Kerrville Mountain Sun from Kerrville, Texas • Page 1

Vatch Date Slip Hit Bttfi Btopa on expiration, promptly if you want paper. MOUNTAIN SUN Harvester of Happenings in the Heart the Hills TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK VOLUME 64 $2 Per Year KmtllVILLE, KERR COUNTY, TEXAS, TIItTRHDA 5, 5 Cents Per Copy NUMBEE 37 County Will Join State in Voting On 6 Amendments Election Judges for All Kerr Precincts Listed, Quiet Election Likely With Little Interest Kerr County citizens, along with other Texas ballot casters, will vote on six amendments to the State Constitution at a special election, set for August 23. A resume of the group shows that they touch provision for destitute children and the needy blind, liability of state bank stockholders, compensation of officials, property taxation, and one amendment concerning the levy of taxes for roads in Harris county. The first of them is relative to the amendment of Section 16 of Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Texas, providing for the amount of the liability of stockholders in State banks. The second amendment to be voted upon concerns the provision for assistance to destitute children under the age of fourteen years not to exceed eight dollars per month for one nor more than twelve dollars per month for such children of any one family.

Provision for acceptance of Governmental aid is also included in this. Third in the list of proposed amendments is the one to authorize the Legislature to fix the manner and basis of compensation for all districts, county and precinct officers. Fourth is the one proposing the amendment to provide that property shall never be assessed for taxes at more than its fair cash value, and providing that in order to encourage the prompt payment of ad valorem taxes, the Legislature shall have the power to permit a discount for the payment of the same before they become delinquent Amendment number five proposes that Harris County and any road district therein may upon a vote of the people therein adopt a road plan and levy taxes for road and bridge construction in lieu of the issuance of bonds. The last of the proposed amendments concerns the providing of assistance to the needy blind over the age of twenty-one years not to exceed fifteen dollars per month per person, and providing for acceptance from the Government of the United States of America fin- (See COUNTY WILL JOIN, last page) Death Takes Center Point Octogenarian After Long Illness N. H.

White, 83, retired newspaper man and for over 60 years a resident of the State of Texas, died Wednesday morning at the home of his son, K. S. White, in Center Point, after an illness of more than two years. The aged man was stricken with paralysis nearly three years ago and has been an invalid since that time. He was a native of Alabama, and moved to Texas about 63 years ago, settling in Bell County.

Later he moved with his family to the Plains Country in Western Texas, and about 15 years ago came to Kerr County to make his home with his children. The time of the funeral services had not been set, pending the arrival of relatives, but will be held in the Christian Church in Center Point, with Rev. Wendell Carr, pastor of the Kerrville Christian Church, officiating. Interment will be in the family plot in Center Point, under the direction of Fatheree Funeral Home. He is survived by three sons, S.

White of Center Point; Frank White of Crosbyton; Hoi- lie C. White of Southland, two daughters, Mrs. Eloise Hill of Pallas and Mrs. Sallie Ward of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a foster daughter, Mrs. O.

H. Buchheit of Sherman. Twenty grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren also survive. Pall bearers will be N. H.

White, L. B. White, Ivan Powell, Pleas Lewis, Frank White and Wilton Moore. Vets Pick Delegates To State Convention Delegates to the State Convention of the American Legion which will be held in San Aogelo August 82-24, were elected Monday by the members of Garrett-Baker Post. A.

R. Scott will be chairman of the delegation, which will include George Eppte, Leon Burton, Robert Tnwlove, W. W. Barnes, 0. B.

Holbrook, R. L. Smith, Lonnie Ray Buffrarton, Jennings Monk and F. D. Sheffield.

Alternates are B. F. Adams, Alois Bemachel, Mack Garrett, John Rotan, Dick Smith, L. A. Ballard, L.

E. Cragg, Claude Baker, J. F. Duke and B. B.

Deason. A crowd ol delegates from Louw Halphen at Legion and from the Auxiliary to Garrett- expected to attend the Young Married Couples 9 Program Is New Feature By GEORGE STAPLES The first Young Married Couples' conference will open at 7:30 o'clock Friday night at Westminister Presbyterian Encampment, according to Garland H. Lang, camp director. This is the first time such a conference has been held, and it is considered unique in plan and purpose. The opening messages will be given by Dr.

