The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1957 Page: 1 of 4
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The Texas Mohair Weekly
Rocksprings, Texas, Friday, September 20, 1957
Number 37,
KNAF to Broadcast
Indian Warwhoops
To Fredericksburg
Radio Station'KNAF of Fred-
ericksburg plans to keep the tele-
phone line to Fredericksburg busy
with warwhoops from St. Mary’s
Indians, providing they get a
,chance to scalp the tough Angoras
tonight on the Rocksprings’ grid-
iron.
The game starts at 8 o’clock. Ad-
mission will be 75 cents for adults
and 25 cents for students. Admits
tance to the field -will be at the
entrance of teacher row. Cars may
park in the parking area behind the
stadium or on the south side of
the field. Supt. Barr says that
parking on the south side of the
field will be allowed until the area
is sodded with grass.
St. Marys’ Coach Tony Knopp
and Assistant Coach Lott are fa-
f-: miliar figures to Rocksprings’ ath-
letic fans. Knopp has refereed bas-
ketball games for Rocksprings the
past three years and Lott was his
partner last year.
St. Marys changed over to li-
man football this year. They had
previously been in the 6-man cate-
gory.
A colorful half-time program is
planned by Band Director Ben Da-
vis for tfie Rocksprings School
Band and! Pep Squad. St. Marys
will more than likely bring their
large pep squad and band.
Moving pictures of the game will
be made by Charles Sweeten,
president of the Quarterback Club.
Officials for the game will be
from the Winter Garden area,
who have the contract for Jtock-
springs’ games.
Fredericksburg has one game be-
hind them and the Angoras have
two wins to their credit. The next
game on schedule for the Angoras
is with Comfort on the Rock-
springs field, Friday, October
27th.
Mohair Keeps
Moving At
Attractive Prices
J. D. Varga Warehouse Company
sold 35,000 pounds of fall mohair
this week to Clyde Young, buyer
fpr Winslow and Company of
Boston. The consideration was 885
cents for grown hair and $1.16j
for kid hair.
Hunting Season Won’t Be Delayed [J
By Attorney General’s Opinion
ueces Canyon
Defeats Harper
By 32 to 0 Score
Carl Peeples Gels Contract
To Move Dirt On FM 335
Unless something drastic, turns
up, the hunting season in the Ed-
wards Plateau counties will settle
down to routine procedure and
the upheaval caused by the At-
torney General’s ruling on the ef-
fective date of the Wildlife Aot
will have been past history.
Mistakes are a normal condi-
tion of life and just where the
fault lies dosen’t really matter be-
cause everybody is setting about to
correct the error and have it all
ironed out before November 16th.
Dove season wasn't involved in
the least because adequate laws
were in effect through Federal
proclamations.
Eugene A. Walker, Director, Di-
vision of Wildlife Restoration gives
the following explanation of what
happened: “You probably all know
by now that the Attorney General
has rendered an opinion to the
effect that the proclamation passed
by the Game Commission on July
26, feu the Edwards Plateau coun-
ties, is null and void because such
action was taken before the effec-
tive date of the Act on August 22.”
Somebody got the cart before the
horse and the whole procedure must
be gone through again. The law
states that the Act is effective 90
days after the date of adjournment.
In looking over this law it is
interesting to note that it passed
the House, March 20, 1957 with
145 Yeas and No. Nays a«4 the
Senate on April 1, 1957 with 140
Yeas and No Nays. The Legisla-
ture was in full accord of the bene-
fits to the 9-county area.
The counties involved are Kerr,
Gillespie, Mason, Llano, Crockett,
Sutton, Edwards, Bandera and Me-
dina. All the public meetings in
the 9 counties will be held on
October 7th. Edwards County’s
meeting will be at the Court House
in Rocksprings at 8 p. m.
A. B. Springs, assistant direc-
tor of the Division of Wildlife Res-
toration for the Game and Fish
Commission, will conduct the hear-
ing. The proposals will be the same
as were presented at the first pub-
lic meeting. Although it will be a
repetition as far as the proposals
are concerned, residents of the
county will derive some knowledge
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4-H Clubers Get
Instructions On.
Making Records
Tuesday morning, 46 Edwards
County 4-H Club boys and girls
met in the Rocksprings High
School Auditorium.
The program for the meeting was
the slide film, “Making Your 4-H
Record Book,” shown to the group
by the county agent.
Record books were passed out
to 4-H Club members, who have
demonstrations.
