The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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THE SF. Al Y NEWS
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SEALY, AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1932
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Movement Started to Organize Tomato
Growers’ Association
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out and again the Eagles flew
tune of 8 to 4. The visitors
started scoring
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funeral,
friends
Houston.
Sealy Post, American
Legion Holds Regular
Meeting Wednesday
Near Fifty Degrees
Are Awarded A. & M.
Summer Students
second inning by slamming out
two hits aided by two Cub mis-
cues netting them two runs.
NEXT MONDAY IS
OPENING DAY OF
SCHOOL SEMESTER
Sun.,-Mon., Sept. 11-12:
CAROLE LOMBARD and
CHESTER MORRIS in
Sinners In The Sun
“OH DARLING”—Comedy
school are cordially invited to
attend.
Upon recommendation of the
members of the commissioners’
court and other county officials,
Judge M.C. Jeffrey of Lockhart
judge of the 12th Judicial Dis-
trict, this week appointed A. J.
Laas of Sealy to serve as Coun-
ty Auditor of Austin County.
Mr. Laas will make the neces-
sary bond and qualify for of-
fice at an early date, and pos-
sibly assume his duties of of-
fice about October 1.
Mr. Laas is thoroughly cap-
able of filling the office of
county auditor and well deserves
the appointment.
Sun.,-Mon., Sept. 18-19:
THE PICTURE YOU’VE
BEEN WAITING FOR—
SYLVIA SIDNEY AND
FREDERICK MARCH in
MERRILY WE
GO TO HELL
---Also a Comedy---
“Fololw The Swallow”
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SEALY C. OF C.
TO ENCOURAGE
TOMATO GROWING
Sealy Man Is
Appointed Auditor
Austin County
ROSS PHILLIPS
DIES IN HOSPITAL
AT ROSENBERG
*****
Next Wednesday night, Sep-
tember 14, is Fyr-Fyters night.
All members should remember
this date,' and attend the meet-
Frydek Schools
Begin Monday
ty fair ever held.
*****
House Votes To
Drop Penalties
Storm Center Off
Coast of Florida
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Fri.,-Sat., Sept. 9-10:
TOM MIX AND TONY in
RIDERS OF
DEATH VALLEY
SWIM OR SING, Comedy
SHOW ME THE WAY TO
GO HOME, Screen Cartoon
Prices 10c-25c-Two Shows
Fri.,-Sat., Sept. 16-17:
THE PICTURE WITH A
THOUSAND THRILLS—
RICHARD ARLEN AND
JACK OAKIE in
SKY BRIDE
Talkertoons and Song
Cartoon
COMING—Sept. 25-26:
HOLLYWOOD BEHIND
THE SCENES—
MAKE ME A STAR
With JOAN BLONDELL,
STUART ERWIN AND
ZASU PITTS
Thursday was a church holi-
day for the Catholic people, and
many took advantage of that
fact, and shopped in Sealy.
Stores were very much crowded
and clerks busy indeed. Sealy
merchants are well able to fill
the needs of the folks in this
trade territory. Trade at home.
*****
Sealyites were reaching for
cover Wednesday and Thursday
along toward morning. Wednes-
day was the coldest day since
June 2, and it was indeed en-
joyed. The bright cool weather
is scheduled to last only a short
while.
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There is lots of discussion a-
mong the youngsters in front of
store windows displaying school
supplies, and pencils and tablets
will soon be all-important.
The first V8 Ford to be
driven in Sealy was delivered to
our neighbor, Dr. Hover on
Thursday by Mr. J. Byrnes. The
car, a coupe, is indeed a beauty,
and the doctor is justly proud
of it. The doctor will probably
spend the next few days in giv-
ing demonstrations, as all his
friends are especially keen to
ride in the new model.
and co-workers from
• VOLUME 45.—NO. 27.
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। Wild Mykawa
Gas Producer
| Razes Derrick
Sealy Post, American Legion,
held its regular monthly meet-
Wednesday night with Com-
mander Bender and Adjutant
Nastoupil in their respective
places. It is expected that the
Post may stage a big “battle”
dance at the Liedertafel hall on
the night of Armistice Day.
Some definite decision will be
made, by the committee next
week.
