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EVERY ISSUE A BOOST FOR SINTON AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
VOLUME 41
SINTON, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 28' 1949
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FRtGIDAIRE
Salas Service
EWING & SI MS
HARDWARE CO.
14 PAGES THIS WEEK
NUMBER 17
Rains End Monday; Damage To
y Crops Forseen As Most Of
County Inundated By Water
Gene raj rains which mvept over*
most i>ortions of >‘outh Texas last
week eiidert Monday wjtl\ con*;
tinned threateniivg e.ldrids an<l pro-
spects of .'inotht.T' .sioKe • of \\i't
weather. The, dptU><>k dimmed
for'the coipity as most fields were
virtually rdv<ded with wa.t'.d. Ap-’
pVoxiinHtejy 8 fneftes' of j'iiiii fed In-
most • untftM of ’. t in- county
heaviest piTd/ipltHtieJi piyterl uround
Qdem and Edrdy w lie re 10 to 12
ihcfres were estimated.
$275,000 School Bond Election
Passes In Light Vote Saturday
C. of C. Officials
Consider DDT
Spraying Plans
Allen Lawrence, general Chair-
man of; the .Chamber of Commerce
Clean-Cii Campaign said today that
attempts have been made (o have
the. !/-. SL -Navy spray the.area with
DDT to , control the' mosquitoes.
. Lawicnce ’said that the Navy and
■ jhe oft)(paIs <i£ Nueces County and
tile City os'. Corpn.s ■ Christ! were
IMtcinptingi to pldliin ' speclal^'nii.-'
proprlatlonK for this .purpose,, how-
• V ... %
ver- no relief In the immediate,
future was p<».s.HihJe. * •
General Clean-up Campaign To Be
Launched For Week On May 21
Casper Oendefc Jr„ president of*
the Sin ton Chamber of/ Cinn’itVerce,-1
aji6un.cdH this wee.k tliat a Cieafi-
•I'p,- ij’aint-.l'p, Kix-I'p' c^aipamir
Plans Made For Mass X-Ray
; In San Patricio County
S. Lawrence, tP iterul. Chairman of •
th iten.il t 'bab man oi
the “pimpnign.- '
Lawrence stated tbit the pj-p-
f jiW entp-
iijninary orgatiiziujon
Hinton received 7>33 Inches during
the week's J|lege. Flax harvesting,
>
Little opposition was '■noted Ini*
Si 11 inlay V $27r.,0b0 School 1 tom I
Elpctlon which passed by six to.
with ,,m, majority. The total .number to
visit tile iiultr during the day was
170.
Final 1 tabulations gave ini' votes
for both proposals and 25 against.
Tb.e election authorized the school
boil'd to. spend $250,000. for the
construction Of a now elementary
school building. It also permitted a
-hike in the Maximum tax rate,
fropt $1 per 1100 evaluation to
$1.60 per $100.
The immediate need for the new
building is expected to push ar-
rangements. for ’the construction.
Present plans of the school board
Indicate an early selection of a
contractor for the job.
Senior Play To
Be Presented
Friday
ed "Wy Shook the
ed-upon the-boofc!
tvhlch was to have been under way
In most areal* this Week, was de-
layed Indefinitely as most, fields
were inaccessible due io the high
water. Lower field*, even with Ideal
weather conditions, will be virtu-
ally Isolated for ..a time. Drainage
ditches and creeks swollen from .the.
rains, poured over, the road and
highways in some portions of the
county. Odem was hardest hit in
an early morning downpour Satur-
<fey with an unofficial estimate of
4 inches of water In a three-hour
period. Water poured over Highway
77 in several places in and around
that city.
County Agent R. R. Gibb express-
ed concern for approximately 140,000
'acres of cotton, the largest crop in
oyor a decade here. Damage Was
not expected to be great providing' The Hinton .High ..School Senior
rains cease for a time. Onions in. the ..class under the direction of C. C.
Afield- suffered •heaviest losses.. Rot- Shumate, will present a three-act
ting was evident in most old onions j comedy play, entitled
ahd was expected to take a toll on
the younger plants. '
A' mild spring norther this morn-
ing passed quickly disjsapatihg
glouds that earlier were expected
to bring rain, .pniy light drizzles
wfere reported and no reading was
available on ■ the U. S. Weather
Bureau gaug^ at the- News office..
