The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1952 Page: 1 of 10
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ffihe Saft <5n(mue
DEVOTED TO THE BIST I\tMASTS' OF TAFT AVII 5AN TATEICIO COUNTY
THE TAFT TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, !952
TAFT--CITY fiV OPP-KT7TW
TEN PAGES — NO. 5
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Five New Families
Move to Taft
During Past Week
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Jiont $30 Million Reynolds Aluminum Taft Cemetery
font Nearing Completion; Officials Association Ends
lope to Start Operations in April or May Yeor m Ho,e
Onlv r-icht members were
Thrn- Reynolds < iployoi are
among the new residents in Taft.
They arc Douglas Duncan, J. L.
Brothers, and Neal Landrum.
Mr and Mrs. Duncan are located
in the Gabriel garage-apartment
on Gregory Street. They moved
here from Dallas. Mr. and Mrs.
Brother*, who -ame here from
Fort Worth, are occupying one
of the Talley apartments hi,, and
Mrs Landrum and children are
residing in the Preston Phillips
house on Second Street, moving
here from Corpus Chriati.
Mr. and Mrs !!<• F. Tims
artii three children from Atlanta,
Texas, are also new residents.
They are living on to,. <,,rner
of Canal Street and Tutt Ave-
nue. Mr. Titus . empb.sed in
the shop of Tait Implement Com-
pany
The L. A. Yeats family has
moved back to their h'me here
after living n Corpus Chriati
since August. The D. W. Cu .tors,
who occupied the Yeats home!
during their absence, have moved
to the McCann farm.
Building Permits Slump in
«®S
January; Gain in February
Vear-Around Crops
Thrive on the
J. L. Brittain Farm
I’atr
r
at
VP
pRnv iicnr
cost of
:hm£ pro-
The S
luction plant
Rr.-yru mi Met
pregorv, Tex
■80,000,000 l:
puefij'f !?
lOtllfiU r::• t ,* r t
(jiurr'c.i"' :* A:
Want Will tind* :
Igerr.cnt > i M: L. A. Ann ■*
John i. Bell Seeks
Re-Election to Spot
In Texas Senate
!
The p
Mi,
Only eight members were pres-
! ent the annua! meeting of’
tenerallv referred the Taft Cemetery Association,j
, . .r ph,f.t; however, 8c« rding to C. J Meyer, chair- j John J. Bell of Cucro an-
, »u.-i - r fi■ in one man of the board of directors, i nounced that he would be a
1 , i,nkmt w;.;"h" supplies •'This is a very poor attendance! candidate for re-election to the
• i • , , ..)v ,,f «.Wtrica! out of the total number of mem* i post of state senator from Dis-
.V , Vieett - berv,' Mr. Meyer said "and it j triet IB. of which San Patricio
, , ., .-I : idumma to is our earnest desire that 1952- Ceunty^is^ a pait.
tna: ■ . ..r.uri., Tie w luet' n plan*, will be a le tter vear and that' Mr ” "
lj,i,t a , - tiie elei ti lytic cells the financial toss suffered in the
itcing !
The !
3. L. Brittain has got the
farming business beat a of way
you look at it!
Mr. Brittain brought the
Til at, or last, twill of cotton
into the Tribune office Tues-
day 3long with the first, or
last, watermelon of the sea-
son. Of course, the cotton
stalk ho t quite up to black-
l.uul par but it does have one
fully matured boll that some-
how managed to escape the
few frosts that have fallen
here. The watermelon
“thumps” like a ripe melon,
however. Mr Brittain admits
that tie cut its mate and al-
though it was fully ripe the
taste was a bit off season.
