The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952 Page: 1 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.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I
ct
VOL. NO. 55. NO. 11
COTULLA, LA SALLE COUNTY. TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1952
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
y
j.lrDold Marshall
Killed When Truck
Overturns
»«* COTULLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE
Loan Approved
Washington—The Federal Reserve j
Board has decided to let nature take
its course as far as credit is concern- '
ed on major items, except real estate, j
The Board has suspended Regula-
tion W, that restriction imposed on
credit in the purchase of automobiles
'household appliances, furniture, etcf
It is your Congressman’s belief that
this is a forerunner of the suspension
of Regulation X, the credit restric- ;
tion on the purchase of homes. Rec- I
ent months have proven that infla- '
tionary trends have definitely de- ;
creased and that the danger is pass-
ed, at least for the present, of a ;
buying spree. ;
This will have a definite effect on
the attitude of Congress on the -t- j
tension controls scheduled to come be- !
fore the House in the near future.
Many members of Congress have
been disturbed as to whether it is I
Herman Peters
Announces For Sheriff
Tan Assessor-Collector
A loan of $261,000.00 to the South
______ West Texas Telephone Cooperative,
Laredo, Texas, May 12—Funeral Inc- has approved, according to
j services for Arnold Leon Marshall, 46 a phone cal1 from Senator Lyndon
'■who died in the Freer Hospital Sat- Johnson’s office in Washington to
! urday night of injuries received when , E' Hug0> President, Dilley.
the pickup truck he was driving over-
turned, were set for 4 p. m. today
I from the Jackson Chapel with the
FOR SUMMER VACATION MAY 21ST
$300,000.00 School Bond Election Will Be
Called For June 14, 1952
By Supt. C. R. Landrum
This loan is to construct rural lines |PctS Mfiy Be
DiZ“ ™ “d ivaccinated Monday
Rev. T. A. Leonard officiating,
j State Highway Patrolman W. V.
j Weeks said the pickup Marshall, an
oilfield driller, was driving, left the
I road at 8:30 p. in. Saturday 27 miles
The Cotulla Public Schools will close
__________ ________ for the summer vacation Wednesday,
set up exchan- i _ U* May 21, 1952. Baccalaureate servi-
ges in Dilley, MillStt, and Artesia F OF KaDieS ces will be held in the high school
"re^8- j - | auditorium Sunday, May 18th. at 8:00
- j Dr. Ben Hopson, Veternarian of j p. m. R x Robinson, minister of
Laredo will be in Cotulla Tuesday, |the Cotulla Chuich of Christ will
the baccalaureate sermon.
from Laredo on State Highway 202.
, The pickup turned over four times.
| A passing motorist took Marshall
to the Freer hospital, where he died
at 9:30 p. m.
I A native of Jacksonville, Marshall
Ralph Yarborough An-
nounces For liovrinor
I - - j the
| May 20, for the purpose of vaccinat- ! preach
Austin, May 15—Gubernatorial can-
didate Ralph Yarborough will make a
was reared in Cotulla and had been E atewide broadcast to the people of
working in and around Freer oil Xexas on Monda
fields since 1931.
ing dogs for rabies. All dog owners
in the city should see that their dogs
are vaccinated. This has been an
annual project of the Chamber of
i Commerce and the City, Council for
several years.
night, May 19.
Commencement exercises will be held
in the high school auditorium Wed-
nesday, May 21st, at 8:15 p. m.
Students will report to classes and
lunchroom will remain open through
! Tuesday, May 20th. Report cards
The place of vaccination will be at j wjU be given out Wednesday morning.
| the High School Manual Arts build- j ^ considerable amount of repairs
„;zv:“ed to.heMiss **- -
i
HERMAN PETERS
possible to administer such controls
non-politicaljy. Seemingly the con- j
trols passed by Congress did not have
much effect the way they have been
interpreted in holding down wages j
of special groups or prices on special j
industries. The great bulk of things 1
that go into the cost of ljving have j
fallen below price ceilings. i Herman Peters moved to Cotulla
Therefore, insofar as these items with his parents in 1906, attended
are concerned, we have found a Jarge 'Grammar School and High School in
force of federal employees working Cotulla and in 1918 volunteered for
on a job which is no longer necessary, service in the fiist World War. Dur-
retained only on those items still in inS World War .II Herman volunteer- j
critical short'supply and which are ‘ed for service in both the Army and
.particularly necessary today far the N»vy„ but .after medical examination
-defense effort. .was rejected due to service connected
Your Congressman believes the only disabilities received in World War I.
items that can justifiably stay under ! He returned to Texas in 1920 and
control are those which have .been married Kate Brewer, whom he had j
Hazel Favor of Pearsall 28 years ago.
