The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1956 Page: 1 of 4
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Volume 48
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Number 26
Mis. H. S. Davis Crowned
Queen Of Old Settlers
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Id a colorful Coronation ceremony
in front of the grandstand Tues-
day evening, Mrs. H. S. Davis
.was crowned queen of the Old Set-
tlers of Edwards County. The,
coronation took place on Rock-
springs’ beautiful blue and gold
float, which formed a queenly set-
ting for the occasion.
In the background in •» semi-
circle were horsemen of the Grand
Entry, in colorful array, the flag
bearers and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Miller, the Rodeo Queen, and
Miss Jo Nell Hunt, her duchess.
Heralds to the queen's court were
Bobby Dan Cowsert and Kenneth
McCoy.
As the arena lights were dimmed
blue spot lights centered on the
float to highlight the program as
Col- John R. Banister acting as
master of ceremony, presented the
queen’s court: Mrs. Jesse T. Ev-
ans, Mrs. Jess Croft, Mrs. Minnie
France and Mrs. John R. Sweeten.
Crown bearer was Lindsay Da-
vis and septre bearer was Cather-
ine Ann Davis, grandchildren of
the queen. After the queen had
been ^utifully crowned, Col. Ban-
ister crowned the pricness of the
Old Settlers, Mrs. A. G. Mor-
riss. Coronet bearer was Shelley
Morriss, great granddaughter of
the princess. Another great grand-
daughter, Melinda Ann Morriss,
presented her great grandmother
with a -nosegay of pink sweetheart
roses. Mrs. Davis was presented
an arm bouquet of orchids from
Mrs. Allie Cauthorn. The duchess-
es wore corsages, gifts of the
Chamber of Commerce.
After Mrs. Davis was crowned
she accepted the duties of a sov-
ereign with the following words:
“Dear Friends and Associates of
long standing—I want to thank
each and everyone of you for mak-
ing it possible for me to be queen
of our Old Settlers’ Reunion, for
which -I am proud to be a mem-
ber.
“I anf a pioneer and pioneers just
naturally had to head West, even
if it did mean danger and more
hard work. These things began to
happen in America that later be-
came of world-wide interest as the
15th cerftury drew to a close. The
world was ready for the real dis-
covery of America, since some
people were saying that the world
was round and had asserted that
it might be possible to reach the
» riches of the East by -ailing West.
It was assumed that the ocean
washed the coast of C^tina and Eu-
rope. ,The increasing restlessness
found its man of the hour in
Christopher Columbus. He had un-
mistakable faith in an idea and was
willing to risk his life for it. He
said he would reach the Orient by
sailing into the waters of the At-
lantic. For ten years he haunted
the courts of Europe seeking fin;
ancial backing, and at length the
necessary backing was borrowed
on security offered by the Queen
bf Spain. I could go on and en-
umerate wonderful historical facts
of the progress of our nation. We
have come a long ways from the
ox-team days, but even in those
days people managed to be happy.
“I’ll close by bidding each and
everyone a most heart welcome to
our annual "Home-coming” and
may long live our wonderful U.
S. A. Thank you!"
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WJUTE-UPS OF REUNIONS
AND VISITORS NEEDED
, The Weekly would like to have
information concerning the vari-
ous reunions that were given by
local people for the visitors during
the celebration. Also we need to
get other news of visitors etc. that
will be of interest. Please tele-
phone 64, or bring this news to
the office. Thank you.
BAPTIST .CHURCH NOTICE
Rev. J, P. King will' preach at
the Sunday services, July 8th at
the' First Baptist Church. Mr.
King, a retired Baptist preacher,
and Mrs. King have recently
moved to Rocksprings from Vance.
There will be no evening service,
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PRE-SCHOOL ACTIVITY
CLUB MEETING POSTPONED
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The meeting of the Pre-School
Activity Club that was set for July
12th has been postponed. Further
notice will be given through the
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Awards Made
During
Reception Tuesday
A feature pf the program at
the Park Building Tuesday after-
noon was the recognition of some
of the old settlers and ex-students
and the presentation of blue rib-
bons.
