The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 7, 1967 Page: 1 of 8
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Devoted To The lest Interests Of Taft and San Patricio County
TAFT, TEXAS, 78390, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 196?
Rev. C. Miller
Resigns From
Local Church
The I’rv Cii.'irl'' Mtlh’
t'tir'l <.(ntl:ty pastor of the
; Fit .( Baptist Chun h ot T;ifr to
Urcorrif minister of the Fir-t
fis! CliUM'h .i Wharton. The
rexign.ifion will V’l omc effective
in .July I.
Mr Miller' Ins been pastor o(
'he lor 11 church for mx yours
mb two nr nths lie nmic to i
| Taft Horn H. Worth.
Mr. Vis") an 1 his v:fe have
i '111 ' i ehililn n.
D. G. Burk Is Hired
As Administrator
Of Taft Hospital
i t.....* id
Explosion Puts
Two In Hospital
Here Sunday
Bruce Miller Out
Of Hospital Tuesday
I; rut Miller \v is <i: ■ (1
a sin'on lv>' pit'll Tin d’’ V !
alter being a o itient there for i
a w k. Miller was injured in ,
m „C':(l*'!lt II week earlier in I
which one I- i on vs • killed :
mil iv. i .'h i injui at.
Mr MiPer'i father in.I hro’h [
, nr. II. ,1. M ' r of Co to and
I W. U. Millet ■ f ■' mj I. ■ are
! here for > few days this we<-k. :
about It years. 12 ol these
years ns an administrator of a
hospital iri Big Springs Ho
conies in Taft alter welkins
A butane tank in a car ex
plotted Sunday evening about 7 j
mile-, northeast of Taft nnd the
two p.issen;: rs in the car were
iHimetl. The ear w,i, a total
; loss.
Billy Petersen. 16. of Taft and I
Smton
of
I comes to I nil auer woikiii„i -
j for the state Health Department | ^ ^ o[ .
,s a ho pih.1 inspector for twoj J a<:t.trl„nt. Ac,
i .wars, tn thi rapwi.y he new . . t<) . m,„h(.r Mrs. C. IX i
, f ft ad'ninr-trator hail an opr or- j b„, h w hurtled !
i 'unity to visit, and inspect hos-
| ,-bills of all sizes throughout
| Tex
||i‘ received hi- hachelrr.' of
scieri"" degree m MHO from Tex-
as A&M finivei itv and went m-
Petersnn, both wire burned
alKiut the face, arms and back j
and she « v burned <m the tegs
and feet. Both were in satis-
factory condition on Tuesday.
The explosion oeeured )es*
inn went m- *•" ■ ’ ' .......... i _
to the Army Air Force soon ! than > mil- from the !>-tn on •
iherealter. He served as a navi-1 llom'' ”nt* Mrs. Peter *.^i stated i
Ii vv i
ACOtO medal was earned by
gggW> Marsh Monday in the
jtjBt jclo contests in Austin
Ockir*. who plays the fiot'
(llljed "Air* dr Ba'act" h/
Slew Debbie received a divo
non I rating. Shi qualified to
the state contest by getting a
division I rating m tee regional
solo contest earlier Debbie is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
C. R. Marsh. She wh accom-
Paintings Needed
By Student Council
For School Display
Tb" Student Council of Taft
High School Is asking donations
of p:. ntings for display and
.pot art r ‘lk'ct’.on at
i Taft High S bool.
Anvom* with art work whi-fi
| they would like to dona! ’ to
tin group is asked to runt ml
Steve Bui lire Gary Mi> dv, Jem
Swanson or Patti To! md.
I Kurnp-i at nne time.
! Ife is past president of the
Northwi t Texas Hospital As.
sociali ,n; is active in the T ast-
rryaste.' Club, holding several
()on r, Burk of Sm Antonio . ,f1 icn-s.: p.-' president of Dion •
Wili lured by the Tuft Ho-.situ' \ Ciuh; end mtive in Huy Seoul
j, , n 11 y ... udminis- j work, .sc: 'mg tn several dir It let
stretiir for the hospital. He *o»k I offices The family belongs to
.)\inm]»;*{Ji«*r with tho 8th Air j thnl it hwk their Iioum
Force “ml w > shot ilovvn over. her r
Ii is believed that a niixin.'
regulator on the butane tank
was faulty and caused fumes to j
escape, according to I- L. Coat-j
es. fire chief. The explosion j
blew out the windshield and
blew both d >P' n.
rivci liis .lulii - tills ji .st wet k
nd is - ituated in .1.1 upsloirs
office m tn ’ Green tV.iiiding.
