The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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Uffim' SEVENTEEN
Keeping Pace With The Fastest Growing Little City in South Texas
TAFT, TEXAS, THIWA Y, APRIL 14, 1»3«
NUMBES""iOTJf’1.|
Cards Meet Oilers In First Home Game Friday
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Au Fred L UTluania
proclamation i Churches Of City Will Hold
* Special Easter Services
STATE OP TEXAS
COUNTY Of SAN PATRICIO ___________________________
WHEREAS, Friday tagtit, April 15, fj i m i gl
1»3«. I. the tuning date of She Some f)j}||Q J &K0g H0S1OFS
season for tins Taft Cardinal Sas*-
ball Club in the newly organized I- M_ _ ft * j
Texae Valley League of Profewional III IflllSlC IOQI6SIS
Bate ball, and
WHEREAS, tha
ay Sail!"—
Hit proverbial hot
time In
opening Home
Game for the Taft Club will begin at
8:16 o'clock. P. M. April 1Sth at tho
Taft Baseball Park and begin « tea-
eon of High Claee Baseball,
WHEREAS, ouch an event it of
the such great Importance to the apart
COUNTV OF SAN PATRICIO
; CITY OF TAFT
j WHEREAS, the Taft Bateba!) Club,
i Inc, will play their opening Homei
Game .Friday night, April IS, ISM,!
i at tha Taft Baseball Park, and
i WHEREAS, the opponent# for thaj
Preparations are being made thl#!T*ft B******'i C,ub wiil
week for special Kaater service, ln|s!*!rt th* 0il,r8' *«*•
is all the churches of Tuft. Tho cli WHEREAS,, the Toft Soy Saaiitj
pro-
Cantata Will Be *»«»-
seated at Baptist
Church Sunday
proclamation 'Texas Valley Lesgse
BasehE SoniB
Opens Today
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Overflow Crowd EipkMI
To Attend First Home' ’
Game fwr Taft CM
Makes First Division
Marching Band Contest' - _____ ________ _______ ... _________ ^ ,
, mux of these varied, religion, pro- rroo» 18 workt"« «*
Baseball fan* of this
Wilson. to bo presented at the First tbe Texaa Valley Ltaguir ^ Cardtaals, local tmtry
town" will take place here Friday loving public as to cell for and jua- nam<:<* °,le nr*t division and two 17,
TU Tan High School Band wa, ^ chZhn ght April *• 8‘*—• « **" Fn the Tez^f
JJied In one f<™. at.*-)™, *— -- - - * - v opening home game, and X m
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at 8 p. rn. For the past two
they clash with
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INI Teta, Valley League sea- Honor, the Mayor EDI. Bumftt of T this musical program. effort and bring fame M glory to. far #
The Card, will square off with Taft, Toast, aaid bat! to be received *‘n® *" °'itB f™® ttlB Taft Baud The cantata will be presented bF,™’ PUm, are bent* posted W arts
1 Refugio Oiler* under the lights by the undesigned- h?,"0" io lhe ,oto OT®at*' a chorn» of ar«T 20 vo,c<!s from ,he| hJJ J ‘^ fhe Cardliuis’ first ho^> jhJis *
«* Tali Uteri..,1 Hark, and ,ndi ^ therefore.- urge your att.n- ^ 7" ^ “ ** IT TT* ZT TT* Z" if at 8-15 F U ll £*2 ^ affair. c3y &
arr* fhar m overflow crowd », . .. J W- ... Ilr>t «lr*»ion of th» marching con- taken hy Mrs. H. W. Schmidt, Mrs. j ****11 15, at ** ®n *K 1 h«a. . _______*-______
“ \ ,h*nce 1 rJ«. * * ten imJ ln !h« dlvltdon of L. A. Cage. Mr,. A. A. Mires. Mr*. ™<°" •» X*«f in th. T«ft^*» ta. Wwi *
m.rk.ng the open ng of Toft. .»d th, ilgh, rerdiBg aad COIM;m con. j. w A„lin, Mrg. TUn Buckley. Mis.Club, ine, and the Taft j
t !*" L' County# greatest Bate- te>tif Tbe _ Lola McCann afl(J j w. Alb,n. The »«•«« Troop. ^ JS*: ^JSZJSlJSSA^
*"• ™m“ **•'* 888Ma' nttion were Albert Lott. ba«* first eccomnanlst will be Mis, Helen ELLIS BURNETT, Mayor,«" *^*a*ma*mm .
