The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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DOST FORGET THE
DON"!' FORGET THE
Rummage
SALE, SATURDAY, DEC. 3RD
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SALE, SATURDAY, DEC. 3RD
VOL. NO. 52 NO. 37
State Asks For
Bids 0d Farm-
Market Bead
The State Highway Department
is advertising for bids in this issue of
the Record for the construction of
6.762 miles of Gr., Strs., Flex. Base
and Sing. Asp. Surf. Treat- from
l. 8 miles N- W. of Cotulla to Wood-
ward on Highway FM No. 468, in
La Salle County.
The Highway Department will re-
ceive sealed proposals until 9:00 a.
m. Dec. 14, 1949, at which time they
will be publicly opened and read.
Plans and specifications are avail-
able at the office of J. S. Clements,
Jr., Resident Engineer, Pearsall, Tex.
as and Texas Highway Department,
Austin.
15TH DISTRICT LAWYERS WILL
ATTEND LEGAL INSTITUTE
IN HARLINGEN, DECEMBER 3
Lawyers in the Rio Grande Valley
area comprising the 15th Congress-
ional Distrkt will gather in Harlin-
gen, Decemoer 3, to attend a legal
Institute sponsored by the State Bar
of Texas in cooperation with local bar
associations, announced Myrlin O-
Johnson, Harlingen attorney in
charge of arrangements.
One of a series of legal Institutes
planned by the State Bar throughout
the state, the Harlingen meeting will
leature lectures by other noted South
Texas lawyers on subjects which have
been of prime interest to the attor-
neys in this district.
The Institute will be held in the
Green Room of the Madison Hotel,
starting at 2 p. m. 0n Saturday after-
noon, December 3, said Mr. Johnson.
Speakers will be Judge A. J. Pope
Jr. Corpus Christi; and R. N- Gres-
ham, San Antonio.
District Judge Pope will speak on
the subject “Delivering the Evidence”.
Admitted to the bar in 1937 after
completing his legal education at
Texas University, Judge Pope was
elected president of the Nueces Bar
in 1946, the same year he was ap-
pointed district judge. He was elect,
ed to the bench in 1947-
Tax specialist R. N. Gresham will
discuss “Planning and Drafting of
Wills and Trusts.” A recognized
authority on the law 0f federal tax-
ation, wills, trusts and corporate mat.
lers, Mr. Gresham is one of the four
attorneys selected by the State Bar
to prosecute the constitutionality of
the 1942 Community Amendments.
He is the author of numerous articles
on these subjects and has spoken fre-
quently before law Institutes con-
ducted by the State Bar, Southwest-
ern Legal Foundation, and life insur-
ance and trust groups-
Instrumental in scheduling the
Harlingen Institute are Bismark Pope
Jr. Laredo, State Bar director for
the 15th district; and Owen D. Cox,
Corpus Christi, who is a member of
the State Bar committee on Institu-
tes covering this territory.
UVALDE LEADER-NEWS
HOSTS TO NEWSPAPERS
OF DISTRICT 32A
The Uvalde-Leader News was host
to all the newspapers in District 32A
last Friday evening at a delicious
barbecue supper and the Bi-district
football game between the Uvalde
Coyotes and Edison High of San An-
tonio.
A large crowd was present to en-
joy the hospitality of these fine
Uvalde people. Newspapers repre-
sented were Crystal City, Eagle Pass,
Del Rio, Hondo, Pearsall and Cotulla.
UVALDE WINS
BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
-. .
The Uvalde Coyotes walloped the
Golden Bears from Thomas Edison
High of San Antonio last Friday
night in Uvalde by a score of 34-0.
Uvalde will meet Mission in Mission
tonight for the Regional title.
KILLS 7 POINT BUCK
Miss Mary Alice Fiedler got her
luck early this year by killing a 7
point puck on the Fred Hillje Ranch
a few days after the season opened.
It was her first buck, and she was
leally proud of it.
COTULLA, LA SALLE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1949
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Rape Charges Filed
Here Against
Laredo Youth
Miss Marie Nett Receives
National Recognition Certificate
College Station, Nov. 30—Miss .
Marie A. Neff, La Salle County |
horife demonstration agent since Jan- |
four
Texans and one of the 48 home dem- i
onstration agents honored today at a
luncheon at the Blackstone Hotel in
Chicago by the National Home Dem- |
onstration Agents Association- She completed other
Officers in North Texas were asked
to arrest an 18 year old youth, fol- uary 1, 1948, was one of the
lowing the filing of rape charges
here Monday.
