The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1960 Page: 4 of 8
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Miss Bess Popp, John Jez
Exchange Nuptial Vows
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Society News
Weddings
Social Brents
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MRS. JOHN BENNETT JEZ
Windle Kel-
ley of Odessa, James White of
Temple, and William McMuller
of Waco.
organist and Leroy Sebesta
San Antonio was soloist.
for reception in the church
assembly room were Mrs. Fran
Popp of West; Mrs. Jack Willis
and Mrs. Wesley Pope of Waco.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. henry Popp of
Abbott. She graduated from Ab-
bott High School and attended
North Texas State College in
Denton.
She was employed by the
Waco Public Schools Adminis-
tration.
Miss Bessie Rose Popp of! er of the bride.
Waco became the bride of John ! man Ushers were
Bennett Jez of Temple Satur-
day evening at the West Breth-
ren Church. Rev John Baletka
officiatedi at the wedding cere-
mony.
The bride wore a full-length
gown of tulle, net and Chantilly
lace over satin. The lace-trim-
med bodice had a semi-sweet-
heart neckline and short sleeves.
RMffles of Chantilly lace tell
from the waist to the h:in of
the skirt. She wore tulle mitts
and lace tiara of pearls and
lace. Her veil was finger-tip
length. She carried a cascading
bouquet of white carnations and
stephanotis centered with a
White orchid. For sentiment she
wore a strand of pearls belong-
ing to Miss Jeanette Kostohryz
one of h-er briedsmaids.
Miss Linda Popp of Abbott,
sister of the bride, was maid of
honor. Bridesmaids were .Miss
JoAnn Belote of Denton and
Miss Kostohryz. They wore
waltz-length dresses of ice blue
embroidered nylon organdy,
with scoop neckline and bouf-
fant sleeves. They wore .patch-
ing headpieces and mitts and
carried large White glamelias
tinted! with blue.
Milton Jez of Temple, broth-
er oi the bridegroom, was best
man. Dan Popp of Waco, breth-
MRS. KOZELSKI
ENTERTAINS
TAROKY CLUB
ijlrs. H. J. Kozelski entertain-
ed-the taroky club at her home
Monday night. Guests were Mrs.
RiMd Janek and Mrs. John
Mtomecek. Mrs. Eva Walla won
ijjjgh score and Mrs. George Ka-
ai£ won second high. Other
lAembers present were Mrs.
John Mashek, Mrs. Joe Vitek,
Mrs. Emmett Barton and Mrs.
J. f. Holasek.
Mrs. Kozelski served roast
beef and gravy, rice, green
beans, spiced pears, hot rolls,
tea, coffee and candy.
Miss Violet Kate Holmes, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. How-
ard L. Holmes of Waco, became
the bride of Rogerlene Franklin
Kucera in a Saturday morning
ceremony in St. Marys Catholic
Church of the Assumption, in
Waco. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Kucera of Waco.
Rev. John Driscoll officiated.
The bride wore a gown of
white satin featuring a lace
bodice and a bouffant full-
length skirt. Her veil fell from a
tiara of pearls and she carried
a bouquet of orchids and step-
hanotis. She wore a strand' of
[ pearls given to her by the bride-
groom’s mother and sister.
Miss Wanda Kucera, bride-
groonVs sister, was maid of hon-'
or Bridesmaids were Miss Vir-
ginia Holmes, bride's sister,
Misses Harriet Rockett, Geral-
dine Blagg and Juanita Sem-
| bera. Betty Hamilton was flower
2>‘»1 girl.
They wore pink and blue
.... .. , ;.L...... dresses of silk organza over taf-
| feta with matching organza
bows in their 'hair and carried
was grooms-1 bouquets of carnations match-
ing their dresses.
Charles Kucera, bridegroom’s
brother, was best man. Grooms-
I men were Burl Strickland. Ed-
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Mrs. Emil Plasek of West was i ward Rauschuber, Ronald Davis,
! and Edward Ba.ier. Ushers were
j Ludvik Bajer and Harold Vavra.
