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Zavala County Sentinel
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VOL. 31
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNTY, TEXAS, MARCH 5, 1943
No. 45
Crystal City Water
Given “A” Rating
By Health Board
Two weeks ago the Sentinel car-
ried an article in which the Texas
State Board of Health had selected
the Crystal City sewage plant as
presenting the most attractive ap-
pearance of any in the state. Now
comes another letter to Mayor Hol-
somback and City Manager Williams
from Geo. W. Cox, State Health Of-
ficer saying the Crystal City water
supply has received an “A" or ex-
cellent rating. The letter follows:
“It is with a great deal of pleasure
that we are able to advise you that
your municipal water supply has re-
ceived an“A"or excellent rating. This
has been due largely to the improve-
ments which you have affected, and
represents a greater increase in the
factor of safety of your municipal
supply. Therefore, in testimony of
this satisfactory condition, we are
willing to authorize the erection and
maintenance, on all public highways
leading into the city, of a permanent
marker notifying the citizens of your
city, as well as the traveling public,
that your municipal water supply
has received the approval of the
Texas State Department of Health,
provided you sign the attached
agreement blanks, which we are sub-
mitting to you in duplicate, and re-
turn them to us at your earliest con-
venience.
“This public approval is a distinct
honor for your water supply system,
and has been awarded to only a small
number of supplies within the State
at the present time. Any public an-
nouncement that you may care to
make concerning this compliment
armV and navy depends
ON RED CROSS FOR
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
The Army and Navy has turned to
the Red Cross to supply bandages
and surgical dressings. Industrial fa-
cilities for the making of the huge
volume of bandages were not in ex-
istence when war started, so the Red
Cross undertook to meet this need.
As a result, a great, efficiently or-
ganized service has grown up in the
Red Cross which is now producing
through a systematic and swift mov-
ing organization of a million patri-
otic women volunteers, more than
500 000 bandages and surgical dress-
ings per hour.
Yet only 2400 Red Cross chapters
have been authorized to make these
surgical dressings, and our chapter
here in Crystal City is one of the
2400.
The Red Cross has called for the
surgical dressings that we have fin-
ished, and we are busy now on our
new quota. Our Surgical Dressing
Room is located in the Grammar
School Building, and it is open at the
regularly scheduled hours.
The other day a soldier wearing a
distinguished service cross stdpped
Mob Tries To Take j Red Cross War
Draftee from Sheriff | Fund Drive Opens
In Zavala Countv
COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA
W
There was considerable excitement
in Crystal City Wednesday after-
noon when a mob of several hundred
Latin-American men and women
tried to prevent Sheriff Pond and
Deputy Fenner from taking Rudolfo
Perelas, a draftee, to jail.
If it had not been for the assistance
given by Chas. Brown, a guard at the
internment camp, and Sam Border
the mob might have accomplished its
purpose or more serious consequenc-
es resulted. As it happened only Dep-
uty Fenner received a kick on the
hand, several of the mob knocked
down, and Peralas was placed in
jail, charged with being drunk. Some
of the leaders of the mob, Jose Som-
Tuesday morning, March 2, of-
ficially opened the American Red
Cross War Fund appeal in Zavala
County. Here in Crystal City, though,
our Latin-American citizens had a
head start on us. They had already
been working almost a week, and
we predict that you are going to be
surprised when we give you the of-
ficial figures next week, to see what
a large percentage of the total Crys-
tal City collections the Lalin-Ameri-
cans turn in.
In peacetime many persons have
been satisfied to becomr members of
Sureley, this year, few of us will be
content to make such a contribution,
Global war, which has made neces-
County Agent’s
Column
TED MARTIN
JOHN SCOTT
The mortality of destructive in-
sects will keep pace with the vast in-
crease in home gardens in 1943 if
sprays and dusts are used skilfully
Old hands will know what to do
when the bugs move on their corn
and beans, but the amateurs with the
hoe and fork need guidance to get
the best results from their invest-
ment in liquid and solid poisons. To
help these, Paul Gregg of the A &
M College Extension Service, offers
! these tips in using insecticide He’s
I the assistant Extension Entomologist,
i Always use soap or some other ac-
tivator with nicotine sulphate spray.
