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Ije (Jotulla llcc'ofa
VOL. NO. 58. NO. 8
COTULLA. LA SALLE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1955
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TOLLINGiCHURCH BELLS LAUNCH
CANCER DRIVE AT NOON APRIL 1
GIANT LIONS FOLLIES
NEXT THURSDAY
COTULLA CARDEN CLUB FLOWER-SHOW
A moment’s pause for silent med-
itation as church bells toll will
launch the American Cancer Socie-
ty’s 1955 Crusade in La Salle Co-
unty, Mrs. E. O. Ehlert, campaign
chairman announced today.
That ceremony is to be a part of
a nation-wide event geared to high-
light the serious nature of the can-
cer problem
School Trustee
Elections Will Be
Held April t
The Giant Lions Follies, sponsor- j
ed by the Cotulla Lions Club, will be
held at the High school Auditorium
next Thursday, March 31, beginning
at 8 p. m.
I The leading attractions of this
giant follies include the following
imported talent: the Sensational
Paradise Number by Rose Wimber-
steln, 5 Folies Bragier Showgirl
! School trustee elections are sched- Queens’ Can Can Revue Girls> The
Bells will begin tolling at 12 uied in La Salle County for Satur- MYstery Lady in Red- Mr- Maxe11
n -j___ a__i __i . - .. MA'r\or»Vio,> fnn7 Mica PlnuHini
noon on Friday. April 1, the begin- | dayi April 2.
“Apache” Conz, Miss Claudine Paush
ning of “Cancer Control Month” as j in the Cotulla Independent School Franklin, Cici Bone Cotulla, and the
proclaimed by President Eisenhower. District No. 901 there are four places Mad Lovers—Jezebel Whigham and
From the nation’s capitol in Wash-' to be filled and the following men Pierfe Wildenthal. Music will be
ington, a distinguished speaker will have made application to have their *urnished by Tommy Dorshay Schul-
formally announce the opening of names placed on the ballot: L. E. ze and tbe famous German Band
Cancer Control month. j Schulze, Clyde P. Myers, M. D., consisting of Dum, Koff and Dum-
The appeal for meditation will j0hn Boyd and Walter Schulze. koff*
keynote the opening address, which is There are two places to be filled The Lions Club is Privileged t0
to be carried by television and radio for trustees of Fowlerton C. L. C. bave tbis famous follies directed by
network. Audiences will be asked District No. 1. The following names the two best known graduates dir-
during a 10-second pause to bow have been placed on the ballot: R. L. Soibonn Univeisity The-
Motor Vehicle
Inspection Ends
April l.ll li
Winners \ained
In llos Itios Essay
Contest
heads in memory of those lost to Billington and Lyndon Graves.
atrical School of Paree—‘Lover Boy’
Keck and Oskar Habberstein Cotulla
There* will be 4 door prizes valued
at $60.00 and you must be present
to win. Admission will be $1.00 for State Patrolmen would
adults and 50c for children.
We know you will want to see
Austin, March 15—With but one _
month remaining in the current Mo-' Ten vocational agriculture stud-
tor Vehicle Inspection period during er.ts of the Cotulla High School were
which motorists must get their autos judged winners in the annual Dos
inspected, Col. Homer Garrison, Jr. Rios Soil Conservation District Es-
Director of the Texas Department of fcay Contest sponsored _ by Central
Public Safety, today issued an ap- Power and Light Company and Mr.
peal to one-third of the State’s car J. Donald Jordan, former chairman
owners who have not yet complied of the District Supervisors and out-
with the law. standing Regional Conservation Far-
"There is just one month remain-; mer-Rancher in 1954.
The Cotulla Garden Club will pre-
sent its first annual Flower Show
tomorrow, Saturday, March 26, from
2.30 to 8:00 p. m. in the Amberson
Building on Broadway with Mrs.
Hick Vesper as General Chairman.
Everyone is invited to attend the
show. There will be no charge for
admission, however, a silver offer
ir.g will be taken to help carry on
the club’s civic projects.