Mi, .Pi. 1: Ins Is en in h , fi
i ll adminislrB ion work for
pained to Austin by
1 color. S. L. Atbritton,
her
Ippreval Is Near
Dr Taft Hospital
Plans, ids Soon
Carla Rosson
Gets Pilots
license Monday
In ,'.e fhodist Church
Mr. Burfs’R Wife, Betty, plans |
to join her husband within a I
short time jii.u as soon as they I
secure a house. They have two j
ns, •) in •% who is a law stu- j
dent, si Texas University and!
Mike, who is R senior at Mc-
Arthur H.'T School in S m An-
' .in.. Mike was a member of
the "hampionshF McArthur foot-
ball team last year and is ac-
tive in student government at-
, , fairs. Tentative plans rail for
Construction w ik c • 1 Mike to finish his high school
way ,il!~ w,'lk ,,n '. , ii work .0 Me Arthur.
•<•0 Service Station jud east of. ..fn mv „
Taft by
wi!) he l(K"iti'd
Work Starts
Gn A New
Texaco Station
Stephen Poteet
Dies Saturday
After Accident
DEATH TRAP — Ismael and • The boy* wr.ra foni.iS
r.rael Hernande* died in this father when he returned fte«
ice bo* or. the McKamey farm, j Corpus Chnsti.
Tw® Boys Suffocate
In Ice Box Tuesday
Stephen Dallas Potent, son oi i
VIr. and Mrs. Henry T Potect |
of Taft, died iri Austin eariy | , , 1 Funeral arrangements are to
Saturday morning He w*.s| Two children
23 years old and was a senior i yesterday afternoon 1 -> • 1 __— —.—..................
,t "'Vx'is iniver-dtv I box in an unoccupied house u ||
1 On Fridcij evening Stepheb | on the McKamey farni eax' £ |§|j|rS IMUl
...ax in what appeared 10 he a j Taft. They were Isi.n ■ j
pi ... 1 Sw ms -»n. It! ",n rn>' hosi’ital work | n nor aci .dent when hi, motor- mad Hernandez fWldrn tri,
immediately I 1 hi,v<' n, ver 1,a'J ,hc °1>l or'i eycic was thrown out of controi.: Mr and Mi s. -• igue e >’ .
I.Ttmia.'t i V ..... , lh nrrramil I . f . . .. ______ A»m <»f she chi uren are'
At Pianttr
, Mixc Carla ttowwi recently;
j her im- the second member of,
the Box-son family to receive a,
j private pilot's licence.
Slw has been taking flying
; lev-ns at the Sinton Airport.
I
OfhnaJ of la-
D.c.ict ai<- h - ii 1
kng-iUhu'.ed •;;
Tsf’ Hr : •.■■■!<■•
JBttiT of 11-r
"Vil‘ fl.iV I'liTJ
fr« fin.il iifip: a', d -f '.i
wirin ,, week ... » d >>
cenlly
Mex,
A iiuikhng permit in the, ,
amount of $26,000 was issued
for the construction of the new j
.station by the city last week. 1 UUf f-Jj.
The building witi be modern i H. ff* JIHIIil
j The course consisted of ,hri"'; in all ies|>ecls and will general-j
j month ;ot ground school, a writ j |y the pattern of Texa- j
! u-n te.-t. and 40 hours of fly-1sorvjee s'ations that arc rur-'
th h'lsjntal anil nurs- ,1,1 time. Of the 40 hours, 20
h ei to Ii*.■ submitted hours were solo and 10 hours
l authorities f«'ir -^P*
K‘ fjlan** were first suh*
.FA* ~ 1 . iiuTM-n out of control ; wi’ **•&'*' ’ -------
....., * - *- •" «Hg ground i ^Lsuoated m the .-mergency | Age- of .he ehiMnm are
w-st ol th-' eld I I s-M •• • ■ j j| ,(ll- ,.r a new hospital from the > , .- , , . ;uuJ *.1.,^. ; refwrtcd to b 6 and 4. < HMUMmi f flfH
!llon !h:- h“.,u;'’.n:*i pi inning «> budding stages and I f 11' '1 , w: ^ tL ! T> !«ty C. B. Owen n-rorle-j
; , f„ Pr(, ! pluming n Duimmg smges ana d _ Niwr morning Ic was taken I i>"po*y »» ,
purchased f.om Irtv. fonvard wark Kl„.. t0 ,he h: spdaS when he i last night ttnt the chtldrej. wcr.-
.. ! with >he nev' Taft Hospital Pis- 1......... m ,,„a ;* »„„„ 1 last seen at 5 P- m. Then pfn*
Mr. Burk said.