Huerta and Petra Martinez de Men
doza, were also placed in jail,
charged with opposing and resisting
an officer.
Sheriff Pond says there was more
pulling at the prisoner, trying to tear
him away from the officer, rather
than attacking them. There was
much cursing and abuse, in the Span-
in the Red Cross Surgical Dressing | ish language, fortunately, so many
Room in Chicago. “I want to thank
you women for supplying surgical
dressings,” he said. “If two of you
worked all day you couldn’t begin
to make all the dressings I needed
when I was wounded.”
-WGD--
8,905 Ration Books
Issued in County
Ration Books No. 2 issued in Za-
vala County is reported at 8905. Of
these 7240 were issued at Crystal
which is^being paid to you wUl meet £1^ 1684 at La^Pryor and 981 at
with our approval.
“In regard to the erection of signs,
we are attaching herewith a photo-
static copy of the type of signs to be
erected. We feel that your local sign
makers will be able to prepare this
material for you."
-WGD-
GRAMMAR SCHOOLL
HONOR ROLL
Americans who heard it did not
know the vile names the officers
were called nor the effort on their
part to keep calm.
Wednesday some 150 boys were
being sent by the local draft board
to San Antonio for examination. Ru-
dolfo Perelas, one of the draftees,
was drunk and the bus drivers re-
fused to carry him. He got on one of
the four buses and the officers took
his off. That is when the trouble
sary the didpatch of a dozen A.E.F.’s
to the far corners of the world, has
multiplied many-fold the work of
our American Red Cross.
It has been suggested that each
person contribute at least one day’s
salary. Is that too much to ask when
we did not have to spend even one
day on Bataan? When we are not a
prisoner of war behind a barbed wire j ','
fence, with probably the only dif-
ference between life and death, the
extra food the International Red
Cross gets through to us—food sup-
plied by our American Red Cross?
When we have not had to quake all
night in a bomb shelter, while over-
head hombs destroyed our homes,
i is the third speaker in the Institute j use a good grade of hyd; ated lime
of International Understanding be- with nicotine sulphate when used as
ing sponsored jointly by the Crystal ., Sprav
City and Carrizo Springs Rotary Nicotine sulphate dusts are more
Clubs. He will be in Crystal City on effective if applied when plants are
Friday, March 12, and will talk to j molst.
students in the High School audito- Pyrenthrum
Following is Crystal City Gram-
mar School honor roll for the six
week period ending Feb. 26:
First Grade:
Judith Ann Guyler
Lamar Williams
Second Grade:
Janey Addison
Larry Atchley
Gary Clark
Tom Suber Harkey
Mildred Miller
Billy Smither
Robbie Rossington
Third-Grade:
Mary Alice Coleman
Jean Millan
Elizabeth Ann William.*
Fourth Grade:
Patricia Fly
Anita Mauldin
Peggy Rossington
Fifth Grade:
Sammy Neal Clark
Seventh Grade
James Carter
Eighth Grade:
Otela Davis
Mary Jane Schanck
Mildred Miller's name should have
been on the honor roll the last time
but was left off by mistake. We are
proud of Mildred and are very sorry
we made such an error.
-WGD-
Weather Report
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
E. M. HOLDSWORTH, Observer
Batesville. School faculties in the
three places did the registering and
are to be commended for the fine
job done.
There will be other books issued
after March 15th.
Housewives and others have been
studying their No. 2 Ration Book
this week, and apparently not buy-
ing so many of the rationed items.
Merchants have the rationed items
as well as the price, so buying is not
proving as hard as many expected.
Merchants are also finding it easier
than they expected. We have print-
ed in this issue of the Sentinel a list
of rationed items and the number of
points. Housewives are urged to
study this and become familiar with
the items and points, then figure out
before going to the store what to
buy.
