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YOAKUM HERALD-TIMES
COVERING LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES
VOLUME LXIV
PUBLISHED AT YOAKUM, TEXAS, Friday, January 22nd, I960
5 CENTS PER COPY, No. 7
PAGE ONE
(ST OBSERVING
— By J. E. J. —
The political slate is beginning
to list the various candidates
Ffor the elective offices. The Feb-
ruary 1st deadline for filing is
little more than a week away,
but virtually all positions have
been accounted for in spite of
Khe fact that we must adjust
<jurselves to an early Primary
"Election.
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The main issue for voters
to remember right now is the
poll tax receipt. Without it
you are lost when it comes
time to vote, nor do you have
tthe forceful power of voicing
your opinion.
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In taking over the reigns as
'hamber of Commerce president
rat Hallettsville, Yoakumite An-
ton Zaruba . . . we claim him
too since he is a local business-
.man as well . . . voiced concern
fover the continued loss of our
rural people and their plight
for survival. Naturally, we can-
not expect to progress properly
if one segment of our economy
turns sickly.
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Our towns have been in-
creasing in population right
along, while we dare say our
(bounties as a whole are at a
r */|oss. This too, can account foF
many of our vacant stores
even in the best locations, for
in this manner of population
' shift we can hardly expect
more business.
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With the continued expansion
of new additions we can expect
the consumer’s dollar to be
stretched much thinner. It is be-
coming harder each year to in-
terest our farmers even in ve-
getable production, especially to-
matoes. One reason can be that
the average age of the farmer is
steadily increasing and with ths
go the energies required for un-
dertaking new programs. Most
of our farmers, we dare say, are
looking forward to retiring un-
der social security, within the
next few years.
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V The hope of every community
of course are greater industries.
In the meantime however, it
m would be highly proper to in-
i*form our law-makers, especially
1 in Washington, of the import-
ance of our rural folks ... on
whom we depend greatly . . .
and urge that they be given the
proper opportunity to earn their
livelihood. Else in the not too
distant future we shall have on-
ly rural residents who will be
awaiting the government check
from the federal treasury every
month.
Those letters will have to
come from our organized
groups, since we cannot expect
individuals to speak up for us.
While we can look with antici-
pation ami anxiety to what
the future holds, we should
not lose sight of what we al-
ready possess.
Dan W. Autrey
For Renresentative
This week Yoakumite Dan W.
Autrey made a formal announce-
ment. of his candidacy lor iSiute
Representative. In making his
intentions public, Autrey issued
this statement:
“I hereby announce my candi-
dacy for the office of State lie-
pi esentative of the 34th District
which includes DeWitt and Go-
liad Counties, Texas, subject to
the Democratic Primary election
tu be held May 7, 1900.
“In tossing my hat in the race
for State Representative, 1 wish
to state that 1 believe our re-
presentative form of govern-
ment was formed and set up
with the intention of having men
represent the people who were
and are willing to sacrifice some
of their time and energy for
that purpose. 1 do not believe
our forefathers formed a govern-
ment with the intention of creat-
ing political careers for men or
women who could be controlled
by pressure groups,
“Our State Legislature is the
policy forming branch of the
State Government. The House
of Representatives is composed
of 150 members, each member
representing roughly 40,000 peo-
ple. The term of office is two
years. The pay tor the Repre-
sentative is based on a per diem
allowance not to exceed $25.00
per day for the 120 days of each
regular session. The pay for
special or called sessions is also
$25.00 per day. Disregarding the
special or called sessions, the
pay, therefore, is $3,000.00 per
term of office or $1,500.00 per
year. Do not let this mislead
you as to the importance of this
office.
“For the regular session, the
House of Representatives con-
venes on the second Tuesday of
January of odd years and for
120 days thereafter this body
occupies a focal point in the af-
fairs of this State. Behind it is
the electoral process which re-
presents the voice of the people.
From the creation of its works
comes the law, the vast govern-
See AUTREY, Page 4 Col. 4
Fire Damage Slight
At Hugo Rathkamps
Only slight damage was caus-
ed bv a fire Thursday noon at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo
Rathkamp, off the Gonzales
highway near Petersville.
