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The Texas Mohair Weekly
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Rocksprings, Texas, Friday, October 23, 1959
BRUCELLOSIS MEETING
IN SONORA MONDAY
Their TRICK Is to TREAT
Dr. C. M. Patterson, extension
service veterinarian, will discuss
the brucellosis control program at
a meeting in Sonora that will be
for ranchers and county agents.
This meeting will begin at 7:30
p. m., Monday, October 26. It is
hoped that Dr. James Henderson,
state veterinarian will also be able
td attend this meeting.
A representative group of cattle
owners from Edwards County
should attend this meeting to be-
come familiar with the cleanup
program.
By 1960 ninety percent of the
counties in the United States will
be modified certified brucellosis
free areas. This will certainly af-
fect the marketing of cattle from
counties which have not come into
the program.
Services For Mrs.
John Sweeten
Saturday Morning
Services for Mrs. John R.
Sweeten will be held at the Church
of Christ, Saturday morning. Oct-
ober 24th at 10 o’clock. Mrs.
Sweeten passed away Thursday
morning at 9 o’clock in the Ed-
wards County Memorial Hospital
after an illness of several weeks.
A complete obituary will be pub-
lished next week.
PTA Hallowe’en Carnival
To Be Held Sat. October 31
The PTA is planning on lots of
good eats, merrymaking and fun
for everybody at the annual car-
nival to be held Hallowe'en night,
October 31st, on the school campus.
The Mexican Supper will be serv-
ed in the cafeteria beginning at
5:30. Pies and coffee will ako be
served in the cafeteria.
The concessions including many
games will be conducted in the old
school building. Hot dogs, cold
drinks and coffee will be served
in this building, also homemade
candy, pin wheels and balloons.
At 8:30 pupils from the First
through the Fourth Grades will
perform in the auditorium. Follow-
ing this there will be a talent
shows, which will include students
and town people.
The program will also include
the coronation, of the Hallowe'en
Carnival king and queen. Voting
will be stopped at 5:30 that after-
noon. Candidates are Lois Griffin
and Carrol Templeton, seniors;
Connie Mitchell and James Sweet-
en, juniors; Carolyn Whittle and
Carroll Smith, sophomores; Bar-
bara Pratt and Danny Mitiica,
freshmen.
Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Miller have
spent the week at Port Aransas.
Fishing reports via the grapevine
said there were II fish in the deep
freeze Sunday, but no definite data
on who caught the fish.
1959 Grid Schedule
Rocksprings, 8—Eldorado, 32.
Rocksprings, 8—Melvin, 0.
Rocksprings, 34—Natalia, 0.
Rocksprings 18,—Comfort 7.
Rocksprings, 6—Menard, 30.
Rocksprings 20—LaCoste 24.
Rocksprings, 20—Sanderson, 39.
•Oct. 23—Castroville, here.
•Oct. 30—Brackettville, here.
•Nov. 6—Sabinal there.
* Denotes District Games.
Committee On 4-H
Club Work To
Plan Program
The Edwards County 4-H Club
Program Planning Committee will
meet at the county agent's residence
Tuesday, October 27 at 7 p. m. to
outline the annual \4-H program
and prepare a budget.
Adult members of this commit-
tee are Brooks Sweeten, Johnny
Whitworth, Mrs. James Witten-
burg, Everett Epperson, Joe Trees
and Perry Guthrie. v
4-H Club members on the com-
mittee are Mary Louise Beck, Epp
Epperson, Darlene Sweeten, Pat
Morrison, Phyllis Sweeten, Irene
Williams, Speck Cox and Jerry
Robert Ellis.
Rattlesnakes And
Rain At
Shelmire Ranch
Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Levensailor
have been keeping track of the
rattlesnakes killed at the Bedford
Shelmire Ranch the past year and
now have a record of 55 snakes.
The majority of the snakes have
measured from 12 to 18 inches,
but there were some ripsnorting-
rattling ones, too, that weren’t a
pleasure to run across. i
The ranch looks more like spring-
time than fall. The two October
rains have netted the ranch 5.10
inches of moisture, which was just
what the doctor ordered.
