San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 23.
Terms: 12.06 Per Year in Advance
SINTON, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1931
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NUMBER 42
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Pirates Defeat
Falfurrias 19 to 0
The Pirates defeated the Falfur-
rias Jerseys here last Friday after-
noon by the score of 19-0, The Pir-
ates outplayed the Jerseys in every
„ department to win this game.
The spectators were treated to
some of the best broken field run-
ning that has been seen in this sec-
tion of the state. Time after, time,
Lawrence tucked the pig skin un-
der his arm and went for long gains.
!( Coach Ewing was keeping him un-
der cover the first quarter due to
the fac^. that the game was being
scouted by the entire Aransas Pass
squad and coach. In the last three
quarters he gained a total of 209
/ yards from scrimmage. Lawrence
is one of the shiftiest high school
backfield men we've evet seen per-
form.
The big threat of the Jerseys was
Mace, husky quarterback, who gain-
ed easily through the Pirate line.
In the third quarter the Jerseys
passed and plunged their way to
the Pirate four-yard line. It looked
like a touchdown for the Jerseys,
but the Pirate line tightened up,
and the ball went over on downs.
This was the only serious threat of
, the visitors.
C The Pep Squad furnished plenty
of pep on the sidline, and the school
spirit the Pep Squad has develop-
ed can’t be beat. Miss Lena Neal,
and the yell leaders, Mary Aultha
Hilton, Jack Winfrey, Gladys Bar-
nett, Agnes Pauline Kunitz, and
Hartley Harrell are to be commend-
ed on the work they have done in
pire, Womack: Headlinesman, Du-
pre; Timekeeper, Seale.
Pirates To Play
Aransas Pass Friday
The Pirates meet their hardest
foe Friday afternoon when they play
the strong Aransas Pass team.
This game will be one of the de-
ciding factors In the conference,
and it means much to the Pirates.
The game is to be played at Aran-
sas Pass, and the Pirates will have
a great battle to win.
The boys have promised to do
their best, and we will see a great
football game. The statements of
the players Indicate a real game.
We heard from Captain O’Barr
first, and his statement follows;
“We’re going to *Tet action speak
for itself.”
Vincent Nicholson: “Sinton Hi
team thinks it has a right to the
whole-hearted support of the town
when it plays at Aransas Pass Fri-
day.”
Waters: "We’re going to fight
from start to finish and beat that
Aransas Pass bunch.”
Coach Ewing summed up the sen-
timents of the entire squad when
he made the following statement:
“We’re putting the bery best we
have on the field Friday with very
few injuries. The team is going
to put up a hard fight for a victory.”
The Pep Squad has been practic-
ing for this game, and they are be-
hind the team from the start, Miss
Neal, with her very able yell lead-
ers, have developed a real school
spirit, and it can’t be beat. When
that game starts Friday every Sin-
ton High students will be there
fighting as hard as the team itself.
the Pep Squad.
On the showing made thus far
The starting line-up:
we believe the team is due the sup-
Sinton Falfurrias
port of the town. Let’s help this
S. Hunt
Knuth
team bring Sinton High its first
Left End
football championship.
Waters
. Viarreal
Left Tackle
HOME ECONOMICS CONFER-
McNeill
Lopez
ENCE HELD HERE SATURDAY
Left Guard
D. Nicholson
Scott
On Saturday, Oct. 31, there was
Center
a South Texas District Home Eco-
Caddell
Lewis
nomics Conference held at Sinton
Right Guard
under the direction of Miss Ruth
Moss
Beta
Huey, the State Supervisor for
Right Tackle
South Texas. Each year similar
J. Hunt
Randolph
conferences are held in the various
Right End
districts of the state but this is
V. Nicholson
Mace
the first year for a conference to
Quarterback
be held in Sinton.
Lawrence
Guerra
The object of home economics
Left Half
conferences is to meet with other
O’Barr
Gonzales
teachers and the supervisor for
Right Half
professional improvement in order
Whatley
Ballenger
that we may keep abreast with all
Fullback
the new adapted methods of teach-
Officials: Refree, C. Crow; Urn-
ing. All the problems of various
NEW HOSPITAL TO BE
OPENED IN ALICE
Alice, Tex., Nov. 4.—The finish-
ing touches have been put on Alice's
new 22-room hosptal, erected here
by Drs. Winfield and Wyche, and
the instlutlon will be officially open-
ed Friday, November 13, it was an-
nounced this week by those in
charge of plans for the opening.
Visitors from various parts of this
section are expected to be here for
the opening.
The new hospital Is said to be
one of the most modernly equipped
hospitals in this section, and its
oppning will fill a great need for
Jim Wells and contiguous counties.
Laboratories, X-ray rooms, operat-
ing rooms equipped with the lat-
est surgical instruments—all have
been incorporated in the hospital
here.
