Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1937 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXX
FALFURR1AS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1937
NUMBER 47
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Cyclone, Hail Strikes
Falfurrias is a pretty busy
town these days. What with
the tomato and cuke deal ,the
oil activities and dairying and
etc., a lazy man finds it hard
to drum up a willing listener.
Over in East Texas there was
a County official that spent
many hours going over old
hunting trips, and he enjoyed
talking from a certain corner
in the town which was giver,
the designation of So and So’s
Deer Stand Well a deer stand ^ .« «. ^ •
in Falfurrias just now would Catholic Organization
not be a safe place to stand a- Holds Convention
round. v\ e are about as busy
a place our size as ary man.’s .-•*'*--
town. The economic set-up! The following program will
here isn’t geared to a lazy j be given in the High School
mans’ motor. One can’t be a i Auditorium Sunday at 8 p. m
dairyman, an orchardist, a A small admission will be
vegetable grower or engage in charged.
any farming activities and j j Rcunion of al| memBers and
meet with any measure of au^" visiting member.-. „f other
yeas in this section .f he en-]towns at thc Sacred Heart
joys talkmr rather than work-(„ , . s..,n
ing. And 0il men who arejbch001 at ®"30,
with us ii, great numbers are 2. Parade from Sacred Heart
Falfurrias Saturday
Oil Developments
In Falfurrias Section
New Deep Test To Be
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Freak Storm Damages
Some But Also Brings
Much-Needed Moisture
Health Day Observed
By Parade Program
HEART’S DELIGHT TENNIS
TOURNAMENT draws Drilled 10 Miles
MANY ENTRIES
North of Alta Mesa
The State Public Health De-
partment suggested that Sa-
working men also. And did
you know that the only happy
people are those who are
busy?
(continued on page 4)
Governor Allred Vetoes
Truck Bill
In vetoing the bill to exempt
merchant owned trucks from
contract carrier classifications
Governor Allred ha*i posted
that question vividly before
Texas people. In a series of ar-
ticles discussing the effects of
placing merchant and manu-
facturer owned trucks in the
same classification as con-
tract carrier trucks, it was
brought out that unless relief
provided that would
School to the Sacred Heart
Church.
3. Solemn High Mass by His
Excellency, Co-adjutor Bishop
of the Diocese Mariano, S.
Garriga, D. D. at 9 a. m. The
mass will be sung by the stu-
dents of the Franciscans order
of Hebbronville, Texas. Ser-
mon by Sr. Zavala from San
Diego.
4. A parade of all members
from the depot to the Falfur-
rias High School where the
Convention will be held.
The Heart’s Delight Tennis
* n if . o u i ' Tournament was held last Fri-
In ralturnas Schools day and Saturday. There were
32 entries in hoys’ singles, 13
entries in boys’ doubles, 10 en-
tries in girls singles and nine
^urday be generally observed in girl* doubles. Due to the UOIls aim ^llin Hre lu
as healm day. Falfurrias unprecedently large entry list drill a ue&u test starting right
Schools, always alert respond-j the matches were not complet away. This location is some 5
ea In a big way. 1 he obser- ed when the rain stopped play mi|es from ,the Alta Verde
vance began Thursday when on Saturday. The girls doubles] Field Southeast and almost
a oftsAhflll cra^n was won by Cotulla. who tra-: due north the same distance
veled 285 miles to take part from the deep test the Stand
Hail, Wind Damages
Strip Three Miles
Wide, Fifteen Long bfsoba11 .?anie "'as i)laved
oif by faculty members Some
J. B. Dirickson and asso-
ciates have closed a deal with
Messers. Maupin, Wm. Singer,
and others for 5,000 acres in
section 630 and adjoining sec-
tions and Loflin Bros, are to
Saturday evening
6:0-0 p. m. a funnel shaped
cloud apeared southwest of
Falfurrias and the nearer it
came the worse it looked. The
whole city was thrown into a
midnight darkness and after
the wind, a hail storm came
upon the scene followed by a
good rain that in places almost
became a waterspout. On the
George Frank place a Mexican
woman was severely hurt
when the house she was in
stopped were Joy Dehnisch of
Sinton, and Katie Boulting-
house of Adams In the boys’
singles, Kellam and Nichols,
of the young ladies were a-
about mazingly skillful while others
were a ludicrous opposite; but
we aren’t calling any names.
