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State Observer
Capitol Station
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OUR STEAKS
The
Best in Town
Jack's Shack
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Zavala Count? Sentinel
WHERE
FOOD
and BEER
MEET
Jack's Shack
VOL. 33
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNTY, TEXAS, JULY 7, 1944
NO. 11
County Agent’s
Column
JACK ADAMS
All Extension workers were called
in to a State conference held at Col-
lege Station June 26, 27 and 28. The
purpose of the conference was to
bring all Extension workers up to
date on all phases of Extension work.
Three days of course, v/as insuf-
ficient time to cover the field suf-
ficiently but emphasis was put on
hot spots that have developed during
recent months. One of these is the
assistance in obtaining combines for
harvesting of grain crops over Tex-
as.
The farmers of Zavala County who
have grain sorghums to harvest and
cannot get a thresher to take care of
it, are urged to contact your county
agent. The emergency combine pro-
gram is set up to get custom com-
bine operators to move into critical
areas to save the crop, so if you have
grain to harvest and can’t get it cut,
get in touch with your county agent
as soon as you can, so arrangements
can be made to secure combines to
handle the emergency.
Texas Low on Roughage
Farmers over the state are busy
with many jobs these days, hut O. W.
Thompson, dairyman for the A. and
M. College Extension Service, says
that few jobs are as important to
the dairyman as hay making. We all
remember the severe shortage which
developed on protein concentrates
last winter, but Thompson says that
the real shortage in Texas is in good
roughage, and has been for a long
time. This shortage in roughage is
one of the chief reasons for Texas
ranking forty-fifth, fourth from the
bottom, among the forty-eight states
in average milk production per cow.
The dairy cow is so constructed
that she is able to handle large quan-
tities of roughages—therefore, she
is one of our most efficient animals
in converting cheap feeds into high
quality food. Ordinarily roughages
make up the cheapest part of our
dairy ration, therefore we should
feed all the roughage the cow will
consume, if we expect to get the
most economical production possible.
Too often we think of roughage
as just something to fill the old cow,
but this is not as it should be. The
roughage should be of high quality.
Much Texas hay is poor quality, of-
ten poorer than it need be, simply
because it was not cut at the right
stage of maturity. The hay plants
become course, stemmy, and unpala-
table after they are mature. They
also lose much of the nutritive or
feed value, thertfore they should be
cut as soon as possible after matur-
ty.
Good permanent pastures, tempo-
rary pastures, of sudan in the sum-
mer and small grain in the winter,
and silage, as well as hay, offer Tex-
as dairymen a source of good rough-
age. Most Texas dairymen can and
should substitute high quality rough-
age for a large portion of the grain
feed.
-WGD-
LT. NATHANIAL POND
WAS IN ALLIED INVASION
Had a letter this week from our
friend Fred Pond of Natalia, Texas,
saying: “Just heard from my boy
who made the invasion and is now in
France. Said he would write every-
thing in two weeks. Hadn’t heard
from him in two months.”
Lt. Nathanial Howard Pond has
been in the army 20 months. He was
made 2nd Lieutenant in seven
months after going in, and promoted
to 1st. Lieutenant April 2nd this
year. He was 22 years old in May,
and is in the Medical Det. Company.
He is w^l known in Zavala County,
his mother having lived in Crystal
City at one time.
Mr. Pond says his other son, Cpl.
Perry T. Pond, is stationed in Pana-
ma. He used to attend school in Crys-
tal City.
"Tell all my friends hello,” men-
tioning especially Willis Pond and
W. T. Childress. Said he would like
to come over and “see all of you but
don’t have much time. Have two
small irrigated farms here and truck
farming. My mother, Mrs. J. M.
Election Called To
Vote 5c Addit’l. Tax
In response to a petition signed by
109 legal voters, the Commissioers’
Court of Zavala County, at a recent
meeting, called an election for July
29, 1944, to vote on the proposition
of raising our tax rate 5c on the $100
valuation, as a means of supporting
the County health program.
The Court named the presiding
judges and polling places in each
voting precinct, to-wit:
Precinct No. 1, Batesville school
house; E. W. King, presiding judge.
Precinct No. 2, Loma Vista school
house; Leslie Brice, presiding judge.
Precinct No. 3, Cometa school
house; Frank Dunkle, presiding
judge.
