The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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The Taft Tribune
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TAFT, TFXA!
Till
■ 11 \ v JUNK 25, I9ni
MJ.VIBKH BIGHT
Honeyboy and Sassafras
Are Coming to Taft July 3
Will Make IVriWMl App»«rin«j Beeville Will Hold
"Slim
' ■ II ■HIM - 4
\l Sip**:* Service Station Fri
d.i\ <»f Next >VeeK at JI:SO
In the Afternoon.
Hom-ibe, -nd *■•"•'*“*> •‘r" *<"n*
rar: * Thr unions .adu. star*
V to bt thr best of all
,o tamers, arc '-oentn*
day July :t:<t am! they
8:i:es Brevier H’ntlon
iiVX'UU i>1 the II rfc
inv a' three .clock In
Celebration 4th-5th
Firffiien and LeiiKKmitnA
have roomie ted planx lor .Ntaftn* one
ol thtf bigftCMt Kmrth of July Cele-
bration* ever held in thin wim
Tin program will «**?en<i over until
Jii.y V * vine vIni tor* tft’o day.-, of
i pluftfture
\ III breur U» U .'•'«*>'* «i t v
thi* iirnnien buturday morning, July
vVi .h H [, ri'K'k rmd * b follow-
ed by nit id time nsnrr that cvtr.itij
v H 1ft o clock Thr !•?!»*: entertain
!*»•*!» i, va*U tx* in charge >; Ur'1 Covin tv
\nne 1 ry Out Ilieir Plane
lilt*"*
golnti to
, ,
and *
>abh ’ll'
ittti' event
rleun Legion
in'vs- 'hrtlllr
alls 4* Sipfr <1ur:nc
; ’hr hours ”
•iffWIOlljll
auto
mv ot 'lv*
bost dr
»,• Uoy.s »«imI
•in- Mil k -
^ il1 prt
rttctputc
r Company's mimlff
iblr r->mr1. '
t' vncing
V ■
pv*»n*r
a.I.
rIWs Defeat Plllllimtmmmm
1 ^ ^ If DRIFTWOOD
Pilots 11 to Oltt
mump
Kockpnrl Team IS No Match
For I/oral Nine In Game
Here Sunday
A man wiu heard to remark. ’Won-
't,*' why they don’t keep the itraet*
<>r>M.ni nire and clean aa they did a
| f a year* ago ami cut thr weed* in
the alley* aud on the vacant lot*
at
.*s
The Taf Tiger* using u .evaniped Yo’J kn'1* * >«• «® *• * *?« *®*fj
M«f>i ««a riMfi all the ume Buret
neat and rlean
often think
jb mi them time*
lineup strengthrd by HaUi; Crump-
ton Buck Carpenter. »nd Pal Maurln. * __. . .. „
ttnlimbered 'he!- hat* and fattened "«* « .«* tmdersund why -he *<**
batting average* when hey met the
Kockport Pilots here last Sunday
The final score was il to 0.
Thtrts started off pretty well. . _______
Neither side scored ,n the first two I“1»: T“ hKl “> <1’
innings but things began to pop In
att “tone n « there rraliy ut noth-
: to v wtker about. When this work
* d ii'-t i.w1 expense thereof paid
,h. Co!rm»n-Pul:jn Pasture Coot-
and btft't about our nice cl an town,
but now that the Colenian-Pulton
pgstme Company •* only a historical
fact we and all of us must, realise
If Liny w»rg I* continued we. the
them" Parish started «*■■>» W Taf, roust do It. We are
the ’bird and then on. Taft scored
live run.* In the third inn rig
Even though the Pilots (ailed to
score th- Tigers used a parade of
Ditchers against
the game and was credited with the „ . , . . . _ ,
win but he pitched only five Innings £« - «« M rl*ht 009‘^
to the orlvllegc. and
;ans irvcan fr m one
years of wu
HnneylKiy iii.'i BssM
as (hev ar<- n rea
vial; Taft nn Friday
And Mr MeCaniir.on
fine Service Station
-me. hundred
m unity.
-lend-
II >nr- v>,.
Mu km<iM y ill rrush through
two Willis
'Jk'ill H
•a hen
next
they
W *‘Y.
►f a • olid board h uh
A‘ on
fire on :i
flUii
lib
of
motorcycle no nij mor
»)♦• • hour
. than
7* m:hs
Mar,
■i ► »»r *
)f t he
All in aU. th** t a a
<i« Vi
i.rogrgn.
say
s the
boy*
will kIvc the peopa»
ol »iv
L, .Ion
niv
th? n^orst mtereftUng
r.d
p>esant
ik m
’hu*
rom
t-venU ol l*if anliir
year.
