The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1952 Page: 1 of 4
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Angora Goat
Capital
Of The World
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Volume 34
Rocksprings, Texas, Friday, April 11, 1952
Number 13
TAGRA Directors Set August 7, 8, 9 As
Dates For Annual Show and Sale At Rocksprings
Registered Angora goat breeders
met m Rocksprings Saturday April 5
at the Edwards County Park Building
to set dates and make final plans for
the annual show and sale in Rock-
springs on August 7, 8, and 9. The
breeders represented the Texas An-
gora Goat Raisers' Association.
Joe Brown Ross, president, presid-
ed over the meeting after the invoca-
tion by L- L. Wilkins. Juhan Jenkins,
Chamber of Commerce President, bid
the visitors welcome to Rocksprings
at'their fourth quarterly meeting and
offered the assistance of the Edwards
County Chamber of Commerce in
making the 1952 Annual Show and
Sale next August a big success.
The breeders decided to have the
coronation on Thursday evening. Aug-
ust 7 ,and the annual membership
meeting the following night, August
S. This schedule is opposite to the
arrangements of these events in Rock-
springs last year.
The classification will start at one
o’clock Thursday afternoon; judging
of the stock will take place Friday;
and the sale will be an all-day event
Saturday August 9th with a barbecue
served at the noon-hour. The sale of
■does will commence at 10:30 A. M.
Saturday and bucks at one P. M.
The “Sale of Stars” will be dis-
continued for this year. The proceeds
from sale of these animals, which are
donated to the association by the
members, are used for publicity pur-
poses. This fund shows an amount suf-
ficient to take care of the publicity
■needs for the year.
Four committees were appointed by
Mr. Ross. They were the resolution
committee with Mrs. R. G. Jordan,
chairman, Mrs. W. S. Orr, Mrs. C. F.
Briggs ' and Mrs. Koontz. Balloting
committee, Len Clark, Armer Ear-
wood. Brooks Sweeten. Coronation
committee, Mrs. Brooks Sweeten,
chairman, Mrs. Charles Orr, Albert
Jenkins. Score card committee, Bob
Davis, chairman, Fred Earwood, Pete
Gulley and Jim Gray. The score card
committee was asked to report at
the annual meeting in August, and their
findings will be worked out into a
printed card for use in judging.
It was announced that the Real
County Breeder's Association recently
organized will have an auction sale in
the fall.
Mr. Ross told the breeders .that
the people in charge of the fairs and
shows over the state are disappointed
in the small number of breeders show-
ing at these fairs. They want more
breeders at the shows. Mr. Ross sug-
gested that if more couldn’t attend,
an exhibition flock would probably
take the place of the show flocks.
The breeders plan to get together
with the Rocksprings Roping Club
and work out a schedule for the show
and sale, so that the Roping Club
tpay set the time for their entertain-
ment, relieving any conflict that might
occur in events.
The breeders were urged to band
together for the sake of their indus-
try. The goat industry is so small in
comparison to the larger industries
that our representation in government
circles can not compare with the influ-
ence of these other industries. Goat
breeders are little in the national pic-
ture and can be wiped off the map by
some $10,000 a year government em-
ployee, who has the authority to
write a rule. Many policies governing
labor, etc. that reflect on the rancher
need not go through Congress, but
can be swayed by a mere rule of a
government employee.
A delicious barbecue dinner was
served at the Brooks Sweeten Ranch
to the goat breeders, directors of the
Chamber of Commerce and their fam-
ilies. Sixty-four people enjoyed the
meal. Barbecued goat, salads, fruit,
red beans, pickles and onions, iced
tea and coffee was served. Hosts
were Mr. and Mrs. Sweeten, Buddy
Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Juhan Jenkins
and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Orr.