Austin, Sept. 8—Those who
owe delinquent city, county,
state and district taxes will be
charged neither interest nor
penalty if they pay them by
January 31, 1933, the house
voted late Wednesday.
The senate also must approve
the bill and the governor must
sign it before it becomes ef-
fective.
The bill was passed by the
house 115 to 11, despite strong
protests of some legislators.
Holliday, who have taught the
public school for several years,
will be asisted this year by
Miss Frances Sramek of Sealy,
a recent graduate of San Marcos
State Teachers College. The St.
Mary’s school will retain the
same teachers who taught there
last year.
, Later—Just before going to
press, we are informed that
the opening of the public school
at Frydek has been postponed
until Monday, September 19.
early in the
Woodrow Schindler in this
inning looked good in going
away back of second base and
nabbing Nig Anderson’s short
fly. In this game Monday the
regular scorekeeper was absent,
and the scorer only recorded
the Cubs play by play and did
not get the Eagle’s side of this
affair. Anyway both teams put
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Austin County folks are busy
getting exhibits ready for the
county fair to be held Sept. 29-
30 and October 1. This is the
community get-together of the
county, and plans are being
made to have this the best coun-
Tom Mix is the only screen
star in filmdom who never
changes character .The Western
star, who comes to the Texas
Theatre in Universal’s “Riders
of Death Valley,” on Friday and
Saturday, September 9 and 10,
wears the same chaps and som-
brero on the street as he wears
in his pictures, and refuses to
don Eastern attire for any pur-
pose.
Lois Wilson, Fred Kohler,
Forrest Stanley and Mae Bush
appear with him in the film,
and Tony, Mix’s accomplished
horse, is also very much in evi-
dence.
was received for the crop. Many
Students will be assigned to farmers sold their tomatoes for
SEALY CUBS CLOSE
SEASON DROPPING •
LAST TWO BATTLES
By W. R. C.
The Sealy Cubs closed the
1932 baseball season by drop-
ping two in a row to the Texas
Eagles of Houston, this making
the Eagles copping three in a
row and sweeping the series,
but the fans were treated to a
fine brand of base ball in wit-
nessing these three game series
between the Cubs and Eagles.
The Eagles are a fine bunch
of sports as well as ball players,
and it has been voiced here in
town that the Sealy fans would
rather see baseball of that kind
even though the Cubs had to
be on the short end, than to see
a one sided affair, dull and un-
interesting.
Both clubs had to hustle all
the way and though in all three
games the Cubs were leading,
mattered not to those pesky
Eagles who kept pecking away
and came from behind to snatch
victory from right under the
Cub’s nostrils. Everyone seeing
these games was well satisfied
and received their moneys’
worth of baseball. The Eagles
defeated the Cubs Sunday in
a very beautiful game, which
had the attention of the fans
until the last man was out in
the ninth.
The Cubs first run of Sun-
day’s game came in the fifth,
after Hamilton wriffed, “Red”
Preibisch laid down a bunt be-
tween pitcher and third and in
a hurry to catch “Red” the
third baseman threw wild to
first, Red taking second. Baebel
struck out, but Kasprowicz
strolled. Then Dave Keding put
the Cubs out in front with a
timely wallop to right field that
went for three bases, scoring
Preibisch and Kasprowicz, mak-
ing the score read 2 to 0, in
the Cubs favor. Dave has been
a big factor in these games this
season as his timely hitting in
pinches has won many ball
games for the Cubs. Dave also
made a spectacular catch of a
foul ball hit to the right of
first base. Going at top speed
among several cars, he stabbed
the sphere with one hand. He
received a big hand from the
crowd. The Eagles, in the
seventh inning, tied things up
on two hits and three Cub
errors that helped them very
much, but the Cubs come back
in the eighth, and talleyed once
more as A. Balke lined a single
to left field, stole second, and
“Boots” Balke’s long single to
right scored Arnold from second
base. The Cubs had forged
ahead once more and going in-
to the ninth, with the Eagles
almost out, that is, the fans
thought so, but with a China-
man’s chance they came thru
and when the dust had cleared
away, they had pushed over
two more runs, and that was
the crop as far as the Cubs were
concerned. They could do noth-
ing with that steady arm of
Jack Parham’s. The Eagles had
the game by the score of 4 to
3.