Samuel L. Joekel, of Austin and Dr. and Mrs. Geo. West Diehl, of Corpus Christi.

Saturday morning the principal address will be given by Rev. 0. E. Sanden, pastor of the Alamo Heights Presbyterian Church, San Antonio. Rev.

Glenn Murray, of Yoakum, is in charge of recreational activities, and has planned for swimming and tennis for Saturday afternoon. Dr. Joekel will be the featured speaker Saturday evening, and Dr. Diehl will preach at the 11 o'clock service Sunday. The conference will close at 6:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, following an inspirational message 1 by Rev.

Sanden. The final messages of the Ministers Conference, now in session, will be given by Dr. W. A. McLeod, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Cuero.

He will preach this evening at 7:30 o'clock, and will review the book, "A God Who Speaks to Man," by Streeter, tomorrow, Friday afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock. Over 200 ministers, laymen, and religious workers have been in attendance at this two-week gathering. New Humble Service Station Opens With Motley as Operator R. M. "Buzz" Motley of Junction has been appointed manager of the new Humble Service Station, on the corner of Main and Washington Streets, which opens Thursday, August 5.

Motley has been operating a Humble Station in Junction for the last few years, and considers his transfer to Kerrville as a promotion from the Company. Motley was reared in Junction and has a host of friends in Kerrville and the surrounding territory. He stated that he had always wanted to live in Kerrville and welcomed the opportunity to move here and be a bona-fide resident of the town. He promises the motoring public up-to-date service as outlined in the ten-point Humble code, and all other courtesies to which the motoring public is accustomed. Hal Peterson, agent for the Humble Company in Kerrville, expressed his approval of the selection of the new manager, and of the new station, which is one of the attractive spots in the city.

Light on Kerrville of 1910 Shed by Chance Copy of Mountain Sun A 27-year-old copy of the Moun tain Sun was found, with copies of other old papers, by workmen tearing down the old St. Charles Hotel. The paper carried the date, June 25, 1910, and news items included one about the San Antonio Y. M. C.

A. hold a camp for 50 boys at Westminster Encampment, before building the present M. C. A. Camp.

Another story told of a meeting of the county Democratic Executive Committee, which announced the following presiding officers in a coming primary election: H. Schulze, T. J. Moore, J. J.

Starkey, L. N. Coffee, Charles Smith, Sing Conn, W. P. Cowden, H.

Spenrath, D. H. Hughs, Gus Sproul, and S. A. Taylor.

A fireman's carnival was announced to be held on the lawn of the St. Charles Hotel. The Kerrville Summer Normal was progressing and had a large attendance. An advertisement revealed that flour was being made in Kerrville by Kerrville Roller Mills. The Kerrville Ice Factory, operated by G.

A. Maurer, advertised that it would begin delivering ice to residences in 10 days. A baseball game between the Kerrville Cardinals and West End San Antonio Team was announced for the following day at the fair grounds. Moving pictures were advertised for Monday, Friday and Saturday nights at Pampell's Opera House, with "complete change of program every night." MARRIAGE LICENSES Joe Parvin and Miss Florence Smith. Robert Jackson and Miss Cora Roennecke.

Joe Cunuuingg and Miss Ruby Guthrie. Mr. 'and Mm. Rudolph Stehlinjr and aad Mra. J.

K. Funuaa Tuwday Saw Ranch Girls Really Do Work, It's Not Just a Pose Trapper Jakes Second Coyote, Foxes, ildcats District Head of Woodman Circle Is Kerrville Miss Miss Marjorie Edwards, pictured here, daughter of Urban Edwards, ranchman living five miles north of Kerrville on the Harper Road, knows what it is to help drive 1,200 sheep 10 miles. She had just come five miles on foot (don't let the riding boots and breeches fool you) when the picture was taken. The picture was taken as the 1,200 sheep, being drvicn along the railroad track, passed through Westminster Lncampmont, near Kerrville's eastern city limits. The flock, which had been driven to the FitzHimmon.s place five miles south of Kerrville on the Bandera Hoad, six weeks ago to better grass, was herded back home Tuesday.