A cyclonic type cloud" was reported
seen in the Gregory-Portland area
this morning. Pictures were taken
by personnel of the Corpus Chrlstt
Caller-Tithes, Reports say the cloud
dipped earthward and then dis-
appeared. No damage was reported
in that area.
T. L. McPherson
Named Assistant
To City Manager
; T L- McPherson accepted a posi-
tion to serve as assistant, to J.
. Plaster Hall, seerfetary-manager of
the City of Hinton, at a meeting
of the City Commissioners Tuesday
night.
The announcement was made
Wednesdaf by Mayor Frank Cleve-
land following the approval of the
Commission.
McPherson, a resident of Sinton
for three' years, recently .resigned
as manager of the Community
Hardware where he had been em-
ployed for two years. The i\ew city
employee Came to Sinton from
’ Houston where he was' employed
'as Electrical Foreman for the
Hughes Tool Company for four
years.
McPherson will . take over his
duties with the city on May 1, Ilall
said. , ,
Mr. and Mrs. McPherson have, two
daughters, Geneva, fr, and Susie, 3.
.The ('handier of Cnin^ncrci- bus' od-ltec
Ihvesllg'n ti-d all " possilijn.Ue's in an
ntlidnpl t'l iuiM- the ;• I'On Sprayed
foUowin:: tire jvurnt lujfivy-mins'
and as . tlo- situ.-tlon now standiy.
tti'u aiuilli-iifibiiH of tiliT frolu net-
jiliuifs would coil . appnixliftattdy
$2000.00. A I'i'oriltng t'o opinions
voiced by speeiHllsts: lii * in sort con -
t'roli/.twod itpiilicatloits' Vou'ld he. a.
minimum required for pnipi-r con-
trol: ■
Chamber iif Commerce .commit--
; tees tind city officials are making
-every effort to have the area'spray-
ed, hpwevey it may be possible that
•an appeal for public subscription
of funds for the project, will he
necessary. . * :
Family Tree.”, based • upon
by the. same name ’by Hjldegard’
D.olsdn Friday night, in the High
School Auditorium.
Rated as one of the most hilarious
three-act comedies ever written, it
tells a true-to-llfe story. Of a typi-
cal large American family. The
antics, of-those 'Dolsoh children and
their parents- form a plot that has
all the qualifications of keeping
you laughing thoughout the play.
Included in the. cast are Dodo
Woodward, Pat .Humes, Nancy Ed-
gar, Betty Dyer, Robert ' Joseph,
Sigsby Rusk, Patsy Brouilietto,
'Dorothy Boscamp, Eleanor Beau-
champ, Tomtny Peterson, David
Sanders, Beverly Oallaher and - the
production ,staff js , composed; of
Ernest Hunt, Harry Burnett, Wan
da Daniel
Harmon, Evelyn Raska, Jack
Thornton and Typing. II class made
fhe programs.
Admission for- tjie Senior. Play
has been set at 60 and 30 cents,
Shumate announced.
C. of C. President
Urges Immediate
Dues Payments
Gasper Gerdes, Jr., president of
the Chamber.of Commerce announc-
ed this week that .the dues for . the
new fiscal year beginning May 1st
were being received at the office.
Gerdes stressed, the importance of
each members paying his pledge
for the new year as-soon as pos-
sible in oredr that a budget may
be worked out In accordance with
the program of work.
Following the series .of group
meetings -held during the week of
April 4-8 a committee has been
analyzing and tabulating the sug-
gestions and requests made -by citi-
zens attending the sessions. Over
506 suggestions and opinions were James Worley Whitfield, Jr., 22,
voiced by the 250 persons amending:, 'died at approximately ' 11 o'clock
Gerdes said the the members .irfpFrlday morning, following-his eoh-
good standing at the close of the/tact with 2.500 ‘ volts, of electricity
fiscal year were expected to con -. while working on a •''Central -Power
tinue supporting the organization arid Light, CSlhpqhy pule in South
for future operation and that he, sfnton. - ^
hoped’ that they would rt*sp6h«l to , Whitfield was olecti^jcuted and
hl.s appoal for, immodiato action pvund suspended hy, kis helt. by | deatied up' and s|»ray< il. ^Tjarj>aae
members of his c royv at 'Di o"clock
Whitfield Dies,
Electrocuted ‘
Friday Morning
I -1, ;,r. ■ • a' i r 11. .in
>\irt luuii in i h. i - mill i .i In , at H n
ijiv a! Iln- cijiirlhuiis.i-.
