San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1946 Page: 2 of 8
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AL CDTTORIAL—
SSOCIATION
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If we read in the paper that a
train hit an automobile and a man
killed, we are shocked at- the
66th YEAR
SUBSCRIPTION .KAT-E......... ..........................On« Year (Ml
Payable strictly in advance __
Afanai—Obituaries and poetry are published In this paper at the rate of 1
ecut per word. A 'charge of $1.00 is made on cards of thanks. Stories ot deaths
■Ml funerals published ip time to retain the news value are not rated as
•bltuarles.' Any erroneous reflection-upon the character or standing of any^
1 published in these columns will-be cheerfully corrected u^on it*
Individual published In these columns will‘be .
Betog brought to the attention of the editor. \\e will also appreciate me
giving of any news Item, the names, of visitors in- your home, or me. going
of membern of your family away far a visit. .Such assistance will help to
Increase th*. mlue of your local paper and should be given with the thought
that It is a debt you owe to the progress of your city. «.- /■
REA Supervisors
Short Course Offered
Second -of. ;t ..svrir» "f *U"vi
* ifp'CK in . f^i’rnn.insliiii. rn.u A-‘ij '• i'-
>'ssir*n fop h:'iderv' ofJtKA Ifn*'
M-l lie* li» 1yd in 1 .uTii'.u k 'ii. -M-
M If u a;H << n r:**• ii r.- • i(; V« ■■. •- . i > . . I,
• 'Ailli;, In,.; iJn'f.I f - , M..f\ 111« ' /IV . \
& M. ‘.College .Industrial Extension
Service*.
The cofiirseii are designed to-as-
sist*, foremen .of th«- rural cdectrifi-
Witfr/n constviietion and •. mainten-
ance i*;arns; in titeir 'work-.* The"first
>v;is li' ld rf\t;ently . hi .Slin Antonin,
‘ \Vi 11 iain s s iid, anrd ' 1 Wo ni.o»'<• are
jdaniied this sj»rinv at IkiUfs. rind
T\'*r/ In addition, tun cmirsivs for
i 11*vv lijiefv: of the Luwer Colorado
iCiv r Aiith-ority ai<; hein^ sehe'dijl-
’«•d. . /.
Watch for the opening ..
White Auto Store
(Located
•Xext
to Odem State Bank)
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Featuring Fine Lines of
tragic wante of life and wonder
why the driver did not take time to.
“stop. look and listen.” ^
It is Just as tragic when people
fall to take time to check up on
their health.- Bach year many lives
are lost because people'take chan-
ces with health.
There are some diseases which
have no specific outward s'ymptoma
in their early stages, yet they are
deadly diseases .and, if unchecked.'
will cause death. Tuberculosis, the
greatest disease-killer -of persons
between the ages of 15 and 45, is
one of these.
•Unfortunately, tuberculosis does
not ring a bell or put up a ’.Stopf”
sign .when it first attacks a person.
The first signs of danger appear
after the disease has made, con-
siderable headway. Nevertheless,
there is a way'to check up on tuber-,
culosts before it has had time to
cause grave injury.
The' w'ay - to keep ahead of’'tuber-
culosis-is. to have, periodic chest X„-
r4ty exa minat:ions. - ;' ' *
X-llav pietuies of the lungs will
reveal the presence' of rtuhercrilosis
while'.it is • fftill In its. early st:ig"s.
In fore, num a i d symptoms ' appear,
and w lien ij can lie treated effeet-
ivelv I-'-u*. tiihereulosis. j|s serious-
a disease, as-it is, can ne cheeked
in its early stages 1)efoi-e the- hint;
■ has lieeri badly dHtn.aJP d. The dess |
damage diap- at the time of- disc' v-
ery a-nd the hegimiitig of treatment
the greater are the ihances of re-
nt,very, * ' *
.. If we \yait. for The first .symptoms
of the 'diseash—loss of -weight, a eon-
vs.iant, tired feeijriK 'atid arpersistent.-
congh'—the tiisease will have prog-
ressed to the point where the "c-ure"
w.iii l.e a long, process.