- del a
ai Tt
ci! :n I he fid
renlly oeing eon-.1 fueled in this
urea, ft will le.iture ,1 vv,-idling
,md gre-isc tiny and will have
plan
,g |aM year
==HSSr-=Si3i
... ------—
i cress country. She did her
, ■ in m Air 1 loupe. ; v t> pumps.
' ■'
Carla
The new station will he ready
1 ui.i became Interested >" lllr ....... ........
(lyin'; when her father. C fur •veupaney sometime around
Pa, m. I" received hix licence- ; t,1(. jlrs( ()r Augusl.
I y >Vi:
?i :fM
] • .i’i ?h
*Hv fw*
aid*
tiKi
&ns newly afi;
tutor ol ftie h
wees
Apfssn a hr 1
mi by the ledc
w 'll* n,ci h am
hfei'ii'ai and uu:
ill ."iwnp r. ci."
tnKTUmnit in r
(to- have h* • a tn
t^Micfi that uppi ..
fleeted witli a P w day
M; Burk s iiil lint mu 1
approval is n i civi d ai 1 ti*- (,
felt it vv-iu'd t.c t . 1 ..I -
fit (several w ; . -
Stain would go on' for hid
Tt* Taft ri ! H
•Wgiit. ami no, |
tei hdera' fuod .
fe construction <•». *
home sc. don of the tio-
Pfei plant arid ;v- 1 exult tin
Country
Crossroads
tm d
inns
lilt*
S'
the
I'm not much of a fisherman,
through !hc yew we have
he I line r a! . "4 fish on
flt) 1 .'ol.- Punished by neighbor.-,
nd . -night by my camera.
. !!, • .. T-e with I be
this W'l.ck Out'
, iu.' table to over-,
i- wing 1! dliy N):1'" imteMl A'
,, ,, i, , , iwcet while corn atnl
had rime to wipe
tnftt
fsiHoit delivered
Sec CROSSROADS, Page 8
When -k- -I about In r immedi-
,1c living plans, she -aid she!
•in Iu" like lo fly in college or;
l, I- h- r brolliei up m Junction
it,,- end •.( tm summer She
no pi.so- for an around-ttie-1
;d fligiii in the neat future. '■
'l l-,, ri .vet -' a few tense mu-j
m, nt, while Carla was learning
i.) jjv She once had tr )Uble
with the airpl me flaps and m-
otltfr time met an unauthori/- d,
I'j.-me i-n the runway while try-;
m to land, but these incidents)
,bl not ' "in to Dither her as
. j,,' iivpect'. il her place ci ari-
oih'-r flight.
John I,ee Hi «ugh, Carla S ll>-
n||rxi Carla his •
Ixot student. "She puf i the '
students to 'ham'' wh-n
said. Carla 5
Gets Degree
Frusi Texas
son of
became ill and it was lotm.l
Owt fn- had suffered a brain
homorrage due to the aceident.
His parents vec- called Austin
following his death.