A complaint was filed by the father
of a 16 year old girl, alleging that
the offense had occured at a local
tourist court a week earlier. Both of
the youths are from Laredo.
► According to information given lo-
cal officials, the youth has gone to
North Texas to pick cotton.
The complaint was filed here at
1 the request of Laredo authorities, to
I whom the father had gone to report
the case.
ciation in Chicago. She is a member
of the Women’s Club and Garden
Club in Cotulla and Order of Eastern
Star
Miss Neff is a native of Tender,
Nebraska, graduated from high school
at Checotah, Oklahoma and holds a
BA degree from Central Teachers
College, Edmond, Oklahoma. She has
work in extension
lolulla Will Observe District foiirl
"Dt’iiiiitrari Brats 'Meets llrrr
Fonimuuisni Bat" December 12
received the association’s National
Recognition Certificate. The honor-
ees came from 31 states and Puerto
Rico.
Krp. Brntsrn Praises
Texas Delegation
Congressman Lloyd M- Bentsen, Jr.
said in Laredo that he had just rec-
eived a report from the Library of
Congress that as of August 1, out of
118 freshmen Congressmen, he had
passed as many public laws as all the
other 117 combined.
“I think the credit for this should
be given the Texas delegation,” he
said, “and Speaker of the House Sam
Rayburn, who has given me complete
cooperation. In my opinion they are
the most powerful delegation in
Congress.
Bentsen arrived in Laredo with his
family Wednesday at noon, where the
Congressman addressed the Rotary
Club. He had just filled two speak,
ing engagements at PearsalL The
day before he wa6 in Brownsville to
address the Texas-Louisiana Intra-
costal Canal convention. Sunday he
spoke at a district V. F. W. conven-
tion at McAllen.
Saturday be was at a meeting in
Corpus Christi with Speaker of the
House Sam Rayburn, Air Force Sec-
retary Stuart Symington, Lyndon
Johnson and Congressman John Lyle.
—Laredo Times-
WORKERS AGE 65
URGED TO CONTACT
SOCIAL SECURITY MAN
Sixty-five year old workers may be
eligible for monthly social security
benefits even though they are still
employed, Gordon James, manager of
the &»n Antonio social security of-
fice stated today.
Frequently the worker believes that
and home economics at Colorado A. j
and M-, University of Tulsa, Univer- j
sity of Oklahoma, Cornell University i
| and a private school in New York |
j City.
| In La Salle county, she supervises !
the work of six home demonstration j
clubs and four 4-H clubs with a com- j
bir.ed membership of 162 members. |
She also works with other groups and |
individual families in every section i
of the county. For a period of two I
years, she divided her time between ]
i La Salle and Frio Counties and as a j
result of her good work both counties j
■ raised their county appropriations !
■ and both now have full time agents, j
; She has worked closely with the !
! manager of the local freezer locker
; plant and is credited with furnishing i
i the information that has made possi- i
. ble the successful operations of the |
! plant-
“Democracy Beats Communism
Day” will be observed in Cotulla on
Wednesday, December 7. The Am-
erican Legion, City and County offi-
cials and La Salle County citizens
will take part in a program to be
held at the High School Auditorium,
beginning at 11 a- m.
Similar programs are being held
throughout the state of Texas on
December 7, with Governor Shivers
and Joe Spurlock, State Legion Com-
mander speaking over statewide radio
networks.
A prominent speaker will be on
hand for the program according to
Richard Dobie, who is in charge of
the program.
The public is invited to attend the
meeting.
A number of cases have been set
for trial here on Monday, December
I 12, including both civil and criminal
matters.
The following jury has been sum-
! moned for the session of court:
B. M Rankin, Roy Duncan, L. W.
j Heller, A. W. Jacobs, B. A. Mathews
T E. Moffett, Dick Stephenson, F.
] E. Holcombe, Edgar Kuenstler, S>ie
| Lann, B. E. Ludeman, James W.
; Martin, Geo. F. Noah, J. T. Pogue,
| S. H. Rouse, M. H. Russell, Gus J.
I Sutton, Travis Lann, E. Aaronson,
| Paul Cotulla, Geo. E. Cook, W. H.
! Ehlert, Troy Howard, Claude Frank-
! lin, Sr Albert Johnson, John Hartsell
F. E. Robuck. E. F. Alderman, Otis
L Cox, Raymond Landrum, J. R.
Henrichson, Geo. E. Crisp, Jr. Pedro
.Maldonado, Thomas E. Kelley, C- C.
I Taylor, E. M. Benz.