Hundieds
Col t liar If * A l.mdbcrgh and In* wile have been spending a lot
of lime at I hi Oirli** Aiipnrt. long Island, tuning up for tlieir pro-
posed flight aims' the I’aiiln Note the happy look on the laces ol
the nation’s lavoritt couple.
It costa money to keep t:p appearanc-
es. and unless we occasionally dump
a dollar into the jack-pot. the-e are
no funds »■> gppp up operation* Th*
mule will not pull the load, and the
cow will not give ml'k. If we don’t
But while on the subject, we wish
their
i fXjft*to attend fh*» barbecu**
•iid tlanci' sSuMird.iy, )Uid thf* aut)
. ’ •
• ;>!**• \>.r mKnv rn !*\‘
Ivervone ’s Urged to
fiend C. of C. Meet
Ti^pr Kyr thr storv
B M Bower, that has beer running
m the Talt Tribune (or the nasi
twe’v.- weeks
ij«ue startim
will continue
best, in TTuy*‘
the Humble
;s e impleted ill thin
: next week the Tribune
to give its readers the
Knt
tes Are Wanted
for *‘Pet Parade"
of *‘r.o'j»r
dr<
Wei
[V .jv,\y V 'Mir
Ottruxti b
:v J'i<4> 29th
i Mat-
TV'Wf '
and s .ve
. t » all
bt- up
Kiht ■
Flue.^ton
V U
Hum-
.-aeo^sse-N lj) tht
novel', are weU
Ben K i v*:
■y vrtl*
The .
it or? that
"thlg Hft(! It
ho om-
run i“
her Ifttes
r. !v«»y w ;Ji
Come
eel to
lip her b<1
\<U'Ti; li».
•I'** \V*ll'
On r
readeis a
modern
n Rid s
torv of
;hel Huesion. famous
■ r /<•••' Snkp "B!rd.c
Tip- People Of this
ai othc- best •filer
ha. ichirvod raar.v
il’eraiy fie ri and her
••■.id .‘.id npprectatcd
the Tribune i.s to
novel and considor-
fjocke went in and held them score-
less and with only two hit* one a
long trlph by Llnny Hally Crumr
ton went to the mound In the ninth
Inning and the only three men to
face him were easy outs two rolling
to first base and the third striking ' ‘ ' 1 ...
out.
David Crumpton, with two two-base
hits. Shorty Nutt with a double and * th»‘ th* wprk cl<*ntn«
a single. PH Maurln with two singles up the alley., and vacant lots can M
and Jimmie Parish with a double and ^on ehaa,»r iithi now than ‘t can
'wo slngl-.s were the leading hitters aftcr the dead grass catches on fire
1>V*XMAU. mils siNTlNCrn TO of ’.he day. Hallle Crumpton. Dude and destroys a esWenct. garage or
ATTEND REVIVAL SERVICES Locke. Burl Brittain and Lawler other valuable property. These rain-
each chimed In with one single |esj hot days arp speeding up tl>‘
la •' Friday morning thr, mall apiece time when this grass will bum‘then
try.> -anting around 10 to 12 years Altogether the Pilots only collected look out There are a d>gen ways tn
o; aye were called before Judi'e Crow four hits from the trip of Taft which this kind of flip can vet
■ ->. ;h- -'.la,. >f mmbliiut about the hurlers Locke allow d two, Parish started. Don t forge; tha Perhaps
NtvV SERIAL STORY, “ROWENA RIDES
THE RUMBLE” TO START NEXT WEEK
uvh,
•he night
the First
hi Id Tlie.r .hauls
and Crumpton none
Firs* *St3te Bank Seek
i
M:
-mic un but
Jud'.;.- r v ilked lathcily to the
nid oil ’h'-m < '»n:en- penalty
id on oromlv do b'tte" they.