City to Have New Theatre, Planning To Open Nov. 1st Piokens Theatres, to Operate Movie Show in Building JJ. C. Parsons Will Erect on Water St. Kerrville's newest business enterprise, the Pickens Theatres, Incorporated, will open about November 1, according to B.

C. Parsons, who has closed a deal with the firm for the construction of a theatre building in the 600 block on Water Street. Plans are being drawn now by K. R. Ransom, architect, and as soon as they are approved by the lesees, bids will be let.

Parsons states that only Kerrville firms will be asked to bid on the contract and that construction will begin about September 1. (Sue NEW THEATRE, last page) All-Day Meeting at Divide Church Sunday Attended by Over 200 Two hundred people were present for the annual all-day meeting held Sunday at the Divide Church, about 50 miles from Kerrville on Rocksprings Road, and the interest in the meeting had grown so much that plans were made to lengthen the duration of the gathering to several days. The meeting was sponsored by Rev. Paul S. Van Dyke, pastor of the Kerrville First Presbyterian Church, and Rev.

Louis L. Wilkins, pastor of the Rocksprings Presbyterian Church. Rev. Flynn V. Long, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Harlingen, was the speaker at the morning hour, and Rev.

Gaines B. Hall, D. pastor of the First Southern Presbyterian Church, (See last page) August 20 Set Aside As Kerrville Day at Fredericksburg Fair Walter Reiffert, vice-president in charge of mercantile matters for the Kerrville Chamber of Commerce, announced Tuesday that after communications between the chamber and the Gillespie County Fair Association, the opening day of the 1937 fair, August 20, had been designed as "Kerrville Day." The fair will be a three-day event, August 20, 21, and 22. A letter from the fair association to President W. C.

Bell of the Kerrville Chamber of Commerce says that the number of races slated for the opening date was increased from three to five, on account of interest expressed by Kerrville racing fans. "Kerrville Day" will be featured also by a baseball game, and the usual interesting and instructive exhibits of farm, ranch and commercial products. Officials of the Kerrville chamber expressed appreciation of the friendly guesture of the citizens of Fredericksburg. Reiffert said he was making plans to induce a larger Kerrville delegation to attend the fair on the opening day. July Shows Drop In City Building Permits Issued Building permits issued by thr City of Kerrville took a slump during July but raised the year's total to $137,100.

Only two permits were issued last month, and they totaled only $4,500. June, however, led the first half of the year with $47,700. In July, the following permits were issued: home for Harper Rawlings at 905 Tivy Street, six rooms and bath, E. L. Spence, contractor, home for Mrs.

Joe (See JULY BUILDING last pane) (See last pattc) Forget-Me-Not Sale to Be Held By DAY Saturday Mrs. Ci. M. Doyle Xnined (ieneral Chairman of Drive, Center Poiml And Leg-ion to Help In accordance with a custom which has been established for several years, Dr. Millard Wilkins Chapter No.

8, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, will hold a Forget-Me-Not sale in Kerrville and Legion Saturday. Arrangements for the sale were completed early this week by a special committee, including Mrs. G. M. Doyle, general chairman; Vern L.

Blodgett, Lester Goff, A L. Harrison and Zeddie Stone, Kerrville members of the chapter; Mrs. W. W. McSwain, chairman of the sale at Legion; and L.

A. Bal- (Sc-c FORGET-ME-NOT, last page) Beer Dealers to Have More Responsibilities Under New Provision Heavier responsibilities than ever before are placed on beer and liquor dealers under the new state control act which goes into effect Sept. 1. To get permit holders ready for the new measure, liquor control agents stationed in the Kerrville area are carrying on a direct store to store educational campaign. It is better and easier to teach them how to comply with the law, the agents say, than to convict them for disobeying.

