The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1946 Page: 3 of 10
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FRIDAY AUGUST 2ND, 1946
PAGE THREE
T. J. DRAGOO
T. J. Dragoo, aged 46, died suddenly
from a heart attack at about 12 :00
o’clock Sunday night, July 28th, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Peoples
Cotulla, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Dragoo and father,
Tom Dragoo, had been spending sev-
eral days at Port Aransas fishing. On
their return home, Tom Dragoo stop-
ped at Kenedy to visit with his dau-
ghter, Miss Frankie Mae. Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Dragoo continued on to
Cotulla, where they stopped over for
a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Peoples.
As Mr. Dragoo was preparing to re-
tire for the night, he suffered a heart
attack, of which he did not recover and
death was instantaneous.
T. J. Dragoo was born April 2,
1900 in Rocksprings, a son of Tom and
Tilden Dragoo. He attended Rock-
springs Public Schools, and has been
engaged in the ranching business in
Edwards county the greater part of his
life.
In the passing of Mr. Dragoo, Ed-
wards county has lost one of the suc-
cessful young ranchmen of this part
of the country. His untimely death
came as a profound shock to his family
and host of friends. The many beau-
tiful flowers bore silent but eloquent
testimony of friendship and high es-
teem the people of Rocksprings and
other sections held for the deceasd.
To his loved ones who mourn his
death we extend our deepest sympathy.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Mada Dragoo, a daughter by a for-
mer marriage, Mrs. Venita Stansfield
of San Antonio, his father, Tom Dra-
goo; four sisters, Miss Frankie Mae
Dragoo of Kenedy, Mrs. Della Cald-
well of Smiley, Mrs. Lyda Mae Ellis
of Karnes City, and Mrs. Ida Jack-
son of San Antonio.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Church of Christ in Rocksprings,
of which he was a member, Tuesday
morning July 30th, at 10:00. Rev. L.
L. Wilkins, pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church of Rocksprings, officiat-
ing. Following services at the church,
Masonic services were conducted at
the graveside by C. H. Gilmer, a life-
long friend.
Pall bearers were Lindon Thurman,
Earl Linn, E. Varga, Gus Young,
Louie Babb and Otto Cloudt.
The remains were brought overland
to Rocksprings from Cotulla by Ers-
kin-Salmon Funeral Home of Pear-
sall, and local arrangements were
carried out by Doran Funeral Home,
assisted by J. A. Henry.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. Gardner Franks,
Betty Ruth Franks, Louise Hankins
and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Vernon of
San Marcos spent last week vacation-
ing in the Big Bend National Park.
They enjoyed a cottage located at
the foot of the two highest peaks in
the Chisos Mountains, Casa Grande
and Emory Peark, near 8,000 feet.
From their porch they could look
through the “window” to the valley
outside the basin. Side trips to hot
springs and Santa Elena Canyon, the
“little” grand canyon, and to Terlin-
gune, a picturesque little town a few
miles outside the park, were thoroughly
enjoyed.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this means of express-
ing a small part of my appreciation of
your support in the election just com-
pleted. More than almost anything
else, it is friends who make life worth-
while. I feel that I am very fortunate
in mine. Certainly, I pledge myself to
do all in my power to merit your
friendship and confidence.
To all those who supported my op-
ponent, I would just like to say this:
It was a good, clean race, with no
hard feelings. I honestly hope that
you too will feel free to call upon
me for any services that I can render.
Sincerely yours,
ED MILLER.
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RUSSIAN SYSTEM SPREADS
HERE
The steady growth of electric power
enterprises operated by the Federal
government in the last decade “exhibit
in the aggregate a deliberate intent to
overwhelm and destroy” the private
utility companies in the United States,
says C. W. Kellogg, president of the
Edison Electric Institute. He points
out that in contrast with 1935, when
electric energy generated in Federal
plants was only 1 1-3 per cent of the
total for sale throughout the country,
by 1945 the government was manu-
facturing 14 per cent.
While both municipal and Federal
power plants enjoy tax exemptions,
he said, in the case of the municipal
plant “the loss in local taxes and
charges on capital are plainly visible,
but with the Federal plant, the burden
is so widely diffused and so mixed in
with other government operations as
AMBULANCE SERVICE
%
We have installed a Day and Night Ambu-
lance Service in Rocksprings, and now a modern
ambulance is at your call any hour of the day or
night. ,
J. A. HENRY
will have charge of the local ambulance and his
telephone is No. 80.
Doran Funeral Home
Del Rio, Texas
to be hidden from tahe average citizen,
large though the total Has now be-
come.”
Unfortunately the words of Mr.
Kellogg will be discounted as in the in-
terest of rthe power industry, just as
are opinions of persons opposed to the
political philosophy of socialism and
communism. But it is not mentioned
that Russia’s “five year” programs for
government development of industries,
including electric power, are not one
whit more socialistic or communistic
ithan are our own Federal plans for
building of power plants—both opera-
tions eliminate private enterprise.
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Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Stone of Wichi-
ta Falls accompanied by Mrs. C. W.
Stone of Fort Worth spent the past
week visiting with the former’s son, M.
EL Stone and family.
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Hutt, J. W. The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1946, newspaper, August 2, 1946; Rocksprings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1129542/m1/3/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .