San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1924 Page: 4 of 6
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RENFROS GIVE DELIGHTFUL
PARTY.
njr Taking advantage of a perfect moon.
Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Renfro entertained
a number of the young people of th«
+V Baptist church with an out door party
Monday night, and incidentally eele-
Ji^ brated their tenth honeymoon.
1 j Soon after assembling on the front
porch, the company was divided into
two "sides” thg “purples" and the
“golds.” They then had a “meet” with
«*► three events. The rirst was a spoon
«?<► race which was won by the purples.
^ The second was a literary event, being
JL a story writing contest with “spoons”
♦J*
.> J ! “spooning”, or anything of that nature
f as subject. This contest revealed the
fact that we have some literary gen-!
uises in our midst, both prose writers
€♦ i ana poets. The "Golds” were victors
«*► this time.
! For the third event each person
■ drew a spoon from its place in a box |
JL! of bran and found tied to it a card
1
calling for some stunt. These were
X' .very amusing as every body did his
! best to do what was required of him.
• This was a close contest, hut was won
, by the Purples by one point. They
were awarded the cup.
After this each young man found a
A partner and started the search for
“The Fountain of Youth.” They came
first to the paper tree, where they
J^.\ found plates and napkins, then to the
J | bread tree where they were given
sandwiches; next, a fruit tree where
Were packages of fruit salad. Under
«£►* the tree behind the church they found
friends that
Is pleased to notify his many
he has associated himself with the
and your car or truck is going to need
some work done on it. Do not wait until
the last moment to have it done. Now is
is the time. Our work shop is more com-
plete than ever before. New tools arriv-
ing daily, and plenty of competent help.
Try our Service and you will come again.
If you are contemplating taking out
insurance, please afford him thp oppor-
tunity to figure with you on these low
priced policies. As an old resident and one
of the pioneers of San Patricio county, he
requests his friends to see him for life in-
surance. He will call on each one of them
in the near future, so please wait and see
S1NTON, TEXAS
Public Service
Jas. B. Burnett, of Corpus Christi,
Special Representative of the Company,
and one of the best posted insurance men
in Texas, will be associated with him in
San Patricio county. They will be pre-
pared to render only expert and compet-
ent insurance service.
Service that Fills All Requirements and Leaves
Nothing to be Desired is
Real Service
It is the desire of this company to furnish that
kind of Service. To do so we require the co-opera-
tion of the people of this community and to this
end we invite your friendly interest and we believe
that through it this City will make rapid progress
and the affairs of this company become commun-
ity interest : : :
Mrs. Mamye McNeill. Ethel McCam-
mon, Ruby Rees, Clyde Stalcup, Louis
Staicup, Inez Sipes.
~ —Contributed.
JUST GOLFING 'ROUND
(Kenedy Advance.)
Fori} -five of fifty golf enthusia As
were on the course at the new club
grounds Sunday afternoon, and just
what the Kenedy Country Club is go-
ing to mean to the town was appar-
ent. Many others members drove out
with their families during the after-
noon, and everyone
S. C. WENTWORTH, Manag
was intensely
Plans for collecting me agricultural proud of the new arrangement. The
exhibits which will be displayed on building is all but complete, the re-
the black land special were outlined maining work being only interior work
yesterday at a meeting of the exhibit such as plumbing, etc. (While the fair-
committee at Robstown, according to ways are not in the condition neces-
Palmer, chairman of the sary for real golfing thiS“Is proving
. no barrier to the bug, and it would
One of the most important ways of be hard to estimate how more enjoy-
assembling the material for the ex- ment could be obtained,
hibits will be the selection from com- ...
munity and county fairs to be held col. 0. N. Powell, highway engi-
this fall, Mr. Palmer said. Prizes will j neer,*who laid out the course, is en-
be offered for the best exhibits at thusiastic over the results that have
these fairs. In addition to this, farm- peen obtained, Powell has golfed
6-tf. ers will be asked to make individual fr0m Kamchata to Timbuctoo—also
efforts to grow special articles. Mr. Albuquergue, and knows a golf course
_ Palmer pointed out that it would not from a cow pasture any time. He
only be aiding the purpose of the train gives ft as ^js honest judgment that
for the farmers to do this, but they in time to come the Kenedv course
would be offered prizes for th<> best is going tQ be Qne Qf the sportiest
product. i courses in Texas, and that it will help
Motion pictures of various scenes spread the fame of Kenedy far and
connected with agricultural work in wide.
the four counties will be taken, Mr.
