The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1936 Page: 2 of 10
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the derrick top and1 him, ! cake
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government
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ROOM AND BOARD for two high
school students, preferably boys.
Two blocks west of high sehool.
book,
about
didn't
was bronzht
Retreshment
making ah ugly gash winh re
qfired several stitchos to flos
The color scheme ehosen for the
outside of the house should make
THE VOICE OF THE
ASSEMBLY OF
GOD CHURCH
R. L. DAY, PASTOR
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Admiral Byrd reported he found
snowy petrels nesting in the Ant-
arctic.
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Rates:
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FUNERAL HOME
and Mrt. R- H. Broussard.
JohnBrokaw has gone to Chey-
enne, Wyo., and will be accom-
panied on his return by his wife
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Ward home.
F. G. Payna of Honstrvisitce
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"Spraying."
"How to’Make Spray Material."
"Orchard Spraying Schedule.”
"How Much Spray to Use,” etc.
Mrs. Irving Stoekton in
-last week. e--—en
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Mrs. Roger Ward visited Luling
and Lytton Springs relatives last
week.
A gractous hospitality in the
twilight hqurs Tuesday was the
seventy-eighth birthday anniver-
sary party in honor of Mrs. J. M.
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FOR SAlE—Eighty-acre improved
farm adjoining the town of Mid-
field; ideal for dairying. Willie
Teltschik, Weimar, Texas
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trrst Ihrm while they were loot-
. a lums .
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He stated that Georgia was now
the leading state for peaches, but
I it is gradually going down hill, as
they- have planted all that can be
planted and the old trees are dy-
ing and the younger trees cannot
church, of whl
loyal and devo
gy years. A 1
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Patronize Your Home Laundry—-Sensible Price.
‘THE LAUNDRY DOES IT REST"
LOUISE NEWS ITEMS
Happenings in Neighboring Town >
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Hzoria. ,
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Fashionable Patterns
and Coloring
MILLICAN CLEANERS, AGENT
Ekemnt”gn ■
and easier to bind if the corners i
are trimined round instead of be-
ing left square.
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(Erm the Freeport Pact.)
6% at the discovery of a new
bur field in Brazoria county
I Freeport has been obtained
be Fact, from reliable sources,
he newly discovered sulphur
iait, located ’about two and a
to four mile, from the town
tur Mine to be Opened
azoria, on San Bernard
.taka
Outdoor Living Room
By Mrs. ETHEL SIGLER
Richmond Road Club, Wharton.
Texas
Methods of furnishing an out-
dch
Dl
one likes to play and some games
that .are easy played aon the lawn i
are:'croquette, ball, jump the rope.
city’s losing its reputation as the
| leading South Texas' cotton cen-
t<r.
With no seawall to protect the
L. T.
Harbor
Griffith, 14 her mothir
our .ins, He ia faithful and just
to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us froA all unrighteous-
ne«a.”
Why should we fail to tell the
people that they should confess
when we see that the Lord is not
obligated to write pardon on their
hearts without first a confession?
A confession is an acknowledge-
the day’s work is done, the family
likes to gather together and rest.
An easy way of giving each com-
fort is by placing easy chairs and
stools out on the lawn where it is
cool; have these of gay colors
but not too bright. For enter- ■
' " Advocate Editor’s
_ Remains Reinterred
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little son.
who have been
A FEINISHED apartment for rent.
With all modern* conveniences.
I1
tinctinn as a poet as well as a
histo lan H& liistors*of Victoria
-countyt is siin exiensively used as
irnre Oreves at Breslau, Ger-
-mahysuted at a man who tried to
and forsake his sins, there is no
obligation on the part of the rath-
er to have mercy.
To the, Christian, we refer you
to 1 John 1:9, where we find
words coming from the lips of the
man whom Jesus loved—the man
who was nearest to the Christ
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300,000 tons
2 the needy.
been used in the
•mall field at New
rhem." All these poor people who
are running around claiming sal-
vation and yet doing the, same
has just purchased
for distribution to
Eyeryone knows that the stork brings babies, but here is a varia-
of i tion. Mrs. Florence Strk of Chicago is shown with her newly arrived
baby boy. Father John Stork is the proudest bird in the city.
Ward 1 and
making a quilt should be selected
and pressed before starting to cut
the pieces. Tearing material pulls
the pieces out of shape and the
in au ; tibalailiry - the'
barhor aill IP- ed for
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badly.
