San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1947 Page: 1 of 8
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SINTON, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1947
VOLUME 39
I, Ml
EVERY ISSUE A BOOST FOR SINTON AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
NUMBER 12
I
Local Donations
Boost Street
’ Marking Fund
Local donations last week swelled
the Street Marking Fund total by
$02.60 It was reported by Mayor
J. Ward Crow, chairman of the com-
mittee. This leaves the total some
SI,000 short of the goal, Crow said.
If you are Interested In this’proj-
cct, either make your donation in
cash or mail your check to Mayor
Crow made out to the "Street Mark-
ing Fund.”
Following is a list of voluntary
donations to date:
Alien Wholesale Co..
” Victoria________________ $ 5.00
United Gas Corp., labor_____ 50.00
Slnton Electric & Hardware
Co., labor___________-i— 75.00
C. .1. Pee! Mayonnaise Co.,
C. C. —_______- 5.00
Pay ’N T..I:it_____-.....—. 15.00
Butter Krust Bread, C- C— 25.00
X E Dodson ___r.’_________ 10.00
Model Grocery & ’Market-___ 5.00
Martin-Mize Motor Co_______ 20.00
Lonnie Traweek —________ 5.00
O. R. Houser ____*___—1.00
, The Face Co.. Alice_______— 20.00.
Joe C. Ramoz,____-______: 5.00
Gus C. Birkner ...._________ 5.00
Beil Packing Co., C. C______ 3.00
The Frlto Co. _ 5.00
South Texas Candy Co., C. C. 5.00
Starbuck Funeral Home____ 3,00
J. W. Brewer_______ 5.00
Ben S; Coin „1’.—___10.00
Moody’s Pharmacy ____ 50.00
James C. McNeil Post 231,
American Legion__.____ 100.00
Corpus Christ! Cookie Co.-- 5.00
Mathis Food Co., C. C. _______ 5.00
John Gallagher____________ 5.Q0
Special Donation _________ 1.00
B. C. Kindel .1,____ 5.00
Gus Hollan-________________ 5.00
Dr. F. S. E’.V'lug—5.00
Ed Glueing _____L._____5.00
Coca-Cola Bottling Co., C. C. 25.00
Western Auto Associate
, Store_______ 10.00
prin Ferrell ____________5.00
A. Z. Fulllok & Son_____— 2.50
Casper Gerdes______ 10.00
Fehr Baking Co., C. C______ 15.00
Pridgen-Kline Co., C. C_____ 20.00
H. PL. Butt Grocery Co_____ 25.00
Acme Pest Control Co., C. C. 5,00
Central Power ,& Light C.Q.- 100.00
Kiwants Club Pancake
Rev. Covington,
New Baptist Pastor
Arrives in Odem
The Rev. R. E. Covington, re-
cently called as pastor of the Odem
Baptist Church, arrived in Odem
County March Of
Dimes Drive N
$2,617 Tq Fight Pol
Evangelist Delayed
Because of Illness
The arrivalfof Rev. L. L. Itoloff,
evangelist for the revival campaign
being held ;ft the Slnton Baptist
if
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last week with Mrs. Covington. He
came from Martha, Oklahoma,
where he was pastor at the time of
his call to pileni.
Rev. Covington studied lor the
ministry at Oklahoma’ Baptist Uni-
versity at Shawnee, Oklahoma-, and
hns pastured churches in'that , State
and in Texas.
A two-week's revival- meeting be-
gan, Sunday with the pastor doing
the -preaching. Roy Grice is in
charge, of tlm song services and
Mrs. Mabel Parker is the pianist.
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Supper __________________
136.00
San Patricio County News..
10.00
yi
Jesse- E. Gilbert______________
10.00.
Brown Express __—-------
10.00
*
Dr. Pi i tier Bottling Go-----
25.00
W. W. Brown :____________,
5.00
Ewing & Sims Hdwe Co..___
. 12.50
Mrs. J. F. Settle!—_____——
5.00
W. B. Rees, Insurance------
5.00
Reynolds Sales Co....------
. 10.00
%
TOTAL------------
$911.00
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Sinton Children
Entertain At
Firemen’s Follies
At the “Firemen's Follies,” the
benefit performance staged at the
Sinton High School last Thursday,
March 20, Leo Byrnes of Corpus
phristi presented his dancing class
students in a number of specialties.
