The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 4, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF TAFT
VOL. 40.....EST. JU21
Purvey Shows
f’HICK TEN CENTS
PliBL'SHSO WEEKLY BY TK
(•uthrif. Publishing Co
Second Class Postage
Paid At Taft. Texas
EIGHT PAGES — NO. 39
TAFT, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1962
City Issues i
Total of $25,000
Building Permits
Youth Center
Top Taft Need
Cotton Field Day Set
For County on July 10
During the month of June the
hi faff issued building [»t-
m:‘s in fin a moult! of $25.hub
They if ip listed.
I.) D. Jr.nns'ni. .km is ton of
room to homo $2,000.
W P Press'ey. new home on
io!> 7 uml - block 14. Driscoll
Addition, $20,(XX)
i ii i. i r'l.oinsins, cm lire anil
............... at residence 53,00(1
Starts Within 10 Days
Contract Signed For
Taft Housing Project
- { The Tafr Housin
Bob Koonce Gets First i" FHS?
Teacher and Students
Of Old West Portland
Talk Over Old Times
nmen) station .1
be 'A. hand 1
P-ion of liie dif
* - liTi'lll , 11 r , *»1 f ■
lies! Tue-li
fir.-' erode a I West I’or'iaai)
School Id years ago this Sep; i
ember,
Mr- A C. Piekins, the tea eh-1
11. Mr». K. (Tollman of Cor-1
pus Chris!) and ho> mother, Mrs. i
s C Morris, of Taft; Mrs. W i
K .limes and her mother. Mrs.
I a Hurt l»th of Sinton: Mrs, ,
0 A Si oil of Bakersfield. Calif,
mother. Mrs. C It.
j !S.b Koarn e of West Portland
| delis ered the first bale of cot-
i.i in ‘he Tail Tribune uffii 1
1 a! 3 par .Monday to ela.rti the
tv206 First Bale premium put up
by the area banks gins .and the
Tap Chamber of Commerce. In
addition to being the first bale
pinned in the Taft area it is
also the first baie ginned in
San Patricio County for 1962.
Mr. Kooliic picked the first
bale on his farm that borders
on the Nueces Bay in the White
Point Area. It was hand picke t
and sinner by the Eubank Giri
iri the Sodville community.
•le.sus Martinez of Taft had
16. ft took 2200 pounds of see.
cotton to make the alia It) bale
Mr, Kooncr
f■ rst to jui-K lotion each yeas.
Bast year he mi -sect haring the
first baie by a few minutes.
and her
Phillips, of Tat',; Mrs C. B
if,I Jr ot I'aft and Mrs. Tur-
in1 ’u k" ! for several hours ov-
e- 1 In -oft drinks and cheese-
mong
burn
Tu .,f t!ie women in the all-
gin class were unable to attend.
T1-' y n't Mr,., if ft. Nelson
and Me.. Red Henke, both of
Corpus Christi.
Tr ■ We- Portland School .has
since licet; torn down.
Robert Rosson Arrives
Here Saturday to Spend
Leave Visiting Parents
t .'oca; Rousing authority was re-
reived last week and the con-
truer was signed bv the local
ous.r.g authority and Mr. Guy-
01 at 4 p.m. Monday afternoon.
The contract awarded to Mr.
Guy it-; calls for an expenditure
E. M. Beard
President Of
State Group
Lance Corporal Robert tins-
.son I'.SMC, arrived home Sat-
urday on 30-day if ive. He is
visiting with his parents. Mr
and Mrs. J. C. Rosson.
Rosson, who had been in Ha-
waii for over a year,
from there i„
in California. He
from California ard a
to Ins base ;;i HuWiiii
leave is up.
Pvt.Villalobos To Serve
or $32J .321. me budget for the
Recur
OvUj<
13 Months In Far East
With Marine Battalion
j f,omnJeie project has been set
1 for 5638,352.20. This larger
1 amount cfivers purchase of iand,
i fovs. cost of starting the pro
Implement. Company ;\ ,l\ Ioh'c
early Thursday morning by
■aas sent i-wie ior Oklahoma City where
school j he wi!’ hr. one «>{ the ihree Tc\-
rne here
’II return
Monday tr> gather the bale.
The first bale was picked off
of .16 acres ot Northern Sta» lit
that was planted on February
/""i The U units wijj be divided
' int>' two groups. The larger pro-
'Jtrn Jec: will consist of 32 units and
I wifi be built on a tract of land
j purchased from Mrs. W. M. Spe-
I-sard on Cemetery Road. A
. small office for the project wiil
jl be located at die corner of set-
ffiP i ond and Cemetery.
