The Ozona Stockman (Ozona, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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THE OZONA STOCKMAN
The Only Paper In Crockett County—3,000 Square Mile* Of Livestock Territory
■Out In The West, Where The Air I3 Pure, Thu Climate Agreeable, And The People Friendly—The Best Place On Earth To Call Home’
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OZONA, CKOCKETT COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1933.
__or» Picnic
At Pecos Bridge
Annual Somof»Dty Cel
■ tbrated With Outing
I To High Bridge
le
As all-day outing to the Pecos
High Bridge near Comstock
•v narked the observance
annual Senior Day by members
the big dans of 1983 of Mic O-
Hifrh School.
e Seniors and their chop-
loaded up tnd took off at
o’clock Monday morning. The
Misa Eva Davit And
Carl Pattit Married
Here Tuetday Night
La*t Tuesday evening at the
Bnptint Parsonage, Minn Eva Dav-
is of this city became the bride of
Carl XVttlt of Rar kin. Rev. M. M.
Fulmer, pastor of the Fii„t Bap-
tist Church offu isted at the wed-
ding, using the simple and impres-
sive ring ceremony. Miss Mildred
Davis, sister of the bride, Mrs. M.
M. r uimer and Mrs. J. Lightscy
witnessed the ceremony.
Woman’s Club To
Install Officers
New Heads Of Organi-
zation Take Reins1
At Final Meet
Junior Woman's Club
- Holds Final Session
Of Club Year Tues.
^ The Ozona Junior Woman’s
Club will hold its final session of
the present club year next Tues-
day afternoon at the High School
building. The meeting is listed in
the club year book for May 1, but
this was an error, according to
club.
New officers of the Ozona Wom-
an’s Club elected last January, j the president, Mrs! cfinton Glover
will te Matin' offWally Into of-j of„cw, tom.
j. Tmmed-Jthe final meeting of the club yearly ?», *?«,? i * 7?*
iatrlj after the w.dding. the hap-! to he held at the home of Mrs. Irni be heard at this session
py couple departed to theiy ranch ! Carson, president-elect of the or-!|,uf/ JaJT
home north of RankiTf. jganization. l“ .V, l- ,n*talltdK,n readi*
i Mr- Pettit is well known in O-l The «' ssion of the present )„ *f /•!11 *-r biLa
ate breakfast near the Jra,I0na> having resided here until >var wil* I* u guest day. each ‘)f \he firfit year’s work of
,.jn ranch and then proceeded j boUt tVr0 years ago. when |„. Huh member being expected to th<-Junior Club organization h«v-
Comstock where a brief "top j leased a ranch between Rankin: bnn? il The program will inj? 1((1( „ |a„t ytf„r u‘n.
- mad*’, From there the party (ttnd Stiles. Mrs. Pettit is a daugh- i*’ons,st '» numbers on the pro- (h>. >H,,ontlorghi|l of th|, wnior
to the Pecos high bridge jtc, ol- m,. an(| jIrs (j(,0 |>.iVjs >'ram ol April 29, which was post- 1
re # rtwini and lunch were en-jan,| has lived hi re most of tu.r ! poni d to Tuesday of this week nnd
Returning, the Seniors had |jj,. j again positioned and combined
pr and enjoyed a swim in --------0____________ j with next week’s meeting. Nunt-
il'* river, the high light of cn-1 g\ np • . vst* i Per on this program include a
inrmnt there being a plunge JJZOItfl I YDlStS Will >lal1' b-” Mrs. w K Wust on the
* * i Bank ol England, a talk on France
bv Mrs. Bryan McDonald and an*
| other on Germany by Mrs. George
Montgomery.
New officers ubo will be in-
i 1.iII• • < 1 at the final session are
Mrs. (’arson, president; Mrs.