Included In the program were-
Cathleen Hollan and Jim Hollan
who sang "Gal In Calico”; Judy
Glusing and Marilyn Moore who
sang “I've Got Rhythm"; a dance
by Lara Studer of Robstown; a
song entitled "Board Walk In At-
lantic City,” by Marilou Benson,
Merry Lou Coin, and Helen Baird;
a song and dance routine, "Perry
O'Neill,” ' by Caroline Weatherly,
Mike Parker, Clyde Mayo and Jasp-
er Benson; “Managua Nicaragua”
presented by Ruth Holbrook; "I’m
Sitting On Top of the World," by
Mary Ann Banders, Wanda Btvenp,
and Linda Wolfshohl’ “Gimmie A
tittle Kiss" by Billy Jean’Reineke
and Karen Mutchler; a song entit-
led “Souix City Sue,” presented by
Cookie Wolfshohl and Betty Vir-
ginia Ewing; “Paper Doll" a song
and dance by Jimmy Hollan, Mari-
lyn Moore and Merry Lou Coin; a
■aralti clog with Cathleen Hollan,
jttarllou Benson, Helen Baird, Linda
Wolfshohl, Mary Ann Sanders and
Wanda Bivens taking part; and
the hit of the evening, "Wyoming"
wlli< h was sung by little Jasper
Benson.
Leo Byrnes presented "Anchors
Awelgh” a tap routine and Mrs.
James Wolfshohl was the pianist.
I Choir Practices
For Easter Service
The Methodist Choir met Mon-
and Wednesday nights of thlf
at the church to practice the
Cantata which they plan to
E -- - • the evening of Easter Sun-
Holy Week Services
Sacred Heart Church
Marc!) .10. PiiM . Sunday: Com-
munion distributed at 7:00 a.m.,
Confessions at 8 to 8:25 a.m. Bless-
ing and distribution of Palms and
Masses at S:30 and 10:30 a.m,, and
Lenten devotions at 730 p.m.
April 2, Wednesday; Confessions
3:30 to 5:00 and 7:30 to 0:00 pah.
AT.ril 3. Holy Thursday: Com-
munion Mass at 7:00 a m. Hours of
Adoration throughout the day and
night to noon on Good Friday.
April 4. Cord Fridav:: THE ORE
(Three Hours) Service at 12 to 3
n m. ’ ■
Anrli 5, Holy Saturday: .Services
at 7:00 a.m. Blessing of Fire.- Bless-
ing’-of Faster Candle. Reading of
Twelve Prophecies. Blessing of Eas-
ter Water and Baptismal Water.
Litnany of the Saints, and Mass and
Communion. Confessions 4 to 6 and
7 to 0 p.m.
April 6, Easter Sunday: Confes-
sions 6:45 to 7:00 a.m. Communion
at 7 a.m. Confessions at 8 to 8:25
a.m. High Mass at 8:30 and Low
Mass at 1:30 a.m.
* * *
Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de
Guadalupe
30 de Marzo, Domingo de Ramos:
sera bendicion y distrlbucion de
Ramos a las 7 de Manana con la
Santa Misa. Distrlbucion de Ramos
Benditas y Misa a las 10:00 A las
7 dc noche sera Via Crucis y Ben-
dicion con el Santisimo.
2 de Abril, Miercoies: Confessloes
a las 4 a 6. y a las 7 a p de la
noche.
3 de Abril. .Turves •Santo: ..Santa
Misa con Communion a las 7 dc
Manana, Todas horas del Jut-yes
Santo puede adorarse el Santissimo
Sacramento, a las 7 a 8. do noche
sera Hora Santa para todos.
