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The Freeport Facts from Freeport, Texas • Page 4

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ewingCo president of th Girtf Brewlhg ComfSittiy, brewers Priste" beet, announces th npletlon of increased fadlltle additional new equipment an practically double the ca y.Mf, ttobem said, "We want be prepared for the Increase of Grand Prize sales," This is the third 'enlargemen of the brewery's facilities. Th cdmptiny, born slncie beer was legal In Texas, has enjoyed an almos phohominal growth. Additions include new storage eel with 48 hew ageing tanks, 1 of Which have a 1300 barrel capacit; each, special all bronze pumps, new all bronze filters, coolers with al 'bronze fittings and copper tubing equipment and a comtJIete new section to the bottling department. The bottling department's new 'equipment Includes a double soake; for sterilizing bottles, two automatic fillers, two crowners, two labeling machines, and a double pasteur- izer, along with necessary conveying machinery. With the expansion 32000 bottles per hour of properly aged beer can be turned out.

Additional structures consist ol a new 2-story office building of hol- low tile construction, 48 feet 8 inches by 100 feet 8 Inches, and new ware' house building of 16,000 square ieet to provide necessary bottle stor- 'fftge which will accomodate 48,000 cases of 24 bottles each. Frank Brortgriiez is vice president In production. Following the footsteps of his famous fath- "6r, Frantz Brogniez, under whom he he uses the formula that world's first prize: a formula -handed down from father to son, for generation to generation. Today Grand Prize beer is known as the largest seller In the South, and Its modern brewery Is wortc. famous.

Mr. and Mrs. Hollis 'Nichols and children, Blllye and Gene, returned home Sunday night from a vacation visit of two weeks with relatives in Hartshorne, Okla. and surrounding localities. Texas Tourist Camp Trade Becomes Two Million Dollar Business With Advent Of Trailer, Tin Can Tourist With the inceptin of the trailer, the non-fllllng station camps in the Miss Waldlne Obenhaus Is able me dutles flt the Freeport Hospital after a week's absence due to illness.

Mrs. Leo Goldberg returned to Houston today after a two days visit here with Mr. Goldberg. Miss Jane Is spending this week in Galveston, ----with a house party of Houston! porting Texas second. and Hn can tourist trade, operation of Texas has grown a two million dollar business, according to figures compiled by the Census Bureau.

The Bureau's' report covers receipts of all Texas tourist camps anc hows that the establishments took a total of $2,589,000 during the 1935, latest period on which figures are available. Apparently maintenance of a filing station at the camp is a boon business, for the report shows hat the 131. camps In Texas operat- ng such stations did $648,000 worth of business, while 840 camps which eschewed gasoline supply took In $1,921,000 during-the year. The state tourist business is good enough to provire a living for 946 active'proprietors, and employment for 818 employees, who received in 1935 total of $362,000. Texcis maintains.

more tourist rainy-other west south central sEate. Incldently, of the total in the United States, the leader, sup- friends. If' Mr. and Mrs. 8.

P. Baker had as their guests last week 8v i mat wees cneir nieces from Angleton, Doris rine Grubbs, Helen and'Lois Yancy. Mr, and Mrs. Baker and Sonny drove to Angleton Sunday to ac- cpmnany them home. Davey Odell Houser, ten-year-old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. M. Houser, is in Port Sulphur for a lengthy visit with her aunts, Mrs. 0. H.

Crockett Stilley. and Mrf5. M. MISSING! Stop good shoves I Discover Star Singlo-odgo Blades Mude since 1880 by (ho inventors of the original safety razor. Keen, long-lasting uniform.

The Bureau went to the trouble to break down the receipts of the camp's to show that In Texas, $1,770,000 of the $1,921,000 spent in To Little Frances Jane A dear little most three, Comes quite often to vlsit-me; A sweet baby voice I've heard before, Says, open the door; 1 I open the door and feign surprise To see baby blue eyes'; Then she sparkers and twinkles and laughs in glee, Because she's such a surprise to me. precious, baby of nearly three, Is blond and' dimpled and fail- to She tells me her troubles In her own baby patter, We talk It over, and soon she feels better. She doesn't feel entirely recovered, Until "she's better' grandmothered; Some times It takes crackers, or a cooky or two, And If I don't have a nickle, a dime will do. She has a little "dream" dog that can talk and sing, In fact, it can do 'most anything; It romps nnd plays, 'til it has to be stopped, To go to the hospital and have state, went for meals and rental, while in the camps offering gas for sale, only $226,000 of the total $658,000 was spent food and lodging. Merchandise sales in the filling station camps amounted to $378,000 in the year In question, and the tourists spent only 574,000 for such chases in the non-fllling.

station camps. The tourist camp business has become a big money industry it appears from the bureau's figures, the total amount spent in the nation's camp's during 1935 being $24,300,000. ffcrfenttke Hiked'Bf Vic toryj Port Texas Co, Tied For Second ATFREEPORT THEATRE The No. 1 club held ottl Its one-game lead and boosted It standing from .714 to .150 per cen by virtue of its one-sided victor at the expense of Its sister team Brazoria No. 2, at Srasiorla las Friday night, this being the onl contest played by the pace setter since last Issue of The Facts.

