San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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SINTON, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. TEXAS, THURS DAY, JUNE 3, 1943
Farmers Set 800 as Membership!
Opal for County in Current Drive
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WAR BONDS
Torpedo Junttion
| "Awash amidshipi" ,
1 “Sparks," the radio operator, has
sent his final message from another
U-boat victim. The lifeboats are
pulling away from the doomed ves-
sel as millions of dollars' worth of
food, supplies and munitions settle
to the ocean bottom in another al-
lied catastrophe in the Battle of
the Atlantic. .
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Millions of dollars' worth of ma-
terial that was paid for by the dol-
lars we saved and invested in War
'Bonds. Thousands of man hours
. have been lost. \
We can have but one answer:
work harder, save more and invest
more frequently in War Bonds.
U. S. Treasury Department
FIGHTERS FOR
FREEDOM
Committees Have Been Formed to Complete Work of
—- Enlisting Farm Association Members
byjttt^lSth.
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An intensive drive to swell the member-
ship of the San aPtricio County Agricul-
tural Association has gotten under way
this week, following a meeting of the
board of directors here Tuesday afternoon,
which set a goal of 800 members. The
drive will continue thorugh June 15th.
Each director will head a committee of
sufficient number to cover their respective
areas as quickly as possible, the areas be-
ing outlined in Tuesday afternoon’s meet-
ing. The directors include W. W. Pool,
West Sinton; B. S. Whitaker, Mathis; B.
F. Montgomery, Odem; J. C. Carroll, Taft;
K. G. McKamey, Gregory. Miller Har-
wood of Taft# president of the association,
will also head a committee that will work
in Sinton and Taft.'
The organization, which is affiliated him an opportunity to become a member
with the Texas Farm Biireau, now has a of the Association, and ^very business man
membership of 200, much below; the -nor- is alsb invited to join.
mal number of 500. At one tipie a few
years ago the county organization boasted
a membership of approximately^ 800, and
the officials have set that figure as the
goal of new members with the hope of
increasing the present personnel to the
1,000 mark.
. It has been pointed out that dnly about
30% of the farmers of this country belong
to any kind of farm organization, and of
necessity fights the battles of the other
70%. So far, they have done a pretty fair
job, but it is a well known fact that no
gorup, unless it represents a majority, can
command the respect of those who have it
in their power to lend a helping hand.
The plan is to contact each farmer
throughout San Patricio County and give
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MAY QUOTA—
Local Men Report
To Army, Navy and
The Marine Corps
LOUIS COCKERHAM, JR.
RECEIVES MARINE AIR
•1 CORPS COMMISSION
Louis Cockerham, Jr., son of Dr.
and Mrs. L. H. Cockerham, has
been commissioned a 2nd Lieuten-
ant in the United States Marine
Air Corps, after completing his
training at the Naval Air Station
at Pensacola, Fid, He first started
training in the Naval Air Corps but
decided to transfer to the Marines.
Louis met his parents and La-
Verne at Tallulah, La., during the
week end while they were there
for a visit with relatives. He re-
turned to Jacksonville, Fla., Sun-
/ day where he began a six weeks
course in operational training at
the Marine Air Training Station,
after which he will be assigned to
active duty. ’
CpI. Orin Ferrill has returned to
Foster Field, Victoria, Sunday after
spending a 15-day furlough here
with Mrs. Ferrill and Mrs. Grace
Knox.
A/c Norman C. Lawrence, who
has been in the Army Air Corps
Since first of th# year, is now lo-
cated at Santa Ana, Calif., and is
taking flight training. He was des-
it ignated as an aviation cadet after
’completing a special course at
Lubbock.
Mrs. Leroy Fry left Saturday for
Biloki, Miss, where she is visiting
her husband who is in training at
Keesler Air Field. She accompanied
her brother-in-law, Pfc. Stanley
Fry, who returned to his duties in
the Air Corps after spending a
short furlough with his wife here.
A/C Jack Gaines came Wednes-
day for a three-day leave with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gaines.
He Is stationed at the Hondo Navi-
tion School of the Air Forces..
Pvt. A. A. Lewis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Lewis, was transferred
from Gulfport, Miss, to Tarrant
Field, Ft. Worth, recently. He is
in the gbound crew of the Army
Air Corps.
JAPS HOLD SAN
PATRICIO YOUTH
Pvt. Ozlel Chavez, son of Mrs.