4 de April, Viernes Santo:: Ti es
Horas de Devocion y adorackm del
Crucificado a las 12:00 a las 3:00
de la tarde. ;
5 de Abril, Sabado Santo: A las 7
de manana sera Bendicion de Luz y
de Vela Pascual, Las Prophecias,
Benedicion de Aqua Pascual y de
Aqua Baptismal, Las Litanias de los
Santos, y Misa de Resurecion con
Santa Qomunion, a las 4 a 6, y a
las 7 a 9 de la Tarde todos se con-
fiesen.
6 de April, Domingo de Pascua:
Mlsas a las 7 y a las 10:00 de iflan-
ana.
Final tabulations revealed this'
week that San Patricio County
raised $2,617 in the annual "March
of Dimes" drive, which ended the
latter part of January. Sinton
raised a total of 477.50 to lag be-
hind Taft. Aransas Pass and Math-
is.
j Praise for the March of Dimes
1 Committee and the citizens of San
! Patricio County was received by It.
S. Cook, Chairman of the drive
1 rom’ Basil O'Connor, President of
the National Foundation for In-
; fanlile Paralysis.
Acknowledging receipt of the fi-
nancial report from this county
j-which raised $2#17.»2 in the cam-
Ipaign .Mr. O'Connor said: a
I “Because of the good work of the
citizens of your community and the
efforts of millions of people all ovi r
the country, the fight against in-
fantile paralysis will continue on
every front.
This March of Dimes Campaign
is a notable example of the Ameri-
can way of doing things. The Am-
erican people are unified through
the National Foundation, to strike
at polio and to protect our chil-
dren. The March of Dimes will
grow ever stronger and the battle
against the disease will be waged
until final victory is won.
We are proud of t^po fine cam-
paign you have conducted. Our
national headquarters workers sa.
lute you for a good job, well done."
A personal letter of thanks'to
Chairman Cook came with the ex-
pression:
Assisting Cook in the drive were
the following chairmen: B. T.
Rick, Mathis: Mrs. Frank B ■g’gus.
Odem: -T. G. Richards. Aransas
Pass: W. C. Andrews. Gregory:
c. Can-oil. Portland; O. T.
Biascltke, Ingleride; and A. C-
Brinkoeter. Sinton.
.Monies raised by towns in the
county are as follows:
Mathis ------------------$ 479.4-i
Odem __------------ 139.31
Anilisas Bass ----- 582.60
Gregory ------------------ 65.78
Portland ________________ 78.49
lnglesido -------- 164.37
Sinton ------------------- 477.59
Taft _______________-...I- 672.88
Accident Victim
Buried In N. Mex.
Wilmer Richard Cohorn. 26, was
killed -early Friday morning in an
automobile accident occurring when
the car which he was driving jump-
ed an embankment near tlht Aran-
sas River Bridge and crashed into
trees along the highway.
Cohorn, a formed resident of
Sinton, was a resident of New Mex-
ico until three weeks before hiS
death when he returned to Slnton
and accepteil employment here with
tlte Warren Electric Company. He
graduated from Sinton HirilU School
in 1939. and was ivcentl- , honora-
bly discharged’ from .the Navy.
He is survived by Ids wu - a small
■ ->n. his mother .and two l-njllers.
ail of New Mexico.
The I only was shipi- 1 to l.aT
i'i n/.. New Mexico, for buiarl.
Funeral Services
Held For Mrs.
Ossenior Duncan
Sheriff Again
Warns Motorists
Of Infractions
Due to the increa.-a-g :,eci,le;it
rate in this county and tip- neces-
sity for law enfnrc.-m-at officers
I-- nior • Motjpy’enforce I-.,’- kiAv. at-
tention is called to tl.-.. following-
.Church, hag been delayed because
of Illness.
Rev.. C.drt Watkins lias been sup-
plying . for the morning sect let in
Ills absence and Rev. L. M. Huff,
pastor of the local chuD b. the eve-
ning service. ■ i
’ ReV. Roldft’ is the progressive
pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist
Church, t'otpus Christ!, and lias led
Mils district in baptisms id the last
year: At pres-mt lie is leaning his
cHurrh in the emu ti U'-tion of a $4uu-
1)00 building. which is ^iready in
progress and partially completed.