So, Mr. Brittain is claiming
both titles, the first and last
cotton of the season and the
first and last watcrmrlon of
the season.
n
There was a lull in construction activity in TaL
during the rrontn of January only ^?3,J25 in buildftm
permits being issued at City Hall. These included per-
mits to Gabriel Building Materials Company lor a r**-
dence on Field Street. $9,000;/ W. Moore, addition at
rc orn to residence, $875, Toland Construction Compaajv
mo'-ic.ij In and Improvement tiT
he...-as on First Street, fljftfc
Alonzo Walker, residence ca ..
Porter Street, $3,000; Mrs. C. C,
Williams, tw houses on Third
$6,400 each.
duplex on Field Street. $10,000;
J. Clarence Burris, storage build-
ing oil Highway 181. $2,000; Gab-
riel Budding Materials Company,
office building on Cemetery Road,
$1,250. Stree
Around the first of February --------—-
there was quite a spuit in up-: JU|V_ 1 ft Medh
plications for building permits. If$| 5* J* W* VvPR
and a h-tal of $39,000 in penults' . i •
w , -'u<-d in the first four days CamL* Par
of February This more than! JeCIO
tripled the January total. The!* «,
permits from February 1 !<■ 4 I
include addition of room to res- j
idence of Antonio Montez. $1,500;
m
1
''we- >>■ .................. Mrs. James G. Coo*. an-
Cage Hardware imopany. res- noimccd her ca^tb-iacy fox **-
idence on Field Street. S3,IK e]t.ctlf>ri to the post of Cauu^f
Cage Hardware Company res- Treasjf„,r nf ^ Patricio County,
idence on field Street, So.>00, jn authorizing the Tribune to
m
W. L. Roots, Jr , offit-e built.ing anr)r,unce -ner candidacy kJrth
on Hospital Road, $1,000, Mrs. £00j- pledged continued aCficiimt
John Craven, double garage and ------- -----------
playroom, $3,000; Joan Cage,!
service a* treasurer.
m
School Taxes
Wm. Nfelwlas
23.5 Fer Cent AiiPSUKIf.es For
Collected Jo" * Cwmty Jwlge
Mrs. Cook issued the foihm*-
i ing statement in behalf of tel'
s.„ mm
' County: In announcing my «aMt*
I didaey for re-election to five «rf*
! fire of county treasurer cl
Patricio County. I do so mife
|
trict taxes were 98.5 percent col-: ,«..>«
looted on the 31st of January. W(n_ Nicholas authorized the this county for permitting sc* t» .•
ity is a part. when all taxes go delinquent. annour,cement of his candidacy strVe them in the put. I tow
Bell was first elected to, according to E. G. Muckieroy,) jor bounty Judge of San Patri- gjVen untiringly of my time «Mi ’
state senate at a special tax collector for the school dis-|C1() County this week efiorto to riie duti
ja feeling of deep humility
appricifltion to the vot«?» «I -vxl
: . ______. ...___:.-n.
'Adjacent* to • th< tual redu tion takes 1951 wiH be overcome.” J election in 1947. In 1M> he WM trict.
jt c- plain,- 1 to r did ail olumina j ..,,, bv the Sode bery Pricew; The assoctetiim (griiwrt lj||^ yeat-|
hint whu ■ I <■• • -t-pt - Tin- • .irbon plant which manu- with n deficit of $905.22 m the ■ -
at eh
Sj'
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>d\
It
i tr
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aica
i«l«
$42,fHiO.OO0.
rill have cup.icily
000 tor.-- ■ f aiumin
ilaniii.i t , ship h„
ilwni 1 ■ • * * ■
dim. Ltd.. . Revi
iry. Const iuciimM *
Oould start -• ■■ "t. f<
r., Sin ft•" Aiahair
n- th- pi. ■•>'. . • ; 'I :.t
ilant. are !,• u..< pi iv.itdy
a need.