S,-. r hen was a memiv-r of
Tours mxp «8
lu-si seen at 5 J». ns. Their pfir- Tuesday afternoon on «o»
ejitx went to Corpus Christ] to n(H>r Research farm by
get one of their daughters who of the company,
was in a hospital there for treat-j Pioneer Seed OafRpany BMW
irtent. When they returned they; .-• 25 acre plot id law* »»*■-
mis-ed the two young boys arid I five miles wtttb "6 I">
S.ihcn WH a rhember of ^/Lin in W’ic- i year where'they are -m-yteg
Uinst Uppseop a: Church.n ^ V llm Daus,. which bad ; on eVon-.ve research and toot-
Iho Highland ! recently D-.tt occupied by their t ing of .sorghum gi,nm
Hi„ttiunu ..... tSm.o were A number of .sorght
■■-Iis» i;.iw.;: ........
hatch ol ro j -I- - i
;srnger so
: govt pilot
! Hi w. * *■'' --- ,
ihe really must be a
MSB
iwNg
%V
Stanley Beyer
Gets Degree
From Texas
Albert. Wayne Smith
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Smith of
Taff, was one of 146 to grado-;
ate from the University of Texas
Dental Branch in Houston on
Monday. He* received a doctor
of dental science degree.
Attending the exercises were
his parents and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. H f>. Smith. Mary Louise 1|im. w
Smith, and his grandmother and t Us ,!irn
uncle, Mrs. Eidward Thielen and ol xatJ
Kdw. Thielen, Jr,
las. A mem- rial scrvwe
Iv Id Sunday 'u
Church of Hod in Austin. Tr."
Rev. C. C. Funk of Park side
Church of God in Corpus Christ]
officiated. The body was sent to
Galveston for medical research
at the University of Texas Medi-
cal Center. This had been Ste-
phen’s request when he had a
motorcycle .accident two years
ago.
Survivors are his paren’s and
survivors are ms pan.-ws anu:......., .. . , . ,....
i tin"e brothels Lewis of Mmnea-i bryth-tx, \ ic '•■-. * *
Au.-.tin -and, Miguel and i-.nnno Hcrnnnotg.
:i, S
The family attends the Cathu-: ng mi thi* area are pim
lie Church in Gregory and the, the farm. In addftJtet to »*
father is cmpioyfd at a m j eonitnercial varieties, m v*
1h(Sro_ ; sivc nursery op«a»a« i* mm
Surviving other than the par- \ carried on in the farm where
,-nis arc seven sisters. Concha,! hundreds of vnrietiw arc «
Jm, nit - A lo: in, Christina. Nor-; different *n*h* of t«t«Bg-
Anif i and Lula; md fiv - Present piajix call M
■ more premising vorKttw to te
pi.-mted again fur.further testisng'
thi- Wl If enough moishsre
Burglar Caught
In Martinez
Home Monday
A burglar was r .night in the
home of the Rev. nnd Mrs. Sos-
I, riex Martinez :d 10.30 p. m. I
Dick Elwood Not
Hurt When Car
Turns Over Monday
Dir k Elwiwid of Tift was not
| Equalization iteard
[Jkk Meet Thursday
The commlssiondw court witi
i mevt as an witwBz-itmn I .ward
! |u, oil, gas and utilities Thors-
! day.
Pritchard and Abbott of Ft
is not availaWt* whan the W
crop is ready for planting wmme
from the Reynolds line 1» avail"
;ibte for flooding (avid..
OfJicittts of the eoMfont **»
were in Talt for the field Amg
Wayne Bycrty, gen«r*d
manager; Boots Aadwm»- m&n
aa-'i-visur; Don Tsuhteui. imlm
Monday He is Salome Martinez
of Taft He is in iiil in Sinton
charged with tiurgiary.
Mr- Martinez is a hospital
patient in Sinton His '-».ter,
Mi-: Dominguez, and his datlgh-
if.,- had tieen to v i sit him and
Dirk UIwimkI of tut wn:; no. pri1,,hnd and A*>tott of ft. sui-‘ " ’7,'
seriousiy hurt Monday after! w..„h -1 San Patricio n>-m;.gci". and Dr. Gene .Jl'tbu,
noon when his ear turned over i ceumy ond re|tres*.'Ht;tttves from • research dffiartment.
on Highway 161 at Gregoty. , j I (inn "-a[ I’"- Here :< ,r if. Hi are exo-trtel.y
He suffered bruises and, aerard-! !netiin;,.
ing Hi his father. Gran* Uiwjod, j
•s' sore from those. t*c wo*
i by a lo a* doctor and
released.
