Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, November 21, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 30
FSA Detailing Three
More Employees
To Zavala County
It was learned today that the Farm
Security Administration is detailing
three employees from other county
offices, in Texas, to serve in the Za-
vala County office at Crystal City.
About four weeks ago, Mr. W. L.
Johnson, Supervisor at Large from
State Office of Farm Security Ad-
ministration, in Dallas, arrived at
Crystal City and opened a temporary
office on the 2nd floor of Zavala
County Courthouse to handle the La
Pryor Tenant Purchase Sub-division.
Mr. Johnson has been receiving ap-
plications for farm purchase loans
from tenant farmers, sharecroppers
and farm laborers.
In order to speed up all phases of
work connected with family selec-
tion, farm and home plans, sub-divi-
sion of farms, etc., it has become
necessary to bring help from other
counties to assist with this work.
Mr. E. L. Tanner, who has been
on duty at Jourdanton, Texas, will
arrive at Crystal City, Monday, No-
vember 24th., for duty as Acting
County Supervisor of Zavala Coun-
ty.
Supervisor of Home Management
Plans Miss Schneider, who has also
been on duty at Jourdanton, Texas,
will arrive in Crystal City on Mon-
day, November 24th to serve as
Acting Supervisor of Home Man-
agement Plans for Zavala County.
It is also anticipated that a clerk-
typist will be detailed here within
the next few days for duty in the Za-
vala County FSA office.
In addition to handling Tenant
Purchase work in this County, Mr.
Tanner will also service the Rural
Rehabilitation loans that have been
made in Zavala County, which, at
the present time are being handled
by J. Temple Evans, County RR
Supervisor at Eagle Pass.
Mr. Johnson stated that when all
the families have been selected for
Tenant Purchase loans with which
to purchase farms in the La Pryor
Sub division and these families have
selected their farms, he will return
to the State office in Dallas for as-
signment to duty elsewhere.
-WGD-
Advertisers Using
Paper This Week
The Sentinel has been contending
that the newspaper is a better adver-
tising medium than circulars. This
week there are several new ads in
the paper. We know you will read
the ads, but do us and the merchant
a favor by telling him you read the
ad. If the public would do this small
thing we ask, it would not be long
until all merchants would use the
paper instead of littering your prem-
ises with circulars, and the paper
would also be greatly improved for
your convenience.
Tell the merchants you read their
ads.
-WGD-
APPRECIATES COOPERATION
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 21, 1941
No. 29
TURKEY DINNER SATURDAY
Supt. S. H. Fly desires to express
for himself, the school, faculty and
pupils, appreciation to the Lions
Club and those business firms that
made it possible to have the sound
truck at the football game Friday.
It was a big help in creating inter-
est in the game.
-WGD-
Weather Report .
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
J. B. Holdsworth, Observer
Thur.
Nov. 13, to Wed. Nov.
19, Inch
Temp.
Precip.
Min.
Max.
Thur.
45
75
Fri.
54
77
Sat.
48
83
Sun.
50
84
Mon.
60
87
Tue,
70
87 -
T
Wed.
72
82
0.00
AV.
TEMP.,
69.6 degrees — 9.4
higher than last week.
AV. REL. HUMIDITY: 64 percent
—14 higher.
WIND: Light to gentle SE. 3-13
m.p.h.; av. 6.1 m.p.h.—.4 more.
REMARKS: Partly cloudy to
douly with light intermittent rain
Tuesday.
The Cemetery Association will
have the annual turkey dinner at
the Community building Saturday,
Nov. 22.
The price this year is to be 75c a
plate and the ladies say there is
some complaint about the price.
They explain this by calling atten-
tion to higher cost of food, having to
pay a tax, and also they are buying
all food this year instead of solicit-
ing donations as in previous years.
As a matter of fact, the ladies are
serving this dinner to try end raise
a little money to help carry on the
work of keeping the cemetery clean,
etc. They have to have some money,
so we think the public understands
that and one had much rather pay
75c and enjoy a good dinner than to
pay a solicitor 50c or $1.00. Most peo-
ple are glad, we believe, that the la-
dies take this means of getting a
part of the money they have to have.
Let’s give them the biggest patron-
age this year they have ever had.
