Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1948 Page: 1 of 12
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Zavala Counts Sentinel
FOOT BALI
TONITE
CRYSTAL CITY
PEARSALL
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNT Y. TEXAS, OCTOBER 8, 1848
Jaycees Urge Support of
Redistricting of Texas
JACK ADAMS
TOMATO LEAF SPOT MAY
SPREAD
The tomato leaf spot disease
which has done considerable
damage In parts of the county
was checked in most fields by
cooler dryer weather, but in the
past few days some fields appar-
ently are beginning to show a
spread of the disease. The reasons
for this Is apparently watering
too close to the plants. It seems
rto be a common error among
most growers to plough and wa-
ter too near the plants after they
have attained a good size. This
is necessary while the plants are
small but as they progressively
Increase 'In size, soil should be
thrown toward the plant and the
water furrow moved further to
ward the middle of the row. The
tomato root system spreads sev-
eral feet from the plant and
reaches four to five feet deep.
Close plowing damages the feed-
‘ er roots and causes shedding of
blooms. Watering further away
from the plants will give suffi-
cient subbing of the moisture
through the soil and at the same
time the tomatoes will be on a
ridge where the fruit and vine
will not be damaged from water
spots. The leaf spot will be spread
more rapidly by keping the
plants from getting too wet.
This system of tomato growing
if you want proof that such a sys-
“if you want proof that sudh a sys-
tem will work, it is well illustrat-
ed a) Doug Fletcher’s field north
of La Pryor. There is less leaf
spot present in this field and
prospects of a tomato crop are
better than average.
i- y If you have the leaf spot dis-
ease and it is still spreading, dust-
ing with 10% Parzate at the rate
of 20 pounds, at least, per acre
should check its spread. If the
vine* are large it is better to use
30 to 35 pounds per acre. The
dusting should be done by plane,
or.a ground machine where an
even cover can be obtained. A
hand duster is satisfactory, but
dusting by shaking it on from
a sack is unsatisfactory because
you do not usually get a uniform
cover and more dust is required.
-WOO-
•Rivera Chosen
“Player of Week”
Juan Rivera was guest of the
Lions Club Monday on being se-
lected as the most outstanding
placer on the Javelin eleven. His
work on offense and defense was
'Something to see. The fans who
MW the game know that he is
t that the team needs
he went out in the last
to an injury, our team
the result.
Club is doing all it
further the chances of the
and it deserves a lot of
credit. The large sign across the
sttfcet in front of the Firestone
store is one of the reminders the
&& is sponsoring and another
is the PEP RALLY. It was st the
suggestion of Lion members to
Mr. Fly. that a Pep Rally be held
in order to build up the attend-
| aoet at tire home bell games.
Fans, please let’s not let our
teem down In the next four home
games. Show that you are behind
100% by attending their
Weather Report
JOHN B. HOLDSWORTH
U .8 Weather Bureau Observer
llax. Min. Pcpn. Notes
80 .,w 51 Clear
89 55 Clear
•1 58 Clear
91 65 | Clear
01 ' 58 Clear
90 k 60 Clear
92 84 Pt. Cldy.
TT O’cast
rises Saturday 6:37; sets,
«:16.
-Wgd—
eggs at an even, mod-
iperature will keep
becoming tough.
Equitable representation in the
Texas Legislators for all counties
has been endorsed by the Crystal
City Junior Chamber of Com-
merce, President Huntsman an-
nounced today.
Local Jay cess have approved a
resolution urging support o f
Amendment Two on the general
ballot in the November 2nd elec-
tion. Amendment Two provides
for automatic re-districting of the
state should the Legislature fail
to do so after each Federal cen-
sus. The Jaycee resolution noted
that the Legislature has not re-
districted Texas in 27 years al-
though the State Constitution di-
rects that it shall be done every
10 years based on each new Fed-
eral census. Inequitable repre-
Preaching Mission,
Methodist Church,
Begins Sunday
A series of evangelistic services
is scheduled at First Methodist
Church beginning Sunday, and
continuing through next week
(October - 10-17) with the Rev.
Bruce M. Cox of San Antonio as
guest preacher. This is part of a
larger program of Methodism
throughout the Kerrville District
under the leadership of the Rev.
J. R. Hilliard, Superintendent.
Weekday services will be held at
the local church each morning
(except Monday) at 10:00 and
each evening at 7:30. The Rev.
