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VOLUME 26
A Boost for Sinton and San Patricio County
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Term*: $2.00 Per Year, In Advahce
SINTON, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1934
NUMBER 9
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South Texas
By
William P. Elliott
Local Oil jConunissibners’ I Seale Writes of District and
Developments Court Cleveland Trip County Court
no YOU KNOW—
That the 14th' congressional dis-
trict has made a record on repay-
ment of 1933 emergency crop loans
that is outstanding in the nation?
The five counties in thh Corpus:
Christi district which have repaid j
loans 100 percent'are Nueces, Re-
fugio, McMullen, Live Oak, and Kle-
berg.
South Texas rarmers well may be
proud of their record on loan re-
payments. The nine counties in the
Corpus Christ! district to date have
The oil developments of San Pa-
tricio County rpmain practically un-
changed the past several days. We
quote from the oil reports of Sun-
day's issue of the San Antonio Ex-
press:
“At the close of the week the Ply-
mouth Oil Company’s No. 1 Welder,
three miles north of Sinton, in San
Patricio County, was nearing a vary
interesting depth. It was cored at
1,280 feet and is expected to pick up
the Greta sand within the next 100
feet of drilling. In some quarters
The County treasurer is hereby
directed to pay two remaining un-
paid warrants issued to S. J. Lane
in settlement of judgment against
San Patricio County out of gen-
eral road and bridge fund and the
county clerk is directed to issue to
the said S. J. Lane a warrant in
the sum of $30.00 for interest in
full settlement of balance of said
judgment. -
The County Clerk is hereby dir-
ected to issue warrants, in lieu of
order'dated to county treasurer,
By Supt. S. W. Seale
Park Welder .
Improvements
; A number of cases have been dih-
posed of tills week on the docket.
Dear Editor: | in District Court, with District Jud-
T.hisT morning is the first-time I j ge T. M. Cox, presiding, among
have been able to see the top of i which- were, The State of Texas vs.
ray desk since returning from Cle-jH, C. James, Verdict not guilty.;
Ireland and the meeting of the Su- Win. Heuermann vs, N. O. R. R. Co,,
perinfendent’s section of the Na:j verdict in favor of plaintiff: The.
tional Education A's'sn,, and as 11 State of Texas vs Monroe Braggs,
promised, I am “taking ray pen in i charged with felony theft, verdict' the work, will be further beautified
hand" to give you a few,facts about j two .years in penitentiary. Braggs 1 with increased funds secured,
ithh trip and the meeting. j was remanded to jail, and charged j A large amount of landscaping,
We made the trip in a car and with failure to. stop and render aid ] with .native, shrubs and trees have
Park Welder, which is a special
pride to Sinton. and San Patricio
County, because of its natural beau-
ty, which has been enhanced by
landscaping and improvements un-
der the supervision of Mayor P. L.
Johnson and Commissioners A, Loy
Sims and J, L. Hamilton, with City
Clerk J Plaster Hall in charge of
the only trouble we had was a ! in connection with the death of a
_______ was regarded as very likely this dated February .... 1934, directing “flat” caused by a mesquite thorn, j Mexican woman, who was killed in
a collection percentage of 98.566 .'well might provide a verdict over hint to pay same out of said money which we doubtless picked up here j Gregory and a Mexican child was
Of $68,365 loaned on 664 applica-lthe week-end.
tions only $890.02 is outstanding, j “In the southern part of
Congressman KleBerg last summer j county the Atkins and O’Neil No. 1
urged South Texas farmers to be j Welder, located southwest of Odem
diligent in paying on loans and on'and down near the Nueces. County
several occasions/expressed deep line, was spudded during the past
felt appreciation at the earnest ef- week. The C. B. Bunte No. 1 Hoi-
fort made by farmers to meet this land, two miles southwest of the
obligation. j Town of Sinton, is moving in and
We are, very glad to announce j rigging up and should be drilling
that the Aransas Pass Progress, i within a week,
published by C., P. Kendall, last j • --— ,
as collected, to Lewis Horn and C.l tit home. On the way up we went injured at
the
same time.
week, began publication of South,
Texas. The column, now appear-
ing in eight South Texas newspap-
ers is the only editorial feature of
its kind in Texas.
