The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1968 Page: 1 of 13
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Rowena s Fall
Moonlight
Madne:
Festival Scheduled
This Sunday
Tuesday
and
t^e Bearcat Band!
National Farm-City Week
Begins November 22nd
Floye
Gary
Joel
Mike
Texas Sulfur
Being Shipped
Thru Ballinger
through 5 p
cember 3.
their
stock
every
Ledford. Joe Hambright, D. B.
Crockett. Z I. Hale. Ebb Grind-
staff. Ferris Akins, and Avanell
McQueen.
next century depends on plan
ning for use of the countryside
and developing town and coun
try economies.
Miss Merry Christmas
Entries Accepted Until
December 3rd
Man from Winters Tops
Football Guessers
No entry fee is involved in th
contest.
Mr. ,*nd Mrs. Arthur Gully
and Mr. and Mrs. Roman Mut-
ter have been in charge of pub
licity for the festival.
Entertainment stands will in
elude the fish pond, teddy bear
stand, dart stand and the kiddie
stand, in addition to the bingo
games.
A. W. Strube Jr. is general
chairman of the festival. He is
assisted by Werner Halfmann,
co-chairman. Ludwig Schwert-
ner is chairman of the meats
committee; Weldon Buxkemper
and Norbert Moeller are cotton
chairman and co-chairman.
Many communities through-
out America will be having spe
cial observance programs. The
week is sponsored nationally by
KHwanis International in co
operation with soil and water
conservation districts.
Contestants must be enrolled
in a Ballinger area school, and
a member of the 10th. 11th, or
12th grade
decade’s farmer may wear
Community resources projects
need local action, he said.
"Such projects involve town
folks as well as country resi-
dents. Soil Conservation Service
technical staffs, located in near-
ly every county In Texas, are
available to help the planners. .
Other federfl and state organi-
sations sr< ajso geared to offer
Persons submitting ballots
that had vo games missed in-
cluded Harvey Kahlden, Sim
Farly Mass will be held for
members of the parish, so they
can get underway with final
preparations for the affair —
one that’s been held every year
since 1922 except during the
years of World War II.
It took a man from Winters
to win tho football contest where
Ballinger and Winters were
playing each other!
Pastor at St. Joseph’s Church
is the Rev James Bridges.
Tickets to the dinner — which
"Farm-City Week this year
focuses attention on the quality
of our resources — our environ
ment.’’ Hoffman Mid. "While
resources are of special concern
to conservation districts, these
elements of our natural en-
vironment are of critical Im-
portance to all people whether
they live in the city or in the
country."
Much of the sulfur being pro-
duced from the new west Texas
fields is being shipped through
Ballinger on its way to the Gulf
coast, Santa Fe Railway Agent
David McAlister said recently.
The day will begin early Sun-
day for members of St. Jo-
seph’s Catholic Church at Row-
ena — for they’ll be getting
ready to serve between 2,000
and 3,000 people at the Fall
Festival.
future — with enough startling food
for thought U> satisfy the most avid
not, we
through
It was a tie for second
third place this week, between
Mike Murchison and Gary
Proffitt They were off 14 points
on the Bgllinger Winters score,
both with 21 13 picked.
Some 40 bales of cotton have
been donated to be auctioned
off. C. Smithwick will be auc-
tioneer, assisted by Clifford
Frey, Stanley Broz, C. J.
Matschek Sr. and Matt Kalina.
By Mr». Ellen Perry Xj-
£■☆☆☆☆☆ ☆☆☆☆☆
The week of November 22 28
has been designated 1968 Na-
tional Farm City Week by
President Johnson. Woodrow-
Hoffman of the local Soil Con
servation Service said this
week.
Hoffman said that the event
is an example of the recogni
tion given by eivic clubs and
other town and city groups to
the internendence of farm and
city people
President Johnson, in his proc-
la ma'on of Natitmal Farm-
CUv Week said the duality and
of the winner
at the close of
Parade on Satur
Judging in
year will be
evening De
over pro
previous
chairman of the Kitchen Commit-
tee, with the other women serving
as co-chairmen. Serving will begin
at 11 a. in. Sunday and continue un-
til 2 p. m. for the noon meal; even-
ing meal will be served starting at
5 p. m. A dance will begin at 8 p.m.
in the Parish Hall, with music fur-
nished by Adolph Hofner. (Ledger
Staff Photo.)