Kerrville Guests
Entertain With
Musical Program
Mrs. J. S. Colley and Miss Helen
McMullen of Kerrville were guest
entertainers at the Rocksprings Music
Club’s guest day program Wednes-
day afternoon at the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Colley has been organist for
the Methodist Church in Kerrville
for many years and Miss McMullen
is a graduate of Juliard School of
Music. Their selection of musical
numbers were: Organ, “Easter Melo-
dies, “Reverie,” “Evening Bells,” "Ev-
ening Shadows,” Organ Reverie by
Clarence Dickinson, “Fanfare". Vocal
“The Palms.” “Come Ye Blessed,”
■“Alleluia,” “The Star,” “Deep In My
Heart,” “I’ve Told Every Little Star.”
“Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” “My
Wild Irish Rose.” "Rose Marie," and
“Easter Parade”. Rocksprings music
lovers appreciated the beautiful music
rendered by Mrs. Colley and Miss
McMullen. The Rocksprings Choral
Club also sang “The Holy City",
which was enjoyed by the guests.
Mrs. C. V. Whitworth was leader
•for the guest day program aqd Mrs.
Gus Storey registered the guests. Yel-
low iris corsages and a gift front the
club were presented to the guests
from kerrville by the club president,
Mrs. Walker Epperson.
Hostesses for the social hour were
Mesdames Crawford Mitchell, Brooks
Sweeten, Everett Epperson, F. A.
Moody, Roswell Wardlaw and Gordon
Ogilvy. A tea was given at the club
house following the musical program.
Spring flowers and yellow tapers cen-
tered the lace covered tea table. Punch
and cookies were served by the host-
esses.
Those present besides the ones on
the program and the hostesses were
Mesdames O. L. McNealy, Proctor
Dunbar, Neville Smart, Buster Pan-
nell, Armer Leinweber, Hobson
Cloudt, Mamie Hudspeth, Collin
Glynn, Lewis Wilkins, Roy Leinweb-
er, Lee Allison, Jess Hankins, Word
Sherrill, Ben Stohler, Howard Mar-
tindale, A. E. Buswell, J. Banister,
Shan Hull, Gardner Franks. A. E.
Brown, M. E. Stone, Walker Dismuk-
es, C. O. Whitworth, Alton Kirkpat-
rick, J. D. Tomberlin, Houston Mc-
Clain, Yancy Barron, Bill Morriss,
Betty Ruth Samuels, Jess Croft, Ray
Moody, E. I. Miller, Lloyd Whitley,
Payne Rudasill, Juhan Jenkins, Joe
Bell Moore, J. N. Whitworth, Jr.,
Henry Bierschwale, Ernest Snearly,
R. G. Moody, Dan Ross, Miss Emma
Blundell and Miss Lillie Chapman.
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Lee Allison
To Address
Woman’s Club
Lions Club Elects
New Officers
The Rocksprings Lions Club has fin-
ished its first year of re-organization
and at its meeting Thursday night,
April 3rd elected new officers for the
ensuing year. The officers are: Pre-
sident, E. W. Martin; 1st vice presi-
dent, Milton Smith; 2nd vice pre-
sident, Guss Ross; 3rd vice presi-
dent, J. W. Richardson: Secretary-
treasurer, Bill Stone; Lion tamer.
Elvie Moore; Tail twister, S. L. Guth-
rie; Director, J. A. Miller. Mr. Miller
replaced J. L. Balentine and the hold-
over directors were Howard Grooms
and Clarence Martin.
Mrs. E. D. Hubble prepares and
serves the Lions Club its meal at
the Woman's Club house twice a
month.
The Game Night set for Monday.
May 5 to raise funds for the band
uniforms, is being worked out by
Lions Club committees. The Lions
Club is also actively engaged in co-
operating with other towns in the
Canyon and Hill Country Scenic A>-
The regular meeting of the Woman’s
Club will be Wednesday April 16,
with Mrs. A. E. Mayes, Mrs. Ivan
Smart, and Mrs. Albert Whittle as
hostesses.
' Guest speaker will be Lee Allison,
who will talk on his stay in Europe
the past year.
Election of officers will be held and
each member is urged to (attend.
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Mrs. Word Sherrill visited last Fri-
day in Uvalde with her son, Word and
famihr. Little Misses Martha and Lin-
da Sherrill returned to Rocksprings
with their grindrttother for the rest
of the week-end.
