The Kingsville Record (Kingsville, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 23, 1929 Page: 5 of 12
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January 23, 1929
THE KINGSVILLE RECORD
TownTalK
R. C. Eckhardt spent the week end
In Goliad with Mrs. Eckhardt.
Mrs. \V. R. Johnson of Snyder is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. H.
Kidd and family.
Miss Catherine Anderson of Bloom-
ington is the guest of Miss Irene
Yeary.
Miss Lillian Young is visiting in
Harlingen as the guest of Rev. and
Mrs. S. L. Batchelor and family.
Mrs. Gladys Dietrich of San Benito
spent Sunday as the guest of Mrs, Leo
Benjamin.
Mrs. Lyle Kendall and little son,
Bobby, returned Wednesday from a
visit with friends in Houston.
Miss Alpha Darrah of Bishop was
the week end guest of Miss Annette
Fromme.
Mrs. C. A. Dugat arrived Sunday,
after a visit in Corpus Christl, to be
the guest of her daughter, Mrs, D .A.
Barber and family.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Blanke of Har-
lingen are guests of Mr. and Mrs. V.
B. Aubrey and other relatives and
friends.
Billie Keeling, who has recently ac-
cepted a position in the San Antonio
public schools. was the - 'guest of
friends here during the week end.
Miss Elizabeth Pipkin returned
Sunday to her position in San Diego
after being detained nere for two
weeks with an attack of flu.
Friends are glad to learn that Mrs.
THE BUILDER
Kingsville, Texas, Jan. 23, 1929
J. D. Tracy has just; ill with flu. At last a
placed a new roof on : policeman has caught
his home and also i something,
painted it.
Men still die with their
boots on, but usually
one boot is on the ac-
celerator.
S, Saters has aban-
doned for the time be-
ing his garage work
and is wielding a paint
brush.
Sleeping at the wheel
is another way to keep
the motorist from grow
ing old.
We have received this
week another shipment
of the Keystone paints
and varnishes.
A number of Chicago
policemen are reported
Joe Jones is building
an addition to the resi-
dence of E .M. Watkins
on West Yoakum Ave.
Or, as the poet might
have put it, let me live
in a house by the side
of the road and run a
Hot dog stand.
See our new shipment
of poultry netting and
let us help plan that
new chicken yard.
“Europe puzzled by our
politics.” We’ll run ov-
er and explain them to
Europe the moment
they are explained to
us.
The best exercise to
reduce the waist line
that we know of is tills:
put your hands against
the table and (push
hack.
Now is the time to be-
gin the summer fly
swatting campaign by
screening the house.
And we have the Libby
Owens glass and an
electric machine to
grind glasses for your
windshields or closed
car doors.
Sebastaln Rios is build- Home LllHlber
ing a residence in Ben-
avides.
Company
Byrd, mother of Mrs. Marcus Phillip*,
is greatly improved in condition, after
a critical illness.
Terrell llutsell returned last week
to bis home in Fort Worth, after a
visit in the home of his uncle, G, M.
Hutsell and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mavis left Sunday
for Shiner where Mr. Mavis was call-
ed on account of the illness of his
mother.
Miss Grace Robinson, teacher at Or-
ange Grove, spent the week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Robin-
son and family.
Mrs. E. E. Fair spent the week end
in Houston as the guest of friends.
She was joined by her daughter, Ena,
who is a teacher at Roswell, Texas.
Special
Eugene and Frederick Vita Tonic
Permanent Waves, $7.50. Ideal Beau-
ty Shoppe. Phone 151, Kings Inn
building. tf.-np
SPECIALS
Engine and Frederico Vita Tonic
permanent waves, $7.00. Five facials
$5.00, with purchase of a ticket.
Phone 24 for appointment. Vanity
Beauty Shoppe. 22-lt-pd
Mrs. William Fain of Atlanta, Ga.,
and Miss Cora Helen Kendall of
Houston ,are visiting their mother,
Mrs. Cora Kendall. Mrs. Fain was
Miss Jewell Kendall before her mar-
riage.
Mrs. H. 1. Johnson atid son, Henry
Jr., have returned to their home in
Palestine, after a month’s visit with
Mrs. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Day. Mrs. Johnson formerly
resided in Kingsville before her mar-
riage
Mrs. E. A. Osborne, wife of the
minister of the First Christian
Church, was unexpectedly called
home to Harrodsburg, Ky., on Sunday
on account of the death of her moth-
er, Mrs. Mary Chatham. Mrs. Os-
borne was accompanied by her daugh-
ter, Elizabeth.
Mr. and Mrs. Seth wood {Patrick,
en route lo their home in Edinburg
after spending the past few months in
Fort Worth, visited relatives here
during the wTeek end. They were
accompanied to Edinburg Sunday by
Mr. and Mrs. Ted True.
Mrs. J. H. Mitcham and sons, of Cle-
burne and Miss Clare McCrow spent
the week end at points in the Val-
ley.
San Antonio C. of C.
Want Clay Deposits
Samples Tested Free
The San Antonio Chamber of Com-
merce, through its industrial depart-
ment. is believed to be the first
Chamber of Commerce hi the United
States to establish its own laboratory
for testing clays. The Chamber Is car-
rying on experiments with tile inten-
tion of making Southwest Texas the
center of the great American ceramic
industry, which shows unmistakable
sigus of moving south.
The services of Alfred V. Lawton,
a leading ceramic engineer, have been
engaged for a limited period of time,
and two kilns, several pebble mills
and all scientific apparatus necessary
to making practical tests of the clay
tn the San Antonio trade territory
have been set up.
