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1953 |
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Good Evening, Mr. Editor: We are glad to be able to report that Mr. McManus, Mrs. Eddie Jacobs and the little Budd daughter have returned home from the hospitals where they were undergoing treatment. Mrs. W. T. Powers is entering the Ganado hospital for an operation this week. We wish her an early recovery and return to her home. Supt. Oscar Bounds was looking over things in this locality one day recently. Harrison Stafford of Edna was riding his pastures in this vicinity to see if he had been donating any more cattle to the common cause lately. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Calcote of Lolita, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sowell of Edna Mrs. "Snipe" Hoffer and children of Kingsville, and Mr. and Mrs. Hans Goppert and Manfted of El Campo were among those visiting in the various homes of kinfolks in this community on Easter Sunday. That little guy with the perpetual smile from one of the offices on the lower floor of the courthouse in Edna was sorta visiting around in this locality recently. This here sandy-haired fellow that is known as Scotty of Ganado has been looking after his Cordele interests quite a bit since the drilling has been going on. J. W. Johnson of Edna has been staying in the home of his son and wife, the Granville Johnsons, of Cordele recently. Jess Kern from across the prairie has been looking over things in the Free State recently. An oil company is trying to put down one of those greasy holes on his ranch at this time. Jack Harney and Miss Vivian Hardy of Victoria visited in the home of her parents, the Hamp Hardys, of Cordele last Sunday. Whit Denn of Vanderbilt has been the relief man for Mr. Mo Manus while he has been on the sick list. Whit is a cousin of Red and Joe Fiew of Cordele and Yoakum. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Jones and daughter, and son in law of El Campo were looking things over on their place here in Cordele recently. You hear a lot about how this old world of ours is going to the dogs and what is going to happen to it. Well, sir, according to my mother's little old black Bible, the Lord made this world in six days and then on the seventh day He rested. Yes, sir, took time off to sorta look things over and get a new start for the coming week, made what has since been called a man, then from a rib made a mate for the man. Seems like there was some little folks came after that and then somewhere, along the line it was decided that in order to keep these young’uns in line the elders were told to spare some rods and spoil the children. Now then, now days it seems like it might pay to go back to that line of correction on some of these older ones as well as the young, then we would learn mighty soon that the world that the Lord has given us is as good as it was in the beginning and will be so until the end of time.
Edna Herald, April 9, 1953 |
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From the Banks of Old Brushy. Well, sir, as a roving reporter. I have been doing little of either. Think I'll do like about 300.000 wet back Americans over in Mexico-go over there so that I can hire a peon to carry me drinks and fan my fevered brow. We hear lots of the wet-back Mexicans but little of their brother Americans. We are happy that "Frenchie" Marcaurele of the Dunam lease is back from the hospital. At 76, he is still going strong. The W. T. Powers are back from their vacation. They visited relatives and friends in Central Texas. The Wm. Squarles family of beyond the lost bridge locality were visiting kinfolk in Cordele recently. Miss Jeanne Fiew of the little town of Houston spent the week end with her Aunt Mary in the Free State of Cordele. The Cornelius children were also weekend guests while their parents were on a trip to Waco, Mrs. Hamp Hardy of this section made an airplane trip to San Marcos one day recently. Guess she went by plane, as I heard she made a flying trip. Dalton, Eunice Ann and the Squirt were home for the Class Night at the end of school. Says there sure is a lot of new faces in the schools. Harry Calcote, rural carrier of Lolita, and wife were visiting kinfolk in Cordele recently. The Hip Hobsons of Edna and the Padons and Goldmans of Cordele visited in the home of Mrs. Wm. Budd of Cordele recently. The Sinclair Oil Co. has just completed a gas well on the J. L. Watson place west of Cordele, and the Texas Co. has moved in and is setting up on the Frank place east of Cordele. Another location is on the Hollingsworth west of the Emil Einkauf place. The highway gang are at work putting oil and gravel on top of the road and it won't be long before you can drive from Cordele to Hallettsville on the black top, so there won't be any reason for certain game wardens to give midnight directions to some of these out state prairie ramblers. Miss Claudine was being squired to Hallettsville one day this week I been told that a couple of trip to Cuba soon. Wouldn't trip to Cuba soon. Wouldn't mind going myself if it wasn't for crossing the water. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Dornbluth and daughters of Grand Prairie visited in the Goppert home in Cordele a short time Monday. Verna was raised in this locality but has been gone for several years. The Leland Jones's of El Campo and son-in-law have been looking after their interests in Cordele this week. For some reason the fish in parts of Brushy Creek have been dying. The Clements have lost a couple of cows that they think might have died from drinking contaminated water. Hope there is nothing seriously wrong with the water, as it could do lots of damage. After having had lots of rain a short time ago, one would think that we wouldn't need any more for a long time. Well, sir, the corn, feed and hay crops could take a pretty good rain now and not suffer. The Rev. Toppins' baccalaureate sermon was one of the best I have ever heard, and his advice to the graduates was very sound, but if they follow their convictions and really stand for what they think, their stand will often be ridiculed. As ever, Fred Goppert. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wearden of Victoria are at the ranch at Cordele and buying their groceries at the Cordele Quality Store. (Editor's note: no advertising, please.)