Angelita Chavez of San Patricio. Is
a prisoner of war Interned by Ja-
jpan, the War Department made
pubUc in a United Press report
yesterday. His name was Included
in a list of United States soldiers
who are held prisoners pt war by
Germany and 123 soldiers who are
held by Japan. _
The meh listed below,
who make up the San Patri-
cio County quota for May,
have been accepted and
have reported for duty in
the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps:
ARMY
Roger Holleman . ’ : ■
Louis Tanguma Nino
Rudolph Barmen Poldrack
Richard Brady Lear (in charge)
Alton Carl Fi 1
Louis RijrenyTuarez
Johnnie B. AfcConnico
Price* William McKenzie
Albert Waiffe Phillips, Jr.:
Jose Medrand 'Olivo
Fidel Martinez ) ;
Andres Rios Bergara
Samuel Andrew Dixon
James Edgar Richardson
David Ralph Krebs
Boyd Jodie Collins
Jesse James Delatorre
Walter Winfred' Brown, Jr.
Francisco Rosales Rodriguez
George Garcia Villarreal
Alfredo Garcia Maldonado
Albert John Elswlck
Walden Floyd London
Ollie Wayne Alexander
William Wright Crist
Roger Livingston Erck
Those reporting for duty in the
U. S. Navy were:
Arthur Clemor Norvell
Wilburn Grant Basey
Francisco Sanches
Charles Edward Berry
William Earl Burleigh
Porfirio Hendon Galban
; Neal Helme Bigelow
Those reporting for duty in the
U. S, Marine Corps were:
Charles Hector Andrus
Howard G. Schultz
Frank Ford Lasater
Jerry May Keepers
Colored men reporting for active
duty ip the Army recently were:
Troy Shannon and Willie Shannon.
Roosevelt Johnson reported for ac-
tive duty in the U. S. Navy.
WITH OUR
SUBSCRIBERS
The News expresses its sihcere
appreciation to the following who
have had their names added to our
list and to those who have renewed
their subscriptions for another
year:
NEW READERS: L. J, Cabla,
Fred Barecky, Mrs. J. T. Frazier,
all of Sinton ; Mrs. Clarence D.
Copus, San Antonio, and R. L.
Spradley of 'Odem.
RENEWALS: S.. ft. Vickers,
Earl Vickers, Lee Orr Barrls, Gus
Hollan, W. S. Foley, E. W. Ruge,
Ed H. Vogel, Mrs. J. A. Miller, C.
M. Cleveland, -Mrs. J. T. Dawson,
S. F. Hunt Jas. R. Kirkpatrick,
Taft Morrow and A. C. Brlnkoeter,
all of Sinton; Mrs. Phil Ludwig
of Odem, Mrs. L. Penrod of Taft,
and Lucian Moss, Houston.
Farm Labor Job
Assigned To
County Agents
. Texas’ 236 county agricultural
agents have been assigned the re-
sponsibility of administering the
farm labor program within their
counties, H. H. Williamson, direc-
tor of the A. and M. College Exten-
sion Service, has announced. ,
Recruiting, training, and place-
ment of all farm labor within the
county, and of directing labor cen-
ters and the few camps fob migra-
tory workers'fn the state, will be
among the' responsibilities of the
county agricultural agent. If and
when war prisoners are available
for farm labor in Texas this addi-
tional phase of the program also
will be under the jurisdiction of
the agents, 1 , . • ■
Quoting Lt. Colonel Jay L. Tay-
lor, Panhandle rancher and bus-
iness man who Is the deputy ad-
ministrator of the War Food Ad-
ministration in charge of labor
programs,. Director Williamson said
that “99 per cent of the program
will be carried on in the State of
Texas and the counties, and one
per cent in Washington.” He em-
phasized, "There’ll be no cotton
chopped, pigs slopped or berries
picked in Washington or College
Station. The problem and the job
belong to the county.”
The national farm labor kct as-
signed the administration of the
farm labor program to the Exten-
sion Services of the land giant col-'
leges in the 4g states. President T.
O. Walton of A. and M., chairman
of the executive committee of the
Land Grant College Association,
recently pointed out that the fix-
tension groups had not sought the
program but would accept the re-
sponsibility “like good soldiers.”
While farmers will not be able to
obtain the type of labor to which
they are accustomed, the Extension
Service will help them obtain and
make best use of the available
workers.
Brother of Mr*. W. H.
