Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1938 Page: 1 of 6
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Complete Coverage of Brooks County Territory
Land of the Jersey Co«»'
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FALFURRIAS FAC IS
nd V egeUblci
ESTABLISHED IN 1908—BROOKS COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER
VOLUME XXXII
FALFURRIAS. TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1938
NUMBER 14
FSA Planning To
Match Feed Supply
With Livestock
BROOKS WEATHER Cooking School
Gets Endorsement
At Cactus Theatre
Max. | Min.
Sept.! Temp. Temp. R.
Character
Of Day
Interested Farmers To
Prepare Now For
Dairy Cows
With two lean farm years, there
likely will be a number of farmers
who will need credit and whom the
local bank may not be in position
to finance, officials at the county
agent’s office pointed out th'.s
week.
The FSA suggested that it will
match a farmer’s feed supply with
subsistence livestock. This means
that if a farmer has sufficient
feed on hand for five to ten cows.
be considered individually and not
all who apply f< r loans will be able
to receive them. Ten good cows,
properly managed, will feed the
average family and furnish neces-
sary cash for making a crop if feed
is on hand.
With a possibility of securing a
line of credit that will assure self-
sustaining ability, it is urged that
farmers plant Heed now and be
ready t<> get into the dairy busi-
ness this winter. There are farm-
ers in Brooks county who depend
entirely on truck crops for suste-
nance which involves considerable
risk. A few good cows, with hogs,
poultry and calves to consume the
skim milk, assures a living, and if a
farmer borrows to buy the cows
cash crops grown on land not
needed for feed, may be used for
6
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RAINFALL
Comparative
figures
for
past
four years.
1938
1937
1936
1935
Jan.
1.24
.89
.60
2.26
Feb.
1.53
1.05
.25
.85
Mar.
.61
.62
1.37
2.92
Apr.
1.47
.54
6.35
1.50
May
1 62
5.92
5.93
2.47
June
1.04
.04
1.81
5.30
July
.10
2.21
1.30
.84
Aug.
7.06
.15
626
.10
Sept.
1.54
.85
4.36
8.12
Oct.
.15
.49
1.10
Nov.
.61
.18
.31
Dec.
5.80
1.47
2.38
Total
16.21
18.84
30.27
28.13
Motion Picture Feature
Shown Three Days
In Falfurrias
Nearly 400 women from all parts
of Brooks Oounty and the Pre-
mont area attended one or more
showings at the Cactus Theatre of
Light Jersey Tearn Ready Oil Circles Watch
To Invade Coyote Domain Shell Test Which
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
(All-Season Standing)
Team—
W
L
Pet.
Plggly Wiggly
14
6
.700
Thomas Cons. Co.
10
5
.666
Bank
12
T
.632
Fire Dept.
10
11
.476
Mercantile
8
12
.368
Magnolia
6
10
.333
Sun
6
15
.300
Fal Ladies
3
2
.600
Premont Ladles
2
3
.400
Local Eleven Captained
By Jack Flack
And Downs
I Summary Of Work
Given By HD Agent
For Year Of 1938
Club Activities Greatly
Deversified Report
Indicates
merchants and under the sponsor-
ship of the Falfurrias Facts.
Through actual jien\mstrationsin
closeups on the screen, the picture
was a modern adaptation of the
old fashioned cooking school. Latest
recipes and mdern methods of ef-
ficient and economical home man-
agement were forcefully demon-
strated to the eager audiences.
Housewives saw their own pro-
blems dramatically presented and
solved in this unique school which
combined instruction with enter-
tainment.
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Mrs. A. L. Powers, $2.50 in trade
at. the J. Robt. Cash Store.
Mrs. J. T. Allan, 7-plece table
set contributed by Blumer Furni-
ture Company.
The membership of the Home
Demonstration C< uncil is made up
of the presidents and two elected
paying the loan. It is held a farm-1 delegates from each Home Dem-
er who follows this plan of farm-
ing will have more money at the
end of five years than one who de-
pends entirely on truck crops, and
will have had more to eat while
the five years passed.