1 'iii'llii'i w;.. i;.-iii.ss. .ir.. Tuii’i-'i.-nuir,
sis ' I'c-lil U-Iil’ki r Ir.iiin tin- 'Hi ll.
1Ha ii in'-ii t1 nl' I li-.illh pi A -. j --1 in
iaijl mil' a Hkrii-ii.ui nuthrii- up tin-
, plans that lire necqSHar.v 'fur the
|| .inning .tlld organ - , Hll|.v,.y ()l. a .succcmhj .Mr liauss
i main, a i an town lia.n,,.,j (,.n essential cnmlflittees and
gave a brief dlspusSlifn u'n tin
function's of eifch,-
Approximately 55 persons'formed J weatfier conditions persist, j.t
n cross*Section of the ’county at! he; A wet year -fur sSan Pa
meeting.
was nut Vet .‘I'i llllpiet ei!.
hnwv.ter. a tenfathe Mie-I'ui, ,•/
ev erits. lars I ■« *, • ir - i/t 11 iilnjd. I'i’ ■ aiti
;srign .will, bp, U Mat 21 aiel vj„s|i
llai; 7!' tu l,e fi'IliiJSe(i li\ ,\Jeiielri.i 1
I la J SI in lees nil ■ t III ; ;t 11111 A |.iirjsi,i eil
li.v tlua I'lial V. !■’ \V,aiui Ahiwiu-an
Legliin 1’iisis-
•
The reason fur -singing tin- e.i.rn-
pnign in May.Is to a Mow1 shfriiietit
lime lor the
-ization.'.an.(l tii' iiisure, a clt-an town
for - the observance of Mi mm mi
Da.it/ The vveeks aetivith s n|ien with
% parade- down Sin^m Street whth
|he Sinton high tjeho’o) Hand and
Orchestra, -clownst, horses, decor-
ated cars anil other vehicles. Sun-
day, May 22nd, will he Church Co-
operation Day with ail ipinisters
.requested to announce dean- ujft
program, at ’their services Mon-
day, May 23rd will be Safety and
Fire Prevention Day. Basements,
attics, vacant property in business,
district, garages, warehouses ' and
alley's in'the business district will
■have the spotlight. All old rags,
wasje paper 'and other rubbish
should -be removed On this day.
Lighting circuits should he checked
fur defects and needed lights should
In' installed ftir safety,
Tuesday. .May 2-fth wilM-e IP-aRli
Day. Breeding.plates of' flies mos-
(uitoes, juts arid 'mite should lie
State Unit To
Be Here In July
I Y« tiiii1fi.it x1 -p^iiis ' lur
i.i11*< r<'-irl• > i.* X ra\ sun ■ \ ..r
U.'iirirhV I 'built \ -Win Tr. .* I
fm i Jin:; *
X ’Of .
Total Rainfall
Amounts to 12,88
For Quarter
:i
On'the payment of: their , (lues,
VFW Box Supper
Postponed
The Box Supper that was planned
for Friday night liy the Sinton Post
of the. Veterans of Foreign Ways
has been pdstponed until Friday
night, 'May .'6, it was ^.announced
Wednesday by Frank Kelly, Jr.,
cOmmandei- .of the Jticat post--
'•liu.e to . Friday being 'the date
of the Senior. Play, - we -(rustponed
the supper to avoid conflict,'- Kelfy
said. < '• "• : ■ "
The- Box Supper Will he held in
the new'VFW home which'is located i
on Hill road just west of Sihtohi
The publio is invited tu Hie veter-
Jean Powers, Lorraine ans' sCfpiier. The proceeds will go
to'lielp pay- fob the building. A'.dance
has been planned after .the supper.
Zapata Re-Elected
President Of GI
Forum Sunday
Joe Zapata was re-elected presi-
dent of- the Hinton Chapter of the
GI Forum Sunday afternoon in a
meeting at the Zapata Theatre.
Other officers elected by the
organization were: Hipolitp Gomez,
vice president? Andres I^erpan-
dez, secretary: Marcos Narvaez,
treasurer: and Robert Adams, re-
porter. .
After the business session, the
members adjourned to Park Welder
where they wore entertained with
sandwiches and refreshments.
