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Complete Coverage Of The Falfurrias Trade Territory
Dairying, Cattle, Citrus, Truck, Cotton, Peanuts
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VOLUME XXXIV
FALFURRIAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940
NUMBER 13
Run-off Election Ends Satna dny In Heavy Voting
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J. M. Brooks, Elmer Rupp And S. F.
Young Win Comfortable Majorities
September 3 Set
As Opening Date
For Local Schools
1040 .1 HUSKY
SCHEDULE
Sept. 13-^Premont—here 8 P. M.
Sept. 20—Alice—there 8. P. M.
. . _ . “ Sept. 27—San Diego—there H P. M.
Indications Point To Increase Oct. 4—Edcouch-Elsa—there
In Enrollment Over 1939 Oct. 11—Benavides—here 8 P. M.
Record; 1940 Faculty Per- Oct. 18—OPEN DATE
Football Fans Of
City To Get Nisrht
(James This Season
GOSPEL MEETING
sonnel Of 41 Announced
Oct. 25—Hebbronville—there 8 P.M.
_ „ , ” ' ' .. . !N«v. 1—Lyford—here 8 P. M.
dwS f"r th“^4T Lhwl tern Nov 8~Freer~the^ 8 p M
Cooperation On Part Of Fal-
furrias Rodeo Association
And Local School Board Re-
sults In New Light Plant
Tuesday, September 3, and present
indications are that enrollment in
the entire system will show a sub-
stantial Increase over that of 1939.
During the nine months In the
1939 term, an Increase of 150 stu-
dents was registered over the en-
rollment of the previous year.
The personnel of the faculty, in-
cluding Supt. H. Lee Clifton and
Miss Frances Donohue, office sec-
retary, at the present time totals
if led to report at the high school
forty-one. Teachers have been not-
Monday, September 2, for a special
meeting at which plans for the
year will be mapped.
Supt. Clifton this week was ad-
vised by the State NY A that the
Falfurrias quota for aid will be 12
pupils, Who will work one hour
each day at a pay rate of $6 per
month. Among the eligibility re-
quirements for such aid is an oath
of allegiance to flag and Country.
F. M. Miller, a member of the
1939 faculty, this year was named
Nov. 15—Mirando City—here 8 P.M.
Nov. 22—Bishop—here 8 P. M.
Coaches—Wesley Martin, NTSTC
Wiley Ben Hudek, ETSTC, all-con-
ference, two years, Lone Star con-
ference. William Lloyd Goff, ET8
TC, Hilliard Barnard. NTSTC.
Season tickets for all home gam-
es will be on sale In the near fut-
ure.
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Through community cooperation,
the Falfurrias High School Jerseys
will be privileged to play all home
games under lights in the 1940
season.
Efforts on the nart of the school
board and members of the Falfui-
rlas Rodeo Association culminated
in the installation of a modern
lighting system last June. On the
nights of July 3 and 4, S>’Uth Tex-
as rodeo fans nw the twelfth an-
nual Falfurrias rodeo at its test
under lights. This fall, during the
football season, these sam" fans
will be able to see and enjoy the
sun has
set
Through cooperation, the Fal-
furrias community boasts a rodeo
arena and football field sec nd to
none. Through cooperation the
Valiant But Outclassed Inde- rodeo association has brought to
endents Go Down Before this city an amateur rod" , of out-
SteamroIIer In 19 to 0 Shut* |standing merit, i»r.d by continued
out Sunday Afternoon. cooperation from citizens of Fal-
- furrias, schoi officials hops to be
Falfurrias Timers
Wreak Vengeance In1 a?C?“ the
Second Encounter
With an excited crowd of Fal
furrians threatening to tear
, „ .. . . . .. . . their uniforms if they lost a sec-
principal of the high school, while ond time the Falf„rrlas Tigers last
Is retained as
elementary
Sunday fternoon slammed out 19
runs to beat the Falfurrias Inde-
pendents, in a no hit, no run shut-
out to win the city championship
contest.
Erwin S. Brand
principal of the
schools.