Rev.. Hoff 1ms reported that
splendid erdwds, which are increas-
ing xlaiiv. have been attending tlte
rev ival serv i. e s despite tlte delay
of the ’revival leaders in arriving
Funeral services for Mrs. Ossen-
ior Duncan. 67, of Odem, were held
Wednesday afternoon. March 26.
4 o'clock at the Odem Methodist
the R<)v. Roy Roder of
Antonio officiating. Burial was
in Odem Cemtery under the direc-
tion of Cage Funeral Hbme of Taft.
Mrs. Duncan wh° died Monday
night in an Alice Hospital, was a
member of the Methodist Church
and had lived in Odem for the past
two years, moving there from Agua
Dulce.
Survivors include three daugh-
ters: Mrs. Claude Wigington of
Agua Dulce; Mrs. Floyd Hudspeth
Denver, Gdo.. ami Mrs. Earl
Rissett <-f Corpus Chrlsti: seven
OHIO Dunya in of . Swalliaki.
. T .1 and Jessie Duncan
Ilf Odom. I'll! Sl.anfo.d of Velasco
and W’iiliam . Stanford »f Bay City.
Re* Stum.-H ml t an,j Fi/i d
.Stanford.).! Mmeoli: 10 stepi-iHl- ,,f
drert; two ststers fu - liii.Uii-r.-: 22 ' Si
L-iatuUi.iMi'e’V .ipd eight iTi-enl-
graruhhildren.
1 ’.a 1!'-v > i • ■ i - \.. -tv n ){. ip.'iivvn,
Clifford i! ightew.-i; t *hiu 1- j Curtis.
■t'riiwfoVd-AVh’i tstoive, ("ii^ter Ezeit
and Lvnn Lovyr, all of o-J- iii.'
W.W. Brown
Announces For
Representative
W. W. Brown, resident of Sinton’
since 1917, today filed for Repre-
sentative of the 70th District-to fill .
the unexpired term of the Hon. H.
L. Atkinson of Beeyiile, whp recent-
ly succumbed to a heart attack. -
Brown came to Sinton’ in 1917
from Hiliiiboro as manager of the
Guaranty Title- Company.- After-'
eighteen months with that firm, he
and John Cochran entered a. part-
nership known as Brown & Coch-
ran. which they operated until .1946
when Brown became sole owner. In
November of iu.st year, tile business
was leased to M W. Williams and
is now known as the San Rat Ab
-tract (-inpanyV' .Bro’n recently
/■iitered his thirtieth year in
I 'lie-. ' i
Baptists Hold
Fellowship Meet
In Taft Tuesday
itot »itin with tho
l’.u -it u*Jj**. , . .....
Ih :V* wo!I knf v.n in^ooutirur circ-
1* s. havu couipIotOfl his oigth-
f*ontlr .vort r- \viii kiu« with tho .youth
the are; . Drown r* the'
vor litMv. r Awu’-l in January,
i itrhost Jtwanl tor sc-o.ilin^ loailer-
sltiji. upon <-’Vriif>!; tion of year’s
sif'.'i yn • aw < * i'i‘ man < f t u- Kara^-
k.ivva. .lis'r. 't »'-••mloosed of San Pa-
tricio '.i 'mI A im iia< t V counties.
Brown l.i t I :.- thi‘ t!ur«l irian in
Ud' VU-iou.nkv ,ti«4 to hold that
ihg as
•listinction. I iis n*»v
ox>inmlttebi’rvan for th«:
]'r"\vi- a .cl; irtiT i >
<•1 ion j
n.oiU^UDj
o ijerstin !
f-opmii his j
TOTAL.
.$2,617.02
Odem-Edroy Play
Ball Sunday ,
The Odem Veteran* and the Ed-
roy Wildcat* will lnauguarte the
eeasdn of soft ball competition on
Sunday In a benefit game to be held
at the Qdem High School Stadium
at 2 p.m.
