Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. [26], No. [46], Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1938 Page: 2 of 4
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ZAVALA COUNTY SENTINEL, CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS,
COUNTY SENTINEL
PUBLISHED BYEBY FRIDAY
f. H. HARDY, Owner, Editor and
Pabl labor
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i Poet Office at CryaUl City, Texaa.
the Act of March 8, 1879.
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Brystal City, Tetfits. April 1, 1938
OCAL MERCHANTS BUY
PRIZE WINNING CALVES
There was a livestock show during
e festival. F. W. Pulliam had four
Vhite Face cows, two heifer and two
bull calves, E. W. Hays had two
cows, two heifer and two bull calves
and -4-H Club and F.F.A. boys had
fed calves on exhibition.
illiam Orr’s calf won first prize
(d was bought by Piggly Wiggly
re at 15c per pound. Delbert Sor-
lell won second prize and Jack Van-
Cleve third. Both these calves were
bought by H. & M. Market at 13c
and 11c. ,
r In buying these claves at good
■prices these business firms went a
long way towards encouraging the
boys in their feeding experiments
and they appreciate it. They need
encouragement.
To further encourage the feeding
of livestock here, E. W. Hays has of-
fered to give a registered Hereford
heifer calf to the boy who makes the
best record in feeding next winter.
County Agent Fred LeCrone says he
expects to have at least 20 calves fed
by 4-H Club boys next winter.
-WGD-
LAREDO BUDDIES PRAISE
WINTER GARDEN HOSPITALITY
County Agent’s
Column
4-H boys were highly elated over
the scale of their calves- during the
Spinach Festival. Piggly Wiggly
stores, and the H. St M. Market came
to bat, and bought the calves at a
price that gives the boys encourage-
‘Hawaii Calls”, Bobbie Breen’s Latest
Has Background of Island Life Beauty
The semi-tropical beauty of the
Hawaiian Islands forms the back-
gronud for "Hawaii Calls” Bobby
Breen’s latest musical starring ve-
hicle, which comes to the Guild The-
atre Saturday, only.
With the exception of scenes tak-
ing place aboard a passenger liner on
ATTEND LAYMEN’S MEETING
ment for next year’s feeding. J. G.
Gibson bid in the prize winning calf irts“tri'p*from ^YranckTa'to"Hono-’
fed by Wm. Orr of Cometa, for 15
cents a pound. This calf selected
from the Tom Black herd, was a 700
pound baby beef of high quality. The
second place calf fed by Delbert
Sorrell, was selected from the Frank
Harris herd, and weighed 720
pounds. It was bid in by J. D. Mc-
Cutcheon for 13 cents a pound. The
third place calf fed by Jack Van-
Cleve, a F.F.A. boy, weighed 800
pounds, and was a product of his
father’s ranch. Mr. McCutcheon also
bid in this calf, paying 11 cents for
it. Remember Piggly Wiggly and H.
and M. Market for a blue ribbon
steak or roast, for they have them.
Treat yourself to a juicy steak or
roast for this week-end, and really
enjoy a high quality product.
lulu, all the action of this colorful
screenplay transpires amid the lux-
uriant settings of ,‘the Islands.”
Many of the best known spots of this
great Pacific empire are seen in the
film, including the famous Waikiki
Beach, Honolulu’s beautiful resort
hotels, its picturesque oriental quar-
ter and the fern-covered areas of the
island of Oahu.
E. A. Miller, Agronomist with the
Extension Service, and F. E. Mc-
Fadden, Flax Specialist with the Ex-
periment Station, were in Crystal
City last Saturday visiting flax dem-
onstrations. These men commented
on the favorable outlook for this crop
here after visiting the various va-
rieties, and dates of seeding. Farmers
have over 200 acres planted to flax
in the county, and plan to expand
their acreage if the crop proves suc-
cessful. Zavala county has the dis-
tinction of being the first county in
Texas to produce this corp on a com-
mercial basis.
A large group of Laredo Legion-
aires was back home today singing
the praises of Carnzo Springs and
Crystal City which this past week-
end were hosts to the 15th district
convention in conection with the an-
nual Winter Garden Spinach Fes-
tival.
The two Winter Garden cities
overdid themselves in providing en-
tertainment for not only the Laredo
delegation but several hundred vis-
iting Legionaires from the Rio
Grande Valley and other points.
A. rodeo dance, barbecue, carnival
and other attractions were on the en-
tertainment program which the lo-
cals and others enjoyed.
The Laredo delegation was headed
by A. L. Ahrens, commander of the
local Legion post. M. M. Valentine,
* chef de gare of the Laredo 40 and 8
Voiture, was in charge of the initia-
tion program of several candidates
from over the district.
