The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1957 Page: 3 of 6
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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1957
THE WERT NEWS — WEST, TEXAS
VHlNEVER SEEN
MUCH FORD...
The Custom Tudor . . . over 16
elegant feet of spacious sedan
Let this be your year
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r- FROM WARM SPRINGS
Fact and Fancy
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(Wherein the director of public relations at the
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation tells of Texas'
own physical rehab center and also throws in a little
tongue-in-cheek palaver for which, incidentally, the
management is not responsible.)
I have been aware for some
time of the fact that it' is fash-
ionable in the business world
to be able to boast of having
one Or more ulcers. Preferebly
more.
Recently I heard the vice
president of one rather large
concern state that one cannot
really be considered successful
until he has had his third ul-
cer. He tried to make the re-
mark seem facetious, but the
pride that he felt from having
personally made the grade
showed thorugh.
Of course, the man who is
really and truly the envy of
the solid gold Cadillac set is
one whose insides are literally
riddled with ulcers. His stand-
ard witticism is the declaration,
“Why, even my ulcers have ul-
cers!” This is always good for
a chuckle, albeit somewhat
forced from the envious one
and two-uicer bearers.
But just you wait, when and
if they finally make the grade,
they too will use this same hi-
lajious remark.
You may be interested to
know that I have recently made
a survey of the ulcer situation,
which is something I feel ev-
ery ambitious young business-
man should do. After all, a Boy
Scout doesn’t work toward a
merit badge without knowing
what is involved.
It is heartening to learn that
there are well over 100 differ-
ent types of ulcers, so hardly
anyone v'ho has been in busi-
ness five or more years could
possibly have any real good ex-
cuse for not having at least one
of these variations. For exam-
ple, there are traumatic ulcers,
endemic ulcers, peptic ulcers,
perforating ulcers, and even
perambulating ulcers.
There are also constitutional
ulcers which I imagine it would
be rather jolly to have, Patriot-
ic, too.
Well, I’m definitely going to
see if something can’t be done
to get a little recognition for
those of us who haven’t quite
managed an ulcer hut who are
surely or. the way. We ought to
PEARL DISTRIBUTING CO.
125 Jackson St.
Waco, Texas
OVERWEIGHT
& BULGING
EXCESS FAT
Should Be IMMEDIATELY Eliminated
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this Instructive METABOLISM
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NOT, and never has been, the
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problem of excess fat.
This Book contains information
generally known only to special-
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of human Metabolism and the
relation between glandular func-
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some Individuals can eat all they
wish and never gain In weight,
yet others accumulate excess fat.
You are told HOW such con-
ditions can be corrected and
WHERE to look for HELP near
your home—without traveling to
some far distant institution.
A Book is sent only to those
who want and need to reduce.
The edition is limited. Notice
may not appear again. Write at
once—today for your copy. SEND
3 (Three Cent) Stamps (9c) to
help cover distribution cost. You
incur no obligation. We have no
medicine or anything else to sell.
You will never be asked to send
us a penny of money. ADDRESS
D. Conway (R&RInc.) Dept. I V1
Box 806, Albuquerque, N. M.
get a small something or other
for trying.
* .
Tiie “warm springs” which
give the Gonzales Warm Springs
Foundation its name are the
result of an unsuccessful oil
exploration back in 1909. The
disappointment that the drill-
ers must have felt would have,
no doubt, been considerably
minimized had they realized
had they realized the human-
itarian use which would later
be made of their discovery.
Flowing at 200,000 gallons per
day, the water is piped to three
treatment pools through grav-
ity flow, and here the htera-
pists are able to help the pa-
tients lind new strengths and
new hope. The water, which
comes out at 106 degrees, can
through rate of flow be kept
at body temperature in the
pools, which is considcrde ideal
for treatment.
The water in itself does not
have medicinal or curative po-
wers.
I recently heard my pastor
■say that if the Lord had in-
tended for man to smoke He
would have arranged for a
smokestack on top of our heads.
Now, if the Lord really feels
this way about it, He has some
mighty strong support, not the
least of which comes from my
ever-lovin’ wife.
But I contend that the Lord
is mote concerned with the
smoking we mortals shall do
after we depart thia vale of
strife than which we do here.
