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COTULLA, LA SALLE COUNTY. TEXAS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 29. 1952
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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COTULLA SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE
EDUCATION WEEK MARCH H
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LLOYD M. BEJ$[
Washington— South Texas and
southern industrialization were dealt
* threat of things to come with De-
fense Mobilizer Wilson’s decision to
allocate defense contracts by nego-
tiation rather than the time-honored
system of the lowest bidder.
CIO’s Walter Reuther exerted
pressure on the government to award
federal defense contracts to the De-
troit area because of an increase in
Farm-To-Market
Read West
Progressing
! The Farm-to-Market Road west of
Cotulla is progressing rapidly to-
unemployment there. As a result
this order was issued. j completion. All the dirtwork has
Surely unemployment anywhere is been completed to the county line in
a matter of concern. Despite that, j county. In Dimmit- county the
however, Texas’ new industries must entire stretch has been completed ex-
1 cept for detouring at one bridge
1 structure.
The Cotulla Public Schools will ob-
serve Public School Week, which is
sponsored by the Texas Education
Agency and is made official by a
proclamation by the Governor of
Texas, March 2 thru 8th.
Opening the week’s activities will
be a parade by the school children
led by the Cotulla Cowboy Band
through the downtown section of the
city Monday, March 3, at 2:00 p. m.
Parents and friends of children at-
tending any of the Cotulla schools
are welcome to visit the schools any
day during the week. Parents of
children attending the Amanda Burks
School are especially urged to visit
with teachers and friends and attend
the special program by the Amanda
Burks children in the High School
their community and in the State of
Texas.
WHEREAS:
Every citizen should keep himself
continually acquainted with the
changing educational needs of the
students and other problems con-
fronting the school officials and tea-
chers. We believe that never be-
fore has it been so important that
the people know and understand the
tiuth of the phrase, ‘‘Texas Public-
Schools—Democracy in Action.”
RESOLVED;
That the Texas State Board of
Education hereby designates the
week of March 2 through March 8,
1952, as the Public School Week in
not be penalized for their ability to
save the taxpayers millions of dollars
through the hard work of our labor-
ing men, efficiently and good man-
agement. In view of the present
financial system of our nation, the
compteitive bid system should be con-
tinued. Just when we are trying to
eliminate waste in defense expendi-
tures the nation can hardly afford to
support poor management on the
other hand. Your Congressman will
not be a party to a carpetbagger at-
tempt to liquidate Texas’ industrial
growth for which the state has been
striving so long.
The Defense Mobilizer bases his au-
thority on an executive branch inter-
pretation of the Walsh-Healey Act
as passed by the Congress. Frankly
your Congressman doesn’t think this
was the intent of the Congress.
Frankly, your Congressman will join
other southern and western members
of the Congress in re-writing or de-
feating the law so that it is clearly
spelled out that such is not the Con-
gress’ intent.
Negotiations of defense contracts
instead of traditional public bidding
is a perfect set-up for pork barreling
the entire defense spending pro-
gram. Your Congressman regards
Mr. Wilson as an honorable man—
yet that doesn’t eliminate the lack of
wisdom about departing from the
system of awarding government con-
tracts to the bidder who can give the
government its dollar’s worth.
You don’t have to stretch your im-
agination to realize the negotiation
the
The rains last, weekend has bene-
fited the program considerably as
thousands of gallons of water was
having to be hauled to set up
road bed.
If weather permits the road
probably be paved within a
weeks.
I Texas, and urges every citizen to
Auditorium Friday, March 7, at visit a public school during this per-
l-00 P- m. There will be a special | jod in order that he may become per-
piogiam by the \\ elhausen children j sonally acquainted with the programs
for the benefit of their parents Fri- | and accomplishments of
Funeral Smites Held
11 Arlexia (Veils For
Mrs. linen Winslow
day March 7 at 1:30 p. m. in the
Welhausen School Auditorium.
RESOLUTION*
WHEREAS:
We, the members of the Texas
State Board of Education, believe
that a sound and progressive system
of education requires the interest of
all the people, and that all citizens
have the responsibility, obligation,
and duty to cooperate with school of-
ficials and teachers in an effort to
improve the educational system in
our system
of public schools.
That the Texas Education Agency
encourage local school officials and
teachers to cooperate with the citi-
zens, parent-teacher associations, and
other related organizations to pro-
mote Public Schools Week in Texas.
That the Texas Education Agency
encourage local school officials and
teachers to invite the citizens to visit
classiooms, and to plan programs
with the purpose of giving the pup-
ils and the citizens a better under-
standing of the school program.