The theme of the flower show will
be “School Days” and the staging
committee with Miss Helen Storey,
Chairman, has carried out the per-
iod of the little Red School House in
the setting. Be sure to come out
and meet some of the schoolmarms
mg,” Garrison said, ‘’in which about! Fifty dollars in cash awards will \nd ,kids of that era as wel1 as see
. . . . trip InVdlu sJicrtlner f\_________ __i
one-third of the car owners in be made at the annual awards pro-
Texas must have their vehicles in-! gram, sponsored by the Cotulla Lions
spected if they are to to continue op- {Club, on May 19th to the following
erating them on the streets and Mfcudents: George Riddell, first,
highways.” j $12.50; Charles Graves, second. $10.
Meanwhile, W. J. Elliott, Chief of!Jon Tolman, third, $7.50; Pedro
the Texas Highway Patrol, said that Niaves, fourth, $5.00; Joe Lee Gil-
begin en- bert, fifth, $3; Eduardo Gonzales,
the lovely display of flowers and
exhibits.
Artistic arrangements will be in
classes listed as “The First Day of
School,’* “Roadside Treasures,” “Re-
cess Time,” “Readin’, 'Riting and
‘Rithmatic,’’ “Lunch Time,” ’An Ap-
ple for the Teacher,” "Holidays and
Parties,” “Too Sick for School,”
“Music Appreciation,” “A Little
cancer. The Sacred Heart Church
bell, like others throughout the co- p-f-.ii- |?I?A D„vc
ur.try will toll for three minutes. '-‘UlUlId V Sr L3\fjo
The Methodist Church Chimes will Place SeCOIld In
siso be heard. If' 1- i r i • adults and 50c for children. forcment of the law on April 16th sixth, $3; Antonio Ramirez, seventh,
Mrs. Ehlert expressed the hope LlVBStOCK JllQ^in^ We know you will want to see against operators of cars not bearing Philip Cruz, eighth, $2; Billy j ^
that all activity in La Salle County! - this Giant Lions Follies and enjoy , the 1955 approved inspection sticker. Jones> ninth, $2 Eddie Smith, tenth,; ’■ “S“ddenl>’ its Spring”,
will cease at the moment the speak- The Cotulla F. F. A. Livestock the fun as well as support the Lions j “We are making this last ditch ap- $2, jant ,.°° S and ^acati°n Time
er from Washington, calls for 10 judging team, composed of Lytle Club in their civic projects. The j peal,” Garrissn added, “for car own- Title of the essay this year was:jIS Here •
seconds of silent meditation. Arche, Jon Tolman and Tommy Po- Lions also sponsor the Boy Scouts. ers t0 visit their inspection sta- “whY We Must Conserve Our Soil , There Wl11 be a special class for
During the month of April local gue, placed second in the Winter , tions without delay if inconvenience and Water.” Essays of the above j I'.eighboding garden clubs ^ only to
volunteers will distribute leaflets Garden District F. F. A. judging1 is to be avoided.. : winners and other entries were en-1 exhibit in "S is for School.”
i petition.
containing- life-saving facts about contests held at Lytle last Saturday, W W WimberlV
cancer. March 19th. The Lytle team plac- * * /_
“The purpose of the meditation ed first with a team score of 1498 A.tt6nQS OCOUl
and sounding of bells throughout the points; Cotulla second, 1490 points Jn AllStill
length and breadth of the nation”, and Char’otte third, 1489 points. , _
Chairman Ehlert said, “will be to 1 Mr. E. L. Brady, Duroc Jersey
remind us that cancer can be con- swine breeder from Lytle, awarded _ ., n ., . ,
trolled and ultimately defeated if we j the Lytle F. F. A. Chapter with a te^ded ^ n°eeting here™ Tuesday of ^ -
ali work together toward that end. I rririatered Utiro.! *Jt and the Co- eomn.ittee tor the eo- The Mimosa Drive-In will
-The people of La Salle County all. F. P. A.Chapter with a tegis- *, , tounc„ Scoo, ! |„ seco„d season tonight with It-j The Dilley Oa-faTciub ha. all it.
have a great stake in this erasade | tered Dnroc boar. Brady also made l ^ ^ ving Berlin, -White Christmas”! “ lead!
i tered in the regional and State com- ! Besides the arrangements divis-
Austin, March 22 (Spl.)—W. W.