Precinct No. 4, La Pryor school
house; Herbert F. Keller, presiding
judge.
Precinct No. 5, court house; R. A.
Taylor, presiding judge.
Precinct No. 6, Black residence;
Paul J. Black, presiding judge.
Precinct No. 7, Grammar School;
H. R. McNiel, presiding judge.
At the present time the County
health program is being paid jointly
from the county general fund, the
City of Crystal City and School Dis-
trict No. 7. The cost is $2,750, and
under the present set-up it is under-
stood the program would have to be
discontinued. The 5c tax raise would
provide about the same amount of
money and a permanent fund would
be set up to carry on the work.
Where the health program is un-
derstood, the idea of a 5c tax raise
seems to meet with general favor,
but no doubt there will be some op-
position; therefore the Sentinel in-
vites a discussion of the proposition
through its columns.
--WGD--
ELEVEN FROM COUNTY ATTEND
CRIPPLED CHILDREN’S CLINIC
AT UVALDE YESTERDAY
County Health Nurse Mrs Dennis
gave us the names of eleven from
Zavala County who expected to at-
tend the Crippled Children’s Clinic
held at Uvalde yesterday (Thursday)
to-wit:
Minerva Castillo, Alejandro Perez,
Lucia Conterras, Maria Trevino, Gil-
berto Boconegra, Dora Estrada, An-
esticia Pena, Roland Alivio, Pressley
Lee Van Zandt, Mary Hipp, Sarita
Zavala.
Most of the children were accom-
panied by either their mother or
father. Mrs. Dennis and three Rota-
rians, W. P. Brennan, Judge R. S.
Crawford and Rev. T. R. Elder, took
the group to Uvalde.
-WGD-
Weather Report
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
E. M. HOLDSWORTH, Observer
0.09
Average Temperature 83 9
June 1944
Avg. Temp....................... 84.7
Absolute Max. Temp. (26th) 100 9
Avg. Max. Temp. 95.8
Absolute Min. Temp. (6th) 65.0
Avg. Min Temp. ...... 73.6
Frosts ............... o
Days Freezing _________ 0
Avg. Rel Humidity 65%
Days T Pcpn. .................... 2
Days .01 Pcpn............... 4
Fogs .......... o
Amt. Pcpn................................ 2.95
Total Pcpn. since Jan. 1 13.10
Days Thunderstorm 2
Hailstorms o
Days Clear ........ 14
Days Partly Cloudy 14
Days Cloudy ........ 2
Prevailing Wind ..... SE
Northers ____________________________ 0
Avg. Wind Vel. . _____,_ 8
Max. Wind Vel. (22nd)_____15
-WGD-
EMPLOYERS MUST HIRE
MALE WORKERS THRU LOCAL
U. S. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Worker hungry War Plants all
over the United States are anxiously
awaiting the results of the War Man-
power Commission’s Priority Refer-
ral Program which went into effect
in the Crystal City Ureal office area
July 1, 1944. This program will make
it impossible for any employer in
this area to hire a male worker ex-
cept through the United States Em-
ployment Service,” C. C. Chrismier,
manager of the United States Em-
ployment Service, says. “Every em-
ployer, except agricultural employ-
ers, whether essential or not and re-
gardless of the number of employees,
is included in the plan.”
Mr. Chrismier said that communi-
ty or geographical “exclusions” were
not possible, but that in counties in
which no local offices of the USES
were located, certain arrangements
would be made to alleviate undue
hardships on both workers and em-
ployers. These arrangements, he said,
would possibly allow workers to
seek jobs within these county limits
without clearance through a USES
office.
“The whole purpose of the plan is
to ‘expose’ all male workers to the
most important war jobs in the Na-
tion,” he continued, “and to keep war
workers on their present jobs. Since
men are prepared to seek jobs only
through the USES, they will be of-
fered the most important job first.
It is expected that this pocedure will
be the means of staffing certain criti-
cal war plants which are now behind
schedule due to a lack of manpower.”
He appealed to employers, work-
ers and the community leaders at
large for cooperation in the operation
of the program and said, “Under Sec-
retary of War Patterson recently
made the statement ‘the decision to
inaugurate the program by the War
Manpower Commission was unani-
mous. All of us in the Commission
are well aware of difficulties the
Local Boy Killed
In France Invasion
Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Guardiola
received a telegram f rom the War
Department Wednesday saying their
son, Pfc Florcntino M Guardiola,
was killed in action on June 9th in
France.
