The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1956 Page: 1 of 12
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DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF TAFT AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
VOL. 33--EST. 1921—PRICE TEN CENTS
TWELVE PAGES
TAFT, TEXAS, THURSDAY MARCH 1 1956
tittle League- Official i
To Speak In Taft
Next Tuesday
N F. Thompson district six
■ h.'i’rm.iii <j( ihe Litile League As-
sociation. will speak in Taft at
1:30 p.m nr.-* Tuesday March >' i
in ihc t.oftion Hull Mr Thnmpscr. j
" ill bring the Taft League officials i
and interested parties up to d-itc
on oil nf the rule changes, ct. .. in
Little League operation this year
'this will be the first year that
Taft has entered the official Li»-
ichedult;
Open Mouse Set \
Monday by Scbo
LUAMS REALTY
Proclamation
tic play-off
and as such
day will have certain rules to
cl'Cin by List year tfie league
■v as run according to official Lit-
t!c League rules but the Taft
j teams did not enter the district
j play.oft
GREETINGS. Rotary tianque' for the tlUMlwfi
and a concert by the band, Oi
The greatest source of assurance for the future of added feature to the program ft
the American way of life is our Public School System, >ear wi!1 be.a day-jem* dsuae
which enables our youngsters to become familiar with *^at^t°fwoTfit'
the magnificent history of men and events which has in the showroom of Cage iSfada
made our Republic the most powerful, respected and Sales end Service,
favored country the world has ever known. ™ StaS"*!
The public schools provide the tools of knowledge ate first to the fourth graft
which will equip our young men and women to become each class }>einj J
constructive and responsible citizens in this land of t*£%'
freedom. jwill start at 8:45 with Mr*. M
We have a great responsibility to maintain and ad- Kirk’s first grade room &k
vance the ideals and standards which our people havej^1 Mrs^'c
come to expect of their public schools. We must keep j group wiii also conduct their roa
pace with the growing needs of our schools by provid-1arithmetic. dw«
ing new classrooms, improved methods and by encour- S* §
aging loyal, able, qualified men and women to adopt j actors. Phomcs and word aits*
teaching as a lifetime career. v,ii! ** riext wW* **»• **-
NOW. THEREFORE, 1, as Mayor of Taft, do ^*2
hereby designate the week of March 5 •• 10, 1956, as noon classes will start ?t h
Claude Ekhblatt, president of
dw l ift League, has also an-
nounced that he plan* to resign
tn> job at the meeting Tuesday
to him will
frills! .<ntl «i filiv t
probably be named
Wm. A. Schmidt
To Seek ik-ibefion
As Taft Mayor
Mayor Bill Schmidt announi «-<i
: tliis week that he would be a
I e; ndidarr foi re-elec tion on April
| i A mayor and tv. o city com-
tnissioncts will lie elected on this
j date
Previously Roy Johnson, one of
'he present commissioners, had
announced that he would seek a no
| ther term. Bert Toland. the other
j -ommissioner. will not be a eand-
j i date for re-election
l'p to press time on Thursday
morning there had not beer any
other candidates file foi either
the mayor's post or one of the
ci mmissioner s jobs. The dead
line for Ming for either office is
mid-night. Saturday March 3.
The office of city recorder will
also appear on ihe ballot. VV R
j Jennings has held this job for a
1 number of years and plans to ask
j for re-election.
Blood Bank To Be
Held la Taft
On March 121 13
While Mr. Calhoun could not
give the company's official posi-
tion in regard to the request for
right-of-way since the highway is
still in the talk stage; however,
he did indicate that the railroad
would look favorably on the pro-
ject if the «i?y could give them
land on the south side of the
track in exchange for a 2(1 foot
strip on the north side of the rail-
road property.
Widening of the road on the
railroad side would also entail the
j tearing down of the pi ?«ent depot
another 10-
The Williams Realty Ompany '
owned md operated by Mi and!