Milton Bohmfalk, minister, will
begin this series with a message
Sunday morning on the text,
“Thou are not far from the King-
dom of God" (Mark 12:34).
On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday noon pastors and laymen
from nearby churches meet in
Uvalde for a sub-district inspira-
tional meeting to share experi-
ences of their local activities and
also receive suggestions for mak-
ing the entire week more mean-
ingful.
The Uvalde meetings will be
under the direction of Dr. John
V. Bergland of Southwestern Uni-
versity, Georgetown. Dr. Berg-
land is also guest preacher at
Uvalde for the week. Members
and friends of the church are in-
vited to avail themselves of bless-
ing provided through these ser-
vices.
-WGD-
ZAVALA COUNTY STUDENTS
SELECTED FOR A CAPELLA
SAN MARCOS, Oct 4.—Bever-
ly Moore of Crystal Ciy is among
the 40 members and 12 alternates
selected for membership in the
Southwest Texas State Teachers
College A Capelja choir this week
by Ira Renay Bowles, director.
Selections of music ranging
from classical to centemporary
American music are scheduled
this year. No definite dates have
been set for tour appearances yet
Mr. Bowles stated.
Nett a W. Grandstaff of La Pry-
or is also among the 40 members
and 12 alternates selected for
membership in the College A
Capella Choir.
-WGD-
Football Tickets
Now On Sale
We started at the first of the
season and hoped to have seats
in the west stand at the fooball
field marked-and/numbered by to-
night's game. This has been done
and reserved seats are now avail-
able at general admission price of
$1.00.
It is now possible to purchase
tickets before game time and
know that the seats will be avail-
able when you arrive.
Tickets will be on sale at In-j
gram Drug Store from Wednes-
day through Friday noon each
week and at the ticket booth at
the field beginning at 6:30 the
evening of the game. There is a
total of 57b reserved seats and
these will be available until the
supply is exhausted.
sentation in the Legislature for
many counties has resulted, the
resolution has pointed out. Under
the plan proposed Amendment
Two, a board of five composed of
the Lieutenant Governor, Speak-
er of the House, Laqd Commis-
sionr, Attorney General, and the
Comptroller, shall re-district the
state after each Federal census
should the Legislature fail to do
so.
A non-political organization,
the Texas Committee for re
districing, is spearheading the
movement for passage of Amend-
ment Two. John Ben Shepperd,
-Gladewater attorney and former
president of the US Junior
Chamber of Commerce is serv-
ing as committee chairmen.
City Delivery
Off to Good Start
4-H Clubbers
Talk at Rotary
President Jack Adams, county
Agent of Zavala County, had the
program at Rotary Tuesday and
his subject was 4-H Club work.
He introduced Miss Vera Thor-
mann. Home Demonstration
Agent, and Billy Park McClure,
president of the 4-H boys’ club of
La Pryor. Miss Thormaan intro-
duced Judy Guyler, president of
the 4-H girls’ club of Crystal
City.
Billy summarized the boys’ 4-H
Club work in the county, telling
what they had done and propose
to do. He displayed leather bill
folds the boys had made, also
told how much money the boys
had received from the various
projects undertaken. They were
not only having a lot of fun but
learning to be better *boys and
future leaders.
Judy said the girls 4-H Clubs of
Zavala County had an enrollment
jof 6 and very active in several
projects. She displayed some of
Official Ballot Home Dem. Agent
The Sentinel has just printed
the official ballot for November
2nd general election. The ballot is
large, so we decided to print a
sample of the ballot to acquaint
the public with it before going to
the polls.
It is not a hard ballot to vote,
however. If one wishes to vote a
short Democratic ticket he sim-
ply leaves the first column as it is
and makes a pencil mark down
the other columns where names
appear. In voting a mixed tick-
et you leave the name you want
and scratch out the names of
other candidates for the same of
fice. If you want to vote for some-
one whose name does not appear
on the ballot, there is a blank
column for you to write in names
If you write in a name, then
scratch out any other name on the
ballot for the same office. It is
the most Democratic ballot ever
offered the public. One can vote
exactly as he wishes, even to vot
ing for himself if he wants to.
