Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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Complete Coverage of Brooks County Trade Territory
Land of the Jersey Cow, Citrus Fruit and Vegetables
FALFURRIAS FACTS,
ESTABLISHED IN 1906—BROOKS COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER
VOLUME XXXII
ESTABLISHED IN 1906—BROOKS COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
FALFURRIAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 24. 1939
NUMBER 41
Business Men Hear Entries Coming In 8«th birthday Crop Conditions a No. 1 Sam Maufl Opens New Gas
Advantages Listed For Heart's Delian r—-t Imnrovo 4s Rain i And Distillate Production In falfumas Area
Advantages Listed For Heart's Delight
For Ineorporation Tennis Tournament
_ _____
Reuben SchultzAndSamReams Three Concrete Courts Almost
Point Out Benefits To Be Complete; Equipped For
Night Playing; Big Crowds
Expected To Visit City
Entries are already Being receiv-
ed as final preparations near com-
pletion for the ninth annual
Derived Through Establish-
ment Of City Government
Falfurrlas business men heard a
discussion of the advantages of In-
corporating the municipality at
the luncheon meeting of the local ( Heart’s Delight tennis tournament
Rotary club Wednesday March 22 here, beginning Friday, March 31,
as a move to Incorporate this city jin which some of the outstanding
was revived. j South Texas players are expected
Reuben Schultz, insurance man j to compete,
who acted as program chairman of| Invitations have been extended!
the meeting, introduced Sam O. Jto schools embraced in an area ex-i
Reams, local attorney, who listeditending from Austin to Brownsville,
and explained all phases and ad-1 and fr<jm Houston to Del Rio.l
vantages of establishing a munici-
pal government as allowed under
Texas statutes.
Schultz pointed out that of 660
Texas cities who receive fire in-
surance rating, Falfurrias is the
largest of twelve municipalities
which remain unincorporated
Following are among the chief
benefits to be derived through in-
corporation: street improvement,
improvement of fire department,
including adequate n u m b e r of
plugs; building regulations, sanita-
tion and health ordinances and
municipally owned water and sew-
er system which could be purchas-
ed with revenue bonds without
taxation.
Efforts within recent years to es-
tablish a city government here
have failed and the new move is
expected to end in an election. A
meeting will be held in the near
future at which experts from
neighboring cities will be invited
to present their views.
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Red Cross First
Aid Classes To Be
Started Thursday
Improve As Rain
And Spring Prevail
Tomato, Watermelon And Cu-
cumber Acreage Equally As
Large As 1938; Peanuts
Planted Extensively
Weather conditions permitting.
Brooks county farmers are looking
forward to a good 1939 crop of to-
matoes, cucumbers, watermelons
and various feedstuff* with the ad-
ded propect of obtaining more ad-
vantageous prices for their truck
products.
Continuous slow rains for several
days last week left the light soil |
in excellent condition and the
warm spring days, without wind,
allow the young plants to thrive.
Tuesday March "2" According *t’>i cenUv celebrated his 86th birthday.! ,.Ea[ly s^as°n forecasts were that
luesuay. Marcn zs. ycoraing to| Mr namo tn the tomat.,, and cucuml.er crops
would be seriously curtailed be-
cause of adverse harvest and
market conditions last year but re-
cent surveys indicate that the a-
creage will be approximately the
same while that of watermelons;
will be considerably increased 1
Peanuts, a comparatively new
Deadline for entering the invita-
tion tournament has been set for
Shown above is H. D. Thomas,
pioneer Falfurrias citizen, who re-
an announcement made this week!Mr- TJ*iimas came to Falfurrias in
by Coach Thomas Reed, director
of the event.
Trophies and balls have already
been ordered and play is to begin
at 9 a. m. Friday, March 31. Ar-
rangements are now being made to
accomodate the many spectators
and players who are expected to
visit this city.
Almost complete now, three new
concrete courts, equipped for night
playing, await the players and with
the original improved caliche
courts will provide ample facilities
to handle the contests.
Coach Reed is rounding out the
training of two teams in each divi-
sion to carry the Falfurrias colors
in the tourney.
J. A. Oswalt Elected
President Of Men’s
Church Organization
1907 from Parker county, traveling
by stagecoach which at that time
was the only means of transporta-
tion through this South Texas re-
gion.
