The Edna Herald (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1959 Page: 13 of 16
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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1959
HUNTSVILLE
Inmate Conte4t&
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Starring* person
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JOHNNY CASH
DALE ROBERTSON
TOMMY SANDS
STEYE MEQUEEN
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THE EDNA (TEXAS) HERALD
Section 2 — Page S
Rustler Football
Schedule Listed
Illegal Kills Keep
Game Wardens Busy
AUSTIN, — Law enforcement
duties in the West Texas area have
picked up considerably since the
first of September, according to
Football schedules for the Junior the direction of law enforcement of
High seventh and eighth grade the Texas Game and Fish Commis-
Rustlers have been announced by sion Within a weeks time. 42 cas
Principal M. D Barkley Both es were made against hunters i n
' /N v
T£*A>
gfafTes pTSy 'games tm the if
dates
Both teams play the same two
grades from Patti We|dcr of Vic-
, toria. here on Sept. 29, to open the
j season Game time is 5:30 and the
public is invited.
Here's the complete Rustler sche
dule
Sept 29, Patti Welder, here
I Oct. 13. El Oampo, here
Oct 22, Ganado, here.
Oct 27, Yoakum, there,
Nov 3, Patti Welder, there
Nov 10, Pt Lavaca, there
Only the eighth grade will play
| the Nov. 3 game
Rosters of the two Rustler squad
! will be published in next week’s
' Herald.
Marine Fish Are
Stocked in Kemp
The West Texas area wla, Ullk.i
curlew, plover, and quail out ol
season. The shooting of curlew and
plover is a Federal offense as well
as a State offense
Although there seems to be a
bountiful supply of deves through-
out the State, shooting in some
areas has been somewhat erratic
Weather changes started the bird
movement and wardens of some
counties report slow hunting Wat-
er hole shooting has been slowed
in many areas because of r a 1 ns
On the other hand, a bountiful
grain "crop has provided so much
food in other areas that doves are
not inclined to leave.
The director warned against the
hunters killing more than their lim
it of 10 doves, and - against viola -
tion of shooting, hours
Wildlife Show Now
I AUSTIN. —A total of 1,382
fish and 184 speckled trout h a ve On Tour of TeXft*
been * •"Transplanted from coastal!
waters to Lake Kemp, according AUSTIN, —The Wildlife Exhibit
to the director of inland fisheries, j of the Game and Fish Commission
Game and Fish Commission. i is on the road again this year with
“These fish were placed in t h e shows scheduled at fairs and other
lake on an experimental basis, 11 countywide activities,
is possible that if these marine fish This Wildlife Exhibit, under the
survive, they could aid greatly in supervision of Harley Berg. lias
the control of rough fish because been taking the story of wildlife to
of their predacious nature,” said the various counties in Texas for
the director. the past 10 years.
“They would improve the quali- It is made available through re-
ly of sport fishing and become a quests of the local Chamber of
| new and much welcomed, s jp o r t Commerce or other civic organiza
j species,’’ I tions,' where the public can view
The results of these unstial stock Texas wildlife. The Exhibit includ
ings have not been determined. At es the major animals of Texas,
tempts have been made to recover
some of the fish in nets; however,
none was taken Reports from fish-
ermen indicate that the fish have,
survived. However, when these re-
ports were checked for authenticity,
positive identifications could n o t
be made because the fish either
had been released or eaten and
their remains destroyed.
Persons; fishing in the Lake
such as deer, antelope, lion, and
javelina. It also has birds, includ
mg various types of ducks, fur
key, quail and doves. The fish
aquaria contain assortments o f
freshwater fish found ifl Tex as
lakes and streams.
Towns needing this Wildlife Ex-
hibit for public use, should contact
the direc tor of information a n d
The
Bait
Bucket
By VFRN SANFORD "wv lrr Terns today Hurt doesn't i
Outboard motors have become lead directly to good fishing wat*
Top Cowhand* and
j Famous Stars Set
For Prison Rodeo
HUNTSVILLE - Inmate contest
ants, plus a host of the nation's
topflight television and recording
stars will be the bill of fare for
the 28th annua) Texas Prison Ro-
: deo here in the prison's $1,000,000
; stadium each Sunday in October.
Big name stars such as James
I;
iiimnn place that most of ns
overlook the industrial develop
ment that has taken place
Outboard Marine Corp of Wau-
kegan. Ill, has prepared a very
interesting Facts Book on the sub-
ject. This is the parent company
for Evinrude. Johnson Gale i Buc-
caneer i Products, Lawn-Boy Pio-
neer Sows and Cushman Motors
Nearly 10,000 persons are e m •
ployed full time by the various
subsidiaries. They are paid more
than $57,(XX),000 a year in salaries
and other benefits.
By 1.URKA1NE BASFORD “! ArnCSS, of The TV senes, G«n-
With the fall season just begin smoke,’’ along with Johnny Cash,
mng, fishing is beginning to pick popular country-style singer, open
up, especially size wise The old* the 1959 series on Oct 4. Dale Ro-
pros, Jimmy Dcnard and Bub berstson of “Tales of Wells Fargo’
er. or to a spot where we can
hunt Areas that were completely
decimated only a few short years
ago abound in game today ■ ■ . „ ., . .__
ls W(>u because people have Barnes, have been adding to their and Tommy Sands, sensational sing-
more leisure hours today, and *fmgs almost daily in recent ing,idol of the teenage crowd, ap-
more money to spend When we go 'lays Allen Burditt and Clyde; pear on Oct it while Steve Me-
out today we wont to be sure to Holloway mid their families a)so Queen of Wanted- Dead or Alive
fill our bags or creels We want to have b<,en tucking up a few, most' teams with Singer Johnny Horton
have ample water for our sports, ^ reds, with Mis Holloway and
and parks for our camping >heir daughter. Ginger, getting nice
As a result, we also are creating r<*J* iast weekend
a new crop for the landowners. There liars been a lot of fishing
Farms that just a few years ago activity in the Palacios area since
were shot out, today have good! there has been no trace of fresh
At the end of the first year o f quail crops Some of the birds
operation of Outboard Marine
Corp (19371, sales amounted to
tt.TftMKXL. Net earnings for that
year were only $940,000 Gross in
vestment in plants and equipment
amounted to $2,262,000 Total as
sets were $3,782,000. with a stock
holder equity of $3,050,000
.-Busing the first, year the hook
value of a share of stock was 4H
cents, the earnings were 15 cents
a share and the dividend amount-
ed to 12 cents per share
Last year the annual sales am-
ounted to $158,713,000, with net
earnings of $9,095,000. Gross invest
were planted there from our state
game farm. Others were hatched
on the spot because landowners co-
operate;} with sportsmen and pro-
vided suitable feed and cover
All this continues to point to the
big business of the great outdoors
You ran see it on every hand
Next time you're just driving
around town, count the number of
boats in the yard s You'll even see
some residents wtio are parking
their boats in the garage and lew
ing their automobiles outside
Where will this tremendous dev;
elopment stop- It won’t. The oui -
all week There has been
,i mild offshore, northeaster-
water
either
ly wind in the morning, or south-
easterly, with good tides and the
water in good condition, and these
fishing conditions were enough t o
beckon any parly morning fisher-
men out on the water
of “The Battle of New Orleans’’
fame on Oct 18
For the October 25 performance,
prison rodeo officials say .they will
produce two additional nationally-
know stars for the dosing of the
1959 series.
in addition, there will be other
outside acts, rodeo clowns, inmate
entertainment groups and mount -
ed quadrilles from Pasadena and
Bellville The Houston Itange Rid-
ers also will appear and for the
first time the rodeo will feature a
With the wind laying some at I gill’s barrel ace event
night, many local and eoriimercial I II H t'offield, Rockdale
ment was $59,398,000. Total assets doors today is for papa, mamma
amounted to $105,727,000 and the ; and the kids. It’s a family affair
stockholders' equity amounted t o i
$73,563,000
For last year the book yaiue per i climb higher and higher. But
•share was $9 40; earnings per share tins isn't the most important; angle
$1 16, net working capital $49,189.-1 of this great development
832 Cash dividends amounted to 80 Greatest dividend will be in a
cents a share i fuller and more enjoyable life for
fishermen were working Fence
Post- and other spots on the Col-
legeport side, along Grassy Point,
and it shell Head' !oi flounder
Over the weekend boats were
successful (hat went to the Spoil
•Banks;-Palacios Point, Oyster
L'ake, Half Moon and Oliver Point
The fish brought in from these lo-
cations were speckled trout running
one- In three and one half
Dividends of such companies as j
Outboard Marine will continue t o | poundtt wjth ,„m„ IflrK,. sand trout | Corrections ’
! and drfim Beacon 2 anil 10 had
• plenty of gutftopsuHs. for those 'who
wanted them '
On Thursday,' ai school of trout
busi -
ncssm.-vn, who serves as chairman
of the Texas Board of Corrections
and its rodeo committee, said, “We
are doing everything possible to
present the best entertainment fea-
ture found anywhere.
“We are of the opinion that a
woll-rburided show ' will attract ■
more people to this unusual rodeo
which benefits around 12,000 in-
mates of Lite Texas Department of
It wasn't all easy.
After the first year, when t h e
cash dividend amounted lo 12 cents
per share, the company went thru
the
ly in 1947 earnings shot to 14 cents
per share They remained (her e
until 1953, when the earnings went
200 million Americans who moved into East Palacios B ,\ y
\ nearly
■ en joy their leisure time m the
o^doors
WATERPROOFING -Get
great
“The 'water was a solid splosh of.
silver as these fish fed on the shin-4
l. n
your :
Chances are you did, unless you!
had a retriever with you.
Kemp area are asked to keep fish Game and Kish Commis
suspected of being one of the ma-
rine species and present them to a
gatekeeper, concessionaire, game-
warden, or biologist for positive
identification.
sion, Austin.
Be prepared, stay repaired.