Surviving, in addition to his wife,
are his parents, William E. Marshall
of Cotulla and Mrs. Belle Marshall
Kunz of Laredo; a daughter, Mrs.
Hazel Leon Hazley, and a son, Tem-
ple Lamar Marshall, both of Aransas
the Austin attorney said. Yarbor-
ough’s talk will he heard over station
WOAI at 9 p. in.
As assistant attorney general Yar-
borough wrote the first opinion, in
1934, ruling that the Texas Land
ing which is the same place as used 'are contemplated for school buildings
____________________0 ____ summer.
! The high school building will be re-
finished throughout and necessary re-
$1.50,
| Any person desiring more informa-
tion may contact V. O. McCoy, Coun- | pajrs will be made to the other build-
! ty Agent. I irgs-
S300.000.00 School Bond Election
IN June
Pass; a sister, Mrs. Anna Bell Hall of Gulf f ,
Q . . . , ..., Hie Gulf of Mexico. Yarborough
San Antonio; five grandchildren, .. ,. . . , . _
r „ T wrote the first law passed in Texas
Lonnie Michael Marshall, Jacquelina , ,
Ann Hazley, John G. iazley. Jr.,
Sandra Marah.il Hazley and James F„ fi„ JB„, pr|„ w „
Michael Hazley, all of Aransas Pass, j ___________
—Laredo/^imes
Cubs \\ in liver
llonterrev
Plans are now under way to call
I an election for June 14, 1952, for tho
| purpose of voting school bonds in
! the amount of $300J)00.00 for the
I
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Elizabeth
Jane Miller
The Cotulla Cubs won over Mon- .
terrey, M exico Wednesday nigh?
19-8 in a game that was called at ;
the 7th inning.
Hood, left fielder, homered over i
the left field fence with two on in i
the 2nd. The Cubs scored 10 runs
construction of a new eighteen class-
room elementary school, a homemak-
ing cottage for the high school, re-
modeling the Amanda Burks and
Welhausen buildings and the purchase
of equipment for these buildings.
In calling this election, the school
IGontinoed on Back page)
Mrs. I. H. itaffiaglifl
Buried A1 Mioeola
Mrs. I. W,. Buffington passed
way Monday morning, May 12,
.met while they both attended high
-school in Goiaila.
Herman and Kate have three living
(children, George, .Bill.and Kay.
| Herman entered the Government
; Service in 1929 as an .Immigration
; Patrol Inspector and in 1936 was ap-
pointed Customs Patrol Inspector:
j In 1948 he was promoted to the Cus-
,a_ lams Agency Service, serving both in
Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Miller of Hebb-
ronville, Texas passed away at 4:45
p. m. Thursday, May 8, at the Myers
Hospital in Cotulla.
Funeral services were held at the
Cotulla Baptist Church at 9 a. m.
Saturday morning with Rev. Hardy
Reese conducting. Interment was in Yartxnrough served as District Judge
in the first two innings of play. iboard feels that a11 people interested
■ Monterrey came to life in the 3rd :ln the future of children of this dis'
and scored 4 runs. jtrict realize the necessity of a mod-
The Sinton Oilers, National semi- |ern- adecplate school plant and the
pro champs are scheduled to play here I sch°o1 board is planning on all of you
next Wednesday night. Ito lend a helping hand-
__ I Perspectives of the proposed build-
High i*nKs will be placed in conspicious
| places throughout town and will be
RALPH YARBOROUGH
j The Cowboys of Cotulla
School closed out their baseball sea- i1
son last Thursday by losing to Ash- 18’ven a^ civic organizations in or-
erton in the district 31A playoff. |der that the public ma>’ be informed
Crystal City went on the win over )0^ *be buildings and con-
Asherton and gained the champion- ■ construction planned,
ship of the south zone. This week j If you are interested in having
Mount Hope Cemetery at Carrizo in Travis County, during three years they played Eagle Pass for the dis- iscbocd facilities for your children
Springs at II a. m. Her grandsons cf which he was Presiding Judge of trict championship and each had lost comparable with those in our neigh-
served as pallbearers. Third Administrative Judicial a game apiece in the three game boring towns, tell the members of the
Mrs. Miller was born in At&scosa District, containing 33 central Texas playoff. * school board. They are trying to
County on July 16, 1878, the daugh- ounties. Xhe Cowboys had a very successful give you the best sch°o1 Possible
the Enforcement and Administrative
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sal- ,-branches. On February 28, 1951,
LtlbeLtiiXm°hll'r:t: Snal ^sUg^or of Mr- and Mrs- w- M. Wilkins. | Judge Yarborough saw combat ser- season in spite of the fact mat 'tin'. !with the money available, however,
eial years. Agency Service.