It will be the. first game for both
teams which have been holding
rigorous practice sessions in prep-
o ration for the meeting. This will
begin a series of games of which
various teams in the area, includ-
ing the local American Legion
team, Will participate.
Mr. ^nd Mrs. Lloyd Neumann
ere in San Antonio over the week
end .to see "Oklahoma." They left
*n“
0. N. Bard Joins
The News Staff
In line with plans to bring Sin-
ton and San Patricio county a big-
ger, better newspaper in the jiear
future, the News takes pleasure in
adding O. N. Bard, manager Of the
Rialto and Rex Theaters, in a part-
time capacity as a local news and
feature writer,
Bard recently began a column,
Rialto Round-up, previewing com-
ing attractions for the movie-go-
ing public.
Plans are now underway to make
your home- town newspaper a
larger and more complete publica-
tion, arid again we take this means
to ask the public’s cooperation in
giving us the news as you see it.
We solicit your letters offering con-
structive criticism, which if space
permits, we will publish. We want
to print all the local news. Mayt
we have your cooperation?
Veterans Will
Have Movie
Wednesday P.M.
The Regular business meeting of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
wtich will be held Wednesday night
at 7:30 p.m. at the County Court
House, will be supplemented with a
movie fi|m. The picture is "No
Help Wanted” and concerns the
placement of disabled veterans on
suitable Jobs. "This film promises
to be very interesting to all vet-
erans and especially to those who
are handicapped,” so stated O. N.
Bard, Post Service Officer. All
members are urged to attend and
visitors are cordially invited.
Other important new business
will be brought to the floor Includ-
ing the appointment of several of-
ficers by Dave Odem, Commander
of the Veterans organization. Com-
mander Odem was recently elected
to his position and will appoint his
aides for the ensulrtg year. Other
newly elected officers Include Jack
Satterwhite, Senior Vice Command-
er; Leo Owen, Junior Vice Com-
mander; Jack Denny, Quai-termas-
ter; Hayward Ford, Post Chaplain;
and Dr. F. Stanley Ewing, Font
lurgepn. ' , .. .
laws:
”A LTlfT.E * 66871).
PERMITTING H.N.M
MINOR TO DRIVE,
-hall cauhC or'jinowimH
child or Wan! libelcr i-k- adM of
eighteen (18). years 1. di ive n" mo-
t) r vehicle. »ip;m any :.:-.5w,iy whan
such minor, is .not jtulliorize.1 bov-’
under 'or in violation’'of. .any. v:' tht-
provisions of this Act,
"ARTICLE .66871), Section 86.
PEI! MITT TNG i'NA FT IIOR1ZRI >
PKIRSO{N TO DRIVE., No person
shall authorize, or "knowingly jm-i-
niit a motor vehicle owned, by -him
ur under his control to l>e driven
upon ajiy highway” by hhy person
who is not authorized hereunder or
in violation of any of the provisions
of this ACt.
Fnrier this law. parents may lie
fined up to Two Hundred Dollars
($200) for allowing their child to
drive who docs not have a driver's
license. 7
The Sheriff's department is do-
ing all in its power to stop this
county's high accident rate and re-
spectfully ask all of the citizens to
help him.
After April 1st and beginning
April 4, 1947, the drivers license ex-
aminer will be at the Court House
on .Friday of each week instead of.
Saturday as in the past. The hours
remain unchanged at 9 a.m. to 5
p-m-
Funeral Services
Held For C. E.
Griffin, Jr. Friday
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ft i.y J..)- f. E. i '■ i if
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-.oil, at the n> ■!'•! F ,. a
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tiir.Kemi-tcry..'
(iiiliin (.lied T-tnrstd iy
I;■ one in A'li.-lin and i- fu:
1T19C ihdthcr, Mrs.--j. AV.
'Austin and one- bi-o'th*. r,
Sinton.