Principal Brand has requested
that parents of beginning pupils
come to school with their children
on the opening morning so that
necessary information may be ob-
tained for enrollment.
Enrollment Schedule
Tuesday, September 3, all stu-
dents In the seventh to eleventh
grades Inclusive will come to the
high school for enrollment. All
students are requested to come pre-
pared to complete enrolling, pay
all fees, and receive locker assign- ina> had to retire from the field
ments. Each student will be at the in thfe 7 inning with a swollen left
school only during the hour asslg- (hand.
able to build an athletic program
off [for local schools that will rank
with leading systems.
Coach Wesley Martin and his as-
sistants will have almost entirely
new material from which to build
the 1940 team.
Players lost in graduation were
Frank Hopper, all-district end;
The Independents, local minor Jack Flack, end; David Grimes,
club made up of fast youngsters, tackle; and Cotton Stiies fullback
R. T. TOWERY
The Falfurrias Church of Christ
this week announced a full week’s
gospel meeting which Is to stait I
Sunday, September 1, and con-I
j tlnue through Sunday, September j
8. Services wil be held daily In the ‘
I local Masonic Hall, beginning at 8
F. M.
‘ R. T. Towery, of Sinton will come
| to Falfurrias Monday, September 2,
to conduct the preaching services
which the public is cordially In-
vited to attend. A speaker will be
j obtained for the opening day’s ser-
' vice.
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Farmout Reported
tin Brooks Pool
Candidate PI P2 P3 P4
FOR COUNTY JUDGE:
Brooks 782 56 159 41
Garza 499 36 169 21
FOR COMMISSIONER, Pr. 1:
Rupp 731
Garza 544
FOR J. P. Pr. 1:
Young 707
Villareal 563
FOR R. R. COMMISSIONER:
Brooks 587 43 218 41
Culberson 383 34 39 18
FOR SUPREME COURT:
Alexander 622 54 196 30
Lattimore 289 20 53 12
up
the Sunday before had slipped
through with a 4 to 0 shutout
against the Tigers, but this week
The eight semester -ule will keep
Joe Downs and Melvin Jordon on
the sidelines and the age limit will
they failed to score as man after [make Rodolfo Calderon and Julian
Ruiz Ineligible for another year of
Interscholastic competition. Fail-
ure to make the required grades
will cause Charles King. Richard
man went down before the full
pitching might of Jack Downs.
So hard did the 230 pound, 6-
r«^*£?5£2: Tl“: \W* »"d N«’us Mess ride
I bench.
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ned to his class. All students will
meet In the study hall according to
the following schedule:
Seniors; 9:00 to 10:00
Juniors: 10;00 to 11:00
Sophomores: 11 :o0 to 12:00
Freshmen: 1:00 to 2:00
Seventh Grade: 2:00 to 3 ;00
Others: 3:00 to 4:00.
Regular classes on Wednesday,
Hit followed hit as Chavez’ tech-
nique of a slow drop, which suc-
cessfully held the Tigers at bay
last week failed to hold the heavy
veteran batters.
Lefty Chavera was put on in the
i fifth inning, but he failed to stop
I the Tiger sluggers who dashed out
Sleeping Sickness
Discovered Here
Within the last ten days a dis-
ease in horses and mules known
as “sleeping sickness”, has been
Chavera, while not a single Tiger
De was fanned.
Only one homer was registered
in the entire game. Gustavo Garza,
I promising Tiger third basemarl,
knocked one over second base t<>
push two more men over home
plate.
OP Other good drives that may have
resulted In home runs were brought
, , under control by the Independents’
We wish to remind y-u that your oxreiient outfielders,
city is receiving a reduction in its This game closed the season for
insurance rate for fire prevention ^e Independents, Manager Nava
being taught in its public schools. announced. and playing wil be
To keep this reduction, it is neces- resumed again next year. For the
sary for the subject to be taught j0yai support he has received from
according to attached require- town and merchants, he wishes
a total of 21 hits off Chaves and found in the Falfurrias area, ac-
8:30 o’clock The building will
open for students at 8:20.