A retail beer dealer may not sell the beverage to any person under 21 years of age or to any one showing evidence of intoxication; if he does so knowingly, his license is subject to be canceled. There are a dozen or more other (See BEER DEALERS, laut page) City's College-Minded Young People Have Selected 20 Schools to Enter Next Month One of the largest groups of students in several years will be leaving Kerrville in the next six weeks' time to enter various colleges and universities of the State. A large number of high school graduates as well as college freshmen, have decided to enroll in Schreiner Institute for college work. Among those who have sent transcripts to Schreiner, or who have expressed a desire to attend that school, are Emilie Henke, Bertha Real, A. L.

Kennedy, Margaret Singleton, Jeanne Wilkerson, Lois Jo Weisiger, Mary Jane Garrett, Cornelia Fawcett, Sancel Dent, Evelyn Fisk, Eleanor Crate, Mary Hart, Henry Wied, Morris Willson, George Miller, Ned Estes, Pedro Castillo, Paxton Noll, Julius Neunhoffer, Charles McCaleb, Preston Chambliss, Alfred Coleman, Jack Paul, Betty Sullivan, La Verne McCoun, Martin Stealing, Ruben Hartman, F. W. Sheppard andl Sammie Marshall. Texas University in Austin will probably draw the largest crowd of students, among whom will be Misses Patton Julie and Irene Jackson. Hulab and Tillie Seal, Lucille Plumb, Charlotte Sector, Betty Wynne, Martha Collins, Dorothy Millet, Martha Star- toy, Helen Cone, Ola Mae Peril, June Buahwrt, Aiasarro Castillo, Courtney Sidter and AUhea Eugene Ruae, Lock, Mayeaux, Cone, 3.

H. Starkey, Chester Martin, Le Roy Grona, James Yelvington and Miss Dorothy Auld. A. M. has drawn the largest enrollment from Kerr County in the history of the school, possibly due to the fact that the majority of last year's Tivy football team will enter there.

Among them will be Carl Fink, Robert Sicker, Herbert Brown, Jeff Dent, Lake Robertson, George Leigh, Huling Mosty, Bill and Henry Hauser, Alfred Rust, Charles Peterson, Chester Heimann, Charles Henke, Kyle Holloman, Louis Strohacker, Rudolph Radeleff, Walter Lee! Junior Priour, Joe Rothrock. The Texas College for Women, known as I. to thousands of ex-students in Texas, will have an unusually large group this year, and among them will be Misses Arney Mitchell, Frances Faltin, Loretta and Esther Holekamp, Bonnie Lea Klein, Evelyn Love, Mabel Martin, Mozelle Browning, Olgie Worley and possibly Lillian Schnerr. A group of young ladies is planning to enter one of the Catholic schools of San Antonio, The Lady of the Lake of Incarnate Word College. In this group are Misses Maxine Gillette, Maxine Rutledge and Frances Furman.

The University of San Antonio will also attract a group including Marvin and Herman Vetter and Misses Donnalynn and Melba McKay and Mary Lee Cox. L. T. Davis, will enroll in S. M.

U. in Dallas, majoring in Business Administration, Roy Holbrook and Lehman Lewis are the other Kerrville youths who have chosen this school. Uarrell Lochte will re-enter Southwestern University in Georgetown; Lewis Fisher will enroll in Howard Payne College, Brownwood; Vera Bell Nichols and Ruth Butt will enter Mary Hardin-Baylor College in Belton; Laura and Carl Oehler will attend Seguin Lutheran College in Seguin; J. C. Brown will enter his senior year in Texas Tech at Lubbock; Pat Braden will attend the Agricultural College in Arlington; Mrs.

Gordon Kellam and Miss Virginia Craven will be enrolled in the State Teachers College in San Marcos; Mr. and Mrs. Harry William Crate and possibly Doris Frances White will attend Rice Institute in Houston; Willis Carlisle will attend Baylor University in Waco; L. C. Grant and possibly Orville Wilkins will be enrolled in business college in San Antonio.

