Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1939 Page: 3 of 6
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1939
FALFLRRIAS FACTS
PAGE THREE
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NEWS FROM
PREMONT
A Complete Coverage Of Southern Jim Wells County
By MILDRED WARKENTQt
Shirley Temple To
Appear In “Susannah
Of The Mounties”
Cattle On Feed In
Corn Belt Estimated
16 Percent Over 1938
T«m«* SwtttKiiri
Birthday Party
Miss Cora Mae Byler celebrated
her *th birthday with a birthday
party given by her mother Mrs. J.
F Byler, at their home Thursday,
August 17.
Many different, Interesting
games were played and everyone
had a good time. Miss C<>ra Mae
received many lovely gifts.
Guests were Geralditle, David,
Booth, and Neva Mae and Ella
Jean Spieghts, Bebe Nelda and
Mary Virginia Canales, Margaret
Wiedal, Dewey Brown, Jo Ann Ev-
erett, Freddie Powell, Junior Allen
and Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Joe Everett,
Mrs. Canales, Mrs. Leslie Powell
and Mrs. Snell.
Refreshments of punch and cake
were served.
Bov Scout Meeting
•‘Down the Wyoming Trail" .s . ... __. .
The number of cattle on feed
Kj S re oTsa urdav 1 *■> the Cor,, Bel, state,
Ifar, Tea mtter C S the hl*h ‘ TlXiLZ
sr,;: sar ^ rfiSsSffi
ture a cattle rustler. There is also “an ^
a cartoon. "The Old Fire Horse fhe £Srf*M
The p7emont~Boy Scout Troop 56 j Lone ton,,," ^ Unter nmnhw ^whnatql on teed
and their scoutmaster and assls-! The late show on Saturday night ,,lt' one t^ie ®^a***-
tant scoutmaster held a regular ( is “It Could Happen To You", with Tlle number on feed April 1,
meeting last Wednesday night and Stuart Erwin, Gloria Stuart and '*^s year- was estimated as 13 per-
reported a good attendance. Douglas Fowley. cent larger than a year earlier and
Buddy Storm, assistant scout- Shirley Temple Is seen as the January 1 as 7 percent larger,
master, who has just returned sole survivor of an Indian massacre *‘1US the relative increase in the
from a six-weeks tour along the I in "Susannah of the Mounties".
West Coast, gave a very interesting | Sunday and Monday. She Is "a-
report of the trip . dopted" by Randoph Scott, a Ca-
A bicycle patrol, with Frank nadian Mountie, and during an-
Leigh as leader and Buddy St^rm other uprising, saves his life when
as supervisor was organized A-' the Blackfeet tribe try to burn
bout ten boys have joined. | him at the stake. Margaret Lock-
The Wolf Patrol, led by Frank wood, a newcomer from England
Leigh, spent Tuesday at the new ^ leading lady. There is also an
camp site on the W. A Kieth Our Oang comedy "Joy Scouts", a
ranch. The boys have many good
ideas for making this project suc-
cessful and they are working very
hard to do so.
Announcement
Little Charles Patrick was born
Saturday morning, August 19 to;
Mr and Mrs. Niel Ahlman. The
little boy weighed nine and a quar-
ter pounds.
technicolor scenic, "Petra" and
Pathe News Events.
Coming on Tuesday and Wed-
number on feed this year compar-
ed with last has grown Larger as
the year progressed. Reports from
feeders in April showed that a
larger than usual proportion of the
cattle on feed at that time would
be marketed after August 1. The
August reports indicate that these
marketing intentions have been
generally followed
The estimated percentage In-1
•crease In numbers on feed August |
1 over a year earlier was the larg-
Mrs. F. C. Rotge of Harlingen,
is visiting her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. McNeal Rotger, for a few days
this week.
