Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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Complete Coverage Of The Falfurrias Trade Territory
Only Newspaper Serving The Rich Brooks County Area
FALFURRIAS FACTS
ESTABLISHED IN 1906— BROOKS COUNTY S ONLY NEWSPAPER
VOLUME XXXIII
FALFURRIAS. TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 29. 1940
NUMBER 42
Softball Play To
j
Start Hero Monday
\ ith Five Teams
Three-Week Schedule An-
nounced After Which Any
Other New Team May Join
League And Enter Games
Tile 1940 playing schedule for
the Falfurrias Softt«all League will
be started Monday, April 1, with
five teams ready to oppose each
other, according to an announce-
ment released Thursday by league
officials.
The five teams, as listed in the
schedule are Falfurrias Mercantile,
Western Auto, L-W-L Oil Com-
pany, Premont and Falfurrias Fire
Department.
The f. llowing schedule will be in
effect for three weeks, after which
any other team desiring to enter
the league may do so:
Monday, April 1: Mercantile vs.
Fire Dept.; L-W-L vs. Premont.
Wednesday, April 3: Fire Dept,
vs L-W-L; Western Auto vs. Mer-
cantile.
Friday. April 5: L-W-L vs- West-
ern Auto; Fire Dept. vs. Premont.
Monday, April 8: Mercantile vs
L-W-L; Premont vs. Western Auto.
Wednesday, April
vs. Western Auto; Mercantile vs
Premont.
Friday, April 12: Mercantile vs.
Fire Dept.: L-W-L vs. Premont.
Monday, April 15: Fire Dept. vs.
L-W-L; Western Auto vs. Mercan-
tile.
Wednesday, April 17: L-W-L vs.
Western Auto; Fire Dept. vs. Pre-
mc nt.
Friday, April 19: Mercantile vs.
L-W-L; Premont vs. Western Auto.
Monday. April 22: Fire Dept. vs.
Western Auto; Mercantile vs. Pre-
mont.
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two farmers get department posts Hea<l4)n Collision
At Prnnoiit Claims
Life Of Farmer
BROOKS WEATHER
Max.
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Mar.
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Of Day „
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Part Cldy.
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r 62 j
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Cloudy
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Cloudy
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Cloudy
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Cloudy
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| 82
64
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Clear
CLAUDE R. WICKAItD «*. GROVER B. HILL
Two dirt faimers, with a c< mbined experience of 54 years of farm op-
eration and lcardership, are now in the No. 2 and No. 3 posts of the Na-
tion’s Department of Agriculture.
Grover B. Hill, who was named Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in
December, has been a Texas rancher and farmer since 1911. Claude R.
Wickard, newly appointed Under Secretary of Agriculture, has farmed
a general grain and livestock farm near Camden, Ind., for nearly a
quarter of a century. Both men have been associated with administra-
tive work of the AAA Program in recent years.
Majin Saenz, 50, Of Sejita
Community Dies In Crash
North Of Premont; Brother
And New Yorker Injured
One person was instantly killed
. and tlirpe . thers seriously injured
in a headon collision which oc-
| curried about 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning. March 26, a few miles
north of Premont.
Majin Saenz, about 50 and a
1 farmer of the Sejita community,
dird in the wreck and those injur-
j Pd Were Elivorio Saenz, a brother
< f the dead man. Mrs. Grace Nolte _
of New Virk and Gilberto Villa, Seventeen Entries Prepare For
driver of the Saenz ear. B. H.
Nolte. driving south with his wife
and negn, chauffeur and Villa
weer not seriously injured. Mrs.
Falfurrias Students
To Enter District
Meet At Laredo
Literary And Athletic Con-
tests To Br Held In Border
C>ty April 5 And 6
Falfurrias Section
Gets Two And Half
Inch Rain In Week
Slow Precipitation Breaks Six
Month Drouth; Farmers
Preparing To Plant Feed-
stuff, Cotton And Gardena
With two and one-quarter inch-
es of slow rainfall within the past
week soaking farm and ranch
lands in the Falfurrias area,
farmers are making plans to com-
plete the preparation of tneir land
for planting feedstuffs, cotton,
corn, watermelons and he me gar-
dens.