Our school observed Friday
rather than Saturday. The pro-
gram opened with a Dutch both of Robstown, were com-
Fair, a little play put on by! peting for the champioiishi?;
Miss McClure and Mrs. Brooks
This was so enjoyable that a
request is up for it to be re-
peated. This will be at an early
date which this pr,pei- will an-
nounce Following the play Dr.
C. Kirke Russell gave a most
excellent health talk to the en-
tire school.
Then the parade led by the
in the tournament. In the finals ard 0f Texas is testing out now.
in girls singles when play j i,0fijn Bros, being the drilling
sustained injuries but she was
the only person who was se-
riously injured by the storm.
There has never been a
worse storm than the one that
5. Opening of the Convention [ visited Falfurrias Saturday in
was blown down and she is in|Gre“„ shirt ^H it Its best
a critical condition. There j They gave a short drill on
were a number of others who Main street, which was lined
1 with cars filled with animated
spectators
by his Excellency Co-ad jutor
Bishop Garriga, D. D. at
10:30 a m.
6. Works of the Convention
7. Talk by Judge J. T. Canales
this vicinity. The damage done
tomatoes, cukes and citrus
fruits by the hail will total
quite a sum and the loss from
the cyclone which wrecked
In the boys doubles were Eads
and Kellam, and Nichols and
Garnet of Robstown, Crist and
Savage of Ingleside, and Flack
and Master of Falflirri?.?. Thp
concluding matches will pro-
bably be played in Robstown.
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TOMATO PRICES GOOD
Prices paid for tomatoes
Thursday in Falfurrias ranged
from 3*.jc to . 5c.” Cukes sold
for 81.75 to $2.00. It appears
---------- that No. 1 tomatoes will bring
The teachers .pupils and} the grower 5c for some time
parents deserve unstinted i unless conditions in other to
praise for the very splendid
entries. High School students
dressed in overalls carried
rakes, hoes, etc and banners
urging cultivation of all fruits
and vegetables.
Other groups carried brooms
mops and buckets and banners
for cleanliness
contractors for same Since a
number of local citizens have
acreage in (that vicinity this
new test will he watched care-
fully and high hopes will be
sr.tsrtsijted- That Mr. Dirick-
son and his associates are
lievers in its oil possibilities is
evidenced by the fact Hhat
they have invested heavily in
leases surrounding the test.
Alta Mesa Field
We are advised that in the
Alta Mesa proven field a deep
test is going down, and the re-
sults so far attained are all to
the good. One whose acquain-
tance with Brooks County’s oil
developments we have always
found to be correct said thi.%
so far the deep test had en-
countered three different
sands, each well worth develop
ing. What the future has in
store for the Alta Mesa field
now appears to be only oil,
more oil and still more oil
West Premont Field
An examination of the equip ,, A/.t.er a <|a/8 ‘‘siesta’’,
merit being installed in the J,btV pst F remont field started
Texas Canning Plant will con- f.e.ve °^rnf,lts 1,1 dPad earnest
vin,.o this week and as a result.
ato growing sections improve
materially.
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TEXAS CANNING PLANT
ALMOST READY
was provided that would A' m ii u lts the cyclone which wrecked tor cleanliness. rexas Canning Plant will con- F7“ u
exempt such trucks, many in- ?; Ta k by His Excellency Mottoes wind mills and up- Sti11 others representing dif- vince anyone that this institu- },,* "eVk p!!d a* a ,resUJt
dustries in Texas would have »*»"»"« S- 0 , ”’TS' n”, in ,u countries and their fore I tion has in mind putting a lot' G * ««*•'• No. SI is set-
to go out of business For in- oefue, a^ Sacred '' .P most health foods. of red ripe Falfurrias tomatoes v^ (j Ml *?’ " Thirkle
.a.____ x, . up • . Heart School. also makes a total that is se-1 ri,n _____i. . _____ . ........ ............. ....i____ No. 2 has found croon sand and
to go out of business For in- „ «argecue
stance, the bottling companies Heart bch°o1-
will have to charge for haul- Mother’s Day Play
ing their products from Kings- , _
ville to Falfurrias in their own , Presentation by Manuel de
trucks, the same freight that >a Gar- i iouu acres i ne cyc.one cover-; ones
the railroads do. The practice 2 Recitation, Arthur Farr and ed f territory some three mi es and b
also makes a total that is se- The lower grades represent-
nous. The estimated damage 0d the vegetable garden
done tomtoes and cukes run dressed as carrots, beets etc :
from 800 acres destroyed to j amj ;
i 1500 acres The cyclone cover-1 ones \
in cans. After re-arranging the
building, it would seem that it
No. 2 has found good sand and
is to set casing right a way, mid
Smith and Story's Buldue No.