Baptists I'nli l!iini|ui‘l
Flint bail Buis Funtiac Amiuuni i’S
v I
Fiiin Reductions
MISS MARIE A- NEFF
Miss Neff has been an extension
service employee for more than 20
years. She has served in Nolan,
Montague, Frio and La Salle counties
in Texas and in Alamosa county in
Colorado. Prior to her extension
employment, she was a school teacher
and legal secretary.
She is a member of the Texas
Home Demonstration Agents Associa-
tion and currently is serving as a
member of its state committee on
professional improvement. In 1948
she was a delegate from Texas to the
annual meeting of the national asso-
The men of the Baptist Church,
with the assistance of the women of
The county-wide landscape garden- | the church, are preparing to give the
ing program which has emphasized ,
the use of native rock for outdoor i
* football
schools
teams of the High-grade
a Turkey with-all-the-trim
fireplaces and the value of outdoor j minSs dinner in the dining room of
the Baptist Church on the evening of
Every boy on
both of the senior and junior squads
is expected to be there, as are also I
all the coaches and managers of the I
living rooms has been outstanding. I
The outstanding 4-H program has j Dec. 8th at 7:00 p. m
been the one on interior home im- i
proement. One of her 4-H girls was !
the state winner in the bedroom im-
provement contest.
Miss Neff was selected to receive
the National Recognition Certificate
teams.
The Baptist Church counts it a
privilege to do this for the fine
by the Texas Home Demonstration | teams of our school The boys have
Agents Association because of her ! ^one we^> we believe, this season and
many years of outstanding work. The 's our answer. our way of say-
selection was later approved by the ’n^’ Doys, we appreciate you and
national association. She was un- j ta^e tb’s method of showing
that we do.”
As the 1950 Pontiac line went on
display today, Harry J- Klingler, gen-
eral manager of Pontiac Motor Divis-
ion, announced price reductions on
Hydra-Matic transmissions and on
station wagons.
The Hydra-Matic transmission, op-
tional equipment on all Pontiac mod-
els, has been reduced $25 and will
you
able to attend the meeting.
“STORY OF THE NATIVITY”
AT TSCW DEC. 11-12
■-
1
i LIVESTOCK ENTRY
DEADLINE DEC. 12
FOR STOCK SHOW
Denton, Texas, Dec. 30—The annual
Texas State College for Women
Christmas pageant, “Stofy of the
Nativity”, inspired by the Mexican
processions and festivities at Christ-
mas time in El Paso and Juarez, will
be presented for the fourteenth con-
secutive year at the college main au-
ditorium Dec- 11 and 12.
The cast of 50 will be headed by
Miss Barbara Wad,ley of Denton who
will portray Mary, Mother of Jesus.
The Modern Choir and the Singing
Jesse G. Cooke, Pastor
OIL NEWS
(From S. A. Express)
In La Salle County, Dock Hill Oil
Fort Worth, Nov. 30 With Dec. 12 j Company anj Twin Oil Company are
he has to be permanently retired be-
fore he can receive his old-age in- j ^ars> two college musical groups,
surance benefits. Because of this j w'^ furnish atmosphere music,
misunderstanding, the worker does j deluded in the cast is Miss Dorothy
Louise Mangum, Cotulla, who will
portray the Second Handmaiden-
Miss Mangum, a junior speech stud-
ent, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Mangum.
Written by Dr. L. H. Hubbard, boy-
hood resident of El Paso and now
president of TSCW, the play, in nine
scenes, is an authentic dramatization
of the birth of the Christ Child.
More than 45,000 persons from over
not file his application when he be-
comes insured and consequently loses
hundreds of dollars in payments.
Only three months back payments
can be made when a person is late
in filing his application.
Employment on a job not covered
by the Social Security Law will not
prevent the worker from receiving
his monthly old-age benefits. Such
jobs are found in agriculture, govern-
ment, as domestic servants in private
the deadline, entries for beef cattle
dairy cattle, sheep and swine are
arriving in every mail at the office
of the Southwestern Exposition and
Fat Stock 9 Show. Entry applica-
tions and premium lists may be ob-
tained by writing to the Stock Show
offices, in the Will Rogers Coliseum.
All cattle, sheep and swine entries
postmarked Dec 12 will be accepted.
For the horse show, final date for
entries is Jan. 5; and for chickens,
rabbits and turkeys, the deadline is
January 16.
Sifting of steers and barrows will
begin at 8:30 a. m. Friday, Jan. 27,
which is opening day of the show.
All other entries in the cattle, sheep
and swine departments must be in
place by 7:30 a. m , Saturday, Jan.
28. Rabbits and turkeys must ar-
rive Jan. 27 and chickens must be on
hand Feb. 1.
activities at TSCW.