Remember also to shop early in
the day. This helps both the buyer
and merchant. Remember, too, that
all A, B, and C points must be used
during March or they cannot be used
at all, so if you want a rationed item
go ahead and buy—you can’t accu-
mulate points.
-WGD-
Spinach Shipments
Off Past Week
Spinach shipments have fallen off
the past two weeks, being only 53
carloads since Feb. 18th. Other ship-
ments during that time were 2 cars
mixed vegetables, 2 cars carrots and
2 cars onion plants.
Price of spinach also dropped,
which accounts partly for the short-
age in shipments.
-WGD--
IMPORTANT NOTICE
1943 CAR LICENSE NOW ON SALE
started. He was placed in jail under | P«rhaPs our loved ones?
a drunken charge and at time this No> a s salafy ls not t0° ™c,h
is written had not been released to for us 8‘ve-rather it is too little
report in San Antonio as directed by for 118 to f»ive
the draft board. Red Cross has set the quota
Three of the men who opposed and fr’r Zavala County at $3,700.00 How-
resisted the officers were tried this
(Thursday) morning and Jose Sam-
brano was fined $250, Espedion Men-
doza fined $150, and Silvestra Huerta
fined $25. The case against Mrs. Men-
doza was continued.
-WGD--
MEMBER SCHOOL FACULTY
CALLED FOR ARMY DUTY
Graham Rodgers received his call
Tuesday to report at Miami Beach,
Florida, on March 18th. for six weeks
training, after which he v/ill return
to Randolph Field for appointment.
He volunteered for service some time
ago and has a commission as 2nd.
Lieutenant in the Army Air Force,
and expects to be an instructor in
ground work. He will leave about
the 15th.
Mr. Rodgers has been a member of
ever only 72 percent of this goes to
help* our home people. In other
words, when we collect our $3,700.00
quota, we will keep $1,036.00 here in
Zavala County, and send $2,664.00 to
National Headquarters.
Here are only a few of the things
that the Red Cross is doing for the
soldier who may be your husband,
your son, or your neighbor.
At home and on foreign soil, Red
Cross field directors —sometimes
called “trouble busters”- -are ever
present, offering friendly counsel
and assistance to servicemen in per-
sonal and friendly problems. For sol-
diers with our expeditionary forces.
Red Cross overseas clubs for service-
men are a touch of the America they
love so well transplanted to foreign
soil. In the midst of the opening
rium in the afternoon and make a
public address in the evening. His
subject will be “Cooperation With
Russia.”
Mr. Scott is a foreign correspond-
ent, author and lecturer. Spent near-
a decade in Russia; first, as a
worker in the growing industrial
city of Magnitogorsk, and then as a
correspondent in Moscow, leaving
there scarcely two months before the
outbreak of the Russo-German war.
He is becoming well-known in the
United States because of the success
of his two books, “Behind the Urals,"
and “The Duel for Europe: Stalin
of pyrocide dusts
should be applied in the late aft«‘r-
noon. Sunlight deteriorates them
rapidly.
Poison baits should be put out
early in th<- morning or late after-
noon in the form of flakes. Not
lumps.
Never use lime with cryolite or ro-
tenone, or combine cryolite or
rotenone with any other insecticide
which has lime in it.
Never use sulphur or any sulphur
mixture on cucurbits such as squash,
cucumbers, melons, etc.
To remove arsenical residues from
fruits and vegetables wash in acid
versus Hitler.” In his lecturing and j solution. To remove fluorine resi-
writing he has shown a keen under-
standing of the development that has
been going on in Russia during the
past decade and has a facility in
bringing out th£ meaning of this de-
velopment for the rest of the world
-WGD-
ROTARIANS WERE SHOWN
INTERESTING PICTURE MONDAY
Rotarians were treated 'ast Mon-
day, at their regular weekly lunch-
eon, with the presentation of an in-
teresting sound picture, "America
Can Give It.” The picture was pro-
dues. wash in alkaline solution.
