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Pie Cotulla Jtccofii
VOL. NO. 50. No. 33
COTULLA. LA SALLE COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1047
PUBUSHED WEEKLY
CotulU High School Annual Homecoming Friday, October 17th
Program lodifcs
Harbour. Fool ball
liamr lad Dance
Farmers Irged
To Boy I . S.
Sayings Bonds
| The most uncertain, thing in a j
*be farmer’s world is the weather. The
Friday, October 17, will l>e a big
day in Cotulla. At that time,
High School will hold its annual 'second greatest hazard is his income
Homecoming, honoring in particularfrom year to year sjnce it depends
the classes of 1907, 1917, 1927, 1937 on the weather and on prices for his
and 1947. products. Both uncertainties have
Beginning with an Open House and so far been unsolvabie, but there is
Registration at 10:30, the day will a way for the farmer to weather the.
include a program in the High School storms of both the weather and the :
Auditorium at 12:00; a Barbecue dirth of income: Wise investment
Luncheon at the High School Stad- during the fat years in U. S. Savings
ium at 1:00 p. m., and Football Game, Bonds.
Cotulla vs Crystal C;ty at 7:30; fol- | This year, while farm incomes are!
lowed by a dance at the Frances Keith- the highest in history in most in-!
ley Gymnasium, beginning at 9:30 stances, is the year of years that the j
P- m- farmer should invest his surplus in- :
Naturally all ex-students of Cotulla come. U. S. Savings Bunds offer
Schools are cordially invited to par- him the safest investment in the j
ticipate in this event, and most par- world's history and at the same time |
ticularly the classes specifically insure him of a fair return for his
honored. With their cooperation invested money.
it will be possible to make this day Land values may go down. Food
truly memorable. [prices, now at the highest level in
Committees have been appointed as history, should by all logic start a
follows:
Dance
Roy Martin, Chairman
Fred Knaggs
Pudge Franklin, Jr.
Annette Martin Ludeman
Loreen Daughtrey
Martha Swisher
Fleeta Mae Keck
Yvonne Hearn
Ralph Hearn
Ticket Sales
Virginia Ann Pagel, Chairman
Faye Tiller
Charles E. Barbour
Dorothy. R. Curley
(Encinal')
Ruth Schletze Holcomb
Kate J ames
Wanda Faye Humberson
Wesley Kruger
(Artcsia Wells)
Neil Alderman
Vera Alderman
Mary Virginia Landrum
Jiggs Landrum
(Woodward)
Alden Garms
Joe West
(Los . Angeles)
Agnes Ann Mumme
Arnold Schulz
(Millett)
Bo Harr
Stella Harr
(Pearsall) * |
Paddy Lanu
Invitation
downward trend soon, so expansion is
'a dire risk at present. The export i
market, which directly affecls every!
American farmer, is also uncertain '
'and is a considerable risk for future
| markets.
I On the other hand, there is no saf-
er investment in the world today
[than U. S. Savings Bonds. By reg .
;ular investments in them the farmer
builds a financial reserve that he can
Legion Netting I |i
Building Fund For
Memorial Hall
iohn q. speaks upi La Salle Conn!)
Soldier killed In
kridenf In Japan
i ■ ■
Do the citizens of this county wish ' 4 ^lber‘ \ Fer*uson’ 18’ son o{
to erect a memorial to the men who Arthur C *tr<rus0n of was
died while fighting for the preserva- I kll,ed ,n an automobile »ceident near
| tion of this country? That is the I T°yk°’ Japan’ Sept 7’ The re*
! question to which the American Le- 1 mains were shipped home and a,rived
igion wishes the answer. The Legion in CotuUa Thursday ni*ht and were
•feels that a Memorial Hall erected taken 10 the Hearn Funeral
i to commemorate the memory of these a“d wUI ** taken to Millett today io‘
! brave men would be a fitting tribute bunaL Strvices wil1 bl“ conducted
1 to their supreme sacrifice. If this by Kev’ BanninK a‘ the Assembly o'
I opinion is held hy the majority of the j God Chureh’ and a MiIitary serviee
I jieople, the Legion would like to know j wl11 be held at the graveside by the
j this fact, for such a memorial can jlocal Fost of the American Legion,
[be built only through the active co- I De,bert was born and raist,d in La
I bperation of everyone interested in I Salle County’ He volunteered to
j providing deserved recognition to our . the army when he was 17 years of
! war heroes age and had been in the service about
The Legion is setting up a special a year‘
: building fund, starling with fhe moil- j The foUowinK lelter was ‘eceived
| ey earned during the July 4th Fron- ! by Mr- Ferguson from Delbert’s
tier Celebration from which they plan Commanding Office!:
! to finance a Memorial Hall. Before j Showa Sub Base, Jama
’ construction may begin, this fund | APO 704, Japan
j must be augumented by donations I 15 September, 1947
from citizens interested in paying 'Mr A c Ferguson and Family
i tribute to La Salle County’s W'ar , Willett Texas
: Dead Now it is understood that iti^ M), Ferguson and Family:
i,S ",°l an th'n,r t0, ^ down int” It is with deepest regret and sorrow
ones pocket and make a donation; ' ^ ou of the death of your
j neither ,s it easy to ask people for i and brother, DeU)ert E. Ferguson.
