The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1951 Page: 1 of 4
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Angora Goat
Capital
Of The World
Volume Thirty-Three
The Texas .Mohair Weekly
Home
Of The
Devil's Sink Hole
Rocksprings, Texas, Friday, March 30th, 1951
AT HOUSTON'S SHAMROCK—“That’s where the 1951 state FFA
Convention will be held July 11-13,” says Walter Jefferson, right,
------- ------ it from Jas * " - - - -
iptcr. Mon
expected
Forming a welcoming committee and in charge of convention en-
tertainment will be leading officials of the Houston Farm and
Ranch Club, Houston Fat Stock Show, and Agriculture Committee
of the Houston Chamber of Commerce. Information about the
convention may be secured by writing FFA Convention Commit-
tee, 8th Floor Commerce Bldg.. P. O. Box 2371, Houston, Texas.
Mrs. Preston Dial, Texas Mother Of 1950
Guest Speaker At Local Womans Club
Whittle, president of the Rock- j
springs Woman’s 'Club, called the i
On Wednesday afternoon. the ‘ terial. Mrs. J. A. Laning, former mem-
twenty first of March, Mrs. Albert: |)er alu] past president of the local
'club accompanied Mrs. Finesilver at
meeting to order and cordially wel- P'ano' an<l was wearing a hand-
corned the ninety-five members and ! some black dinner gown giving a cos-
guests who assembled in audience to! tunie effect with
Mrs. Preston Dial, Fifth District! Spanish shawl.
Chairman of Pan-American Relations! Composing the receiving line were
Number Eleven
Rocksprings Chapter 0. E. S. Holds School
of Instruction; Hosts To Grand Officers
The Order of Eastern Star, Chap-
ter No. 51, Rocksprings, were host-
esses to a school of instruction held
Tuesday at the Masonic Temple. Mrs.
Louie Babb, Worthy Matron and
Steve Brown, Worthy Patron, presid-
ed for the opening of the school. Mrs.
Byron Poulis of San Antonio, district
deputy grand matron of district 5, was
in charge of the school. Other grand
Officers present were: Mrs. Chas.
Dufner, Worthy Grand Matron and
Mrs. Leon B. Connell, Grand Exam-
iner of San Antonio and Mrs. Adriene
Moore, District Deputy ('.rand Mat-
ron of Uvalde.
A luncheon was given in honor of
die Grand Officers in the reception
room of the Balentine Hotel.
The school session was held from |
1:00 to 5:00 p. in. 35 certificates were
issued. Mrs. Steve Brown served as
secretary for the school. Mrs. E. W.
Snearly soloist and Mrs. Eric Lomax
pianist rendered musical selections for
the evening.
After the school session, a tea was
held for members and guests in the
Masonic Temple. The tea table was
beautifully laid with an orchid taffeta
cloth, the center piece being orchid
and white stock, and crystal birds
poised on crystal balls completed the
arrangement. Mrs. Thomas Glasscock
poured punch and Mrs. Crawford Mit-
chell served the cake. Mesdames Je>s
Hankins. Ivan Smart and Walker Ep-
person registered the guests.
•Chapters visiting with the Rock-
springs chapter were: San Antonio.
Leakey, LTvalde, and Sonora.
The different committees in charge
of the arrangements for the school
were: Mesdames Jess Hankins, Ivan
Smart, T. W. Epperson, Ruby Lomax.
Neville Smart, Cuss Ross, Milton
Smith, H. G. Franks, E. W. Snearly,
Thomas Glasscock, C. F. Mitchell, Asa
Tomlinson, Bryan Babb, Sidney Hyde.
Alton Owens, Hardin Tobin, Miss
Grace aBrnes and E. H. Draper.
Other members and officers taking
part in the school were: Mesdames
Word Sherrill, Frank Adams, Monte
Kirkland and Foster Owens.
