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YOAKUM'S
7<»k ANNIVERSARY
YEAR
YOAKUM HERALD-TIMES
YOAKUM x
Home of 34th Annual
YOAKUM TOM TOM
COVERING LAVACA and DeWITT COUNTIES
VOLUME LXVII
Second Class Postage Paid at Yoakum. Texas
Friday, November 29th, 1963
H CENTS PER COPY, No. 95
JUST OBSERVING ***i &» On Attorney
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By J. E. J.
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l/ntil last Friday the assassi-
nation of a president was known
to this younger generation only
out of a history book chapter.
It was considered something
that occurs out of impulse
from a twisted mind or from
purely selfish motive. Friday
we were reminded how real
history can be.
Sr ★ ★
Born of a depression, sea-
soned by world conflict, thrust
into the realm of solving great-
er mysteries of this universe,
this generation more than any
other is faced with the neces-
sity of learning and following
Divine guidance. Hut it is not
enough only to learn —. we
must act to stamp out wrath
and hatred for we have been
warned of their fruits.
A ★ A
dust ice has been denied its
course. Therefore the stain of
guilt — of public apathy to-
ward open fanaticism — the
harboring of vicious hatred in
our midst — will remain with
us as long as we live.
A ★ -v
Certainly the public is entitl-
ed to know as far as the truth
can hr obtained of the circum-
stances which led to the killing.
Perhaps the world may never
lec.rn the true motive. On the
other hand the assassin him-
self if alive may have never
revealed it. But there was al-
ways the possibility, and now
this has been taken from us
and generations to follow.
A A A
And so it came to us in the
course of time to record these
tragic events. One can not help
hut wonder how history in the
scan of a hundred or two hund-
red years will judge these
events. How the assassination
of Lincoln almost a hundred
years ago affects us today wc
know. What course' in history
this the fourth murder of a
president will take, likely it is
not for us to judge, although
we feel these will be manifest.
AAA
This writer had the privi-
lege1 some years ago In Vic-
toria to meet with the then
Sen. Johnson and bis lovely
wife. It was a private meeting
with nieiubers of the press
and a handful of area com-
munity representatives. This
association we cherish so
much more today, since this
great Texans now becomes a
world leader.
AAA
Slowly the nation and this
community began to return to
„the normal routine. With heavy
hearts the nation began pre-
parations for Thanksgiving and
for the Christmas season ahead.
For the Herald-Times staff this
issue of the paper marked the
fourth publication in three days,
two editions of the Herald and
one each for Canada and Need-
ville. More tragic news of an
international nature at peace-
time we have never printed.
AAA
The media of almost instant
communication, photography,and
news writing made President
Kennedy known to more Ameri-
cans ihan any other president.
Tin* s*nne of course will be true
of his successors who will be
still better known to the entire
world. But the youth, the vigor,
ihe insianianeous expressions
so associated with Kennedy
have been snuffed out, perhaps
a long time if ever being match-
ed.
A A A
And thus the year 1993
rapidly is coining to a close.
Who would have said that
two international figures
would not be In our midst be-
fore the year closes. Earlier
the world Inirled its Pope,
Monday we burled our Presi-
dent.
— NOTICE —
The Yoakum Hermann Sons
Lodge v/ill meet Tuesday, Dec.
3, in the American Legion
Hall. Refreshments will be serv-
ed before the meeting begin-
ning at 7:00 P.M. All mem-
bers are requested to he pre-
sent. Christmas party arrange-
ments will be discussed.
—- ♦--—
Hi School-Jr. High
Hold Joint Meeting
The Yoakum Junior High
School will hold a joint meet-
ing with the Yoakum High
School in the Junior High
ihool Library on December
at 4 o’clock. The theme Is
r mily” and the topic will be
•'Dpes Our Love Show”.
11 Mrs. E. V. Weiser will bring
devotional and Rev. D. I.
ton will be the discussion
Generals Youth fonferenc
Kolicrt Ilicliox and Mary Ana Morgan
ranking youth council delegates.
among top
More responsibility and man-
agement duties are needed by
youth.