The building is of Spanish Ren-
aissance architecture, and is prac-
tically fireproof throughout. It has
been constructed so that additions
may be made as conditions necessi-
tate.
Although the hospital will be
privately operated by Drs. Winfield
and Wyche, these doctors have an-
nounced that the hospital will be
open to all practitioners of medicine
in this section in this area. Two
graduate nurses will be on duty at
the hospital.
Dr. Wyche comes to Alice from
Robstown, where he practiced for
a number of years; while Dr. Win-
field is from East Texas.—Alice
Echo.
A little girl who had been left to
watch the soup was presently heard
to sing out: “Oh mother, come
quick, the soup is getting bigger
than the pot.”
teachers which include problems of
organization and management are
brought before the conference and
solutions are worked out. Outstand-
ing work done by any teacher, also
outstanding projects in a commun-
ity which have been carried on by
the home economics' departments
are brought out by the supervisor
and the advisability of carrying on
a similar program in other schools
is discussed.
In the meeting Saturday special
stress was placed on adult classes
In home economics, which the sup-
ervisor considers one of the main
Issues of vocational work today.
Home Economics teachers feel that
the depression is a challenge to us
and we were urged to use all the
ways and means possible to put
“rubber in our dollars" by teaching
economy and thrift in our depart-
ment and striving to make it carry
over to the homes. We feet that
much can be done along this line
and we hope that our schools and
our homes will profit by the sug-
gestions and the program of work
we intend to carry out.
Home Economics is one of the
newer phases of education but one
which is making rapid strides in
educational improvement. In the
past few years it has developed
from the narrow field of cooking
and sewing into a phase of educa-
tion which is of vital importance
because it deals with all problems
of the home. The American home
is the center of all American life.
From it go forth the men and wom-
en who are to mold the thought of
succeeding generations in the life
of the state and of society in gen-
eral. The home should present to
its growing members the best type
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by AJ. Dunlap
Armistice Day '
a %
Observance
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Armistice Day will be observe^
at the High Sfhool Auditorium ’oh
next- Tuesday evenihg, -* November-
Kith at 7:30 ojrlock.
The local American Legion Post
and -the Parent-Teacher Association,
will be assisted by the Pioneer
Woman’s Club, the Woman’s Study
Club and the Sinton Mikic Clqb in
Fire Destroy* Shoe
Shop and Barber Shop
Aimut'. TO: 00 o'clock on Friday
evening the shoe shop belonging to
Mrs. W. A. Lawley was discovered
to be on fire, as was also the barber
shop of F M. Berry, In a room par-
titioned off from the shoe shop.
The alarm was immediately giv-
en ind through quick and efficient
Work of the Sinton Fire Depart-
o -v
yie TJtxxs- only cl I real little mornon.,
J And. Id strangers she have seemed queer,
But Id us she mas ahuays Aunt Alice',
IDith. a heart lull of aorofarl and cheer.
tDe knew that her louer lay buried
On The field inhere he fell in the tray,
And uie knew she urns wailing to join. him.
As the years turned her Jbroum tresses s£ay.
iDben the fin^r aTdeath, touched a neighbor.
Or a child with. some,feuer uxls ill,
She mould come like oxfcaJp1 af mercy
Ham her little braumhouse on the mil.
Sarnetxme9 in my dreaming I luqnder
In. the moonlight around the old toum..
And 1 see her somehow in.my fancy.
As an aru^el with, hriffjit robe and crown..
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REV. BISHOP RETURNS
TO SINTON
THE KIWANIS LUNCHEON
presenting a most interesting(ancjiqent, the building was saved, al-
instructive program, which will be
a's follows:
Presentation of Colors - American
Legion. - '
Song, "Star, Spangled Banner"—
Assembly
Invocation - Qeyton 01 i phan t.
“In Flanders Field”—Miss Irene
Stone.
Special Music—Messrs. Brantley,
Albin, Seale, Barrow.
■'Address— Dan Banning.
Song, “America the Beautiful”—
Assembly.
One Minute of Silent Prayer.
Taps.
though both i rooms were badly
burned and damaged.
The contents of both the shoe
shop and barber shop were destroy-
ed, apparently a total loss.
Mrs. Lawley, who also owned the
building, had no insurance, while
Mr. Berry had a small amount of in-
surance on his barber shop fix-
tures.
The Sinton fire boys are to be
highly commended for their quick
work at this fire. Had the fire not
been subdued just when it was. a
whole block of buildings, and per
haps more,, might easily have gone
up in flames. Too much cannot be
said of the, promptness, efficiency
and hard work done by the boys.
