Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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Complete Coverage Of The Falfurrias Trade Territory
Dairying, Cattle, Citrus, Truck, Cotton, Peanuts
FALFURRIAS FACTS
ESTABLISHED IN 1906—BHOOKS COUNTY 3 ONLY NEWSPAPER
VOLUME XXXVII
FALFURRIAS. TEXAS, THURSDAY ,FEB. 24, 1944
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NUMBER 39
Officers Of 38tli
Battalion Here On
Official Business
Headquarters Officers Visit In
Falfurrias In Interest Of In-
creasing Strength Of Com-
pany D To Full Standards
Three officers attached to the
headqaurters staff of the 38th Bat-
talion, Texas State Guard, at Alice
and the company commander of
Campany E. Alice, were guests of
the Rotary Clui> of Falfurrias at
the Wednesday luncheon meeting.
The officers, personal euests of
R. D. Morgan, program chairman,
and Capt. M. C. Litttlefield of Com-
pany D. Falfurrias, were in the city
Wednesday in the interest of build-
ing up the personnel strength of
the Falfurrias company. Capt. Lit-
tlefield and Lieut. Jas. A. McBride
attended the group.
Present at the luncheon meeting
were Capt. W. B. Billingsley, bat-
talion chaplain; Capt. R. R. Mul-
len, battalion adjutant; W. J. Stiles,
headqaurters staff, and Capt. Bar-
ney Goldthorn, commanding offi-
cer of Company E. All are from
Alice.
Capt. Billingsley addressed the
Rotarians on the purpose of the
various guard companies and their
immediate value to each commun-
ity. He pointed out that the Texas
State Guard is not a casual social
or fraternal organization. It was
created by an Act of Congress to
take the place of the mobilized Na-
tional Guard and its policies and
training are closely supervised by
the Army.
The Texas State Guard is the di- !
rect link between a community and
official military protection. Every
guard unit will function under full
military alert in the event of emer-
gencies, disasters, etc.
Capt Billingsley and Capt. Lit-
tlefield called on every man in the
Falfurrias community to seriously
consider the advantages and obli-
gations associated with Joining the
local guard which is making an
attempt to build its strength to
full requirements. All interested
are invited and urged to attend
the regular meetings of the compa-
ny each Thursday night.
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Twenty -two Men
Given Physical
The Brooks Countv Selective Ser-
vice Board earlier this week reveal-
ed that the following draft regis-
trants were ordered to the Forf
Ram Houston Reception Center on
Tuesday. February 22. for physical
examinations:
Doroteo Garza, Enrique Perez,
Hilario Garcia Jr.. Zaravosa Soli-,
Juan Cadena. Aniseto V. Garza, Le-
opoldo G. Dias, Octavio B. Gonza-
lez John Edwin Boykin. Robert Lee
Williams, Juan P. Lopez. Lisandro
Saenz, Alejandro Gonzalez. Sam
Bvington, Jim Priddy, Vidal Flores.
Conrado Muniz, Calixto Sanchez
Jr., Rodolfo Colunga. Clifton E.
Weathers, Chris Benavides, Dona-
to M. Quintanilla.
Luis Garza was transferred to
another board for delivery.
David B. Garcia and Roberto Co -
lunga have been honorably dis-
charged from the aimed services.
The local board is holding forms
which must be filled out by the
following men: Paulino Alaniz, Jo-
se Palac os. Julian De Luna, An-
tonio Ramos, Francisco Garcia Vil-
larreal. Jose Gonzalez (wife, Ra-
faela G. Gonzalez).
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Call Issued For Old,
Usable Fountain Pens
l
The public is again rem'nded
there is an urgent need for old
fountian pens In the Atlantic and
Pacific combat zones for the use of
servicemen in their letter writing.
Persons possessing such pens are
invittd to contribute them to this
cause. They may be left at the lo-
cal office of Central Power ii L ght
Company or Falfurrias Facts.
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State School Officials
Visit Local Schools
John B Hays, deputy state su-
perintendent State Department of
Education, v sited the Falfurrias
Public Schools last Friday on offi-
cial school business. D. D. Snow,
county superintendent of Nueces
county, made a visit at the same
time.