County Judge Falls
County Endorses
County Unit System
Fred D. Glass of Marlin, Texas,
County Judge of Falls County, says
this about the County Unit Road
System, "We have put our county ii
better financial condition, purchased
a lot of new equipment, have a well
organized road department, and our
roads and bridges are in better shape
than at any time in the history of
the county. The county engineer is in
charge of the road department under
the direction of the Commissioners
Court. The pepple of this county like
the system very much. An attempt
was made by a few disgruntled die-
hards to vote the system out but was
defeated by 8 to 1.” Falls County ad-
opted the system in 1947.
Gun Club Holds
First Shoot Sunday
The Edwards County Gun Club
met for its first shoot April 6 at 3:00
p. m. at the James Wittenburg ranch
A short business meeting was held.
Walker Epperson was elected chief
instructor. The gun club will organize
a junior boys club as soon as possible.
Twenty members were present and
four guests.,'
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WORSHIP SERVICES '
AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH BEGIN TONIGHT
Worship services at the First Pres-
byterian Church will begin tonight at
eight o’clock. The sermon for this
evening will be “The Christian Inter-
pretation of Death.” This message
will be a continuation of several pre-
ceeding sermons. The Communion of
the Lord’s Supper , will be observed
following the sermon. We invite
Christian people of all denominations
to worship with us.
“Immortality in the Light of Christ-
ian Revelation’,’ will be the sermon
subject for Sunday morning.
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Mrs. Jennie Weldon of Junction is
visiting her son Snd daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Weldon.
Canyon and Hill Country
Scenic Ass’n. Meets In Leakey
Citizens of Edwards County are
glad of the consolidated efforts now
being put forth by civic organizations
of the canyon and hill country to
push the tourist industry into high
gear. For too long, this section has
depended upon its one domestic indus-
try, ranching, relying upon it for a
livelihood. When it is booming, ev-
erything is fine, but when there is a
drouth or poor commodity prices, then
the bottom drops out of every busi-
ness from the rancher to the business
man and the laborer.
Kerrville, Uvalde, Hunt, Ingram
and Junction have capitalized on the
tourist industry for years. Through
tourists, new capital and interests
have come into these towns. Rock-
springs, Barksdale. Utopia, Camp
Wood and Leakey have been getting
the passers-bys, who just happen
through. The towns who have been
in on the tourist business for many
years are seeking new tourist sights
and lures and are realizing that the
canyon and divide offers new interest
to tourists that will benefit all towns
in the section. It was for this pur-
pose that the Canyon and Hill Coun-
try Scenic Association was organiz-
ed.
The second meeting of the asso-
ciation was held at Leakey Monday
evening at the Frio Canyon Lodge.
A permanent organization was made
and the following officers elected:
President, J. E. Robbins of Camp
Wood; Secretary-treasurer. Harry
Hornby, of Uvalde; and Vice-presi-
dents representing each town: Lew-
is Cox, Leakey; John Mitchell, LTt-
opia; C. H. Thompson, Rocksprings;
Louis Loeffler, Junction; O. C. Hen-
derson, Camp Wood: A. C. Erwin,
Kerrville: Hunt-Ingram and Uvalde
vice presidents to be selected.
A committee for planning of a con-
ducted tour will be made up of the
vice presidents. The committee meet-
ing will be in Leakey Monday, April
14th.
The next regular meeting will be at
the Frio Canyon Lodge, in Leakey,
Monday, April 21.
Attending the meeting Monday
from Rocksprings were: A. E. Brown,
C. E. Martin, C. H. Thompson, A. C.
Coleman, M. E. Stone and Ellis Mar-
tin.
TB X-ray Clinic For Edwards
County Set For June 7th, June 1 Oth
C. H. Hoover, field representative
for the Tuberculosis Division of the
State Health Department, was in
Rocksprings Tuesday morning to meet
with Dr. Frank Pratt, county health
officer, and members of civic organiza-
tions.