Edna Herald, June 11, 1953 |
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Howdy, Mr. Editor: We are happy to hear that Mrs. Ed Fiew is doing well after her operation at the Jackson County Hospital in Ganado. We hope she is able to be home soon. Snipe Hoffer, wife and sons of Kingsville and points south have been vacationing at the home of her mother and brother, the Larkins family of Cordele. Snipe says that he is trying to fill his deep freeze off the animals of nature. To date his kill has been two squirrels, one fox and one bull frog. Ivan Fenner and the missus of Upper Cordele, along with some of the Edna kinfolks, are vacationing in the land of the Cuban. Mr. and Mrs. Lep Gerald of Cordele spent the weekend in Rockport visiting her sister, Mrs. J. O. B. Young. Izzy Seligam, merchant prince of Edna and secretary were looking after his interests in this locality last week. Izzy has lost a couple of cows recently. Hamp Hardy of the IV--, and family spent Sunday looking over the country between here and the coast. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wearden of Victoria spent the weekend at the ranch near Codele. They spent Sunday p. m. at the Goppert and Nagel home. Kid Gerald, family and party had a barbecue near old Texana the past Fourth of July. Edwin Popp and family visited grandparents, the Kubenkas of Cordele recently. Louis Nagel and wife of Edna helped the boss celebrate her birthday in the Free State recently.
Edna Herald, July 9, 1953 |
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Howdy Evans: Been hearing a lot about some place called Old, Baldy. Never realized what it looked like from above until I looked out the upper window as you passed without a hat on. J. L. Watson is spending some time at the home of his son Rolar in Cordele. We are glad he is up and about again. Mayor Pro-Tem Geo. Murphy and wife of Houston are also spending their vacation there. So if you happen to see someone with an infectious grin, well that's bound to be Murph. The Dittrich Clan had a Bar B-Q dinner at their home in Cordele last Sunday. The Calcotes of Lolita were the only ones absent. The occasion was celebrating the birthday of Alvin and Evelyn Dittrich and Floyd Larkin. Haven't heard how young they are, but wish them many happy years ahead. Jack Harney and Better Half of Victoria visited their parents the Hamp Hardys Sunday. They returned to Victoria that night. The Bill Gerald family of Edna visited in the home of his parents, the Lep Geralds of Cordele last Sunday. The W. F. Harts of Upper Cordele have been enjoying the company of their granddaughter (Rooster) this summer. Mesdames Jess Kern and A. F. Mulholland were in the Free State looking after the County Fair interests recently. They left some posters and windshield stickers boosting the Fair. At present there are six mechanical cotton pickers being operated in the W. H. Weber nick cotton field. It won't take long to cover lots of ground that way. Leland Jones of the Jones Motel of El Campo has been do lots of work as well as doctoring calves at his place here in Cordele recently. Squire Marshall Johnson of Allenhurst was looking after his interests and visiting in this locality last week. Marshal ____ that he couldn't do as much work as he usta do. I can't either, but from a different reason. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown of Houston and Janet Claire ad Charles Stormont of Victoria were among those visiting in the Ivan Fenner home in Upper Cordele the past weekend. The Charles Davenport family visited friends in Eagle Lake and Yoakum last week. Rev. Kerr of Upper Cordele has returned from a camp meeting trip in Oklahoma that, was held recently. There is going to be an election held throughout the county next Saturday to see if the people are willing to let their Commissioners' Court use up to five cents on the $100 valuation for developing and trying to help out the county as a whole. This expense has been put up by assessments on business as well as donations put up by private citizens who have been trying to do what they could for their county. This money will come from the General Fund, as I understand it, and will not be an additional tax, and if it was it would not cost the average tax-payer in the county fifty cents a year, so go out and vote next Saturday for what you think is best. We hear lots about the changing times. Yes, sir, they sho nuff have changed, back in the old days whenever you needed the services of a Doc., you sent for him and he came, come hades or highwater. A friend of mine told me in late years that a doctor told him if your wife was sick enough to need a Doc, she should be taken to the hospital. Wonder how all these early folks got along before the counties put up these hospitals and before the miracle drugs were concocted? I'll give you a story of some of the early doctors that I personally knew one of these days.
