San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1937 Page: 1 of 8
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SINTON, 8AN #ATRIClO. COUNTY, TEXAS, THUR80AY, APRIL 22, 1937
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Vowing, that they were “umpir-
ed” out of the game last Thursday
night and promising their ardent
supporters a real comeback, Cap-
tain Roy J. Trtttbey’s Fats will take
on the victorious Leans in a second
game of softball ?) tonight, VThurs-
day, April 22, at the high school
athletic field.
The 13-12 win the Leans eked
out last Thursday night did not
satisfy either the cash customers
or the Fats as to the superiority
of the victors, so after considerable
wrangling and muttered threats,
a return bout was arranged Tor
this week. Last week’s vanquish-
ed nine is mapping out some deep
sea strategy that It claims will
make up for the pull that the Leans
seem to have with Umpires Moore
and White—those crooks!
The game last Thursday night
attracted a big gate, which grossed
$63 for thesKlwanls Club’s fund to
send Troop 57 Boy Scouts to the
National Jamboree at Washington
in July. Considering that the du-
cats sold at such modest prices as
10 and 25 cents, the sponsors were
tickled to death with the receipts.
They hope to do as well again to-
mght. .
lAlgain the program for this ev-
ening’s entertainment calls for
some snappy football scrimmaging
1q precede the softball game. . To-
night it will*be next fall’s probable
Pirate lineup versus a team of Sen
fey Billy Townsend.
The scrimmage last week saw
two teams drawn from the squad,
which has beep in Spring training
lor a month, play for 30 minutes to
for the Reds when he plowed some
a 7-7 tie. Laffdrum scored first
30 yards for a touchdown, and then
kicked a perfect goal for the extra
point. In the closing moments of
the scrimmage, Bents scampered
,20 yards around end for a touch-
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Many Social Security
Applications Sent In
From Tte Smton Area
There have been 1,253 applica-
tions for Social Security Account
Numbers handled through the Sin-
ton post office, according to Post-
master Edgar F. Bonorden. All of
these have been filed since Novem-
ber 25, 1936.
That figure in itself accounts for
the splendid business being en-
the splendid business being en-
means that Sinton merchants no
longer depend entirely on the seas-
onal rushes of business which come
with cotton chopping and cotton
picking when and if there were
any. It means that pay rolls furn-
ish cash for merchandise sales the
year round in addition to those said
seasonal busy Saturdays.
fEBB AGAIN WINS
PLACE ON PLAQUE
Freshman Daniel Webb has brok-
en precedent again. Last fall- he
was the first Freshman to have
bis name on the Honor Plaque
which ■ was given by the Sinton
High School Lettermen’s Associa-
tion; this term in grades h« ex-
celled all those who lettered In
basketball and becomes the first to
have his name inserted twice.
WsM> missed a chance of haring
his name cover the plaque in all
three sport* bj
-track. D. J. M
Sinton athMte t*
to letter hi track and for this W
R. Arnold, State Agricultural
Association Field Man
To Make Talk
A meeting of leading farmers of
San Patricia county has been called
for this afternoon (Thursday) at
2: 30 in the county court ' room by
Miller Harwood of Taft, chairman
of the San Patricio County Agricul-
tural Association.
The group will be addressed by
R. G. Arnold, field representative
of the Texas Agricultural Associa-
tion. He will discuss, first, the
re-organization of the county assoc-
iation into a more effective body,
and, second, the pending national'
farm legislation.
County Agent R. R. Gibb pointed
out earlier in the week, while dis-
cussing this afternoon’s .meeting,
that both of the topics mentioned
above are of Vital importance to
every farmer In the county. He
expressed the hope that a large at-
tendance would turn out to hear
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Gaines Bros.
Building Now
Being Erected
Work is progressing rapidly on
the ubw Gaines Bros, two-story
frame office building on the corner
of Rachal avenue and Main street,
three blocks from the main mer-
cantile section, and where the firm
______________________ „__has already constructea a repair
-'tors and other ineligbles, captained” ^hop-and garage for its trucks and
cars.
- Actual constructloh started on the
latest Gaines Bros, building about
two Weeks ago, and i t should be
finished within another two weeks.