i donations even for such a worthy jj as h)s Company Commander w.sh
. ------. bUt *n bettuer way tan the | to extend to you the sincere sympathy
At a special meeting l*st Sunday song will be features of the day’s ! K e (enion>Tlr fesPect aru*;0f the entire Company and myself in
1 appreciation for our War Heroes. ‘
BAPTIST TAKE FINAL STEP
.. night, the Congregation of the First program. Also historical sketches,! . , , . . 11 ,oe • j Vour bereavement,
use in emergencies at any time, liev- B ~ . . A fund-raisinir camnaie-n ■ - heir>» -
. . . . H: nfict Phnwh voted t„ bold the etc. of the Coo^repaTion from its ! 1 g g a
er receiving less than he invests. If
the reserve is never needed and left
B: ptist Chureh voted to hold the etc. of the Congregation from its |
‘Final Service" in the old building beginning along in early eighties.
started and donors names will be
published in the Cotulla Record.
Delbert was a fine boy and very
much liked by his “buddies”. He
. . . . • . ,, ,______... on Sunday. Oct. 19. and start dem- From this service, we will also launch | , always performed his duties in a
I ° accun 1 e " e 1 ‘ olition of the old structure on Mon- our Financial Campaign to raise! * regular monthly meeting of h f and efficient manner, and
receives four dollars for every three „mi.tw5n„ m,. -------- the Amer,ca" will be held ,n Kv office,.
_ j at the end of ten years. For in- day- '*>• . To il has son,ethin« lik* ,12’000 ™re ,ba‘ j the ‘courthouse Monday night Oct '"aS hi*hly rv**'*d * <WfiCe“
(stance, $3750 invested this year will *d a ^uopate we II need ^ add ^e *18- af 8;00 p m A1| * nnail.es and men with whom he came ,n con*
bring back $5000 in 1957.
was manifested in taking this deci^- 000 or so in hand. Let those who I
History has repeated itself since 1 ^teP-
come, if possible ((but come anyway)
THIS IS TO BE A HOME-COM- bring their offering, or come with
are asked to be present. All veter
tact, whether on or off duty.
! the first recorded pages. It is cer-
tain to do it again. Our soundest^0 AFFAIR A,1 former pastors, you, heart and mind made up (or
advice to the farmer during his lush
years is to prepare for the lean ones
by investing a minimum of 10 per
!cent of his income in U. S. Savings your invitation to attend
! former members and friends from both* as to your pledge to be paid
everywhere are urgently invited to within the next -everal months,
attend.
Bonds now.
kimin Ciiunly Kanili-
m Tii Visil i iilullii
Approximately fifty ranchers fiom
To you who see this, it is OUR INVITATION—We most cor-
There dially invite not only former ntem-
will be a morning, afternoon and hers, ex-pastors, but everyone who
evening program. The program is wj]]. i0 Come to worship and rejoice
not yet set up but will be shortly. with us on this K,.eat day of ••Begin-
An old fashioned picnic lunch Din- nings" on our building program.
| ner-on-the ground" will be served. \vatch next week’s Record for fur-
Members are asked to bring their ther words and pr0gram!
baskets, etc. Blue-prints of plans and specifica-
Heading committees are the fol- tions wi„ be on fjU. a„ about the
lowing: Mrs. D. L. Lewis, Entei
; ans are invited to attend.
'Reporter
Funeral Servile
Fur IV. I. hu lls
W. J. Fuchs passed away at
Adelphia Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.
on September 28. at 12:10 a. m.
(Xew York Time.)
place for the benefit of those who j Mr. Fuchs was born in I’flugervillc ";|s done n sa\e his
As to the accident: On Sunday ev-
ening, 7 September 1947. Delbert and
a companion were returning to Tokyo
to their base in a jeep. His companion
was driving. When a quarter of a
mile from the Base they met an on-
coming vehicle. It ;s quite apparent
that the headlights from the oncom
ing vehicle blinded the driver and the
vehicle struck a telephone pole,
wrecking the .teep. fa* Uy injuring
the Delbert and -lightly injuring the
driver.
