Jim Hogg County Enterprise (Hebbronville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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JIM HOGG COUNTY’S ONLY NEWS PAPER — HEBBRONVILLE, TEXAS Thursday, August 21, 1941
Number 15
ReynosaMonterrey
Highway Ope nig
InternationalAffair
With the Texas Mexican border
region generally becoming more
tourist-travel conscious, the South
Texas Chamber of Commerce noted
today, setting of dates for celebrating
the opening of the new Keynosa-Mon-
terrey highway has turned attention
anew to general improvement and ex-
tension of travel arteries from the
border to the Mexican interior. The
South Texas Chamber has an interna,
tional relations bureau, with co-
chairmen in Laredo, Texas, and Mon-
terrey, Mexico.
McAllen has taken the lead among
Texas cities preparing for the Sep-
tember 19-21 celebration of complet-
ion of the highway which puts that
city within 3ft hours’ driving time of
the Nuevo Leon capital. Festivities,
beginnnig at McAllen on the 19th,
will continue at Reynosa and other
points along the road and be con-
cluded at Monterrey on the 21st.
Executive Vice President Ray Lee-
man of the regional chamber has been
informed.
Meanwhile other Texas border
Edward G. Robinson, Marlene
Dietrich and George Raft are the
co-starring trio of “Manpower”, the
new picture that will be shown at
the Texas Theatre Thursday and Fri-
day August 28 and 29. With this
triple-threat star grouping, and ex-
citing story by ace scripters Jerry
Wald and Richard Macaulay, and
materful direction by Raoul Walsh
director of such recent hits as “High
Sierra”, and “Strawberry Blonde”,
“Manpower” stacks up as entertain-
ment-plus.
The new him is set against a back-
ground of the Pacific Coast night’s
where the hard-boiled linemen relax
between dangerous jobs of adjusting
high tension power lines. Second
home for most of them is the cheap
and joyful Club “28”, where they
are entertained by the B-Girls( dance
hall hostesses), and forget the dan-
gers of their daily life. It is a close
little fraternity, the men bonded to-
gether by the hazards of their job.
Closest of these bonds is that be-
tween the two characters portrayed
points from Brownsville to Eagle jby Raft and Robinson. In a crashing
Pass report progress on roads that
soon will be heavily traveled routes
into Mexico. Laredo, of course, al-
realy has the Pan-American highway
and during July reported an all-time
high in tourist travel when 5,831
motor vehicles carried approximately
20,600 persons into Mexico.
Advices from Brownsville say that
work is proceeding on the $1,600,000
Matamoros-Victoria highway. Money
is reported “in hand’ ’for construc-
tion on this road, which will open an-
other route from the border to Mex-
ico City.
Word comes from Del Rio and
Eagle Pass that the Mexican govern-,
ment is working on the Piedras Ne -
gras-Saltillo highway, which is ex-
pected to be in condition for motor
travel late this year. In fact, natives
already use the road. Piedras Negras
is opposite Eagle Pass. Del Rio re-
ports work on a project to have a
highway from Villa Acufta, across the
border from del Rio, to connect with
the Piedras Negras-Saltillo road.
‘Manpower’ At
Texas Stacks Up
As Entertainment
electric storm, as they are dealing
with hot wires, Raft is knocked un-
conscious and Robinson attempting
to savehim , receives a permanent leg
injury. Raft in turn, drags him to
safety. When he recovers, the two
men are closer than ever.
XXXXXXXXX
PVT. HENRY A. FRYE OF
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
THANKS THE ENTERPRISE
x 644 Post Office Building
r Louisville, Kentucky
x August 12, 1941
x Sirs.
x I wish to thank you very
x much for the Enterprise. It
X keeps me informed of the hap
x penings of home which per-
x sonal letters do not reach. *
x I am located at the Recruit x
x ing Service in Louisville which x
x is the headquarters for the x
x western Kentucky and south- x
x em Indiana Induction district x
x for the selective service draft x
x ees. Also for the flying cadets x
X and regular army enlistees, x
x So far, of what I have seen of x
x it, I like the army and my po- x
x sition. x
x Perhaps it would be inter- x
x eating to note that I spend my x
x leisure hours at a Service Club x
x made possible for the enlisted x
x men of the armed force by the x
x city of Louisville. Here men x
x can relax and read and enjoy "t
x music or if he wishes he may x
x enjoy himself in games of x
x pool, ping-pong or bowling.He x
x is honored by special invita- x
x tion to witness athletic events x
x or stage shows as well as to x
x participate in dances which x
x are occassionally held. x
x This gift brings many recol- x
x lections of our home town x
X which is missed and only a x
x paper could do so, so may I x
x again thank you. x
X Sincerely yours, x
x Pvt. Henry A. Frye x
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Mrs. George H. Edds, August 16th.