Responding to a call, Yoakum
firemen found that part of a
wall adjoining a chimney flue
was burning. The fire, apparent-
ly caused by overheated stove
pipes from a wood heater, was
quickly put out since Mrs. Rath-
kamp noticed the blaze as soon
as It started.
GBRA Invites
Citizens To Meet
Two meetings are being ar-
ranged by the Guadalupe-Bian-
co River Basin Authority to
which representatives of county,
municipal governments, water
districts, and industry within
the Guadalupe Valley are being
invited. Purpose of the two
meetings is to provide Com-
missioner Arthur L. Bading of
Seguin with information on fu-
ture water requirements of the
area.
The first of the meetings will
be held at 10 a.m. January 25th
at Victoria in the National Bank
Town Hall. At this meeting it
is proposed that persons inter-
ested in the lower part of the
valley (Cuero and below) be
present. At the second those in-
terested in the upper valley are
See GBRA, Page 4 Col. 2
Friday And Saturday March Of
Dimes Events Pianned This Week
Final plans for the first three
events of the Yoakum area
March of Dimes were approved
at the Yoakum Lions Club meet-
ing this week.
They were the basketball
game Friday night at SJH Gym,
the Sock Hop dance at the same
location that night and a full
day of dimes and dollars collect-
ing next day. St. Joseph’s High
School will play the Texas
School for the Deaf Friday
night, all proceeds going to the
MOD.
Scheduled for Saturday at
SJH Gym is the March of Dimes
Sock Hop, starting at 9 a.m. and
continuing until 11 p.m. Dick
Barton and the Rebels from Vic-
toria will provide music during
part of tht event.
Arrangements for the three
March of Dimes rallies were an-
nounced by Campaign Chairman
Dan Autrey who introduced
Claud Barton Jacobs of SJH.
Jacobs, a Senior student, an-
nounced that the Senior Class
volunteered to take part in the
1960 March of Dimes, thereby
taking a more active part in ci-
vic activities this year.
Chupter Chairman Ernest
Long Invited local citizens to
make their contributions by at-
tending the three events Satur-
day.
Chairman Long also announ-
ced other forthcoming projects
including the Mothers’ March for
which the appointed chairmen
this year are Mrs. Elroy Coldc-
wey and Mrs. Perry Love.
A cake sale, sponsored by
PTA groups and others, was al-
so announced for Saturday as
another March of Dimes project.
Community Service Award Certificate
Given Yoakum By San Antonio Group
Newly Installed Kiwanis Officers
Preside At 1st Meeting Tuesday
The newly-installed Yoakum
Kiwanis Club officers presided
at their first meeting of the
year luesaay night at Stary s
Cate. The first item of business
Wna the appointment uf mem-
bers of the standing commit-
tees. These are to meet and work '
out their projects for the year.
A General Planning Session'
for the coming Kiwanis Band
• Festival to be held on Febru-
ary 27th at the Yoakum High
School was held. This festival
is being sponsored as a fund
/ raising project for the repair of
Yoakum High School Band In-
struments. It is anticipated that
a number of the band students
will arrive in Yoakum that mor-
ning and will remain in town
until after the last band has
played and the winners in the
different classes have been an-
nounced.
# Not only will this festival be
of value to the Yoakum High
School Band but it is felt that
there will be many visitors here
ffor this program. There will be
six classes of bands, 4a, 3a, 2a,
A, B and C, with a winner in
each class who will receive a
trophy as evidence of having
won in their class. All proceeds
from this festival will go into
the Yoakum High School Band
..Instrument repair fund.
[/* The City Park Train project
was also revived after having
been set aside for the winter
months and for the toy project.
Plans were made to start to
work on the engine and cars of
the train and to finish track
j work that this train may 6e in
ktion early in the spring.
L. A. Tucker Dies
In El Paso Jan. 17
L. A. Tucker passed away
Sunday, January 17 at the home
of his daughter, in El Paso at
the age of 82 years.
Mr. Tucker was a retired S.A.
& A.P. railroad man. After his
retirement he lived on his ranch
at Concrete and his home in San
Antonio. The funeral is to be
in San Antonio Saturday.