And that reminds us—there
are some fellows who seem to be-
City delivery of mail at Crystal things the girls are making. |l*eve they could do a better job
City got off to a good start Oc
tober 1st with two complete de-
liveries being made just about as
scheduled. There was some delay
in the handling of mail in the
post office because of the incom-
pletely and incorrectly addressed
matter and the clerks worked
overtime the first three or four
days in order to keep the mail
moving, despite this irregularity.
Some mailers are of the opinion
that since Crystal City is a city
delivery office all that is neces-
sary to correctly address mail is
to secure and use the house num-
ber and street address of the pa-
tron. This is not true. Some pa-
trons who live within the deliv-
ery limits still require that their
mail be delivered thru a post of-
fice box for the reason that both
the man and wife are employed
and are in town all day, and to
receive their mail at home by
carrier would merely mean that
they would not get it until the
end of the day. Then there are
other families that want part of
their mail delivered to the house
and part delivered to husband’s
place of business. The postal em-
ployees have no way of know-
ing how to deliver unless the mail
is properly addressed. One solu-
tion is to ask each customer or
addressee how he is having his
mail delivered.
Patrons who have formerly
had post office boxes and who
are beginning to receive mail
with their street address on it
should advise the sender that
their mail is still to be delivered
thru the box and not by carrier.
-WGD-
Pep Rally to Be
Held in Front of
CPL Tonight
At five-thirty tonight, the
Crystal City High School Band
and Pep Squad will form a pa-
rade starting at the Wallis Lum-
ber Co. and march down E. Za-
vala to Uvalde Street, west on
Uvalde to W. Zavala, then north
on W. Zavala to the C.P. 8c L.
The Pep Rally will begin im-
mediately after the parade in
including bill-folds, aprons
the dress she was wearing. Thej
girls also are learning to cook.
Rotarians were greatly im-
were
pressed, not only in what these
youngsters ase doing but the fine
way these two presented their
cause.
-WGD-
SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SUNDAY, OCT. 17
an(jias Prsident than any of the can-
didates now seeking the office
and maybe they could. On Nov.
2nd we have our chance.
The sample ballot in the paper
is for Commissioner Precinct No.
3. Ballots for the other precincts
will have the names of candidates
for that precinct.
-WGD--
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pond Jr.
VERA THORMANN
A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE
SUBJECT
Now that the kids are back in
school, many a household dining
room table will be back in service
as a study table after the supper
dishes have been cleared off.
It’s a good idea for parents to
check on the lighting situation
in the study room—whether in
the dining room or somewhere
else. There are not many dining
room fixtures of the shaded type
with large enough bulbs to give
a good reading light. For this rea-
son, a study lamp should be
moved onto the table.
Studying light should be free
from glare, dark shadows and
contrasts between darkness and
bright light. The table study
lamp should be tall enough and
have a shade broad enough to
spread a wide circle of light so
that a child can sit up comfort-
ably when reading. A white lin-
ing in the shade will reflect the
light downward, and a reflector
bowl sends some light up towards
NO. 25
Business Outlook
Discussed by 0. L
Smith at C. of C
There were 27 present at the
regular weekly meeting of the
Crystal City Chamber of Com-
merce Wednesday, including five
visitors, to hear O. L. Smith dis-
cuss the business outlook for the
next year. He was introduced by
Clyde McLendon who said Mr.
Smith's business as local man-
ager of the Winter Garden Pro-
dunction Credit Association re-
quired him to study the business
outlook of the country.
Mr. Smith beg;m by saying he
had no inside mformaaon but he
did take note of the trend of
things. Out of the 140 million
people in the U.S. there are about
40 million opinions about what
will happen during the next year.
The other 100 million have no
opinion.
First, there is the possibility
of war, which nobody wants. The
policy appeasement may or may
not continue to work. In case of
the ceiling so that it spreads over w3r everything v\ ill be changed.
Rev. J. Stuart Pearce from Cat-
arina will hold services at the
Presbyterian Church Sunday
morning, Oct. 17, at 11 o’clcok.
announce the arrival of twin girls
on October 6. The grandparents
are City Manager and Mrs. L. L.
Williams, and Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Pond.
a large area, and cuts down glare.
Besides the study lamp on the
table, the room should have gen-
eral lighting fixtures to drive
away the darkness. This light
can be provided by fixtures in
the ceiling or by adding more in-
direct lamps with reflector bowls.
