The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1947 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXVIII ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY JANUARY 24TH, 1947 NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
March of Dimes
Ball Games
The athletic teams of Rock-
springs, wanting to do their share to-
ward the March of Dimes drive in
the county, are donating all the net
gate receipts of the basketball and
volleyball games with the London
teams. These games are to be played
on the Rocksprings court next Tuesday
night', January 28. Remember this
date and be present, to see two good
games and to help out in a worth-
while movement. The entire proceeds,
less the expense for officials, will be
turned over to the county commit-
tee for the March of Dimes. Admis-
sion prices are 25 and 50 cents.
Rocksprings boys and girls came
home with the Junction Ragle last
Tuesday night. The girls from our
high school scored a very decisive
victory in defeating the Junction girls
by a score of 43-27, while the boys
were winning for Rocksprings High
to the tune of 20-13. This was the first
victory in six starts for the girls and
we hope has started them off on the
victory road in more games. The An-
goras were playing without the ser-
vices of two first team players. Ol-
ando Simpson has completed requir-
ed number of credits for graduation
and has withdrawn from school- to go
his home in Uvalde, while Roger Rud-
asill w-as out because of an eye in-
jury suffered in practice last' Mon-
day. He is expected to return to the
team soon.
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DANCE SPONSORED BY
LEGION
The Rocksprings American Legion
Post will sponsor the “March of
Dimes’’ dance this year, Friday even-
ing, January 24th, at the School
Gymnasium. Harrisons Texans will
furnish the music for the dance.
Everyone is invited to attend the
dance. All proceeds over the actual
expense accrued will be donated to
the Infantile Paralysis Foundation at
Warm Springs, Georgia.
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MEMORIAL TREE SELECTED
The Redbud tree has been selected
as the Memorial Tree for planting
in Edwards County. Be looking for
further notice in this paper and be
ready to give your order, so that
many trees will be blooming next
spring in honor of our boys for their
sacrificial service.
Chairman of Beautification,
Edwards County.
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WEATHER REPORT
The Rocksprings Weather Bureau
reports the following weather condi-
tions for the week, January 16th,
through January 22nd: 2.6 inches of
rainfall, and temperature 27 degrees
minimum,
Park Service Men
To Be Here Feb. 2
United States
Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Region Three
Santa Fe, New Mexico
January 20, 1947.
Mr. Dan McKnight, vice president,
Edwards County Chamber of Com-
merce,
Rocksprings, Texas.
Dear Mr. McKnight:
Reference is made to my letter of
November 14 in which I advised that
I would give you ample advance notice
of our plans to make a further investi-
gation of the Devils Sinkhole, con-
cerning which you wrote to Con-
gressman Fisher under date of Oct-
ober 4.
I regret that due to the pressure
of other business this investigation has
been necessarily so long deferred.
However, definite arrangements have
now been made for it. The party mak-
ing the investigation will include Mr.
Milton J. McColm. Regional Chidf of
Lands of this office, Mrs. John E.
Kell in charge of the Land Planning
Section and me. We plan to arrive at
Rocksprings on Sunday night, Febru-
ary 2 by auto from Carlsbad, New
Mexico, to remain there February 3
and 4 and to leave on February 5 for
San Antonio. Please let me know if
such arrangements will suit your con-
venience and if so, kindly make hotel
reservations at Rocksprings for the
nights of February 2, 3 and 4, advis-
ing me as to the accommodations re-
served.
We will be glad to meet with you
or your representative on Monday
morning, February 3 and also to have
anyone you may designate to accom-
pany us on our investigateion of the
area. In the meantime, it will be
most' helpful if you can assemble in
advance as much pertinent informa-
tion concerning the cave as possible—
its extent, area, history, exploration,
visitation, guano mining if any, etc.
It will be particularly necessary, to
have complete maps and information
showing the ownership of the lands
involved. If you can have available for
us on our arrival suitable photo-
graphs of the cave itself and the
country immediately surrounding, we
will appreciate it.
Sincerely yours,
M. R. TILLOTSON,
Regional Director.
Anyone having any pictures, or
any other matter that might be used
by the representatives of the National
Park Service, are asked to please
turn these pictures over to M. E. Stone
or Warren Hutt, so they might be
presented to these genetlemen when
they visit our section February 2.
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Hayden Jones, student of the Uni-
versity of Texas, is spending a few
days at home, between semesters.
Dan McKnight to
Head C. of C.
V
The Edwards County Chamber of
Commerce met in the Central Power
and Light office Tuesday night,
January 21, 1947 ifor the purpose of
installing the new directors and elect-
ing the officers for the ensuing year.
