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The Texas Mohair Weekly
Volume 49
Rocksprings, Texas, Friday, February 8th, 1957
Number 5
School Bond Issue Would Improve
Antiquated School Plant That
Is Badly In Need Of Modernization
The architectural drawing of the
proposed high school building for
the Rocksprings Independent
School District has been placed in
the show window of McKnight’s
Drug Store.
This building is a portion of the
construction that is contemplated
provided the bond election passes.
This election is scheduled for Sat-
urday, February 16. The polls will
open at 8 a. m. and will close at
7 p. m.
The high school building will
comprise 4 class rooms, a combina-
tion study hall and library, an ad-
ministrative wing, rest rooms, book
rooms, and custodian storage
rooms. Thc.building will be locat-
ed west of the gymnasium.
Architectural work on the cafe-
teria building will not be done un-
til after the bond election is held
and providing it carries. This build-
ing will be located between the
gym and the science hall and will
be connected to the gym at the
present coach’s office, which is
in the south end of the hall. This
will give the gym access to the
cafeteria, which can also be used
for concessions. Preliminary plans
for the cafeteria calls for seating
space for 100 persons and a com-
plete modern kitchen.
Also included in the building pro-
gram, providing the bond issue car-
ries will be a rejuvenation of the
Vocational Agriculture Depart-
ment. Last spring representatives
from the State Education Depart-
ment of Agriculture recommended
that the entire North Elementary
School building be turned over to
the Ag department .Providing this
is done all Ag classes will be held
there with the addition of shop
rooms for wood and metal work.
The representatives stated that
would make Rocksprings have the
second best Ag department in this
area.
The present work shop is locat-
ed in the rear of the Gym bet-
ween the girls and boys dressing
rooms. Shop equipment has been
moved out of this room and work
is now in progress making this
small room into a dressing room
for Junior High boys.
If this improvement materializes
the ground floor of the old rock
building will be used entirely for
elementary grades and the four
classrooms upstairs will be turned
over to the Junior High classes.
Resident qualified taxpaying
voters are reminded that the bond
election will decide the issuance of
$80,000 of bonds to finance the
aforementioned improvements.
These bonds will be paid off in 12
years with tax money that has
already been levied.
Patrons feel that the district will
save considerable money by making
all the improvements at one time
rather than to piece-meal the con-
Dr. Pratt Urges Citizens To
Have X-rays Taken In March
The Texas State Department of
Health has for several years under-
taken to hold mass screening x-ray
programs throughout Texas. The
cost to the community directly is
free however the program is sup-
ported through State taxes.
The primary purpose, of course,
is to find all adult carriers of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. However,
as the x-ray specialist reads these
x-rays he will be able to tell you
also whether you have certain
types of heart disease, lung tumors
or lung cancer.
Every time these x-rays have
been given in pur community, they
have found some people with ab-
normal chests. The fact that you
had a chest x-ray before does
not insure that you may not have
developed some chest disease since
then. So it is recommended that
everyone IS years of age or older
have an x-ray each time this Free
x-ray program is offered to our
community.
In the above remarks by Dr.
Pratt, the Free X-ray Program
mentioned will be held in Rock-
springs on March 18th and 19th.
Senior Play To
Be Presented
Saturday Night
“Mystery in the Library" will
be presented tomorrow night at the
school auditorium by the Rock-
springs Senior Class. The 3-act
play will start at 8 o’clock.
PRESLEY FUED ADDS TO
MARCH OF DIMES
FUND AT AUCTION
(Uvalde Leader-News)
“To burn or not to burn’’ that
was the question Thursday night
at the Radio Auction for the March
of Dimes, as boys and girls vied
in raising money for a collection of
Elvis Presley records donated
by KYOU. The boys bid $116.64
to destroy the records, and the
girls $113.61 to keep them.
So on the high school campus
Friday, the victors tossed the
Presley records in the fire.
It was all to aid the current
March of Dimes campaign to raise
$10,000.
struction as the tax money comes
in each year.
A modern school plant will be
another asset to this area to make
it more liveable and inviting to
newcomers.