Santa Fe has entered into a
contract with the Duval Cor
poration for construction of 31
miles of new track for trans-
porting molten sulfur. The new
line will serve the plant Duval
will be building in Culberson
County in W«-st Texas, and will
transport the sulfur to Uie Gulf
coast
In the kitchen, Mrs. Victor
Schwertner is chairman, with
Mrs. Arnold Frerich and Mrs.
Werner Lange as co-chairman.
Other committee members in-
clude Mrs. Werner Halfmann
and Mrs. A. W. Strube Jr.
In charge of table servers
and table decorations are Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Fuchs and Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Zly. Hostesses
wift-be-Miesro Buby Zak, Carol
Steinbeck. Susanne Moeller,
Patricia Franke and Theresa
Lange.
Edmund Binder and Arthur'
Wilde will be in charge of perk-
PLANNING THE WORK — Pre-
paration of food for the annual
Pali Festival at St. Joseph’s Catho-
lic Church, Rowena, has taken lots
of planning in advance . . . and
these women have been doing
much of it. Pictured from left to
right are Mrs. Arnold Frerich, Mrs.
\ ictor Schwertner, and Mrs. Wer-
ner Lange. Mi’s. Schwertner is
Retail Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce is
new
sponsoring a
sale next Thursday evening ..
is usual at 5 p. m
Next
fins and goggles to work. He may even
live under the sea as he harvest the
ocean deep in his submarine tractor,
keeping an eye peeled on his fish cor-
ral as he works. The fact is that in
thevnext thirty years the world’s farm-
ers will have to feed six billion people'
Few people are aware of the work our
industries and government ate doing
to develop acquatic tools, experiment-
ing with new way* of living under
water and trying to learn how to grow
and harvest food from the sea. To-
day, only one per cent of all food
comes from the sea. But that one per
cent is so nutritious it actually ac-
counts for 12 per cent of all the pro-
tein consumed on our planet. No fish
story, but an enlightening underseas
"Individual lives will be shap-
ed. loo, by whether our core
cities are restored — and
whether suburban growth is
translated into durable and de
sirable forms of community de
velopment,” the President said.
Entries in the contest to se-
lect the lovely >oung lady to
carry the title for the coming
year are now being accepted
at The Ballinger Ledger and the
Chamber of Commerce offices.
This sulfur McAlister said,
■will be routed through a more
northern route on the Santa Fe.
while the mineral from the
fields around Fort Stockton will
continm to Im- routed through
Ballinger.
There are four dimensions to every
thing
cost.
Presentation
will be made
the Christmas
day. December
the contest this
held on Friday
cember 6 — a change
cedures followed in
years.
It's Mtss Merry Christmas
time again.
Mr and Mrs Earl Pearse
who have been making their
home in California for the past
30 years, moved back to Ballin-
ger last week to make their
home They are living at 904
Harris St.
Sharp,
Proffitt
Butts.
Murchison, D B. Crockett, Bud
Everett. J. T Isbell, H. Atnipp,
Sim I-edford, C. C. Qualls.
Avanell McQueen, Charles Did-
way, David R. Carroll, Eskell
L’owvll, Z I Hale, Sharon
Afflerbach, Gene Keel, Bud
Coursey. C. M. Laurence,
James Fowler, Gene Temple-
ton, Loye Sharp. Janice Ama-
rine, Joe Hambright, Phillip
Buchanan, Kelly Chapman, and
H R Kahlden.
jnger
ing something
are
ness
the stores will close
and open up again
main open until 9 p. m. . . . This w;ll
give those who work as well as all oth
ers an opportunity to begin
Christinas shopping before the
has been picked over ... Most
merchant in town will be participating
in the venture . . . Make your plans
to come to town shopping next Thurs-
day evening when you’ll find complete
selections, can shop in leisure and find
some real bargains in store for you.