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J. Wayne Gore Takes
Position As Cashier
J. Wayne Gore of Corpus Christi
Thursday assumed the position as
cashier in the First National Bank
of Falfurrias recently vacated by
A. G. Hayes who has gone to Heb-
hmnvitlp whprp hp APPPntpri n aim - * vww*** wMivumviiv u* ^,A‘ *w *“VI11
J" >11SrliiZl, bership Is made up of the report
onstration club. The council is the
melting pot as it were of Extension
work in Brooks county, because in-
to it are poured the ideas and sug-
gestions of all the clubs to be stirr-
ed and mixed together and return-
ed to them in an improved condi-
tion. It is also a demonstration in
good organization procedure, and
efficient functioning.
Within the Council there are
eight standing committees, name-
ly, Year Book. Financial, Exhibit,
Extension, Recreation, 4-H Spon-
sors, Education and Reporters.
The Reporter’s Association has a
total enrollment of six. Its mem-
Friday night: Ladies and Sun vs
Bank.
Monay night: Play-off—Plggly
Wiggly vs. Fire Dept.; Thomas
Ci nst. Co. vs. Bank.
Wednesday night: Final game
for championship.
Vital Statistics
Given For Brooks
A small and intrepid band of
Falfurrias Jerseys will load Its
football duffle late Friday after-
noon for the annual invasion of
the Alice Coyote lair Friday night
in the season's opener for both
squads under lights on Alice’s Per-
kins Field.
Although the Coyotes will enter
the lists as favorites by virtue of
superior weight, reserves and ex-
perience, the Jerseys are deter-
mind to give a good account of
themselves. Coach Lloyd (Chief)
Dyer during the past week has
groomed his charges for the tilt
which this year features two ele-
vens of unknown possibilities.
At a meeting Tuesday afternoon,
the Jerseys elected Jack Flack and
Joe Downs co-caplains. Fu^ek is
shaping up for the right halfback
position while Downs is being tu-
tored for the fullback post.
Prol>able starters for Friday
night's encounter are Ruel Ray
Falkenburg, left end; Frank Hop-
per, right end (also to alternate at
Resumes Drilling
Kelsey - Bass Provokes
Discussion Among
Businessmen
Western Union Offers
Prizes For Telegrams
ilar position in the First National, . .. _ ,. .. ..
Bank of that city. j monstraTion ’ <£L. and
G. re, prior to entering the Fal- the two American 4-H- Clubs. This
furrias bank, was connected with association has met twice so far
the Corpus Christi National Bank. this year The first meeting was
held in February in the form of a
reporter’s school for the purpose
of their metlngs. The society edi-
tor of the local newspaper was in-
vited to be present at this meet-
ing and she gave the members
si me timely suggestions. The sec-
ond meeting of the association was
in April. At this time news arti-
cles that the reporters had pre-
viously written and which had
been printed in the paper were
studied and criticized as to their
good and bad points. A circular
letter was also worked out by the
members which listed the require-
ments of a good reporter. This let-
ter was typed and a copy of it sent
to each reporter in the county. The
purpose of auch a letter was to act
as a measuring stick to be referred
to in writing their future news ar-
ticles and also to remind each of
their duty as a reporter. A total
of slxty-one news articles have
been written which is about 69%
of the approximately required
Local art students and amateur
artists are now given an opportu-
nity to display their talents in a
two prize contest now being of-
fered by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, according to ad-
vices received by Chas. Kossblel,
local manager.
Prizes are offered for one design
for Souvenier telegrams for the
New York World’s Fair in 1939 and
one for the Golden Gate Interna-
tional Exposition at San Francis-
co Bay In 1939.
Those Interested in the contests
may obtain additional information
at local office. The contest closes
December 31.
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Faculty Entertained
By Auxiliary Ladies
#
One of the delightful social ac-
tivities of the week was the party
given dir the Presbyterian Church
lawn Monday night by the Wo-
man’s Auxiliary honoring members
of the Falfurrias School faculty.
Mrs. J. R. Scott, secretary of So-
cial activities, was assisted by com-
mittees composed of the following
members: Mrs. M. F. Orth, Mrs. C.
F. Hopper, Mrs. Roy Allen, Mrs. O.
V. Holmes, Mrs. C. F. Wagenscheln
and Mrs. H. 8. Bedell.
