Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1940 Page: 2 of 6
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FAGE TWO
F ALFURRIAS FACTS
FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1940
SfalfurriaB iFarts
Established In ltM
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
At Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas
HOWARD BEHRENT
MGR.
lion five hundred thousand dollars for the re-
lief of suffering in Europe. It had received
eight hundred thousand dollars of this total
in spontaneous contributions. It had drawn
on its own reserve funds for the balance. The
money was used to buy medicine, hospital e-
quipment, ambulances, food, clothing and a
EDITOR score Gf other items.
Moreover, the busy hands of two hundred
and fifty thousand women volunteers made
over half a million garments and more th in
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Entered as second class matter, April 2, 1906 at
the Postoffice at Falfurrias. Texas, under the Act
of Congress of March 8. 1879.
Any erroneous reflection upon the character
standing, or reputation of any person, firm, or cor-
poration, which may appear in The Facts, will
gladly be corrected as soon as it is brought to the
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MEMBER SOUTH TEXAS PRESS
OUR TOWN—AND THEIRS
/"\UR TOWN tonight is in the midst of peace.
V/It enjoys prosperity and security. Our peo-
ple are calmly relaxing at home or in the mov-
ies. Our children are safely playing or doing
their home (work and will soon be ready for
healthy hours of undisturbed slumber. Lights
shine on the streets and in the houses, iind we
are free to go where tve please.
But “somewhere in Europe” there is an-
other town.
Its buildings tonight lie in a mass of smould-
ering ruins. Its people hide fearfully in any
shelter they can find. Children, hungry and
cold, anxiously clutch their mothers’ skirts.
packed and quickly shipped abroad. Relief
has been distributed in more than ten coun-
tries affected by this titanic struggle.
And now armed invasion has descended
upon new countries—Holland, Belgium and
little Luxembourg. Every cabled dispatch
from abroad brings new tales of carnage and
despair. No one can tell where the scourge
ASSOCIATION | of war will strike next. But wherever it does
strike, the Red Cross must be ready to help.
The American Red Cross is the logical chan-
nel for us to use in showing compassion to a
war-torn world. It coordinates all our “Good
Samaritan” instincts. It translates our pity
into ease for the sick and wounded, food for
the hungry and shelter and clothing for the
homeless.
The ten million dollars for w’hich the Red
Cross now appeals will enable it to rush aid
without delay to the additional millions of be-
leaguered civilians. Ambulances and hospital
trucks will be on their way soon no»w\ Field
hospitals and surgical instruments have been
ordered. Hundreds of thousands of dollars
already have been cabled to the Red Cross so-
cieties of England, France, Belgium, and the
Babies cry for food, and are terrified by the
blast of bombas and the roar of planes. The Netherlands. The Red Cross knows that when
dead lie in darkened streets and the wound- terror strikes, time is essential.
ed writhe in agony in makeshift hospitals.
Sirens screech warnings of another attack
from the air.
The heart of our community goes out to
this stricken and miserable tdwn tonight. We
long to be able to help its people in their hour
of horror and tribulation. (It is not in our na-
ture to stand by and supinely watch fellow
beings suffer. We want to help.
Fortunately there is a way we can help.
The local chapter of the American Red Cross
is asking for money to assist that town “some-
where in Europe.” Together with more than Iy0ur local chapter,
thirty-seven hundred other chapters it is ap-
pealing for a (war-relief fund of at least ten
million dollars to alleviate the most urgent
suffering on the ever-widening theatre of
war.
The decision to make a special drive for
war-relief funds was made only after it be-
came apparent that the Red Cross faces per-
haps the most heart-rending burden in its his-
tory. The Red Cross has, however, been active
on the war-relief front since last September,
Time is essential for you and me, also. We
must give now, for you and I are the Red
Cross. It cannot act unless we do. This is not
something to put off until tomorrow. An hour
may save a life.
This community has always supported the
Red Cross both at home and abroad. Remem-
bering that other town “somewhere in Eu-
rope,” I know we will not fail tonight. Make
your contributions now to the American Red
Cross War-relief Fund. Contribute through
ACT YOUR PART—The person who enters
any situation determined to play up to its ev-
ery implication finds that it has a far sharper
meaning than one who merely drifts aim-
lessly into it, lugging his humdrum self along.