S‘ £% batCioi
pent i
V • ** Uai/fr f0^ /ddo , , - -isanas Aua tne real estate oi-
s of milk After the’ Quite a number of tomato f,Ves at V™mont HpVeRr U> be
rest of the day was growers had th,> misfortune tojbu''___°king ,i <-i clients.
The Governor's vAo'uiU'forA'
them to charge their cu-to- Bo Peep-Dolore., Gonzalez! .enotvsly damaged or
mera in Faifufriaa the freight 4- “Fourth Commandment” fisc wrecked. There appeared ............................................„t. ...... „„
the railroads would on a ship- Loren za—Consuelo Nava to i)e no crops lettnom south A deal was closed Wednes-, plants will put on another i week but todav Thursday, the
ment of soda water above the „ Gi>—Maria Esquivel *•>- H-hhwmv.il. ......................... , ... --------I . • »• -
price they sell to Kingsville Ra£ael —Lilia Silva
merchants And this will make _ ,,r”est~Alicia Nava
the margin of profit of those 5; Mothers”, song by a group
here who handle the Kings-
ville bottling plant’s products
so thin it remains questionable
of children.
6. “Dance
Norma Barrera, Irene Vela Georf?e Sorenson has a cueum-
if they can afford to absorb Eulalia I-ozano. Dolores Com ber.j" M*.sh(°" *«•>
the freight on same The rail- zajez, Maria Lemus and Maria i • straw that the wind had
roads seem to have won a sig. tav‘ , throu*hAnother in-
nal victory in the Governors 7' Son8 by Emma Garza. ; stance was that of a piece of
veto, but Vince it effects so!? “Not Quite A Bargain”-! ^eet roofing that cut midway
many institutions, upsets so ^ornia Barrera and Naida into-.a tr.^e' And ■speaking of
many long established busi- 9- “Mother Takes a Vacation” ™ ' ,|haJ| be®a Hcattered
Betty—Maria Nava. nrpttv upn nU nVpr fho pn<t
Bobby—Jose Benavides
Anne—Irene Vela
Nancy—Evangelina Garvia
Jackie—James Benavides
Peggy, a friend—Victoria
Silva
10. Dance—Bertha Vela and
Corinne Vela.
11. “One of the Two Ought to
Marry”:
Tia Maria—Adelina Garcia
Prof. Diego—Emede Garcia 7"T, *** %---------* -----
Prof. John—Raquel Garcia hfal1 .al!d ra,n' l.h* c0"cc.n?“,
a . . . „ i Maria Louisa—Marin Nnvn of °P,ni0n «eems to he that the
A general rain fell Thurs- 19 “Ermita’* Trin” PH hf- much needed rain was worth
day night that assures the ^ 1rec,ted b> | possibly four times as much
dairymen, cattlemen and vege-, uarza. tQ thjs section as the damage
table growers plenty of rnois-, done by the cyclone and hail,
ture for some time Reports METHODIST CHURCH If the hail and wind could
are that it covered a territory i --- have been distributed along
be a Special wjth the rain, the damage done
- a": ATnAMut T0MA‘T° ANC.CUKE DEAL
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1»„01 4. , for them to get some revenue The cyclone and hail and
Ktdl ivsiaie Deal ; out of their tomatoes, if as, the rain held up the tomato
some claim the hail beaten | and cuke deal the first of the
Ar Vu VT-n------ , " «‘u«u vveunes-, plants will put on another i week but today. Thursday, the
oi the IlebbronMlle road a- day afternoon for the purchase crop which will lie too late for growers wi re bringing in quite
east* to^tdfe ^ill8Wright 'place °f. ^V..' K;_ McKeaigs home the green wrap deal but will a number of loads and against
in the path of the cyclone
There were a large number of
freakish things the wind did.
George Sorenson has a cueum-
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by Mr and Mrs. Austin Gates, he producing red ripe toma-
This will be converted into j toes that the canning plant
business property later on. Mr. can use. This, of course, makes
II/-] Mi* r, ti/1 Mu . 4 L . rr a, ■ F* i> nn i n iz f 'nltmOII V
McKeaig and Mr. and Mrs.