Mr. Hoover announced that the
free TB X-ray Clinic conducted by
the State Health Department in all
counties in Texas will be held in
Rocksprings on Saturdav. June 7 and
Tuesdav, June 10. The clinic will be in
operation from 8:30 A. M. until 5:30
P. M. each day. The operators and
machines will arrive in Rocksprings
Friday, June 6. The machines will be
set up that day to see that they are
in working order.
The Central Power and Light Com-
pany in Rocksprings has again offer-
ed the use of its office for the clinic.
Mr. Hoover stated that Edwards
County in 1951 fell way below the
average of other counties in the X-ray
Clinic. It was one in six of the coun-
ties in the state that less than 20 ner-
cent of the eligible population had
chest X-rays made. Most counties had
an average of 25 to 38 percent of the
eligible population. The fact that six
counties had such a low average and
that Edwards County was one of them
was alarming to the department.
Mr. Hoover gave statistics of the
TB Chest X-ray Clinics held in
Rocksprings since 1948:
1948— 371 X-rays made, average 18
percent, 3 cases of TB found.
1949— 352 X-rays made, average
17.1 percent, 8 cases TB and 6 other
chest conditions.
1950— 432X-rays made, average 21
percent. 4 suspicious or definite TB
cases, 2 cases chest pathology.
1951— 311 X-rays made, average
15.1 percent, 3 cases TB, 4 cases of
chest pathology.
This free chest X-ray is offered to
every person in the state of Texas 15
years and over. No one is X-rayed un-
der that age. The X-ray is free to
everyone. It is not charity, but paid
for by the taxpayers of the state. You
have already paid for this privilege and
it is up to each individual to take ad-
vantage of it.
It is necessary to convince every per-
son who had an X-ray last year that
that person should have another X-
ray this year. Those who are more
enlightened on the subject are asked
to tell their neighbor and friends
about the clinic and what it means to
the whole nation and world to stamp
out TB.
The taking of these X-rays presents
no physical embarrassment to the
person. The reports are confidential,
and only 30 seconds is needed to have
an X-ray made. These X-rays are
iv>t only disclosing cases of tubercu-
losis in our community, but cases of
cancer, tumors and heart conditions in
the chest are also show up in the
X-rays. One active case of TB can
be passed on to as many as twenty-
four people. Consider your family and
all other people whom you come in
contact.
All X-ray reports should be kept
by the individual, as the health de-
partment makes no duplicates and
some employees require these reports
in having the physical status of their
employees.
Mr. Hoover asked for nominations
for a general chairman for the Ed-
wards County Clinic and L. L. Wilkins
was nominated to this post. He has
served in this capacity before and is
familiar with its needs. A good pub-
licicty campaign is needed using the
newspaper, church, school, and tele-
phone service to get this news before
the public. Four clerks will be on
duty at all times, and the clerks must
be able to write correctly and legibly
and to fill out the cards completely.
One hostess will be needed on duty
at all times. Four people and an elec-
trician will be needed to unload and
reload the machines. This shows that
it is going to be a community affair
with many people giving a few hours
of their time to make the clinic a suc-
cess. Charman Wilkins is making the
plans and expects those who help
him to cooperate in every way pos-
sible.
Those present at the meeting Tues-
day were Mr. Hoover, Dr. Frank H.
Pratt Mrs. Virgil Miears, Miss Con-
nie Moreno, Mrs. Warren Hutt. L. L.
Wilkins, Bill Stone. H. Bierschwale.
Jack Balentine and Ellis Martin.
EAGLE PASS QUARTER kORSE
ASSOCIATION RACE MEET
TO BE HELD APRIL 18 AND 20
More than 120 of the best quarter
horses in the United States will race
for purses ranging from $200 to $500
here at Fort Duncan Race Track
April 18 and 20 in the annual Spring
Quarter Horse Race Meet sponsored
by the Eagle Pass Quarter Horse
Association.
A. D. Eidson, president of the as-
sociation, announced that entries
poured in so fast that officials were
forced to turn down more than 150
top horses for the meet. All races
were filled and all available stables at
Fort Duncan Race Track were reserv-
ed six weeks before the meet.