Mrs. John Brown, recognized the
following:- Oldest Graduate, Gus
Fleischer, class of 1904; Old Stud-
ents, Mrs. Edna Warren Barcus
of Austin and Frank Sweeten of
Uvalde, both ages were 76, Mr.
Sweeten attended the first school
in 1891; Graduate, who came front
t-he fartheresf place was Mrs.
Draper Hudspeth of Breckenridge,
who graduate in 1906; Student
who came the farthercst distance
was Jim Bob Wrflton of Pompano
Beach, Florida, a distance of 1740
miles; Old Settler coming from
the fartherest distance, Mrs. Mam-
ye Jenkins Knox front Puerto La
Cruz, Venezuela, South America;
the Oldest Settler, Queen Lucy
Ann Davis; Old Settler living here
the most number of years, Ex-
queen, Mrs. J. N. Whitworth, Sr.;
The Old Settler and Ex-student,
who is the most persistent—com-
ing here the 'earliest and staying
the longest during the celebration,
Fred Parkerson of Chula Vista,
California; the Student, who took
the longest time to graduate, Mrs.
Modell Wooldridge McCoy, who
quit school, in 193S to marry and
went hack to school in the 1950's
with her children and received her
diploma in 1954; the oldest Teacher
attending the reunion, Mrs. Aug-
ust Austin of Uvalde. Mrs. Aus-
tin did not get to the reunion
Tuesday, hut did come Wednes-
day moriling. Her picture appear-
ed in last week's paper with the
Fifth and Sixth Grade Class of
1910.
Largest Crowd In History Attends
Seventh Annual Legion Rodeo
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 3-4
Two Injured When
Truck Overturns
On Highway 41
Jesus Jiminez and Jose Reyes
received bruises and cuts when
Reyes’ 1954 Chevrolet pick-up ov-
erturned .3 times last Friday af-
ternoon about 3 o'clock. The acci-
dent occurred about 3 miles out
of Rocksprings on the Kerrville
Highway.
The men were brought to the
hospital and after being treated
for mifior injuries were released.
They were enroute home from
San Antonio. Jesus, age 15, was
driving the car.
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Edwards County
Back On Drouth
Feed Program
Edwards' County along with 63
other counties have been approved
for emergency 'feed for supplies
to last through September 30 it
was announced Monday. The last
emergency feed program expired
June 30.
Mrs. Forrest Weldon, A$C of-
fice manager, said the United States
department of Agriculture includ-
ed Edwards and adjacent counties
in the new" program and the ASC
county office will accept feed
applications until August 31st.
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JIM GOBBLE IMPROVED
The family of Jim Gobble re-
port that his condition took a turn
for the better, Thursday and that
he is now resting fairly comfort
ably. Mr. Gobble became quite ill
last week whilev roping at the
park grounds.
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Visitors of Mrs’. J. N. Whitworth,
Sr. and Mrs. Grace Harrison dur-
ing the- rodeo were Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Randerson and. daughters,
Miss Mary Grace and Miss Oriola,
of Austin, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Bob Walton of Pompano Beach,
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whitworth
and Laura June visited last week
in Lake Jackson with Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Lee Tod. Mkt;tha Jo
Tod returned to her home after
visiting here with Laura June.
A conservative estimate of visi-
tors to the Legion’s 7th Annual
Rodeo and 4th Annual Old Settlers.
Reunion and Homecoming would
be 5,000 for the two-day celebra-
tion. Each year the affair is pro-
claimed the best to be held and
that is the way it should be, which
show's progress.
This years celebration was by
far tlie best yet to be held. Re-
cord crowds thrilled to the rodeo
events, spurred by lively stock;
delicious barbecue and all the trim-
mings kept the visitors full, and
happy, and the Old Settlers en-
joyed one of the best arranged
programs and beautiful coronations
yet staged for their benefit.
