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Chas. Spencer Installed
As Lions Club President
The Lions Club officers for ’62-
’63 were installed at an informal
banquet Tuesday night at the Lazy
V Circle Inn at Rob and Bessie Wel-
der Park. Eleven Lions oficially be-
came officers at the Ijdies-Guests
Night gathering.
Charles Spencer is the new presi-
dent of the Sinton Lions Club. As-
sisting him as 1st vice-president will
be Allen Jackson. Second vice-presi-
dent is Ken Edwards and 3rd vice-
president is Lloyd Hamilton. The
new secretary is Henry Borgfield
and treasurer is Gene Pierce. Tail
Twister, the fine collector, is Andy
Thames, and Lion Tamer, keeper of
the meeting material, is Fred End-
ers.
EDITOR'S
CORNER
The Lions Board of Directors con-
sists of Jerry Manasek, Jack Klap-
perich, Ed Wollesen, and J. B. Ar-
nold.
The installing officer was Dos
Robertson from Corpus Christi. Rob-
ertson, is a former Lions Club presi-
dent from Taft.
After the installation the new of-
ficers presented the outgoing presi-
dent, Frank C. Laechelin, with a
placque.
The elub prepared and served the
dinner of roast beef, potatoes, beets
and iced- watermelon to several
guests and to the wives of the mem-
bers.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Hayes, Mrs. Don Robertson, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Spencer, Joe M. Pullis,
Jack McWhorter, James Tracy and
Miss Vicki Brandenberger.
Sanfiatririo tounteiete
lficroflla Service ft
P. 0. Box 8066
Dtlltif Texas
VOLUME 54
SINTON, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1962
NUMBER
By J.F.T. —
There are so many things that go
on around us in a small town that
go relatively un-noticed by all of us.
Seems that we live in the shadows
each day without giving much
thought to changes in our local sit-
uation
The one saying that emphasizes
this fact to completeness, in the edi-
tor’s opinion, is: Some of us- cannot
see the forest for the trees. We know
that this is true in the case of the
average size city. It is true in Sin-
ton. These changes occur ever so
slightly and they creep up and in
on us before we really know what
has happened.
In your case, the folks that have
lived here for many, many years—
How many times do you reflect and
realize what your town was, say 25
years ago? This brings to mind so
many of the statements we hear ever
so often. Especially from the pessi-
mistic citizen that feels that every-
thing is falling apart. He is the fel-
low that is quick to say that business
is bad, conditions are unsound and
he visualizes no hope in the future.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. If you disagree, consider in
retrospect.
As oldtimers go, the editor is al-
most a newcomer in Sinton having
just passed a 25-year or silver an-
niversary in this habitat. This was
clearly brought to mind last week
when the 1937 graduating class had
their reunion. Even though it was
the same year that the ed received
his rolled and ribbon-tied parchment
from Robstown High, we were quick-
ly associated with the 1937 class in
the following summer months.
We found some good friends, in
this group of Sinton Hi grads and
association with them that first sum-
mer as a newcomer to their midst
was indeed gratifying. They were a
friendly group and took us in as a
stranger into this Sinton set. As a
youngster, this was a memorable ex-
perience, since we find in the young-
er years, especially, that it is hard to
accept a change or make a move-to
new surroundings and make new
friends. In Sinton, we found this rel-
Dr. Tosch Named
To Fill Health
Director Vacancy
Dr. A. F. Tasch of Taft has been
appointed to act as Director of the
County Health Unit, on a temporary
basis.
At an informal meeting of the
Commissioners Court Monday eve-
ning, it was decided that steps had
to be taken to fill the vacancy left
by the death of Dr. Claude Sejby in
order to allow- the unit to continue
its work.
“We had to enable the nurses to
complete the immunization and oth-
er projects with a capable director,”
Judge W. E. Nicholas, chairman of
the court, explained.