You may get some ideas for your
Christmas giving by taking advantage
of this ‘‘Moonlight Madness" buv'ng
Microfilm Sa lot 4 Servlet
P. 0. Box 45436
Dallas, Tx. 75235
Hoffman suggested that Farm-
City Week events might include
joint efforts by farm organiza
tions, civic and business groups,
youth and women’s clubs
Orderly development of Texas’
urban open spaces, pollution
control, flood prevention, rural
recreatioa and nature areas,
highway beautification and
wildlife protection were listed
by Hoffman.
begins at 11 a. m. — will ho
$1.50 and 75 cents.
Menu will include turkey and
dressing, German sausage,
slaw, potatoes, pie or cake,
coffee or tea.
were a professional writer I
write an article about safe
— obeying the traffic signs
11 about careful driving
for the
treels and
we know
Matron's Visit
■
■•■. . tef . y, bat 1,.
If 1
would
driving
... in fact
We have these traffic light
safety of those using the
highway* ... Of course
that tT.e .gt-een Tight'Yneans to "£<>“
and the red light to "stop" but there
are scads of folks using the highways
through town that seem to have these
"go” and "stop” signs reversed. Fo"
instance . . .the other day a car was
being driven down Hutchings Avenue
and the light was green ... the driver
stopped and waited until the light
turned red and then proceeded . . .
that was at the corner of Hutchings
and Eighth . . . when the car ap-
proached the next corner the light
was green and agaip the driver stop-
ped and when it turned red, the car
proceeded . . . that was as far as 1
could watch... I hope luck held out and
they were able to reach their destina-
tion . . . Tuesday when all the crowd
Mas gathering at the courthouse
Square there were some drivers that
paid no attention to the red lights
and kept driving through the crowd
. . , another day. two cars were driv-
ing down the highway, side by side,
the drivers talking . . . they wen’
through two red lights, just after they
had changed to red . . . Folks . . . we
all know with such practices as these
that sooner or later, there’s going to
be a grinding wreck . . . Please, for
your sake ami for the sake of all who
may be on the highways and streets,
let’s watch these traffic lights . . .
they're here for our protection ... If
I were a professional writer, 1 might
be able to get across that these prac-
tices are dangerous. It is impossible
for our officers to see all these traffic
violations, they can’t be on every
corner through town, but whether
there is a policeman standing there or
know better than to drive
red lights.
Joel Butts of 504 Bowen in
Winters was first place winner.
He — like many others this
week — missed no winners in
his selections And he was off
just 13 points in the Ballinger
Winters game. He had the
score picked at Ballinger 13,
Winters 8.
tron of Balling* Chapter No
2M Order of Eastern Sfor, wen
in the East for the negniaj
meeting of the chapter Monday
evening. „
Plana were made for tte xfo
it of Mrs Jeffle Robert* fo
Robert Lee, Deputy ^Grapd
Matron of District Vi Section I,
Grand Chapter of Texas O EX
at the Christmas party W 1K
cember 9 in the Masonic Hag.
Plans were also made for the
Eastern Star School at Instruc-
tion which will be heM hi tai
Angelo on February 11, IMS, $t
which Mrs. Jack Wheelee*.
Mrs. M. A. Foy and Ml*.
Clyde Gabbert will be in charge
of the Welfare Program and
also the Drill.
Twenty-fifth certificate* were
presented Mrs. Iona Teague Of
Austin, Mrs. Don Jackson, Mr*.
Hallie Parker, Mrs. Mae Set-
ser, Mrs. Clyde Gabbert and
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Largent,
At the social hour, Mr*.
Archie Miller. Mrs. Mac Set-
ser, Mrs. Gene Heidenbeimor
and Mrs Willie Hoover wero
hostesses and served pwjdin
pie with drinks, d
Just one miss was marked
ballots from
Steve Everett,
Don Emmert,
A Henderson
i .’’ajt-.s f
OES Plans for
-
Members of the parish have
donated 27 hogs, two steer*, 110
turkeys and uncounted peeaa,
apple and cherry pie*.
Dressing will be made by a
22-member committee, hooded
by Mrs. Louise Hoelscher.
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Perry, Richard H. The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1968, newspaper, November 14, 1968; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1184344/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.