(»corgc Bean, first vice president
Miss Elizabeth Fussell, second
Ozona tvjH’writ-l y,lCe President; Mrs. Joe Pierce
- - ..........-------tI.,,cd of 'Paul,.,,; Sccro,ar>.; Mrs. Will
Smtgomery, Neva Sorrels, Totey Williams and Ernest Van Zandt! “nweAtt' ^’^sponding secretary;
Programs Slated
For Music Week
Local Music Lovers To
Join In Observance
Next Week
COUNTY LETS
CONTRACT FOR
STREET WORK
Paving From Curb To
Curb Along High-
ways Provided
NO. 27 IS DELAYED
Hitch In Contract
For Broadway
Eldorado Tourney
the river by Guinn Carruth-
Senior sponsor, while attempt {
to gig a fish with a pocket
itife tied to a string.
CtapmniiiK th, party were pauline William., Er-
Carruthers, Mrs. P. T. Kobi* .. _ . .
Mr*. Will Baggett, Mrs. m. T.j nest Van Zandt 1 ake
ickwell and Tom Smith. Mem-t Individual Honors
of the 1933 graduating class! ________
jring the outing were Tommy J Members of the
lith, Ellen Schauer, Carolyn j b,amt composed of Baulin*
binon, Margaret Butler, Jettie went t0 Eldorado Saturday, April! *\r*; *:S\ H"over’ tm‘Hurf.r’ ;u,d
Sellers. Edna Billings, Dor-I29. to enter a tvpewritin/tourna-! f,r?' W’ C*|‘irnmtr’ PaHiamen-
hy Thurman, Frances Green. imenl. They wore accompanied bji ,,au and . ,c
|Ioe Friend, Billie Baggett, Joe their instructor, Miss L.udee Mac
andler, Eugene Montgomery,
jjoe Glen Rape, Ernest Van Zandt,
BoeBillie Keeton, Lee Dudley, Lee TB„_ „tl „
Grives, Buddy Moore, Morris Mi I-' 1,1,1 *d Midland reo-ntly will be
r, Paul M. Hallcomb, John Kirk-
rick, Charles Williams,
Subert Westfall Ben Williams
20-Cent Wool And
Rain Bring Smiles
Music lovers of Ozona will ob-
serve National Music Week next
week with a series of musical en-
ter*«inmcntH to which the public ____
program of Ih, Mu.k-!E,TO,r I" Bid CaUW*
Week schedule so far arranged
will be staged by pupils of the;
grammar school Tuesday morning j
May 9, at 9 o'clock in the High j ,>avi of Powell Avenue from
Schmd auditonum Tim program, th „orth edK<> of town to its in-
will be in the nature ol a sing-1 terHrction with Broadway .the OUl
song patriotic, rchgmus, PJ»Pu»ar|fi ish TriiiI from curb to curb
and folk songs to be sung by the wjw providt,(1 in a co„tract award-
group. 1 «*d by the County Commissioners
The high light ol the week s ob-1 Court In session here this week to
servanee will be a musical enter-! ( olglazier & Hoff. Inc., contrac-
tainmeut in the High School audi-; torH 0„ the first 15-mile section
torium Thursday evening, May 11,
I with the Ozonu Musi« Club and
Spirit Of Optimism
Rules West In Ris-
ing Markets
Reports of committees and of-
Harrison i fict‘r? the year’s work will be
heard during the business session.
The contest was won l>> the ()-, report of the district eonven-
zona team on a score of 118.17 j iioll at Midland
points which was approximately jv(l|I by th„ ciub deb.gat,., Mrs.
«fidl*en aboVt‘ Eldorado, the j |r;i <;Jirjjon, and Mrs. A. C. Hoover
4!ond t<>aTn’ which "cored 108.34 jwi,| read the poem, “The Pioneer
. , . .points. Then were four team
the only member of the class t(J|V<J jn lh(,
‘•n-j Woman” by Mrs. Frank Friend.
was unable to be nresent fori'’'........... contest: Ozona. El-, which was awarded the Sixth Dis>‘ in!'!j*li<on“r-v moW!% “nd exhaust j servant
c»._;.U. a, 4 l< , ^7*r?8ent»f,0r! dorado. Sonora and Mertzon. The| trict poetry prize at the *'* mi Mocks. lilt- and songs of host*
individual score of Pauline Wil-1 convention
Senior day celebration. The;
Wwkliond-i night0"11 “b0Ut 9!,iams was I19-21 Polntx and the
lew Officers Of
Bodies
ted Cross and Associa-
ted Charities Hold
Joint Meeting
New officers were named for'
individual score of Ernest Van
Zandt was 117.13. These students
won first and second places re-
spcctively for speed accuracy as
/'I n *• individual typists.
