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7ALLEY SUNDAY STAR-MONITOR-HERALD
Sunday, December 23, 1940
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Orphans Is Widespread
Having virtually completed the consolidaton of our two Valley canning facto-’
single unit at Mission, we have begun to can fruit in a small way. These operatic
believe, he expanded greatly later in the season.
Lockhart In Line For
Brownsville Job
Two Collisions Occur
In McAllen
San Juan Church To
Present Choir
Rains Won’t Delay
Slated Change
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Call us by telephone, or come in to talk things ©ver personally at any time you wish. We
are located at 412 West Thirteenth Street, and eur telephone number is 99.
Being one ©f the pioneers in canning pink grapefruit segments, we shall continue pro-
duction of this item. Segments of White Marsh and Duncan fruit will also be canned, as well
as the usual line of juices.
LOCAL MAN IS
LOW BIDDER
NEW STATION
TO BE BUILT
Conoco Will Locate
At McAllen
CAMP BOWIE’S
MEN ON LEAVE
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DRAFT BOARDS
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A Glorioes Gift for All the Family!
PHILCO MOK
Where You Can Shop and
Save Money
officials said.
Th? suspension structure was re-
opened to traffic last Sunday, De-
cember 15.
MRS. EDELSTEIN RECOVERS
McALLEN—Mrs. J. Edelstein, who
had been confined to the City Hos-
pital for the past week because of a
serious illness, was returned to her
home Friday. Friends said she had
recovered from the sickness and felt
much improved Saturday.
The Valley’s Finest
For 17 Years
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To Visit In Mexico
BROWNSVILLE—Miss Helen 8.
Craig and Miss Gloria Van Slyck,
both of Dallas, drove into Browns-
ville Saturday morning and left via
Pan Americap Airways for Mexico
City, where they plan to spend the
Christmas holidays.
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Carols Program Set
HARLINGEN — Christmas serv-
ice* will be held at the Calvary
Baptist Church Tuesday at 7:30
p.m., with singing of Christmas
carols and hymns under direction
of H. M. Chilcoat. Rev. J. B. Wilder,
pastor, urged the general public to
"Symbols of
the 7:30 p.m.
hem'* Gift."
Carols will
special Christmas music, and at the
evening service a candlelight cere-
mony will be held.
AUSTIN—(XP)—Local draft board*
Saturday were mailed the number
of class 1-A registrants each will be
required to furnish to complete
Texas’ quota of 7,312 men for the
January 13-February 4 Induction
period, selective service headquar-
ters announced.
Comprising the second and third
calls, the quotas will include 911
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T. W. Kelly as the aftermath of a
collision in which his car figured
Friday night. The collision oc-
curred at the Third street-Highway
avenue intersection.
State Patrolman A. B. Nail, Coun-
ty Patrolman Harris Cozby, Chief
of Police Noah Cannon and Pa-
trolman Earl Hersh investigated
both crashes.
McALLEN — At an impromptu
luncheon Saturday, members of the
Kiwanis club honored Dr. I. J.
Berk, called to duty January 5 in
army service at Fort Clark. Dr.
Berk is the first member of the
civic club called.
Approximately 35 members w’ho
were present made brief speeches,
with Berk as their main subject.
The club presented him a traveling
bag as a farewell gift.
Dr. Berk was scheduled to leave
Sunday for a vacation visit in Flor-
ida and Havana before reporting
for duty. He holds a captain’s
ranking in the army reserve corps.
BROWNSVILLE—C. S. Kirkpat-
rick of Houston, chief engineer of
the Missouri Pacific railroad, spent
Saturday at Port Isabel inspecting
preparations for the switch-over
of the old Port Isabel and Rio
Grande Valley Railway to the Mis-
souri Pacific interests.
Although heavy rain in the Valley
the past few days has hampered
laying of 36 miles of track be-
tween Abney and to connect Port
Isabel with the San Benito line,
the switch-over will be made on
schedule at midnight December 31,
Mr. Kirkpatrick said.
Approximately one mile of the
necessary track has been laid, and
all grading for the rail connection
has been completed, chief engineer
said.
The PI and RGV Railroad, found-
ed in 1872, is the oldest operating
railroad in South Texas. Missouri
Pacific acquired the railway re-
cently and decided to take out the
Brownsville-Port Isabel line and
replace it with a direct Port Isabel-
San Benito lifte.
Acquisition of the railway gave
Missouri Pacific a direct connection
with Port of Brownsville.
Kirkpatrick said he would return
to his Houston headquartetrs Satur-
day night and would remain there
until, after Christmas, returning
here before December 31.
BROWNWOOD — GP) — Soldiers
scattered from Camp Bowie Satur-
day on Christmas leaves until
reville Thursday when additional
troops will begin arriving.