-WGD-
County TB Ass’n.
Elects Officers
The Zavala County Tuebrculosis
Association held its annual meeting
in the Grammar School auditorium
in Crystal City Tuesday evening. A
goodly number were present. Presi-
dent A. C. Mayhew called the meet-
ing to order. A report from the treas-
urer, Mrs. Ruth Bidelspacher, was
given showing a small balance in the
treasury.
This was the time for election of
officers, and there being no nomi-
nating committee, nominations were
made from the floor and the follow-*
ing officers were elected:
President, Mrs. S. R. Ward.
Vice-President, Mrs. Paul Ehlers.
Secretary, Mrs. Ernestine Golibart.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Smith.
The program for the aviming wa*
in charge of County Health Nurse
Mrs. Golibart. First, was the show-
ing of a sound picture of activities
of the National Tuberculosis Asso-
ciation. Then Dc. Evan C. Bourdon,
director of Tri-County Health Unit,
gave tuberculosis statistics for Za-
vala County the past year, to-wit:
Deaths, 23
Active Cases, 21
a. Cases in Sanatorium, 7
b. Cases awaiting Sanatori-
um care, 5
c. Cases too far advanced for
sanatorium care, 5
d. Aliens, 3
e. Cases in private sanatori-
um, 1.
Cases returned from sanatorium, 8
Cases under Pneumothorax treat-
ment, 1.
Cases in Burr cottages, 3.
Skin testing;
a. No. tested, 745
b. No. positive reactions, 345
X-Ray clinic of November, 1940:
a. No. X-Rayed, 117
b. No. active cases found, 15.
Dr. Bourdon explained that the 23
deaths in Zavala county was at the
rate of nearly 300 deaths per 100,000
population as compared with only
52 in the United States as a whole.
However, progress is being made.
Dr. C. A. Poindexter was called
and he compared .conditions now
with what they were when he came
to the county several years ago, and
saw much to be grateful for. He
praised the county health nurse for
the excellent work she is doing; also
for the splendid cooperation from
the Tri-County Health Unit. He was
sure all the doctors and nurses would
cooperate and solicited the coopera-
tion of the public in helping to im-
prove health conditions among the
Mexican population. It is largely a
matter of education, and all Can help.
We need more hospital facilities and
the Legislature will appropriate
money for this if enough pressure is
brought to bear. He also said the in-
dividual citizen will buy tubercu-
losis seal stamps as readily as they
join the Red Cross if the matter is
properly presented.
Dr. Tiner and Father Blown said
something should be done about the
poor housing conditions of laborers,
but they had no plan to suggest.
* It was agreed that a seal sale cam-
paign will be made this year to start
right away.
Mrs. Ward pledged her best efforts
in behalf of the association the com-
ing year.
-WGD-
—Typewriter ribbons, Sentinel office
Calls Coining Fast
In Draft Program
The following six men left Tues-
day morning for Fort Sam Houston:
Arnulfo de la Rosa, Andrew Sidney
Jones, Albert Salos Salinas, Rosendo
Salazar, William Aubrey VanCleve
and George Franco, Jr.
The Board has a call for 25 men
on November 24th for physical ex-
amination prior to induction for
those accepted, to go 20 to 30 days
after acceptance.
There is a call for December 1st
for Weldon Edwin Carson, and Ray-
mond Carter James. These boys have
already been examined by the Army
Examining Board and accepted.
Then there is another call for De-
cember 10th for 13 men, to be sent
without prior army examination.
-WGD--
ARTHUR B. MAYHEW
TALKS AT ROTARY
Rotarians had the pleasure Mon-
day of hearing once again their old
friend, Arthur B. Mayhew of Uvalde.
Mr. Mayhew who had recently re-
turned from an extended trip to tne
East and through the New England
States brought the Club an interest-
ing and instructive talk on what he
had seen and heard during his trav-
els.
The trip took eight weeks, and
among the points visited were Wash-
ington, New York and Boston. Mr.
i Mayhew also spent several days at
| the Babson Instutute, where Mr.