Members of the house party j Kenneth Holmes, bride’s broth-
er, was ring-bearer,
A reception was held following
the ceremony at St. Martin’s
Hall in Tours.
Mrs. Kucera graduated from
University High School and is
employeed with the H.E.B.
drug department. Her husband
graduated from Waco High
School and Durham Business
College and is employed with
H.E.B, Grocery Store.
Following a wedding trip to
The bridegroom is the son of | Austin, they will live in Waco.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Jez of j
Te>.r<ple. He graduated from
Temple High School and Tem-
ple Junior College. He will re-
ceive the bachelor of business
^ministration degree in ad-
vertising at the University.
He is a member of American
Marketing Assn., and Temple
Jaycecs and is vice-president of
Alpha Delta Sigma.
The newlyweds will honey-
moon on the Gulf Coast and in
Mexico. They will live in Aus-
tin where Mr. Jez will attend
the University of Texas.
MRS. HRUSKA
ENTERTAINS CLUB
Mrs. Raymond Hruska enter-
tained the Bridge Club last
Wednesday. Mrs. Emil Jerabek
was guest
Members present were Mrs.
M. F. Kruse who won high score,
Mrs. Lynn Harris who won low,
Mrs. Joe Horsak, Mrs. George
Kacir, Mrs. A. B. Berger. Mrs.
fcttiil Blahuta and Mrs. Ray-
mond Nemecek.
Mrs. Hruska served refresh-
ments of custard-filled angel
fpod cake and punch.
MRS. ALLEN BUSBY
ENTERTAINS CLUB
Mrs. Allen Busby was hostess
to the Friendship Club last Fri-
day night at her home. Mrs.
Barry Morgan was guest.
; Members present were Mrs.
Rimer Cox Mrs. D. G, Bailey,
Hrs. Henry Cook, Mrs. Buster
Roteet. Mrs. Wick Devers. Mrs.
W C. Morgan. Mrs. Fred Clem-
Ohts, Mrs. Edward Stacey, Mrs.
David Johnson, and Mrs. Lizzie
Alien.
Also Mrs. Emil Plasek. Jr., Mrs.
Robert Busby. Mrs. Travis Mc-
Morrough, Mrs. Hollis McMa-
han,, Mrs, Ned Odle. Mrs. Vivian
fuckett and Miss Ollie Hall.
Mrs. Busby served homemade
Jfe cream and cake.
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SUSAN CRAWSHAW
FETED AT PARTY
Susan Crawshaw was honored
on her ninth birthday with a
party given by her mother at
their home.
Those present were Jeanette
Krizan, Shelia Conner, Barbara
Ford, Cathy Faglie, Nancy
Lands, Linda Allen, and Jane
and Billy Crawshaw.
Mrs. Crawshaw served a din-
ner consisting of hamburgers,
potato salad, homemade ice
cream, and birthday cake.
BOBBY KOSTECKA
HONORED AT PARTY
Mrs. Robert Kostecka honored
her son, Bobby, with a party on
his third birthday August 18.
Thos; present were Mrs. Ray-
mond Schroeder, David and
Johnny; Mrs. Joe Kostecka, Mrs.
Albin Kocian. Richard, Cathy,
and George, and Mrs. John
Tcbola, Irene, Pauline, Bobby
and Eileen.
Also Mrs. Jimmy Tobola and
Jomes, Mrs.John Henry Foyt,
S-Sgt. and Mrs. Johnny Kos-
tecka, Anna and Terry of Il-
linois; Mrs. Frank Karlik Jr.,
Frankie and JoAnn, and Mich-
ael Kostecka.
PICNIC AND PARTY
AT HILLSBORO
A picnic and skating party
was held in Hillsboro last
Thursday night.
