San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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City Election Draws Larle
Turnout; Gardes Beaten By
Three Votes For Mayor
Frank Cleveland, re-elected mayor, and newly elected
City Commissioners Dave Martin and Dr. I,. L. Campbell,
will take office May 1.
In one of Sinton’s largest election turn-outs, Cleveland
beat his opponent, Casper Gerdes, jr., by three votes. The
vote was 344 to 341.
VOLUME 42
Dr. Campbell with 399 votes,
and • Dave Martin with 339, were
elected commissioners. Losers were
C. _A. Russell, with 295 votes, and
Babe Fenner with 318.
' ' ' XXX
Gerdes in an open letter con-
gratulated Cleveland and call*
edfor all to work together for
Sintoo’s future growth.
Cleveland thanked his supporters
in an open letter and pledged im*
partial treatment to all. He stated
that he had made no promises and
that he was free to carry out the
wishes of the majority of%our Citi-
zens.
Martin stopped by the News office
and stated that he wished to thank
his supporters.
Gerdes, Campbell and Martin ran
on a People’s party ticket against
Cleveland, Russell and Fenner.
Little Criminal
Business Makes
Docket Recently
Business for the county criminal
court has been light the last part
of March and the Tl^st part of
April.
The following;.,, infocmatioi^ was
gathered from the docket:
Lawrence A.- Marshall pleaded
guilty to driving while intoxicated.
He drew a $50 fine .and costs.
Charges hilve been filed against
R. O. Coleman for passing: a bogus
check.
The trial of John Davis, jr.,
charged with injuring real property,
has been set for April 13.
The appeal of Marvin Lynn Look-
ey from Justice of Peace court,
has been dismissed.
Joy O. Banlon, charged with
driving while Intoxicated,' pleaded
guilty. He was fined $100 and costs.
Paul ■ Jones, charged with drivr
ing while intoxicated, pleaded
guilty. He was fined $50 and costs.
Established in 1909
Dedicated To Community Service
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1950
This turned out to be one of those lucky elections
where a newspaper can offer both sides its congratu-
lations :
To the losers for conducting a dignified race and
. for getting many votes.
To the winners for running a square race and also
for their victgry.
As far as we can determine, this election brought
out the largest vote oi' any city campaign in history.
This shows an increasing interest of citizens in the
conduct of their city government.
This paper also believes that the results definitely
illustrated that the people are interested in having
a progressive administration.
Three Lectures Slated
Famed Sales Consultant To Teach
Salesmanship Here This Month
SINTO
NUMBER 14.
Specific attention to the rela-
tionship between salespeople and
customers in Sinton retail .stores
will be the purpose" of a series"of
lectures here by E. C. House of
New York.
The widely known sales consult-
ant and lecturer addressed the
Kiwanis Club last Thursday noon
and the Rotary Club yesterday
noon.
County Counted
Out Of Corpus
City District
An announcement by the CensuR
Burenu that Hun Patricio county
would not be Included In the Cor-
pus Chriatl metropolitan district
canceled n meeting of countiana
slated for Friday to discuss such
n dlstrictlng's advisability.
Tljorbas .1. Mills, chnlrman of the
federal committee on standard
metropolitan areas, wrote that the
county was rejected because two-
ihlrds of Its labor force waH not
composed of non-agrlcultural work-
ers.
At a meeting last- Week, 24 chant
Her tif commerce *nen and city
officials from different towna In
Han Patricio-expressed mild anta-
■ gonlsm at hflng Incorporated Into
the Corpua Chriatl metropolitan
district without being asked,
x x x
The group voted last week
to wire Thomas J. Mills of the
Bureau of' Vital Btatiatioe,
Washington, D. 6., asking that
aetlon on the propoaitlfn be "
withheld until San Patricians
can gat further, and reliable in-
formation on baiog included in
the diatriot.
.Tthe Sinton chamber presided at
the Sinton meeting. He said 'that
W „he thought the proposition was
- "cooked up.” __r. _____. .
•' ^‘Tcthlnk that San Patricio coun-
ts? 'should stand on Its own. We
• imtjr bave » metropolitan area
sometime ourselves. I’m opposed to
It.”
Mrs. Esther McNeil; secretary
•of the Aransas Pass chamber of
commerce, commented, “The main
thing we object to Is not being in-
i' - formed."
. ' .. x . x * t ;
_ , Mayor Mabry Bsard of Taft
;. atatad aarly that “I think it
would ba an advantaga to ua
and to all of South .Tsxaa.”
ha and T^y lomn. of
E. C. HOU8E
. . . conducts sales course
House is known as an expert in
sales training and' personal effici-
ency, and is a speaker before state
and national conventions.