Dr. and Mrs. Shelmire will be
visiting out at their ranch this
week-end. They retire to the'
ranch about once a month to get
away from the hustle of Dallas.
Again this year, the community
of Rocksprings will observe "Trick
or Treat for UNICEF”. UNICEF
is the United Nations Children's
Fund; it is the world’s largest
international agency devoted ex-
clusively to the welfare of children.
Through UNICEF more than
100 million persons have been vac-
cinated against tuberculosis with
BCG vaccine. Nearly 30 million
persons in 35 countries have been
cured of yaws with UNICEF—
supplied penicillin. Nearly 4 million
children have been treated in 11
countries for trachoma and related
eye disease with medicines provid-
ed by UNICEF. Technical assis-
tance has been provided for over
20 thousand maternal and child wel-
fare centers in 65 countries. Thus
far in 1959, UNICEF has given
assistance to child feeding pro-
grams reaching over 6 million
children in 72 countries.
With the theme, “The Trick is
to Treat All the World's Child-
ren," the UNICEF Hallowe'en
program has not only transformed
Hallowe’en from a destruction to a
constructive day, but brings com-
munities together in a cooperative
effort—a keynote of UNICEF aid
—reaching around the world.
The Trick or Treat for UNICEF
project will be conducted on Thurs-
day, October 29. Costumed child-
ren wearing an official tag will
visit homes beginning at 6 p. m. All
children wanting to participate will
meet at the Woman's Club House
at 5:45 p. m. Adults will chaperone
each group. Last year §78 was
received “for all the world's child-
ren". The ministers of the com-
munity again sponsor the project.
Your cooperation and generous
financial support is requested.
DON’T Sweep Or Mop
Until After November 6
Members of the Rocksprings
Lions Club will hold their annual
broom sale Friday, November 6th.
Proceeds will go to the Rock-
springs Cemetery Association.
The Lions will sell brooms,
mops, door mats, dusters, dish
cloths and other items made by the
San Antonio Lighthouse for the
Blind.
Teams of Lions will canvass the
town on November 6th with the
items.
By buying these blind-made
brooms and other items, you will
be helping two worthy causes.
First you will be helping to pro-
vide a market for the products
made by blind people; and second
you will be helping the local ceme-
tery association.
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Mrs. David Sturgeon was criti-
cally ill Tuesday and was taken by
ambulance to Laughlin Air Force
Base Hospital in Del Rio. Her
condition has improved consider-
ably and she expects to return
home this week-end.
Beloved Ranch
Woman Buried
In Kerrville
VICE PRESIDENT NIXON VISITS STATE FAIR
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Vice President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon were on hand in Dallas as Governor Price
Daniel of Texas officially opened the 1969 State Fair of Texas. Left to right are Mrs.
Daniel, Governor Daniel, Mrs. Nixon and the Vice President. The 1959 Fair runs through
Sunday, October 25. '
Funeral services for Mrs. Loyd
Mitchell, Sr., 61, were held Tues-
day afternoon, October 31 from
the Hunt Methodist Church with
Rev. J. R. Hilliard of the Wood-
lawn Methodist Church assisted by
Rev. Lee Lemons, pastor of the
Hunt Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment was in the Garden of
Memories under the direction of
Smith Funeral Home. Pall bearers
were Joe Benson, Whit Zander,
Jasper Moore, G. W. Townsend,
C. A. Clark, Sr., C. D. Bean, T.
P. Robinson, Jr. and Lynn Mit-
chell.
Mrs. Mitchell had sufffered a
heart ailment earlier in the year
and was again stricken in Septem-
ber. She had been a patient in the
Peterson Memorial Hospital in
Kerrville since September 22nd.
Death came for her Sunday even-
ing, October 11th at 8:45 o’clock.
She was a native of Laredo. Her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. S. On-
derdonk were Methodist mission-
aries to Mexico and much of her
childhood was spent there.
As a young girl she attended
the Coronal Institute in San Mar-
cos and was graduated from the
Southwestern University in George-
town where she majored in Fine
Arts and was a member of the
Delta, Delta, Delta social sorority.
