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Volume 50
e Texas Mohair Weekly
Rocksprings, Texas, Friday, October 24th, 1958
Number 42
Darlene Sweeten Named Best
Twirler At Texas University Band
Day Program Held Last Saturday
The Rocksprings School Band
gave an outstanding performance
Saturday afternoon at the Band
Day Parade sponsored by the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin. The
local band ■was number ninety-
eight in the parade and had to
wait in 95 degree temperature
nearly two hours in full dress uni-
form before making its appearance.
In spite of the heat, the Rock-
springs group with Band Director
Charles Kuentz marched briskly
and smiling down Congress Ave.
receiving big applause from the
spectators along the route.
The band was led by Geraldine
Cookson carrying the flag which
designated the band as the Rock-
springs Angoras. Heading the band
was Drum Major Roy Custer and
twirlers, Lucy Hunt, Darlene
Sweeten and Sue Haines.
The Rocksprings Band received
special attention from the 47,000
fans at the University of Texas-
Arkansas football game, when Dar-
lene Sweeten was named as the
best twirler from over 500 con-
testants of the 110 bands repre-
senting 8,000 band students.
This announcement was made
during the half-time activities. It
came as a complete surprise to
the local group, which gave a
cheering ovation and demonstra-
tion, as Darlene was presented a
lovely gold trophy and posed • for
pictures with the Texas Univer-
sity Band director. Darlene is a
sophomore in the Rocksprings
High School and is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sweeten.
The Austin trip for the band
was sponsored by the local Band
Boosters Club, which financed the
bus expenses, Saturday noon meal,
and motel reservations for the 36
Union Reformation
Day Service
A union service in observance
of Reformation Day will be held
by the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches Sunday night, October
26th, at 8:00 p. m. in the Pres-
byterian Church. The Reformation
Day sermon will be preached by
the Rev. Paul Perry of the Me-
thodist Church. A filmstrip, ‘‘Mar-
tin Luther", will also be shown.
This filmstrip presents a series of
scenes from the classic motion
picture by the same name.
An invitation is extended to the
public to attend this worship ser-
vice in celebration of Reforma-
tion Day.
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SMU-GEORGIA TECH GAME
TO BE TELECAST SATURDAY
A regional telecast of the SMU-
Georgia Tech game will lead off
The Humble Company’s coverage
of Southwest Conference football
Saturday. The game will also be
carried on radio along with two
other Conference games.
The SMU-Georgia Tech game
will be telecast from the Cotton
Bowl, Dallas at 1:45 p. m.
The Baylor-Texas game will be
broadcast from Waco at 7:45 p.m.
The Rice-Texas game will be
broadcast from Houston beginning
at 1:45 p. m.
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Mrs. Gene Weatherford has en-
rolled in Durham's Business Col-
lege in Austin.
Mrs. Gwen Dixon has moved to
Midland, where she will make her
home. Mrs. Hallie Linn has leased
the Dixon cafe.
Football Schedule
Rocksprings, 8—Eldorado, 14.
Rocksprings, 58—Melvin, 22.
Rocksprings, 20—St. Mary’s 24.
Rocksprings, 24—Comfort, 12.
Rocksprings, 56; Schreiner, 0.
* Rocksprings. 22; LaCoste, 8.
Oct. 17—Rocksprings, 16; San-
derson, 14.
Oct 25*—(Sat.) Castroville,
there.
Oct. 31*—Brackettville, there.
Nov. 7*—Sabinal, here.
• Denotes district games.
members and 11 sponsors. The
group left Rocksprings at 7 a. m.
Saturday morning and arrived in
Austin at noon to have lunch at
the University of Texas cafeteria.
The band then checked in at the
Bel-Air Motel before reporting to
parade position. After marching,
the band members went to the Stu-
dent Union Building and spent
two hours visiting the campus and
stores nearby; before going to
Memorial Stadium as guests of the
University of Texas for the football
game with Arkansas. After spend-
ing the night at the motel and
having breakfast in Austin, the
group returned to Rocksprings ar-
riving about noon. Those accom-
panying the band were Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Maurer, Mr. and Mrs.
Merlin Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sweeten, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whit-
worth, Jr., Jackie Whitworth, Mrs.
Irvin McCoy and Mrs. Curly Price.
McKnight Rexall
Drug To Give
Away Bicycle
Hey Kids! Have you heard about
the Boys’ and Girls’ Contest which
starts November 1 at McKnight's
Rexall Drug Store? Here’s your
chance to win a wonderful prize!
You might even ride home one
of the two GRAND PRIZES!
