The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1957 Page: 3 of 4
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Responsible party can arrange
moat attractive purchase of fine
apinet piano. Small monthly pay-
ments. Write before we send truckl
McFarland Music Co, 722 W. 3rd,
Elk City, Oklahoma.
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—RESPONSIBLE person neede^
for spare-time work to sell and in|
stall Venetian blinds, drapes, anth
awnings for Hester’s Venetian Blind]
Mfg. Co., 38Q Junction Highwayl
Kcrrville, Texas. Contact Clyde]
Hester at above address. ltc
—The Holidays are just around the
corner and the Tot, Teen and La-
dies Shop is ready with pretty
new. linens, holiday paper nap-
kins; and a complete new variety of
gift items. t
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FOR SALE—Barrocks located on
Uvalde Highway, $300.
Dee Shipman, Sonora Rt
San Angelo. Tex
—REAL ESTATE—Frank Cloudt
with De' Geurin Realty — Farms,
Homes, Ranches. Listings appre-
ciated. Business phone CL. 7-5266,
Residence CL. 7-6203. Barker Build-
ing, Kerrville, Texas.
—Washing Machine and Iron Re-
pair work done at Hotel Service
Station.
—For Avon Products see Mrs. Myr-
tle Hill. 4tc.
—FOR RENT: Southeast bedroom
with adjoining bath. Garage. Mrs.
J. N. Whitworth, Phone 40.
—FOR SALE: Baled hegari and
atlas sargo hay, with grain, $21.00
per ton in stack. Alvin J. Simecck
Box 526, Phone Broadway 8-5264,
Uvalde, Texas. • 38-tfc.
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PIPE
WELL CASING
All sizes .... Best prices
available in South Texas
Call collect or write
GENERAL SALES COMPANY
' PETE'KNOWLES ’ -
P.O. Box 67—Phone BR-8-5666
Uvalde - - - Texas
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THE TEXAS MOHAIR
WEEKLY
and The Rocksprings Record
HUTT & SON, Publishers
Entered as second class matter,
November 18, 1927. at the post of-
fice at Rocksprings, Texas, under
the Ae< of Congress, March 3, 1897
Adv. rate, foreign, per col. in—50c
Adv. rate, local, per col. in-35c
Legal Notices, 2c per word first
insertion, lc per word thereafter.
Classified Advertising, 3 cents
per word for first insertion, 2
cents per word each insertion there-
stfter—minimum charge 30 cen*s.
Subscription rate, $2.50 per year.
Mr. and Mrs. Word Sherrill re-
turned home Wednesday evening
from Norman, Oklahoma, where
they had visited with Major and
Mrs. Mack Sherrill and sons since
last Friday. '
To Ranch Owners
of Edwards County
The Rocksprings National Farm
Loan Association, which is com-
pletely owned by local ranchmen,
haa one chief purpose—TO HELP
MEMBER-BORROWERS PAY
OUT OF DEBT.
If yon need financial asaiatance to
purchase ranch lands, livestock, for
impravinc, remodeling, replace-
ments, eqnipme
ties, fencing oi
need, It will pa]
.M&
nent, watering facili-
or any other ranch
naad. It wllf pay you to investigate
oar plan.
Leog term, lew rate financing,
with repayment privilege at any
dm* ■
BUILDING RANCH OWNER-
SHIP IS OUR BUSINESS
Rocksprings National
F*r«i Loan Association
SPRINGS, TEXAS
(Continued FrOrir>tge 1)
thejr ij yard Hue, ike bail being
returned (the 25.'- The Tigers
advanced the ball to their 41 yard
line, where they bogged down and
were forced to punt to the An-
goras; the ball being whistled dead
on the ^ngora 18 yard line. The
Angoras were not able to muster
enough yardage for a first down
and punted from the 24 yard line,
the punt being partially blocked,
going out of bounds on the Angora
21 yard line. The Tigers took the
ball on the 21, and with the aid
of 15 yard Angora penalty, placed
the ball on the 1 yard line, where
Johnson went across for the second
Tiger score. The line play by F.
Frerich netted the extra point. On
the extra point play the Tigers
were penalized 15 yards, therefore
making them kickoff to the An-
ogras from the 25 yard line. Smart
took the ball, for the Angoras on
his 30 and rarr it back to the Tiger
35 yard line before being downed,
but was unable to go any fur-
ther and lost the ball op 4th down
to the Tigers on their 35. The
Tigers carried to their 44 yard
line, where it was 4th down and
3 yards to go, as the quarter ended.
The final quarter opened with
the Tigers, in possession on their
44 with 4th down, lacking 3 yards.