There were approximately one
hundred guests.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wagenscheln
accompanied their daughter, Miss
Carol Wagenscheln, to Austin Sun-
day where she matriculated at
Texas University this week.
Admission to the school during
the three days’ showing was free
and attractive, worthwhile prizes
increased interest. Prizes were con
trlbuted by local merchants and j Oeo
nationally advertised manufactur-
ers.
Prize winners the first day were
Mrs. J. R. Murley, Mrs. H. A. Liv-
ingston, Premont; Mrs. Bill Baker.
Mrs. T. S. Proctor, Miss Alice Frie-
ses, Premont; Mrs. A. B. Blake,
Mrs. J. S. Johnston, Premont: Miss
Elisa Gonzales, Mrs. Louise Ra-
chal, A. A. Dague, N. B. Finley,
Premont; Mrs. Elmer Rupp, Mrs.
J. L. Sharp, Mrs. W. B. Stewart,
Premont; Mrs. D. O. Sikes.
Second day winners: Mrs. C. F.
Harder, Mrs. J. M. Carroll, Mrs. C
D. Csbi rne, Mrs. J. C. Bramhall,
Premont; Mrs. Delfino Villarreal,
Mrs. John B. Bennett, Mrs. Earl
Gaston, Mrs. D. O. Sikes, Mrs. L.
H. Tash, Mrs. D. Lobrecht, Pre-
mont;Mrs. N. O. Villarreal, Mrs. E.
H. Klenke, Mrs. J. R. Murley, Mlssj
Lack Of Care Deplored
By Health Officer
‘‘In Texas during 1937, 69 8
mothers lost their lives through | Quarterback); no ^ selection
childbirth and associated condi-
tions. Fatality struck 8618 babies
under one year of age and 3,972
infants were still born. These facts
become particularly distressing
when it is realized that at least
two-thirds of this motherhood
morality could have been avoided."
W. Cox, State
Health Officer.
Brooks County had 242 total live
i.irths, of which 211 were white
and 31 Mexican; 135 of the infants
were male, and 107 female. Physi-
cians attended 151 infants; mid-
wives attended 90 and 1 was unat-
tended; 7 children were still born,
giving the county a rate of 2.9 per
100 live births; 20 children died
underone year of age, a rate of
82.6 per 1000 live berth; and 1
mother died in childbirth, a rate
of 40.1 per cent per 10,00o live
births.
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Concerts Planned
By Alice Groups
Geneva Lytle, Miss Birdie B. Rl-jWorld FamOUS Artists
ley, Miss Frances Fort, Mrs. S. A.
Nelson, Miss Hilda Ugarte
Third day prize winners: Mrs.
H. B. Staudinger, Mrs. C. O. At-
kins, Mrs. Mauriclo Gonzales, Mrs.
E W. Dickey Sr., Mrs. F. L. Vick-
rey, Miss Frances Wormack, Mrs.
L. S. Elwell, Premont; Mrs. Eugene
May, Mrs. R. A. Jordan, Mrs. C.
D Osborne, Miss Josefa Garza,
Miss Evangellna Jimenez, Mrs.
George B. Collins, Miss Cuca Perez,
Miss Lois McCullar, Mrs. J. T. Al-
lan, Mrs. A. L. Ramsdell, Miss Bir-
die B. Riley, Miss Consuelo de la
Garza, Mrs. Noe Salinas.
Merchants Cooperate
Local merchants who contribut-
ed prizes included Falfurrias Mer-
cantile Company, Gardner Chevro-
let Company, J. Robt. York Cash
St< re. Plggly Wiggly, A. L. Hollo-
way, Blumer Furniture Company,
| American Beauty Shop, Falfurrias
Bakery, McIntyre Lumber Com-
pany, Vanity Beauty Shop, Tay-
lor Grocery. Others participating
in the school were Falfurrias
To Be Featured
an-
nounced for left tackle; Neville
Stiles, left guard; Ruflno Trevifto,
right guard; Van Blackwell, cen-
ter; Jack Flack, right halfback;
Ernest Williams, left halfback;
Frank Hopper, quarterback; Joe
Downs, fullback; alternate back,
Roberto Villarreal.