Two Inch Rain Fell Here Last Week
Breaking Drought Of Long Standing
Drilling To Start
On Joe Sid Peterson Judging Contest
52 Teams Enter
Werner Ranch
bright colored j lease.
An oil drilling rig is being moved
into the Joe Sid Peterson Werner
Ranch, 17 miles northeast of Rock-
springs, off the Kerrville Highway,
The well is scheduled to go to 6.000
feet. The location is Section 69, Block
E, HE&WT Railway Company on
the Lone Star Producing Company
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and Texas Mother of 1950. Introduc-
tory remarks were made by Mrs. Otto
Cloudt. leader for the program
which was opened with prayer by Mrs.
L. L. Wilkins.
Mrs. Dial, dressed in an exquisite
hand made Panamanian costume and
wearing a medal of platinum and
gold which was presented to her by
the President of Panama for her dis-
Mesdames H. R. Bean, Preston Dial, j
Albert Whittle, Mervin Finesilver, I
Claude Hudspeth, Beulah Barker, J. j
A. Laning and Neville Smart. Mrs.
Alton Miller presided at the table for
registering.
Serving refreshments from the beau-
tifully appointed tea table were Mes-
dames Henry Lewis, a guest from
the El Progresso Club in LTvalde.
tinguished service in the field of dip-1 Jack Balentine, second vice president
lomatic relations, presented a picture-; of Fifth District, Albert Whittle. Gus
sque travelogue as she unfolded an
oration describing her recent good-will
tour, going in her official capacity,
and in the company with fourteen ot-
her ladies from federated clubs, to our
neighboring South American countries.
Assisting Mrs. Dial was Mrs. Mer-
vin Finesilver who rendered beauti-
ful vocal interludes typical of the
several cQuntries visited. Mrs. Fine
silver was charming in an original de
Storey and O. L. McNealy, Sr. Mes-
dames Paul Edwards. Howard Mar-
tindale and James Wittenburg were
in attendance to the guests. The host-
esses, Mrs. H. R. Bean, Mrs. R. R.
Corder and Mrs. Gus Young, de-
serve much cerdit for having made
the club room so attractive witli flow-
er arrangements.
Other out-of-town guests were
Mesdames Atwood and Tanner from
sign bf black lace and over her head La Pryor and Burney Pope and Eas-
she wore a mantilla of matching ma-! ley from Barksdale.
TAGRA Quarterly
Meeting To Be
Held Here April 28
President Joe Brown Ross has
called the fourth quarterly meeting
of the directors of the Texas Angora
Goat Raisers’ Association for Sat-
urday. April 28th at 10:00 a. ni., in
Rocksprings.
At this time chairmen of the com-
mittees that will function during the
Show and Sale in Rocksprings Aug-
ust 2, 3 and 4 will meet with the goat
breeders and work out details of the
event.
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On Llano Ranch
and
Sheriffs Office
To Remain Open
Saturday Afternoon
Slow, soaking rainfall which began
in Rocksprings and Edwards County
last Saturday morning and continued
spasmodically until Wednesday has
brought from two to four inches of
moisture to this section.
The precipitation extended from the
Mrs. Rose Guthrie. Deputy Sher- [Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley,
iff has announced that she will and from Marfa to the coast country,
keep the Tax Assessor and Col-i1,1 our own locality, it has meant
lector's office open Saturday af- ;that ranchers can now stop feeding,
ternoon, March 31st for the con-!an,l with the price of feed, the value
venience of tax payers who want | °f 'l,e ra'n could lie termed as a two-
to buy their new auto tags. April j million dollar rain instead of a mil-
lst new tags must be in use and < l'on dollar rain as generally spoken
a last minute rush i- expected ' **y newspaper people when refer-
this week-end.
after
extended
Easter Cantata
Well Received By
Large Audience
The Easter Cantata, “Easter An-
gels." presented Sunday evening by
the Choral Club of the Rocksprings
Music Club fell upon ail appreciative
audience. It was a memorable finale
to the Easter Day services.