Cotulla citizens will continue to
have a good fire rate for 1952 ac-
cording to announcement of the Tex-
as Fire Insurance Commission. For
the past year a 15 percent good fire
record credit has been in affect and
the same credit is to be allowed ef-
fective March 1. This credit will be
in effect until March 1, 1953.
Fire record credit and penalties of
surrounding towns are, Big Wells and
Crystal, Catarina and Dilley, 25 per-
cent credits; Uvalde, 20 percent cred-
it; Cotulla, 15 percent credit; Pearsall
10 percent credit; Devine, 10 percent
penalty and Carrizo Springs 15 per-
cent penalty.
Fire losses in the United States
during 1951 reached an all time high
of 751 millions. This figure is more
than double the losses which occured
in 1942.
Cotulla’s losses by fire during 1951
were less than $100 but 1952 started
off with losses amounting to more
than S27.000.
Fine rains, amounting from 1 1-2
to 5 inches fell over a greater part
of La Salle County the past week.
The first rain began falling last
Thursday afternoon, followed by a
couple of days of drizzle, which was
jnighty fine on the whole country.
On Sunday night, another good rain
fell just ahead of a norther, which
also was general over the county.
In places creeks ran bank full af-
ter both rains for the first time in
many months. Much stock water
was caught in tanks over the whole
county.
At Cotulla the Thursday lain a-
mounted to .80 of an inch, according
to the Record gauge, and the two
day drizzle ran the total up to 1.05.
The Sunday night rain measured .60
of an inch, making a total of 1.65.
This was the first rain of any con-
sequence since last October when 1.85
fell. In November .44 of an inch
fell and in December .6, and none in
January.
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Convene Viiiiiiiuy lianhidule Fieceer
Raises Vwav
Mrs. Owen Winslow of Artesia
Wells passed away Tuesday morning
Feb. 26, at 8:30 at Myers Hospital in
Cotulla where she had been brought
the day before. Mrs. Winslow had
been in ill health for some time.
Funeral services were held in Ar-
tesia Wells Wednesday at 3 p. m.
1 with Rev. D. L. Sinclair of Asherton
| conducting the service. Interment
[ was in the Artesia Wells cemetery.
Julia E. Winslow was born May 2,
i 1909 in Cotulla, the daughter of Mr.
! and Mrs. It. B. Robuck. In April
• 1935 she was married to Owen A.
Winslow of Artesia Wells. To this
union a daughter, Wilma Ruth was
! born. __
| Mrs. Winslow was a member of
the Baptist Church.
CLINIC TO BE HELD , IN XIX HOSPITAL
IN COTULLA MARCH 6TH ,
---- 1 Mr. L. F. Mayes is in the Nix Hos-
A Tumor Clinic will be held in Co- ( ,)itai in San Antonio where he under-
tulla on March 6th at the Myers Hos- went an operation Tuesday. Reports
pital, according to Dr. Clyde P. My- aic that he has been very ill but at
ers. The same physicians who have the present time is progressing fav-
attended these monthly meetings in ’ nrably.
the past will be here.
I Survivors include her husband and
method could be used to reward poll- j daughter> VVilma Ruth o£ Al tesia
Wells; parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Robuck of Cotulla; sister, Mrs. O. F.
■ O’Brien of San Antonio and brother,
Cleve Robuck of Three Rivers.
| Pail bearers were Jiggs Landrum,
Tony Snowden, Willard Crisp, George
! Crisp, Steve Akers and Roy F. Adams
tically favored areas and to punish
others. Your Congressman wouldn’t
expect Mr. Wilson to use such a
weapon politically. An office like
his changes administrators rapidly
as a usual thing, so what assurance
do we have about what kind of a
man this successor might be. Your
Congressman believes this is a dan-
gerous precedent; therefore, the au-
thority on which it’s based must be -
repealed. • John T. Boyd, Jr., local Ford
Anzalduas Hearing j dealer, has announced a mechanics
The House Appropriations Com- school is in progress for his employ-
mittee heard in detail about the need, ' ees at the Cotulla Motor Company,
for funds to construct Anzalduas di- Two nights each week are devoted to
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DISTRICT SUPERVISORS
J. M. Burkholder, Chairman
The 81st Judicial District Court will
convene in Cotulla Monday, March 3.
Judge Walter Loughtidge of San
Antonio will replace Judge H. D.
Barrow on the bench the first week.
Judge Barrow is now holding court in
San Antonio.