Those attending were Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Stacey, Mike,
Gary, and Diane; Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Plasek Jr. and Paula: Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Busby, Sheryl,
Bobby and Denise: Mrs. Travis
McMorrough, Jerry, Becky, and
Sharon.
Also Mrs. John Crawshaw,
Jane, Susan and Billy; Owen
and Dale Hardwick; Gary John-
son, and Donald Odle, all of
West; Virginia Zapalac of Hous-
son; and Kenneth Stoker of Mt.
Calm.
4-H Club News
By Mrs. Linda Lair
Asst. HD Agent
Tlie McLennan County Girls
4-H Camp is being held August
22, 23, and 24th at Val Verde.
Activities will include work-
shops in Record books, crafts,
recreation, swimming, and night
parties. Those attending are:
Becky Lawson and Barbara
Jaska of the McLennan County
Club, Lenella Iley of West; Judy
Swaner, Rene Turner. Juanita
Bays of Axtell; Janis Cobbs of
Bosqueville; Martha Tindell,
Darlene Beeman, and Starr
Trice of Lorena; Linda Shel-
burne, Marsha Ann Koen, Jack-
ie Ramsey and Judy Shelburne
of Speegleville; Sheilla Rubel
and Harriet Rubel of Hallsburg;
Darlene Place and Mary Jane
Nunley of Crawford; Carol
Sockwell, Mary Walter, Judy
Martin, Connie Brock, Judy
Glass, and Patsy Smith of Mid-
way; Jo Ann King, Veronica
; Cinek, Martha King, Cecilia
King, Mary Ruth King, Janie
Allison, Carol Schuetz, Kathy
Anne Bezdek, and Linda Ihlen-
feldt of Ross; Diana Reddell,
Edna Hurlburt, Leona Buzbee,
Laura Bollek of Gholson; Jan-
ette Shank, Mary Edna High-
tower, Gean Burch, Donna Dean
Norris, Brenda June Wade, and
Elaine Burt of China Springs;
daudtette Herring, Martha Jas-
ter, Donna Jean Walker, An-
nette Hatcher, Teresa Lewis and
Kitty Smith of Robinson.
Adult leaders who will serve
are Mrs. Morris Lawson. Mrs.
Marshall Koen, Mrs, Allison and
Mrs. H. T. Neumann.
I Life guards who will serve are
Nathan Brown, Billy Wiess,
Mike Harding, and Ted Neu-
mann.
Junior leaders are: Becky
Lawson, La Vern Cagle. Martha
Jaster, recreation; Barbara Jas-
ka, Linda Ihlenfeldt and Jo Ann
King, Record books; and Mary
Ruth King, Betty Kolar and
Darlene Place. Crafts.
Camp is under the direction
of the Assistant County Home
Demonstration Agent, Mrs. Lin-
da Lair.
Over half af the private planes
now in operation in U.S. now in
operation < 68,0001 were pur-
chased second-handed.
About 10 million Russians are
learning English, while barely
15.000 Americans study Russian.
Donna Sue King,
Henry J. Nors
Are Married
Mr. and Mrs. Henry John Nors
Jr. will live at 2607 Cumberland
Ave., Waco, after a wedding trip
to Corpus Christi. They were
married in the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Catholic Church
in Abbott, Saturday, August 20.
The bride is the former Miss
Donna Sue King. Her parents
are Mrs E. W. Matthews and T.
C. King, both of Dallas. Mr. aind
Mrs. Henry Nors of West are
parents of the bridegroom. He
is an employee of General Tire
and Rubber Co.
The bride’s gown was full
length, made of Chantilly lace
and tulle. It was princess-style
with scoop neckline and short
sleeves. Appliques of lace me-
dallions decorated the bouffant
skirt. She carried a white orchid
atop a white Bible.
Miss Georgia Ondrej was maid
of honor. Other attendants were
Misses Mildred Soukup and Jo
Ann Mach and Mrs. Danny
Pratka. .