Results of the rodeo taken from
the Legion's hooks show the fol-
lowing:
Calf Roping—lj>t go-round, Wade
Parmelly, 10.8; Jack Newton, 13.1;
Marvin Rcichenau, 14.0; Budgie
Humberson, 14.1. 2nd go-round,
Bob Hinds, 12.4; Herb Woods,
12.5; Herman Virden, 13.2; Boh
Johnson, 13.4. Average for two
calves: Wade Parmelly, 26.2; Van
Ivey, 27.9; Herb Wood, 28.0; tie.
Bob Josnson and Budgie Hum-
berson, 31.6.
Junior Calf Roping — 1st go-
round: Sherrill Overtuff, 16.8; ,Bub-
ba Whitehead, 17.5; K. C. Burke-
holder, 17.5; Hadley Wardlaw,
18.4. 2nd go-round: J. B. Burk-
holder, 13.6; Sherrill Overturf, 15.8;
Andy Smith, 16.1; Alton Carter,
17.4. Average for two-calves: Sher-
rill Overturi, 31.8; J. B. Burkhold-
er, 33.4; Bill Dolan, 44.0; Allen
Sklar, 46.2.
Ladies Barrel Race—1st go-
round: Rhetta Moody, 20.8; tie
for 2nd and 3rd, Blondie ^Valsh
and Pam Purner, 21.6; Donna Faye
Hanks, 21.7. 2nd go-round: Donna
Faye Hanks, 21.2; Rhetta Moody,
21.3: Dorothy Askins, 21.6; Blon-
die Walsh, 21.7. Average: Rhetta
Moody, 42.1; Donna Faye Hanks,
42.9; Blondie Walsh, 43.3.
Junior Girls Barrel Race; 1st
go-round: tie, Diana Fisher and
Pam I’urner, 21.6 Sherrie Mitchell,
23.1. 2nd go-round: Rhetta Moody,
20.5; Missie Taylor, 20.9; Pam
Purner, 21.6; Sherrie'Mitchell. 23.3.
3rd go-round: Missie Taylor, 21.4;
Rhetta Moody, 21.5; Pam I’ur-
ner, 22.7: Sherrie Mitchell, 23.0.
Average: Rhetta Moody, 63.5; Pam
Purner, (>5.9; Sherrie Mitchell, 69.4.
Saddle Bronc—1st go-round: 1st,
Dink Tomlinson! 2nd, Aubrey
Chadwick; 3rd, Larry Webb: 4th,
Lewis Allen. 2nd go-round: 1st,
Buck Barnes; 2nd, Lewis Allen;
3rd, Buckshot Deakins; 4th, Dusty
Carter. Average: 1st, Lewis Allen;
2nd, Dink Tomlinson; 3rd, Buck
Barnes; 4th, Aubrey Chadwick.
Bull Riding—one ride: 1st, Sid
Whitworth; tie for 2nd and 3rd,
Dink Tomlinson and T. J. Yancy;
tie for 4th and 5th, Ernest Beakley
and George Shelley.
Bareback Bronc Riding — one
ride: 1st, R. J. Echols; 2nd, Dink
Tomlinson; 3rd, Bobby Cathey;
4 th, Ray Redden; 5 th, Roger
Rudasill.
Team Tying—1st go-round: Kay
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Black and Charlie Davidson, 14.1;
Jack Strickland and Jack New-
ton, 23.9; Joe B. Chapman and
J. W. Powers, 24.4; Hollis Par-
melly and Jimmie Skinner, 24.8.
2nd go-round: Jadk Turney and
Howard Westfall, 16.9; Jerry Rus-
sell and S. G. Russell, 17.0; James
Rudasill and Robert Hutto, 27.9;
Bill Paterson and Leo Bishop, 30.8.
Average: Sonny Rust and Herb
Wood, 67.5; Jack Turney and Ho-
ward Westfall, 69.9; Vernon West
and O. R. Altizer, 74.8; Hollis
Parmelly and Jimmie Skinner, 80.2.
Six handsome trophy shddles
were presented by the Legion to
winners in Bull Riding, Saddle*
Bronc Riding. Bareback Bronc
Riding, Calf Roping, Junior Calf
Roping, and Team Tying. The
saddles were made by Kerrville
Saddle Shop.
