The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 12, 1967 Page: 1 of 10
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Q**«t*d To Tht lest Interesh Of Toft «mf Son Patrkio Comity
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Funeral For
Mrs. Sandars
Held Monday
TAFT, TEXAS 78390, WEDNESDAY, AHftt 12, <067 n\r™w%wwMtcSs‘
KumTii! services for Mr
jr w Sandal •> were le M"i>-
*);,y afternoon at the First Pr- ».
feyterian
Church. The It* v Geo
Akvanrli i officiated H-iri tl * •.
in tfr T.«fi Cemetery under the
direction '>1 Cage-Marshall Fun-
eral Home.
Mis Jmio To’ inrl Sandal-.
W1i!) was TT yen old it n> r
jih whs ton 'it Chap"! Hill
Ihr daughtei ol Mr. mil Mi
Jr,' Toltnd
Sh< movctl to Taff boro r;-i -
gory in 1921 Since th it •• me
sin' ft a* been h member of I!. ••
j. jrjt Prcsbyti ri m Cb m h md
tie Woman's Club find w i. ,<.
live in community all.ins
Mis Sand* > ,;n« up in
Chapel Hill and at < lilemnn.
Tex., where - ii‘ gradu dw| trail
High Srlii)f>l Sin' taught -i lio.)
one year at laiba, 7i‘.\ before
moving lo I. gory wall leu lam-
jly Sh>' worked in Ihr Company
store a short lime It*-tor* her
mamin;i‘ to Mr Sind in l!tl I
Otlv t Ilian tin' ' i/.n rii an I
club work M> - San h-is dev nb I
jnos! of In')’ rrii";; " to tin
family, homo am! ■ i« iutlv
[ridifl hiT'si'lf on keeping i
beautiful yard
Survivors ar<- one d us>;htiu.!
Mr. Rich mil .- .in-on: Hiri"*;
tshlers. Mis K (>. MuckVtoy of
Tuft. Mis. Pal Mamin of K.o
Hondo and Mrs. hick P.i.yji.r of
Cjitius Otristr two hr- i!i ; >
A D. Tolan l < f T.iff aod K !.
Tolend of t ;<•« West : ,mj mx
grandchildren
\ t
k
Prospects (jood For April
'—e ij* I
Ssp'ia
Tho prospects for ruin in thi* ] Crop* as a whole in San Put-! oral week* without tho
area arc "above average'' for i ricio County are looking good,
this week, but after this week! There teems to be isolated
the prospects for moisture drops splits where the moisture abort-
"below average.” , age is severe but in moat of the
This is the way Ihe United I county the bottom moisture is
Stele* Weather nuranu sees the j bolding out well,
pixisjied of moisture for Ihe| Farmers in file heavy black
crops in San Patricio County. | land area are a hit more <>p-
“'The prospect of April show- j timistic about their prospects
ers is extremely good for the I that farmers having light or
crops | far few I
suffering, but in the light land I tesag to
we will be hurting bud in a seem to fee
week or less.”
A clack with crop insecticide
dealers in the county show a
"wait and s**e" attitude toward
any insect control. Worsham
Airport at Taft reports some
work being done in areas north
and east of town on cutworms
rest of 'hi* week," according to j mixed land. One farmer that fan that everything else is "wait-
j Russell Mozeney, chief of the J has several farms scattered over j ing for rain."
j weather bureau. “However, af- j Ihe county bad ibis to s iy: “on j Soir.e reports are also being
I ter this week we are going to j my heavy black land I've goi j received concerning build up* on
| have to take our chances.’
the tweathw
make any big i
insecticides.
Tht* .'wpdteatkm ok
ers on land has iu*o
ers .....
came to a halt aowmtha k> «*■
era! chemical firms. “H5c
tots of interest being
in the applksttkw
ers," one denier ubM,
rams this week I'm mine- * we
at weed Irificr will be aatdfafl
m
i enough moisture to last for »ev- j lice in the young grain but sol to county crop*.'
I-aZ,* 'Ad II.
THE SWEEPSTAKES trophy it Carlton Marsh. The Taft High
shown by S.L. Albritton and School Band won the trophy in
UU. contest.
Local People
Plan To Attend
State Meeting
School Board Delays
§my Action on lax
Increase for 2 Weeks
Pull bearer*. ■
C J To kind
Fred William
Ha! Sandai'-.