She had attended school with many
of the Methodist ministers of this
area and was a classmate of Rev.
Hilliard’s.
She taught in the Marfa High
School before her marriage on
June 12, 1917 to Loyd Mitchell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford
Mitchell, Marfa ranchmen. They
ranched in that area until 1939,
when they bought the Wylie An-
derson ranch in Edwards County.
During the 9 years they resided
here Mrs. Mitchell endeared her-
self to all her acquaintances. She
was a person who always took time
to inquire and express her interest
in her fellow man.
In 1948 they turned over their
Edwards County ranch to their
children and moved to Hunt, where
Mrs. Mitchell enjoyed continued
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Sanderson Eagles
Take Rocksprings
Angoras 39 to 20
The Rocksprings Angoras, who
have showed up well in the first
half in their last two games, only
to loosen up in the second half,
lost a practice game to the Sander-
son Eagles by a score of 39 to 20
at Sanderson last Friday night,
October 16. Sanderson a class A
school was a heavy favorite to take
the Angoras, but at half time it
looked as if the Angoras might
pull another fast one and beat
Sanderson.
The Angoras scored first in the
game when they recovered a San-
derson fumble on their 45-yard
line with 3:35 left to play in the
1st quarter. Kenneth McCoy pass-
ed to Ronny Luce on the 15. On
the next .play McCoy passed to
Danny Minica on the 5-yard line.
From the 5 Jerry Ellis smashed the
line to score. The point try was
not good.
Sanderson, on the kick off play
went to the Angora 31-yard line,
where on the next play the Eagles
went on to score, but the TD was
called hack on a penalty. Later in
the 1st quarter Sanderson inter-
cepted an Angora pass on the
Angora 13-yard line, this time go-
ing on to score and also making
the extra point.
In the 1st part of the second
quarter, McCoy throwing from the
Sanderson 30-yard line completed
a pass to Dave Thurman on the
3-yard line, from which point Ellis
again went over tor the score, on
a line play. The point try on a
line play was again not good.
About halt way in the second
quarter Sanderson again crossed
the goal line, this time on a 44-
yard run. The point try on this
TD was also not good.
Late in the 2nd quarter the An-
goras again got a goal line drive
going as McCoy, passing from the
Sanderson 35, hit Jimmy Geuea on
the 10-yard line, with three line
plays following that saw Ellis
again over to score. On the try for
point a pass from McCoy to Geuea,
was good, netting the 2 points. The
score at half-time was Rock-
springs 20, Sanderson 14.
In the third quarter, Sanderson
catne hack with a hang to score
two quick touchdowns, before the
Angoras hardly had time to find
out which one of the Sanderson
backs had the hall. The first scor-
ing play was on a 24-yard scamper
and the second on a 5-yard line
play only 4 minutes deep in the
quarter. Neither point try was suc-
cessful.
Again late in the 3rd quarter,
Earwood Says Mills
Want Longer Mohair
The mohair industry needs to tie
all ends together from the goat,
which needs to grow longer hair,
to the producer, who needs to
start Tombing burrs from the hair,
to the middle man, who is discount-
ing too much, to the mill for weav-
ing the mohair in undesirable loose
weaves, and finally to the retailer,
who is afraid to put mohair ma-
terials in stock because they might
sell and couldn’t be replenished.
These may sound like fanciful
statements, but they are some
of the words ranchmen are having
to eat these days.
Fred Harwood, principal speak-
er at the 60th annual meeting of
the American Angora Goat Breed-
ers’ Association in Rocksprings,
Tuesday, remarked that various
factions in the market and mill de-
:n Texas for even the best kid hair.
That is nearly half a dollar less
than given for the lowest grade of
African kid.
As a nutter of fact, he has
found African mohair to be a little
coarser than Texas hair, and to
contain more objectionable kemp.
Since the majority of Texas
mohair now goes to England buy-
ers, he said it might help if U. S.
growers sent someone there to
work out an agreement with the
mills on the kind of mohair they
actually want.
