The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1957 Page: 1 of 4
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The T exas Mohair W eekly
Rocksprings, Texas, Friday, March 22nd, 1957
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Dn Area Road Problems
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Delegations from Sutton, \'al
Verde, Kinney. and Edwards
Counties met with State Highway
Commissioner H. C. Petry, Jr. in
Carrizo Springs, Wednesday to
discuss road plans including Earm-
to-market and secondary roads tliat
would traverse these coufities.
Judge Winn and Commissioner
Dan Canthorn of Sonora and the
Edwards delegation including
Judge Brown and Commissioners
Joe Carl Hyde, Fred Speck, and
Son Varga discussed with Mr.
Petty the possibility of a Farm-to-
market road that would connect US
290 in a southeasterly direction
from Sutton county with highways
north of Rocksprings.
From the Carta Valley area at-
tending the meeting were Toad
Brotherton, Bill Varga, J. H.
Hardy, Marvin Hutto and Paul
Rosenow. They were interested in
the Hamilton Lane being made
into a Second Class road instead
of a Farm-to-market road. The
present location of this county
road leaves US Highway 377 near
Carta Valley' and connects with
■ US Highway 90 between Brackett-
ville and Del Rio.
Other , interested parties from
Rocksprings attending the meeting
were Ivan Smart, Jess Hankins,
and Roy Baker.
Accidents Total
71 In San
Angelo District
A total of 71 acicdents occurred
in the San Angelo district during
February. One of these accidents
was in Edwards County injuring
one person and causing property
damage of $875.
The accidents caused 5 deaths,
37 persons injured and property
damage of»$57,155.
The most drivers involved
were between the ages of 29 and
30. The most accidents occurred
on Friday and Saturday at the
hours of 6 p. m. to 9 p. m. 26 of
the accidents or 36 percent were
caused by speed. 12 accidents were
caused by driving while intoxicated.
CATHERINE ANN DAVIS
IS HIGH POINT
PIANO STUDENT
Veterinarian To Be Here Tuesday
March 26th To Give Rabies Shots
Are Your
Registration Fees
Helping Kerr
County Roads?
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Nueces Canyon
Schools To Vote
On Trustees
Saturday, April 6
The Nueces Canyon School
Board has ordered a trustee elec-
tion to be held in the District on
Saturday, April 6 to fill the vacan-
cies caused by the expiration of the
terms of L. J. Dean and II. E.
Easley. Mr. Dean is a candidate
for re-election and Mr. Easley is
retiring from the Board. J. II.
Reavis is a candidate for the place
which has been held by Mr. Easley.
G. C. Swint of Camp Wood will
b'e in charge of the election box
there, which will he held in the
Community House; and E. M. Po-
wers will conduct the election in
Barksdale at the school house.
The citizens of the Nueces Can-
yon School District are urged to
vote in this election. Any person
desiring to run for one of these
places on the Board may have his
name placed on the ballot by filing
his name with Judge Brown in
Rocksprings not later than March
25, 1957. Any five interested
qualified voters may petition the
name of any qualified person to
be placed upon the ballot. The pe-
tition forms may he obtained at the
local school office.
Dr. Herbert Walker,
veterinarian, will spend the day.
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m„ in Rock-
springs next Tuesday, March 2iith
to vaccinate animals against ra-
bies. County Agent Hayden Hnby
will assist Dr. Walker at the City
Hall, that day.
With the recent prevalence of
rabies among foxes and other wild
animals in the area, it is more im-
portant than ever to have domestic
pets and stock dog- vaccinated.
All dogs that have not been vac-
cinated in the last eight to ten
months should now be immunized
again. ^
Mrs. Temple Deats is in the Ed-
wards County Memorial Hospital
receiving treatment to prevent ra-
bies. Mq. Deats had doctored a
sick dog at the ranch and the (log's
Edwards County citizens are
again reminded that automobile re-
gistration fees remain in the coun-
ty treasury to lie used on county
roads. The Kerrville newspaper
each week prints the list of auto-
mobiles registered" in that county.
Since the new model cars have
been on the market, there have
been a good many bought in Kerr-
ville with a big percentage being
registered in that county. There is
Rio no doubt hut that Kerr Count!
can u-e that money on their county
Heavy Rain and Hail
Hit Areas Of
Edwards County
Rocksprings and area were al-
erted for tornadoes Wednesday
from noon until 9 o’clock. Only
strong straight wind- were report-
ed in the area that brought from
one to two inches of rain over
most of the ranch country with
1.15 inches falling in Rocksprings
in about an hour.
Heavy hail fell in Kickapoo, in
548 X-rays
Made At Free
Health Clinic
Number 11
Bids To Be Opened
, For New School
Buildings, April 9
The Board of Trustees of the
Rocksprings School met Tuesday
afternoon with Earl Dillard, archi-
tect of Austin, and approved the
final plans and specifications for
the new high school building and
cafeteria.