The altar of the Methodist Church
was banked with Easter -lilies and
white tapers as a setting for the pro-
gram. Misses Less Wardlaw and
Mary Beth Fleischer lighted the can-
dles and Misses Benalyn Cloudt and
Amy Joyce Lomax were ushers.
The following program was pre-
Organ Prelude, Mrs. Ray
ring to moisture
drouth.
Ranchers and farmers are calling
the week-end rains a good start to-
ward breaking the drouth. They real-
ize that additional moisture will he
needed at regular intervals for the
next few weeks for the area to fully
recover from the months of arid wea-
ther.
Barksdale was reported to have
received four inches of rain. Ranchers
on the divide report at least two in-
ches or more and that i> what fell in
Rocksprings.
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Scout Executive
Reorganizing
Rocksprings Scouts
LLANO.—Fifty-two F.F.A.
4-H Club livestock judging teams
have entered the Central Texas Live-
stock Judging Contest Saturday
the Fitzsimons ranch in Llano Coun- j sented: Organ Prelude, Mrs. Ray Steve Potts of Del Rio, the new
ty, sponsored by the Llano Chamber I Moody: Invocation, Rev. Calvin Pet- Field Scout Executive for this area,
of Commerce. Jim Watkins, president, erson; “The Holy City.” choir: Pray- was in Rocksprings Wednesday pre-
reported Tuesday. The Rocksprings | er, Rev. R. T. Deep "Easter Angels." paring to reorganize the Cub Pack
F.F.A. judging team is entered in the | choral group: "Blest Be The Tie,” and Scout Troop. Scouting has been
above contest. congregation: Benediction. j more or less dormant all winter, ot-
Final entries received, Saturday, Members of the choir were Mes-flier than one den, which has been un-
which was the deadline, brought the | dames F. A. Moody. L. F. Hankins, der the direction of Mrs. Paul Ed-
total to 52 teams, which is the lar- R. G. Moody, E. W. Snearly, J. J.! wards and Mrs. George Crawford.
gest number of any year that the con-
test has been staged so far.
This is the third annual contest,
sponsored by the Llano chamber in
cooperation with T. D. Tanksley. tea-
cher of vocational agriculture at Llano
and the Fitzsimons ranch.
SCHOLASTIC CENSUS REACHES
BRUSH SHAKING STAGE
Mrs. Mollie Wilson
Dies Monday
CARROLL LANCASTER
The annual scholastic census en-
umeration in the Rocksprings Inde-
pendent School District has reached
the “brush shaking" stage. Although
state aid to public schools is now
based on average daily attendance
under the Gilmer-Aiken law instead of
the former per-capita system, the cen-
sus helps locate prospective students
who should he attending school. As
V. W. HAYHURST TO ASSUME
WORK AT JOLLA, LA.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday SchooL
_10 a. in.
_11 a. m.
from Lytle,
Worship Service_
Rev. Frank Randell
Texas, will bring the morning mes-
age. All members are urged to hear
prospective pastor.—Visi-
tors welcome.
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Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Hayhurst and
daughter, KanclI. left Rocksprings
Monday afternoon for Jolla, Louisi-
ana, where Brother Hayhurst will as- j
sume his duties as minister of the
Church of Christ at Jolla. The es-
tablishment of this church is being CITY AND SCHOOL
sponsored by the Church of Christ at ELECTIONS NEXT WEEK
Grand Prairie, Texas. j -
Brother Hugh Singleton, who has I Keep in mind the dates next week
been preaching at Whitney, Texas, for the school and city elections. Ko-
lias been selected as preacher for the tices will he found in the Weekly.
Church of Christ at Rocksprings. Mr. -o-o-
and Mrs. Singleton and four-month NANCY JEAN ROSS ON
old son plan to move to Rocksprings COLLEGE HONOR ROLL
this week._Q_o_ | Miss Nancy Jean Ross, daughter of
NOTICE GARDEN [Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ross of Rock
CLUB MEMBERS
which was completed the week of
March 12th. Miss Ross is a fresh-
man at San Marcos and is majoring
in Home Economics.