Thursday Low 23
Degrees Hereabouts
Coldest weather of this winter
was the word for it Thursday
morning January 21. Low marks
at many places in Lavaca and
DeWitt counties were 23 de-
grees. Lowest reported Wednes-
day was 24. High marks were
not going very high either, stay-
ing mostly between 40 and 50
during a three day cold wave
with clear skies for a change.
The San Antbnio Livestock
Exposition will present a “Com-
munity Service Award Certifi-
cate” to Yoakum representatives
in recognition of the communi-
ty’s participation in the San
Antonio Stock Show.
A goodwill group, traveling by
bus is expected to arrive from
Cuero on Tuesday, Jan. 26th at
11:50 a.m.
On hand to receive the award
will be Chamber manager Walter
Coldcwey, Chamber representa-
tives, city officials and other ci-
Witte’s Offers
Hunt’s Special
Rites At Hebron For
Mrs. Don McManus
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 21 at 3 p.m.
at Hebron Baptist Church and
Cemetery for Mrs. Don G. (Em-
ma) McManus, 91, of 1011 East
Gonzales Street, Yoakum. Offi-
ciating ministers were Rev. W.
George McWilliams, Rev. W. H.
Bearfield and Rev. William
Loessin.
Mrs. McManus died at the
Yoakum hospital Jan. 19, as a
result of a fall Jan. 9 when she
broke her hip. Previously she
had been in good health.
Born in Lavaca County Au-
gust J.5, iooo, sue was me
Committees were appointed to
carry out the many different
parts of the project.
The new Officers are- Carl l2 u. , .
Ramon. President, A. G. Her-
Tv. Vlce-K^ti Hob- I — "FoaZter7 residents of «*! world. He has also held the vice-
ert “Bob Haynes, Treasurer; I
and Marvin Kunetka, Secretary. See RITES, Page 4 Col. 4
A special dollar sale of Hunt’s
canned food is the shoppers sav-
ing opportunity offered this
week at Witte’s Super Market
according to the managers. A
dollar buys considerably more
during the Hunt special event
they reminded grocery buyers.
Chamber Banquet
Set Foi Feb. 29
Committeemen :n charge of
the annual Yoakum Chamber
of Commerce barquet have set
a February 29th date for the
next social gathering of the
Chamber.
Herbert E. Petry, Jr., Chair-
man of the Texas Highway Com-
mission, has accepted the invi-
tation to speak, R. G. Winches-
ter, committee chairman, reveal-
ed today.
Chamber Manager Walter
Coldewey reported that all com-
mittees are beginning to func-
ton. The banquet will be held
at the Stephen F. Austin Cafe-
torium at 7:30 P. M. with the
meal to be served by the Band
Boosters Club of Yoakum High
School. The high school band
will present musical selections,
Mr. Winchester noted.
Mr. Petry is quite well known
to Yoakum residents since he
has appeared hero before for so-
cial functions. He is also a much
traveled personality since his
duties as president of Lions In-
ternational required traveling in
at least 35 countries of the
vie leaders.
The San Antonio group will
consist of leading businessmen
and their wives, representatives
of the stock show and a western
band. The presentation will take
place at the Yoakum High
School grounds, according to
word from Yoakum Chamber of-
fice secretary, Virgie Rutledge.
The Yoakum Police force will
escort the San Antonio bus to
the school grounds site. The en-
tire presentation, invitation to
the Fat Stock Show and Rodeo
Feb. 12th through the 21st, and
entertainment by the band will
take about 20 minutes.
Borchers Well
Gas Discovery
Four gas discoveries at two
wells were reported Tuesday in
Southwest Texas. Each of the
wells made dual producers.
Shell Oil Co. completed its No.
1 William Borchers wildcat a-
bout three miles southwest of
the Southwest Speaks field of
Lavaca County and six miles
northwest of Morales. It was for
62.000. 000 cubic feet of gas with
about 50 barrels of distillate to
the million at 9510-44 feet, and
3,800.000 cubic feet of gas with
some distillate at 9984-94 and
10,004-11 feet.