He will give three lectures here
Monday night, April 24, Tuesday
night, April 25, and Wednesday
night, April 26. Each lecture will
start at 8:00 o’clock In the evening
and last one hour.
Local business and \ rofesslonul
people may make arrangements for
attendance of their employes, It
.was .njituHuiuod. -Lecture topics will,
be "The Way to Win,” "Good Hales
Technique,’> and Extensive and In-
tensive Helling."
All three lectures will be given
In the Hinton Grammar Hchool au-
ditorium. ' •
House said the lectures here will
be predicated up6n a careful study
of local salespeople and their treat-
ment of customers. Emphasis will
be placed on the particular char-
acteristics and methods which ex-
perts are 'convinced should be de-
veloped and employed hv salespeo-
ple and office personnel serving
the public.
chamber of eommcrca announced
the lecture series after a meeting
of the board of directors of the
Sinton chamber. ------— —
County Future
Farmers To Go
To State Meet
Kingsville (Special) — Area 10
of the Future Farmers of America
will be represented by 62 boys in
state livestock, dairy, and poultry
judging contests at College Station
next month.
The 21 three-man teams of high
school agriculture students are the
winnef% in judging competition held
at the East Campus of Texas A&I
College' Saturday.
Winners were also named In a
farm shop skill contest, but will
not advance to the state meet since
no competition is held in that
event. V
S. V. Bul*ks, contest superinten-
dent and Chairman" of the A&I ag-
ricultural education department,
said that, more than 500 students
from about 45 high schools were
on the A&I campus for the events.
First-place ratings went to Alien
in livestock judging, Hondo in. the
dairy division. Lytle in poultry, and
George” West in farm shop skill'
contest.
Seven teams w 1 1 1 compete in
state events in eitch of the Judg-
ing contests? The Other six winners
in each were as follows:
Livestock • Natalia. Pawnee, I,.v-
lord, Sabina 1, Mathis and Pleasan-
ton.
Poultry: Benavides, Hondo, Taft,
Agiui Dulce, HebbrOnvllle, ujvj
D’Hunls. ‘ .
hairy: Hebbronville, Uvalde,
Pearsall. George West, Charlotte,,
and Taft.
•Shop Ski I is (not entered In
state): Cnrrizo Springs, Hehbron-
vllle, Harlingen, Mathis, Santa
Knsa, and Taft.
I Hishllne Close-Up — One of the special exhibit* to be seen .at Central Power an.I Light Company’s power
j plant. “Open House” April 16-23 la this section of SH.liOn vojt • hvlne transmission line. It is built exaclh
like the highlincs. that carry electricity -all over South Tuvins, except that it’s closer to the ground so the
visitors can get a good look. The girls, all CPL employees lielj.iftg put With preparations for 'jthe Open
House at.Nueces Bay-Power Station,'are (left to rightj;Wanda."Taniaop, Vicki Barr, Virginia’-Martin, Arvcl
Oalllrin, Marguerite Mlrcovich, Helen Haiti, Rosalie Hearse, Marjorie ■ Netnec, .Catherine l’.etliany and .The-
quelyn Roberts.
City Churches
Plan Special
Easter Rites
Most Sinton churches have scheduled special services
I for this weekend to honor Good Friday and Easter.
The Baptist Mission church at Rachal and Third Avenue
; will have a'Sunrise service. It'll lie under the direction of
s; Pastor Abe Smith.
■ 7— -----: Tii.' I"'- >l.yi«-rian church had an
c a m mwj [ in-11• i.111• :d Palm Sunday's
hwing And West
Win In School
Board Election
LATE SPORTS
McKlnnbA stressed the Impor-
tance of salespeople being welf
trained, courteous, and alert.
“Their part fu winning and hold-
ing’ customer rood will cannot be
too highly esteemed," he said, “and
they cannot be expected to be ef-
ficient without expert training.”
He pointed out that the country's j
great merchandising concerns and
efficient' profeslonal people are In-
vesting large sums of money and
ng .the best'available talent
Refreshment Stand
Goes Up On Corner,
Rachal-Merriman v
XVork- got underway this week
on construction of a new building
on th ecorner of RaChal and^Mer-
Oilers To Play
Rosebuds Here;
Clipped Majors
The Plymouth Oilers, winning
their second in a row by clipping
the Greenville’Majors, 10 to 3, have
slated the Victoria Rosebuds for 8
p.m. Tuesday here.
The game with the Rosebuds has
ca.used the postponement of the
noil = district Hinton - Mathis . tilt,
scheduled originally for Tuesday.
