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iber 23, 1960
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The Texas Mohair Weekly and The Rocksprings
THE TEXAS MOHAIR
[ ^ WEEKLY
' and The Rockepringa Record
HUTT & SON. PubUshe.e
Entered at second class matter,
November 18, 1927. at the post of-
fice at Rocksprings, Texas, under
the Act of Congress, March 3, 1897.
Subscription rate, $2.50 per year.
CLASSIFIED! St*
ADS " &
• ----- ----->•:-
1400 MONTHLY SPARE TIME
Refilling and collecting money
from New Type high quality coin
operated dispensers in this area.
No selling.
To qualify you must have car,
references, $600 to $1900 cash.
Seven to twelve hours weekly can
net up to $400 monthly. More full
time. For personal interview write
P.O. Box 1055, Boise, Idaho. In-
clude phone number.
LADIES
Start now to build your Avon
Cosmetics business. Christmas-Sea-
son is approaching, and you won’t
want to miss out on this oppor-
tunity. Complete t raining given.
P.O. Box 2193, San Antonio, Texas.
—At The Man’s Shop — long
sleeve sport shirts including "longs”
for long arm men, western shirts
and western dress trousers.
—FOR Avon Products, see or call
Mrs. Lee Barrows MU 3-3152. 36-3
—Bargain rates are now in effect
for the San Angelo Times-for re-
newals or new subscriptions see
Mrs .Warren Hutt.
■—FOR SALE: 40 head mulies and
horned Rambouillet Rams and one
registered Angus Bull. Hobson
Cloudt, MU 3-3345. 32-tp.
—GUNS- FOR SALE: We are
now handling Winchester, Rem'
ington and Savage guns. Sec our
selection of these guns before you
buy elsewhere. Blue Bonnet
Grocery. tfc
NOTICE
I will be in Rocksprings to shoe
horses the first Monday of each
month beginning Monday, Septem-
ber 5th. Please leave names with
Mitchell’s Warehouse.
Satter White 4tp
HUNTER’S CABINS St LAKE
COTTAGES
Sturdily built of good lumber—
V-Crimp iron roofs—Exteriors fin-
ished and painted attractively—11
feet wide by any length up to 36
feet—nice door and windows—De-
livered safely 150 mile radius of
Brady for $3.85 per sq. ft. of floor
space. Useful also for other pur-
poses. C. W. Barbee—Box 467
Brady, Texas. Ph. Ly 7-9121. 11
—CHOICE IMPROVED combina
tion Three Thousand acre stock-
farm-ranch — hunter’s and fisher-
man’s paradise between BIG
RANCHES. Big tanks, irrigation,
chocolate loam, 75% tillable, curly
mesquite. 25 miles Southeast of
Cotulla, 5 off pavement. $55 in-
cludes part mineral — 15 to 25%
down. Immediate possessipn.
WHY? 68 and broken back. I
know when I’m whipped. J. H.
Burns, owner 317 N. Park,
Uvalde. 35-3t.
_'
Mrs. T. V. Todd of Fort Worth
is visiting her sister, Mr*. J. O.
Hankins. Also visiting the Han-
kins this week was their daughter,
Mrs. Dan McCarty of San An-
tonio.
Political
Announcements
The Texas Mohair Weekly is
authorized to announce the follow-
ing candidates for office, subject
to the action of the General Elec-
tion, November 8, 1960.
INDEPENDENT COLUMN
November 8, 1960 General Election
For Sheriff, Edwards County:
THOMAS T. (Dink) TOM-
LINSON
TOM T. HENDERSON, SR.
For State Representative, 78th
District:
(DEMOCRATIC PARTY)
JAMES E. “JIM” NUGENT
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
W. G. (BILL) STACY
—WANTED: Ranches, anything
from 2 sections up.
Edwards County Realty Co.
E. I. Miller.
—FOR SALE: 50 head yearling
and 2-year-old Columbia type
Bucks, $30 a head.
CRAWFORD MITCHELL,
MU 3-3806 or
W .A. TOWNSEND,
36-2tc MU 3-3117.
For Constable Precinct No. 1:
ROY EDWARDS
—MAGIC marker—write, sketch,
mark, color, ideal for posters at
Weekly office. Also CADO mark-
ers are in stock.
Mrs. Sidney Hyde underwent
lung surgery Monday morning at
the Santa Rosa Hospital in San
Antonio and her condition is re-
ported to be fine.