—Maud Scheerer, Rotarian Magazine.
“Our policy should be to prevent these Eu-
ropean wars if we can, and otherwise to stand
aside while the nations of Europe find their
when Poland and her people were crushed so 'OWn destiny. We must stand aside if for no
awiftly. other reason than that one strong western na-
Before the present public appeal was made |tion be left to preserve the flame of civiliza-
on May 10, the Red Cross had spent one mil- tion.”—Charles A. Lindberg.
LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF LOUISE MARGARET RACHAL,
DECEASED
4-H CLUB NEWS
PROBATE CAUSE 174
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF
BROOKS COUNTY. TEXAS
F. C. Rachal and E. R. Raohal.
administrators of said estate,
hereby publish a notice requiring
all persons having claims against
the estate of the intestate, said
Louise Margaret Rarhal, to pre-
sent the same within the time
prescribed by law. The time of the
original grant of letters of admin-
istration «n said estate is April
29th 1940, and the residence and
postoffice address of such admin-
istrators and each of them is Fal-
furrias. Brooks, County Texes.
F. C. Rachal and E. R. Rachal.
said administrators,
By Gerald Weatherly, their
Attorney. 49—4t
--XXX-
Mr and Mrs. Bill Kincaid. Mrs.
Catherine Williams and daugh-
ters. Ellen Louise and Dorothy Lee,
left Wednesday for Del Rio where
they will visit their sister, Mrs. C.
A. Wright.
4-11 Club Outing
Twenty-five American 4-H club
girls. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hanson
and Miss Nellie Cundiff, enjoyed
a truck ride and an all-day picnic
at Riviera Beach, Wednesday, May
22.
Music and games played in the
dining hall of the hotel furnish-
ed entertainment for the group
until noon. A picnic lunch was
spread at noon which was enjoy-
ed by all.
After lunch an old fashioned
style show was presented by Misses
Helen Hanson, Sue Farr, Betty
Byelct and Selma Beehthold. Cos-
tumes dating back to 1910 were
modeled by the young girls.
A thirty minute rest period was
spent on the front porch in the
nice cool breeze. Followed by this
was a swim by some, others wad-
ing and kodaking until 4:00 p. m.
At 4:30 p. m. everyone was ready
to start for home, after having en-
joyed a most delightful time.
-XXX-
! J. C. Kossbiel, Mrs. G. J. Dreyer
and Maurice Kossbiel of Cuero
, spent the weekend with the Chas.
Kossbiel family, the former being
i brother and sister.
Falfurrias To Test
Oil Bearing Seeds
Owing to this country’s impend- |
ing shortage of fats and oils caus- j
ed by the European war. the Na- j
tional Farm Chemurgic Council
has appointed P. H. Chilton, Jr. of i
this city as one of its representa-
tives to make test plantings of oil
seed bearing crops, according to
Wheeler McMillen, president of
the Council.
These test plantings include chia
seed from Mexico, cast« r beans
from India, Java and Brazil and a
new non-popping variety of perilla
seed from Japan and pyrethrum
from Yugoslavia. The United
States has been importing in large
quantities the products secured
from these plants, and their suc-
c?ssful cultivation in this country
will result in additional inc"me for
agriculture and employment for
our idle acres.
Headquarters of the National
Chemurgic Council are located at
Columbus, Ohio.
-XXX-
Miss Dorothy McNeill of Merce-
des Is the guest of her sister. Miss
Mary McNeill.
Wi: HAVE THE ONLY
Motor Laboratory Test Set In The Falfurrias Area
Your Motor Must Be Correctly Tuned To The New Hi^h
Fuels For Maximum Performance
Falfurrias Motor Co.
F
ACTS V FANCIE
mr TR WISE
THE DISTINCTION
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FOR SALE
At a bargain, twen-
ty-acre farm, well
improved and well
located near Pre-
mont.