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wltoeas ?he affray
The new edition of ibe Tafi Base-
Club lias been drawlug consider-
interest for the uat.. f. a weeks, (
e slira!)!.. ..aUirrlu, of rail turd*, _ - J- J „
i been on hand at the daily work- njfiEU PfAnllfPf Fflf1
W. B MOSS, County Judge, d|Tlstoe; Bett fi^e ui- Dnckworth.
San Patriot County. Texa.. H varirrough, cornet, first
City of Taft.
Prs Stestsr serTfeas are belli* held
di.,.loo; w»k Yarbrough, trombone, at the Methodist Church at 7:16 ». m. H«r
; French horn, second division; Bar- an{, 7..30 p m ench day this week. LIllUJlI P4ffldg0fl Dj
the boys have Irto-n holdlog
the first of the month
White Point Field
ftaa who nr*- i-xftecting to see the
caliber if t>a*«b*!! that h*»
aitnewseil here in the past will
bly be somewhat disappointed,
fiatn In composed mainly of
Sterg who are lacking In sea
and experience, but these
tunings are largely offset by
talent and hooest-to-goodnes*
He"
Sswrai of the youngsters have ^u™r.“4„
up exceptionally well lu the
bara Tutt. alto clarinet, second <ii- and a Good Friday service will he
|vision: Edena Beard, B flat clarinet, heW at thfe pr*abrterlan Church at:
Mary Vlrgtnla S;30 p. m. April 16. Rev. J. C. Ram-!
! second division:
| Thomas, B flat clarinet, second 41-1
say. pastor of
Presbyterian j
High North Wind
i the city. Mayor Bmnwstt nffl w#
the first hsH, sad atm** wm
! act as his battery ms»ie mt tbo jftois.
An effert is being made to wts tftt
'attendance prise of ♦50 whtok t» Imp-
tag offer t-d by tfe-r leagse Set im
team drawing the largest pnbt.
tendance, based on pj^lAtHoa. off
city, at the ftnst home must aS
stuwom. The Taft Boy 8
has been enlisted to band
ticket sale*, and plans 3mv«
made to give the atoney to the
in the event Taft win* th*
_ Taft area .An overflow crowd of *»— it*
« zjtts. r-r.tsr is ^‘.rjsi^srsxr- -
k 0!«t r completed for *?* Liftxi &V,>r hfflrlA in Tuttii. Mr. All nt P*inwh«» ar* h*v5tiir!v________ _________xi... _____*
Piymouth Finals Nelson
Well; No. 1 Helioses: Is
Cleaning Into Pits
vision, and Jane Nelson. EJ flat 1Church, states that a!l who desire j
inet, fourth division. ,t0 medlUto in prayer and express'
prayer
: Twenty-seven South Texas bands | their loyalty to the Saviour will be
and! six orchestra# participated in'welcomed at this flood Friday ser-
. the musical event in San Antonio,; rice. The sermon will be upon the
which, according to Sam E*d!l, to-; subject, “The Seven Words of the
Plants Are Badly
Bat May Pal! Thnagh
With Favorable Weather
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Cotton crops ln the
another well
th,s kind ever held in Texas. Mr. AH of the churches
Hxell stated that the educators pres- special services
^n^v^mortan* Thursd“y hrtagtag W*T| Music for th* MCMlM wtt bo tw-
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■out sessions and It Is probably 0,1 < c,ulpal’y y,,|9t'!,d*y w** «|cal atulnmcnl* reached by schools | gram composed of five phases: : mr-rr-l**
some first 'class material will •" th* P00’ " rottrt" of Sooth Texas. j (Ctmtlnned. on Page Bight)
d-velop-ri In the I'Kai
;er Johnny Morrow is dovoioy
well The «« member* of the Taft Band
On a 24-hour gauge ending yester- je(t here Thursday afternoon and
team.