Girndt Cleaners
123 E. Main
Phone OL7-4442
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From Th,
,e Southwest
REPORTS
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P«Dence RUnf
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THE NEWS IS GREAT ABOUT THE
NEW-SIZE FORD,THE FALCON !
ers Though fishermen sec such
war years earning less. Final | boot* wet during that hunting trip? j £"a .Xrtokta him "anxLls
to'get ..at the spot, and get busy
catching some of these fish.
j Whitmire. Research Laboratory
to 17 cents. Since 1953 they have! |nc 0f Louis, Mo, has a pro-
continued to climb to the present (juet mat is a guaranteed 'water -
proofer. It's called WATER- OFF
and it’s in
■v
Coffield explained that net pro-,
reeds from rodeo ticket sales are
placed in the prisoners' welfare
fund which is used to supply re-
halnlitntive services not furnished
by the Texas Legislature. . .
Reserved seat tickets at $2 40
and $4.40 each, tax included, may
be obtained by writing Rodeo Tic-
ket Office, Huntsville, Texas, on,
closing check or money orddr
80 cents
In 1953, many outdoorsmen b e
gan putting aside their small fish
ing motors They demanded more
speed, more power and ease o f op
eration They wanted horsepower
and electric starting, and they got
both
They also got, tired of pushing
lawn mowers and bought p o we r
equipment They found the golf
course hills were getttng a little
steeper and they went to ga-soline
buggies on the greens
So in these corporate figures we
find Uhj progress that has b e e n
made in our outdoors recreation.
What about the other recreation
ai areas . the tackle business,
for instance ?'
In 1953 we had just begun using
a few spinning reels. Today prac-
tically every fisherman has a spin
niag reel of some sort, along with
his conventional equipment. And
we have lures by the dozen boxes
Is it any wonder that there are
more people spending more money
today for hunting and fishing than
for ail other spectator sports com
bined?
We are buying more hunting and
fishing licenses than ever before
And our game and fish commis
sions are putting more game back
on areas where we had shot it off
just a few years ago.
There is hardly a paved high -
Rodfinh reports came'from Conn
Island and l ollegeport Cove, also
Wells Point and some from the Kl
Campo Club on Cnrancuhun
a spray-bomb contain- Mr and Mrs w H Jaynei (ish
l ed the Army Pier Wednesday mer-
it's quick-drying and will water-
proof shoes, shirts, hats, coats,
gloves, lents —even that golf hag
or convertible car top
j ning, with a take home catch of 16
j dandy specks going two to two and
I one half pounds. They used live
! bail
Manuel Morales, Louis J’alqcios
I and Paul Compos have been doing
I some early morning tishing at theN
Shell Fife and Turn Basin. One
day’s catch was s(x specks around
three pounds each, six reds going
16 to 18 inches, three rat reds, and
26 school specks They used live
bait ' *
Red Northern and -his fishing
partner who often outfishes him,
!; No.4^ zmd Me and
9 Edna Student*
Now Enrolled at
Wharton College
Parson* Fence Co.
Chain Link and All Types
of Yard Fences
Residental or Commercial
• Nothing Down
• 36 Months to Pay
• Free Estimates
P. O. Box 3188
HI3-7477
Victoria, Texas
WHARTON — Enrollment at the
! Wharton County Junior College le
veiled off to 810 in the day school
I this week, as classes got under
wuy
is still not completed, and it is es
Unrated that more than JOO will be
enrolled in the academic and hob
by courses
Edna students enrolled include
Franklin Fierce Stafford, D onald
Joseph Girndt, James Lawrence
Vackar, Robert Gene Zetka, Allen
Etheridge Brown; Mildred Louise
Wootan, Charlotte Josephine B ra
zil, Theresa Nava and Rosabelle;
Brooks.
Clubs and activities will b e gin j
this week with organization meet- *
ings, election of cheer leaders and
nominations for the Student Coun-
cil
Mrs. Homer Baugh, and Mr Cobb
all of Edna, spent several days in
Palacios fishing all their u a u a I
good spots —The BYPU grounds ,
Wells Point, etc Martha Baugh
had never caught fish before hut
with all these veteran teachers, she
did her share this time on the daily
catches of trout and red*
After Church Sunday — and Every Day
VISIT ED'S CAFE
In Downtown Edna
Now actively managed by Mrs. Ed Gerjes and Son
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(Texas' Favorite Loaf in a new
\ *Small Family" size
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We’ve never seen a ear perform like-it! Right now a fleet of Falcons
is covering every mile of numbered U S. highway aer.^,- the nation—
171,000 miles—climaxing three years and three million miles-of
Falcon re*eare,h and development. Across, the country, drivers arc
reporting up \o32mktf* goU*n‘. ■ ■ 4.000 miles without adding oil
nigged power that takes the tough' -t mountain pa.o-s in high. And
because of its single-unit construe non, not tne of these Falcon* has
developed a squeak or rattle I
Before you buy any new-size car, wait and see the^Ford Falcon
with it* easy-to-handle size and room for six big people and all their
luggage. And wait until you see the Falcon’s price ; i: because that’s
where your savings begin, in a ready big way! ,
COM* IN, AND WE LL TELL YOU ALL Wi KNOWI
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Evans, Chester. The Edna Herald (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1959, newspaper, September 24, 1959; Edna, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth764049/m1/13/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jackson County Memorial Library.