Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. [45], Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1941 Page: 2 of 6
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PAGE TWO
FAL F URRIAS FACTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1941
JMfurriaaJffarta
Established la 1M9
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
At Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas
HOWARD BEHRENT
MGR. EDITOR
Entered as second class matter, April 2, 1908 at
the Postoffice at Falfurrias. Texas, under the Act
ol Congress of March 8, 1879.
Subscription Price $2.00 per year Payable in Advance
Any erroneous reflection upon the character
standing, or reputation of any person, firm, or cor-
poration, which may appear In The Facts, will
gladly be corrected as soon as It Is brought to the
attention of the publisher.
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with best front page In South Texas Press Conven-
tion contests of 1940.
MEMBER SOUTH TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
HERE’S WHAT THE ARMY WILL DO
TO YOUR SON
■V/’OUR son’s life wont’ be easy in the Army.
X The Army has no time for a "goldbrick-
er.” That word in the language of the world
means a lazy lout. In Uncle Sam’s Army your
lad will be up before the crack of dawn. He
will be aroused at 5:45 and will be standing
in formation at 6. His breakfast will begin at
6:15.
You, mother, won’t be there to make his
bed so he’ll make it himself after breakfast.
He won’t have you here to pick up his clothes
and clean up after him. So what happens? He
cleans up his own tent and cleans up himself.
If he isn’t clean he won’t pass inspection. If
his quarters are not clean they won’t pass in-
spection and when things don’t pass inspec-
tion in the Army then officials see that they
do. Without going any further see what the
Army has done for your boy. He has become
self reliant before 7 in the morning. At 7:15
he is on his way to a hard day’s work.
He reaches the drill field at 7:30 and drills
intensively. The shoulders that were stepped
at home are thrown back and carried the way
that God intended they should be carried. The
muscles that were loose and flabby because of
a life of ease at home gradually become firm
and agile. C'alesthenics, as soon as the field is
reached, is an essential part of Army train-
ing. A strong body is an absolute necessity for
a good soldier. To you it may seem cruel that
your boy is treated in such a way but if you’re
honest with yourself you’ll agree that the
Army is doing your boy a great favor. It is
bringing virility back to the Nation’s youth.
It’s taking him away from the night clubs and
dance halls. It’s keeping his mind busy so
that it can not be occupied by thoughts of
dissipation.
Yes you say but what of his spiritual life?
My answer is this. I am stationed at Fort Dix
N. J. This will be if it’s not already the larg-
est cantonment in the country. Large as it is
the Post Commandant is extremely solicitous
for the spiritual welfare of every soldier in
it-
The Army wants your boy to be in church
on Sunday. She gives the Chaplin everything
that he asks. She lends him every encourage-
ment in his work. Her discipline is even used
| to make your son spiritual. An organ and an
j organist is provided so that he can again be-
come child-like in the singing of hymns. His
bulletin board will carry all religious an-
nouncements.
If a boy actually has the faith when he en-
ters the Army there is only the barest possi-
bility that he will lose it in the service of his
country. My experience has been quite the
contrary. Numberless lads have come to me
in the past three months who have been a-
way from their Church and their God for
years and have begged of me to make them
right again with their God.
Now you ask me “What about their
health?” My best answer to that is this, There
are twenty thousand of us here. We have been
here for three months. Now I want you to
think those two figures over. 20,000—3
months. In those/three months not one of those
twenty thousand have died a natural death.
Can you think of a city of twenty thousand
that has not had a death from natural causes
in three months? If you can your powers of
memory are better than mine. Yes the Army
is extremely zealous of the health of its per-
sonnel. I am with a regiment whose strength
is 1800. In it there are five medical do'etors
and one dentist. Can you think of a communi-
ty of that size so well manned in these profes-
sions?
No Mothers and Fathers the Army is not
trying to ruin your boys. On the oentrary it is
trying to make them better men and better
citizens. The Army is not placing chips on
their shoulders asking others to knock them
off. Your Nation hopes that your boys will
never have to use the rifles that they carry on
their shoulders. If they ever do have to it will
be to preserve the sanctity of the home that is
so dear to you and your boys.
America is a grand and glorious Nation and
if her youth can keep the ideals and princi-
ples that were won at the price of blood, rest
assuerd that they will be preserved and be
thankful to the Giver of all gifts that in pre-
paring to protect those principles America is
bringing back to life a youth that was falling
into decay.
—By Lieut. Micheal F. Duggan in
“The Victorian”
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ACTS \ FANCIE
LET THE WISE
MAKE THE DISTINCTION
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No. 26 of a Series
From students’ examination
papers.
The object of “he” is “she”.
A plagiarist is a writer of
plays.
What kind of noun is “trou-
sers”? An uncommon noun be-
cause it is singular on top and
plural at the bottom.
A child: A stomach entirely
surrounded by curiosity.
Committee: A body that keeps
minutes—and wastes hours.
Love: A season pass on the
shuttle train between heaven
and hell.
Slang: Language that takes off
its coat, spits on its hands and
goes to work.
A deacon is a mass of inflam-
mable material placed In a
prominent position to warn peo-
ple.
(Encountered in Frank Svo-
boda’s Bonham Favorite and re-
quoted from Boyce House.)
If that bit of foolishness has
entertained our readers maybe
we can get by with the rest of
the stuff in this column . . .
Falfurrias makes the head-
lines again this week—or per-
haps we should give the credit
to the Rev. MILTON O. DAVIS
because he’s bragging about
having had the pleasure of
preaching to MAP] WEST in his
church last Sunday . . . Just at
the instant when masculine ten-
sion appears to have reached the
breaking point he unbends and
confesses that this MAE lives at
Columbus, Texas, and as far as
your reporter Van determine
didn’t even mention anything a-
bout coming up and seeing her
sometime . . . what an anti-clim-
ax . . .
