San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1951 Page: 1 of 8
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Established in 1909
Dedicated To Community Service
VOLUME 43
23 Attend Council Meeting Wednesday;
Review Plans ForaMpii'pim Fight
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Twenty-three men from several
area cities attended a meeting of
the Coastal Rend Water Conserva-
tion Council in the J&A Cafe club-
room Wednesday evening to plan,
an extended fight to block legisla-
tion introduced by Representative
J. F. Gray of lliree Rivers which
is in opposition to the construc-
tion of the Oakville Dam.
Fenner Roth, vice president'
of the Lower Nueces River
Water Supply District, briefed
the group on hn attempt to
reach an agreement with the
Upper Nueces River District
in San Antonio last week.
Roth said that the districts
could not reach an agreement
on the location of dam.
Roth said that he was of the
•opinion that the upper district
favored the construction of a dam
near Cotulla, which plan has
been discarded by engineering
authority.
County Judge William E. Nicho-
las agreed with Roth’s reasoning
regarding the upper authority’s
opposition to the dam. Nicholas
said that the construction of the
Oakville Dam would be a threat to
irrigated truck crop production in
the Wintergarden district insofar
as it would provide coastal farmers
with possibly fenough water to
irrigate crops in some areas eco-
nomically.
-■ Nicholas tied in the naad
“for frash watar with the
county's effort to get deep
water for coastal shipping as
a double attraction, to Indus-
trial development. He appeal-
ed to the public to support the
dam project and oppose
Gray's legislation by writing
to representatives in Austin.
The group agreed that Senator
John J. Bell would be able Ho
exert favorable influence before
a Senate committee hearing re-
Council members Who have con-
ferred with Bell in Austin report-
ed that he has maintained a
neutral stand on the Oakville
project, but felt that he would act
favorably if he knew the facts in-
volved in the issue.
Nicholas urged the people of
the county to write Bell, pointing
out the need for fresh water as a
basic need for the future indus-
trial development of the county.
He said if the coastal channel is
dredged, and he indicated that
this would become a reality, then
the county would be in a position
to offer industrial sites that even
Corpus Christ! and Nueces County
could not offer. All depends on
the water, Nicholas added.
S. E. McKinnon presided at the
dinner meeting .which adjourned
at 8:45 P. M. The entire group
were guests of the Plymouth Oil-
ers for the remainder of the game
with the Laredo Apaches.
24 Inducted; 20
Go For Physicals
In March Quota
Twenty-four men were inducted
yesterday and 20 men were sent to
Corpus Christi for pre-induction
physicals, Mrs. Naomi Moody,
clerk of local board No. 107, said
today, to fill the March quota for
the three-county area.
Sintonites reporting for
service with the armed forces
were: Douglas Mackenzie,
James Preston Cave, Billy Leo
Land, Lawrence E. Nicholson,
Orville William. Handley and
William ‘Kolodzie,~a transfer
frotfr Jourdanton.
Other San Patricians reporting
for duty were: Joe Bradford Grif-
fin, Darwin Anton Fojtik, James
Carter Carr, and Charles 0. Miller
(transfer from Jourdanton), all of
Mathis; Phillip Carl Bush, Jr,, and
Gordon Reginal Kring, of Aransas
Pass; Douglas E. Campbell, of
Ingleside; Norman C. Clark/ and
James B. Austin, of Odem; Melvin
G. Bloyer, Portland; and Henry
Wilson, Taft.
Reporting for armed forces
physical were: Noe G. Casanova,
Sinton; Jose Perez Hernandez,
Portland; Israel Castillo and Guad-
alupe Guiterrez, Mathis; Nicolas
Garcia, Fred A. Medina, Jr., Buf-
ford Wayne Hickman, and Rudolfo
Castillo Riveria (volunteer), all of
Taft; Alberto Valdez Hernandez,
Gregory; and Teodulo Garcia
Sanchez, Juan Suarez Perez, and
Jesus G. Ortiz, of Odem.
Kanipe Purchases
C.C. Barber Shop
Joe Kanipe, formerly owner of
-the Ideal Barber Shop, of Sinton,
•:^ugt,»urchased the Palace Barber
splfcfc nn
,1311 Ayert Street, in Corpus
1 v^^^Kand Mrs, Kanipe are moving
...r.'&^orpus Christi today. The Ka-
nipes have resided in Sinton for
the past three years. Kanipe sold
the Idea) Batter Shop to Al Muel-
ler bn December 1, 1950,
Kirby Sharp In
Easter Pageant
Kirby Sharp, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Gerdes, of Sinton, will ap-
pear in a ndw redemption play at
9a.nL Sunday^ based on portions
ofi:*The Light Eternal,"
LSwUrti, 'Okto.i‘ -sunrise sei
stagfed hnnuall/ttt WtohitS M
LA! A 1. College taiit will ap-
r- under the direction of Do
r. It is the third ydar of
participation in the Mer
service.