The general atmosphere of mo-
hair talk among the breeders,
Tuesday, was closer contact bet-
ween themselves and the mill.
The meeting was well attended.
Autliur Davis, president presided
and the invocation was given by
mands, place a heavy responsibility ! Rev. Paul Perry. Albert Jenlcins,
on the producer to breed goat- tba: | Edwards County registered breed-
will produce mohair suitable to!
these demands.
As far a- -ettling upon the ideal
goat, that i-—dispensing with the
B and C type-, Mr. Earwood -aid
that would he like hunting for
the pot of gold at tile end of the
rainbow.
Mills want hair 1 to 2 inches
longer than has been grown in the
United States. That is one of the
main improvements that producers
can work on as suggested by Mr.
Earwood.
He quoted recent sales price-
on South African mohair: sufJer
kid. S^.833; good avg. kid. S2.5o5;
average kind, S2.273; mixed. SI.68;
super adult, SI.47; good adult, SI.22;
average adult, $1.1666: mixed
adult, $1.10; seconds, $1.05.
er, extended a most cordial welcome
to the association. Howard Hay
responded stre--ing on unity among
the goat men. Miss Phyllis Sweet-
en, current Miss Mohair, presided
at the registry.
Mrs. Thos. L. Taylor made her
report, which showed that the as-
sociation had registered 9,783 goats
and transferred 2,911 during the
fiscal year. There were 42 new
members added to the roll during
this period.
H. R. Sites was placed on the
Executive Board to fill the vacancy
occurred by the death of C. F.
Briggs.
Armor Earwood reported for the
building committee that S2.416.37
had been spent on the rent build-
ing occuplied by t'.ie Rocksprings
Locker Plant. The entire building
There isn't that much difference had been rewired and some of the
in actual quality, he declared, com-1 flooring replaced,
paring the South African prices) Robert Reid, a member of the
with the top price of SI.515 offered United State- Department of. Agri-
culture Research and Marketing
Committee, attended a meeting of
this committee in Washington, D.
C. this year and reported on its
findings.
Special gue-ts for the occasion
were Mr. and Mr- Fritz Toepper-
wein of Boerne, who made a most
I interesting presentation of the
i methods of hand washing and
hand carding of mohair yarns.
The resolution committee cora-
p -ed of Elmer Kelton, Mr-. Vera
Walter D. Craig
Funeral Services
Held At Barksdale
nia Angcline Fields in Barksdale.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
the Eagles showed the goats their [Walter Craig, Uvalde; four sons.
Walter Doyle Craig. 85. died at|
his residence, 118 K. Mesquite
Uvalde, Tuesday afternoon. Oct-
ober J)th. | gurrows allj Orville Cowsert pre-
He was born December 17. 1883, parod reso|utions oi condolence to
in Goliad, Texas, and had lived in | t!le tami]y of past prt.sident c p.
I valde for the past 10 year-. In: Urijgjj- and to the family of Mrs.
1903 he was married to Miss Em-1 Gene Weatherford. Expressions of
appreciation were extended to the
people of Rocksprings for their
hospitality and to Mrs. Marian
heels, in a 27-yard sprint that' Stanley of Knippa, Louie of Rock- Howell for her efforts in preparing
crossed into the end zone for the j springs, Doyle of Uvalde and W. the noon meal,
marker. The extra point try on this G. of Oakville, Texas; three dau- [ The book committee composed
score was successful, with a kick ghters, Mrs. M. C. Ivy of Mobile,! of Melvin Camp, Howard Hay
that added another point. I Alabama; Iva Mae Craig and Into- and Fred Earwood reported that
In the opening minutes of the! gene Craig of Uvalde; four bro- j they would have the composition
4th quarter, Sanderson again j titers, Quincy of Magazine, Arkan- [ for a booklet on Angoras ready in
scored a quickie, going over this1 sas, Elmer of San Diego, Calif- about two weeks. At that time it
time from the 6-yard line on a' ornia; Monroe of Mason, Texas, I would be up for approval before
line play. The point try was not j and Joe of Barksdale; two sister-, the executive board,
good. | Mrs. Martha Adams, Crystal City, i A motion was made by S. F.