Mias Lillie Stevens, vocational
homemaking supervisor, 8fate De-
Traitors' End
Red Gross Dri\e I | j leentli Annual
To Start Wednesday r. Ar-isToumevTo
o* | m
Marrh 1, Fn Brooks Open Here Friday
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1944 War Fund Quota Assign- Heart’s Delight Tournament,
Ti Rrcoks County Set At Oldest And Largest Of Kind
$4,000.00, As Comoared To In South Texas, Drawing Ex-
$1 680.00 In 1943 Drive cellent Representation
NORWEGIAN PASSERSBY WATCH with mingled emotion* as 0»lo polica remove the bodies of two quisling
informers from so apsrtment house where they were found dead. Thia picture, smuggled out of Norway, just arrived
ia this country . _
WITH BROOKS COUNTY MEN
5,ft
Drillin'; Reports
In Falfurrias Area
Brooks countv this week stood Falfurrias school officials reveal-
’■oodv to start tap 1944 American that 78 out of town entries had
cross War Fund Campaign on |*,Pn revived up to noon Wednes-
Maich 1 and H Lee Clifton, drive day for the fourteenth annual
chairman, announced that final Heart's Delight Tennis Tournament
nio.w were to be completed at a o'dest Invitation tourney in South
meeting of the county planning Texas.
comm’ttee scheduled for Thursday pians are complete for the two-
afternoon. day matches which are scheduled
Serving with Chairman Clifton for Friday and Saturday, February
on the planning committee are R 25 and 26 Both day and night con-
L. R hultr, Mauriclo Gonzalez. R T tests are scheduled
Moore. Marvin Noll. Mrs N B Rupp Entries have already been report-
D. Callfa and Howard Behrent. pd from the following schools: Ala-
The 1944 Brooks county quota Is , mo Heights of San Anton o, Jeff-
set at $4,000 00. a.s compared with prson High of San Antonio, Brack-
$1,680.00 In 1943. and it was point- i enridge of San Antonio. Corpus
ed out that this greatly Increased i Chrlsti, Ingleside, Benavides, Sod-
nuota v i'l call for the unstinted | vllle, Robstown, Pharr, Edinburg
cooperation of every individual in and Falfurrias.
the county. Lodging will be provided for all
The campaign will be conducted players who will be required to re-
throughout March but the local, main !n the city overnight. A need
committee has expressed a desire i exists for additional rooms and all
Following are two letters receiv
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Esteban Guer-
rero, parents of Pfc. Jesus Guer-
rero, who was accidentally killed
in a gun explosion at Fort Dix, New
Jersey, on February 14. Funeral
services weie conducted here last
Saturday.
Mr. Esteban Guerrero:
I wish to extend my deepest sym-
pathy to you in your time of sor-
row. Pfc. Jesus F. Guerrrro was a
member of the 345th Field Artilleiy
Battalion cf the 90th Infantry Di-
vls on. He was an excel'ent soldier
and was well liked and respected
by both officers and soldiers of his
i attery. His loss will be keenly felt
by all who knew him. That he died
in the service of his country while
in the United Sates and not in com-
bat with its enein'es does not de-
tract from the fact that he was do-
ing his duty bravely and well at the
time as a good sddier shou’d.
J. W. MacKelvie
Brigadier General U. S Armv
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Guerrero:
It is with deepest regret that 1
extend to you my sympathy upon
tlie unfortunate accidental death
of yoar son, Private Jesus Guerrero.
His untimely death occurred Sat-
urday, February 14, 1944, at 4:05
P. M. The battery was engaged in
firing when a shell exploded before
t left the barrel of the gun. Yo lr
Peace Study Meetings
Being Conducted At
Local Methodist Church
In keeping with the summons of
the Council cf Bishops of the Meth-
odist Church to study the Christian
principles wh ch must undergird
the coming peace if it is to be last-
ing, the Methodists of Falfurrias
have instituted a series of study
and discussion meetings held each
Thursday evening.
Following a covered dish supper
at 7:00 P. M., Rev. Seaborn M. Ki-
ker, pastor, presents a subject bas-
ed upon the theme, “The Com nv
Peace and the Prince of Peace ".
These meetings are a part of the
nation-wide Methodist Crusade for
a New World Order, the platform of
which is based upon the statement
of the Council of Bishops:
“The peoples of the world must
choose between International Col-
laboration. in which lies the possi-
bility of enduring peace, and Iso-
lationism. in which lies the certain-
ty of continuing war.