It measures 32 by 29 feet. The
lower floor will'hare'two rooms for
the firm’s office and a car garage
for the three room apartment which
will occupy the second story. Roy
Gaines plans to reside in the apart-
ment.
Pickering Lumber Company is
handling the consruction of the
building.
W. D.. (Bill) Pilkington hopes to
start construction within a few
days on his new five room bunga-
low In the same block as the Gain-
es Beds, building. However, the
Pilkington home will be adjacent
to the Refugio highway.
Local School
Musicians To
NUMBER 15
Commissioners Set Hearing
On* $100,000 Bond Election
Go tO Seguin 3 Honor Graduates
Sinton high school's champion-
ship concert band, its soloists, and
vocalists are all getting in extra
hours o’f practice these days as they
prepare to attend1 for the third
yeah the Fourth Annual Seguin
Music Festival at the Lutheran Col-
lege of Seguin Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, April 29, 30 and May
1.
Director Donald Hatch has an-
nounced that he will.take.80 mus-
iciatie to the meet this year, and
that the local high school will have
an entry in practically every event.
The band itself has a prestige at
the Music Festival that it will strive
to keep intact. Last, year the lo-
cal band won first place in the con-
cert competition and lost, out to
Seguin for the sweepstakes . title
by the narrowest of margins.
-Lutheran College officials', which
each year' sponsors the ev£nt, have
announced that every, indication
would point to an even greater
number of entries than at any time
in the past three years. Last year
there were eleven bands competing.
The entries are limited- to high
schools with 500 or less enrollment.
The tliree day program Includes
Instrumental and vocal solos, boys
and girls glee clubs, and band com-
petition. The meet gets under
way Thursday afternoon, Abril 29,
with the piano contests-. Friday-is.
..devoted in the main to vocal com-
petition, and Saturday night is giv-
en over to the bands.
Local Teachers Go
To Kingsville For
Ass’n’s Final Meet
For Commencement
Announced at H. S.
Rosalie Ledbetter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Ledbetter, came
tin under the wire first as far as
Valedictorian honors are concern-
ed for the senior class this year at
the local high school, but her mar-
gin was a narrow one over Mary
Odem, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Odem. Miss Qdem will deliver
the salutatory address at the com-
mencement'exercises.
Thomas Houser, son of Mr. and
Mrs- G. R. Houser, was declared
•high boy graduate and will receive
the usual scholarship as such, and
participate in the exercises.
Honor graduates are determined
by the averages the students have
made during thei* junior and sen-
ior years. Jn other w'ords, it. is
their average for the last four se-
mesters, no matter whether they
finish at mid-term- or in the spring.
The announcement came as the
San Patricio County
Sends Seven to CCC
According to Mrs. Helen Sipes,
county relief administrator, San Pa
tricio county' has filled- its quota
of seven for tile April enrollment
In the Civilian Conservation Corps,
and that she has been notified the
youths have all been accepted.
None were enrolled from Sinton.
Tho following is the list of those
going to camp: Herman Wrinkle,
Leonard Hampton, and Alvin Bell,
Aransas Pass; Martin Garcia and
Manuel Guzman, Taft; John Hard-
ing. Mathis; and George Bonner,
Portland.
New Starbuck
Home Is Ready
For Occupancy
Mr. and .\frs. John Starbuck and
daughter will move into their new-
, ly completed home this week end.
report, cards were being sent out Sutrering no delays from weatbPr
following the six week examina-
tions. This was the end of the
second six week period for the sec-
ond semester and leaves the stu-
dents only one more such period—
the home,stretch, as it w'ere.
The. following made the "A"
Honor Roll for the period: Maxine
Aiken, David Cook. Harrell Cur-
lee, J. N. Cleveland, Dorothy Dy-
cus, Matty. Jo Giles^llelen^Iunt,
interruptions, the contractors com-
pleted the construction of the spac-
ious seven room residence in just
five week e Work started March
11. *
It is an attractive frame resi-
dence wjth hardwood floors -ttiru-
out. Gjjs liir.kiver jvas .the*general
contractor. Don MacKenzie wired
the house, and J. H. Russell eon-
Money Is Needed
To Finish Roads
In District No. 5
Court Has Been Petitioned to
Call Election as Soon as Is
Practicable; Many Attend-
ed Meeting Last Saturday.