Joe M .11 ,n
K J >*•»■*..«
Mail, i.l , !!()
Butch Prasaley
Speaks To Kiwams
Chib on Football
A number of lor a I proplf" pi tn
to attiTid Tht* ‘atr Sunday School
Convention Thursd »> arid F:i-
day at Hie First Baptist CiiUfih. •[>„, sthfitii board trx»k up a J850 with an added fee of
m O.rpus On,.t!. number of items at a meeting for taking cane of the Title
. ,,M ’""'n "Ifm ,.,3, night which lasted from ! lands.
1 fiun.'d >>• ■’ J't m .section- to Mr. Pullin passed out to the
■ I me*-Iing- will be held Thurs- Princitiais rtf the various three newly elected tmard mem-
day .iftcrn-. n on the I;r.|»n tance: ,r,hrK)|s ilIjpoaml before the hers blanks far stating their
i cure * tot
be ft&SNf
City CmwcB
Has Meetiftf
On Tuestlay
New alderman were sworn in
Tuesday at ihe city eouncii
meeting and they had a full
City Sets 68
Coifingforb
$136,911; R«fe Scan*
IMll
j agenda of business to take up I
! tern JreS‘kiinRglChiC' ^ i ’,’hs> ^^Sel for the city of j interest and cemetery
1 a m*w *nmm
1’I “ — —1—j *“ *•-**-«—• owm.
imm
oatt^ o/office tor^nrttr term ’ ^"StaUdT aTth^m
tolLiL thl clX Jt! fuc-*day night. It will end egpem«. n.«:
^'JmSSSSa^ Sat£: i '; mTi ?
ehie was immediately elected I, •<«* budget ^ the year c.to
to serve as mayor prolem for;an ^rxliUire of 036.911
another term rh,s Ls ba**d im a tay* rate !,f
».5U per $100 o« a tax value of
session
t 10 a. m. SiMlidn-
will hi* held Thurs-
*n i/n the Importance
. of Bible study and In- son Plan* | ^^’,'d ,0 reconiniend* tiie hiring! expenditures during their cam
i n.ng ami preparation m tlf vat-j t^;i(,hf>rs jor ru.x( y,.;ir All: j»ai^n tor re-oloction. f>r. John
Mom- depiir'ments of the church weK: lt.oumstl,wl(n'd will, the ex-i Tunnel) and T. D. Threadgill.
' I fepitop th0M. who have .tl- J -h'- ht«l no expense* in cornice-
Thro will bo ?»
f Geo, Wither Goes
To Houston For
insurance Conference
George B. Wither, 732 Mc-
Intyre. has qualified for mem-
bership in Kansas City Life in-
surance Company's President’s
Club arid been extended a per-
Accounts for March were ap-
proved for payment. They were
$3,893.82 for the genera! fund.
$306.42 for the cemetery ami
$4,055.55 for the water depart-
ment.
A gas code, which wax discus-s-
$5,416,476. Of the lax $U8 is
allocated to the genera! fund and
32 cents a earmarked fix* ihe
interest and sinking fund.
Receipts from all sources are
estimated at $123,008 for the
year. Cash avaiiebit- at the be-
Blltrh Pri-S'dey je .-.ented a
program on Canadian foot bail to
the Kiwani* Club last W.-dn.--
day Maynard Abrahao:* ,v sn
charge uf the program
Gue's inelwfetl I Ward (';<*«-
Simon: A. A Suth !-I•• i, gued
of RiUx-rt il.irpej; !*.;s.,nd.
SOC-i' of t, f. K*»it»: Arieii Rug.; -
funt '4 Coleman Mirier
A donation of V> Imm *■ ..■•ii
memlxT was made lonart air-
conditioning the Kivu
com ert Thursday evening at Del
wJ - ■ - - i * V ' r J. ' oi ’. no, ^ *^.i l,v C® I ft •- * /*- SC ¥ ,-K I X,. H St.tJX Cl * *T
rymn playing'jjy |(,sjSned. These ai-e (iragg ; Hon With re-eiei.tion.RofjertLer- j mvitauon from the presi-
Guihridge, Mrs. Mary Smith,
ma slated that tie
ed at the last two meeting*, was j ginning of the year was $57,OPS
tabled again for study. giving »i*i,S» avaiiabie for ihe
srxnt $i to j dent, Joseph R Bixby. to attend'
The council voted to make 8
no parfchiK area of the east side
of Victoria Avenue from Onl-
M .r .\udttorium .m-l a S-m-i M j m^."^Alian'Howard! | «» I’*'*..'*'* ,0 the | the 1967 President'- Club 'semk-1 ^et ,?„R,!!!c?n
UrMnenl expense 13,®., Om
tory labor, $2,363, Ttofcts. .S-
parturient salaries, #<*«
lice dcpartmeal
370; Street, and park dtoj0. itsiS*-
maa $2,313; Street labor.