They chose to try for the 3 yards,
hut lost the hall to the Angoras
on their 46 yard line. The An-
goras took the.ball to the Tiger
29 yard line, where they met 4th
down with yardage to go. On the
4th down try Smart dropped hack
and let go a pass to Merritt, that
was good for the final score of
the game. On the try for extra
point, Smart again completed a pass
to Merritt that was good for the
try after TD. Following the score
the Angoras kicked to the** Tigers
on their 20 and the hall was re-
turned tothe 35. From the 35 the
Tigers took the ball to the Angora
10 yard line, where the Tigers
fumbled and the ball was recovered
by the Angoras. The Angoras ad-
vanced the ball to their 30 yard line
before running out of steam. At
this point Smart went to punt,
but one of his^own men got bet-
ween him and the ball, and the
Tigefs took over on the Angora 30.
A Tiger pass was good to the 10
yard line, with 1st down. The
Tigers tried two plays that netted
zero yardage as the game ended,
with the Tigers in possession and
still 10 yards away from the goal
line. Final score, Rocksprings 20;
Brackettville, 16.
Yardage gained from scrimmage
and punt returns: Rocksprings,
240; Brackettville, 364.
Yards gained passing: Rock-
springs, 55; Brackettville 20.
Funmbles: Rocksprings, 0; Brack-
ettville 2. 1 recovered, 1 lost.
The Land Of
France
Yards penalized:
30; Brackettville 40.
Strating line-ups:
Rocksprings
Pos. Angoras
Tigers
E
Guea
Best
E
Merritt
Nunley
T
Templeton
Fuentes
T
Bierschwale
Pichot
G
Moody
Ricks
G
P. McCoy
R. Frerich
C
Hutt
Morin
B
Tatum
Cummings
B
Smart
F. Frerich
B
Rutherford
Farley
B
Ellis
Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. King spent
the first of the week in Ft. Worth
visiting Mrs. King’s niece. Mr.
King attended the Texas Baptist
State Convention at the Wjll Ro-
gers Coliseum.
By Claribel and Bob Sebeata
The countryside of France was
very green compared to the brown,
parched scenery of Italy. The air
was cooler and we ran into some
rain our first full day in France.
The farther we got away from Italy
and the closer we came to Paris,
the fewer were the mountains and
hills and the more level became
the countryside.
We spent the second night in
France about 110 miles from Paris
in Auxerre, an old, old town with
narrow, twisting streets. Most of
the streets were one way. We en-
countered great difficulty in find-
ing us a hotel room in this town.
While the rates per person were
usually low, the management would
not give us a room unless we
promised to take our meals at the
hotel and the prices of the meals
were very high. At the sixth hotel
I got us a room without having to
take our meals there although we
ate there because the meals were
less than at the other hotels. In
Auxerre, we visited the St. Etienne
Cathedral. Over the main portal
were sculptured 61 different scenes.
The next day we approached
Paris. Before we arrived in Paris,
we stopped at Fontainebleau to
see the Palace with the famous
Napoleon apartments and the ap-
artments of Marie-Antoinette. The
apartments were very lavish with
much gilt and floors of inlaid wood.
We saw Napoleon’s hat and a lock
of his hair. Instead of being a
villian which was the impression
we had. of Napoleon from our
study of history in high school and
college? the French make Napoleon
out to be a national hero.
We arrived in Paris fully be-
wildered. We did not know where
we were nor where we wanted to
go. We were driving down one of
the streets discussing our next
move when Claribel said, "Look!
There’s a hotel.” Without too much
hope, I went in to ask about the
price of a room. We had heard that
everything in Paris was expensive.
To my surprise the room we got
was only 550 francs a night for
both of us, or a little less than $1.75.
Moreover, the Paris Metro (sub-
way) had a station only half a
block from the hotel. We learned
later that by chance we had stopped
on the university side of the Seine
River which is much cheaper than
the regular tourist side.
By means of the Metro we were
able to visit nearly any part of
Paris with ease. Our first visit was
to the Arch of Triumph begun by
Napoleon in 1806. The Arch com-
memorates the battles and victor-
ies of the French armies. Twelve
three-lined avenues radiate out
from the traffic circle in the mid-
dle of which stands the Arch. The
view of the city and the twelve
avenues from the top of the Arch
of Triumph was a grand sight.
From the Arch we walked down
the'' famous Champs-Elysees with
its shops and side-walk cafess. In
another part of Paris we visited
the Church of the Dome where
Napoleon is buried in six coffins
one inside the other.
Later when we reached the ot-
her end of the Champs-Elysees,
we stood it* the Place de la Con-
corde. It was in this place that
Madame Guillotine (the execution
blade) was set up in 1793. Mad-
eme Guillotine took the lives of
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and
over 1300 others during the
French revolution.