Headquarters of the 36th division
announced the camp was 60 per
cent complete, with facilities, in-
cluding roads, 98 per cent ready
for the 36th.
Work proceeded at full speed
Saturday although some mud per-
sisted despite five days of sunshine.
A total of 12.073 men drew $335,442
in wages during the last week.
The 1.217 enlisted men and 125
officers were reported comfortably
■housed with stoves already in 1.151
tents while 889 more can be instal-
led in a few hours when required.
Headquarters again declared
there W’as no influenza epidemic
and said there were no serious
cases. Those with colds were «ent
to the hospital for two days.
CHICAGO——The almanac
says it was the first day of win-
ter Saturday.
Practically the entire country,
fyjwever, has known about win-
ter for at least six weeks. Armis-
tice Day had terrific wind and
snow storms. A sub-zero Arctic
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burg citrus grower, in a suit, filed
in civil district court Saturday
against Hidalgo County Water Con-
trol and Improvement district No. 1.
which serves the Edinburg and
North McAllen areas. The suit al-
leges damage to 40 acres of land
three miles north of the courthouse
here on U. S. Highway 281. Wat-
son contends the damage occurred
from continuous canal overflows.
Faculty At La Joya
Stages Xmas Party
LA JOYA—Gifts of Christmas
candies and nuts were presented
to 500 students of La Joya school
Friday afternoon as a holiday gift
from members of the faculty at the
closing of school for the Christmas
vacations. Schools of the Tabasco
district, of which the La Joya unit
is the central school, will re-con-
vene Thursday, January 2.
Home room programs and an as-
sembly when students sang Christ-
mas carols were othetr features
Friday afternoon at the La Joya
school after the final classes were
dismissed at noon.
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Aged Woman Dies As
Auto Is Overturned
BRYAN, Tex.——Miss Hayden
Baugh, about 60, believed to be from
Los Angeles, died in a Bryan hos-
pital from injuries received when
her car overturned near Hearns
Saturday morning.
Hearne police found an address.
5222 Liveoak View Avenue, Los
Angeles, in Miss Baugh's effects.
Two soldiers riding with the
woman sustained minor injuries.
San Benito Reserve
Will Take Training
SAN BENITO — Second Lieut.
Fred Booth of Company M, Texas
National Guard, has received or-
ders to report for special training
at Fort Benning, Georgia, in rifle
and heavy weapons. He will leave
Thursday for the three months
training and is to report for duty
on his return to Texas at Camp
Bowie at Brownwood with Com-
pany M.
All except 18 members of the com-
pany are on special Christmas leave
which began at noon Saturday until
6 a. m. Thursday. The unit has
not yet received definite travel or-
ders to move to Camp Bowie.
Fiesta, scheduled for presentation in Mission in January, Queen Citriannaf who reigns
over the Fiesta each year, made a personal visit to Mexico to invite Reynosa civil and
military officials to participate in the big show. Here are pictured Miss Jane Weinert
of Donna, center of front row, as she greeted Reynosa civil and military officials in
the center of the new Hidalgo-Reynosa international bridge only a few hours after
the last planking of the bridge was laid. Standing in the front row are, left to right,
Ramiro Rodriguez of the Valley Bridge Co., J. Franklin Ewers, member of the Mission
Chamber of Commerce board of directors, sponsors of the Fiesta; on Miss Weinert’s right
is Gen. Pedro Lopez Tafoya, commander of the Sixth Mexican Military Zone, and on
her left is Lieut.-Col. Salvador Biramontes C.
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Planned On Dec. 28
MISSION—Invitations have been
posted to college and young mar-
ried sets in the Upper Valley for
a holiday dance to be given by the
Mission Tip Toppers Saturday. De-
cember 28. at the Casa de Palmas
in McAllen. The guest list is lim-
ited to 100 couples and the invita-
tions ask that the cards be present-
ed at the door. Script will be one
dollar per couple, plus the tax.
In charge of the arrangements
for the party are Miss Betty Daven-
port. chairman: Miss Frances
Thompson, Mrs. John W. Griffin,
and Mrs. James Wood, president.
Can put party in touch with
company having style M and
style L Steinways; also S-foot,
1-inch and S-foot 4-inch Mason
Hamlin.
Exceptional values
artist type pianos.
I also have real value in a new
Spinet piano.
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838 Levee or Phone 325
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Whil© w« consider the present market for canned citrus, as well as that for fresh fruit,
deplorable, we, along with many ethers who are interested in the industry, sincerely hope that
this situation may improve. Under the circumstances, we can offer no inducement to growers
to sell their fruit. However, to those who wish to dispose of it at this time, we wish to an-
nounce that highest prices consistent with the market for our finished products will be paid. To
others, who feel that a benefit will accrue awaiting a change in the situation, we wish to say that
this will be our policy throughout the season.