TO HEAD STATE V.F.W. -
Parade, Barbecue, Dance
To Highlight Homecoming
Of Commander C. Younts
A “Homecoming” celebration, i Younts will be installed as Texas
which will include a parade, barbe-| Department Commander this Sunday
que and dance for? Department of at the annual Texas Department Con-
Texas Commander .Carter Younts, vention with headquarters at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be Rice Hotel in Houston.
held Saturday, July 7.
Sponsoring the homecoming is
Sinton V.F.W. Post No. 8625. The
; barbeque will be held at the Rob
I and Bessie Welder Park from 6 un-
til 8 p.m. preceded by the parade,
and following the barbeque will be
a dance at the Sinton Labor Camp
Auditorium with the Lone Star Cir-
The parade will feature floats
from representative posts of Dis-
trict VI. Posts which will participate
in the homecoming are Post No.
2011 Hebbronville; Post No. 2375,
Kingsville; Post No. 2397 and Post
No. 2465, both of Corpus Christi;
Post No. 2932, Aransas Pass; Post
No. 3079, Mathis; Post No. 3287,
Red Cross Rians
College Course In
Care Of Injured
Two Local Youth
On Honor Roll At
Trinity University
Sallie Gordon and William E.
Nicholas both of Sinton are two of
the 159 Trinity University students
named to the Honor Roll for the
1961-62 spring semester just ended.
Students who have maintained a
high scholastic average in a regular
schedule of college courses for a se-
mester receive this recognition.
Sallie, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. V. M. Gordon, is a member of
Spurs, woman’s social organization
at Trinity.
Bill, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
E. Nicholas, was recently appointed
to serve as Attorney-General of the
Student Council for 1962-63.
1937 SENIOR CLASS MEMBERS AND FACULTY are pictured at their reunion in the Colony Club Saturday night. Front row,
(I, to r.), Charles Crow, Esther Ray Kieschnick, Juanita Eaton, Alice Beyer, Celia Nell Lawrence, Annie Lee McGlothlin, Rosalie
Brown and Alvin Cleveland. Second row, G. W. Vogel, Bivien Cohorn, Ava Smith, Ann Benningfield, Zona Weiss, Liz Hutchins,
Willie Bess Cummins, Lola Curlee and Kathleen Thornton. Third row, Walter S. Manning, Albert Jennings, James Smith, Totsie
Blake, Helen Sullivan, Henry Ella Kellum, Helen Johnson, Dorothy Piemens, Eleanor Manning, S. W. Seale, Willie Ray Littleton and
H. W. Gist. Back row, C. R. Robertson, Harrell Curlee, Thomas Houser, Joe Beard, William H. (Billy) Swinny, William M. (Billy)
Townsend, Robert Brown and Charles W. (Billy) Elwood. Three who were in attendance and are not pictured are Belva Jeanne
Waddell, D. J. Moss and Henry Sullivan.
(Photo by J. C. "Doc" Egan)
1937 Class Reunion Is Held
On Saturday; Well Attended
Local Grain Field Day Tour Planned
For Observation Of Plot Experiments
Junior Golfers Hold
6-Hole Competition
Children attending the free junior
golf clinic at the Sinton Municipal
Golf Course Monday morning par
ticipated ifi\ a 6-hole play.
Placing first with low gros was
Jack Morrow. First low'net went to
Billy Dean Heggie; 2nd low net to
atively easy to do. even though you 1 Billy Hobson; and 3rd low net to
may find some who will opinion to Jimmy Odem. Twenty-six children
the contrary. (attended the class.
Stanley Wright, pro, teaches the
lessons free of charge to any in-
terested child over the age of 10.
the curbs mind you, just in the cen- The classes are for boys and girls
ter. And, if you will remember back, both. The only charge is 25c for the
this was the only really paved street' use of practice balls,
in Sinton ... on the highway ap- Registration for the lessons is held
proaches Shell was the main base leach Monday morning at 8:30 on
for all Sinton all weather streets and the golf course,
it blew and blew in the summer
months.