\ttorney Sam Hough went to
V.i-tin Thur-da.\ to present all the
/(formation concerning the bonds
to the Attorney General for his
approval.
The Hoard has culled
so
roads, hut Edwards County could I,u" canyon south of Kock-prings,
use it, too. Three car- sold to j aero-- to the Divide and to the
South Llano about Temple Deats
ranch. The hail wa- about the size
of marble- with only a scattering
of larger stone-. A small amount
Edwards County people las: week
were registered in Kerr County.
Dan McKnight
Selected On
“Committee Of 75”
AUSTIN, Tex.—The University
of Texas observes in 1958 its 75th
year of service to the state.
The Board of Regents lias de-
signated that vesr for determin-
ing a broad outline of University
development for the following 25
years.
A major responsibility for chart-
head was later sent in for analysis (lie first century objectives has
and found to have rabies. Bobby ])een accepted by 75 citizens who
Jetton was treated at the local
hospital two weeks ago for being
bitten by his stock dog, which
was found to have rabies.
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At the music party of the Key-
board Kids this month additional
awards were won by Catherine
Ann Davis, who was high point
pupil for the month with 21 pieces
learned. Also Connie Mitchell re-
ceived an award for completing her
book. Edward and Catherine Ann
were hosts during the social hour.
Mrs. Willie D.
Reagan Buried
At Barksdale
Mrs. Willie D. Reagan, mother
of Mrs. W. V. Levensailor and
Mrs. Leonard Lacey, died at the
Edwards County Memorial Hos-
pital in Rocksprings, Sunday af-
ternoon at 4:35 o’clock.
Mrs. Reagan had been critically
ill since breaking her hip about
four weeks ago. Funeral services
were held in Barksdale, Monday.
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MERRY HEART NOTICE
The Merry Heart Club will
meet Wednesday afternoon, March
27th at 2:30 at the C. O. Whit-
worth ranch with Mrs. Norman
Whitworth, Mrs. C. V. Whitworth
and Mrs. C. O. Whitworth as
hostesses.
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Engineers State
Highway Bridges
Will Not Stand
Proposed Weight
AUSTIN, Tex.—Texas Highway
Department engineers are on record
that the state’s fridges are not
designed to carry the 72,000-pound
gross weight sought by truckers
in bills before the legislature.
Randle B. Alexander, chief brid-
ge designer for the state, and E. A.
Jelinck, supervising design en-
gineer, so testified before the
House cbmmittee on motor traffic.
Said Jelinek: "There is not a
single bridge in our state designed
for two tandem (double) 32,000
pound axles."
The trucking interests are seek-
ing to increase vehicle limits from
58,420 pounds to 72,000 pounds by
placing a second tandem axle under
trucks.
Alexander declared that 95 per-
cent of the bridges can not safely
carry the proposed 72,000 pounds.
“Only a maximum of 5 percent
of the bridges in Texas can carry
72,000 pound loads,” Alexander
told committee members.
"I am not going to say that
they are going to wreck our brid-
ges, hut in my opinion the life of
the bridges will he shortened.”
He added that occasionally the
Highway Department had to re-
place or repair bridges damaged or
destroyed by heavy trucks.
Both Alexander and Jelinek
pointed out that bridges on the
main highways arc designed for
loads of 40,000 pounds and that
those on the farm-to-market roads
are hunt for 30,000 pound traffic.
Numerous county judges and
members of county commissioners'
courts testified that trucks are leav-
ing the prin\ary roads and are de-
stroying the more lightly-construct-
ed rural pavement and bridges.
Their testimony was summed
up in statements by County Jud-
ges Henry J. Schovajsa of Fay-
ette county and Sam Stone of
Williamson county that trucks do
90 per cent of the daamge to the
roads and that it is expensive to
the state and to the counties.
meet for the fir-t time at the
University in Austin on April 13.
To he known as "The Commit-
tee of 75,” the group represents all |
state senatorial districts and is a
virtual cross-section of Texas in-
terests.
Dan A. McKnight of Rock-
springs is a member of the com-
mittee.
"The definite interest and en-
thusiasm with which these repre-
sentative, distinguished Texas lea-
ders have accepted the challenging
assignment insures that the hoard
of regents and the* administration
will receive counsel of great vision
and wisdom in planning the future
University of Texas,” said Leroy
Jeffers of Houstoii, chairman of
the hoard.
The citizen’s group, which in-
cludes alumni and non-alumni, will
work with other citizens, students,
faculty, staff and ex-students who
will serve on other committees
now being organized. Collectively
these groups will examine the in-
stitution's status and recommend
steps to he taken in guiding it to-
ward the fulfillment of the 100-year
goal.