Sunday, July 14th, was Bastille
Day In France. This day L remem-
bered in much the same way aa
we honor July 4th. There waa a
big parade on the Champs-Elysees
in the mprning, thy biggest parade
since the liberation in 1945. That
afternoon we paid a visit to the
Eiffel Tower although we decid-
ed not to go up. The Tower seems
too fragile to be able to stand;
yet it rises nearly a thousand
feet into the air.
Monday morning we visited the
well-known Lourve Museum. Be-
cause the museum is so large, we
bought tickets for a guided tour
in order that we might see the
most important pieces without wast-
ing time looking for them. Among
the items we saw there were Wing-
ed Victory, Venus of Milo, Artemis
the Huntress, the Crouching Ven-
us, all Greek sculpture. Among
the paintings we saw was Leonardo
da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa.”
That afternoon we walked over
to the lie de la Cite (Island of
the City). On the island is to be
found the Conciergerie, the pri-
son house of the unfortunate dur-
ing the French Revolution. Among
them were Marie-Antoinette and
Robespiere. Also on the island on
the River Seine is the Cathedra!
of Notre Dame.
We went half way across Paris
next to visit the Flea Market.
There we found shops, both per-
manent and temporary, shops of-
fering for sale every thing from
new goods to worthless junk, from
shoes to tools to candy to old
broken chairs.
Our final day in Paris we began
in the section called Montmarte.
This is a very old part of Paris
with old buildings and narrow
streets. Here in times past and
still on a smaller scale today the
artists come to do their painting.
In another sector of Paris we
visited the North African Quarter
where we went into a Morrocan
Mosque.
The next day we drove the
twelve miles from Paris to Ver-
sailles, mainly to see the Hall of
Mirrors and the beautiful formal
gardens behind the Palace. The
Hall of Mirrors was a disappoint-
ment because the mirrors did not
show up as we had imagined. But
the gardens were beautiful in their
color, in their symmetry, in their
well kept appearance, and in their
size. There were large groves of
trees and large blocks of hedges
and flowers. One could wander for
days through the gardens without
seeing them all.
From Versailles we started on
toward the coast and the English
Channel where we crossed from
Calais, France, to Dover, England,
on July 19th. We had crossed the
frontiers of countries twenty-eight
times in all. Not once had we
been asked to open our baggage
for inspection by the customs.
In England we decided to travel
west and north via Stratford-on-
Avon instead of due north. We
failed to obtain tickets to a Shakes-
pearean play at the Shakespeare
Memorial Theatre, despite an hour
and half long wait in line and in
the rain. We spent the night in
Stratford and visited the famous
sights the next day—Ann Hatha-
way’s Cottage in Shottery, the
monument to Shakespr'&rc, and the
birthday of Shakespeare. This route
also took us through the beautiful
English Lake District. The day
before we returned to St. Andrews,
we crossed back into Scotland and
felt as if we were back home. This
was the day we covered the most
miless on our scooter in one d
a total of 162 miles from 9:45 a.
to 7:00 p. m. The next day as
were leaving Edinburgh, we r
one of our American friends v
had also been In St. Andrew* hitch-
hiking back to St. Andrewi from
a trip to Auatraia. At 6 p. m. on
July 23rd we were back in St. An-
drews after a tour which lasted 75
days and covered. 6,188 miles.
A few days later I sold the
scooter back to the garage where
we had bought it. On August 2nd
we boarded the S. S. Ryndam,
a Holland-American ship, in South-
hampton, England, and we were on
our way back to the States. We
landed in New York where we
stayed two days to visit Times
Square, the U.N. Building, Billy
Graham at Madison Square Gar-
den, the Empire State Building, etc.
We arrived back in Rocksprings
on August 14th, one year and one
day from the time we left.
This concludes our articles on
Scotland, England, and the Contin-
ent. Most of what we have written
has been factual. We have found
it difficult to convey the spirit of
the people and the lands which un-
derlie these facts. To imbibe of that
part of our trip, you will have to
do as we did. You will find your-
self much richer spiritually and
mentally (though not financially)
because of the experience.
To all oi you who have follow-
ed these articles with interest and
who have expressed our apprecia-
tion for them to Ruth and Warren
who made them possible, we wish
to express our appreciation for
letting us share our trip with you.
Now where did I put my cup of tear
Mrs. Dee Shipman, Mrs. Ber-
nice Duke and daughter, Sharon,
were in Rocksprings, Thursday en-
route home to San Angelo. They
had visited in Camp Wood with
Mrs. Shipman's mother, Mrss. A.
li. Blakeney.
—LINOLEUM REM N A X T S
one-half price. Alamo Lumber Co.