Robert Hickox and Mary Ann
Morgan, both of Yoakum High
School, were the speakers giv-
ing that first-hand report deci-
youlh was listed high on the
urgent requirement agenda,
with supervised recreation min-
us over-regulation and unrea-
sonable rest rict ions.
Youth organizations and pro-
sions reached at the Atlor-jiects reported successful else-
where included gun clubs,
photography clubs, electronics
shops for sparetime work and
of hobbies, drag strips,
night clubs and talent show
schedules.
ney General's Youth Conference
at the Yoakum Lion’s Club ses-
sion this week.
Attorney General Waggoner
Carr called the Youth Confer-
ence last, summer, August 17
and 18 at Austin, to obtain
youth participation In solving
current problems facing the
voung adult population and'
high school students. His con-
ference was attended by 1,140
high school students from all
parts of the state, the two local
delegates from Yoakum High
School reported.
Introduced by Principal It.
G. Winchester, Robert and Mary
Ann gave excellent reports on
the conference. They told of at-
tending four seminars during
the meeting at Austin, whore
they had already been ranked
among the most active and co-
operative delegates.
The semirmrs dealt with
ways and means for reducing
the number of school dropouts,
and with community measures
for enabling youth to make bet-
ter use of sparetime, learning
time and earning time Saturday
and after-school hours.
The speakers told of how
family problems wen* studied,
along with other difficulties in-
volving delinquency and idle-
ness.
The reports given indicated
that authorities have agreed up-
on the need for more youth
clubs and organizations, with a
higher percentage of youth res-
ponsibility, ownership of facili-
ties and equipment and manage-
ment participation, not hamper-
ed bv too much adult interfer-
ence tmd regulations in which
the youth themselves have had
no voice and choice.
Employment service for
Compton To Plow
Field Dec. 5th
Car Damaged By
Fire Near Cuero
A 1954 Ford driven by Jerry
Burton. Yurikiim wa* heavily
damaged by fire Sunday four
miles north of Cuero on High-
way 77-A,
Highway Patrolman Hugh
Poage reported that some gaso-
line in a can in the back seat
of the car sloshed out, spilled
onto a quilt and apparently
ignited from a cigarette. Two
other youths were riding with
Burton. None was injured.
Firemen were told that the
boys had stopped to fix a flat
when the fire flared up inside-
the car, demolishing the inter-
ior of the car from windshield
to rear window.
A tank of water and dry
chemicals were used to put out
the fire and prevent total loss
of the car.
Food Specials
This Weekend
New food specials are being I
offered for this weekend at
II.E.B. Food Store, Elo’s Gro-
cery and Eddie’s Drive-In.
These are published in this edi-
tion of the paper.
Weekend specials at Witte’s |
Supermarket, Boysen’s Super-
market and Hub City Food Mar-
ket remain the same as those
advertised in last Friday’s is-
sue of the paper.
John May Lies
Under Oak Tree
Word reached the Herald-
Times this morning from San
Antonio, giving some* informa-
tion about the last resting place
of John May, pioneer settler
on whose league of land Yoa-
kum is located.
Says Mrs Charles Kimball
of 1705 E. Crockett St.: “His
body was buried under an oak
tree, where also one white
child and four Negro slaves
were buried on the property be-
longing to • id where Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Key live east of
town, across from the experi-
mental farm ....
‘‘For more information 1 re-
fer you to the Feb. 10, 1961
issue of the Herald-Times, of
reprints taken from the Uni-
versity of Texas Extension Lib-
rary, Yoakum, Oct. 8, 1936,
which was displayed by St.
Joseph’s School.
"My mother, Mrs. Jerry Mc-
Carty (nee Mary Elizabeth
May) was one of Pat May’s
daughters, which made her a
granddaughter to John May.
My parents’ home, n two-room
house was the first house built
in Yoakum. It was in the middle
of the 300 block of Hopkins
Street where an automobile a-
genc.v and garage is, I think.