Attends Conference
TpST
con-
Jii
Awarded Scholarship
Ruby Lois Marburger of Sinton,
Texas student, has
l' a Will Rogers *
Scholarship of $80 for the spring
semester Of 1951.
Miss Marburger is majoring in
education. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Marburger.
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SINTON, SAN PATRIC|6 CttUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1951
ReliefClothing
Solicitation To
End Wednesday
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A special yolunteer group head-
ed by Mrs. M. J: Tidwell will dis-
continue a drive for used clothing
here Wednesday when they will
make their final distribution of
clothes to.the needy.
Mrs. Tldwall said that there
was still a great demand for.
children's -clothing, all ages.
A final appeal has boon made (-
to Sintonites to gather all
wearable clothing and deliver
it to the distribution center
next to the Red & White
Grocery oil Sinton Street.
Mrs. Tidwell said that those
without transportation can call
328-W and clothes will, be picked
up by members of the committee.
Fifty to seventy-five persons call-
ed for clothing Wednesday.
The distribution hours are be-
tween 9 and 11 A. M. and 2 to 5
P. M.
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April 12 Is Date
For CofC Banquet
Edwin Venard, vice president of
the Middle West Service Co., of
Chicago, Illinois, . will be the
principal speaker for the annual
membership bahquet of the Sinton
Chamber of Commerce.
Arrangements for the banquet
will be in charge of a committee
headed by J. Ward Crow. Other
committee members are B. C. Kin-
del, D. S. Hitt, Jy., E. Merle Smith
and John- w! Starbuck.
H .M, Ford's Father
Dies Sunday In Denton
H. M. Ford loft walloped i
Sunday afternoon for Denton to
attend funeral services for Ford’s
father, J. Ford, who died earlier
that day.
Mr. Ford was buried Tuesday
in Graham. *
Central Power & Light's Annual Report
Reveals Largest Expansion In History
Of The Company; $12,872,282 Is Spent
Centra] Power and Light Com-
pany spent $12,872,282 in 1950 for
new facilities to serve the people
of South Texas, the company’s
Annual Report reveals. It was the
biggest year’s expansion in the
company’s history.
CFL's Annual Report, which
has lust been malted to stock-
holders, shows that tha terri-
tory served by the company
continued its steady economic
growth In 19S0. £PL gained
14,076 now electric customers,
the largest increase over re-
corded in a single year, and
sold 893,9314?$ kilowatt
hours of electricity. At the
and of 1950 the company was
serving a total of 170,339
electric customers.
The .$12,872,282 spent for ex-
pension went into power plants,
transmission lines and substations,
distribution systems, ice service
facilities and other equipment
needed to meet the growing re-
quirements of the 207 South
Texas communities which the com-
pany serves. Construction proceed1
ed throughout the year on a new
33,000 kilowatt power plant at
Laredo which is expected to bd-
gln operation within the next two
months, and work was- started on
a 33,000 kilowatt addition to the
Victoria Power Station which is
‘[scheduled for service in the last
■jf duarter of 1952. Thr company hd-
ded more than 192 miles of 69,00k
volt transmission, line to its sys-
tem, built numerous substations to
increase capacity and improve
service, and enlarged its electric
distribution ' systems to supply
more electricity to more custo-
mers. Work continued on under-____
ground distribution systems in the tic cublic newer
two largest cities served by the *-■ - -
for the company, Corpus Christi and
1950 Central Power-
These purchases, plus the new
power plant capacity being pro-
vided at Laredo and Victoria, will
increase Central Power and Light
Company’s net capacity — the
amount of electric power it can
make available to its customers at
any time—from 198,100 kilowatts
at the end of 1950 to 300,100 kilo-
watts at the end of 1952. This in-
crease will amount to 51 per cent.
Central Power and Light
Company's operating rsvanuas
in T950 amounted to $23,194,-
647, of which $20,231459
came from the tale of olec-
' trlcity end $2,962,788 came
from the Mia of tee.
