Benavides Facts (Benavides, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1939 Page: 3 of 4
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BENAVIDES FACTS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939
I
School Safety
4 Week Proclaimed
* Oct. 30 to Nov. 4
Widespread observance o f
School Safety Week, October 30
Winter Presents
Blanket Problems
For Housewives
With cold weather in prospect,
the housewife-consumer is faced
School Safety \\ eek, October 3 j with the pro]C)iem 0f buying: new
to November 4, was assui ec o-, blankets. There are a number of
day as a score of state ovganiza- ( varjetjes to ch0ose from sold in
tions threw their full support be-
hind the program.
A coordinated program, inaug-
urated by the Texas Safety As-
sociation in a concerted effort to
reduce traffic accidents among
retail stores and by mail order
houses.
To eliminate the guesswork in
purchasing, Mrs. Bernice Claytor,
specialist in home improvement
for the A. and M. College Exten-
the public school and college age j sjon Service, offers some sug-
group, met with instant response j gestions to the practical blanket-
\
from every community in the
state.
“The fact that in the past eight
months 283 were killed and 2819
seriously injured in the school-
college age group 'is conclusive
evidence that in Texas the bumper
is more deadly than the bayonet
and that every effoi't must be
made to prevent this needless
sacrifice of the flower of young
man and womanhood of the state,”
George Clarke, executive secre-
tary of the Association, stated.
Among the state organizations
buyer who wants warmth and
durability without too much
weight.
The ideal blanket will keep out
cold drafts and is strong enough
to hold together in laundering
and to resist wear by rubbing.
At the same time it is not so
heavy as to be uncomfortable as
a bed covering nor so expensive
that the average consumer cannot
aford it.
“When buying blankets,” she
says, “look for those with the
highest percentage of ^ood quality
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participating in the' program are; wool within the price range you
the State Police, State Dept, of desire, for the percentage of wool
is an indication of the warmth of
a blanket. Examine the way in
which the ends of the binding are
Education, Highway Division, Tex-
as Congress of Parents and Teach-
ers, American Legion, Junior, _
Chamber of Commerce, and other j finished. On the oetter quality
civic o-roups, including over a half | blankets the binding is boxed at
° | the corner, that is, folded back
an inch or more at the end.”
If two all-wool blankets alike
in size and price are different in
weight, the heavier one has more
wool for the money, Mrs. Clayton
explains. She also advises: “Be-
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Woods has requested the 254; ^ i00k ^he entire blanket
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hundred safety councils
“Walk safely and drive sanely”
is the theme being stressed by sev-
en hundred weekly and daily pap-
ers and seventy radio stations of
the state.
State Superintendent L. A
— ---- # A ; ana lOOK. at tne eniuc uichijygu
county superintendents, 1100 ci y j make sure that it has an even
superintendents, and all the rural
school field workers to stress the
subject of safety during the forth-
'ft coming period.
Highway patrolmen and city
traffic officers will work closely
with the program mapped out by
the P. T. A. in visiting as many
schools as possible for chapel safe-
ty lectures.
The American Legion posts
throughout the state have been
requested to assist in every pos-
sible way, as have the Junior
Chambers of Commerce who have
circulated the Governor’s procla-
mation throughout the state and
V have requested that speakers make
short talks from their local radio
stations.
Beeville Host
To Annual Stock
Show on Nov. 9
An invitation to every cow-
boy and cowgirl in South Texas
to ride in the “parade of horses”
at Beeville Thursday morning,
November 9, has been extended by
J. R. McGuffin, street parade
chairman. The parade wilt be a
feature of the third annual Stock
Show and Rodeo of the South
Texas Breeder-Feeder Association
to be held at Beeville November
9, 10, and 11.
“This is a South Texas show,
not a Beeville or Bee county
show,” McGuffin said. “We want
tone all over. While you have
the blanket unfolded, examine the
ends to see if they are cut straight.
Be sure also that contrasting
borders, stripes, and plaids are
of the same fiber and woven in
the same way as the rest of the
blanket.”
The specialist also advises meas-
uring of a blanket in the event
the label does not give, this in-
formation. A blanket 80 by 90
inches is sufficiently large to tuck
in well and to cover even a very
large person, she says.