While the Brazoriaites were main taining their exalted position th Port Cafe and Texas Company too td the war path, collecting thre victories and dumping the two An gleton aggregations from a tie fo second place last week Into flft and six position this week, The cafe and oil company team have lost no more games than Bra zorla No. 1, but have a lower per centage for the reason they hav played one less game the contest the two clubs engaged In several weeks ago, which must played over. Being the only team to annex twi victories since last Tuesday, thi Port Cafe turned back the strong Angleton No. 2 tossers to the tun of 13 to 12 and the following nigh hopped on Hoskins for a 5 to victory. Robbie Mollisbn on th mound for Port Cafe allowed bu three hits in the Hoskins fracus.

In defeating the Shippers Tues day night the Texas Companj chalked up the first shutout of thi season, Chester Powell hurling thi oilers to a 16 to 0 victory over the loaders. "Woman. I'Love" Is Stirring Romance TwoV aviators, closer than brothers, fight the enemy from the same plane; to each other, love the-same woman, the wife of one. This blzarresituation takes i place in Radio's gripping its throat mopped, nicest way, Quite the seems, to me, it To own dog Is in your dreams; So this little lady, aged necu three, Isn't so dumb as some may be. Mrs.

T. P. B. Patronize Facts Advertisers HAS TIMED ISO MILLION UYIS tAc BABY POWDER that FIGHTS OFF GERMS Pon't let infer? your baby'i delicate skin Instead of ijsing ordinary baby powders, use Antiseptic Powder- and fights off famous powder is as and fine as a baby ut ln addition' YSAFEB-pro- against his worst germs and infection. It posts no Se photodrama, "The -Woman I 1 co-starring Paul Muni and Miriam Hopkins, with Louis Hayward featured, which shows at Preeport Theatre Sunday and Monday.

When he situation becomes known in its entirety, the emotional stress of the trio overshadows the. events of' the World War, against the background of which the drama is enacted. This first release of a photoplay based on the adventures of the French flying corp during the last great conflict, some hair-raising combat scenes! in the air, but. the intimate affairs of the flyers behind the lines dominate the story I Taken -from Joseph Kessel's bestseller, "L'Equlpage," the story was first produced as a sensational motion picture success in Franco with Anatole Litvak. as director.

He has also directed the American film version of the story. Paul Muni and Miriam Hopkins have in support, besides young Hayward, such players as Colin Olive, Paul Guilfoyle, Mady Christians, Owen Davls.Jr., Donald Barry, Minor Watson and Elizabeth Blsdon. Stanwyck and McCrea Are Teamed Again Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea continue their march toward the position of the screen's best love- ed romantic pair in "Internes Can't Take Money," the romance of a poor medical student and a working girl which is featured at Freeport Theatre Wednesday and Thursday. "Internes Can't Take Money" is the sixth 'in which McCrea assays a physician's role 'and about the tenth in which Miss Stanwyck portrays the beauty with the odds against her who gets her man. The story poses a question in prin fiples around which much of the action is based.

As an interne McCrea Is unable to accept money from his patients. A grateful gangster, played by Lloyd Nolan, gives him a thousand dollars for saving his life in an emergency operation, Miss Stanwyck, with whom he is in love, needs that money irj order to find her child by a previous mar riage who had been, taken away from her. But McOrea's stripf adherence to his oath forces him' to return the money, thus shutting out happiness to himself and the Blrl whom he loves, A way however, by Nolan, who" sets' things to rights with the aid under world in his own. -v The hospital and medical sequen? ces of "Jntenres Can't Take Money" were made lender the supervision of of the best games of the season was reeled off iri the second contest Tuesday night when thi two county seat teams battled down the stretch neck and neck for the seven Innings, Ray Gayle's Angleton No. 2's spiking the rubber in the 'last inning with a tally to untie the count and win by a 4 to margin.

Otis Coleman, manager of the Angleton No. 1's, obtained the only extra base blow of the encounter, a three-bagger. Brandon on the mound for the No. 2's allowed but four while Glassford serving them up for the No. I's permittee seven.

Errors in this tilt were also pretty evenly divided, with five committed on one side and four on the other. Brazoria No. 2 still holds the cellar championship and has yet to win a game, having played and lost seven. The Methodists have done but little better 'with only two victories. Large and enthusiastic crowds are attending all games and Interest In the leagiie'seerns be'grbwihg with each game.

