The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 31, 1967 Page: 1 of 8
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TAFT, TEXAS, 78390. WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1947 SVZ**,
Late Rains Bring
Prospects of a
Cotton Crop
Rains in the past several
WPCks have Riven n»' to
jjtion that San P.iti i»ki tommy
produce another cut ton < >1 >1
f-4'jal to the rci'i.nl yield "f kisi
year. Last year th" county pro-
duced an average .1 177 p.un 1-
of hn; per acre
Tins amounted
lo a total of 57,205 hairs on 59
jjlj acres of cotiuii tand.
"Right now thr cotton ('dp
ever the county as •< wtiolr b■■ >k>
excellent," Dan Pawlick. coun
?y agent said "ttr hav“ spots
<hat were late grttm ; lain hut
even these |>lace« are now look
ing good ”
Mr. Pawlick also pointed out
that on a stoic tlie ins<- t !«>[►
ulalHiri in the cotton tin* year
tad been lighter than usual
Earlier infestations of bollworms
threatened some sections but
Mt ha* modified greatly now.
Cotton yields in San Patricio
County have cased ujnvaxd the
part several years with fac-
tors like improved technical
ikili'. bettor mnn igernent im-
proved varieties, control of in-
jects and the use ,,t fertilize!
playing an important part in the
upward ’rend of the yi* Id per
wre For instance, in 1931 a
tutal of 1,275 tens of fertilizer
was applied to crops in S m
Patricio County while in 1966 tins
had jumped to 16.115 ton.. Of
this amount over 9.000 Ion- was
ippliisl between July 1 mil De-
cember 31 of 1%6 With heavy
use of fertilizer wpiun the past
few months it can readily lie
seen that die amount .>( fertilizer
met! on his crop year will f,li-
ttered any in ’In post
The use of fertilize! on cotton,
»* twill »s other cn>t«, in, in-
creased tremend'iusly in the past
lire years and in the past three
years when moisture conditions
have been favoi able for cotton
production die county yield aver-
age1 have increased lo 455'
Pwinds of lini j« r acre.
In tin- use of fertilizer a pro- \
flounced tendency to -witch to;
liquid fertilizer is also noted!
l>y county fertilizer dealers. It j
i- estimated that of the 9.000
pounds of fertilizer applied in 1
he last six months of 1966 at 1
last 2000 tons was liquid Denl-j
ei . are exjiei iifig this figure lo
more- than double in the corning
crop year to a point that liquid
fertilizer will be die leader.
Figures available in die coun-
ty agent's office on cotton fer-
tilizer tests shows that dollar
wise the use of liquid fertili-
ser, as opposed to dry fertili- j
has had a bigger return to I
‘he farmer,
A. in past years the county J
igent has a number .1 cotton;
te-t plots for varieties and for- ‘
lilizer set up in the county and i
i field day is being planned for j
June 20.
A virus lest is also being plan- ;
md by (lit county agent on a
f arm near Taft. A virus effective j
against the holiworm and to-
bacco bud worm has boon de- j
velopcd and should this test field
-how signs of being infested w.th
these iwo insects the vtius will
applied at five day intervals.
In previous tests this virus ht.i
been effective.
Assistant County
Agent To Begin
Work in June
Allan Steiler will as-urne on
June II as assistant county ag-
ricultural agent for San Patri-
cio and Aransas Counties, He j
will suceed Glenn Drachnnberg
wtio iv-igntal*recently, and wffl
work with County Agent I). P.
Pavvlik. SteiJer's major area of
responsibility will be with ex-
tension education work with 4-
Two Banks
Seek School
District Foods
Taft Teachers
if IS
Two bids were re ceived by i
the T.ifl Independent School j
District tjy bunk-, -coking to i
,-erve as depository of rti.-tiict.
funds No action was taken and |
both bid, were tabled fo? nidi- ,
lion 11 study end comparison |
The First National Bank offer-j
i d io lend money to the dis-
trict at 5 jiei cent and offered to
pay 1.5 per cent for money
placed or, deposit for at least
12 month-', 4.23 per cent for
money loft 6 to 12 months aod
4 !>or cent for 3 to 6 months.
The First Stale offered t o
loan the district money at 2 74
per cent and pay 4.3 per cent
on certificates of dc-fxislt far
12 months, I per cent for ti
mon’hs and 3.3 per cent, for
90 (lays.
Tre Taft Bank wa- the dejxwi-
tory for ihe district fund- for
many yea's with die First Na-
tional inking over these furvU
upon the merger.
ietssin £dge
Registration is
Monday For
Summer Program
On State ^ay
■ $1
Don't Go Near the Water..
