Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, October 21, 1938 Page: 1 of 6
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(Jor..;)lctc Coverage of Brooks Count;* Territory
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FALFURRIAS FACTS
VOLUME XXXII
ESTABLISHED IN 1006— BROOKS COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER
FAI.FIJRRIAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1933
NUMBER 19
Auxiliary Women
Convened Here For
Conference Meet
STIRRING DAYS RELIVED AS TRAIL-DRIVERS CONVENE
Group Hears Visiting
Speaker From
Augusta
Representing many S' uth Tex-
as cities, approximately 100 women
church workers of the Presbyte-
rian Woman’s Auxiliary Confer-
ence of District Two were conven-
ed here Thursday for an all-day
meeting. The sessions were held
at the First Presbyterian Church
beginning at 10 a. m. and continu-
ing through the afternoon.
Principal speaker of the day was
Dr. F. Cr< ssley Morgan of Augus-
ta Ga., who spoke on the Bible
hour. Others on the program were
Mrs. T. R. Bennett, Falfurrias,
welcoming address; Mrs. W. D.
Doughty, Robst< wn, response; Mrs.
E. I. Crow, worship: Mrs. J. L. Nier-
man. “Echoes from Training
School”; Mrs. L. C. Majors, syno-
dical education director, “Making
and Keeping Our Homes Chris-
tian”; Mrs. Joe B. Moore, Port La-
vaca, Presbyterial president, talk;
Rev. James E. Moore, Falfurrias,
“Our Unfinished Task”.
Lunch was served at noon by
members < f the Baptist Woman’s
Missionary Union.
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Honor Students Get
Recognition At End
Of First Six Weeks
Fourteen students in the Pal-
furrias high school were placed on
the honor n il at the end of the
first six weeks’ period, according
to information released Thursday
by Supt. C. L. DuBose.
Foil' wing is a list the honor
students by grades:
Seniors—straight A average,
Ruth Howard; A average Kathryn
Culpepper, Marion Donohue and
Betty Jo Fry.
Juniors—A average, Mary Ruth
Blake, Carolyn Fry and Dema
Jewell Smith.
6< phomores—straight A average.
Carolyn Knowles, Dick McIntyre
and Betty Jane Young; A average,
Katherine Rupp.
Freshmen;—straight A average.
John Fry; A average, Raymond
Renner.
Sub-freshmen—A average, Betty
Renner.
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Realistic Red Cross
Program Offered By
School Civics Class
(fame Commission ! Benavides* Name
Gets Local Board Ordered On Ballot
For Brooks orks By Supreme Court
Group To Make Surve>
And Recommend
Solutions
Tall stories were exchanged and
the comparatively dull life of the
machine age sadly compared with
the stirring days when men rode
the trails < f the frontier as old-
timers gathered in San Antonio
recently for the Old Trail Drivers’
Convention. Shown above are E. \
Roeiiuck, 81, of Locknart tugging:
who remembers the days when
Falfurrias was nothing more than
an outp' st of civilization.
Despite his advanced years, Mr.
at the boots of H. m. Atkins, 79. | Atkins is still active.
Jackson To Move
To Dewitt County
After Agent Trade
Cuero Man To Assume
Duties As Rrooks
Farm Agent
Effective October 2», Brooks and
Dewitt counties exchanged county
agricultural agents, .T. W. Jackson
• f this county having been trans-
ferred to Cuero while J. A Oswalt
of the central Texas county will
move to Falfurrias.
Jackson received notice of the
transfer Saturday, Oct' ber 15, and
left for Cuero Wednesday to make
preliminary arrangements before
taking over his new office. He will
then return to this city to pre-
pare his annual report.
Oswalt bi asts long experience in
farm work, having served ten
years as Dewitt county agent. He
has had seventeen years experience
in extension work.
Coming here November 1. 1936.
County Agent Jackson lacked but
a brief period having served Br< oks
county two years. He came here
, , from Weatherford where he had
The high schoo civics class en-j Bcen statlonod Ior ht lor
tertamed the student asaembly lo ^ w so„th T„a.