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Dinner Party
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Balzer en-
tertained with a dinner party Sun-
day. The delicious dinner served
was enjoyed by Mrs. Matilda Ratz-
laff and children, Mrs. Martha
Wohlgemuth and children Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Kliewer, Miss Luella
Kliewer and Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Bergthold.
nesday is the picture that brought est this year for ail years of rec-1
the Jesse Lasky "Gateway to Holly-',,rd beginning In 1928 This doubt-!
wood" company to Texas. It stars Mess reflects the record stocks of i
the winners of the first Lasky hunt1 corn in the Corn Belt States on j
for talent, John Archer and Alice Ju|y 1 and the high price of cattle,
Eden: with Edward Ellis, Leon Er- relative to corn prices that has
rol, Anne Shirley and it's a glimpse prevailed since last fall,
into the homes and lives of simple The total number of of cattle j
Plans Being Mapped
i For Beeville Cattle
Show In November
Mrs. C. W. Harbin and children
of Houston are spending the week
visiting the Ahlmans. Miss Marta
Roy, daughter of Mrs. John Disbro,
who has spent the summer in
Houston returned home with them.
Mrs. A Ahlman left Monday eve-
ning for Houston where she was
joined by her husband, Dr. A. Ahl-
ban. who has been in the hospital
there receiving medical attention.
From there, they went to Chicago
where he will continue treatments.
Dr. Ahlman is suffering from a se-
vere throat ailment.
Work was started on the Pre-
mont NY.A. project, the future
people—those people that are the
backbone of this great country
Popeye the Sailor is there, also, in
"It’s the Natural Thing to Do",
there is Lew Lehr narrating "Mus-
cle Maulers", showing the funny
on feed August 1 this year in the
Corn Belt probably was not great-
ly different from the average for
that date in the pre-drought years.
There was, however, a much dlf-
rent distribution than in the Mis-
side of “wrestling” and Paramount sisslppii River and a smaller pro-
news events. | portion in the States west of the
Starting on Thursday is a great Missouri River,
action picture, "Four Feathers".! Cattle feeders were asked this
filmed entirely in technicolor; and j year to report the number of
filmed, for the most part, along thr*i months that cattle on feed August
Nile River and in Dark Africa l had been on feed. For the Corn,
where the action takes place. Both Belt as a whole these reports;
pictorially, and dramatically, it's a showed that about 33 percent had ,
fine picture, and the i>attle scenes! been on feed less than 4 months—,
are the most exciting ever placed j that is, they had been placed on
on celluloid. A color cartonn, novel-1 feed after April 1. About 37 per-
ty and news complete the program, j cent had been on feed from 4 to 7
Seen next week is Bob Burns In months—that is, they were placed
"Our Leading Citizen”, Lionel Bar-ion feed sometime between Janua-
rymore in "On Borrowed Time ry 1 and April 1 About 30 percent
and Robert Donat in "Goodbye Mr ; had been on feed over 7 months.
Chips.” These will be followed by j Considerable dlffrences were noted j
The Wizard of Oz" in technicolor I in those percentages between thej
Mm Wxndx Ticknor, KKtir bru-
(Mtw of Corpus Chrisci, has b*«n
crowned Tu« Sweetheart No. 1.
Mne Ticknor, whoee theatrical ex-
perience began in the French Can
Can Chorui of the Gay Lady Music
Hall, feature of Corpus CHristi's Cen-
tennial celebration early in June, ■
now appearing nightly in Fort Worth *
Casa Manana revue, spectacular musi-
cal extravaganza.
A University of Texas student
has developed a "smoko meter"
which gauges the efficiency of va-
rious Diesel engine fuels by "mea-
suring" the density of their ex-
haust smokes.
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Read the FACTS every Friday
Plans were made last week for
the November stock show, sale and
rodeo of the South Texas Breeder-
FYeder Association to be held at
Beeville November 8, 10 and 11.
The annual show will be opened
Thursday morning. November 9
with a street parade to be followed
by rodeo performances in the after-
noon and night.
C. A. McDowell. Sr. will be
chairman of the progam commit-
tee with J R McGuffln of Dlneri
as his assistant. Col Earl Oartin.
national kno**a auctioneer from
Oreenburg, Ind. will auction off
the plze registered Hereford cattle
Sid Smith of Beeville will be super-
intendent of pens and Vassar T
Irby of Beeville will be in charge
of the barns.