DAN PAWLICK, county agent, ; year. Cotton or this land did no*
inspects a cotton plant on the receive as much early moisture
Fred Floerke farm near Taft as some other parts of the coun-
whieh is one of the demonstra- ty but is doing well now after
tion plots for cotton again this last week's rain.
II and other youth of Ihe two
Wayn* Hunt Granted ■■ --unti-- • a grad., de of south-
• . u , . , -vest Texas -State College, San
«™W Membership Mnrco--. Steilcr hold-: » dcgrci
in Angus Association in fU('um,IraI ffa
4 Teachers
Are Hired
If Board
Former Resident
Is Buried Here
Last Saturday
Chapter work.
Way!!” McRae Hunt IT
has bren granted a junior mem- ]
tefship in ihe American Angst m
Association at Si Jo-.-ph Mi-! MfrthodtSt ChUFCn
'ii,'n .......... To Have R. B. Marts
tm» new juni-ir mi-miier.diip | Speaker Sunday
entitle, the mender ,f< rogU- j '
hr purebred Angus it regular- R. R. Merts will preach at
Membership rat- - and to the ihe First Methodist Church >n
wivUrges of dir A.. . isticas urs ; Sunday ,r ming. Thr Rev- Ch
til the age of 21 At that time j let* Hunk will be attending the
Joiwr members ■ eligible to. annual conference in San Anton-
*ow*rt to llfeiime memberships i i-i Then.’ will Ire no evening
« the Association ■ -ervices.
Head-On Collision
Mes One Life
Tuesday Morning
35.
F.mric Ttiomas Sturm. 54. Ree-
*®c- hcolher-m-iaw o f M r s.
Bnire Mi lie:
r. was dead on arriv-' wa
hand side head-on.
Chief of Police C. L. Hpan
the first officer to arrive
Sinton Hospital Tuesday on "he scene and assisted
! "WtoR following i near head-: getting the injured jteople to t ie
* Elision involving the pick- hospital A Cage- Marshall am-
«p » which he w .S ruimg and hulanc. look Mr. Sturm, Mr
driven l,y Cnegn'un M. Mdler and Mr Campbell to a
Campbell of Dallas The ucci-! Sinton hospital. Michaer -xtuim
*«• occured »t 9-05 ,, m n : was taken to Sinton by IMw*-*
m 8tjou, t!sr,,e ,m|,s ciiarles B. Owen and Mr.
•*■1 of Taft ; er was taken to Sinton by Chief
Sturm
was - passenger ! Heart.l^ater
r the Cage ambtilancr
•** 3 Pickup truck driven by • transferred Mr. Campbell to a
£*»■ Michael S»urm. Bruce| Corpus hospital. .
Manager of CP&L, was Mr Mdler received a deepurt
‘Monger. Th- three men I on hi < head and several broken
-,n :1 fishing trip.! nbx. Michaed Sturm escaped aw
»lso „f Dallas w,s!^rioos injury. bo.» mt" JJ
w»-s- i. i “'Str -i.
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. n* Deal, who conducted 1 s
**®*tJgatlon. the
Four new teacher-; were hired
by Ihe Taft School Board in a
special meeting last Friday nigh!
to replace ones who had sub-
mitted resignations earlier.'
Leon Tomlinson was hired as
i vocational agriculture teaehei
to replace Donald Kasper who
resigned *o ! ;k- a (Kisitiori in
Three Rivers. Mr. Tomlinson has
had 13 years of experience as :
a covational agriculture teach-
er and comes to Taft from the
school system in Heamc.
Miss Kathleen 1’fluger was
hireil as homcmaking teacher,
replacing Mrs. Herald Abel who
resigned Miss Pfluger is from
Bishop and will receive her de-
gree in vocational homemaking
llii, August from Text'.” .AST
Jon Dwight Markham will be
the new assistant varsity foot-
ball coach, "B” team b r-ket-
ball and junior high physical
education instructor. He is a
graduate of Odessa High School
and Baylor University, participa-
ting in varsity athletics in txith
schools. He comes to Taft from
Seymour where he is an assis-
tant coach. He replaces Allen
Howard who resigned to be
head coach -it Aransas Pass.
Mrs. Markham was also hired
lo teach English in Junior High
School. She is also a graduate
of Baylor University and has
just finished teaching science in
Seymour Junior High.
Sup!. Carl Waddle also an-
nounced to ihe board Ihe resig- j
nation of Harry Jenkins irom |
the Taft faculty. Mr. Jenkins is j
resigning to take a coaching job j
at Auga fJuice where h. will
be the heart basketball coach.
