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The Texas Mohair Weekly
Volume 50
Rocksprings, Texas, Friday, January 24, 1958
Number 3f
Chamber of Commerce
Completes Plans For
Governor’s Visit Feb. 17
Cities Service To
Drill Wildcat
On Hyde Ranch
A 4,700-foot wildcat on the Hyde
Triple H ranch was spudded in the
first of ' the week. Drilling was
down to ISO feet, Wednesday
morning.
The test is being drilled on a
Cities Service lease of land belong-
ing to Sidney Hyde, Joe Carl Hyde,
and Mrs. Robert Hutto. It is locat-
ed about 4 miles south of Highway
41, 16 miles east of Rocksprings.
Morrison Drilling Company will
move in a rotary rig as soon as
the loca^on is leveled off and a wa-
ter well drilled.
The site is on the side of a steep
canyon. The side of the canyon is
being blasted to level a space big
enough for the rig and slush pit.
This particular part of the ex-
pense of the well is reported to be
about $7,000. Drillers were asked
why the well wasn’t drilled on top
of the divide above the/ canyon,
but they replied that the canyon
wall was the location and it would
have to be moved to suit the
specificaions.
Ranchmen in that area say that
to their knowledge this is the first
well to be drilled in that section
by Cities Service. There was a
shallow well of about 1,000-foot
depth that was drilled on Hal Pet-
erson’s ranch in that vicinity.
The 4700-foot wildcat on the
Triple H ranch will be drilled down
into the neck of the woods where
gas and oil were struck on the
Werner and Hankins ranches this
winter.
The Morrison Drilling Company
is standing the expense of relocat-
ing about a mile of county road
that was in the process of being
built from Highway 41 to the Aub-
rey Clark ranch. This will make a
much needed improvement on the
road by taking it out of the Dia-
mond ranch stock pens.
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Mothers March
Tonight At 7-8
When you hear the fire siren
sound tonight at 7 o’clock it will
be an emergency alert—to give to
the March of Dimes.
There are many people in Rock-
springs, who have not given to
the Marc.h of Dimes and will wel-
come this opportunity to hand their
donation to the Mothers when
they march on the town tonight.
If you wish to contribute, please
turn on your porch light.
Many delicious cakes were con-
tributed to the Cake Walk last
VrRIay. Contributions to the March
of Dimes through this project
amounted to $59.05.
$31.66 was donated to the March
of Dimes at coffee time at Gwen’s
Cafe, Wednesday.
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BEN BISHOP ENLISTS
IN U. S. NAVY
Word rgached here this week
that Ben Bishop, son of Ned Bish-
op, had enlisted in the U. S. Navy.
He was inducted at Albuquerque,
New Mexico and will receive his
boot training at San Diego, Calif-
ornia.
Ben graduated from the Rock-
Hfth School in 1957 and
attending Texas Tech-
Coltege at Lubbock.
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POLL TAX NOTICE
To be exempt to vote in the
W$S rferiinn. a person must have
reached (he age of 60 before Jan-
uary 1, 1957. If over 60. ft ia
not iMMsaary to .Attain an ex-
R eruption .
I after January 1, 1957,
to an exemption re-
apply for this before
the election.
Plans were coordinated last Fri-
day night by the Chamber of Com-
merce for the approaching aunual
meeting and banquet of the Ed-
wards County Chamber of Com-
merce and Governor Price Daniel’s
visit to Rocksprings on Monday
evening, February 17th.
The reception and banquet will
be held at the Park Building at
6:30 p. m. Promptly at 8:15 o’-
clock the public meeting will con-
vene at the Rocksprings School
Auditorium, for the Governor’s ad-
dress.
Besides the Governor and his
family, invitations have been ex-
tended to other government digni-
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taries in the surrounding area,
heads of the livestock organizations,
newspaper and radio representa-
tives, which includes Henry Howell,
and Chamber of Commerce offic-
ials of neighboring towns.