Lewis. engineer for the
- Dome by
miles from
tors and pllislirks of the Vic-
1015 and achieved dis-
yon might have a bird
and lily pond. Every-
reports are the Sin 11 Oil
For further details in-
at this office, or Phone
21-lt
Sam Houston Teachers' college in
Huntsville Monday night, at which
time Mrs. T. I'. Menefee receiv-
ed Mer B. A. degree, after which
the three left for the- Dallas Cen-
tennial.
Mrs. J. W. Gresham, Miss Dor-
othy Gresham and Mrs. Walter
Garrett shopped in Houston Mon-
day.
Mrs. Thelma Sailor spent, the
week-end in San Angelo. "
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Trochta were
Houston shoppers Wednesday.
Gordon Gregory of Beaumont is
in Louise for an extended vaca-
'tion with his uncle and aunt, Mr.
which his store was located with
four- by- fours upon learning that
tin' storm was coming.
The velocity of the wind caused
jibe building to start rocking. This
snapped one of the four--by-fours
like a toothpick; Mr. Bigelow said.
"After the storm had been go-
ing on for time time.- I began to
wonder how my mother was get-
for first insertion; one cent per
word far subsequent insertions.
By the month, three cents per
word. Want Ads will be ac- •
cepted by The Citizen over ths
telephone. Phone No. 2.
tion is of the heart and not of the
head. It "passeth understanding"
and goes about 15 inches below
the head into the heart. Let us
makeslt a point to never tell a
man that he is saved, for if the
Lord saves him the man will know
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tig along. I decided to go over
to her home to help her if there
was any trouble there. When I
arrived at her home, she was sit-
ting in her front room reading a
and so on For the little folks,
have a see-saw, a sand pile, and
a place to make dry mud pies. A
chinning bar and vaulting pole,
rings and swings would be of great
interest to the older children.
An eating place should consist
of a fireplace, table and benches.
Houses may be and. should be
provided for the birds and pets.
An pt these things may be made
at home with a very little ex-
pense. Screening plants may be
obtained from both the woods and
nursery. si. ' r '
— Fruit Possibilities
By MRS. NIELS CARLSEN
Mr. J. F. Rosborough gave a
very interesting lecture on "Fu-
ture Possibilities for Texas Fruit
which has 210 arte a. ot lnd .un
rndarr jon
Homer Daniels of Gueydon, ,
spent Monday in Louise.
Carl Short of Dallas was a
week-end visitor in Louise, part
of the time being spent ae the
guest of Mr. and Mm S. B. Plum-
mer at their Port Alto cottage.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Cook and
Mrs. Sam Heard visited Mr. and
Phone 851 or 11
and yon wt be saved."
because of some personal worker
who pinned them down to this one
Scripture and made them believe
they were saved. . - .
To the Jew. we will refer you
to Proverbs 28:13. Let us listen
to this very wise man as he ut-
one from every direction. When
1IRMORGAN
> Demonstration
bi
Terminal railway, made
I
could hardly walk the block back,
the wind was so strong,” said Mr.
Bigelow.
The motor launch Eureka, be-
longing to Captain Warren, was
found setting on dry land in the
ters words under the inspiration { outdoor living room are: rest, en- 1
of the Holy Ghost: "He that cov- j tertai n ment, play, and a place to
ereth his sins shaH not prosper.' eat. By placing a hammock be-
but who confesses and forsaketh • tween two trees one can rest. at '
them shall have mercy.” j great ease, as the air can reach
Then, if a man does not confess
Mrs. W. 11. clak, <,r ibai citv,
A news item of initerest, to the
friends of Miss Mayme puzer. of
Bishop, is contained in the an-
nouncement of hep approachine
marriage to Marmschrooderat,
of Bishop, the wiiding to take
in the next four or five month.
Described as a hie di- As nyi
- wonderful arrangements ar h inz
"made for large and and continsns
production.
in Louise Sunday and was ac.
to sample
The federal
rime~t imin is ibh T
and manuker of the Big. low gro- had beon hit by fho famous Goh . furnished bungalow in beautiful
rory.had propped the building in , veston hurricane sometim pre- i
vius. The storm damaged theirf
i, which was held in the it bettar thrwe. But let us be
a sure to tell *11 that they must
r confess and trsake, "for if any
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE-
WithoulCalomel—AndYou’lJumpOutofBedi
the Morging IM to Ga
The Hver shoald pour out two pounds ot
liquid bite into your bowels daily. U tUa Mte
la not fowingffeely, your fooddoes* digeet,
it just decay: in the bowela. Gas bloats up
your stomnch. You get oonatipatad. Your
whole ayatem la poigoned and you feel Men
Bank and the world looks peak.