Funeral services were held
he re a! Cage- Mm shall Funeral
("ho pc I ->r) ..Saturday afternoon
for Mrs. Edwin Ivey of Lcander,
a former Taft resident. The Rev.
Chas. Miller of Ihe First Bap-
tist. Church officiated. M. L.
Abrahams sang a solo at the
services. Burial was iri the Taft
Cemetery.
Mrs. Ivey, v.-ho was 51 years
old, died Thursday alter a brief
■lino*- -. She was born in Cuero
and lived in Taft most of her
life. She moved to Gonzales
five years ago and to Leander
just recently.
Registration will bo held next
Monday for the summer recrea-
tion program which is to bo
sjionsored by th-- local school
system.
Registration will iwgin at 9
a. rn. in the high school gym
•ind someone will be there all
morning to n-gi ter boys and
girls. The program is for all
hoys and girls in ihe school
system from age 6, if they have
completed a year in school, to
age 18.
The program will he conducted
daily from 9 to 52. The gym will
he open at 7 p. rn .every Tues-
day for the use of adults.
H. A. Sigle will be in charge
of the program and will be as-
sisted by Miss Mary Sandals.
Miss Mary Hcyer had been
hired for this job at the last
meeting of the school board at
8300 hut dee ded to work in
Cuero tor the summer.
Sc tor there are four schedul-
ed (rack meets for the boys and
girls to enter. One will Ik- held
in Bishop on June 10. in Taf! on
June 16, in Rockport on June
21 and in Calallen on July 1.
Suivivors are her husband,
K.lvvn Ivey; one daughter, Mr- ,
Dale Manuel of T ift; her father, Fr©tdl ScHsff®!
J. N. Slone of Goir/ah :i broth- j .
er, the Rev. James .Sene of i IS SpSUKUT St
5UAi.cn; and uoir grandchil- j Kjwan|$ Meeting
Tiie Rev. Fred Scbeffel was
the speaker at the meeting of
Thft teachers will receive #*o
full I e-net it ol the recent SSKi
wage increase voted by tltt*
Texas legislattjre and wit! re-
tain their $500 advantage over
the minimum state pay burnt.
Under Ihe old state minimum
a beginning teacher in the Tail
system with i bachelor’s degne?
received $4,604 .which was $W
above ttie slate minimum at
34,104, Now ihot 'he state unm-
tmuni has been raised to 14,TM.
Thhi will see the bh*** pay bar
a b ginning teacher in the Taft
system' boosb.-d <*» $3,234. mth
a mas'er's degjec t ie cegjR.
mug [wy wtll be 55,540.
In ,*ddititi« to retaizstny R«*
l»*r year over the state
base miflbnam pay the. fm
sefkrJ board also rev'<*ed - the
tenure j>ay scht slate, z.Hlu*r«*g
fhc mimltcr ol years necessary
to reat-h the maximum pay Is
the case of n bachelor’s dsgtee
the time required to reach tbn
maximum was cut from 16 to 12
years and for a master’s degree
3b lo 18 years.
Based on ihe old pay sefee*.
dule in effect, before tiie iegj.s-
lature raised pay the Taft
School system was near the bot-
tom in matter of pay for nrdgSi-
hoi-mp ttchook. Tukioo-Midwtty
had a base pay of $4,9)0, €o»-
pt*' Christi, $1,900; Siiiicm.
704; Grr-st-iiy - Poilland. «,WS;
Odem $C«4; ftoevstto, «,?«•
-tmi TaH, $4 604.
In addition to approving ft*
above pay schedule the bao^l
also nf>proved «he per «ef
at all teanchers •who err jwS
-itKive the pay aehetftafe. This
list includes teacher# whet tor
Paid for heading a dtpArlmonl,
doing extra work, firim-Jpot#,
head tea.rhorx, etc. There me
it) teachers in the Taft system
ilia* fail in ttiis lot.
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WATER FU»~ everyone j- at ms rat CUtI* Pool. The
seemed to want to use the lad-, young beauties are, t. to A. Nan-
tier at one time as this picture ey Bray, Patti Tola-id, Nancy
was snapped on the opening day 1 Tunnel! and Gene Swanson,
(Iron.
Pall hearers were J. L. Bar-!
gamki. Joe M.iuch, Jr., John
Lague, Cas Mr.urin, Clyde
Woodall and Walter Howard.