on will havs his m
r.Kin*
of his brother. Kin* Moss, wh* wop
the. honor last y«sr in the isms
sport, there is mm pRtoll that
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A. * I. EX-8TUDENT8 WILL
STAGE BANQUET MAY 8TH
Texaa A. A L Hx-Studsnta Vtll
meet In KlnfXrille/Afril 22 at l:*&
o'clock at the Hsnhattqw Cafe. The
meeting wi» he held principally t»
discuss plans for » meeting in
Kingsville during the Tans A. ft 1
■ Coronation. The coronation will be
held in Kingsville Saturday, Kay
8. A, dance will jollow the corona*
AH A.
Kiwanis Club Gets 5
New Active Members
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1 Jno. D. Cochran, M. C. Stewart,
Knapp Edgar, Bill Castleberry and
Rev. W. H. McSpedden were intro-
duced as new members of the Ki-
wanis club at -the regular luncheon
last Thursday noon.
Judge Henry Flagg of Galveston
was the principal speaker on the
program, talking in the interest -of
the recently organised League for
the Anti-Pollution of Coastal Wat-
ers.
Cecil Moody and Rev. Dennis
Macune were elected as regular
delegates to the International Ki-
wanis convention in Indianapolis
Jane 28-24. Dr. John Leach and
C. Burtt Potter were selected an
alternates.
The four administrative heads of
the - Sinton public school system,
Supt. S. W. Seale and Principals
C. R. Robertson, lyjtoton White and
M. C. Stewart, attended the final
session for the school ^year of the
Gulf Coast Executives Association
In Kingsville Monday night.
They left here just after school
was out, and arrived early enough
to attend their respective sectional
meetings, which convened at 6:15.
The entire group met in Loftin Hall
for dinner and a program at 7:15.
M. P. Baker, retiring president, pre-
sided at this session,
Excellent vocal numbers were
presented by the A. & I. A Capella
Choir under the direction of Paul
M. Riley, after which Riev. Orville
Cawker of Corpus Christi made a
short address.
In the annual election of officers,
which preceded adjournment, Supt,
M. E. Decberd of Taft was elected
president, B.-F. Miller of Corpus
Christi, vice-president; Dr. J. De-
Witt Davis of A. & I. College, sec-
retary-treasurer.
The following were chosen to
Wrm the executive committee: C.
R. Robertson, Sinton; E. H. Here-
ford, Corpus Christi; C. E. Wade,
Kings Vijle; Ernest Phelps, Pre-
moat; u. C. Cannon, Skidmone; and
M,.P. Baker, immediate past presi-
dent.
Bab Holton, Harold Joseph; Rosa- £U'te,i the.plumbing'installations,
lip Ledbetter, Mary Odem, Clara Jim ,doc« b>' J)-hu
Thoms. Lola Tidwell, Gerry Thomp Gray of Corpus Christi
son and Daniel Webb. The^, approximate cost of the new
These made the "B" Honor Roll: Starbuck- residence is $4,000. It
Alvin Cleveland. Joyce DuBose, was financed through the FHA in-
Bvelvn Gibson, Delila Johnson, surance plan. It gives Sinton an-
Helen Dragoo, James Smith, An- other lovely residence,
thony Kunitz, Jayne Marliss Kirby,' Mr. Starbuck sold the home tn
Wayne Landrum, Pearl Lewallen,j which he has been residing to Mr.
Lucille Schroeder, Althea Seifert. | anJ Mf3 Bm sherman ^ will
Ahce Schroeder, Laura Tuttle, Alta move ^ u ea[.1}, t week. Tll6
house occupied now by the Sher-
mans. and which is the property
of M. K. Hunt at Gregory has al-
ready been rented to L. A. Abies, I
one of the new owners of the San I
Patricio County News. He will!
move in with his family from]
Gatesville some time-between nov(|
and May 1. when the paper actually
changes hands,
Fay Tidwell, Harry Trodlier, Roy
Trjbbey and Helen McSpedden.