Delbert was rushed to the hospital
where everything humanly possible-
life, hut io no
Kinney County will visit Cotulla and !?*nment;1 Mr’ Fra"k Crawford’ Pub* have not kept up to date on the pro- March 5. 1891, the son of the late avail. He passed away at 0 5 on
* lioit i - - T C Dnol- Ill-no n i* 11 in unto v i .... 1A C . mt i .m I .. . I
La Salle County October 16th for
i the purpose of inspecting some of the
Chairmen: Charm Fugate, Bootsie I out8tanding nerds of Zebu cattle ;n • pro*,am
ilicity; J. S. Rock, arrangements,
... r, , V CSS.
(tables, etcA and the Pastor, the
Win. Fuchs nd Anna Fuchs.
Whig ham
Minnie Roberts
Ruthie Williams Redman
Gwen Shull
Polly June Lantz
Marie Waguespeck
Sissy Chapman
Kassie Keithley
Mary K. Squyres
Segunda Lopez
Minnie Mendez
Jeanie Pagel
Jean Harperr
Rebecca Trejo
Mable Harper
Carrie Peters
Beth Temple
Barbecue
Chairmen: Bandy Stewart,
Sutton, Travis Lann
Teddy Kerr
•Curtis Herring
Squint Brown
Roy Randall Keck
Frances Herring
Paul Cotulluf
Tristan Ramirez
Ruby Streuter
Lorenzo Ortiz
La Nell Storey
Anna Vesper
Gene Daughtrey
Lee Roy Peters
J. W. Martin, Jr.
Frank Kiedler
Helen Stewart
John Gilbert
J. R. Tyler
H. F. Dept.
Agg Dept. S - t
Pep Squad
Pina nee
Ray Keek, Sr., Chairman
Gus Hoff. Jr. *
Marjo Hoff
( Continued on Back Page)
(-this area.
The tour has been organized by L. I
O. Weatherbee, Agricultural Agent i
from Bracketville, and has been ar- j
ranged for by the Pan American Zebu j
Association and V. O. McCoy, local i
Agricultural Agent.
The schedule for the tour involves
I Special messages, spoken and
Yours fraternally,
Jesse G. Cooke, Pastor.
Wednesday morning. 10 Septembei
1947. An Oppressive and beautiful
At the age of fourteen lie was
, j Memorial Service was held toi him
13
confirmed into the I.uthe ai
of which he remained a faithful her* al 1:30 Saturday
(HhIkivx liiiM' Jfi-ll:
Play Eagles Tuniglil
The Thomas Jefferson “B” Mus-
OIL NEWS
| visits to herds of Zebu crossbred
(rattle as well as to herds of pure >v;!U| Antonio romped over nlde fi-om the nearest producer
bred Zebus.
i member until his death. He attend-
ed the schools of Pflugerville and
--- Business College in San Antonio.
Newman Bros, and Skinnei and - se,.ved b;s country in World
E.ldy have brought in another pro- ! War ! doing oversets duty in Fiance,
ducer in the Eastern pait ol La Salle j yn y;ov <b 1919, he was united in ,
County. The well lies southeast • of . n;an.jage with Miss llortense Mille;
the Washburn field and is about a 0f Robstown. To this union three
September in oui Ba.-e Thaatei. 1ue
to the fact that the Chapel did not
have seating capacity to accomodate
those attending the service. The ser-
vice was military. Chaplain Phanoi
conducting. The pallbe rers consisted
of members of the orgairzation with
whom Delbert daily associated. The
casket was draped with the America!
The Battalion Colois wen
Gus
, „ « .... . .. ., .....* —......* *•* ' ■* ----- children were born, a son preceding ...
; the Cowboys last Friday night at the th(1 Washburn field. This is tile hjm jn death
The Kinney County ranchers will',ocal stadiunl 36 t0 °* Th<’ Cowb"-vs second prodiK-er brought in by New- . pre-e, t.d r<d held by the Color Bea,
also be shown some of the outatand- jwere 1,0 nlatl’h for tbc heavier Mus‘ man Bros, in La Salle County. The “4 e nlo'ed "U ‘ n> lan,‘ * ers over the casket during the service
ing brush clearing operations that *anKs
a.re under way in the County.
The Mustangs had little trouble over thl> La SaHe County line
.scoring on the local lads who played 'McMullen County,
j a hard game but were no match for
’ | remainder of the producers have Men L®s An*e,es- vvhert he enter'H' also a rifle squad as Hon- . Guard wa
the 1 lardare busine^^. mtei the piesent. There were rumerous ior.
general merchandise business.
pit-ces from the different org.nizJ
LX COL. ROY G. M ARTIN
TAKING ACTIVE DUTY
TRAINING AT BROOKS FIELD
•their heavier opponents.
