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TEAUTY QUEEN TELLS OF TRIP tfiss Bolado Shocked By Fervent Love Scenes In Coast Studios *It was great to be a beauty Queen - honorc-d by dances and re ceptions. given a trip to California, flattered by Hollywood's past mas ters at that art and treated royally on all s*des-~but, I don’t think I'd do It all over age In.” Miss Con suellto Bolado. winner of a beauty contest last year, said Saturday. "As most girls have. I had dreamed of being a heauty queen or actress, recetvin gthe plaudits of admirers. But strange as It may seem, when the festivities were at their height in California honoring me and the other girls, I was so sad I could hardly Rtand it I had never been away from my parents before and in spite of the lively dances and other entertainments on all lldes, I was lonely. Everyone was most kind to me but I wanted to return home. "And then when I did return, everything seemed quiet and dull, i missed the parties that I wanted lo run away from. It didn’t take me long to pet over that, though, and I am |>erfectly satisfied here. No more beauty titles for me.” While In Hollywood Miss Bolado was shown over the city of anti mated tin-types by Lupe Velez. Mexican screen star, and Raquel Torres, famous Mexican artists’ model. The local girl, convent reared. was shocked by the bone crushing. feature-smeartng love scenes as put on by John Gilbert and Greta Garbo Asked if she would like to go into motion picture*, she answered in the negative, saying there was too much "flirting” required by the cel luloid moguls. “But don’t you like to see "flirting' in the mo\.es?” she was pressed ”Ycs.” she reluctantly admitted, but i rushed on to add. “but It wouldn't j be all right for me.” MRS. HARTZELL TO SPEAK AT MEETING (Special to The Herald) WESLACO. June 29.—Mrs L J. ; Hartzcll, secretary of the home demonstration marketing associa tion, and a member of the Just-We 1 Neighbors club of this city, will ap j near upon the program of the Me l dlna short course at Medina ranch | in Bexar county July 17 to 19. It i was announced by Mrs Etta Rtng ’ gold, county home demonstration 1 agent here Saturday. I_. _________._ % I MRS. SAVER GETS A SURPRISE I ..... ...— yoUTHfNK yo,SR£jlCiOisiGr WITH % •Follow SifVJid iIlShow,yoo J^^N5rooi?v Verruca ditTI SOMrmiwfr—'* WAuSyooesiF/ *tiliOmw/luan?' J DIDN'T^ know Told. Me +4ow; fT. COULD w EASY IT Wa? Tb t?PNEf ApPLVT-MlS.' I Pee Gee Flatkoatt is a satin-smooth finish for inside walls—washable, practical, enduring. Jt comes in 21 lovely soft colors to harmonize with any style of furnishing. Costs only a cent a square foot. So easy to put on that you can do it yourself. Come in and ask us about it FRONTIER LUMBER CO. Since 1W4 Rio Grande Valley Distributor NEVER AGAIN SAYS QUEEN ** °1*-" r ■«»«■»■-» »» m *»^.mjm*m**0*m w.«i. y. •»*■» Consuclo Bolado who tripped to Hollywood in contest, says it may be all well and Rood, but— Educational Fund Bill Undecided as Session Nears End BY RAYMOND BROOKS AUSTIN. June 29—Final agree ment on the educational appropria tion bill was being worked out by house and senate conference at the week-end, was the main unfinished business as the last full week of the session closed. The legislature will adjourn Tuesday, wiih little pro% pect, except lor last-minute compli cations on the appropriations bills, of being reconvened before next January. The prison concentration bill, which calls for a session early it. 1930. and the general appropriations were the mam business of the 30 day session, aside from the impeach ment proceedings again Land Com missioner J. T Robison which were decisively beaten on final vote Thursday. Agreement between a 4-cent and a 3-cent gas tax was to be reached by the houses, the senate favoring the lower rate. The house and senate were virtu ally together on the total sum to be allowed in the educational bill, and conference committees were holding back also t lie departmental and eleemosynary appropriations to be reported back along with the ed ucational bill. Not Productive The session lias been nnprodtic- ! tive of general laws. The resolu tion which condemned Mrs. Hoover f tea for the Dr Pr teat negro woman and rebuked Texas bolters for help ms elect Hoover, was among legis lative grist on Gov. Moody's table awaiting his approval or veto. Motor license fees were reduced one-ttura by a law that has passed. According to his speech at the be ginning of the session, he