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VOLUME 37
•&1NTQN. SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. APRIL 12.1945
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Sinton Places
Fourth at Meet
Last Saturday
MEET IN PHILIPPINES
Sinton tricksters won fourth
place at the District 31A League
meet held at Benavides last Sat-
urday placing in the High Jump,
, 100 yd. Dash, High Hurdles, Low
Hurdles, Sprint- Relay, Mile Re-
lay, and Broad Jump. Benavides
won the meet with a total score
of 42J points, closely paced by.,
the Freer Buckeroos who won
> second with 41 points. The second
and third places were also close
as San Diego edged out Sinton
1| points to win third with a total
score of 21.
Gentry Cranberry tied With Mau*
ro Lerma of Benavides for first
place in the Hich Jump, a hpi*ht
of 5' 4", and arao second in the
High Hurdles. *
’ Bob Mutchier, ?fiso of Sinton. won
second in the Broad Jump, third in
the Low Hurdles, and fourth in the
•V High Hurdles.
Durwood Wilson placed third in
the. 100 yd. dash.
In the sprint relay Sinton's team
composed of Billy Myers, Dick
Whitehead. Kenneth Stone, and
Durwood • Wilson. won third, and
the team of Gentry Cranberry, Billy
Myers, Donald Sharp, and Bob
Mutchier, placed fourth in the Mile
Belay.
Bob Mutchier was the high point
man for the Sinton team with 6
* and 1 points.
Mother of Mrs. A. M.
Johnson Died
1 Recently in Iowa
Mrs. A. M. Johnson, of the West
, • Sin-ton community was called to
Adiville, Iowa, two weeks ago on
account of the death of her mother,
Mrs. Adelaide Brown.
The deceased, who had made
many friends iii Sinton during the
winter seasons she had spent in
til?' Johnson home, passed a why af-
. ter several months illness on March
no.
.Besides Mrs. Jolpison survivors
t include another daughter, Mrs. Es-
ther Brown. of Boulder. Colo., and
two sons, Russell and Ryel Brown
Of Adiville.
Light Vote Cast
In School Election
C. A. Moore and Luther T.
Kolb were re-elected members
• of the board of trustees of the
Hinton Independent School Dis-
trict in an election held Satur-
day.
Only forty-five votes were
cast, with none dissenting.
Pfc. Emil C. Vanecek, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Vane-
cek of St. Paul, and Lt. Eugenie C. Meeker, U. S. Army
Nurse Corps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cabla,
also of the St. Paul section, are shown standing in front of Army
Hospital tents in the Philippines. Pfc. Vanecek has seen service in
New Guinea, on Biak Island and the Philippines, and has six cam-
paign stars. He has been over approximately*two years. Lt. Meeker
went overseas abopt the middle of last year and was in *the South
Pacific before going to the Philippine Islands.
Committee Meets
To Plan Details
For Camp in July
A The Baptist Blanco Association's
Program committee for the young
people's camp met Thursday at the
Baptist Church y? discuss And make
plans for the camp to be held at
Palacios, July 2-6.
Mrs. M. J., Tidvrell served as-
chairman and other members of
the committee Were: Mrs. L. L.
Kinghom, Mrs. Earl Hill; Taft; Rev.
Claude Bridges, Goliad; Rev. J. W.
• Burns, Refugio; and Rev. T. R.
Thomas, Sodville. Refreshments
were served at the close of the
meeting.
Visits Home After
Year Overseas ,
Sgt. Billy Parsley, who has been
^on a furlough here the past three
Weeks visiting his wife and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parsley,
will go to San Antonio Friday to
► spend the remaining part of his
furlough before reporting back to
duty. Mrs. Parsley will accompany
him to San Antonio and remain
With him until he returns to duty.
Sgt. Parsley, who is with the
ground forces of the Army Air
Corps, spent a year In the Azores
in the Atlantic.
REMODELS HOME
’* Mr. and' Mrs. W. H. Gossett are
remodeling their home in the east-
ern part of Sinton, installing a new
bath room and fixtures. Mr. Gos-
sett is being assisted in the work
,i>y M. H. McCammon.
^watch for rnv
Appearing in some advertisement
In this paper is a lady’s name who
ia invited, with her guest, to be
the guest of The News and the
Rialto Theatre.
This offer is not good after Wed-
nesday each week. Watch for a name
I to appear In some advertisement.
Sodville Revival
Now in Progress
The revival meeting at the Sod-
ville Baptist Church is now in
progress and will be concluded
Sunday night, April 15th, Rev. Then.