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Public Schools Help
Keep Fire Rate Low
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT
FALFURRIAS SCHOOLS;
cording to Information released
this week by Tom Lee Easley,
Brooks county agent. This disease
is much less expensive t<. prevent
than to cure an Infected animal.
The disease is thought to be car-
ried by mosquitos and the best
known preventative is through
vaccination. Owners of mules and
horses are urged to take this pre-
caution. since it is good insurance
against loss.
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First Pink Boll Worm
Found Here Tuesday
ments during the school term
1C40-41.
To aid the teachers, we have re-
vised the Fire Prevention Hand-
book for the Texas Public Schools
ajnd we ask that you check the
minimum requirements and re-
quest the number of handbooks
needed for teaching the subject in
the required grades. The hand-
books will be furnished free by this
Division.
We wish to express our apprecia-
tion for the effective work done in
to express appreciation.
Announcement was made
week that Downs is retairing for
the season. Sunday’s clash was the
second no hit, no run game he de-
(livered this year, the other one be-
iing against the Hebbronville Cow-
boys early this season.
Pitcher Ben Chavez and catcher
David Leal of the Independents
will be in Sunday’s line-up, it was
announced.
The first specimen of pink boll
worm was discovered in gin trash
this here Tuesday, August, by Inspec-
tor E. B. Garess who for the past
several weeks has been examining
cotton brought to the Falfurrias
Gin Company.
The infestation, first in the 1940
season, was discovered In cotton
grown approximately five miles
east of the city, according to Oar-
ess.
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a game with the Black Tigers, Mexican Presbyterian
Alice colored nine, has been sche-
Texas^nibUc schrols^l^Th^^wt duled *or Sunday- manage; Mora
!m„a tKtn i aid ’I’ ursday, and fans here are
speculating on the outcome of the
[Tiger vs. Tiger clash.
Church Revival
and ask
that you continue this
program of conservation of life
and property from fire.
Very truly yours,
MARVIN HALL
(Signed! Marvin Hall, Commis-
sioner.
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Red Cross To Supply
Blood For Wounded
Farmer-Industry
Meeting September 6
Falfurrias and Brooks
Rev I. C. Olivares, pastor of the
Mexican Presbyterian Church In
Laredo and former pastor of the
same church here, Is In charge of
the revival campaign now being
conducted by the Mexican Presby-
terian Church of this civ.
Friday night <today» will be the
fifth night the revival services
Plans for the shipment of 30 >
liters of blood plasma solution
weekly t.. the British Red Cross Qreat Britain
for treatment of the war wounded j Announcement of the plan to
neared completion at Washington aid the British Red Cross came
county this week as the American Red following completion of experl-
business men and farmers this Cross reported registration of vol- mental plans looking toward the
week were Invited to attend a far- unteer blood donors in the New possible organization »,f a nation-
mer-lndustry conference at Koeh- York City area well under way.
ler Park In Brackenridge Park. Chairman Norman H. Davis ex-
San Antonio. Friday. September 6. plained the project was being con-
by P<>rter A. Whaley evecutlve vice ducted In cooperation with the
president and general manager of Blood Tranfusion Betterment As-
the Texas Manufacturers’ Assocla
tlon.
wide corps of Red Cross volunteer
blood donors whose plasma, at the
request of the U. S. Surgeon Gen-
eral. would be made available to
U. S. Army Medical C<>rps for na-
sociatlon of New Y-rk which has ttonal emergencies The latter pro-
assumed responsilllty for the tech- ject now Is underway In three cl-
Reglstratlon Is to begin at 11:30 nlcal and scientific aspects of the ties where donors are being regis-
A M and a barbecue Is scheduled program. For its part the Red tered to participate In a prellmin-
•t noon A full program of pertln- Cross Is mobilizing thousands of
ent and related subjects Is promts- volunteer donors and taking
ed ; charge of shipping the plasma to
ary study to perfect methods of
collection, storage and transporta-
tion
According to Information receiv-
ed here this week, York eDvelop-
ment Company (Cr»mwell and
Cromwell) have taken a farmout
in Broks County 20 miles south-
west of Falfurrias from Bishop and
Woods.
