The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXVIII_ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS,
“East of Pecos” Weekly Goes on
Judge Dead A Long Journey
FRIDAY MARCH 8TH, 1946 NUMBER FIVE
Crews Bring U.S. Asks That
Out Many Bodies Franco be Removed
SAN ANGELO, Tex.—Funeral ser-
vices were held at Christoval, Tex.,
Monday for Judge James Ford, 81,
former newspaperman, druggist, ranch-
man, stock farmer and justice of the
peace.
Judge Ford was known in West
Texas as the “Law East of the Pe-
cos,” but objected' to the title.
Forced into the position of justice
of the peace in 1900 because he con-
sidered Christoval an unsafe place for
his and othe families, Judge Ford is
credited with breaking the wild ele-
ment in the town and starting the
town on its way) to becoming a resort
place.
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Veterans Are Now
Filling Colleges
SAN MARCOS, Tex.—Veterans
with an eye on an education under
ithe G. I. Bill of Rights have flocked
to Southwest Texas State College
here for the spring semester. At pre-
sent over 30 per cent of the entire en-
rollment consists of student veterans.
Among the attractions for the vet-
erans, in addition to a highly diversi-
fied course selection, has been the
adequate housing facilities available
since the recentlyi-closed San Marcos
Army Air Field turned a large hous-
ing project over to the college.
Single veterans receive their tui-
tion plus $65 per month for subsisten-
ce; married veterans are entitled to
$90 in addition to their tuition.
Among the 240 veterans enrolled at
Southwest Texas State, is Robert
Preston Taylor, a sophomore from
Rocksprings is listed. He is the son
of Mrs. C. L. Taylor.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
For Common School Districts of
Edwards County
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF EDWARDS.
To All Whom this May, Concern:
It is hereby ordered, and notice is
hereby given, that there will be held
an election on Saturday, the 6th day of
April, A. D. 1946, at all regular vot-
ing places in the Common School
Districts of Edwards County, for the
purpose of electing School Trustees
for said Common School Districts, in
said County, to serve for the ensuing
term.
The polls at sa/id election shall be
opened at 8 o’clock A. M. and shall
not be closed before 7 o’clock P. M.
J. L. JOHNSON, County Supt.
* Edwards County, Texas.
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The Chamber of Commerce will
now meet every first Monday night in
each month at luncheon at one of the
hotels in the city. Place of meeting
will be announced one week in advance.
The Texas Mohair Weekly
Rocksprings, Texas
Gentlemen:
I thought you would be interested
in knowing about the “trip" several
of your papers have taken. It happen-
ed as follows:
One day after my husband, Robert
Bost, had returned to Saipan for the
third time, he was assigned to a de-
tail as was usual at that time. He
heard one of the soldiers speak to the
sergeant about being from Texas, so
he asked the sergent his hometown.
It was T. A. Rolston, of Rocksprings.
After an exchange of information
about their last homes, Mr. Rolston
offered Mr. Bost several issues of
your paper. Since receiving his dis-
charge, Mr. Rolston has forwarded
several more issues of the Mohair
Weekly it© my husband, and he has
sent them on to me. I received four
issues this morning, dated Jan. 4-25,
and have enjoyed reading news of
our friends.
Mr. Bost recently received a T-4
rating. He has been doing a job he en-
joys for about 3 months—caring for
wrood-working tools. He should be eli-
gible for processing for the stateside
trip. In the meantime lie’s spending
part of his time 'taking USAFI cour-
ses at the Marian as University. So
far he has completed a course on
dairying and is now studying photo-
graphy.
In one of his classes, Mr. Bost’s in-
structor made some remark about
Texas. Mr. Bost took it up so the
man said something about the rocks
and hills and dry country of West
Texas. Mr. Bost replied that real es-
tate men of West Texas said that all
that part of the country needed was
just a few more good people and lots
of water. The instructor repeated, “A
few more good people and lots of wa-
ter. They say that’s all that’s needed
in hell, too.” The poor fellow was from
the middle west, so didn’t know what
a good place West Texas is. Mr. Bost
and I arc looking forward to becoming
West Texasites again during the sp-
ring or early summer.
Siifterely,
MRS. R. H. BOST.
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BABY’S LIFE EBBS AS MOTHER
TRIES TO GET PARTY LINE
INDIANAPOLIS. — Three-year-old
Walter Montgomery poked' a piece of
wire into an electrical circuit outlet
while standing on a metal register in
his home and died while his mother
tried frantically to gain release of a
busy eight-party telephone line for a
call for help.
“My baby is dying,” she screamed in-
to the telephone.