Thomas, pastor, has announced.
Rev. Carl Goodnight of Batson
Prairie is the evangelist and ser-
vices ai^ being held each morning
and evening. The general public is
invited to attend these services.
Pvt. Andrew Hunt
Wounded on Iwo
BASEBALL GAME
SCHEDULED
SUNDAY
The Sinton Cardinals baseball
club will meet the Corpus Christi
Sluggers here Sunday at 4 p. m.
The Cardinals defeated the Ma-
this Indians, 7-3, in a game played
at Mathis behind the pitching of
Alaniz who hurled four innings,
and Zavalla, who was on the mound
for the remaining five frames, al-
lowing only three hits.
The local team is counting oh
these/ two pitchers, to hold the
Sluggers in the game to be played
Sunday.
Brother of Mrs.
E. H. Lewis Dies
At Floresville
W. D. Griffith, 72, widely known
resident of Floresville and Wilson
County, died suddenly at his home
Tuesday afternoon of last week,
and services were held last Thurs-
day at 6 o’clock, conducted by Rev.
Lewis R. Cocreham of the Baptist
Church, assisted by Rev. J. W.
Black of the Methodist Church.
He was a brother of Mrs. E. H.
Lewis of Sinton, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis, Miss Claire and Gerald
Lewis, and Mrs. Robt. LeCroix at-
tended the funeral services from
Sinton.
Mrs. Land’s Nephew
Killed in Action
Mrs, R. W. Land of Sinton re-
ceived a message early this week
stating that her nephew, Sam Edd
Carpenter, of the U. S. Marines,
was killed in the battle for Iwo
Jima on March 15th.
The message was from Mrs.
Land’s brother, E. R. Carpenter, of
Waco, father of the Marine.
Word reached here early this
week stating that Pvt. Andrew
Hunt, brother of Mrs. Alice Holt
of Sinton, was wounded March
19th in the battle for Iwo Jima.
Pvt. Hunt, who Was sent on over-
seas service in September of last
year, was serving with the 5th Ma-
rine Division, and he is now in a
hospital somewhere in the Pacific.
Extent of his wounds were not
stated.
This is the second of the, four
Hunt brothers to receive wounds in
battle. Pfc. Melvin Hunt was re-
ported wounded on March 10th in
Germany.
Truck Driver I*
Indicted on Knife
Slaying Charge
Gonzalo M. Gonzales. 23-year-old
former Corpus Christian, was in-
dicted by a San Patricio County
grandjury Monday for the knife-
slaying of Bennie Willard Hunn,
ISi-year-old oil field roughneck, on
the streets of Mathis about ten
days ago.
The grand jury convened Monday
to consider the charge against the
accused knife-slayer, and brought
an indictment against him for mur-
der. Judge W. G. Gayle ordered
Gonzales held in Jail without bond,
but time for trial was not set.
* Hunn, a resident of Denison, Tex-
as, was employed at Premont and
had spent the day at Lake Corpus
Christi near Mathis. After attending
a movie, Hunn and his companions
became embroiled in a fight with
Gonzales, who wits driving a truck
through the town, according to of-
ficers. Hunn died after he ran about
25 feet down the street.
R. L. Dycus Dies
At His Home Here
Tuesday Morning
A resident of Sinton for more
than a quarter of a century was
romoyerl by death in the passing
of It. L. Dycus. last Tuesday rnorn-
inpf, at his home here.
Active in the outdoors for many
years. Riving his personal attention
to his farm and livestock interests,
until two years ago when he retired
and moved into town, Mr. Dycus
was .always an active citizen. At
the time of his death he had reach-
ed the age of 69 years and 29 days.
Funeral services were held from
the Baptist church. Wednesday
morning at 10 o’clock and the body
was taken to Liberty Hill .where
burial was made in the family
burial plot with StArbnck Directors
in charge. The Rev. L. M. Huff,
pastor of the local Baptist Church,
officiated at the rites, assisted by
the Rev. Thoo L. Cox, pastor of
the Methodist Church. After the
body arrived a short service was
held at the grave, conducted by the
Liberty Hill Masonic Lodge of
which Mr. Dycus was a member.
Pill bearers were: Jim Hender-
son. Elkin Hunt. Jim Spencer. J.
WhitAhead, John Roberts, and T.
A. MeCarney of Gregory.
Mr. cDycus was born in Liberty
Mill on March 10. 1876.* lb* was the
youngest of five children of Mi’,
land Mrs. H. H. Dycus, who u ro
j early settlers in. that section. He
j continued to live in WiUiamSbn
county -after he whs grown, and on
November 16. IS98. he was married
j to Miss Oorda Elizabeth Hamilton.