The Legion also awarded six belt
buckles to the first, second and
third place winners in the Junior
Girls Barrel Race and Ladies Bar-
rel Race.
An exhibition of calf riding was
put on by the following hoys:
Kenny Waites, Tooter Waites,
Boh Hutchinson, Epp Epperson,
John Rogers, Gregory Weaver,
Gordon Ray Sweeten, Eddie Sweet-
en, Jimmy Greer, Tootie Whit-
worth, Dannie Minica, Mack Gu-
thrie, Carroll Smith, Don Herndon,
Tom Greer Epperson, Benton
Wardlaw, Robert Rust, Joe Franks,
James Sweeten, Robert Glynn
Walsh, Zeke Bradford, Jim Mar-
tindale, Jimmie Rudasill, John
Sweeten, Jim Allison, Gary Young,
Lonnie Ballard, Dave Thurman,
and Raymond Nelson.
Grandmother Winn
Visits Rocksprings
During Reunion
One of the grand old ladies to
visit in Rocksprings during the
Old Settlers Reunion was Mrs.
R. A. Winn. Mrs. Winn visited at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
J. N. Whitworth, Sr.
A veteran of pioneer celebrations,
Mrs. Winn is now 102. Many
times when the old settlers held
gatherings, Mrs. Winn was the
center of attraction with her tales
of happenings during the early
days of Edwards County.
Ball Schedule
For Next Week
Rocksprings Boy Scouts
Earn Over 100 Merit Badges
During 2 Weeks At Gimp
The baseball program will he re-
sumed next week with a double
header Tuesday night. Peoples
State Bank vs. American Pure
Milk Co. and Petersons Garage
and Auto Co. vs. , Alamo is on
docket for Tuesday, beginning at
7 o’clock. Thursday, July 12th,
Americans vs. the Alamos.
Mrs. Gus Young and Mrs. S. A.
Kirkland returned last week from
Temple, where Mrs. Kirkland had
been a patient in the hospital for
several weeks.
Grand Parade Opens Rocksprings
Annual Fourth of July Celebration
The colorful parade, that open-
ed Rocksprings’ big 4th of July
celebration, got people in the
mood for the 180th anniversary of
independence of our nation.
Carrying the flags were Forrest
J. Weldon, Commander of the
American Legion; the United Sta-
tes flag, Col. John R. Banister;
and the Texas flag, Len Clark.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Miller,
the Legion's Rodeo Queen and
her duchesses, Miss Jo Nell Hunt
and Miss Kay Hankins, set the pace
for other horsemen. Grown-ups
and children down to the baby
daughter of the Hugh Costons rode
horseback in the parade, making the
largest group of horseback - riders
In a Rocksprings parade.
Rocksprings' float carrying
Queen Lucy Ann Davis and her
court was followed by a decorated
car with ex-queens, Mrs. j, N.
Whitworth, Sr. and Mrs. Ed
Young. School classes of 1912,
1914, and 1931, rode in the parade.
Junction's original and attractive
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wildlife and native scenery float
was enjoyed. Miss LaVerne John-
ston rode on the float as Junc-
tion’s representative. Miss Fiesta,
the Fiesta Flambeau representa-
tive from San Antonio, was on
their beautiful float.
Miss Nancy Hunt, Miss Mohair,
was on the TAGRA float, pulled
by the Association officers, Brooks
Sweeten and W. S. Orr.
The coon and hound dog float
of Rocksprings Boy Scout Troop
27 brought the laughs. There are
several stories to relate about the
coon and dogs that will appear
later.
About 30 cowboys and cowgirls
of »he Pre-School Activity Club
were dressed in jeans, red shirts
and red western hats and rode in
a decorated float. The Bean's
Square Dance youngsters were also
on a float.