Jimmy Velselka was best man.
Groomsmen were Danny Pratka,
Ernest Nors. and Daniel Pokluda.
P TA Executive
Committee
Holds Meeting
The executive committee of
the West Parent-Teacher Asso-
ciation heard reports of the
program and budget committees
Tuesday night in the home-
making living room at West
High School.
“Home Creates Community
Strength Through Character
Development” is tlhe theme for
the year’s programs. Each mon-
th’s program will help parents
in developing home atmosphere
for builcling strength of charac-
ter in their children. Subjects of
programs include “Reading and
Viewing, Good and Bad,” “Time
and How It is Used,” “Family
Westher,” and “Moral Behav-
ior.” These programs will be
presented by local groups and
by outside speakers, including
one speaker from the Family
Counseling Service in Waco.
Entertainment will be furnish-
ed at P-TA meetings during the
year by the Polka Dots, high
school chorus, Dramatic Club,
Dunbar Chorus, Trojan .Band,
West Chapter of Future Home-
makers of America and grade 1
through 8.
A social hour will follow each
meeting. Hosts during the year
will be the West High School
Student Council, Band Boosters
Club, room representatives of
each grade, and the P-TA exe-
cutive committee.
The report of the program
comniitte was submitted by
Mrs. Leon Willig, chairman.
Other members of the commit-
tee are Mrs. W. O. Montgomery,
Mrs, Lynn Harris, Miss Jose-
phine Schiller, and Mrs. Martha
McMordie.
A budget of $362.00 was ap-
proved for current expenses
and a permanent improvement
fund. Serving on the budget
and finance committees were
W. H. Janes, chairman, Dr, Wal-
ter Mellgren, Joe Horsak and
and Weldon Whalen.
The first P-TA meeting of the
year on Sept. 20 will take the
form of an open house in both
schools, West Elementary and
West High School. Everyone liv-
ing wiihin the boundaries of the
West Independent School Dis-
trict and the Gholson and Ross
districts is welcome to visit both
schools at that time, whether
they have children in school or
not, says Mrs. W. H. Janes,
president cf West P-TA.
POLLY LEUSCHNER
FETED AT PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Leusch-
ner honored their daughter,
Polly, with a lawn supper at
their home Sunday. August 21.
Polly was 3 years old.
Those present were Mr and
Mrs. H. A. Drews, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Schutza, Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Drews and Wayne, and Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Schutza and
Butch.
Mary Taylor,
T. A. Morris
Are Married
Last year, American tourists
spent 100 million dollars in
Italy, 93 million in France, and
90 million in England.
Miss Mary Magdalene Taylor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her-
bert Taylor of Bynum, became
the bride of Thomas Aubrey
Morris in a Saturday evening
ceremony. Rev. Gardiner Ellis
performed the ceremony in his
garden at 2913 Rine Ave., Waco.
Mr. Morris is the son of Mrs.
Aubrev Morris of Waco.
Tne bride wore a gown of
white nylon over taffeta featur-
ing a rounded neckline and a
bouffant skirt. Her veil fell from
a crown of seed pearls. She car-
ried a bouquet of orchids.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kuykendall of
West, bride's sister, was matron
of honor. Mrs. Sam Ewing Jr.,
bride’s sister, was bridesmaid.
Vicki Ewing, bride’s niece, was
flower girl. They wore dresses of
blue silk organza over taffeta
and carriddi bouquets of white
daisies.
Joe Harrell was best man and
Carlton Harrell was groomsman.
Mrs. Vivian Ellis was organist
and Miss Ruth Taylor soloist.
At the garden reception fol-
lowing the ceremony, members
of the house party were Mrs.
Odessa Patison and Miss Shirlev
Rogers of Fort Worth. Mrs. Roy
McClum of Hillsboro, and Mrs.
Norris Eddleman of Hurst.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris both
graduated from Baylor Univer-
sity antfl teach in Irving. He
holds a bachelor of business ad-
ministration degree. He is also
a graduate of Waco High School.
