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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-27

PERSONALS
Harry Gray who has been work
ing at Harlingen, was In North
Mission Thursday. He will leave Tor
Laredo this week where he Ia a
position with a large silk goods COM
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. R~eichenaner
Of Milwaukee, Wis, who recently
purchased a twenty acr citrus farm
near here have come TO make their
home in the Valley.
A. ]. Flagge Of Milwaukee, who
come to the Valley three weeks ago.
leaves for his home In Milwaukee,
Thursday evening accompanied by
Miss Elsie Reichenaner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollins Of McAllen
were dinner guests at the home OF
MI. and Mrs. Kelly Gray Thursday.
MIR. and Mrs. Dytslor Of HargtIL,
were Sunday guests at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. G. Cartwright, Mr..
and Mrs. Dytsler formerly Of Cen
ter have recently moved 70 the VAL
ley.
MI. and Mrs. Rollins Of McAllen
were dinner guests at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly Gray Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dytsler Of Hargill,
were Sunday guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Cartwright. Mr..
and Mrs. Dytsler formerly Of Cen
ter have recently moved to n
Valley.
Messrs Edgar Flowers and Geo.
CHAIR Of Sherman spent Friday at
the home Of MI. and Mrs. Jack
Mulky.
Mrs. ]. Hickman was a Tuesday
guest at the home Of Mrs. Writ
Berthol Of McAllen.
MeSdames Kelly Gray and l.. II.
Starr Of Mission were in Harrington
Tuesday.
MI and Mrs. p. c. Longwell mot
ored to Harlingen Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. Hauff and daugh-
ter Louise Of Mercedes we're Sun
Gay guests at the home OF their
parents Mr. and Mrs. G.. S. Culver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sell OF Ros-
well South Dakota We're Sunday
guests at the home Of Geo. Hansen.
Mrs. Morris Crom and sons Jack
and Ted Of McAllen were guests at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. 0. A.
Parks Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. AlSmeyer ex-
pect 10 leave for Florida this week
to visit their son Louis and family.
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Harrington
LEES ENTERTAIN
CIIrR MEMBERS

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lee We're
hosts Saturday evening to the mem
bers Of their bridge club at their
home on E. Taylor. Mrs. c. L. An
derSon Of San Antonio and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Bennick of Kingsville we're
named honor guests for the evening.
Robert l.. CHM was also a guest.
Decorations featured spring time
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in shades Of yellow pink and green
which was followed In the pretty
table appointments and in the BAL
Ions which were floating about the
rooms from the ceilings and tables.
In the games Of the evening MI.
and Mrs. A. Z. wurzbach yer pres
ented with high score trophey and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Coins received
second high trophy.
At the conclusion Of the games
a salad and sweet course with punch
yer served to the guests and eight
members present.
PERSONALS
Miss Louise Hopson arrived In
Harrington Saturday morning from
Houston, where she will visit with
her parents on 203 Z. Buchanan
street before returning to the city.
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Date Changed For
q. r. Meeting

The meeting OF Girl Reserves
scheduled for March 4 at the home
Of Miss Ayeliffe Cobolini, as been
postponed until March IL, IL Is an
nounced. The meeting will be held
at the home Of Miss Cobolini at
that time.
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Girl Reserves Honor
Members of HI Y

Members Of "Eiy" were honored by the Girl Reserves at q tea given
Tuesday evening from $50 to $50 at the Presbyterian church, with a
number OF other special guests invited for the occasion. Miss Lillian
Hooking, Valley Girl Reserves secretary, was present also Mrs. Voney
TAYLOR. who assisted in pouring at the tea table. Members Of the local
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Raymondville
COUPLE WED
IN AUSTIN

Wednesday evening the marriage
OF Miss Lucille Carney Of Ethel, La.
and Elwin Gerron OF Austin was
performed at the home Of the
GroomS parents in Austin. A num-
Der Of relatives and close friends OF
the young couple YER present.
Mrs. Gerron is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Carney OF
Tthel. La, and has been teaching
Arts and Aircraft at the Austin
State Hospital for the past several
years.
Mr.. Gerron Is the son OF Mr..
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SOCIETY QRQ ES---A COMPLETE PAGE FOR VALLEY WOMENs$

Monday morning for Houston from to I'll engagements IN The Little
there she viii 20 to Waco and Dallas Theater.
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North Mission
DINNER
HOSTS