Engagement of Jo Nell
Hunt Announced
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Hunt
of Rocksprings, Texas, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Jo Nell, to Raymond Lattimore|
Cavness, son of Dr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond M. Cavness, 2661 W. Avel
nue N., San Angelo, Texas.
Jo Nell was graduated from the!
Rocksprings High School and has
attended one year at San Angelo
College. Lattimore attended South
west Texas State Teachers Col-1
lege in San Marcos. He is now a
junior at the University of Texas
Dental School in Houston.
^rfcdding will be in the First
Church of Rocksprings, on
Quarterly Meet
Of Sheepmen In
Uvalde Sept. 21
The fourth quarterly meeting of
the Texas Sheep & Goat .Raisers’
Association will be held in Uval-
de, Saturday, September 21, T. A.
Kincaid, association president has
announced. Headquarters will be at
the Kincaid Hotel and all meetings
will be at the Dalton School.
“A very interesting program has
been planned for the first quarterly
meeting in Uvalde in nearly ten
years, and I look for a large at-
tendance,” he said.
Association officers will make
reports on meetings in Washington,
Denver, and Salt Lake City at-
tended since the June meeting in
Mineral Wells. Committee chair-
men will report on other activi-
ties.
Dr. LeRoy Noyes, new executive
director, and Frank Schofield,
chairman, Livestock Sanitary Com-
mission of Texas, are to be pre-
sent. Kincaid added, and will be
available for reports on activities
of the reduced inspection force of
the Commission.
All sheep and goat men in the
Uvalde area are invited to the meet-
ings, he said.
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MERRY HEARTS TO
MfcET SEPTEMBER 25
, and Mr* Leo Greer and
t*; Lao Greer attended the
Patricia Ann
it. Herschel Wells at
The Merry Heart Club will meet
Wednesday afternoon, September
25th at 2:30 at the hothe of Mrs.
O. O. Gowsert. Hostesses will be
Mrs. J. E. Epperson and Mrs.
Walker Epperson.
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concerning, wildilfe from the spea-
ker and this meeting shouldn't be
by-passed as routine.
Following the public meeting
the proposed regulations will be
submitted to the Commissioners
Court in each county for approval
or rejection. These Courts will
convene on Monday, October 14th
thereby having time for the 3-step
procedure to be completely re-
done and all requirements of the
Wildlife Act accomplished by the
middle of October.
Ranchers are encouraged to write
their hunters this information.
Publicity over the state the past
week has put a damper on the
coming hunting season and liunt-
erp are making inquiries into the
matter. Officials state that the
hunting season will not be delay-
ed* and plans can be carried out
by the lrtmter and land owner.
Some more good news for the
hunter and land owner is the in-
formation resulting from the first
count of deer by the wildlife biolo-
gists. The first count completed
last week-end disclosed that there
is no .indication of over popula-
tion of either deer sex and that the
deer herds at this time are healthy
and well-balanced.
There are no figures available
from the first count and a release
on the survey will probably not
be made until three counts are
completed.
The biologists are making a
count in Crockett County this week
and will be in Sutton County next
week. They will return to Edwards
the third week to start the second
count. This procedure will be con-
tinued until three counts are made.
These will be completed before
hunting season.
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Wittenburg Sheep
Culled by Extension
Service Specialist
Last week, Jim Gray, Extension
Service Sheep Specialist, culled 628
yearling ewes belonging to James
Wittenburg. 118 ewes were culled
and sold.
The culls included ewes that
were short stapled, light shearing,
heavy hided, the small and un-
thrifty, the extremely coarsfc fleec-
ed and anything that was extremely
poor in body conformation..
The culls were sold for the good
price of §18.00 per head. Hayden
Hahy, County Agent, states that
this is significant in that it looks
like a good time to cull while- the
market is strong.
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Men’s Bible Class fleets
Each Sunday Morning
The Men’s Bible Class meets
each Sunday morning at the Bal-
entine Hotel at 9 o’clock. Men of
the town are welcome to attend.
Different preachers and laymen
have charge of the class. §100 has
been contributed over a period of
time and this money will be given
to-the March of Dimes.
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Delta Kappa Gamma
To Meet At
Park Building Saturday
Members of the Delta ,Kappa
Gamma from Edwards, .Kinney,
Sutton and Val Verde Counties
will meet at the Park Building in
Rocksprings, September 21st at 2:30
o’clock. /
Theme of the meeting will be
“We Belong to a Great Company".
Mrs. W. G. Brown will review the
book, “Heaven In My Hand” by
Alice Humphrey. Mrs. Joe Luce
is in charge of the music and
Mrs. Lowell Hankins wilt be chair-
of arrangements.