A total of 122 horses, representing
62 stables in Texas. Oklahoma, New
Mexico. Arizona and Louisiana, have
been entered, and six quarter horse
races, three thoroughbred races and a
number of match races are on the card
for the first day. Purses will be $200,
with $50 entry fees added. Sunday,
April 20, purses will be $500, with
$100 entry fees added. By cutting the
usual four-day meet to two days and
increasing the size of the purses, Mr.
Eidson said, the association was able
to attract the best race horses in the
country. Because of this, local racing
track records will be set during the
two-day meet
Among the famous horses entered
are: String Band, owned bjr E. L. Ban
of Houston: Lemonade, owned by
Tony Fenack of Louisiana; Slow
Motion, owned by Geo. B. Pharr of
San Diego: Star Deck F, owned by J.
B. Ferguson of Wharton; Squaw
String (daughter of Squaw H), and
Hi Maria, owned by J. O. Hankins of
Rocksprings; Mrs. Whizawav, owned
by Dr. Albert Planner of Grand Pra-
irie; Ben Jay, owned by Dr. T. D
Crews of Gonzales; Freedom, owned
by Roy Gaines of Sinton: Miss Ta-
cabaya, owned by Leopold Lopez of
Laredo; Hy Miss I’ll Go. owned by T.
G. Benson of Refugio: Citation, own-
ed by E. R. Bailey of San Antonio;
Tyrany, owned by W. D. Lumpkin of
Amarillo; Ranch Rider, owned by
Dr. Cooper of McCantey: Major Jr.,
owned by Dr. T. M. Johnson of Del
Rio; and Flying Dutchman, owned by
Henry Vossman of Junction.
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NOTICE TO PERSONS VOTING
ABSENTEE BALLOTS
All persons wishing to vote an ab-
sentee ballot with the County Clerk,
are, by the nev* law, required to pre-
sent their poll tax receipt or execute
the affidavit upon the back of their
application to the effect that said re-
ceipt is lost or misplaced.
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Don Jobes, Jr. of Alpine visited in
fans are predicting that several new Rocksprings Wednesday afternoon
grandmother, Mrs. Hattie
aunt, Mrs. Warren
Vocational Agriculture
Ross College, Alpine.
Art and Hobby Show
Pilgrimage Sunday April 20
Rules For Junior
Livestock Show
Presented C. of C.
The April meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce was held Tuesday after-
noon at the Balentine Hotel with the
following present: J. VV. Richardson,
Herny Bierschwale, L. L. Wilkins,
E. I. Miller, J. L. Balentine, Horace
Brown, Alfred Coleman. Dan Mc-
Knight, Gus Storey, A. E. Brown,
Jack Balentine and Dr. Frank Pratt.
Horace Brown, vice-president, pre-
sided over the meeting in the ab-
sence of the president.
Mr. Coleman, representative of the
Lions Club gave a report on the meet-
ing in Leakey Monday evening of the
Canyon and Hill Country Scenic Asso-
ciation and invited the Chamber of
Commerce members to take part with
the Lions Club in the project of this
association.
The secretary reported 56 members
had paid their dues for 1952.
The people of the county arc very
concerned over the possibility of be-
ing without ambulance service. This
matter was brought before the dir-
ectors and members, and some solu-
tion is hoped to he worked out with
the two funeral homes doing business
in Rocksprings.
Gus Storey, chairman of the Cham-
ber of Commerce committee on the
County Junior Livestock Show, re-
ported that Juhan Jenkins, Spud Ta-
tum, Henry Bierschwale, Horace
Brown, Neville Smart and himself at-
tended the Adult Vocational Agricul-
ture Class in Barksdale Monday ev-
ening in the interest of the county
show.