1 Off ■ v by accepting “ -euteuoe
. >r- • ...* church each event'. * while
• -nttmted Marsha” Payne
•j. -•.-iic.l'-d ’ ..... -hat the boys
id home after ■ T.urch set .-ice We
the Chamber of Oommero- might
t nd time to give this subject jome
attention, .v the re-aula: meeting next
Monday :'1ch* Mins a residence can
-’ tp \bf:ut Cannmer be p» rtet v-d u s .epmg down the
gra - and we r“«!ly believe that
Tty. state Bank take*, up where this Is neglected it should be
___ ’he dutv of the ettv dads to request
ronsidvrabic amount of space on page ..... . . , . .
that ah yards be chnned of grass
ihv v •>* seekibg .riformnuon a- an<j Weed.-; where building, might be
mu;’h ‘tanmne has been done ei)d6rigered by Tire Wei’, anyhow, if
.yield, ty the season, and every . don't gjj a free” tm'
nit-.is d in canning will do tDou.siit- lets get together somehow
and discuss ways and means of
* *
Mi*
and, the young advertisvm'n* writer
•::.h about,
.ind 'ha
•a tonal busi- w'10
:• c. William.- and T A. Vcrno
have been appointed as a tit Let sell
tn -ommlttct and If they are back
•••ard m saltcltlns ticket sales. Jus
*11
uni Ih- ’Jien- promptiy ‘t “'30 kacK-rutf
'«-k
effe »r! f . I!:e m h ,-H;-,re
sented ; e* arid Lie most comically
d...■■ '*,1,.-, o It*, the parad«
which !o hr itagr-d >.n the after
Doo n .1 July Fourth <n lie Isii.d
walk . mult ■ along the nayside Since
tii •mi'.uncemnm ha., been made
1cnitdr- n of this si'etiou hate been
Introduced ‘ * new game, l/iut of
lookm ; up all ’.hose favorite Mother
Goose rhymes, and picking out some
way to dress up ’hat |tei for that
Is an important part of the contest,
to have entrant dressed to represent
some figure Some children are even
studying the comic strips to pick
ou, ilieir favorite character and rats,
dovs, cab. rabbits, ponies, even goats
and children, and mosr any kind D*-i<r Tribune Readers:
of pc! you tan think ol Is on that day Passed thru Kalarncth Indian Re- up
to represent some well-known char- -.ervat.on and a burned forest ait*, somewhere
aC(t.r A logging truck fi.led with grand
ou, with P“ter Blandc. the
make picture* and write
111 abom scenic beauty sp
li,w Ttiev had *o lvi'.e a chaperone of
.■■airs vi they advert "a- for one
R 'be.-..i Lowell, who got the job
fr
t:
n ■
1:. rr
the FT.'-.t Smte Bar.lt a favor In
»h- fcnvs will aeceut the favors furm'hin..- me information desired P,WUI? tJp before it is too 'ate. And
m rood crate a. that U what it Read the advertisement carefully right now. before cotton picking sea-
means real favors May they grow and M East rwood says a careful gov begins, would be the time to clean
up wise and u'efu! eltine:!*. is our rep. ’ on what each Individual family up. as right now (here art laborers
d-n’ wish has dom. U> the canning l.ne will waiting the chance to go to work.
pr::ve of’futu r benefit to the com- * * •
munlty. The d«ta should c iver every- carl Welch utst poked his head in
n: ng C?«n.'-d since January !. and the door and ,wW ht. h(1<1 ou?t,t
have invited the boa* of this wood
yard to have eccompnnid him on *
trip out to tnc gulf coast ’a*t Sun-
10 day. wb re the water is deep *wT
> avoid qua. reii:’.:, vv h Peter
rt st. One can understand *hy some .p . ■ vc, i - imate on h- quantity
m i :,o old' : Elian Rowcna, .*o you mopie iJlte to quarrel if, r reading which rniiv be canned Mill !a,er in
■ n iinagim the complications hi:- lory Everyone will laugh at wag)OT_
\ breew.- eve■*-country Journey fiom ,fl' nl,IIH ^ 1 This’ ri-'itu--t is made not only
m-,.-. and make your resena- N-w Vorr to Ban OJe«o in a 1931 Z7 lZ" ^ ( ^ the Care b% al-e n plenty, but he Jwt
R0Hd6ter ,xhateu‘ inat - Hardware at or* but to all who have {or(f0t it but ^ had A ?0od Otoe
results Rowerta ride? the
Watsons Arrive at Seattle, Wash.;
Will Continue Journey By Boat
c.mn rf a- home. anyhow. W? asked him how far out
Z Th Tali Bang and tne First Na- he got. but he couldn’t, remember.