R Bruce Brannon, state chaplain
{ both the Legion and 40 and 8, was
qjain in charge of the famed Roy
JBean court. He was ably assisted by
Louis Burrows as clerk of the court.
Court was held at both Carrizo
Springs and Crystal City and netted
more than $100 which was turned
over to the cities for civic projects.
Official “toastmaster” of the La-
redo delegation was Carlos Richter
who took along a traveling device
whic enabled the visitors to enjoy
“toasts” being drunk to their health
on the streets of both the entering
cities.
Herman O’Keefe, past commander
of the local Legion post, was made
chairman of the credentials commit-
tee for the convention.
The entre Laredo delegation re-
turned singing the praises of the hos-
pitality of the two Winter Garden
cities.” If they had done any more
entertaining, we couldn’t have taken
it.
They really put the big pot in the
little one. Our iiats are of.f to the
Carrizo Springs and Crystal City
buddies and citizens for giving us
^bch a wonderful convention,” Com-
mander Ahrens said today.
A feature of the convention was
the new 40 and 8 engine and tender
of the Laredo Voiture. This beautiful
engine with Ross Swisher as en-
gineer, Fire Chief George Ranken as
fireman, cruised the streets of the
two convention cities. Many women
and children got a big thrill out of
riding the device and it made a great
hit.
Among those from Laredo at the
convention were: Ahrens, Valentine,
Brannon and his son, John; Mr. and
I Mrs. O’Keefe and daughter LaskajMr.
and Mrs. Valentine and son M. M.
Jr.; Alphonse Siros, his mother, and
sister Miss Lou Vena; Richter, Bur-
rows, Peter Leyendecker, J.; Hector
Cox, H. P. Brady, Captain Mathews.
Renken, Swisher, Herachiel L. Hunt
and others.—Laredo Times.
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—Far expert refrigeration on dll
makes refrigerators, see R. O. Nor-
i Springs. Phone 37. tfc
Notice Ranchmen
Forms for the listing of your
ranches under the 1938 Range Con-
servation Program have been re-
ceived, and have been mailed to
ranchmen this week. List your ranch
now if you plan to carry out range
building practices this year. De-
ferred grazing must start by June
first in order to qualify for this pay-
ment this year. Fill out the forms
mailed you, and return at once. If
you did not receive these forms come
to the ofice, and execute them. Bring
this information with you. Acres of
range land operated, number of head
of stock grazed on thest acres, and
the practices you plan to carry out
this year. If you did not list your
ranch last year, have added new
land, or have split your ranch, bring
in the survey, section, and acres of
land you operate. Helping us secure
this information will speed up this
program.
Terraces, cover crops, rotation of
crops, and legumes save, and build
soils, as well as conserve moisture
in soils to help crops withstand
droughts. Consider these practices in
developing your 1938 cropping pro-
gram.
-WGD-
AN APPRECIATION
Stewards of this end of the Meth-
odist Church met at Uvalde Tuesday
at 8:00 P. M. and organized under
the unified district type.
Representatives were present from
Brackettville, Carrizo Springs, Crys-
tal City, Uvalde, Sabinal, Hondo,
New Fountain, La Pryor, Del Rio,
Utopia and Eagle Pass.*
Crystal City was represented by
Rev. J. W. Rowland, H. A. Mercer,
S. H. Fly, W. J. Conley, Irl Taylor,
Don Moore, S. H Garey, J. M. Evans
and Frank Smith.
The main speeches were made by
W. W. Jackson of the University of
San Antonio and Lay Leader of the
West Texas Conference, and Sterling
H. Fly, Associate Lay Leader of the
Uvalde District.
A delightful luncheon was served
by the Missionary ladies of the UvaL
de Church.
-WGD-
BUCK SORRELS
(Continued from page 1)
San Antonio and his trained hors-
and Jeff Reavis of Utopia and his
trick horse, Danger.
Sound equipment was furnished
by the Gulf Oil Corporation, through
the courtesy of Ben Hammond, our
local Gulf dealer.
The following officials had charge
of the rodeo:
Arena director, Earl Sellers, Del
Rio. Time-keepers: Arthur Knages,
Carrizo Springs; Chas. Coleman,
Crystal City; Mann Byrd, Winter
Haven.
Judges: Alfred Allee, Carrizo
Springs; Joe Bridges, Del Rio; Me-
dium Franklin, Crystal City.
Announcer: Jack Eubank; sec-
retary, George Rice.
Listed below are the results of
each day and the finals:
' Second Day
1.
Frank Franklin and
Sam Peek ....................