THE FINE ART OF
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DIFFICULT ASSIGNMENT
BROOKS WEATHER
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- Part C!dy
Seeligson
And
Shell
Wednesday with an interesting
and realistic program, in com-
memoration > f National Red Cross
Week, November 11-24. Kathryn
Culpepper, who acted as announc-
er at the same time related perti-
nent facts concerning Red Cr> sa
Work. " *"
As the announcer told < f the
efficient services of the Red Cross
during the World War, the stage
curtains parted and a realistic
scene of a war time Red Cross hos-
pital was presented, showing a
number < f wounded soldiers with
nurses attending them.
The Red Cross helping disaster
refugees was enacted upon the
stage. A number of children passed
in line holding plates while Red
Cross workers fed and cared for
them.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Nolan and
three daughters of Raymondville
visited Mrs. Nolan's parents. Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Sullivan, Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Porter of Del Rio
arrived Wednesday for a visit with
her father, M. H. Atkins, in this
city.
His family will remain in Falfur-
rias until after the midterm school
examinations which are scheduled
for January.
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Falfurrias Delegaton
Attends STCC Jubilee
Geo. I. Drozd of Drozd & C- mpany
left Sunday night for New Orleans
to attend the Eucharist Congress.
The Congress will be in session Oc-
tober 17, 18. 19, and 20. He expects The caps, which match the dress-
to return October 22 or 23 Enrout-^es in ci lor and have the letters
he will visit his brother. Rev. An- p h. S. sewed on one side arrlv-
thony Drozd. In Halletstfllle. cd Tuesday
Included in the Falfurrias dele-
gation which attended the South
Texas Chamber of Commerce Jubi-
lee at Brownsville Sunday, Mon-
day and Tuesday, October 16. 17
and 18. were Reuben Schultz, pre-
sident of the local « rganlzation, T.
R. Bennett, manager: Howard
Behrent, director, and E D. Mc-
Intyre who is a director of the
South Texas Chamber of C-m-
merce.
Prominent public officials, head-
ed by Senator Tom Connally, and
chamber of commerce leaders ad-
dressed the gatherings M->nday
and Tuesday, bringing up perti-
nent problems which now confront
or will confront the South Texas
and Oulf Coast regions.
Laredo was chosen as the 1939
meeting place.
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PEP SQUAD UNIFORMS
The pep squad girls this week
will boast a complete new uniform
after adding the finishing touches
to their green and white skirts
Wells Capture Local
Oil Men’s Interest
Magnolia Petroleum Company's
No. 10 Seeligsi n in the East Pre-
mont Field continued to hold lo-
cal interest as operations in this
area remained comparatively quiet.
The Seeligan well was last re-
ported plugged back from 6,470
feet to 6,121 feet with 75 sacks of
It may have been luck or it may
b( that the wise boys acquired that
status by reading the papers, but
three of them from Falfurrias and
one from Prem< nt hit pay dirt in
the first Facts football guessing
contest and lost no time in claim-
ing their theatre tickets.
Lucky or otherwise, the gentle-
men wh" collected are F. P. Goode-
nough, Russell Barnes and Dr. W
D. Holland of this city and Jim
Evans of Premont.
To further comu.se the eldtor in
charge of the contest, the winners
came thr ugh stiff competion with
a four-way tie and the runner-up
claimant was one down on the bot-
tom side of the tie. Only Jim Ev-
ans picked Tulane to overcame the
mighty Rice eleven, which in it-
self indicates that he couldn’t
have read the sport pages very
carefully or he would have realized
that Tulane didn’t have a chance
to stop the elusive Mr. Lain.