Mimosa Drive-In
Opens Toiii»lil
| Dilley Flower-Show
Committees At Work
open !
For Show April 2-3
against a disease which will take the , three cash awards totaling S25 to
1.' a» cann- rtn/\ 4 • il .. ..IJ I tVin f rtn fVlVnO Villi'll C f* Al'fl »• U in f VlO --‘-L
The American Cancer Society seeks
to raise $24,000,000 during April to
finance its programs of research,
education and service.
New Chevrolet 1 rucks
On Display .today
ion, there will be a horticulture di-
vision in which all types of horti-
culture specimens, grown by the
members, will be exhibited.
Then there will be an educational
division in which special exhibits
will be displayed. Of unusual in-
terest, beauty and educational value
will be the rock collection of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Guetterman of Millett.
There will also be other special dis-
plays by non-members in this div-
ides of 235 000 American, this year”. I the top three high scorers in the was ealled by Governor Al- jjarrmg Bing Crosby Danny Kaye, | ership of Richard Rumfield as gell-
Ines of 235,000 American. year ^ lan Shiver., who is serving as hon-, Ro emaiy Clooney and Vera Ellen: eraI chairman of the annual Spring ision as well as some commercial ex-
The poultry and dairy teams, com- orary chairman. !In the se‘een 3 new*3t P10cess known \ Show, to be held Saturday, April 2 Mbits,
posed of Janies Darnell, Billy Jones ! 1 Gov' Shlver3 ieferred. to the as vistavis.on which projects images from 3 to 7 p. m. and Sunday> April Members of the garden club have
i and Theodore Garcia and Tony Gar- "10'vth Bo>’ Scout,ng , ln *exas in remarkable clarity White, 3) from 2 t0 5.30 m at the A- ! been working hard to make their first
I v n iir f'\\ during the past 12 months and the Christmas” will run four days, thro- T n TT. • n;i, , I , , .. ,
za, Kenneth Cox and Joe Lee Oil- 6 1 , .. , ^ .... mencan Legion ilall in Dilley. .flower show a success and they hope
bert, respectively, failed to place in Ileed for simultaneous efforts thr- ugh Monday This picture will be „h, Ruintield appointed the fol. j you will take tinK. Saturday be-
the top three placings, but received tbe State*01' f‘nance dnvea’ foll?Wed by, HanS^ Christian Ander- ; fowing committees; gcheduie: Mrs.! tween the hours of 2:30 and 8 p. m.
, Kickoff for ali Council drives will son', Tuesday and Wedenesday and Ur-n;u,T ^ . .. , _
valuable experience in grading and . W illib> Ferguson, Chairman, Mrs. to come by the Amberson Building
placing live animals and market pro- I,** October 25. then comes Francis Joins the Wacs j eharles Foltz and Mrs. Ralph VVat- and see it.
ducts. Each of these teams and a The local council representatives for three days, thru Saturday j son. staging: Me.da.ne. Don Vitopil, i Mr. J. T. Pogue, operator of the
milk products team will compete in i "ere told of the help they may ex- The admission price will be fif- j Chairman, W. T. McLean, I.. E.: Humble Service Station, has grant-
Chevrolet introduces a fresh ap-1 the Area X, F. F. A. Judging Con- , Pect the state committees. These ty cents for adults children under, Ansel> WiU N Hugh Burns> J. * ed permission for the use of the park-
proach to the design of commercial tests at A. and I. College on April 30 i “ids will include newspaper, radio twelve accompanied by both parents R Avant, and Garland Lowrance; i„g lot at the rear of his station
. .. .__..__• and television releases as well as en- will be admitted tree. Children un- D ... ... . .... , .
The ten chapters participating m . , , . , , Publicity: Miss Clara Ellison, Chair- which is just across the street from
each of the three district contests i d«>rse«nent. >by the state steering der twelve alone or with only one Mrs j Donald Jordan and Mrs!the flower show.
were Chan te. Cotulla, Dilley. | committee. parent will be twenty five cents y. B. Fitzhugh; Classification, Ar-1
Fagle Pass, Jourdanton, Laredo,! Key stePs needed to be.taken " Hot do^s and other ltems have
Lytle, Pearsall, Pleasanton and Po- each council if the "amPal^n 13 t0 b^en added to the concession depart-
be a success were outlined. It was ment this year.
cars and trucks in a completely new
line of 1955 models that will be un-
veiled at dealer showrooms, Friday,
March 25.