“As Christians, wc choose Inter-
national Collaboration and such in-
ternational organization as. in th-
judgment of experts, may be ne-
cessary to establish WORLD LAW
AND ORDER based upon Justice
and brotherhood.
"As Christians, we reject Isola-
tionism w’hlch subord nates the
well-being of the world to national
self-lntarest, and denies the Chri
tlan doctrine that all men are chil-
dren of one Father and are mem
bers of one family."
“Jesus Christ is the Saviour of
the world.”
partment of Education, visited n
the homrmaking department of the
Falfurrias schools on Monday ef
thia week. She expressed herself a*
favorably impressed with the work
being done in the department.
son was struck by several of the
flying fragments. All possible med-
ical aid was given him by a doctor
who was present at the time of the
accident.
May we, the officers and enlist-
ed men of Battery A, who lived and
worked with your son and admired
him as a man and soldier, extend
to you our humblest sympathy in
this hour of bereavement.
Ralph V7. Tetzlaff, Captain
345th FA Bn Command ng
Battery A
Pvt. Wm. B. Gardner Jr is locat-
ed at Sheppard Field, Texas, where
he is taking his pre-cadet training.
Prior to Pvt. Gardner’s induction, |
he attended the University of Tex- J
as at Austin.
Aviation Cadet Lairy G Casey is
now on the last lap of his cadet
training at Moore Field, Texas. A
member of one of the first groups
to get college training under the
C.T D. College Training Detach- i
ment plan, Cadet Casey enlisted in |
the Air Forces in January 1943. H<*
was attending A. & M. College at
the time. He began his pre-cad^t
training at Sheppard Field and la-
ter was transferred to Shawnee Ok-
lahoma, where he studied for five
months at the Oklahoma Baptist
University. Actual flying training
began when he arrived at Brayton
Flying Field, Cuero, Texas. Here he
organized and served as leader of
the Brayton Military Band. He rp- I
ceived his basic training at Waco I
Armv Air Field He is to receive
his wings and commission on April
15 at that field.
Pvt. Carlos Cruz who is station-
ed with a hospital unit at Camp
Phillips, Kansas, is now with the
same outfit but has received an
APO number in New York City.
Word is received by Mrs. Paula
O. Bazan from her son, Pvt. Jesus
Bazan, who is stationed somewher°
n the Hawaiian Islands. He is in
the best of health and likes it fine
in the islands.
Pfc. Rosallo Abrigo, son of Mrs.
Victoria Abrigo of Encino, has been
promoted to the rank of corporal.
He is serving with the 36th “Texas"
Division of the Fifth Army in Italv
Pvt. Rodney Cowey finished his
basic training February 19 and is1
now stationed in San Diego, Cal.
Armando S. Cavazos advises us «f
a change in his address. He is now
stat oned in Columbia. South Car- '
olina. Cava:os is with the Finance,
I Office at the Columbia Armv Air
j Base.
Wilbert William Langen, F 1 r
, has notified this office of a changn
i in his address. He is somewhere r>
' the Pacific theatre of operation:
| and receives his mail through the
j Fleet post office at San Francisco
Word comes to this office that
Pvt. Rodrigo Garza is stationed at
Fort Clark, Texas.
Mrs. S A Nelson receives word
that her son. James Nr!-on. who is
in the Navy, Is so me v here in the
South Pacific. From scraps of In-
formation contained in letters, his
mother believes that he has been
| in New Zealand and the Samoan
Islands.
Tommy Smith, S 2 c, arrived on
Wednesday for a five-day visit with
relatives heie before leaving for
Tulane University where he will
continue his V-12 training.
Humble Oil and Refining Co. No
3 Scott and Hopper, Brooks County,
drilling below 6,479 feet.
Sun No. 5 Cage et al. w Meat loc-
ntion in Brooks county, T. M. R. R
survey 669, three miles northeast
Scott and Hopper field discovery.
Magnolia Petroleum Co. No 57
A A. Seeligson, Seeligson field of
southern Jim Wells county, total
depth, 6,100 feet; made 42 barrets
of oil in nine hours on 7-64-inch
choke with 725 pounds casing pres-
sure, rus-o 1 ratio. 658 to 1.
Magnolia Petroleum Co. No. 58
Seeligson, location
Magnolia Petroleum Co. No. 59
Seeligson, rigging up.