\ tiorial Banks of Tafl. are co-operating said Mr mind wasn’t just dear oo
' in this and reports can be made to that point, but thought it must have
| either of the three banks in Taft, been somewhe-e around ’h limit
i
After a’! data has been compiled But anyhow the flflhlng was good
the Banks of Tuft will publish the even though he didn't catch my. A
final information. great many people take these pin-
-------*>-- sure trips out into the gulf waters
, ... , rtrivp m,.rr,.d bv and FATHER OF MRS. 1. J. ONDRUSBK «n»5 «» fish «>»»«• Jwt fdj
on McKinley Pass. It was lb mile* .llul u « ■ . ' u DIES AT SKIDMORE. JUNE 9TH the boat ride. bur. they have to
and 13 down Lost three miles constructor) machine •> . ----- about twelve miles to get out of at
day. May 23rd. Frank Vavrusa. father of Mrs J. of land and that is where th*. ChriB
Us awfully hard to stop the car on Euirtme Oregon ^he j Ondrusek of Taft, age 72 years, begins One experience* the same
........... - r k,‘s. sur«r-s r»r%^ra,**K s- ~ sjtjss vsz ss.tristr :vs
novel contest and wishes to enter. ^ ,mm highways are made to run on and not ate anyway. Men stood around and
can do so by making registration by
mall to Mrs Duke Carman in care
of ’tie Caller-Times, Corpus Christ!
She .''ll! then ."nd vmi rules and regu*
Mon* of Hie contest. Other infor-
mation may be had by listening in
over KOFI each Mondav and Friday
at 12 30 noon.
ARANSAS
PASS MAN
TAKE* OWN
I 1111
J. L Pu’.ivv: n. a .a id! e-.r i sm-
mined uidde at tiie fume of his
parent M. ,md M-v. W rv Pai'.bi-
son. :r. A p.i.v las! Friday night
by <hooting inm.*f-il !.aioii,v;h th- left
be a*’ *:'ii .i ■ "in >M.-ii
survived bv tv . • b
and niriv , •• let •
The nm-r.ii w •• . held Sunaif, m :
iuc .r if, r/eb-.r'K a rn Iren, rlie
Css> F'ineMi Chapei i A'.'iti'BS
Pli-- tii ••.■mom- . -p.,! :o
the A,”ID r , -’TVf’t- r?' ' T ”
Carrier ,>o-.•.; :he A - ,
in Skid
rU1,VT Vl 'V^*iIme ‘ThMk the more. Tuesday mornuig Jurv; t>. at to crass the Rio Grande, only it »
u w;1w°w. |,l"< *’!n4 f<W ' Dark innes firs, cedars etc. 126 Texas license was the imveHy. Sol •" nc’V after crossing Uv'’ Over. w7 sp«k
Bend a tlirivlng city of 7000. Lum- feet high have a dignified appear- many Texas ears up here,
baring, farming and stock raising are .anc*v The light green foliage next to
the chief industries,. Ice caves near the ground gives daintiness.
ttanri lunjji'ifft tStv with ice Wv HttiTv is wearing out hi* „
were interested in seeing these ice I'm wearing ow. my ears. Altitude » mamiecr of the place. Bui'V!4M bounty Texas,
cave* but thev were eighieeti mil** off making them -xc: tu.l and sinev e ' ' . s Il(,w amJ moved to Bee county.
..f our beaten track and ’-ha, took arc both gening tied m knot, from »^^m..d^w.» r>^ h ^ fm. ^ „,ev«v-a »«- “.or d»,.enters A votmc man of tht* town watkcO
i(H, much tune. uiminUin cun.. ^ blttS. Tht> porter knew San Antoni,
Bcween Bend and Eugene, on tin A ^ ^ * Telcphonw and Corpus Chrlsti and liked to talk mam. of «c«mare
llr . known »* Ciccho-Blovakia. Iftvtm- from experience, and found that the
We drove out o Auto apa • ^ an{, wa,, m Miss average man and woman cross.**
v( .'i-cuied .i nt i Anm Pivoda. in 1880. Thev came to this wonderful river usually measures
Harry is wearing out his retina and the negro poner.^ . here^was i » Am,.r(ca in 1884. and ircated ir, La- the distance by thr schooners they
and in
}gg*i find on the !«r.s. from four to six.
» # •
. nrtm'AH t n. et»*n ruMimv
was new
radio for our He is survived by four daughters.