Since the facilities of the Park
Building are limited for banquet
purposes, the invitation list to the
banquet will only include the out-
of-town guests and 1957 and 1958
members of the Edwards County
Chamber of Commerce.
The directors have set up the
1958 schedule of dues as follows:
ranchers, $10.00; individuals (in-
cluding school teachers, ministers,
and employees), $5.00; business
firms and professional people, $17.50
and $25.00.
All 1957 members are entitled to
reserve two places at the banquet.
Reservations will be $2.00 each. A
motion was also made at the dir-
ector's meeting, Friday night, that
any new member paying 1958 dues
would be entitled to make reserva-
tions at the banquet.
Mrs. M. D. Howell of Marian's
Cafe will be in charge of the sup-
per. She will be assisted with the
serving by the Rocksprings FHA
students.
The program at the school will
be open to the public, thereby giv-
ing everyone an opportunity to
hear Governor Daniel speak. In-
cluded on this program with Gov-
ernor Daniel will be the Rock-
springs School Band and a special
flag ceremony by the Eagle Scouts
of Troop 27.
Attending the meeting and work-
ing out the plans for this program
were Horace Brown, president of
the Chamber of Commerce; Grady
Bailey, Dan McKnight, Julian Jen-
kins, Alton Miller, Jack Whitworth,
James Wittenburg, Forrest Wel-
don, and Bill Wall, directors; Ellis
Martin, Brooks Sweeten, Ben Da-
via, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Howell,
and Mrs. Warren Hutt.
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SCOUT UNIFORMS NEEDED
Scout uniforms belonging to the
Rocksprings Troop and not being
used are needed according to Scout
Matter Ellit Martin. Any one
knowing the whereabouts of any
of these uniforms, that are not
being used, please contact Mr.
Martin, f
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Basic research VaJ the quest (or
fundamental discoveries which can
open broad new pathways for tech-
nical advancement and human bet-
terment It can be carried on in the
laboratories of government and in-
dustry. Rot it is best conducted in
the atmosphere of dedicated free
injury which prevails in our col-
leges and universities.
Rocksprings Teams
Win District
Games From Utopia
Rocksprings’ boys and girls team
won their district games with Ut-
opia, Tuesday night. The girl's
scores were Rocksprings, 54; Uto-
pia, 36 and the boy’s scores were
Rocksprings, 55; Utopia, 40.
Utopia's Reavis was a fine for-
ward on the girl’s team and made
18 points for her school. Scoring
for Rocksprings were Hankins,
25; Haines, 8; Colwell, 15; Becker,
2; Whitworth, 4.
The guards, Cornelia Leinweber,
Arlene Osburn, and Lois Griffin
put up a fine team-work of block-
ing the opponent's ball and much
of the credit for a game won
should go to these fine players.
When the boys’ score began to
get lop-sided at the half, Coach
Tipton put in his B string to play
the rest of Tuesday night's game.
The Utopia coach also put in his
B string and kept them in the
game for a full quarter. The less
experienced boys of both teams
put up a good fight for the hall
and did a very good job of ringing
up some scores.
Scoring for Rocksprings were:
Bicrschwale, 15; Merritt, 6; Moody,
8; Cottle, 2; Smart, 6; P. McCoy,
6; Rutherford, 7; Tatum, 4; K.
McCoy, 1. Hillis was Utopia’s high
score man with 15 points.
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Young Ranchers
Show Stock
At Kerrville
James
three:
Eddie
Edwards County 4-H Club and
FFA members won 3 first places at
the Hill Country Junior Livestock
Show at Kerrville, Monday and
Tuesday. The competition was
great because of the large numbers
of fine stock shown by the young
people of the 14-county district.
Local winners at the show were:
Rambouillet ewe lambs: Mike
Tatum, 1st and 4th place.
Yearling Angora does:
Sweeten, 1st place.
Ewe lambs, group of
Franklin Glasscock, 1st;
Sweeten, 4th; Jo Nel Epperson, 6th.
Rambouillet ram lambs; Mike
Tatum, 5th; Tom Epperson, 6th.