1960 Angora
Football Schedule
Sept. 23—Comfort, there.
Sept. 30—Eldorado, here.
Oct. 7 — Southside, San An-
tonio, there.
Oct. 14—Open Date.
*\Dct. 21—Medina Valley, there.
*Oct. 28—Brackettville, there.
* Nov. 4—Sabina), here.
Nov. 12—St. Mary's of Fred-
ericksburg, there.
* Denotes District Games.
For District Attorney, 63rd Judicial
District:
DOUGLAS A. NEWTON
(re-election)
For Tax Assessor-Collector:
CLARENCE MARTIN
For Commissioner Precinct No. 1:
FRED L. SPECK
For Commissioner Precinct No. 3:
ROGER HUTTO
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct
No. 1, Edwards County:
CLIFTON C. SORRELLS.
Nueces Canyon
Chamber Discusses
New Projects
The Nueces Canyon Chamber of
Commerce met in regular session
Thursday night, September 8 at
the Camp Wood community biuld-
ing.
During the meeting a number of
community improvements were dis-
cussed including the proposed biuld-
ing of the Bullhead ranch road and
the extension of the ranch road
front Leakey to Medina, Texas.
A committee composed of H. A.
Victor, Clifton Anderson and L.
C. I’endley was appointed to study
the possibility of establishing a
bank in the Nueces Canyon on the
same order as the Castroville bank.
It was also decided to contact
the Sears Roebuck Foundation con-
cerning the locating of a doctor in
the Nueces Canyon. A Civil De-
fense fire truck has been .ordered
to be used in case of a fire in the
area of the Nueces Canyon school
district. The Chamber is working
closely with the Real County
Defense program and donations arc
needed from the Canyon citizens
to help pay for this fire truck
when it arrives.
Tax Facts About
Edwards County
The I960 tax roll for Edwards
County has been completed and
shows a total valuation of $8,198,-
1810, which is an increase of about
$700,000 over the previous year.
Valuation of 1,327,360 acres in
Edwards County, not including lots
in Rocksprings and Barksdale, is
$5,642,610. Town lots in Rock-
springs and Barksdale, which takes
in about 640 acres are valued at
$347,030. Stock valuations are as
follows: 1431 horses and mules,
$35,770; 14,415 cattle. $432,450;
131,246 sheep, $454,600; 191,034
goats, $429,820 ; 40 hogs, $120; 13
dogs, $650. Other assessments arc
590 vehicles, $280,930; goods and
merchandise, $95,510; miscellane-
ous properties, $26,790 ; 800.25
shares state and national banks,
$8,050; Intangible Assets includ-
ing franchise on pipelines and Rail-
road permits, $65,202; 767 miles
telegraph and telephone lines, $169.-
020; 50 miles pipelines, $210,440;
Total—$8,198,810;
Taxes to be collected through
the office of the Edwards County-
Tax Assessor and Collector are
as follows: Carta Valley School
District, $4,101.42; Rocksprings
Mrs. N. Smart, Jr.
Honored
At Gift Tea
Games This Season
Mrs. Seville C. Smart, Jr. was
honoree at a gift tea Saturday
afternoon, September 17th at the
Edwards County Park Building.
Hostesses used the bride’s chosen
colors of turquoise and white in
decoration of the reception balL i____ .. .
. . . , , games, the traditional Texas-Okla-
A large mirror over the fireplace .___. , . _ > . ,
r noma clash on the opening day of
the 1960 State Fair of Texas and
A 21 -game college and profes-
sional football schedule will be
played in the Cotton Bowl in Dal-
las this season.
The schedule includes all South-
ern Methodist University home
the
formed a background for a tall
turquoise Venetian glass bottle
with white crystal grapes at the
base. This was flanked with large
glass brandy snifters accented with
turquoise grapes.
Mrs. John Brown greeted the
guests and in the receiving line
were Mrs: Thos. L. Taylor, the
bride, the bride's mother, Mrs.
B. B. Ingham, Jr., the groom’s
mother, Mrs. Neville G. Smart.
Sr., the bride's sister. Miss Judy
Ingham and Mrs. Roy Leinweber.
The register table was covered
with a white taffeta floor-length
cloth draped with turquoise net. A
bride doll, gift from the groom, and
a turquoise vase holding white
flowers decorated the table. Mrs.
the Cotton Bowl New Year’s
Classic. A number of exhibition and
league games by the two new Dal-
las professional teams—the “Cow-
boys of the National Football Lea-
gue and the "Texans” of the Ameri-
can Football League—are also
scheduled.