Operating expenses, including
accruals for depreciation and
taxes, totaled $17,315,345. Opera-
ting revenues increased 10.9 per
cent over 1949 and operating ex-
penses were up 14.2 per cent. The
largest single item wf expense was
taxes, which increased more.than
a million dollars to a total for the
,j»ar of 85,109,346, which was
equivalent to 22 cents of each
revenue dollar,,
The company's operating
payroll was $4,937429 and tha
construction payroll was $L
576,782. Altogether, CPL em-
ployees wore paid $6414,211
In wages and salariaa during
1950.
Out of its net operating income
of $5,879,302, the company paid
$1475,826 in bond interest and
other deductions and $2,994,556 in
dividends to stockholders.
Commenting on the increase in
taxes and indications that they
will go still hltfier as the Nation
mobilizes for defense, the CPL
Annual Report notes that socialls-
During 1950 Ce
f^^oTsan
Of 30,(
being
the i
fact w
ejects are still
the people by
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THE LONG LINE FORWARD—U. S. infantrymen move up a snow-covered road in advancing against
the enemy through a valley in Korea where sub-zero temperature and pitiless gusts of wind bring
the added hazards of frostbite, yet they march bravely on.
Plymouth Oilers Take Four In Row
To Usher la 1951 Baseball Season
Sinton’s Plymouth Oilers blasted
the lid from the 1951 baseball sea-
son before a near-capacity crowd
Saturday night and sunk the Har-
lingen Capitols 5-2 behind the
three-hit pitching of veteran Har-
vey Krause.
The Oilers served notice on
future opponents that they
were .loaded this year by
trouncing the Capitols 18-7
Sunday afternoon in norff-to
pleasant baseball weather and
by dropping the Laredo
Apaches. 4-3, Tuesday night
and 44-1, Wednesday night.
In the first game, The Oilers
nicked three Cap pitchers for 6
hits.
A north wind Sunday turn-
ed the second Oiler-Capitol
fracas into a home run derby.
Jake Phillips, Tex Aulds,
Dave Pluss and Earl York
d Mppsrs for
the Oilers white Jake Mc-
Clain added one for the
Capitols.
Art Kuehl and Billy Bethel al-
lowed the Caps eight safeties
while their teammates registered
14 hits.
On Tuesday night, the Laredo
Apaches threatened to break the1
Oiler streak but were stopped,
4-3. Big John Miller, formerly
with the Victoria Rosebuds, al-
lowed the visitors seven hits. Ply-
mouth scored on six safeties. The
pilers big inking came in the
fifth, when three runs passed the
plate.
Billy Bethel pitched Ply-
mouth to a 14-1 win - Over
the Apaches Wednesday
night. Ha capped off this feat
with a round-tripper in the
eighth, scoring two runs.
Steve Rapach, Oiler short-
stop, hit safely on three trips
to the plate. Dave Pluss, cen-
terfield, banged a double and
a triple in the 15-hit barrage.
TheOilers take On the Corpus
Christi Aces Friday night at 8
P. M. A weekend bill with the
Brownsville Char-ros will be play-
ed Saturday night and Sunday
afternoon. Next Monday night, the
Oilers journey to Corpus Christi
for a return bill with the Aces.
Plymouth plays hosts to Denver,
Colorado' on March 28 and Beau-
mont on March 30.
City Population
Is 4,535 Census
Count Reveals
The Monday night 3-hour cen-
sus count showed that a total of
4,535 persons live within the city
limits. The total was - announced
officially Wednesday after work-
ers tabulations were checked care-
fully. "
S. E. McKinnon, director of
public works and coordinator
of the voluntary cansui count,
said that tha totai was of-
ficial, except for e few minor
errors which may have es-
caped tha hasty screening of
ropgrts Tuesday.
The census revealed that Sim
ton’s population has risen from'
4^565 in April, 1950, to the pres-
ent total of 4,535, a gain of 270.
The volunteer workers were co-
operative and efficient in the
county it was reported, and all
zones were complete by Wednes-
day morning. All reported Tues-
day except one, but it was eyjdent
shortly after reports begajrW4n>li
in that the population was not
going to exceed the sought after
figure of 5,000. ,!.
The results of the eountj will
prohibit a change of dity govern-
ment and will slow down plans to
extend the city limits.