BORDER SHRINE CLUB
TO HOLD DANCE FOR
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
■v ! springs, is listed on the honor roll at
San Marcos State Teachers College.
The Garden Club will meet for its The College Star, campus newspaper
monthly meeting at 3 o'clock, April lists Jean’s name oil the honor roll
5th, at the J. L. Epperson home.
After the business meeting the fol-
lowing program will he given:
' Leader, >Mrs. R. R. Corder.
Annuals, Mrs. Vera Epperson.
Stones are good for Gardens, Mrs.
B. W. Babb.
Flower Contests.
Garden Prompter.
Visitors are very welcome.
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Hospital Notes
Mrs. Fanny Stieber was admitted
to the Memorial Hospital Tuesday as
a medical patient.
Roy Leinweber was a patient in the
Memorial Hospital this week.
Grant Seale underwent a minor op-
eration at the Memorial Hospital last
week. ,
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Dr. Frank Pratt spent a couple of
Croft. 1. \\ . Eppersron, Ray Moody, [These ladies have been Den Mothers
\V. G. Brown, Brooks Sweeten, Ed j to about fifteen boys, which number
Miller and Miss Etna Gene Barnes. | is a good deal more than recommend-
Mrs. Jack Whitworth was the ac- j ed for a den. The avearge den
companist. j should have about six boys: this num-
j her being easier for a leader to man-
! age,'
j There are a large group of boys
I eight years old or nearing that age,
who are anxious to go into Cub
,r ,, j Scouts, and more Den Mothers are
.•*JrSwMj1,e U,lson' agc, 82 -vears’ needed to take over these dens. Mr.
died Monday morning. March 26th Potts win 1)e hack in Rocksprings
at 11:30 at her home in Rocksprings. Tucsdav> April 10th to work with the
Graveside services were conducted at pack Committee tp organize these
tlie Barksdale Cemetery by Bonier dens if thcre wiH be mothers to vol-
Gist, minister of the Church of Christ! unteer to take up the leadership. At
Sonora. Interment was under the 7:30 that evening Mr. Potts will con-
ot the plinth funeral i duct a training course for Cub lea-
j ders at the home of Mrs. Paul Ed-
Loryeii j wards. Rev. Calvin Peterson has been
appointed Cub Master and Mrs. Ed-
. .wards and Mrs. Crawford will con-
the past live years. She is survived ! tinue a> Den Mothers. The Pack Com-
by a daughter, Mrs. W illie Connell j m;ttee is composed of Warren Hutt,
of Blanco and a son. George Chap- Chairman. Dan Me Knight and Paul
of
direction
Home.
Mrs. Wilson was born in
County. She had lived many years in
Rocksprings, hut liacl been invalided
Carroll Lancaster, son-in-law of
Mrs. F. T. Spence died Wednesday
evening March 28th in the Oklahoma j and- daily average attendance is rais
City Hospital. Mr. Lancaster had cd so is the state aid reimbursement.
“(been in the hospital the past three | Mrs. Paul Edwards is conducting
months, first to Temple and then at I the census for this district. An ap-
Oklahoma City. He had served the | peal is made to parents of children ...........
past year as minister of the Church of who will have passed their sixth birth-|man of San Antonio: one brother, Joe Edwards.
Christ at Pottsborough. Texas, com- day anniversary by September 1. 1951, Chant of Uvalde and two sister>. Mrs. i ^jr potts takes the place of
ing there from Schnectady, New V ork. | to make sure the youngsters are en- ;J- V\. Crvder of Post and Mrs. Laura yan $kiles as Scout Executive,
where he was minister. Mr. Lancaster umerated. All boys and girls horn bet- Reeves of Plainview.
was 28 years old at his death. He was Ween September 1. 1933 and Septem- j Relatives attending the funeral
a graduate of Abilene Christian Col-j ber 1. 1945, should be enrolled wite- were Mr. and Mrs. Willie Connell
lege. Survivors are his wife, Tom- ther they are married or single, in of Blanco and
mie Spence Lancaster, a 3 1-2 year | school or out.
old daughter, Suzanne, and a four- j
month old son. Reid Carroll.