Tin re-1 , !i. • pi.int writ liave
capai it; t ■ p- ■ ime 1 V> 0<n.-
DO . : ■ ■,! ,: .m. inutn a
1 ;.,- ;C [ii r:C v:,. . r.anu- -v;-M .i unan ......-
pii-i.t f, tin carl,son require I to maintenance account; however,;
S Sh
plant
rwin,
will
.- two
fi-
ll
plant
■ . i ,ic 17 ft 000
: part of the
•r.tv i . at ra
rcized t;_. not-
»rutc the dec-
. operate the
f„nt, tin . t ■ «i ind i at hade there was an outstanding item
< u iii-n -I ! 1 '3.157 dll- the ass-emtion in
F . ! C'lO-f ...t l«>|.g "frit I 'c.M unpaid a.-sessmrnts. j
i , : 7J f-.-t wide amt ep- -w- recognize that it to easy
a...led hv 50(1.1-.Ot wide.oncntc t.. ..vwriooK payment Of annual
e.-.r.u-,' i- 1 'ii1 r the h- art of dm-, Mr. Mrver said m the
1. . th- IU.11 ■ 1 -ff* But
Ivtie ecd.ictinn ifiiv Kssentially must remind you of .he impor-
the celts are a rectangular open t.mce of your dues and member-
, . i„,x ...... , . arbon lining ships for the success of the
which forms the cavity and a association.”
superstructure framing which New directors for 1952 were
oi side- support for the carhon elected. They are as follows.
— node. AH the cells in u put C C. Carroll, Mrs. Ruth Schnv-
hr. are connected electrically oner. Mrs. Agnes Mires. Paul
with aluminum bus bar, for Gu,tafsen, Mrs. W N. Roberts,
which 10,000,000 pound:, of alum- Mrs. A. J. Guedin and L. J-
;;.ar;i „ required to transmit the Meyer
;il p. wer from the power A complete financial report of.
plant to th<? t( Uf 'the association will be found on JOHN J. BELL
A rnctal
i vice building 500 another page of the Tribune.
HOMER EASTER WOOD
Taft CofC T© Gather
OFF TO BACK
IKE CAMPAIGN
car. An i
’ith cup;.; it
W is an integri
jstallatiun Sev.
iiesel engine, cm
ra) gas, wg«-n
"Icily requi.ed t
p!cjr,» kkyNOLHH—Page 7
The plant i .situated on a J.fiuO * _____________
•re site in San Patricio County,
hd cover; 433 acre- Of this
rea more than 25 per cent: will
'.oi l) by i uilding: contain-
IH m ex..... of > million square i|»l||fMt||lIllil Oil
«(t of )'! <• Building-, are UlIWI
ing constructed with steel
■amcwork. The siding and roof-
;g are to be • f aluminum and « - i ;----, ..
m r^uirv a p'>und3! A special meeting of the direc-•n«f ^ at 5
tors of the Taft t hnniber ot : 0-clwk Wednesday afternoon and
Commerce has been called tor - wjl, arrive iri New York City
tonight (Thursday> by Presid^rt Friday morning The rally will
E. L. Barrow for the Pwrpost ^ held that night at Madison
of examining the proposed city i ,s are Gar(j*,n They will leave-
bond issue closely and wor•*. ng gaturday an<j arrive it
out a course of action designed
to insure passage of the bond.
It is hoped that at least pre-
liminary figures as to costs of
various projects will be
it in nrC
CIO County this week ; eflorW to tiie diitie* of ray
. i Judge Nicholas is seeking hi« fjM have, wttfaot«*«J3(ap4ic**t. J
The school district collected a i second elective term ta bend; M Iteiy «> wtyftw
net $135,037.24 in taxes and nl-jof San Patricio County, having my office in cn open, IMM^
lowed cash discounts of $.3,957.19 I beer* appointed to the office in ** and «McWn>t nuaMKT. 1,
for a total of $138,994.43 in taxi 1949 and elected in 1950. Mr. I -Now. with San Patrtdc Cow*»
I bills collected by the school dis Nicholas is married and Has '.wo. ty j„ ^ midst of tint jp-i-nkwrfi
trict. This leaves a total of $2. i children. They make their home agricuItural idlKt &<*•
142.59 in delinquent taxes, which | in Sinton.
is about norma! in comparison
to other years, according to Mr.