“We moved here in 1925
when the Southern Pacific
merged with the San Antonio
and Aransas Pass Railroad, as
my husband was a R.R. con-
ductor but retired now for
eight years.”
Immediately upon receipt of
this letter, a reporter talked
to Mrs. Key. She said they had
heard a burial plot was located
on their farm, but never found
any trace of it. There are many
oak trees on their farm, and
the oak under which pioneer
May was buried may not even
be standing today. Can some-
one give us a more detailed lo-
cation ?
Also Mr. Key, whose farm is
located in about the center of
the May land of the remaining
The Yoakum High School 300 to 400 acres, recalls find-
Pand took first place honors the foundation of what ap-
President’s Son
QoIiiIao
UUiUlLO
Lack of a feeling of owner-
ship responsibility and man-
agement participation led to
the decline of a youth club here
in recent years, the speakers
indicat ed.
Routine announcements com-
pleted the Lions meeting agen-
da, directed by President Rudy
John. The Lions directors'voted
to sponsor Cub Scouts, Camp-
fire Girls; voted 100 percent
participation in sponsoring the
Lions Crippled Childrens Cartip
via $520 donation; voted to
spend $200 for Christmas Cheer
Baskets; and likewise agreed to
co-sponsor the annual downtown
Christmas program here.
The Lions Christmas Party
was tentatively announced for
December 9th or 10th.
Vagrancy Charged
Four In Cuero
Texas Rangers headed by
Ouincy Lohman of Victoria
raided the local bawdy house on
Bridge Street Sunday night and
three women and one man were
charged with vagrancy, accord-
ing to Justice of ihe Peace
August llolzapfel.
According to llolzapfel, the
Rangers had been getting a
number of complaints at their
headquarters in Corpus Christi
and they closed in.
Lohman filed vagrancy com-
I la in ts against Glondcr Kinder,
Virginia Frachiseur, Ann San-
drews and Carl Immenhauscr.
The raid took place about 9
a.m., Sunday.
Fach one was fined $29.50,
llolzapfel said.
It is presumed the place is
now closed.
Cuero Record.
High School Band
Tops In AA Class
Dewey Compton, the farm
director of KTRH Broadcasting
Co. of Houston, will drive a
tractor in a plowing demonstra-
tion on the Pargmann farm
near here Dec. 5th. This is how
it came about.
Young Wilburn Pargmann,
Yoakum dairy farmer with his
father, won a temperature
guessing contest sponsored by
Mr. Compton’s radio program
associates. The task was to
guess the date and hour of day
the temperature would rise to
97 degrees in Houston last
summer. Young Pargmann said
It would he 97 degrees on June
15th at 2:31. The anticipated
high temperature nctually came
on June 15-th at 2:36, but Parg-
mnnn was top winner.
The prize to the winner was
to be day’s plowing demonstra-
tion using a Ford tractor which
Compton himself would drive.
The date has been set for Dec.
Sth, of course weather permit-
ting.
in Class AA division in Inter-
scholastic League Marching
Contest of Region XVI in Vic-
toria Tuesday afternoon ut
Patti Welder Stadium.
Mr. Van Kirkpatrick is band-
leader.
Winners were announced as
follows:
Class AAAA — Victoria High
School, Division I.
Class AAA — A. C. Jones,
Beeville, III; El Campo High,
I, Cuero High, I; Calhoun High
Varsity Band (Port Lavaca). IT.
Class AA Hallettsville High
III; Ganado High, II; Calhoun
Cadet, II; Goliad High, UT;
Aransas County High, Rock-
port, I; Edna High, I; Yoakum
High, I; Paaleios High, III; In-
dustrial, Vanderbilt, I; Colum-
bus High, II: Refugio High, I,
and Boling High, II.
Class A Bloomington High,
I; Tidehnven High, IV; East
Pernard High, II;
parently was an old rock chim-
ney in a plowed field.
On further inquiry, Mrs. J. E.