Iaxative are only marenhifta. A BBOBU
bowel me re in wit doesn't get at the ewe to
taken tho-- rood, old Carter’s Little Uvea
Pills to ret tbses two pounds at bUeflawtofll
Nealy and mekrzos feel «» and uEErm
0
•Uta. ntebbosaly refoae anythin* etoe. #
"Pruning."____________________•__________
“Common Insects and Disease
the Gospel. Many times this is
CHEAP INSURANCE .
What good is cheap insurance
when your life savings are re-
duced to ashes? ‘ Do you send your
loved ones to cheap doctors? Divi-
dend promises will not pay losses.
EL CAMPO INSURANCE EX-
CHANGE.
Mack Webb, Sec’y.
most interesting lectures 1 .at-
tended at the 1916 course
held at College Station. July 19-
24. A private -rea secluded from
the highway'and back lots and
convenient to the kitchen makes
an ideal location for an outdoor
living room. The four main
things one should expect from an
- Every portion of the United
States and its possessions is to
be planted, as it is too infested
with insects,
Texas farmers can have from
one-half to one acre planted to
a variety of chosen fruits to ripen
in succession which will supply a
family of six. -
Some people are_ superstitions
and say that “fruits won’t thrive
here.” But any Texas farmer or
farin' wife may easily .'learn to
raise iruits if they will send for
the little bulletin.- "Home Oreh-
ords.” B-73, issued by the exten-
sion service. In this, bulletin you
will find: ~
“Choose Your Location Careful-
ly.”
"What Varieties Shall I Choose?”
"Plow Deep and Dig Deep Holes.”
The bullet shattered companied line hy "is eughter
a pcket mirror, broke a metal leradine 'who will spend the
2 . r , , . Weck in Houston.
pFit anet-wa s Found enpbedded in „ I., . . , .
. / 2 c,gn T N. Menefee ald ismother, they -die-hefere -they'made
the vest pocket over the man s . . c . ...
11, ar Mrs. Anna Menefee, attended the the protessionare in ignorance of
‘ .. .. ■ commencement exercises at the
girl who has
in household
selling; desirable neighborhood.
his regular run across' the draw-
bridge, fearing that he would be
forced to jump at any minute.
He made the run back. Just as
the tail end of the train crossed
the bridge, it went down.
the company Drillin g r pu I 1 ins
•re expected to zet undep way
Today we cannot build
marble palaces when a
loved ot>'e passes, but we
can use the same exquisite
taste and lovely simplicity
which has made the love
of Shah Jehan for his wife
The wonder of the ages.
pany, Texas Gulf Sulphur Com-
pany. Freeport Sulphur (' mpany
and Mills-Bennett Company.
Discovered 10 Yers Ago ,
The deposit was first’ discovered
about ten years ago b} the Iox-
ana Petroleum Company while
prospecting for oil in that area I
of (iaiesville, ria
d in: " 1
M IUnu
mthe lond
movalothis pemains here J. E.
Hyun & Son personany supervised i .
rucrwoal dlauzhters
„ - NOTES FROM THE A. & M. CONFERENCE
A second accident, ithin dsinteresting program of old-fash-
week occurred at the Luuise oil fond songs, eneing with a beau-
field when Milton Braus, ine tirul personal tribute by Mrs. D.
of the cempaps s rig buildan-, -1-, E Eartee and the Itev. Duff, the
tained a serious ‛na injurs aus- Baptist .pastor, following which the Finishing Texas Goods
ed by a heavy bolt falling from elowing candle-lighti d birthday! By EVELYN RIEGER
1o, ' 5 1 tt ‛tetp
ts 1 ■■ 1a th Lom, iana
An it
was gi
first C
of the
Dea then
week tc
as a I
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Memb
the l t
took pa
was tint
Webb
The p
by Mr I
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poem a
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' Fon SALE A good car, reason-
able price. See Frank Jensen,
El Campo. 21-lt
were ccompanied . home Tuusdav .
by Mis.Pummeis siter. irs‛
"TIREE- ROOM furnished apart-
ment for rent. Electric refrig-
erator; all bills paid, $30 per
months. Mrs. J. D. Gidden, Phone
155. , 25-lt
FOUR PER CENT MONEY, on or
before 34 years, is offered to the
farmers by the Federal Land
Bank of Houston Association.
