The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 22, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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1969-70 TAFT COMMUNITY FUND iUBGST
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■ton Army .........
leaf*.**
i K<trn*r Day Care Center
twit Council Bey Seoul*
|L Seoul* & Explorer Seoul*
psowl*
J Side; Scouting
,-yiGfI Stout* IK***?
f ^iMtfkan Red Cr*<*
?fM* United Community Services
' gyii Oafeme
* 8. S. 0
I y, American! Community Center
" fclM(e3 Warm Spring* Foundation
|«m« Medical Research Foundation ....
^ Wilson Hospital
fe()»hw#st fMabetk Foundation .
| ^ministration
' Awn. for Mental Health
ifjmily Countilina Service
IOTAS.
Community ?und
'joal Lowered
*11,000
The aty of Tan h> conttauto* local fun*. , fc* •"*£«“£*
Jrktog toward building o mu* The proposal that * ***«*; £££ZZe
nidrmi' airport Just north of the sktow* hy the *v«*este* «** !*H •»
city. The drive was given an- we of pert uf the Part* M»
other assist this week when the purchased from Pf«-»*«k W
Texas Aeronautics Commission immediately mrtlMnt of * **
announced that Tart has been sham airport and then »eq^8
approved for a additional *26- a tract of land jnjmediately
m grant for airport lighting. news Rincon Road *«•"» ***
erty. At toe preset* tkm
strip that serves Worsham 4%*
port is port on their UxiM jm&
jwirt on l***d teased fitswss
city. Thfe ww
from Pwo-M** «&*»
000 grant for airport Hgbttog. ^ ifX to
Several month*rl &**■ tea* *»* ««****»
approved for $27,500 for eon- land to accommodate tt»in-
struction costs. Both Of these ways If this plan‘
grants have to toe matched toy through it would mean the <*•-
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Short Course For Formers
in Staton Storting on Qetater
THESE TaF'T people brought hifoit entitled <!The Wany Por-
home a good number at the plac- traits of Miss Liberty" which
ques last week end from the was made up of U.S. coin*. Hay
coin show sponsored by the Li. Von Rosenberg, left, earned an
berty Coin Club of Corpus Chris- outstanding plaque for his Mexi-
ti. Mrs. Fred Floerkc won a can coin exhibit and superior
trophy for the Best of Show ex- plaques for his exhibits of coins
of the Mongo! Empire and of
North Vietnam. Dr. John Tun-
nels, right, won an outstanding
piacque for his gold coin exhi-
bit and a placque In the non-
competitive division with art ex-
hibit of presidential medals.
Thr allocalirm* committee of
| he Taft Community rural i.^>>
m up the definite lint "f oi-
Myadidhs *hu It will
'ten -Irtv. n.-\t week and the
;goal has ht'i-n <et at Si
' Now final plate- *»re b*',n- made
jar tti.- actual til f. >■ ' 1 tola- place
«Bnanday of next wor k.
Tte committee in charge ot
It* drive in making every ef-
fort to have enough worker- on
tend Thursday to comf»l<‘le th«-
4iyt in one day. There will bo
s breakfast at «:30 am- Thurs-
day in th< high school cafeteria.
»! which time cards will on
passed out.
Ttv cards arc* to be worked
that day and there w ill be a time
A the evening tor re parting. Any
cards which are not contacted <>n
Thursday will Ice worked by a
spi'iai committee' within the
tolt few days.
Citizens of Tail are asked to
disouw within your family whi«t
you will give to the Community*
Fund before Thursd ay so that
you toil know when you are con-
tacted ■> a worker. This will
save time for you and for tie*
workers.
Dr. John Tunnel! is president
ot th- drive this year, Oth''r of-
ficers are Carl Waddle and Hob
Moore, drive chairmen: Court-
jp 1$ mwm
For Sinton
FOR TAFT HOSPITAL
A farm management seminar
wilt be: held in Sinton at the
county home-making building Oc-
tober 27 through 30, Ail area
farmers and other interested
persons are Invited lo attend.
