The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1937 Page: 4 of 4
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PAGK SIX
RIG UULK WILDCAT. BIG LAK B, REAGAN COUNT!. TEXAS
FRIDAY, ATRIL 2. 1937
SHiratre
Texon, Texas
I'MI Ks FRI.-SAT MARCH 1-2-3—
CHINA CLIPPER"
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t* AT O KKI* N iiul trd company.
SHORTS
1 -rathe News
2— (iartoon
3— Spur Dree I
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M N MON Ills. MARCH 4-5-6—
BORN TO DANCE"
With
MUMMl roWEIX, I NA MERKEL.
IK AM Is LANGFORD and many oth-
er* «»f the irmnS best entertainer*
And
And an entertaining liM of short <uh
feet*. inrludnif —
THE NEW LONDON
SCHOOL DISASTER"
PYt WITNESSES Mil THEIR LX
LXI'l KIENC'E S
l
GRANDFATHER OF MRS.
ALTON HOLLAND BURIED
IV CISCO LAST MONDAY
K L Springer. 75. veteran Bap-
Lat auuutfi and missionary oi
Brown County for the past several
years, died at his honu tn Brown-
wood Easter Sunday morning while
preparing his Faster sermon Hev
Springer had been In 111 health for
several years, and the past year
fie was compelled to sit In u chair
while preaching
MOSQUITO AND FLY
MENACE TO PUBLIC
HEALTH," DR. COX
Austin, April 1.—Word has just
been received by the state depart-
ment of Health that Mr and Mrs
Mosquito and Mr and Mrs Fly,
with their kinfolks, are on their
way to Texas for the summer sea-
Interement was made at Cisco . son They state that, although
where a daughter resides. The
sermon he prepared Sunday morn-
ing was used at the funeral
many had died last summer, they
would soon have large families
Mrs Mosquito raises from fifty
Surviving him are his widow. 5 to three hundred children at one
daughters and three sons
Rev Springer wfas a grandfather
of Mrs Alton Holland of this city,
and father of A L Springer, for-
mer citizen of Big Lake
Those from this city who at-
tended the funeral services were
Mr and Mrs Alton Holland and
son. Thomas Lie. Charles Spring-
er, a grandson, Mrs Eddie John-
lime and only takes around two
weeks to have full grown child-
ren Mrs Fly admitted that she
and her husband could be ances-
tors to a million flies In one sea-
son
Ur George W Cox. state health
officer, stated that Texas hospi-
tality could be refused the Fly and
Mosquito families if annual Clean-
son and Rev M C Bishop, a close y Weok from Aprll 4 ^ n li( UHed
friend of deceased
Deceased was a devout Christian,
self-educated, a brilliant scholar
t.f the Bible During his late y Mrs
he learned to speuk Spanish llu-
ently, and often would preach to
to begin a thorough campaign to
eliminate the breeding spots of
these pests
Mosquitoes are responsible for
the spread of malaria, dengue and
yellow fever Malaria Is spread by
TELEPHONE
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY—365 Day* a year. Long
Distance now speeds across the barren wastes, nigged
mountains, and valleys where the Red men once roamed.
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE
Anxiety or uncertainty as to whether or net your manage*
are delivered is eliminated when YOU USF. THE TELE-
PHONE. Ask Long Distance for nates to any desired point
in the United States or foreign countries
LET US TELL YOU ABOUT THE CHEAPER RATOS!
SAN ANGELO TELEPHONE COMPANY
the Mexicans Only a week before thf b,u> Qf Uu. ,ulophelos or nm.
his death, he wrote a letter to M ,arla mugquUo 1H.,u.ut. fever and
yeJUAv fever :<re transmitted by
the Aedes Aegyptl or Tiger mos-
quito The tyst waj to prevent
these diseases is to destroy breed-
ing places of the mosjulto They
breed in standing water, there-
fore. you should drain, ditch or
fill such places, spray oil on wa
ter each week, too, or stock the
water with surface minnows as
they will eat the wiggletails Hous-
es should be screened
Flies help spread typhoid fever,
dysentery, diarrhea, tuberculosis,
anthrax and cholera They breed,
A Wll.son of The Wildcat, whom
he had not seen In 25 years, yet he
remembered him by his first name
His handwriting, even at the time
of hts death, resembled that of the
best penman.
JOI.I.A M AKES ST.AEMFNT
REGARDING CHARGES
FILED RECENTLY
W W Jolly, city pound man. made
the following statement relatives
to charges he filed with the coun-
ty attroney recently
I put two of Emmett Kuyken-
MILK FOR HEALTH
Our Dairy Products are wholi
and sanitary
GIYC US « TUIAJ^~TELEPHONE M
BIG LAKE DAIRY
Mr and Mrs E H Wed die
Announcement
We bare p«rrlu«ni the Gulf -service Station in Big lake,
aid will do o«r best Lwrrvr (hr car owner** of thiiv trade area
iw » courteous and rfficirnt manner
We irr prepared to «irh and grease your car. fix flat* and
give your car all round fund Gulf Service that will please you
We will iyyrrr<*lr part m( your buvlnew
GULF SERVICE STATION
Telephone 101
I) M Daugherty and Son*
dull's dogs in the city pound after live and feed tn filth To prevent
they had been running at large j Ihelr Increase- all refuse should be
in the city limit* of Big LaJte Oi ilWpoeed of -it once garbage kept
of his children broke Into the In covered containers, privies made
pound and turned the dogs loose sanitary and houses screened En-
during my absence from the pound **ry neighborhood raises its own
I followed the child and dogs to Hies so that their number Is an
their father's residence and told excellent Index to the sanitary con-
Mr Kuykendall what had hap- dltlons
punded He replied. The devil they Jf\iGHERTYS BUY GULF
did I know who got the dogs and SERVICE STATION HERE
sold them to you. 1 told him that
I got the dogs myself, and he used Da„ M ^^.-ty ttnd John
abusive language, calling me bad j R closed a deal thLs w,.ek whereln
narr.es After tolling Mr Kupen- j became operators of the Oudf
dall Ural it would be better for Statlon whlch had bwn
tdm to pay the pound fees I would ; opcraVed by Collyns Moort. for the
not file charges against his child pMt ypur
for breaking Into the pound His John R w|„ manaRe lhf. busl_
enswer was more abusive language.; ne#s and hLs *4^,^ wlll *
He ran ml me with a piece of Iron Bust<r Hoover who wlll ^ ln
pipe about sixteen inches long and Df tb(. business while John
got a 30-30 rifle and pointed It at ^ ln schtloj
I und 101(1 mt 10 «el off hLs Pro‘ The’ management will Install a
per*y when I was on the outside of WMh rack at an early daU>, ^
Ids fence will be prepared to do all kinds
1 fried charge against Mr Kuy- o{ RreasblK and washing
‘ endall for breaking into the city--—•---------
pound, abusive language and point- d I Taylor, local wholesale Gulf
tng a gun toward me "
W W Jolly
FOUR CHILDRE N BORN IN
REAGAN COUNTY LAST WEEK
Two white and two Mexican chil-
dren werv born m Reagan County
last wi . according to Dr J F
rattr.* . county health officer, who
mad a Is returns
T two a lute children were
Bo le E-den Putt*. nine-pound
sc of Mr and Mrs EUden Potts,
b n Thursday night of last week.
C sude Francis Oxford, nine-pound
t y of Best The Mexican children
are Stephens Herondrz and Fran-
cisco Sanchea. Big Lake
agent, will Lake his wife to a San
Angelo hospital this week-end for
an operation She received theat-
ment last week there.
WILL BUY your dead wool and
mohair. See M A. Wilson at Wild-
cat office.
mi
PLOUR
•U HU C lUHtH *»
48-pound Sack ...... SI .97
24-pound sack.......$1.03
12-pound sack.........62c
\ 6-pound sack..........33c
t-
Shortcning, Lib. car. 62c; 8-lb. carton $1.14
PINEAPPLE. 2 No. 2 cans 35c; No 2 1-2 cans, eaeh ----21c
PINEAPPLE JUICE. Hearts Delight. 2 cans ........... 17c
SALMON, Fancy Sockeye. tall can for 21c
Coffee, Red and While, pound......31c
TOMATO JUICE, 2 tall cans only 15c
GREEN BEANS, Deer Brand. No. 2 ran 11c
PEAS, Mayflower Brand, No. 2 can ............14c
SPINACH, Staff of Life Brand. 2 No 2 cans for ....... 17c
HOMINY, 2 No. 2 1-2 cans for 19c
SUGAR 10-pound rloth bag. pure cane ................ 59c
SUGAR, pure rane, 10-pound paper bag ................ 57e
PORK A BEANS. 16-ounce cans, 2 cans for ........ 13c
MACARONI or SPAGHETTI. 2 boxes for ................ 7c
SPUDS, good ones. 10 pounds for ...................... 31c
ORANGES. California. lairge Sise, each ................. 3c
POWDERED OR BROWN SUGAR, 2 boxes for .......... 15c
Apples, Winesaps, nice size, doz......15c
IN OUR MARKET
GROUND MEAT, pound 15c; CHUCK ROAST, lb.....I5c
CHOICE STEW MEAT, pound .......................... 15e
PORK SAUSAGE. Armour or Star, pound .............. 25«
FKKSI1 BRAINS, pound ... 15c; SLICED BACON, lb. ...29c
ROUND STEAK, lb..... 25c; T-BONE STEAK. Ib.......20c
BIG LAKE CASH GROCERY
“The Red and White Store”
DELIVERY SERVICE PHONE NO. 59
TAKE YOUR SAVINGS TO THE BANK AND
TAKE EXTRA HOURS FOR YOURSELF
A SAYINGS DAY Hut i what wivhdif is for hundred* of
women in this are* rh*C» what It ( AN m for r»u Instead
of sprinting hours in the steamy basement, wearing yourself
'Hit doing the family washing—instead of spending all that
money for electricity and gas. water soap and other washday
supplier* you can make washday a saving dav for your back,
vour arms—your face And moat important, you ran make
it a savtog day for vour pockrtbook. ton llow* Just by using
our marvelous Rough Dry Wash Service
It W STUART, Representing
OZONA LAUNDRY
Lmn your Laundry at City Barber Shop in (Mg lake every
MONDAY. WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY
Mr and Mrs Ray Hemphill ac-
companied their son. Harford, to
a ban Angelo hospital lost week-
end for treatment, and probably
un operation
K A. Wilson will pay best prices
for dead and picked wool and mo-
hair.
Advertise it in "Hie Wildcat.
SPRING TIME
—is -
CHANGE OVER TIME
Have your ear serviced
now Crank caxe drain-
ed and flushed out clean
filled with summer
grade oil transmission
and differential greaw
changed to the proper
grade washed and
g i eased at
0. L ALBRIGHT
Service Station
Candles and Cold Drinks
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Wilson, M. A. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1937, newspaper, April 2, 1937; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth631184/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.