.....
Increased srhool tax collections
J K1WAN1S CLUB
The Sinton Kiwanis Club met in
regular session Thursday at noon
at the Methodist church. The pro-
gram was planned by the committee
on Inter-Club Relations, which is
this A. Hughes, severally for the* sums bv way
of $530.00 for principal and inter-! spending
est in full and final settlement of
judgment rendered in consolidated
cases Nos. 3946, 3947, and 3964 "in
the District Court of San Patricio
County, Texas, entered June 3, 1933.
Monthly accounts of following
Justices of Peace approved: W. F.
Heinsohn, Precinct No. 2; A. J.
Custer, Precinct No. 1; N. D. San-
ford, Precinct No. 6.
Moved by W. E. Tedford that T.
N. Tucker be re-employed as county
auditor for year of 1934, and to pre-
pare budget for the sum of $750.00.
The case'styled,-the Sta.te of Tex-
tile Sights | as.vs, C. L, l^oftspn, charged with j pied by-Bud Jenkins
* a great murder, has .been set for Monday, uith the-improvement.
of St. .Louis, and Chicago, I
a day seeing
in Chicago, There was
deal of activity around the Pair March 19, arid is expected to at-
grojfrds- as they are planning a tract wide interest in this section
bigger and better exposition for and the Valley, having been trans-
this summer. The Field Museum/ ferred from Edinburg to Sinton on
w hich is near the main entrance. change of venue. More than 100
to tire fair grounds has the out-J witnesses huvf5 been summoned to
standing exhibit of animal life hi j appear, and a special venire of 75
the world and is worth, alone, the ! has been summoned from which to
trip to Chicago. The Aquarium near.j select a jury. • « '
by is also very interesting, anil [ '--- •------—------
tlie Art Museum about six blocks
north on Michigan Blvd. contains
COUNTY COURT
have resulted in a 10 per cent raise headed by Jno. Easton. John visi-
tor teachers in the Sinton schools.
Simiiiar action will be taken by one
of the largest cities in this section
(soon.
Refugio, the town which probab-
ly suffered less under the depres-
sion than any other South Texas
community, gives an impression of
unusual activity. Morning, noon,
and night the streets are crowded
arid it is practically impossible to
find parking places for automobiles.
Oil talk naturally fills the-air.
it has been a pleasure Id make
the acquaintance of Editor J. L.
Jones of the Timely Remarks and
to renew acquaintance with Alex
Lillico, guiding hand of the cham-
ber of commerce, and L. A. Weiss,
Refugio ' county farm agent. Also
to know Lumberman Joe Sneed who
is actively interested in all civic
affairs.
Young Weiss, who last week took
unto himself a wife, is doing good
work as county farm agent. His
old instructors at Texas' A. and I.
are proud of the record he is mak-
ing.
The first annual banquet of the
Refugio chamber of commerce was
held Monday night with a large
number of representatives present
from other communities. The cham-
ber was organized January 19, 1932,
and the report made by Secretary
Lillico at the meeting shows a wide
program of activities carried out
, successfully to date.
Increased car loadings reflect im-
proving business conditions. The
• record made by the Missouri Paci-
fic' lines to date this year is signi-
ficant in that respect.
While freight traffic handled on
all Missouri Pacific railroad lines
during February increased 15.7 per
cent over that sfor February of last
year the increase on the Gulf Coast
lines was 41.4 per cent. The in-
crease in number of cars handled
was 4,720 on the Gulf Coast lines
with a total traffic amounting to
16,121 carloads which divides into
11,002 cars loaded locally and 5,119
cars received from connections. For
the two month period of January
and February the increase was 25.1
per cent over the same period last
year.