Meetings are set for 7:30 p-m.
The propose of the seminar,
which is Jointly sponsored by the
First Hotter _
isS ieteesd
which is jointly sponsored by the The honor roll has beat re- cuumea rotor «*- -
MM U-a hr ft- U< ^ «" ZZ'TSJZZ.TZ
land the fe-ase was tamlmk*# -*»
•jjnj
In mder to be eUM%ie wsr *art»
SHands any strip toudt by the rMy
wmM have «o be s mMrnmf af
3 200 feet tong,
Fart of the city’s pxetSm. of
funds to match the- two sragfe
wouki toe marie vip toy peM»A|f m
land.
Tire city will have taws It
-monttw to 2 years to-wortt «
the details <d ftwrt« :*-»*
make the final deefchw <»
whether or not to I®*
project:.
The money Ustrt k ava«shfe .t»
cities on a 5W harts i» m-
claimed refunds on He state'*
By Court Monday
Admiriistrator
in a ,-nlV-d meeting of the
commissioners court held Mon-
day afternoon Henry Pummcr
nl Sinton was appoint' d justice
of the peace for Precinct 1, Sin-
tun. with his salary set at. s.***
per month.
A new administrator for the
Taft Ifcb-frital has been hired, ac-
cording to Miss Kdness Mane
Roots, chairman of the Iroard.
He is Joseph Eonfiglio of Mem-
phis, Tenn. Ho was here last
week for two days to confer with
haven. Miss., lie is a graduate
of the school of business admin-
istration at Tulntte University
and has taken several courses
on hospital administration.
He comer, to Taft from Mem-
phis where lie was the associate
ies. He speaks Spanish fluently.
His salary is to be $12,000 per
year.
Mr. BonOgfio replaces Cftas.
Draughan as hospital adminis-
trator. Mr. Draughan resigned
to move back fo Houston
...... . the hospital hoarl and will come administrator of tire City of rfwg Ra|ph simmons is in
Plummer has served us man- yMM-k to work by November 10. Memphis Hospital. Prior to that. charge 0j the hospital. He is the
nger .^d supervisor of Ward Mr nf,rfiL,Uo is 57 years old job he was hospital administer- assistant administrator and is
program ouildiog eouuiiittw, 5s
to provide Coastal Pro-
ducers with techniques an®
knowledge w-'hich will enable
them to realize a higjier net in-
come from their productive in-
puts.
The speaker for the four-night
shortcourse are Extension Spe-
cialists from Gofiege Station,
Weslaco ami local resource per-
sons.
Topics to be covered Monday
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rtort
tto,. KttJtoSikr- MMKOtxs *e»
,, ^ . Ji w or-si'L port tital plant' owners nm aw*
Principal • honor roU by grad- ^ ^ ....
rtate M SroH*tr'
the trowbto rf fiiisw; otii f/Mtiiim
for refunds. < .
> ~ ......, , ropiCS lO
Until the new hospital head ar- are,> Costs and Re-
rives Ralph Simmons is in
Crow’s Pifigly Wiggly for «te
Mst 21 years. He is a graduate
of Trinity University and he has
served on to*' Sinton School
txmrd for six years. He Is on
the official board of the Presby-
terian Chuch in Sinton. He was
np|.,int.nl to fill the unexpired
i, cm of Frank Markusxen, de-
C< At' the time of Markussen’s
death the office salary was to2i.
AT per month. Judge William A.
Schmidt in the regular
meeting of the court ha'J
... .ted that the salary be di -
creased to $350 per month on
>1- Borfi'dio is 57 years old job he was hospital administra- assistant administrator and is
andVs single” A native of Bnxrk- tor in Venezula for oil comiian- the purchasing agent.