The complete Cotton Bowl
schedule for the year is as fol-
lows:
August 19, Dallas Cowboys vs.
Baltimore Colts; September 2,
Troops,
Concho
with
America in
Campaign i
1*4. On that *y
ers” will be placed on flu
door of every home ia the
cil These “hangers” (ft
provided free by the Fi
Foundation. In the last
election this similar Good TOS
had much to do with the largest
' turn-out at the polls in
history. We confidently
that a new record will be set in
the November election.
The people of the United Staten
of America appreciate this Good
Tam on the part of the milhows el
boys and leaders in the Boy Scoots
of America.
Lon R. Smart, Sr., grandmother: delphia Eagles: October 2 Texacts
of the groom, presided at the Ti- ^'cw y ork T:tar.».
Tax. $32,708.21; County Tax. $80.-
687.66; LRFM, $23,302.98. School
WOMAN’S CLUB TAKES
A NEW LOOK AT
FEDERATION
As schools around the country
Dallas Texans vs. Houston Oilers: closed for the summer, a number
September 24. Cowboys vs. Pitts- ,yi campaigns were started to help
burgh Steelers; September 25. teenagers get -ammer jobs. It was
Texans vs. Los Angeles Chargers: a good idea. But the drive*, often
September 30. Cowboys vs. Pfcila- sponsored by local and state gov-
ernments, are running into some
_ .... ________ ._______ ___ - repairing
School District, $100,707.11. State bride’* book. [ October 8. Texas vs. Okla’- rr.a: working certificates even in uun-
The tea table matched the regis- October 9, Texans vs. Oakland roer. and the Federal mmiaram
ter table and the turquoise net Raiders: Octomer 15, SMU v- wage requirements, social seenri-
taxes in the Nueces Canyon School was caught with white satin bows Rice. October 16$ Cowboys ts :y and nscjme tax deductions often
District l* handled by F. W. Pope, I at the corncr?. The centerpiece Cleveland Brow - • mporary help a lot
tax assessor and collector lor the j was white mums interspersed with i Cowboys vs. Baltimore Colts. Xov- of trrnble. The day of the casual
^'slr'ct- (mi and ribbon. Poreela -t: 5 SHU Ttxa* \AM: summer such a help to eag-
Taxes may be paid in October candlelabra held turquoise tapers. November 6, Cowboys vs Eos Ac- er y :r.a-ters :n ether days, seem*
with a 3 percent discount. A 2 J The double-heart cake was decorat-! gele; Rams: November 13 Texan.; to be pas-mg—one more casualty
percent discount is allowed in Nov-|ed with love birds and sugar spun 1 vs. Denver Broncos. ot creep.r.g publx and private
roses and inscribed with the bridal, November 19, SMU vs. Bailor." bureaacrattzafie*.
couple's names. Appointments on November 20. Cow' ys r- San
the table were milk glass. • Frar cisco 49'ers; November 2r .
Serving punch and cake were SMU v* TCI . December 4. Tex- r) L *11 x D
Mrs. Ivan Smart and Mrs. Lon Uns v- Houston Oilers: Decern-er KclTHQOUlllPt KHTTIS
Smart. Jr., aunts of the groom: jj. Texan- vs. Boston Patriots:
Mrs. Rex Johnson. Mrs. Jackie] December 18. Texans vs. Buffalo G<X>d as the Best
Harris. Mrs. R. G. Leinweber. Jr. Bills, and January 2. 1*61, rise!
and Miss Neddie Clark. Assisting annual Cotton Bawl Classic.
ember and 1 percent in December.
The taxes are net in January.
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W.S.C.S. MEMBERS VISIT
SHANKLIN HOME
The W.S.C.S. members called
on Mr. and Mrs. Souli Shanklin
at their newly remodeled ranch
6 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL GAMES ON TAP
FOR THIS WEEK-END
Six Southwest Conference foot-
ball games will be broadcast Sat-
urday by the Humble Company.
In addition, the oil company will
co-sponsor a live telecast of the
Michigan State-Pittsburgh game.
The Michigan State-Pittsburgh
telecast will start at 10.45 a. m.
Central Standard Time.
The Texas-Maryland game will
he broadcast from College Park,
Md., by Ves Box and Jim Wig-
gins. Radio time will be 11:15 a.
m. (CST).