Bill Murray.
Speaks On
Conservation
He was given immediate artificial
respiration and removed to Htar-
buck Funeral Home where a resuct-
tator was used. lir. F. Stanley
Ewing gave 11 o'clock as the esti-
mated time of, death, Artificial
respiration w-as giVen the man for-'
three and one half hours’ following
the accident. '
The itoung p. P, & L. employee
was born In Mathis on May 29^
1926. He had'worked in Hintori wjth
■the utility company for three and
one half years; tie/was a World
War- It veteran, having served with
the f. H. Navy.
Funeral services were lie id. at the
First Baptist Chuich of Xlatids
.Sunday .aftci'n-pon ;with the Rev..
'V-erriie Pipes' of ficiating. Burial was
| caiia siitiulif lie-.ilislnfeeti'il anil all
Tow spots shii'iJd In- drained of
stagnant' water.
Wen>s.lay,. May 25ih will stress
the clean up of Vacant Luts, Front
yards and-Back Yards.^A11 aftyyfto
streets; gutters • and walks should
be clegn'fed.,Repairs made to fences/
gates ahd' gardgtes',». Mowing of
lawhs , and trimming: of .hedges-*will
he in' order. Tiq. Cans,-'weeds and
mubbish fihould be. removed from
-all vacant lots. Wednesifily 'will also
be a pick-up day for all'debris' and.
rubbish to bpjremoved to tin- city
' ' N 1
dump.
the meeting/ Among' the.
represented were Sinton, Taft,
Odem, Mathis Gregory, Portland
and Aransas Pass. ..
Mrs. T. E. Fuilick, county T. B.
Association Executive secretary,
stated that the association < is at-
tempting, through the survey, to
-have, every pOrgon over the age of
15 years X-rayed. No person, qtijier,
the age'of lS will , lie X-fayed dye
the fact that tubercular germs kre
very. seldom; found in children.
•Sc.hetjjuleS-of vv/hep the unjt vviii'he
4n towns "of: the c.iunty ar-- its ' fuf-
lows' AiansK Pass- Juh 12 1!
and It; Taft. July 16. Is and pi:
Sinton, 21. 22 and 23; (-Idem July
26 f.irr.l fi au-1 Alathis on-'J/uiy '29;
ti fdj|V -Mini W-i'alfl.t ib-. -ill't
wu -ik ! • ii'il I i'll l>.l I 111 V i 1 liy Siliir.
d.'A Hliili.il s. rain/.ill ’.for the' .first
uuail' i oi to Is A-y111 iviiKflti, slightly
alii.i. tlK‘ .nuiiiuH iirwipjtatfon fur
t.li" ■'H.’I»r i • • • |>|’> '.Mm I Ill.VMiHM p*\sl, -
Th< -ay« r;iLTi‘ v» arly rainfall, aori-
siijvflng Hi. last"; ten years, is
approxiruat.* 1 \ 30 inches. If present
may
I ;a wet year -fur XSan Patricio-
towns County farmers.Mtalnfalt by mu'fiths .
to date is as fo'llows,: January 1.38-,
February, 2.77: March'.' 1.40;. apil
April tu date. 7.33.
Man Killed In
Wreck Friday
mpn was killpd and twfc in-
jured as results of a' car-truck col-
lision on the Taft highway
near
Hinton : GQ . -v’cldcj^,.^Friday-
1 e
and • 30; >- . ;
Tfie X-ray is siit.^snia-d jn *t.It*•
cptinty h>' tlR'>>‘an Prttriciu C-iuih>-
TllbeI^'4ilnV3s ASSnckjiir.n;
Five Seniors i
Made Quill And
Scroll Members
nfgtit , r . ,
Tip ^'l« :id 'll..‘Illi . ,w:is f l-escncicf.
'H-ttiit I 41 of T.ifi. qyhu w.-rs killed
instkrtlly w'hdnjli-.e ear m wlijcfi he
v■'' t uiiuc * '-.11 idi-.]■ with i farm,
tni l; hi; the Sirit'in-T.ift .Iliirhway
•''bo-.if ::•'if > fr.uy the ijj'nton
'J: > liuil,; ''; — 111 - M.i rtyiez So./
:ii/;i. I : Taft w.ej .,-fightf;. In'ji'ivkil.
lfe 'w.i- riding in tliy /;ar wity
-Sesjjfij .