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Wool and Mohair
Show To Be Held
At Stock Show
A huge state-wide Wool and
Mohair show will be held this year
for the first time by the San An-
tonio Livestock Fixposition and
World’s Championship Rodeo, ac-
cording to W. L. Jones, secretary
and general manager.
He said the purpose of the ex-
hibit is to encourage the produc-
tion of better wool and mohair, to
promote better methods of handl-
ing and preparation of wool and
mohair for the market, and to en-
able growers to become more fam-
iliar with wool and mohair grad-
ing—thus increasing marketing po-
tential for growers.
It was pointed out that 90 per
cent of all mohair in the world is
produced within a 150-mile radius
of Sau Antonio. Approximately 20
per cent of all wool produced in
the United States is produced
within the San Antonio trade area.
The wool and mohair growers in
this area should find the show this
year especially interesting—and
beneficial to them.
One of the leading Mouton plants
in the Southwest is located in San
Antonio. It is the Nelson Tanning
Corporation, at 547 Humble Road,
where dried sheepskins are tann-
ed, dyed, the kinks are taken out
and the wool is turned into fur.
The Nelson Corporation pro-
cesses approximately 5,000 skins
per week, 90 percent of which
goes into the garment industry in
New York. They employ from 150
to 200 workers in the industry.
Competition is open on a world-
wide basis, which should make
the show still more interesting.
Entry’ applications must he made
out on special entry blanks, in ac-
cordance with printed instructions.
These forms are available at the
San Antonio Livestock Exposition,
I’. O. Box 1746, San Antonio. They
must he signed by the exhibitor
and returned to the office of the
general manager. Entry fee is- $1
per fleece, and must be paid at the
time the application is filed.
J. A. Gray is superintendent of
the Wool and Mohair show, with
John Holcomb and D. C. Lang-
ford his assistants. Stanley Davis,
who is with Texas A & M Animal
Husbandry department, will judge.
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Elizabeth Hough
To Ride In San
Antonio Parade
Lions Club Losers
Entertain Ladies
And Sales Winners
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Everett
Bins Rida,
Col .‘turn’s
, Lome. 14, and Larry, U, will be starred In
s World’s Championship Rodeo at the Sun
Antonio Livestock Exposition February 6th through 17th. The
popular brother and slater act comes to San Antonio after sensa-
tional appearances at the Madison Square Garden and Boston
Garden Rodeos and on Steve Allen’s TV show and other top
national TV and radio shows Other attractions in the San An-
ode the Rend ricks Brothers, Swede Fuller and
levers, the hilarious Calf Scramble and many
rodeo artists. .
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Miss Elizabeth Ann Hough will
ride in the San Antonio Livestock
Exposition parade today as Miss
Mohair. The Texas Angora Goat
Raisers ..Association float, upon
which she will ride, has been com-
pletely redecorated.
Next Monday, Miss Hough will
be a guest of the Exposition on
Hill Country Day and will be pre-
sented at. the rodeo. Site will also
appear on TV and radio programs
during the day.
ThC spread of the largest moose
antlers on record is 77 5-8 inches.
Losers in the broom selling con-
test conducted last fall by the
Lions Club in connection with the
Lighthouse of the Blind also lost
face at Ladies Night, January 31st,
and had to act as waiters at the
banquet and eat a diet of corn
bread and beans.
Losers were Team Captain Hor-
ace Brown, Bill Stone, Paul
Barr, Howard Grooms, Dick Fly,
Glynn Varga, Rayford Brister, El-
'1is Martin, and Charles Sweeten.
Gentlemen for the night and
feasting on the fat of the land
were winners: Captain Russell
Reams, J. A. Miller, Ben Davis,
E. R. Mclnvale, Jimmy Nunley,
Dick Waites, J. W. Richardson,
Forrest Weldon and Milton Smith.
Guests were two new members,
Fred Matthews and Bill Morriss,
and J. N. Coffman and their
wives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Davis enter-
tained the group with piano sel-
ections and films taken by Misses
Patti and Ruth Morriss on their
trip to Canada last summer were
shown.