Thornell who had earlier pre-
pared a history of St. Joseph’s
parish, said an old home stood
on t.he Key farm and apparently
was the one of whfich the chdm-
noy foundation remains. She
said she vaguely remembers an
old house there with a chimney
and as children they played in
the area. Is there a graveyard
nross a branch from this loca-
tion?
John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes
as his father’s body is being
prepared for the grave at Ar-
lington National Cemetery.
The sad occasion was on the
day of John-John’s third birth-
day, but at that moment he
became one of those brave sol-
diers his father would have
wanted him to be.
“The little soldier”, called
John-John by his father, loved
to ride the helicopter and the
two would often ride together
and also in the company of his
older sister, Caroline, whose
birthday is today, Wednesday,
two days after her father’s
funeral.
An eternal flame hums at
the grave of John F. Kenne-
dy, the 351 h President of the
United States who was assassi-
nated in Dallas, Texas last Fri-
day around noon.
A white picket fence now
surrounds the grave. Mrs. Ken-
nedy requested the eternal
flame to be placed at her hus-
band’s grave as a symbol of his
buoyant spirit. She lighted the
fire at the conclusion of the
graveside services Monday
afternoon.
Only two other lights burn
in memory of the dead. One
burns at the tomb of France’s
unknown soldier at the Arc de
Triomphe in Paris and another
at Gettysburg. Pa., in memory
of the Civil War dead.
The late President’s grave
faces directly across the Poto-
mac River inward the marble
memorial to Abraham Lincoln,
assassinated almost a century
ago.
Labor Board Objects
To Abandonment
The Texas Joint Railway T.a-
bor Legislative Board has voic-
ed opposition to the abandon-
ment petition seeking to aban-
don 37.09 miles of rail lines
from River Junction to Kenedy,
by the Southern Pacific Rail-
way.
Ihe Labor Board says: In
the event this line of railroad
is abandoned, the cities of
Yorktown, Nordheim and will
be deprived of rail service . . .
Industry will not be interested
in locating in that part of the
state, and whatever industries
are there now, the removal of
the rail line might cause them
to move elsewhere, the news
letter commented,
They urged persons wishing
to object to the abandonment
application to file a protest
with the ICC, requesting a pub-
lic hearing.
It was the first time the
railway labor board has ex-
pressed public objection to rail-
mad abandonment in this area
Only a short time ago a Seven
City Committee representing
the towns along a (54-mile seg-
ment of the SP Railroad was
successful, for the time being
at least, in obtaining a decision
from the ICC which did not
permit rail abandonment oi this
line.
This latest petition by SP
seeks to abandon the lower por-
tion of the line included in the
04 miles which the railroad
first sougth to abandon.
Accused Assassin
Buried Monday
The body of President Ken-
nedy’s accused assassin was bu-
ried Monday — the same day
tlu* chief executive's remains
were being laid to rest in sun-
swept Arlington National Ce-
metery.
The services at 4:28 p.m.
were brief and simple at Rost?
Hill Cemetery. Present were his
mother, a brother, his widow
and the couple’s two small
children. They wept openly.
Only a handful of people
watched the coffin go' into tlu*
grave. Due to the absence of
mourners, newsmen served as
pallbearers.
Oswald was mortally wound-
ed Sunday around noon by a
pistol shot fired by Jack Ruby.
Dallas night club operator, as
he was being transferred from
city to County jail.
Only An Expert Rifleman Could
Um—.m — —
nave uuur
It, Prohers Report Says
Only an expert rifleman | displayed would seem to requires,
could have accomplished theithe aim of a “true expert.” He
assassination of Pros. Kennedy I added that Lee Harvey Oswald,
the way it was done at Dallas the alleged assassin, was not
Friday, an official of the Na- thought to lx* such an expert,
tional Rifle Association said in on the basis of his records in
Washington during a continued the U. S. Marines service.