Never use lead arsenate or any
other arsenical substance on stony
fruit such as peach and plum with-
out adding lime.
Never apply a dormant spray just
before a freeze.
Three teaspoonsful equal one fluid
ounce.
-WGD-
FSA News
Dist. Supervisor Wesley H. Grate
and his secretary, Miss Thelma Telt-
duced by General Motors Corpora- j chick, of San Antonio, were visitors
tion and Mr. E. H. McBride, of the
Victory Service League, was present
to show the picture. Jack Eubank,
local Chevrolet dealer, was with Mr.
McBride.
The picture dwelt on the theme
that the American boy is the luckiest
person in the world. Walter Huston
the Crystal City school faculty for Red Cross personnel were with our i _ . _ .. _ ' . ,
.u„ ,o I Thorns and Quentin Reynolds gave
the dialogue for the part of the pic-
ture showing conditions in war-torn
Europe. The concluding part of the
picture was in the, form of a court-
trial pleading the case of the Ameri-
can boy, a challenge to Americans to
do their utmost to preserve our way
of life.
-WGD-
Feb. Bond Quota
Oversubscribed
Thur.
Feb. 25 to
Wed.,
/
Temperature
Min.
Max.
Thurs.
56.7
68.9
Fri.
47.6
70.1
Sat.
50.3
67.8
Sun.
44.3 1
85.9
Mon.
46.9
87.8
Tucs.
47.1
64.2
Wed.
29.0
47.9
Average Temp.: 56.8
Total Pcpn.: Trace.
the past 12 years and has been given
a leave of absence by the school
board for the duration. At present he
is athletic director and history teach-
er in High School. His place will be
taken by Darrell Ray, now a teacher
in Grammar School. Other shifts, not
yet determined, will be made.
In this connection will say that
Mrs. Ruby Lackey has resigned her
position in the Grammar School and
Mrs. A. A. Carter has taken her
place. Mrs. Lackey has full time em-
ployment at Crystal Hospital.
While Mr. Rodgers will be sorely
missed in school activities and by the
community as a whole, our best
wishes will be with him.
WGD-
MRS. STEAD DIED AT
SAN ANTONIO HOME
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This area ex-
perienced a severe cold spell this
week, when the temperature went
to 29 degrees above. However, little
damage was done. According to the
weather gauge at the Winter Garden
Experiment Station we have had
colder weather during March during
the time records have been kept.)
To obtain 1943 Car License, car
owners must present to the County
Tax Collector, his 1942 Car License
Receipt and Certificate of Title on
his car. He must keep his 1942 Plate
Numbers, obtain 1943 receipt, get
two small Tags from the Collector to
be attached to hi^ 1942 Plate Num-
bers. State Highway Department de-
mands that, to obtain the 1943 Tags
the car owner, must have Kis Certifi-
cate of Title.
Therefore it will be useless to ap-
ply for 1943 Lecense unless you
have your title, so by all means ob-
tain your title at once. If you have
applied for a title and not received
it, follow it up.
You must obtain 1943 License by
April 1st. This is highly important
to all car and truck owners.
• H. C. WHITE
Assessor-Collector.
Information of the death of Mrs.
Mary Bertha Stead, 51, wife of Con
Stead, was carried in Monday’s San
Antonio Express. She died at her
home, 4301 San Pedro Ave Funeral j <jifferent business places Saturday,
services were held this Friday mom- |and therc wiU ^ official Rpd Cross
Marines, distributing cigarettes, and
comfort kits as a reminder that we,
the American people, were there be-
side them.
It has provided recreation for
fighting men convalescing from sick-
ness and the wounds of battle. Red
Cross volunteers by the millions
have produced surgical dressings by
the tens of millions for our soldiers.
In the form of food and medical sup-
plies, the Red Cross has brought
hope and succor to victims of war and
to our Allies. Wherever disaster has
struck within our own boundaries,
it has extended its assistance, always
without being asked to do so.
That is the American Red Cross—
an organization of the people, doing
for the people what no other organ-
ization can do. It has been truly
named “The Greatest Mother.”