The second game was played
here on Labor Day and the
crowd was small as this was
not recognized as a holiday, so
not many had a chance to be
present. The diamond was very
heavy as a hard rain fell in the
forenoon, and the game was
played under threatening skies,
but the game was played thru-
The Sealy Public Schools will
open Monday, September 12,
Parents and guardians are
urged to have children report
for registration that morning
at nine o’clock.
A short program will be
given in the auditorium, and
patrons and friends of the
“Riders of Death
Valley,” With Tom
Mix to Show Here
in Sealy Section
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attended the
them being
and relatives
Workmen continued without
success on Wednesday in their
efforts to control the gas well
of the Crown Central Petroleum
Corporation’s Siadous No. 1,
located in the Mykawa field of
Harris county. Late Tuesday
the derrick was blown down by
the heavy gas pressure, esti-
mated to be 50,00,000 cubic feet
of dry gas. An effort is being
made to pump mud into the
hole to choke off the gas flow.
As a safety measure, all
Santa Fe trains are rerouted
so as to cut down as much as
possible the danger of fire. ,
Both the Frydek public
school and St. Mary’s Catholic
Forty-eight students were
awarded degrees by the Texas
A. and M. College at the close
of the 1932 summer session just
ended.'1 Of the degrees granted,
one was doctor of veterinary
medicine, seventeen master of
science, thirty bachelor of
science and one bachelor of
arts.
Among the master of science
degrees awarded, with the
major study named, of interest
to this section was, Rural Edu-
cation—L. Presnell, Sealy.
The matter of organizing a
Tomato Growers’ Association
for this community was
brought up for discussion at
the Chamber of Commerce meet-
ing Monday night. While no
definite plans were made, a
great deal of interest was mani-
fested and the prospects for
perfecting s.uch an organization
in this locality is perhaps more
encouraging than ever before.
Among the visitors at the
meeting were L. Andrews, presi-
dent of the Dawn Marketing
Co., of Yoakum, who is an
authority on tomato growing
and marketing. Mr. Andrews
explained that as an inducement
for them to build a packing
shed here and make this a
marketing center they should
•be assured of at least 150 acres
of tomatoes, and suggested
from one-half to two acres to
the family. He stated that in
practically every community in
South Texas where these as-
sociations existed farmers have
realized handsome profits from
their tomato crops. In Yoakum
last year 312 cars were shipped
and approximately $310,000
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—NOTICE—
-Pictures Start at 8 P. M.-
—Coolest Place in Town—
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At nine-thirty on Wednesday
the weather bureau reported
that the latest tropical hurri-
cane was approximately 500
miles east of Jacksonville, Fla.,
following a north-eatsward
course. A wind velocity of 60
miles an hour was reported.
The storm was moving about
15 miles an hour. Storm warn-
ings were dispatched north of
Wilmington, N. C., to the Vir-
ginia Capes.
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Ross Phillips, 24, of Houston,
died in a hospital at Rosenberg
last Friday following a brief
illness. The remains were
brought to the home of Mr.
John Phillips, uncle of the de-
ceased, at San Felipe, where
funeral services were held Sun-
day afternoon, the services be-
ing conducted by Rev. P. R.
White of Sealy. Interment was
made in the San Felipe ceme-
tery.
Ross Phillips, a son of Mrs.
Robt. Phillips, was born at San
Felipe, but moved to Houston
with his parents when quite
young. His father died about
eight years ago. He is survived
by his wife, mother, two sisters
and four brothers, the brothers
being John, Walter, Jim, Justice
and Newton Phillips, all of
Houston.
Mr. Phillips left his home in
Houston on Thursday of last
week for the new oil field near
Thompson, in Fort Bend County
to begin -work. During the first
day on his new job he was over-
come by heat and became criti-
cally ill, dying in the Rosen-
berg hospital the following day.
A large gathering of friends
*****
Almost everyone could take a
trip by rail this summer, the
round trip fares were made so
low. Traffic picked up consider-
ably too, and on many of the
trains, even the anticipated in-
crease was too low and coaches
were crowded. It is the best
way to travel after all.
*****
From an exchange—“The
ladies of the Helping Hand So-
ciety enjoyed a swap social on
Friday. Everyone brought some-
thing they didn’t need. Many of
.the ladies were accompanied by
their husbands.”
