The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1953 Page: 2 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 24 x 18 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER Si, 1953
THE COTULLA RECORD
COTULLA, TEXAS
PAGE TWO
DANCE
Owen Winslow and His Boys
Playing at the
LOS ANGELES CAFE
Saturday Night, Oct. 10th - 9 to 1
ADMISSION: Couple $1.50, Stags $1.00
ENCINAL
MRS. J. H. TRITT, Reporter
Encinal: Mrs. \V. B. Stokes, Sr. loft
Tuesday for Santa Cruz, Calif, where
she will be the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Arthur Wood. Following her
visit there Mrs. Wood will accom-
pany her to Grangeville, Idaho for a
visit with their brother, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter McAdams, then to Spokane,
Wash, where they will visit another
brother, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carol.
Mrs. Maggie Spindle attended the
Old Trail Drivers Convention at the
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio last
week.
Pvt. Jose Mesta spent a few days
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. A. Mesta last week. He left Wed-
nesday to report at Camp Kilmer,
New Jersey, for further assignment
with the anti Aircraft Artillery in
England.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Spencer, Misses
Roberta Spencer, Janice Breeding,
Edna Kuenstler and Carol Stokes
visited in Victoria the past weekend.
James Breeding returned home Sat-
urday much improved after spending
the past week in the Nix Hospital.
J. H. Tritt spent Monday in the
Alamo City visiting his brother, W.
F. Tritt.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McGill and
small daughter, Cynthia Jean of San
Antonio were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Baker.
MILLETT
MRS. L. A. HARR. Reporter
Millett; Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Caviness, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Web-
ster and little son of San Antonio
were Saturday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne DeWeese.
Willie Barron of San Antonio spent
Tuesday and Wednesday with his
mother, Mrs. Tena Barron.
Mrs. J. A. Gantt and Mrs. Velma
Holt c: Breckenridge were guests of
| Mrs. E. S. Decker Tuesday and Wed-
■ nesday.
Mrs. Ruth Atkinson and Mr. Ru-
dolph Atkinson of San Antonio spent
Thursday and Friday in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Smoky Atkinson,
i Mary Gulley of Charlotte is visit-
ing her sister, Mrs. Ellen Ballard,
i Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Harr and dau-
ghter visited Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Nance in Big Wells Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne DeWeese and
family spent the weekend in Ft.
Stockton.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Tolbert and
Charles of San Antonio visited the
1 C. A. Straws over the weekend.
Mrs. John Miller and daughter of
Dilley were Millett visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Edward Shull and children of
Ruby Epperson Thursday.
Dilley visited in the home of Mrs.
I Mr. and Mrs. Raymond King and
family of Poteet were Sunday guests
(.1 Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Harr.
I Sun Poston of San Antonio was
1 down for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harr and La
Mar and Linda were guests Sunday
. of Mr. and Mi s. Bo Harr and Little
Bo.
' James Jasper Sassman of Naval Air
Force Training Center of Corpus
' Christi, son of J. H. Sassman of
! Queens Creek, Arizona was a week*
I end guest of his aunt, Mrs. Florence
I Mathews, and Mrs. Edna Dollar.
| FOWLERTON
VIRS. 0. W. HERMAN, Reporter '
! Fowlerton: Mrs. Frank Franklin 1
and boys and Mrs. Louis Marley vis- j
' ited in the W. H. Marley home in (
Crystal City one day last week,
j Mr. and Mrs. Homer Kuykendall j
of San Antonio visited relatives in
Fowiertov: Tutiday and Wedneday of
i last week.
Mrs. Woodie Pursh of Alice visit-
r, Mrs. J. W. McAda Iasi
l Friday.
Mr. and M;.
I Beaumont visited her father, Mr.
) Tom Davis last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Patton went
fishing on the coast Saturday.
GARDENDALK
MRS. A. POIIL, Reporter
Gardendale: Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Starnes and children of Somerset
spent the weekend with Mrs. Starnes’
mother, Mrs. Anna Pohl.
Charles Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs
Joe Brown of Cotulla visited with
his cousin, Phillip Pohl, Thursday.