Mr- Anna Bv- ;• and Mr* p. J. Herr- toto a 'real meat market and wnett# ,.®
Mrs J. J. On- to know if they had any dnest cM^pm&L
McKinley Highway, was s majestic *om* on 5tap’- ',! *' dTcxa* Hss wife ran 'he druvek of Taft, and Mr*. C P 2ar»- ens, -No.” aft the ;nan nraMNaf
«:«ht. Eight peak.-, of the Ctwead*-.*. wtr<'» in ■» . .• • - _ ’ ” ^ #mj apecialiced In ky of Refugio The'- arc eight grand over the meat black, 'hut mere foex
cavcred vliii -tv»w. They formed a ' dead po.es ...... .., i V child'ea. The pal! bearer.- were F. 3. one no*." as he pointed to tins ■'
,.>mi-ci-c!c We cut.!.) -nn* blowmst An oM umotr wered^ )> 1 • ’ ‘ ^ ,vai! iaU tn -ht: night Herrmam, 3. 1 Or^rusek and C P atreet. A nice vouag lady w^iksgS. .
• - ... r.!s ;*l". w),n , party «■>•* staged •««»•»»•>»*• A;Ml mt:. the hardware „**■* and infomed
Bi.^'Bn.Uro T^Zr^ttllZ mL 7a.:‘a ,w [£'' ;ld .i J’ J' Z jSTS!
thru
crack in
the wau held ;n Skidmore Immaculate to purchase somethin* for use to her'
Cota-epUon charca, Wednesday. June kitchenette. “What would ym Itte
Mr I’trli ‘Tear and orient 30 10th ug.’k at first the c 1. a.1
F :n house.* with lovely ----------■>------------ 'Have you any matei-plated «tn .
apenrn with a corkscrew sdmch-
imth tub.
s,j>.,.«•,* At a small hotol and asked guide .uld be .’cured there for hunt- t
... ,pij j;^.. namen of thc*c di: fishing or mountain climbing ■- -f* jmt..
»pk* Bomc taranng land but a lot. The natives stared ai u... We did the
timber 'land Tin giDund was same. Gorgeous fv.wers everywhere
-mi'c, NC.UA.IS! I- J-: hi'* - H*n***;? ^ '"<JkT Mon. clSila SpSm’Tb r&Sso* HOTEL totr-t.” Thai couehided her iawta, 0
^ Fftx Farm. larges, in Ore- Urn* a^,ch to ^ ^ ^
-mien :>• d t ’ Cajl- Cage nr.- m The water In McKinlev River bridge Pouhn mtcherie* Pleld* of the ^ Robert* J
f C'a" "‘;i ,rf ?'r“' b“Jv 'Bejmrlig to’climb and 'to f: un »’tu gpren and iov.-lv So many • ■ b , brMk, on' Mondav 3-X 29. from 2 to A man walked aero*, a river teldg*. . ^
even with >h- ut. liner* U * 3 ..eh country homes had «atde,vx of «b A A1*^^ otic foclock in the atterwem and * to wtelto, hi, bafcy to a i*w kteNt
mark «»'••• fer: Rd-w gauge tm Me- v'_••'» . . n,re ,, a Mbdlrt* Dairy at Al- 10 -.’clock m ttte evening, at the baby cab. Jm before starts* textea- f
Ksniev p»-. went *s b’.qn a* M f«e* «<* c,im' -n '* . ‘ ‘ ‘ ,.Hnv j(.rM!va n Qtw.v Chrte Praw-on no-tei in Corpus Chris- the baby cried He took h out, qatet-J
Th- lav,, beds *e,e the queer.vt huge <i*W on Hght and a Twm^ 4-d aito a bus Umked « The general oubhc Is invited to it placed it back and sdM. on
ffR-matton tmagtaab Don: ’.unit--.- <*r <*. . u » • _ •- -• » ".g the .-oad bu’ ixw.-pnac fists nary and every mit hh *»:> 4«#ui« a> the oaky, am M»te>
red. poruv «*»*. depoestod m -:)D. and aul u - aOT ’ { u. „ 3Uy A ter> -ty cwtn-'H ur.ed to «•»* reservetimw esriv mobile aowt ftffewad * ft# to
, . yiqnrrate Mass. Can't dcaerlbe tha mu*- .. ...»...... * • hrxxxti «-n* a dash of by wlepteetetog Il». Corpus Chrlsti «, hdUtng a bundle i» her s«s*
Z£. ::!V -l .1IV ^ ^ • — H" kr k: f A 4 «-** W at* ,v.e voung lad es comme back she carrfei ttw ’ &
‘' ' ■ VUJ »L^ high.-.- than ill Pm*"*" . Tfrrtm ,■ ^ in :H,. Bale* Taft .« uwtoteg at Un* ROM-tel * 17w man ««« ft# ***** i
HI MPHRMls l*. PREPARING
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