Babson the nationally known econ-
omist gave a series of talks. Many of
the things which Mr. Mayhew had
heard during his visit were passed
on to his hearers in Crystal City, and
La Pryor FSA
Tenant Purchase
Program Progresses
W. L. Johnson, Supervisor at I
Large for Farm Security Adminis-
tration, reports rapid progress is be-
ing made with the Tenant Purchase
work in the La Pryor Sub-division.
He reports that G. C. Ellisor, Re-
gional Tenant Purchase Chief; S. M.
Crutchfield, Tenant Purchase Ap-
praiser and District Supervisor E. B.
Patterson have spent three days here
this week completing preliminary
work in connection with dividing the
5500 acres now under option by
Farm Security Administration, near
La Pryor, Texas into family-type
farms.
Within the next few days selection
Of families will be made and then
these families will select their farms.
After this has been completed, the
families that are selected will be as-
sisted with working out sound farm
and home management plans for
their particular farms.
Mr. Johnson further stated that he
is still accepting applications from
eligible farm families who may be
interested in becoming farm owners
in this sub division. Application may
be made at FSA office, 2nd floor,
Zavala County Courthouse in Crys-
tal City.
-WGD-
Crystal City Lions
Club Gets Charter
C. L. SPACER
No extension of time has been
granted for completing practices un-
der the 1941 Range Conservation.
The Zavala County Committee rec-
ommended to the State Committee
that additional time be granted for
building tanks and carrying out oth-
er practices. The State Office on the
basis of requests from this County
and from other Southwest Texas
counties asked the Soutnorn Divi-
sion for the extension, however it
Tuesday night was Charter Night
for the Crystal City Lions Club. The
so the message which he brought meeting was held in the Community
was not only unusual but quite in-j Building and there were visiting
formative. Investments were di .Lions from all over District 2A.
cussed in the light of present worl i City Manager L. L. Williams gave
Material Arriving
For Packing Shed
J. G. Juvenal reported at Chamber
of Commerce meeting Wednesday
that three carloads of lumber for
packing shed had arrived, that car-
penters are ready, tracks had been
raised to proper level; also that
three-car shed can be converted into
a nine-car shed if needed. He report-
ed others had agreed to plant some
l^fcyce, but advised that lettuce
should not be planted after Dec. 1st.,
because it would come off too late in
the spring.
Mr. Juvenal said he just had a re-
port from Salinas, California, and
they had shipped 29,000 carloads of |didi not receive approval. To receive
lettuce the past year It is a town not j payment under the 1941 pr >gram
much larger than Crystal City but
ships produce on a basis of 40,000
carloads a year. He is of the opinion
that if lettuce expreiments here
prove satisfactory it may be we will
be back on the road to a great in-
dustry, even better than spinach.
Someone called attention to a 5-
acre plat of tomatoes at the Experi-
ment Station that is producing 2,000
bushels of tomatoes. At the present
price of tomatoes that means a lot
of money.
Dr. Poindexter reported on the
meeting of the Zavala County Tu-
berculosis Association. He praised all
health agencies and said this organ-
ization has promise of becoming a
vital factor in getting the public
health conscious. He said we should
support it as we do the Red Cross.
-won-
ANNUAL THANKSGIVING UNION
CHURCH SEVICES AT CHURCH
OF THE NAZARF.NE NOV. 27th
conditions, and also from the point
of view of possible developments
after the war.
Athur B. Mayhew’s interest in the
Crystal City Rotary Club goes back
over fifteen years, for he was the
man chiefly responsible for its form-
ation in 1926. Since that time his
son, Ancil Mayhew, has come to
Crystal City, made his home here,
and been not only a member of the
local Rotary Club, but its Secretary
and later its president. Thus Arthur
B. Mayhew has had a number of
good reasons for his interest in the
local club, and he showed it in his
visit on Monday. The members for
their part enjoyed his being there.
the welcoming address to the new
cli^f and visiting Lions. Rev. A. A.
Carter gave the invocation. Mrs. Cy
Tate sang “Saint Louis Blues,” and
Miss Margare Jay sang, “Come to
the Fair.” The address of the evening
was by R. L. Elliott whose subject
was “Don’t Sell America Short,” a
very timely subject and greatly ap-
preciated. Jeanette Holsomback was
introduced as the club’s sweetheart.