The beneficial March rains,
bringing the total for the month to
2.74 as compared to only .61 In
1939, relieved critical drouth con-
ditions in this South Texas section
and brought new hope to farmers
and ranchmen whose lands were
parched by the six-month dry
making spell and swept bear «.f loose earth
Nolte suffered a liroken arm and
leg and was taken to an Alice hos- Seventeen students are
pital. preparations to carry the Falfur- i,y high northwest winds.
Reports were received here j “as High School colors in ^ompe- i Many farmers delayed preparing
Thursday that Elivorio Saenz, suf- * * " *
to“iire Sept.' State Department
lercantile vs. ! «
Commends Lory I
School Management
O
Three And Ono-Half Addi-
tional Affiliated Credits
Granted; Total Affiliation
Twenty-Five And One-Half
Brooks-Jim Wells
Rural Electricity
Project Approved
fering a broken leg and possible
skull fracture, had died at his
h> me in the Palito Blanco com-
munity but this could not be con-
firmed. At latest reports available,
Mrs. Nolte’s condition was consid-
erably improved.
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Local Committee
tice Of Approval From Cap-
ital; Drive For Subscribers
Completed In January
Falfurrias To Hold
Receives No- Clean-Up Week
tit ion in various events of the dis- jjie rajn js expected to encour-
trict meetjo be held in Laredo Frl- | their land because of the winds
age increased plating of feedstuffs
and cotton. Some corn will proba-
bly also be planted but the mols-
day and Saturday, April 5 and 6.
Falfurrias representatives are to
compete in the following events:
Tennis (Friday)—John Louis
Forsyth, Dick Hopper, Dick Mc-
Intyre, Nell Wright and Jeanie
Wright.
Track (Saturday)—Jack Flack.
Dick Montz, Joe Downs, Frank
Hopper, Charles King, John Louis
ture came too late for commercial
tomato and cucumber acreage, It
ls believed
It is likely that considerable
Hr. oks county acreage will be de-
voted to watermelons. Farmers
and Department of Agriculture ex-
■ Forsyth, Roberto Villarreal, Julian perts are of the opinion that 1940
Ruiz, David Grimes, Henry Ben- j crops will do well because of the
R. R. I nzicker Dies
In S. P. Hospital
The following news article
lating the death of R R. Unzick-
er, brother of Mrs. H. E. Young
and Mrs. J. T. Atkinson of this ci-
ty, is reprinted below as it appear-
eti in a recent issue of the Hous-
ton Chronicle. Unzicker. a member
of the Southern Pacific Railroad
force since 1905, was assistant sup-
erintendent < f transportation at
the time of his death Thursday,
March 14.
An Important step in the ad- S Rural electrification facilities
voncement of the Falfurrias for Brooks and southern Jim Wells
school system was marked this I counties are one step nearer real!
week with the announcement that,
three and one-half additional
affiliated credits had been grant-
ed to the high school by the State
Department of Education.
Falfurrias citizens this we*’, are
reminded of National Clean-up j McIntyre.
| nett and Rodolfo Calderon.
Essay Writing (Saturday)-
fact that the hard freezes and
-Dick prolonged cold weather in January
i killed a large portion of the in-
A deputy state superintendent,
following a recent inspection of
rie" the system after which he recom-
mended that the credits be award-
ed, commended local school offi-
cials for the “splendid school sys-
tem maintained.”
Affiliated credits granted were
for instrumental music, commer-
cial arithmetic. Spanish III and a ti. n to REA for lines in this sec-
half credit in home ec< nomics IV. tion.
This raises the total affiliated ere- j Information as to when the pro-
Typing (Saturday)—Mary Ruth sects and plant pests common to
Blake and Betty Jane Young. Hils area.
Mary Ruth Blake's essay, “What Scores of dairy farms of the sec-
I Like About My Home Town", was I “on had been in serious straits aa
awarded top honors in the senior a result of feed shortage and de-
class and is to be broadcast when 1 pl**ted ranges and ® considerable
the Green Shirt Band is presented number of dairy cattle had been
pends on the cooperation of each 0Vpr WOAI in Pan Antonio Sun- | offered for sale at the local live-
individual citizen. You all know day Al)rl) 7 jn competition with stock commission sale yard.
is The moisture, although still In-
adequate to overcome the inroads
and Safety Week, March 31 to
April 7, by Mrs. E. P. Johnson,
president of the Harmony Civic
Club, which is sponsoring a clean-
up campaign during the week.