Although your farm homestead
is all paid out, you can arrange
to build a new house and bar
with- this cheap monev, Se
W. W. Duson, Sec’y -Treas,
drom nr
rm 10
hie hsay
—rpot
When I said something
the storm. Aushe said she
know there was one, I
i This Space Paid for by the As-
sembly of God Church I
The Scripture in Acts 6:21, "Be-
lieve on the Hord Jesus Christ
jnrd thou shaft be saved." evi-
dently has .been' abused.by some
good pneple in trying to get addi-
tional members in their chureh.
They say to the- -people: "All
you have roHoisto believe that
Loulsiana, a eevetal miiliou dollur Mr ciut 1
o-t
. ahch '
tinin ol
during Hia earthly ministry. They “bath, fis
visiting her parents at that place, are as follows: “If we confess
concern.
The Jefferson Lu
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eet‛ Ady /mi'
i5 aher 1n
'f uscentamial bservance: and
. 11s nince, Mrs. Thmas O'Connor,
mil’ -this city, arranund for the re-
m M'hur
fdil etone
an onN
yers . f- ipiration
gebat m an. 1ea
..Miss Johnnie iinqsn i. sjeyluuns are enjoying the week on landscape us though each was
ingthewenk in corpu-curist. ■' mote 1rp throuzht East Texas, made for the other
Mrs, Alary PI A El campe tn tornimnate at the Centennial ex- inside ■ the house walls, iwood-
is visiting d.iuh'i ' Mis positinh inDallas Clyd farlson. work and furnitmremax, he painted
Will Thomas.. is in charge of tlie post office dur- or varnished. Wood work the' same
Mrs S. Bmn. ti j k ng .th absence of Mr. Bruns,...... color throughou the house helps
oni., 1. । ■ / - 1,1 maka a more Irarmonious pics
queY and Mr. I., s, siookronT । . . • . ■ » . .
-clre: Tnamel or semi-gless paints
are most suitable for woodwork
as they give attractive, finishes
which are easily cleaned. ’ Natural Groves.”
woodword, varnished and waxed.
MAN LOSE WAGER, ALSO LIFE
In a village inn two men, aged
60, made a wager to race around
Kakenham, England, on bicycles
for a gallon of beer. Th? chal-
lenger, David Balaam, lost the race
and his life. He was found lying
on the roadside severely injured
beside his machine. Walter Hin- ,
nels, who accepted the challenge,
took the lad and reached home
again without knowing Balaam’*
fate.
. ' womutd*
pany. gul. i n
is most attractive, durable and
easy to keep.
. Old floors are always a problem,
but: they can be made most at-
tractive by the use of floor ma-
terial which, wears well, or the
floor may be.sanded, bleached and
varnished with floor varnish for
nice results!. .n
Sweet gum. hickory and wal-
nut. nil' Texas woods, take nice
finishes when a filler is used be-
fore the coats of varnish and wax
are applied, Hoors, woodwork, or
furniture made 'of these woods
can be secessnuly painted or
varnished and waxed if care is
taken and suffieient time is al-
lowed for 'he process.
C Miss over was an trror made by misan-
1woirtla ' ' - •• •
frum this fb ld. witli a railroad
be ing onsurt from here -to
ofo minhek ' j
FOR RENT Attractive 7-room
$500,000 modern nit
etphur mining nI ant.
yard of the lumber company be-._-______ ___
longing to E. A. Carter, Jr. Sev- | Fol RENT The R. E.
eral other boats were found on dry | rosidence. Peterson's
P<Ths I Ide high ildeSrllahd “aTTer” th? storm. . • r Dairy.
Mi O'.
1,
1 1 ■ i' h
ex gent from the
d.fild neat’ Bra?
ors of tir Advocate. Hr was
Lom January 1. 1841. and died Was, " mmben last year’s
Eurury an, fai. at Myrtleslocal School la milt v, ami her.mary
sprmes, whe he was piblishing 1 friends here etend cueratula-
-he (iazette Th" state is to erectitions hen and ber fiance
omenumant oiP his grave as part • W ' Etu= 6 ooim Greek
'spent Monday and ’ Tuosday with
her husBaud, who isherwtheesis Christ Js the
Artists call the Taj Jlahal
the most, b« autiful builelinz
in the world lull if. is itot
as heautimil as the srnt
ment which inspied it—the
desire to commemorar a
great love.