Mrs, C. C. Williams Gets to See Her
Grandbn In A Broadway Production
. it...........tr,. finplv drawn an
CROP Drive Is
Next Sunday
*-ec 7““*2 rSw*i-t Sx-S
York City for several days last f(irn,iincf> ,hat yf)U r!1n’t even
week to see the "li ning of the j)a)r his Buffalo Bill. All you can
Broadway play “Indians in f(Vp[ js pity,
which tier grandson, Stacy
Reach. Jr., played the starring ^|je|1£J Funeral
role of Buffalo Bill She was ac-
Ttie MYF will conduct the an-
nual CROP drive here next Sun-
day at 5 p m. The boys and girls
will be identified is their efforts
to raise funds for the Christian
Rural Overseas Program.
Adults working with them wall
be Miss Linda Kretzmier and
Mrs. Robb Ayers.
companied hy Miss Jessie Neal
Maurice Sorrells, secretary: and
F.M tr< aMm*r
M<*mbors of the* allocutions
Mrs. B.E. Ivey and Mr. and
Mis. M. T. Ivey wen! to
Dallas last week due to the
death of Milton Robey, brother-
in-law of Mrs B.E. Ivey, on.
Thursday, The funeral was on
creased to »** *......... .. compaun u u)
the basis that the office provid- ^ 0irpus Christ!,
ed fur Precinct 1 was equipiw K(,ach_ who has visited her
Mw. drive "chairmen: Omrt- and had some advan^age^ ^ grandmother h'*r<- for long jxv
ney PiefxT, vie<*-pr**sident: Mrs. other justice oi pr riods since he was a small child, inuniaay. me *«•»»«• —
not have. made his Broadway debut in the Saturday and Mrs. Ivey stayed
Th- motion was made^Com made ms ^ ^ AMftawl u,r some time with her sister
nissioncr !he Ttwatre and was the honored
• nre II. i;. . ____,,
chairman, _____
HG Ritchie, W.D. Milter, Basi-
To Convenfiori
turns tor Coastal Bend Crops,
and Using Resources Efficient-
ly.
On Tuesday evening specialists vid Milter
will discuss Machinery Selec-
tion, Machine Ownership vs.
Custom Hiring, and Equipment
Maintenance and Housiri.
On Wednesday evening the
main topic to be discussed will
be Records- The Basis for Man-
agement; ecisions. The T e te-
as Minimum Wage Law and
Using Child Labor in Agricul-
ture will a ho be covered.
At the last session on Th uni-
lay John J. Seibert, Extension
Grain Marketing Specialist, will
discuss marketing of ngric<d-
turai products — Getting the
Most Dollar for Your Produet
Trends in Agricultural Credit
Seventh: Susan Callm*. Rene
Gonzales, Mary BeddlngfieM,
Uolo Hernandez, Ernest Hfaraeh-
eta, Hermaiinda Rodrigue*. Mri-
«,nte Taylor, David Ro*»rts«»
Eisa Cisneros and Patricia Rs**
dm.
Eighth: Alma Aparacio Kath-
erine Blair, John Josserand,
James Robertson, Michael Alex-
ander, Jofm Johnston, Mark
Montgomery, Diane Muiww,
Alice Orta, Linda Pingaro Use
Svadlmak, Peggy Hflt and Da-
F«* teccti
m'
#k
James Kitsch* vms
sidewt of ihe fan PsteWw flow
ty Farm Bureau, at ihe dtasckv*
. .. L.,u
Xtfi r di Hi miivaw WT7' ^
meeting held inimed«t% M-
cm, Patncia " other offlern etasM w»e
Kooncc, Linda Merts, Nancy Na- Aiimtt iimt rtwe
va. Judy Thomas. Shelve Wend- Wesjl;" A K wterMc, m-
Una and Aim WiImr. cond aaj
High Sch«»1: Francis Bte, MhOf, Xi^n
Pam Bennett. Valartc Becket, -
Carol Davis, Roy Ctencros, Neal
Floerke, Gerald Hutto, Dru Iv-
ey, Theresa Lattgen, Carlos Nu-
niseh. Pedro Rios, Pam Roots,
Alicia Valenzuela. Paul Duprie
ami Norma Trevino,
and Thoms* Tsachstede *t®
elected to two vaesBwJs® <&&■:*$&
board.