“The success of the campaign,”
Mrs. Johns, n pointed out, ”de-
ty with information received here
this week from REA officials at
Washington to the effect that the
project for this South Texas area
had been approved.
Announcement of the approval 1 just how much Is expected of you, t^he DeY Rio band. The contest
was made here by A. Rupp, chair- so please immediately to have snonsorpd hv t ibertv Mjlis
man of the Brooks-Jim Wells pro- papers burned or carted away." ‘ ‘
lect. A committee composed of Members of the Civic Club will ..SuptH. Lep C llft™ w"
Rupp, Clarence Burdette. H. C. visit homes and business housses director of essay writing at the dis-
Valentien and P- H. Chilton Jr., in the interest of the campaign. mct meei-
early in January completed a drive When homes and business es-
to obtain a sufficient number of tablishments were visited last
subscribers to qualify for applica- year, very few . f them were found
to be in need of attention, Mrs.
Johnson stated, and she feels that
. _................ ........................... _ vw ______ _ ^ Falfurrias citizens will again re- A new, home-..wned business es
dits for the high school to 25|/2, jeet is to be started was not avail- sP°nd to the call with full cooper- tabllshment, P a 1 k e r s Variety 1
" a: Ctnxo Hop Koon noHii/l r /-» flan UU 1 _
XXX
The Morris Store
Sold To J. T. Parker
of the dr. uth, will provide new
grazing acreage and at the same
time permit the planting of cul-
tivated feedstuffs.
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Supt. H. Lee Clifton pointed out.
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able.
a tion.
Ruben Raymond Unzicker, as- » . .. rp>
istant superintendent of transpor- |,]|(‘|llu ! IIOIIUIS
tation for the Southern Pacific 11 1 1
Railroad, died at 4:10 a. m. Thurs- I , |\ I
day in the Southern Pacific Hos- 1 .'illllOIl'J UlHMlPSS
pital. He resided at 2724 Barbara
Lane.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mable M. Unzicker of Houston;
mother. Mrs. Sarah Unzicker of
Tuleta, Texas: three sisters, Mrs
Earl Young and Mrs. J. T. Atkin-
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China Authority
To Lecture Here
Drilling Operations
Quiet As Geophysical
Crews Continue Work
Miss Lucille Th. mas, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thomas of
this city, has been selected to rep-
resent Falfurrias High School at
the coronation of the Lantana
son of Falfurrias and Mrs. J. M. Queen of the A&I campus April 27.
Murphy of R. ckport; five brothers,
Melvin of Englewood, Cal., Edgar
of Van Noyes, Cal.. Willard of
Washington, D. C., Jack of Gales-
burg. 111., and Amos Unzicker of
Tuleta.
Mr. Unzicker was born November
15, 1*84, in Cook, Neb., He came to
Texas in 1905.
Her escort will be Franklin Orth,
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Orth.
Falfurrias is one of more than 40
high schools which will be repres-
ented at the coronation.
Coronation of the Lantana
Queen is the highlight of the col-
lege year at A&I. All campus clubs
Although a number of geophys-
ical exploration crews have recent-
ly made Falfurrias their head-
and organizations take part in a
Corpus Christ! where he will speak
in the First Presbyterian Church,
and from there he will pr<>cede to
Houston where he has a number of
I engagements in that presbytery
J Dr. Junkin was one of the princi-
wus promoted to assistant, superm- 1 ^ . 1 i x s-1 PaI sPeakers on the program of thC
Smt"! imr“nspor‘at,on ln Sep': Buried At La Carta ffi1*
During the war he was in. - I ““I-xxx-
charge for a number of consolidat-; Jim McBride, Earl Wright and 1 Annual Easter Egg
He entered the Southern Pacific | colorful pageant and In formal re-
Lines in the transportation depart- ceP“on and ball following the ce-
ment in 1905 as a car record clerk. remony.