And that is why the Red Cross is
worthy of your larger contribution
in this second year of war. There
will be collection booths at several
in the FSA office on Friday. They
were accompanied back to San An-
tonio by Mrs. Mae S Rice, Jr.. Amin-
istrative Supervisor, who spent the
week in the office directing the set-
ting up of the filing system.
Regional F O. Engineer, William
C, Albright of Dallas, spent several
days here conferring with Ass’t Con-
struction Engineer, Rpscoe D. Estes,
and R R Supervisor Frances W. Pul-
liam on the construction work now
being done on the TP Subdivision at
La Pryor.
Survivors other than the widower,
are a daughter, Miss Doris S^ead;
two sons, Robert of Fort Lewis,
Washington, and John A. Stead in
North Africa.
Mr .and Mrs, Stead and family
lived in Crystal City for several
years when Mr. Stead was service
man for Crystal City Gas System,
known at that time as Texas Gas
Utilities Co.
The three children attended Crys-
tal City schools.
San Antonio has been their home
for years and they returned therc
from Crystal City about five years
ago.
The faihily has the sympathy of
Crystal City friends in the loss of
their loved one.
collectors on the streets. No one has
been skipped intentionally, but if
you haven’t been asked for your con-
tribution, step up to one of these of-
ficial Red Cross collectors and make
your pledge—a day’s salary or more!
--WGD-
WOMAN’S C. OF C.
MEETS TUESDAY
The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman’s Chamber of Commerce
will be held Tuesday, March 9, at the
Community Building at 4 o’clock p.
m. Remember the date and time and
attend the meeting.
-WGD-
Make the Red Cross your person-
al representative to America’s sol-
diers by giving to the 1943 Red Cross
War Fund.
Bond sales reported for the week
ending February 23rd amounted to
$9,131.25. Previously reported during
the month $3,637.50, making a total
for the month $12,768.75.
The February quota was $7,300.
-WGD--
The farmers and their wives are
busy out there on the Subdivision
with the dairy cows and chickens.
They have a daily sale for all milk
and eggs. The following news release
will give you an idea of the amount
of produce all FSA families furnish
themselves and the outside world:
FSA Fanners Account for Third of
Total Milk Increase in America
FSA families accounted for 36 per-
cent of the total milk increase in the
nation last year, according to USDA
reports.
Though the 463,941 FSA farmers
are only 7.6 percent of the nation’s
more than six million farmers, they
LOW WATER RATES TO
ENCOURAGE VICTORY GARDENS wcrc ^sponsible for more than one-
_ third the additional milk produced
There were 19 present at Chamber
of Commerce meeting Wednesday.
Mr. Tucker of the Liquor Control
Board was a guest.
City Manager Williams said the
City water rates would again be
lowered this summer which will en-
courage Victory gardens. Mr. Wil-
liams also urged that those who are
planning to have chickens to please
keep them enclosed by some kind of
fence. While there is a chicken law,
it is hard to enforce, and many
neighbors fall out with each other
over chickens scratching in flower
beds, and now gardens.
Mr. McNiel said the chicken busi
ness in town is being slowed down
because we cannot get material for
a brooder.
Wallis Lumber Company reports
the sale of nearly 9,000 baby chicks
during the past several weeks.
J
in 1942
This represented a 20 percent boost
for FSA people over 1941, W’hile all
farmers made only a 3 percent in-
crease of milk for that year
FSA farmers also accounted to 27
percent of the increase of dry beans
and 10 percent of the increase of
eggs, poultry and peanuts increase.
Area Specialists McNeol Irwin and
Mrs. Lena Taylor, with Farm Secur-
ity Administration, were .n the local
FSA office making their regular visit
with the Rural and Home Super-
visors.
Miss Ruby V. Schneider. Home
Management Supervisor, of FSA, is
confined to her home due to a cold.
-WGD-
Next to oil and natural gas. sul-
phur is Texas’ most valuable mineral
resource.
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