Cleveland Died in
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. W .H. Cleveland has re-
ceived word of the death of her
brother, W. T. Vaughn in Los An-
geles, Calif., on Mky 29th. He died
on his 67th birthday.
Mr. Vaughn is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Nilac Johnson and
Mrs. Ima Ralph, both of Los An-
geles; two sisters, Mrs. W. H.
Cleveland of Sinton, and Mrs. J.
J3. Carey of Sari Antonio.
New Method ^Vill
Speed Delivery of
Mail in Big Cities
A new method of ipeedinp up
mail deliveries has 1 been an-
nounced by Postmaster Edgar F.
Bonorden, who is requesting the
Sinton publio to cooperate with
the postal department, after
reading the following explana-
tion made by the postjmaster.
The new method of (speeding up
mail deliveries, through ad.dlflon of
a branch post office number to the
address on mail for delivery in
large cities, is being placed in op-
eration rapidly. Reports from many
cities indicate that It has been
received enthusiastically by the
press, postmasters, business con-
cerns and the public.- ■'
Within a few days after initia-
tion of the plan, under Instructions
of Postmaster General Frank C.
W'alker, nearly all the postmasters
in large cities affected had assign-
ed postal unit numbers, to their
branch offices, millions of residents
had been advised of the number to
be added to tlTeir addresses, and a
considerable volume of mail al-
ready was carrying the numbers
assigned. By June I, it is expected
that practically all whose addresses
are affected will have been notified
of their ppstal unit numbers.
The new system speeds up the
separation of mail for distribution
to branch offices and permits much
more rapid handling of mail by in-
experienced postal clerks, thous-
ands of whom have been employed
to replace personnel who have gone
into the armed forces and into war
Industries.
Rapid Increase in volume of mail
and the loss* of some thirty thous-
and postal employees to the armed
forces made it necessary to adopt
r the plart, in the interest of accur-
ate, efficient mail service and for
the relief of postal personnel who
are carrying an extremely heavy
burden of work. The average; work
week-in1 the service now is about
52 hours, rind in many post offices,
employees are working 10 and 12
hours a day, seven days a week,
because of local shortages of per-
sonnel.
An example of the new type of
address is:
John C. Smith
222 Mqttapan Ave.
Boston 8
Massachusetts
The number after the name of
the city Indicates the branch post
office (or “postal unit”) through
which delivery is made. Each resi-
dent of the large cities is asked by
his postmaster to add the postal
unit number to his return address,
and to notify all to whom he writes
that his address is not complete
without the number.
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WluU'ljou&usf, WdU
WAR BONDS
Wigwag
Frequently the Navy, the Coast
Guard and the Signal Corps finds it
expedient to relay messages without
benefit of telephone, telegraph or
radio. That is when the semaphore
system is employed.
Like a single flag in the “Wig-
wag” system, the purchase of a
War Savings Stamp or Bonu, in it-
self has an inflnitesimal effect upon
the entire war effort, but when 130
million determined people set their
minds to make our War Bond drives
successful, the result is anything but
infinitesimal. (J S. Treasury Department
Seed Purchase
Program
Announced
THREE BABIES BORN
IN SINTON HOSPITAL
WEDNESDAY
Three new arrivals were an-
nounced at the Sinton hospital
yesterday when three babies were
born, one girl and two boys. The
parents are: Mr. and Mrs. John
Harrell, of Sodvllle, who are the
parents of the girl; Mr. and Mrs.
j. R. Vanechek, Sinton, a boy; and
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Richardson, of
Gregory, parents of the other boy.
WATCH FOR IT F
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Appearing in some advertisement
In this paper is a lady's name who
is invited, with her guest, to be
the guest of The News and tht <
Rialto Theatre.
This offer is not good after Wed-
nesday each week. Watch for a name
to appear in some advertisement.
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A purchase program for eight
additional types of, pasture .and
winter legume seeds for planting
this, fall and to meet next year's
demands for increased acreage of
forage crops has been announced
by the state AAA office, G. R.
Beard, local administrative officer,
stated this week.
The seed will be purchased from
farmers by the Commodity Credit
Corporation and all purchases will
be on the basis of bagged, pack-
aged seed in serviceable cotton
bags of approved quality. Fumiga-
tion wiil be required where neces-
sary.
Ail varieties of seed purchased
must meet base specifications
which include purity and germina-
tion. AAA officials pointed out.
