The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1946 Page: 5 of 10
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MRS. C. W. STRACKBEIN
Mrs. W. C. Strackbein, nee Anna
Knopp, died at her ranch home on
Thursday, July 25, at 4:30 p. m., at
the age of 82 years and 19 days. She
succumbed from a heart attack, the
second to occur to her in two months.
Born in Germany at Eidelborn
near Coblenz on July 6, 1864, she
came with her parents, brothers and
sisters to Texas at the age of three,
landing at Indianola, now Galveston.
They proceeded to Fredericksburg in
ox carts. She, with her family, settled
in a community near Fredericksburg,
known as Little France. In 1885 in
Fredericksburg she married W. C.
Strackbein, whose father, Frederick
Strackbein, arrived in Fredericksburg
from Germany in 1846. In 1902 Mrs.
Strackbein with her family moved to
a ranch near Sonora, Texas, while her
then youngest child was only a few
weeks old. After living on this ranch
uninterruptedly, she removed to Kerr-
ville in 1912, residing there until Mr.
Strackbein acquired a ranch north of
Rocksprings, selling it, and buying in
1915 the old Benton ranch south of
Rocksprings, at which place Mrs.
Strackbein resided with her family
until the time of her death.
She was the last member of her
parents’ family to survive, the sole
remaining brother, William Knopp of
Fredericksburg having died in Decem-
ber, 1945. Her husband, W. C. Strack-
bein, preceded her in death,, having
died March 18, 1921.
Their surviving children are: F. J.
Strackbein of Pocatello, Idaho; Arthur
Strackbein and Mrs. Terry Hill of
Barksdale; Loui, Louise and Max
Strackbein who live here; Oscar
Strackbein of Arlington, Virginia;
Alma Strackbein of Silver City, New
Mexico; and Lena Strackbein, also
living here.
In addition to rearing her own
children, Mrs. Strackbein reared four
of her grandchildren, all of whom
surivive her, as follows: Curtis Strack-
bein of Clovis, New Mexico; Mrs.
Lucille Taylor of San Antonio; Mrs.
Fern Steidtmann of Pine Bluff Ar-
senal, Arkansas; and Arthur G. Strack-
bein of Spokane, Washington.
Funeral services were held at the
Strackbein ranch home near town at
4:00 p. m. Saturday, July 27, with
Father Julian Johnson officiating, and
the Doran Funeral Home in attend-
ance. Mrs. Strackbein was interred in
the local cemetery at the side of her
husband, W. C. Strackbein.
Pall bearers were Otto Cloudt,
Louie Babb, Bob Feynn, Merlin Da-
vis, Neville Smart, and Jack Mayes.
Honorary pall bearers were J. L. Bal-
entine, E. N. Lovelady, M. Bardwell,
Len Clark, E. S. Young, Fred Witten-
burg, S. S. Henry, H. H. Hough,
S. W. Dismukes, Ed Miller, Claud
Gilmer.
Throughout her life Mrs. Strack-
bein was a member of the Roman
Catholic Church, and remained a
faithful adherent although at times
she lived on a ranch or near a town
far removed from her church. Her de-
votion to her home and family was
one of self-sacrifice to the end that
her children might receive a good
education. Kindly and benign, her
thought was always for others although
she lived a life of comparative seclu-
sion. Her life was an unfailing source
of inspiration to her family who revere
her memory. In death, as she lay in
her home surrounded by beautiful
flowers of friends, her face was a
benediction, as if a kindly smile had
lit her last moment and remained with
her as she faced eternity with under-
standing and serenity.
Mrs. Louie Babb underwent a ton-
silectomy at M. & S. Hospital in San
Antonio Wednesday, and she is doing
very nicely at this time.
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Jack Harris, who has been at El
Centro, California, for several months
doing ranch work, is in Rocksprings
visiting with his wife and son, Jackie.
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Texans Slow to
Drawn Jobless Pay
AUSTIN.—Veterans are not loaf-
ing, neither are they refusing to work
in order to draw readjustment al-
lowances, according to a report issued
Tuesday by Harry Benge Crozier,
chairman of the Texas Unemployment
Compensation Commission.
Figures in the report discount com-
plaints that veterans are goldbricking
after returning to civilian life.
Texas veterans are using up their
readjustment allowances under the
G.I. bill so slowly that it would take
more than half a century to dissipate
the entire amount of potential allow-
ances, said Crozier.
“That’s assuming the veterans were
exhausting their entitlements at the
rate of a thousand a month” he said.
“Actually, in two years we have had
only 5,000 veetrans use up their 52
weekly entitlements of $20 each and,
at the rate of 2,500 a year, the read-
justment allowance program would
have to stay in operation for 260
more years until the last veteran
claimed his last $20.
The Texas Unemployment Compen-
sation Commission acts as agents for
the veteran’s administration in ad-
ministering readjustment allowance
payments.
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The Blue Bonnet Grocery changed
ownership the first of the week, when
Milton and Allen Smith bought out
T. W. Jones and son Johnnie. Mes-
srs. Smith inform us that the store
will remain at the same status, and
under the same name, Blue Bonnet
Grocery. We understand Mr. Jones
and son will remain in Rocksprings
for the time being, until they make
future plans.
FISHING
TACKLE??
Try Us
PHONE 211
ROCKSPRINGS
RADIO & APPLIANCE
SALES and SERVICE
Reick Ross, Border Patrolman from
Eagle Pass, was in Rocksprings over
the week-end visiting with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Vol Ross.
District Judge Brian Montague of
Del Rio was here Tuesday attending
to court proceedings.
J. A. Williford suffered a severe
ankle break last Thursday morning
on the Tom Hampton ranch, when a
horse, which he was breaking, fell
with him. The leg was set by Dr. D.
K. Robison and Mr. Williford is do-
ing nicely at this time.
DON’T BE SORRY!
WAIT FOR ZENITH
Announcing Purchase of
BLUE BONNET GROCERY
We wish to take this means of announcing
to the public that we have purchased the interest
of T. W. Jones and son, Johnnie, in the Blue Bon-
net Grocery and Market. We will continue to
operate this business under the name of the Blue
Bonnet Grocery and Market.
We will continue to handle the best mer-
chandise available, as has been the policy of this
grocery for the past several years. We also will
handle the best in fresh and cured meats are well
and fruit and vegetables.
Milton and Allen Smith
YOUR PATRONAGE WILL BE
APPRECIATED
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