The Chapter will discuss the
possibility of establishing a scholar-
ship fund.
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Angoras Defeat
Melvin 33 to 6
For 2nd Win
Rocksprings Angoras invaded
the Bulldog’s yard at Melvin last
Friday night and kept the Bull-
dogs in their doghouse throughout
the game to the tune of 33 to 6.
Melvin's team of 17 held an ad-
vantage of weight with an average
of 150 pounds and the Angoras
balanced the scale with numbers
having 29 boys suited out with
an average poundage of 134.
The Angoras scored 27 points
in the first half and thfe Bulldogs
made their only touchdown of the
night.
The first tbuchdown for the
Angoras was scored by Jody Ru-
therford on a 60-yard run. Jerry
Robert Ellis carried the ball over
for the extra point with the help
of a line play. The second touch-
down was again handled by Ru-
therford on a 55-yard dash across
the pay line. A pass play made for
a good point. Jerry Robert made
the third touchdown on a 44-yard
run but the extra point failed to
tally. A pass from Kenneth Mc-
Coy to Rutherford on the 25-yard
line was a sure thing for the fourth
touchdown and the extra point
was good on a pass play.
In the third quarter Jody ran
70 yards to bring the score up to
33. The extra point was no good.
By James Greer
CAMP WOOD. — The Nueces
Canyon Panthers dug out a hard
fought victory over Harper in
Harper by a 32 to 0 count. Re-
gardless of the margin of victory
the Panthers felt that they had
played the hardest game of their
experience. Two touchdowns came
as the result o fone blocked punt—
Charles Sherman blocking the punt
and Bob Wallace carrying it over
for the counter, the intercepted
pass by l’ressy Webb with a 70-
yard run counted the six points
there. The other three touch downs
from scrimmage were of the dug-
out variety. Mickey Luce, Bubbv
Hutto, and Hershel Hutcherson
piled up the yardage for the night,
’ressy Webb carried for 236 yards,
ubby Hutto, 115 yards; Mickey
Luce 78 yards, and Hershel Hut-
cherson 28 yards.
I’ressy Webb scored three touch-
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Pool and Gerlich
Gets Contract On
4500-foot Wildcat
The drilling contract on Ply-
mouth Oil Company's wildcat on
the Woerner Ranch was awarded
to Pool and Gerlich Drilling Com-
pany of San Angelo, September
12th. The contract depth is 4500
feet.
A test on the water well at the
Peterson Ranch was to have been
completed Wednesday. This test
would determine whether the drill-
ers would start with a cable tool
or rotary rig.
Previous tests on the ranch show-
A 1955 one-half ton Chevrolet
pick-up belonging to Eluterio Gon-
zales, Rocksprings shearing cap-
Presbyterlan Church tain, caught firt Monday on the
W
ber
ling,
Irs. Barrows would have
, September 7th. The Sonora highway near the Billy been 91 years of age September
the daughter of Dr. and Holland Ranch. The truck was a 19. Other survivors are a son,
total loss.’ Elmer Barrows of Placid, three
Mrs. Minerva Barrows, mother of
rs. Ira Franka^flicd Sunday morn-
at Placid. Burial was Septem-
ber 16th in a cemetery n<ar Lvl- plan to render financial assistance
Rocksprings Farm
Loan Association
Re-elects Officers
S. W. Dismukes was re-elected
president of the Rocksprings Farm
Loan Association at its annual
meeting in Rocksprings, September
13th. Other officers re-elected were
J. L. Epperson, vice president and
Neville G. Smart, secretary-treasur-
er. Paul Rosenow was elected as
director to fill an unexpired term.
Lester Phillips was re-elected as
director for a 3-ycar term and the
hold-over director is C. O. Whit-
worth.
Mr. Smart submitted a financial
statement as of September 1, 1957,
showing that the Rocksprings
Farm Loan Association has a capi-
tal stock of $95,905.00. Its combin-
ed surplus and legal reserves as
of that date were $183,476.56. The
face amount of loans outstanding
for the association is $1,887,345.00
and investments in government se-
curities amount to $178,850.00. Mr.
Smart has served in the capacity
as secretary-treasurer of the asso-
ciation for 14 years.
The Rocksprings National Farm
Loan Association has 78 members.
It was chartered on May 13, 1919,
two years after the Federal Land
Bank was organized.