a club that wilt display an abuts day morning. Plymouth No. 1 W H. moat ^ them returned Saturday tn-|Gl^8 DfihllQIWllt TtX
of that much-desired quality Nelson flowed 218.62 barrels of pipe ning Some
»t> “hustle.*- The boys are line oil through a ntae-slxty-fourths stayed at private homes, some
fcv*‘ry minute. *!■ vt‘n In Inch ohoki? 5iud*ir il working pr^usuri? <Jiff<si‘fs,tifc fleboois of thci
practice s^srtloiiH. tht '‘rhatt^r” of 960 pounds ou the tubtiiK (ConllBU84 on I^&g© Eij^ht)
thick amj faH, atid this depart pounds on th« casing. ---------------------------—-
it thv club will be the The No. t Nelson, located 330 feet * PhllO VftT Fair
that j! I« a pleasure r» watch from the south and west linen of the IV i S&Ifid IP* I mil
Buppon doing their ''durndest'* northeast quarter of section t»2,
; every play. Paul's Subdivision of the Coleman-
1’astttre Company lands, is
at Roll Shows Decline
etty __
fto#t e»rly Sunday gMter .gp
i The young pSaafts were badly ‘lute In the atternoos, precdtJteg ttw
burned by the strong, dry wind, and! gumo.
most of the leaves were burned off.
However, most fanners ar® of the
opinion that the buds of tha
At Meeting Here Monday
Johnny Morrow, maaagwr of th*
Cardinals, ha* indicated that Dto-
% J1, _ duetto- lanky right-hander from
were not killed, and expect the crops Rockport wHI probfcWy ^
.to pull through. I to take the mound for thfe g*»fc
! An exceptionally strong financial: Fields are sere and brown, pre-.His tentative starting itaenp hi m
position is shown by the City of sentlng a marked contrast to th®'follows: Orr, second base; M«nwr,
Taft In a very comprehensive to-, frekb. green appearance of lost!,tort stop; Le Je««e, center IMI;
port, prepared by C. J. Meyer, city'week. Many of the plants are be-! McCnllongh, left field; Senffgg, right
clerk, and presented to the city ginning to put on n w leaves, how-, ; jjyrimxen. catcher; WWtos,
! commission Wednesday. The report ever, and If favorable weather pM»*j first base: Creel, third base, »wsS
reflects the operations of the city vails It 1* believed that within a'Rogustte.
■ , ... , i-Ult'-n . n^rtnra- .iwimw I-*- vireia-iuu, wi —- -■ J . vans ll IB iwti-T—a* uiai m «
I; f . Pr,*e producing through taB * “• A mas* meeting of citizens of T»ft;for the fiscal yeas- ended March SI. few weeks the crop* will be normal
[A determine! -ffort is h*-lng made Hons at 5,581-84 feet * ' end £fsn Patricio County will be an(j consists of 13 page# of neatly land healthy again, with the ewsap-!« > . j. ssr*«t iff a
win th, 16u cash prise that Is be- tamed In five feet of mm « hei(j „ the fire hall In the wunici prepared breakdowns of the vas-lou*; tion of rather thin stands where WlH IlSfl
offered by the league for the feet. _ .. j pal building here Monday night,, operations. It is tninsoffrephed and cotton had been chopped.
drawing the largest attendance Plymouth No. I U. Kellogg was Aprll 18> for tbe purpose of discuss-j6#4tiy bontwl in book style.