Parade music was ' furnished by
the marching Rocksprings School
Band, f »
Visitors To Old
Settlers Reunion
And Homecoming
Visitors registering at the 4th
annual Old Settlers Reunion and
Ex-students Homecoming at the
Park Building, Tuesday afternoon
and Wednesday morning were:
Mrs. 7.. C. Wilson, Uvalde; Mr.
and Mrs. Page Carson, Ft. Stock-
ton; Ross E. Brumfield, Uvalde;
Mrs. May Epperson Gault. Brady;
Mrs. Ruth »McFaddin Schwartz,
Brady; Mrs. Carrie Weaver Henry,
and Joe and Mrs. Bernice Henry
Buswell, Killeen; Robert Grant-
land and Mrs. Alice Warren Grant-
land, Camp Wood; Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Elms, Goldthwaite; John
A. Gillon, San Antonio; Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Wood, Denting. N. M„
Mrs. Mabel Draper Bourland, San
.Antonio; Mrs. Mamie Draper Hud-
speth, Breckenridge; Mrs. Mack
Sherrill, Norman, Oklahoma; D. T.
Dismukes, San Antonio; S. O.
Durst, Junction; Frank and Nona
Benskin Sweeten, Uvalde; Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel J. Polloch, Alpine;
Mrs. Alma Crausbay Barber, Uval-
de; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. King, Aus-
tin; Mrs. Mary Norris Kirchner,
Camp Wood;
Joe F. and Lula Mae Shurley
Brown, Uvalde; Mrs. Claire Hun-
ter Moody, Corpus Christi; Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Mayes, San An-
tonio; Frank and Lou Field Win-
ans, Vealmoor; George and Edna
Warren Barcus, Austin; Jim Boh
Walton, Pompano Beach, Florida;
Mrs. Mayme Jenkins Knox and
Miss Etna Lou Knox, Puerto La
Cruz, Venezuela, South America:
Mrs. Anna Hodge Winn, Uvalde:
Alfred Hunter. Houston; Mrs.
Dot Wood Bird, San Antonio; Mrs.
Vesta Bird Hunter, Salt Antonio:
Fred Parkerson, Chula Yi.-ta, Cal-
ifornia: Mrs. Kathryn Snearlv
Mitchell. Altair: Mr-. Esther Hay-
nes Ruff, San Antonio;
L. B and Mrs. Dimples Winn
Randerson, Austin: Mrs. Mary
•Whitworth Marshall, Uvalde; lam
Smart. Jr., Mountain Home; Mrs.
Mona Snodgrass Franks. San An-
gelo; Mrs. Winnie Davis Green.
San Angelo; Mrs. Jean Gilmer
Babb, Ode.-sa: Mrs. N'cl Epper-oti
Banni-ter, Ft. Worth; Mr-. Ida
Cowsert Lovelace,. San Antonio;
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bennett. De-
Kidder, Louisiana; Mr. and Mrs.
James A. Bennett, Merryville,
Louisiana; Mrs. Alton S. Kirkpat-
rick, Leakey; Mr-. Lucile Cren-
shaw, Leakey; Miss Sally e God-
hold, Leakey; Mrs. Sallie J. Kea-
vis, Barksdale; J. H. Reavis,
Barksdale;
Mrs. Lola Taylor Reavis, Barks-
dale; Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Basse,
Mt. Home; John Y. Fong, Del
Rio; Mrs. J. L. Barnes, Del Rio;
Mrs. Mattie Parker, Del Rio; Mrs.
John D. Phillips, Junction; -Mrs.
Bill Friend, Denison; Bobby Hun-
ter and Robert Little, Freeport;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morriss,
Sonora; Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Morriss and Mendy, Toyahvale;
Mrs. Willie B. Millikin, Bronte;
Mrs. F.. Webb, Brackettville: W.
L. Baugh, Junction; J. W. Gilmer,
Alpine; Mrs. J. W. Anderson,
Bronte; Mrs. Augusta Austin, Mrs.
Mabel Austin Hunter, Mrs. Doris
Weaver Hunter, Uvalde; Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. Raney, Uvalde; Mr.
and Mrs. John D. Harrison, Dry-
den.
Edwards Ranchers
To Receive
$183,616.56 From
Wool Incentive
Net wool incentive payments to
Edwards County producers for 1955
shorn wool will total $183,616.56,
according to Mrs. Forrest Weldon,
county ASC office manager. Pay-
ments are based on 44.9 percent of
shorn wool sales.