At a meeting of 'the executive committee this week two new umpires were added to the staff already serving the league. The new umps are Joe Patterson of Angleton and Paul Casbergue of Freeport. Other umpires are R. A. Faub- io'n, J.

E. Williamson, H. E. Hopper, W. E.

Curry and Chas. Brandes of Brazoria. Acting on the issue of whether Robbie Mollison, an out of county resident, would be allowed to take part In league play, the committee noted there was no ruling against such action and voted that teams may secure players 'from any locality they desire. Mollison Is signed up as a pitcher with the Port Cafe team. STANDING Brazoria No.

1 8 Port Cafe 7 Texas Company 7 Angleton No. 2 8 Angleton No. 1 Hoskins 7 8 Shippers 8 Methodist 8 Brazoria No. 2 7 Pet .750 .714 .714 .625 .571 ,500 .375 ,250 ,000 4 everting ft'am visit Sulphdf, tactile guests 8f their dWiSffigf. anCslstW, Mf.

'and Waffen Baker, Dor5thy.B"ran"des With het Mlsi''Nelfle'frartees Sterling-; of Houston, returned to Georgetown to attend the graduation exercises at Southwestern University. Miss Dorothy will return to Houston this week ahd will be the house guest of Miss Nellie Frances until the week-end. Mrs. T. H.

Sfandes drove to Geotgetbwii last week to accbm- panj? Mlsl oorethy home after the comptettott her freshman year at Southwestern. Church Rev, Waltort B. Gardner, B. i' Pastor a. m.

Morning a. m. Epworth 7:15 p. m. Evening 8 m.

W. 8', 2:30 p. m. spiritual life 7 Prayef service 7:30 p. p.

m. Annotthcittff the Re-Opening Friday, June 11 of MtK'S COFFEE SHOP at 609 FIRST STREET Specializing in JUMBO HAMBURGERS- PIT BARBECUE and all kinds of GOOD FOODS, here for bur $5,00 WEEKLY PRIZE for largest eatable fish caught-with hook and line. FREE COFFEE and DOUGHNUTS 'ALL DAY FRIDAY T7 VERYONE prefers concrete for its safety, its cleanliness and comfort, for the sense of security it gives motorists. But not everyone knows that concrete is really a low cost road. Yet the figures: are indisputable.

They show that, whether for great super-highways or secondary roads carrying only few hundred vehicles a day, concrete actually costs less to build than any other pavement of equal load-carrying capacity! Here's another important saving. Concrete has the lowest annual surface maintenance per mile of any -type of pavement. Funds which would otherwise be spent for repairs may be used to extend your highway build nfore and'more miles 'of rS? Concrete cuts your out-of-pocket driving cost, too, cause it saves gas, tire.and car repair bills. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 1301 Norwood Austin, Tex. 4 national organization oj engineers and scientists, working to improve and extend tbejises of concrete Dr.

John J. chief resldient physician of the Hollywood Hosph tal, who was engaged as technical director fov this picture. Alfred Santeli, famed for his ability to get the most out of drama, directed "jutemes can 1 fake SCHEDULE Friday (in Brazoria) Angleton No. vs. Brazoria No.

2 (postponed game). vs. Port Cafe; Brazoria NO. 1 vs Angleton No. 2.

vs Methodist; Brazoria No. 2 vs Angleton No. 1. No. 2 vs Texas Angleton No, 2 vs Methodists.

Hoskins 15 Shippers 10 Angleton No. 2 12 Port Cafe 13 Port Cafe 5 Hoskins I Brazoria No. 2 Methodists 18 Brazoria No. 18 Brazoria No. 2 7 Shipper Texas Company 16 Angleton No.

1 3 Angleton No. 2 4 16 15 11 17 6 3 10 2 11 4 4 9 4 7 Robert Meek has. returned home from A. M. for the summer vacation with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. R. L. Meefe- Mr. and Mrs, Beljrendg spent Monday in Houston the guests of Mr.

and Mrs. J3. T- Austin. Mr. and Mrs.

Austin WA little grandson, Psvid. Gay, Jegving this week for a four months trip to San Francisco, Johnnie Ellis of Luling is here at the home of fate Mrs. J. O. Paine, to spen4 eiroroer Uon.

IF YOU LIVED 100 MILLION YEARS AGO find that JNktwre already started the making of Sinclair Motor Oils, Tbe crude oils now used in ing theae Sinclair lubricants had been mellowing and filtering in the earth lor millions ol years, And an oil's lubricating qualities depend, to A large extent, on the age of the crudes. Both Sinclair Opaline and Sinclair Pennsylvania Motor Oil, for example, give a lubricating film that is ten times tougher than your engine normally requires, look for the dinosaur en the refinery-sealed, Tamper-Proof cane. a Sinclair Refining Company fl R. W. EVANS -l if.

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