K^thii'S not take long,to have a
t-h'-o X-nir. The X-.ray itself aetiis
filly t.aljes ririly a. f--w seconds. A
'few., mihlifes taken out of a . day
ib'ayf sdve us tills of ti'--atin,-nt ia'
ft.fho.sj-i* - I. ■ X- L-a-t tlpy ,(o 'trfke 11me
to have, pe.rioriic- chest X-rays is* a's
foolish a- failing ’to ' !ie<-d ' "Su-p.
| Li.nl, I • ' is»K ai a ,ra ill • t.pl i
; < 1' '-y'.1'-
I'i is a" ! plain, common sense-to
Imv peii«dic pie ' N-|'.'i>s\ This Is
Th oi.ly way 10 find - t r!»eroiiiosis
whi .1, it- d'ii sf ai lat ks.-Tht r*-Ms an-'
i other adoantag'-s, too. If our lungs
f are sound and lualtity, the X-ray
; 'u iii re\a- d this too. And it is
.mighty good'to |g- cc/taiowe are
i hot ha l l .- ring a, disease.
By WILL ROGERS
:E was • new efficient
took charge of an iron foundry
in Ohio lately. He posted a lot 01
A little more than 30 years ago
Texas, Florida and California, or-
ganized America’s citrus Industry.
Sorority girls canvassed Com-
merce, Texas, for rooms for ex-GI's I
returning to East Texas State Col- ]
lege.
MUSterolE
new sign* to make the ®«n w*
harder. Ode sign said, “Any man
caught smoking around this foun-
dry will be fired immediately.
so, one day, as the new efficiency
manager was Walking in to hang up
his hat, he seen a man in overall!
smoking a cigarette where som»
goods was being unloaded.
“Here,” says the manager, “you
*n that sign over there, didn t
seen that sign over
you?" ■
“Sure I seen it
“Well, I’m going to make an er.
am pie of you. What's your pay p«"
week?”'-' -'-i
‘Thirty-five dollars.” . .
“All right, here's a week’j
wages.” , - „
i The man stuffed the thirty-five
; bucks into his pocket and saia
i "Thanks.” , ' ,
“Now, go,” says the efficiency man. ,
! “You're fired, that’s the way I dis- I-
I po.se of such Inefficiency."
I “Well, excuse me,” says the man,
"but I ain’t fired that I know of. I
work for the express company, and
I’m just waitin’ here for to get this
receipt signed. But I appreciate tha
thirty-five bucks, anyhow.
KEEP ON BUYING BONDS!
Announcing
Merrill's Garage
Will Be Open Monday
March 18
CHEMISTS KNOW THE
ANSWER
Modern chemistry to provide nor-
mal kidney function . . relieving
backache and painful bladder irri-
tations: CIT-ROS is the answe*
Restore correct body pH. (propeh
balance of essential body fluids).
Don’t suffer needlessly. A"k your
druggist for CIT-ROS, to-day.
For sale for $1,00 at
SINTON PHARMACY
General Automotive Repairing
; ■/¥,.
. •- ’ •. • -
We have enlarged and completely
remodeled our garage to
give you a more efficient
and complete repair
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Auto Parts and Accessories
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and Home Appliances
J. C. Sullivan, Manager Odem, Texas
Old-Age Pensions
Cost Tax Payers
triple telling
assistnriTo in Texas- this"
-vt st , t <• t 1 \ -|>a ve; s m*.i
t .<■>
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ATTENTION
Grain Farmers
If You Care To Contract
our Grain On An Acreage
OLl lie
wl,ll-V
ly thn i. 11 in (S' mu, h' us t.liv 'V;,'N
Imr" |uu dieted t.v'hV^nsnl’s of th»’
:jif| p! 111 whf-ij it |».is«€-d the Letfis-
. la tar in the Texas Research
In*? j t nt'*, points fiit in a rtvjwrt is-
s:x <! t .w -t k. 1 i
Thf' report is' a fa/Ji’al study of
th*’ eust. uJ' ten m :irs of i-l'l-auc_ a*s-
sistam f- in Texas. \
When th'< f. • •. Y»?f: .--ion lau v* .is.