I Four children were born to this
I union, three daughters, and a son,
! who died several years ago.
He had lived a quiet peaceful
life, and died a peaceful death.
He had suffered a heart ailment
last Friday, but his condition was
believed to be improved when his
sudden death came Tuesday. He
was a member of the Baptist'
church and the Masonic lodge. He
was loyal to his family and friends,
tolerant and considerate in his
views. A good and useful sitizen.
his death is mourned by many rel-
atives and friends.
Surviving are the wife and three
daughters. Mim, W. F. Joseph. Miss
Fauna Dycus and Mrs. Frank Kelly,
Jr.; and five grandchildren: Pfc.
Harold Joseph, of San Antonio, Ca-
thenine arid Lucille Joseph and
Robert L. Joseph, all of Sinton. and
Cathleen Dycus, Sinton.
NUMBER 14
Permanent Airport
Committee Named
Here Wednesday '
W. M. Griffith, vice-president and general manager of
the Plymouth Oil Company, was named chairman of a
permanent Sinton Airport development committee at a
meeting held Wednesday, April 11th.
Others on the committee include J. T. Johnson of West-
ern Auto Associate Store, vice-chairman; Ben Benson,
manager of San Pat Vegetable Co.; T. W. Knox, service
station operator; R. R. Gibb, county farm agent; Eric
Warren of Warren Electric Service, and Merle E. Huston,
of San Pat Vegetable Co. W. B. Brittain, county auditor,
was named secretary-treasurer and M. E. Huston, airport
manager.
This committee was organized by
authorization of the Sinton Kiwani*
Club, sponsors of the Airport, and
is designed to give representation
to both the Sinton Kiwdpis Club
and the citizens of the community.
It was stated the duties and pur-
• poses *of this committee v-ill be to
| govern and. develop the Airport pro-
ject.
I Two desirabl0 tracts of land, to-
i taring 1acres, have- been, pur- A
| chased and deeds have been re- fy
corded. Represent itives of the Civil ‘ /
j Aeronautics Administration some
i time ago made an inspection^of the
(site, giving their approval of the
j location as in airport project.
The committee has authorized the
'filing of an application with the
C.A.A. for designation of the Sinton
Airport. Considerable work has been
; done to the land in recent weeks,
I clearing brush and discing and lev-
elling the ground for runways; It is
expected that limited use of the
facilities will begin in the v *ry near
| future.
Pfc. Pedro Mesa
Awarded Silver
Star for Bravery
April 21st Set (or,
Soil Conservation
District Election
Blanco Training
Union RallyDraws
Good Attendance
April 21st has been set for
an election on the creation
of a Soil Conservation Dis-
trict in San Patricio County.
Notice was received by C. S.
Brown, Polling Superintend-
ent of the proposed District.
Mr. Brown states that the
following voting divisions,
polling places, Judges and
Clerks have been designated
and appointed:
Voting , Box-No. 1. Sinton High
School, for voters residing within
the Sinton, St. Paul or Sodvill»
School Districts. J-udge, George Tid-
well; Clerk, C. F\ Powers.
Voting Box No. 2, Qdem. at Old
Rank building, for voters residing
in the Odem School District. Judge,
B. T. Draper; Clerk. C. C. Parker.
Voting 'Box NV Mathis, at
School, for votresiding in tho
Mathis and Sin Potricio School
districts. .Judge,^ B. S Whitaker;
Clerk, Ch trjes TtVmarm
j j Voting Box No. 4, Adams School
ut. the School, for' voters residing
in the.Adams School District Judge,
: | Oscar Smith: Clerk. I-:. A. Adams.
Voting Box N>, 5, Taft, at tho.
Chamber of <7 enfner * for voters
residing i:i the Taft-West Portland
School districts. .Judge. J. T. Brit-
tain; ( : E, C Andrews.
Voting Box No. 6. Gregory, at
School for voters residing in tho
.Gregor'- ’Portland-, ’ impbell. In-
ind A Tin sis’ "Biss School
.J ; U-- <' (' i-' i: roll. Clerk,
All •
residing
Pfc. Pedro Mesa of Sinton,
I husband of Tomasa Mesa, i 1
•who is making her home
here for the duration, has.;,
been awarded the Silver Star
j for gallantry in action. The
I citation of award reads, as
'••’•g^’i 3o g
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Bail, land
ipds-vi Dis-
co-. the polls
\ cress their
i Two hundred arid .triiHy-fivf': lo-
cal workers and guests of the T».ap-
I tint church were present during thn , lOliOWS I ■,
j afternoon and evening meeting of j * pf p.viro Mms i ;N:GJS24, •
the Blanco Association a l Training i 116th Inf U > Army for gallon-!
