San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS
AND VARNISHES
STAR HARDWARE AND
FURNITURE CO.
A BOOST FOR SIN TON AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
SHEET METAL AND
PLUMBING
STAR HARDWARE AND
FURNITURE CO.
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VOLUME 16
Terms: $1.50 Per Year, In Advance.
SINTON, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1924.
NUMBER 46.
Blacklanders Organize College Extension
gi. At Banquet In Corpus! Classes Held Here
m
“The Blacklanders, Inc." was organ- ; “If you can t come to college then
izec at a banquet held in Corpus the college will come to you,” is the
Christi at the Nueces hotel last Wed- slogan of the Southwest Texas State
nesday evening, with the following of-
Teachers’ College, and that is what
it is doing for the people of this sec-
m ml
ficers: S. Maston Nixon of Robs-
town, president; T. N. Blackwell of j tion of the state.
Taft, vice president; Ralph Bradford1 The Beeville and
Corpus Christi
• of Corpus Christi, treasurer. The
management of the new organization
will be handled by a board of directors
composed of eight men, two directors
from each county. San Patricio coun-
ty will be represented by E. C. Cald-
well of Odem and Harvey Shell of
Units of Extension Teaching of the
San Marcos College have been consoli-
dated and will continue work after the
holidays, at Sinton, Texas.
Two courses in English will be giv-
en as the next work and will be under
the able direction of Prof. Gates
bufs^Smshine
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Sir
Gregory. Nueces county is represent-! Thomas, head of the Department of
led by D. H. Stockton and Harry Rosa-' English. The class will meet at the
mond of Driscoll. Jim Wells, county ‘ high school building the first Satur-
is represented by George Rehmet and ; day in January for enrolling, and the
Felix Hobbs of Alice. Kleberg county ! first assignment, and will meet every
is represented by Charles Flato and ! Saturday thereafter for a period of
A. M. White of Kingsville. j twelve weeks. The enrollment fee for
'^ginning December 18th, the Black- one or both courses will be between
landers will conduct a drive to pro- twelve and fifteen dollars, depending
K' f |l;| |
cure 400 new members for the organ-
ization.
JUNIOR RED CROSS FOR SAN
PATRICIO COUNTY SCHOOLS
nr
v Miss Beulah Russell, district repre-
sentative for the Red Cross Society,
wbo was here last wreek in the inter-
est of. Red Cross work, at a meeting
of the San Patricio County Red Cross
Executive board, urged the organiza-
tion of Junior Red Cross Societies in
all the schools of the county.
on the number enrolling.
This work is regular college English
and is also acceptable by the State
Department of Education on certifi
| cate work.
Mrs. Susan Sipes ha3 been appoint-
ed chairman of this work and if you
should be interested in any way she
will be glad to discuss it with you.
It is understood that students from
Kingsville, Beeville, Corpus Christi,
Bishop, Aransas Pass, Odem and
Tynan will join Sinton in the classes
to be conducted in college courses j_
here each Saturday.
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by O. Lawrence Hawthorne
Winter days are often dreary
But when springtime comes along
We’re a heap more interested
In the robin’s cheery song!
Mornin’ always seems most Welcome
When you spend a restless night.
After clouds ’re black an’ heavy,
■ That’s the time the sun looks bright!
Seems to me there’s somethin’ like it
In the way life deals with men:
Prospects always seem the darkest
Just before things boom again.
And I’m thinkin’ that the worries
An’ hard-knocks he gets before,
Help a fellow prize his blessings
And^good fortunejill the
Mr. and Mrs. Cain In County Red Cross
Automobile Accident Board Plans Drive
As Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cain, were
driving to Corpus Christi Tuesday
morning early, they were victims of
a car accident which could easily have
proved a fatality, in the neighborhood
of Gregory.
The highway was wet and very slip-
pery after a light sprinkle of rain, and
Mr. Cain’s car became unruly and
At a meeting of San Patricio County
Red Cross executive board, held at
the Chamber of Commerce building
Friday, December 12th, presided over
by w. E. Haisley, chairman, plans
were perfected for inaugurating a Red
Cross Roll Call drive for the first week
in January, 1925.