There’s opportunity for eveiy-
i ne in the contest which each
week lists the outstanding teams
cement under 1,300 pounds pres
sure and is waiting for the cement \in the country. Football enthusiasts
to set. and Just plain guesser* all have a
South of this field Transwestern chance try for the theatre du*
Oil C. mpany’s No. 1 Dunlap Js ca”* , ... , , ..
drilling below 6.283 feet Slmply mark thp w,nner ln thp
_ .. ..... . blank opposite the name of the
In theJUta Verde area in Brooks | tp,m and fill in the c< upon at.
county O. L. Stutcnroth’s No
Singer at 899 feet pumped a *m ill
portion of < il before sanding up
Reports from the Shell Company
No. 1 Vi n Blucher, five miles north
of Falfurrias, said < perators were
preparing to free the “frozen” drill
stem and resume drilling opera-
tion.
the bottom. All entries must be In
this office by 4 p. m. Thursday
day October 29 and the four high-
est will be declared winners.
Week of October 28-29
Falfurrias-Hebbronville
Javalinas-Sul Ross-
Baylor-T. C U.-
Columbla-
One step nearer a definite wild-
life preservation program, mem-
bers of the Brooks County Wild-
life Planning Board which includes
land owners, sportsmen and busi-
ness men, met Wednesday after-
noon in the court house t<> hear a
discussion of problems confronting
the Texas Game, Fish and Oyster
Cmmissic n and to name a com-
mittee to study local conditions.
The meeting was called by A K.
Short, regional game manager,
who was assisted ln the discussion
by Bob Mauerman, also a manager
of Region 6 which embraces twen-
ty-three South Texas counties.
J. R. Scott Jr. and James Mc-
Bride were appointed as a nomi-
nating committee to select mem-
bers of the executive committee.
C. F. Hopper was named president
«f the group, Earl Wright, first
vice president; Eulijlo Qarciu,
second vice president; T. R. Ben-
nett, secretary-treasurer, and How-
ard Behrent, publicity director.
Mauerman explained the objec-
tives which the Commission hopes
to attain through comprehensive
surveys of every county in the
state. He stressed the importance
of local organizations ln further-
ing worthwhile leglslatl< n. out-
standing item of which is the a-
doption of a universal hunting li-
cense supplemented by a clarifi-
cation of existing conflicting game
laws.
Although distinctly a separate
movement, the local Game, Fish
and Oyster planning board foil' ws
tht recent organization of a Brooks
county chapter of the Texas Wild-
life Federati<n. This group is
headed by James McBride.
Land owners who plan to lease
their premises for hunting purpo-
ses are warned that they must
make application for licenses be-
fore November 16.
—Cornell
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Miss Jeannette McClure spent j Centenary-Loyola
the week-end with relatives In
San Angelo.
Bob Young, student at Browns-
ville Junior College, spent the
week-end here with his parents
Mr. asd Mrs. Earl Young.
Duke-N Carolina---
Colgate--Holy Cross—
Duquesne-Detroit-
Fordham-Pi ttsbu rg-
Oe< rgla Tech-Vanderbilt
Harvard-Princeton-
| Indiana-Wisconsin-
Iowa 8tate-Marquette—
Miss Lynnette Oilllam of Papa-J Louisiana Slate-Tennessee—
lote is a new member of the Ameri- Miss. State-Tulane-
can Beauty Shop personnel. Northwestern--Minnesota--
Purdue-Iowa-
Rice-Auburn-
S. M. U.-Texas——
Stanford-UCLA-
A. & M.-Arkansas-
Army-Notre Dame-
Miss Vernette Sparks was among 1 Navy-U. < t Penn.-
Mrs. John Curtis. Mrs. Jeff Har-
vlson. Misses Nina and Jewell Hud-
son were Corpus Ohristi visitors
Tuesday.
those attending the dance at the Alabama---Kentucky-
opening of the Alice Hotel Satur-1 Santa Clara-Mich. State-
day night. U. of Teryv--L8U-
Mrs. Ray Cowey and Miss Vita
Keys spent the week-end ln La !
Orange.
NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
Readers In Brooks
County Area Get
Library Benefits
Many Books Available
In Office Of Miss
Nellie Cundiff
More than one hundred books
are now available without charge
to Broi ks county readers as the re-
sult of the installation of a travel-
ing library in the court house of-
fice of Miss Nellie Cundiff, c< unty
home demonstration agent, it was
announced this week.