Ttin, tru i-: n is <li■ ic*■ n bvAArloin
JtNtirrr-of Anin-ni’ Pass . * ,
Sheriff-' Frank - IlVnt f.v puty'
Fra nek .Vahen-k ttiv^sti^ati1'! Qio
Five meniherb of the senior and
journalism class of Sjflk°n Hlffh ‘ mishojt.
Kchool were awarded l>ytt«»ns and --—1—
certificates m iking them members PIa„8 Complete For
p|. the "Gtiitl 'and Harolf fidcictyr ati ... - , ,, _ . ..
assetniiiy; in tiu-.jiigii 'school .audjt/i, Methodist' .Vacation*
,,,mrva.dnrV1,1.c. - Bible School
. 1 hv Quill and Scroll is oahvphsed v ■
Thui-siiay; ,May Split will be Land- tl7Tn„r high stdi -.aU-p-m-^ib-i" • \. P.Ian5 ' . can’l',"V' 1 " Tl'"
scajijn^ an<l PlaiUin^*I)ay. f.dlow^d •. ... , ' *U-aM^n I Hrur-fh srdi A t• • lie Ir.-ld
in- u final pick-up ilav jui ITbltv. ' ‘ 1 ' ’ " ' 1 at. Jh. M-tbi-iist .Chur.-h. M:" 33-
householders kn.i nn.pertv *l> ^ve-f.. 4b. .by Jean M-wlu, , .... ......
lu'k..... final i heck-mi ' VV.....
wftli ati
6\ynei^b litakins?' a final .check-up to
Iji Evergreen'• Cemetery, Skidmore, j st**" -that no contfhiplated projects
The tleceasefl -survived by his w ere brr rlookeil.
wife *Atnl ipfant daughter, and his.j .Saturday,..'May 28th will'die the j
Xiincy Ueth
1 :«n iichMiirp^
. V’
l-Mgar * and . Kieandr
sv vaccordii^ , t«.'» a.n ^hn-'un
y,v*
r’Uieht. by..
Class Of 42 Seniors To Graduate
May 20; Baccalaureate Set May 15
parents Mr. and Mrs..’Si. W- Whit- -Final cleanrup day with Sunday,
field; Sr., 1 of Mathis, j May 24lt-h designated
Pallbearers were C. A. Edwards, pay. The ..committee
Norman '.Presley. 'John Davis, Har- [-Mayor nmj • "«rtty j ffimmissiuners,
Old Walker, Harold M^Kee, Glen-(residents of all civm. ciuli.s and
Torno. Thomas Cornwell aiidfl. D. 1 uthersL.Mib- ll)ur the area, and in-
Schultz.
0
■9
i Commencemenf exercises for the
42 niemlier* of the 1D49 graduating
class of Sinton High School will be
-held in the high achool auditori'npi
Friday night. May 10th, at eight
o’clock, school officials announced
this week. ...
l Baccalaureate **rvlces win be
conducted Holiday evening, May 16.
The Rev. L. M. Huff, pastor of the
.First Baptist Chrfrch.
the baccalMrsata
will deliver
so*Mon and other
olorgy will take
The services
the high achqol
atorlnn with a hb.tai of 94.04
No ^brifisl commencement ad
dress is planned, hut high ranking
honor students will present a com-
mencement program under a named
thfme. ' v
Candidates for graduation are:
Girls — Barbara Bazzell, Eleanor
Beauchamp, Dorothy Boscamp, Pat-
sy' Broullletts, Norabel Burk, Wan-
da Daniel, Betty Dyer, Napcy Beth
Edgar, Bunk Dell Fagan, Beverly
Gallaher,. Jean Hatfield, Lorraine
Harmon, Alice Hernandez, Frances
Llnnejr, ftuby Mar burger, Joy May-
field, Lily Moreno, Ruth Mutchler,
Jean powers, Evelyn . Raeka, Bea-
trice , Spencer, Alpha Leo. Tocno.
Dodo Woodward, Bonnie "xyhlte and
boy*—Harry Burnett, Preston Cave,
Abe Uiavl*, Hugh Oossottt Pat
Humes, Ernest Hunt, Robert Joseph
W. J. “Bill” Murry* chairman of
the Railroad Commission, of Austin,
spoke before a capacity attendance
of 60 members anil guests at •the
Sinton Kiwanis Club today at noon.