The vehicles climax a two-year
development program. To produce
highway carriers that would answer
more closely the specialized demands
of modern traffic conditions, cross-
country transporters and the most
important man in the trucking in-
dustry—the driver.
/ Recommendations from these
sources were assembled and analyz-
teet.
rangements: Mrs. Chester Bell, Chair !
man and Mrs. Williby Ferguson; \ vy Rpo-in« ()n
Classification, Specimens; Mrs. Os- i ™ UIIV. Dcgllls V/Il
2C SLSTC“■ Ch“'r- ^ICotulla-miley Highiine
ORGANIZATIONS SCHEDULED
FOR JANCER FILM SHOWING
! i
Three cancer films have
followed in May by orientation and ing has not arrived. ! ®R's®n and RRt’11 G|sna’ En '
organization meetings. The show will start daily at dusk, j ’le*' ‘ ls' a P a S°n’, U ,?e>'
1 Mesdames J. F. Avant, Chairman,
Houston Lively and Charles Foltz;
This is to be followed by atten-
been1 dance at a second Austin meeting
made available by the Woodward June 29 with the state steering com
Home Demonstration Club and any j mittee. Council campaign corn-
organization desiring to have these j mittees should approve plans and
COWBOY BAND GOES TO AUSTIN I Plant Sale; Mesdames Dora W. Dav-
j enport, Chairman, J. Donald Jordan
and Ola Rumfield; Hospitality: Mes-
FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL
ed in Detroit. They played a domi-1 , t u . r n m, ■ j i v, j„i„ niatrin*- ram- - Austin, March 22—More than 4,- dames W. D. Creel, Chairman, W.
zzzzjxi “r** .™i«i.r»^u £3 r.rr..T-"",j“- **" Ki'”* au ^ m””bm
performance than any previous mod- j ^^Liyes^Could' ib*sly£r is^ 30 LT'^ea^rshi^^^orcitations.* ' gue music competition-fetstival Mar. ’
els. And for the first time, says the I mjnute8 5n Iength. A11 films are in ! Howard Tellepson, president of ,24;25 at tbe University of Texas,
company, “trucks combine a striking color< J Tellepson Construction Co. in Hous- j They w'“ Participate in final com-
appearance with genuine utility.” j The following piaces and organiza- 1 ton, who is serving as executive vice- ’ Petition for bands, orchestras, m-
The presentation at dealer show- tions haye been scheduled: chairman of the coordinated drive, strumental solos and ensembles in
COMMUNITY EASTER
SUNRISE SERVICE
BEING PLANNED
T. B. Harris, local CPL manager,
informed the Record this week that
work had begun on a new highiine
from Cotulla to Dilley. A new 69
KW highiine will replace the old 38
KW highiine.
The Lay Construction Company of
Corpus Christi has the contract for
the job and a crew arrived this week
to go to work.
Harris stated that the new 69 KW
highiine would greatly improve el-
ectrical service for this area.
PARENT-TEACHERS MEETING
rooms will consist of representatives I (l'3oWl'e7ton,U7iarcr797T:30 p. m. outlh^th^ steps to be taken in the Rt’gion VI- Approximately 30 such The first meeting of the Commu-! 1N SAN ANTONIO
. nv « < it • I ' ’ i-nivi/titnl /inntoslc u in Iwnrwr unAnaAr. : 4-.. PI • ________i.1 f 4 U .
of 75 models on 15 wheelbases in the j Methodist W
light, medium and heavy-duty field. ^.3q p
Q r ’o ' j- I . , nfpH drive on a regional contests are being sponsor- Wy Choir
S. C. S., April 5, operation of coordinated drive ^ Jn Texas ^ gBrin|? by the Uni. Fq
state and council level.
in preparation for the j
ed in Texas this spring by the Uni- Sunrise Easter service on the Court- i
March 31st the Fifth District of
bases over 1954 models, which con-
tributed another year to Chevrolet’s
record of consistent sales leader-
ship.
