Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1944 Page: 2 of 4
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PACE TWO
FALFURRIAS FACTS
THURSDAY, FEB. 17. 1934
From where I sit...
Jbi/ Joe Marsh
Bure's a lot of talk going around
nowadays about post-war plan-
ning... folks passing resolutions
, . . statesmen holding confer-
ences . . . governments making
promises to each other.
But as Bert Childers says:
“What good Is all this drawing
up of plans unless each one of
us decides to make hts corner
of the world a better place to
live In?”
From where I sit, Bert’s put
the problem in a nutshell. Gov-
ernments can pass all the reso-
lutions and make all the treaties
they can think of-and it’s still
up to the people themselves to
see to it that the world is ruled
by tolerance and understanding.
Unless we make up our minds
to respect the other fellow’s
rights and liberties —whether
it’s the right to enjoy a glass of
beer occasionally or the right to
vote according to our conscience
—a!! our post-war planning won’t
be worth the paper that It's
printed on.
No. 75 of a Series Copyright, 1944, Brewing IruluUry Foundation
JkiMuwL
Ear Tick Killer •
Kill* ear ticks Protects against re-
infestation Quait bottle—enough
to treat 60 to 125 animals—$1 25
For sale by—
CITY DRUG STORE
H I) Annual —
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and sofas, and made 9 si p covers.
Part of the accomplishments of
the club women on the clothing
demonstrations were: five women
kept indivitual clothing accounts1
two families kept family clothing
accounts; club members made 242
garments, and 4-H club girls made
7 dresses. Twenty gaiments were
made over; and 30 sewing machines
were cleaned. Work was g veil by
the agent on; tailoring, tewing aids
and pattern cutting, remodeling
clothing, designing clothing, wisj
buying and quality materials, home
cleaning; and care and cleaning of
sewing mach nes.
In the food production work club
members made 60 spring gardens
and 25 fall gardens with an estim-
ated total value of $3,000.00. One j
club member, Mrs. J. R Stevens
canned $37.98 worth of vegetables
from a small garden in addition to
having freth vegetables during all
the production season. Mrs. Freels
valued her 'back yard” garden at
$86.99. Nine dollars was spent fo;
plants and seeds. Mrs. Lock's gar-
den was worth $64 60,
Food preservation demonstration
was given every community by the
agent during 1943. She gave 13 food
preservat on demonstrations in the
six rural communities with one
hundred and seventy-five women
present. Eight were given to club
women and the public in Falfurriu3
community with 02 women present .
The club women cave on demon-
stration in Falfurrks combining the
cannng of eat, vegetables and
fruits in one demonstration.
Twenty-nine club women canned
4822 quarts of food in 1943. That
included fruits, meats, and vege-
tables, and amount to a saving of
$1541.85 to the women. 16 non-club
families reported canning 1024
quarts of food valued $302.05. 6846
quarts were reported canned by all
that was reported to agent’s office,
and much more was preserved that
was not reported through this of
lice.
Brooks County Has Gone Over The Top In
Its $119,000.00 Quota—But There Are No
Quotas On The Battlefield—Don’t Stop Now
Wiiise your $100 nestled in the bank
pCTS \ FANCIH
1 LET THE WISE
MAKE THE DISTINCTION
Wars have a way of changing
sentimental values, and anyway we
just don’t take the time these days
to perpetuate the lavender and old
lace custom of exchangmg Valen-
tines, but a few of us “old timers ’
can remember this as an important
event — calling for careful consid-
eration two weeks before February
14 .... At least three of our good
readers have no occasion whatso-
ever to forget St. Valentine’s Day
because that also happens to be
the birthdays of DICK McINTYRE
Sr., Mrs A. B. BLAKE and J. BRITT
DEKLE----Congratulations____
That sleek gentleman sporting
the Army lieutenant’s uniform a-
bout town recently is none other
than L. T. PORTER and evidence
that the Air Corps feeds its men
well is indisputable .. .As a matter
; of fact, the lieutenant explains it
is the result of five months soft
I existence in the hospital...
Alai mists at one time or another
would have us believe that the
country !s constantly going to the
dogs, so to speak, but our naturally
optimistic nature won’t admit the
logic of this... We cite as an ex-
ample a recent gathering of men,
lust ordinary men. who spontan-
eously break forth in a series cf
church hymns, ably led bv one ED
H. KLENKE. Their efforts are un-
solicited and they are not prodded
...True, they have just completed
a supper the like of which is most
uncommon, but they bear down
willingly on the songs. There's no
great moral catastrophe hanging
over a country where this can and
does occur ...
News reaches this desk that Mr.
and Mrs. FRED PRICE GOODE-
NOUGH will be stationed at Hous-
ton where FRED PRICE is ordered
by the Navy....