the opening home game The cleaning into the pit* from per fora- f0T a county fair to be
rd is based on percentage of at- tions at 5,662-85 feet ami was »'»*- i ^jd here next full,
anrp in relation to population, mg wash water and oil. j Ttje fair committee of the Taft
Taft should have « very good1 Tho same company's No. 1 J. ^ !Chamber of Commerce
ice to win. Owens, diagonal offset to the dlscov aj|(jw.)rt)? The proJ«w;t for several
w local Hoy Scout troop is hand-. ery well, flowed oil through the drill WR4(kg a»d it was dsddsd at a
advance ticket sale® and the stem on a 15-minute teat of aana A .of the committee and the
ffley will be given to the Scoots 5.675 to 5,679 feet, the tot*! rt«5Kb- directors of the prgXBltotkta Tnes-
the event Taft wins the award and was running seven-inch casing. Btgjjt t0 ,-alt the meeting to
fang are urged to attend the Plymouth’s No. 1 T. B. t,weas’j explain tbs project to the chitons
Be Friday night to help in bring- west outpost test, was jiffriw £ of the community and to obtain «. toUl0d j,.0W.M. ni9 flg.j.Ws.
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. „ « «" '»■»7,t”* as sLssr*^|S“tt.^E-*
norsbie Battery- topped at 6.2W feet, <>» * J* ®S“ dairy protlucts exhibits «M»S«1S1; ^ w«re« than ootitm whb
A good rssn to badiy needed to
;;Chamber of Commerce h**_i been reduced or *1.15 per
cent, over the same date last year.
BspsciaUy noteworthy in the re- j give the plants renewed life. The
port is the disclosure that delta-1 winds dried the ground badly, and
guest taxes oa March 81, 1988, bad (it is said that unless * rein is re-
ceived within the next few days
Cemptetk* Of Roads
Delinquent taxes collected this year
totaled $3,692.48. Thto figure rep-
resented 48.86 per cent of the de-
linquent roll.
A county-wide e*Wwms?»» of ffhs
completion of 199 man* of ite-m-te*
chances for the crop# to pall through *„} be mt ^ Weldmr |T3^
will Ho vYTiBditlw ffwiislfn^arinwl Vambawi . __ .... TT
Cnrrent taxes paid into the city j Detent to
Ire ta'TS X tSSlTl£
planting where damage was «*j5S«^ o22»«f
make sneb action, advis- j as chalrma* of ffg ' J
arrangements cossmittee.
farassre bad chopped theta i a testura of th® cA)abr»ita« «st
the norther struck, n*. # fro* barbecw titot will toi
________ ___ *'**« hort' aerv«4 fc all xrtw attend at T M tar
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_ Taft Ft re Deparimsmt to apply on other teed and vegetald® crops e*-;iMMg om fl9<..t i.9sat ti**
reir ^nmmlttevU,’to»tsd ttat the Imdy the purctmse of th- asw fire trech. leaped severe tasu ; breti«n is to be a cosmtF-wMs sHttr.
(ipn-sen | Total billings for sewerage service —-—^ ■ AB cMssm «tf the coawty are em~
meeting tor the vear amrumtwj to f 1.890. **"*! C«IM«t4Sfy jdiallty Invited w attend.
. ... t,.. —,j H he.: collnctlons totaled $1.3S3.S3. or 80.07
price of admission’ of tbe Plymouth Field, was Monday night. He **Jd « “ ............'
sad th» game will have the op the
taaity to witness Hixzoner. Mayor line oil
»» Burnett, chunk the first pitch Plymouth No. 97-C Welder was attraction*.
game The Honorable County drilling in shale and lltne *t -M# B. H- Cummins, chairman of th«|
*e W. R Moss will act as Bur- feet. .
*’s receive on this initial pitch. Humble Oil & iteftatag Companys „ w anxious to havens rojprssjta
Hits feature alone oughts be worth No. 1 Smith A Tolbert, wHdlcwt ea»t ut|y* attendance
of
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at the
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Hole Gang—
*ys from the ages of 6 to 16 at 4,814-15 feet
be afforded an opportunity to that the
* lot of hamuli in Taft thto this morning.
a squeeze £ ! ^ir4.*8M^
the totAi biiitag oat- Drive To Be HM
accounts in-!
| Dwitnw mad tjssai aeveraS pwsw.-
, sat *fnt«5rans wfll b* pr»»st hw vm
! ocotetoa. wilt rtart art
I backing the project.