The principal varieties of seed
grown in Texas which are included
under the 1943 purchase program
are common and sericea lespedeza
arid yellow hop clover. The pur-
chase price for these varieties will
be 19 cents, 16 cents.arid 35 cents
per pound, respectively.
Other varieties of seed to be pur-
chased but which are not grown
extensively in Texas are blue lu-
pine, white clover, wild winter peas
and kobe and Tennessee 76 lespfe
deza. *
HEAVY RAINS OVER WEEK-END
BRIGHTENS OUTLOOK FOR
CROPS IN SOUTH TEXAS
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Sinton Received Over Five Inches
Which Broke Long Drouth That
Threatened Crops of This Section.
Rainfall at more than five inches in the Sinton area And
heavy rains throughout San Patricio County over the past
week-end broke a drouth of almost two months duration,
and probably assured farmers of making ap average crop.
The local rain gauge registered 5.02 inchef from Friday until
Monday, the precipitation coming at intervals and. it was said most
of it went into the ground. This assured a good season and it is
thought will save most of the corn and feed crops which have suf-
fered considerably from lack of moisture, and practically assures a
fair crop of cotton.
Reports coming in from various^=
sections of the county indicated
that in practically every instance
they received plenty of rain, rang-
ing front around four to1 slightly
over five inches. Some feed crops,
as well as corn, had advanced to
such a stage that the rains will not
benefit- them much, it has been
said. However, there is consider-
able feed and corn that was in the
right stage for the rains to make
the crop. Cotton in many commun-
ities where onions had been har-
vested was suffering from thrip
and insects and was in a good way
to make a complete failure, but it
is felt since the rain this menace
was greatly reduced, .
The, heavy general rains through-
out South Texas has also proven a
life-saver for the cattle raisers and
ranchmen. Drouthy conditions has
caused heavy damage to the range
in killing the grass and a feed
shortage developed which, if it had
lasted a few more weeks, would
have made it necessary for them to
ship their stock to, better range.
Two Sisters Reunited
After 38 Years
Fred Foster Goes
Into Ranching in
T$xa* Panhandle
v. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Foster left
Monday for Hereford, Texas, where
Mr. Foster will engage in the
ranching and wheat growing bus-
iness, having sold the Good-Rich
Oil - Feed Store to his brothers,
E. S. Foster of Houston and Estill
Foster who has been here for some
time assisting him in its opera-
tion.
Foster has leased a ranch and
plans to devote a part of his time
to raising wheat in connection with
the cattle business. He has been a
resident of Sinton for the past six
years, starting in business hand-
ling oil and gasoline, and supply-
ing the farm trade with distillate
and other products. About a year
ago he took over the agency for
some well-known brands of feeds
and has operated a feed store in
connection with his other business
until the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Foster have
moved here and the two brothers
will continue to operate the bus-
iness in the same place in the fu-
ture. They are both experienced in
both branches of the business and
will continue the policies of the
business as it has been conducted
heretofore.
Mrs. Mary Scoggins has as her
guests, her sister.. Mrs. Olive.
White, of Vancouver, Washing-
ton. who is- here for a two weeks
visit. Mrs. White, who also is. a
guest ip- the home of her broth-
er. J. D: Hesseltine and family.
This is the first time in thirty-
eight years, that the two sisters
have seen each other. Mrs. White
moving west with the family in
1905. and Mrs. Scoggins contin-
ued to make her home in Texas.
Having lived in Gregory at one
time Mrs. White was much sur-
prised to see the striking changes
to San Patricio county during
the intervening years. She had
had a visit from her brother six
years ago.
During her stay in Texas the
visitor will also visit her son,
Cpl. Harry O. White, who is a
member of the Army Air Forces
in training at Sheppard. Field,
Wichita Falls. , ’ ,
ERNEST LEWIS
PROMOTED AT
HOUSTON SHIP YARD
Ernest Charles Lewis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Lewis of Sinton.
who has been connected with the
Houston Shipbuilding Co. for a
number of months, has been given
a promotion, according to word re-
ceived here.
Vouqg Lewis had previously been
working as leaderman. but his pro-
motion gives him the rating of
consulting engineer, Which is con-
sidered a very responsible position
in that particular type of work.
Sinton N.F.L.A.
