The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1950 Page: 4 of 8
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THE BOERNE STAR
Thursday, April 27, 1950
CONGRATULATIONS
To the Dear Graduates of the
Boerne High School, and to
their Dear Parents.
The Rittimann Jewelry Co.
Where you can deal with
CONFIDENCE.
Ii our April copy of “The
Church News” of the Diocese of
West Texas, we noticed in a
group picture of college girls at-
tending the Church Vocational
Conference, two of our local col-
legt girls, Misses Edith and Eli-
zabeth Gray. They attended
the Conference with a group
from Texas University. We
were also impressed with the
lovely Easter message written
by our Rector, the Rev. Richard
C. Talbot, on the back cover.
The poinsettia can be planted
in the yard after the danger of
frost is past. Better protect
from the sun by planting in a
semi or shaded area.
Dance to the music of Bill
Lister’s Orchestra, Saturday,
April 29, at the Fair Grounds.
Boerne To Have
New Business
Mr. Robert Myers and Mr.
John Merrel and families are
moving to Boerne to make their
home. They have purchased a
beautiful tract of land three
miles north of Boerne adjaining
the Werner Klee Chick Hatch-
ery and will open up a business
center.
Construction on two modern
hobes is nearing completion and
ground has been broken for
their large Super Service Sta-
tion, garage and repair shop.
They will conduct a modern res-
taurant and store on the site.
The real estate transaction
was handled by Joe Zoeller.
We join the citizens in wel-
coming the familes to Boerne. .
GARDEN GUILD
TO MEET TUESDAY
A business meeting of the
Garden Guild will be held Tues-
day at 3 p. m. at the Kendall
Inn.
Major G. D. Griggs
Passes
Maj. Guy D. Griggs, M. C.
U. S. A. Retired, passed away
at his home in Boerne April 22,
1950.
He was born at Hitesville,
Kentucky, Sept. 16, 1885, and
was 64 years, 7 months and 6
days of age at the time of his
death.
He served in the medical
corps during World War I and
was retired for physical disabil-
ity in 1934. He lived in Boerne
since retirement.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Sue Griggs; son, J. D.
Griggs, Rockport, and a grand-
daughter.
Funeral services were held
from the Ebensberger Funeral
Home Monday, April 24, 1950,
and he was laid to rest in the
Boerne Cemetery with full mil-
itary honors.
Major Griggs practiced medi-
cine in Boerne and our people
knew him better as Doctor
Griggs. Although his health
was impaired he gave many
hours and travelled long dis-
tances any time of the day or
night in order to relieve the suf-
ferings of his fellow citizens.
He was a respected an hon-
orable citizen, an excellent phy-
sician and a true and worthy
friend. All Boerne will miss
him.
We join these many friends in
extending sympathy to the ber-
eaved family.
New cases of the sweet po-
tato internal cork disease have
been reported by a few coun-
ties in east and central Texas.
It is a virus disease and can be
checked only by planting disease
free plants. All bedding stock
should be checked by slicing
samples out of each lot. Look
for hard, black, corky islands or
streaks inside the potato. Don’t
bed diseased potatoes.
May Fete
The Royal House of the Boer-
ne Schools has been chosen by
proclamation of the student bo-
dy. Coronation ceremonies will
take place on May first at about
8 p. m., following the barbecue
supper at the lighted football
field. (If the weather is incle-
ment the May Fete and barbe-
cue will be held at the Fair
Grounds.)
Betty Mae Rackley, lovely
blonde daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Rackley, is to be queen;
Jerry Jonas will be king. Ruby
Louise Gremmel was chosen
princess and Earl Dunning,
prince. Duchesses and dukes
are as follows: 12th grade, Dor-
is Vadnais and Leroy Sanches;
11th, Jo Ann Owens and Court-
ney Noll; 10th, Arlene Schwarz
and Douglas Dugosh; 8th, Lil-
lian Little and Fritz Houston;
7th, Margaret Yelvington and
Peter Curry.; 6th, (Miss Hardin)
Georgianna Ball and Bobby Gra-
ham ; 5th, Willene Thomson and
Tommy Whetstone; 4th, (Mrs.
Huff) Carole Sue Beasley and
Guy Golden; 4th, (Mrs. Rozelde)
Jeanette Holekamp and Billy
Ehman; 3rd, Claudia Bergmann
and G. L. Rowsey; 2nd (Mrs.
Yelvington), Peggy Sue Uecker
and Dale Coryell; 2nd (Mrs.
Day), Anita Leal and Eugene
Canavan; 1st (Mrs. Beasley),
Judith Carpenter and Kenneth
Buckelew; 1st (Mrs. Wilson),
Harriet Yelvington and Daniel
Buck.
Just received another ship-
ment of new Elgin and Bulova
Watches, very appropriate
GIFTS for Graduate.