J. C. Thomas
REAL ESTATE LOANS
WAUSAU PISTON RINGS
TUTHILL SPRINGS
EUREKA RADIATORS
SIMMONS CARBURETORS
CRESCENT WIRING &
CABLES
GATES FAN & MACHINE
BELTS
ALLIED & SAN JUAN
BATTERIES
MANSFIELD & COOPER
TIRES
Americas finest lines
of merchandise
S. & S. Auto Parts
Company
FALFURRIAS, TEXAS
ASK FOR
KINGSVILLE
ICE CREAM
T&kcu’ flat
Every major war t<> a certain
extent affects language, styles
and customs but World War No.
2 has offered more innovations
than any other conflict brought
on by the shortcomings of man-
C' nfronted with new words and
kind Almost every day we are
phrases such as “blitzkrieg” and
“fifth column’’. Recent frantic
activity In congress shows just
how close to home these dangers
have come. Ostrich-minded iso-
lationists and the wishful think-
ers who were convinced that “it
couldn’t h- • en here” suddenly
have shown a k'-m interest in
our armed force-. "Fifth col-
umn” activities •i^lit next door
to vs in a neighboring city show
thr' South Texas is a fertile
field for sabateurs. These are
the agents, cloaking themselves
in the protection of the consti-
tution which they expect to un-
dermine and enjoying the pros-
perity which It has brought
them, whom we have most to
guard against as the advance
troops of this new warfare . . .
Events in Europe completely
vindicate General “Billy” Mitch-
el, one-time assistant chief of
the army air service at Wash-
ington who preached an ade-
quate air force and ultimately
was court martialcd for his at-
tacks on army pedagogues,
and now plans are being mapped
for an air force training center
right in our own area—at Cor-
pus Christi. . .Falfurrias is rep-
resented by a number of college
students in the air service and
G. M. LASATER is a captain in
the reserve air force . . .
Not quite so antagonistic but
still belligerant is the battle of
the counties—East Texas coun-
ties who have champi< ns in the
Land of Heart’s Delight . . . W.
D. iDoc> HOLLAND claims that
in Polk County they don’t lock
up the bad boys but punish them
by putting shoes on their feet
while F. L. VICKREY maintains
that in Trinity county they send
all their less sane citizens to
their neighbors to teach school—
and so it goes . . .
The days of the pioneer are
not past—and the ladies can still
take it . . . One night this week
a crowded southbound bus pulls
into a local station and on it is
a young mother, about eighteen,
with a two-month-old baby, who
has rolled over the pavement all
the way from Detroit enroute to
Brownsville to join her husband.
. . . Apparently, she was bent on
going to the farthest corner of
the U. S. . .
Those who enjoyed it will tell
you that J. A. iRed) OSWALT
knows how to barbecue mutton
and what happened to the mut-
ton testifies that it must have
been good, but the Rev. PAUL
HANNA raises the point that
there might have been tw,. kind*
of meat . . . Others Join the
argument in the course of which
it is noted with surprise that two
small Spanish donkeys are no
longer staked where they were
several days before ... Of
course, this is purely circumstan-
tial but such evidence has hang-
ed men, and COY LITTLEFIELD,
who ordered the choice mutton,
is offered as a substantiating
witness for the muttonites . . .
Incidentally, the history books
have their George Washington
and t^ cherry tree incident and
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•ntinued on page 61
CITY DRUGSTORE
L. L. CHAMBERLAIN, Owner
RELIABLE—MODERN—COMPLETE—UP-TO-DATE
Prescriptions, Patent Medicines. Sick Room Supplies, Drug Sun-
dries, Soda Fountain, Home Made Ice Cream, Magazines, Sta-
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A FULL LINE OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES
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THIS HAIRY
BUSINESS
^a£fuhhia&~
IS PACKED FOR CONVENIENCE
The famous Falfurrias Sweet
Cream Butter is packed three
ways for your convenience. You
can buy Falfurrias in individual-
ly wrapped quarter - pounds,
half-pounds and pounds. Many
prefer quarters because cubes
for serving may be cut so quick-
Falfurrias was recently
awarded the honor of
being recognized as one
of the six finest butters
of the entire nation.
ly. Those who cook and bake a
great deal prefer the full pounds.
In every size you get the same
freshness and the same flavor-
ful goodness that has made Fal-
furrias the favorite butter for
over thirty years.
FALFURRIAS CREAMERY CO.
FALFURRIAS, TEXAS
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