James Pohl was in San Antonio on
business last Friday.
Junior Murphy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Murphy of Devine, visited at
the home of James Pohl, Saturday.
Mr. Joe Pohl, Jr. attended the Ho-
ly Name Convention in San Antonio
Sunday. Donny Iwan of Cotulla
accompanied him to the convention.
America’s First Sports Car Reaches Market
ARTESIA WELLS
MRS. ROY ADAMS, Reporter
Artesia Wells: W. E. Crisp went
to Longview Monday to attend the
Santa Gertrudis show. He stopped
over in Austin on his way home and
and his sister, Mrs. Belton Sweet
came home with him for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mangum and
grandson, Baby Kinsel of Cotulla vis-
ited with Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Aider-
man Sunday.
Miss Midge Alderman of Kerrville
spent the weekend with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Alderman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Ramsey left
Monday for San Antonio to attend
the funeral of their grandson, Ram-
sey Miller, who was killed in a car
wreck early Monday morning. An
Army ambulance struck their car in
the rear, breaking Ramsey’s neck.
He was 17 years of age. The boy
with him was not injured.
Little Vicky Lynne Zapp of (Pleas-
anton has been visiting her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Henrich-
son. Mr. Zapp came for her Monday
Mrs. Sadie H. Landrum of Pleas-
anton came Tuesday for a visit with
her son, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Landrum
and her brother, Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Horton. T~*r- •
Artie Sinclair’s car turned over
while he was making a 'turn when
the brakes failed, wrecking the car
and sending him to the hospital for
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lane stopped
over Saturday to visit her sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Adams. They were
motoring to Tampico, Mexico to visit
their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Tillatson.
I
One of the most widely discussed automobiles— The Corvette measure
the Chevrolet Corvette—has been placed in dis- door. Wheelbase is 10:
tribution. A tv.o-passenger open model (with re-
movable top), the car is the American auto
industry's first sports car and the first to
a plastic body built by mass production met hi......
only 33 inches high a the
inches. Traditional Chev-
rolet features include a special 1’3-hoi cp
••Blue-Flame” engine and a Powerglide a -tonutic
transrn'-sion. Production followed special show■
:.*3 ol' an experimental model in many <,i..-
LOS ANGELES
By Helen Lansford
Los Angeles: Mr. and Mrs. Ker-
mit Gebert of Winters are the proud
parents of a boy born on Oet. 6.
Paternal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Gebert of our city.
Mrs. Bertha Boeker is in Myers
Hospital where she has been for
quite some time.
Mrs. Howard Schulz and Mr. R.
H Lansford made a trip to Seguin
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Gustafson were
San Antonio visitor last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hammer were
Devine visitors with Mr. and Mrs. G.
B. Thompson and family recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Rip Hatterman and
Judy we* recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Hatterman.
Mrs. R. L. Roberts arrived Tuesday
from El Paso where she has been for
quite some time with her husband.
: on a new line this year in the hopes
I of reaching new herds of deer. The
i old line was abandoned because of
the poor luck recently. Cottonseed
cake is used for bait.
Only one hundred thirty-three deer
were taken from the Refuge last
: year. This was an all time low.
The most deer ever taken in one sea-
! son totaled almost seventeen hund-
red.
I
j The 1953 catch is scheduled for
transfer to newly established wildlife
i restoration and game management
; areas, mostly in northeast Texas.
| Trapping of the big game is hand-
| led mostly by Commission crews un-
; der a working arrangement with the
! Federal Government which controls
the area.
NEWS OF SERVICE MEN
With The 55th Infantry Div. In
Korea—Army Pfc. Francisco A. Sali-
nas, 21, whose wife, Francisca, and
father Teodoro R. Salinas, live in
Cotulla, Texas is taking part in the
intensive post truce training pro-
gram of the 45th Infantry Division
in Korea.
Private First Class Salinas, who
arrived in Korea this June, is serving
as an ammunition bearer in Company
D of the division’s 179th Regiment.
Soldiers of the “Thunderbird” div-
ision work constantly to maintain and
improve the peak combat readiness
and efficiency which marked the for-
mer Oklahoma National Guard unit
during the Korean fighting.