Records On Sale
At Band HafS
A record of the To ft High
School Band is now on sale at
the band hall m from A. L. Al-
britton, band director. The 12-
ineli record is of the contest
tu,'ins pT.ijad tlii- year .rid last
year Ivy the band Orders may
D- placed with Mr. Albritton.
the Kiwanis Club last week.
He talked on mental illness.
Carol Kolb chib sweetheart
was presented a plaque for her
services from 1965 to 1967 as
pianist
Randy King of Sinton and Mr.
Tucker of Waco were guest...
Field Day At
Pioneer Nursery
Set For Tuesday
}W. fVkSC'innfey G*»s
Mr. and Mrs. Wni. Cross and
Mrs. J. F. Rotzler. all of San
Antonio, visited in the Fred
Roizler h-jrne Friday and Sat-
urday and attended graduation:
exercise- in which Carol Rat/- j mile- .south of town on tb*1 Wi*3t
ler received her diploma ’ Port: ind Road.
The Pioneer Sorghum Com-
pany will hold a fiejrt day at
their roirae-y v utb of town next
Tuesday and it is open In the
public. Tours will be conducted
by the managers, Joe Faber and
Clarence Dorman, te'ginnirig at
1:3ft [>. in. Refreshments Will
Ik served.
TIP nursery is loaded throe
Bronx# Medail From
Dooley Foundation
Wayne McKinney of New York
•ml ;» former Taft resident, who
Twirlers For High
School Chosen In
ComperiHotn Safwrday
: die investigation.
Twirlers for Taft High School!
were chosen last Satin.lay in j
competiti-T. held at Mathis. They ;
are Joyce Piester, .Meiis-a H.vr-j
riy. Brenda Ewaid and Linda j
Kretzmeier. Cheryl Phillips had j
been chosen earlier a- drum j
ma M-
Th" eamiictition was held
will graduate Irom State C.'ni-
v("' ity of New York Drwnstate
Medical Center <m June 8. wrote
to Ins aunt, Mrs. R. R HesK-f,
UIImg of an honor he received.
At a bvnefit held for -the Dr.
Thomas Dooley Foundation Ti
New York McKinney was award-
ed a brori?" copy of the gold
medal that Congress awarded
Dr, Doalcy after his death and
which was presented to Dooley’
mother by Pres. Kenedy. Thi-
bronze copy was presented to
McKinney by Malcolm Dooley,
The benefit was held at the
T.ivcrn on Hie Green in Cen-
tral Park aid was attended by
many prominent persons, in-
vfudl-i: Uw wife of ‘lit. ambas-
sador to Spain. Helen Have*,
Mr. J aha add others. Ffttcr-
tuinmc o' was by Jane Greco and
Phi! Bennett Orchestra.
Following hi* graduation Mr-
| K-zincy and hi« wife will vi-il
| rebitivi s hero and thtn will go
to Hawaii where he wd! serve
as an intern for a year.
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Mr and Mn Rober' TUtSdST.
will get a bacto'fc# dws**‘*‘
rducarton from »»»e
of IMa at ro«UTreAscr«»ro>t
t'V' r-t i'e-; there Sattardf-y
His major was twtt,
Rkbt>T vMtimted Cd
lege and A Vi Cskftp-g#
gtong to Use tbriver-siKy Irf y1
Uw 3r'^.
Mr Modi Mm.
mcncKinwrt wroechw* tx»
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Oflker Tradnlns
Jim H. 5JCr l
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Man i ^btrm, was headed
IT Strum
i of Columbus.
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tta £ F«-d abu (toSJod*toj ^»rs-ivor* u" tad^d-fuKh-J «m of Mr. and Mrs. Chari*
Whw tx* swervi I (hs.! t’btne. a son Mtc ****** ^ Rav was bitten by a sma
1^2 •»««• Wt -md hit his"''' r,h rotil^ke In a era patch nea
*a*H Fort Worth; a oruux«, , ...
mg the pickup to; surnn ()| Alice and hi* P;,r'
HIGHWAY SMASHiJf* . This morning. This srartoe
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Th*- Ford braked, <>nts. Mr. »nd Mrs.
isrkujj (ifs sturm of Orange Grave
| m * Pw«up “fi the right- Sturm of Wa
his home on Tuesday naming .
j * » c - rew , r""’ri,:
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is one of the ears involved in a driven by Creighton M Camp-: chad Storm of Scevitte. travel-1 TJ
a . bett of OailM im* travel mg west: ing -west, unshfe tm
few mile# Ear*t m Taft Tuesday! aew attempted to omx wraterj the station wagrm
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Guthrie, Keith. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 31, 1967, newspaper, May 31, 1967; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748877/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.