This too, is the aim of Miss Mary Margaret O'Riley. Clinton DeBelle- vue will return to St. Edward's University in Austin; Jack Springall to the University School of Medicine in Galveston; and Eddie Natber to Washington University. Teddy and Paul Rothrock will study laboratory research in Philadelphia, Pa- A. A.

Cridcr, Llano trapper employed on (Jus Schrdncr's South Fork Ranch in western Kcrr County, last week repeated his coyote-trapping feat of mid- July. On the night of July 15, using old bacon rind us bait, he trapped an elusive coyote that had killed hundreds of lambs and sheep. Early last week, he trapped another coyote, but it broke the trap chain and took flight on the approach of the trapper and his dogs. Even with the chain dangling from one leg, the coyote was able to outrun the dogs for seven miles. After a long chase, the man and dogs caught the coyote, estimated to be the same age as the first years.

Cridcr will receive another $250 bounty from the ranch, and another $10 bounty from Kerr County. He exhibited the slit- eared scalp of the second coyote here Wednesday of last week. During the five weeks he had been at South Fork Ranch, Crider had caught, in addition to the two coyotes, four wildcats and three foxes. The county notinty on foxes is $1 each. Crider is still busy about his traps, having expressed the belief that a third coyote, and perhaps a litter of young ones, might be discovered.

The finding of coyotes in the county is called somewhat unusual, as the timber wolf was the wolf species of which this area formerly was the habitat, and coyotes have been rarely seen in recent decades. 15 Year Old Boy Dies Of Blood Poisoning as Result of Nail Injury Funeral were held Wednesday in the Smith Funeral Home for 0. E. Smith, 15, who died Monday in the Base Hospital at Fort Sam Houston from tetanus. Rev.

J. N. McKay, pastor of the Methodist Church, had charge of the services. The youth, who lived with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

E. F. Morgan on Everett Street, stuck a nail in his knee several days ago, and blood poison resulted. He was rushed to the hospital at Fort Sam Houston where for three days all that medical science could do did not relieve the suffering. Young Smith's home was at Fort Ringold, where his father is stationed, but the boy had been in Kerrville for several months with his grandparents and other relatives.

He is survived by his parents and one sister, Nona Gene, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Morgan, and Mrs.

Ida Mossier of New Jersey, and his great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Warren, of Kerrville. Pallbearers were Louis Heiman, Kirk Holdsworth, Harry Eckstein, Walter Eckstein, Jake Michon and Ollie Hughes. A City Has One Case of Infantile Paralysis, Quarantine Enforced No need for alarm as to infantile paralysis exists in Kerrville, according to statement Wednesday from Dr.

J. E. McDonald, city health officer. Dr. J.

D. Jackson, county health officer, expressed the same opinion with regard to Kerr County. There is only one ease in the community now, and only three have been reported all season. As a matter of fact, Kerrville has had fewer cases this summer than most towns its size. Proper quarantine was maintained on the former cases, one of which is now on the way to recovery.

Ages of the victims ranged from five to about 18 years. Precautions to foe taken against infantile paralysis, the health officers said, include avoiding crowds, keeping the system in good condition, and nasal spray properly administered in cases of probable exposure. Hearsay reports on the street that a large number of cases existed or that infantile paralysis was rapidly spreading in the city were declared without foundation. Advisory Nurse Here iry of District 12 (Jivi'ii lo Miss Elsa Bea 1 1 nikc sit Mooting of OnU-r 1 1 Miss Elsa Bea Henke of this city was selected president of the 12th District of the Woodman Circle, a meeting of which was held last Friday at the Methodist Encampment. Approximately 100 members and visitors were present for the meeting.

Other officers chosen were Mrs. Julia Euck, Soguin, past president; Mrs. Josie Slider, Comfort, vice- president; Mrs. Elizabeth Mosty, Kerrville, secretary; Judge A. E.