Pfc. Florentino Guardiola was
with Company 1 of the 26th Infantry.
He was 20 years old and had been in
the service since February, 1942. His
parents live on West Kinney Street
in Crystal City. He has a brother,
Pvt. Lupe Guardiola, 25, who is in
New Guinea, and has also been in
service two years.
The parents and other loved ones
have the sympathy of the entire
community.
-WGD-
CPL. WILLARD LUNZ HELPED
GET PLANES READY FOR D-DAY
AN EIGHTH AAF FIGHTER
STATION, England.—Helping sup-
port the huge air umbrella that pro-
tects the Allied invasion from attack
by the Luftwaffe is Cpl. Willard
Lunz of Crystal City, Texas.
As a ground crew man at this P-30
Lightning fighter base he helped
prepare the twin-engined, twin-
boomed planes for their invasion
support assignments.
The planes had to be painted with
special black and white identification
stripes. Engines, guns, radio, instru-
ments and oxygen system had to be
in perfect condition for the big job.
The landing forces and their naval
escort bad to have every possible
protection against attack by the
Luftwaffe.
Crews worked late into the night
getting the aircraft ready, and this
base was one of the first prepared
for the invasion job.
At dusk on June 5 pilots from this
field took off on a patrol over the
armada massing in the English
extension of the program entails. Welchar*.p. They came back after dark,
are well aware also that they can be and the crews readied the planes for
made to work only if they receive their next flight,
general public support.’ Wo are ask-
Thurs. June 29 to Wed. July 5, 1944
Min.
Max.
Pcpn.
Thurs.
70.8
99.4
0.08
Fri.
71.0
90.0
0.01
Sat.
69.3
96.0
Sun.
68.9
99.1
Mon.
72.8
96.9
Tues.
72.4
97.7
Wed.
73.2
96.8
Money may talk—but not half as
Reed, lives one mile from me and much as the people who suddenly
is doing fine. She has been visiting
in La Pryor.”
-WGD-
—Ledgers, double entry record
books on sale at Sentinel office.
acquire it.
-WGD-
It is as easy to draw back a stone
thrown with force from the hand as
to recall a word once spoken.
ing for that support in Zavala Coun-
ty and are confident that we will get
it,” Mr. Chrismier concluded.
-WGD--
Forty Local People
Attending Alto Frio
Approximately 40 Crystal City
people left Tuesday morning to at-
tend the Alto Frio Baptist Encamp-
ment now in progress.
Among those attending are: Rev.
and Mrs. B. W. Mantooth and two
chidren, Billie Marie and,JFrankie;
Mrs. R. C. Tate and -thhee children,
Bob Cy, John Raine and Larry; Mrs.
Donald Rutledge and three children,
Ola Mae, Frank and Jack; Billy
Price Davenport, Jimmy McGill,
Shane Wilms, Buddy Boy, Gail Kins-
low, Ralph Jonsson, Glenn Gillaspie,
Edward Lee Williams, Don Moore,
Kenneth Worsham, Arleigh King,
Sammy Neal Clark, “Pa” Tate, Mary
Helen Rutledge, Marian Willmon,
Marie Mortensen, Frances Pyburn,
Alma Rene Sincleair, Helen Bookout,
Patsy Deiver, Annie Lee Powell,
Phyllis Taylor, Mabel Gardner,
Jeananne Palm, Anna Katherine
Gardner, Louise Green, Mary Lee
Rutledge.
Mrs. Tate is one of the pianists for
the occasion, and Bob Denny, who
led the young people in a program
here last week, is director of music.
The Crystal City Baptist Church
erected a cottage on the encampment
grounds several years ago for use
of the girls who went from here. This
year another cottage was ejected for
the boys. Last year Crystal City had
the largest group in attendance at
the encampment of any other church
and more are attending this year
than last.
-WGD-
PUBLIC SAFETY MAN
NOW ON HIS VACATION
Examiner N. C. Crow, drivers’ li-
cense division of the department
public safety, is on his vacation and
will not be in Crystal City next
week, July 12th, but will be here on
Wednesday, July 19th, then he will
be away another week, so those
wanting driver’s license need not
come to the office here on the 12th
nor Mth of July. After that he will
be here every Wednesday, as here-
tofore.