The Land Bank System was
founded to meet farmers and ran-
chers' needs. Before the Land
Banks and the National Farm Loan
Association were established — in-
terest rates were high, loan terms
were short, renewals were costly
and uncertain. Credit was easy one
year, tight the next and some afreas
had no credit at all. Low interest
rates began with 5 percent Federal
Land Bank loans in 1917. Ever
since then Land Bank loans have
meant low cost loans.
The Farm Loan System derives
its loan funds from the sale of
bonds which are the join obliga-
tion of all 12 Federal Land Banks.
These bonds have built such a
strong reputation for soundness
(even though they are not guar-
anteed by the Government) that
they nit eagerly sought for the
investment of both public and pri-
vate funds.
The Farm Loan System has a
ed that a heavy stream of water
downs, Bubby Hutto one and Bobj reached at about 4(H) feet. W.
Wallace, one, with Webb complct- J- Grisset of Midland, who repre-
ing four passes of five thrown ] sents the Plymoth Oil Company
and kicking two extra points, 1 goal
for five attempts.
Score by quarters—6, 14, 12, 0.
Outstanding for Harper were
C. Wienecks at 185 who did every-
thing but score, along with Bob-
by Brown at 195, Howard Walker,
and Johnny Cottle at 150 who was
probably the fastest man on the
field. The Longhorns were pound-
ing as hard at the end of the fourth
quarter, it seemed as they were in
the first.
The Nueces Canyon Panthers
have an open date this week and
will not have a game, hut will he
getting in shape tor Center Point,
which will he their next opponent.
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Who Is New On
The School Campus
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Eagle and
their two children, Joyce and
James, have moved to this sec-
tion from Llano. Mr. Eagle has
charge of the Shurley ranch re-
cently sold to J. R. French of
Odessa. Joyce is a junior in high
school and James is in the sixth
grade.
Theresa Nice has moved here
from Abilene and is a sixth grade
student. She is the daughter of
Mrs. A. J. Jungman. Mr. Jungman
is a lineman for the local tele-
phone company.
explained that a considerable a-
mount of water is needed for a
rotary rig and if the water test
proves there is sufficient water
present then the rotary will he
moved to the location. He further
stated that at the 400 feet water
depth the rig would lose circula-
tion and there must he enough wa-
ter to guarantee proper operation.
If the water supply is not suffi-
cient. a cable tool job wilt he
moved in to spud the well below
the water level and then will he
replaced with the rotary. Due to
changing the casing this replace-
ment would involve from 4 to 5
thousand dollars more expense in
the drilling process.
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School Band
To March
In San Angelo
The Rocksprings School Band
directed by Ben Davis will parti-
cipate in a downtown parade in |
San Angelo, Saturday afternoon |
at 5 o’clock preceding the San j
Angelo Junior College and Goodie!-1
low Field football game at the col-
lege stadium. The invitation to I
the hand was extended by tin
Board of City Development.
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Carl Peeples has been granted
a sub-contract to handle the exca-
vation of 87,000 yards of material
to make way for the construction
of 5.5 miles on Farm to Market
road 335 from Vance north to
one-tenth mile of Edwards County
line.
Border Construction Company
of the Laredo firm, is supervising
on the job, which got underway
September first. Roy Rash, owner
of the Lardeo firm, is supervising
the work and will have charge of
building the base, grading and
topping.
Bruce Luckey of Austin is Mr.
Peeples' superintendent for the
excavation. Mr. Peeples is using
laborers from Rocksprings, Barks-
dale and Camp Wood.
The contract calls for the road
to be completed in 90 working
days, which is rushing the contrac-
tors to get the road ready for top-
ping by November 15th.
The entire portion of the 5.5
miles will he in Real County. It will
follow practically the same loca-
tion as the old county road to just
beyond the turnpike. From there it
will take to the foothills and wijl
end at the first river crossing at
the Williams ranch just this side
of the Edwards County line. The
location around the turnpike will
he used except it will be widened.
Much of the early history of this
section revolves around the little
town of Vance, when Real and
Edwards counties were all one
county and people were feuding
over which location—Vance, Leak-
ey or Rocksprings would be the
county seat. When Mr. Peeples’
crew tore down the split rail fence
on the out>kirts of Vance, old
timers told him that the fence had
been there since 1870. This was
possibly one of the first fences
built in the ranching country.
Edwards County
4-H Club Sponsors
Rodent Control
Wanda and Charlene Watson,
twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
C. ^Vatson, transferred here
front Sabinal. They arc in the
eighth grade. Mr. Watson is main-
tenance man at the CPI. and their
mother teaches school at Juno.
Clari-se Williams has moved
here front Rockport and is living
with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. T. I.. Williams. She is a
sophomore in high school.