The Rittimann Jewelry Co.
Where you can deal with
CONFIDENCE.
Lee Roy Bartlett, a 4-H boy
in Upshur County, produced 149
bushels of corn in 1949 from
his measured acre.
WASHINGTON LETTER
By Congressman O. C. Fisher
Tidelands got back on the
front pages last week when a
House Committee reported a
bill. It would confirm the title
of Texas and other coastal
States to the mineral rights un-
der the immediate coastl areas.
The House will probably get a
chance to vote on the issue ag-
ain before this session ends this
summer.
On two accasions in the past
the House has overwhelmingly
favored bills confirming title to
the tidelands in the respective
States. The first bill passed by
the House was adopted by the
Senae too, but was vetoed by
President Truman. We didn’t
have enough votes to override.
Then two years ago the House
repeated, but the bill did not
get to a vote in the Senate. Now,
for the third time, it looks like
the House will ge another whack
at it.
Actually, this effort is but a
gesture and expression because
there are non who believe the
President would sign a bill if we
passed one and very few think
there would be anything like en-
ough votes to override a veto.
In fact, the State’s righters on
tidelands had more friends . in
the 80th Congress than in this
one. Only 29 voted against the
tidelands bill then but there
will be considerably more when
a vote is taken this year by the
81st Congress'.
In the meantime, action is
pending before the Supreme
Court on the issue, the Federal
government having filed suit
against Texas, claiming title to
all minerals under all coastal
submerged lands. If Uncle Sam
should prevail in this claim, the
school children of Texas would
lose an estimated $2 billion in
present and potential wealth.
Under Texas laws, the income
from these tidelands goes into
the school fund.
TEXAS CLAIMS it has a spe-
cial right to its tidelands under
the terms of the annexation ag-
reement. Here, briefly, is the
basis for this contention:
Texas was an independent na-
tion from 1836 to 1845. As such
it fixed its boundaries three
leagues from shore in the Gulf
of Mexico. This was done by
the Texas Congress in 1836.
With those boundaries defined,
the United States and other na-
tions recognized Texas as an in-
dependent republic.
In fact, the United States spe-
cifically recognized our bound-
aries in the Trety of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, the Gasden Purchase,
and the International Boundary
Agreement with Mexico.
And then when we entered the
Union in 1845, Texas made it a
point to keep these boundaries
just as they had been establish-
ed. At least we have a contract
to that effect in our Annexa-
tion Agreement. Only a year
before, Texas had been so anx-
ious to become a part of the
Union that it offered all the
school land and agreed to con-
vey to the United States all its
unsold lands if the United
States would take us in and as-
sume the $10 million debt of the
Republic, the Texas State Teach-
ers Association has pointed out.
' A treaty to that effect was
actually signed, but it was de-
feated by the U. S. Senate. If
it had passed we would have
flimsy claim to our tidelands to-
day. Then, the following year
the U. S. Congress passed a re-
solution offering Texas annexa-
tion if it would pay its own
debts and keep its lands. That
was an offer, and the Texas
Congress accepted. Texas pro-
ceeded to adopt a new constitu-
tion which provided that title to
all lands should remain the
same after annexation as they
existed uder the Republic. This
constitution which provided
that titles to all lands should re-
main the same after annexation
as they existed under the Repub-
lic. This constitution was ap-
proved by the United States
Congress.
Today our property rights,
thus acquired and long recog-
nized, are being challenged by
the Federal government.
Scrap Iron to Mexico
A number of people have
from time to time asked me
l about the ultimate destination
of the scrap iron that during the
past year or so has been shipped
in considerable volume into Mex-
ico. I have been assured very
little if any of it would get out
of our neighboring country. Re-
cently I requested t report on
this from the Secretary of Com-
merce. In his answer he re-
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Feather-bedding scheme of Firemen’s Union to put an additional
fireman on diesel locomotives has been
CIN9DEREB TWICE!
Fact Finding Boards appointed by Presidents Roosevelt and Truman
have said these demands were "devoid of merit” and they were
1EJE0ID TWICE!
Now the Firemen’s leaders seek to paralyze railroad transportation
to compel the railroads to employ a wholly unnecessary additional
fireman to ride on diesel locomotives. This scheme is plain
HAIHER-BEDDINS!
Leaders of the Firemen’s union have
called a nationwide strike starting with
four great railroads on April 26. These
railroads are the New York Central, Penn-
sylvania, Santa Fe, and Southern.
The union claim that a second fireman
is needed on grounds of safety is sheer
hypocrisy. Safety has been dragged into
this dispute only in an unsuccessful effort
to give a cloak of respectability to'vicious
feather-bedding demands.
After a careful study of the first de-
mands of this union, a Presidential Fact
Finding Board on May 21, 1943, reported
to President Roosevelt that there was no
need for an extra fireman on diesel
locomotives.