Dick Holbein, August 18. .
Mrs. P. B. Harbison, August 19.
Then Dietrich comes into their
lives. She plays the daughter of one
of the older linemen, and no better
a B-girls than she should be.She has
just come out of the penitentiary,
and soon after her release her father
is killed on the job. Robinson, whose
character in the film is that of a
simple, vigorous soul without too
(Efye jl&ushtees arti»
of ^HcbbronoiUe
The Rotary Club has perfected a plan whereby this community will
have available the equivalent of a well organized Chamber of Com-
merce and this without any material cost to the business
houses or individuals of our city.
Mr. W. S. Parks of the W. S. Parks Abstract Co., here has
concented to serve as Chairman of the “Chamber of Commerce”
committee, who will serve as the equivalent of a Secretary-Manager.
This, office will handle all correspondence and detail work in the fun-
ction of a duly organized Chamber.
It will be the purpose of this Office to ever keep HEBBRONVILLE
“in the fore” and in touch with things worth while from a com-
munity standpoint. Citizens are requested to keep in touch with this
office in connection wtih rent properties, houses, appartmentn etc.,
which are available to incoming families; a complete record of pro-
perties will be kept in the order in whchi they are listed as vacant.
Another service of this office will be to get facts about availability
of things calculated to enhance the future of our community — and
to work and to make plans to secure those very things which will
mean so much in building a bigger and better place in which to lvei.
Still another function of this office will be to keep in touch with
all Utilities and ascertain the names of all new commers, both in-
dividuals and business firms and to address a letter to each extend-
ing a cordial welcome to our community life. All citizens are re-
quested to report to this office any knowledge of new drilling Oper-
ations or incoming families or business firms so as to facilitate prompt
ly making contacts. The Chamber files will be open to the business
firms of Hebbronville.
The fundamental purpose of this office is to render a real COM-
MUNITY SERVICE and we believe that with the cooperation of the
cRyzenship it can become a factor in the continued growth and pros-
perity of Hebbronville. It is a ROTARY sponsored and maintained
Service and we ask that all aid in making it a permanent develop-
ment factor.
, Corlially yours,
CHAMBER COMMERCE Committee,
ROTARY CLUB,
Yaeger Stroman Bldg.
Hebbronville, Texas.
DR. C. E. EVANS
MRS MARIE NOCKER
CHIEF OPERATOR OF
LOCAL TELEPHONE
Mr. E. P. Seaman, Field Super-
visor of Commercial and Traffic for
the Del Rio A Winter Garden Tele-
phone Co. of Del Rio has been in
the city for several days and an-
nounces the following changes in the
local office effective August 20th.
Mrs. Marie Nocker has been trans-
ferred from Sabinal, Texas to Heb-
bronville to take the place of Mrs.
Hazel Snow who has resigned. Mrs.
Snow will remain in the local office
much insight, feels sorry for her, and [ until September 1st assisting Mrs.
over his friend’s hard-bitten protests
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she plays up on him. She decides, j _-—.—-
since he will not have anything to do j ROTARY NOTES
marries her. They set up housekeep-
ing in a small apartment.
Raft, injured in an accident, comes
to stay with them and recuperate.
Nocker.
The remainder of the local organ-
ization will remain the same.
Mrs. Nocker will be Chief Oper-
ator and Commercial Representative
as Mrs. Snow
with her and she doesn’t love Robin-
son, that she may as well go back to
her old work. She goes to the club
to ask the proprietor if she can have
a job at his place in Chicago. While
she is there, the place is raided and
she goes to jail.
Raft hears about it and hurries
down to the jail to get her out before
Robinson finds out. Furious and dis-
gusted with her, he slapR her down a
flight of stairs, makes her promise to
go back to her husband. Mut, doter-
The Hebbronville Rotary Club met
at the iggo Hotel August 19th a*
12:16. President Lee Chapman pre-
siding and Aaron Hayes acting Sec-
retary.
A. G. Hayes Chairman of Com-
munity Service had program which
was devoted primarily to proposed
projects for Rotary Year.
Formation of Chamber of Com-
merce Committee with W. S. Parks
SENSATIONAL EXPAN
SION IN U. S. ARMY
^?LtCLbf. she te,ls h*m’, Dh^ey1 ns embers* was ^w>roved by the
Club. The purpose of this Committee
that she loves Raft.
Murder in his heart, Robinson
rushes out in a storm to find Raft
The ensuing clash has all the fury of
a strong friendship turned to hate,
and makes a thrilling finish to the
powerful dramatic story.