The commissioner gave his views,
on conservation of oil anil gas in j
the state of Texas.
The speaker was. introduced' by
Program* Chairman Johnnie . M.
Brown. .
■ “Conservation of our natural reT
sources is a matter fif vital signi-
ficance,” Vlie gpcqker’ said.. The
•world has lost one half of its si<ll
and; America , has Must one third,
Essiintlally, this 'lo.mpares to our
wastage of gas and oil, tin- back-
bone of our economy in Ti’xus to-
day;”
-Mturn.v pointed out the udvunt-
nges of. tile Texas' Gulf Coast and
its industrial future.- Industry will
come to’this area to,.utilize the,
numerous natural resburJes, especi-
ally petroleum -hydraearbiins. he
said. Over half of the oil and. gas
reserves in the nation are- in Texas,
the commissioner Informed tire club,
and reasserted his opinion that we
must do everything possible to
protect this valuable asset.
A continuous and aggressive ex-
ploration program must be main-
tained. he said, - to bolster the re-
serves now on hand which would
serve our .nation for 10 to 26 years.
''First we take only a portion of
the oil from the ground. The ratio la
something like one barrel processed
to four or five ■ lost.”
"Texans 'are farsighted people.
We must continue to wage a strong
conservation program In numerous
fields. It is vital to the economy 6f
Tqras and to our national defense.
Murray ^Hll speak to a
Jth,--------------?
Coin Furniture
To Hold Formal
Opening Saturday
spect the results.,of the, campaign.
.Lawrence has-.appointed the fol-
lowing committee chairman tu as-
sist with the weeks project: • Allen
Matthews,vp.ar^dc Committee; Kay-,
mond. Bijfcgs, Advertising: Johnny
Brown, neswpaper . coverage: Con-
test Committee" is Bedded hv tftirs.
San Antonio Man
JrrSlTo Speak Sunday
At Presby Church
Dr. Pnu-i S/ \**i’n Dvkj* of.- Sac
Antnnio, .wTLl La* tfiv -spVakv'r -a"t tlb*
Sunday morning kuf the
Si-nton ihT.sbytC'riap Church,
The p^tor, IU v. f^i'lim-r 1 »t j*.!• us.
will be (Ui \acatiua .untii Alav. 2-:.
(>n Surtday nvirnlnt .May s’ tlui
l^v. i)r. (I. n. StiltTlvr vviH yi?. My
Arthur* I‘i« k> *n. Sujrih intetr-
!<|ent .'.f the Hcli-.'n.i,
! Mrs. George’ Love will )«• a-sist.- .
l out supciint.m.Ieiil:; Airs . I' S'.•
; E>ving. sup'etA isor u.nd• '.\lrs i’uul -
,| M .■.rt-jMi.n. -.--r.-Jr,!■*■ ■
'.The Beginners text wiil T-i. My
- 'Home and Kami1>;.. T.-ayipj-s jn . tlijs
, -,.f-li:ivt'in.:,r Will v Ai - I'... -i.rU-
sett .ond ’.Mr.-.' E H. .jx.il... - * u_n.
hemling (lie Pick-up CoimnlUi-e.
Another new buSinbtss enterprise
the Coin Furniture Company, will Boy Baines and Mrs. E. 11. J render-
hold its formal opening 'Saturday ! Son; Bill Crook. Streets and‘Alleys
which will lie climaxed with the i Committee; Mrs. A Z. Fulli,ck,
ril-awlqg for a Ilotpoint Refrigera- i l.andscaping nli.l Plnriting: Dr. C.
tor npd othf-r valuable idrzes t.e he J,. Curlee. Hanitatlun tYumnitt.'c ami
given uw'ay to registrants on that Frank Kelly.- Jr. and Joe Zapata
-day.' Drawing for tile Refrigerator
h%s lieeo' set for 3 p. m.
The ;ne*f fijOOO-sq; ft. Iiuilding,
ioi att-.j on Hoj'd'en*' Htr> i f, opened
fur liusiness last week. 1 tvgistra- j
tiens. of visjtoV.s in tin- stupe- during
this pel iud .entitles those pe.rsous
to take tickets, for the ft-, e drawing,
Mari") Coin, partner in - the busi-
ness. iinr.uumf'dj. J *
Rear Block /of ;; Han - Antonio is
nssiiciOtetl with Ciiiln in the l*k>i-
ttess here and other ‘holdings in
Sah Antonio/ Coin will manage the
store. He recently returned from
furniture' factories throughout the
nation whpre popular lines of mcr
chandlsc Were selected to stock'the
new store.