Magnolia Petroleum Co. No. 60
Seeligson, derrick.
Sun Oil Co. No. 2 A. T. Canales.
CCSD-RGRN RR Survey 345, Ca-
nales Field, of Jim Wells countv,
total depth 2,119 feet, rig moved
to another location.
Sun Oil Co. No. 21 J. W. Miller,
Sect on 66, Seeligson Field, drilling
below 4,327 feet.
Sun Oil Co. No. 27 Praxedis Ca-
nales, Seeligson field, drilling be-
low 5,749 feet.
Sun Oil Co. No. 29 Praxides Ca-
nales, Seeligson Field, total depth
6.057 feet; on drill stem test with
seat at 5,926 feet .recovered 142
barrels of oil through Vkainch
choke in 21 hours, tubing pressure,
1,200 pounds, gas-oil ratio, 553 to 1
The Texas Co. No. 2 Tijer na A.
Canales Survey 270, wildcat about
one mile south of the Seeligson
Field, drilling below 6,930 feet.
Sam E. Wilson, Jr. No. 1 J. P. Min-
ten, Lots 27 and 28, Block 12, Wil-
son Field, dri'ling below 7,717 feet.
Magnolia No. 56 Seeligson, field
“Los Jarboncillos” A. Ramire’
grant, total depth 6142 feet, dual
sand well, from zone 10 flowed 324
barrels per day, V4-'nch choke,
from zone 17 flowed 252 barrels per
day, 14-inch choke
Sun No. 3 Miller, Seeligson. field.
Willis Millican survey 335, abstract
291, old well, icworked as dual com-
pletion, total depth 6005 feet; from
zone 19 flowed 133 67 Parrels per day
‘s-inch choke, from zone 14 flowed
157.39 barrels per day. 44-lnch
choke.
Sun No. 18 Miller, Seeligson. total
depth 6138 feet, dual sand well, from
zone 20 flowed 75 96 barrels per day,
3-16-lnch choke, from zone 19.
1 lowed 162.14 bariels per day, 'fl-
inch choke.
Shell. Inc., No. 17 Seeligson, Seel-
igson. field, Willis Millican survey
335, abstract 291 1148 feet west No
14, old well, reworked tor dual com-
pletion.
Sun No. 8 Canales. Seeligson. field.
A. Canales survey 182, 1248 feet
south No. 1. old well, reworked for
dual completion.
Sun No. 4 Miller, Seeligson. field
W ills Millican survey 335 abstract
291. old well, reworked for dual
completion.
Transwastern No 15-B Seeligson,
Seeligson, field, 67, 115b foot test,
sections 64 and 67, 1150 feet south-
west No. 8.
A new producer Is Standard of
Texas No. 1 Alliance &i Trust Co,,
Survey 27 of Duval County in Sejita
field, completed at 5 845 feet, flow-
ing 60 barrels oil daily through 'fl-
inch choke.
Standard of Texas No. 5 Jack
Casey, block 26 of San Pedro de
Charco Redondo grant of Duval
county In Sejita field. Is a new loc-
ation.
who wish to assist In lodging the
visitors are urged to contact school
officials at once.
Winners hi the Heart’s Delight
to wind it -up at the earliest date.
Further details will be announced
in sutseqeunt Issues of Facts.
The following Amer can Red Cross
statistics will be of interest to ail ; tournament have usually gone on
readers: I to win in the Interscholastic Lea-
Thls is the record of accomplish- meet in Austin. A Dallas sport-
merits from March 1. 1943 to Feb-1 ‘ng goods company has described
ruary 1 1944 except as noted: I the Falfurrias tournament as the
U S ’ servicemen given personal largest invitation meet In Texas,
aid 3 800 000 by camp and hospital exceeding even the Dallas Munlcl-
workers- 2 500 00 by chapter Home pal Tennls Tournament. The all-
Sorvice time high in peace-time registra-
5 000 00 nints of blood collected tlon has been 135 entries.
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350 overseas clubs for servicemen
and women.
50.000 nurses recruited for the
Army and Navy (As of February
29. 19441.
65 000 volunteer nurse’s aides 1
trained for service.
119.000 persons aided n dlslsters
i Fiscal vear—July 1. 1942 to June ; Boy Scouts of America, fund drlvo
30 1843) was conducted In Falfurrias on
15 000 survivors of marine dlsas- I Wednesday of this week and a re-
port Wednesday night to council
Bov Scout Fund
Drive Raises S2r>.f>0
The annual Gulf Coast Council,
tors aided.