Squadmen who likely will see
service Include Rodolfo Calderon,
Rafael Garcia, Dick Hinnant, John
Louis Forsyth, Dick Montz, Charles
King, Julian Ruiz and Gustavo
Garza.
Alice starters likely will be Car-
lisle, left end: Noble left tackle;
O’Neil, left guard; Adams, center;
M. Garcia, right guard; N. Garcia,
right tackle; H. Baker, right end;
Lyle, quarterback; Weeks, left
Interest of local oil circles this
week centered on 8hell Petroleum
Company's No. 1 C. H. F. von Blu-
cher north of Falfurrias and
southeast of La Gloria which has
overcome mechanical difficulties
and resumed drilling while
the Humble No, 1 Kelsey-Bass,
near the intersection of the Brooks,
Jim Hogg, Hidalgo and Starr coun-
ty lines, provoked considerable dis-
cussion among business men.
The Shell wildcat, originally
scheduled for 7,500 feet and later
projected to a prol»able 10,000 feet,
was last reported drilling below 7,-
175 feet.
It was reported operators have
decided not to rework the No. 2
Kelsey-Bass. The well is making a-
bout 160 barrels daily on a one-
eighth-inch choke with 1,485
pounds pressure on the tubing. Oil
is 44.7 gravity.
Magnolia Petroleum Company’s
No. 10 Seeligson, located 1.320 feet
west of their No. 8 In the East
Premont Field In Jim Wells coun-
ty, is at 6,107 feet In hard sand.
A little south of this field. Trans-
western Oil Company’s No. 1 Dun-
lap was reported drilling ahead af-
ter enounteTing difficulty side-
tracking twisted off drill stem at
about 4,300 feet. .
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Local High School
Welcomes Eighteen
Newcomers To Rolls
Piggly Wiggly Puts
In New Meat Market
shoukThave the^ftat' Creamery and 060 Hobbs & S'ns
eight months of the year.
Finance Committee Meets
The finance committee met in
February to plan the 1938 financial
Manufacturers whose products
were prominently featured were
Lever Brothers Company, Fruit
Dispatch Company, Quaker Oat*
Company, Plllsbury Flour Mills.
budget for the council and decide Kraft p^nlx Cheeze corporation!
on ways of making money needed.
Two dollars was collected frpm the
clubs to go into the Texas Home
Demonstration Association Edu-
Thomas J. Upton, Inc.
corporation.
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Frigldaire
FREE RECIPES
A number of inquiries have been
reported to this office concerning
recipe kits such as those distribut-
ed at the recent motion picture
catlonal Fund. The Council contri-
buted to the Educational fund
100%. There was a total of $33.18
in the council treasury at the be-
glnntnt of 1“_,Th' Co“"c“ ccoklnt Kh.ol, "SUr In M» Kltoh-
"r “» 1* considerable quantity of
and paldout SM.l . e ',lnt these recipes are available at this
ance of $3.65 to finish the year1
on.
The Recreation committee was
called together in January by the
Initial steps were taken last
week for a concert series next fall
and winter which will bring world
famous artists and musical attrac-
tions to Alice, according to infor-
mation received here.
Representatives of clubs, civic
organizations and churches met
and formed the Alice Cooperative
Concert Association. In charge of
the meeting was Raymond Taylor
of El Paso, organization director
of the concert division of the Co-
lumbia Broadcasting Co., who had
been Invited to come to Alice and
present the plan which is being
used in Temple, Corsicana and
some of the largest cities of Texas
in securing the best entertainment
on a no-profit, no-loss plan.
Falfurrias High School has thus
far welcomed eighteen new stu-
dents from various parts of South
Texas. Cities are represented In an
area extending from San Antonio
half; Stacy, right half; Rclnhard, to the Valley. y
fullback. Following Is a list of the stu-
dents registering for the first time
in the local high school: Betty Jo
Fry, Carolyn Fry, John Fry, Juani-
ta Medlook and Johnnie McWil-
liams from Raym< ndvllle; Kath-
ryn Culpepper, Ruth Mae Patz-
kowsky and Ruth Howard from La
Gloria; Ralph Mahaffy and Mar-
tha Jordan from Premont; Nona
Medlock from Harlingen; Jesus
Oarcla and Raymundo Manguel
Crbolo: Tolbert Peel and Dorothy
Loyes Hall from San Antonio and
Estela Longoria from Enclno.