Fire Prevention week will be
observed from October. 9-15.
Chambers of Commerce, fire de-
partments, trade associations
and state fire prevention groups
will give every effort to in-
struct the public in fire hazards
and their elimination.
*****
Cotton is coming in fast now,
and the gins are busy early and
late. Farmers are cutting fod-
der crops and making fall
gardens. So far our farmers are
making a pretty good go of it,
and are not complaining much.
They have learned how to
manage so that they are self
supporting.
The children of our communi-
ty are in the limelight again,
as school looms on the horizon.
school will begin next Monday away “With “thebacon“by The
morning, September 12, accord- . . - —
gh ing to information received at
this office. Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
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4 cents per pound and made
around $200 an acre.
The expense of growing a
tomato crop is small, as ex-
plained by Mr. Andrews, when
the income is taken into con-
sideration. Hot beds and cold
frames for plants may be con-
struction at a cost of less than
$10 and these may be used from
three to five years. Commercial
fertilizer is recommended, and
this is no more expensive than
when used for other crops. Mr.
Andrews stated that in his
opinion this section of Austin
county was ideal land for toma-
to growing, and if the farmers
of this locality will give the new
industry a trial for one year
they will find it to be satisfac-
tory and far more profitable
than' their chief crop, cotton.
Chas. Blinka, a succesful to-
mato grower of Fayetteville,
was also present at the meet-
ing and made an instructive
talk on the subject. Mr. Blinka
expects to return to Sealy about
Wednesday or Thursday of
next week, at which time he
hopes to meet and talk with as
many farmers as possible who
may be interested in growing
tomatoes for the market. A. B.
Manna, Alfred Spreen and J.
W. Ripple were named on a
committe with Mr. Blinka, to
explain the proposition to farm-
ers and urge their attendance
at the mass meeting to be held
in the American Legion hall
Saturday afternoon, September
17, about 3 o’clock. Every far-
mer within a radius of fifteen
miles of Sealy is requested to
attend this meeting, and es-
pecially those of nearby towns
and communities.
FARMERS REQUESTED
TO ATTEND MEETING
HERE SEPTEMBER 17
class rooms and books will be
issued. It is always important
that all start in together, and
all students are urged to be
present on the first day.
On Monday night the annual
party for the faculty members
will be given by the Parent-
Teachers Association at the
school building at eight o’clock.
The committees are making
clever plans for this event, and
all members of the Association
are urged to be present to take
part in the entertaining of the
teachers.
Next Friday and Saturday,
September 16 and 17, the Aus-
tin County Teachers’ Institute
will be held in Bellville. The
program is printed in this issue,
and every number on it will be
of especial interest to the teach-
ers in the county.
It always takes some little
time to get any group of people
into organized work, but the
Sealy teachers have the reputa-
tions of planning the opening
days of the new school year
in such a methodical manner,
that very little time is spent
in preliminaries, and construc-
tive work is in progress almost
at once.
The encouragement of tomato
growing in this section was the
principal subject to be discussed
at the Chamber of Commece
meeting Monday night, follow-
ing the regular routine of busi-
ness.
The better yards contest com-
mittee reported that one more
inspection of yards by the
judges would be made this
month, after which the prizes
will probably be awarded to the
winners.
Several vistors were present,
including L. Andrews and Her-
bert Buenger of Yoakum, and
Chas. Blinka and son of Fay-
etteville. These gentlemen came
to tell of some of the progress
made by farmers in their
respective county in tomato
growing. They claim that money
received from tomato crops has
been a salvation to many of
their farmers in recent years.
Money from this crop comes in
May and June, a time when it
is perhaps needed most. These
gentlemen have very kindly of-
fered to advise and co-operate
with farmers of Austin county
in the organization of a Tomato
Growers’ Association. They
would like to see 75 or 100'
farmers in this section pledge
themselves to plant from one
to two acres each this next year
on trial. They suggest that an
instructor, thoroughly familiar
with tomato growing, be em-
ployed to give vital instructions
for the first crop, and the
Chamber of Commerce has ex-
pressed a willingness to assist
in this undertaking.
A mass meeting of farmers
who may be interested in or-
ganizing a Tomato Growers’
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The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1932, newspaper, September 9, 1932; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1601666/m1/1/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.