Tweive of the units are sche-
duled for construction on Indus-
‘rial Street. The housing auth-
only own slots on both sides
!$$ ; of me street in this area.
1 The houses will all be duplex*
Mgi 1 es. one. two, three and four
SB I bedroom units.
Attend Bank
Meet In Houston
mem
mrc'
} f' "!• i.*
nice
Disaster Course
To Be Given
Taft Teachers
Barbecue Dinner
td V')N‘4
i Ui tin KiS.llg
h will sell bar-
3 *; ona
i u< k,ei s 11.»(.‘k
1 \ . Smder. ba c
>ent the »vc«*k
>• Carl Sniders.
nor
Dr. Tasch is
Two Families
Move To Taft
Acting Director
Of Health Unit
lie niM rc:- itents ui fall this
w Ci ‘k.
M md Mis. 1 V Vaughn ot
Corpus Christ! have moved here
and are living at 5U7 First
Srree' He works for Heldenfets
Bro'licrs
Mi and Mi- V ince Ferguson
ot Corpus Christi are living <1!
.Vis Mi It tyre A . ctiuc. He is a
;■ .rn.* i Tilt resident and works
in C'.i pa- Christi.
I >' A I". Tasch of Tuft was
appointed acting director of the
San Patricio County Health Unit
In a meeting of iho commis-
sioners court held Monday even-
ing of last week
Dr. Tasch. who replaces Dr.
Claude A Selby who recently
passed away, will work on a
part-time basis until a fXtrma-
ncir appointment can lie made,
lb- has served as county health
officer for the past several
years. He will continue his pri-
vate practice.
T le appointment of an acting
director became imperative in
ordi r for the county health nur-
- .- to (ontinuc with the immu-
nization program in progress un-
der the direction of a physician.
Dr Tasch will receive 3400
per month, plus travel expen-
se- during the time he is serv-
ing as acting director of the
health unit, said Judge W. E.
Nicholas.
Aransas Pass Firm
low Bidder On
Car For County
app: p-.ed hu 1 T[rent, toward providing a
cc-ni iking tea tier and maximum ot terminal education
,M. Kelso is busy at for the pupil that will possibly
a nt sc uring a tea, her drop out of school at. an early
the second position, age."
tor homemaking pro
Rodoif Flores,
Age 4, Dies
Saturday Afternoon
ire i;n ■“!>■ furnished i>v W. L. Weber Breaks
Leg Saturday Night
i‘s \Y L Weber IH! in iho y:inl
■ g his home here las! Safm-d.fv
• reh «•'. 1'Mifl.n ;itwl broke tils !*•*.' jus!
the belttw the hip joint. His wile
" ih reported thnt he sIi;*}/toI on some
gravel on the eement ramp
lit time S.ij»t Kt where th»*> park then trailer.
’•* bi'f.arle'i t;• . .;h Mr Weber was to have sur-
:.jin in h- - - Ljer> >c*sh*rtlay to set the bone
ii-! point 1 ;- tn;»t in iiis leu. lb- is a hospital pa-
th praetieal Irom a , hen! in Sinton.
t .ndooml fI•.t* home-! Mr. and Mrs Bill Weber and
v*»*jld b».* ollered t-» family of Houston had arrived
‘ lt:i s. on Thursday for a few days with
he the aim of the I his pamtts and they are still
n! Sup? Kelso sai'l. ! here.
•a me oil
Roy Johnson
Gets His Discharge
From U. S. Navy
Ruy .Tohn-un. who has served
in the V. S Navy for over four
years, was di- barged from the
service on .June 26 at Long
Heart, C'aid. 1 luring those year-
I'.o look licit training at San
Diego Calif., and served the
remainder ot his time on ships
which operated out of Ding
Rea a. At tne time of Ins dis-
charge he was attached to the
U S. Cimmctron.
Mrs Johnson, who is the former
Miss Mary Ann Richter work-
ed in Long Beach while they
ineii tlici 1 i'acy ai rived in T.a
last Saturday tor a visit with
tneir purents. Mr. and Mrs
itobert Ricnicr and Mr. and
Roy Johnson. He plans to try
to find woik in this area.