Today, we find an entirely differ-
ent city. A city with a sound and
growing economy. Do you remember
the people in those days that saw
no future for Sinton? There are
Yes, Sinton has come a long way
since those days. We remember cen-
ter paving on Sinton Street, not to
Red Cross Meeting
Planned Monday
The members of the Sinton High
School Senior Class of 1937 met in
Sinton Saturday, June 23rd, to cele-
brate the occasion of their 25th
Graduation Anniversary.
A reception was held from 3:00 to
5:00 p.m. at the Rob and Bessie Wel-
der Park. Class members, their fam-
ilies, faculty members, and friends
were greeted at the door by Harrell
Curlee and presented with name
tags.
Miss Tricia Brown of Dallas, regis-
tered the guests, Johnnie Curlee and
David Hutchins served cold drinks,
and Miss Gail Houser served the
coffee and cookies. This time pro-
vided the renewing of old acquaint-
ances and an opportunity to meet
the families. A class picture was
made by J. C. Egan with the group
arranged in the same order as the
original picture In 1937. An enlarge-
ment of this picture was on
on the memory table, along wit!
school papers, other pictures,
graph books, and other items of in-
terest School colors were carried out
in the decorations.
The refreshment table was
covered with maroon cloth over-
laid with white crocheted cloth.
Centerpiece was giant white daisies
and pom poms with maroon earna
tions and ribbons, and was sent by
Mrs. Joe Thomas and Dave Odem as
representatives of the Junior Class
of 1937
The register table was cover-
Most of the grain in this county
has been grown under adverse con-
ditions. On July 3 farmers will have
a chance to observe on local farms
how different hybrids perform un-
der these conditions.
The Grain Sorghum Committee,-
whose chairman is Troy Campion
An instructor training\workshop
will be held at A&I College in Kings-
ville, July 23-27, for care of the sick
and injured. Classes arc scheduled
for 8:30 a m. to 4:00 p.m. This is a
Home Economics Course Nxi.422 giv-
ing one semester hour credit. Home
making teachers, home -’demonstra-
tion agents, secondary school teach-
ers and registered nurses are encour-
aged to enroll.
In becoming qualified instructors
in care of the sick and injured, the
Red Cross believes citizens can help
their communities to better health.
Civil defense encourages this instruc-
tion for at least one person in every
San Patricio V'ounty Red
on the Jack Montgomery Farmjjj^e
where the group will see 23 com-1 ,pjip
mcrcial varieties planted with 3/4 ^ wi„ pay the tuition
acre eo each variety. Six 3 x 4 dwarf fep {or ^ wilhinfr to attend. For
additional information call the chap-
hybrids plus 16 experimental strains
from commercial seed companies,
and grain sorghum grown on ferti-
lized field as compared to grain
of Portland, will sponsor a tour grown on. land that has never been L Juiy 9th
ter office in Sinton EM4-2503 be-
lt ween 9 and 11 a m. any week-day
morning. Applications should be in
briefly, as did Mr. H. W. Gist, vo-
cational agriculture teacher. Mr
Manning is now a professor at -A&M
College. .
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thomas were in j
troduced as representatives of the j
Junior Class of 1937. Other guests I
were among those who had been “, ‘ 3 of‘‘7our " areT“fa7ms “ u^"n | fertilized.
class members at one time, but did, which unusua, experiments can ^ At 10:00 a m. the . tour will pro-
not graduate with the class. These , . |ceed the Royce Fromme Farm to Corulroc UaU Cnr
included Mr. and Mrs. G. W Vogel j field j look at an off station grain sorghum 11610 TOr
of Seguin, and Mr and Mrs. A. R B“e'™ “ J““ I performance test conducted by the
Cummins, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kel- Beeville Experiment Station In-
cluded in this test are a number of
H. W. Gist Elected
As Cancer Society
President For '62
iTcfsi, ”r Henry 1sn. se
Mrs. Elmo Beyer, class secretary, >‘raU' Weslaco and Lucas Reyes,
called the Graduation Class roll It Agronomist, Experiment
Station,
Beeville.
The tour will begin at 8:30 a m.