Rambouillet 2-4 tooth rams: Jo
Nel Epperson, 3rd and 5th.
Commercial ewe lambs, singles:
Franklin Glasscock, 2nd and 4th
places; Tom Epperson, 3rd; Eddie
Sweeten, 6th and 9th; Jo Nel Ep-
person, 7th; Perry Guthrie, 8th.
Ram Lambs: Tom Epperson, 3rd
and 8th; Jimmy Rudasill, 5th; Jo
Nel Epperson, 6th and 9th; Epp
Epperson. 7th.
Billy Kids; Phyllis Sweeten, 6th;
Sue Haines, 8th.
Doe Kids: John Sweeten, 2nd.
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Horners Sell Wool
The Horners Wool Warehouse
sold two cars of 8 months wool
and delivered it last week at what
appears quite satisfactory prices.
E. J. Webre, San Angelo, repre-
senting the porte, Dupee and Sawy-
er Co. of Boston, Mass., was the
purchaser.
There is some indication that
the wool sales will perk up in as
much as the mill inventory, in the
east, is nil, but a solution to mo-
hair movement still needs a help-
ing hand. There is one thing about
mohair; it is unpredictable, which
means it might start selling to
morrow.—Uvalde Leader-News,
A friend of ours used to stay in
trim by scattering a handful of
pennies in his bedroom every
morning and Hooping for them.
Now bt's getting fa>—eays there's
no incentive in it anymore. He’s
going to try dimes next week.
"What’s the ground rules?"
Rocskprings Boys
Win Runner-up
Trophy At Eden
Rocksprings boys were headed
for the championship trophy when
they struck Wall in the final game
of Eden’s Tournament last week.
Wall's fine team blocked the
Rocksprings’ hoys by a score of
60 to 45 to win the trophy. The
Rocksprings’ team was proud of
the beautiful trophy presented to
it as the runner-up team of the
tournament.
Rocksprings took the first game
from Paint Rock with a score of
61 to 39 and the second game from
Eden with a score of 64 to 56.
Bruzz Smart and Charles Bier-
schwale were named on Eden’s all-
tournament team.
Rocksprings’ boys will be in Oz-
ona this week-end to enter Ozona's
annual Boy’s Basketball Tourna-
ment.
Mrs. Frankie L. Cox
Announces For
Commissioner
Precinct No. 2
Mrs. Frankie Lee Cox announc-
ed Tuesday that she will be
candidate for re-election to the of-
fice of Commissioner of Precinct
No. 2 of Edwards County at the
Democratic primaries in July.
Mrs. Cox is completing her first
4-year term as County Commis-
sioner and asks that the voters of
Precinct No. 2 consider her efforts
in this office during that time.
In announcing, Mrs. Cox states
that she is interested in promoting
county affairs in an impartial way.
that will bring more progress and
growth to the entire county as well
as Precinct No. 2.
The support of the voters of Pre-
cinct No. 2 is sincerely solicited by
Mrs. Cox. (pol. adv)
Men’s Bible Class
Short Of Men
The Men’s Bible Class which
meets every Sunday morning at
the Balentine Hotel at 9:00 o’clock
has been running short of men. We
appreciate those who are present
with us in spirit but would hasten
to assure them that their spirits
would mean more to the class if
their bodies were present also.
This class is the only group in our
community which transcends deno-
minational barriers in a real and
efficient way. It is a means of
sharing our denominational heri-
tages and emphases with each
other and is very valuable for that
reason. Study and fellowship ia the
emphasis of this class. The men
who have persisted in meeting urge
the men of our community to at-
tend and make thia group a really
effective means of witnessing to our
common Lord and Saviour, Jesus
Christ.
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Rocksprings Girls
Win Uvalde
Consolation Trophy
Rocksprings basketball girls were
thrown into the consolation brack-
et at the Uvalde Tournament last
week-end. when they were defeated
in their first game by the Uvalde
girls. The score was Rocksprings,
25: Uvalde, 31. Davenport was
Uvalde’s high point player with 17
points. Scoring for Rocksprings
were Hankins, 20; Colwell, 2;
Haines, 3.
