The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1956 Page: 3 of 6
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Cotulla Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Alexander Memorial Library.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
(
THE COTUlLA fiECORD COTULLA, TEXAS
Page Thr
.C,
Hi*'
•AL MAIL
'IPTION
V.
tOUPAY
| ONLY
I $11.95
SPECIAL RATE BY MAIL
IN TEXAS ONLY!
I
PUBLISHING CO.
.. SAN ANTONIO 6, TEXAS
<owe find enclosed $11.95 for my moil subscription
ANTONIO EXPRESS (Doily and Sunday) for one yeor
IL ADDRESS..........................
IT ....................................
THIS OFFER GOOD ONLY IN AREAS WHERE THERE
IS NO HOME DELIVERY
itral Power & Light
views 1955 Activities
watt hours, an increase of 260,- 1955 and increased the capacity and Service, Inc., was formally
000,000 kilowatt hours over of four others. ! completed June 29, to leave
1954. Construction began early in CPL’s business completely elec-
At the end of 1955, Central the year on a project to enlarge trical. Southern Texas had
Power and Light Company was and modernize CPL’s main of-' operated the properties on a
serving 219,000 customers thro- fice building in downtown Cor- | lease-rental basis since August
ughout South Texas. This is pus Christi. A new building ], 1953.
a net increase of almost 9,000 to house the district and local1 -
lor the year offices in Laredo was completed j TEXAS IN REVIEW
The company s 1955 operations lor business during the year,
were also marked by continued Employees of CPL offices in Two football bowl games will
expansion and the construction Alice, Rio Grande City and Co- be featured next week on the
ot new facilities. tulla moved into new quarters i Humble Company’s TV’ prog-
CPL spent more than $21,- in 1955 and new service centers : ram, Texas in Review.
000,000 during the past year to | were placed in operation at Vic- From Dallas will come films
meet the growing electric needs toria and Corpus Christi. jof activities during Cotton Bowl
of South Texas. The past year To finance the big expansion j week and highlights of the
was second only to 1954 as a program, the company issued j football game between TCU
record year of expansion. land sold $3,000,000 in common | anfl Mississippi.
The company’s construction stock in early 1955. Bank loans; The other feature will be
the year were
activities for
highlighted by the comple- 000 and mosi of the proceeds
tion of large additions.to plants from $7,500,000 of CPL preferr-
provided an additional $4,200,-) films of the colorful Sun Carni-
val in El Paso along with high-
lights of the Texas Tech-Wyo
in Laredo and Victoria. Install- ,ed stock sold in late 1954 were
past
ming game.
Other films on the same prog-
ram will show how the Houston
ation of an addition to Lon C. carried over for use this
Hill Power Station near Calal- year,
len was nearing completion as CPL pajd out a total of $8,- j police department uses special
the year ended. ,725,000 in salaries to employees I tickets and key punch machines
When the addition to Lon Hill during 1955. Another $8,176,-
plant goes into service next 000 went to the government in
spring, CPL will be able to sup- the form of taxes,
i ply more than five times as Sale of the company’s ice pro-
for keeping records of traffic
violations.
Monday, Jan. 9. Texas in Re-
view can be seen on WOAI-TV,
much power as it could 10 years perties to Southern Texas Ice *^an Antonio at 10:15 p. m.
outh Texans increased their
rage household use of elect-
•ity by 180 kilowatt hours
ring 1955, Central Power and
ago.
Throughout South Texas.
CPL spent millions of dollars for
the construction and improve-
ricity for cooking, refrigeration,
air conditioning, clothes wash-
ing and drying, and television
j accounted for much of the gain ment of high-voltage transmis-
/ght Company has reported in I during 1955. Improved home i sion lines,
review of the year’s activities, (lighting and electric space heat- Transmission lines completed
The average domestic custom- j ing also contributed to the rec- during the year include 69,000
jer used about 2.050 kilowatt lord use.
/hours of electricity in 1955, Use of electricity for indus-
compared to 1.869 during the trial and commercial purposes
preceding year. South Texans also showed a substantial in-
are now using about twice as crease during the past year,
much electricity as nine years
ago, the company reported.
company spokesmen said.