The Oilers won their bull game
in the second when Fred Grevelle
and Dick Maule both walked and
the heavy bat of Steve Rapach
singled them in.
Previous to the second,, the Ma-
jors had tasted first blood with
two runs in the first. The Oilers
rabidly tied it up in the bottom
half when Dave Pluss singled to
centerfield Jy> score Maule and Ra-
pach, both of who walked.
The Oilers have now won three
games-out of five and are consis-
tently improving.
The Oiler-Rosebud game stacks
tip us.probably the best slated ’su
far ibis season?- Victoria lead the
(fuadalupe Kend-pro league in 1949.
They are the Oilers’ biggest rivals.^
The. teams played six games in
1949. Tlje Oilers won four.
VFW To Install
Officers Next
Wednesday Here
Johnson Hopes To Open New Office
Building For Occupancy By May 1
Most Legral Voters
Cast Their Ballot
liman streets, which will house
Sinton’s newest business concern^
contractor Owen Dragoo for “Dut-
ch’’ McKinzie, will house a frozen
custard refreshment stand. Pres-
ent plans call for the bulldlgg to
be completed within the next week’
or ten days, with the opening ten-
tatively elated shortly thereafter.
Estimated cost of the building Is
$4,000.
Of concrete-brick and glass con-
struction, the etand will serve cus-
tard In cupe, and will also handle
It In pints i and quarts for home
Consumption'. The custard will bo
dispensed from -*a glass enclosed
serving room, and'one large mach-
ine will provide the custard.
The stand will be operated by
Mr. McKinzie and his wife. At
present the McKlnzles are living
In ftobgtown, but plan to, move' to
”l$fe
Installation of officers of the re-
cently organized Sinton VFW Aux-
iliary will be held at the VFW
Post hall on Hill Road on Wednes-
day night; April 12, witlj Mrs. May-
mle Candless.of Kingsville, presi-
dent of district six VFW Auxiliary,,
------
Mrs. Ethelyn Baker will "he in-
stalled as president of the group.
Other officers are the following:
Mrs. Barbara Knox, senior Vice
.president; Mrs, Mabel Kitchen, jun-
ior vice president; Mrs. Ruby. De
La Garza, secretary-treasurer; Mrs.
Dorothy Kelly, chaplain; Mrs. Vir-
ginia Kastner, conductress; Mrs.
Maxine Hesseltine, guard; Mrs.
Jean Wllkerson, Mrs. Vera Kelly
and Mrs. Wyoma Ritchea, trustaejs*
Mrs. Joyce Hunt, Mrs. Wyoma
Ritchea, Mrs. Bernice fiaken and
Tdiss Annabel Hunt, color bearers;
Mrs. Mary Edwards, banner bearer:
Mrs. Betty McCammon, flag bear-
er; Mrs. Ruth Baker, patriotic In-
structor; Mrs. Otna Hilt hlatbrian;
Mrs. Elolse Hesseltine, musician.'
The group will hold mattings ev
Short-Shorts
At Deadline
Rev. M. C. Sterns, pastor of
tlie First Methodist church has
Ifet n elected for another year.
X, x x
The Baptist church will start
broadcasting its Sunday Wor-
ship service over radio station
ICUNO mi April 16.
x xx
The ci.ty~ has trash biA’rels to
sel^at $1.85 as its part In con-
tribution to cleaning-up Sinton.
XXX
Atiliano Garcia and Jose H.
Hernandez, who work on city
garbage trucks here, n port that
oil has btTn hit on their prop-
erties.
X XX
The Sinton high school hand ‘
placed Ayecoml ltr a' < onte'st at
Kingsville recently.
XXX
No one was hurt when, the
bus carrying the Green viWty
- Majors to a game with Victoria
last Hunjiay_colUU<*iL.with a caiv •
driven by Andrew J. Jackson
of Seguim. The highway patrol
worked the accident.
.X X X
The Southwestern University
A’Oappellii Gholi1 will gIVt; a1
concert here, April 16, Rev. M.
C. Stern, pastor of the Meth-
odist dhurch, reports.
xx.x
The Sinton schools will turn
out Friday and Monday for
Easter hQlidays.
Hr. F. Stanley Ewing and T.
West were elected Saturday 'by a
large majority as* schodl hoard
members. ' * .
I They heat out Joe Zapta, third
(•anilidate on the ticket by polling
I 1,07S and 1,70-3 respectivt*ry against' 1 . *
| Zapata's 47s.