Muckleroy.
About $1500.00 in delinquent
taxes from previous years has
been collected by the school
since the first of September of
(last year.
CANADIAN VISITOR
LIKE'S SOUTH
TEXAS SUNSHINE
ALAMO LUMBER
REMODELING OFFICE
Alamo Lumber Company is
currently undergoing a remodel-
ing program on the interior of
their display room. The space
in the display room is to K-
enlarged by about 100 per cent.
Office space is being provided
by displacing several lumber bins
in the rear of the show room.
When the work is completed I
there will be a glass partition
between the- display space and
the office area.
..................... u,e Additional line* of builder*"
elected to his first full term of; for a »eek. and ^ >P«3d * fhaniwaPe and tools will prob-
fnur vears and is now asking - eral weeks m the Verne Roberts, thcf iint, o£
ulation growth in its history., Mt
seems only fit that X rene'v tsxf
pledge thet if 1 am re-electaej
to the office of county treaaawS?,.
I will accept the new and iswjseft
responsitiilities. main Mitt an ef-
ficient office open at all tt»w
to the people of this comfy, sail
cc continue to serve without
be of time- to the duties of she
fice." «
m4
ttm
Seeks Re-eleetlen
A. C. Milne from Emerson,
Manitoba. Canada, was a guest
in the J J. Kirkpatrick home
Proposed City Bond
Horner Easterwood .will be in j candidacy:
i New York City Friday night, to <>j firmly believe that Texas.
and especially this part of Jexas
.. j. h A 7 say f 11
for his second elected term. j honje^■ , - „ Antonio 1 me-cchandise displayed in the
Senator Bell, issued the fob. tht,re he-new showroom, according to J.
I~w - >*h*“ •» h“ S-rff uLoC. !**». —
attend the Eisenhower rally. In
. company with W. T. (Tommie)
West and P. L. (Percy) Johnson,
"oncer Society
"0 Meet in
raft Feb. 15
I The County Cancer Associa-
Dn will hold an educational
|inic in the educational build-
|g of the Taft Methodist Church
om 10 to 2 o’clock on February
HheT Methodist ladies will
vc a luncheon at the noon
bur,
|M;sa Gerturde Linn, field re-
|es«;ntative of the Texas Divis-
of the American Society,
rail be on hand to discuss the
cicty's program and Mrs. H.
Butt, lay chairman of Dist-
6, will discuss the local pro-
,am of service and education,
|te local doctors will be present
~ discussions, answering ques-
ns and showing films on oan-
his meeting is especially sm-
,. ant to educate the public
- the need for knowledge about
leer. Dr. Careron of the
ner Scan Cancer Society has
s to say;
|‘‘So long as we are able to
re up to 98 per cent of skin
Beers but actually do not; so
Ug as we are able to cure 45
avail-
various ---•.....
able at this meeting in order that
t vr. uaiuou* ” *•* --------
Saturday and arrive in Ft. Worth
Monday morning.
Taft Boys Meet
In Korean Area
Taft probably seems like a
iV d rector win Ik- able to long way from Korea but two
the aim.kms . .. .......«,»( ,
-T,ear-head • drive to take all
possible information before the
citizens of Taft. It is considered
lik«ly that a mass meet mg may
he called some time next week
to present the figures and facts
to the voters.
Tw© Grandsons in Week
For J, W. Mayas, St.
Mr. and Mr*. J. W. Mavo, Sr.,
are the grandparents of two new
SS. “SJK
hospital. He was named John
Mav-
Mr, and Mrs. N E Mavo of
riecos have a new son who was
born on January 24. He was
named William Arthur.
Taft boys got together recently
in the Korean mountains and
thoroughly enjoyed catching up
on the news.