The other discovery was for
new pay in the North Texana
field of Jackson County by Trun-
bull & Zoch, Union Oil Co. of
California and Edwin L. Cox on
the Ernest Menefee land, six
miles south of Edna. It made
17.000. 000 cubic feet of gas at
562-30 feet and 76,000,000 cubic
feet at 5676-86 feet. Both zones
carried a small amount of dis-
tillate.
Yoakum Armory
In Planning Stage
Grand Features
“Journey To The
Center Of Earth7’
Jules Verne’s spectacular,
“Journey to the Center of the
Earth”, more amazing than his
“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’’
and others, will be featured it
the Grand Theatre Sunday a.id
Monday, Jan. 24th and 25th.
Twentieth Century FV>x will take
you to the world below, an un-
derground universe where no one
had. ever gone before.
Pat Boone and James Mason
together with Arlene Dahl and
Diane Baker make a fine explo-
ratory team as they find the
lost continent of Atlantis, fight
prehistoric demons and walk
through a mushroom forest.
Theatre manager Emil Colde-
wey invites you and your fam-
ily to see this production of Jul-
es Verne’s astounding adventur-
es in Cinemascope and color at
the local theatre.
presidency with the Lions or-
ganization, it was learned here.
Steel Framework For HEB Grocery Arises On Old Bulldog Field
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Construction of the H. E. B.
Supermarket on the old Bulldog
Stadium site was progressing at
a rapid pace here by mid-week.
Since this picture was \ taken
Wednesday afternoon almost the
entire steel framework has been
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in place.
____ ________ . _ The $55,000 project is expect-
turc was a great aid in the as- ed to be complete by early
set in place. The giant crane
which can be seen in this pic-
sembling process and swung
huge steel girders and beams
with ease while workers seen
atop the framework welded them
spring or in about 3 and one-
half months after construction
began late in December.
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Plans for an Armory Building
here on Yoakum Street, near
Highway 77A north of town atop
the hill, continued developing
during the visit of an Austin of-
nciai here Tuesday to check on
availability of the Lee Kahanek
property there.
The official, William H. Hud-
dleston Jr., Austin civilian with
the Army Reserve headquarters
unit, was advised that part of
the land had been sold to a man
from Wharton, where Kahanek
was reported now to be interest-
ed in the auction business.
The site was reported still a-
vailable however, thus avoiding |
a possible delay which selecting
i a new site for approval would
J involve.
Prospeets thus point toward
i the probability that the Armory j
I Building, already given federal ,
j approval, will be built during i
I the coming year according to !
! Perry Love of the city commis-
sion. _
Fire Victims
Need Your Help
Mrs. Laura Crumpton, a wi-
dow and her brother, Marshall
Edwards, both unemployed suf-
fered the loss of their home and
all their belongings in a fire on
Route 4, Cuero this past week.
Their friends are asking that
you help these folks with cloth-
ing which you are asked to
bring to the Asberry School
House. The lady’s sizes are:
shoes, 7-1/2, dress 14, slips 36.
The man s sizes are: 32 pants
laist, shirts 15, and shoes 8-1/2
our help will be df^eply appro-
led.
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Yoakum High 39
Hallettsville 29
Capturing their first District
27-AA win of the basketball s«.u-
son Tuesday night here, the
Yoakum Bulldogs defeated the
Hallettsville High School Bra-
hmas 39 to 29.
Kenneth Knippa set the pace
for the Bulldogs by sinking 13
points. Hallettsville’s high point
man was Barry Schulte with 14.
The B game also was won by
Yoakum as Britt Jenkins lead
the scoring with some 10 points
to his credit.
Yoakum now has a 1-1 record
in the district. Holding the lead
in 27-AA in this area, Lock-
hart High School trounced Gon-
zales Tuesday night according
to word received here by Yoa-
kum coach Dwayne Gregory.
Next in the schedule for Yoa-
kum are two games Tuesday
night, game time to be 6:30 p.
m. and 8 p. m. for B and A con-
tests respectively. Friday Jan.