Mr. and Mrs. o. A. Parks enter
tanned, Sunday, with a turkey din
ner. Guests were Messrs and Mes
DANES Loyal Gallon and family Of
Weslaco. Harold Gallon Of Weslaco.
Mrs. Benjamin Thorpe, Ray Thorpe
and Z. v. Thorpe and sons Of Shary-
land
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Society Calendar

FRIDAY
Church Federation meets at Bap-
list church. $3.50.
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and Mrs. Walter Gerron Of Austin
and was the youngest member Of
the Texas Legislature being only
81 when elected. He resigned this
office last fall TO enter into partner
ship with his brother VIM. j. Ger
ron IN the law business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerron will be at
home 10 their many friends in
Raymondville after a short honey
moon. The room will continue in
his law practice with his brother
under the firm name Of Gerron and
Gerron, Attorneys.
ROSE EARL HOSTESS
TO GINGHAM GIRLS
Monday evening Miss Rose Earl
entertained the members Of the
Bingham Girls club at the home
OF Caroline Duffield on West Kim
ball Ave. with bridge.
Mildrena Baugh received the
high score prize, a purse, and
Caroline Duffield received the con-
ISOLATION prize, a bottle OF Oriental
perfume.
EhCAACoAAAAACAAbo WIZ oSAfGA oN go
close Of the games. The next meet
ing will be held at the home OF
Miss Aida Jensen. Monday evening.
JOLLY DOZEN
CLUB HOSTS
Monday evening the Jolly Dozen
bridge club was entertained at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. <. Tom
me on West Kimball Ave.
Mrs. Calder won the women's
high score prize, a China salt and
pepper set. and Fred Akard won
the mems high score prize. a deck
OF cards. Mrs. Smith and B. l..
jenkins received consolation prizes.
Refreshments were served.
PERSONALS
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Calder
and daughter Alice and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Johnson were San
Benito visitors Sunday.
Miss Caroline Duffield and Rose
Earl we're Harrington visitors Tues
day.
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BIRTHDAY DINNER
FOR MRS. THORPE

Mrs. Z. v. Thorpe gave q dinner
Saturday in honor Of her mother
in-law, Mrs. Benjamin Thorpe. The
guest list included Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Thorpe and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Thorpe.
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Nuos OOOUtHIUW O4 " NA4NI4
igan who Is visiting her sister, Mrs.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02
TELLS OF ADVANTAGES
 OF SMALL TOWN SCHOOL

We had among our dlsIng guisnSN saesLS to Alaska Lne past suMmsr' Dr, |. b. SmIIn, cnleI oL tue eAten- slon serYlce, oL the department ot Agriculture, says tue Alaska oenooi tauIleln. als LnlssIon was U 1A- N estlgale conditlons relaLIHe to eA- 5lenslon work lnaL mIgnI De earned on ny the. Alaska college Tor lne tar1ners ln Alaska. Recently your commissioner Of education received the following message Irom pr. am.lh, Wno has 8 LlrSt-nana knon- ,eQge ot the people in the smaller communities:
 .The thing that most astonishes land Rratiries the traveller in the Hunted States is that wherever he a,eoes. from the densely populated cities of the East to the most out 4ying parts of the nations posses slons, wherever three or four Iaml- lies nave settled, there IS school- mousse, with the nations flag tlylps over it. And it is out Of these small schools where pupils come ln eon- tact with teachers that many or ne great men and women or the natloh Saave come.
 q like the small town, the open country, and the small school. The abstraction there are less. Boys anu glrls are thrown more on their own lnitativet They find adventure Ill books. They devise their own enter tainment: they look more to what is within them than they do 10 someone to follow. Pupils from the small school know their history. They have fine reverence for the heroic men and women of the na- tion. They have ambition-they want someday to take tnelr part tn .be h,p world and do things worth while. And this is just what We' as teachers, should help them go. No one can tell in country or what home genius will be found; me Friday afternoon exercises, the de- hates the spelling contests, the sneaking of pieces and writing or essays all help build men and Wo- men.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02
THE CHURCHES
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

SUNDAY, JAN. 5, 1880 10:30 Morning Worship-Thlinget 12:OO Sunday School
 $500 Christian Endeavor
 1880 Evening Sermon: 'sT H E
 I1 START WE MAKE AND
 THE RACE WE RUM"
 Why not attend church on the first Sunday of the new year? We try never to encourage youth to make poor start; nor do we ever seek to discourage any runner, how ever poor a start he may have made. The race Is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Doubtless the year will bring to us just what we make possible for 1t to bring. Chance and Luck are unstable advisers.
 Robert Joseph Diven, D. D.,
 Minister.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02
INTERIOR UNKNOWN
 OF KODIAK ISLAND
 TO BE INVESTIGATED

