Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. [39], Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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Complete Coverage Of The Falfurrias Trade Territory
Dairying, Cattle, Citrus, Truck,
Cotton, Peanuta
FALFURRIAS FACTS
VOLUME XXXV
ESTABLISHED IN 190C— BROOKS COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER
FALFURRIAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1942
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TWELFTH ANNUAL TENNIS TOURNEY FEBRUARY ^-28
Senior Class Ready
To Present Play In
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Dual Performance
‘Oh, Professor’,, To Be Offered
In Two Performances On
March 5 And 6; Public In-
vited To Enjoy Comedy
Plans are complete for the pres-
entation of the high school senior
play, “Oh, Professor", it was an-
nounced earlier this week by Hy-
man Teague, faculty director.
The play will be presented, in two
performances, the first, a children's
matinee beginning at 2 p. m. March
5 and the second a night perform-
ance at 8:15 P. M. Friday, March 6.
The play will be presented in the
school auditorium and admission
charge for the night performance
will be forty cents.
Assisting in the presentation are
the following committees: poster
committee, Ellen Williams, Clara
Mae Wieland and Louella Proctor:
advertising committee, Ellen Wil-
liams, Maria Luisa Herrera, Oscar
Longoria, Jesus Chavana and Geor-
gia Bess Sherlock; stage property
committee. Harry Dutton, Maxine
Mounce and Locke Myrick.
Scene of the play is the Brixton
summer camp for girls. The cast
of characters is as fellows: John
Archer as “Jake", the school jani-
tor; Ann Tidmore as “Miss Freder-
ica”, assistant e'ean; Luther Hise as
“Dr. Aristotle”, the dean; Tommy
Smith as “Michael Pemberton",
rich playboy; Bobi.y Burditt as
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4-HClub boys all over Ihe slate are joining in the drive to produce
Food For Freedom. These members of the Flowclla, Brooks County,
club have received the plants for their tomato demonstrations. Similar
projects are being carried out by the 1,685 4-H Club members in District
12 of the Texas Extension Service under the leadership of county agri-
cultural agents.
Sugar lint lolling Itrgislralion In
llrooks f'oiintv Sri For March
All residents of Brooks county
within a few weeks will experience
the second major instance cf com-
modity rationing under wartime
conditions with announcement this
week that registration of all busi-
ness houses using or selling sugar
will take place from two to five
P. M. on Monday, March 9.
Members of the high school fac-
persons residing in districts now
served by v a r l o u s elementary
schools of the common school dis-
tricts.
City To Register March 20.21
The final registration will take
place on Friday and Saturday,
March 20 and 21, at which time el-
ementary teachers of the Falfurrias
Independent school district will be-
New Falfurrias ( oop Early Registration Indicates 1942
Names Directors To Matches To Near All-Time High Mark
\dminister Affairs
ulty of the Falfurrias school will gin registering civilians in this dis-
register business house applicants
In the school’s study hall on that
date and between the above speci-
fied hours. This registration will
“Jimmy Anderson,” his friend who, cover the entire county,
poses as "Emily Anderson"; Georgia On Wednesday and Thursday.
Bess Sherlock as “Fluff” a coed; March 18 and 19. teachers of the
Lorraine Rupp as "Bertha", a coed; elementary schools of the Brooks
Earlirie Schmidt as “Jean", a coed; | county common school district will
Jane Walters as “Belle’ a coed; | register civilians at the elementary
Bonnie Ferguson as "Patty Patter- school nearest applicants’ places 0f
son”, a student, and Harry Dutton ! residence. This registration is for
as “Prcf Cartwright".
The cast has diligently been
working on the play for several
weeks and the public is cordially
invited to an evening of entertain-
ment and at the same time to sup-
port the class in its activities.
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Home Nursing Class
Gets Certifieates
First Aid Course
In Initial Meeting
Wednesday Night
trict at the school nearest the ap-
plicant’s place of residence.
All applicants for sugar ration-
ing cards are urged to register at
the school nearest their places of
residence.