Union -Rally that met here Tuesday. I try* in action ogoin.-a. rhe enemy in I
Thre° youths choirs were present IG.ertriaivy, On 6 October 1944 as the.j
from Beeville, Roekport .and Taft, J forward elements mi Company “K" j
arid highlighting the meeting ’was 1 were advancing into th“ town of j
the address by Dr. T. C. Gardner j-— • a entrenched- enemy'
of . Dallas. State Training Union O'^ was encountered Despite
secretary, whose -subject was “The \ having, been wounded by enemy
SintonAgriculture
Students To Visit
A&I, King Ranch
Approximately sev'--five agri
culture students of''the Sinton High
I School and twenty-five fathers of
j the bo vs B*d by B. G Oefinger. vo-
' rational agriculture teacher, plan
Training I 'nion’s Task in the Cen-'fin* "hortly the.atUNc be^tn. mlk(, , fHa trip t, A&1 College
oat-of- Pfc M.s... automatic rifi-man. with ^ ^ Kjn„ Kunch Krid.iv.of this
complete 'tisregard tor his own .
' , , ^-eek.
S.fetv .ssumed an expose! pos-.on j Th()St, ^ on the.trl„ will leave
an,I nnm-n,lately pi te-i fire upon 7„rt , FriJay
the enemy force Mainly hue to ms, wfll in the
well-,lire,'to,1 tire, the enemy ,,t,tjInrium ;,t th„ colleS(.
Local Firm Gets
Line Extension
Contract at Premont
Th« Sinton Electric. & Hardware
Co. were low bidders on a pole line
extesion contract recently for the
Sv/n Oil Company at Premont. and
started work on the project this
week.
They recently coil iracted for two
projects’ In the Valley.
What cam you spark
THAT THAT CAR WKAR?
Assembly of God
Church To Have
Missionary Service
The Assembly of God Church will
have a Missionary Service Satur-
day night at 8;DO o’clock, April the
14th.
The Rev. A. C. Bates,, former
District Superintendent of the New
Mexico District of Missions, will
be the special speaker, and musi-
cians and singers will be present
from Corpus Christi. the Rev. C). L.
Jack sop, pastor, states.
tenniar Program.'' Other
town leaders who participated in
the program were, the Raford Har-
j ris Of Daisetta: the Rev. Don Cov-
! ington. Kingsville; and Miss Nella
Casement. Dallas.
Supper was served to approxi-
mately one hundred by women of
the church. Churches were repre-
sented from the following towns:
Roekport. Aransas Pass, Ingleside,
Gregfuy. Portland..- Tift, Wpods-
boro, Refugio. Goliad, Beeville.
George West, isodCalie, Odem and
Sinton.
^ SINTON BOYS ★
it MEET IN ★
it INDIA ★
The News editor received i
card from Sgft. Allen S. r.aw-
rence Tuesday morning stating
that lie had met Lt. Edwin Ful-
lick, also of Sinton, at, a" point
somewhere in India, and they
had spent i very enjoyable time
together.
The card was a picture of a
monument in Calcutta, India,
and that is probably thd place
where they met. Sgt. Lawrence
is with the Army Postal Service
and Lt. Fullick with the Anny
Air Corps and is a pilot on a
B-29.
Father of J. D.
Bramlette Dies
At Stephenville
I,. If. Bramlette,''94, of Stephen-
ville, died Saturday at, fits home
there and funeral services were
held Sunday. He was the father of
J. 1). Bramlette, manager of the
U. S. Employment offibe here.
Mr. Rramlette was visiting in
Houston when he received the
message and was accompanied by
other members of the . family to
Stephenville. He returned,home via
Cuero Sunday night.
forced to remain under cover; w.ru h
permitted th“ remainder of his
<:„ni|>:i!:v to assault the enemy p,
sitions. resulting in
death of .twenty "tie
The unflinching courage determin
ation. and devotion to : duty, dis-
played by Pfc. Mesa reflect great *' «■ «,„ k ,mt details . of the
credit upon- himself rind the hrili* iry
service. Entered Military Service
Ci*npi Texas.''
for tin* day will be uutritVed.
tin* r un are or ^ J Gooko. head of the agricul-
of the enemy ! ,,,r" department -of A&l College,
Jond G. D Parker, area ten- super-
visor of Future Farmers of Amer*
Otto Schroeder
Sells Store
Near Kenedy
Otto Schroeder, owner and oper-
ator of Schroeder’s Cash Grocery
here, last week completed a deal
for the sale of his general mer-
chandise store at Lenz, near Ken-
edy. He had operated the business
since 1921 but moved to Sinton
about ten years ago.