The unknown defiles ot interior Kodiak Island will be fairly well Investigated next season, according to the plans of Sid Olds and f[eo Hanton. who are organizing horse back and pack animal trips TOT pear hunters. They propose to give tne visiting sportsmen an exceilene chance at the Kodiak mammotns as well as a scenic treat in one or tne most beautiful portions or AlasAa'
 Sid Olds is a cattle rancher at Middle Bay, a few miles south or Kodiak where he has lost mum her of head thru the depredatlons of inc hear. He is one of the most exnerienced bear hunters and guides of the Territory and 1ormerly worked with the Alaska Gulaes' Inc, of Anchorage. MT. Henton handles horses for drayage and log ging purposes but has made seVeral pack-horse trips along the maln range of Kodiak where bear range unmolested and from whence come wierd stories of the finest grazing lands of all the Northern country where grass grows over man head and where it becomes game of hide and seek betweens the nu- mans and bruins.
 Olds and Henton are already en- gagged in negotiations with Outside parties for trips next summer. Tax en in conjunction with the activi- ties of the Kodiak Guides, Inc, it seems that the stockholders may not have to worry about the safety of their sheep and cattle if enough guns get to banging around wheth- CT the government protects the bear or not, local arrivals say. These ex- petitions now framing are declared to be positively annoying to Br'er Bear, but they are certainly "duck soup" for the cattlemen.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02
Lodge Directory
Impd. Order of Redmen

St1k1ne Tribe No. 5 Meets every Tuesday evening in the Redmen's hall at 7:30 o'clock. Visiting brothers cordially invited S. Cunningham. Sachem l.. Nj. CHURCHILL, c. OF R.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02
WHY THE MERCHANT OF THE
 MIDDLE WEST TURNS GRAY

Dear Sir:
 Il nave your statement showing that l owe you $7b9.S0, and l am enclosing check for $500 for which please send me receipt. am sor- ry that l cannot pay more at the present, as l am unable to collect from my customers, as money IS so scarce right now. s .Hz
 My own living expenses are ter rible and l can hardly get along wid try to send you another pay ment of $500 when I sell my hay which would be i'll July. l cannot pay you more at that time for daughter finishes at college this year-that costs a heap of money. r I thought 1 could send you 8 check when 1 gathered my cotton crop, but it took all l could rake and scrape to put in the Delco lights, as my wife did not have electricity to run the sewing ma chine and the vacuum cleaner. Then, too, we had to build shed for the Ford, so we could put the new Packard in the garage, and build a new concrete bridge oyer the brook in our front lot, as well as a new road, so we could get in and out better.
 I can't send you the corn money in the fall, because my son is going to college then, and although the lads of today are very economical about hats and garters, still coon skin coat costs the old man a lot and even junk-yard Fords come rather high by the time they are decorated for college use.
 might send you the hog money, but the Missus and 1 have planned a trip to Niagara in the fall, and after working all these years, 1 think she deserves the trip. We can't go before fall for she is hay ing the house redecOrated and re- finished, taking out all the red plush and putting in over-stuffed cane and mahogany. This is a ter rible strain on my finances, es- peeially as the new we'll that was needed closer to the house and the new up-to-date barn have to be paid for.
 All of the farmers here are in a hard place financially, with straw berries this season 75c a quart and the price of gasoline as it is. Then, too, there is an epidemic among the married women to have their plain gold wedding rings platinized and set with diamonds, and besides everybody is having their tonsils and teeth removed"
 Yours truly,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02

When I was thin and underweight, To me my mother said: "Eat . piece of Shonwald's bread Before you go to bed" followed my mothers advice, And ate Shonwald's bread every
 night. You ought to see me now
 I certainly am a fat sight!
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02
POLAR BEARS EACH
 HAVE STRING WHITE FOX

Strange are the ways of the North Country.
 Polar bear exist on fish and seal and each bear can boast of a string of about 100 white fox.
 From their caves on icebergs in the Arctic the bear traps the seal by various interesting ways but eats nothing but the fat.
 Then along comes his string of white fox and do away with the re- mainder of the carcass; and that is all MT. and Mrs. Fox and their offsprings live from thru the long winter night. When the opportu- nifty arises the fox go ashore to have their litter.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02

Why not now? You will do 1t later, anyway. Bread 10 cents a loaf at the American Bakery. .l.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02