Loving and son will continue
to Jive in the home for a few
weeks.
the Texas Canning Company
plant and its future tie into
our present situation, like a
pocket in a night shirt ”
many long established busi
ness practices, we believe that
it will squarely place the
present truck regulation laws
before Texas people, who are
in no mood to understand why
long established busings ar-
rangements should be thrown
into the scrap pile to serve the
profits of the rail roads.
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Fine Rain Here
Thursday Night
pretty well all over the east
end of Brooks County. And
wind mills simply folded up
before the cyclone. The garage
on the Fore place was seem-
ingly lifted up by the cyclone
as carefully as a mother puts
her baby to bed, leaving no
scratch or blemish on Mr.
Fores car.
“Nature repairs her ravages”
has been handed down to us
and in Saturday’s cyclone and
many miles square. Hcbbron- There will ....... uollia|SC uu„c
ville and even points west of i Mother’s Day service Sunday crops and citrus and barns
there shared in same. The morning We invite you to ] and houses would have been
rain last Saturday was spotted come worship with us. You negligible. As it was many
and while it did the section it will wear a Red flower if your were helped while others were
fell on lots of good, it was not; mother is living and a White left badly crippled financially
a general rain such as fell i flower if she has, passed away. Right in town the principal
Thursday night. Now that we We will have a Negro damage done was to trees, al-
h.t,- o ------ ------ -1— 1-----L ‘" though some roofs were
damaged, windows broken and
the garage on the J. H. Hen-
have a real season in the | Chorus sing in our Church"at
ground everyone feels that Fal five o’clock Sunday afternoon.
furrias section is going to ride
the waves of prosperity high,
wide and handsome.
They will give us an hour of ...c „___„„ ....... ..........
song servee. We invite every derson rent home was blown
one to come. I down
Important Notice
To those in our midst who are hailed out, we are in-
deed sorry. But bad as it was it might have been worse.
How? you ask. Well, among other things there might
not have been an Agricultural Conservation Program
which among other of its features provides some crop
insurance for those who lost everything. In this short
space may we reiterate that the Conservation program
is strictly a voluntary proposition, and to those who have
not availed themselves of the various provision(s, we
would suggest that you immediately call at the County
agent’s office and do so before Saturday, May 8th which
has been designated as the final sign-up date.
On recent inquiries there had been less than
a hundred of our Brooks County farmers who had sign-
ed their work sheets There should be over three hun-
dred
When the processing tax of the AAA was ruled un-
constitutional, some of our alert Congressmen (and we
have some) secured a portion of the import revenue set
u.'ide strictly for the benefit of giving farmers a portion
of equality in our tariff system. The amount any one
farmer can earn under the conservation plan is not large,
but reliable estimates indicate a possible revenue of $40,-
000 to the farmers of Brooks County This is something
to think about, and a word to the should be suffi-
cient. Remember Saturday the 8th is final, and tell your
neighbors to avail themselves of this, their rightful op-
portunity.
Agricultural Committee
Falfurrias Chamber of Commerce •
this coming Monday, it is con-
fidentally expected that the
usual activity around the pack-
ing sheds at this time of the
year will be in full swing.
Some who make it a habit to
keep tab on the date the to-
mato and cuke deal gets un-
der full steam advised that
last year it was around the 10
on May before shipments in
large quantities started. And
these same authorities feel
very confident tjiat Monday,
May 10th will find every pack
ing |shed in Halfurrials busy
far into the night.
That the deal has every ear
mark of being promising is evi-
dmeed by the fact that one
of the largest factors in the
game ordered two cars of lugs.
Thursday.
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MISS STORY’S PUPILS
IN ALICE PROGRAM
Sunday Evening. May 9 the
Methodist Choir of Alice is
presenting a musical program
featuring a group of Violin
Choir numbers directed by
Miss Beatrice Story. Vocal
| soloist, Mrs A. K. Blake with
Martha Hise at the piano.
Those taking part in this
; program are Winnifred Du-
! Bose. Betty Jane Young, Mary
Ruth and Elizabeth Blake,
Alicia Perez. Lorraine Rupp,
Wilma Cheatham, Marta Bolt,
Billy V. Wham, Walter Car-
roll, Alfred Lobrecht, Mes-
dames W. V. Isham, D. Lo-
brecht, J. Britt Dekle and Mr
J. Caldwell.
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