Ned Dunbar, Frank Higgins, Bob
Salyer, *Coy E. Dillard and Warren
Hutt were installed as directors. The
following officers were elected: Pre-
sident, Dan McKnight; First Vice
President, Coy E. Dillard; and Sec-
ond Vice President. R. W. Shepperd.
The outgoing president, H. W.
Bierschwale, in his farewell address
thanked the directors, secretary, and
every other person who assisted him
in whatever success was attained in
the Chamber of Commerce through-
out the year. Director, J. W. Richard-
son commended Mr. Bierschwale
highly for his leadership and the work
done in the organization the past year.
President Dan McKnight appoint-
ed the following committees: Hospital,
Coy E. Dillard, Bob Salyer, H. W.
Bierschwale, and J. L. Balentine; Pro-
gram, R. W. Shepperd, Frank Higgins,
and R. R. Corder; Business firm
membership, M. E. Stone, B. C. King,
and Ivan Smart; and Advertising, E.
I. Miller, Warren Hutt, and M. E.
Stone.
The Edwards County Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring the City-
County Hospital project and will
send a petition to the Commissioners
Court asking for a bond election.
Every citizen of the county is urged
to join this organization and lend his
assistance to make it a success.
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Judge Johnson
Undergoes Surgery
Judge Lee Johnson was taken to
San Angenio ten days ago for medi-
cal observation, and an operation was
found to be necessary, which was per-
formed at the Nix Hospital, Wednes-
day of this week. All members of his
family went to San Antonio this week
to be with him and friends also
were there to give blood if necessary.
Reports Wednesday evening, were
that he had stood the operation, and
that Ray Moody and another young
man had been the donors. Apparent-
ly the operation was not as severe as
first thought, and hopes are high for
his speedy recovery.
OIL NEWS
Workmen at the Ray Pool oil well
on the Joe Sid Peterson ranch, are
running pipe in the well, preparatory
to acidizing it.
The new rig on the Dan Auld-Pet-
erson No. 1 oil well. Kerrville high-
way, was completed this w’eek, and
the crew plan# to start drilling Satur-
day.
Freeze Does Much
Damage to Lines
The worst blizzard in the his-
tory of this secion was experienced
over the week-end, when the the-
mometcr began to drop Thursday
morning and rain and sleet began to
fall bv, ten o'clock. Within twenty-
four hours trees began to break un-
der the weight of the ice, and the
elephone lines showed signs of break-
ing. By Saturday, a good portion of
the lines in the city w-ere down, break-
ing posts as they fell, and practically
all the country lines were out. Long
distance service was also unavailable
at that time.
Street Gilmer, manager of the Rock-
springs Telephone Company says that
considerable damage was done and
could not begin to estimate the cost.
Work has begun on reconstruction of
the system, and Mr. Gilmer hopes in
another week to have his customers
connected, if only through temporary
construction.
The ranch people are doing all they
can to repair their own lines, and
Mr. Gilmer has the promise of crews
from neighboring towns, to assist him
as soon as they repair their own dam-
age.
The Bell Telephone Co. lines from
Rocksprings to Kerrville, were severe-
ly damaged, and reports lines and
posts down in a stretch of forty miles.
The foreman of the Bell Co. crew
told a Rocksprings business man Mon-
day, it would take approximately $60,-
000 to repair this line. The line from
here to Sonora is in practically the
same shape, and the San Angelo Bell
Telephone Co. crew is at work in
this section.
As the blizzard became more ap-
parent last Thursday and Friday and
ice began to form on the Central
Power and Light Company lines, Bob
King, manager of the local office call-
ed the Uvalde district office to send
a crew of linemen to Rocksprings in
case any trouble occurred. On their
way to Rocksprings the linemen
struck no ice until they reached the
canyon, but from there on to Rock-
springs the conditions became worse.
Mr. King and L. E. Dean, fore-
man of the ten man crew wrorked until
midnight Friday. The lights were off
only about five hours that evening,
and again Sunday morning, as the
ice had begun to melt, and for fear
lines might break and fall, injuring
someone, all electricity was turned off
until the lines were completely free
of ice. The crew stood by until Sun-
day watching and repairing the lines
as they fell, so that no damage to
property or persons occurred.
V. C. Mvrick, district manager,
was in the Weekly office Tuesdaj-,
and said that the trouble in the lines
was located by plane, twenty-seven
miles on the Sonora line. The com-
pany was fortunate in not having any
poles to break.
The foresight on Mr. King's part
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