B. B. McGimsey, chairman and C.
C. Led, secretary of the Ceramic Com
mittee .offer tiie above facilities to
any Southwest Texas community for
the purpose of testing, free of charge
the clays they may have and which
they think may be adapted to the
manufacture of fine pottery.
For the information of any of our
readers who may wish to take ad-
vantage of the service offered by tin'
San Antonio Chamber, the following
from its letter to the Record is quot* j
ed:
“All samples of clay should lie plnc-j
ed in sacks, each sample to w'oigh
approximately from 20 to 50 pounds,
to be clearly addressed, and sent im-
mediately, by prepaid express only,
to the San Antonio Chamber of Com-
merce Ceramic Laboratory, Avenue
A and James street, San Antonio,
Texas.
Placed inside the sack should be
a piece of paper stating the name of
sender, location of deposit, owner of
deposit, whether sample is from sur-
face of ground or otherwise, and any
her Information you are able to fur-
nish. All of this work will therefore
cost your people only the express
charges that they will pay on the
samples they submit.
“We have known for many years
thal drain tile, sewer pipe, hollow
building lile and brick, also low
grades of red ware, such as flower
pots, etc., could be manufactured in
Southwest Texas, but we hope early
in 1929 to he able to definitely show
samples of the finest white china-
ware, sanitary ware, insulating china,
etc.
"We may add here that a chemical
analysis of clays is of little practical
use, and does not show what can be
made out of clay. That is why we
are actually baking the clays to find
out what can he made from them.
“Please emphasize to your readers
the fact that we have engaged the
services of this engineer for a limited
time, and that samples must be for-
warded to us immediately.
"In due time we will nmil to your
clay deposit owners a copy of our
findings on the samples they submit."
Nixon Heads C. C.
Chamber Commerce
Declares improvement of the Bay
Front Will Be One of Major
Objects This Year
Corpus Chrlsti, Jan. 21 Improve-1
ment and beautification of the Corpus J
Chri-tl bay front will he one of the
major objectives of the Corpus Chrlsti
Chamber of Commerce during the
coming year, according to S. Maston
Nixon, recently elected president of
the organization, who told the hoard
of directors that he expected to seel
actual construction started on the j
project within the coming six months.
Nixon was elected president to sue-1
coed Mrs. Lorino Jones Spoonts, who I
headed the Chamber of Commerce for j
the past two years and was one of i
the very few women to head a cham-
ber of commerce in the United States.
She will remain on the hoard of dl-1
rectors. Other officers of the organ-1
izalion for 1929 are, Oscar Nun. first .
vice president; Hal Collins, second
vice president, and David Peel, treats-j
urer. W. A .Saunders and l. M. Alex-
ander were elected on the board.
Ralph Bradford, who served as man-
ager of the Corpus Christl Chamber
of Commerce for iho past five years,
and who recently resigned to become
assistant manager of the commercial
organization department of the Unit-
ed States Chamber of Commerce at
Washington, made a detailed report
of the activities of the organization
for thepast five years. He expects
to leave for Washington soon.
No action lias been taken by the
board of directors of Hie chamber of
Commerce in regard to filling the
vacancy created by the resignation
of Ralph Bradford as manager of the
organization. The matter has been
postponed for future consideration.
Durham Attends Deico
Dealers Convention
A word picture of the agricultural
America of llie future, with electricity
taking up the slack in farm labor and
in farm management, lias been
brought hack by Archie Durham, local
I)elco Light dealer, from the region-
al sales convention of his company,
which was held at FortWorth.
“Ii was demonstrated at the con
ventlon that this idea of a completely
electrified agricultural America is not
a visionary dream—It is a coming re-
ality and will be brought much closer
to actual existence during 1929,” he
says.
The convention attended by Mr.
Durham was addressed by officials
of the Deico Light Company front the
general offices at Dayton, Ohio. H.
W. Arnold, general manager of the
company, was the principal speaker
and presented a study of the poten-
tial field for rural electrification from
individual electric plants which re-
veals a vasl need and desire for elec-
tricity on the part of farming Ameri-
ca. Among the several other officials
who spoke at the all-day session and at
the banquet in the evening, were W.
It. Huber, sales manager; and C. C.
Whistler, advertising and sales pro-
motion manager.
One of the high points of the con-
vention session was the announce-
ment by Mr. Arnold that the Deico
Light Company has passed the 325.-
000 mark in production of individual
farm electric plants. Twenty-five
thousand Deico Light plants have
been made in the past twelve months.
The previous 25.000 production was
attained in fifteen months, giving evi-
dence of tin* growing demand for
farm electricity.
Several new Deico Light products,
developed by the company’s large en-
gineering department, wore presented
at tlte convention, the local dealer
says. Included among these new pro-
ducts was a large new four#cylinder
Deico Light plant, supplying 110-volt
electricity instead of 52 volt current
which is produced by most farm elec-
tric plants. Another new product was
a D L water system operating with a
small gasoline engine, intended for
use on farms where electricity is not
immediately available.
Tlie fact that the local dealer at-
tended the regional convention was a
tribute to his work in this territory,
for only selling men who accomplish-
ed a definite quoin of sales could at-
tend this session. Orders for several
thousand dollars worth of Deico
Light products were turned in at the
convention and cash awards were also
made by the company to its highest
producing selling men.
A feature of the convention was
lutinehing of a Winter Walts Carnival
which is a special campaign for Deico
Light, men during the next several
weeks. The local dealer will partici-
pate in this contest and expects to
finish among the lenders because of
the demand in this territory for Deico
Light products.
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