The SMU-Ohio State game will
be broadcast from Columbus, Ohio,
by Eddie Hill and Stan McKen-
zie. Radio time will be 12:14 p.m.
The Texas A&M-Texas Tech
game will 'be broadcast from Col-
lege Station by Eddie Barker and
John Smith. R adio time will be
7:15 p. m.
The Baylor,Colorado game will
be broadcast from Waco by Dave
Russell and Dave Smith. Radio
time will be 7:15 p. m.
The Rice-Georgia Tech game
will be broadcast from Houston
by Kern Tips and Alec Chesser.
Radio time will be 7:45 p. m„
The TCU-USC game will be
broadcast from Los Angeles by Bob
Walker and Glenn Brown. Radio
time will be 8:45 p. m.
—--o-o-
Mrs. Walter Thurman, Sr. has
moved to Alpine for the winter
months to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Bobby Fred and family. Mrs. Fred
is a student at Sul Ross State
College and Mr. Fred commutes
from Alpine to Toyah, where
he is teaching school.
The Rocksprings Woman’s Club
met Wednesday, September 21st
at the home of Mrs. Lowell Han-
kins with the hostesses Mesdames
Lowell Hankins, Dan McCarty,
Jess Hankins, Gaylord Hankins
and J. O. Hankins assisting with
a lovely luncheon.
The meeting was presided over
by Mrs. Hayden Haby, president,
and Mrs. Alton Miller led the first
program of the year in which the
club took a new look at Federation
work in Texas. Mrs. A. E. Mayes,
Mrs. Lowell Hankins and Mrs.
Roy Coston, Sr. gave informative
talks.
The club received one resigna-
tion and four applications for mem-
bership.
Enjoying the social and profitable
business meeting were Mesdames
Allan Dunbar, Vernon Dutton,
Dudley Edwards, Carson Gilmer,
Hayden Haby, Roy Hazzard, H. H.
Hough, J. P. King, A. E. Mayes,
Alton Miller, Bill Mitchell, Charles
Pfluger, S. S. Shanklin, Ivan B.
Smart, Fred Speck, J. E. Tatum,
Roy Baker, John Banister, John
Brown, R. R. Corder, Hugh Cos-
ton, Roy Coston, Sr., Eddie
Daughctt, H. S. Davis, Merlin
Davis, Glynn Varga, Garland Var-
ga, C. V. Whitworth, James Wit-
tenburg, Charles Townsend, Claud
Erwin, Miss Margaret Baker, Mrs.
T. V. Todd of Ft. Worth, and
the hostesses.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hutto
have moved to town and rented
Mrs. Walter Thurman’s home,
while their ranch house is being
repaired.
home, Tuesday afternoon. Rev. were Misses Portia Smart. Gre--
Mrs. Paul Perry and tiny daugh- 1 chen Whitworth, Jack.yr. Mitchell.,
ter, Julia Kay, were with the group Linda Erwin and Pam Babb,
and in Julia Kay’s basket were During the afternoon, tea mask
gifts from the members for the was presented by Mrs. Eddie
new home. ' Daughett, Mrs. Jack Whitworth.
Hostesses for the party were Jr.. Misses Bonnie Sut Smith ar:d
LETTER WRITING WEEK
Mrs. C. O. Whitworth, Mr-. Steve
Brown, Mrs. Mata Dragoo, Mrs.
Coy Dillard and Mrs. Little Ep-
person.
After everyone had enjoyed
viewing the lovely home, the host-
esses served coeoanut and choco-
late cake, sandwiches and coffee
using the Shanklin’s new china,
which had just been unpacked the
day before.
Other members of the W.S.C.S.
Connie Mitchell.
Mrs. Burkt Shanklin wa- lea 3cr
lor the program, which had tint
following numbers; sor.gs. "You
Tell Me Your Dream- ar.d 11!
Tell You Mine- and “Oh. You
Beautiful Doll”, -ur,g bv the quar-
tet. Geraldine Cook-on. Samyt
Kay Smart, Judy Greer ar.d Diar.a
Dismukes: reading “He Needs a
Lot of Loving" by Darlene Sweet-
en :and the presentation o* the
SUBSCRIPTION NOTICE
visiting with the Shanklins were j gifts by Becky Taylor.
Mesdames J. N. Whitworth, Sr.,
J. D. Varga. Walker Dismukes.
Alton Miller, Harold Hough,
Louie Babb, John Banister, Payne
Rudasill and Dud Edwards.