At tin tiro*, of ins hisiu.uge
Johnson was a quartermaster
sis onti , ; 1——
Rockhounds Stdl Collect
After Start 22 Years Ago
C nlte, ting .s taani age his. Ti c
; Mauraa Iveys caugllt the rn, a
limiting 'bug" from Henry Lard
in 1!»4U. and they have (teen ii
il ever since,
"We started in New Me\n o
while visiting a triend M;s
Ivey said ‘Wc a, at on • fix ••-
day fishing trip up the Glut Riv-
er. and trortv there we went tu
ii"' Springs. ., v Truia • •; C.n-
sequemes. Henry Lard, brother
ot K, D Lard bore, 1 ..,k os
out rock hunting He had bl-
own lapidai v ia jii.i e w her,
stones are cut and polished >
'Our first t ... k- ' - he ■, -id
"were peiril '.'d wmsl and npaii/-
cd wood, wtnch i- petrified and
then becomes a form of opal
Il has a glazed surfai■* " S,,e
went to a cabinet filled with
S'ones and found n t ;
opalized wood It's shiny smooth
surface slu,wed a variety of
colors
"Von have to learn to recog-
nize ruiks." she continued,
pointing out that rocks do not
ailed
Spot Checks of Cotton Field
Show Heavy Pi nkie" Infestation
" . i 1 i . • !., i a " ", r * . i • ‘ gi.ialio » , ♦ ri'«♦ «i • Isnn lU.. D,
a- a deoora-
"VVe found
ie middle of
r Laredo." Mrs.
\rd 'he same kind
the Rio Grande
'ana \\ c have even
i rev trunks where
tioiinng nr surah- grow now.
They were pc" tail so big we
i ogai.'i i gei -ii m- ,round them."
- , .1 that bulging thing*
a- n .ic w >i k We have
v i ke i 12 1 i la miles a flay and
; ..Jed v,.....; w112 degrees
in the shade and t.l,a.t l- hot,"
she contii led, "but we went
ha- k to motel after a while.
Anyone who wouldn't like to stay
outdoors wouldn't like rock hunt-
J It’ll I W nod
>n on the.i
at drifiwo
Vance Ferguson
To Head
Cancer Drive
• loas4 35 prr rom <>i
had l)f'on hit by Pink
ivi) pn-.Mm: in Ibis iic*!'i
i in. Kii’in ttl buh vw.'t*-
-sitrink * 1 *.* ? when the Pinkies
emef^Cfl from the winter hiding
put* es (here wasn't any yreen
\'euetHhrm for them to f#»ed ii[.-
• 41 and so they turned to tin*
undet ayod roiton stalks, and
(5» lark of early season poison-
inu in mosi of the county's eof-
ton fields.
Mnkinj the tour was Dr Ad-
kinson. Mi (larnor. K F. Sub*
iett, I S.D.A Pest Control en-
tomologist: P. C Stephenson
district suffers isor of Plant Post
Control diviMon of I’.S.D.A :
and D S WVndleton plant pest
i oniml InsjUM toi irom CorjJus
C'hnsti; and County Agent Paw-
• • . <n lieids * d
. i- seen on ’ t«
,S es ulent that D
!■-. m tli*1 (bun* ss a
k then' lieldsjs**
County Equalization
Board Will Meet
July 25 In Sinton
\ 11,. i >;»,i checking several
i.tlier rci m- ' ic gru.ij' in iveri t<>
ih. W. I. Shelhttine farm where
me iiile.-’a'iiin ot 1’mkies ilropp-
The Sat. I'atricin ('aunty equa-
lization l>.gird, wha h w oru.i-
tiized ut u recent meeting ot the
commissioners rouri. will meet
July 2.) in Sinton for the pur-
pose ut determining, living and
equalizing the value of any and
all taxable properly in the coun-
ty
Any interested person may at-
tend the meeting.
t.otls
if th.
In , ammeoting on Hie e.iuse.-
ot Hu high build up ot pink
lobworms in the cotton crop
lbs yen! ! tr. Atlkinson and (’on
ii«‘ i; trin-i. pMvnsion • •«'*
sjm‘« ad list, poijitod mi!
!ir «•**» i Tim ii > reasons, namely <!>
aek of ruin In the tall to help
i,l die plowed under cotton
a,,iks. iii link of rain in the lik.
.i , .10,1, demons!ratnin. A Mtinp-
,.,i , ,h„lls from Mr l-’loeike -
Peiil showed til l’ approximately
a, m i,er . enl of the holts
Vi|*de-led vv if!l Ftnkies
' From tlx- Kt.KM-ke (arm tic
s,al « III ck.xl sev el a| oth-
;; ! irms It. the area md teen
KiMp;»e»| neai INnlunui i• ,i
• inn Oo 'he C.nriMt
I,Mill .« ftanipiiim **l bulls show-
s' »n«i iMMiera-
•s no .sineadim;
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Guthrie, Keith. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 4, 1962, newspaper, July 4, 1962; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth712165/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.