Oil News
.I)e.Sj>jte the fact it is at least 12
miles to the location from Sintqn,
all eyes here this week have been
turned toward the Phillips No. 1
Henry Schmidt, midway between
Gregory and Taft. It was brought
in Monday for apparently a good
producer, but about five o'clock
Tuesday morning the pressure on j c. W. Bolin, for the past several
the casing jumped up to 2,100, years manager of the San Patricio
BOLIN, NRS MANAGER, IS
TRANSFERRED TO KERR CO
pounds. At the same time, the
pressure nu the tubing was only
475 pounds. It looked as if it
were going to make only a gas
well. However. Tuesday afternoon
it was reported that a change in
the choke had been accomplished
and that the well was again mak-
ing oil.
In the Plymouth field Tuesday
morning work ou wells was report-
ed as follows;
Both Buchanan Drilling Company
rigs on the Plymouth Oil Company’s
wells, C-71 Welder and C-73 Weld-
er, were waiting ou cement at 5,644
and 5,646.
Magnolia No. 12 Corpus Christi
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county National Re-employment
Service, was transferred last, week
to Kerrville bt the U S. Depart-
ment of Labor. ■ He has been suc-
ceeded by Theo. Cagle, who comes
from the San Antonio office
Bolin will have charge of two
counties, Kerr and Kendall, and
left for h|s new post last Thursday.
For the past several months Bolin
has had his office here ;it the court
house basement. However, he con-
tinued to live in Corpus Christi,
where he had established residence
while the San Patricio couuty. NRS
office was in Mathis and work was
being done on Highway No 9
Lillico Will Map Out
Rockport’s Publicity
Alex Lillico, who for the past
year has edited the news for this
paper and for a great part of that,
time was manager of the Sinton
chamber of commerce, has moved
to Rockport, where he will spend
ar least 30 days mapping out a
publicity campaign for the popular
tourist resbrt.
In what might h* termed a vale-
dictory in an adjacent column, he
states th.at he will be unable to
come back up for the final edition
of the Martin-published News.
However, if he can make it up
here next Tuesday night, he will
spill a little ink by candle light for
a couple of hqurs.
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WhUe Commutin’from Rockport
Old Sol was really beaming down
In food old zummertlme style, and
tn the pleasant warmth he , created
Combined with the iqnch I had Just
•torAd away made day-dreaming a
pleasant pastime, arid from time to
time.Pd jlnd myself musing aloud:
••Hs»m, that bay sure la pretty.
It' won’t he long now until tho tour-
ists begin filling «p the cottage*;
the rush will really be under way
as soon as, school’s out .... Joe
Jojigson ought to well then, bet-
ter own than* be’i doin’ now. He’s
got a awall lay-out, at least, it will
and you can't hlaml them. You see.
ten of the twelve oil wells in that
area’a field are located just across
the Aransas County line In the
Ebtes district . .Aw, well. «■
"Here we are, thru Aransas Pass
and headed for Sinton. I guess,I’d
bettor give a little thought to fillin’
those six columns the good old
8*n Rat County News’ front page.
After nil, IYe Just got this p. m.
and Tuesday, sines I’ve got to he
back in Rockport Wedneedny a. a.
.... Hmm, I might Jump the gun
on Walt and Dun and write n Swan
Song of my own. When on April
h« aa soon as his stools and chairs _ ,..ip .
arrive. -It’s been getting me down 8th they announced the sale of tho
having to stand t»p all the time paper, they laid they’d formally
I*a loafin’ in thore . .
“Well, w*U,. there’s the good old
Bates school . . . A couple of
......., ago the Aransas Pass Inde-
pendent School District offered the
m
lit down...
bow out In best week’s issue, and
t had fully Intended to be on hand
ter tho final gqotaro and really
wanted to , ,. But tee fates de-
cree otherwise. When next week
good «oik of Hhtee, (In Arann* tells around, It most find me cotn-
eounty) a chance to' come Into the ‘
iNMkfa''
tng bigger, hotter and
suarire phrases to desc
more per-
dening "crowd; where nature is at
its best; where'satisfaction comes
from waking up to another glorious
day and to the keen joy of living
(bump, Bump, BUMP).
“Egad, what am I doin’ down
here in this ditch?