The budget for the general fund
M * vwy nom,n*1 outUy of- A»rn*,,M‘rtI cS'jJj wrmlftat'cwIiy^W* ta*ieop%jft»r the year araounled to tl».SSS.j
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non:.ted that the gunuai axembershlp:
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drive will take place fttwfty, April]
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Taf* Knothole (tang
Organization to feeing
expenditure* totaled **** ^ ;Boy SdOttto Ife
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boy to given a card which «»• The averags baseball ten doc* not
him to nm ail homo tall reallxe how many numbers^ are r«-j
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by the Taft Rotary Club and -----JT” j j” 1 * I ’ ' _______________
..r,jsjz I58 N.umb!”. b«»Ms »»•»
®**« members of the club Hsm-
-- (with th« exception of Sua-jgulrsd to operate ths scorehtand si
and holidays) during the season the losal park, 0. «- Turner pota ‘
of charge A special bleacherjout yesterday. The WB^vabte nu -
lion will he 1-esorved for members.' bers have been repainted. *®h
Mpvoxtmatelj 190 boytt attended a ones made te replace U»o«e
"'** *' gymnasium Monday-bars been «teP|«^ *" " t“u,'! MaVch '«,"»*», the office sold a to-
^ 7 sz'fjE'j*. if^T^rru r -j-iTafiswsr^is hop her e
Vi"! Prorod ItaMKW Litton «f the!
--- submit irwsm.T'tls»«3#Rfor'*ate*P5riod. as'*®0®84 •* •▼**> cltlsaa to csHdnm
Here to » prosper ty note J^lt'-} *mH »1:"J“|tbo worthwhile work of the Ataoche
ted by Postmaster B. H. Cummins. ^ competed with pi«,i«a.as mm 7 j
Tha Taft post office during the, -------
dantemhor t 1*38, to Au-i Mr*. F. H. Hwistphriw ......
T ti trn lorn united States Vilalii, Blmmoas toft the *»«t wtak! •*«»««««• tho coottowanns « the prs*
m: h , ’•ytsUist* *715 69 I on a visit to tlwtr old ho*so 1* w*,hod of “ffhtap at the Cssso-
*avtags bond* wt*. ^ through isiautt Mr. Huapbrtes is to flrolte. I *•«*• «•*«*» improvwmosto
* have bson plauned, among them the
thm. Upon the saceess of the drtvo
and Uim‘ which will tt»St« place Mat wash
From August It
Nutt number* to painted on * place of ““ j «™Ity““ctak^ta7^ported tatj----
«lh about two feet sff-f* -%Z ,oS‘ cc has already Taft *£**”£
htehtre of one from the Rotary' oration of the hoard
to organise the club.
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txrr*. *->«■? ~l irs z rtrjsrjs Si«w. j&jgtc.**? sU- ■? jw’-sjsas
; fencing of the ground rmmtkf add-
; i»d to the csassitsrp, stsd aula** tks
jeMtssns of this eommnpl^-
i wtisu appKxutand by those w«rkteje
:Ju i.’os mew&wubip. drive these i««- .fimdt
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Taft, No. 49, sprat wkt
wmiing with tta *mmm
spotiaorsd by wtrtw «|tas
tion* of the rifts-. 4S)» lw*
the stis«n>MMt mt
v«st
#»d ftei*h«d \
AB th*
ctoWted, tb»
and vaoswt
mjfu% kh%m
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and “lire a shirt talk connsrtta* b0‘
(Coniiuusd ©B Pngs Sight) libs scoretwmid operator.
!)*■*» Cake Wow, *14 UP-. 35ef«»*»t last wMk-rad tm
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