Sugar raticning in Brooks coun-
ty will ccime under the direct super-
vision of the county raticning board
Ralph Mallett Elected Head
Of Board, L. W. Moore Vice-
Chairman; Group To Serve
Members Of Organization
The newly organized Falfurrias
Cooperative, successor to the old
Falfurrias Growers’ Association, re-
cently named a board of five direc-
tors to administer the cooperative's
policies and affairs.
Named to serve on the board are
Ralph Mallett, chairman: L. W.
Moore, vice chairman; Forrest Wit-
cher, temporary secretary-treasur-
er, E. G. Maun and August Wisian.
W. A. Waddle of the Consumers
Cooperative Associated and Dr
Francis of the Farm Credit Admin,
lstration met with the directors
earlier in the week to work out
plans for obtaining the charter and
setting up a working organization.
The new cooperative will func-
tion as a buying as well as a sell-
ing agent for the members. The
cooperative also plans to handle the
1942 peanut crop in this section. It
was announced.
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Seniors Win 12-0
In Practice Game
With 109 players already entered up to Wednesday afternoon. February
1 25, Indications were that the twelfth annual Heart’s Delight Invitation
I tennis tournament would near the all-time 1941 record of 165 players
I despite wartime restrictions.
Coach Wesley Martin, director of the oldest high school invitation
tennis tournament in South Texas, announced that entries had already
been received from fourteen schools, among them Brackenridge of San
Antonio. Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio, Corpus Chrlsti, Victoria,
Robetown, Alice, McAllen, Edinburg. Ingleside, Rockport, Raymondville,
Sodville, Brownsville and Falfurrias.
- Match playing is scheduled to be-
i gin on the new concrete courts here
at 9 A M Friday, February 27, and
continue through Saturday. Night
playing will again be a feature of
i the tournament.
A high point of interest in the
1942 tournament will be an exhibi-
tion match played by the captain
of the University of Texas tennis
lliiv HIHViim*
HOIKS*
The outcome cf the present war
depends on you and I not the nexi
fellow. It can happen here and it,
has. The American people—resi-!
dents cf the Falfurrias area—have
a job to do and since we cannot all 1
join the armed forces the best way ■
to do our part is to buy defense
bonds and stamps.
Do it today. Local sales have
slumped and the more disinterested
we are the longer and harder the
war will become. We have been
caught napping. It’s time to wake
up and get to work.
BUY DEFENSE BONDS.
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Magnolia Completes
No. 27 Seeliffson
Announcement was made here
Thursday that exhibition matches
will be played Friday and Satur.
day nights about 8 o'clock and will
feature the captain of the Uni-
versity of Texas team and Stoke
Holmes of the A. & I. tennis team.
This promises to be a well-match -
exhihit ion.
High school spring football prac-
tice was culminated Wednesday af -
ternoon when th" 1942 squad met
and was defeated by the seniors of
1942 with a score of 12 to 0.
The practice match revealed a
In the Seeligson Field, of Jim
Wells County, Magnolia Petroleum
Co. No. 27 Seeligson has been com-
pleted for 108 8 barrels per day of
team and an opponent to be se-
lected at the tournament. Efforts
are now l>elng made to match an
opponent.
Top-ranking young players again
will be featured In the matches.
Clarence Mabry of Alice, who has
attracted favorable attention in
tennis circles on the East coast, al-
ready Is enteredi. Also entered are
Don Goldbeck of Brackenridge, San
Antonio, Ellis of Corpus Chrlsti,
Clyde Crouch and Arlyn Stroman
of Browns-
the same day as specified for the
different areas in the county.
It was pointed out that one mem-
ber of each family may apply for
ration books fer each member of
. : the family who must have the
The Red Cross First Aid Course. Grandparents making thei-
taught by Tracy Halliburton of home with nephews or nieces must
Pharr, held its initial meeting Wed-! iegister separately and married
nesday night with an interested o(vns ^nd daughters must also reg-
group present. ister separately.
Next meeting will be on Friday was rercrked earlier, but not
which to comprised o[ R. J. Hassell, j
P. A. Hunter and Leopoldo Gaicia. H ‘ t f thmn^-ivpc in iho
A„ clvilans will apply ; ?0"iTs 1 “C
and receive War Ration Book 1 on|BonCi Adolfo MunKula> G Santos,
408 gravity oil through a 7-64-inch
rhoke with 1 900 pounds pressure of Victoria Don Neal
on the tubing and 2.400 pounds pres, vllle. Felix Kelly, Ralph Seal and
sure on'lie casing from sand topped i Carroll Bust of Robetown. Billy
Robert Lee Martinez and Pug Nel-
son all turned in good performances
for the new team.