Following is a list of Grand Jurors
summoned for Monday:
Richard Weber
John F. Niesehweitz
J. M. Burkholder
S. A. Harr
Will Nagy - -v-,
Willard Crisp
S. W. Warden
J. A. Kuykendall
H. L. Sturges
Carlos Pena
E. O. Ehlert
J. T. Pogue ...
F. W. Lewis
Roy Cotulla
Temple Harrison
Fred Hillje
Judge Jtiliii I iid gliii
Hies VI Pearsall
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon for Fred H. Rummel, 79,
who passed away at Myers Hospital
in Cotulla, Thursday evening. Feb.
23, at 5 p. m.
Graveside services were conducted
in the Dilley cemetery by R. T. Rob-
inson of the Cotulla Church of Christ.
Mr. Rummel became a member of the
Church of Christ several years ago.
Surviving are his widow, a son,
Johnnie of Freer, 5 grandchildren,
and 1 great grandchild. He is also
survived by five brothers, O. L. of
Kingsville; Gus of Kenedy, Alfred of
Camp Wood, Harmon and Willie of
Dilley.
Funeral arrangements were under
the direction of Hearn Funeral Home,
Cotulla.
James O. Martin
Named to Who’s Who
Rank at A & M
FORD MECHANICS
GIVEN SCHOOLING
version dam. Together with E. P.
Congdon and Glenn White, president
(Continued on back page)
NEWS OF MEN IN SERVICE
Clark AFB—Pfc. Lora M. Tedford,
son of Mr. Robert N. Tedford, Fow-
lerton has been recently assigned to
the 6200th Food Service Squadron,
Thirteenth Air Force on Clark Air
Force Base, located 60 miles north
of Manila. v
Private Tedford joined the U. S.
Air Force in January 1951. He at-
tended a service school at Fort Knox
Ky., before leaving for his present
overseas assignment.
instruction of teaching the mechan-
ics the details of adjustments and
repairs of the 1952 Ford cars and
trucks. Films are used to provide
the necessary instructions. The
mechanics are required to take ex-
! aminations covering the schooling.
Mr. Boyd reports his mechanics
have attended Ford Motor schools in
San Antonio and Houston recently,
receiving a thorough schooling in the
serviceing and repairing of the new
Ford.
Will Nagy
E. R. Cotulia
B. A. Vineyard, district cooperator,
has completed the construction of
1.1 miles of channel type terraces and
1,104 feet of diversion terrace on his
ranch west of Cotulla. Vineyard
was assisted in payment of the cost
of construction by the La Salle Co-
unty Agricultural Conservation Pro-
grams Branch of the Production and
Marketing Administration. Techni-
cians of the Soil Conservation Service
staked out the terrace lines and check
ed them after they were completed.
Louis G. Pcrsch
Clifton Wheeler, Jr.
Conservation Service assisted in
planning and laying out the irrigation
system.
Edwin P. Ruhman, District coopeiat-
or, has recently completed the en-
largement of a dirt reservoir for
livestock water. This work was
done with the financial assistance
of the La Salle County Agricultural
Conservation program. Technicians
of the Soil Conservation Service stak-
ed out the reservoir and checked it
after it was completed.
the Inchon landings and the redep-
loyment of UN troops at Hungnam.
The heavy cruiser USS Rochester,
on a second tour of duty in Korean
waters, has returned to Japan from
the combat zone.
James L. I.astcr, fireman appren-
tice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orie
Laster, of Millett is serving aboard High School and attended Southwest
the ship which has participated in Texas State College prior to his en-
several major sea operations against listment in the Air Force in January
Communist forces in Korea. , 1951. His current duty assignment
The Rochester has served as flag- is that of information specialist in
Forbes AFB, Kans.,—Promotion of
! Corporal Lee A. Harr, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred D. Harr, Cotulla, to
the grade of sergeant has been an-
nounced by Brigadier General David
W. Hutchinson, commanding general
\ of the 21st Air Division, Forbes Air
Force Base, Topeka, Kansas.
Sgt. Harr graduated from Cotulli
The Supervisors of the Dos Rios
Soil Conservatoin District held their
regular meeting Tuesday afternoon,
Feb. 12, 1952 at the County Court
House in Cotulla. There were five
fanners and ranchers, interested in
conservation irrigation who attended
the meeting. After a discussion of
the different kinds of irrigation, the
group visited the Hogue Poole ranch
and observed the level border system
Ithat Poole has established. A large
part of this land has been planted to
Fescue and Alfalfa. Poole was pres-
'ent and stated that he plans to start
grazing part of this within the next |
10 days. The supervisors approved 18 '
agreements on 39,519 acres.