Rea! slick, fully equipped Colum-
bia Sports Bicycles will be given
to the top boy and girl winners!
Come in and see all of the exciting
prizes—just waiting to be won!
If you’re in the 1st through the
8th grade get a nomination blank
today at McKnight's Rexall Drug
Store. Have your mom or dad
fill it out . . . then bring it back
to McKnight’s and you’re official-
ly entered. Be sure to tell your
folks that you don’t have to buy
a single thing to be eligible! The
sooner you enter, the better your
chances of winning 1 So enter Rex-
all’s Boys’ and Girls' Contest to-
day.
Ranch Group To
Display Wool and
Mohair Fabrics
The Hill Country Chapter of the
Womans Auxiliary to the Texas
Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Associa-
tion will meet Saturday, Novem-
ber 8 at 9:30 a. m. in Kerrville at
the Episcopal parish house. Kerr-
ville members will be hostesses to
the group.
According to Mrs. Louis Stro-
hacker, president, an all day meet-
ing is planned with the business
meeting first and then a consumers
program directed by Mrs. Pauline
Stephens, home demonstration
agent of Bandera County, assisted
by Mrs. Margie Williams, Kerr
County home demonstration agent.
A highlight of the program will
be a showing of the wool and mo-
hair fabrics which will be awarded
as prizes in the sewing contest
to be held in Harper January 30,
1959. The prizes offered for this
third contest are the most valu-
able that have ever been awarded.
Wool and mohair warehouses in
the Hill Country area have sup-
plied these prizes. These fabric
lengths will be used as illustrative
material in the study of wool fab-
rics. The program is being planned
as a training program leading up
to the sewing contest.
All prospective contestants and
their adult leaders are especially
invited to attend along with all
women who are interested in the
use of wool and mohair material.
Further information about the
contest or the next meeting may
be obtained from Mrs. Jack Groff,
wool and mohair promotion chair-
man. Kerrville.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Winn of
Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Sanderson of Houston visited last
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Barrows. The ladies are sisters of
Mrs. Barrows.
9332 Angora Goats
Registered In
Fiscal Year 1958
More goats coming under the
classification of registered in the
American Angora Goat Breeders’
Association indicates that the goat
industry is not only keeping up but
forging ahead. The versatile animal
is finding life hospitable in all
parts of Texas, the U.S.A., and
many foreign countries of the
world.
9.332 goats were registered in the
AAGBA ofice in Rocksprings dur-
ing the fiscal year 1958, according
to M rs. Thos. L. Taylor, secre-
tary-treasurer. During that time
2,962 goats were transferred and
the association acquired 43 new
members. These statistics were re-
ported by Mrs. Taylor at the asso-
ciation’s 59th annual meeting in
Rocksprings, Tuesday.
James Wittenburg, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, ex
tended a cordial welcome to the
visitors to the goat capital of the
world.
Marvin Skaggs of Junction, pre-
sident the past two years, presided
at the meeting until Authur Davis
of Sabinal was elected to serve the
association as president for the
next two years. Other officers el-
ected were H. R. Sites of Wimber-
ly first vice president; David Wat-
ters of Goldthwaite, second vice
president; and Mrs. Thos. L. Tay-
lor, secretary-treasurer.
Four regular members of the
executive board were renamed.
These were L. A. Clark, C. F.
Briggs of Del Rio, Armer Ear-
wood and Joe Brown Ross of
Sonora. As new president, Davis is
chairman of the hoard.
New directors elected were Al-
bert Jenkins of Rocksprings, S. F.
Lackey of Junction, Jack Moore
of Ingram and F. E. Ebeling of
Burnet. 21 other directors were
renamed.
Miss Phyllis Sweeten, Miss Mo-
hair-elect, registered the members
and guests, and Miss Gail Nichols
of Leakey, Texas, Miss Mohair,
was one of the guests at the meet-
ing.
R. C. Mowery, professor of
Animal Husbandry of Texas Tech,
was guest speaker. Mr. Mowery
told of the establishment of a
flock of Angora goats at the col-
lege over 20 years ago which had
been given by 18 ranchers from
this area. 6 of these men were pre-
sent. They were T. C. Hampton,
S. W. Dismukes, Bob Davis, Pete
Gulley, Fred Earwood, and Orville
Cowsert. He stated that the college
now has 800 students taking animal
husbandry. He urged the ranch-
men to prepare their estates against
the ravages of estate taxes and re-
minded them that a will would not
solve everything.