P. H. GAY VERY SERIOUSLY ILL
ted Taft, Mathis and Corpus Christi,
in working up this program. .There
wits a fine response from the chibs
of these places, as shown by the
large number of guests. John, you
brought us a fine program, which
all enjoyed.
Judge Moss brought a message
of welcome which was enjoyed by
all. Judge emphasised the fact that
we are builders of our respective
communities, all working for the
development of this section qf the
country, He direpted our attention
to the common task and interest of
all, as we are concerned with high-
way 16, showing how this road was
of vital interest to Sinton, Taft,
Gregory, and Corpus Christi, es-
pecially. The one great danger, he
said, was in the fact that the high-
way department might lose interest
in this section of road. We should
do all possible to speed up this pro-
ject.
Two musical numbers were ren-
dered hv the Rigby sisters, “The
Old Spinning Wheel" and “Home
on the Range,” These numbers
were enjoyed by all. We are al-
ways glad to have you with us.
Clint Hcuoman of Corpus Christi,
introduced the speaker, Rev. Orval
Cawker Haptist Pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Corpus Christi. He
brought us a stirring message spi-
ced with humor which was greatly
epjoyed by all.
Following Rev. Cawker’s mes-
sage, George Withers, president of
the Chamber, of Commerce of Taft
was introduced. He gave full en-
dorsement to Judge, Moss’ mes-
sage concerning the highway No. 16,
stating that Taft was 100 per cent
back of the movement.
President Crow then introduced
Mr. J. M. Hansarl, from Mathis,
who brought us greeting from Ma-
this.
Curtis Clark, member of the Cor-
pus Christi Kiwanis Club and Past
Lieutenant Governor of this district
brought us a brief, but forceful mes-
sage a^d led us in a few snappy
songs, after which we were dis-
missed. We had about twety guests
from Taft, Corpus Christi, and Ma-
this. We appreciated this large at-
tendance. Come again.—Reporter.
account, ver-
r of the de-
alt of every kind and of all ages,! , ■
Tedford, Morrow and Dobie vote] Of course we country, hoys could-! . ! num,t\ 1,1 ]* 111 ( rmlt
“yes”, Jackson voted “no.” I n't approve it like the other ,,,/: 'is week, with . ounly Judge W.
It is ordered that the sum of Mbits. 1 ^
$300.00 be transferred from De-! After a day and night in Ohi-i c! .J,n'' ‘ vs' r
fined Road District 4, interest and, c ago, we continued on our way ’ . • .
sinking fund to Defined Road Dfs-I over to Cleveland, and on this last .V,,t|, Vu'" ' '' ' '
trict No. 3, interest and sinking! day we had a real experience. It ' ' ’ .
fund as refund of same amount j snowed all day and as we. drove I,,’m m**‘ un‘.
transferred from Defined Road Dis-1 into Cleveland a blizzard struck; v’"h U"}"' '■*«***« ^
trict 'No. 3, interest and sinking j and when. I say "blizzard" I don’t , 11 J ' ' 1 ’ W'M''
fund to Defined Road District No. 4-J mean a South Texas “norther." The
Interest and Sinking fund on July wind from the lake, (which was
27, 1933, to make up sufficient fund, ice as far out as we could see both
for Board of County and District; at Chicago and Cleveland) was
CAPT. AND MRS. LOWER AND
BOZO VISIT IN SINTON
been- set out,this spring.
A liberal donation of $795.00 has
been secured from the CWA. for
beautification and remodeling the
caretailers home, (which is occu-
and family,
to begin Fri-
day.
In addition to the improvements
which have been made, from time
to time by the City, a large num-
ber have made substantial gifts to
the Park recently, which Mr. Hall
and the City Administration wish
to express their thanks amf- appre-
ciation for this generosity.