The seniors were outstanding in
kicking and also intercepted two
passes which accounted for touch-
downs. They were outranked, how-
ever. by the junior squad which
chalked up seven first downs to four
for the graduates.
Junior players included Milton
March 6, at the American Legion, yet officially authorized that all] Hicks, R. Trevifto, Adolfo Munguia,
Members of the Falfurrias home
nursing classes who satisfactorily
completed the prescribed Red Cross
course Wednesday night. February
25, were awarded certificates in the
high school auditorium in special
closing exercises.
R. L. Schultz, Breaks county
chairman of the American Red
Cross, acted as master of ceremon-
ies during the exercises and Mrs. C.
F. Hopper, chairman of the Brooks
county Red Cross home nursing ef-
fort, presented the certificates to
those completing the course.
Appearing on the program
the evening were Hyman Teague
and Harcld Watkins of the local
school faculty who rendered piano
and vocal numbers respectively.
Supt. H. Lee Clifton who delivered
an address on Americanism and
Miss Estella Guerra who translated |
this address into the Spanish lan-
guage. Miss Edna Yoder, Red Cross
nurse who Instructed the home
nursing classes, addressd the gath-
ering on Red Cross work.
Miss Lillian Garren’s high school
home economics classes served light
refreshments following the exercis-
es.
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Clemens Jungemann’s
Sister Dies Sunday
Hall, from 7 to 10 P. M., it was an-
nounced. Instruction will continue
thereafter on each Fricay nirht rt
the sane place and hour. Minimum
hours required for the course are 20.
Instruction locks may be pro-
cured fiom R. A. McMullen at a
nominal price. For the benefit cf
those unable to be present at the
meetine Wednesday, the lesson as-
signment for March 6 is as follows:
First 108 pages in the book, with
special reference to pages 17 to 23
Each person is requested to bring a
blanket and two 40" triangular pie-
fc.r i rps c' ‘h f°r bandages. Ladies are
reauested to wear slacks.
The course is open to the public.
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Schools Sell Defense
Bonds Each Tuesday
householders will be required to
make a statement to the rationing
board as to the quantity of sugar
cn hand at the time of registration.
Plenty For Canning
Housewives are going to have
plenty of sugar for home canning
this summer and every effort Is be-
ing made to have it available. That
is the assurance of J. B. Joyce, act-
ing manager of the War Production
Board’s Southwest priorities field
office In Dallas.
Mr. Joyce emphasizes that month-
ly allocation of refined sugar are
taking into account the sugar that
will be needed this summer forj
home canning.
"The supply may be somewhat!
limited,” he explained, "just as
] the supply for daily consumption Is
{limited; but it will be sufficient to
enable housewives to can what they
need."
He added that reports have come
E. Trad, Mike Wright, J. Trad. G.
Santos, Bill Pfeiffer. C. Sherlock.
B Luce, Jose Nava, Joe Bridges, R.
Donohoe, Denton Wieland. Dale
Maun, Clarence Bone, Charles Ot-
krn, Robert Lee Martinez and Pug
Nelson.
Playing on the senior squad were
Harry Dutton, Richard Sherlock, R
Trevino, Roberto Villarreal, Larry
Casey, Maura Nava, Tommy Smith,
John Archer, Luther Hlse, Bobby
Hassell, Ernie Williams and Nevius
Moss.
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Pressure Cooker And
Sealer Available For
Victory Food Drive
Any person in Brooks county re-
quiring a pressure cooker and seal-
er may borrow this equipment from
the office of the county home dem
Principal Wesley Martin of the
local high school earlier this week ______________________________
announced that defense stamps are u his office that some housewives, cnstratlon agen for two days at a
being sold in the school l>etween buying more sugar than they1 Ume, if was announced earlier this
the hours of one and two o’clock, need for normal family use, and
each Tuesday. are explaining that they want to be
sure of having enough sugar for
home canning this summer.