At their Austin meeting The
Committee of 75 will lay plans for
the studies to be undertaken in
determining the future role and
eminence of their state university.
From numerous activities sche-
duled both on and off the campus
in 1958 the Committee of 75 will
collect facts, receive recommenda-
tions, weigh possibilities, and fin-
ally issue a prospectus of what
the University should become in
the first 100 years of its life.
The calendar year 1958 was chos-
en for this special observance be-
cause the University formally op-
ened its doors to students in 1883,
although it was founded in 1881.
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“STEPHEN F. AUSTIN” BY
WALTER F. McCALEB
fell in Rocksprings as the rain ti
began.
At the noon hour Wednesday,
strong winds were prevailing from
the south blowing against cloud-
boiling up to the north and west.
By one o’clock the northwestern
horizon began to turn green and
black and within an hour a roar
could he heard of the approaching
hail and rain. Several people
thought they sighted t ornado-
shaped clouds.
The school was alerted and the
faculty had taken an emergency
precaution placing the students in
the downstairs hall of the main
building. Many parents went to
school after their children as the
clouds became worse. People in
town kept a close vigil as the
clouds brewed in the heavens.
Tuesday evening, showers fell I as they appeared oil the street, re-
from Uvalde to Rocksprings and J minding them to lie X-rayed. R" >
other sections of the county bring-
ing some more of the much need-
ed moisture for West Texas.
The TB Division of t
Health Department made 54s
X-rays in Rocksprings. M.,nd <>
afternoon and Tuesday. This u,>.
the most X-rays made in a:;> om
chest clinic held in Rock-pri:;g-
The percentage wa- high -m.-ider-
iug that Bark-dale peop'i decided
wait to have X-ray- made until
a clinic i- held' in Camp W.....!.
Dick Fly. pastor o: •' Kir-'
Methodist Church, was general
chairman of the Clinic .and ■ spli -
t's hi- thanks to all of th --<• v 1,
helped make it a fine -ucces- ^ ^
Those who were given jobs ucreljj,,
conscientious in doing them an i
they were given willing coopera-
tion. That is why the Surve\ wa-
ll success. When citizen,- re-pond
as they did in :hi- ea-e any pro-
ject will succeed.
Some of tile method- u-c 1 this
year that had not been u-cd be-
fore wa- tin: advance publicity.
This campaign began about -ix
weeks ahead of the clinic. The
Xmerican Legion donated the u«e
of their public address -v-teui,
which was Used to page all people
ail genera!
A will be
for bids
contractors. These
opened April 9th at
House Passes
New Wild
Life Bill
Sheepmen To
Meet In
Fort Stockton
Matters of great interest to all
ranchers will he discussed at the
second quarterly meeting of the
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers in
Fort Stockton, Saturday, March
23, T. A. Kincaid, Ozona TS&GRA
president, has announced. The gen-
eral meeting which will he held in
the Community House in Rooney
Park following a noon barbecue.
Mr. Kincaid said that Guy Hud-
dleston, Chief Rate Inspector, Mo-
tor Transportation Division, Rail-
road Commission of Texas, will he
present to explain the recent chan-
ges in general and livestock truck-
ers practices in regard to charges
and weighing.
Recent meetings in Washington
on Mexican National Labor with
particular reference to housing re-
quirements will he presented by O.
1). Dooley, Brackettville, Labor
Committee chairman.
Other committee members will
report on progress of water legis-
lation and feed control bill which
has already passed both houses of
the Legislature.
"All ranch people are invited to
attend this meeting and I look for
a big attendance,” Mr. Kincaid
said.
TEXAS CHAROLLAISE SALES
CORP. POSTPONES MAY SALE
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The Texas Charollaise & Charo-
llaise-Cross Sales Corporation has
POSTPONED its Spring Consign-
ment Sale which was to be held on
May 18, 1957, at the Green Val-
ley Stockyards in San Marcos,
Jexas, according to Hogue Pools
of Cotulla, Texas, the Corporation
President.
The date will be rescheduled by
the corporation and announced
within the near future.
"Stephen F. Austin" written for |
elementary reading by
McCaleh is tile third in the Me
Caleb-Navlor scries on Texas
heroes,, places and events famous j
in the state's history.
Austin, the great colonizer of
Texas, and universally known as
the Father of the state, comes
to vivid life in the pages of this
book. The author has taken swift
but keen looks at the early his-
tory of the Austin family, paying
his generous respects to Moses
Austin, Stephen’s father.
Dr. McCaleh has been careful
to point out and explain the posi-
tion that Austin was forced to take
with regard to both the Texas col-
onists and the government of
Mexico.