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Mrs. D. G. Brown A
Honors' Daughter
With Party Tuesday
Tuesday afternoon, March 25
Mrs. D, G Brown honored her
daughter, Georgia Ann. with a
party, celebrating her . tenth birth-
day; • , 8 - ( . „■
“Happy Birthday”..was sung by
the- gueSts, which >va* followed by
the Opening iSf- pie Tiu me rolls gifts
hestmvea ’ on the honoris.
For diversion'.Donna. Sue Hoi,
;lan,‘ Mary Loti, Roiii, and Georgia
Ann played piano selections, with
(;
Un of F'*rt \V*.i th.-ovaneeii.'t; \\"
CunninuH iin, l;»yruttn in charge
music direct inn, anil Rev. \V.
Billy Seale
Speaks To
Kiwanians
Billy Beale of Alice was guest
speaker at the Sinton Kiwanis Club
last Thursday. Mr. Settle, who is
Division Four Lieutenant Governor
under Governor Bill Whalen Of Mc-
Allen. spoke at the well attended
regular Kiwanis weekly noon lunch-
eon.'
Mr. Scale, in his entertaining and
enlightening talk, stressed the need
for Kiwanis members to work more
closely together in promoting com-
■ numity welfare. “Stop hack-biting"
lie said, "if you have a better sjug- Church, Corpus Chrisiti
gi stiun than tile ideas at hand, make music
it, but if you don’t st.jj running
down tho other felloe s plan. ’ The
sneaker went on to explain Unit his
statements were not directed at tlte
SintoR-club \moro than any other
,hAa,., A mr j Unemployment
dfl
■i
K.
. of.
B.
Fnderw.iod, pastor: Odem. Rev R |
E. Covington, new pastor of the |
Odem Baptist Church and vrlih is j
holding the revival tin-re; Fodyille.
Rev. H. Da Martin. H. O. Moore.;
layman, and T. V. Ashahrannwr of
Taft: Rockpnrt, Rev. C. N. Jones,
pastor, and Rev. Buddy. Welch, niu- j
sic director. Tivoli. Rev. Jim
.Voles of Rockport. evangelist: Re-
fugio. Rev. A. A. Smith, evangelist,.
Rev. H. T. Rich of the Calvary I", p-
fist Church.of Kingsville, ‘music di-
rector. and Rev. Wallace Upriis,
pastor: lnglesido, ReV. O. J, B.iT.wn,
i yqngeiiKt; and Rev. Lewis Stuckey,
pastor; \T’oi)dst>ero, Rev. (’’ f,.
Stepheiiseti,, evangelist: f-inion.
Rev. Carl V. Watkins n-ssneidte
pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist
iijtect \r
irr-lhe absence of J.: T. «'|r-’
gill, and Rev. Ll M Huff. ,;.asftuv
who -istksup)ilyirig. for Rev, ] J L.
K‘i!off, (j-iayod in his- arrival lit A.
•and W. J. Buis, Inlying ft;
Pharmacy Loses
Watches To
Alarmed Thief
the grt»up tjoiiiirrg in singing the 'or,r
numbers. Then several out-door Methodist
games were enjoyed, followed by
an Easter egg hunt. Each child
was' presented yVIth an' .Editor
basket as a favor, and a carton of
Easter ' eggs was presented!" to'
Donna Sue Hollan for finding the
most eggs. , V f;
Refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served by the hqstess
to the following: Donna Sue Hol-
laij, Mary Lou Coin. Carbl Cur-
lee, Linda Elswlek, Marvin Vea •
eika, Janice Edwards, Roxte,
Hetary and Lyman Cox, >and' the
honore'e. A
Women Visit WSCS
Meet In Harlingen
Attending the .Southwestern Dis-
trict meeting of the Woman’s So-
ciety of Christian Service held io
Harlingen last week, from’ Tues-
day thfcugh Friday, were the fol-^
lowing women from here: Mrs. W.