He was appointed chief clerk in xxx
1918 and was made superintendent • [film UfACCAtt
of car service March 1, 1919. He JIMIII III rnM II
was promoted to assistant superin- 1
Dr. William F. Junkin, Presby-
terian missionary to China, will
speak at the Presbyterian Church quarters, actual drilling operations
here Friday night at 7: 45. A cor- in the area are comparatively
dial invitation is extended to all quiet.
in the community to hear him. c. Andrade III No. 1 Millei wild-
Dr. Junkin is on furlough from cat in the Sejita area three miles |enough home
his work in China where he has west of the townsite at last reports
had long experience as a teacher was drilling bel- w 5.041 feet,
and preacher. He ls regarded as an Operators in the Premont Field
able and well-informed man on , r jim wells County have request-
the present Chinese situation. An cd permission to produce wells at
open forum is planned at the close capacity because of excessive salt
of his address Friday night. water Flow would 1* 70 to 80 per
From here Dr. Junkin will go to | cent greater than current run.
Store, has been added to the Fal
furrias business directory within
the past two weeks, following the
purchase by J. T. Parker of the
business known as the Morris
Store.
Mr. Parker, who comes to Falfur-
rias from McAllen where he was
associated with the F. W Wool-
worth store, has had several year’s
experience in variety store merch-
andising.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker are located
in an apartment in the F. P. Good-
Falfurrias Timers
- Open 1940 Season
\\ ith 3-0 Shutout
xxx
week.
ed rail lines under the United T. H. Stewart were three of the 1
States Railroad Administration. pall bearers at the funeral of John
According to officials of the rail- Gressett which was held Monday
road, Mr. Unzicker was a reeig- at La Garta. Among those attend-
nized auhtority on car service ing the funeral from Falfurrias
throughout the United States and were Mrs. Stewart. Dick Cage, Mr
knew more about progressive car and Mrs. Jesse Craft, Mr. and Mrs.
service work than any other exec- John Crow, J. R Forsyth, E. C.
utive. Wright, Joe Myrick, Louis Comp-
From 1933 to 1935, while O. C. ton, Mr. and Mrs. J H. Darby, Mrs
Castle, superintendent of trans- Jim Young, and Mr. and Mrs. Zach
portation, was connected with the Gorbet Bryan Wildenthral, busl-
government in Washington. Mr. ness manager of 8outh West Texas
Unzicker was acting superintend State Teachers College in San
dent of transportation for the rail- Marcos, and Dudley Doi.le of San
road. Marcos were also in attendance.
He was married May 18. 1916, to Mr. Gressett, who had
Roll At Pleasure Park
In the Kelsey field of Jim Hogg-
Brooks-Starr counties the Hum-
ble's No. 61, McGill, made 108 bar-
rels daily on 7-64-inch choke un-
der pressures of 700 pounds on
tubing and 800 on casing from
sand at 4,736-44 feet. The Humble’s
No. 71, McGill is testing for pro-
duction this week-end in sand at
4.730-43 feet with 5'2-inch casing
landed at 4,732 feet.
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Spanish Comedy To
Union Services To Be
Held Sunday Niffht
According to an announcement
released this week by the Rev. A.
T. White, pastor . f the local Meth-
odist church, the regular fifth
Sunday union services will l»e held j Sunday’s game
in the Methodist Church Sunday
night, March 31, beginning at 8 o’-
clock, with the Rev. Milton O. Dav-
is, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, in charge of services. The
public is cordially invited to at-
tend.
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Safety Program Tc
Be Presented April 3
The annual Easter egg roll held Be Presented 1* nday
last Sunday at Pleasure Park was
marked with success, according to
an announcement made by Mrs. E
P. Johns..n, president of the Har-
mony Civic Club which sponsored
the event.
Due to unfavorable weather and
illness in a number of hornet, few-
er children participated ln the egg
hunt this year than In previous
years, Mrs. Johnson pointed out
Home Team Beats Hebbron-
ville; Return Game Sunday;
Pitcher Jack Downs Turns
In No Hit, No Run Game
The Falfurrias Tigers clashed
with the Hebbron ville Cowboys
last 8unday at Tiger Field here to
defeat the Invaders in a seven-
inning game, first < f the season,
with a score of 3-0 Pltehpr Jack
Downs turned in a no hit, no run
game.
Manager Callxto Mora has an-
nounced that the Cowboys will be
back next 8unday, March 31, to
seek vengance for their defeat and
the Tigers have been practicing to
meet the threat.