Peggy Eartcrwood,
of Mr. and Mr*. Umss Bartjw-
v.Tyxt of Sinton, wwi Us Aw®
tS^Htonor ron hy
Mrs. Sarah Aim Stom wasjn ^ ~
today to attendXinto-^Honat ^ % ^
tummlttee arc II. O. Grebe, Plummer tn . i)U(j guest afterwards at a party.
Mr* C T. Nelson, past at the salary that had o A criti, in the Wall Sti
... . _ nnoi nuiri Markusson. « _______t t,n-i th!c s?iv
Street
lio Moreno. I-oe in and Tunnell.
A list of the allocations is
thown.
[>aid Markussen. iwc,,1)Urna| iiad this to say of
This tootion was quo: J,(,afh; He is superb os Buffalo
by Commissioner Pe V ^ Bil| Jfc is notbing less than
™n4T" d lference in sal- heroic; hesitantly offering to
Miss Gait Ivey of Austin Col-
lege at Sherman Joined her pa-
rents and grandmother in Dallas
for the week-end.
coder, John W. Boat Sr., 3mm-
legates from other clubs in Cor- ,t Xfan ReSchard, area farm j a,'ia Knm'ovw, Jay Phagan and The mate Item flt Wtmw «*■
pus Cliristi. They drove to San management specialist, We»a- jiebm sebubert. annlial ewevam was
l;mDS- s,u r: T discussion wlU he The Farmer* senders,
her dub and accompanied de- Respnnsibmty to Obtaining Ore- Kimn grade- Kim
legates from other clubs in Cor- ,t Ajan Reichard. area farm j Knimnnw, Jay P!
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D*vt R,
Antonio and flew from there. co will cover the topic.
B. B. Cross
Dies Tuesday
k Hospital
I,r n’S feiSTjuScTS S™»-
S toT'salary of mordto Times says: Jhe^tar. Stacy
2Sr^rS A ^ hi,
Hailoween Carnival Benefit of Taft
Community Fund Set For Downtown
. .. _________________„| i. At nresent the clubs are pi
^ih^r'ludtee of*peace*sniaries ^y’does it ap^ar wry healthy ag(.s „nd
Othei ju.xtne I . ur best-known ac- Communil
A Halloween Carnival is being
planned for next Tuesday for
the enjoyment of the kids of all
Bethel Barney Cross, fit, died
Tuesday in a Taft hospital fol-
hRing a long illri<«.s. He hud
lived in Tntt eight years, having
nw«J here from Corpus Cliristi.
A farmer, he was born in
Strawn Nov. 18, 1901.
UIII.V vex#'-.* * *
ul"‘ ‘ Jmfv are Pet 2 Odom, that one of our best-known ac-
Mil,™- Sectoct 4. Portland, tors should be
to benefit the Tail
$349.70; ITecinct *. dcbut as a star, but it mak-
Aransas ’ Pass es you wonder where Broadway
70. Precinct fi. Aran^ ^ iU, these years. Mr.
$329.7.5 and • business Reach is exemplary-
corenTin toe Tailed meeting From the National Observer:
Community Fund. It is being
sponsored by some of toe ser-
vice clubs of Taft.
For many years a Halloween
Carnival was held here each
year by the PTA, but since that
At present the clubs are plan-
ning on a hay ride, cake walk,
pie and coffee stand, cake stand
and various games.
Each of the clubs will donate,
a percentage of toe take to toe
United Fund and part of them
will donate the entire proceeds.
From tne wbihhhii uu» — .....