The Rocksprings girls won their
second game with Sabinal and third
game with Leakey to win the con-
solation trophy of the tournament.
iKay Hankins was named on the
^all-tournament team.
Scores for the second game was
Rocksprings, 47; Sabinal, 25. For-
wards in this game made the fol-
lowing points: Hankins, 25; Col-
well, 15; Haines, 7.
Rocksprings’ 32 points took the
game from Leakey with 24 points.
Points were made by Hankins, 15;
Colwell, 8; Haines, 9.
The previous Friday the girls had
a practice game with Junction in
the Junction gym. This was a hard
game for both teams with the
score staying tied through most
of the minutes of the game. Junc-
tion had some very , fine referees
from Brownwood that called all
rules and some of the main play-
ers on both teams fouled out be-
fore the game was over. Rock-
springs conceded the game to
Junction by one point, the score
being 44 to 43. Scoring for Rock-
springs were: Hankins, 21; Col-
well, 11 and Haines, 11. Hamer
scored 32 points for Junction.
The girls go to San Angelo
this week-end to participate in the
Lakcview Tournament. They will
he matched with Coleman, Friday
morning at 8:45. If they win this
game they will probably be match-
ed with Mertzon at 4:15 this af-
ternoon in the Lakeview gym. If
they lose they will possibly play
Colorado City at 7:25 in the SAJC
gym.
16 teams competing in the tourna-
ment will he Brackettville, McCaul-
ey, Rankin. Richland Springs, Rock-
springs, Coleman, Mertzon, Colo-
rado City, Junction, Lakeview.
Bronte, Robert Lee, Paint Rock,
Eola, Miles and Wall.
from Mr. Clark, while h* was here.
JACK HARRIS RECEIVES
BBA DEGREE FROM
A. AND I. COLLEGE
Jack Harris received a BBA de-
gree in Business Administration
from A. and I. College at Kings-
ville, Monday. A graduate of the
Rocksprings High School, Mr.
Harris has been attending A. and I.
College since his graduation in 1953.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris are spend-
ing a few days this week in Rock-
springs with their parents, Mrs.
Jack Harris and Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Miller.
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SCHOOL CENSUS
ENUMERATION TO BE
FINISHED BY JANUARY 31
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bruce of
Camp Wood " visited here last
Thursday with Mr. and Mr*. L. A.
Clark. Mr. Bruce bought a bull notified of any child that has not
Supt. Paul E. Barr reminds par-
ent* that the school census enum-
eration must be completed by Janu-
ary 31st. The school should be
been enumerated.
Committee Selected To
Study Public Schools
In Edwards County
Will You Be
Able To Vote
There are 3,000 people living in
Edwards County. At least one-half
of these people are of eligible age
to vote. By Wednesday noon—
only 278 poll taxes had been paid
in Edwards County.
There is much talk over the
state about certain political groups
getting in charge of political con-
ventions and thereby determining
state candidates of public office.
Does this interest the people of
Edwards County?
Is it complacency, lack of money j
to buy the poll taxes, or what is j
wrong with our citizens that they
don't care who governs them?
Only 181 years ago, our fore-
fathers fought for the privilege of
being represented in government. j
In those days the cry was “Taxa- j
tion without Representation is [
Tyranny." Today, the cry should I
he "Taxation is Tyranny" hut |
we don’t care who represents us |
No. if Edwards County citizen.-!
don't care enough to make them- !
selves eligible to vote—they don’t i
care who represents them. j
Do you realize friends, that your j
reputation is reflected in the State
and National Capitals by the mini-
her of votes cast in elections held
within your county.
Complacency means being asleep j
on the job—don't sleep through
January 31st. Pay your Poll Tax
before that time.
January Rains
Top The Inch Mark
Wet Snow Blankets West Texas
Precipitation turned into snow
flakes about 11:15 Thursday morn-
ing. Within 30 minutes the ground
was white and heavy snow contin-
ued to fall until 4 p. ni. The tem-
perature hovered about two de-
grees above freezing causing
most of the snow to melt rapidly.
About three inches remained on the
ground for a while during the mid-
dle of the afternoon.
The CPL rain gauge meassured
.70 inches between 8 a. m. and 5 p,
m. Thursday.
A slow, soil-soaking rain be-
gan in niist form Wednesday night
and continued all through the
night getting a little heavier to-
ward morning. Only .36 of an in-
ch had fallen by 8 o'clock Thurs-
day morning, hut water was stand-
ing and the frost-bitten trees and
grass had a good drink.
Uvalde was reported to have
had 1.65 inches by Thursday morn-
ing.
This area had from a quarter to
a half inch of rain Sunday night.
This moisture, preceding the hard
freeze of 24 degrees temperature
Monday night, protected the vege-
tation from too much harm.
Edwards County's Hale-Aiketf
Committee of Twenty-four has beet*
organized with Supt. Paul E. Barf
as permanent county chairman. C.
R. Priddy of Camp Wood, pre-
sident of the Nueces Canyon
School Board, is vice chairman of
the committee and Frank O.
Cloudt is secretary.
Other members of the commit-
tee are Marvin Hutto, N. E. Var-
ga, Mrs. Teil Bishop, Mrs. Paul
Rosenow, J. W. Richardson, G. C.
Fleischer, Terry Hill, Paul Rose-
now, C. V. Whitworth, Horace
Brown, Howard Martindale, Claud
M. Erwin. Mrs. James Wittenburg,
Miss Lorene Beerwinkle, Mrs.
Jack Whitworth, Jr., Mrs. Hugh
Coston, Ivan Smart, W. W. Webb,
S. A. Wooldridge, C. E. Vernor, E.
J. Trees, C. C. Stewart, Mrs. J. H.
Gray, Mrs. Louise Pope, and Mrs.
Wanda Pope.
The committee will study the
needs of the public schools in Ed-
wards County as related to curri-
culum, teacher supply, classroom
facilities and finance. Such com-
mittees have been appointed in
each county in the state.
As soon as the State Committee
of 24 sends out study guides, the
Edwards County committee will
begin its work. This report must
he completed by May 1.
It has been 10 years since the
Gilmer-Aiken hill came into being
to rejuvenate Texas educational
system. The Hale-Aiken Committee
of 24 is attempting to make a
cross-section survey of the schools
of Texas to evaluate the effects of
the Gilmer-Aiken system on Tex-
as schools.
Findings of the Hale-Aiken Com-
mittee of 24 will he presented to
the State Legislature for such ac-
tion as it deems necessary.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DUES NOW PAYABLE
The 1958 Chamber of Commerce
dues have been set up and are
now payable. Any one wishing to
pay these dues may contact Mrs.
Warren Hutt, secretary.
Angoras’ 1958
Football Schedule
District 37-B school officials
have planned the 1958 football sch-
edule. Of the 10 games to he play-
ed by the Angoras only 5 will be
played here. The first day of prac-
tice for the Angoras will he
August 25th. The schedule is as
follows:
Sept. 5—Eldorado, here.
Sept. 12—Melvin, here.
Sept. 20—St. Mary's, there.
Sept. 26—Comfort, there.
Oct. 3—Schreiner High, here.
♦Oct. 10—La Coste, there.
Oct. 17—Sanderson, here.
♦Oct. 24—Castroville, there.
♦Oct. 31—Brackettville, there.
♦Nov.—7, Sabinal. here.
* Denotes District games.
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BANQUET TICKETS ON SALE
AT C. of C. OFFICE
Banquet tickets are now on sale
at the Chamber of Commerce of-
fice. 1957 and 1958 members are
invited to make your reservations
now to attend the banquet and
personally meet Governor Daniel.
Reservations will be $2.00 a plate.
No tickets will be sold at the ban-
quet. All reservations must he
accompanied with check or money.
See Mrs. Warren Hutt for these
tickets.
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