BROOKS JIM WELLS
DAIRY HERD ANNUAL
MEETING ON SEPT. 6
is clearly stated in letter appearing
in this issue of the Enterprise. A
copy of letter will be mailed to all
business firms of Hebbronville.
P. W. Minter charged all new
Club members.
Hal Ellsworth and R. C. Walters
of Laredo, Also J. L. Bates of Cor-
pus Christ! were visiting Rotarians
at this week’s meeting.
The annual meeting of the Brooks-
Jim Wells Dairy Herd Improvement
Association will be held on the Ar-
thur Weid farm, one mile South of
Crestonio in Duval County on Satur-
day, September 6.
An interesting program for the
day has been arranged, beginning at
10:00 A. M. Several outstanding
leaders in the dairy business will be
present to take part in the program.
All dairymen and their families and
others interested in dairying are in-
;vited to attend.
Everyone bring a basket lunch.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
At a special meeting August 20,
the school board adopted a tentative
buget for the school year 1941-42.
Members of the school board will be
present at the tax assessors office in
the court house Saturday, August 23,
at 2:30 o’clock to explain the budget
to any interested tax-payer or patron
of the district.
John G. Baylor,
President of School Board
Paisley Livingston
Tuesday.
Sensational expansion in the Air-
plane Industry of the United States
is reflected in the very frequent an-
nouncement of the War Department
of the building of new manufacturing
plants, the expansion of others, new
assembly plants and new contracts
let for parts, instruments and other
airplane supplies, Lt. Col Laurence
H. Hanley, District Recruiting Of-
ficer at Fort Sam Houston said today
Among the most recent announce-
ments was the information that after
many intricate changes of machines
and tools and the tremendous job of
translating the British system of
measurement into the system we em-
ploy, the famous Rolls Royce air-
plane engine is now in production by
the Packard Automobile Co.
In order to keep pace with produc-
tion the War Department is announc
ing the construction of schools one
after another, basic, primary and ad-
vanced in which pilots are being and
will be truined to skilfully fly every
plane manufactured. To some extent
the schools are scattered over the en-
tire country, but California and
Texas, especially Texas, has a large
number of these schools Col. Hanley
said. The most recent information
announced thq letting of contracts for
the construction of a Twin Engined
Bombardier School at Midland, Texas
at a cost of $2,800,000.00 and an
Advanced Twin Engine Flying School
at Columbus, Miss.
In order to keep pace with the
delivery of combat planes ground
crews arc being stepped up to round
out a well balunced air force. New
schools are being established and old
ones expanded in which 100,000 Air
Corps technicians are to be trained
annually.
The momentum of the whole move-
ment is so great that more and more
young men are taking notice and ap-
parently recognizing the future for
them in this great industry and are
therefore enlisting as Aviation Cadets
to secure all training possible along
this line and at the same time pre-
paring themselves to serve their coun
try in wrat may be its greatest hour
of need.
In towns where a few months ago
from 1 to 4 youths would file ap-
plications to become Aviation Cadets
upon the visit of a Recruiting Officer
in at least four of these same towns
upon recent visits of advanced agents
of Aviation Cadet Examining Boards,
from 26 to 40 aplications have been
received.
Thirty years president of Texas’
leading teacher training institutions
—that is the record of Dr. C. E.
Evans, who completes his thirtieth
year at Southwest Texas Teachers
College at San Marcos this week.
Appointed in 1911 to suceed T. G.
Harris as head of the Normal school
at San Marcos, President Evans has
seen the Normal become a college,
the school plant expanded many times
its original size, and the enrollment
more than trebled. He will begin his
thirty-first year of service next month
when the fall term opens.
THREE LOCAL BOYS TO
LEAVE FOR TRAINING
CAMP ON SEPTEMBER
State Selective Service Headquar-
ters today announced the Army’s
twenty-third and twenty-fourth calls
on Texas’ 351 local boards for 2,671
trainees.
On the twenty-third call 2,227
white trainees will be sent to induc-
tion stations during the period Sep-
tember 23 through September 30.
On September 22, to fill the twenty-
fourth call, 344 colored trainees will
report for induction.
According to General J. Watt
Page, State Selective Service Director
Texas has been called upin to furnish
36,202 trainees since the first call
last November. The total number call
ed, he said, has been pro-rated among
white and colored registrants on a
basis of total registration as follows:
30,505 white trainees and 5,697
colored trainees.
According to the Local Board 3
local boys will be called for induction
in September from Hebbrpnville,
Dorothy Dahso of Woodsboro and
Alice Fay Kitley of Austin are visit-
ing Marian and Josephine Yaeger.