Cadet Arrives Home
HARLINGEN — Cadet Charles
Raymond Burk, son of Mrs. Bessie
Burk, owner of the Reese-Wil-
Mond Hotel here, left Wednesday
from Riverside Military Academy,
Gainesville, Ga„ to spend the
Christmas holidays here. Cadet
Burk was one of 600 cadets who
closed the fall term work at River-
side December 18.
Officers Of Bridge
Club Are Selected
McALLEN—Mrs. J. E. Marsden
was elected president of the Con-
tract Bridge club organized Friday
by winter visitors and tourists. Mrs
L. G. O’Toole was named playing
director.
Special lessons for those wishing
to learn contract will start after the
holidays. Mrs W. H. Perry, Mrs.
William E. Gerke and O. B. Emer-
son reported for the nominating
committee. The auction bridge
players are expected to organize
immediately after the holidays.
McALLEN — Official ceremonies
formally opening the reconstructed
international bridge between Hi-
dalgo and Reynosa scheduled for
Sunday afternoon have been post-
poned until the weather clears. Val-
ley Bridge Company officials an-
nounced Saturday.
Civic and military officials of ;
both Reynosa and McAllen were to i
take part in the ceremonies. The !
parking lot near the bridge was cov-
ered with seven inches of water
Saturday morning and continued
rain forced the postponement, the
officials said.
They also announced that plans
have been prepared for submission
to the United States government for
improvement in the buildings which
house the customs and immigration
services at the north end of the
span.
The bridge company is ready to
' start construction as soon as an
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McALLEN — Construction of a
$10,000 service station for the Con-
tinental Oil Company on the north-
east corner of Main street and
Beech avenue will be started as
soon as a house located on the prop-
erty is moved, representatives of
the company announced Saturday.
The corner is being purchased
from R. A. Ewing of Edcouch for
$7,500, according to Frank L. Gil-
bert, McAllen real estate man
handling the deal. He said the
transfer would be completed when
the abstract and title are checked
by the oil firm’s legal department.
A permit for the erection of a
$7,500 brick and glass service sta-
tion was taken out Saturday, and
officials estimated that equipment
and landscaping would raise the
total cost to $10,000.
The company’s decision to locate
at McAllen was made when the
city commission Friday night
amended an ordinance which now
provides that before a filling sta-
tion can be built in the city at a
location in which two-thirds of the
buildings within a distance of 500
feet along the line of the same
street or streets from the proposed
building, the builder must have
the written consent of the owners
of two-thirds of the residential
property owners. The old section
required the written consent of all
property owners, whether business
or residential.
The building permit for the Con-
oco station was issued after the
company presented the necessary
signatures.
Christmas Services
Are Set For Donna
DONNA—Christmas services will .
be held Sunday at 11 a m. at the ,
Methodist Church here. Rev. Oscar
E. Linstrum. pastor, will speak on
Christmas,” and at
service, on “Bethle-
Christmas Week For
Orphans Proclaimed
AUSTIN—(/P)—Governor W. Lee
O'Daniel proclaimed Dec. 22-28 as
“Orphans Christmas Week" and
urged citizens to “open their homes
and hearts" to inmates of state and
other orphans’ homes.
The governor last Sunday sug-
gested the procedure of taking
' orphans into homes for Christmas
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wave in the north, floods, in
Texas, followed early in Decem-
ber.
Nevertheless the winter solstice
began at 5:55 p. m. <CST) Sat-
urday. It was also the shortest
day of the year.
Contrarily, the first day of win-
ter arrived with mild tempera-
tures over most of the nation.
Forecaster H. A. Downs said. It
was morde than 25 degrees above
normal, for example, in Mon-
tana and North Dakota, with a
high of 56 at Great Falls, Mont.
Downs said it would continue
mild over the week-end in the
mid west. A change to some-
what colder weather was due
early next week but, he added,
there appeared to be little chance
of new’ snow for a white Christ-
mas. It may rain, instead, Christ-
mas Day.
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BROWNSVILLE — John Lock-
hart. Harlingen contractor, was low
bidder on a new Jones Transfer
Co., Inc., warehouse project here
with a bid of $9,600 according to
Woolridge and Torres, Browmsville,
architects for the job.
Work will start after the first of ,
the year, and the warehouse will
be located on Fronton street across
from the ice plant, it was said.
The structure will be one story
high, 80 feet wide and 100 feet
long. It will be built of concrete
and tile.
Other bidders included’
and Ferguson. S. W. McKenzie and
Holden and Archer, all of Browns-
ville: and Moser Construction Co.
of McAllen.