The tract consists fo 362 acres,
on which at present there are 3
producing wells at around 900 feet,
21.5 gravity and depths vary from
<>n the William Singer land. Oil is
850 to 910 feet. The field Is known
as Alta Verde pool.
The new operators plan consid-
erable development for the field.
The three old producers on the
land gre to l& ^leaned out and new
pumping equipment Installed and
a drilling campaign of new tests
to the 900 foot sand Is being plan-
ned. Humble and Shell both own
acreage offsetting the tract taken
by the York.
H. H. Howell No. 1 M Cantu,
wildcat two miles northeast of Ra-
chal was last reported coring at 4,-
834 fet. It is In Share 5-C. La Al-
meda Grant.
Sun Oil Co.’s No. 1-A Boedecker,
12 miles northeast of the Alta
Mesa Field, was coring at 6.182.
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Falfurrias Teachers
Let A. & I. Degrees
Misses Sulema Garza and Elvira
Trevifio, teachers In the Brooks
county school system, were among
the 102 students at A. and I last
Friday to receive their degrees.
Both teachers majored In Spanish,
each receiving a B A degree with
a permanent elementary certifi-
cate in education.
Miss Garza has l>een teaching
for the last five years in the En-
cino district, while Miss Trevlrto
has been teaching In the lower
grades of Central Ward here. They
are both graduates of Falfurrias
High school.
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T. Lawrence White
Gets Fellowship
According to information receiv-
ed here this week. T. Lawrence
White, s<>n of the Rev. and Mrs. A.
T. White of this city, has been
awarded a fellowship by the Uni-
versity of Texas, an award given
to outstanding students to aid
them in their study.
Young White is working towards
a Ph. D in Latin American history
and will complete his degree In
February.
have been held, and Rev. J A Her-
nandez. pastor of the church, re-
ports that a good number of
people have been brought t., the
light of the gospel, and several ad-
ditions are expected when the ser-
vices culminate Sunday night.
Several members of the Womans
Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian
.Church have been In charge of the
I music for the services.
Brooks county voters went to the polls in four precincts Sat-
urday, August 24, to turn out a heavy vote for four state candi-
dates and six county office seekers as the 1940 runoff election
brought to a close an intense campaign between rival factions.
A total of 1,763 votes were counted in the four precincts af-
ter the runoff as comparedto 1,805 in the first primary
Judge John Morgan Brooks incumbent candidate fur the of-
fice of county judge won easily over his opponent, F. G. Garza,
with a majority of more than 300
v<les. The final tabulation gave
Brooks 1,038 and Garza 725.
Elmer J- Rupp, standing for re-
election for his second term as
county commissioner for Precinct
No. 1. polled a total of 731 votes as
1038 compared to 544 fur Raul Oarza,
7251 his opponent for the office.
In the race for Justice of the
731 peace for Precinct No, 1, 8. F.
544 Young tabulated a total of 707 vo-
tes while his opponent. Ernesto
707 Villarreal, counted 563
363
Pierce Brooks, Opposing Olln S.
Culberson for the office of Rall-
road Comissioner, carried Brooks
county with a total of 889 votes to
^2 474 f°r Culberson, almost a two to
374 majority In the county.
In the race for chief Justice of
the supreme court, James P Alex-
ander registered a heavy majority
' to win over H. 8. Lattimore with a
count of 902 to 374.
Action taken Friday. August 23,
by the Brooks County Democratic
; Executive Committee In an elec-
tion contest suit brought against
| Lino Cantu by James A. McBride,
lncumi>ent candidate for the office
of commissioner for Precinct No. 3.
resulted In a reversal of the first
primary count, McBride being giv-
en a majority of two votes over
Cantu.
Judge W. R. Blalock was named
i to preside over a special session of
district court to hear the appeal.
Following preliminary hearings
this week, the case was reset for
.Monday, September 2.
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BROOKS WEATHER
| Max. |
Mia. |
Character
Aug.