The school hoal'tl race drew mop
oters to the polls tlva.n in any sim-
-ilar race in recent Sinton history
t omiiituyidffr ->
Palmer Delotcus, pastor, an-
hounceci that the church will
hold Holy Communion, services
at 7:30 p.m. on Good Friday.
The church will also show a
movie, "Journey Unto Faith.”
Infants will be baptised during
tlie ITesbyteriah church's Sunday
morning service at 11 a.m. The
c'h’urvli wi.U hold a Sunday evening
service at 7r30 ~p:tn. This will be
follow.’ll by an '.After Glow program.
Tire First Baptist church plans
tin spuria! , observanct for Easter.
Percy Johnson; jr.. builder and
furniture dealer, hypes to have a
25‘ by lt)0 feVt huildir^g ready for
occupancy around May \. |
Tlie building Joins the Post Off- I
Ice on the south. Completely mod- j
orn, the structure \VilI ho.use a max- !
inium X'f 15 by L’0 offices.-
Johnson said th.it foundations
for the Post Office and the n. w ;
building are ' such thpt a second!
story can*’be added ' wjie.n it he- !
comes n.^'/'rwa rj.
An, oil company and an optoine- ,
trist have dennitely indicated 111• t♦ ■
they would like- office space. Tin
4*cliamher <K commerc. . .
the building as office space -'before ! f,oni eight to twelve, who hav.
deciding on tin- Moss hotel. snatched purses at the Rialto thea-
Purse-Grabbing
Juvenile Ring
Caught By Law
Sunday school -is 9:4.1 a.m. Morn-
sf’iices ai'e at 11 a.m. The
Training I’niftn will meet at 6:45
p.m. Evening worship -service will
start at ^ p.m. '
' Th* topic for tire morning serv-
it.* is "Till’ H*mr lf;is Gome."
Re. L. M. Huff, pastor, said
that Fellowship Hall will be
equipped withr speakers ’ as an
auxiliary auditorium for Eas-
ter Sunday.
'I’rityity I.aithi-ran church will
rvices . 'jyt H p.m. Friday
platj- to feature the
film, '.bourn* y Fnto Faith" at th®
same fi’Mc:
Th* church w i 1 I hold Sunday
( school at I*: 10 a.Hi regular wor-
c.pnsidcrc<T j ot • juv. niles. ranging in age j .|( 'pju.. church will
ilis*'i'\ 11111 v Gonuminion, A din-
ner apd all (la> picnic will follow
TJa
. . . . bold , sc
County law cnRircernent oflicers x
hope tjic'y'’-'have lirokeh a ring of;!
juvmiile purse snatchers.
Tfle officers haw been working
lor about, two weeks td chtch .the )
goods in prions th(. Uii,.s!lil( S(rV(i(, Sunday.
|/ir
Offices and a hallway, running p"1" :,nd lifted
the long^ wavs,, of the building j *sbops here.
against the soiifiiside will be coni - i I he\- . arc prctifiring charg* s »|--,|(. Lutl^ r.-m* i liUrdi will
pleTTdv" tTir-condiftoned for lint II against one 12-year-old b#y lor } ,(|| j ||,,|X < *. • • • yj n n;.*n servic*s at
j \v.in,Ur nnd summerweather. Plana ! «nHtcb’Uiff Mis. Howard Allj*n<ts-(^v ■|SI..,|.IV ^un*l i\ school
rail for the. hall In !„■ r„yr. !'"rs<’ fn'-ni tin- sosi at ihr tlom.-r TH,.',oKni:„. Snn.lav wor-
«’iik>. • ! Th‘. I.l.rs,• $143, off!,-, rs ^ ■ mn.Mii II' »,
Johnson sitj.r .that ..... .would.i *'■"rov.-ri’il ••Flu, ot tJio nit |;,.v K,.Mnii'M. tikin* : that the
I In- l. ntv.l" oti’a first conn' or first Tht’S .Jiavo 'Isn I'coovotrtl ,-\vn| |,,,|,| Ynhfli'mntiorf srrv-
served basis with the i*ntcr I* as | und •dtopt -21! Wurth t»l misccllane
ling the anvount of spaci-'lie deems1 ! '*lls ‘P n's* atHUviie*! b\ the sum*
and lloff GourmutHon tlurlnfr
rhov ■ from allotlnlr ,womfirf in the
the r'gular service.
IqukedrJiTis'fi .Me
net*<*HHary.
The front will he built of glass theater.
I rick-tip giVe. the first office niaxi-j T iiy ring .w*,M
iiieii i.nii ill idler*' w'lli lie"n,r All,'n heard tlie juycnlb* ;d?f.jt :t,ti;e
windows for display. , „ | puyKedifter rajtHaekhig i,ts V«.ht* iUs ■
* The stiu« tuje will he finished i.n sl"‘ reported It t<* op. r.itoi of the
The CHlirch wdl h^ve Sun-
da y-varhoDI at 10 a.m..