Among the donations are. three
Pheasants, by Miss Loraine Hodges,
Taft: the palms from the old court
house yard, donated by the Humble
Oil and Refining ’Company,; Span-
ish Daggers, by Bob Welder: .sever-
al rabbits, ,l>y Ernest Parker; wire
for bird pens, by Cash Variety
Store and Ewing and Phillips;, a
pair of quail, by Guy Ferguson;
ducks, by Mrs. S. F. Hunt, and
ducks by Xarcisso Cantu
Squirrel pens, and .cages, rabbit
hutches, and hit'll houses built are
part of the new improvements for
i the zoo part of the Park,
j Park Welder is one of the lovli-
(Cst spots in tiiis part of the state
frohi
further ordered the county deppsi-i went straight to our hotel, which ! ,„„ The visitors were Captain and
tory be directed to require . any } was near the auditorjum where we \K Lmv,,, 0f Tampa, Flow
chenk drawn by County treasurer I were assigned the finest aceomo-[j(|a tin,i Mrs, j w Bain (if San
in excess of $5000.00 to be counter- dations one could desire at a very! Antonio.
signed by the County Judge and j reasonable price. ! captain and Mrs. Lower.'are own-
that all checks drawn in favor of Cleveland is a wonderful city and ers ()f Bozo ,|1(> lam()us “physic”
County Treasurer be countersign-; with an auditorium that has a seat-! pf tjlc jog u'.pr|(| whict) is making
ed by the County Judge and County IriS capacity of nearly 15,000 people,-] all appearance iti Han Antonio lx-
Clerk. it is an ideal convention city. The
__ _ ! school system is outstanding in
BOY SCOUT COURT OF
HONOR riiany ways;- it has about 150,0,00
HELD HERE FRIDAY i scliool children If,4 school build-
ings; 4,621 teachers and 18a pnn-;
;■ Tr—r. i cipals and assistant principals. It j
The regular meeting, of the Boy! has evening classes for adults in!
Scout Court of Honor of the San] which more than 12,'tOO are enroll 1
Patricio County district was held ed. it offers a special school for] ,-ending feats, he’can^d”'subtract
in Sinton Friday night, March 9. C. crippled children, another for the j multiply and divide direct 'd bv
E. Turner, a member of the exe- deaf, and thirty-four, classed for
fore city schools, civic clubs and
other groups this week, while en-
route front. Hollywood, to points
East. Bozo, who is a little over
three and one half years old, is a
cross between a Scotch -collie and
a chow, white and tan:
Besides his remarkable mind
cutive committee presided
ceremonies.
at the mental defectives. A
i any stranger in (he audience.
_a re
school of | js also a card artist: Some of the
Cleveland that is attracting tile at-jd0gs nl0st marvelous stunt*
Scouts of Smton, Taft, Odem andj tention of the natjon is the Trade jieffynneil blindfolded
He was I mi: of the major attrac-
tions at the Century of Progress
ibis section.
Road Indebtedness for said district blowing a gale and cold enough to Mrs. R - F Harrier and dnugh-1 alir! UU-acts visitors from all over
No. 4. freeze the'horns 'off of a billy H<>at. ’ ,,m\ Miss Minnie, entertained some' '
It is ordered that the Bond ofl.The temperature was about five V(,rv jisUnguished guests in tlodr
the County Treasurer lm reduced j below zero. Well, anyway, we got] eoutllv hanl0 S,ui(|av whii,h ,js ,l0.
$25,tfOO to $15,000 and it is, into the city about supper time and' (.iUt,tl .ll>out two miles south of Sin-
LIBRARY NOTES
Gregory were present to receive amj industrial school for boys. ?tn-'
promotions in rank and merit bad- other ptlase 0f school work that is
MR. AND MRS. jOHNSOlM SPEAK
AT METHODIST CHURCH
P. H. Gay,* well known citizen of
Sinton and San Patricio County,
who served as a peace officer for
a number of years, is very serious-
ill at hid home in th(e Commercial
Hotel. Mr. (Jay, has been in fail-
ing health the pastiyear.
His family has been at his bed
the past week, who are, his bro-
ther and family, Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Gay and daughters, Qlegg; his
son, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gay. San
Antonio; daughters, Mgs. Perry
Gamer, Refugio, and Mrs. D. C.
Johnson, Ta,ft;-with his wife, Mrs.