Edna Herald, August 13, 1953 |
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The Hon. Bill Sprott of Edna, Game Warden of the State of Texas, was looking over the game situation in the Free State one day last week. Harrison Stafford and Pete Layden and hands of Edna have been doing quite a bit of cow work in this vicinity lately. Robert Wearden and Paul Hannesellmann and families of Victoria were in this locality the past weekend. Floyd Larkin and the Cordele Mayor were in Houston looking after business affairs recently. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Nagel and Kyle dropped in for dinner one day last week and brought along a well prepared lunch, and to think I was gone from home. Mrs. J. R. Fiew and Mrs. G. C. Roberts of Cordele were in Houston on a combined business and pleasure trip last week. Mr. J. W. Johnson, wife and gal friends of Edna were looking over things in Cordele Tuesday of last week. Marshall Johnson, of the Horatio Alger boy of Cordele and other points south was looking after business affairs in this part of the country recently. My fran [friend?], Izzy, told me he was very much disappointed when he heard that the BIG GAS strike was in the Morales area instead of Cordele. He bought land here and figured he might get to be a native and even dip a little snuff only the natural resources seemed to pass him by. The new home the Sbrusch's are building is getting pretty well along. It should not be too long now until the finishing touches are put on. Grand Paw and Grand Maw Kubenka are still ginning cotton over in Mississippi. Think they will be home in about a month. The Paul Henderson hands have been hauling in hay getting ready to move cattle to their new place. Charley Jackson and hands from across the Navidad are cutting and baling hay in this vicinity. Most of the farmers have their field work pretty well along and the rice farmers are still having fair weather for their harvest, so it shouldn't be long before Its Finis. You know these here modern homes sure has done a lot to reduce the usefulness of the old fashioned catalogues that used to hang on the wall. Seems like you just can't hold back progress.
Edna Herald, October 29, 1953 |
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Across the Divide. Howdy, Old Baldy: Boy send me some red flannels with knitted cuffs, the sun is shining and the weather is clear. When we left home we slipped out at night so the law wouldn't stop us and we been afraid to stop ever since. There was a lot of cotton in the field in North Texas and, believe it or not, we saw quite a number picking cotton last Saturday. Surely the pickers didn't know what day it was. We had to make a ninety miles detour to go 28 miles between Guthrie and Paducah on account of a river bridge being washed out. It rained some eight inches in that part of the country. One place a fellow was moving some cattle by himself and a couple old cows took off down the road. Well, sir, that old pony the man was riding would make many a cowhand proud to be riding him. He wasn't one of these father-and-son cutting horse exhibitors; he was the real thing making a living that way. We stopped in North Texas at a place where they were selling watermelons on the farm where they were raised. They were really good and the farmer was selling them, pick three for a $. Was we surprised? The cattle look good and there is lots, of oats and wheat up that will make good pasture part of the winter. Seems like the cattle prices are better than they were a couple of weeks ago. In eastern Colorado there is one place that the sand has been blowing so much that it is moving to the north so much that it won't be long until it reaches the highway. That piece of land will be given back to the Indians. There's more Jack Rabbits along there than anywhere I've been in a long time and there weren't anybody chasing them. There is a lot of snow in the, mountains and there was a pretty bad storm last week. There are a lot of hunters here from Texas. In fact, the first casualty was a Texan that was KILLED WHILE DRESSING an elk or deer. Another fellow from Iowa is in a hospital over at Dalta. He was shot and the man that shot him did not show up and an investigation is on trying to find the shooter. So far there have been a number of accidents and heart attacks from over exertion. We saw lots of Deer and Elk being hauled out in cars, pickups and trailers and the wardens were really checking them. The game department is the only department that has any surplus of finances on hand. Some boys are going either look over their outfit or else, sober up enough to miss a couple of deer that were lost off by the side of the road. On account of me forgetting my old guitar, we may be quite a while getting home as with just the Boss and Son to push, this Ford will be sorta slow. B C N U, The Gopperts. P. S. Can't seem to find the right keys on this typewriter.