Florida has more than 2OO0 miles coast line.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02
EPISCOPAL CHURCH

SUNDAY, JAN. 5, 1890 10:45 A. NJ. Holy Communion with lecture theme suggested by , the cartoon where Old Fa- ther Time sends the old year back into oblivion, and sends the bright eyed youngster on a voyage of ad- venture. 12:00 NJ Church School. 7:30 P. M. Young peoples candle service, a special Epiphany service.
 7;30 P. M. Jan. 10-Choir prac- tice.
 H. P. Corser. Rector.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02

war.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02

Centers of population were first placed along the waterways; then railroads became the chief factor in the growth of cities. In the new North it is possible that airport facilities may prove the determip- ing factor in the establishment of commercial towns.-Mining Truth.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02

In the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Division Number One, at Ketchikan, In Admiralty. OLAF HANSEN, Libelant,
 Ys THE GAS BOAT LINCOLN ROCK" !" her engine, tackle, apparel, fur niture and equipment.
 Respondent.
 No. 1353-KA
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02

The United States buys nearly 5O per cent more coffee from South America now than it did before the wor
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02
NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT
 AND M0NITION

WHEREAS, a libel has been filed in the District Court for the District of Alaska, Division Number One, at Ketchikan, Alaska, on the 21st day of December, 1929, by Olaf Hansen against the gas boat Lin coin Rock" her engine, tackle, ap- parel, furniture and equipment, al- leging the cause of action, civil and maritime, and praying that the said vessel, etc., may be condemned and sold to pay the demands of libelant, in the sum of $217.85.
 NOW, THEREFORE,, in pursu- ance of the monition of the said court to me directed I do hereby give public notice to all persons claiming or otherwise having any interest in the said boat, her en- zine, tackle, apparel, furniture and equipment, that they be an appear before the said court at Ketchikan, Alaska, on Saturday, the 18th day of January, 1880, at the hour of 10 A. M. provided the same shall be a day of jurisdiction otherwise on the next day of juris- diction thereafter, then and there to interpose their claims and make their allegations in that behalf.
 Dated this 30th day of Decem- Der, 1929.
 ALBERT WHITE,
 U. S. Marshal,
 By H. D. Campbell,
 Deputy. A. H. Ziegler, Proctor
 for libelant.
 First Publication Jan. End, 1850 Last Publication Jan. 18th, 1850
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02

It is estimated that New York City's taxi bill last year amounted to s16O.000, 1000.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-01-02

On concrete roads the loss of weight to an automobile tire is about one ounce per 500 miles of travel.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-24
ISLES 0F SC|LLY
 GREAT HOTH0USE
Tons Of Flowers Grown Where
 TranSOCeaniC Pliers Landed

Washington, D. C., Oct, 24-"The Scilly Isles, terminus of the most re- cent transatlantic flight. li> about 30 miles off the southwestern tip of England and are the hothouses or London," says bulletin from thc Washington. D. C., headquarters of the National Geographic society.
 "Only five of the islands, St. Mary's; Tresco. where the flyers landed; St. Martins, St. Agnes an l Bryher, are inhabited. More than half the total population of about 2.O00 are on St. Mary's, the largest of the group, which is slightly more than 4 square miles in area. Hugh Town. the capital village of about 200 houses, is located there. Exports Tons of Flowers "Before London's trees and shrub bery begin to show signs of life in the spring. tons of Scilly lilies, mar cissi, tulips and daffodls are for sale in florist shops of the Br..ish capi- tai.
 The climate on tho isles is al ways temperate, the Gulf Stream never letting the thermometer drop below 46 degrees, although the isles are in the same latitude as the 1 northern tip of Newfoundland. "The Scillies form an archipelago of about 200 islands and isolated rocks, all of which lie within an area of 50 square miles. They are the rugged summits of he same granite ridge that forms the back bone of Cornwall on the mainland Tradition has it that the isles arc remnants of a lost territory which sank beneath the sea. While geolo- gists refuse to be convinced of this the old fishermen of the Scillies Stii tell of great buildings seen under the waves on calm days and oi bringing up bits of ancient furnish. | ingS on their gear.
 "A theory once held that til, Scillies were the Tin Islands Ot Herodotus, but it is now known they were not. The Scillies have ni known mineral wealth. They migh have been, however, the tradins center where the Phoenicians. thre, thousand years ago. met with tn Britains and bartered for tin iron the Cornwall mines.
 Until the building of the lonel, Bishop Light on an outlying rock t' the southwest, and placement 0 numerous other lighthouses ant lightships, the Scillies were hazard to shipping between Europe and tn west coast of England. Before tn,
New Britain herald., 1930-10-24
GEODUCK HUNTING
 AGAIN LEGALIZED
Puget Sound Residents Eat Giant
 Clam-like Being