Truly Chief Griffin is developing a
Mrs. Hattie Lucinda Markussen. wonderful fire fighting machine in
age 64, wife of Hans Markussen, his company. Let’s stand behind
passed away early Friday morning, them one hundred percent and show
October 30. 1931, after several them that we surely do appreciate
months of illness and confinement j their good work,
to her bed at her home on East j At about the same hour on the
Market street. ' same evening as the Sinton fire, a
Mrs. Markussen’s suffering was large barn on the Taft Company's
Farm No. 21, about halfway be-
tween Taft and Gregory, caught fire
and burned to the ground. The
barn, a mammoth structure, was
filled with feed, live stock and ma-
chinery. although it is reported that
MRS. HATTIE LUCINDA
MARKUSSEN
born bravely and her unusual kind
and unselfish disposition, was sus-
tained by her, strong Christian forti-
tude. She had been a semi-invalid
- ! for a number of years and was un-
The KiwaniS luncheon was well j able to take an active part in the
The seventy-third annual West attended last Thursday, and the
Texas Conference of the Methodist, luncheon served by the ladies was
church, in session at Austin last j a pleasant surprise. The member
Sunday evening made assignments \ who was absent missed one of the
of pastors to the different charges.1 rare "Feeds” of the year.
Rev. F. P. Bishop, present pastor ; Chas. Hilton gave the attendance
in charge, was returned to Sinton.1 premium to Pete Donald.
Rev. Bishop is a good pastor, and | Miss Pauline Kunitz and Frances
the Sinton Methodist church is glad Utley entertained the members and
to welcome him again. j guests with several w ell rendered
Other assignments in this district dances,
of interest to our readers were! Start the month right—attend
made as follows: the kiwanis Luncheon today.
Rev. Gaston Hartsfield I ' ,
—First Church. Corpus Christi.
Rev. K. O. Minter
MINCKNER HOME RAIDED
things she would have enjoyed
the machinery and live stock, with
most. She had a host of friends j the exception of several head of
who loved her for her gentle and hogs were removed from the burn-
sweet Christian character, which; ing structure. All the feed stored
was evidenced by her daily life, and in the barn was a total loss,
devotion to her family. ; On Saturday night about >'.00
Funeral services were held Fri-' o'clock, the town was again called
day afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, at'out by the fife alarm. This time a
small fife in some cotton at the
Gerdes Gin was put out with but
small damage.
Sunday, about 11:30 in the fore-
- South Bluff, Corpus Christi.
Rev. Z. V. Lisles-------------Alice
Rev, E. J. Sloan------Aransas Pass-
Rev. S. P. Beall — — .______Beeville
Rev. J. W. Black___________Bishop
Rev. A. It. A’etter—Giiaprhan Ranch
Rev. A. T. White—Uregory-Ingleside
Rev. D. M. .Council------Kingsville
Rev. W. D. Williamson...— Mathis
Rev. Stanley Haver._____Robstown
Rev. J, Troy Hicks
■ -Rockpori-Bayside
Rev. R. E. Duke__________Kenedy
__ 'T wonder why Shad belly appear-
Asker: So your son is going to led so nervous at his wedding he
college. What is he doing there? ; had been married twice before.”
Teller: Aging. | "I guess that's why."
“Our Brother’s Keeper”
the Methodist church, of which she
was a member, with Rev. F. P.
Bishop in charge, assisted by Rev.
W, C. Wood, pastor of the Baptist
church, with a large crowd of noon, the people of the town were
friends present jo pay their last again thrown into excitement by
respects to a devoted wife and the fire alarm, which proved to be
mother, p kind friend and one a grass fire in the southwest part
I whose influence haft always been of tow n.
Some more would-be thieves have ^ jn ^ communjtv -
The songs used in the service DISTRICT COURT CLOSES
been prowling around here of late.
Last Monday night the home of F. j baj"bepn~ b"pr ^eciai'selectloA and
Minckner w as broken into and the . at t0 bp ,1PP(i at this time.
oil- 'stove, some, blankets, and »!
District Court, closed with last
She leaves to mourn her loss her week, after disposing ot lift pen
new suit of t-^tkes were taken ihusbamj Hans Markusfpn nm; ?nn , riminal car- which included five
On Tuesday evening the stpve and
j blankets w ere found on the banks
of the creek- It is hopes that the
j thieves v ill also be discovered in
I a short time.
1 ——.—L
Frank, Markussen, wife and daugh- murder trial?
|ter. Vonnell. of Brownsville.
“This period through which the
world is struggling is more than
an economic crisis. It involves
more than a study of strategic plans
to ambuscade tl\e dollars which
fled.
“Humanity itself is on trial. The
civilization which we have evolved
is undergoing a supreme test,
“If there Is such a thing as
brotherhood among men. now is
the time to show it.
three convictions,-
one acquittal and one mistrial.
Active pall bearers were: Wm. Five liquor < are.- -.-.1 * on\ .c-
Stalcup. ?. J. Vickkrs. J E. Dodson. Tib*.