Funeral arrangements are pending, j
Mrs. Spence left Rocksprings
Thursday morning and with her dau-
ghter, Mrs. Lee Gibson and Mr. Gib-
son of Leakey, will go to Potts-
borough where the body will he taken.
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NOTICE TO MUSIC
CLUB MEMBERS
This is to notify members of the
Music Club that the annual guest
program will be held Monday night,
April 9. The Palm Players from South-
west Texas Junior College of Uvalde
will present a three-act mystery play
“Fog Island” under the direction of
Mrs. J. H. Burns.
Please invite your guests to attend
this play at the school auditorium
at 7:45 p. m.
LON C. HILL REELECTED
PRESIDENT OF CPL
Lon C. Hill was reelected president
of Central Power and Light Com-
pany at the annual meeting of the
Mr.
Mr.
Skiles having been transferred to the
Fort Worth area. The new executive
has had four years experience in pro-
nephew. Ray (bant fe>si0I,a] scouting and an additional
five years as a Scout Troop Leader.
He will spend at least one day and
one night each month in Rocksprings
working with the packs and troop.
r, , “ 7 xi i ,n , Mr. Potts reports that Camp Faw-
1Postponement from March 29 to , ,
, , . ■ cett will open lune 10th for two. one-
April .50 ot deadline tor tiling pricing . . . ...
of Natalia.
OPS POSTPONES DATES
FOR FILING CEILING PRICES
charts by retailers affected by ceiling
price regulation 7 was announced thi
week periods. The first period will
he from June 10th through the 16th
■ ' ; price regulation / was announced tins , , . ,
company’s Board of Directors in Cor-jweek by Guy P. Allison. San Antonio and tronl -lunc ^ 1 hrough the -3rt’
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
THANKS MUSICIANS
The Border Shrine Club will hold
a dance for the benefit of the Shrine
Crippled Childrcrf Hospitals fund on
April 7, at the Fort Clark Ranch
Clubhouse. The Bobbie Brown Or- j
chestra, an eight-piece hand, has music for. faster Dance. \\ t,W_ant
been secured for the occasion. Ad-
We want to extend our thanks and
appreciation to the local men who
contributed their time to furnish
mission will be $3.00 a couple. Dance
is from 9 to 1. The cause needs
your support. If you cannot attend,
contribute.
to especially mention Glynn Varga,
Loyd Mitchell and Hilton Bean.
Hospital Auxiliary.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS: I can
lay this linoleum and save the money.
pus Christi Tuesday, .March 27.
Election of officers followed the
annual stockholders' meeting which
was held in the CPL Building. Other
officers elected were J. L. Bates, vice
president and general manager: J. T.
Persons, vice president and chief en-
gineer: Dwight Carlsen, vice president
and advertising manager: G. \\. Gil-
liam. vice president: N. A. Easter, vice
president: W. D. Boone, secretary-
treasurer: Tom D. Pierce, assistant
secretary: Alice Huebner, assistant
secretary: E. B. Rhodes, assistant
treasurer: James A. Manley, assistant
treasurer: and Garnet Menger. auditor.
district director. Office of Price
Stabilizaton.
Allison said the amendment also
extends by 30 days the date alter
which the retailer cannot sell any
item covered by regulation 7 unless
lias received acknowledgment from TueS(|av at u -,50
A LUNCHEON HONORING
O. E. S. GRAND OFFICERS
The Rocksprings Chapter No. 51
were hostesses at a luncheon in the
reception room of the Baletine Hotel.