Clarence Templeton is here for
a few months from Homer, Alaska,
with his mother, Mrs. Sid Temple-
ton. They are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Roach. Clarence has enroll-
ed as a freshman.
to purchase ranch land*, watering
facilities, fencing or any other
ranch need.
All transactions in connection
grandchildren and 7 great grand- with Land Bank loans are handled
children. Mrs. Barrows lived in through the conveniently located
Rocksprings about 1918, when her Rocksprings. National Farm Loan
Sue Vernor, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Vernor of Camp
Wood, has transferred here and
is a high school sophomore.
-\
Nancy Hutchison, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hutchison, has
returned to Rocksprings as a stu-
dent<*having attended the Uvalde
school for several years. She is a
freshman.
SLIDES TO BE SHOWN
Claribel and I will show the last
of our slides on Tuesday night,
September 24th at 7:30 p. m. in
the sanctuary of the Presbyterian
Church. These will be pictures of
Switzerland, Italy and France.
Claribel and Bob Sebesta.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Matthews and
Ifamily attended the recent meeting
of the Winter Garden District
Volunteer Firemen’s Association in
Del Rio. . The Del Rio depart-
ment woni the trophy cup in the
races. The next meeting will be
in Rocksprings on January 12. It
will be a memorial service and
business miglif f ) ft,
Performance Tests
To Be Made At
Experiment Station
SONORA. Tex.—The Texas \g-
riculturnl Experiment Station's lO'h
annual Ram Performance Test made
in cooperation with sheep breeder-
will begin October 2. I)r. W. T.
Hardy, superintendent of the Son-
ora Station has announced.
“The tests are conducted to de-
velop the best principles in im-
proving the stock sheep of Texas,
to evaluate rams for their or their
offspring’s ability to gain rapidly
and produce a fleece of long staple,
good quality wool and at the same
time have a smooth body and open
face, and encourage sheep produc-
ers to use performance tested
rams,” Dr. Hardy pointed out.
Fred Campbell, assistant animal
husbandman at the Sonora Station,
will supervise the tests.
The tests are open to any sheep
breeder. Test groups will consist
of four ram lambs per pen which
will be fed as sire groups, and
groups of 4 to 10 Iambs per produ-
cer which will be fed in large
groups in dpen lots.
The lambs must be delivered to
the Sonora Station any time bet-
ween September 25 and September
29. The test will run for 6 months
with final weights and shearing at
the end of this period.
Data collected will include rate
of gain, grease and clean wool pro-
duction, staple length and spinning
count with scores of face covering,
body conformation, skin folds and
belly coveVing.
A field aay will be held soon af-
ter the end of the official tests.
Tile Edwards County and Nueces
Canyon 4-H Clubs will conduct a
rodent control program in Ed-
; wards County during the week of
. September 23rd through September
j 30th. The club members will pack-
age and -ell the mixed baits as
j well as water soluable material for
| controlling rat.- and mice,
j Thee materials can he picked
up at the Varga Warehouse in
Koch—prings and Vernor’s Red and
White Store in Barksdale.
, Social Security
Representative To Be
In Area September 26-27
How soon could you locate your
social security number? Are you
relying on an old payslip or your
memory instead of your actual
card? Vou will need your official
social security account number
card when you report on a new job
or file a claim for any type of so-
cial security benefits. So if you have
I lost your card, apply today for a
duplicate. Remember, you keep the
same social security number for
life. Be sure to keep your card in
a safe place. It's your key to val-
uable insurance protection!
For further information see your
social security representative, Jack
Jones, who will be in Rocksprings
at the County Courtroom on Fri-
day, September 27, 1957 at 9:00
a. m.; at the Community Hall in
Camp Wood on Thursday, Sept-
ember 26, at 3:00 p. m. and in
Leakey on September 26 at 11
a. m.
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Clif-
ton Sorrells fp*t week-end were
Mrs. Sorrell’s ; setter, Mrs. Otis
Cartwright of Big Lake, and her
father, J. O. In M Bangs,
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
Notification is hereby given that
a public meeting will be held at
8 p. m. on October 7, 1957, at
the County Courthouse at Rock-
springs, Edwards County, Texaa for
the purpose of discussing proposed
hunting, fishing and trapping re-
gulations for the above mentioned
county.
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Mrs. Gardner Franks returned
home Tuesday from Abilene,
where she had visited Mr. am)
Mra. Stewart Williams and Charlea
Gay. Charles Gay had celebrated
his sixth birthday last Saturday
with a hobo party.
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