Lllclrliy D0O16S A silver loving cup was award-
ed to the Ozona team. This cup is
to he retained by th*’ Ozona school
for one year. The team winning
the cup for three years will be-
come permanent owner.
The interest manifest during
__ _________ . (the past year on the part of the
W coining year by the Crockett ■ typing students has been splen-
County Chapter, American Red I did. These students, Pauline Wil-
Cross, ttnd the Associated Charit- liams and Ernest Van Zandt, have
Crockett Births
Lead Deaths 3-1
j Crockett County ranchmen are ing a
! in the'*1XMstt of the “hearing sea- two .songs
1 **n, with truck after truck, load-
'd with the 193.3 clip leaving out
■ for warehouses to be sold on th*
■ bullish market. Soon the jingle of
| silver may be heard again in the
ranch area as the new clip is sold.
Stork
56
Visits Number I Mr#> Hoover Named
While Deaths
Total 17
°f Ozona in a joint meeting
•"■Id at the Methodist Church
Friday evening.
I. G. Rape was selected an pres-
idtnt of the Associated Charities
!o succeed Rev. J. H. Meredith.
A. W. Jones was named chair-
n of the local Red Cross chap-
to succeed Rev. M. M. Fulmer
[Bwart White was elected secretary
-toth organizations and Hugh
Childress, Jr., treasurer.
The executive committee of the
C“»rity Association was selected
follows: R. L. Flowers, Triui-
j*d Ramirez, Mrs. 4. S. Whatley.
W. A. Kay, Mrs. Welton
nKer, Mrs. Scott Peters, Evsrt
"‘te, A. W. Jones, Hugh Chil-
a M* Jr-* S- L. Butler, Rob Miller
**'• J H* Meredith, Rev. M. M.
Rev. L. N. Moody. Mrs.
•n, ^l,^‘son and Troy Williams.
The investigating committee,
hose duty it |N to investigate all
*«!» for charity, was named by
president as follows: Mrs.
Jf*1 J’«ter», Mrs. J. g. Whatley.
Jr> P. T. Robison. Mrs. W. A.
£>* J"hn I* Bishop. A. W. Jones.
M. M. Fulmer. Rev. J. II.
entered threu other contests be-
sides the above. In the contests
they have won the following
places:
McCamey - - - second place.
Big Kake - - - • second place.
Alpine Interscholastic Meet
third place.
Conduits For Gas
Mains Laid Here
Franchise Holders Lay
Pipes Under Paving
For System
Ozona seemed u step nearer in-
stallation of a naturul gas distri-
buting system late last »e*-k when
a crew of workmen inst-'iMcl six-
inch casings as conduits under
the streets which are being sur-
faced under the highway building
program.
The conduits were installed be-
fore completion of the streets to
v - ........... carry the gaa mains under the
weilith and Rev. li N. Moody, ‘paving and thus saving expensive
I repairs to the paved streets.
The stork had a better than'
three-tcuone advantage over th< j
reaper in Crockett County during:
Second Vice Pres.
Of Sixth District
Mrs. A. C. Hoover of Ozona was
of the Oznna-Barnhart road. High
way IC3.
Broadway, the street traversed
hy Highway 27. the Old Spanish
Trail, through town, will also be
paved from curb to curb, but the
court had not completed the •-
ward of contract for this work at
the conclusion of the special ses-
sion yeuierduy. Cage Brothers
Construction Company had been
Miss Carolyn Mont- awarded the contract for paving
work on this street, but were al-
lowed to withdraw their bid upon
the plea that certain phases of the
vork had lwen overlooked in their
bid.