All cattle will lie on exhibition In
the pens until late Saturday after-
noon. November 11
As November 11 will be Armis-
tice Day. the program for the dav
will include special services, plans
calling for the 14t,h district con-
vention of the American Legion to
be held in conjunction with the
show.
Paul Russell of Taft, named this
week as secretary of the Breeder-
Feeder Association t o succeed
Howard Hambleton who resigned
to move from the city, will be as-
sisted by Ed Neal of Beevtlle. anim-
al husbandman at the Beeville
State Experiment Station. In ar-
ranging events of the show Rus-
sell formerly held the position of
secretary to the organization, hav-
ing served from April, 1937. to Oc-
tober, 1938.
-XXX-
McDonald Observatory, built by
The University of Chicago, has
been described by testing engineers
as the m"St perfect astronomical
laboratory in the world.
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week6 Lumb"rmhas been’tailed^F,,r Women’' and "Lad>' °f|®^rn Corn Belt and West-
the Tropics . — — — —
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the grounds The cottage will be
built facing the South, and on the
east side of the Methodist Church | Firemen Invited To
Attend Alice Dance
rn Corn Belt. In the Eastern Corn
Belt only 26 percent had been on
: feed less than four months. 33
j percent from 4 to 7 months, and 40
The Economy Food Store is un- | Western Coin’BHt°thlL ^reent-
w«kIt uS'YemSi L„d amusements „.re madel »»es «ere 31, 42 and 31. respective-
this week for the Steve Gardner1. W* 1
dance, sponsored by the Alice Vo-1 -xxx-
lunteer Fire Department at Vick s | STOP BURNING, itching Eczema.
M aAf^lCe7hUrSdaynni^t; Au*:!Ask for Zenzal at the City Drug
ust 24. The dance will begin afcL.
9:30 o’clock. 18tore-_
Special plans are being made to'
entertain out-of-town visitors at
repainted.
Dennis McCarthy of Corpus
Christi is visiting in Premont this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rhodes and
daughters. Miss Polly Rhodes and
Mrs. Clyde McCoy and daughter,
June left Thursday for a two weeks
vacation.
Barnes Auto Co.
Phone.......122
CHRYSLER—PLYMOUTH
Sales & Service
Plymouth Builds Great Cars
It has been announced by school
! officials that the Premont schools
; will open on September 5.
Homer Howard of Van Nuys. Ca-!
j llfornia, and Mrs. I D Cartwright
j and children of Menard, Texas, j
| are visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. N.
Howard and family for severai
i days this week
the dance, as the fireboys are ex-
pecting many guests from other
cities, such as attended the Kiwa-
nis dance in the spacious hall two
week ago.
The proceeds of the entertain-
ment will be used for projects of
the Fire Department
H. D. CLUB NEWS
Mr. and Mrs J F Brown and
Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Farris, both i
"f Mercedes, visited Mr. and Mrs
I J. R. Coleman and family Thurs- i
day and Friday.
Joint Meeting
"The Preparation and Purchase
of Cured Meat” will be a demon-
stration given by Miss Nellie Cun-
diff at a joint meeting of the West
Side. Flowella and Falfurrias j
Home Demonstration Clubs t.i be j
at Pleasure Park on Tuesday, Aug-
ust 29 at 3:00 P. M.
Hostesses for the meeting will be
Mesdames Neal Rupp. C H Otken,
Clyde Kitchen and Miss Cundiff
-- ! make their home here for Mr
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Kliewer and j Kliewer is employed as a teacher
j niece, Miss Luella Kliewer, of Corn,'in the La Gloria Schools this year
I Oklahoma, arrived Friday for a Luella Kliewer will return home a-
visit. Mr. and Mrs. Kliewer will i gain after a few weeks visit here.
Miss Gladys Mastln spent Wed- |
nesday visiting in . A 1 i c e with
friends.
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42-Piece Dinner Set Only $8.50
Odd pieces make lovely bridge prizes. We have them
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mixing bowls and refrigerator and stove sets.
Let us show these lovely items to you
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PHONE NO. 13
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