‘Heralds of
Destiny” Program
Over Laredo Station
“Heralds of Destiny,” advent-
ure stories of civilization building
and humanitarian ism taken from
the annals, past and present, of
the Baptist and Methodist church-
es, will be presented weekly over
Radio Station KPAB in Laredo,
Texas. The programs will be heard
at 2:00 on Sunday afternoons,
beginning October 8.
An eyewitness account of the
recent bombing of Chungking, the
sacrifice an old slave made in
order to teach his people, the he-
roic courage of America’s first
foreign missionary, and the in-
spired determination that carried
a Revoluiionary era preacher on a
quarter of a million mile journey
o horseback provide the material
for a few of the stories.
In it is depicted the adventure
9- .. . ,! of taking comfort and aid to
McGuffin urges all civic, school . . . nwT1 11T1_
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America’s own benighted and un-
derpriviliged. While the episodes
deal particularly with the heroes
- of the Baptist and Methodist
Kleberg, Jim Wells, Nueces, Wi - ckurches “Heralds of Destiny”
nnrl ntlipr Smith Texas COUn- ,
and business organizations in Bee,
Live Oak, San Patricio, McMullen,
Karnes, Refugio, Goliad, Victoria,
son, and other South Texas coun-
ties to enter floats in the parade.
Old buggies, stage coaches, ox
carts, chuck wagons, etc., are also
wanted.
“You’ll find citizens of Jim
Wells county and every other
county in this section at Beeville
for the parade on the morning of
November 9,” he said. “By adver-
tising your float in the parade
you’ll be advertising both your
town and business or school.
They’ll know that your school or
business is a wide awake and en-
ergetic organization.”
The Stock Show will open with
the parade at 10:30 o’clock Thurs-
day morning, November, 9, and
continue with rodeo performances
each afternoon and night. Earl
Sellers of Del Rio will be in charge
of the rodeo. Registered Here-
ford cattle will be exhibited Fri-
day morning, November 10, and
sold that afternoon at l o’clock.
stories are typical of the . exper-
iences of missionaries of any den-
omination.
The series, presented by the ra-
d^o station on a self sustaining
basis, was inaugurated in ’37 by the
Methodist church agency. This
year, the Northern Baptist Con
vention accepted the invitation to
join in the sponsorship, thus add-
ing a wealth of material to the
store from which material is
drawn
HALLOWE’EN PARTY!
It's tumblers of hot consomme, sandwiches, jellied ring salad, doughnuts and coffee
for this Hallowe’en party.
$ith Refreshments Gay—But Simple To Prepare
By Dorothy Greig
HALLOWE'EN was probably invented for the special bene-
fit of people like me who like their parties gay and infor-
mal. No one can maintain a plush and overweighted dignity
through the hilarities of a Hallowe’en party. And that makes
it just the j oiliest sort of jamboree to give. Everybody has a
good time.
When it comes to refreshments,
we keep them simple. Also we set
them out on a long table or buffet
from which guests can help them-
selves. That does away with the
fuss of serving.
Refreshments for my party this
year will feature but one special
dish—a marvelous jellied tomato
cheese salad made in a ring mold,
turned out on a large platter and
garnished with greens.
To go with it will be assorted
sandwiches in light and dark
breads, cut round (with a cooky
cutter) and decorated to look like
faces. This is done with little
chunks of the light bread on the
dark sandwiches and dark bread on
the light sandwiches—stuck on with
dabs of the sandwich filling. . . .
Easy and amusing, my dears!
Then at the last moment in will
come tumblers of steaming hot con-
somme to get the refreshments oft
to a stimulating start.
Hot Consomme
(add an equal quantity of water to
a can of condensed consommd,
and heat)
*Jellied Tomato Cheese Salad
Assorted Sandwiches
Sugar Doughnuts
Coffee
♦The jellied salad is made this
way:
2 tablespoons gelatine
% cup water
1 can condensed tomato 30up
3 packages (3 o±.) cream cheese
1 cup salad dressing or mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Sprinkle the gelatine on the water
and let stand for at least 5 minutes.
Heat the tomato soup, add gelatine
and stir until melted. Remove from
fire, add cream cheese and. beat with
rotary egg beater until smooth. Let
cool and fold in mayonnaise and
lemon juice. Pour into ring mold
(about 8 inches diameter) or indi-
vidual molds. Serves 8.
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A VERY FLATTERING STYLE
os worn in Hollywood by
JUNE LANG
Charming Screen Actress
Worn in Hollywood and decreed by
Paris is just about the last word in
style. When these two fashion cen-
ters combine forces and agree, there
just isn’t anything further to add.