Three performances are scheduled.
starting to rig up on the No. 1 La
Salle Company, recently announced
to be a new 6,500 foot wildcat test in
the northeast corner of the county
It is on a 1200 foot farm-out from
the Texas Company.
It is located about a
the test drilled and abandoned by the
Texas Company at 0,253. It is in the
John P. Mills survey, No. 1001. It is
about 3 miles from the east line of
La Salle County.
LYLE PERRIGO, JR AT RICE
| now sell at $158.50.
A price reduction of $250 has been
made on Pontiac’s new all-steel sta-
tion wagon, both standard and deluxe
! models, Mr. Klingler said-
“The Hydra-Matic transmission has
proven its popularity with Pontiac
! owners and as optional equipment is
j ordered by a majority of Pontiac
I buyers,” Mr. Klingler said. “We
believe this price reduction will in;
j crease demand and make this driving
pleasure available to an even greater
number of future buyers ”
“The Pontiac all-steel station wag-
j en eliminates the disadvantages of
; wood type. It combines the traditi-
| oral swank appeal of the station wag
on with the safety, comfort and quiet-
ness of a sedan. We believe this
new Pontiac model will find wide ac-
; ceptance and the new low price will
mile north of | brin« its merits within the buying
range of more people.”
Other Pontiac prices remain un-
changed-
Auveitised delivered price at Pon-
tiac, Michigan, for the Streamliner
Series follows:
Six Eight
Streamliner Sedan Coupe
$1689 81758
Streamliner Four Door Sedan
$1740 S1808
Advertised delivered price for Chief-
i
Houston, Texas, Nov. 28—Lyle
Donavan Perrigo, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Perrigo, Sr. Dilley, Texas
commenced his second year of train- j tain juries:
p. m. on Monday, Dec-
the traditional climax of pre-holiday ; ember 12.
Sparkling New Pontiac Makes Debut
North Texas have attended the 42 ^
mong the self-employed. * 1 Perf°™«nces °f the Pa*eant which is third at 8:15
“I strongly urge that all workers,
who have done some social security
work, get in touch with our office as
soon as they become sixty-five”,
James said. “We will be glad to dis-
cuss their rights with them and de-
termine whether they are eligible to
receive insurance payments. By do-
ing this they can receive loss of pay-
ments.”
A representative from the San An-
tonio social security office will be in
Crystal City on Thursday, December i
8. He will be at the Texas Employ-
ment Commission office at 4 p. m
ing as a contact student in the Naval !
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at j
The Rice Institute, on Monday 19 !
September 1949. Perrigo has suc-
cessfully completed one year of Na- i
val Science courses and this year will j
be rated as midshipman, third class, i
USNR, a sophmore in the program.
Midshipman Perrigo is p- sophmore !
at Rice Institute majoring in chemical j
engineering.
I
METHODIST WSCS
The Methodist WSCS will meet
Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7:00 p. m. in the
home of Mrs. Frank Keck. Last
lesson on Japan will be given by Mrs.
L. Schulze.
We urge that each member be
present and bring a guest A special
offering will be taken and go to the
school in Hiroshima.
Chieftain Business Coupe
$1587 $1656
Chieftan Sedan Coupe
$1710 $1779
Chieftain Deluxe Conv. Coupe
$2138 $2206
Chieftain Two-Door Sedan
$1710 $1779
Chieftain Four-Door Sedan
$1761 $1829
Chieftain Standard Station
Wagon $2280 $2848
Chieftain Deluxe Station
Wagon $2359 $2427
168 POUND BUCK WINS
NEWS-POTCHERNICK CONTEST
John Stroman laptured first prize
in the heavy weight division of the
San Antonio Evening News-Potcher-
nick deer hunting contest, his 168
pound buck entry on the last day of
the contest won the Model 99 Savage
rifle.
Stroman killed the buck while hunt-
ing on the Nueces River above Co-
tulla with a .22 calibre rifle.
m,.
The enhanced beauty of the 1950 Pontiac is well exemplified in the dashing lines of the Stream-
er wo-door sedan pictured here. Pontiac again offers a wide variety of choice with two lines of
c: :x or eight cylinder engines and Hydra-Matic or synchro-mesh transmission. The Hydra-
M ransmission is optional on all models at extra cost.
MISS DOROTHY JEAN LEE
CHOSEN FRESHMAN FAVORITE
Miss Dorothy Jean Lee, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lee of Cotulla
was chosen class favorite of the
Freshman class at Sul Ross College,
Alpine—The Sul Ross Skyline.
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