He was born in Fort W, rth
where his father was the first Jus-
tice of the peace in Tarrant coun-
ty. He drove cattle from that point! croP *or this section, are being ex-
to Kansas City four times. tensively planted in Brooks coun-
Mr. Thomas makes his homely this year. Reports are that al-
here with his daughter, Mrs. Joe ready nvre than 15,000 pounds of
Myrick. and a son, John C. Thom- iseecl have been sold to farmers,
as, Is In business here. Other chil- sufficient to plant in excess of
“Uncle” Mitt Atkina
Celebrates
‘•Uncle’’ Mitt Atkins, pioneer
South Texas cattleman and old-
time peace officer, celebrated
his 79th birth anniversary Fri-
day, March 17. with a hearty
dinner prepared especially for
him by his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Chas. Atkins, and climax-
ed the day with the observation
that “I feel like eighteen."
Having lived in this section
for 40 years, arriving six years
before the city was established.
"Uncle" Mitt recalls the days
when as a peace officer he had
occasion to deal with rustlers
and "bandidos”. In line of duty,
a rifle ball caught him in the
thigh, the only Instance in
which he stopped a bullet.
Only one man, Judge James
T. Maupln, boasts of a longer
record here after this section
was opened to settlement.
New Activity Expected
As Shell Starts
Second Test
dren are Mrs. James Lackey of
Taos, New Mexico, and Sam Th< m-
as of Houston, —Mat courtesy
Corpus Christ! Caller-Times.
Softball Playing
Started This Week
With Six Teams
1,000 acres. The county agent’s of-
fice and certain livestock raisers
have advocated the peanut as a
possible solution to feeding pro-
blems in this area.
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Deadline On License
Plates Placed At
Midnight, April 1
BROOKS WEATHER
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| Min. ! Character
Mar. I Temp. Temp.l R. | _ Of Day .
17
63
57 |-1 Cloudy
18
63
61 | 39 j Cloudy
19
| 65
| 59 | 089Part Cldy.
20
T 79
54 |-T Clear
21
| 83
62 !-Part Cldy.
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| 52 |-1 Clear
23
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j 57 |-^=1 Clear
Following the annual election of
i officers of the Men-of-the-Church ------------„ ____________ _________
■ rganization of the First Presbyte- Games Played Under Lights! ,,f the deadline at midnight, April
Highway Department Instruc-
tor To Supervise Course
Which Is To Be Taken By
Twenty Falfurrias Students
L. Berg, field representative of
the American Red Cross was a Fal-
fjrrias visitor one day last week
in the Interest of organizing a se-
nes of first aid classes in this city
which are t.. start Thursday,
Miarch 23, under the direction of A.
I. Carter, instructor engaged for
the work by the Texas Highway
Department.
The classes will be held In the lo-
cal fire station and are limited to
20 students, 10 of which will come
from the fire station and are al-
ready registered. The remaining 10
will be selected from among appli-
cants not connected with the fire
department.
Berg explained that in 1938, 275,-
000 men and women were trained
in first aid and contributed dlrect-
)v t<> the campaign for decreasing
highway fatalities. Reuben Schultz
is the Brooks county chairman of
the Red Cross.
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Coach Dyer Wins
Exposition Medal
A group of three Falfurrias high
school athletes and their coach,
Luoyd N. Dyer, made a good show-
ing at the Southwestern Recrea-
tion Exposition Track and Field
Meet in Fort Worth Friday and Sa-
turday, March 17 and 18. according
to information released here Mon-
day.
Youths competing in the high
jump were Dick Montz. Nevelle
Stiles and Ernest Williams.
In the shotput contest in the
coaches' division, Coach Dyer,
competing against 15 athletes, won
first place with a throw of 46 feet,
three and three-fourths inches.
Entered by oustanding athletes
from several states, the meet ended
with nineteen records broken.
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No New Candidates
In Trustee Election
Tax Assessor and Collector Jesse
A. Grimes this week reminded
I Brooks county aut< mobile owners
Deni'stration Home
Attracts Visitors
rlan chureh of this city, J. A. Os-
walt was named to succeed T. R
Bennett as head of the group and j
Dr. W. D. Holland was elected vice|
president and program chairman.