Worship *crvice is 11 a.m.
Evening service Sunday is «t
7:30 p.m.
tlie’ Inside with pan/d board walls, theater.
Annual Chamber of Com-
merce meeting is^-gXQjlei Pujr.fr
*TDnlfcYil.''Bai%ec1"ue wlll be served
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Walter H.
Hallanftn, Plymouth Oil com-
pany president, will speak. ^
The V.4Jfiliated cost is $'15,000,
^ ** ■ - ■ <• ‘ ' v
Texas U Association
Elects Mathis Girl
As Co-President
Austin (Hpoolnl)—« Jody , E*li
mpndNon of MOt^Tils has liVen-elect-
e<l co-president of the University
of Texas student Christian Asso-
ciation, composed qf the University
YMCA and Y^TCA.
she was jtresident of the Fresh-
Rachal Street
To Get Lights
The**clty commission has author-
ized the Installation of white way
street lighting on Rachal street
from Sinton street to the new
Post Otfice.
Plaster Hall, city ssecretary, also
said the commissioners, have, given
the go ahead sign on the purchase
of new playground equipment for
Park Welder.
The equipment will cost about
$750, including swings, slides, mer-
Raymond Hliig.s m.iitugci of
Kinllo tlicatcr, laullorud- palmns
againsi la\lnff tlirl.r. purb**.^ In
St'fttS.
J0-30 Club Seeks
Members To Get
Club Going^Here
,A11 young men between the age-4
of 20 to 30 have been rayitod to
The club will meet at 8 p.m. next
man Fellowship of SCA in 1947-4S, I Monday, April 10, at Eddie's cafe.
She is co-chairman of the South
Texas Student Christian Assocla-
tlon Council and co-chairman of
the Round-Up Parade.
The club hopes to get,* its char-
ter at that time. At an organiza-
tional meeting*. AJarch 30, the group
elected officers to serve^ until the
Miss Edmondson belongs to ZeUiulub is chartered:
Tau Alpha social sorority, Pierian
Literary Society, . International
Council, and Orange Jackets, wom-
en’s honorary service organization.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Edmondson, Mathis.
Baptists Building
Student Center At
A&I, Kingsville
The building committee of the
Baptist district five has approved
construction of a studejit center"
building at Texas A and I.
! ?«*«•- 0*11 ... B«v.. L. Uyft, pastor of the
Robert J. Rauch, assistaht engi-
neer with ftie Texas Highway-de-
paPtment, president: Charles 'Boy-
er, an employee^ of Central Power
and Light, vice .president; Billy;
Handers, a farmer, sergeant at
nrnis.
Eleyen Sinton men attended the
carjjer meeting—J^ight members of
the 20-30 club at Aransas Pass
came to help in organizational
work. ...»
Tjir A • st. ij.il ’1 * .f *! A * I cJjiirch
il i’k'ster irg:■ hunt for the
rllil'lr* ri' Ml •* p in. Sul ur«la> on the
< hirrch g’ii»'*uiids Surnla-y school is
al*ljV ,i nV wyrship at^l a.m. and
th*5 evolving .service is at 7:30 p.m.
x x &
The Methodist' church has Sun-
day school rit 9:10 a.m.: Sunday
~M>reire*» at 11 a.m.: M YF at 6:30
p#m.: evening^ services at 7:30 p.m.
C hyrfib.
ift"re"gurarr schedule — Sunday
.school at 10 a.m.; worship serv-
ice at 11 a.m.; evening servica
at 7:30 p.m. (
The Catholic churches hnvi^ an-
nounced the following Holy weak
services:
Sacred Heart Church—Good ^rfc-
day — "Tre Ore’’ from 12 to 3 pan.
Holy Saturday services at 7 aon.
Easter Sunday masses at 6:30 aaril
8:30 a.m*
Our I^ady of Guadalupe church
will hold Good Friday "TreOlcP
from 12 to 3 p.m. Saturday senrlotu
are at 7 a.m. Easter Sunday maw
are scheduled for 6:30, 8 and !•
a.m. St. Paul will hold Good Friday
services at 8 p.m. Easter Sunday
mass will be at 9:30 a.m.
and
church
Mra. A. D.. Cluiss of Kingsville,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stone and
daughter, Donna Lynn, of Victoria
and Mr. and Mrs* Jack Stone ,
Sinton visited their mother, Mrs.
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