OPS of the filing of his chart This
original deadline of April 28 is
tended to May 30.
honoring the
O. E. S. Grand Officers of Texas.
The table was laid with a white lin-
cloth. The centerpiece was formed
1 he action also extends the dead j,y orchid and white spring flowers
line from March 29 to April 30 tor
certain retailers covered by the regu-
lation to file reports with their charts
showing margins which they had dur-
nested in a silver howl, surrounding
the arrangement were crystal bird
statuettes. Places were marked by
miniature calenders in the five chapter
NOTICE OF HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY MEETING
NOTICE
The April meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association will he next Wed-
nesday, the fourth with entertainment
by the Eighth Grade. Mr. Lovelace
will talk on “Simplifying Leisure
Time Problems.”
Destructive Grass Fire Over Week-End
Damages Several Ranches Near Here
Ranchers estimated that approxima- from Rocksprings it looked
tely twelve to fifteen sections of
range burned off last Friday and
Saturday in a terrific grass fire that
swept the Dennis Pope and Bud Pope
ranches and four other ranches in a
strip from the Roy Cottle ranch, Gus
Young, Carl Pfluger and the Joe Luce
ranches. Gus Young had about 1,000
acres burned off and several hundred
acres were lost on each of the other
ranches. The Pope ranches were prac-
tically cleaned by the raging fire.
The fire could be teen for mile*, and ed to put out the worst part.
The Hospital Auxiliary will mcet jw;t|, (|lose j„ use jn the year before
for the regular monthly meeting atI tl)e Korean outbreak.
2:30 at the Balentine Hotel. April j Retailers affected by regulation 7
2, 1951. I are those selling wearing apparel.
_ .....! shoes, household textiles, furniture
IF VOL LIKE BASEBALL you 111 {|oor coverjllgs am| lamps,
enjoy William Bendix in kill the Retailers may begin to price under
L^mpire at the Angora Theatie ues- their charts just as soon as a copy of
4av April 23rd. I the chart is filed with the OPS dis-
trict office. They must price under
the chart on and after April 30.
Majority of these retailers had ad-
vised OPS they would he unable to
meet the March deadline.
■■ ■“ —*0“l>—- ' ™“ —
and Mrs. Leo Greer, Sr. were
ing the "base period" July 1, 1949, to co]ors.
June 30, 1950. I hese are the reports. Mrs. Louie Babb gave the invoca-
Allison explained, which will give j tion. Twenty members and guests
these particular retailers and OPS a
chance to compare existing margins
only a small distance from town, hut j Vlr,
the closest spot was eight miles out on called to Temple Monday to he with
the Cottle place, which burned off Mr Greers mother, Mrs. Ida Greer,
about 3 or 4 hundred acres. This I whose condition had taken a turn
could be seen from the Uvalde high-
way, and the burning stumps from a
distance looked like a lighted city.
The fire was still out of control
Saturday morning, but we understand
the rain which fell that morning help-
for the worse. Mrs. Greer had plan-
ned to come home to Rocksprings
this week-end, but after this setback,
she will have to remain in the Scott
and White Hospital for some time.
Mrs. Walker Epperson heard from her
mother Wednesday evening that Mrs.
Greer was some better that evening.
were included. The honored guests
were: Mesdames Chas. Dufner, Leon
B. Connell, Katherine Poulis all of
San Antonio; and Adriene Moore of
Uvalde. Also attending as guests
were Mrs. Potts and Mrs. Spruill of
Uvalde.
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SCHOOL ELECTION NOTICE
This is to give notice that a regular
election will be held Saturday. April
7. 1951, in Rocksprings, for the elec-
tion of two trustees for the Rock-
springs Independent School District,
at the regular voting place, the school
building.
JUHAN JENKINS, President
School Board.
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A couple who will he missed from
their post "around the square" will
be Sancho and Pearl Hyde. The
Hyde's new house is nearing comple-
tion at their ranch, and they plan to
move in right away. Pearl and San-
cho have promised us a cup of coffee
but it will be served from the Triple
H ranch for now on.
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