The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 178, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1940 Page: 3 of 10
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Tradesmen Urged To
Use National Units
MISSION—‘ Identify yourself with
w your national trade or craft asso-
ciation and use its benefits to keep
you posted on current happenings
which affect your business” Mis-
sion Rotarians were told at their
luncheon program Monday when D.
W. Cott presened a program on
vocational service. He was present-
ed by L. H. Ramey of the voca-
tional service committee.
Visiting Rotarians were John
Hitt and Hill Cocke. Harlingen; E.
E. Davis B. C. Barnes with Mrs.
Davis and Mrs. Barnes all of ;
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Attend the Big
HARD TIME PARTY
♦ at the
I. L. A. Drive Inn
Come! and Wear Your
Worst
—
Steak Dinners to the
Parents of the
First 1941 Baby
The Cheeriest of New
Year Greetings
From Bob Pearl and
Myrtle
t You’ll Have a Swell Time
at the
I. L. A. Drive Inn
Near the Port Brownsville
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Valley Patron*
will enjoy the
^ Delicious Dinners
NEW YEAR’S DAY
at the
* Stonewall Jackson
Hotel
SAN BENITO
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Choice of Dinners goes
to the parents of the
first 1941 Baby \
Arlington. Guests were Will Bob
and Taylor Crossland all of Fresno
Calif.; and Robert Van Fleet San
Antonio guests of Owen Council;
Lieut. Cates Eppright Randolph
Field guests of R. G. Hodge.
GETS 7-POINTER
MISSION—Bill Adcock of Alice
brought in a 175-pound 7-point
buck late Monday afternoon prob-
ably one of the last deer to be
killed during the current season.
The buck was killed near Sullivan
City where the sportsman was vis-
—
Sir Francis Drake landed in Cal-
i ifornia on June 17 1579.
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To ALL of Our
Customers and Friends
From
The Personnel of the
TOURIST AUTO
SUPPLY
San Benito Hiway — Brownsville
A Carton of
LIBBY’S BABY FOOD
to the First 1941
Baby
James Pace Jr.
Owner and Manager
May the New Year
Bring You Happiness
and Success
The Delta Food Stores
and
W. D. Cleveland and
Son*
SAN BENITO
One carton of
Libby’s Homogenized
BABY FOOD
To the First 1941
Baby
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The First
1941 Baby
receives
a Free
Wash Job
and a
Free
Grease Job
for the
Family Car
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We ish All of Our Friends Success
^ and Good Cheer This Coming Year.
May 1941 Be the Best Year Ever.
. TIPOTEX
! CHEVROLET CO.
^ Fifth and Elizabeth BROWNSVILLE Phone 1111
Valley’s First Baby
To Get Many Awards
The Rio Grande Valley’s 1941 New Year baby won’t start lit'e
empty-handed.
Brownsville Herald advertisers plan to see that he (or she) has
plenty of worldly possessions provided five simple rules are fol-
lowed.
Regulations which will govern naming of the Valley’s New
Year baby are:
The child must be born in any one of the Rio Grande Valley
hospitals.
The 1941 baby must be the first child born after midnight
Dec. 31.
The exact hour and minute of birth must be given by the at-
tending physician or hospital authorities.
Announcement of the winner will be made in The Brownsville
Herald as soon as definite information is available.
Merchandising certificates will be mailed to the winning
parents the same day that the announcement Is made.
The numerous gifts that the 1941 baby will receive are listed
in the advertisements which will be found on this page.
There are a wide range of presents practically all of which
will be welcomed by parents of newlv-arrived children.
An advance check of the hospitals indicates that there will be
numerous rivals for the “1941 Baby” prizes.
He Can Take It-Or Leave It Alone
When it comes to hitting the bottle 15-dav-old Carl Dane Thus-
gaard Jr. can take it or leave it alone. His father Carl Thusgaard
of Jamaica L. I. rigged up this gadget so that (1) Papa Thusgaard
wouldn’t get a backache bending over to feed Junior (2) Junior
could take a nip now and then and know where to find the bottle
when he wants another snort.
BYRDS RETURN
SAN BENITO—Mr. and Mrs. O.
L. Byrd and sons Dick David and
Larry have returned to their home
at Lubbock after a short stay here.