Funeral series JJ-; J£^ ^ £,“££*7
Mrs. Pearl Wall preceded her in
, death 14 years ago. Mrs. Miller was
a member of the Baptist Church of
of Secretary ,of Treasurer as .evidence
re&day at 2 p. m. in
she was laid to rest by the side
her husband. iaf tbe esteem m which he was held
Mrs. Buffington would have been ^^‘■he Treasury Department. ^ Mirando City
(Continued on back ;page)
- ' ' —— I “ O-- vwitiwuv ------— "r*vv “* “‘V biiuk me ,
In 1897 she was married to J. M. vice in Europe under General Eisen- high school has not played baseball there is a limit to what the school
iboard and teaching staff can do with-
1 out the wholehearted support of the
94 years of age un the -23rd of June.
She was well knowh i* many Co
tulla people as she and Mr. Buffing-
ton made their home here for many
years, living near their daughter,
Mrs. C. M. Reynolds, who now makes
her home in San Antonio.
Attending the funeral frosn Cotulla
were Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Survivors include her sister, Mrs-
Paddy G. Lann of Cotulla; two bro-
hwwer. During the occupation of
Japan be served under General Me
Arthur. Since the war he has been
in private practice in Austin. He is
a past-president of the Travis Coun-
ty Bar Association and a former Dir-
ector of the State Bar of Texas.
Judge Yarborough was born and
for several seasons.
Rafael S. Junto
Buried Thursday
patrons of the school. Now is your
i chance to help. Get behind this is-
sue -end let’s put it over with an
overwhelming majority.
i —
A LETTER
thers, J. E. Wilkins of Mansfield, Ohio rai«ed in Henderson County, as was
and A. A. Wilkins of EH Paso, three
the Teams Highway Department in
Hinkel, regard to widening Highway ,81 thro-
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Pogue and Tom ugh La Salle Gwinty.
.Pogue
MORE NEW DWELLINGS
IN COTULLA
: Honorable J. W. Martin
jCounty Judge
Cotulla, Texas
Dear Judge Martfcar
C“Ur,t>'- “ *•» i Funeral zervic, were MJ Thurs- Til Pill i |||U> 111
«— * junco,! - vi*ty m in
liradiiaiinf flans-
j _______ ____ Q_____,______t . __________ iiWUC. . , ( Girls are really in the minority in
tJim \Wall, Jr., Leslie Wall, Raymond tcn State Teachers College in Hunts- ifr;n f ^ & Pleasure fhe graduating class this year. There
iWall and Milton Wall, all of Hebb- Gie U. 6. Military Academy at i h«ri o-r, v, * aTTItr U are s*x £*rls and fifteen boys listed
, rnn11« ond rUnJ.. 11 _* Wpst. Pinint qiu! TT^.:......i* i ^ ^ * OSpjtflL Later he Ijri place w/^11 trkinU ------
T„. T ... .. ... j granddaughters, Mrs. Claudia Holt of He was the seventh in a family of 11 r„e,,n a *
Cwunty Judge J. W. Martin jrecent- ... M T.... , „ ,, cu,-ijrprl , . . . I62’ Cotulla drygoods merchant who
i . , .. „ j Alice; Mrs. Lithe Ramsey of Hebb- emtaren. tie was graduated from j; j • x- t ,
El,z.teth Will- Ch«ndler publfc schools and «i
Tyler
I oughby of Mission; five grandsons, High School. He attended Sam Hous-
; ronville, and Charles Wall of Mirando ^est Point and the University of L, .j spiral. Gatei he jjn dagg roll which follows:
City; twelve great grandchildren and Texas. He'worked his way through °,Perat“n and ^seemed Raui Hernandez Alafita
^several neices and nephews. j (Continued on back page)
Among those from out of town at-
ed from Catarina and completely re- [requesting a survey of U. S. High- ,,, ‘n8’ 0t, ° C,ysta Clty* the rIn. . .
decorated- Kay 81 through La Salle County and A" °f her grandchildrfin were here’ d0ae Sch°o1'.
' . , - school will begin on Monday, Mav 26
any required MKRB PETOY SEEKS
Mrs. N. C. Windrow moved from
Laredo this week to her newly re-
modeled home on Leona Street. Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Poole also had agreeing to furnish
be getting along fine. Tuesday i
j he was walking about his room and
dropped dead from a heart attack.
! Rafael S. Junco was well known in 1
.Cotulla, having lived here practically j
all his life. For many years he has !
so,,*,, b- p^ued t.r lhe iTZrr1;
The
an adopted son.
right-of-way.