Money spent on paints and
varnishes for the home is the
' nn " - n‛ avauu‛ best insuranee any home owner
the plasanthospitaliryThe hon-can invest in, as paint prolongs
An old place o[ u-in s nnd r 01 - os remembered with a num the Iife and beauty of all types
new management opeudfiousi- r of gifts, one of ihem being a of wood. .
ness in Louis'- ITesdas wheu hmndsome bedlsprad. given by the
Mrs. Pearl Rasben . ovE Iaptit W.N.I .
Ike's Cafe, I Postmaster and .Mrs. w, IIlit fit tn with the surrounding
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EL CAMPO LAUNDRY
People’s Laundry
J STEAM LAUNDY—SOFT WATER
ME,ad“ e, ' r s ' _______
quilt will not be as pretty and
will be hard to piece.
True bias binding cut from the
same material as the lining is the
best way to finish the edge of a
quilt. Boas tape should not be
used in finishing a quilt. The
Phene 140
—
D FANCY GROCE
.. . - a __-I
ualitv z S
As Charles G. Crom, secretary
of the East Toledo <O.) Club, was
'the first patron of the safety box
department at a branch bank, he
had the choice of numbers. He
chose 13.
Almost al American people be-
lieve on rh" Lord: xery seldom, do
xou find anyone who does not.
thut they are not saved people, for
“by their fruits shall ye know
a refeJ ' I- 'book ior ! in- amount of
oariy ‘Texas history it eontains. He
, was atvntederate soldier and
served with company "A.” Third
T xas < avalry. ' -a
Rose was onn of the early edi-
contain several million tons of the kainrontrot ot tie tele abt aa-
Eyellow mineral and compares fa- nable to ene to an 12 < itnr 11
t vorably in size with the field, with (u-toms folluntor 1a‛-1 'i
W mined in Louisiana for a period rights at th'- dom- ner
EXgot 99 years bs the Inion sulphur 1ea • d ■ • 11
Com pan v will b« mined by ihhromnding ipet age ■
p Jefferson Lake Oil Company of it-su/iugha min ini .
bau. der lease surrriunding
eluding the • me .1 he fj
0 begin movig >o the
13 next few v-ks fn in |."i
(From the Victoria Advocate)
i Tin i ■ mains 1.1 Vi He M ituse.
widely nown V‛ toria historian,
>Mn reit-riee in hm Higreen -
.f emet ihere, llowin thrire-
nuval from the tpmetery at Myr-
lie. Sprjnes a ' Ama ! I 1osu about
stxry mitois tak .if Dafins
Rus. was one of Ilie early edi- f
See Driscoll Stalworth. 21-2t
I Aransas Pass was filled with i Two young unmarried ladies. ।
debris to the Southern Pacifie rail-one of them the present Mrs. €.E. |
road trucks. -lenry, lay on the bed when the’
Oddities 1 storm began, discussing the ron-
[ Fred G. Bigelow, present owner dition of "poor Galveston" which
friry from
The big dome at the, 1inh
known as (-mens Domme com-
prises about 50 arres and - 1n-
ed ‘by Fred C. l’al-t Inid
States customs oll rte
veston, who has ctosrd a 11
with the compauy for 1 as on
the entire 59 acres
-p Other • interests o"niu hareot
holdings in the area, at cording ti
I Brazoria between Brazoria and The Texus Gulf Suiphur i oyipany
ie San Bernard river on the John at that time was unusually niou
cNeill survey, which is said to and made a determinhd • nort. o
(From the Aransas Pass Progress)
Memories of the first great hur-
ricane to hit Aransas Pass floated
. i throught the minds of the old-
j timers of this region Tuesday on
j the twentieth ahnivefskry of the
I 1916 storm.
The storm caused h loss of ap-
I proximately >100,000 t the cause-
I way company and completely de-
I molished the compres. located at
t the present turn ti Ransom Is-
land. This led directly to the
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Yates, Paul C. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1936, newspaper, August 28, 1936; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1577934/m1/2/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.