The editions are available to li-
terary enthusiasts ln this area
through the co. peratlon of the
Texas Library and Historical Com-
mission.
Books may be checked out by a
reader for a duration of two weeks
and renewed once for the same
time. Miss Cundiff said. Dates on
the books and on the b« rrower's
card indicate to the librarian
whether or not the book Is over-
due and if this is the case a fine
11 five cents for each day past the
due date will be charged.
In the event a borrower’s card
has been lost, a new ..ne will be is-
sued on payment of five cents
and if a book has been lost r ut-
side the library the reader will be
charged with the cost. All fines
for overdue or lost bo< ks will be
used to defray the freight charges
ln bringing them to this county.
Under the supervision of MUs
Cundiff. books may be checked
out from 8.30 a. m. to 10:00 a. m
on Tueday, Thursday and Satur-
day.
Followin Is a list of the books
available in the county home dem-
onstration agent's office at thi
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Decision Ends Months
Of Court Battle
By Principals
Terminating several months of
legal maneuvering, the Texas Su-
preme Court Thursday, October
13, affirmed a lower court’s deci-
sion and ordered the Brooks Coun-
ty Democratic Executive Commit-
tee to certify the name of I. J. Be-
navides as the Democratic nomi-
nee for district and county clerk.
Benavides had asked for the
mandamus order on complaint
that the committee had tailed to
certify his candidacy after the
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals at
San Antonio had decided adverse-
ly to M. F. Orth. Incumbent can-
didate ln the July Primary, in an
election contest. Previously the
court had ruled for Orth but lat-
er reversed Itself after a rehear-
ing.
A court of inquiry was held be-
fore Judge H. O. Henderson Fri-
day, October 14, at which testimo-
ny ln connection with alleged
fraud in the primary election was
taken. Findings of the court have
not been made public.
RevamjM*<l Jersey
Squad To Challenge
Freer Buekaroos
Team Invades Oil City
For Nig-ht Game ,
With Foes
A completely revamped Jersey
squad has been groomPd to meet
the Freer Buckaron juggernaut on
the Freer field Friday night as
Coach Lloyd (Chief) Dyer makes
an attempt to boost his eleven in-
to the win column.
By virtue of early seos< n reverses
and the fact that the game will
be played under lights on a strange
field, the Jerseys will enter the
contest with the odds against them
but the home club is set to take
advantage of any breaks that may
occur ln the game.
With Roberto Villarreal a* pace
setter, a new backfleld will go In-
to action Friday night. Three
transplanted linemen will drop
back to share ball carrying duties
with Villarreal. They are Frank
Hlopper, who will call the signals.
Neville <Cott<n> Stiles and David
Grimes.
In the line at left end will be Joe
Downs, a former bank; John Louis
Forsyth at left tackle; Julian
Ruiz, left guard; Van Blackwell,
center; Ruflno Trevino, right
guard; Ruel J. Falkcnburg, right
tackle; and Jack Flack, early sea-
son back, at right end. Ernest Wil-
liams will share the left half post
tion with Villarreal.
Others who are to see service In
the Freer game are Bobby Bur-
I dette. Dick Hinnant, Oustavo Qar-
1 za and Rodolfo Calderon.
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High School Seniors
To Sponsor Cake Walk
I The high scho. 1 senior class will
be psonsor of a “cake walk” on
Halowe’en night, Monday. October
31. beginning at 7:30, according t«•
an announcement made this week
Funds raised through the sale of
tickets will be used to benefit th*
school annual.
A large circle will be drawn on
the Rice street pavement in front
of the Cactus Theatre. The cir-
cumference of the circle will be
spaced and numbered and the trick
is to circle the outer rim and stov
on the chosen number. The win-
ner gets the cake.
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Mrs. E. P. Johnson returned
Wednesday from an extended visit
with her sister in Oakland. Cal.
Miss Hazel Hornsby has return-
ed from California where she has
been living for some time.
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