Mrs Clifford Williams, mover! in-
to their new building on Highway ;
JX1 hi fv -c Hamilton t',rw«r> and j
KdLam Oliver Co this week. Tire
building is owned by Or and Mis
1. Pen t od
The new office is atreonditinned
has a cork firm! and has a small [
start' r-mm in the rear of the!
main off'ir
Mrs Williams h.,* bra'll engag 1
ed in thi- real estib business ini
Taft for a-vt rat years and was1
joined m the t.usu t'-t by tier bus,
f ind last ye.it.
i School. Sdhoiattsc#
Show InsreiuMt Of
S3 For Next Yew
heM «tartiag at 7 jijb., jjnM|
March 5 in »!5 teptutans)a dM
schools. Teaahet* anti p^le.v;
be ««. hand in esefe raxa My
p;*m the v.oefs fiat ‘Styf ig
been dsinp.
Wednesday the six fraaM'f*
the junior h«h school s£«s
spelling bet. wiP appe^dr fit »
program a t the Kiwanlfi Clip *
challenge the KJrosrfcqs to *.*fijt*
fng bee. The six chlhsien -re $
ble Roberts, mt strode; tml
■ iCtervilL mm
and u-ii.iiiriiiig it on
cation.
The scholastic census for the
Taft Independent School District
was recently completed, ft shows
an actual count of 1928 pupil* in
the district Stir next school year
and it is estimated by Supt. D.
L. Woodson that the district will
receive S5 transfers for the next
year. This will make ts total of
1993.
This year the school is being
paid on 1938 scho’aslics, including
t'-anslers.
Equalization Of
Property Studied:
Opening Of 1956 ^ Schoo! Boord
% , j The Taft Independent Sci..
Baseball Season
_____ _____ ______„ ________ School
I Board met in spc< ia! session Tues-
day evening to consider the pro-
blem of appointing a board of
equalization for the coming >ear.
A number of citizens of the dis-
trict were invited to atlend tbc-
meeting to enter into the dis-
cussion. They were as follows:
Marshall Questman. Malcolm
Moore, George Wither. C C. Cai-
Iroll. George Culli and A C. lutt.
!Several others were invited to
abend the meeting but were un-
able to do so.
Chis. H. Mayo, president of the
school hoard, outlined ihe problem
faring the school district. Accord
irig to Mr. Mavo the district must
undeigo a complete revaluation of
ail property within the .-t.Tret
with the thought in mind of bring-
ing the values up to 20 to 25 per
cent of actual values
‘The growing needs of the diis- j
trirt are such that more money
is needed with which to run ;
flic school system.'- Mr. Mayo
pointed out. "and on top of that j
w e must get out values in good j
enough shape that money ran be J
! secured to build the badly need-
ed classrooms "'
Mr. Mayo |sainted out that one
of the mast glaring inequalities
in the Taft School District is
(he fart that farm improvements
are not placed on the tax roll.
The best farm land in the dis-
trict is now carried on the tax
rolls at $38.50. However. Mr. Mayo
went on to jxiint Oul that values
— property in Taft were equally
Wolf, Arlene
Luce, and Stanley ESej’CT U
grade; and Jimmy Walk®: . 8
grade. Mr*. Ewell Sesisosri tr, j
sponsor of the spellers.
The final scheduled c-vcat j
the week will i>e a ooKcnt p
on by the Taft. High Scfetw* Sa
and the Junior Band, The m
cific invitations being issued
through the children during each
I of the four days in order to a void
j crowding. Parents are invited to
I eat lunch with their children any
j of the days
j A parent-teacher meeting has
j been set for Thursday night with
| ihe board of trustees as hosts,
j The Stephen F. Austin School in
| Gregory will observe a program
just the same as Clark School.
In the high school parents are
invited to visit classes during any
of the four days.
The high school band and chorus
will furnish the program for a
P.-T.A. meet mg in Gregory, a 1st
on Thursday night.
MSM4{. from 7 to 10 p.tn
Final Plans bir the new $121) 000 I ul‘ sh''f’ *n J,n‘
Firs. Met «bs! Church ethical urn- 'Shop- Members of -
a) hu.ldic:,- ive Ix'en receivetFn! !n ' ( 11 ■' w 11 ',ssl
..nd eight Mt, are ».m in the Iwt*''k durm« ^
Hindi uf contr.-i. for* with t p m [
March ,'ih ’ as tbc tirnc lot ! f?