“I’d better get hack on the road
and leave my hyperboles for yet
another day .... Hmmm. a nice
stand of cotton they’ve got along
here, and 1 see they're workin’ on
Henry Schmidt well. They’re
ibaibiy trying to wash It hi ...
have something on that
well tor this wedift paper . . .
Hmmm, I’d Hhe to see one of those
several new derricks that are sup-
posed to go up around Sinton; that
W4HIHI • • ♦
“WeU, I didn’t see any such der-
rick, hut there’s (he good, old
Grammar School, on which they’ll
soon •tart their remodelin’ and that
Wtr fleetest re-
Rock- grel about passing out of the Sin-
shape, too. I firmly bil'eVe Coach
Moore and the buys are going to
have a big year .... and after the
many ’Victory in Defeat” stories I
wrote last fall, I think I'm entitled
to spill the ink high, wide and
handsome on those ’37 wins ....
Yeah, I’d aleo like to get a couple
of bucks back from those smartfes
who, took me on several occasions
last tell ... . Anyhow Beata, Land-
rum A Co. know that I'll be pullin'
Tor them all the way.
“Aw, well, here 1 am. Gnees I’ll
nose around and see- what I can
find out about the proposed $190,000
bond election .... Sure, then’ll
he some ter it and some agin it—
thalfa wh*t makes politickin’ so
hard, trying to please at least a
majority of the dtisens (who paid
their poll taxes). '
"Well, friend, if you’re down
around. Rockport within the next $0
imp around
KIWANIS ARE GUESTS
AT BEEVILLE BANQUET
A large group of local Kiwani3
members, headed by President Cec-
il Moody,, journeyed to Beeville 0»
Tuesday night to be royally enter-
tained by the Beeville club and to
eat a justly deserved chicken din-
ner.
The banquet served at the Kohler
hotel came as the result of the
local club winning an attendance
contest with Beeville through the1
months of February and March.
Those local Klwanians making the
trip, reported a very enjoyable ey-
days, drop around to ns me, and
Fll promite you some hyperboles
U thni 1 by that Urns that’ll
Those attending from ,94nton
were Cecil Moody, Bill Pruitt, Wy-
lie Seale. Esther Beever, Donald
Hatch, Walter Brown, Marvin
Stewart, Jim Cook, Don Wharton,
Arch Fullidk, Dick Gibbs, Burtt
Potter, John Starbuck. Bill Castle-
berry and Boh Oarrett.
. —Vt-
AUTO LICENSE 8ALE8
* LIAO. 1981 RECEIPTS
At the close of business last Sat-
urday. Tax-collector M. W. Wil-
liams and his deputies had sold
2,MO sots of 1927 auto license plat-
es, and 2M sets for trucks. The
receipts from these sole* were
about $2,WO ahead of the amount
Migt in last year up until this
A V
Saturday, May \ between ih->
hours of ten that morning uti'.;!
.two o'clock in tft- afternoon, the
commissioners' court' will' conduct -
a hearing on the proposed issuance
of $100,000 worth of bonds of Koa i, •
District No, 5. All intth-esfed
the issuance of h bonds and the
setting of an ad valorem tax for •
their retirement are invited to a*
tend the hearine and to express
their opinion, whether pro or con.
The setting of^tn- date took place
.at a regular session of a special
term of the Con’.jpisMone^a Court
this- past Tuesday mottling, .April
20, when the court was presented
with a petition, signed by 50 rest
dent tax-paying property owner-
asking that a*bond .election be hell
in the district as socin a- is con
venfen tly po ■-,;!>fe
All of this "bond hUVih-ii"’ com .
es from, the reed of :tr. additional
$100,000 to coiaplete 'he present
lateral rbad program in .Road Dis- '
Vrict No. tVh'ich",includes part-
of both Conim-sMonor f If- Mr:
row and Commission'-!- r. ii Jack
son's prec in S
I>ast week*w-het: the --ommUstor.-
ers’ court opened the bids on the
topping of caliche roads, construct
ed several yedrs ago, it -was found
that all of the bids far exceeded
the estimates used a year and a
half ago in making application fo:
a P. \V. A. grant. The bids were
tabled for the me being,' and
Judge W. B. Moss hurriedly called
a meeting of 100 representative
'property owners in. the county to
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