Payments on lambs and yearl-
ings will amount to $1,857.00. This
payment rate is 77 cents per
hundred pounds.
This shorn wool payment i- not
the total sales of wool produced in
Edwards County but is the total of
the applications filed in Edwards
County. A number of Edwards
County ranchers live out of the
county. They were permitted to
file their applications where they
lived, regardless of where the wool
was produced and sold. For this
reason a number of Edwards Coun-
ty ranchers filed in Sutton. Val
Verde, Kimble and Concho Coun-
ty-
CCC Sight Drafts are being pro-
cessed for the incentive payment
and all drafts will be in the mail
to the producers by July 6.
Otis Cowsert
Transferred
To Washington
Otis C. Cowsert leaves Texas ;
this week-end for Washington. I), j
C., to begin his 22nd year with
the farm program in a new job.
Mr. Cowsert will he Grain Market-
ing Specialist for tile wareln nt-e '
branch of grain division •: the
Commodity Stabilization Service.1
USDA.
Since June. 165? Mr, C'U-rt
has made his home in Bryan, when;
lie started work in the orginial ■
State Triple A office a; C lie.:-
Station. He ha- held variou- of- \
tier- relative to the farm program!
and when his promotion took effect
on July fir-t, ite wa- serving a-1
Program Speeiaii-t of Acrvag-
Allotment- and Marketing Qu ga-
working out of the State \SC of i
lice at College Station.
Mr. Cow.-ert conducted tv ■
meeting- in June, one in San An-
A successful two weeks of camp*
ing for Boy Scouts of Troop 27
at Camp Fawcett last month saw
the local boys and their Scout-
master Ellis Martin several steps
further along with many earned
merit badges and advancements in
rank.
The following boys spent one
week at camp. The advancement
in rank and merit badges earned
are Charles Henderson, 3 merit
badges; Carrol Smith, 2nd Class
rank; John Hutt, 1st Class rank
and Pro Marksman; Epp Epper-
son, 2 merir badges and 1st Class
rank; Dave Thurman, 1st Class
rank; Gary Osburn, 1st Class rank;
Mack Guthrie, 1st Class rank;
Frank Cloudt, 4 merit badges and
!-: Class rank.
Staying two weeks at Camp
were Ronnie Luce, 8 merit badges.
Pro Marksman and Star rank;
Bobby McKnight, 5 merit badges.
Pro Marksman: Jim Martindale, 6
merit badges. Star rank; Rusty
Reams, 4 merit badges. Pro Marks-
man. I Class; Bill Weldon, 3 merit
badges, 2nd Class; Mike Tatum,
19 merit badges, Life rank; f&n-
tteth McCoy, 19 merit badges, Life
rank; Ronnie Martin, 7 merit bad-
ges, Marksman, Star rank; How-
ard Grooms, 5 merit badges, Pro
Marksman Star rank; Dennis
Maurer, 7 merit badges, Star rank;
John Sweeten, 8 merit badges, Life
rank; James Sweeten, 5 merit bad-
I ges; Carl Hyde, 5 merit badges,
| Star rank; F.llis Martin, Life rank.
Charles Henderson and Bobby
j McKnight have already received
their Star rank and James Sweet-
I eu ha- received his Life rank,
i Janie- has more than enough merit
like- one requirement, camping.
He tnu-t wait 6 months before he
can except the Eagle rank. It takes
21 -pecnie badge- to advance from
File t" Eagle rank. Mike Tatum
a: ! Kenneth McCuv each have 30
b.Age. Phillip McCoy has 32 bad-
ge- .,:id tlie Scout Life Guard bad-
ge. John Sweeten has 22 badges,
Flli- Martin has 13 badges and
J mie- Sw eeten has 25 badges. So
tbe-e Scout- tire well on the way
' • H-co-ntug Eagle Scout- as soon
as they work oft the specific bad-
ge- a: 1 tire pre-ented their Life
rank.
I1 i:b:p McCoy -tayed 4 weeks
tit camp and wa- a member of the
junior -tali’, being the camp bug-
ler and on the rifle range staff, lie
ha- been offered a place on the
next year. He made Life
gelo, Di-triet 10, and the other n rallk a„,| cartIt.,i p, ,m.rjt badges.