The annual membership meeting ( ,„v ltRlovv. ,
some here today, a bit different pos , 0f the San Patricio County American 0d with a white embroidered cloth
sibly with slightly varied opinions,, Red Cross wil, ^ held Monday ju]y
that would have you believe that q at 7 p.m. with a dinner at the Col-
Sinton will either dry up and blow
was answered by the introduction of
the husband or wife present, and
facts of interest about children, oc-
cupations, etc.
The class prophesy which had
been written by Miss Mary E. Odem
when the class was in its Freshman
year was read by the class president,
William H. Swinny. I
An anniversary cake inscribed
“Senior Class of ’37”, was served
by Mrs. Edgar Kieschnick, and coT ^ of new officm of the
fee was served by the Club A group sjn(on Ro c]ub werp bp,d Wed.
picture of the class members facul niRht a, 7:30 pm at the
ty, and guests was ~ **-
Egan.
Sinton Rotary
Installation
Held Wednesday
advanced 4-dwarf hybrids as well
as newly released strains. These can
be compared with commercially
available hybrids grown under ad-
verse conditions.
At 11:00 a m. the group will go
to the Louis Caddell Farm to ob-
serve 15 corn hybrids
. From there, the last stop will be
at the James Knight Farm at 11:45
a m. to observe duplicate planting
grown under extremely adverse
conditions.
The tour will not include the
fertilizer demonstration on the El-
Mrs. C. Molina,
49-Year Resident
Mrs. Concepcion Molina, a
dent of Sinton since 1913, died in, . , ... . , ..
hr "m-Sund., aftrr a long
illness
in Sacred Heart Cemetery here.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs.
Eufemia Rivera and Mrs. Isabela Ti-
jerina, both of Sinton, Mrs Jesusa
A Pictorial Glance Backward in
eluded the projection of old class
pictures, snapshots, and pictures of
the children of the class and faculty.
A class picture set in a plastic
paperweight was presented to W M
The installation followed a barbe
cue dinner served to members of
the Rotary Club and Rotaryanns.
O. G. McClain of Corpus Christi,
incoming district governor, officia
ted at the ceremonies which install
cd R H Austin as president; Harry
Hamilton, vice-president, and Charles
roy Freitag Farm on FM 894. Grain Silvas, of Corpus Christi, and Mrs.
was blown down badly by wind and Narcissa Olivares-of Phoenix; three
rain in early June. Plot will be har ■sons Mateo and Eustacio Molina of
vested and yield data collected j ^int,,n and Simon Molina of Phoe-
Kvcryone Ls invited to take the j n'x; <jne half-brother, Manuel Ncrios
Grain Sorghum Field Day Tour of San Benito, and 40 grandchildren.
away or wash away, as the case may
be. Don’t you believe, however, that
the positive, optimistic approach is
the best in the long haul
In our relatively young experience,
we have seen much progress which
was directed by people that were
interested in getting things done. We
cannot remember many with the
poor mouth that contributed much
to the progress of our city. For-
tunately, these people are in the mi-
nority. They ride the bandwagon if
ony Club.
Annual reports will be given and
severalnew directors and officers
will be elected. Disaster slides will
Townsend for traveling the the far
with an arrangement of white car-1 Merest distance (1,700 miles), to
nations and mums with maroon rib Mr C. It Robertson as Principal, Royer, secretary-treasurer Other di-
and to Charles Crow as being the rectors of the club are W (.. rar-
richest (5 children and 5 grandchil-: quhar, Ray Harris, Milton .Jackson
dren). and Jack Satterwhite, retiring presi-
The program was concluded with ^nt.
the class son, “Auld I^ng Syne"
1816.
,-Y thbjgjjgo well, and criticize mistakes
if the plan falls! flirt. We will always
nave them arouq^ but we are sir
happy that they are relatively few.