Mr. Storey submitted the following
rules and regulations for the Edwards
County 4-H and F. F. A. Livestock
Show as compiled hy the committee
composed of Mr. Storey, Spud Ta-
tum and Joe Trees:
1. Eligibility—Any boy or girl from
9 years to 2i years of age inclusive,
who is regularly enrolled in 4-H Club
work or is regularly enrolled in a Vo-
cational Agricultural Class or a mem-
ber of an F. F. A. Chapter.
2. No lamb, calf or pig shall be
placed on feed prior to September 1
(fat classes onlyL No milk fed calves
will be shown.
3. No Southdown or Southdown
crosses shall be eligible.
4. All lambs must show a lamb
mouth on the day of the show.
5. No lamb shall he trimmed to ex-
cess. (No portion along the top line
should be shorter than fleece on the
sides.)
6. No harrow shown is to exceed 6
months of age.
7. No exhibitor shall he allowed to
show more than two animals in any
class. (Sheep, cattle, swine and goats).
Class 1. Fine wool fat lambs (mut-
tons only).
Class II. Corriedale. Columbia, or
Crosses with fine wool.
Class III. Suffolk, Hampshire or
Shropshire, on fine wools.
Class IV. Best group of 15 lambs
from 4-H Club or F. F. A. chapter.
Class V. Ram lambs (Rambouillct)
Class VI. Ewe lams (Rambouillet).
Class VII. Ram lambs (Delaine).
Class VIII. Ewe lambs (Delaine).
Billy Kids, must be regis-
Class of
tered.
Class of
tered.
Class of
Class of
Class of
Class
Class
Doe Kids, must be regis-
Fat Barrows,
of Fat Steers,
of Dairy Heifers,
of Capon (single),
of Capons (pen of J).
32 Votes Cast In
Trustee Election
The Art and Hobby Show Pilgri-
mage sponsored by the Rocksprings
Woman's Club will be held Sunday af-
ternoon, April 20. Charges will be $1.00
per person or $1.50 for a family group.
All proceeds will go to the school
band.
The Art and Hobby Show is an an-
nual event with the Rocksprings
Woman’s Club, but this year the ad-
ded attraction is the pilgrimage which
will take the public to five homes in
Rocksprings and vicinity.
The Art and Hobby Show will open
at 1:30 P. M. at the Woman's Club
house. After viewing this show the
group will go to the ranch of Mr. and
Mrs. Gilmer Morriss to view their
beautiful new home. From the Mor-
riss’ they will go to the home of Mrs.
Vera Epperson to see her collection of
hand made ceramics. The next place
on the pilgrimage will he the home
of Mrs. C. Gardner Franks to be en-
tertained hy organ music and from
there to the Mesa Courts to see the
basket collection of Mrs. A. E. Brown
and the photo display of the Stone
Studio. The pilgrimage will end at the
lovely ranch home of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Baker, where the grouo will be
guests at a tea.
Everyone is invited to bring an
item of interest to the Hobby Show.
Items which have not been present-
ed before are especially wantd. A
committee will be at the club house
Saturday afternoon. April 19 from
2:3(1 until 5:30 to collect and arrange
the items.
The public is cordially invited to the
Art and Hobby Show Pilgrimage.
Make it a date and bring your
friends.
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Girls Scouts Take
Train Ride
The Rocksprings Girl Scouts left
Rocksprings at 7 o"clock Saturday
morning with six cars taking them to
Del Rio. There they met at the court-
house and went through it, accompani-
ed by Judge Pool who showed them
through the district courtroom. They
talked to Mrs. Belle Sutherland, the
court reporter, about her work, and
went through the jailhouse where Mr.
Steinmetz, the sheriff, showed them
where they used to hang people and
the cells where prisoners are kept.
In one cell he showed the girls,
where the prisoners tried to dig out-
There was one woman in the jail.
Mrs. Ivan Smart, Mrs. Cecil Allen
and Miss Grace Barnes rode on the
train with the girls. The girls were
Barbara Becker, Adele Mathews, Ar-
lene Osburn, Garylee Owens, Phyllis
Sweeten, Linda Stone, Sue Storey, Kay
Allen, Caro! Rose Holland, Roy Jean
Pope, Mary Elizabeth Miller, Eliza-
beth Ann Hough, Edwina Smart,
Betty Feynn, Virginia Miears, Linda
McCoy, Ann Allen, Barbara Stohler,
and Samye Kay Smart. Garry Lee Os-
burn also rode the train.