Bill Stone, secretary of the Lions
Club, presided at the meeting. The
Club sold brooms and cleaning
accessories valued at $262.75. Of
this amount the local club was al-
lowed to keep $66.93, which will be
used toward the Lions Club Crip-
pled Children’s Camp. The sad
story of the contest losers was that
they lost by only 25 cents.
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Hill Country
Chapter Of
Ladies Auxiliary
Elects Officers
The Hill Country Chapter of the
Auxiliary to the Texas Sheep and
Goat Raisers’ Association met on
Saturday, January 26th, at the Her-
man Sons Hal! in Fredericksburg
with the Fredericksburg ladies as
hostesses.
The president, Mrs. George
Holekamp of Kerrville presided at
the meeting. The following offi-
cers were elected for the coining
year:
Mrs. Dale I’riour, Ingram —
President.
Mrs. W. E. Dietert, Mountain
Home—N ice president.
Mrs. J. R. Peril, Harper—Sec-
retary.
Mrs. T. D. Hall, Mountain
Home—Treasurer.
Mrs. W. S. Orr. Rocksprings—
Historian.
A film entitled “Miss Wool of
Texas" was shown. The Chapter
presented Mrs. Holekamp with a
wool blanket in appreciation of Iter
untiring work as president during
the past year.
Plans were made to have a wool
and mohair promotion project
again for the coming year. It will
be decided at the next meeting
whether to have a sewing contest
again or to enter the “Make It
Yourself with Wool" contest.
Nueces Canyon Girls Win
84-B Basketball Crown;
Boys Tied With Rocksprings
Mrs. Gwen Dixon and Mrs. Al-
fred Steward returned last week-
end from the east coast, where
Mrs. Dixon visited with her son,
Janies, who was stationed with the
U. S. Marines in South Carolina.
Janies has been transferred to Camp
Lejune, North Carolina. Mrs. Dix-
on also visited relatives in Savan-
nah and Columbus, Georgia. Mrs.
Steward visited with her son, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Alston at Frank-
lin, Louisiana, and with another
son, John Alston and wife and ba-
by at Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs.
Arthur Alston and Mrs. John Als-
ton and baby returned to Rock-
springs with Mrs. Steward for a
visit.
Rocksprings girls upset Nueces
Canyon’s record for district title at
the local gym last Friday night
with an overtime score of 49 to 48.
With that defeat Nueces Canyon
dropped from head place to rate
second in the district with Leakey.
At Leakey, Tuesday night the
Nueces Canyon girls tipped high
score to be champs of 84-B district.
Firday night's game at the end
of the fourth quarter was tied at
41 points. Christine Haines was
high point girl for Rocksprings
with 35 points. Barbara Cox made
25 points for Nueces Canyon. Rock-
springs guards put up a tremen-
dous defense in this game and the
winning score was justly due to
their good play. Christine Haines’
hook shot paid off in this crucial
game.
Rocksprings boys won their
game with Nueces Canyon 49 to
38 points to tie up the district
title at that stage with the Can-
yon boys. High score player for
Rocksprings was Charles Biersch-
wale and 17 points and Bruzz Smart
with 13. Hershel Burleson made 11
points as high man for Nueces
Canyon.
Rocksprings boys and girls won
both their games with Bandera
Tuesday night. The hoys inched by
with a score of 41 to 39. Playing
for Rocksprings were Me Nealy, 15:
Bierschwale, 4: Merritt. 5: Moody,
2: Smart, 5: Davis, 10 ami Tatum.
IP Spain made 17 points for Ban-
dera. If Rocksprings boys win
Del Rio-Laredo
District Has
Women’s Meet
In Rocksprings
Text Of Conger
Jones’ Address
‘Because They Had
A Mind To Work’
Using the Old Testament story
of Nehemiah’s leadership in civic
rebuilding, II. Conger Jones of
Del Rio made an inspirational talk
to the Chamber of Commerce,
Monday night at the annual mem-
bership meeting.
The similitude of the leadership
necessary to rebuild Jersalem after
its destruction and the Babylone-
on captivity was likened by Mr.