After some discussion, the board
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• O. IAVRENCS lUVTHO*N»
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There are many phases of the Junior i The Extension Classes to be held
werk which may be taken up in the j here every Saturdav will provide a
schools, one or more or many, as the j fine opportunity for students who are
unable to attend college, and for
teachers or others who can only spend
HAVE SOME REGARD FOR FATHER
time allows. Some of the schools
whose curriculum is crow'ded are tak-
ing only the health work, an example
of which follows, showing a four
weeks’ Red Cross Health course and
* proving that the work of the Junior
d Cross society work may be inaug-
urated in the schools without en-
aching on the time needed for the
regular studies.
A contest is being started in Lin-
skidded into a ditch at the side of the and other interested workers present
road, overturning and pinning both oc- j set 2000 as the Roll Call quota for the
eupants under it. Mexicans who were j county. Every effort will be put forth,
passing came to the rescue and extri- to reach the quota set. Judge W. S.
cated them from underneath the car, Vawter has been appointed chairman
which was badly demolished. Mr. of the Roll Call drive, and at the meet-
Cain managed to limp on into Corpus j ing selected a special advisory com-
Christi with the wreck, where he got' mittee to assist him in furthering the
rid of it and purchased a new car. On plans for the drive, as follows: W. E.
their way to the city, a physician was i Haisley, J. C. Russell, J. E. Holbrook,
called and minor wounds and bruises Miss Alice Overton, Mrs. H. T. Beck-
were treated. Mr. Cain was out on worth.
Wednesday, showing very few' signs Miss Beulah Russell, Red Cross di-
of the narrow- escape which he in com- vision representative, was present at
pany with his wife had undergone. It the meeting, and discussed tentative
is understood Mrs. Cain is feeling very i plans for the drive making valuable
well, though still suffering from the ! suggestions as to ways and means,
shock of the accident and minor cuts ' Chairman Haisley, Judge Vawter,
and bruises. ! Judge Russell, Rev. Duke, Mayor Hol-
brook and Dr. Berrey made brief talks
FOY AND
OZRO MOODY
GOOD
MAKING Mn discussion of the drive.
Judge Russell and Dr. Berrey were
- - strong in their praise of Miss Alice
Fov Moody wrho is taking a military Overton, health nurse, who is carry-
course at Breckenridge High school, j ing on such a fine nursing program
San Antonio, has been made a second over the county. Proceeds of the Roll
lieutenant, and has already made a j Call drive will carry on the health
a day a week in the work.
REV.
AND MRS. DUKE AT HOME
TO FRIENDS
Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Duke held open
house Tuesday evening, and were de-
lightful host and hostess to a large
„ number of the Methodist congregation, , . „ .
coin. Kansas, in which school children ] and their friend3 Tl).. „,casi0* wa, 9,1 »<?■»• ot <»« man <* bou5e'
.are working to earn the right to wear j in(OTmal. and evervbDdv enj0..ed the W <* <*■« trankl> *»•
; the Junior Red Cross pin. Each morn- evening with Rev .and Mrs Duke amt mi"ed '*** craTed c03tly Chrt«“«
ing tor (our weeks they must check S0ES Tbe bome a practice is contrary
up their health habits lor the previous grant with rose3 and clusters <» »PW‘ <* «l>« »»U<Uy time and
day. Those who live up to them con- j Sainvillc-a for the occasion tbe y,'inciP,es Christian life. From
this story it would seem that father
has assumed the role of the monev-
Young Sinton writer strikes key- a real mother could hope to be. We
note of true Christmas Spirit in edi- hear cf mother's influence, but with-
torial written for a recent number of out father's support iu cash and other
The Daily Texan, from the 'State Uni-! things, how far would that influence
versify:
Christmas Spirit (?)
Government income tax officials
have been deluged of late by letters
from greedy wives, sons, and daugh
ters seeking to determine the tahulat-
go?
We have heard a great deal about
Mary, the Mother of Christ, and as
’ J the Christmas time approaches, we
hear even more. Never a word, how-
fine record in his public* speaking
class.
Ozro, a student of the Edgar Allen
Poe High has made the highest aver-
age in his class so far. Both boys
work next year, and will be necessary
toward the work.
Red Cross membership will be one
dollar. Five and ten dollar member-
ships will also be solicited from citi-
will finish in their respective schools I zens who are able to donate to the
this session. Foy will go to College
and Ozro will enter Breckenridge
High for graduation.
PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSES FOR
HOLIDAYS
Sinton Public School wrill close
Tuesday for the Christmas holidays,
ever, do we hear itr praise of Joseph, |and win open again on Monday, Jan-
Red Cross cause.
Those attending the meeting were:
W. E. Haisley, Judge W. S. Vawter,
Judge J. C. Russell, Dr. Leo Berrey,
D. W. Martin, Rev. R. E. Duke, Rev.
J. T. Renfro, Mayor J. E. Holbrook, C.
G. Moody, W. F. Cleveland, Miss Beu-
lah Russell, Miss Alice Overton and
Mrs. H. T. Beckworth.
who stood in the background and pro-
tected the mother and child. Mary
.scientiously will
dr*
gp^
be entitled to sign
the Junior Red Cross roll and wear
the pin. The rules are as follows:
1. I drank 3 glasses of milk.
2. I ate at least 1 vegetable besides
.potatoes,
3. I had at least one fruit.
■ *4. I had a breakfast food.
5. I drank at least 4 glasses of
water.
the occasion.
Lively conversation and jokes occu-
pied the guests as they came and
went, and met the host and hostess,
who were assisted in receiving by
Mrs. J. L. Sipes and Mr. W. C. Sparks,
who requested the guests to register
as they entered. Mrs. R. A. Sipes,
Mrs. W. G. Martin and Miss Mary
Stevens showed the guests over the
uarv 5th. This plan will give the pu-
pils a long enough holiday to get a
has been almost deified by some, while | good rest and enjoy the Christmas va-
Joseph is given but a passing thought, j catjon
“Mary pondered these sayings in her
heart.’’ but what of Joseph? Might
he not have thought and wondered
too? Might not his words and train-
ings in the, carpenter trade have
helped Christ in His early life?
SCOTTISH RITE CLUB ORGANIZED
AT ROBSTOWN
A Southwest District Scottish Rite
Many of the teachers are planning ^ssociation was organized at Robs-
to leave on Tuesday for their respect- town> Tuesday evening with the fol-
ive homes to spend the holidays.
| parsonage which had recently bberrre-
I hart no sweets between meals. papered and beautified and made ,<yr(,
7. I drank no tea or eoffee. | comfortable by the addition of close-s
8. I brushed my teeth twice. and other-necessities.
9. I washed my hands before meals.; Mrg w r
10 I went to bed by-o’clock.
Sparks, Mrs. J.' £vh- nk
and Mrs. M. M. McWhorter assisted
making machine of the family, a sort
of bank to be checked on as long as
the money lasts. Perhaps w-e may
find here the secret pf that theme our AVe si aiehow feel that Joseph wras a
modern writers are continually flaunt- '’ijbstantia.l sort or man. wise and de-
ing: “What is wrong with the hpme1 pendable. as the typical father Should
life of today?” When the-family can-
not trust the father’s word when he
says hie cannot “dig a little deeper”
and get that new car. string of pearls,
or diamond for them this coming
Christmas, there is certainly some-
thing radically wrong. In the first
EXTRACT FROM THE MESSAGE OF
MRS. S. M. N. MARRS, RETIRING
STATE PRESIDENT P. T. A.
(The time varies with the age of the the hostess in aerving her guests with
-chil ren). ^ ! hot chocolate topped with marshmal-
This is in connection with the nu-
trition program carried on in Lincoln durl„g the courae ot lbc
bounty under the direction of Miss
phice, they should be glad to jget mod
erate luxuries and happier to see fathers, the real American fathers, if
From our little knowledge of him, ! “And now Just one word about the
we gather that he was extremely ten- organ*zati°n wb*cb v‘e are sei'ing’
der and reverential in his lattitucle to- *n.tbe t'rst blace. tbe T*exas Congress
ward Mary, and he left his work to go ot Mothers and Parent-Teacher A»so-
into Egypt to keep the Christ Child! cia|ion is the one organization that
f,. ;ra being killed • confines itself solely to Child Wel-
i fare, and if weHiope to accomplish the
-Ab f ; e ”'y; - a(” and SQod wil1; things that are ours to do, wex must
appro a he.-. aouF w not help the sti(.k to our job and not make the mis-
Olive Jones, Nutritionist attached to
Southwestern Division, American Red
Cross. Miss Jones is now* on a twro
months’ assignment in Burleson coun-
ty, Texas, but is expected to return to
—'Kansas in the spring to complete her
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lows, coffee and delicate little cakes.) ia'her a nolnlay m- their chlMren made an extra effort to ^ „ ho„ ever worthy they mar
atea.l of spemlnjy everything on their make them think that they.meanj „e.nDr must ,.e aver aUow ourselveS
to be used to promote the personal or
>vvn pleasures.