We have also received a similar
order by the City Council of the City
of Cotulla.
POST IN CONGRESS
and will continue for six days, closing
Saturday, May 31st.
Carrizo Springs-Herb C. Petty, Jr. j ^ f‘°m ° ^ ’’
senior member of the local law firm
AMANDA BURKS EXERCISES
MONDAY NIGHT
Children from 4 j The graduation exercises for
a house moved from Catarina to Le-
ona Street on the lot adjoining Mrs.
Windrow. The .dwelling has been re-
modeled throughout and the Pooles «nr memoer oi me local law nrm years through junior hiiri. h l o J— ---------- AUI ««
expect to be able to move within the 1 This matter is being brought to of Petry & Dean, and past president I pij-.-i,,- S*,°° are j8th Srade of the Amanda Burks
next few days. < the attention of the proper authority of Lions International, has announ-! thl clmunuTJre to "" 2 '■ *Ch°°!-Wi” be ^ld Monday
Joe Amberson has two dwellings in the Austin office for their consid- ced his candidacy for the Democrat- ° par
under construction in Oleander Heigh- ration. ic nomination for U. S. Congressmao-
ts. We understand Mr. and Mrs. | W’e appreciate very much the co- | at-large for Texoe.
Norman Gray have purchased one of operative attitude of you and the cit- j Petry, a native of Dimmit County,
the dwellings.
SUMMER SCHEDULE AT
COUNTY LIBRARY
The La Salle County Library, lo-
cated on the first floor of the Court
House in Cotulla, will go on the sum-
mer schedule beginning Thursday,
May 22.
The Library will be open from 4
to 6 p. m. each
I ens of La Salle County and sincere-
ly hope that we may be of service
to you.
Sincerely yours,
F. M. Davis
District Engineer
is a graduate of Carrizo Spring*
High School, of Westmoreland Col- j
lege of San Antonio and the Univer-
I
cipate in the school.
Parents should plan now
their children attend the
school.
church
OIL NEWS
MRS. GENE MANGUM
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mr*. Gene Mangum is in the Dilley mission.
Hospital where she underwent a ma- * Petry is married to the
Tuesday, Thursday Ijor operation Tuesday. J Josephine White, daughter
and Saturday during the summer Latest reports are that she it pro* ’ and Mrs. Ben C. White of
months. *gressing favorably. Springe.
,8ity of Texas Lew School. He is a j philips Petroleum Co. A-l J. O.
I director of the Texas Good Roads . Washburn wHdcat near the Green
Association, president of Dimmit Branch field Southeast of Fowlerton land Quite a few of its citizens
, County Bar Association, a steward in hae ^en fishing for rock bitg at
David Laurence Coleman
Leslie Holmes Easley
Frances Virneil Garms
Maria Elena Gonzalez
Lonnie Burdwell Harper
Fred Thomas Harr
John Mac Hartsell
Jo Ann Howard
Pablo Cabazos de Jimenez
Charles David Johnson
Patrick J. Kelly
Thomas Ashley Kinsel
Clarence Wayne iTee
Sarah Adelle Macon
Rogelio Maldonado
Tommy Don Noah
Joseph Richard O’Brien
Anna Jo Pohl
Margaret Mae Rice
Jose Ovidio Rodriquez
HONOR STUDENTS
Wayne Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs.
The Dilley Golf Club, recently or- K- B> Lee is Valedictorian of the
ganized, has built a new golf course* Class of 1952- Salutatorian of the
(class is Frances Garms, daughter of
night,
May 19, at the high school auditor-
ium at 8 p. m.
to have j fhe public is extended and an in-
vitation to attend.
GOLF CLUB ORGANIZED
AT DILLEY
|th« First Methodist Chureh and a 'depth of 14,836 feet,
i member of the Texas Economy Com- ( -
getting interested in playing golf,
j J. F. Moffett is president of the
—--— dub and R. C. Avant, Sec’y-Treas.
( Over the line in this county, Phil- j Talmadge Harris was up at Dilley
former lips No. La Salle (John T. Pearson) this week and brings back word that
of Mr. was drilling below 6500 feet first of anyone from Cotulla, interested in
Carrizo the week on a 10,800 Edwards Lime playing golf, is welcome to play on
contract. _ the new Dilley course.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Garms.
ATTEND MEETING IN UVALDE
M. H. Russell, Consignee for Gulf
Oil Corporation and John E. Tyler, Jr.
operator of Gulf service station atten-
ded a zone meeting in Uvalde Tuesday
night.
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.
Matching Search Results
View five places within this issue that match your search.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. 55, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952, newspaper, May 16, 1952; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1160008/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.