MARY SUE MYERS
BASKETBALL SWEETHEART
112, 6:30 p. m.
Woman’s Club, April 21, 4 p. m. lationships chairman, and Frank A.
- -------- Watts, Houston, Humble Oil and Re-
W. G. DISTRICT F. F. A.
BANQUET IN LAREDO TONIGHT publicity chairman,
--- | committees plan to do in the coor-
The Winter Garden District F. F. dinated effort.
A. Banquet will be held at 8 o’clock, I „The growth of Texas’ boy popu-
March 25, in the Hamilton at Laredo. jaH0n during the past 12 months
Attending the banquet from the caRg for increased money and in-
ti°n Estival will the the first event ,ing wiIi be announced next week by Spring Conference at Harlandale
of its kind ever held on the Main the respective churches. | Hjgh San Antonio, Texas.
Mary Sue Myers, 5 ft. 8 in. blonde,
uas elected sweetheart by the j Cotulla F. F. A. Chapter will becreased adult leadership for and
basketball boys after the Cowboys’ Franklin Crawford, president; Mar- tbrougb tbe Scout movement,” Gov.
tin Snowden, vice-president; John shivers told the representatives from
Williams, reporter and district treas- the 23 Texas Boy Scout councils at-
urer; Deryl White, adviser; and Pat iendjng the luncheon.
Kirkwood, chapter sweetheart. Mrs. qov> Shivers in his closing re-
R. L. Kirkwood will attend the ban- marks, stressed the value of Boy
quet at a guest. Other chapter mem- Scouting in all phases of American
last game.
Mary Sue is a basketball player
who made the All-district team this
year, and as a junior has already
lettered three years. She also plays
baseball and is in the band, having
been majorette two years and head
majorette this year.
Mary Sue makes almost straight
A’s in school, and is also the presi-
dent of the Area X in F. H. A.
—El Vaque-o
..tudent union building, Music Build- churches in this song festival on
ing and University Christian Church. Haster morning at 6:30 a. m. The
Students from 63 schools will take sPeaker will be announced next week
part in the event. There will be 62 aiso. The total program is expec-
bands, five orchestras, 627 solo ev- ted t0 take 30 minutes.
ents and 377 small ensemble events, j--
involving three to six students each.
The Cotulla Cowboy Band has en-
tered the competition.
Sunday night here at Cotulla, and San Antonio Flower Show.
hers to present are Troy Howard, ]jfe and urged an all out effort on j Los Angeles reported .50 and Fow- Mrs. Mack Whigham and
COTULLA GARDEN MEMBERS
SERVE AT SAN ANTONIO
SHOW
HALF INCH RAIN FALLS
The Fifth District President, Mrs.
Coy Berry of Pearsall will preside.
The State representatives will be
Mrs. Stanley Erskine from Midland
and Mrs. Jasper Barron from Dal-
las. State Board members from the
5th District will be the State First
Vice President, Mrs. R. D. Bell;
Legislative Chairman, Mrs. C. C
Redding, both of San Antonio and
i Mrs. C. L. Foltz served as a judge Mrs. \V. S. Pickett, Spanish Speaking
A half inch of rain fell early last on one of the panels at the recent Service Chairman from Karnes City.
The theme of the conference is
“Concerted Action; Richer Dividends
Tommy Pogue, Jon Tolman, Charles the part of everyone in the coordi-1 lerton .91 of an inch. Very little fell Dan Kinsel, Jr. served as clerks on —For Every Child.'
Hinkel and Fred Hillje. nated campaign so that the money! south of Cotulla and to the west. one of the panels. The judging
Mrs.
Each member may take a guest to and leadership will be made avail-
the banquet. able to all boys in the state desiring
—El Vnquero the Boy Scout program.
A strong norther blew in Monday took place on Friday, March 11, from
noon and was accompanied by plenty l to 5, before the opening of the
of dust. show at 5 p. m.
All Parent-Teacher members and
other interested persons from La
Salle County are invited to attend
this meeting.
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The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1955, newspaper, March 25, 1955; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1160995/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.