$27.40
2.
Raymond Quigg and
Andy Bode ______
20.55
3.
Clay Espy and Jim Espy
13.70
4.
Toots Mansfield and
Roy Sewalt ...................
6.85
Third Day
1.
Frank Franklin and
Sam Peek
$27.40
2.
Ted Powers and
Bud Spillsbury ____________
20.55
3.
Donald Rutledge and
Roy Davidson
13.70
Clay Espy and Jim Espy
6.85
Light Co., D. J. Showalter, Champ
Pottet, H St M. Market, Western
Auto Store, Keith & Roberts, Guyler
Supply Co., Felipe Reyes, Templer
& Greer, W. A. Dismukes. There
were several out of town floats.
Section 7 was Queen Acelga and
her court. Mrs. L. L. Williams was
chairman and H. W. Ho.tung guard.
This section was led by Pearsall high
school band.
The grammar school float in Sec.
4, representing Snow White and Sev-
en Dwarfs, won first general prize
of $15.00. ^he H. & M. Market float
won second and Lions Club float,
third.
-WGD-
— TODAY AND TOMORROW
aviation as well. I was impressed by
the high level of intelligence and the
immense amount of work and study
required before a flying cadet got
his wings.
It’s nice work if you can get it, but
to pilot an international Clipper
plane one must not only know how
to fly and have perfect health, but
he must be a weather expert, a
skilled mechanic, a first-class sea-
man, as master mariner, a radio ex-
pert, an aeronautical engineer, an
engine and airplane mechanic, and a
celestial navigtor, with lawyer’s
knowledge of international law.
SNOW
Telltales
SNOW WHITE
Living Myth
Calf Ropin
First Day
I was reminded of an article I read
in the San Antonio Express written
by Geo. Matthew Adams, entitled
“Pulling Together,” when we were
told yesterday by our Men’s Cham-
ber of Commerce that our third Spin-
ach Festival was considered a suc-
cess. George Matthew Adams said in
this article it was a success because I
teachers, farmers, bu’sines men and I
all taking part in it cooperated with !
the different communities that were)
pointed to do their work.
He reminded us in this article not
to enter into any undertaking think-
ing of self praise and glory we would
derive from serving our community,
but to “pull together” for the good
of our community and the praise
would fall where due.
As President of the Woman’s
Chamber of Commerce I want to
thank each member for the untiring
efforts you put forth in the task as-
signed you, as I feel that it was for
the interest you have in our organi-
zation that caused you to cooperate
with the other organizations of uor
community to make this Festival a
success.
MRS. R. A. TAYLOR, President
Wman’s Chamber Commerct.
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COUNTY MEET AT LA PRYOR
FRIDAY
The county school meet for Zavala
county will be held at La Pryor Fri-
day afternoon. Supt. Fly furnished us
I with a complete list of Crystal City
pupils who are to take part in the
meet but we find it impossible to
use the list for this issue of the Sen-
tinel because of a linotype break-
down at the last minute.
—Adding Machine paper, cash reg-
ister paper, sales books, typewriter
ribbons, carbon, etc. may be bad In
any quantity at Sentinel office.
1.
Jack Sellers ........
. $70.00
2.
Toots Mansfield ___________
_.. 52.50
3.
Cecil Ousley .................
35.00
4.
Fred Barrett, ...............
.... 8.75
Buck Sorrells, tie ......
8.75
Second Day
1.
Roy Sewalt .............-
$70.00
2.
Buck Sorrell ................
52.50
3.
Charlie Jones ...............
35.00
Toots Mansfield ...........
.... 17.00
Third Day
1.
Bud Spillsbury ____________
$70.00
2.
Johnnie Stevens _________
43.75
Tom Baylor, tie ...............
.... 43.75
4,
Carl Sheppard ..........
.... 17.00
Finals
1.
Buck Sorrels ...............
$100.00
2.
Toots Mansfield ...
62.50
Cecil Ousley, tie _________
62.50
3.
Jack Sellers __________________
.. 25.00
Team Tying
First Day
1.
Earl Sellers and
Jack Sellers .................
$40.00
2.
Allen Holder and
Jack Sellers ...........
30.00
3.
Buck Sorrels and
Tommy Rhodes.____________
20.00
4.
Toots Mansfield and
Juan Salinas
... 10.00
Second Day
1.
Ted Powers and
Allen Holder
$40.00
2.
Allen Holder and
Jack Sellers ................
30.00
3.
Andy Bode and
Billy Stewardson _______
..... 20.00
4.
Toots Mansfield and
Juan Salinas ................
.... 10.00
Third Day
1.