Local Home
Defense Guard
Gets 26 Rifles
It is announced by Captain Doyle
R. Avant that Co. “E" of Hebbron-
ville receied 26 rifles Tuesday morn-
ing from the State of Texas. These
rifles are equipped with gun slings,
bayonets and ten rounds of ammuni-
tion to be used for target practice.
However, it is planned to prepare a
sub-caliber range for target practice
within a short time, whereby the mem
bers of the Compan may obtain train
ing in shooting. With the rifles just
received, supplemented by privately
owned arms, our Home Defense unit
is in position to take care of any
emergency that might arise.
WPA Classes For
Adults Good Op-
portuity For Many
The WPA Adult Night School
Faculty desires to announce that all
persons interested in takisg classes
in English, Government and various
other subjects are welcomed and ur-
ged to do so.
This should especially interest
those persons who have made ap-
plication for American Citizenship
and draftees. This project is being
endorsed by The Texas Defense
Guard, American Legion and The
Hebbronville Public Schools.
Members of Night School Faculty.
GOV. COKE STEVENSON
TO DELIVER COMENCE-
MENT ADDRESS
Summer commencement exercises
August 26 will see degrees conferred
on aproximately 700 students at the
University of Texas.
Governor Coke Stevenson will de-
liver the commencement address to
the graduating class, in evening ex-
ercises on the terrace of the Univer-
sity’s Main Building.
On Sunday evening preceding com-
mencement, baccalaureate services
will be held, the sermon to be deliver
ed by Rabbi Newton J. Friedman,
new rabbi of Temple Beth-Itrael at
Austin and director of the Hillel
Foundation, Jewish student center,
Miss Robbie Gene Sutherland is
spending the week with her aunt Mrs
B. G. Anderson.
Weekly Report
OF OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT FOR JIM HOGG COUNTY AND
SURROUNDING TERRITORY
According to Scout Report Released By HARRY L. FANSLER
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COMPLETIONS FOR WEEK:—
MANILLA FIELD
Magnolia Pet. Co. No. 66, H. B.
Zachry, in Survey 267, which was re-
ported in this column, week before
last as producing a small quantity of
oil and abandoned, was finally com-
pleted as a producer, pumping T
bbls. per day. However this com
pletcd the drilling in this immediate
territory, and the rig which has been
drilling in that Survey, has been
moved out.
NEW LOCATIONS: —
JIM HOGG COUNTY WIDCAT
Sun Oil Co. No. 1, “B” Mrs.
Sarita K. East located 660 feet from
North line and 660 feet from East
line of Block 30, of the W. P. Allen
Subdivision of the Eastern portion of
El Randado.”
DEVELOPMENTS FOR WEEK:—
COLORADO FIELD
C. Andrade III No. 4, "E" K. G.
Martinez, located 330 feet from N.
line and 2310 feet East line of “E”
Lease, in Survey 37, drilling ahead,
at around 1000 feet.
Humble Oil A Refining Co., No.
27, “B” King Ranch, located £310
feet from South line and 4876 feet
from West line of Las Moritaa Grant
Spudded Aug, 4th, ran Jeep and
abandoned at total depth of 3003 ft.
Humble Oil & Refining Co. No. 28
“B” King Ranch, located 2310 feet
from South line and 3566 feet from
West line of Las Moritas Grant, Spud
ded August 9th, drilling ahead at
1000 feet.
V. F. Neuhaus No. 4 “F”, F. G.
Martinez, located 2310 ft. from S.
line and 2310 from East line Survey
37, Spudded Aug. 5th, encountered
broken sand at 2916-2927 feet and
is waiting on cement.
HENNE-WINCH & FARRIS FIELD
Jose Mhrtinez No. 1, A. A. Mar-
tinez, located 660 feet from West
Line and 660 feet from South line
of Block 4, Survey 256, Spudded on
July 31st cncoutered gas show at
450-459 and is shut down at 995 ft.
WILDCATS
Bid-Rich Oil Co. No. 1 C. Pala-
cios, located 330 feet from South lina
and 330 feet from West line of the
South half of Block 17, Survey 287,
were attempting to make test «f
sand around 2800 feet.
Bruce Clardy (Seaboard Oul Corp)
No. 1, A. L. East located 1787 ft.
from Southline and 467 fact fraaa
West line Block 27, Survey 68 eor»
ing at 2410 fact.
Plymouth OH Co., No. 2, O. F.
Sweeney 4840 feet from North Una
and 11,264 feet from Waste lina cf
6408 acre lease, drilling at St26 ft.
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