The location of a lamp also is
Agriculture is the basis of our
existence. Farmers must be con-
sidered. There was a time when
the farmer lived on his farm. He
made or raised what he used.
Operations were on a small scale.
Now, Farming is big business and
the farming industry supports the
country. Tractors on farms have
important to throw enough light doubled since 1941. Conservation
on the subject, whether it s i and building of soil must be con-
reading, ’riting or ’rithmetic. For sidered.
"Market Basket Bargain
■ J/*
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CANNED FOODS BEST BUY
• as most food prices
close work, place the lamp close
to the book, needlework, or what-
ever you're doing . . . but have
the lamp just off to one side.
In reference to the outlook, the
trend is downward. Total business
is on a boom, but with farm
commodities on way down will
Lamp location for “Southpaws": affect other business. Both politi-
is going to be just opposite that cal parties are pledged to support
of right-handers—off to the right the farmers, but tendencies will
for left-handers, and on the left be to curtail operations. Auto-
'MO
toil Act I LaXait ovailaMt ,
Aurtau of labor 3 cot ltd
IOOV «yuali 103$-,
i.m
.Kay h,jh ■
-1 H
zrz, - iiy
side for right-handers.
J mobile business and like indus-
250*
Adequate daytime lighting will tries will remain good because of
save those eyes also.
-WGD
- 200*
L 150*
.100*
West Side Lions
Club Gets Charter
shortages of materials. Luxuries
will recede. General building will
remain good for six months to
two years, with soft spots here
and there.
-WGD-
MANY DRAFT-AGE MEN
The newly organ,zed West Side ARE AMONG VOLUNTEERS
Penny
wit'es
(or penny, America’s inflation-conscious house*
get most (or their (ood dollar when they shop (or
canned (ruits and vegetables. Latest available U. S. Bureau
o( Labor Statistics figures show the retail average (or all
(oods is up 116.6 percent over 1935-39. As the chart shows,
the group o( (oods registering the greatest price increase
was (resh meats, poultry and fish, while canned fruits and
vegetables prices increased the least, only 57.8 percent.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (Oct. 2,
1948)—Canned fruits and vege-
tables are the most economical
buy in your market baskets,
states the National Canners Asso-
ciation.
These canned products have
consistenly been listed as the
least expensive of the foods in-
cluded in the periodical reports
of the Government’s Bureau of
Labor Statistics. This Federal
agency measures changes in the
front of the C.P. 8t L. with yells)price of every-day necessities by
from the Pep Squad and musical
selections by the Band.
A large turnout is expected, so
the local officers are going to po-
lice the area to insure your safe-
ty. Let’s all attend and get in
the spirit of tonight’s game.
4 -WGD-
MEETING OP CEMETERY
ASS'N. POSTPONED
The meeting of the Cemetery
Association scheduled for Thurs-
day of this week was postponed
until a later date due to sickness
and so many suffering from colds.
The meeting was to have been
held at the home of Mrs. Z. T.
Wilcox.
-WGD-
SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. F. E. Naples of San An-
tonio will preach at the Presbyte-
rian Church Sunday, Oct 10 at
the 11 o’clock hour. ,
a cost-of-living index issued each
month.
The most recent of these BLS
reports, for August, again shows
that canned fruits and vegetables
are lowest in price of all foods.
They also are 17 percent lower*in
price than the average price of
all the so-called cost-of-living
items—clothing, rent, food, etc.—.
which stood at 174.5 percent af
prewgr.
Prices of all foods averaged
216.6 percent of prewar as of Au-
gust 15, BLS shows. In the same
report, canned fruits and vege-
tables were only 157.8 percent of
the prewar base period 1935-39.
The August, 1948, prices of
canned fruits and vegetables were
about 16 percent below the cor-
responding figure for January,
1947.
Retail prices of fresh fruits and
vegetables have risen to 204.8
percent of prewar. Fresh meats,
poultry and fish in the butcher's
showcase are shown at 267 per-
cent in the report.
As of August 15, the date cov-
ered by the most recent BLS re-
port, foods had increased in price
since 1935-39 by the percentage
shown:
Meats, poultry and fish__ 267.0
Dried fruits, vegetables 249.2
Eggs ____________________ 220.2
Dairy products__________„ 211.0
Beverages____________ 205.3
Fresh fruits, vegetables ... 204.8
Fats and oils_______197.8
Sugar and sweets_____172.3
Cereal, bakery products 170.8
Canned fruits, vegetables 157.8
Your dollar when spent for the
above foods is worth on the aver-
age only 46 cents, but when spent
for canned fruits and vegetables
is worth 63 cents. When you pur-
chas all classes of every-day
living needs, including food,
clothing and rent, the BLS report
indicates that your dollar is
worth on the average only 57
cents.
