The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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Rocksprings Record
air Weekly
INDORSED BY—Texas Angora Goat Raisers' Association
ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY DECEMBER 25TH, 1942
NUMBER FORTY-SIX
We Prize This ;
Unusual Gift
This Christmas Time brought with
it one of the most touching experien-
ces in our years of living; when a
small boy friend—Gus D. Wheat, Jr.
—presented us with a fine Rhode Is-
land pullet for a Christmas present.
The gift was unique in itself, and
to make it moreso, the little hen had a
beautiful blue ribbon about its neck,
formed in the manner of a bow-tie,
and had a card attached, and writ-
ten by our little friend, reading: “To
Mr. Hutt, from Gus D. Wheat Jr.”
The chicken was one among a flock
of pure-bred chickens raised by this
young lad on the ranch west of the
city, and we understand the entire
flock receives daily care from “Buck,”
who has practically made pets of them
all.
To give one of his prized posses-
sions, a pet chicken, to a dear friend
by this lad shows the feeling really
existing in his heart for the writer, and"
this in itself is among our dearest
prizes, in that through this one act,
has shown his great and lasting re-
gard for the editor of this publication,
a touching experience that will remain
with us always.
We might acquire friends through
political activities, we may gain the
friendship of many through business
connections, we may gain, the friend-
ship of our neighbors through various
acts calculated to show a neighborly
spirit, but to us the greatest friend-
ship one may acquire in this life of up
and down hill, is that which comes
voluntarily from the hearts of the lit-
tle fellows, whose admiration is genu-
ine and direct from a spark started
in their vary souls. To us, we treas-
ure most the genuine love and admir-
ation of the little folks, who come in
contact with us daily, as we journey
through life’s rugged way, and acts as
was exemplified by this lad at this
Christmas time shows his true and
lating friendship, which will no doubt
linger throughout his career, into the
life of a matured man.
To hold the respect and confidence
of Tittle children, as we stated be-
fore, is something that should shine
brighter in our lives as we journey to-
ward the hereafter.
We sincerely thank you, “Buck,”
and promise that the little hen you
have parted with, passing to a good
friend, will never receive the ax at the
hands-of one of our family.
We wish you a very Merry Christ-
mas, and a Happy New Year, with
your cup of happiness always as now
-—overflowing until eternity.
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There are two aspects to the Leon
Henderson resignation as O. P. A. ad-
ministrator. One is that the job of
rationing will not be much easier for
successor—it’s
anyone. The other is that the depar-
ture of one man will be meaningless
unless the basic policy of administra-
five staff undergo an overhauling.
Our Sincere Wish Is For Your
Happiness and Deserved Prosperity
This issue of the Texas Mohair
Weekly goes in the mails this year or..
Christmas Day, and we wish to ex-
press to each and every reader of the
Weekly our deepest appreciation for
your support, your friendship and your
cooperation during the past several
years we have been privileged to
serve you.
We wish you a very Merry Christ-
mas and a Happy and Prosperous
New Year, and to those of you having
boys and girls in service we espec-
ially greet you at this time, express-
ing a sincere wish that your loved
ones may be protected and returned to
you in the glory of God, knowing that
they have served long, hard ar.d faith-
fully in behalf of those exhaulted
things upon which this grand country
of ours was builded.
May we reap much from the sacri-
fices of these boys and girls that will
linger until eternity, knowing that
they have done their all in behalf of a
free and unfettered people, and re-
stored to us all that our forefathers
have fought and adhered to.
May the coming year bring to each
of you a# contentment and prosperity
that should become you, and may the
grace of God be ever with you.
We often ask ourselves the ques-
tion, “If I could only look into the
future,” I might do this, that and the
other, when in fact it would not do for
us to be able to look into the future.
God never intended that we look into
the future, or else this would be a very
unhappy world indeed.
He intended for this old world to
have its bearings of wonderment and
a future unknown to any man, thus
we have a HOPE that exists thru-
out our lives that acts as a beacon
light to all God-loving peoples over the
ei.tire world.
So we hope that the year to come,
as well as the many years to follow
will bring you much that may be
recorded as prosperity, good health and
a desire to carry on in a manner that
reflects your very lives.
We have served this section a num-
ber of years, and have tried always to
give you a newspaper that you would
approve. We have never engaged in
any controversy in a manner which
we though would prove distasteful.
We have never printed much that
other papers print, in taking delight
into going into community matters we
though would do persons any good,
and perchance much harm to some.
While we have not printed a paper
containing as much news matter as we
would like, yet we have done our best
always.