Before dawn on D-day crews who
had only a few hours sleep were
called out again. While it was still
dark they watched the planes take
off and they kept the Lightnings in
the air from before dawn until after
dark, day after day.
Cpl. Lung is an armorer at this
field commanded by Lt. Col. George
T. Crowell, of Chicago, 111.
-WGD-
CPL. MAXINE TALLEY, WAC,
SENDS TROPHIES FROM ITALY
Mrs. J. A. Miller has received a
box of very pretty trophies sent
from Italy by her sister, Cpl. Max
ine Talley, member of the WACs.
To the writer one of the most at-
tractive pieces is a scalloped edge
bowl, diameter about 12 inches, made
of Italy’s very best silver. In the cen-
ter is a handle made in the form of
a cluster of grapes in bright gold and
is removable. The bowl is very light
in weight.
Another article is a unique elec-
tric lamp made of a very beautiful
shell; other articles are a pair of very
small scalloped edge china vases, a
cigarette case and one very beautiful
picture of some historic place in
Italy and a number of smaller pieces.
Corporal Talley treasures all the
articles and except the silver bowl,
which she gave Mrs. Miller, the oth-
ers belong to her.
--WGD-
ALONZO CARTER JR.
APPRECIATES KINDNESS
OF FRIENDS DURING FURLOUGH
I wish to express my thanks and
appreciation to my friends in Crystal
City for the many courtesies and the
many nice things you did for me
while I was home on my “leave.”
Alyne and I appreciate it more than
you can ever know.
Crystal City is my home town and
I will always remember the happy
>oars spent here and the many kind-
nesses extended to me by the fine
people of Crystal City.
Thanking you again,
ALONZO CARTER. JR.
-WGD-
—WANTED: Middle age or elderly
lady as housekeeper for one person
No laundering. Have girl to clean
house once a week. Good home and
fair wages. Will consider man and
wife. Attractive proposition. Call be-
tween 6 and 9 o’clcok p. m. or write
Banks Forsyth, 300 E. Maverick St.,
Crystal City. tfc,
HEALTH NOTES
The summer round-up clinic for
childen who are to enter school foi
the first time this fall will be con-
tinued in Crystal City next Thursday
morning at th Clinic building. This
clinic is for children whose name be-
gins with letters between M and Z.
or any others who have not already
been examined. The purpose of the
clinic is to examine and give im-
munizations for diphtheria and
smallpox.
There is a new director for the
Southwest Texas Health Unit, Dr.
Turner, who came to Uvalde the past
week from Brownfield. Texas.
-WGD--
Lt. Eugene Rutledge
Writes Of Inv asion
The following letter is from First
Lt. Eugene Rutledeg, who is in Eng-
land, written to Jack Eubank, which
is primarily to thank him for Legion
magazines, but Lt. Rutledge also tells
about the invasion as follows:
“I am about two weeks late in
thanking you for the American Le-
gion Magazine. All the fellows, in-
cluding myself have read it from
cover to cover. Now it is being passed
around among the other huts. If you
can find any more, please send them
to me. We receive very few maga-
zines and when some one gets one it’s
just like ‘being money from home.’
Just to show you what we thought of
it we put on a one-ton bomb, ‘from
the boys of Gus Ware post No. 96.’
The results turned out good.
“Saw part of the invasion. (It was
too big to see it all.) There were so
damn many boats you could have
walked from England to France
without getting your feet wet. Of
course the Air Force was represent-
ed but the Navy is doing okay.
Co. Bond Quota
Nearing Goal
County Chairman of the 5th War
Loan Bond Drive, James R. Pipes,
says he hasn’t received complete re-
ports of all bonds bought in the
county, but reports he has, show an
over-all purchase of $117,717 of our
$130,00(1 quota. Probably if all re-
ports were in. the total would be
much closer to the goal.
Mr. Pipes says he feels confident
that goal will be reached. Inasmuch
as the campaign closes Saturday,
July 8, he urges all who can to buy
every bond possible before closing
date. We cannot let the buys down,
he says.
-WGD--
ROTARY
II. R. McNiel, new president of the
Crystal City Rotary Club, presided
Monday. There were several visitors.
Rev. A. A Carter and son, Alonzo
Yeoman 3rd class U S. Navy. How-
ard Worsham, U. S Army, main-
tenance department attached to the
36th Division, and J O. Hopkins of
San Antonio.