mil!'.
more',than just a moneV bag?
BALDWIN LAND COMPANY
DRESSES UP WINDOW
A black-land farm home, with barn,
garage, Mexican houses and -timr
____ . outbuildings in the background-
three months work there. During her horses cows T)igs ,h , r-,aV,,.v.
absence, however, much of the nutri-; th|ng abom the grounds ; ^ Varffier
tion work will continue. Lessons cukivating his land with
planned for teachers before the nu-
'
Pc*
tritlonist left will continue, Miss Jones
also following up with a weekly let-
ter to each grade.
Pupils are weighed monthly and so
far the results have been most grati-
fying. With very few exceptions they
all showed a gain. The weighing is to
he continued each month, for the
teachers and the pupfts are determined
that each one shall reach his normal
weight by the time Miss Jones returns.
a' Ford son
tractor—trees, inhabited by birds—
the Glacier-to-Guif highway running
on .the side and in the front of the
farm—a nearby village -and j*her
features make up the very cleverly ar-
ranged window in the Baldwin Land
Company’s office, the work of It. Jim
Rogers, C. L. Grubb and Charlie Hor-
ton. The window is a vjery clever
advertisement of rh- average- bl\,.k-.
land farm to be seen in this section.'
Poof- old RUher, perhaps^ i;e gets the Would it not make the happiness more;
worst end of thejbargain after all. He only rsa! if the fa'h- r were made to
slaves endlessly to surround his civil- fed that his advice and influence
tiren with every comfort and luxury, made a gre^ft deal of difference in the
nd about the time they grojv to a com- lives . : hi- children? The Weekly lp-
f rting age. when be^cE^i really en- xpiratibn holds tc optimistic view
; t; them, someone else comes along, that t'.ier- are a great many families
: ,i >. they .are gone away fttto a run uccording to the real old-fashioned
• rid o: then* own. ^Poets, writers of Aroe : on plan If tats is true, and we
a’l ages !:ave said a great deal about ’.will suppose i‘ Is. I should not be <iit"-
how hard it may be on mother, but
co-operation, to
hev have never wondered about
iatiier, and after all. a real father is
.just as real and as vitally interested as
ulf with a little,
make this 'Christmas
happy for; fathers, i;. well as the rest
a day especially
.t •; family. LyraxHai'sley.
REBEKAHS RECEIVE PICTURES
OF WARDS
ONLY A SHORT
TIME LEFT FOR
ADVAMCE PAYMENTS
political ambitions of an individual.
We are non political, non-partisan,
non-sectarian. We owe allegiance to
no party, (lass or creed, but we have
a heavy obligation to all the children
of all the people. And if the Parent-
Teacher Association is to do the work
for which it lias been set apart, if'it is
to function in a systematic and effi-
cient way. if it
lenge that is thrown out
day from the home, the school, the
pulpit, the press and the bar, in short,
if it is to justify its existence, then it
must be made up of a membership oi
men and women who know the organ
ization of
lowing officers: Dr. Irving M. Dietz of
Corpus Christi, president; Harry R.
Jones of Corpus Christi, secretary;
F. M. Gouger of Robstow-n, treasurer;
W. C. Sparks of Sinton. first vice pres-
ident; Phil Hobbs of Alice, second
vice president; Joe Hargus of Greg-
ory, almoner; Rev. A. T. Ainsworth of
Kingsville, chaplain; Paul Mueller of
Beeville, tiler.
The organization is composed of
Scottish Rite Masons from Nueces,
San Patricio, Bee,* Aransas. Jim Wells,
Kleberg and Brooks counties.