Jones to activities of our present
day Chambers of Commerce and
civic organizations. Mr. Jones said
that the success of each is due as
Nehentiah stated "Because they
had a mind to work”.
Following the barbecue supper,
Mr and Mrs. Ben Davis presented
their game with Utopia, Friday
night they will have to play off the ' lieu. San \r:< t,:
tie for the district title with Nue- The Del Rio-1.arid > 1 d-.riet I
ees Canyon. Stmt. Barr said the composed of Cutulla. Crystal City.
District officials would decide on I Del Rio. Hncinal, Laredo. Rovk-
the procedure to play off such a tie. spring-. Sander-on. at; 1 Uvalde.
Bandera girls !<>«t to Rocksprings Mrs. Cltarle- Huffman • Cry -;a!
62 to 76. Forwards Christine Main-1 City i- Di-triet Chairman,
es and Jaytu-r of Bandera each | A luncheon was given tV: the
made 43 points for their respective visitors at the Park Building.!
teams. Other scores for Rock-j with about forty present.
springs were Kay Hankins. In and | -o-o---
J an is Colwell, 17. Playing for
Rocksprings were Becker. ()>burn,
Owens, Stone, Sweeten, Hunt, D.
and L. W hittle, Griffin, Leinweber,
Smith, Miears, Roe with Kssing
ready to play when the game end-
ed. When a girl notifies the time
keeper that she will substitute for
a certain player, site must wait un-
til the player is in a particular
situation before she can run in.
(This is official info from Coach
Barr).
Boys and girls will complete their
district games tonight at 7 and 8
o'clock at I’topia. Nueces Canyon
is through with her distiet plays
and Bandera meets Leakey at Lea-
key tonight. If per chance Bandera
should heat Leakey girls then Rock-
springs girls would tie with Leakey
for second place in the district.
February 12, Rocksprings boys
and girls will play Brackettville
there. Friday night, February 15th.
Menard's A and B boys teams play
here with the local boys.
Women of the Church of the
Presbytery of Western Texas held
their District Conference for the
Evening and Day Circles in Rock-
springs, Sunday and Monday.
Arrangements for the meeting
were under the direction of the
Rocksprings Women of the Church ,
with Mrs. J. E. Tatum, president u" ’’eautiful piano selections,
in charge.
The meeting Sunday was held
for the groups that belong to Ev-
ening Circles. Monday's meeting
was for the Day Circles, of which
the local group participates.
Registration and the
were held at the Fir-t 1 rc.-byter-1 undertaken, the location of a
ian Church. Rev. John K. Alexan-1 site for a Methodist Home for the
dor of Crystal City gave the ittvo- \^ ..]
cation. The welcome address wa- , ... !lew jircctors t0 5erve a
gi\en by Mr-. J. H. Brown. Mr-. , two-year term are Horace Brown,
J. E. latum conducted the bu-i- | Janies Wittcnburg. Julian Jenkins,
tie-- se—ion and made t:ie an- | Alti>n Miller. Dan McKnight, and
Neville Smart. Hold-over director-
ate Harold Hough, j. R. Banister,
Frank (.». Cloud!. Ivan Smart, M.
< i Smith and Jack Whitworth.
i hiring the P'.’a year the Chatil-
’ ■ i - Commerce had 23 ranchers
• ltd 35 and profes-ional
o ... member-. Total dues
.•■,•'74.-0 wa- pail by these mem-
Giving the president’s report.
Col. John R. Banister gave a re-
| sume of the year's accontplish-
| men*-. He encouraged the direc-
j tors and members to give their
| wholehearted support to the
| Chamber of Commerce and mnind-
ptogram|ed them of the project that is now
nouncements.
Discus-ions during the day were
“Division of Presbyteries” l>y Rev.
Richard Copeland. San Antonio;
"A Message from Taiwan." M!--
M. Mizzell, missionary from I .,
wan: " The Forward I. >i>k." Mi
Allan She ill. Victoria; "Impwa-
tional M e-age." Mr-. W. IV---
Scr\i: a rn the arrangements
committee for the supper were R.
