The Echtle family received
another visitor Monday in the per-
son of another son, George Echtle,
Jr., Seaman Second Class, who
will visit with them until Monday.
George is’ stationed at- San Piego,
Californiu.
— , , Tlnmembors,with: Miss Velina
balanced rutiou Haniileten as demonstrator, ov-
ceases to exiat, the cook becomes uredcwo chairs during the after-
oln while other business was
LOAN $
Political Announcements
The'Ledger is authorized to A-
nounce the following candidates for
the offices designated, subject to
the action of the geheral election in
November, 1944: 1
Rates: District and county of.
flees, $10.00; precinct offices, $6.00,
cash in advance. i. ■ 1
pe2i2
2gedb
Sergeant Milton Haby of Camp .. , g , „ , 0
— - - ' " ■ Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank oRiley
havereturned from Corpus Christi
Tondre is the son of Mrs. Clara ______
Tondre of °20 J Mr and Mra Jackie Haymaker
Ths adsertisement aponsoted by Ctnjttnut of AkoMit Bntrait tniiulrk‘. Ike.
====================================--=
djo ) '
I
-I
A Lni ‘3.1 55 I 1 3 d d.,d. • A" . .3 K
- Aoaui u-n.A e ' 8
■ """ "*a" "
Neither the largest war industry Army Transportation Corps, to thy Jwas nof now at liberty to give de-
nor the smallest domestic user of Transportation cluh thewchgeaison the conquest of the
electricity has been rationed or in- ester. New York, Chamben 0ltrovicat.discases,but/to medical
convehienccd By a power shortage. Commerce This hasn’t changed nien who have heard his statement
n hit. but oroner pnekine is now a id " *.1W. 1%
Contrast such a personalized
medical service with socialized
of’ Medicine and Surgery, to the
erkeet that "the danger’of tropical
,, 20
FIFTH
WAR
look up a rood deal of time look- .. .
ingat black dresss, finally leaving host, Mr. and, Mrs John Groff, a
without buying, " '
The shop assistant solemnly ap-
vuoachedtthe book and entered upf
“Customer/only cloking at black
remarkubie eleetricsorvico
every section of the nation. They 2 atieil : the ptoghess that has been
were developed With the savings , ,a ’ . : i i fiede ih .medicine, even "‘during the:
of Nundreds or thousands of pri- "Terfent packaking lexibpreesuwar,cis,far beyond theun-
• marking and eareful towage W ieragatdilglor the average citizen
never .Produce any piece o euip who ‘win teap he benefits. It is
merit but careless packagink the r alt /of the tireless ‘of
i egib e mar ng an improp । - inaividuax doctors and institutions; Willie Leinweblr of Hondo
stowage ewill result in the loss or free from the hampering in- Hondo,
damage, of equipment which has. ;ft. of a politically-dominated
occupied invaluable shipping space - • -
and consumed hundreds of irre-
The good things said about the
doctors summed up to what one u. ,, ,
. , en are dbily making great »ac-
might expect in an independent rinces so the freedom in our
system o‛ medicine where the sue- way c may be preserved,
cess of a doctor depends upon his
ability and character They in. 1 ''Wre l» now in progress the
eluded / pleasant manner. profes- th War Loan Drive to raise
slonal competence thmoughness, confict win be brought to the
4 promptness, friendliness, polite- speediest possible conclusion
ncss, easato talk to, sympathetic, and with the least loss in lives,
helpful, cheerful, not pompous, etc.
"Canned food packed in corru- "The Rio Medina Home Demon-
gated cardboard boxes soon ceases ' st ration Cib held its regular
, -■ ■ - to be cases of com m of beans," 'meet ing at the home of Mrs.
ejans tops, both professionally and says the Colonel. "The "boxes dis- OsarHlaby.
personally, according to a nation- ■ integrate . . . . labels come off
wide sampling of public opinion cans ... . the I ' ' J
.-‘conductet for the magazine Medi- •
cal Eenomies. The remaining 34 Fhystericdl :d1 ! ,
opinion in • “The answer to most of theie
_____________________ c- 1 problems Is proper prepa-iatloti foi’
pMRehipment in other words, ’pel led
*
WE LIKE OUR DOCTOR
w ■ i ■ .) uAg '
for instructions. A i . e .
4 100--4:30- Lemonade Bar Con I hereby aunounceas a candidate
vent.....-al inattend.....An Enstorrdenrrsthicrtrmorztineafon
nouncements, ..ver view cpunty subject to the action of u,
tai program. j Demoeratic voters at the Primary
age planning to'he held July 24, 1944. Your
plans t'voteandsupportearhesdly. soli-
s . ’ 6; , PI cited. h"'oaAu '■
for recreation, hamkraft, etc.
8:00 p.m. .Registration for those
The following is th*j Registra-
tion Day Prbgram for the Crea-
tive Workshop. Registration will
be held on Monday, July /.
1:00—2:00— Inspection of the
workrooms; movie
2:00—3:00—Registration of teac-
hers—Art Education 318; Com-
munity Health 343 (graduate).
Enrollment of adults, teen age,
and children in handcraft
classes,
3:00 4:00—All report to diffe-
rent workshops of own choosing
sele. Socialized medicine would
‘subject an estimated 80 per cent
of our citizens to ironclad rules
and taxes for a compulsory health
insurance program. ’
Compulson in medicine does not
7- JW i %
,71. •/
vote citizens and are privately, op-
crated, subject to state and Federal
’ regulation and taxation.
85
MKB
880 M74
WM M/g
INSURANCE
HAIL - FIRE - TORNADO - AUTO
BONDS, ETC.
Rpickenting the HartfordFire Insurance Co. The
Seal of Certainty on a Poticy. oe —
Hondo, Medina County, Texas, Since 1907
O. II MILLER
HONDO, TEXAS
tory. On the ba. ’ field and on ..
the home front men and worn- m
the danger with courage, faith r T 59
and resolution. L Ne
"For the past two years we RAg -
me- * **
Louis R. Gross, Jr. Machinist
Mate Third Class, recently wrote
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Gross of LaCoste, stating that he
recently had liberty for several
days in Sydney, Australia. He
added that Sydney was a -very
nice place to spend a liberty in
and that the U. S. Navy rates well
wherever it goes.
A maiden lady lived in a small
house in the country with one
maid. One morning the bell rang.
The maid admitted the visitor, an
evacuee officer, arranging for
homes for children evacuated from
London, then rushed upstairs.
“Please mum,” she blurted out
breathlessly, “you’ve got to have
two babies, and the man’s down-
stairs!»
I-I .1 ;
L .• - IV (-
Texas
«M***MM*WM«***a***a**«*******WMWkW**WW
0.
• «
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Biediger, John C. The La Coste Ledger (La Coste, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1944, newspaper, June 30, 1944; La Coste, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1593192/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Castroville Public Library.