Lt. Col. Roy G. Martin of Cotulla,
iTexas is taking his 14 days active !011 defense with a coupb
j was Postmaster at Los Angeles from fjon;i 0f phis Base.
| The No. 1, J. E. Bishop southeast -11'18 untl1 h,s death’ ,,e was als" . It is sometimes hard to understand
j Tonight the Cowboys will enter- 0f (*0tui|a js drilling ahead around |enKa8ed *n ranching and tunning. tbe ways of the Almighty, but we
tain the Eagle Pass Eagles at Eagle 3000 This well is creating uj funeral services Were held Oct. 1. have been taught and know 1 Lai
Pass. The Eagles have a large squad |great deaj Gf iot.ai interest, it being at 2:30 P- fr°m the Pflugerville “He Knows Best". Although Del
this year, being exceptionally strong jocated on the bank- of the Nueces Lutheran Church, with burial in the bert died from an accident, his de r
and surrounded by local land owners. Lutheran Cemetery. The large and was for h:s Country, the same as if
duty training with the 10th Air Force
I Summer Encampment at Brooks Field,
; according to an announcement by Col.
John YV. Egan, Commading Officer.
pound tackles bolstering the line. ipbjs js tbc test t(} be drj|)ed jn beautiful floral offering wa.- a silent it had happened on the field of '-attic
In their first two games this year. tbjs tribute as to the high esteem in which
the Eagles were held to 0-0 tie by | --- he wus held.
St. Joseph’s of Laredo and defeated - Another test is being started about Tbe Ri.v *Knaack of Pflugerville
My sincerest sympathy,
Czerney D. Geyer. Captain.
Signal Corps Commanding
A graduate front Texas A and M Crystal City hy a score of .25-0. JS miles east of Artesia Wells and i- Karl Moehring of Jourdanton, -
the Fred YV. Shields and Navillaus and Rev. M J. Lorfing of Hondo con- j
j Oil Well Servicing ( o.. No. 1 Sam ducted funeral services.
! Evans in the Sam Bridges survey. , , I
the pallbearers were nephews and
, The rig was recently moved off friends of the deceased: Olan Kruse, !
-- the R. M. Harris* No.l. northeast of Lonnie Marburgcr, YVm. G. Fuchs, j
The Board of Stewards of the Co- Los Angeles, but we understand will Leo Lucdtlke, J* rank YY olff, Ernes: '
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf/Cluster.- tulla \lethodist Church met this past replaced by a heavier rig and the ^Yolff, F. L. Klattenhoff, Howard
^tnd the F1TO Ribbon. Monday night and enacted what is bo)e wj]| be drilled considerably Schulz, Adolph Gebert. Jimmy YY’olff.
In civilian life Col. Martin is a the most important move of the deeper. Oscar Boeker, Roy Ploeek, Malvin
rancher and secretary-treasurer of j Church for the past decade. I--------------------- Ploeek.
College in 1940, Col. Martin entered — ■■ —
the service as a 2nd Lt. in 1941, later METHODIST CHI KCH YVILI.
becoming a pilot of heavy bombers |\ST\II. CKNTR VL
in Flngland. For his war service he HEATING UNIT
is entitled to wear the Silver Star, __
the Distinghished Flying Cross, the
Dll LEY P. T. A. TO Bl II.D
GYMNASIUM
the Pan American Cattle Breeders Chairman of the Board, Ray M. j that the plant will be installed be- Survivors are his widow, two dau-!
The Dillev Parent-Teacher Asso-
ciation is planning a big auction sale.
Mexican supper and Country Store
on the afternoon anil evening of Sat-
urday, Oct. 11th, to raise funds for a
gymnasium building.
According to the Dilley Herald up
Association. During his spare time Keck, presented five bids for a con- [fore cold weather here. ghters, Agnes Ann Mumme and Wil TT
he is active as a member of the Air tral heating plant. George C. Brown This plant will give clean warm berta Fuchs, Grandson, Louis Wm. ' * wee some i ca ves. 2 pig-
Rescrve Association, the Air Force of San Antonio was low man and | heat to the Flducational Building as Mumme II; his mother, Mrs. Anna IkT* <• i! * . „nS '*
------ the Junior [ the contract was given to him. One well as the main church auditorium. Fuchs, Taylor; one brother, E. J. The countrv s^ore win'i^lude eakes
Definite plans arc also under Way Fuchs, Austin; two sisters, Mrs. C. R. piw dressed' chicken- eggs butter
for a cooling system before the he-(Luedtlke. Pfluggerville; and Mrs E. and many ^her items.’
Associatton, a Mason.
Chamber of Commerce and the Ameri- half of the money has already been
can Legion. raised since the Monday night meet-
—Public Relations Office ing and the building contract reads ginning of hot weather.
A. Rogge of Austin.
The auction starts at 3 P. M.
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