probe Into tragic events of the! ' ~
past week i Oswald was killed in Dallas
i Sunday, two days after the
Leonard Davis, N.R.A. offi-1 President’s assassination,
cial. said it would have boon as a Marine Oswald barely
possible to fire three shots In'qualified in the* sharpshooter
about five seconds with the j class, the middle of the three
tyiK* of Mauser rifle found at I classifications in marksmanship,
Ihe murder scene, but that such j Davis and some Mhrine offi-
rupid and accurate firing as was cors in the Pentagon said Os-
__________ | vvald would have to have prac-
11iced considerably since his re-
Rnin Near 1 Inch lease from the Marine Corps
Jiuifi ivciif i a rii.li four years ago to have main-
Rain continuing apparently tained and Increased a proficien*
on an all-day basis Wednesday cy with small arms.
Nov. 27 at Yoakum was nu a- The weapon police said was a
suit'd at .95 of an inch by 2 (5.5 mm bolt action rifle, appar-
p.m. There was no sign of a ently of Italian make but with-
let-up and another inch seemed
likely before nightfall.
Much heavier than a drizzle,
the chilly rain was slow enough
to soak in and end the drouth,
thus causing the darkest day of
the month to look like the
brightest of the season.
SANTA CLAUS
COMING DEC. 10
It has just been confirmed
by the Yoakum Chamber of
Commerce that Santa Claus
will make his visit to Yoa-
kum on Tuesday, Dec. 10th
at 2:30 P.M. As usual, he is
expected to meet with all his
young friends and distribute
fruit ami candy.
THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY THURS.
Yoakum business houses and
most services will be closed all
dav Thursday. Nov. 28. in ob-
servance of Thanksgiving Day.
There will be no rural mail de-
livery Thursday.
This edition of the Herald1
Times went to press Wednesday
afternoon. It will reach rural
and city delivery readers Fri-|
dnv as usual.
out any identifying marks. It
was advertised for sale as u
Careano, or a modification of
t lie German Mauser design.
Grand Theatre
Remodeling Due
Plans for the renovation of
the Grand Theatre in downtown
Yoakum, has been announced
by Emil Coldewey, manager.
Work includes remodeling of
the entire front and lobby area.
A larger area is being provided
for th(> snack bar and the lobby
with the relocation of the office
space. A new stairway and rest-
room facilities are being added
to the balcony area.
Extensive remodeling in the
interior includes a complete
paint job with the addition of
new seats in the auditorium.
More space is being given be-
tween rows of the seats in order
to provide greater comfort for
the patrons.
Coldewey stated the new front
j will have a completely modern
look with the addition of smok-
ed glass and other features.
Duct work and other imnrove-
cents on the air conditioning
and heating system are also
Dlanned,
—... —---
Miss Barre In
Fashion Show
IT WAS SAID THEN
Hcchhcim Prairie
Lodge No. 90
Christmas Party
Attention membeis and their
families: The Hochheim Prairie
Lodge No. 90 will celebrate
their annual Christmas Party
Sunday. December 1st at Tur-
ner Hall beginning with dinner
at 12 noon sharp. Everyone is
to bring a covered dish as us-
ual and your eating utensils.
Drinks will be served.
There will be an open meet
ing at 2 p.m. followed by a
short musical program by our
young people after which Santa
will arrive. Everyone wishing
their child to receive a gift
may bring one for Santa’s bag
and there will be attendance
prizes for the rest.
Lavaca Countians Take Part
In Farm Bureau Convention
High, I; Louise High, II; York-
town High, II; Pettus High, II
and Shiner High, III.
Class B — Skidmore-Tynan,
III: Runge High, I; Nordheim,
High, I; and Pawnee High, IV.
Class CCC - -Patti Welder Jun-
ior High, II; and Crain Junior
High, HI.
Delegates from Lavaca Co.
who attended the State Farm
Bureau Convention in Fort
Worth from November 10th
thru the 13th reported a most
Woodsboro successful convention. Those
attending from this county
were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Krejci, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Hansllk, Mr. and Mrs. Frankie
Darilek of Moulton; M. E. Ja-
cobs, C. Y. Jacobs and D. H.