925.000,000 surgical dressings pro-
duced.
12.000 000 garments made.
1.500.000 first aid certificates a-
warded.
headquarters In Corpus Chrlsti re-
vealed that $245 50 had been con-
tributed in Falfurrias. This is an
incomplete report.
The drive is being completed this
300 000 home nursing certificates ; week and contributions are still be-
issued ‘nK rece‘ved' R T Moore, campaign
5 300 000 prisoner of war pack- manager, announced. Those wish-
ages packed (January 1, 1943 to ing to make a contribution towards
November 6, 1943).
this cause are Invited to contact Mr
$77,000,000 fore gn war relief dis- Moore,
tiUnited. (August 1939 to September He was assisted Wednesday by
30, 1943). ' J- C. Thomas, E. J. Rupp. H. Lee
“With malicp toward none, with ; Clifton and Clarence J. Friedman,
charity for all; with firmness in ■ Funds raised in th’s campaign
the right as God gives us to see the 1 are used in carrying on the Boy
right, let us strive on to fin sh this J Scout program in the Oulf Coast
work we are in; to bind up the Na- Council, of which Falfurrias Is a
tion’s wounds and to care for him part.
who shall have borne the heat of ---xxx
the battle." Abraham Lincoln Training: School Set
For Church Workers
By Methodist Church
XXX
Nephew of Mrs. Teas
Killed In Marshalls
Mrs. C. C. Teas received wotd this
week that her nephew, W M Lilly
of Houston, was kl'led in action In
the Marshalls on February 3 He was
a member of a commando group
and had been in the service for
three years. His wife has b<‘en a
guest in the Teas home several
times in the last few years.
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Troop 28 Boy Scouts
Guests of Theatre
Gene Flowler, manager of the
Cactus Theatre, was host to Bov
Scouts of Troop No 28 on Friday
night, February 18 for the showin"
fo “Guadalcanal Diary" and wi'l
again be host to the boys on Fri-
day night, February 26. for the
showing of "Henry Aldrich In Bo-
Scouting". Scoutmaster Harry I)* 1"
ton revealed 21 bovs attended the
regular troop meeting last Tues-
day night.
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WAC Recruiting Here
Thursday, March 2
Second Lieut. Doris A. Freeman
and Cpl Margeret Condon, attached
to the WAC Sub-Station at Corpus
Chrlsti, will be in Falfurrias on
Thursday. March 2. in the interes*
of reenuit ng for the Women’s Arirn
Corps. Headquarters will be in th"
lobby of the local post office and
all interested are invited to contact
the recruiters there
Mrs R C. Haaoell. Mrs James
Murphy and Mrs. Jack Casey are
apending today in San Antonio.
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Rev. and Mrs. Ira C. Kiker, par-
ents of the pastor of the Falfurrias
Methodist Church, are scheduled to
arrive in Falfurrias Saturday to
spend a week. They will conduct a
training school for church workers.
Rev. Seaborn Kiker has an-
nounced he will welcome the privi-
lege of presenting his father from
his pulpit to preach Sunday at the
11 o'clock hour. The elder Mr. Ki-
ker has spent a number of years of
his ministry promoting the educa-
tional work of the loaal church. At
present he is the Executive Secre-
tary of the Board of Education of
the Methodist North Texas Confer-
ence. Mrs. Kiker, the plder, is the
Director of Children’s Work for the
' North Texas Conference. The!-
home Is in Dallas. They come to
Falfurrias having rcrent'y complet-
1 ed a tra ning school for churches
in Oklahoma City.
Two courses are to be taugh.
Mrs Kiker teaching. “The Children
We Teach”, and Mr. Kiker teach-
ing, How to Improve the Work of
the Church 8chool”,
The school will oe held both a)
Falfurrias and at Alice The Fal-
furrias school will meet Monday,
Wednesday and Friday evenings
from 7:30 to 9 30. The pastors an t
church workers of other churrtm-
are Invited to participate in th •
classes.
Mrs. William Laughlin s visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C
Knowles in Galveston.
Mrs Warren E. Hall of Weston,
Missouri, is visiting her brother, J.
R. Scott, and family.
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