1 Temp. Temp.| R.
Of Day
23
97
66 |-1
Clear
24
| 100
72 |-
Clear
25
| 102
-75 |-1
Clear
26
| 101
75 !—
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27
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75 I-
Clear
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26
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Clear
SCHOOL BOARD
APPROVES HO
CALENDAR
Nine New Courses
To Be Offered In
The following school calendar i
for the 1940-41 school term was i
approved l»y the board of educa- |
tlon of Falfurlas schools at a re- #
cent meeting, according to an an- 1 K‘ll 11 irr I ‘1W Nf’llCkilc
nouncement released th's week by ■ cllllll I Ido .71 IILH/Io
Svipt. H. Lee Clitcon. - _ -m
School will _beginon Monday. Texa* History. Speech, Secre-
tarial Training, Journalism,
And Applied Science Am-
ong Course* Offered
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September 2 Teachers will attend
a faculty meeting on this date ,
where plans for the school year ;
‘will be made. r >—»-
I Tuesday September 3; Enroll-
ment and classes start Wednesday,
September 4.
Monday, November 11: Holidays:
Armistice Day, Christmas holidays
will extend from Friday afternoon,
According to Information refus-
ed this week bv Supt. H. Lep Clif-
ton. the Falfurrias schools, both
high school and elementary grad-
es, will offer nine new courses dur-
December 20. through Weinesday lnR ^1p l®4®*4! term.
January 1, with the understanding . In the high school, the new
that one day oj made up on Sat- courses are as follows: Texas His-
urday. as It !s necessary to get In [tory. Bookkeeping. Speech.. Journ-
thc 175 days as ream ed by the alism. Secretarial Training, Appll-
S<ate Department oi 3d :c.»t on icd Science and It is planned to
District teachers convention will work toward a second year of affl-
be held on Friday and Saturday, liatlon in Instrumental Music.
February 14 and 15.
Graduation, Thursiiw, May ]
School out, Friday May 16.
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City Drug Installs
Modernistic Fountain
In the intermediate grades of
elementary schools, there will be
special classes in art and music
and also soecial classes In physi-
cal educatlno for both hoys and
clrls. The Intermediate gred',r w’l!
be o n a seml-departmental nlan
and teachers will work In their
major and minor fields of study.
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Final Union Service
Here Sunday Night „
A new $2500 1941 model Bastain
Blessing Superior Fountain, mod-
ernistic refreshment counter is be-
ing Installed in the City Drug
Store (Friday) today.
The new addition b. the store's
refreshment department Is equip- j The last of the summer union
ped for dry refrigeration and of- services carried on bv the congre-
fers decided advantages over the eatlon.s of the Methodist and Pres-
old models Twenty steoN are to bvterlan Churches will be held
bi fitted along Its 20-foot colorful Sunday night. September 1. at 8
front- o'clock at the Presbyterian Church
Its black caMite. fireproof top ^th Rev A T White of the Meth-
| Is the latest design for soda foun- ( odist Church preaching. A cordial
tains and the counter proper Is invitatl. n is extended to all who
biult of tile, and carries a lifetime are not attending services else-
guarantee. where to worship at the Sunday
The fountain, will be ready to | night union service.
serve the public Saturday morn- -XXX---—
lng and the public is invited to
, inspect it.
Also among the store’s latest ad-
ditions Is a beautiful Shaeffer's!
cabinet, In which are displayed the *"“
latest models Shaeffer's fountain 'PInning totals at the Falfurrias
pens and pencils Company had reached 925
__XXX_ bales at 4 P M Thursday. August
29. according to Information re-
VISITN CALIFORNIA leased at that time by gin officials.
Dale McGahey of this city left--XXX---
last week for California ».htre he Mrs E P. Johnson Is leaving
will visit the International Exposl- Friday for Corpus Chrlstl where
tlon at San Francisco and then go she will I* the guest of M-s. John
i to Napa where he will visit Mr and Sweeny.
Mrs Manly Hudspeth and Mr. and • • • •
Mrs Ralph McOahey, both former Maurice Kossbiel of Cuero arrlv-
resldents of Falfurrias ed last Thursday afternoon to
Mr McOahey plans to return th* spend sometime with Falfurrias
latter part of September. I relatives.
Falfurrias Ginning
Total Reaches 925
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