San Antonio. D.-trict 14. to Couu-1 j-^out L,ife Guard. Mark-man,
ly officers and county committee Mark.man j.t c]a„ and Sharp-
of the ASC relative to tne Sot .boutcr. which are all of NKA nie-
liank program recently announced (la!. that the Scollt ,,roRram IU)W
by Secretary Ben-on.
Mr. Cowsert i- the -on of < >r-
ville Cowsert. Edwards County
ranchman. He and hi- wife, the
former Lurene Brink, arc graduutes
of the Rocksprings High School.
After attending A. and M. College
three years he began hi- work
With the AAA program. They have
three children, David, Suzanne, and
Judith. Mr. and Mrs. Cowsert and
family will live in Alexandria,
Virginia.
BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR
ALL AT GONZALES
WARM SPRINGS HOSPITAL
Miss Patti Beall Morriss, Miss
Ruth Morriss, and Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Morriss will leave Monday
on a two-weeks conducted tour
which will be routed north to Can-
ada and return by the western
states. The group will leave Dallas
on the WFAA sponsored tour.
Miss Patti and Miss Ruth have
gone on several of these tours.
Their trip last year was to Ber-
muda.
Quests of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Greer and Mrs. Mamie Hudspeth
during the rodeo were Miss Caro-
lyn Hereford, Burnet; North Winn,
Llano; Miss Flo Schraede'r. Mason;
Mrs. Gussie Austin, Mrs. Mabel
Hunter, Mrs. Doris Hunter, Mrs.
Anna Winn, Uvalde; and Mrs.
Mabel Bourland, San Antonio.
Gonzales.—Nobody goes without
a birthday cake at Gonzales Warm
Springs Foundation.
Gail Frazier, head of the recrea-
tion department, sees that each
person has a cake and ice cream
on their birthday.
"If they arc tiny tots or young
teen-agers, we also give them bir-
thday presents,” Gail said.
Mrs. Frazier added that the cake
is tailor-made in the Gonzales
Warm Springs kitchen to fit the
numbei^of guests the patient will
have sharing the refreshments.
“If they are small children or
bed patients they have their . arty
in the ward,”, Gail said. “If they
are adults or young teen-agers,
guests are dnvitecHinto the dining
room."
The cakes all have “Happy Birth-
day” written on them, along with
the patient’s name.
Milton Gilmer of El Paso is vis-
iting here with Mr. and Mr*. Jess
Hankins. Mrs. Gilmer has been vis-
iting her parents lor several weeks.
offer-. He had already earned the
Pro Mark-manship.
During the camp the Rocksprings
boys earned over 100 badges in the
following categories: Swimming,
Public Health, Safety, First Aid,
Canoeing and Rowing, Astronomy,
Personal Fitness, Life Guard, Ar-
chery, Marksmanship, Citizenship,
Life Saving, Bird Study, Nature,
Wildlife Management, Pigeon Rais-
ing. Forestry. Farm Lay-out, and
Building Arrangement and Animal
I ndustry.
Charles Henderson and Phillip
McCoy were elected to the Scout
Camper's Society, the Order of
Arrow.
A Board of Review will he held
Monday evening, July 9th at the
Scout House at 7 o’clock and the
Court of Honor, will also be held
in July.
Mr. Martin was a member of the
senior staff and taught conserva-
tion, bird study, wildlife manage-
ment and nature. Parents of the
boys appreciate Mr. Martin's ex-
cellent supervision of their sons on
the camping spree.
While on her trip to the south-
eastern states Mrs. Alfred Steward
visited her sons; Mr. and Mrs.
John Alston and son, John, Jr.,
at Atlanta, Georgia, and Mr. and
Mrs. Pee wee Alston at Jeanerette,
Louisiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Allen and
daugthers of Beeville were guests .
of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Clark
and Miss Neddie during the rodeo.
Miss Roxana Norris of Lufkin ia
visiting here with her grandpar-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. C. X* Uphara.
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