Dick was enroute to Corpus
To Bible Camp
Tim SchofS'.-l, Dorolhy
’Vi are exiivmely well piens-
ed wait the work d.,w w mr
.(re.!.- farm in Taft SM*
Wayne Byeily, Pkmewr
v,, j Co. g"rera1 twunagrr Mid
l;. },■ inupei-ied Site fai m Tuc*-
j ter (i d been to visit him and Dirk was -nroute to Otrpusj Tim Scneui'i uoromy Mh>- (J.,V "ji ti, ,>videM alter iiufiwto-
( when they returned they heard i Christi where h< has been *"rt-1 g-tn Je •«' M>* nU‘ t and U-”i- tartr.s :* th;- area that the
! | n;, ,n thi' house and wen* • ,nR since graduating from high . < n O w ill leave Sunday for ling.^ /iri. „ pregrexswc gnuqp
I «, ihi* home of u neighbor 1<> .p.,<*,-) in May His Volkswagen Georgetown to attend
all the police. ! was a total tea : * Bible Camp k*
C. B. Owen, deputy.
a Vi
Luther •
■«*k.
Bob i
are a t
and we are
-.! the over
3 part
Stanley Beyer of Taft
i M rd" mcry h i ?; h way patrol j
son! man. and Dale Caveness. city|
Ml
ut.l Me. H M.'Ve'.ver | i-atcolmun. were i.airoling
BV*
ivi d , ■. ii-h lor of laws d- -
,' will! Ii'.'i:'>* - from the * -n -
of Texas I..:it Saturday,
were 2J6 in Ta- cla-x,
,i w;,s mrn,l)--r of Phi
■ii Sigma -ii'l Phi Beta K iptn.
i . ,.(„ i ,tu -.- ii"!........ and Phi
\ij, .. |" i, a lent fraternity,
'll,. >• o:ivrd „n ox rd for the
aether and answered the call
anni'-diall ly and found the man
in the iiouse.
r nk’n
The
Bi
Kt
Guest Paslor
To Be Here For
Two Sundays
out -1 -
[ling
Alp'wi Dell
He
,-h .in rv; m Phi | Th- R"v Fred Harms of Cor-!
.; ; ms Christ) wifi be the guest pas- j
xiitor Of the! tor nt the Faith Luther,.n;
.I' member ! Church on June 11 and IS Mrs -
> Texas Li* I*"' * "• ' ' ; u „ ns wall plav the organ Rev. :
of the .-fudt'M faculty i'< !.i.i'"i-: j.-r ^' s,-hefp I "will tie at Luther
lemm, -. . ad " ' ; tot*/ ; , , tl„ Caml> m South Drtof. i
Sir.T-S' i?t‘- '"'h ' - w’ - alrt‘:
> ,0.;ri-h in administrative law 1 in ,hj‘ t!rm"
j wa s a nt amber of the Chancel
! If ii S
her
PILOT — Miss Carta
IW?'. and
Mis. c. P n$mm. *>'-■ * ^
instrument _______Ot(0«,
r-heckins
licwice
hemorury’ legal onto*-; mnn-
i>{ the Order of the Ccnf.
tv nor-.ry hajiil fraternity.
r.< >ei' ami his W.:-. will leave
m July for Washington. 1>, C.
where he will serve li.e >* >v-'ir
as j - a d ;k fo; M « vin J-.m--.
:! judge.
-,ri Mrs. H. M. Beyer
Mr? Marilyn Stevens and
iuklsvn were in Austin for grad-
i uatkm. Also going were Mr. aud
, Mrs H A. Brctdi- V ef Portiand,
i jureii'S :.£ Mr* Steady Beyer.
Baptists Vote
To let Contract
, feiic
Mr.
DlWJ
On Parsonage
Th eongregatkin of the first
Huptisi Church voted Sunduy
evening to award the cnntrttet
for a new parsonage in the
7«> boek if Field Avemu* to
K W. Mayek of Portland. His
bid was the low bid of Three-
Work is to begin immediate-
ly, according to the Rev. C A.
Miller minuter of the ettarch.
top Otf.cisfs *f Pioneer Seed L to «, C.u.e«- nr«. Jx«
Company m tsnm were an band awhdant aargnum hr«edar; way-;
Tueaday for a bald day at «**: n* Syerty, s*»#rat namaper; j
pioneer Reaaarek Farm j «« tj Boot* A«decaon, ***** manager; j
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Guthrie, Keith. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 7, 1967, newspaper, June 7, 1967; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748853/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.