22 is an open date for the Y11S
Bulldogs. _
Poll Taxes Due
By 31st Deadline
In order that you may foe a
qualified voter in 1960 you have
only a little more than a week
left in which to obtain a poll
tax receipt or exemption. The
deadline is January 31st whicli
is on a Sunday.
For your convenience the Yoa-
kum City Clerk's window will
be open Saturday, Jan. 30th un-
til 5 p.m. Since January 31st is
on a Sunday the Saturday dead-
line will be effective if you wish
to pay your poll in person. How-
ever, all letters postmarked on
the 31st will be honored.
Some 440 poll tax receipts
have been issued for City of
Yoakum voters, according to Ci-
ty Clerk Dave Swenson. Last
year the final count was slight-
ly over 500.
Residents who are of age
should insure their right, to
vote by obtaining a poll lax
receipt or exemntion. City,
school, county and state and
(anal oliwdSnnu *»-5ll lu» lml. I
• ••> l t II « i limit «• uv III III
in 1960, nlus the possibility of
special elections which are al-
ways announced on rather
short notice.
Different City Rules Causes Kick
Against Car Insurance Merit Plan
Different kinds of traffic law
enforcement In larger cities has
inspired the major objection to
the new merit plan for auto in-
surance, Rep. C. T. (Pete) Matt-
hew revealed this week in a
speech at the Yoakum Rotary
Club.
Rep. Matthew traced the ob-
jection to 1 his state of affairs
for example:
Over a 10 month period, the
city of Amarillo issued 18,000
traffic tickets. During that same
time, the city of Lubbock, about
the same size, issued 35,000 tra-
ffic tickets.
Lubbock drivers would thus
be forced to pay much more for
Farm Bureau Meets
Monday At Morris
A regular meeting of the Yoa-
kum Farm Bureau is scheduled
for Monday night January 25 7:-
30 p.m., the members were re-
minded today. Refreshments will
be served after the meeting to
be held at the usual place, the
Morris School Community Cen-
ter.
Chamber Directors
Now Being Voted
Ballots have been mailed out
to the Yoakum Chamber of Com-
merce members listing the nam-
es of 30 persons from which 15
will be selected to serve for I9-
60 and *61.
Voters are reminded by C. ef
C. Manager W. Coldewey to be
sure and return the ballot by
Wednesday, Jan. 27th. A ballot
box will be available at the
Chamber office or they may be
returned by mail.
Nominating committeemen E.
G. Raska, Arno Rudolph and
Dan W. Autrey have submitted
the following list of candidates:
A. R. Albieeht, Fritz G. Bar-
re, Egon Bettge, W. C. E. Bres-
sel, T. H. Deborah, H. A. Don-
nelly, Elwood Gaus, R. B. Green,
Jerome P. Harbich, A. L. Har-
rison, John E. Janacek, Claude
Jacobs, Rudy Jahn, Harold
Knape, Ofto Kuck, A. W. Lille.v,
Henry B. Matthew, Dr. A. E.
Mgebroff, Charlie Merian, Chris
Muenieh, Cecil Pargmann, T. A.
Ridgway, Otto Siems, Marlowe
Stevens, Oliver F. Stevens, J.
L. Summerall, T. J. Ward. R. G.
Winchester, Fred Wolfsdorf,
William Woehler.
Oil Leasing In
DeWitt Continues
Land leasing for oil and gas
exploration continues at a fast
pace in DeWitt county according
to the Cuero Record. Prices be-
ing paid are anywhere from $35
to $65 per acre, it was reported,
on lands located near producing
areas.
The office of County Clerk
Ray Gips has been snowed under
for several weeks Issuing and
filing legal papers and will no
doubt remain so for some time
to come.
The oil leasing activity is part
of a three or four-county area
wide effort to tie up lands since
promising results were obtained
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vaca and DeWitt Counties.
Oil leasing around Halletts-
ville has been very active for
some time.