Mayor J. E. Holbrook, Judge J, (1
Russell, Dr. H. P. Beatty and C. R»
Park were the Sinton Scottish Rite
Masons who were present at the op
ganization of 264 charter members.
The next regular meeting of the
body will be held in Sinton on the
third Tuesday evening in January.
REV. LIGHTFOOT, WHO WALKED
AROUND THE WORLD, PREACHES
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. A. C. Lightfoot of San Antonio,
is to meet- the chai- the map who walked 41,000 miles ar-
to it every oUnd the world a few years ago,
preached at the Baptist Church Sun-
day night Rev. Lightfoot is said to
have made the trip on an average of \
14 miles an hour, a car moving along
with him a number of miles, whose
which they are a part, who speedometer registered the average.
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REV. S. B. McCLANE TO SPEAK
HERE
Rev. S. B. McClane, head of the
Tex-Mex, a Presbyterian school for
Mexican boys at Kingsville, will
preach Sunday at the morning and
evening service at the Presbyterian
church of this city. Rev McClane is
a speaker of note,, and a prominent
educator, and will be heard with much
pleasure by the Presbyterians of the
city and their friends.
The public Is urgently invited to at-
tend these services.
DR. J. M. CARROLL TO SPEAK
HERE
Dr. J. M. Cari-eH of M( Alien will
speak here Sunday morning at the
Baptist church in the interest of the
Carroll Baptist College which is to be
erected at McAllen Dr Carroll is an
able speaker and is well known over
the state of Texas He is a man of
strong personality and large expert
ence and will doubtless- bring a rues
rge number of our readers have
-! heir sjub* ription to the San
Patricio County News, and many have
: sot several years in advance., taking
advantage of tk- advance payment at
die old rate.
While we know a newspaper, such
a- ours, cannot be produced for the
understand its aims and purposes, His wife was with him for a part of
who believe in Its tenants and its pro- the ^rip and is said to have been al-
gram, who are loyal to its principles most as good a walker as himself,
and policies, who see its opportunities Rev. Lightfoot is the brother of Hon-
and its potential possibilities, who Jewell Lightfoot, a former attorney
realize its strategic place among the general of Texas%- and a prominent
social agencies, and who are willing to man in Masonic circles,
put into it their best endeavors,in or- Rev. Lightfoot preached his fourth
Pho?ographs of the two wards of the
Sintcfr I. O. O. F., who are being taken
are o.f at the Odd Fellows Widow
and Orphans’ Home in Corsicana,
have been sent to the Rebekah-.Lodge,
of Sinton. The photographs are D by
14, and in an attractive modern folder,
and -how the two young ladies. .'Uks. r iptiori price of $1.50 per year, j der that through this organized effort serinon. here Sunday night.
Misses Pauline and Julia Cook, to be we are anxious that, all of our readers the home^the school, and the church his; trip he has been lecturing on his
very beautiful girls. J aw- a fair chance t y make an advance dot' the land may be able to serve more experiences while Walking around the
The girls mentioned are the daugh- payment, at Mae oi l rate, thus we are intelligently and more sympathetically world. He hears- the distinction of
i ters of George.Cook, a former citizen 'gum reminding you that on January the child ‘life of today and thus build being a preacher who takes no money
of Sinton, who was drowned Wbouty i3 ; 1. 1925, the subscription rate to.'the
years ago in Chiltipin creek, near, the -^40 Patricio County News will be
! raise i Jo $2.00 per year, but between
sage of interest not only to Baptists Gerdescgin. while swimming
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but to many other citizens of =he town The Rebekahs are very proud of now and then we will accept advance
who are specially and cordially in- the girls and of their pictures, and payments to any amount at the old
vited to be present Sunday morning to will have the pictures framed and rate of $1.50 pep year,
hear him. I hung in the I. O. O. F. hall. MARTIN & MARTIN.
more wisely and well a future citizen for his ^services.
ship that will redound to the glory and —y ! --
honor of our American nation.” COTTON SEED
“Ina Caddell Marrs." -
FOR
-—- " Good grade Bennett; Cotton Seed
Oh. lots of things for Christmas at for Sale—$1.00 -per bushel. L.
Sinton Pharmacy —Adv. 45-2 Foley. Sinton, Tbxas.—AdV. 46rtt
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