Mr. Tate, the assistant train mas-
ter and Mr. Watts, the depot agent
at Del Rio took the girls through the
passenger, sleeping, dining, and louge
cars. They went out on the observa-
tion platform, and then through the
lounge car for refreshments.
When the girls got to Uvalde, Mr.
Williams the depot agent, met them
and handed out booklets on trains. Af-
ter leaving the train the group went
to the park and had lunch then
went shopping.
The parents and sponsors making
all or part of this trip were Mr. and
Mr>. Gus Storey, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Miears, Mrs. Fred Mathews. Mrs.
Sadie Draper, Mrs. Alton Miller, Mrs.
Ivan Smart. Mrs. Cecil Allen. Mrs.
Lawrence Osburn, and Miss Grace
Barnes.
32 votes were cast in the election
for school trustees in Rocksprings
last Saturday. Harold Hough was re-
elected for trustee and Jack Balen-
tine was elected to take the place of
J. D. Varga on the School Board.
Glynn Varga received one write-in
vote.
EVELYN EDWARDS HONORED
WITH SENIOR LUNCHEON
Miss Evelyn Edwards. 1952 Senior,
was honored with a luncheon Thurs-
day April 3rd at the Park Building by
her mother. Mrs. Dud Edwards, and
two sisters, Mrs. Wayne Coffman
and Mrs. Buddy Thurman.
The seniors’ table was arranged
banquet style with a center piece of
a large white diploma tied with blue
and silver ribbon and placed on a re-
flector. Similar diplomas only small
er were the place cards. These were
joined to the center piece with blue
and silver streamers. At the end of
each streamer on the reflector were
ping rose hud corsages and bout-
onnieres for each senior boy and girl.
The teachers sat at an individual ta-
ble and the centerpiece was a floral
arrangement of pink rose buds.
A delicious menu consisting of
Yiaked ham, hot rolls, green beans,
deviled eggs, potato salad, spiced
apples, devils food cake, ice cream,
cotfee and iced tea was served to
Evelyn Edwards, Hazel Ellen Brown.
Henrietta Gonzales, Victoria Moreno.
Tooter Shanklin. Sam Shanklin, Loyd
Feynn, L. D. Shipman. Vicente Abila.
Allen Smith and Arthur Aston.
Assisting the hostesses * were Mrs.
Souli Shanklin and Mrs. Loyd Whit-
ley.
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J. Lee Harrison
To Manage
New Feed Store
A new feed store known as the
Cash Feed Store was opened in Rock-
springs this week by Bobby Cow-
sert. The store which handles Bewley
Mills Feed products is located in the
south side of the Carson Building.
J. Lee Harrison, formerly of San
Antonio, is manager of the store. Mr.
Harrison served a- z. livestock and
feed specialist for Bewley Mills for
several years prior to coming to the
Rocksprings firm.
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VITAL STATISTICS FOR
MARCH 1952
Births:
March 5th, to Mrs. Cotorino Gon-
zalez, a boy.
March 29th, to Mrs. Kenneth Bish-
op, a boy.
Deaths:
March 29, John A. Henry.
March 30, Mrs. Ruth Stewart.
Mrs. J. A. Henry, L. R.
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MRS. BROWN ENTERTAINS
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
Mrs. W. G. Brown was hostess to
the Women of the Church at an all-
day meeting last Tuesday at her ranch
home. Mrs. Brown served coffee at
ten o'clock and lunch during the
noon hour.
The meeting began at 2 o'clock and
was opened with prayer by the hostess
and president of the group. Mrs.
Snearly was leader for the program on
"Great Protestant Leaders.” stttdy-
_ . »"« the lwmns and types of teaching
Rev. and Mrs. J. P. King of Vance used by Protestant leaders of the past
were Rocksprings visitors Monday. few centuries.
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