E. Beyer
..time or another. ISeule urged a
brief; instruction program in the
clubs io.acquaint tlie new members
with their organization, its respon-
.sibilitles and privileges. , He closed
his ttilk with a worthwhile plug for
the churches. Paid Mr. Seale, "Be-
long ftfi'your fchurch, he it Baptist;
or any other, belong (to
Ii in yoor own community and sup-
port it." The Kiwanis Motto is:
“We Build." . - .■ -i-
Vic* President Rev. Robert Lo
Croix presided In live absence of
President J. Roy Moses.,
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Tax Office Open
Saturday Afternoon
Davis Vickers, tax collector and'
has assessor of San Pat county has
announced that the tax offices will
remain open Saturday' afternoonRto
ta^ care Jot the anticipated' rush
for license plates. f
, “If haven't secured your 1947
license plates, the time is now,"
Vickers saifi, Present certificate of
title to receive your newt license.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman- Presley
and Children went to El Campo for
the week-end, making a visit' to
■omen from here: Mrs. W. Norman’s parents, Mr, and Mrs.
- and Mrs- Arthur Dickson. John Presley.
GLims Reduced
By 10 and 2Q‘f,
In the Sipton Area, winch in-
cludes San Patricio, Refugio, and
Aransas counties, the claims load
for both veterans and ..civilians has
been reduced during the month of
March hyj, more than 10% total
rolls figured, while the civilians
have been reduced by nearly 20%.
There are now fewer than 40 civil-
ians filing claims in, the three
counties.
DUe to-; the long stretch of dry
.weather the usual seasonal labor—r
at packing sheds and )n fields—
- ha* been cut down to a, low figure;
but construction jobs at the Recy-
cling plant and for the Gasoline
Construction Corp, near Refugio,
have placed; most of the surplus
labor that wanted to Wifi*, on Jobs.
The outlook for the next 60 days
depend* very largely on what our
packers and shippers are able to
do, .as well as the general (arm
labor work. Highway .construction
jobs are small and will employe
only a limited number of , laborers.
These lobs will need a few truck
drivers, and a fow- skilled workers
—total orders for these jobs to
date are for 34 men. /
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Two wrist watches wpi:i> taken
from the window of the Moody
Pharmacy Sunday night, according
J - Cotistaldo Dick Colioa and J.
lb y Mnotly. manager of the store.
TI- v at'i.i s valw'i] at twenty-six
d .iat- and, ninety-five cents were
ti.,- !’, ..-vti-r thd* thick plate glass
show ;iruli w tin ! been smashed. •
"T*:;r;i.-. ir o’tlier w.-.jvln-s and four
ataj in ' I - 'ks went left un.iiIsti.ir!)-
'■'1. M ’"d,' -ii«l. Moody doscrilied
one, tfmi‘tl)ioce is having a gi ld
i- iii.l while the oti: r had a leather
Jla.inV. : a ■ ‘ I.,-l-
!T1« ) .\ .ft litre r-f the theft was
hot. known.-, hilt was believed to
have: been After midnight .Constable. •
i ’ -bi-a expresses the belief that the
Joss was l+i-iki n earlier in the
.’light. Il.-'-foeis tint tiio thief act-
“d .in .haste, motivated by ti.-nipta-
fiou of ■ the broken pang;, rather
than, by pi emeditaiion.
Karankawa Scouts
Hold District
Court of Honor
The Karankawa District of the
Boy scoots held a Court of Honor
•Tuesday night at Gregory. Mr. H.
W, Herndon presided with some
fifty boys and ten men present, The
Court was attended by District
Committeeman J. Roy Moses of Sin-, ,
ton. The Karankawa District in-
cludes Rockport, - Aransas Pass,
Gregory, Taft, Sinton and Odem.
The highest honor award was
presented to a boy from Aransas
Pass. This award was the Broiise
Palm leaf to the Eagle badge and
vyaa presented for five merit
badges in addition to the twenty-
one required for the Eagle Scout
award: ’
W. W. Brown and Tom F. Ivey
ol this city have? donated two mag-
nijeent trophies to be awarded on
the, basis of troop achievements.
Mrs. T-hoo L. Cox was ill for a
few days in Slnton Hospital this
week.
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Tracy, James F. San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1947, newspaper, March 27, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth718574/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sinton Public Library.