An editor catches enough heck
in the course of a few years to
make him perpetually penitent but
there’s always one or two bright
spots on the horizon to save the
situation and in this category is a
letter from GEORGE BARNES, now
in Corpus Christi. who wr'tes “We
would simply be lost without our
Facts and our weekly letter from
home."----Thanks .for them kind
words, pal. They are most welcome.
And that’s “30” for this week ...
XXX ----
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wood and
■ family of Edinburg will be guests
in the T. R. Bennett home Sunday.
*' !*• * * * *
Mrs. C. F. Hopper, Mrs. J. R. Scott
Mrs. C F. Wagenschein. Mrs. How-
ard Behrent and Mrs. Marvin Nol!
were in Corpus Christi Friday of
last week.
******
Mrs. W. D. Johnston and daugh -
ter, Joan, of Kansas City, arrived
this week for a visit with Mrs. John-
ston’s sister, Mrs. R. T. Moore, and
family.
******
Mr. and Mrs. H H. Hampton are
visiting i:i 'he C. J. Friedman home
for a few days while Mr. Hampton
is on a furlough.
******
Mrs. John R Murphey of Shreve-
port, La., is visiting in the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Earl Gaston.
ASK FOR
KINGSVILLE
THE TIME: November, 1943.
THE PLACE: Betio, just one of twenty-five outcroppings
that comprise Tarawa atoll of the Gilbert Islands.
SCENE I: Early morning of November 19th.
In the most concentrated naval gunfire in history,
800 tons of bombs are dropped by American car-
rier planes and 2000 tons of shells are hurled by
battleships, cruisers, and destroyers.
But all of that is not enough.
SCENE U: The next day.
The table reef prevents the Marines from landing
in their Higgins boats and many have to debark
800 yards from the beach and wade in against
heavy fire.
Squads of them are blown back into the water in
bloody, unidentifiable masses. Many more are hung
in death on the barbed-wire barricades in the shal-
low waters that lap over the treacherous reef.
Now come the Jap pillboxes —some 500 of them —
made of coconut logs or concrete or steel. So ingeni-
ously staged are these pillboxes that when a for-
ward one is destroyed, the Marines moving into
the cleared area are mowed down by fire from two
inner pillboxes.
And finally, the inevitable snipers in the palm trees
— unseen, unpredictable, accurate.
SCENE III: Evening of the third day.
Betio has been taken by the United Nations!
But that little strip of white coral, less than one
square mile in area, cost us the fiercest, bloodiest,
most ruthless battle in all American history. 1092
Marines paid with their lives. And the best part of
2680 will never again be whole, free-moving men.
Officers who know warn us that Betio was only the
beginning of the real war in the Pacific.
Is that $100 of yours stUI nottllng? It's nsadad—now.
It's nesdsd to halp put ovor tha Fourth War Loan, to
koop backing the attack I At loos# $100 extra, ovor and
above your regular bond-buying. Batter $300, $300,
$500. Today I
^^BACKTHE ATTACK!
IRA POOLE, JEWELRY
JACK CASEY
AMERICAN BARBER SHOP
TAYLOR’S RED & WHITE
A. L. IIOLI.OWAY
D. CALIF A
C. TRAD
BLU.MER FI RNITCRE COMPANY
LYNCH DAVIDSON A COMPANY
T. C. WINTHROP
l li il I Mi i ll MARKET
GRANT LUMBER COMPANY
FALFURRIAS PLUMBING CO.
V WITV BEA1 TY SHOP
HANSON PACKING SHED
GONZALEZ A SOLIS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
PROCTOR CREAMERY
CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO.
RKDNICKS
W. A. STOCKTON
McINI \ RE’S
FALFURRIAS BAKERY
HOUSTON NATURAL GAS COKP.
C. F. HOPPER
It. L. SCHULTZ
GATES Hl'MBI.E STATION
J. (’. THOMAS
GARDNER CHEVROLET CO.
PIGGLY WIGGLY
THE BORDEN COMPANY
THE TEXAS COMPANY
I.A GLORIA CORPORATION
COSBY’S
FALFt RR1AS FACTS
ICE CREAM
Can you use
a typewriter?
C'AN YOU do clerical work or
' t accounting? Have you ev-
er worked in a store? Can you
drive a car?
The Army needs all kinds of
skills in the WAC. There’s a
chance for you—to improve a
skill yrn already have or learn
one you'll find useful all your
life.
Today—find out aboit the
opportunities that await you
in the WAC—the important
job, the interesting life, the
chance to serve your country
in a vital way.
APPLY at the nearest IT. S.
Army Recruiting Station (your
'oral post cl fire will give you
M - address). Or write: The
Adjutant General, Room 441.1.
Munitic ns Building, Washing-
ton, D. C.
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