Further shocking our delicate
sensibilities, we learn that Dr.
EARL GASTON recently suf-
fered as a pneumonia patient
... Of course, if you want to
argue the point, there’s nothing
to keep a doctor from getting on
the wrong end of a stethescope.
All the same, we’re dreading the
possibility of confirmation of
those reports of rain in Califor-
nia—and if it really does rain in
California, whats’ a fellow' going
to pin his faith to . . .
There’s big doings on the so-
cial front as ROBERT ARTHUR
ALLAN, JR. fwhat dignity)
makes a i>ersonal appearance
here Thursday at a world prem-
ier to plight his troth, with the
personable CATHERINE MAE
THOMAS, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. THOMAS. Actually,
he’s principal of a school in Har-
ingen but after Thursday night
he becomes mere BOB ALLAN,
party of the second part, but
even so it’s a big event to any
prospective solid citizen who has
to open that side door and fare
Lohengrin without running a-
muck . . .
Remember the tall, good-look-
ing blonde who is one of the lo-
cal teacher “quintuplets”? Her
name is MABEL COOPER and it
is discovered that she recently
appears at a party incognito—or
at least under an alias. Now, it
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“CITY OF CONQUEST” AT CACTUS
Ann Sheridan and James Cagney are seen at the Cactus Theatre on
Tuesday aftd Wednesday in “City For Conquest”.
seems, she’s after the proof
reader who is responsible for this
incognito business . . .
Master JOE TOM EASLEY Jr.,
is becoming a man of the world
what with his own personal call-
ing cards and such—very formal,
too. . .
Friends of Mrs. J II. SKAGGS
who is in the Alice hospital, will
be glad to know that her condi-
tion is improving . . . Late re-
ports are unavailable on the con-
dition of Mr. and Mrs. BILL
STOCKTON’S baby, seriously ill
in a Corpus Christi hospital . . .
Col. and Mrs. H. M. TAYLOR
are in receipt of a personal com-
mendation in the form of a mili-
tary order from Gov.
Talmadge of Georgia on their
son-in-law, Lieut. Col. CHAS. P
LYNCH . . .
Mrs. NELSON ENGLISH re-
reports having heard a radio an-
nouncement to the effect that
Mrs. A. A. COSBY is winner of
the prize package for the best
question asked on the “Man on
the Street” program . . . Some-
thing about whether or not there
is a diamond field in the U. S. . .
Notification is received that
RUTH ROGERS is selected as
counselor for eight weeks on the
Camp Fire program at Camp
Mystic near Kerrville ...
It’s just like jumbling all the
figures in the multiplication ta-
ble but SAM B. HARDER now is
No. 38030590 in the Signal Corps
Replacement Center at Fort
Monmouth, N. J. . . .
And that’s ‘ 30" for this week.
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Mrs. Wesley Adams spent Friday
and Saturday in the Valley.
* * * *
Dono Moore, student at A. and I.
College, is spending the Easter va-
cation with his parents.
H. n. CLUB NEWS
Falfurrias Club Meets
The Falfurrias Home Demon-
stration club met Monday, April 7,
at the home of Mrs. F. N. Miller.
Due to illness in the hrome the
meeting was held on the lawn,
which was enjoyed by all.
Mrs. E. C. Wright, president, pre-
sided. After the business session,
Miss Aletha Barrett showed us
various kinds of trays and showed
how they were marie.
Delicious refreshments were
served to those present. Guests
were Mrs. Melvin Lewis, Mrs. C.
Eugene Austin, Mrs. Forrest Smith, Mrs
Edwrards, Miss Barrett. Members
present were Mrs. C. H. Otken,
Mrs. M R. Philips, Mrs. S. A. Nel-
son, Mrs. J. T. Allan, Mrs. E. C.
Wright, Mrs. J. T. Sharp. Miss
Amy Yeager. Mrs. J. D. Wells, Mrs.
Tom Tidmore, Mrs. Paul Cornelius
and the hostess.
PHONE 47-J if you have house,
farm or miscellaneous items for
sale nr if you have an apartment
or room for rent. Want ads are
cheap and bring results.
FOR SALE
land
Throe-acre tract of
known as the
SADDLER PLACE
One and one-half miles N.E.
of Falfurrias
J. C. Thomas
REAL ESTATE LOANS
We’re Bragging, But....
You’ll brag, too, about our delicious
fountain drinks and
rich, mellow ice cream
once you’ve tried them
You’ve got a treat
coming at our store.
CITY imilft STORE
ARE YOU SEEING ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE?
The great majority of beer retail estab
lishment9 are dean wholesome places.
Yet it is the once-in-a while excep-
tion—the anti-social, law-violating tavern
that everybody notices.
Such undesirable retailers give beer a
bad name it doesn’t deserve. Further-
more, by arousing public indignation,
retailing abusea endanger your right to
enjoy good beer, the bn'tragt of moder-
ation. They also endanger the benefits
that beer has brought to Texas—
31,165 persons employed since re-legal-
ization, an annual payroll of $22,076,182
and $2,273,968.64 taxes paid last year.
While it is the brewers’ responsibility
to brew good beer and the retailers’
responsibility to sell it under wholesome
conditions, nevertheless the brewing in-
dustry wants anti-social retailing elimi-
nated entirely.
I oh can help ue by (1) patronising only
the legal and reputable places where
beer is sold and (2) by reporting any law
violations you may observe to the duly
constituted law enforcement authorities.
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a beverage of moderation
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to much Extra Value
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TELEPHONE 2
Falfurrias, Texas
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