likely will prune sharply the itemized ap proprat ions bill. Strong efforts were being made to pass in the senate the blii ro grant the request of the highway department, allowing it to spend its money to construct a highway of fice building. The measure would require action in the house also, and failure to suspend end-of-session rules would prevent its being taken up Monday or Tuesday. Among the general legislation of this season are; Bills finally passed: Judiciary ao propriauons. $0,400,000 rural aid appropriation; allowing A. Ar M. to contract lor self-paying dormitories; similar b;Us lor the College ot in dustrial Arts, and Texas Tech, col lege; validate citation by publication or posting; Holbrook prison concen tration bill; mileage and per dicta bill for members; regulating motor carrieis; providing for appointment ef state board of education, corree i.ve; emergency appropriation for control of Florida fruit fly; correct 1 :ifederate pension law; pay ex Pon rs of U s. commissioners m boundary ruit; reducing motor li cense fees one-third and mcre^s *ng to $250,000 amount going to counties. ' hill, passed by senate awaiting h action: To regulate credit un " '' • emergency appropriations; i Tn constitution in schools; c!im ,!,alp of l.mltation in delin quent tax suits; regulate commercial potato growing; require surety bond of contractor; require bids on printing lags; payment of expenses in trail frr of civil cares; enunhes may issue refunding bonds; «?pt a.sidc land at A S: M. for reforests t.on work; repay bus scat tax il legally coibrtad. Men..- Uhls Voted Wafer ini’iro’cmeat district.^? ?? nr;if inter in lx:ul; ; tax emi rv agents; rcapportionment fumi. tor crestry work; convert inte n:'~ > to steam railroads; reorganise hru ‘ 1 department; regulate buildiiu ar.l loan companies; regulaie mutual m uranee ccmenn c: Uteres, ? • of tax conums;-ioner; reapp-on " i*c funu'3 to state railroad; defici m* appropriation; emergency an op i ations; wafer priorities bill, re quinine physicians to r, unvi ally, ri rectors of banks must h d t minimum stock: six-year scfc U. penalty for removal or .u* id mortgaged property; replevy be bc>nd of personal property; traffic officers in cities mav wear blue uniforms; regulate cities att empting to default in pavment on bonds; vendor’s lien exist four years. No Jude* mav sit in case where he is related to party; Loves bill amending “evidence clou*®"; Love's reoeal of search end seizure Taw. before house on minority committee • cnon. rash surrender value o;' life insurance from execution for debt, bin* sky law: corporation* :..v/ !>r formed for all lawful pur ''r'' HmlHnff w eight of trucks on ’ h’hTJva; r-ml-ing state permits »or extra-heavy trrks and loads; Alamo purchatf bill. Fii'ls passed by house and await ing action in senate: Prevent plea of limitation in de ’inournt fax ra«es; prohibiting hunting and fishing on lend ot an other without permission: drivers of trocks must have permit for moving livestork or poultry; $<50,000 sup plemental rural atr appropriation; regulate and tax em’erant agents: requiring registration of trailers; board of College of Arts and Indus tries mav contract for dormitories; four-cent gasoline tax bill. WAR OH “RAC KET" SCHOOLS CHICAGO. June 29.—</Pv—Exter mination of "racket" flying schools Is the object of the newly formed Illinois Aviation society, made up of aviation enthusiasts in the state. It is an outgrowth of a series of conferences held to map plans for a war on mushroom flyinc schools which offer students ’nothing but a certain opportunity to lose their lives." LOWRY HEADS SCOUT GROUP Mission Men Form Leaders Association; Halstead Made Eagle Scout (Special to The Herald) MISSION. June 29.—Ernest W. Halstead. Jr., of this city, was awarded the eagle badge at the for mal meeting df the court of honor o? Boy Scouts, held in this city. Mr. Perry, of Mercedes, executive; of the Valley council or Boy Scouts was present, examining a number of Boy Scouts who were given merit badges previously earned, also exam ining several others for merit badges which they will receive in due time., Nineteen local men, members of the training course for scouting, re ceived certificates, which were pre sented by Mr. Perry. An open meeting was held to de termine the wisdom of forming a 8cout leaders association, with the result that Col. R. C. Lowry was elected president of this association. Earl Stewart and Lazaro Hinojosa were chosen