Following a wedding trip to
Corpus Christi, they will reside
in Irving.
Brethren Youth
Fellowship Meets
The Brethren Youth Fellow-
ship of the West Brethren
Churchi met for its regular mon-
thly meeting at the home of
Carol and Patti Stover on Sun-
day evening, August 21 at 6:45
p.m.
The president, Carol Stover,
opened the meeting with prayer.
The young people discussed
plans to attend a statewide
B.Y.f. Rally at Seaton. Texas,
on August 28. Also discussed
were plans for the joint youth
meeting of the churches of
West, which the Brethren Youth
will host on September 18.
The group welcomed back one
of its members, Miss Dorothy
Hegar, who has recently return-
ed from a five-week visit to
Honduras, Central America.
After the meeting the B.Y.F.
attended the joint youth meet-
ing held at Leroy Community
Church.
ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION
Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Holy were
given a surprise party Sunday
afternoon by their children and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schroeder
of Tours on their 48th wedding
anniversary.
Refreshments of sandwiches,
cakes, pies, and kolaches were
served.
JOYCE PINTER
FETED ON
12TH BIRTHDAY
Mr. an'd Mrs. Bill Pinter hon-
ored their daughter Joyce on
her 12th birthday on August 20,
with a swimming party at the
Playdium.
Guests present were Mary
Kelsey, Joyce Adamcik. Char-
lotte Hurtt, Ruth Lands, Jane
Crawshaw, Cynthia Holloman,
Elaine Janek, Betty and Paul-
ine Dujka.
Refreshments of chicken salad
sandwiches, ritz with cheese
spread, potato chips, soda water,
birthday cake, candy and bubble
gum were served.
Jonathon Edwards, a pioneer
theologian, had 1,394 traceable
descendants, among which were
— 13 college presidents, 65 col-
lege teachers, 305 college grad-
uates, 100 ministers. 76 army
and navy officers, 105 lawyers
and judges, 80 public officials,
3 congressmen, 2 U.S. senators,
and one vice-president of the
U.S.
-o-
Uncle Sam conducts our sec-
ond biggest advertising medium
— the postal department. The
mails carry over two billion dal-
lars worth of ads. circulars, bro-
chures, catalogs, etc., each year.
Who’s New
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hennlg
of Dallas are the proud parents
of a baby girl, Brenda Ann,
born August 18 at Baylor Hos-
pital in Dallas. She weighed
8 pounds and 6 ounces. She has
two sisters, Sharon and Cindy.
Grandparents are Mr. an'd Mrs.
Joe Lucian of Dallas and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hennig of Row-
lett. Great grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Uptmore and
Mrs. Jim Debbendener of West
and Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Grell-
hesl of Leroy.
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Mr. an'd’ Mrs. John Lee Urbis
of Robstown are the proud par-
ents of a baby son, John Mark,
born August 18, in Robstown
Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds
and 3 ounces. Grandparents are
Mrs. Sophie Opella of West and
Mr. I. F. Opella of Jarrell and
Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Urbis of
West.
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A-lc and Mrs. Steve R. Soukup
of Fort Worth are the proud
parents of a baby boy born
Sunday, August 21 at Carswell
AFB Hospital. He weighed six
pounds and six ounces and was
named Timothy Raymond.
Mother is the former Frances
Holub. Grandparents are Mrs.
Mary Goebel of Dallas and Mr.
and Mrs. EJdd Hotub of Mt.
Calm.
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Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Grones
of Elm Mott are the proud par-
ents of a baby boy born Mon-
day, August 22. Mother is tire
farmer Margie Bettge of Leroy.
Local Items
Mr. and Mys. John Nemecek
of West and Mrs. Jim Greene of
Robinson attended the funeral
of Mr. John Najvar in Halletts-
ville on Monday.