receiving t>. bids, according to j JfcilOOl
C. J Tolanu i hairmnn of tiii'.|^__ii
building ■ mnmittre UrOWS laTG
Ttic pioji..-e'' edui itional build-j •> Jt/w
ing wall be 'Ault on die site of the j B A XwOll
old building whirl; will tic moved i With the filing
before com*ruction starts. | trustee in the Taf
A total of 22 Sunday School 'School district atlil
rooms have been provided in the | away March 27
proposed plans together with a I has filed and one o
fellowship 1 al! us! kitchen, church r;j|V stated that
■ Parade Planned
: Ta Climax
i
Girl Scout Week
On Sunday morning. March 11,
all the Girl ScouU ai.d Brownies
of the community arc to go to
the church of their choice in uni-
form. During that week each of
the troops wiii have « display of
their handwork and advancement
work in a store witviow cto'S’n-
I town.
There is to be a Girl Scout and
Brownie parade on Saturday morn-
ing, March 17 The girls will ga-
ther at the Bov Scout hut at
9:30 a m and the parade is due
jto start at 10 a.in, They wiii then
'return to the Boy Scout hut for
jthe flag ceremony and a sack
| lunch, with each girl bringing her
own lunch. The activities should
be over at 1 -.30
Band will perform at 7:30
with the main program oJurtfe
at 8:00.
in additicai to the sckedUPI
events all patents have been avj
ed by the school lyfficial* to it
tend regular classes anytime.
i teams have beet; played at Ply-
j mouth Park in Sin'on due to the
| la, k of a baseball field in T*ft
The high school team will use
jthe field built last year by the
Taft League for Little and Pony
League use The light poles in the
outfield were moved back end
additional lights added in order to
accomodate a regular full sized
diamond This work l* just about
complete
The Taft team will open their
season with Robstown next Mon-
day in Robstown and continue
practice games up until the first
district game also with Robstown.
on April 6
Boys out for the team include:
Davis Turner, Terry Pulhn Roy
Johnson, Gene Newsom. Calvin
Jnchelz, Tim Wolf, James Graves.
Jimmy Tracy. Larry Mayo. Lurry
ing the week from 8:38 a.®.
4 p.m. Primary gnxtc* tun*
earlier in the eftemccn ataari
at 2:30 p.m.
Mr. and Mis. J. C. Non-ad e
Mr and Mrs. K. L. HT«y a
children visited Mr and JllB.!
R. Richardson in Calallea
afternoon.
Jimmy Helm of Tr inity VeM
shy was at home for tie vts3
end.
Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Heett a
Sherwin were in Aasfir
to get his mot tier, Mr*. Si
Scott, who had be-en vlslMag’ ||
brother there.
Judge V„ G, C.uyle of Beeville
opened the Februai y term of the
on Monday
36th Judicial
morning by empaneling the grand-
jury arid -etting the civil docket.
K. T Falgnut was apiwinted
foreman of the grand jury. Other
grand jurors are T. O. Dyer and
G. W. From me of Sinton: M. E.
Naylor and \V H. Moore. Arans-
as Pass, Fuidelt Wise, irtgleside;
C. E. Horton and B. S Whittaker.
Mathis; E. M. Beard, Jr. Taft;
Frank Dehnisch. West Sinton anti
Stanley Webb. Jr., Odem.
Homer Ea-terwood is confined
to his home due to illness.
Cih^s^r Brittains Leaves On ’Ormm- |
Trip Ta Australia As Texas C©wb&|H
Chester Brittain left by plane rodeo and packed lutt ge*r jgjjj
this morning: for Australia to take the air trip to Auutrt'Jr
part in a rodeo at Melbourne on was scheduled to get tmtar mj|
an all-expense trip that is almost Lo>m Corpus at 8:15 tixtity'. tfM
“hard to believe.1' all of the fancy cowboy gutfig Ijm
Chester got his chance to per he could scrape up CSassNe'
form in it. rodeo "down under" toot; « brand ihht saddle
When Cecil 13. Johnson ot Austrs- in the rodeo. He ***#. ViJ# li&fyjtfg
fia came up with a» idea for to take tin old fee
having a rodeo in Melbourne with trails and wa* liniil «w «Hn|
an Intel national Texas, that is perform froen an AiskMSban«K
flavor to it and set about Mokhtg fit saddle, tsblch Ja «t SkSH
for two Texas cowboys to fill the Texas wilem aljde
order "Ohester baa xdirajs btdkt.5|
Mr. Johnson picked his men at fewer of horse*,” T. K.