Edna Herald, November 5, 1953 |
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Back Home. Howdy, Ches: Well, sir, we're back home trying to figure out where we been and how we got here. We left Leoti, Kans. on Saturday morning and went out by Eads, Colo., and then to Trinidad. That's where a lot of Texas hunters were enjoying themselves. In Colorado you could get coffee, from 3c cup in Canon City to a dime other places; some good and some like wrung out dish rags. Across the Divide we visited at one of the Pear Orchards that make Colorado famous and were given a couple of bushels of pears that were really nice. He said there was no market for fruit this year; everything was getting too much organization to it. Alfalfa was $8.00 per ton at the place. Coming up to Raton Pass there was a lot of road, under construction; and also over Eagle Nest Pass These routes are kept open the year around. The scenery along there was some of the best anywhere and if a little old human being wants to see just how small he is, let him stand at the foot of some of those hills and look up. He'll surely shrink a lot in his __ estimation…around Taos, New Mexico in the night and didn't know where he was he would surely think he was in Old Mexico. From the road the range conditions looked good and there seemed to be a scarcity of cattle on them. In some parts we saw lots of sheep. There is a great deal of cotton to be picked from Albuquerque to this side of Pecos. It is reported to be making upwards of four bales per acre; at Pecos there was said to be 18,000 wetbacks that the farmers had paid about $32.50 each to get over. Anyway there were lots of them around there. We stopped in Burnett to see the Nyquist family. They rea ly like the place there and have had a wonderful time in their church work there. C. M. & Us visited the Longhorn Caverns, said to be the third largest in the country. Again I believe it’s best to see America first. Mrs. W. T. Powers is at home recovering after surgery in the Ganado hospital. W. C. McManus of the Humble Lease is taking treatment at a hospital in Victoria. Bobbie Roberts of Cordele is entering the Hermann Hospital in Houston where he will undergo surgery on a leg that has failed to heal properly after being broken last year. Here's to the best of results for all these folks. The Cordele HDC met at the home of Mrs. Hamp Hardy Tuesday afternoon. An interesting evening was had by all. The Floyd Larkins and mother went to the Valley over the week end. Mrs. Larkin decided to stay for a longer visit. The Frank Goldman family is fixing up the place they will move to on Hiway 59 in the near future. "Twont seem like Cordele with them folks leaving. Here's wishing them much happiness and prosperity in their new home. There was a shower held at the Center honoring Mrs. Kid Gerald. May useful things were brought out for the occasion. Dalton, Eunice, Bruce and Frederick have gone to their places of abode after enjoying the Free State for a few days, so it’s just Grandmother, Mom Pop and the purp now.
Edna Herald, November 12, 1953 |
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HOWDY, FOLKS! Once more that long legged bird called the Stork has dropped a little boy baby in the Cordele community. This time the proud parents are the Kid Geralds of Cordele. We wish him and his parents the best of everything in the world. The Cordele HDC met at the Cordele Community Center Tuesday with a large attendance. Refreshments were served in the traditional Cordele style and the meeting was enjoyed very much. The well that was drilled on the Thomas place was one of the kind that make good post holes if it could be cut up. Better luck next time. Marshall Johnson of points east and south was deer hunting in this vicinity recently. Robert Wearden and friends of Victoria were hunting at the Cordele ranch the past weekend. Haven't heard what kind of luck all the fellows have been having as yet. Billie Sprott of the State of Texas Game Commission was visiting and looking after things in general in Cordele one day this week. Harrison Stafford, Pete Layden, Calvin Evans and others have been looking after their livestock interests here lately. Skeeter Utz and Brothers were having quite a time getting trucks to haul cattle this week. The prices are a little better than they were. Here's hoping they get quite a bit better. According to livestock reports, there was an increase in the shipment of cattle to the Port City yards recently of 72% over the same week a year ago. Any time the number of lumber yards, grocery stores, Doctors or other employee's increase that much, you'll see as big a drop in prices of each commodity as they were in the price of cattle. Jess Kern and I held the voting on the Cotton program at the Poor Farm. There was 14 for 12 against, which shows a healthy interest in the program in this locality. You know, a while back Anton Kubenka had some hay put in his barn to feed his livestock. Well, sir, some time during the harvesting time some one else decided that Anton didn’t need it as bad as the other feller, so said feller just hauled it off, lock, stock and barrel. If the guy will let Anton know his identity I am quite sure that he will be well entertained.
Edna Herald, December 17, 1953 |