Eames, Bandera, treasurer; Mrs. Addie Vogcs, Bourne, Mrs, Stella Schmidt, Fretlericksburg, and Mrs. Beatrice Tuberville, Yoakum, auditors; Mrs. Beatrice Pressley, Kerrville, attendant; Mrs. Thelma Travland, Kerrville, associate attendant; Mrs.

Alma Myers, Cuero, chaplain; Mrs. Queenie Vaughn, Lockhart, outer sentinel; Mrs. Elsie Adamietz, Bandera, guard; Mrs. Sola Krause, Comfort, guard; Mrs. Eva Brailey, Kerrville, musician; Mrs.

Mamie Barginaii, Boerne, junior councilor; and Mrs, Bonnie Shannon, Kerrville, reporter. Miss Henke presided at the opening of the conference and presented Mrs. Josephine Harris of San Antonio, district manager. Rev. A.

R. Vctter gave the invocation, and Col. L. II. Webb of Legion made the address of welcome in behalf of the city.

The fraternal welcome was extended by Oscar Clark, council commander of the W. 0. W. Camp. Miss Bess Dolan of Taylor and Mrs.

Fannie Mae Benkendolfer of San Antonio gave the responses. Mrs. Elizabeth Mosty of Kerrville was among the honor members who weru presented. Mrs. Mosty has served as secretary of the Kerrville organization for 28 years.

Another honoree was Mrs. Eugenia Brockmann, the only living charter member of the San Antonio Circle. In her 43 years of continuous membership she has served as an officer for 40 years. Mrs. C.

W. Henry, violinist; Mrs. J. B. Young, pianist; Mrs.

G. M. Doyle, vocal soloist, and Mrs. J. S.

Colley, pianist, were among the entertainers who appeared on the pro- Mrs. Zoe Austin Jones, State advisory nurse, is in Kerrville this week for a conference with Mrs. Winnifred Borg Haskins, county health nurse. While in the county Mrs. Jones will assist Mrs.

Haskins in planning the public health program for the county and in arranging a schedule for the county school nursing service. Mrs. Jones is the advisory nurse for the £1 Paso District, having succeeded Miss Ruth Jane Moore, who will spend this year at Peabody Institute in Nashville, Tenn. Sheriff S. 0.

Durst of Junction was business visitor in Kerr- Tuesday. DISTRICT HKAD, laat putfe) Accidental Drowning Takes Life of Houston Girl at Summer Camp Kerrville's second major accident in the 12 years of summer camping history occurred Friday when Miss Jean Rogers, 17, of Houston, was found dead in the Guadalupe River at Camp Waldemar, 18 miles west of Kerrville. A verdict of accidental death by drowning was rendered by Justice of the Peace Joe Burkett, at an inquast held Friday evening when the body was brought to Kerrville. Miss Rogers who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

F. L. Rogers, 7501 South Main Street, Houston, had been at Waldemar for two weeks, having entered there the second term. Before lunch Friday Miss Rogers had complained of feeling ill and had been told to go to the camp hospital by Mrs. J.

R. Wol- kerwitz, camp mother. Later in the afternoon Mrs. Wolkerwitz went to the hospital to see how the girl was feeling, and found that sht had not reported to the nurse in charge. Immediately a search was begun for the missing girl, and later the body was found in the river, in about four feet of water.

The body was fully clothed, and the girl held a tennis racquet gripped in one hand. Har.r.^h Prattr, saying expert at and Miss Virginia Beall, waterfront counselor, worked with the girl, applying all means of artificial res- Si-o ACCIDENTAL DHOWN1NG, liut $90,000 Up at Sanatorium The foundation for the new $90,000 wing at the Kerrville Tuberculosis Sanatorium is being completed this week, and is the first step in new construction of a 72-roora building which will be completed early in the spring, according to Dr. H. Y. Swayze, superintendent of the sanatorium.

Construction of the new storeroom is expected to begin within the next few days, as plans are now in the hands of the architect. room will be approximately 100 feet lung and in the second floor will be quarters for the personnel. Dr. Swayze states that the torium is crowded to capacit)' with 102 patients being of August 1. It the new road, Is No.

16 at the.