Again, on September 19, 1949, after a
second hearing on the union leaders’ de-
mands, a second Board reported to Presi-
dent Truman that: "therepresently exists
no need for an additional fireman... upon
either the ground of safety or that of
efficiency and economy of operation.”
Safety Record of Diesels is
Outstandingly Good
Although the railroads accepted the Board
findings, the union leaders have brazenly
rejected them. They represent that an
extra fireman is needed for "safety” rea-
sons. Here’s what the Board had to say
on that point:
“The safety and on-time performance
of diesel electric locomotives operated
under current rules have been notably
good ...
“Upon careful analysis of the data sub-
mitted on safety, we have concluded
that no valid reasons have been shown
as a support for the Brotherhood pro-
. posal under which a fireman would be
required to be at all times continuously
in the cab of road diesels. The proposal
must be rejected.”
The real reason behind these demands is
that the union leaders are trying to make
jobs where there is no work. In other
words, a plain case of "feather-bedding.”
The railroads have no intention of yield-
ing to these wasteful make-work demands.
"The Safety Record of Diesels
is Outstandingly Good..
Presidential Fact Finding Board Report
Read these excerpts from official reports
of Presidential Fact Finding Boards:
"The safety record of Diesels is out-
standingly good, and it follows that
the safety rules now applicable have
produced good results.”
"The safety and on-time performance
of Diesel-electric locomotives operated
under current rules indicate that
Diesel-electric operation has been safer
than steam locomotive operation . . .”
Remember! These are not statements of
the railroads. They are just a few of the
many similar conclusions reached by Presi-
dent Truman’s Fact Finding Board which
spent months Investigating the claims of
the union leaders.
SOUTHEASTERN
■■■•« western
Railroads
We are publishing this and other advertisements to talk to you
J»-t first hand about matters which are important to everybody.
ports:
Only limited amounts have
been allotted for such export.
Thus far this year approval has
been given for the shipment of
53,454 short tons or iron and
steel scrap to Mexico. On this,
40,000 tons are going to the
various steel mills in northern
Mexico and 8,000 tons to Am-
erican-owned operations down
there. The remaining 5,000 tons
go to various consignees ap-
proved by* the Department of
Commerce.
“It should be noted,” the re-
port continues, “that Mexico is
traditionally an importer of Am-
erican ferrous scrap, upon which
it is largely dependent to make
up its chronic deficiency be-
tween consumption and domes-
tic supply. The possibility of
re-export of U. S. scrap is there-
fore very small.”
Don’t forget the Barbeque and
May Fete at the Football Field
—6 p. m. May first.
Have you tried our special
spring fryers, dressed, wrapped
and frozen?
Boerne Locker Plant
fffiS CVoQo DOES not
OWN PANAMA CANAL ZONE
ANSWER NEXT WEEK
One automobile accident can
cost you everything you own—
unless you are insured. Watch
the papers and note the large
judgments being rendered. Then
check with us to make certain
you have sufficient insurance.
Answer to last week
SIR WALTER RALEIGH DID
NOT VISIT NORTH AMERICA
Sir Walter Raleigh never got
any nearer to the North Ameri-
can mainland than Newfound-
land. He did visit South Amer-
ica. 1. — “Popular Questions
Answered” — Geo. W. Stimp-
son.
Davis Insurance
Agency
Phone 42 Boerne, Texas
Mr. Harry L. Davis attended
the funeral of Mr. Earl Berry at
Waco on Sunday. Mr. Berry had
been associated with H. L. Davis
& Son for a good many years as
traveling special agent, and
Messrs. Davis join a host of
friends who mourn the loss of
an exceptionally fine friend and
employee. Mr. Berry’s popular-
ity was evidenced by the volume
of mail sent to him during his
last illness — more than sixty
friends wrote letters to him in
the hospital.
The Fair Association is bring-
ing the Bill Lister Orchestra
for a big dance Saturday, April
29.
Miss Raye Janice Harz of San
Antonio spent the week-end here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. R. Harz.
We have just received a ship-
ment of garden hose. Rubber,
50-ft. sections, $6.60 and up.
Plastic, 50-ft. sections, $8.50
and up.
McQuinn Building Materials
Try Texas Premium Quality
Beer, which is Pearl in bottles
or cans.
If you are looking for a grad-
uation gift under $5.00, we have
that too.
tf Hillmann’s.
Don’t forget the Barbeque and
May Fete at the Football Field
—6 p. m. May first.
Mr. Massey of the Rio Gran-
de Valley is in Boerne looking
after his ranching interests.
Try Star classified ads.
We can install a Youngstown
kitchen cabinet in your home to
suit your needs.
McQuinn Building Materials
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Davis, Jack R. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1950, newspaper, April 27, 1950; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth852190/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.