On New Diamond Monday, i. to purchase 1939 license plates.
Wednesday And Friday; Sale of the new plates up to this j
Each Team Under Fire
week has been slow. It was report-
ed. Only 140 pass?nger car licenses
had been sold up to Wednesday,
All teams In the Falfurrias soft-
John Morgan Brooks was elected j ball league saw action this week ail March 22, as compared to 48« up
secretary-treasurer, assisted l»y, the league's playing season open-| to April 1, 1938. With a total of 121)
"'■’1 ” J *’ ”41 J1 1 “ ' plates registered
Walt Barns and A1 Burditt
In preparation for the forthcom-
ing district meeting which is to be
held here next month, the follow-
ing were placed on a committee to
make arrangements to take care
of the expected 200 visiting
churchmen: J. A. Oswalt, E. J.
Klenke, Reuben Schultz, Harry
Mahan. J. R. Forsyth, Coy Little-
field, Jack Casey and W. B. Gard-
ner.
The reception committee named
for the event Includes the Rev.
James E. Moore, J. R. Scott, and
Sam O. Reams.
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J. R. Forsyth Buys
Falfurrias Cleaners
From Russell Barnes
i ed on the new diamond across the | farm
in 1938.
highway from the L-W-L Oil Com- j only 24 had been purchased up to
pany Monday night. | Wednesday, while commercial
An improved lighting system, the, plates in 1938 aggregated 78 as
batteries being raised to a higher
level, has made fielding less diffi-
cult.
In the first game Monday night,
the First National Bank slipped
past the Magnolia team to win 5
to 4 and In the second game the
Mercantile Company defeated Tom
Graham of Premont 14 to 10.
In Wednesday night’s playing
the Bank forfeited to Piggly Wig-
gly and the Firemen nosed out
the Mercantile Company 8 to 7
Games are played Monday,
Wednesday and Friday of each
week, beginning not later than 3
P m.
Friday night, March 24. Magno-
lia will meet Tom Graham and the
will cross bats
No new candidates have filed for
positions on the ballots In the el-
ection for two trustees in the Fal-
lurrias Independent School district
to fill the expired terms of W. B
Gardner and Mrs. L. V. Villarreal,
according to an announcement re-
leased by Mrs. Mabel Ktnkald. se-
cretary. Both Gardner and Mrs.
Villarreal are standing for reelec-
tion Saturday. April 1, and the bal-
lots have been ordered printed.
A deal was consumated Monday
of this week in which John R. For-iFire Department
syth purchased the clothes clean- with the Bank. Monday night Tom
ing and pressing business known,Graham will take on the Bank and
as the Falfurrias Cleaners, owned
and operated for almost a year by
Russell Barnes. The transaction was
effective immediately and Paul
Cornellous formerly associated
with the Economy Cleaners before
that place was sold to Barnes, has
been placed in charge of the man-
agement of the establishment.
Barnes spent the early part of
the week in Dallas where he pur-
chased new equipment for a clean-
ing shop In Corpus Christi which
he will open shortly.
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Moore To Serve On
Rotary Committee
The Rev, James E. Moore, presi-
dent of the local Rotary club, is
In receipt of an invitation from Da-
tus E. Proper, governor of District
Piggly Wiggly will engage the Mag-
nolia Company. Wednesday night
the Fire Department is matched
with Piggly Wiggly and the Mer-
cantile Co. with the Bank.
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Athletes Preparing
For Pentathlon
compared to 29 up to this week.
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Telephone Company
Checking Wiring;
Repair Man Now Here
Gus Zahn, repair man for the
Southwestern Associated T e 1 e-
phone System who recently moved
to this city with his family from
Raymondville, is now checking and
reconditioning outside connections
of the lines, it was revealed this
week. Zahn will be permanently
stationed in Falfurrias.
It was reported, but definite
official confirmation was lacking,
that the company is mapping
plans to reorganize the entire Fal-
furrias system with a new switch-
board and a new building.
A more adequate system to take
care of the increasing needs of
the city has long been advocated
by the chamber of commerce and
Is ranked near the top on Its pro-
gram.