< narted; ’tS ’sh nsi.rs said, annual
pa\>nenttf would not exced $0,0.00-
OaO fr-om State Ihadv This year. thv#
IhstjrHite points <• it, the aped people
j of T*‘\as will ia « i\e, $2r,,.4oa?ooo ot
State funds. ♦ .
Total cost to St Me t ixjjayrrs <.{
ten years of old-ripe «,.'*.si*tauee has
Been in* round figures. -1 la.upu.OtiO,
• tin* .I* port declnres'. The cost has
i skvroi keted. according to the It.o-
search Institute; because the.ori-
J gltml idea of <»hl-a^c assistance has
| been transform*!! into a system ot
j uId-age pensions. The policy Of
grajttfng (issistance to people' who
arc not needy ha sresulte.d in lc^fs
t'uiids for’ those who are in need,”,
the Institute states.
Figures show that 452 out of ev-
ery 1,000 Texa-ns sixty-five or older,
a.ta i • eeiying assistance, while the>
national average Is but 210.
Basis, See Us
CONSUMERS
,.OJ
COOPERATIVES
ASSOCIATED
W. W A T S O N, Manlier
EDROY ★ TEXAS
If YOU ABE
PAUWEAK
DBA66E0 00T'
due to MONTHtHMSES-
,T«u girls and women who lose so
muph during monthly, periods that
you are pale, feel tired, weak, 'dragged
out —i tms may ne aue to lack ot
blood-iron.
So start right away—try Lydia 'B.
Plnkham's TABLKT8—one oTthe beat
and quickest home ways to help build
up red blood to get more strength
and-energy—in such oases.
Plnkham's Tablets are one of the
SNOWFALL-This refrigerator car will soon
be a »olid package of snow-ice ond fresh spin-
ach, ready to speed on Its way to market. Block
ice is crushed to the consistency of snow and
forced through a mechanical blower to provide
dependable refrigeration fdr fresh Vegetables
in transit front South T.exos.
jSute, it Snowiin South
MAN-MADE snow, that is, which makes it possible for South Texas
vegetables to reach northern and eastern markets in good condition.
Tons of ice, crushed and blown like snow on fresh, green vegetables,
protect the health-giving vitamins of perishable foods. Without ice, ship-
ment of fresh food products to distant markets would be practically im-
possible.
greatest blood-iron tonics you can
ably benefit.
Plnkham's Tablets are also
famous to relieve monthly pain J
due to female functional,
monthly disturbances.
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Shipping season in South Texas, from November to Junei is a busy
time. CPL ice plants run at full blast twenty-four hours a day. Thousands
of carloads of fresh vegetables arid fruits, protected by ice, are started on
their journey to markets all over the United States.
From ita 50 ice plants, strategically located throughout South Texas,
CPL supplies a great proportion of the ice needed for these refrigerator
cars, And to meet the demands of a large and growing food-producing
area, CPL is expanding ^he capacity of several of itajee plants.
More and more the production and shipment of fresh vegetables and
fruits is becoming increasingly important in South Texas, As a part of
,the ice industry, CPL is helping to. do a vital job in getting these fresh
food products to market. In addition, it is continuing to render ice serv-
ice to homes, hospitals and businesses—safeguarding health in your com-
munity and in the nation.
Aik tor tkli Irto bmtkkl
OH fc« from your
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San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1946, newspaper, March 14, 1946; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth718790/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sinton Public Library.