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WOMAN’S CLUB NOTICE
The 23r
ing Week will be ct
Rock-pr:rg-. T;xa-.
week of Octcher 2 t
announced t -day by
Claud M. Er»
P •-tmaster Err -
there ha- been a re-. :ra
al letter wntixg iar;.r
few year- *A lerer ■
most tc.T rajewl- Lug
and sittcerest means
greetings. commsasca:
news, and txcharg-g
Postmaster sa>d-
Darir.g Letter Writ
Poftmae-er Erwin -ug
individuals w~
ters: one to a
arrsal Letter Writ-!
A ftk.
Cheaper than the Rest
Smooch YearEng* — $30-00
Ram Lambs, beg encogs — $2540
James Witten burg
FRANK H. PRATT M.D.
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
—OFFICE—
Balentine Hotel
Practice of General Mehcbc al
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The rental on the Woman's ‘ renewed will be taken from the list, otser cosnrr r- a- a meat • : -
Club house has been increased to I--- tnotirg greater ' -
Subscription notices hare beet !'om w • -ua y _ -,i *
mailed to subscribers. Expiration * '"'"S time art t*t
dates appear by the rant on this reply to a mend :r re
paper. Subscriptions that rave ex- rece-rt.y *u> *e ' -
pired by September 1st and not urged corre-p-r.dir :t *
Glasses F-taed
DR C. L. BASKETT
Optometrist
$5.00 beginning October first.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Locssin and
baby’ of Elgin visited in Rock-
springs the past 'week. Mr. Loes-
sin was former pastor for the First
Presbyterian Church in Rock-
springs and is now director of
Christian Education at LaGrange.
Dime Box and Elgin.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Croft are
spending the week in Bronte with
Mrs. Croft's sister, Mrs. Jim
Anderon and family.
Mrs. Watt Turner spent Sunday
in Junction, where she attended
the funeral for J. M. Livingston.
Miss Margaret Ruth Baker has
sold her gift shop in Houston and
is spending some time with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Baker,
at the ranch.
Houston McClain of Palmer was
here this week attending to mat-
ters at the McClain Ranch.
ACREAGE SURVEY
STARTS among r
j tioES.-
Erwin an- j *-=-
Rural Mail; We art pleaded
people « i'
F osier Bldg.
Dei tc. Tc
Postmaster Claud
noucced today that
Carriers will begin d.-tribnung t'--t Am meat h -t r-eexty
I960 Acreage Survey Cards to pat- it d:strihc'f<d a record -:c IT.* Si -
rens on their routes about Sept- 6]“ volume- ee the Smptxre* a
ember 14. I this country and la-t year t
The Post Oifice and L* S Agri- The figures exceeded y a su'’-tan-
culture Departments cooperatively *iaJ tsiargm ike average f
make this survey each year. These <«00 few 6 years prex-ito- y X. - ~-
reports. directly from fanners, are ir.g bat good ear re me froea tins
the basis for official estimates for: record distr ibati.c. cc the Ei :6t_J
Texas acreage of all crops hat- ; the very best boc-k airy :oe m. ,
vested in 19fO. read.—Boontc®. X. J. Tune—Bribe - >
To be sure this community » tin-
well represented in the survey.
Postmaster Erwin urges each pat-
C. H. GILMER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Rocksprings. Tc
ron receiving a card to ful it curt
and return it to bis mailbox.
Rural mail carriers working on
this project are: Kerrville. Uvalde,
Junction, Del Rio and Brackettville.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Sorrells
of Bryan spent the week-end here
with the Alton Owens and Cli/ton
Sorrells.
. PIPE ..
i
WELL CASING
All lizes . , . . Beat prices
available in South Texas
0
Call collect or write
GENERAL SALES COMPANY
PETE KNOWLES
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29 nice young billies
FOR SALE
Good. Size -- Good Bone
Plenty of' Mohair
- -$50.00 Each
lilt,’.
ISBRINGS, TEXAS
We Will Be Closed
Monday Through Friday
September 26-30
Open Saturday Morning
October 1st
FRANCIS PHARMACY
for the younger set
Infant shoes, white.
0 to 4
Infant boots, red. sues 0 to 4
YOUNGWEAR robes in nave a
red far
folk boys 2 to 7 aid i
Little boys sorts and bow ties to znsac
DOTTY DAN
3 to 4
ft,
BARGAIN TABLE — 5$
Tot-Teen
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