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Dairy Day Meetings
To Get Second Trial
Falfurrias high school athletes
are preparing for the second an-
nual pentathlon scheduled for Fri-
day, April 28, according to an an-
nouncement from Coach Lloyd N
Dyer, sponsor of the event. Regi-
stration is to begin within the next
few weeks.
A gold medal Is awarded to the
athlete winning the highest score
in the events. Last year’s winner
129, Rotary International, t<> serve,was Bob Young who is now attend-
as chairman of the Rotary presi-
dent’s breakfast and assembly
committee at the district conven-
tion which is to be held in San An-
gelo for three days, beginning
April 24.
The breakfast and assembly is
to be held Tuesday, April 25.
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Miss Ada McIntyre and Mrs.
Jas. McBride, accompanied by Miss
Nancylu Smith of this city and
Misses Loraine Codner and Lillian
Cook of Raymondville. spent the
past weekend at College Station
where they visited R. J McIntyre
and Billy McBride who are at-
tending A. St M. College. While In
College Station they attended the
Infantry ball and the corps dance.
ing Brownsville Junior College.
The five events included in the
meet are shotput, discus throw,
high Jump, broad jump and 100-
yard dash.
Outstanding contenders in the
1939 pentahlon are Jack Flack,
Frank Hopper, Nevelle Stiles, Ern-
est Williams, Fred Walters and
Ruel J. Falkenburg.
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YOUNG AMERICA
Mr and Mrs. Lem Williams an-
nounce the arrival of a baby girl,
born Saturday. March 18, in an
Alice hospital.
A baby girl was born to the Rev.
and Mrs. James B. Moore Monday,
March 30, in an Alice hospital
The success of the Dairy Day
plan started In 1938, when 9,162
dairymen, 4-H club members, anJ
home demonstration club women
to' k part, has resulted In the sche-
duling of a series of 15 Dairy Days
for the various sections of the
state during April of 1939.
Dairymen who bring their milk
cows will receive free classification
servee by experts, accordng to W
V Maddox, dairyman of the Texas
A. and M College Extension Serv-
ice. Under this system, the cows
are n<>t Judged on a competitive
basis, but are classed according to
production, type, and so on.
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Mrs. George Sorenson and Mrs.
H. A. Dement of Hebbronvllle were
guests of friends here Tuesday.
• • • •
Mrs. S. H. Stuart and Mr Bill
Hgan left Sunday for a week’s
visit with relatives in Louisiana.
• • • $
S. H. Stuart is attending a con-
venton of oil men in Oklahoma Ci-
ty this week.
• • • •
Mr. and Mrs J. T. Sharp hay**
returned from a visit with relative*
In Freer, Texas
More than 200 visitors have in-
spected the FHA Demonstration
Home, built by the Falfurrias Con-
struction Company with materials
furnished by and through the Mc-
Intyre Lumber Company, follow-
ing its opening to the public Sun-
day, March 19, according to rec-
ords kept by the lumber company.
The home, furnished by Allen
Furniture Company, is for sale by
the lumber company under the F
HA Mutual Mortgage Insurance
Plan and incorporates many inno-
vations in small home construction
in this section.
A. L. Holloway, local 8ervel E-
lectrolux dealer, has Installed the
latest type refrigerator and Cham-
bers gas range In the kitchen for
c’emonstratlon purposes.
It is the third FHA house erect-
ed in this city within recent
months and was designed primari-
ly to stimulate home ownership.
In addition to the d<«wn payment,
total monthly payments amount
to $22.41, including carrying charg-
es.
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Cancer Meeting To
Be Held At \liee
Local oil Interests this week were
speculating on the possibilities of
increased development In this sec-
tion as Magnolia Petroleum Com-
pany’s No. 1 Sam Maun, located In
the center of Lot 25, Block 10. sub-
division of lands adjacent to the
La Gloria Townslte in the Loma
Blanca Grant of Jim Wells county,
definitely opened a new gas and
distillate producing area. The well
is only a few miles north by west
of this city.
Latest reports said the well was
flowing at the rate of seven bar-
rels of distillate per hour through
a flve-slxteenths-lnch choke. It Is
producing from perforations at
C,560-7o feet and is making 2,500,-
000 feet of gas dally, showing a-
round 2,600 pounds working pres-
sure. Oil Is around 60 gravity.