The breeders were also privi-
leged to hear Fred T. Earwood
discuss the present marketing con-
ditions of mohair from the ware-
houseman's point of view. He re-
minded the ranchers they hold the
destiny of the industry in their
hands as a group to keep their
product on the highest level. As
Mr.' Earwood remarked, if the
breeder doesn't produce the right
kind of mohair the warehouseman
has trouble selling it. He compli-
mented the association on its fine
record system kept at the Rock-
springs office and suggested that
the breeders should also keep an
accurate record.
A survey of mohair sold or
handled by warehouses in Texas
last year showed that 21,300,000
pounds of mohair was produced in
1957 and that the 1958 spring clip
was higher than the 57 spring clip.
Mr. Earwood said that in the
past year, due to high labor cost
in the U.S., 90 per cent of this
mohair was shipped overseas to
be made up into materials, but that
most of the finished mohair fabric
is being shipped back to America.
He also gave a report on experi-
ments made on the mohair fleeces
entered in the Sonora show the
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Rocksprings Beats
Sanderson Eagles
By Score of 16 to 14
The Rocksprings Angoras came
back in the 3rd quarter after trail-
ing by 6 points at the half to de-
feat the Sanderson Eagles 16 to 14,
at Rocksprings Friday night.
The first quarter saw the An-
goras and the Eagles sparring back
and forth toward each others
goal, but stout defensive play by
both teams kept either from scor-
ing in the 1st frame. The Angoras
threatened to score in the first per-
iod, but a pass interception by the
Eagles on their 10-yard line stop-
ped the threat.
In the second quarter the An-
gora line decided it was siesta
j time, and before the alarm
woke them up the Sanderson boys
I had scored on them. About mid-
way of the second half Brucks
Bader the high-steping Eagle full-
back scampered right down the
middle for 30 yards to score the
first touchdown of the night. The
line play for the extra point was
no good. The Eagles kickcd-off to
the Angoras on the 10-yard line.
The ball was carried to mid-field,
where Herring of the Eagles inter-
cepted an Angora pass and return-
ed the ball to the Angora 5-yard
line before being hauled down. On
the next play David Graham
scored the second Eagle score on a
keeper play. The line play by
Bader was good, making the score
14 to 0 late in the 2nd quarter.
Sanderson kicked to Rocksprings
after the score; the Angoras tak-
ing the ball on the 30 and return-
ing it to their 40, where Jody
Rutherford on a reverse play ran
the ball 60-yards to chalk up the
first Angora score. The try for
extra point by Bruzz Smart was
good, making the score 14 to 8 at
half time.
During the half, Coach Tipton
got the Angoras out of their 2nd
frame trance and they came back
and decided to work the rest of the
game. The first part of the 3rd
quarter saw the ball going back
atifl forth on the field, the Angoras
really giving the Eagles a rough
time on defense. In the last 3 min-
utes of this period the Angoras
taking the ball on their 20, started
a drive that terminated with Bruzz
Smart crossing the goal line from
11-yard out to tie the score. The
extra point try, a pass from Smart
to Rutherford put the Angoras
out in front 2 points, which prov-
ed to be the deciding factor in
the game.
The fourth quarter saw the An-
goras taking the ball to the Eagles
10-yard line, where they lost it on
downs. As the clock ran out, end-
ing the game the Eagles had the
ball on the Angora 10-yard line,
thus thwarting goalward plays by
both teams in the 4th quarter.
One tiling noticeable in this prac-
tice game was the Angora stout
defensive play, with the exception
of siesta time in the second period
that let the Eagles score two
quick tallies.
The Angoras have three more
tough district games before they
round out the 1958 grid season.
They go to Castroville tomorrow
night (Saturday) to play their
second district tilt. The Castro-
ville aggregation, after somewhat
of a slow start has come to the
front. They defeated Brackettville
last Friday night 20 to 0. The
next week, Friday night October
31st, finds the Angoras as guests
of the Brackettville Tigers at
Brackettville. The next week, Fri-
day night November 7th the Sab-
inal Yellowjackets come to Rock-
springs, where the 1958 edition of
district 37-B football will be clos-
ed for the Angoras.
As was the case last year, in
case of a tie for district winner—
the winner will be decided on the
team having made the most score
during the district play, thus the
remaining games will be as high
scoring as each team is able to
pile up.
Barring injuries and let-downs—
the Rocksprings Angoras have a
very promising future to win the
37-B crown, the first such victory
in 22 years for a Rocksprings
football team, provided they play
the brand of football they have
demonstrated they are capable of
playing.