Manton Williams. R. tj) Moore and One .forgery -conviction.
C M Livsry. One assault to murder convic-
Interment w as made in the Sin-1 ti°n
ton cemetery where the body was
laid to rest. Covered w ith a, mound
of beautiful flowers.
Funeral .arrar. cements v|ere in
charge of John W. Starbuck for
David Peel.
COTTON REPORT
1931.
“Drunk with wealth, we have I r|bie rebuke has not been in vain, j
strayed a long way from the funda-1 p(,i- us fq see that we rebuild the j
mental and eternal truths. We,fanen structures on the rock of
was the sublimity of common 1
sense- the finality of practicality- j
the only sure foundation upon which | Taft. I ex . Get 29
civilization can rest. ; San Patricio (. nunty News.
"During these money-glutted Sinton. Texas,
years we have tried each to go our! There wen- 55,307 bales of cotton in a
own way alone. Years of greed and ! sinned in San Patricio:courtly from to Bee County anti will likely
money lust have ended with this j the crop of 1931 prior to October 1'. ^ tried in Beeville some time the iat-
terrible lesson: That wealth evap-j 1931, as compared with 55.919 bales ; ter part of this month
orates and leaves men stark and j ginned to October IS. 193b.
Respectfully
W F. McLauehlin.
Special Agent.
One burglary—conviction
One driving while drunk con-
I viction.
Nine of the above were tried be-
fore tlie Judge on Pleas of.Guilty.
; Fourteen divorce cases were dis-
j posed of eleven granted and three
: made up and dismissed
! The trial of Newton Yarb-'rry,
j charged with the murder of. Miss
Dorothy Symons at Aransas Pass
some lime ago; and which resulted
mistrial, has been transferred
be
with naked hearts.
"It is for us to see that this ter-
WATERMELON IN NOVEMBER
have been living in a house stuck
upon golden stilts. And it has
crashed.
“In our agpny and suffering we
have discovered that Jesus Christ
meant what he said. The Golden
Rule w’as not a pleasant homily in-
tended for reward-of-merit cards
with silk fringe on the edges and
diamond dust shining on the snow
scenes. It was a simple statement
of the eternal law, the same law
that keeps the stars In the skies and
the world turning on its axis.
“We speak of breaking the law
and commandments. You can break
them; but they break you. ‘Love
one another’ was more than an ad-
of healthful living and sane mental, | monition to light the path of virtue,
physical and moral teaching. All)It was the statement of an eternal
the arts therefore,, relating to the principle upon which all law, all
home and Its efficiency, and all the
sciences which are applied to home
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philosophy, all business, all ethics,
all civilization rests. Like all the
doctrines left by the Christ, this
brotherhood.
"This winter will be a period
that calls for all men to have forti-
tude, strength and sympathy. It is
for once, clear to the dullest mind
that w'e can only help ourselves by-
helping others.
“Out of this period of re-adjust
went we can regain our souls. It
can be a better world because of
this period of hunger and sorrow;
a stronger America and a sounder
civilization if it brings to U3 a reali-
zation we are given the privilege
of being oUr brother’s keeper.
“The remedy for our financial
crisis lies not in laws, federal com-
missions, in panacea or financial
errors.
“The sound and practical answer
was told two thousand years ago in
a sermon spoken on a mountain in
Palestine.”—Los Angeles Times.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Gorin of Sinton
have on display in their window, a
fine large ripe watermelon about
one and one-half feet long and
probably weighs ten or twelve
pounds. This is quite a novelty at
this time of year, having grown
from a volunteer vine back of the
store building. The Gorins are
planning to keep it for their Christ-
mas dinner, when they will share it
with their grandchildren.
COUNTY COURT
County Court opened Monday
with County Judge J. C. Houts pre-
siding, County Attorney Rocky
Harky, County Clerk J. A. Matthews
and Sheriff S. F. Hunt in attend-
ance.
The cases on docket were
Monday, with a numbar. to be dis-
posed of this term.
EX-SERVICE MEN’S RALLY
AT PORT LAVACA
Sam Hewlett. Commadder Sinton
American Legion Post, is in receipt
of a letter from Mr. D. M. Buckley,
Mayor of the City of Port Lavaca,
inviting all the citizens of Sinton
to an Ex-Service Men’s Rally to be
staged in that city on Wednesday,
Armistice Day. November 11th.
The Rally is being given for the
purpose of reviving interest in their
local Post and to raise funds for
their band.
The Victoria-Dacosta band will
give a concert, and the members
of the local band will serve an oys-
ter and fish dinner at a very nomi-
nal cost.
Prominent speakers will be pres-
ent, and prospects are good for a
snappy football game.
There is a good all-weather road
from Sinton to Port Lavaca, via
Beeville and Victoria and Sinton
people are assured a pleasant day
spent with our Port Lavaca neigh-
bors. -
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