“We’ll be through in a minute,”
was the haughty reply Mrs. Elvis
Montgomery said she heard.
The father then raced the boy to
a doctor in his automob'lr, but he
was dead upon arrival.
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—A caravan of
ambulances Monday night began bring-
ing out the bodies of 23 persons kill-
ed in the mountainside crash of an
American- airliner. Bodies of two ba-
bies were brought out Sunday. Two
adults si,ill had not been found.
Navy and Red Cross ambulances
were to bring the bodies, most of them
burned beyond recognition, to mor-
tuaries here.
The grim task of gathering the bo-
dies from the steep slope of 6,000-foot
Terra Blanca peak began after sher-
iff’s deputies and a 50-man navy crew-
pushed a narrow road up the moun-
tain.
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Caution Issued
on Typhus Fever
Inasmuch as typhus fever is, even
this early in the year, showing an in-
creased incidence over the State, Dr.
Geo. W. Cox, State Health Officer,
today issued an urgent appeal to every
Texan to cooperate in rodent control
measures.
“The conquest of typhus fever in |
Texas is far more complete," Dr. Cox
declared. “There is still entirely- too
much of this disabling disease.
“Concentrated effort and close co-
operation from every citizen of Texas
is urgently needed if typhus fever is
to be brought definitely under con-
trol,” Dr. Cox continued, "and this
certainly must be done if our public
health in Texas is to be protected.”
As'typhus is spread by the flea which
feeds on typhus infected rats, control
measures, according to Dr. Cox, de-
pend on rat extermination through
means of starving out and building
out rats as well as trapping and pois-
oning them. He stated that regardless
of what a fine garbage collection and
disposal system a community main-
tains, it is practically worthless in ro-
dent control unless garbage is put in-
to (and not beside) a garbage pail
and the pail kept covered at all times.
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Radio announcement at 6:15 o’-
clock Thursday morning was to the
effect that the Long Line Telephone
strike, scheduled to take effect at 6:00
a. m., our time Thursday morning
had been called off by Union offi-
cials, agreement having been entered
into by both management and union,
with appreciative advances given tele-
phone workers. Several offices in
Texas were closed Thursday morning
at 6:00 o'clock, on accoount of not
having received official notification of
the agreement at that time, but are
now- back to normal working sche-
dule.
G. F. Lee is spending this week in
south Texas cities on a business mis-
sion.
\\ ASHING I ON.—’I he United Sta-
tes, Britain and France Monday ask-
ed the Spanish people to cast Gen-
eralissimo Franco by peaceful means,
abolish his Falange party, and set up
a “caretaker” government pledged to
hold free elections. The declaration
stopped short of an immediate diplo-
ma: ic break with the Spanish regime
but said the nation faces an interna-
tional cold shoulder until it gets rid
of the dictator.
At the same time, the U.S.—which
pro[>osed the three-power statement
on Spain—made public 15 documents
captured in Europe, citing chapter and
verse of Franco’s ties with Hitler
and Mussolini, and his fervent hopes
that the Axis would win the war.
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Texas Roadside
Development Up
We are all familiar with the excel-
lent work done by the Texas High-
way Department in beautifying the
highways by planting tres and shrubs,
opening roadside parks, and placing
historical markers at appropriate sites.
This very fine project- was discon-
tinued in 1942 because of the war,
but it is now being renewed as a
very intensive “Living Memorial”
program. Is it hoped that the citi-
zens of Edwards county will partici-
pate by appointing committeemen
from all civic organizations and by
devoting their individual efforts Ho-
ward making the project a success.
Mrs. Dan McKnight, who will serve
as county chairman, plans to call a
general meeting one day next week
(time and place to be announced)
and all persons interested are urged to
attend.
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Railway Unions
Order Big Strike
AUSTIN.—A strike order calling
for locomotive engineers and trainmen
on Texas railroad lines to join a na-
tiomvide strike beginning Monday at
6 a. m. has been received here by Joe
Steadham, Texas state representative
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train-
men. from Cleveland headquarters of
the two railway brotherhoods.
Steadham said the nation has been
divided into four sections for s-trike
purposes. Railroads in the Western
group will strike on Monday, March
11; Southern group on Tuesday, March
12; Northeastern group on Wednes-
day, March 13, and Southeastern group
on Thursday, March 14.
Texas railroads are included in the
Monday and Tuesday groups. Ten
Texas trunk systems and their termin-
als in San Antonio, Dallas, Fort
Worth, Houston, Port Arthur, El Pa-
so and other cities will be tied up
in teh strike, Steadham said.
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