Grade-A Bargain
The Americas people demand
good mairitry)c\ Owl
son, service standards deteriorate",
an uproar fs'lilitf'd from dne end of
the couuliy jtg the iUfref,
The Post Office Department is
responsible for the mails. But there
is another organization deeply in-
volved—a private, taxpaying or-
ganization—without which good and
economical mail service would be
an impossibility. That organiza-
tion is the railroad industry.
Every community in the United
States is served by railway mail
service. The vast majority receive
their mail by railroads direct, and
the rest by railroads in combination
with other carriers. Putting it stat-
istically, more than 99 per cent of
our entire population lives in the
3,070 counties served directly by
railroads.
How much does railroad mail
service cost? The answer will sur-
prise most of us. The railroads get
just one-eighth of one cent for
carrying a first-class letter — and
they move that letter an average
of 487 miles for that tiny charge.
Then, for about one-eighth of one
cent more, the railroads provide
the hundreds of mail cars in which
mail is sorted en route, plus the
service of thousands of their own
employes who sort, load and unload
sacked mail, plus the use of all
manner of necessary facilities—plat-
forms, conveyor belts and chutes,
switching and terminal services, and
so on.
All this is provided for a total
of about one-quarter of a cent for
a first-class letter. That is grade-A
bargain it there ever was one.
4 Fiji
Sunday ipervKea;. ■
BibU Classes, 10:00 a. m.
Morning Wbraktp, 10:50 a. m.
Evening W or skip, 7 JO. p. m.
Monday Evening, 7:39 p. m.:
Men’s Bible Class.
Tuesday Afternoon, 2:40 p. m.:
Ladies Bible Class.
Wednesday Evening, 7:30 p. oa.-
Mid-week Worship Service.
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Week-end guests of Mr. an4
Mrs. B. C. King were his brother-
in-law and sister, Sgt. and Mrs.
Less Fritter of Monterrey, Calif-
ornia, and his nephew, Jim Bob
King of Del Rio.
Most men hope that their leaa
jyears are behind them; women
hope that theirs are ahead.
Eyea Examined
Pitted
DR. C. L. BASKETT
Optometrist
Foster Bldg.
Del Rio, Texas
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Middle age is when you feel on
Saturday night the way you used
to feel on Monday morning.
Town Property
Ranch Lands
Edwards County Real
Estate Company
E. I. Miller. Prop.
PHONE 10 or 213
RANCH LOANS
SPECIALS Friday, Saturday, Until
November 8, 9, and
Noon Monday
11
MERRITT
FOOD
STORE
Rocksprings, Tex. -- Phone 12 — We Deliver
SAUSAGE, Country Ring lb. 39c
'PICNIC HAMS, lb. 39c
FRYERS, per pound 39c
# PORK Spare Ribs lb. 39c
We Reserve Right To Limit Quantities
MIXED FEEDS
GRAINS
RANGE CUBES
t » t
Kimbell Feed Mills
FLOYD BARDWELL, Representative
[V Box 787
BIG SPRING, TEXAS
Dial AM 4-4659
Office AM 4-8112
TAMALES, Fresh perpkg. 39c
CABBAGE, per pound 5c CE
1ERY per stalk 13c
SPRY 3 pound
can 92c
No matter how careful you are,
there’s always the other fellow.
Your only financial safeguard is
the right autom^>ile insurance. See
ue this week and be sure you’re
fully inrured.
C. G. (Al) Jennings Insurance
Agency v. -
-Representing-
Republic National Life Insurance Company
COMPLETE PERSONAL INSURANCE COVERAGE
—-With-
LIFE—ACCIDENT AND HEALTH—HOSPITALIZATION
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL—GROUP—ENDOWMENTS
EDUCATIONAL PLAN—CHILD ESTATE BUILDER
l.
e 8 OUNCE CAN
° Frozen Orange Juice
17c
#TIDE, regular size 32c
FROZEN
Asparagus Spears, pkg
49c
Del Monte Corn, 2 for 33c
•Parkay Margarine, lb. 29c
LIBBY’S
Tomato Juice, 46-oz.
29c
Scott Tissue, 2 rolls 25c
BUFFALO — 4 3/4 OUNCE CAN
Tomato Puree, 6 for
23c
29c PKG. ORANGE SLICE
CANDY, 2 pkgs. for 39c
YATCH CLUB — NO. 303 SIZE
Green Beans
17c
NO. 303 SIZE
Del Monte Peas 19c
PEACHES
Del Monte Pent House
NO. 2y2 CAN
2 for
Mentholatum, lg. size 59c
COLGATE — ECONOMY SIZE
TOOTH PASTE
FLOUR White Home, printed sack 25-lb. $1*79
LISTED
AND OTHER SPECIALS NOT 1
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