Following ls the list of players
who will probably see action in
T. Oarza, left-
field: J. Duque, centerfield; J.
Martinez, centerfield; Ray Flack,
Tnhtfield; David Grimes, right-
field; M. F Benavides, 2nd base;
F. Salinas. 1st base; G. Oarza, 3rd
base; Pete Hln. josa, shortstop; R.
Calderon, substitute: J. Zuniga,
catcher; G. Oonzalez, catcher; Ti-
ijerlna, catcher; J. Downs, pitcher
R Guerra, pitcher; M. Lunoff, Jr.,
j pitcher.
The Tigers will l.e outfitted in
Head Of Church Group
A safety talk and program, in new uniforms which merchants of
"Dona Clarines," two-act ’com- 1 “l.aic- of state highway patrol- the city have provided
edy, will be presented by the stu- man, assigned to this district, will ---xxx--
dents of the Spanish class Friday be given in the high school audl- # Holland NeW
night, March 29 I torium Wednesday aftern. on April
The cast is composed of the fol- 3, it was announced this week by
lowing: Doua Clarines, Aurora Vi- Supt. H. Lee Clifton. A similar pro-
llarreal; Marcela. Alicia de la Pe- gram, presented In October, 1938,
na; Miguel, Manuel Falcon; Don proved very beneficial, and the
Bacillo, Federico Guerra; Lujan, popular safety patrol was organlz-
Armando Cavazos; Escopeta, Alva- j ed by Officer Davenport,
ro Garcia; Darla, Manuellta Sail---xxx--
nas: Crispin. oiga Muftoz, and Ta- Hand Parents Ass’n.
!aASbtaergaina:maunee win be giv- To Meet Monday Nite
en for school children Friday af-
Those present were Joe Foster,
reached Erank Maun, Dean Harvlscn, ltus-
Miss Mable Marie Woodward of the age of 66, was one of the early spP Sherlock. Doris Hemphill,
Houston. cattlemen of this South Texas sec- Johnnie Lou Wright, Tommy Allen,
He was well known for his loyal- tion. He had been ill for several Mary Nell Allen, Allan Ray Hiss, ternoon at 2:3" o’clock and the A meeting of the Band Parents
ty to his friends and also for his months before his death in a Bee- BWy and Herbert Falkrnbjrg. night performance will start Association has been called for
keen sense of justice it was said. ville hospital last week. Well piprc<’ farter, Cynthia Tash and r, *)mptly at eight
He was a member of the First known In the Falfurrias area, he ^ndy Hanson.
Methodist Church and the Hous- was at one time
ton Turnvereln.
W. D. Holland was elected presi-
dent of the Presbyterian Men-of-
the-Church organization at the
regular monthly meeting of that
gr< up Tuesday night In the church
ba:*ement which was attended by
twenty-eight members
Other new officers of the organ-
ization are J. M Brooks, vice
president and chairman of the
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program committee, assisted by
Admission Monday night at 7:30 at the band Pam G. Reams, Coy Littlefield and
cnarges for the children s matinee room. All memi-ers are urged to R. L. Schultz, and Harry Mahan,
associated with------will be 5c and 10c and the charg- come as there are matters of lm- secretary-treasurer. J. A Oswalt Is
the Cage Ranch and at the time daughters. Mrs. Joe Wren of Math- es for the night performance will p< rtance to be discussed. the retiring president.
be 10c and 15c. Reserved tickets i
of his illness was connected with is, Mrs. Mattie Harding of La Oar-
xxx ■
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Mr. and Mrs Maurice Rednick of the Coyote Ranch. ta, Mrs. D. H. Cox of Falfurrias. can be bought at Belton’s Drug
Alice were Falfurrias visitors Wed- Surviving him are one son. C. C. Mrs. W. R Ooodwin of Clegg and Store or at the ticket door f< r an
nesday. | Gressett of Beeville. and five Mrs. B. V. Mathlson of Mathis. additional 5c.
Charles Premont and son, Mrs. Wm. V. Horn of Mohengan
James, spent the Easter holidays Lake, New York, ls the guest of her
with Mrs. Premont In San Antonio, sister-in-law, Mrs. E. P. Johnson.
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