Peterson, one of the representatives
of the concern, being expected here
today. Pictures of cotton cultivation
with a score of two-ro-vy implements
will be taken. Later, scenes showing
the harvesting of grain sorghums with'
in or 15 row binders will be filmed, as
well as pictures of tractors used in
breaking land. A full day will be de-
voted to filming scenes at Sandia. dur-
ing the watermelon shipping season
LOTS FOR SALE
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS NOW
TO SPEND THE
if here the funeral will be held at 4' Two
o’clock this afternoon, to be conduct- block highway and high school George C.
ed by the Reverend Davis of Odem. j building. Reasonable price and committee.
Mr. Wells is survived by his widow. best 0f terms. Apply San Pat-
his mother and father. Mr. and Mrs. County Newg office.—Ad
F. M. Wells, one brother and one sis- ff **
ier. He had been married for only c ______
about three months.—Tuesday’s Cor-
pus Caller We have b,ank Promissory Notes,
- printed on best of bond paper.
Ross Wells was most favorably Patricio County News.—Adv.
Corpus Christi
THORNHILL
beginning July
Two Big Days of fun and frolic
2rd, and continuing through the Fourth
ROTARY-SKEIN WAGONS
Bigger Loads—Fewer Trips
Immense Street Parade, Swimming and Boat
Races, Basketball Games. Glorious Pageant on the
Bluff, Boat Excursions, Swimming—everything to
make the holidays one continuous round of pleasure.
REDUCED FARES
The Last Shall Be
FIRST
The best wagon ever
made. Don’t take our
word for it, but come and
see for yourself. You be
the judge.
The Skein
Turns on Che
Spindle
A play ground for ftie kiddies is the
Among those present at the meeting next Work to be done. The kids aren’t
yesterday were: S. Maston Nixon,
general chairman of the exhibit train
committee; NT. W. Jones, county agent
of Jim Wells countyt C. M. Merritt,
county agent of San Patricio county;
C. G. Walters, secretary of the Alice
Chamber of Commerce, and George
C. Palmer. Nueces county agent.
and Auto Supreme Oils at
ment they can possibly get out of get- j
ting out in the open. And the other j
reason is it affords them a place of i
amusement while dad gets out and
shoots the ball and mother sits around
and chats. . And there are a lot of kids \
- CULTIVATE YOUR MUSICAL BUMP belonging to the Kenedy Country Club. I
* _ ----- _ at that.
.*. The Hinton Band wants boys from ’ — ——^— ......C
* twelve to fifteen years of age. also For Sale - A good secom
* young men who would like to play a right piano in good repair.
.;. band instrument. easy terms. For informalio
Need the following instrumentsJackson. J. C. Russell, Co
V clarinets, cornets basses-in fact any nr <■ p Albertson -Adv.
V instrument used in band. We are go*
ing to try to have.the largest and b^st Walter Sparks Jr. and Rn
% band in.this part of Texas, Get an in- Have returned from George;
v • ind a • job tim-y have completed the s<
Spe i-jl rates on lessons in (lasses, of Southwestern University work, and does not
* For information see Go ? \V, Beever. A i‘I spend the summer- wjth home fourth of
V \(>v i5.tf folks in Hinton. for these
N. Extra strong steel axle — no danger of breaking
Cage Hardware & Furniture Co
TAFT : TEXAS
SMITH’S TRANSFER CO
100 PER CENT SERVICE
[Phone 123]
ROCKPORT
J. J. Sparks, President W. S. Vawter, Secretary.
Office Phone 114.
Black Land Cotton Farms. Citrus Fruit Land.
Sub-division Propositions. Dairying Propositions.
Ranches and City Property.
Write, Wire, Telephone or Call on us.
The Vawter Land Co.
Opposite Post Office - - - SINTON, TEXAS
TEACHERS’ EXAMINATIONS HELD fore, taking this opportunity to advise
JULY 11 AND 12.
you that, for July, the examinations
will be given on the eleventh and
twelfth
Please give this announcement such
pitbii ity as you feel it requires.
Sincerely yours,
S. M. N. MARR3,
State Superintendent.
-Adv. 19*2
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San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1924, newspaper, June 19, 1924; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth717507/m1/4/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sinton Public Library.