The other books in this series
"Bigfoot Wallace" and "The
Alamo" as well as "Stephen F.
Austin" have been presented to the
Rocksprings Elementary School
Liharary by The Texas Mohair
Weekly.
Dr. McCaleh is the brother of
the late L. V. McCaleb <?f Rock-
Redesignated
'wl,.J. I Area For Drouth
Feed Aid
AUSTIN. Tex — Wildlife re-
c.,urvc- ,,f Bexar and nine other
South Trxa - counties would he
placed under regulatory powers of
•'ii Stale Game and Fi.-h Commis-
ler a bill pa-seil by the
Wedne-day.
I’.ixir wa- placed under terms
of Rep. Joe Burkett Jr.'s House
hill 247 through an amendment
-■■lit up b> Rep. Max C. Smith.
,.*f San Marcos.
Rep. Glenn Kothmann, who had
introduced a separate regulatory
power- hill covering Bexar Coun-
ts alone, said the amendment has
been mentioned t1' him. He in-
dicated he had no objection. No
other San Antonio representative
objected when Smith’.- amendment
wa- sen; up.
Rep Joe Lee Hell.-ley s ;i i (1 the
surpri-c amendment came up
King and Claud Erwin capably .-ki,,([ ,,y ;1Kretimmt
handled the mike. No one around Xmv covl,rcd |,y tlu. tHH are
the square was left out. Rather 1 j>vxir Medina. Bandera, Kerr,
than to be paged continuously, they j cLilh-spie. Llano, Mason, Edwards,
Sutton and Crockett counties.
had their chest X-rayed.
Ladies from the Latin Ameri- The hill is in many respects
can section of town were includ- similar to the one introduced
ed this year to act as recorders earlier by Kothmann. It assigns
and receptionists. Representatives | the State Game and Fish Com-
from the different women's cluhs j mission the duty of continuous
had charge of this phase or the | scientific research into vv'ldlife
work. | resources of the 10 counties.
The American Legion furnished i However, it contain- one im-
inen for the loading and unloading j portaut additional feature, giving
service and the Girl Scouts did an county commissioners courts au-
cxcellent job of distributing litera-! thority to. in effect, veto the
ture about die Clinic to the -chool 1 regulation- formulated by the
students. i game commission after its studies
The community is indebted to' an<* faring-,
the Central 1 ower and Lignt KENDALL DAVIS INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Kendall Davi-, a member of the
I)ic)j Fly for his effort-
chairman.
Company for the use of their oilice
space and electricity and to Mr.
and Mrs. King for their hospitali-
ty. Also a vote of thanks go to
g-neral I R°ck-pnng- Elementary School
i faculty, received minor chest injur-
_ | ie- in an automobile accident near
La i'ryor la-t Saturday. Mr.
Davis' car struck another when he
attempted to go around it. He ex-
pected to he hack in school within
a lew days.
EARL COLE LYNN ENLISTS
IN MARINE CORPS
Earl Cole Lynn, son of Mr. and
Ear! Lynn, will leave Sat-
urday for Quantico, Virginia to
enter the U. S. Marine's Officers
Candidate School. Earl Cole has
enlisted in the Marines for a 3
year tenure. He will he at the
OCS for 10 weeks.
Humble Deep Test
Scheduled For
Greer Ranch
The location site for an Humble
test is being cleared on the James
Leo Greer. Jr. ranch about 21 Mr-,
miles northeast of Rocksprings.
The 8,000 foot well will he drilled
on Survey 34, E. L. and R. R.
Company, near the Green Lake.
Church-going Families Are Happy
Recommendations of the State
Drouth Committee to redesignate
area counties a part of a major
disaster area have been approved
by the Department of Agriculture.
Autrey Walker, a member of the
state committee, has been advised
from Washington that \ al Verde,
Terrell, Maverick, Edwards and
Kinney counties are among those
redesignated a part of the major
disaster territory.
“Because of the drouth these
counties arc eligible for assistance
under the Emergency feed, grain,
hay and roughage programs of the
Department of Agriculture," the
message to Walker stated.
"Applications for assistance in
these counties may be filed in coun-
ty ASC Offices to and including
April 1, 1957 for a supply of feed,
grain, hay and roughage sufficient
to carry eligible livestock to and
including April 15, 1957,” the mes-
sage stated.
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PLOTTING BOARD at Colorado Spring*, Colo., filter center, with
each dot representing one Ground Observer Corps post. The Air
Force filter center* depend on telephoned reports from GOC posts
to trsrk nlr traffic over the United States. They »r* the lowest
level In a chain of control centers throngh which spotter reports
are channeled In determining whether an alarm should he Issued
over the nationwide civil defense warning net. (U. 8. Air Pores Photo)
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