The street traversed by High-
way 163, the main business street
of the city, will be paved complete
ly, including calii he base and as-
phalt surfacing, as provided in
Whether
highway
program on the ,ru| s'reel will be topped with as-
incluri- nbult surfacing has not yet been
pantomime and tableau of J <ji finitely decided. Present con-
tracts on the state and federal
highway *lo not provide for as-
phalt t'l fiu ing. but state high-
way officials have promised that
efforts’v.ill b< made to hnrd-sur*
.'ae.- th* highway through the city
out of maintenance funds.
In the *\tnt 1 he state surfaces
its pail through the city, the coun
ty will also ]et contracts for the
completed work. In case it is
found impossible for the state to
hard-surface the stretch of high-
way through town, the depart-
ment plans to oil the caliche to
! other musical organizations col-
laborating in its production. The
j program will be as follows:
Toy Rhythm Band.
| Cowboy Number—Junior Music
---- ■ ’ jClub,
With 20-cent wool and a rising; Radio Program—Juvenile Mps-
niarket, scattered showers over | ic Club.
hr ranch area and with an excel-j l>iano Solo—Mrs. Neal Hannah,
lent promise of bountiful rains j Reading—
before the range begins to suffer j gomery.
from drouth. West Texas ranch-) Piano Solo,
men are wearing a broad smile of j Musical Ensemble-Gene Mont*
satisfaction these days, for theigomery, Ernest Van Zandt and
ranch business is beginning to,Ted M. White.
pa\ oft again after being all too. Musical Reading—Miss Tommy
long on the other side of the ledg- Smith.
t,r J Vocal Solo—Mrs. F. T. Mclntire
Wool sales of 20 cents and bet*! Chorus—Ozona Music Club,
ter have been common the last j Song—Junior High School.
few days and even better prices! The Junior Music Clu*’ will con-1 *tnt« high wav contracts,
’ecu a t a possihile outgrowth j tribute its bit. to the week’s ob-jor not the east and west
with
Giants Split Twin
Bill At Coleman
Texcn Takes League
Lead By Drubbing
Angelo Nine
Sum Cox and his Ozona Giants
■letted second vice president of j made it a deuce series at Coleman
the Sixth District. Texas Feclera- Sunday in the locals’ second me- ’ prevent dust and keep the road in
ion of Women’s Clubs, at the J Ice of the West Texas !ndei»end- j condition until surfacing con-
recent district convention in Mid-*ent League schedule, the Coleman 1 tracts can be let. Contractu will
uris compiled by the Bureau of
Vital Statistics of the State De-
partment of Health at Austin.
There was. however, a slump of
10 in births over the previous
year, while recorded deaths climb
ed up by two. There was a total... i,. , , .i
of 56 births registered in this!fIcfcH ,n tho c,u_b ,lurin* her many, threat of the League race, surged j takes.
county in 1932, against 17 death'*,
For the previous year the figures
were 66 births and 15 deaths and
! land.
Mrs. Hoover has been a faith-
ful worker ;n the Woman’s
Club for years, has served as its
I president and has held other of-
Cotton-pickers taking the first; be let as soon as possible by the
came 1 and 2 and the Giants gath- county for caliche course on the
ering in the second 3 to 1 to even street from curb to curb, the sur-
the series.
The Texon Oilers, most serious
facing to depend on what action
the sfatc highway department
for the year 1930, 55 births and !*'*
deaths.
Texus being tho only state in!
the Union whose records of vital
statistics are not recognized b> j
the Federal Census Bureau, thei
Ionl> state in the Union outside!
the registration area, efforts are [
being made by the state bureau j
to have this state included in th*'!
area. The Federal government has j
been requested and has agreed to
make a test, of the thoroughn* s|
of registration of births and death)
for 1932 and that test is now tin-!
dor way. If registration is found {of
to be over 90 |H*r cent of births
and deaths occurring, Texas wil!
b< admitted to tho registration
area. Justices of the pence are tin’
l.wal registais of vital statistics
• under Texas law,
! years service. She has served
district the past five years as
district art chairman.