. The Interior, af ‘the building is
illuminated by 22 banks of modern
flourescent fixtures. Two large attic
fans and t\iermist^tlcally controlled
heating units have been installed
to maintain comfortable tempera-
ture conditions on the ihslde. A
40x50- ft. storeroom is »nqw under
construction at the rear of the
building. 4 ’
The business features a conven-
ient budget plan for its patrons.
Coin said that ihoaf merchandise
Will be delivered for as little as
down, the balance set dp In
easy weekly or monthly payments.
:ik to a meeting ofj Mr. and Mrs. Coin have a son.
Jaan Of Arc
To Be Shown
In T^ft
Wb» Ii Vli• • P'-'pU’ - »\v llu tlr nf
.spiOUMMi I.i »* ' Ijll’tli ,'1 >• X.I.U'lflA I.
tljr>y rulin' M till!' t Mlu lUsiMll tilflit.i
iIUm libu' ivpi<l tin* m«»si |
i i .'nu’iVdur■■ ■ pr"Ri‘«’b's in Irfstory I
of motli»n jiictiin’M. Thr .saine' can I
In* siibl li)y tlir fijiu, "Joan.iif' Arc."
H\a ryji»n»‘ .sot’ing., tin- "Joan of
Arc" will immediattfly realize that
thin picture 1h far superior
everythinK tHef f?|iyel®!ieen thatr they
will just sit batjc and marvel.
the ^■nvicn, anil on .May lf» t.hr IP;V
ibrtli Apiilywhit*’ will uivr the
nH’Ssayv,
The •yeninL: 'wnrshtj) \\il.I -Imvi
'riie (‘im-’ i. n 'I'li. i; i. , wu.>
tln.’se films’: .
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lid Mrs,' JL- i'
>ri .Linn^.
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I The picture that' has been aq;
claimed a* the years greajest, "Joan
of Are". wiH be shown at the Le-
lun'i Theatre lri Taft on Tiiesday
and Wednesday, May 3-4.
RZ S. Cook, manager -of the Taft
cinema, announced that there will
be slightly advanced prices, .be-
cause the film is not to be shown
in 1949 at regular prices. School
children lit "a body with their
teachers wMl be admitted on child’s
ticket fof the matinee. #
149 Sign During Sinton Municipal
Concert Drive For 1949-50 Season .
flic-, Slntuh M lintel jin! Concert- and Mrs. T. J. Jliggins: uli of Sinton,
and Mrs. Ellis Pyle, of Odejn-
The Rev. Kermit Menking. pastor
of Gjjp.ce Lutheran. Church and vice
president of the concert association,
directed, the membership drive last
week. Ijarkey said that the Rev.
My. * Menking wiil plan another
concerted membership campaign be-
fore the next season starts. Mean-
while, season memberships At $6
for adults and $2.40 for students,
will be available, throughout the
summer months and may be .pur-
chased from the associations mem-
bership worker*.
—---U--I
Miss 8us Donnelley, R? N., who
has bean rsouperating from bum
tnjurlss at ttt* boms of hsr mother
in,M|rando <fty, I* a paUsnt In the
ASsocillir.iD ii.-ne-whiQilil>>fii- -IkJ'ailult
and 37 student membership fur the
1949-50 seakon, and the campaign
for memberships will continue until
the first concert of the next series,
President Uockey Harkey said this
week. /*'• v
Harkey «atd that the association's
talent committee, headed by F/ L.
Johnson, Jr., selected JosK Wheeler
baritone; WilliamtAsselos, pianist,
and Jeanne .Beauvais, soprano, as
the artists to appear on the three
programs at the high school audl-
.torium here next season,
Dates for the concerts have not
been set * Harkey said ^that a
“local talent" concert will be planq--
ed by the talent committee Ih.
August or September. Other mem-
bers of the talent committee are
b*h S. Coin,
4^
We Invite ...
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Whitehead to
be our guests this week at the Rex
or Rialto Theatres for the movie of
their choice. Clip opt this article
as your admission pass.
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Tracy, James F. San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1949, newspaper, April 28, 1949; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth717736/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sinton Public Library.