TRAPS FOR DEER
BEING BAITED
Austin, Oct. 3—Crews down on the
j Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
j have been baiting preliminary to the
| regular trapping season, according to
j the Director of Wildlife Restoration
for the Game and Fish Commission.
He said the traps have been placed
WOOLLS & STOREY
mi
Phones: Office 62 - Residence 324
| BUTANE GAS & PETROLEUM
I PRODUCTS
|
! II
Gas & Electrical Appliances
Cotulla, Texas
Ethel Merman Show
★ ICE CYCLES OF '54
★ AUT SWENSON THRIU.CADE
★ MILLION DOLLAR MIDWAY
j* COTTON BOWL FOOTBALL
I* LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION
★ 10,000 FREE EXHIBITS
★ 3-D AGRICULTURAMA
★ TEXAS FASHION ROUND-UP
★ AUTOMOBILE SHOW
★ DANCING WATERS
_____ _____ ______ _ 11 Davis and family
of San Antonio, Mrs. Kenneth Geb-
ert and girls oi Los Angeles visited
"heir parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J.
Franklin over the weekend.
| Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kuykendall vis-
! ited her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
j Bass in San Antonio Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Billington and
| family of Houston visited his bro-
ther, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Billington last
1 week.
Mrs. Gay Falkerson of San Antonio
J visited her mother, Mrs. Frank Gab-
rysch over the weekend.
Mr. Wattermer Hansen of San An-
tonio visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Hansen last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Krasucky at-
tended a family reunion of the Holub
and Kanas families Sunday in Com-
manehe Park, San Antonio. A de-
licious barbecue with all the trim-
mings and cold drinks was served.
Everyone had a nice time.
Adolph and John Krasucky were
in Cotulla Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick McCommak of
Here are Iwo points to remember when you buy a new car! . . .
,=r s X 3E X isS X -is: X SB X IB X QB X = X - - X = X------
Petry’s Farm & Ranch Supplies
PHONE 24 or 104 CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS
— LIQUID INSECTICIDES and FUNGICIDES
Vegetable Poison
Crop Dusting
Stock Remedies
Spray and Dips
... x BBxX ■ x 111x^x === x ==sx =
Aero Crop
Dusting and Spraying
Vaccine
Ammunition
Fishing Tackle
Pear Burners
Without Farm Bureau, farmers in Texas
and the nation would be without a voice
in our social, economic and political way
of life. Other groups would begin to
impose upon farmers individually be-
cause the farmers would have no “Col-
lective Voice."
Th# thrilling "Two T«ii" 4-door mdon.
With 3 great new series, Chevrolet offer#
the widest choice of models in its fieldr
of any line in its field!
CHEVROLET
MORE PEOPLE BUY CHEVROLETS
THAN ANY OTHER CAR I
Look at Chevrolet! You'll see that it brings you big-car styling,
smoothly rounded Fisher Body beauty, and a rich, roomy, color-
ful interior with Safety Plate Glass all around in sedans and
coupes. Features ordinarily found only in higher-priced cars.
Drive a Chevrolet! You’ll be equally impressed by the out-
standing pick-up and power as well as the smoothness and quiet-
ness of its advanced high-compression Valve-in-Hcad engine.
Test Chevrolet's handling-ease and riding-ease! You’ll find that
this car alone combines the greater comfort and convenience of
Powerglide automatic driving,* Power Steering* and the Knee-
Action Ride—just as it alone gives the protection of Jumbo-Drum
Brakes, largest in Chevrolet’s field.
And here’s the best news of all. Chevrolet offers all these fine-
car advantages at the lowest prices and with exceptional economy.
Come in, see and drive this car, at your earliest convenience!
* Optional at extra cost. Combination of Powerglide automatic transmission f
and llS-h.p. "Blue-Flame” engine available on “Two-Ten” and Bel Air
models. Power Steering available on all models.
,foin Your ComiL
Farm Bureau Now!
ly
KINSEL & COMPANY, INC.
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. 56, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1953, newspaper, October 9, 1953; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158897/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.