N. A. Quintanilla, district cooperat-
or, has completed the construction of
1.8 miles of channel type terraces on
his ranch west of Cotulla. This land
will be planted in Blue panicum grass
and irrigated with a sprinkler irriga-
tion system.
ship of the Commander of the Unit-
ed Nations Blockading and Escort
Forces with ships of eight other na-
tions. She played a major role in Command.
the Public Information Office of the
21st Air Division which is an opera-
tional training unit of Strategic Air
C. M. Brown, district cooperator,
has completed the dirt work necessary ,
in the construction of the level bor- !
ders and ditches for a coservation I
irrigation system on 10 acres of his
farm west of Cotulla. Brown plans j
to use concrete blocks in construct- '
ing drop structures and turn-out box-
es in the irrigation ditches. This
acreage will be planted in grass and
grazed. Technicians of the Soil
Gus Dobic, who manages the Dobie
ranch east of Encinal, has a conser-
vation plan for the ranch. A pro-
gram of deferred grazing will be
started. This will be made by
cross fencing and by seeding 75 ac-
res of Blue Panicum grass for sup-
plemental pasture. Dobie has one
pasture which has been deferred this
past year. He was impressed by the
increased growth of the grasses on
this pasture despite the long drought.
Thirty-four acres of Dixie Wonder- •
peas that Dick Horton planted on his 1
place just north of Tilden this past ,
fall are making good growth now. i
The peas were planted at the same
time an adjoining field was planted
to Hubam clover. The peas are a-
hcad of the clover so far.
Judge John L. Pranglin, 73, died
at his home in Pearsall Thursday.
Feb. 21, after an illness of some time,
being confined to his home for the
past three weeks. Funeral services
were held from the Baptist Church
Satu;day at 10:30 a. m. with Rev.
Carol T. Hatehei officiating. Hq
was buried in the Pearsall cemetery.
Judge Pranglin was born in Frio
Town, August 16, 1878, the son of the
late John A. and Bessie Pranglin.
He was married to Miss Ruth John-
son in 1909. He studied law under
Judge W. Hudson of Pearsall. Judge
Pranglin began his political career
at the age of twenty-one when he be-
came County Attorney. In 1908 he
was elected County and District Clerk
serving four years. He then devot-
ed his time to his abstract business
until 1918 when he was elected to the
office he held at the time of his
death, County Judge of Frio County.
His long term in office denotes the
high respect the people of the county
held for Judge Pranglin.
Survivors: wife, Mrs. Ruth Prang-
lin, two sons, John of Houston and
Harrison of Poza Rica, Mexico; an-
other son, Jeff, passed away in 1935;
one granddaughter, Cherry of Poza
Rica, Mexico. One brother, Lester
of Pearsall and four sisters, Miss I
Bessie Pranglin and Mrs. J. L. Ross ,
of San Antonio, Mrs. Jesse Pearce of
Catarina and Mrs. R. R. Zerlien of j
Baytown.—Pearsall Leader.
College Station, Feb. 25—Twenty-
five students at Texas A and M Col-
lege have been named to the Who’s
Who rank at the college. The win-
ners, named by the Student Life com-
mittee, are judged on academic ach-
ievements, popularity, activities and
ability.
The winners include James O. Mar-
tin, a senior vet medical major from
Cotulla. He is a Student Life com-
mitteeman, student senator and a
member of the American Veterinary
Medical Association.
JceTcm Harris
Elected 1 resident
Of Silver Spurs
Austin, Feb. 27—Joe Tom Harris,
University of Texas student from
Cotulla, has been elected president of
the Silver Spurs, men’s honorary
service organization.
A cadet lieutenant-colonel in the
Air Force ROTC, he is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Harris.
ENROLLED FOR SPRING
SEMESTER AT S. T. S. T. C.
WINTER GARDEN SHRINE
CLUB DANCE
At the American Legion Hall, in
Pearsall, with the assistance of the
Potentate and Divan of Alzafat Tem-
ple on Saturday, March 1, 1952, at
8:30 P. M. till ? For all Shriners,
San Marcos, Feb. 25—Wanda Louise
Whitwell and Mady C. Whitwell of
Cotulla are among the students who
have enrolled for the spring semes-
ter at Southwest Texas State Tea-
chers College.
Enrollment at the College in San
Marcos was close to the 1,600 mark
this week with some late registra-
tion for evening and night courses
still expected.
Master Masons, York Rite and Scot-
tish Rite Masons in the following
counties: Atascosa, Medina.
La Salle, Dimmit, Zavala,
Masonic visitors in the viciE
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