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Some Stores To
Close For Good
Friday Servlets
A number of Sinton stores will
be dosed Friday afternoon from
12 noon to 3 P. M. to allow em-
ployees to attend, special Good
Friday services at the Sacred
H6art Church and Our Lady of
Birch. .
sbyterians will have
services Friday nigjit at
P. M., when the sacrament
be Lord’s Supper will be
will ha»U hoUr communion
City Has Collected
Over $2,000 In
Fiaes Since June 'SO
The City of Sinton has collected
approximately $2,063 in fines since
June 1950, Corporation Court
Judge L G. Rhine said this week.
Rhine said that most of the of-
fenders have been issued tickets
for overparking, speeding and
running stop signs. Fipes range
from $1 for overparkmg to $15
for careless and dangerous opera-
tion of a motor vehicle.
Deadline Extended
For OPS Regulation
7 Until April 30
Postponement from March 29 to
April 30 of deadline for filing
pricing charts by retailers affected
by ceiling price regulation 7 was
announced this week by Guy P.
Allison, San Antonio district di-
rector,' Office of Price Stabiliza-
tion.
Allison said the amendment
also extends by 30 days the
date after which the retailer
cannot sell any item covered
by regulation 7 unless he has
received acknowledgment
from OPS of the filing of his
chart. This original deadline
of April 28 is extended to
May 30.
The action also extends the
deadline from March 29 to April
30 for certain retailers covered by
the regulation to file reports with
their charts showing margins
which they had during the “base
period” July 1, 1949, to June 30,
1950. These are the reports,
Allison explained, which will give
these particular retailers and OPS
a chance to compare existing
margins with those in use in the
year before the Korean outbreak.
Ratailers affected by regu-
lation 7 are those selling
wearing apparel .shoes, house-
hold textiles, furniture, floor
coverings and tamps.
Retailers may begin to price
under their charts just as soon
as a copy of the chart is filed with
the OPS district office. They must
price under the chart on and after
April 30.
Majority of these retailers had
advised OPS they would be unable
to meet the March deadline.
4,375 On Relief Rolls In San
Patricio County; Five Surplus
Commodities Are Now Available
Street Work To
Shift To Another
Section Of City
A city street improvement pro-
gram began to affect another area
of Sinton townsite this week as
crews were completing the laying
of caliche base in the Brannan
Addition and shifting to south-
west portion "of the city near the
high school.
Three streets were to be worked
over in the second phase of the
program. Two blocks on W.
George Street, three blocks on
Hall and'three blocks on Rowlett
Street were being marked off for
paving. The George Street im-
provement will include two blocks
paralleling the Pirate Stadium.
The paving will join with a High-
way 77 paving and curbing pro-
ject which will get underway this
300 Cub Scouts
Attend District
Cub Field Day
Over . 300 Cub Scouts, parents
and leaders participated in the
annual Karankawa District ’ Cub
Day held Saturday in Taft. Den 2
pf Pack 43, Taft, with 315 points
was awarded the grand award for
the track and field events. Mrs.
K. A. Wallace is Den Mother.
Den 1 of Peck 29, Port
Aransas, took second place
with 310 points. Mrs. Oscar
Gillespie is Den Mother. Den
1 of Pack 35, Odem, was third
with 270 points. Mrs. J. E.
Williams and Mrs. Jim Whit-
ten are Den Mothers for the
Odem entry.
The annual affair got underway
at !):30 A. M- with a parade
through the downtown section of
Taft led by the Taft Fire Depart-
ment and the Taft High School
Band. The boys traveled the ad-
venture trail of games and skill
events until noon when they
spread sack lunches on the
grounds with their packs.
Track and field events be-
gan on the Taft High School
athletic field at 1:30 P. M.
with W. A. Schmidt of Taft
as director. Events included
the 50-yard dash, 100-yard
shuttle relay, baseball throw,
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Administrator J. H. Curlee said
that the San Patricio County
Emergency Relief Agency now has
4,375 persons on the relief rolls
in the county from seven county
towns.
Mathis has reported the
largest number of unemploy-
ed workers seeking food un-
der the special drouth emer-
gency program. At least 1,500
have sought relief in that com-
munity. Sinton is a close sec-
ond with 1,250 persons on re-
lief.
At Taft, 812 have applied, 350
at Odem, 300 at Gregory and an
estimated 75 from the Ingleside
and 'Aransas Pass area.
Curlee said that the agency has
secured the services of the Ameri-
can GIL Forum in Sinton to as-
sist in the screening of appli-
cations.
At the central warehouse
here where local distribution
of food is being made, the ad-
ministrator said that 300 per-
sons appeared for food Wed-
nesday that had not been ser-
ved before.