SAN JUAN—Annual program of
Christmas music will be presented
by the choir of the San Juan Peo-
ple’s Church Sunday night, under
direction of Misa Doris Ewing.
Choir includes 30 members.
Program includes “Oh, Come All
Ye Faithful.” “The Shepherds
Story.” "Holy Season.” “Angels From
The Realms of Glory.” "It Came
Upon the Midnight Clear,” two
selections by the junior high school
sextette: "Contique de Noel.” Mrs.
Paul Hetrick; "We Three Kings of
Christ Are,” "The Gloria.”
First Noel.” "Oh, Little Town of
Belthlehem.” Mrs. C. M. Harris;
“Silent Night.” and “The Hallelujah
Chnrus” by Handel.
Choir includes Mesdames Paul
Hetrick. Clyde Johnson. Lee Green,
C. M. Harris, Clark Bellenbruch,
H. A. Cox. T. E. Thompson, J. Beaty
Smith, and Misses Mary Claire Gos-
sage, Frances Cron and Berta Lou
Hindes, all sopranos; altos. Mes-
dames Banks Miller. Ray Wilson,
John Spencer, John Zipp. R. E. Wil-
liams. G. C. Ritchey, and Misses Al-
berta Platt and Mae Marie Buckner.
Tenors are Bryan Harris, Tom
Rabinold. H. L. McCombs. Frank
Hall, Max Burkhart, Alfred Soren-
sen: basses, H. D. Munal, Banks
Miller. Jr.. Dillon McDaniel. Jesse
Johnson, Jerry Stugard, R. E. Wil-
liams, J. C. Doedyns.
McALLEN—One person was in-
jured in a series of two auto crashes
Nick Friday evening within a block of
each other on the main highway.
Mrs. D. M. McEachern of Mc-
Allen was given emergency treat-
ment at City Hospital for slight in-
juries suffered when the car her
husband was driving was in col-
lision with one driven by T. W.
Longino of McAllen at the inter-
section of Second street and High-
way avenue. Their son, Marvin,
suffered slight cuts.
The collision occurred, investigat-
ing officers said, as McEacherns
car was being driven on to the
highway at the intersection. Both
autos were badly damaged.
Mac Henderson of Pharr was
fined a total of $30 on three road
violation charges and his license |
suspended for six months Saturday i
morning by Justice of the Peace |
By The Associated Press
A steady procession of Texans will drop by the state children's homes
at Corsicana and Waco Sunday to get a "son” or "daughter” for Christ-
mas.
Governor O'Daniel announced last Sunday that his family would
play host Christmas week to two youngsters from state homes for un-
derprivileged children, and asked other families to make similar tem-
porary “adoptions” if feasible.
Superintendent J. S. Halley said applications to the state orphans’
home at Corsicana greatly exceeded*
the supply of children under 141
years old. Approximately 500 ap-
plications have been sent in. he said,
and more than 250 children already :
have been assigned for the Christ-
mas period.
First In History
This is the first time in the his-
tory of the local institution that
children have been assigned to pri-
vate homes for the holidays.
The O'Daniel family selected six-
year-old Wanda Kilgore from the
Corsicana home and four-year-old
Charles Goodson from the Waco
home to share Christmas festivities
in the governor's mansion.
State highway patrolmen and lo-
cal police will bp called to handle
traffic at Waco Sunday at noon
when the governor is expected to
arrive for the Goodson lad. Many
other Texans probably will reach
Waco at about the same time to get
their young Christmas guests.
104 Promised Already
One hundred and four children
from the Waco home already have
been definitely promised to families,
and additional requests are expected
to take all the children who can
leave.
Some receiving special treatment
or having severe colds will not be
permitted to* go.
Governor and Mrs. O'Daniel are
scheduled to arrive at Corsicana at
3 p.m. Sunday to pick up little Miss
Kilgore. A public reception for the
chief executive will be held at the
orphans home.
Thirty boys and girls, or about
one third of those at the state color-
ed orphans home at Gilmer, will be
adopted for Christmas. The hosts,
from as far away as Wichita Falls,
Houston and Dallas, will call for the
children today.
Library’s Building
Fund Hiked By $25
SAN BENITO—The building fund
of the San Benito Library and
Community Center, now under con-
struction, was increased $25 Satur-
day when a check for that amount
was received by the chamber of :
commerce as an award won by San
Benito s representative in the style , aereem_nt h__ h.pn rparhpd
show at the Weslaco Birthday cele- reached,
bration. The entry. Miss Betty
Swan Lockmiller, wTas sponsored
by tha San Benito Women's Coun-
cil in cooperation with the cham-
ber of commerce. The gown worn
by Miss Lockmiller was designed
end made by Mrs. Bill Duncan.
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