Andy Bode and
Billy Stewardson ________
$40.00
2.
Buck Sorrels and
Charlie Jones
... 30.00
3.
Ted Powers, Jim Esty
.... 20.00
4.
Tom Taylor and
Cecil Ousley ...............
... 10.00
Finals
1.
Ted Powers and
Allen Holder ___________
... $60.00
2.
Bud Spillsbury and
Billy Stewardson .......
.... 45.00
3.
Buck Sorrels and
Tommy Rhodes ________
_.. 30.00
4.
Buck Standifer and
Clay Espy ...............
.... 15.00
Wild Cow Milking
First Day
1.
Roy Sewalt and
Toots Mansfield______
$35.40
2.
Clay Espy and
Jim Espy___________
...... 22.05
3.
Ted Powers and
Bud Spillsbury _________
_ 14.70
4.
Frank Franklin and
Sam Peek _________
_ 7.35
Amateur Roping Finals
1. Donald Rutledge
2. Miss Ora Altizer
3. Willis Pond
Listed below are the ten high-
point winners of the rodeo, a point
given for each dollar won:
1. Buck Sorrells, Tucson __________ 213
2. Toots Mansfield, Bandera .... 161
3. Jack Sellers, Del Rio ........ 145
4. Bud Spillsbury, Pecos ............ 110
5. Cecil Ousley, New Mex. ..... 103
6. Roy Sewall, Brownwood 90
7. Allen Holder, Sheffield ..... 80
8. Ted Powers, Ozona .............. 68
9. Sam Peek, Crystal City ...... 64
10. Cecel Hancock, Big Wells 63
The American Legions and others
interested in putting on this rodeo
wish to thank the many contestants
who came, some of them many hun-
dreds of miles, and those who helped
to make this show a success. We also
wish to thank the crowsd for their
liberal patronage.
Lee Johnson of Rocksprings won
the saddle given away by the Amer-
ican Legion.
-WGD-
PARADE BEST EVER
(Continued from page 1)
and Gray Miller was grand marshal.
Highway patrolmen preceded the
grand marshal. The Crystal City
school band led this section which
was composed of official cars. First
came the Crystal City Volunteer Fire
Department, city officials, county of-
ficials, spinach festival officials and
the queens of the preceding two
years. In the city officials’ car also
rode Hon. R. L. Bobbitt and Dr. C.
D. Lindley, mayor of Carrizo
Springs.
Chairmen for Section No. 2, or pa-
triotic organizations. was Mrs.
W. L. Guyler, and her marshal was
Frank Harris. This section was led
by Carrizo Springs school band.
Then came the American Legion,
followed by veterans of other wars,
J. S. Peek, R. L. Pruett, S. P. Sloan,
W. H. Davis. Sam C. Scarbrough and
Thomas W. Allinder. They were fol-
lowed by American Legion Auxiliary
and a car carrying Mrs. Mobley and
Mrs. M E. Ware, gold star mothers
of Carirzo Springs and Crystal City.
Section No. 3, Cavalcade, Mrs. Ev-
erett Anglin chairman and Capt. An-
glin marshal. This section was led by
Del Rio high school band and con-
sisted of pack horses, old trail driv-
ers—A1 Blocker 82, and W. W.
Vivion 79—rangers, chuck wagon,
tune wranglers led by Roy Butler,
cowboys and cowgirls and future
cowboys and cowgrils.
Section No. 4—School organiza-
tions, Mrs. R. W. Manifold chairman,
and Mr. Manifold marshal. This sec-
tion was led by Cotulla school band;
then came floats representing the
following schools: High school,
grammar school, de Zavala, Mexico
Chico. Lone Star, Cometa and pri-
vate school, Pauline Raine teacher.
In the Cometa school fload rode
Judge Geo. C. Herman who taught
the first school in that community
1885-1886 and had 40 pupils, also
Miss Beth Dun, present teacher.
Section 5—Organizations, Mrs. W.
P. Brennan chairman and Fred Le-
Crone marshal; led by Devine high
school band. In this section were
floats representing Men’s Chamber
of Commerce, Rotary Club, Lions
Club, Boy Scouts, Carrizo Springs
Chamber Commerce, Winter Haven
Home Demonstration Club, P T. A.,
and Volunteer Fire Department.
Section 6—Commercial floats, Mrs.
J. H. Hardy chairman and C. H.
Clark marshal. This section was led
by Lytle high school band. There
were some 20-odd commercial floats
that would have done justice to a
town much larger than Crystal City.
Local firms to enter floats were:
Piggly Wiggly, Pioneer Oil Co., Za-
vala Lumber Co., Central Power and
I seldom go to the movies unless
dragged there by some of my family.