Cpl. James A. Paterson, who
has been in Korea for some
months, read a short time ago
in the Tribune that 1st Lt. Homer
Easterwood was stationed with
the 23rd Infantry Regiment in
Korea and after a short investi-
gation he learned that this wss
only four or five miles from his
unit. After a bit or arranging
the two Taft toys got together
and thoroughly enjoyed rehash-
ing days in Taft.
Lt. Easterwood recently won
Combat Medical Badge
has 3 great future, and l will
do everything humanly possible
to help make that future secure.
This region has great possibilities
for industrial and agricultural
-development. It abounds in nat-
ural resources, and has, ir. my
opinion, Use type of progressive
leadership and citizenship which
will continue to make it the
best place in which to live,
will u« every source of
energy at my command tr, se*
that it is protected from unjust
and unsound laws and will en-
deavor to P#** legislation calcu-
lated to be beneficial to this
State, and to this area. I am,
as I have always been, tor eco-
nomical government — govern-
ment that will be responsible
and responsive to the will ot
the people. w»d government that
will see to it that our institution*
will remain free and unshackled
from ms $««■•«► '«thm « wit.
0,.* which sdSnmp* S4i“*
vert them. I have always been
strongly opposed to Federal en-
croachment upcm the nghis o
the State* a«# the liberties «
the people, afiLw® eaptlhur to
fight for tho*T principle* which
* think best serve the people of
this State and this District
NINE ATTEND MEETING
OF INTEBMEOIATE G. A s
wnt of 5!omack cancers but
fl^PuaHy cure only 4 per cent; so
"l- wc can cure 89 to 99
«P cent nf breast cancers but] cj 1, at
dj^Pually cure only 14 per cent—1 line lute; n ' Tuesday af
gf" we have a tremendous job j tended ttm !J? V..,et»,t'churrh,...
education to perform. ternmn a ■_ " program was ja student telegraph*
program for the main part when * rmswonary progt 1
Mlitor women but from >1 00 £ gTSS* Stop
15 there is a program p< Mr*_
interest to men. I A. Convert, mat wttn
his Combat Medic*! Badge st ____
Heart Break Ridge and Cpl. Fat- j - - fhib
arson won the Combat Infantry JUtWOr Woman
Badge against the enemy in the
Komwa area serving with the
14th Infantry Regiment.
S P, TELRGKAPHKR TAKES
JOB IN ( t'FRO
Harold Heath of Alto. Texas,
who w'»s here in the t A N. O-
Railroad office for 15 days as
took an
or*, ez.arruno’** Victoria and qw»i
D. | Hied as a train
j H» wm rrsnrfe:
toured the Laredo and Corpus
Chriati section with a friend,
who brought him to Toft. He has
fallen in love with the South
Texas climate, which he con-
siders unbeatable, and is amazed
at the friendliness of the people.
He feels he is well qualified to
judge the climate as he has
J. W. Mayo, Sr., Home
Damaged by Fire
The Taft Volunteer Fire De-
partment was called out to the
new home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Mayo, Sr., last Friday. The
judge tne cinntm: «» ire !*«» wall heater in the breakfast room
visited many other points famed gotten too hot and started
for their winter sunshine. ja fire in the wall. The firemen
A native of Aberdeen, Scot--went into a closet just back
'land, he came to South Dakota ‘ of the heater and took cut
in SMB as an immigrant, and {part of the wall and put nut
three years later he settled at his, the fire,
present home in Canada, where' **"•“ -
Pelt® Wvs Ifefs
SM6.51 l« Tilt
The incomplete returns cut. t5v.
drive for funds for the Katfen*?
Polio Foundation on Wedaufhw
showed that $&5C 51 h«d teea
collected ia Taft. Of this xmmmb
$782,51 was collected by the
Junior Woman's Chib In twits’-
Mothers' March on Polio last
Thursday night.