Gay and son Tom, pf Sinton.
We appreciated having Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert T. Johnson In our
home during their stay in Sinton.
Mrs. Johnson brought to our Sun-
day school a fine report of the work
at the home. Mr. Johnson spoke at
ges. Those receiving promotions
were; W. Pressley, -J. W. Mayo, Da-
vid Cook and Claud Cook, from Ten-
derfoot to second class; Aaron
Jackson, from se.cond class to first
class; Dow Ward to Star Scout
and Irol Knox was awarded the
bronze palm upon obtaining his 26
merit badges.
■ Those receiving merit badges in-
cluded Scoutmaster R. E. McClary
of Taft and his assistant, J. K.
Biggs of the same city. Scouts thus
awarded were Jack Foley, Aaron
Jackson, Fred Wofford, Mac Henry,
Charles Sanders,. Norman Foley,
Edward Thielen, Franklin Jones,
Robert Hughes, Dow Ward, John
Beauchamp, Pat Nicholson, Eagle
Scouts Lewis Hunt and Irol Knox.
Judge Moss of Sinton delivered
an address to the scouts and a
group of interested citizens who at-
tended the meeting. His address
emphasized the value of scouting
in the education and character
building of the boys who were mem-
bers of the organization.
A. C. Tutt, of Taft, dismissed the
meeting after announcement by S.
W. Seale that the next court of
being stressed in Cleveland is pu- Fair last summer
the 11 o’clock hour. He brought honor would be held at Calallen,
' April 20 and 21.
The Sinton High School band, un-
der the direction,of Ward Brand-
•stetter, furnished appropriate mu-
, sic for the meeting.—Publicity
j Chairman BSA.
us a very forceful message. We
are Tiroud of these young people
who have the 'Supervision of our
home at Waco. It is in good hands.
F, P. BISHOP
v'K;
SINTON BAND GOES TD ODEM
MORE FIRMS SUBSCRIBE
BAND FUND
The fpllowing firms of Sinton
have subscribed to the Band'Fund,
since the list last published:
vBtettflton Gulf Gas Co,
On last Sunday afternoon th&
Sinton School band, under the di-
rection of Ward Brandstetter, made
a trip to Odem and played a con-
cert in the High School auditorium.
The attendance was rather small,
due in a large measure to a mixup
in the hour for the concert. It was
advertised to start at 3:30 o’clock
Instead of *3:00 o'clock.
STAR HARDWARE STOCK SOLD
We have not learned what dis-
A large ntHftber of Sinton folks position will be made of the stock
We understand that the stock of
the Star Hard war# J?ompany, which
has been closed fpr some months,
has been sold to the “Guaranty Bond
and Mortgage Company, of Aransas
Pass. ♦
The sale was made on Friday,
March 9th,
'
Bile school music, orchestras, bands,
etc. The, programs, presented by
the music department of the school
was one of the outstanding features
of the general meeting of the asso-
ciation. The outstanding program
was group" singing, unaccompanied,
by three thousand five hundred
junior high school students of the
Cleveland Junior High schopls.
(Continued Next Week)
SINTON SCHOOLS TO
ENTER MUSIC CONTEST
‘ Sinton Schools will be well re-
presented at the music contest
held by A. & I. College, Kingsville,
on the 6th and 7th of April.
Last year, if we remember cor-
rectly-, Sinton schools entered se-
ven events in the Kingsville Music
contest, and brought home six cups
—most of them firsts.
This year our school will enter
seventeen events, ' with a fair
chance, we believe, of at least plac-
ing in a majority of them.
Following is a list of events to
be contested by Sinton schools:
Concert band
Marching band
Orchestra
String enseuffele
Girls Glee club
Boys Glee club
Mixed chorus
Boys quartette ‘
. Girls sextette
Piano solo
Violin solo
Cornet solo
Trombone«solo
Baritone solo
Tuba solo
Saxophone solo
Clarinet solo.*
Bozo’s life is insured for $10,000,
and lie .is examhU d regularly by a
veterinarian, who also prescribes
his dally diet.