The general run of screen pictures
bore me, chiefly because they falsify
the realities of life. But a few nights
ago 1 was alone in Washington and
went to a movie which fascinated me
so that I sat through a second show-
ing.
“Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs” makes no pretense of pic-
turing reality. It is a fairy-tale told
on the screen with life and color,
translating into action the imagin-
eary world of loklore and ancient
myth which is,the dream heritage of
all of us. This great movie, which
probably everyone who reads this
has seen, is more' than that, however.
It is, as I see it, the most successful
effort yet made to realize the artistic
possibilities of the movies.
To my thinking, the motion pic-
ture people put too much emphasis
on the personality of the actors, not
enough on the story and its telling.
Walt Disney has proved, in “Snow
White,” that grown-ups and children
alike can be as interested in a film
which does not pretend to be any-
thing but a picture.
SLEEP . . . in the Morning
From my earliest boyhood I have
rebelled against getting up early in
the morning. I had Ben Franklin’s
maxim, “Early to bed and early to
rise makes a man healthy, wealthy
and wise” drummed into me from
infancy, but it always seemed to me
that there was a catch in it some-
where.
Now comes Dr. Joseph Jastrow,
world-famous psychologist, and con-
firms my life-long belief. He says,
in so may words, that “there is ab-
solutely no virtue in early risin.” He
is in favor of getting all the sleep
possible in the early morning.
The old adage doubtless was sound
in Ben Franklin’s day, when most
folk were farmers and had to be up
at sunrise or earlier to feed and wa-
ter the livestock, milk the cows and
do other farm chores. There wasn’t
any good excuse to stay up late, eith-
er, before the days of electric light.
You ruined your eyes if you tried to
read by candlelight; there was no
radio to listen to, no movies to see.
Why shouldn’t folks go to bed early
in those days?
I agree with Dr. Jastrow that there
is no common-sense in having a fixed
hour for getting up, regardless of
whether one is still sleepy or not.
FLYING . , . Most Instricate
To be an airplane transport pilot
is the ambition of a great and grow-
ing number of American boys. But
it is also a job which calls for long,
hard work in training. The modern
transport or military plane is the
most complicated piece of machinery
ever made, and as such it requires
more brains, skill, competence and
judgment to operate than anything
else that moves.
There is already a demand for
pilots greater than the supply, ahd
that demand will increase with the
building of more trans-oceanic pas-
senger planes and the growth of the
Army and Navy air services. Not
long ago I visited the Naval Air Sta-
tion at Pensacola, Florida, one of the
four great training schools for avia-
tors which the Government main-
tains to develop pilots not only for
military service but for commercial
Coming North in mid-March I en-
countered my first snowstorm of the
season in northern Virginia. All the
way up to my Pennsylvania home I
was struck, as I have often been be-
fore, with the sure signs along the
highway indicating the normal cli-
mate of the regions I passed through.
Even in midsummer you can tell,
in driving through a country district,
whether they have much snow there
in winter. In my old New England
home people built their houses close
to the road and their barns and
woodsheds right up against them, to
forestall being snowed in in winter.
Here where I write this, in eastern
Pensylvania, we have snows, to be
sure, but many farmhouses are set
back forty rods or more from the
road, showing that snowplows are
seldom needed. The further South
one goes, the more secluded are the
farmhouses from the highways. 1^
drove thousands of miles through
fine agricultural country in the
South, but seldom saw a farmhouse,
only the roads leading to them.
Political Announcements
For Sheriff,
EVERETT ANGLIN (Re-election)
TOM BAYLOR
For Tax Assessor-Collector:
H. C. WHITE (Re-election)
H. P. WALKER
W. T. GARDNER
Dist. Attorney 38th Judicial Dist.:
RALPH J. NOONAN (Re-election)
For District Clerk:
DENNIS CLARK (Re-election)
J. M. EVANS
For County Clerk::
DON VESTAL MOORE
(Re-election)
For County Treasurer:
MRS. ELM A IVEY (Re-election)
For County Judge:
A. C. MOGFORD (Re-election)
G. C. JACKSON
For County Attorney:
R. A. TAYLOR (Re-election)
Commissioner Precinct No, One:
J. H. BAXTER
Justice Peace Precinct No. 3:
E. B. TAYLOR (Re-election)
For Constable Precinct No. 3:
R. H. NABOURS
Commissioner Precinct No. 3:
A. F. RUTLEDGE (Re-election)
Commissioner Precinct No. 2:
E. W. HAYS (Re-election)
FOR SALE
Three lots and building
24x100 on Main Street. Bar-
gain. Call 388.
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