the Fort Wo.-tb. Fat Stock show' Gieeter's fattifer.cnimneea^.wJoB
after watching the men work and the time be was a btfi*
talking to them. The other oewboy tuad » ’way of fetting
that will make the trip is Alfred horses. Bmk wNtn tee
Cox of Austin. we uewJ htwss; ficsr
When tiie two men arrive in Cisen* usuiuiy- alwayx
Melbourne they will take part in to meat me at the aielijMWH
the Moombuli Festival, tvhich in- day's xrork and get *
-tudes a l-odevi m, part ot its 8 one rate of the horora,'”
to ten day athletic program. They Since the war Otrstar lfildl.3MBB
will both have an oppvrtunltv to in lea* rodeos ia a jjKHfeaiJWH
win prize money during the ro- veling the rodw
tlfo plus their free ribespense ths im-Ml SfsSrr,
Jerry Fdwants. Bill Lamprcvht.
Warren Ivey and Neal Pressley. |
The schedule is as follows.
Mach 6 Robstown. there, 4.00
March 8. Sinton, there, 4:00
March 12 — Miller, there, 4:00
March 15, Sinton, there ,4:00
March 16. Robstown. Taft. 4:00
March 22, Ray, there, 4:00
March 29. Ray Taft 3:30
March 30, Miller, Taft, 8 if'
April 6. Robstown. Simon. 8:00
April 10. Refugio, there. 8:00
April 12, Beeville there. 4:00
April 17, Sinton. Tatt, 8:00
Apri' jo, Fahurrias. Sinton. 8:00
Aprii 24. Robstown, there, 8:00
April 27. Refugio Sinton u w“
Mhv 1 Beeville, Sinton
■ on property in tail were eqja.ty
! low with the average $10,000 hou a.
(on the rolls for about $1,200.00.
ITtfues on oil property run about
17 per cent of actual worth.
The tneeting adjournetl without !
a board being appointed; however. |
it was decided that the job would I
be too large lor three men so it
was decided that a three-man
board would be appointed and
about seven or more advisors
Joaefina Rodriguez vs Neville
Smith. Damages. Mar. 8
Felix Rangel vs Alejandro Ran-
gel. Suit for divorce. Mar. 8
Del! S Edwards vs J. C. Bur-
ris. Damages. Mar. IS.
Saul Cooper vs Wymore Oii Co.
Suit to require accounting and ior
judgment lien on real estate. Mat-
980 Plants Sold
As Public Service
In four Tree Sales
Trie l ist tin sale of the season,
jointly sponsored by the Taft Tri-
bune and J.rn U»is Fit«er Shop,
was held last Saturday with over
100 citrus trees nml a ntunlK-r of
other assorted shrubs being sold
A tola! of 980 plants have been
Isold in the four saies this year.
•nus includes shade trees. [-alm.v
assorted shrubs hih! ;hl‘ cltms
The sponsors were so fleased
with tlie reception of <hc sa ex
ihev nave anotnwed that the
sales will be come a yearly event
8:00
8:00
re, 4:00
there. 8-00
on April S
rt“ ' A song drill will be held at the
Ctturc, >f Christ for five nights,
p«av hegtr.iv-* at 7 p.m Monday
* ' e Jim Bd.Uou of Corpus Christi will
lay conduct the singing
ale College, t),p public is invited to take
ncert at tiie ,)art
, Saturday. -------------
adults and j Mrs. C A. Shell won $50.00 tills
It i« being • week in a word contest .sponsored
High School j by a Corpus Ctuisli department
' stoie.
NEWS BRIEFS
Floyd Wails, individually •and as
next friend tc James Floyd Walls
and Linda Wails, minors vs Chat-
lie Ritchea Damages. Mar. 10.
J. M. Elliott vs Arnold O. Mor-
gan Damages. Mar. 1.5 for case
to be heard on merits and Mar.
1 for hearing on piea ot privitogw
Domingo Cueilar vs Irma Curl-
lar Divorce. Mar. 8.
See COURT Pag* 12
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Guthrie, Keith. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1956, newspaper, March 1, 1956; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth711214/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.