vice presidents, with Leslie Murphy secretary. Great interest was shown by the citizenship In the meeting, there be ing 73 men and boys in attendance and the decision was reached to open this Scout leaders association to any man whether he has had pre vious training in scout work or not. At the conclusion all present went to the Presbyterian annex where re freshments were served by the Scouts. Appleby Chosen As Hidalgo Farm Tourney Entrant _ 'Special to The Herald) EDINBURG, June 29—Fred E Appleby, owner of a farm two and one-half miles south of La Blanca has been chosen Hidalgo county representative in the state “Master Farmer” contest according to John Kirkpatrick, county agent, and will represent this county In the state congest. Appleby Is 29 years of age. came to the Valiev In 1925 from Mis souri. owns 16 acres of land, six of which are In citrus; he rents 40 j acres more, maing a total of 56 acres under his care. Mr. Appleby j possesses 60 pure-bred Duroc hogs, j and seven head of Persey cows ... I Flashes of Life ! (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK—Floyd Dell, author, lias written to "The New Masses," radical monthly, withdrawing as a contributing editor, and Mike Oold. the editor, has written in the maga zine accusing Dell of being another victim of American prosperity, of being too busy as a dress-suit author to do such things as help in Sacco demonstrations. LONDON—King Alfonso has found a sport compared with which bull fighting is tame. It is motor cycle racing. He thinks It is the most thrilling he ever has sen* NEW YORK—Billie Burke is to return to stage under the manage ment of her husband. Florenz Zieg feld. and then go into the talkies. WEST ORANOE. N. J.—Thomas A. Edison has declined to relinquish to the state of Ohio the ownership of his birth place at Milan in that state, but Is willing to grant the state a protectorate over it. PHILADELPHIA — If possible I Henry Ford would like all his cm ! ployes to be between 35 gnd 60. He gives his view’s in the Ladies Home Journal. It is absolutely necessarv. j he writes, to have a solid framework ! of older and more experienced men. I.TMA. Pent—President Leguta Is now a Cossack general. He was in vested with thp insignia bv 200 Cos sack immigrants who have come to settle in the wild regions at th~ ; head cf the Amazon river. NEW YORK—For a privately minted $5 cold niece issued In Cali fornia in 1649 the sum of 97.900 has been paid at auction The purchpser was a dealer acting for an unnamed j collector. The coin bears on its face ' a shield depleting a cowbov throw ing a lariat, with a bear and a deer I at either side NEW YORK—A suner-narent is to take care of a divorced couple's son. Justice 'Was.servogel has an pointed Dr Israel L. Fe’borg to supervise the bringing un of seven vear old Alfred Stamm, whose fath er Is a wealthy merchant The doc tor will snpenlse the work of eov j •>rnrss and nurse, choose tovs and ‘clothing, etc., being responsible only j to the court. BABY THES I’VDER KNIFE CHICAGO — Th" 9-months-cld baby of William Collen died while undergoing a minor opnation. WHITTLING, SEWING, LOSE WITH FIREMEN — NEW ORLEANS. June 29—</Ft— John Evans. New Orleans fire chief, announces that knitting, embroid ering and needlework are lost arts among the New Orleans firemen— and he Is glad of It. Years ago. when the town fire stat. n was the logical place where went everyone looking for nothing to do and desire some place to do it. the fire boys used to sit around and knit, carve and whittle. 'We used to encourage this kind of work.” says Chief Evans, ‘ but we found it Interfered with their*work. Our nen nowadays take a keener interest in the actual work of fire fighting, and leas Interest in fancy needlework "They have to. in order to keep up with their fellows who study carefully new methods of fire fus ing. They are reading more |> fire fighting and allied subject* mA thinking less ways to kill time w how. this sewing club work la till* try fire department stuff “ One thing remains, however The game of checker*, for centuries the favorite fire house sport, still la popular ST LOUI8. Mo.—Miss Mary Bel lan selected a moving picture the ater to take poison, but will Uve Bt'LGAR WEDS AT ft SOFIA. Bulgaria—Darts MarjesSk. 97-year-old peasant, married a neighbor's widow. M years old For Your Picnic Dinners I Ice Cold Drinks Sc I Complete Bathhouse Service by I BOCA CHICA BEACH, INC. EWING D. CLARK, Manager \ I ■ 1 ■