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To all of our
Customers and Friends
We Wish You a
Very Prosperous and
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Montgomery Ward
& Co.
Harlingen*
One dozen
BIRD'S EYE
BABY DIAPERS
to the first 1941
Baby
VISITS BROTHER
RIO GRANDE CITY—Miss Mary
King of Rcbstown was the guest
Christmas day of her brother
Chas. A. King Jr. and Mrs. King.
Top New Year
Greetings to You . .
From the Staff of
The Capitol Theater
BROWNSVILLE
6 Guest Tickets to the
Capitol Theater for the
Parents of the First
1941 Baby
MR. JOHN FANNING Mgr.
A beautiful red
ROCKING
CHAIR
to the first
1941 Baby
[We cordially invite you to come in
and visit our store throughout the
New Year.
Tom Vines Furniture Store
HARLINGEN
r
Xmas Decoration
Winners Picked
MISSION—Winners in the Christ-
mas Outdoor Lighting contest
sponsored by the Mission Chamber
of Commerce were announced this
week by Jack H. Drake chamber"
manager.
Mrs. H. H. Dennis. 11th and Ob-
late Ave. was first place winner in
the residence division. Mrs. R. N.
Smith 513 E. 12th street w-as sec-
ond and Mrs. T. H. Armstrong 1221
Dougherty third. Honorable men-
tion in that division was accorded
Mrs. E. M. Goodwin. 110 Dougherty;
Mrs. Florence M. Hayes. 713 East
10th street; Mrs. Maurice Rome
1316 St. Marie; Mrs. Harry Keyes
1006 Francisco: and Mrs. T. B.
Sammons 523 East 12th street.
In the Rural division a tie was
accorded Oscar Perkins at the
corner of Conway and the one-mile
line and Col. S. M. Duffie. one mile
south and one Mile west of Mission.
In the business district no busi-
ness firms registered although sev-
eral had outstanding displays. Be-
cause they did not register .they
will not receive awards but hon-
orable mention was given by the
judges to the firms of Hayes-
Sammons Hardware Co. the Van-
ity Box Shoppe the Rose Shop the
Delta Cash Food store and Mi-
Lady’s Shoppe.
El Jardin Townsend
Club Plans Picnic
Clyde Thorpe president was
principal speaker at the regular
meeting of El Jardin Townsend club
No. 1 at El Jardin school Monday
night
Mrs. W. W. Underwood played
several piano selections and mem-
bers discussed a play which the
club will sponsor in the near future.
A basket picnic will be held by
the club in Ebony Grove commun-
ity house on Sunday Jan. 5 start-
ing at 2 p. m. Musical entertain-
ment will be provided by the Hill
Billy band and a Dutch cake auc-
tion will be held.
TO TAKE AIR COURSE
SAN BENITO — John Wesley
(Bobby) Mimms son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Mimms has departed for
Glendale. Calif where he will take
three months’ preparatory air train-
ing before entering Randolph Field.
Mimms is a graduate of the local
high school and also attended
Brownsville Junior college. His
brother Harry Mimms will leave
this week with. Company M for
Camp Bowie at Brownwood to enter
a years’ military training.
Honey’s color depends on the
flofers from which it is made. It
may be yellow white brown green
red or even black.
We Sincerely Hope
That the Coming
Year will be the Best
Ever for
All of You.
A Lovely Baby Dress
for the
First 1941 Baby
The Mary Frances
Shop
BROWNSVILLE
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Massachusetts Battles
Over Proposed Lottery
Center of hot argument In
many states for many years has
been the proposal to institute
government - sponsored lotteries
with revenues going to help meet
government expenses and thus
lighten tax burdens. Today a
new state lottery plan Is stirring
controversy in Massachusetts.
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BY JOSEPH A. HALEY
NEA Special Correspondent
BOSTON — The much-proposed
state-sponsored lottery gets another
trial run in Massachusetts soon but
the betting is that the maiden bill
won't win when it goes to the past
before the legislature convening in
Boston. Jan. 1.
The bill's proponents are the
Massachusetts Society for Old Age
Pensions and the Home Owners’
and Tenants’ League. First group
likes it because lottery proceeds
would increase old age pensions.
Second group believes it would re-
duce real estate taxes.
The Society for Old Age Pen-
sions is headed by Charles C.