We are very happy with the com-
pliments given Sinton by the Texas
Press, folks last Thursday. Sinton has
made many friends from all over and
we know that many of them will re-
turn to our friendly city again
Since we had a small part in plan-
ning the convention tour here, it is
only fitting that we place the bou-
quets where they belong. The Sinton
Chamber of Commerce and the Wel-
der Wildlife Foundation, plus a num-
ber of local citizens, deserve all the
credit To mention names, we can
say that Dr Clarence Cottam, Wel-
der Wildlife director, and his staff,
and M Harvey weil, Patrick H. Wei-
bons.
At 7:45 the class members, faculty,
and husbands and wives attended a
banquet at the Colony Club. The in-
be shown and service pins awarded, j vocation was given by C. R. Rob
Reservations can be, made in ad ertson, the class principal. Following which had concluded the commence
yjjnce by calling EM4-2503 or EM4 the dinner, Harrell Curlee, who act- ment program 25 years before
ed as master of ceremonies, gave the There were 41 members in this
graduating class. Only one, D C.
Berry, is not living Twenty nine
were in attendance The thirteen
members in attendance who had
started in the first grade together
and graduated together were: Mrs
Virgil Plemons (Dorothy Barnett) of
Corpus Christi, Mrs, Curtis I^w-
.nwbssa*. -. . .. ._... rence
illness. —
Flineral services were held Mon : grade,
day morning in San Angelo Mr Mr S. W. Seale introduced Mrs.
and Mrs. Ballard Montgomery left Seale, and gave the Remarks of the
Sunday night to attend the services Superintendent. He brought out that
j welcome, introduced Mrs E Merle
! Smith, and presented her with an
| enlargement of the 1937 class pic
; ture. Mr. Smith had taught the class
for five years, had been one of the
class sponsors during the senior
Berthal Montgomery, brother of year, and was pictured with the
^jJto^daMoptgomery, died in a Hous class. Mrs Smith called attention to
*°u^^ospital Frida? following-a Jong the that she hpd taught over
'half the group prWcnV *v, th* four lb
Brother Of Ballard
Montgomery Dies In ^
Houston Hospital Friday
He is survived by his father and one of the rewards of being a teach
four brothers. <er was being able to return and see
. the results of the efforts put forth
Area Children
Spend Week At
Baptist Camp
Twenty three excited children
were loaded into a caravan of cars j
for a trip to the Zephyr Baptist
‘ A™,™ T"'Youth Encampment Monday.
(Celia Nell Lewis) of Austin,; - , , ... !
The children were equipped with,
D Weiss (Zona Trodlie
Thornton. (Kathleen
i; Mrs Ifanry j^verything frejm bathing suits to ball
1 An-
t. A!
in Mathis.
tenrv ,12 ...
ier> of San An Tloves tirlast them tiuruUKh the fr
tomo, Robert Brown of Premont, A! ,la-vs ,hev were to spend af the ran
bert Jennings of Edna, William H.
(Billy) Swinny of San Antonio, and Sponsors for the children from
Mrs Robert N, Johnson (Helen Sinton were Mrs. A] Cave, Jr . Mrs
Hunt), Mrs. Lclahd Hutchins-(F.liza A M Soper, Rev Ix*on Vorpahl and
years before. Mr Seale is now Su ^ Jaclomn)f Mrs jerry Brown Dick Oliverc.
pf'rintendent of Schools in Flores* j (R0sajje laodbetter). Charles W The Baptist campers were Betty!