Olympia. Wash, Oct. 24 - It's legal to hunt geoducks again-pro- viding one uses a "clam gun" in- stead of a shotgun.
 For the geoduck-or gooey duck or goeduck, as you prefer-doesn t have wings, and never has been clam. Others say not. But anyway, he wears d gigantic clam-like shell and lives deep in the mud.
 The creature is indigenous to Pu- get Sound. Its shell is eight or more inches long. Its tough, mus from three to six feet.
 Only in an extremely low tide can the geoduck be hunted. He bur rows deep in the sand, out beyond the average low tide. And one needs to be handy with a shovel tc get the quarry before it quarries through the mud to China. Long before the white nan came the geoducll was a delicacy with the Indians. Whites learned to relisl them as chowder, fried, ground uT or as boullibaise. Two heavy layers of skin are removed from the neck and the neck is eaten. Even since the white mans com ing, the geoduck has been the sourct of much raillery. Visitors insis there can be no such animal; sto. ries of geoduck digging are taken as native kidding. But they are real
 For several years geoducks were protected by state law. Now. theil numbers increased. they can be dug in specified seasons.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-24

flower business enriched the inhabi- tants, salvaging goods from wreck ed ships was an important vocation among some of the islanders.
 "Scillians were fisher people until an enterprising islander. sent a few flowers to London. The blossoms attracted such attention that the flower business was organized and now several hundred tons of about 200 varieties of flowers are sent 10 London annually. From December to June practically all the inhabi- tants are employed in picking, pack ing and dispatching flowers which are sent by boat to Penzance, Corn wall and then by fast train to their ultimate destination.
 Tourist Trade Increasing
 "Once the haven of pirates and ne'er- do- wells, the Scillies now boast of the prosperity of the inhabitants, due to their new industry, and as sert that poverty has been eliminat- ed
 ''The boat trip from Penzance to f1uSn ION II. tL ulSldHCt u 4p Illle9' was so rough and the Scillies So desolate that tourists formerly sci dom wasted time in the neighbor- hood. Now the balmy climate. beautiful gardens, the boating under expert pilotage for which the island CTS are famed, and excellent sea fishing are lures to the increasing tourist trade.
 Except for the trees at Fresco Abbey. the residence of the lord pro prietor of the isles, the whole area is nearly timberless. All lumber and manufactured products arc inn ported"
New Britain herald., 1930-10-24
CITY NOISE LOUDER
 THAN LIONS ROAR
King Of Beasts Couldn't Hear
 Himself in Metropolis

New York, Oct. A LF) - A few scientific tests by the New York city noise abatement commission show that modern man has set up a bel low worse than primitive mans most terrific sound-the lions roar.
 The lions roar measures, in cold scientific terms, S7 decibels, S7 times the sound that can barely be heard. A Bengal tiger rates 75.
 But about 40 per cent of auto horns rate at 101 decbels, one point even above riveting with an even 100.
 Subways, blasting, steamboat whistles and elevated trains all out roar the lion. Motor trucks hold him exactly even.
 Steam shovels, street cars, police whistles and noisy passenger automobiles, though beneath the lion, yet outscreech the Bengal tiger.
 And all of the moutdo thunder three miles distant.
 New York's voice at 18th street and Eighth avenue roars at q steady 53 10 63, rate typical Of many cities.
 Though the city roar does not in spire the terror of the lions voice. medical men on the commission pre- Sented facts to prove that it causes some deafness, increases blood pres sure and pulse rate, produces irreg- ular heart rhythm. increases brain pressure. accounts for some of the fatigue at the days end. slows the fingers of girl typists and interferes seriously with development of babies and children.
 There is a striking explanation for ell this harm. Turn again to the scientific figures. and instead of dec ible ratings read the noises in terms of intensity, as measured by cleo trical instruments.
 The intensity leaps from 10 to 1C billion while the loudness in decibels is going from 10 to 100.
 Take the intensity for the home which rates 30 decibels. The homo sound intensity is 1000.
 But the lions roar is 0,00( times the intensity of the home. Nc wonder primitive man may have Quailed.
 No wonder stout hearted modern; are harmed physically by the babe of voices their traffic has created in intensity-its fute-like voice that are just ten million times as in tense as the sounds in a home.