It has beer, our aim to stand
squarely behind our people in all
things they are interested in, and have
taken special pains and used much of
our worldly goods to foster measures
and means whereby the mohair indus-
try might continue a guiding factor
with our ranchmen, and have promot-
ed much we feel has redounded in
good to their cause.
To every grower of mohair in the
country we extend our greetings this
Christmas and wish you everlasting
peace of mind and action, and may
we be privileged to continue to serve
you is our greatest desire.
So a Merry Christmas and a Happy
and Prosperous New Year to you all,
wherever you may be.
-o-o-
U. S. Navy Boy
Visits Mother
Ear! Lomax, seaman second class,
son of Mrs. Ruby Lomax, is here vis-
iting with his mother, and is to report
again for duty somewhere during the
end of this week, and will no doubt
take his station among his buddies to
again do battle for the defense of a
free and God-loving people.
“Buddy,” as he is known here, has
had much service since entering the
rtavy only a few months past, and
was so young at the time of enlistment,
he had to secure the consent of his
mother.
He was at Pearl Harbor, and again
he was reported at the Solomons,
where he received two minor flesh
wounds, one in the body and the
other on his leg, and was in several
major engagements there, of which he
says little, not even giving us the
name of the battleship or cruiser on
which he serves.
He is looking healthy and r.obust,
and says that he gets plenty of good
things to eat, excellent quarters and
is serving with the best crew of men
and boys in the service.
Edwards county is furnishing a
number of outstanding boys, of grit
and determination, serving in most
every branch of service for their
country.
Local Houses
Sell All Mohair
The Edwards County Wool & Mo-
hair Warehouse Company and the J.
D. Varga Wool & Mohair Warehouse,
have cleaned their warehouses of mo-
hair, and the accumulation went out
by truck Tuesday.
A total of 75,000 pounds remain-
ed, and R. P. Collins Company
bought the entire tonnage the first of
the week, paying 48 cents for the
grown hair, 65 cents for yearling and
75 cents for the kid.
We understand there was consider-
able yearling hair in both houses, yet
the kid accumulation was small, as the
kid hair went some time ago at a very
attractive price.
The fact that mohair accumulations
have moved rapidly and at good prices
should make growers throughout this
section, the capital of the mohair in-
dustry, feel rather good at this par-
ticular time, for certainly this hair
should have gone into materials many
months ago, and that too, just as fast
as it was taken from the backs of the
Angora goats in the state.
No fibre yet found will compare in
texture, lustre, and in looks to mo-
hair, and its scope in manufacture ex-
tends into wide and varied fields. This
fact is rapidly shaping the destiny of
the hair to unprejudiced men engaged
in* providing that which the govern-
ment needs in suitings, parachutes,
and blankets, so necessary during a
period of war.
Mohair growers have sit patiently,
holding their hair for a price that will
guarantee them a just return on their
investments.
Goats are finding ready sale at
good prices throughout the southwest
and we hope that from now on out
the growers of goats will not exper-
ience the downward trends that have
governed markets for some time.
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SPECIAL MEETING OF COM-
MISSIONERS’ COURT
A special meeting of the Edwards
County Commissioners’ Court will be
held Tuesday, December 29th, at which
time bids for county and school deposi-
tory will be opened and acted upon.
Any other business of an urgent na-
ture may be taken up at this meet-
ing.
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Mrs. Mary. Henry, postmaster, in-
forms us that this has been the heav-
iest business at the post office here
during her experience as its post-,
master. This Christmas, so she says,
does not look to her as if we had felt
any need for discontinuing the ex-
change of Christmas presents and
Christmas cards.
SONORA FIRM SELLS 100,000
POUNDS MOHAIR AT 70c TOP
The Sonora Wool & Mohair Co.
this week has sold 100,000 pounds of
mohair to Forte, Dupee, Sawyer Co.
at 50 and 70 cents a pound lor grown
and kid, rsepectively, it was announc-
ed Tuesday.
Other buyers were reported making
extensive inquiries at warehouses
where unsold mohair remains, and it
was reported several options were out.
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A recent radio broadcast that 27
enlisted men and a captain in a life
boat were picked up in Norwxgiatu
waters by neutral ship, and are now
reported getting along nicely in a hos-
pital in that country. These men, ac-
cording to the report, were members
of a tanker crew, the boat being tor-
pedoed and sunk the last of August.
It would be glad Christmas tidings if
young Milton Babb was among those
rescued and landed in Norway.
Bonds or bondage? Buy U. S. Sav-
ings Bonds.
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