Indicating new activity, a new
operation Is reported In the newly
discovered Blucher field, about
five miles north of Falfurrias. It ts
the Shell Petroleum Company’s No.
2 von Blucher, which Is 1,865 feet
due east of the No. 1, and 1,980
f#.?t north of the south line of the
Lucinda Best Survey, Abstract 44.
West of Premont, Premont Pe-
troleum Company's No. 1 Hewitt Is
drilling around 6.450 feet on a 7,-
500 foot contract.
In the Premont field _ Magnolia
Petroleum Company's No 11 A. A
Seellgson, a 1,320 foot eastern ex-
tension is setting casing at 6.598
feet.
A probable new oil producing
sand was logged this week In the
Kelsey Field of Jim Hogg and
Brooks Counties.
Humble Oil & Refining Co. No
5 McGill, which missed the field’s
regular pay, recovered 540 feet of
clean oil with 75 pounds pressure
through three-eighths and one-
quarter-inch chokes in 20 minutes
on a drill stem test of sand at 6.-
099-6,107 feet. It was coring ahead
at 6,145 feet in shale Discovery of
this new sand is expected to pav*
the way for an immediate widen-
ing of development in the area.
Meanwhile the field has been
further defined with the aban-
donment of Humble's No. 6 Mc-
Olll at a total depth of 4,795 feet.
In Brooks county Superior Oil
Company of Oklahoma No. 1 Mes-
tena Oil and Oas Company is drill-
ing below 114 feet.
E. A. Oraham's No. 1 Garcia Is
coring at 2,639 feet In sticky brown
shale.
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Drivers’ License
Law Extended
Final preparations have been
made for a 18-county conference at
Alice. Friday, March 24, of the
Women’s Field Army for the Con-
tiol of Cancer.
The meeting was called by Mrs.
Volney Taylor, Brownsville, state
commander of the Army.
Dr. G Q Wyche, president of the
Tri-County Medical Association of
Jim Wells, Duval, and Brooks coun-
ties, will talk on “Cancer and
Humanity.'’
Dr Joe Shelton, of Kingsville,
will represent the State Board of
Health. Dr. Lamar Behrns, city
health officer at Alice, als«. will at-
tend the meeting.
Mrs Emerson Sain, Alice, cap-
tain of Jim Wells county, will have
charge of arrangements.
Other countie* to be re? eject-
ed are K;ncdy Brooks, Webb Klc-
b rg, N.n.-’s, San Patricio Bee
McMullln, I,i Sr.lle. Frio. Zavala
anl D
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FOOD SALE
The ladles of the Baptist Church
will conduct a food sale during the
next two weeks. Those Interested
in cakes, pies, salads, or dressed
chickens will please place their
orders with Mrs. W. R. Co«.k and
Mrs. Oeorge Frank 8r.
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Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Peschke of
Paige, Texas, spent the week with
their niece, lira. C. H. Otken and
family.
Police administrators of other
states were notified this week of
an indefinite extension period for
Texas driver’s licenses after April
1, Ralph L. Buell, chief of the li-
censing bureau, announced.
The bureau head said a measure
Is pending before the legislature
to provide for the reissuance of
driving permits which expire April
1, after three years of validity. The
new licenses will be issu'd by the
public safety department instead
of by tax collectors who distributed
them when the law went into ef-
fect In 1936.
Chief Buell said temporary li-
censes will be assigned to drivers
who pass examinations for their
first permits and will remain valki
until the amended statute becomes
effective. Chauffeurs' licenses
however, will not be affected by
the extension period as they are
issued annually.
Newspapers will be advised of
plans to renew licenses of drivers
at a future date, he said.
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Lynch Davidson Seeks
Lumber Yard Here
Representatives of the Lynch
Davidson Lumber company were in
Falfurrias early this week to soli-
cit bids preparatory to the erection
of lumber sheds on property which
is to be rented from the Southern
Pacific Railroad. It was reported
construction is to begin Monday if
bids are acceptable.
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Miss Lynnette Oilllam is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Martin Reagan, in
Houston this week.
• • t •
Mrs. J. L. Wilson of Corpus
Christi is the guest of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. J. L. Sllnger.
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