The balance of the 4th quarter land Mrs. U. A. Fields, Harlingen; Lackey and seconded by Joe B.
saw the ball pass hack and forth J seven grandchildren and nine great-j Ross that the price of pedigrees
between the two teams, but neither grandchildren. ; would he changed to ?2.00 for a
was able to put any further figures Funeral services were held at 5-generation pedigree and $4.00
3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from j for one of 0-generations.
on the scoreboard, a- the game
ended—Sanderson 39, Rocksprings,
20.
If the Angoras could just call
it quits at the half they would
have a better record for the sea-
son, as they have lo-t their last
two games in the last half, and to
he more specific in the third quar-
ter of the last two games. It seems
that they just can’t fathom the
deceptive hall handling oi the op-
position. The Angora- will either
have to do more -coring in the
1st half, or -tart smoking the
thinking man's cigarette.
The Angoras came out of this
game with no injuries, and will
be in top condition when they
meet the Castroville Wildcats on
the local field tonight at 8:00, for
their second district game this year.
It seems as if district 37-B stacks
up with the Southwest Conference,
as Sabinal defeated favored La-
Coste la-t Friday night in district
play. Sabinal meets Brackettville
tonight at Brackettville, and if
Brackettville should defeat Sabinal,
it will take a mathematician to
figure out the standing in this
district—See you at the game to-
night I
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Mrs. Lucile Haby of Uvalde,
representative of the CPL, was a
Rocksprings visitor Tuesday.
the Barksdale Church of Christ
with J. A. Cox of Uvalde of-
ficiating. Burial was in the Barks-
dale cemetery under the direction
of the Frazer Funeral Home.—
Uvalde Leader-New-.
RANCHERS, HAVE YOU
SEEN YOUR
ADVERTISEMENT
Having just voted to
the advertising program of wool,
sheep breeders should be inter-
ested in the page advertisement in
tlie November Reader’s Digest en-
titled “How to ‘Chill-proof Your
Children". The ad ,is sponsored by
American Sheep Producers Coun-
cil. This wool ad puts cotton in
the shade to keep the chill out
of the hones.
FIFTH GRADE HONOR ROLL
' Students in the Fifth Grade list-
ed on the honor roll the first
six weeks are Diana Henderson
and Jimmie Ruth Wittenburg,
who made all A's in the major
subjects. Listed on the ^onor roll
with A's and B’s were Ricky
Bacon, Polo Cervantes, Jr., Jimmy
Merritt. Kendall Sims and Rebecca
Taylor. Mr*. Albert Whittle is their
teacher.
All officer- were re-elected by
acclamation. They are Autliur
Davis, pre-ident; H. R. Sites, 1st
vice pre-iik nt; David Watters, 2nd
vice president: Mr-. Thos. L. Tay-
lor., secretary-treasurer. The Exe-
cutive Board i- Yutluir Davis, Joe
B. Ro--. \rmer Earwood, L. A.
Clark and II R. Sites.
During the year the AAGBA
presented premium money to An-
continue | gora g at winners in the following
-how-: Oregon and New Mexico
State Fairs, $50 each; State Fair
of Texas, Houston Fat Stock Show,
San Antonio Livestock Exposition,
S100 each.
Out-of-town people attending the
meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Brown Ross, Armer Earwood and
Fred Earwood, Sonora; Mrs. Vera
Burrows, Barksdale; Mr. and Ms.
Authu Davis, Sabinal; Stanley F.
Lackey and Melvin Camp, Junc-
tion; Elmer Kelton, San Angelo;
David Watters, Goldth waite;
Speedy Hicks, Weimer M. Lindig,
and Howard G. Hay, Bandera; J.
B. Reagan, Leakey; Bob Jetton,
Telegraph; Mr. and Mr*. Robert
Reid, Hillsboro, New Mexico; Mr.
and Mrs. Fritz Toepperweiiv
Boerne; Mr. and MrsvW. S-
Harper; Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Hi)
ton, Normandy and Bob Davis,
Frio.
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