Benbow of Hope; Ernest Krai
of Shiner and George Supak of
Moravia.
The delegates were honored
to hear such great speakers as
Gov. John Connolly, and Rep.
Joe M. Kilgore and others of
interest to Texans over the
state. From Tuesday afternoon
through Wednesday the resolu-
tions were presented and voted
on.
Lavaca County was one of the
counties to be recognized for
reaching and exceeding their
membership quota had been set
at 905 and the county reached
October 31, 1963.
925 by
Lubbock “Blueprints to
Fashion” were to he outlined
for Texas Tech students recent-
ly when the hospitality com-
mit tin* of the Tech Union spon-
sors n style show in the Coro-
nado Room.
Featuring the latest in fall
and winter wear, for college
men as well as coeds, the style
show will have “architecture"
as its theme and decor.
Among the models will be
Miss Carolyn Bane of Yoakum,
Queen Ceres of the Tom Tom
and the lt'H2 Miss Wool of
America. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Barre
and a graduate of Yoakum
High School.
Pauline Teichmann
Services Due Friday
Funeral services will bo held
here Friday. 2 p.m.,, Nov. 29th
for Aiiss Pauline Teichmann, at
Buffington Chapel and Rest land
Memoi d Park.
Miss Teichmann, a well known
Illinois pioneer citizen, passed
CONSIDERED THE No. I and No. 2 Personalities of the nation. I away at Goliad Wednesday, 8
That was more or less the caption under this photograph up- I rt-m- ^e formerly resided here
...... . , ....... at Yoakum and was well known
parently made shortly after the Presidential election in 1960. ..... , ^ ,
at Victoria and Goliad.
Officer Tippitt
Buried Monday
Three funerals were being
held Monday one in Wash-
ington for the assassinated Pre-
sident John F. Kennedy, ano-
ther in Dallas for Police Offi-
cer J. D. Tippitt, 39, who was
killed Friday shortly after the
President was shot; and the
third burial was the accused
assassin who was shot down in
Dallas citv police station by
or.e Jack Ruby.
Tippitt was shot and killed
when he attempted to take the
accussed assassin Lee Harvey
Oswald into custody.
Services were held in Beck-
ley Hills Baptist Church about
throe hours after the last rites
for the President in Washing-
ton.
He Is survived by his widow
and three children.
A Tippitt fund .for the family
has been announced in
towns and cities throughout
Already then It was said: “It is clear that tile new Vice President
will he a big and busy man.”
Deer To Be More Plentiful
With Heavy Hunting Harvest
The benefits of the cattle fly
eradication program have been
extended to the deer population
of this area. Mr. W. II. Thomp-
son said today.
Mr. Thompson whose ranch
is south of ihe Highway 77-
IIighway 111 intersection south-
east of Yoakum, told of obser-
vations leading to the belief
that deer will be in plentiful
supply from now on.
“Lots of young deer and
yearling fawns can bo seen
now,” he said. “There are nbout
five times more fawns to be
seen this year than were other
years. The screwworm program
may be the reason for such an
abundance of young deer. Kill-
ing may soon become just; like
killing chickens in the yard,
when it’s time to prepare a good
dinner . . . "
Mr. Thompson reported at the
same time that his first deer
kill of the season this year was
scored Sunday morning, 7:20
a.m., at the Vivian Borchers
Ranch. He got a nice 8-pointer,
with a 30.0(1 rifle at 100 yards,
after completely ignoring the
opportunity to kill a doe, which
he didn’t want.
Mr. Thompson’s forecast for
even more favorable deer hunt-
ing conditions prompted addi-
tional forecasts from the ama-
teur prognosticators: Deer will
become so plentiful that Mr.
Thompson’s son Tex Thompson
will be listed arnomr the early
season successful hunters and
due to the large volume of deer
hides will find an entirely now
source of leather supply fdr his
TO’rel belt manufacturing plant
at Yoakum.
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JP
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