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Ross H. Welton is visiting his
son, Edward H. Welton in the
Canyon section. He is on his way
home to Mitchell, Nebraska.
Their TRICK is to TRFAT
The Trick Is To Treat All The
World’s Children
Throughout Buck-pring-, child-
ren dressed in Hallowe’en garb
will be ringing doorbells a- am-
bassadors of good will for l XI-
terested in sharing their Hal-
lowe'en with ",dl the world’- child-
J ren”.
Helping I’XICEF mean- helphig
j some ot the (>tllt,00(l,00l) sick and
CI'.F, the 1 nited Nations Child-j hungry children in the world. I.a-t
ren s Fund. These ghosts and gob- year 2.00(1.00(1 American youngsters
litis will he trick or treating for
pennies, nickles and dimes to help CEF for "all the world’s children
contributed over 81.000,000 to UNI-
the Children's Fund provide medi-
cine and food to millions of sick
and hungry children all over tin-
world. Sponsored locally by the
Protestant churches and nationally
by the l'. S. Committee for UNI-
CEF, this sharing of Hallowe’en
has bencome a tradition to millions
of American children in more than
Transformed by the Childrren’.-
Fund in life saving medicine and
food, each penny meant five glass-
es of milk or the vaccine to pro-
tect a child from tuberculosis,
and each nickel, the penicillin to
cure a child from yaws, a crippling
tropica! disease. UNICEF i- also
helping in a ten year malaria eradi-
PTA Fall Festival
Scheduled For
November 1st
Everybody is getting ready for
the PTA's fall harvest festival at
the Rocksprings School on Sat-
urday evening, November first.
The food and concession booth*
will open at 5 p. m. and a program
with entertainment furnished by
the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5 th
grades will be in the auditorium
later in the evening.
You will not want to miss one
minute of this festival fun and all
the proceeds will be wisely used
for the PTA's project of the year:
science equipment, reading mater-
ial for the library, and teaching
aids.
This occasion is the one money-
raising project of the year for the
I’TA. Good food and good fun is
the motto. Plan to attend and
I bring all tl,ie family.
| During the supper hour there
• will he served a Mexican supper,
I there will be a hot dog stand, pies,
cake-, h-mu-made candy, coffee, and
■ cold drinks. Ml this food will be
bandit I in the cleanest possible
wav and prepared by Rocksprings*
expert cooks \ on will be assured
of delicious food.
Clu-ck the Fe-tival posters in the
; window-, «o you won't miss a
-ingle activity of the Fall Fun
Festival.
Article- are needed to he used
tor prize- at the ti-h pond and
some of the other concessions,
j Any one having excess costume
'jewelry, nick-nacks, or other arti-
cle- (not clothing i please send
j the-e to tin- teachers. The finance
1 committee will appreciate this do-
nation.
8,500 communities throughout the I cation program to completely rid
nation.
The hoys and girls will meet at
the Woman's Club House at 5:45
p. m. on Thursday, October 30.
After instructions have been given
the children will call at each home
the world of this scourge. In ad-
dition, maternal and child welfare
centers have been established where
long range programs of health and
nutrition education are in operation.
Here people are taught how to
on behalf of UNICEF. They will prevent future health disasters, a-
return to the Club House to turn I well as to care for immediate
in their money and receive some I problems.
refreshments. The children will he Each trick or treat coin more
through by 7:3(1 p. m. Adult chap- than doubles itself, becau-e l XI-
erones will accompany each group. CEE* assistance mean- self-help.
More adults, however, will he wel- Each country receiving aid c.mtri-
Hale-Aiken Final
Report To Be
Made This Month
come. •
An assembly was held in the
Elementary School to present the
Trick or Treat program to the
children. A film, "A Gift to Grow
On", was shown. Over 200 young-
sters indicated that they were in-
butes an average of 82.00 in either
money or service- for every dol-
lar from the Children's Fund.
Participation in Trick or Treat for
UNICEF means a more productive
life today, and a better world
tomorrow for millions of children.
Telephone Co. Presented
REA Service Symbol
One of the highlights at The
Rocksprings and Nueces Canyon
Telephone Company's open house
last week was the presentation of
the REA’s certificate of quality
service. The presentation was made
to Carson Giltner. manager of the
firm, by Marvin T. YanCleave,
REA representative from San An-
tonio.
The certificate certified that The
Rocksprings and Nueces Canyon
Telephone Company has inaugurat-
ed a modern, efficient telephone
system of area-wide capacity for
the purpose of extending and im-
proving telephone service for the
farmers, ranchers, and other resi-
dents of the rural area. In recogni-
tion of this achievement the firm
was presented the REA telephone
symbol of quality service.