Street material and stagey
5toK; Street wtd sUcy
$112*9: SanM0m 4«y>k
S10.1W; Me.toei.ti nrv!$
&:m; ecju^bskw, mm. fz
A cmntAete cojsy ®f. 8w
get it, uvaitehjt' *1 Ibis cifjp
Fnd l-V !h,'rr w'il Mrs. Betty Speer, Ron Parks,
< "nl< .' i in.. on «• whing p.ori*- M, ^ Walters, .Miss Rac
■tu- -, , ^■oc.o • - •■>! Bibtv Monrmann. Mrs Mary Dike,
-'..My md Me’C •! mu-ie in the Mt, KltoMh RmKviald. Mrs.
moimtiK Patricia Sturm. Airs. Nancy
Fi vfa> aftett)>-*n hit* confer- Howard, Mrs, Frances Howard
citizens of Taft. However, he
did not state tho cost of the
paper and printing of such let-
ters.
'The board authorized the driv-
See BOARD Page 5
nar to be held at the Sheraton- * . , .......
Lincoln Hotel in Houston, Texas fcho01 ° ■«l«l«'to cm j receipts, $7,266; Fine., $2600
was done on
fiscal year.
Revenue will be derived pfsrtoi*
S>aiiy from taxation .raid fee* as
follows: Ctirrmt taxes, $7$,.t22;
the request of j Deiiquent (axes, $3,456, Gems
leaching procixlures 1 and
will be continued and that even- i
ing there will tx1 a song servtee,
special music ar.d talks by CSiar-
;.->• Dooley and W. A. CvKwel!,
Mrs Mae Nell Avery.
Seven Killed in Two Car
Wreck Near Taft Son.
Sen r. peis.ms, including tw-»
*fw»» Taft killed early
Sunday in i i*. . ,. eolhsion
rai>t of I i ,r> Highway 181.
There were n> survivors of Ui«>
wreck which in e in <| just e i-t
of Midway R.,ud ul 2:'.1l u, in
The acridcnt w.*s investigated
by tun Texas Highway patrol-
toen Roij! .Montgomery and
dailies Deal 'I'll, S, ie|w,r-i<ul that
a fureign-m.id'- r.u. m wfeeh
fi^e young San An'onn* |« tiple
Wf-inilmg, ,, ,-ntIy u> nt out
1,1 font ip) as hey w'eie ite.,d-
J'M emt fiin o|f ihe read arid
skiddixl en e side into the path
<'• an ear in
wete two Tall le-opto.
Mr, and Mrs Lin-nzu Ci.ir-
< id Were the !■» ill wreck vie-
hiirs. He a a ■ lie,el a* the scene
and she dust m a Sinton h *-
B e lejxHdetl that she
n'a* driving the car.
Lead m the other car were
Jarm-s Kf-ndglesn age »(. I’.o-
KrewUer is. i„ .
i,!19; Roeh- 21.
cnees on
The f inancial statement was j R. N, West Gets
approved bills were approv- ,, . «
j cd for payment. Among the J ®tlfns rftCAy
. biggest items on the accounts
payable wi re $715.87 to the City
; uf Tail tor the school's share
i in reworking two intersections
j near the East Elementary
j School and $593.28 for break-
j last food and S327.I.3 for milk for |
| breakfast lor children under the
> Title l program,
j Last month there was a dis-
arnl Army Pm. Louis Williams, i ™s*fn '■>[ >h'' w-r increasing
19 of Fort Sam Houston. ; number ot free lunches m the
|( .- rv,ted to have taken 1 'c,)<'01 sysU:m-, lila'ly-. Dunns ' The Tall Volunteer Fire Dr
officer-, with the help of a 'Be month of Match this avet-1 r,;trtm,.ni was called out twice I
uieeker -i-rvif. ''. meie than an -^''d *•’ • v' f’11 1 , in the past week. They ans- j
how tff jvvr/ivf* thr Sxidios from a ar^<‘ sum JPvno^ Ht wored n call Sunday morning i
ihe e :i Two of the Ixslies in the 1 1 on*;s *asjat the wreck on Highway 1.81
were
R. N West, was burned Fri-
day while working with liquid
fertilizer at Rossons. His wife
reported that he was burned
! on the c hest and abdomen .He
was treated by a local doctor
and released to his home.