Ancient And Modern Entertainment
In Sharp Contrast At Lions Session
Carolyn Stevens, Douglas Wil-1 between entertainment and sty-
iiams, Sandra Mayrant, Mary
Ann Ploeger and Judy Hill were
in the cast of performers rated
excellent by the Yoakum Lions
Club audience Tuesday. All from
Yoakum High School, the enter-
tainers presented by Lion Fnmk-
lin/Kocian succeeded in showing
thd sharpest possible contri
les of the I920’s and those of
today. Carolyn Stevens played
the early-day immigrant just
learning to talk English, Wil-
liams was the piano soloist, the
other three were the baton
twirlers who did their ac4 to the
ment of roeordd mu-
car insurance, if the merit plan
is based mainly on traffic rule
violations as determined by city
government. Residents in towns
and cities with inactive cops
would of course get cheaper in-
surance, by reason of residence
location rather than safer and
more careful driving.
Rep. Matthew however ex-
pressed the opinion that the me-
rit plan has enough merit to
stay in force and that as a gen-
eral rule, it will allow the safe
drivers to secure cheaper car
insurance while the reckless dri-
vers will pay for higher insur-
ance based on their own great-
er risks.
Texas drivers with no arrests
or accidents'on record will save
$20 million a year on insurance
he estimated, noting that those
without a clean record will make
up the difference.
Driver records are figured o-
ver the three year )K*riod end-
ing in September 1959, Rep.
Matthew Indicated and pointed
out that such a retroactive fea-
ture also has raised some ob-
jections. He figured the follow-
ing insurance rates would re-
sult from the new merit plan:
57% of Texas drivers would
get cheaper insurance.
16% of the drivers would see
no change in their rates.
2% of the drivers would have
their insurance costs increased
by 100 per cent.
3.5 per cent of the driving pu-
blic would be taxed with a 60
per cent hike in costs of insur-
ance.
5 per cent of the drivers would
pay 40 per cent more for insur-
ance.
And 15 percent of the motor-
Sce MATTHEW, Page 3 Col. 2
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Fire Destroys House
Victims Need Aid!
Fire Thursday afternoon 1:30
P. M. left one home on Boyle
Street a complete total loss as
the flames got a good start be-
fore firemen and a crowds
spectators arrived.
The home, located several
blocks to the rear of Yoakum
High School and near the new
stadium grounds, was that of
Willie Stone, colored employee
of the Jack Hough Service Sta-
tion.
The Willie Stone family in-
cludes three small children ages
1, 2 and 6 years, Fire Chief El-
mer Hanna reported. They lost
everything and are in need now
he said.
Anyone wishing to donate ar-
ticles to this family in their
heavy loss and misfortune may
leave contributions either at the
fire station or at the Jack Hough
Service Station near the post
office the chief and Mr. Hough
announced today.
Lions Sponsoring
Three Ring Circus
A first class, three ring cir-
cus show will be entertaining au-
diences here under a big tent
at Yoakum Park, near the ro-
deo grounds, Friday afternoon
and night February 5th, accord-
ing to Lions Club president Per-
ry Love.
The Yoakum Lions are spon-
«nrin<T Tinrror* Prnthorc. Circus
here that day and will get a 45
per cent commission on all ad-
vance ticket sales, for the club’s
community service fund.
Tickets sold at the circus en-
trance February 5th however
will bring the Yoakum Lions on-
ly a 10 percent commission.
Representing Hagan Broth-
ers Circus and in charge of tic-
ket sales is Joe Wright, located
at the Plaza Hotel at phone 3-
2236. Wright reported that near-
Iv 700 school children tickets
already had been sold by Tues-
day. Tickets for youngsters un-
der 12 years of age are 60c each.
Adult tickets are $1.00 each.
The same circus, described as
good clean show, played at
Cuero last year and has a Se-
guin-Yoakum-Victoria schedule
this year.
At Yoakum Park Feb. 5 the
afternoon show will start at 3:*
30 p.m., the night performance
at 8 p.m., doors opening an hour
before starting time.
Prepare Now For
Feb. Bargain Day
It’s that time of the month
again ... to prepare for the
next Yoakum Bargain Day sales
event February 2nd. Ad copy is
now being accepted for the cir-
cular printing the latter part
of next week.
It will be a good opportunity
to make an effort to clear shel-
ves for new merchandise. Plan
ahead. Advertise your warn.
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Janacek, John E. Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1960, newspaper, January 22, 1960; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth758701/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.