After hearing a brief report from
Secretary Bill Ewart of a meeting
with the district governor m Eagle
Pass last week, President McNiel
called upon the soldier bovs for a
talk.
Howard Worst.am, who is at home
on furlough from Italy, said he had
been in the service three and a half
years. After getting his training in
the United States he went first to
North Africa, was in Sicily and made
the initial landing in Salerno, Italy.
Being with the maintennee depart-
ment, his outfit had no small part
to play. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
II. A. Worsham.
. .1 • . r Alonzo Carter is assigned to a sub
Have been on thirtv-five missions .
and each one seems to get a little ft™ h«s been opc-atuig m
rougher. Here is one fellow who is I hl N"rth ™e ship was
not afraid to admit it. I am scared I V u V
every time I go out. !n°l sccn actual combat scrv,«f hls
<trw__.. _. , . , ;experiences were interesting
Drop me a line. Thanks again for j
the magazine."
Mr. Eubank asks that Legionaires
who have magazines, bring them to
him and he will send them to the
boys.
-WGD-
THOUGHTS
Leave here by train, the boat at
dawn,
We put to sea the following morn.
All so efficient, all so precise,
Never a job to be thought over
twice.
Never a fumble, each knows his
cue
Each individual action true blue.
Destination unknown is all that we
know
But we’re all ready, and now on
the go.
On the go, away out on the foam,
Away from our loved ones who
pray us come home.
They pray and we pray that this
soon may cease,
So wel’ll all be together enjoying
new peace.
Peace of mind, peace among men.
My neighbor and I will be friends
again.
The only thought that haunts my
mind.
Is the thought that maybe a son of
mine,
Will be caught in upheaval, war
and strife.
Rotarians are always glad to have
boys in the service as guests.
—WGD
F S A Activity
Luther M. Bingham, on tract No.
30, T. P. Subdivision, is harvesting a
nice crop of Sooner milo this week.
This milo was cut with row-binder
the last week in June.
Gordon L Bostic is combining this
gram for Mr. Bingham out of the
shock. This is the first threshed grain
on the Subdivision this year A num-
ber of people have bought milo from
Mr. Bingham for chicken feed.
Due to OPA ceiling prices, and in-
terpretation of same, no price at the
farm has been establishd.
Mr Bingham also plans to bale
the stalks for roughness.
Yield could r.ot be determined
since harvest is incomplete.
• •
The Supervisors visited in Uval-
de County Monday. They found fine
feed crops, stock looking fine and
everybody busy.
• •
Henry Gantz and Mr. Neelson of
the Co-Op. Section of FSA in Dal-
las, will spend some time here work-
ing out yearly plans with the farms
on the T. P. Subdivision.
-WGD---
Note of Appreciation
I want to take this means of thank-
ing all of my many friends for the
beautiful flowers and cards which I
received during my recent illness
Will have to leave his folks or wife Sand operations at the Crystal Hos-
And then go out and fight for his; pital and Medical Arts Hospital in
San Antonio; to all those who had a
part in the beautiful Sunshine Box
for my birthday and wedding anni-
vearsaries; also for the lovely hand-
kerchief shower.
I wish to thank the blood donors,
all those who offered prayers for me,
and for the many things that were
life.
The above poem was sent to Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Carr by their son.j
Pvt. Cecil Carr, who is in France and
was written by one of his buddies,
William J. Brown, Jr. whose home
is in Saint Louis, Mo. Pvt. Carr says
he and Brown have been together
since going into the service He also
has met a lot of Texas boys. One
sergeant, learning Pvt. Carr is from
Crystal City, asked him if he knew
Amanda Frances Guyler. He told
him he did and asked him where he
knew her and the sergeant said she
married the boy who was his room-
mate when they were in college.
-WGD--
During the British occupation of
Philadelphia at the time of the
American revolution, the Liberty
Bell was hidden beneath the floor of
the Zion Reformed Church at Alien-
ton, Pa.
done for my family and for the mon-
ey from the Men’s Bible Class of the
Baptist Church.
I also want to thank all my friends
and neighbors for the many things
they did and kind words of encour-
agement.
Sincerely,
MRS T. P. CRAWFORD.
-WGD-
Fault is one of the easiest things
in the world to find, and yet too
many people keep on looking for it
--WGD-
A wife is a person who gets so
mad at her husband she cries on
his shoulder.
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