April 12 through 15.
| from parking then during ath-
The 1967 meeting' marks the I *TU« ami vamin* * tnjf>
23rd annual seminar held for f,c ha*a™'
the professional benefit of the G.O. Baird, director of public
company’s prominent field) works, stated that the city re-
representatives, ; ceived literature on city sales
To become a member, an I tax from the Texas Municipal
agent, must meet high prodtie-; League this week and it will fee i
Garbage $17,345; other item*
include Housing Authority pay-
ment in lieu of taxes, licenses,
permits, drainage ditch reniM,
■ MP;
%
Lee Giidager, wtw I* '
ber of ihe Oyipiw QtrfWt
Pigeon Oufe w.w ttfcr'
first piasje nttswr la
races Md fast &■ Hfm
birds had 6«at MemOA tofea
Dallas,
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to
lion requirements, and his pro-jsent out right away to council j
Firemen Get Two
Oils This Week
gress in the life insurance busi-! members for study. Tibs is an
ness and bis service to his com- i Rem recently passed by the leg-
munity also are factors. The i isiattffe allowing city councils
attainment of President s Club
membership is considered an
outstanding achievement
throughout the company and the
life insurance industry.
Less than 10 per cent of the
company's 2.650 licensed agents
in 41 states and the District
of Columbia qualify for the Pres-
ident Club each year.
were it
Tlv Taft Fire Is narmrnt » i-
railed out iri rase eithr-r f*l the
cars caught lire.
Funeral services for the Gar-
cias were fit-id Tuesday aft'-r-
noon at the immaculate Om-
ception Ciiureh with ihe Rev.
which t jregory Bocnseh oifirnting.
Hull (I "was in the Taft Ceme-
tery under the direction of Cog"-
M,e. -hail Funeral Home.
Mi Garcia was laan in Ber-
dair ami hi.s wife- in Peltu-..
They had lived here for 19
yea IS where he worked as a
gauges lor an oil company,
Bull! vie.-t* member's ol the Cath-
battory cable
and caused .
escape line.
had
fin
-hurled out
in the oil
,:rn;n San Anton.■» were discussion in investigating diis j jn wfjinh seven peofde were!
!ii >wn out on impact. Both ears! problem further in an effort to j kiHe-df. They stood by there from!
total loss thih ‘«Ufc. j ■■ to 5 it. m.
Supf. Carl Waddle announced j Monday evening they were |
j (hat the school athletic fund | called to the Inland Mate! where j
| was $437 last year arid is now j a big truck Was on fire. A |
| $1000,
The board voted to advertise
; for scfwii depository.
Th'-y authorized the purchase
; of 10 new band uniforms and
• one majirettc uniform at a cost
, of $1,137,60. Gene Pullin. school j
1 business manager, stated that j |p
money for this expenditure is j
in ;he F'rst State Bank and j q-[,e Volunteer Fire Depart
Eugene House
Wes Wednesday
Af Age 58
to pass sales tax laws if they
wish.
Baird reported that the city
has received money from the
Highway Church of Christ, the
Hospital District and the Pres-
Mex Properties, on ihe street
work on Gregory Street and the
intersI'ctions of this street and
Roots and Myers Avenues. Vet
to be received is that of the
Taft School District. (This was uw_ R,
voted at a meeting o! the school J jcast 17 Aggies:
boalrd later Tuesday.)
L. T. Kolb, Jr. was at the
meeting and made a request of
Aggie Jokes Fail
’Send Exchange Student
Turk! Wammer, an ejwsihange
student from Norway who ii
Jiving in Refugio tor a year,
sp»ke to the Taft Rotary CMi
Tuesday and was a huge sik--
cess.