“That sort of buying is unneces-
sary and it is also unwise,” Mr.
Joyce warns. “It aggravates a situa-
tion that already is difficult. We’re
making every effort to see that sug-
ar Is made available for home can-
ning next summer and Washington
advises us that the Office of Price equipment will use
Administration will handle Its dis-i mg food for victory.
A special feature in the school’s
weekly chapel program is the dedi-
cation of each sale to some former
Falfurrias student who is now serv-
ing with the nation’s armed forces.
The program conducted Thurs-
day. February 26. featured a “take
it cr leave It" questlonair? devoted
to the bibliography cf a former
at 6.097 feet, having drilled to the
total depth of 6.18 feet.
Transwestern Oil Co. No A-2 See-
ligson in the same feild is waiting
on cement, having set 5'/j-lnch cas-
ing at the total depth. 5,990 feet.
Transwestern Oil Co. No. 9 Dun-
lap has been completed through a
5-64-inch choke for 78 barrels per
day of oil from perforations at 5.-
927-32 feet, having drilled to the
total depth of 6,250 feet and run-
ning S^-inch casing to 6,249 feet.
Magnolia Petroleum Co. No. 29
A. A. Seeligson is a new location for
the Seeligson Field in the “Los Ja-
brncilln*" A. Ramfrez Grant and 9.-
867 fpet from the east line and 660
feet north of the No 10 nroducpr.
In the same rield Run No 3 Miller
set 5*--Inch casing on bottom at 6.-
005 feet.
La Gloria Operators Committee's
Nr. 3 Unit In the La Gloria field in
Brooks Co. hcloed in defining the
Meld limits in that section when it
tested salt water at all levels and a-
bandnned dry at 7.431 fet.
Initial gauge cn the Trinity Gas
Co.’s No. 1 A Garcia, discovery well
of crudp production cn the huge
'tejita gas-distillate field in Duval
Co., gives the well 300 barrels In 24
hours on quarter-inrh choke.
sun Oil Co.'S No. 3 J. D Cage,
‘bird attempt at production In
Brooks Co. by the Stin Oil Co. south-
west of Falfurrias, was a failure.
The test was abandoned at 6,215, a
drv hole.
Sun Oil Company Nos. 4 and 6
Miller, Haldeman subdivision of See-
week. ligson ranch in Jim Wells county
This equipment belongs to the are new 6.000-ft. tests,
county. It has been cleaned and put: Sun OB company o. 0 and No. 7
into working order by the county CJanales In the same area Is another
extension agents and is ready for 6.000-foot test.
use. Applicants may borrow it at ---xxx—~—~~
the home demonstration agent’s of- j A UCtion Yard To Ha VC
Mre, signing for it and returning
Special Sale March 4
tribution."
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Mrs. Luise Meyer, 69. sister of
Clemens Jungemann of this city.} Falfurrias student.
died at her home in Chlcagc Sun- ---xxx-^
day, February 22. Funcwil services Baptist Association
were conducted in that city. mxv . is • j I
She is survived i.y two sisters and To Meet Here I* riday
one brother in Chicago, in addition - ~ * , ,
The Corpus Christi Association of1 Slllff In San Antonio
t he Baptist Church will meet in | _
Falfurrias on Friday, March 5, ac- | Lawrence Tibbett, foremost barl
Col. James W Haggard, auction-
eer fer the Falfurrias Sale Yard
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Lawrence Tibbett To
to Mr. Jungemann of this city.
Falfurrias Cub Scout
Pack Now Functioning
Organization of the Falfurrias
Cub Scout Pack has bpen ccmplet-
FACTS SUBSCRIBERS c°fdlng to an announcement made tone, will be the featured artist ed and the pack Is ne w functioning,
{this week by the Rev. Milton O.
Davis, pastor of the local church.
The Rev. N. B. Moon, pastor of
when the Symphony Society of San It, was announced earlier this week
Antonio brings its 1941-42 series to by the Rev. Paul D. Hanna, Cub-
an auspicious close cn Monday eve- master.
M in the Den Mothers of the Pack are Mrs.
of Corpus Christi is moderator of Municipal Auditorium in San An- George Collins of Den No. 1 and
the association, tonio. Mrs. Phul D. Hanna of Den No. 2.