j V‘**C- (Billy) Ellwood, Thomas Houser, and Alexander. Brenda Binkley. Eunice |
Robertson gave the Remarks of Willie Ray Littleton, all of Sinton Hall. Elizabeth Robertson. Debbie
Others of the graduating class at Thompson, Sharon Tracy, Linda Ar
tending were: Mrs Robert N. Blake no!d,, Diane Gibson, Sandy I.and,
(ToLsie Featherling) of El Paso, Mrs. Cathy Roland, Sandra Tracy, Mary
G. L. Benningfield (Anna Belle Kin- Jo Vickers, Kitty Cave, Jane Webb,
ney) of Mathis, Mrs Elmo Beyer Butch Brown, Jimmie Walls, David
(Alice Schroeder) of Mathis, Mrs Fojtik, Sally Sherrer, Walter Gih
Pro-Am Set- For Sunday
At Sinton Golf Course
A special Pro Am will be held
Sunday at the Sinton Municipal lhe Principal He commented on the
Golf Course sponsored by the Sin- Commencement speeches in relation
ton Golf Aasociation t0 lhe present time Mr and Mrs
The low-ball tournament will tee- Robertson now live at Killeen
off at 1:00 p.m. Those wishing to Walter S. Manning, commer
SlMONinS WELCOME PRESS OFFICERS - County Judge William E. Nicholas, pictured at left
and Sin’on Mayor August Brinkoetfer, at right, welcome officers of the Texa3 Press As-
a o/e
play must sign up by 12:30 noon cial teacher, introduced his wife, the
der and John J. Welder, trustees of with Stanley Wright, pro. Entry fee former Miss Eleanor Jones, home Hugh Eaton (Juanita Vamado) of ton, George Vorpahl. Jackie Hard
(Continued on Page 8) jis $5.00 which includes green fees economics teacher They both spoke (Continued on Page 8) wick, Terry Rose and Karen Cave
sociation at Rob and Bessie Welder Park Thursday evening when the Sinton Chamber of Com-
merce hosted the TPA at a barbecue. Standing between the Sinton men, from left to right,
are Vern Sanford, general manager of the Texas Press Association, of Austin; George Baker,
incoming president, of the Fort Stockton Pioneer; and Victor B, Fain, outgoing TPA president,
of the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel., (Photo by J. C. "Doc" Egan)
I
cle C Band of San Antonio furnish- j Laredo; Post No. 3904, Rockport;
ing the music. ♦ Post No. 5398, Post No. 6795 and
--“7---—‘---| Pdst No. 8932 all of Corpus Christi;
Post No. 6119, George West; Post
No. 6386,’ Ingleside; Post No. 7525,
| San Ignacio; Post No. 7634, Falfur-
! rias; Post No. 8585, Benavides; Post
I No. 8621, Alice; Post No. 8784,
I Bishop; Post No. 8786, Freer; Post
No. 8916, Odem; Post No. 8920,
1 Orange Grove; Post No. 8922, Pre-
mont; Post No. 8926, Palito Blanco;
Post No. 8931, San Diego and Sin-
ton Post No. 8625
Members of the American Cancer
Society met June 21 to hear a lec-
ture on cancer research and to elect
and install officers for the upcoming
year. A
H. W Gist is the newly elected
president. Dr. Robert Gillmore will
act as vice-president and Percy Hart-
man will perform the duties of a
treasurer.
Dr John Tunnell, Taft, was the
guest speaker on the subject of new
strides being taken in the field of
cancer research.
The delegate named to attend the
state meeting November 29-30 waa
Mrs. R. E. Curlee Her alternate del-
egate is H W Gist.
The delegates named to represent
Sinton at the district meeting in Cor-
pus Christi, October 3, were Mrs.
■ Joe Thomas, Mrs. R E. Curlee, H.
W. Gist, Mrs. Bud Fox and Jim
are Mrs. R. T. Whitten, Mrs. Tony
, , Russell, W J. Fitzsimmons of Ingle-
Services for Mrs Molina, 77. were side_ and Percy Hartman,
at 10 a m Tuesday in Our Lady of . . #
Guadalupe Church Trevino Funeral ° her membfP prtf"‘ !oT„}^
Home of Beeville directed the burial ^ere Mf and ^Virgil
Wilson, Mr and Mrs. Fazh Fon-
ville of Taft,, Mrs Stanley Hutson^
Mrs J. B Owens, Mrs Leo Canion,
Mrs Helen Foster of Corpus Christi,
and Mrs. Tony Russell.
WE INVITE: Mr and Mrs Tweet
Kilpatrick to be our guests this week
at the movie of their choice at the
Rialto Theatre in Sinton. Clip this
article as your admission pass.
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