Miss Wammer spir hvon
ably about most Texas customs
and habits, except for Aggie
jokes. "I’m afraid f just don't
understand Aggie jokes," she
told the group (composed of at
i least 17 Aggies) "and besides not
] understanding the jokes 1 like
1 Aggies.”
The young exchange student
Eugene House died last W<li-
the council. He has bought land j compared Norway favorably
j from Pres-Mex at the corner of! with conoitinro in Touts. *T
Highway 181 and the new Roots j was thrilled,” she said, "when
nesday after an illness of sever-
Avenue. He stated to the coun
Floaf From Fire
Department To Be
Bmk. Parade
al weeks He was 58 years old '’** i,fw* P<es-Mex
Mr House was bora in Bel! land holders will pave that one
County and Jived in Denver City ' Avi'n«*‘ /r”;n 0,';
for a number ol years where he
was an oi! field equipment truck
was obtained through horn rent-) rneni will enter a float in the
driver. He moved to Taft seven
years ago and was a member|
of the First Baptist Church here.
Funeral services were fo ld
Thursday afternoon in the
Highway to Gregory at no coal
to the city, at city specifica-
tions. :f the atime.il will then
Sec CiTY #
l framed that i was going !o
Texas tor a year so tliat I
would gel all of Ihe sitnsbitv;
1 wanted ami I have.” She tedd
the men that Norway'# eii- . _ . -
mate wa» a ‘ bit colder" with I Rofafy <5M» is hwr *pM»er
to wmsparinjf ton «Kfbadl'gpi^
Refugio to to* on* cte 'AtoMu^fl..
in Norway ail stodeada |o Si,
m orway all m|toti« m WM>
seven yours fo m v* an#— |
tehool and then «dJf to* b*fi|rar
Htodcnte advance feto
adkod, *«• » gymmkm m «#,*"
called in Harmg. % weptm, f
that our Siigb totxjai Is -
tom&er Itom T' *if> mb'
‘tout wbotoer M k bsi&« |||; ■
twt 1 wotftdkrt kamr.w t'.. .
Modern food *mm b-WMfk.
young Ltdyrg fwoiite... ‘li rnmik:.-
like fo lake fe rcwljm
ito me," a» iswpbi.
I'm a pc>»- odsti, SSI-
we wouldB't bawotoe
but 7 eat oil l <»* sjm
The WO* toftf ix.A W6fe*ti
the home of TO&V&
to die satm
ttoV
-y
tout fc toe *nmd Mia .itop’
dent toot toty Hr«r sjwir*;.-’M
a Is.
Srs WRECK Page 6
Th'-y voted to hire tii" smio
scn-u.l ludilor. Allen I.'vm-. for
..nottn-F yenI at the same fee of
chapel uf CaRc-Marsh-til k'um-r-
Buccancer Day Parade tn Cor-j a, -n„. k,.v c. A. Miller
[ms Ciiristi on A[>ri! 29. The
si homo of Ihe float has not
been announced.
Pspjfiif
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of the First Rapbsi Ohurrh of-
ficiated Burial was in the Taft j
Cemetery.
Survivor- are one brother.:
E. !, ihtti-e; and two sisters :
Mrs. A.f* Mi Hi nfe of Taft amj
Mrs. Loi 1 Walker of Freeport. .
Pallfjearers were W H. Dlx
ou, John Ofliff. Vernon Wyatt,
1. F. l^mg, 1 «v>. B. Long and
L»si Nelson.
msmm
AAembarship Driv#
Underway For
Civic Minsk Askhl
A membership drive is now
undcrwiiy for Uk- Civic Music
Association rrf Onrpusi Oirlst;.
Ticket* an- $8 for the season.
Tickets may be obtained in ]
Mathis from Mrs. James May- •'
! field, in Odem from Mrs. Roy j
j Robbins, In Portland from Mrs. j
j Roger Powell or Mrs.. A. 15. 1
j Wareecha and in Taft from Mrs. [
\ c. C. Boykin. Mrs. Edith Carrol! j
} ,»r Mrs. Grant Hwrxjd
) Among t h e perfmmanees 1
. iscxAisf so far are the Aroeri-1
! r»n Ballet Theatre- and toe Li-i TH)* VOGNA
! Evans Trio. i tpeafcsr at ttw (
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