•Since last week, the local agency
has received a shipment of 100,-
OOOrlbs. of beans. Folir other com-
modities are available, including
including fresh apples, fresh po-
tatoes, powdered eggs, and pow-
dered non-fat milk.
dick pruott
W. O. Paradis
Called To Duty
Lt. (Jg) W. O. Paradis, U.S.N.R.,
has rechived orders to report to
the Naval' Air Station, Dallas, tor
an eight-week refresher course on
April 16.
Paradis, a 7-year veteran of the
Navy, served with the fleet dur-
ing World War H in the Aleutian
OttO# and Pacific Ocean areas.
Mrs. Paradis will remain in Sinton
where she is presently engaged in
teach!mi dancing
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WE INVITE ~ Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Lewis to he our guest this week
‘ the Movie'of their choice at the
Theatre to Taft dip this
Revival Begins At
Assembly Of God
Church March 27
A revival meeting will get un-
derway Tuesday, March 27 at the
Assembly of God Church at the
corner of Russ and Merriman
Streets Tuesday, March 27, Rev.
J. C. Davis, pastor, announced:
this week.
Two yeung evangelists, Dick
Pruitt and Clyde Powell, will
have charge of the special
services which will be held
each evening at 7:45 P. M.,
with the exception of Satur-
day.
At present the men are condu-
ting a revival at Robstown. Both
have enjoyed recognition for ef-
fectiveness and popularity in the
evangelistic field. The meeting
will feature preaching and congre-
gational singing.
Rev. Davis has extended a cor-
dial invitation to the public to
attend the services.
WE INVITE — Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Alexander to be our
guests at the movie of their choice
this week at the Rialto or Rex
Theatre. Clip this article as your
admission pass.
Sen Antonians Visit Here
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Wiederman
and daughter Benita of San An-
tonio visited Wednesday And
Thursday i» the homes of Mr. and
Mrs..Ben Coin and Mr. and Mrs.
H*rry
CLYDE POWELL
Parent-Teachers
Hear Mrs. Roberts
At Monday Meeting
The Parent Teacher Association
met Monday afternoon at the High
School for its regular meeting.
Mrs. W. Roberts of Taft was
guest speaker and spoke on the
subject “Our Habits, The Stuff Of
Which Behavior Consists.”
The Association voted to divide
the schools into four separate
P.-T.A. Units, Elementary School,
Grammar School, High School 'and
South Ward School.
• Refreshments were served to
the group by the second grade
pupils.
Rain Increasing
Program Begins;
Sinton Still Lags
Odem Banker Gets Favorable
Answer Regarding Query On
Results Of Colorado Project
Sinton and Mathis- continue to
lag in a drive to, raise money for
financing a tri-county . rain in-
creasing experiment, Lloyd Neu-
mann. director of the Coastal Bend
Agricultural Improvement Assoc-
iation, said this week.
Contracts with the Water
Resources Development Corp-
oration have been entered in-
to and the firm is now ready
to begin the rain increase pro-
gram when the conditions
are favorable.
J. A. Wise, vice president of the
First State Bank, of Odem wired
T. A. Dines, president of the U,
S. National Bank, of Denver on
March 14 regarding the results of
the program in that state The
wire is as follows: “We have ex-
treme drouth ahtieipate contract
with Dr.'Krick for the purpose of
increasing rainfall stop Kindly
wire me Collect your full opinion
regarding whether or not such an
adventure is worthwhile and what
results he has had Thanks.”
Wise had hit answer tha
following day from Dines. The
wire read: "Retel firm wall
and favorably known to us at
we have utad tervice left
teveral yeert. Firit hand re-
port! from target araat indi-
cate finable increate in pre-
cipitation over and above
average with tuperior grazing
condition!. For Krlck't per-
sonal data refer to "Who't
Who." Renewal end additional
contract! thif area being en-
tered into fof 1951." 4
The area receivgd .52 of an inch )
of rain generally Sunday night. A ?
trace was registered here Monday j
•nig^t. The program to relieve
drought conditions will continue
as will the drive to raise addit-
ional funds which will cover the .
cost of the contract made with
the meterological firm.
Airport Committee
To Meet Tuesday
A special meeting of the Sint<
Municipal Airport committee b
been called for Tuesday afh
noon at 1:30 o’clock in the cou
auditor’s office in the cou__
J. F. Tracy, chairman, hai
nounced.
Other members of the
tee are; Ben Benson, R. R.
Eric Warren, Joe Johnson,
Knox, Dick Gerdes, and
Brittain, secretary. Routine
ness will be considered at
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