W. Shipper.',, chairman: Albert
W hittle, Bill Stone. A, !•.. Brown,
E'.ie V uire. Allen Smith, and
Milton Smith.
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Girl Scouts To
Entertain Fathers
February 14th
The Girl Scouts -pedal Yale: -
tine party honoring fathers |. ,
ruary 14 will he In hi ;.t the Wo-
man’s Club hou-e at 7 A'h.ck. Tin
Girls will hate their regal
ing on Monday.
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Church-going Families Are Happy
Condemnation Proceedings On Hyde
Property Postponed Until March 25th
C. N. Parsons, District Engineer
for the Texas Highway Depart-
ment, notified Judge Horace
Brown, February i, that Mrs. Neil
W. Schoolficld had requested a
hearing with th* State Highway
Commission concerning her objec-
tion to the lpcation of Ranch to
Market Road 335 through her pro-
perty. Mr. Parsons stated that
Mrs. Schootfield will be given a
hearing in March.
On the basis of this letter from
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Mr. Parsons, Sam Hough, Jr.,
County Attorney, acting on be-
half of the State of Texas has re-
quested the Special Commissioners
to take no further action in the
condemnation proceedings in con-
nection with the Hyde property
until March 25, 1957.
The Special Commissioners, VV.
Payne Rudasill, C. V. Whitworth,
and Lindon Thurman, on February
4, 1957 ordered that further action
in regard to this matter be post-
poned until March 25, 1957.
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Gamma Phi
Chapter To
Meet February 16
The Gamma Phi Chapter of the
Delta Kappa Gamma Society will
meet February lo. 1957 at 2:30 P.
M. at the Woman's Club House in
Rocksprings.
Mrs. Ray Moody will be in
charge of the program. The theme
of the program i- "Personality
Integration." Dr. Frank H. Pratt
of Rocksprings, will he guest spea-
ker. Mrs. G. C. Fleischer will he
in charge of the music.
Two new members from Rock-
springs will be initiated—Miss Lo-
rene Beerwinkle and Mrs. Brooks
Sweeten. Mrs. Monte Kirkland will
conduct this initiation.
Walter Winchvll admits it'.
oldie hut passes on thi- >>nc ahotp
the attractive woman p-ycliiatri-t.
at a convention, who wa- being
pinched by the man -rated next
to her. Very much annoyed -he
was about to give 1 im a haw’itig
out when she changed Iter mind.
"Why should 1 get angry ?" -he
decided. "After all—it'- hi- prob-
lem."
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hough
are attending the San Antonio
Livestock Exposition in San An-
tonio this week-end.
High Percentage
Edwards County
Taxes Are Paid
j 4I;5 1V>11 Taxe- were paid by l'.d-
' ward- C mnty citizen- before Fcb-
! - i; fir-t. 4 people applied for
; - xemption pri\ i'cee-.
By I’ '.ruary fir-t 1 • 5.5 percent
| County State a: 1 School taxes
I had been collected of render-
led on the origin ,I •a\ r >11. This
. 1 I no: ion:.: tin :..\r- on the
i - tppletnental rob.
MUSIC CLUB NOTICE
The Mu-iv Club w ill meet \\h d-
ne-day. February >• i ic Club
House whh Mr-. Joyce Phililps
at.d Mrs Han Smart a- ho-tes-es.
The meeting will convene at 2:30
! with Mrs. C. t *. Whitworth in
j charge of the program
Mr. and Mr-. T. C. Hampton of
Normandy spent Sunday and
Monday with Mr. and Mr-. Souli
Shanklin. The family celebrated
Mr. Hampton's 77th birthday.
ALL-AMERICAN VALENTINE 1
It was lunchtime. The elderly
clerk opened his sandwiches, look-
ed at them and exclaimed bitterly,
"Cheese sandwiches! Always cheese
sandwiches!”
“Why don’t you ask your wife
to fix you another kind of sand-
wich?” a colleague asked.
“Who’s married ” said the man
indignantly. "1 make these sand-
wiches myself.”
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Bass can recognize colors very
well, and some red on a lure
seems often to induce them to
strike.—Sports Afield.
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