Mrs. Joseph Perkin4’ of East-
land was named District Presi-
dent, and Mrs. Roy Roundtree of
Goldthwaite was chosen first vice
president.
into top position by administer- ] Curb and gutters have been
mg a merciless beating to tbe San (completed on the north struct a-
Angelo entry on the Fort Conrho! |0ng the highway und the work is
ot Sunday afternoon. This was almost completed along High-
the league opener for the Texon' way 27 through the dty. This
lads and by taking the .series, they! work was contracted by the coun-
(Continued On Page 3)
ty, materials to
th«* county.
he furnished by
Pinaneinl reports of the two
rzanization* showed approxi*
Hy 1200 remaining to the cred
R of the
!*«**> ot
DYNAMITE DAMAGES
The work was done under the
direction of Harve Loomis of j .
Associated Charities. Hsird, H. H. Shaw of Baird and M. A broken window gla s
H.F.C. fundshaving been G. Wiili....n of Gnman. holders t local office of th* Most
‘h-Red Cross account. The Bed remission for installing a >'H»ng Static., and slight dam
r'*» hag anoroximatelv 1001 ural gas distributing system here ag»
These men announced recently
'hat the installation of the gas
iyst*»m for Ozena would he com*
*leted b> late summer Flaring of
thesr eon»i ita uudeWlhe streets,
however, ia the * move
’hat has been mmdajk th*t direc-
tion. ^
, . - approximately
2, , of Gour and 300 cans of
|^* on h*nd. Kev. Fulmer rrpor.
Trimdad Ramirez, who has as
in the administration of
Lroa. relief work in the Hex
•uburb of Osona, was named
** c"«‘rman of the chapter.
in the)
Texas’
to an automobile belonging
to Richard Miller resulted from
the explosion of a chi rgo of dyna-
mite set in fn»:rt f the filling
station Tuesday to blow out the
-nnrrete foundation of n str**et
ligl t standard to make way tor
the curb and gutter along the
street.
Movement Started Here For Mark-
ing Spots Of Historical Interest In
Texas Gains State-Wide Interest
------- I of historical interest in the state
A movement for marking spots along state highways,
historical interest along the. The State Highway Dcpart-
priiu ipal highways of Texas, t merit has expressed its interest in
which had its Inception in Ozona. the movement and has promised
is rapidly gaining momentum j its co operation in installing suit-
throughout the state and promises able markers. The interest which
soon to become a state-wide move-j the Texas Sons of the American
ni,'nl- . Revolution are taking in the pro-
Rev. J. II. Meredith, father ofjj,.ct is evidenced by the following
the plan and head of a highway j letter rereived bv Rev, Meredith
marking committee named by the from JftH c. Jones of Dallas, vice-
Ogona Lions Club, has been nam- president and seeretary-treasurer
ed highway marking “Commis-Lf the Society:
r,>nre*inntlmr the Texas] **A, fhe annual meeting of the
Society, Sons of the American ] -r xna Society today, I presented
Revolution, and has the active v , r )p,u.r nt tb#. 3rd for the in-
backing of that organization in mntion of the Compatriota as-
the work. *-omhled and your comments and
inggertions were received with
• ntere«f and enthusiasm. It was
unanimously decided to expreaa
our sincere thanks to you for the
splendid service already rendered
(Continued On Lost Page)
Efforts ate now be ng made to
secure the co operation and inter-
•ut of the Texas Chapter. Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution,
thy Texas Historical Society and
other organisation* in fostering a
state-wide plan to mark nil points
Ranchers Asked To
Save Wool Clip For
Wool Show In July
(.’rock* tl County ranchmen now
ngaged in hearing are urged to
..elect their choice fleeces for en-
try in the annual wool show to be
held in connection with the sev-
enth annual Crockett County Rod-
eo, Rac* Meet and Stock Show* to
be held here July, 3, 4 and 5.
The wool show is an outstand-
ing feature of the annual July
celebration here and many entries
have been received every year in
this department. Ribbons are of-
fered winners in both the twelvt-
monthls and eight-months fleece
classes.
SALUNC-ER COUPLE WRD
Miss Minnie Hughes and C-slvin
Doss, both of Ballinger, were
married here last Friday, Bryan
McDonald, justice of the pence,
performing the ceremony in kin
office here. The couple left Im-
mediately after the ceremony far
Ballinger where they will make
heir home.
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