A detailed program will appear in In addition to selected arias and Assistant den mother are Mrs. B.
the next issue of this paper, it is English songs, Mr. Tibbett will slng1 C. MoMahcn, Mrs. P A Hunter,
announced "A Ballad For Americans" with a
Preparations ate being made for chorus cf rns hundred,
ed-to cheek their expiration dates) an attendance of more than one Mail orders are now being accept -
as shown on the address tabs and hundred Lttnch will be served at ed at the Municipal Auditorium in
to contact this office at an early noon in the church recreation San Antonio and the box office will
date. rooms. ' open Monday, February 23.
Thanks is extended to the follow-
ing readers of ’lie Falfurrias Facts ^ Morgan Avenue Baptist Church ning March 2 at 8:15 P.
who this week renewed their sub- Qf Corpus Chrlsti ls moderator
scriptions:
Roy Smith. Falfurrias.
C. R Burdett. Falfurrias.
Dr. Glenn Bartlett, Sr Falfurrias.
Subscribers are invited and urg-
lt, within two days in good condi-
tion.
It Is hoped that those needing this
It in i reserv e4r|jer ^js WPe|( anneuneed that a
j special sale will be conducted at the
yard on the regular date next Wed-
necday, March 4, beginning at 11
a. m.
Cattle, hogs and horses will lie
offered for sale, It was announced
and readers are referred to an ad-
vertisement on the back page of
this Issup for more detailed Infcrm-
aticn concerning the nit.
Col. Haggard has announced that
the yard has added new nens to
facilitate a dally buy and sell mark- j
e’ which is a new feature to be add-
ed to the Falfurrias yard.
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EXPLOSIVE AGENT NAMED
County Clerk I. J Benavides ha.Sj
been appointed licensing agent for
explosives in Brooks county by the/
Turner and Bob Jchnson of Edin-
burg and Edward Ray of Sodville.
J. Pcrtwood Alley, member of the
Falfurrias faculty, has been named
chief caller for the tournament and
all other callers will be under his
direct supervision. Texas Lawn
Tennis rules will apply In all match-
es. The public address system will
be under the supervision of James
Thigpen, also a member of the loc-
al faculty, and the match board
will be under the supervision of
Coach Martin.
All first and second place winners
will be awarded individual awards,
it was announced i>y tournament
officials.
Membrrs of the Falfurrias team
are Bobby Burditt, Dick Hopper.
Ted Porter, B F. Clifton, Rosemary
Forsyth, Jean Orth and possibly
others.
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A. L. Holloway Store
Moved To location
In Perez Building
The Falfurrias business front
changed this week as the A. L Hol-
loway hardware and annliance store
was moved from its old location in
the Sloan Building across frun the
post office to the Perez Estate
Building adjoining the Rednick
store.
The Perez building was complet-
1 ly remodeled and repainted and is
I excellently equipped for a hard-
| ware store’s requirements. The
j building 1s 24x70 feet In dimensions
i and is adjoined at the rear by a 20x
30-foot warehouse.
Ample floor space makes it pos-
! slble to display hardware items and
household appliances to good ad-
; vantage.
The public Is cordially invited to
visit the new store and Inspect a
1 new and enlarged stock of merch-
andise A limited supply of Srrvel
Electrolux refrigerators and gas
. ranges are on hand and may be sold
without interference from priorities
, regulations.
RED CROSS DONORS
Mrs. Hilliard Barnard, anc' Mrs.
Frank Ryan.
Cub scout work ls based cn home
centered activity and features a
program of good citizenship for
boys in the pre-Boy Scout age.
U. S Bureau of Mines. All sellers1
and handlers cf explosives
have licenses by March 1.
must
R. L. Schultz. Brooks county
chairman of the American Red
Cress, this week extends special
thanks to the following donors:
Henry Matulik . $4.00
T L. Castle $4.00
Harry Fountain $4.00
Martlne DuBose $4.00
Dahlia Club $60 00
Total $76.00
Previous total $879 32
ORAND TOTAL $955 32
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Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Coker of Ty-
ler were weekend guests cf Dr. and
Mrs. Earl Gaston.
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