Edgar Ladewig, who purchased
the store from Schroeder, operated
the business ddring the ten year
period Mr. Schroeder has been
here.
inspection trip both'- at trie , College
and trie King Ranch. At trie college
the v will visit the various farm
projnefs which have be**n developed
recent years,-, arid at the ranch
will \:.'.it trie race horse and
quarter horse stables, will hear Dr.
N’ortjiw ,v pf tin* ranch explain
foot.hods of breeding nurd which hast
pr(*die‘ed the famous Santa Gert.ru-
ihjs beef cattle, ind set* many other
interesting projects.
The group will return to the Col-
lege campus Where lunch will be
served to them in Loft in Hall. They
will also be accompanied by some
local school officials.
FFA Constructs
Calf Feeder for
Capacity Feeding
The Future Farmers of Ameraca,
under the direction of B. G.
Oefinger, vocational agriculture
teacher of the Sinton High School,
have on display a calf feeder of
unusual efficiency at the farm
shop. They have manufactured a
number of the feeders for cattle
raisers of the county in recent
weeks and are prepared to build
ethers on request.
Mr. Oefinger invites anyone in-
terested in getting the most out of
calf feeding, conveniently and with
less effort, to drop by the farm
shop and see the model they have
on display. The feeder is so con- year old sop of ('pi- ami Mrs. John
Standiea of Mathis, has received a
Lueger pistol, which ois about five*
inches long, from his daddy who is
somewhere in Germany.
Whenever little Johnny, who is
still somewhat wary of his present,
is asked what his daddy is doing
he always replies, “Fightin’ Ger-
mans.”
Johnny and his mother make’their
home in Mathis with his grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Stone.
) \
Cpl. John Standlea
Presents German
Pistol to Son
.Julia Can'll Ftamli'M. Jr.;' two*
structPti that f<H*<iinsr is done from
four sides, eaeh feeder h^yin^ a
capacity. of feeding approximately
sixteen calves, at a time, and hold
up to about two tons of feed. The
idea for building the feeders was
advanced by Taft Morrow and Er-
nest Line, both experienced in
feeding out calves for market.'
WHAT CAN YOU SPARE
THAT THEY CAN WEAR?
County Commissioners Court Proposes Re-allocation of Funds
IN A STATEMENT published in
another section of this paper this
week, the San Patricio County Com-
missioners Court is asking the voters
to. consider, their proposal to' re-
allocate taxes from one fund to an-
•j other within the limit of 80c on the
j one hundred dollar valuation.
| Prior to 1944 the amount of money
^allotted to ascertain fund was con-
#olled by the condition, but last
m amendment to- that law *
of property tax-paying voters, which
permits tax monies to be changed
from one fund to another, provided
the taxpayers give it their approval
in their respective counties. The adop-
tion Of the amendment did not change
the taxing limit of 80c on the one
hundred dollars, but permits commis-
sioners courts to reallocate the monies
received from one fund to another,
rovided their proposal is. acceptable
the property tax-paying voters.
* ■“ er giving the matter ponsiderable
study, the San Patricio Coupty Com-
missioners Court has worked out
changes in the various funds of this
county which they believe will best
suit the present needs, and are calling
an election for May 12th when the
proposal will come before the voters
for their approval or rejection. The
law permits the change to be made
and kept in fprc.e for six years. For
instance: th,eir proposal is to change
the general fund from 26c to 85c on
the $100 valuation; the road and
bridge fund from 15c to 35c; the jury
fund from 15c down to 3c and the
permanent improvement fund from
'25c down to 7c. This would not, if
adopted, mean that taxes would be
raised, or that the whole^of the 80c
oh the $100 valuation would be lev-
ied, but it would permit the commis-
sioners court to change the money
from one fund to the other as outlined
for the next six years, giving them an
opportunity to use the funds to the
best advantage.
It may be well for the taxpayers
to study the Commissioners’ proposal
so that they hiay have a better under-
standing of the situation when it
comes time to go to the polls and
vote on the question. It will be noted
that the road and bridge fund comes
in for the most radical change. This
has been brought about due to the
fact that our county roads have deter-1
iorated during the past several years
until they are going to need consider-
able repairs in the post-war period.
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