The open house was attended by
162 residents of this area. Door
prizes were awarded to Norman
Whitworth, Jr., a long distance call
to any place in the Llnitcd States;
Mrs. A. E. Brown, a long distance
call to any place in Texas; and
to W. F. Birck, an extension tele-
phone for one year.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Gilmer and
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Gilmer greet-
ed the visitors to the telephone of-
fice and the firm’s personnel had
charge of the displays, equipment,
and serving refreshments.
Out-of-town guests at the supper
given at the Balentine Hotel prior
to the open house were: H. Y.
Price, Jr,, manager of the tele-
phone company at San Marcos;
Marvin T. VanCleave, REA repre-
sentative, San Antonio; A. C.
Schwethelni and Chester Schwet-
helm, president Southwestern En-
gineering Company, Comfort; Char-
lie Bradshaw, district manager of
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-
pany. Uvalde; Leroy W. Bittz.)
manager accounting depuartment
of Southwestern Bell. Uvalde:
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hill, mana-j
ger Hill Country Telephone Coop.
Ingram: Mr. and Mr-. Tyru- Bor-1
delon. manager of Martindale Tele-
phone Company. Martindale: Bill
Blewett. manager of Clifton Tele- ■
phone Company, Clifton; Major j
and Mrs. R. 1). Whitmore. Detroit, |
Michigan and L. J. Dean. Camp
Wood.
Can anything ......1 come out of
the Ilale-Aikett Committee’s ef-
fort!' Ye-, many excellent proposals
to better our -chool- are already
being formulated through this
i ci'tnmittce.
The final report vv.i- to have been
! drafted by the committee on Oct-
ober 15 and this will probably be
1 released at an earn date. However,
: some of the tentative proposals
'affecting Edwards County schools
that we have all been interested
in are:
Special pre—chool inructional
I unit- for mm-Engli-h -peaking
| children, who are at least five
year- of agi and who are eligible
I to enter the fir-t grade the en-
suing year, shall he provided in
accordance v\ ith a plan to he de-
veloped by the State Board of
Education
Teacher- of driver education
ela-'C- -hall be added to the pre-
sent categorie- tor -peci.il service
personnel.
When the complete report is
drafted :hi- information will he
publi-hed by this newspaper.
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EX-RANGER PENSION
AMENDMENT COMING UP
The College Star, Southwest
Texas State Teachers College’s
newspaper, had much to say about
Hillyer Ward's ability as a foot-
ball player. It says the best player
on the field when San Marcos
heat the Lutheran Cobcat’s 27 to
0 was Hillyer. Hillyer is the son
of Coach and Mrs. N. S. Ward of
Rocksprings and is a junior at
SWTSTC. It has been about 22
years since his dad coached the
Rocksprings team taking the team
to regional and bi-district honors,
and it has been that long since
Rocksprings has won district. Rock-
springs hopes to break that record
this year.
Mrs. Jack Harris, Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Owens, Miss Garylee Owens,
and Miss Dorothy Whittle attend-
ed the State Fair last week-end in
Dallas. Mrs. Harris visited with
her sister's family, the Otis Cow-
serts, and the Owens visited their
niece, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Avrett.
Mr. and Mrs. Dor Brown have
moved to Kerrville. Mr. Brown has
been working several months at the
Legion Hospital there and Mrs.
Brown has accepted a position with
Schreiner’s Store in the piece oods
department.
We have a card from John Gil-
lon, 628 N. Olive. San Antonio ask-
ing that v c con-ider voting for
Ex-Ranger Pension Amendment,
which will he one of the 9 amend-
ment- to he voted upon November
4th at the General Election.
The amendment will benefit the
few survivors who served prior to
adoption by voters of the existing
Texas Employee's Pension Amend-
ment, and their widows. This would
be payable out of Confederate and
Frontier Organizations' funds
which exceed the amount needed.
No additional taxes will he neces-
sary.
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The people of Sonora are at-
tempting to organize a Chamber
of Commerce with Buzzie Stokes
as manager. For many years Son-
ora has been content with a Lions
Club, which served as a strong
civic organization to boost the
county and city's potentials.
The Sabinal Yellowjackets were
seeking their fifth win of the sea-
son last Friday night, when they
met the LaCoste E.agtes. The
Eagles pierced the Yellowjackets
6 to 0.
Mrs. Minnie France spent sev-
eral days last week in San Antonio
visiting her son, Cled Wooldridge.
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