WiD Hold Annual
Meeting June 12
The annual stockholders
meeting- of the Sinton Na-
tional Farm £oan Associa-
tion will be held in Sinton,
on Saturday, June 12, at the
Rialto theatre starting at 10
o’clock a. m., according to
an announcement by Leo
Owen, secretary-treasurer.
Besides the annual reports of the
activities of the association by the
secretary, two members of the
board of directors 'will Ve held*
during the business session. .Those
whose time of service expires are
CtiTf F;' Powers of . West Sinton,
and W. W. Jones of Sinton.
•J. H! Morrow, will preside at the
meeting, "arid guest . speakers ex-
pected to be present are Miller
.Harwood of Taft, and H. W. Gist,
member of the •, faculty of Texas.
A and I College, At1 the conclusion
of the program-, a film showing
phases of the Agriculture program
as part of the defense set-up will ,
be shown. } o -■ to--,. V....
Other members of. the board, of
directors beside the chairman are
F. B. Curlee apd W C. Mayfield.
San Pat Veg. Co.
Closes Shipping
Season in Sinton
Visit in Louisiana
Dr. and Mrs. L. H. Cockerham
and LaVerne returned Monday
night from Tallulah, La., and
Vicksburg, Miss., where they visit-
ed in the homes of Mrs. Cocker-
ham’s brothers, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Neal at the forme/- place and Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Neal at Vicksburg
for several days. While at Tallulah
their son, 2nd Lt. Louis Cockerham
of the U. ,S. Marines, came over
from Pensacola, Fla., for a short
visit before returning to Jackson-
ville, Fla., for a 6-weeks course of
operational training at the Marine
Air Course station.
Piano Pupils To Be
Presented in
Recital
Charles A. Moore, Jr., and
Mary Wilson, piano students of
" Mrs. Tom Higgins, will be pre-
sented in recital at the gram-
mar school auditorium Tues-
day night, June 8th, 8:15 o’-
clock. The public is invited.
The Fan Pat Vegetable Company
has completed their shipping sea-
son in Sinton and most of the staff
left Wednesday for Jacksonville,
Bast Texas, where the company
operates in a “tomato deal” each
season.
Ben F. Benson, manager. and
Mrs. Benson and son; Morris B.
Smith, bookkeeper,, and Mrs. Smith,
completed arrangements and mov-
ed the office equipment first of the
week to Jacksonville where they
will be stationed until about July
15th. At that time they will go to
Alumoso, Cold., where the Com-
pany operates shipping sheds until
the latter part of October.
During the absence of the office
force, J. W. Benson will look after
tho business here.
Thread for Making
Sweaters Received
By the Red Cross
Mrs. A. 7. Fullick. production
chairman for the San Patricio
county chapter of the American
Red Cross, has announced that 150
pounds of thread has been reoeived
to be made into sweaters, gloyes
and mufflers. She stated that both
khaki and navy thread was in-
cluded in the shipment, and in-
structions call for both turtle neck
and sleeveless sweaters.
The chairman asked that knit-
ters in Sinton accept their quotas
this week, if possible, saying that
the thread could be picked up at
the Red Cross room in the Dodson
building any afternoon except
Tuesday and Saturday. She plans
to take thread to other Red Cross
branches during next week. Mrs.
Fullick feels sure that Sinton knit-
ters will accept their quota as us-
ual, and have the garments com-
pleted on schedule.
The surgical dressing work is
still under way, however, Mrs. Ful-
lick said that if enough workers
would assist in folding the ban-
dages, this shipment could be com-
pleted soon.
Lt. Wm. Key Benson Receives Fourth Decoration for Meritorious Service
| T T. WILLIAM KEY BENSON,
L of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Ben-
& ««*v of Sinton, was presented with
" decoration recently for
8ervl<*
Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Benson Has Participated in Approximately 150 Raids Over Enemy Territory.
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Lieut. Benson received the Air the received two other Oak Leaf. cv 5 ' •
Men’s Medal on March U "for Clusters for exceptional aerial per-another.Texan at Ellington Field
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of ten enemy planes each. Lieut.
Benson has participated in ap-
proximately 150 raids over enemy
i territory, part of which occurred
menting upon his good fortune in
coming through the battles un-
scathed, In letters to his parents
If he fays, “I am certain that the
“ ' Lord and Lacy Luck has been
___in helping us to
In one of his letters he told of
seeing his tentmate, Lt. Dake D.
Cummings’ plane shot down on
April 10, over enemy territory and
saw him bail out. The pilot was
later reported missing, and he
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