O'Donnell a 64-year-old disabled
war veteran of Lynn. His society
has a membership of 4000 scattered
through the state mostly folks who
themselves would be beneficiaries
of pensions.
Racing and gambling groups op-
pose the bill because such a lot-
tery would cut into their “busi-
ness.”
Surprisingly enough. In view of
the vigorous and successful oppo-
sition to the passage of such a law
in previous years. 30 out of 40
senatorial districts in Massachu-
setts voted favorably in a refer-
endum this fall. Official tabula-
tion in the favorable 30 districts
gave 805.052 for and 325.639 against.
Although many citizens consid-
er the referendum vote as manda-
tory upon the legislature many
of the legislators deem the vote
merely as instructive or advisory.
A poll of legislative leaders indi-
cates that the bill- will be beaten
just as it has been previously.
In past years a similar lottery
bill has been vigorously opposed
by the clergy of most denomina- ;
tions and Gov. Leverett Saltonstall
went on record when he said:
“We have not reached that stage
in our civilization yet. A tax-
arising lottery is undemocratic
anyhow. It hits those who can least
afford it. I would be surprised at
myself if I ever recommended it."
In 1935 William Cardinal O'Con-
nell. head of the Massachusetts
hierarchy of the Roman Catholic
Church issued a vitriolic attack
upon a similar lottery bill. He said: j
“A state lottery is an out-and-
out gambling machir° and where- i
ever it is establi heel it is a tre-
mendous source cr moral corrup-
tion.”
back to home
SAN BENITO— Leaving Sunday
for Corpus Christi were Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Purvis long-time San
Benito residents who have made
their home in Corpus Christi re-
cently. Mr. and Mrs. Purvis visited
in Harlingen with their son Fred
Purvis and Mrs. Purvis and in
San Benito were guests oT another
son. Jim Purvis and his wife. Mr.
Purvis is the brother of Mrs. J.
Scott Brown and Mrs. Asa S. Agar.
CORPUS VISITOR
SAN BENITO — Mr. and Mrs.
Joe A. Sloan and daughter. Miss
Neva Sloan had as their guests for
the Christmas week their brothers
Jack Sloan and Dr. Joe Sloan the
latter of Corpus Christi.
to our Customers
and Friends.
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HARLINGEN
A Beautiful
BABY BLANKET
to the first
1941 BABY
To the First 1941
Rio Grande Valley
Baby a Fine
Auto Baby Seat
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To all our many friends—
young and old alike—we wish
the season’s greetings with ths
hope that our friendships in-
crease throughout the coming
year.
LION AUTO STORE
1102 ELIZABETH
PHONE 370
BROWNSVILLE
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from
the Entire Staff
at
DORFMAN’S
To the first baby
of 1941
A STERLING SILVER
BABY CUP
--
The Valley’s Finest For More
Than 17 Years
Two Die In Army
Airplane Crash
SAN ANTONIO—A training plant
crashed and burned near Kendalia
30 miles north of here Monday
killing Garritt W. Mack. 25 and
William S. Cathcart 21 recently
commissioned second lieutenant* in
the army air corps.
Mack was from Birmingham
Mich. and Cathcart. who married
during the Christmas holidays
from Fargo N. D. They were grad-
uated from Kelly field last month
and were assigned to Randolph
field as instructors.
IOWANS VISIT
MISSION—In the Valley for a 10-
day visit to look after grove inter-
ests are Mr. and Mrs. W. A. John-
son of Victor Iowa. They are ac-
companied by their daughter Mrs.
Bessie Masteller. and her small
daughter; Mr. Johnsons mother
Mrs. Emma Johnson and Herbert
Hartz of Maringo Iowa.
OUR STORES ARE HEADQUARTERS
FOR “BETTER FURNITURE” FOR
EVERY BABY.
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NURSERY CHAIR
Budget Plan
so-
WEEKLY
BABY CRIBS
In many sizes and all the
popular decorated finish-
es.
BUDGET PLAN
TERMS FROM
50-
WEEKLY
HIGH CHAIR
Budget Plan
so*
WEEKLY
Our Gift to the First 1941 Valley Baby is a 3-piece
Child’s Set of Dishes consisting of Plate
Bowl and Cup.All Prices Quoted Are Net 8mail Carrying
charge on budget accounts. alt
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