,.v „„„ ----- ------ . „.,Hrv of Mr Reach captures the man so organj/atioo was disbanded at
-*n Nov. 19, 1904. was the increase m x.u; D rompiHcIy that you v*e through the ,.nd of last year there was
He is survived by his wife, Constable Eugenw C^n _ h(m ,aypr by layer even before to |x, n0 carnival until this one
tme Lee and one bn.ther, Jes- Precmot |rom $123.10 he reveals himself to a scene wflS plnnned. _ ...... _ u lJ
Mrs. Weothersbee,
Former Resident,
Dies in California
S'
itodaTto attoniT^ intoroatiMral vten 5^ma,'u*y Steenlsch and
strut'sssj: »-<»—•
her einh and accompanied de- ^__________a,me, roor.ieloo- rVe-
surgery Tuesday to a Corpm «e« FARM »UI*EA*I P««» ♦ •
Oiristi hospital. Jo™' Poeruscn.
k Cross, of Paio Pinto.
Funeral services are to he an
lounced.
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See JP Pa8* 4
of
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liberal, albeit symbolic,
uncea. __----------—
Taft Goes AAA By 5.6 Students
s r»:. nwantlii
, i_ T|.p and Rio Grande City.
The long . awaited announce- with eight ;dher^ District games for the Grey-
S’nt of new football alignments i.toer schools m the dter ,wunds next year vllhr <xnM
«■ made hy the UIL last week be Ar«na>^hop^i ^ ^ ^ ,, West Oma tore.
finds Taft keeping company BliiH. fu . Robs town, Oct. 2, Urogoiy u ‘ X.,* m
‘IH 3A schools for the first Gregory * * s*rhcM>ls, wath
Sinton. Ail Of w «* »
was plnnmxl-
The carnival will he held in
the downtown area, with plans
now to rope off the 20fl block of
Green Avenue, or at least part
of it. to set up the concession
stands. It will be la id between
the hours of fi and 9 p.ni.
Church Official
To Be Here Thursday
Mrs. Lamar Weathers bee, who
was a former Taft resident, died
Tuesday morning in Atwater,
Calif., where she had lived sin-
ce leaving Taft several Jtpors
ago. Burial will be in Marshall,
Mo., on Saturday morning.
Mrs. Weathers bee was too mo-
ther of Mrs. Jack Tutt of Hous-
ton.
£ 9 Robs town, here; Oct. 1G.
S.^™rta£wi£ align- Sinton. All of Al.ansas Pass, .here; Oct 23.
nt for Class AAA is bared on the exception of > - Tuteso-Mldway, heri^ ^ ^
enrollment of 500 to 1099 stu- familiar faces un ^ ^ ^ ^ 6. ^“ur ?,lvV and
to. in tin. last foui giudes of ulc. In i;irt_ - ,, ytfaes veinher $3 Bish^, *
h school for the yean, of trict opponrnto enro„ment November 20 Sinto • ( j
7-68 and 19MWJ9. At the pro- ago before toiir ' w. Z Milter Jr.
Ibed time Taft had an on- placed them In Class « (K,nt of
bnent of 505.B In these top y‘]fnrf! ^L,„.r of District 15AAA teen rlecttsl __
r Kradcfc, thus automatically winner of District chairman « w||| bo
ring them into class AAA UIL "HUJay^ t i di(ttrlct honors- tto-re on Septem-
m ftnuhed their gr.xiping, Taft waa Donna, Edooux^ here, hegteat^*
la outrtai ihaa Minna rtos, W*”**"!--—"——■—■—■—M—
An official of the Lutheran
Church will he here Thursday
evening to confer with congre-
gational leaders of F aith Luth-
eran Church. He is the Rev.
Richard Fencke of Dallas, re-
gional mission director. They
wilt have an evaluation of the
local church program.
On Sunday at 10:30 n.m.
Social Security
Man In Sinton
A representatives of toe Social
Sicurlty Administration will he
at the county courtroom in Sin-
ion on October 30, at 9 n.m.__
Burch andi Mrs.
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