Of course, it might well turn
out that there is a close cor-
relation between the amount of
smoking we do up here and that
which we will do down there.
That, to be sure, would be a
revolting development.
I’m partial, however, to the
point of view expressed by the
poet, Edwin John Pratt, who
came up with the following
stanza in his “History of John
Jones:”
‘When he lost his pipe, he
swore,
Just a mild damn, and noth-
ing more;
And once he cursed
The government; but then he
reckoned
The Lord forgave him for the
first,
And justified the second.”
And while I’m on the subject
of poetry and pipes, I can’t help
but admire the well-known lines
and the outlook of one James
Thomson:
“Give a man a pipe he can
smoke,
Give a man a book he can
read:
And his home is bright with
a calm delight,
Though the room be poor in-
deed.”
Now I’ll admit I don’t know
anything about this James
Thomson fellow, but he does
strike me as a man of discern-
ment and appreciation of the
finer things of life. And from
line three of his verse, I will
lay odds on one thing:
The guy is a bachelor.
• •
Some of us here at the Gon-
| zales Warm Springs Foundation
| are toying v/ith the idea of
forming some sort of an asso-
ciation for GV/SF Former Pa-
tients. It seems that too often
our “exes” especially those
who need no longer return fur
out-patient checkups fade out
of our horizon.
We are interested in them,
many (f them are interested in
one another, and we believe
most of them continue to have
an interest in the Foundation.
The organization we envision
would have a publication devot-
ed to an exchange of ex-pati-
ent news, and we might even
have a reunion once a year.
We would sincerely like to
hear from any of our exes who
are interested in .such a plan.
----o-
“How Does Your Soil Rate?”
is the title of a new Extension
Service publication which is
aimed at giving readers a bet-
ter understanding of the limi-
tations and capabilities of their
most valuable basic resource-
soil. Copies may be obtained
from local county agents or the
Agricultural Information Office,
College Station.
A systemic insecticide, Thi-
met, was used last year by a
number of Texas farmers to
treat cotton planting seed for
early season insect control. F.
M. Fuller, extension entoholo-
gist, said research results show-
ed that protection against aph-
ids, thrips, spider mites and leaf
miners was obtained for periods
of 4 to 6 weeks and that the
seed treatment will replace the
first two early season spray ap-
plications. It was not effective
against overwintered boll wee-!
viK
A dead mesquite is worth!
more in economic value than a
live one, declares G. O. Hoff-
man, extension range specialist.
A live one 10 inches in diame-
ter. uses about a ton of water
to produce a pound of beans.
That same ton of water could
i be used to produce four pounds
of good grass. For five cents
it could bp killed and if it isn’t
it represents a yearly loss of
about $9. add- the specialist.
Hog prices in 1957 will be
well about the early 1956 lows,
and excppt for seasonal fluc-
tuations, should continue high-
er than last year’s prices, says
John G. McHaney, extension
economist. Little hope, however,
is held for any major uptrend
in either cattle or .sheep prices
during the year.
Failure to observe manufac-
turer’s directions when hand-
ling highly toxic insecticides or
miticides is risky business, warn
extension entomologists. Insec-
ticide injury to man is most
common through oral and res-
piratory intake or by skin ab-
sorption. The entomologists
urge the use of special care
when working with phosphorous
compounds.
The two outer toes of the
kingfisher are joined.
The world’s record walleye
and the record largemouth bash
are the same in weight: 2214
pounds.—Sports Afield.
In certain sections of Penn-
sylvania the name "Susquehan-
na salmon” is a local name for 1
walleye.—Sports Afield.
Annoucement of Change of
OWNERSHIP
I wish to announce to all my friends and all former customers, that I
recently bought out
COWBOY ANDERSON’S PACKAGE STORE
and I will continue to operate the package store now under the name of
COWBOY ED. VRBA’S PACKAGE STORE
I wish to extend my personal invitation to all former customers as well as
to all of my friends to call on us whenever you may need our services.
I wish to assure you that we will do everything possible to please you
with fast courteous service, reasonable prices, and we will have a complete selec-
tion of fine merchandise.
At Your Service,
Cowboy Ed. Vrba s Package Store
Formerly Cowboy Anderson - Third place on
the road from Reisel to Perry, Texas
on the left hand side o^ the road.
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