Mauris (Butch) Barton was local
chairman and Herbert Petry of Car-
rizo Springs, Zone Chairman. Toast-
master for the occasion was Ray
Keeton of Austin. District Governor
Andrew J. Smith of San Antonio,
presented the charter to Grady Fly
in 1933-1934 he was a Director of
Rotary International.
Other visitors at the Club on Mon-
day were: John R. Fullmer, Minister
for the Church of Christ. Crystal
City, and Ernest Briars of Rochester,
!N. Y.
-WGD--
Time for Completing
Range Tanks Will
Not Be Extended
In 1928-1929 Mr. Mayhew was Dis--Mercer, president of the new Crystal
trict Governor of this District, and City Club.
It was a momentous occasion and
greatly enjoyed by the 70-odd guests
present.
Charter members of the new club
are: J. M. Smith, G. F. Mercer, M. K.
Sparks, George Armstrong* Monte
Harp, J. F. McCreless, Vernon
Haynes, A. J. Barkhause, Harold
Harkey, C. C. Chrismier, M. U. Bar-
ton, J. D. Pointer, W. F. Cain, W. W.
Blackstone, Dan Sloan, H. William-
son, M. D. Ray, H. C. Barker, and
E. Q. Blair.
-WGD--
WORKERS SHOULD SEE THAT
THEY HAVE PROPER SOCIAL
SECURITY CREDIT RECORDS
If a worker is employed by an in-
dividual or firm which he knows
does not have a record of his social
security account number, it is the
duty of the employee to call the em-
ployer’s attention to this oversight.
The employer must have the work-
er's account number in order to
make his quarterly wage report to
the Collector of Internal Revenue;
and unless the employer has a record
of the workers' account number or
unless it is secured later, no credit
can be given to the worker for the
wages paid him during that quarter.
Furthermore, if the employer
sends in his quarterly wage report
with the name of the worker with-
out his account number, it causes
additional expense to the employer
and to the Social Security Board be-
cause the account number must be
secured and recorded on the report
Wage credits are posted to the
worker’s social security account
number, and unless the account num-
ber accompanies the employer's
wage report, the worker stands to
lose his credits. This eventually may
result in his losing at least part of
his old-age and survivors insurance
benefits.
(Continued on page 4)
i *
Arrangements have been made to
hold the Annual Union Church
Thanksgiving services at the Church
of The Nazarene on Thursday morn-
ing, November 27, at 10:00 o’clock
with the Rev. T. R. Eider, Pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church bring-
ing the Thanksgiving Message.
Let Americans ever be reminded
that the original purpose of the day
was strictly for a special season of
pryer and thanksgiving to Al-
mighty God for the benefits of His
Providential Care for the people.
Surely in these disquieting times
every American ought to be very
grateful for our unparalled privil-
eges and opportunities.
A cordial Invitation is extended to
everyone who will to come and wor-
ship in this Service of Thanksgiving.
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE.
-WGD-
WPA LUNCH ROOM
OPENED FOR PUPILS
The County Office of the Zavala
County A. C. A. has been informed
that an extension of time for com-
pleting range tanks cannot be al-
lowed.
Every effort was made by the
County Committee to obtain an ex-
tra month for completing tanks.
Judge Mogford met personally with
the State Committee in behalf of
Zavala County ranchers but all ef-
forts failed.
We urge the ranchers to make
every effort to complete their range
compliance.
-WGD-
AUGUST HEMPKEN
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
August Hempken, 58, died Thurs-
day morning at his home at Winter
Haven of a heart attack.
Mr. Hempken was a member of the
Sacred Heart Church of Crystal City
and was president of the Catholic
Action Council of the church. He is
survived by his widow and a daugh-
ter at Jarrel, Texas.
Funeral arrangements had not
been made Thursday afternoon.
-WGD-
Lon Wiley was among those who
left this week for Arizona where
he is with a contractor who is build-
ing NYA houses. Mrs. Wiley and
children remained here.
HE
:
A WPA lunch room was opehed at
the Grammar School Tuesday!
Lunches were served to 97 pupils the
first day and more each day since.
Most of the food products are fur-
nished through the WPA but those
who produce to spare are urged to
contribute it to the lunch room,
which is proving a great help to the
pupils who patronize it.