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Falfurrias Leaders In
Scouting: Get Honors
Five men active in scouting this
week received recognition for their
Plggly Wiggly, one of Falfurrias
leading food stores, this week an-
nounces a new step in extending
an Improved service to its custom-
ers. The store has installed a mod-
ern, up-to-date meat market, fea-
turing floating air Dreadnaught
meat and vegetable display cases
and an 8-foot cooling room for
fresh meat storage.
Braynard Traweeic or Beevllle,
an experlened butcher, has been
placed in charge of the new market
and invites the public to Inspect
the unit. Mr. Traweek’s family has
already been moved to the city.
Elsewhere in this Issue of Facts work by the National Council of
will be found an advertisement
calling attention to the new mark-
et.
‘Heart’s Delight’ Staff
Puts Out First Issue
The Falfurrias High School
weekly, "Heart’s Delight”, this
week began Its fifteenth year as
official organ of the local high
The Association is organized on . , _ , ,
. , , . . , .... school campus. The first Issue of
a membership basis which entitles, _____, Frlday
the new year appeared
September 16.
Under the supervision of Miss
Martlne Holbrook, head of the
English department, the new staff
one to atend all of the season’s con-
certs. It is planned to conduct a
membership drive in Alice early in
the fall ,at which time the artist
availabilities will be announced, ........ .
and subsequently chosen for the . * _. . ... _ ..
... „ w.. »____„ Lucille Thomas and Miss Ruth
Alice series by a committee ap- . . . . . . . ...
. . . . .. J ,__. . B ake have been selected to edit
pointed by the president of the lo-
(Continued on Pat* 6)
office and will he given to those
calling for them.
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C. F. Hopper left 8unday on a
business trip to Kansas.
cal association.
Only members of the assoclationJ
may attend the concerts. Single
admission tickets will not be sold
for any attraction, as a concert
presented on the basis of ticket
and single admissions always has
meant and always will mean fi-
nancial risk.
An audience is first assured be-
fore engaging any talent. A mem-
bership must be secured during
membership week which will make
possible a minimum of three
major concerts or the association p College,
will not function.
The officers of the Alice asso
the paper.
Other members of the staff are
Miss Dema Jewell 8mlth and Miss
Miriam Wagenscheln, assistant e-
dltors; Miss Sue Farr, business
manager; Miss Marie Bennett, cir-
culation manager; Franklin Orth,
sports editor; Miss Jeanle Wright,
exchange editor; Manuel Falcon,
art director, and 8arlta Garcia,
typist.
o ■■■ ■
Mias Joyce Casey left for Co-
lumbia. Mo., 8unday where she will
(Continaed on page S)
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Groce and
children of Victoria were week-end
guests in the C. C. Teas home.
the Boy Scouts of America, accord-
ing to an announcement made by
the Rev. James E. Moore, president
«f the Falfurrias Rotary Club
which sponsors the local troop, at
its regular luncheon meeting Wed-
nesday.
Certificates for successfully com-
pleting the specialization course In
an “Introduction to Scouting” were
awarded J. R. Scott Jr. L. L. Crabb.
Dr. J. B. Bennett, J. W. Jackson
and Rev. Moore. The c< urse was
taught here recently by Paul A.
Thieme, executive of the Gulf
Coast Area.
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Pep Squad Chooses
Leaders For Season
At a meeting this week the or-
ganization of the Falfurrias Jer-
sey pep squad was perfected and
the following leaders chosen: Miss
Frances Fitzgerald and Miss Elea-
nor Stewart, sponsors; Miss Mary
Clifford Burdett, Miss Nell Wright
and Miss Kathryn Culpepper, lead-
ers; Miss Eva Douglas Bowden, se-
cretary; Miss Martha Hlse, treas-
urer and Miss Annie Negri, repor-
ter.
Mrs. Oarland Lasater and two
children returned early in the week
from San Antonio where they have
been guests rf her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ike Kaupmann for sev-
eral weeks.
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