It is evident that thousands of
housewives have learned of the
Inexpensiveness of canned foods.
According to a study made
recetly by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, the consumption
of canned foods has increased
considerably more in recent years
than other foods.
—National Canners Association.
Lions Club of Crystal City re-
ceived its charter Tuesday eve-
ning, October 5th, at El Charro
Distrcit Governor Jack Weick
of Brownsville presented the
charter and gave the new club a
pep talk and instruction as to its
purpose and procedure. President
Abie F. Guevara of the West Side
Club accepted the charter with
appropriate remarks and ex-
pressed appreciation for the co-
operation and assistance of the
Crystal City Anglo-American
Lions Club and others, and
pledged the new club to do its
best to carry on in a way to do
honor to the principles of Lions
International.
Approximately 100 people at-
tended the Charter Night pro-
gram at El Charro Club, includ-
ing visiting Lions and Lionesses
from Crystal Ctiy, Big Wells,
Carrizo Springs, Eagle Pass and
Piedras Negras. Julio Aldape
acted as toastmaster and Father
John Diehl gave the invocation.
The West Side Lions Club is
made up of Latin-Americans,
mostly young men. Officers of the
Club are: Abie F. Guevara, presi-
dent. Robert Loera, vice-presi-
dent; Santiago Aldape, secretary;
Eusebio C. Munoz, lion tamer and
Ramon Montemayor, tail twister.
The 20 charter member? are:
Manuel Moncada, Santiago Al-
dape, Julio Aladpe, Luz S. Arcos,
Abraham H. Flores, Rodolfo Gal-
legos, Geronimo Gonzalez, Abie
F, Guevara, Jose M. Lara, Rober-
to Loera, Leandro Ledesma, Eu-
sebio C. Munoz, Eugenio Perales,
Pedro Perales, Federico C. Perez,
Santiago MontemayoA Frank
Moreno, Celestino Menchaca,
Antonio C. Lopez.
-WGD—-
M. C. MORRIS SELLS FARM
D. D. Woods of Raymondville,
buys farm of M. C. Morris, south
of Crystal City. Mr. Morris will
occupy the premises for the time
being.
The farm consists of 400 acres.
The consideration is not known.
The Webb Reahy Co. handled the
deal.
Three 18-year-old from Crys-
tal City have enlisted for one
year, and six men, 19 through 25,
have enlisted for 21 months since
the passage of the Selective Ser-
vice Act M/Sgt. U.S. Army Ru-
dolph M. Eichorn, reported today.
‘These two groups of enlistees
have taken advantage of two of
the provisions of the draft law
covering their age grouji
M/Sgt. Eichorn said. “They are
just part of the Army and of the
Air Force Voluntary Enlistment
Program, which is continuing
without let-up even though we
have a draft law.”
Sgt. Eichorn emphasized
the Army and the Air Force still
are dependent upon voluntary en-
listments as the principal meazn
of obtaining needed manpower.
The Selective Service Act will be
used he pointed out, only to maW
up the difference between author-
ed strength and the number of
volunters.
“If we are going to have a Reg-
ular Army and a Regular Air
Force next year and in the fu-
ture." Stg. Eichorn said, “we have
to have volunteers today. From
them we get our career men, our
Regular Forces."
-WGb-
W.S.C.S. WEEK OF
PRAYER OCTOBER 25
The Woman’s Society of Chrfc-
tian Servcie met at the church
October 4th in business session.
Mrs. C. F. Jackson presided in
absence of the president.
Our Week of Prayer service
will be held October 25th with
Mrs. S. H. Fly as leader.
On Monday, October 11th we
will start otxr new study with
Mrs. Hugh Greer as leader
-WGD-
NOTICE
We will re-open our cafe for
business at 5:00 p. m. Saturday
morning. Oct. 9, at the Iw.^
of the old Red Onion Cafe.
We solicit the patronage at our
former cuatomera and new.
Gratefully,
Mr. and Mra. JACK HHEi
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