Such is the story behind this week’s
fashion. The highlight feature of
this smart dress are the gores. There
are sixteen gores that sweep down
the lovely trim skirt. A self collar
encircles the throat. Four large
fabric covered buttons in a con-
trasting shade go down the bodice,
with one on each side of the bodice
pockets. Fullness from bands of
yoke gatherings flow to the waist,
where it is caught up again. A self
belt fastens around fabric covered
rings matched to the buttons. This
is the kind of a dress that makes up
well in an inexpensive fabric. Miss
Lang wears hers of Spun Rayon
Acetate in rose with violet trim.
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Another simple refreshment plan
spotlights a big casserole brought
hot and bubbling to the buffet:
Tomato Juice
*Party Casserole
Cinnamon Apple Salad
Cheese Swirls
Old-Fashioned Pumpkin Pie
Coffee
* * *
♦Party Casserole
1 pkg. (6 oz.) egg noodles, fine
1 green pepper, chopped
1 can condensed cream o£ mushroom
soup
1 cup milk
2 hard cooked eggs
1 can (7 oz.) tuna fish
% pound pimiento cheese, sliced
2 tablespoons flaked cereal crumbs,
buttered
Cook the noodles in boiling salted
water until tender. Remove the
seeds from green pepper and cook
for at least ten minutes in salted
water, then chop.
Add milk to the cream of mush-
room soup a little at a time and stir
until smooth. Heat and add tuna
fish, chopped green pepper, chopped
eggs and cheese. Add the noodles
and mix well. Then put into a
greased casserole, sprinkle buttered
flaked cereal crumbs over the top
and bake in a moderate oven (350*)
for 30 minutes. Serves 8.
This can be mixed ahead of time
and popped into the oven half an
hour before it's needed.
Flax Another
Cash Crop For
Texas Farmers
Travelers through the farm
lands of the Gulf Coast of Texas
have this year noted a new crop
growing along with the tradition-
al cotton, corn and feedstuffs of
Gulf Coast agriculture. Inquiry
elicited the information that the
new crop is flax, and to the
wondering questions, “why flax?”
the answer is, “Linseed oil,” an
essential oil in a good many in-
dustries, and particulai'ly in the
manufacture of paint.
The crop season of 1938-39 saw
i6,000 Gulf coast acres planted
tc flax, and the prospect for
1939-40 is between one and two
hundred thousand acres planted
D> the crop.
In the face of the conviction
of many that flax was not a crop
which could be raised in Texas,
parcels of flax seed from Argen-
tina were brought in and dis-
tributed them among farming
friends throughout the State. The
results of these private experi-
mental plots was so encouraging
that the A & M College of Texas
became interested in them, and
eventually undertook to do some
experimental work at the various
Gulf Coast Experimental Stations.
These experiments, carried out
with scientific precision, were so
successful that flax was establish-
ed as a most desirable winter crop
for Gulf Coast planting. As a
cash crop, it replaced farm income
reduced by restriction of cotton
acreage, and it provided a needed
diversification.
Today, a large cotton oil firm
has put 2 of its mills to crushing
flaxseed, and the oil produced is
said to be of better quality and
more abundant than the oil deriv-
ed from the flaxseed of the Mid-
dle West, formerly the chief North
American source of supply.
So, now, if you please, Texas
farmers have another cash crop
on their farms, one Texas indus-
try has broadened its scope by
processing the new crop, and
another Texas industry is sup-
plied with one of its manufactur-
ing resources from a supply at
home.
Protect Quail
Through Winter
By Feeding
Now is the time for landowners
to start thinking about feeding,
quail during the rugged days of
winter. With a marked increase
in bobwhites being reported from
most sections of Texas, it is more
necessary than ever to leave food
standing for these birds, it is
pointed out by the Executive Sec-
retary of the Game Department.
A few rows of grain left standing
at the field edges, close to natural
cover, is the best insurance pos-
sible for carrying over the game
and insectivorous birds.
Emergency feeding is not near-
ly as effective as proper prepara-
tion against food shortages, the
Executive Secretary pointed out.
One of the best plans is that of
leaving small grains near the ed-
ges of the fields. Hundreds of
farmers in Texas are building
shelters for quail under the super-
vision of the Game Department
and all indications are that quail
are in for a healthy cycle in Tex-
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