W. Ik XRis, local secretwy ant?
treasurer, rejirorted. that di
the school* had turned! m thate'
money wad several other twufwt*
were still to be j«-i;xstte.-vL
Mb. Joyce PhUGpi
wwu
ip
As €. of C. Socrtfctiwy
The rtadji{Mriora of Knt
'.BWlllpe as secretary far ffcra'
,e ' CbaraiBcr *1 (jMnHnt ants
Two other calls in the fast ten cepted »* C. at C.. ssesS&SB ..fH
..... Wmr *{m< fa* iiiv: U«ubn uifM. Tbs is
present home in Canada, wnero m niner c»;i* m ™ «« *-• <■« *- ^ .fHHB
to. and hi* sons farm 1800 seres*days have been fires In toe (Monday night The tMBai
of land. He spoke at the meeting City trash truck. ' «a wfh'ctiw in tw® wwaks.
of the Rotary Club last week.----u m ’ ..... fi4Wl
and Played the bagpipe. P©i Til Stf
As More Tka 7,577 Receipts
Aw IssMrtl It See Fes. Cewdy
Taft People Conducting
First Aid Classes
In Woodsboro
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Harper, Jr.,
and Mrs. Sam L. Haynes are
teachtag a first aid claas In
Woodsboro. The ciaseee started
Monday night, and nre
held every Monday and Thurs-
day nights at 7:39 o'clock during
this month.
SgH
will
iw stssa--;
RTK1UU) l.KK*, KV.-«— , --- -- -. — - -tpUhig.
ed to snow that an all-time roc-; payments fro*a othat tow*$ aai£:
m Bj Althougfe the official tabula jcctpte tautad pwlMtety ^
tnrted Bon* are no* ye* MfltphM, t be driwnntned baft*® tb® aStfe. •
K»,ri»ienough receipt* have ireen count*(die >A next wt <e Tsptxt*f rgr
- “ ^ trict »» ait.tfasie ree-! oaymanta from otiMf towns ttiWiiM
Wvst Portt«iM$ BuRdiaf
T© He- "Put Into fJ*e
St»»wt Tiffin® Nest Wm*
Remodeling axwk ofv the old
West Portland School building fa
proceeding rapidly and Supi. O.
L. Woousoa sa»d this week thfrt
x ail-ttme ree-j payments irorn ow»r wsws&s raaw-.«^
f.rd for noli fas payment'- has | eirtlytn* sabrtattar-e to tbs tsssasa -Ef5
be«> set in San Patricio County.fly have as* at! come to to ■##--
1 When last cootoctcd, Satit Vkk- f court houw «ral torao wtod-Nfa**-'
lers County Tw-Asmssor-CtUm- i The record wrt to thtg awsgr..**
tor. said that 7.577 rroeipta hadtfaila to Un# wRh Use
{been oMWally cemttod *1! ovw the
150 exemptions can be countaS i batng bsk» if, -ttixsx-'- OT.
into the total who will hmelcvwr tssnty. ‘JT.L. >ww
,-der operstor tsw red
d to Cweru. fctotf
Coitipitn Cook Book
The Junior Womans
Taft ha* on sale this week a
numU-r ‘T ladiet a . ^ i Portland to the school campus
vicinity. These ***•*“ “£L Af in Taft and rmodolod to take
owamed from my>tnj^bjrof m fan ^ w
cover sod a «vt
ye*"-
mis zr.e tour j w * w
ih« right to 9**U m ibid twhv&m 1 c&symaM±i*&
election ywisr. | to p&y ihtoit
The ****** poll ini It
M the count* provtorady v» tolpooplt that «»to k«i* ’ ; '.
clatset would probably he he'd 1950 when 6,894 rece-ipte were .down «* w* , ^
The county to* office in U» I nf She gwtaurttl
>u» ccurt house in Sintaa wo ’ *ton$! ^ ttowto «$** iSs qjh*
of iuc.it, tfawdisrst lot tr.sc fflty’i .
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