-WGD-
Boy Scouts Enjoy
“Kabob” Supper
Last Thursday evening Crystal
City Boy Scouts and friends enjoyed
a "Kabob” supper at Happy Hollow.
This was the occasion when the
losing ranch boss in the recent scout
finance drive was to have his shirt
tail cut off. Bob Pipes was the los-
ing boss and E. Mortensen, the win-
ning boss, was to cut off Bob's shirt,
but a few days previous Bob went to
Mrs. Mortensen end borrowed one
of her husband's shirts, so Morten-
sen cut off his own shirt tail. They
had lots of fun.
Bill Casey is the new Scoutmaster
and he has four assistants. Bill Bren-
nan is in charge of hiking; Bob
Pipes, camping; Robert Parr, indoor
activities and Jack Barton keeps all
records. These five men, with the
assistance of Jim Griffis, scout field
executive, hope to revive new and
greater interest in scouting. They
hope to reorganize the scout troops
and will start a cub program.
The soouts will meet every Thurs-
day evening at 6:30 at the scout hut
-WQIP--
—Now is a mighty good time to re-
new your subscription to the Sen-
tinel.
—Typewriter ribbons, Sentinel officr
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ranchers will need to complete their
practices on or before November
30th. Due to the fact that only a few
days remain in which to earn pay-
ments. many ranchers will not be
able to take full advantage of the
1941 program.
• •
At a meeting of the La Pryor 4 H
Club on Monday, Hal Jessee was
elected president; Lester Kite, vice-
president; Marvin Dube, secretary-
treasurer and Robert Couser, parlia-
mentarian. These boys have made
outstanding records in their club
work and are pointing to another
successful year. Hal and his brother,
Johnnie, have three calves on feed.
Lester is feeding out a litter of pigs.
Marvin has two calves and is plan-
ning on feeding some pigs soon and
Robert has two calves on feed. Oth-
er members of the Club who have
demonstrations are: Jack Gates, 2
lamsb; Bobby Reynolds, one calf;
Ralph Speer, one calf: Homer Speer,
one calf; Jimmy Gregory, two
calves; Ray Trees, two lambs; Her-
bie Butler, two calves; and Lennis
Gilbert, two lambs. Members who
have not yet started their demonstra-
tions include W. H. Edwards, Lauris
(Continued on page 8)
-WGD--
Home Demonstrate.
Agent
SARAH N ASTIN
Miss Annie Jay and Mrs. Paul Eh-
lers met with the home demonstra-
tion agent to complete plans for the
Zavala County home demonstration
club program for 1942.
* *
Miss Sarah N. Astin, County home
demonstration agent, attended a
training school for home demonstra-
tion agents at Pearsall Monday, No-
vember 17th. At this time Miss Grace
Neely, food preservation specialist,
gave the agents the latest informa-
tion on Foods and Methods of pres-
ervation. Miss Astin attended the
demonstration on preparing foods
for frozen locker plants and also pre-
paring frozen foods for table use
given by Miss Grace Neely at Devine
Tuesday, November 18th.
* •
Mr. Roy Snyder, animal industries
specialist for Extension Service,
spent Wednesday and Thursday in
Crystal City giving demonstrations
on killing, cutting and curing meats.
Wednesday afternoon Mr. Snyder
killed a lamb, hog and chicken. In
connection with the demonstration,
Mr. Snyder explained about diseases
and parasites. In the chicken demon-
stration the specialist showed the
group how to bone a chicken.
On Thursday Mr. Snyder cut up
the animals killed on Wednesday af-
ternoon and killed and boned a tur-
key.
People who failed to see these
demonstrations certainly missed
very interesting and educational
demonstrations.
Miss Astin will demonstrate the
canning of chicken to the La Pryor
home demonstration women Tues-
day, November 25th. This meeting
will be in the home of Mrs. R. K.
Miller.
• •
Miss Bennie Campbell. District
home demonstration agent, will
spend Friday, November 21. with
Miss Astin going over plans of work
for 1942.
••
“Fall Proof” Your Home”
Safety in the home is mostly good
sense and good housekeeping, says
Bernice Claytor, Extension Service
Specialist in home improvement, in
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