Captain and Mrs. Lower brought
Ilozo to Sinton with them Sunday
where he was greatly" enjoyed in
the Barrier homo.
Mrs. Lower is a niece of the late
B. F. Barrier. The party returned
to San Antonio Sunday evening.
CHAS. J. SWEENEY TAKES
CHARGE OF RELIEF WORK
Chas. J. Sweenej* of Galveston,
has arrived in Sinton and took
charge of the Relief and CWA work
as administrator, Tuesday, to take
the place of A. T. Ayers, who has
had charg# of this work since about
August 1.1933, in San Patricio
County. '
We were unable to learn just
where Mr. Ayers will be located but
understand he has been transfer-
red to another section of the state
in connection with this work.
Mr. Ayers left Wednesday for a
few days stay in San Antonio and
Austin.
NUECES VALLEY MEDICAL
SOCIETY MEETS
The Nueces Valley Dental Socle- Smith'
ty met Monday night, March 12, in
Dr. McCollouch’s office in the Ni-
xon building in Corpus Christi.
Dr. J. A. Schubert of Alice gave
a very interesting paper.
Those present were: Dr. J. N.
Cook, Dr. Lee Brown, Dr. George
L. Lusk, Dr. Carl Holder, Dr. R. A.
McCoUottch, Dr. ,J. E. Thornton,
and Dr. W. T. Pulliam of Corpus
Christi; Dr. W. S. Connally, and
Following is/a continuation of the
books donated the tin; San Patricio
County Library at the recent Tea
and Shower.
Donated by Virginia ^ Miller:
"Tlie Rover Boys on the Plains.”
"The Rover Boys Under Can-
vass"
Donated hy Mrs K. M Tidwell:
"Tile Clue in tlie Diary '
Donated by Rosa Jane Miller:
"Stories from Dickens”
Donated by M.rs. j. G, Cook
"Nancy’s Mysterious Letter"
Donated by \ir. and Mrs. Will.
Stall up:
“The Master of Man"
"Lost Ecstacy"
Donated by Mrs. Dan Martin:
“The Twenty-Fourth of June."
Donated by Carey LaVerne Swim
1 ney:
"The Bronze ljell '
. "Five Thousand an Hour”
Christmas Eve and Lone-
some and other Stories,”
Donated by Mr .and Mrs. H. T.
Beckworth and Rosemary Whatley:
“July 14”
‘‘The American Spirit a Basis
for World Democracy”
“Political History of Modem
Europe"
Donated by Mrs. R. E. Parker;
"Doubloons and the Girl”
"Don Coyote”
"The Lovely Malincourt"
"The Golf Course Mystery”
“Some Honeymoon"
“Who Cares?1*
“Without My Cloak” .
Donated by Sam Hewlett, Jr.:
“Wolf Ear and the Indian"
Donated by Henry Sullivan:
“Andy Grants' Pluck”
Donated by Arlene Sullivan:
"Hans Bi inker or the Silver
Skates."
Donated by J. C. Sullivan:
“Helping Himself”
“Andy Gorden"
“The Boy Tar”
“M^rk Mason's Triumph”
Donated by Celia Nell Lewis:
“Billy Bunny and Timmie Chip-
munk”
Donated by Ernest Charles Lewis:
“The Itybbsey Twins on Blue-
berry Island"
Donated by Mrs. S. J. Hewlett:
“Forlorn River"
Donated by Mrs. William H.
Dr. J. A. Schubert, Alice; Dr. N.
Ass
E. Holland, Rohstown; and Dr. H.
H. Weaver, Sinton. / •
t AVi* VLtsSiv;
“Brownie Mew”
“The Ne’er Do Well”
Donated by Kathleen and Willie
Bess Sims:
“Daddy Longlegs”
Donated by Miss Eula Archerd:
“Scaramouche”
“North at ’36"
“If you had eight pennies and
lost three, how many would you
have left?"
But tor ry," wax Izty’s puzzled
reply, “should Hose 1
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