Total use of electricity in 1955
Increased home use of elect- i amounted to 1,900,000 000 kilo-
\olt lines from Cotulla to Lytle, I
and from Lon Hill Station to
Mathis. The 69,000-volt line;
from Blessing to Victoria was i
converted to 138,000 volts dur-'
ing 1955.
The company also constructed i
nine new substations during i
TEXACO PRODUCTS
Gasoline - Oils - Greases
WHOLESALE
M. V. DAVIS
. It looks .
high priced
...but its the ’56 Chevrolet!
The Old Nueces
Philosopher
Editor’s Note: The Nueces
Philosopher on his Johnson
grass farm has an odd idea to
start the new year off with, hi>
letter this week reveals.
Dear editar:
As far as I'm concerned, the
year has already started off
wrong.
The very first newspaper
that showed up out here on my
farm had an article in it that
up set me.
According to it, a scientist
has been given a medal and $500
for developing a rust-resistant
wheat.
Now ordinarily you wouWn t
think there was anything wrong
v ith this, a wheat farmer plants
v lot of the stuff, it comes up,
looks like it’s gonna make a
good crop, then it begins rust-
ing and his crop turns up short
or a complete failure.
But if there’s anything this
country needs now it’s less
wheat, not more, unless we
want to build more warehouses
and even idle ships to nold it in.
What we really need is a
new-type wheat that will expire
after two years, like photo-
graphic film. If it’s no*\ u*seo
in two years after it’s harvest-
ed, it’ll crumble apart.
They’re giving the prize for
the wrong thing these days.
They've developed for example
I a storm-proof cotton, but what
! the cotton industry needs is
more cotton that’ll blow away
the first time a light wind comes
up, covered by insurance, of
j course.
They’ve already developed
; hybrid corn, making two ears
grow where one grew before,
but they’ve neglected to devel-
op a hybrid dollar, and as a re-
sult, while one bushel of cori
used to bring two dollars, it now
brings one.
Also, they’re now working on.
■hybrid maize, and the results
i will be the same, two hundred
jpounds produced where one
1 hundred pounds used to be the
average, with the price being
'cut in half.
! Some people may consider
this progress, but until they de-
velop a hybrid dollar to double
as fast as production of crops,
they ought to soft-peddle these
ii0\v discoveries. rhev,re £fiv-
ing the prizes to the wrong
(men.
What science ought to be
turning its mind to is the devel-
opment oi perishable wheat,
cotton, corn, maize, nee. etc.
or else get to work on a hy-
brid dollar.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
La Salle County
LIBRARY
Open
Tuesday and Saturday
From 3 to 5:30
County Court House
THE NEW BEL AIR SPORT COUPE—one of 19 high-priced-locking Chevrolet models.
.. e*
Who wouldn’t mistake this handsome new
Chevrolet for a high-priced car!
It looks strictly “upper bracket” with its
bold new Motoramie styling ... its longer,
lower hood ... its proud new grille that
spans the full front end.
Even the details would do credit to an
expensive car . . . like the slec-k, high-fashion
taillights (the left one hides the gas cap!).
But, even beyond the costly appearance
of its Fisher Body, Chevy gives the high-
priced cars a run for their money. For it’s
one of the few great road cars built today I
It brings you the added security of nailed-
down stability on turns and lightning accel-
eration for safer passing. Horsepower now
ranges all the way up to 205! All engines now-
have hydraulic-hushed valve lifters.
Of course, Chevrolet has safety door latches
in all models. In addition, you can have seat
belts, with or without shoulder harness, and
instrument panel padding at extra cost.
There’s a new Chevrolet just made for you.
So come in and highway-test it.
T;ik iPk " vi
44
- g _ .
t
THE HOT ONES EVEN HOTTER
KINSEL & CO.,
DUNLAP
“HELP YOURSELF LAUNDRY
AND
TRAILER PARK
Laundry. Minimum 75c per hoar
Your Patronage Appreciated
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1956, newspaper, January 6, 1956; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158414/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.