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Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Henderson
and children spent the weekend
in Ore City with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Henderson,
who have been ill. Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Henderson returned home
after being in a Gilmer hospital,
where Mrs. Henderson under-
went surgery, and Mr. Hender-
son was critically ill. Both are
Improved, although Mr. Hen-
derson is still seriously ill.
Mrs. Paul Klimitchek, Fred,
Leo A., and Marie Sue; Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Cihlar, and Mrs.
Frank A. Podsednik and Larry
of Bellmead attended the fu-
neral of Mrs. Alvina (Kallus)
Morgan of Dallas last Thursday.
Mrs. Morgan was the niefce of
Mrs. Klimitchek.
of Cattle Ticks and Politics
By DORIS HENDERSON
Farm Bureau
Queen Contest
Cameron — Eight Central
Texas County Farm Bureau
queens will compete for the Dis-
trict 8 title at 8 p.m. Saturday,
August 27 at the Methodist Fel-
lowship Hall, according to Dr.
Gibney Kendrick of Rosebud,
District 8 director.
Counties which will be repre-
sented are: Bell, Bosque. Falls,
Lampasas, Limestone, McLen-
nan, Milam and Williamson.
Fred Switzer will act as master
of ceremonies.
The winner will' compete
against 12 other district queen
candidates in the state final at
the state convention Nov. 10 in
Dallas. All district winners and
their matron escorts will re-
ceive expense-paid trips to the
state finals. In addition, the
district queens will receive
wrist watches from the Texas
Farm Bureau.
The girl chosen state Farm
Bureau queen will receive $500
in expenses for 'her self and her
matron escort to attend the
American Farm Bureau Feder-
ation convention Dec. 11-15 in
Denver.
Patricia Fife of Mart, was se-
lected as 1959 queen of the Tex-
as Farm Bureau. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Fife of Mart.
192 of our larger cities provide
homes and employment for 100
million of our population.
Best Theatre
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Robert Ryan - David Nelson
Burl Ives - Tina Louise
“DAY OF THE OUTLAW”
Also Speedy Gonzales Cartoon
SUNDAY & MONDAY
Special Feature
The Happiest, Merriest,
Funniest Circus Ever!
Walt Disney Presents
“TOBY TYLER”
In Technicolor with
Kevin Corcoran & Mr. Stubbs
Also Woody Woodpecker cartoon
Thirty days has September,
April, June and November, hut
tell me why August has only 31,
and why school must begin on
September 1? Poor young ’uns,
how they are dreading those
nine months of routine and les-
sons.
But the rodeo is over, and our
vacation is over, so the time
has come!
This year our vacation began
in San Antonio where we saw:
“SEVILLE DAR DA GO
TOUSAN BUSES INARO;
NOJO DEMS TRUXS,
SUMMIT COWS,
SUMMIT DUXS!”
Our trip was nearly over when
we left El Paso laughing about
the poster we saw in a variety
store window, which read: “Spe-
cial Sale — Pothos, 4 for 29c.”
Unfortunately we saw this ad-
vertisement on Sunday and
couldn't wait until the store
opened on Monday to find out
for certain what they were sell-
ing, but by way of deduction, we
decided it must be photos.
If we hadn’t had some expert
advice from one who had spent
considerable time in San An-
tonio and in Earl Abels, I fear
we would still be trying to fig-
ure out just what those jumbled
letters meant, but maybe you
can read it at a glance, let me
know, will you?
Capt. Henderson had spent
two weeks in San Antonio on
active duty with the Army Med-
ical Corps at Brook Hospital,
Fort Sam Houston — so far as I
can figure out his duty was very
active, for each day he was
forced to inspect the PX, swim-
ming pool and officers club.
However, after he checked out
Saturday morning we took
Highway 87, north and west,
driving through the hills that
reminded us of the foothills we
would soon be seeing in Colo-
rado. At Boerne we admired the
old native stone churches, and
noted that the goats grazing on
the hills were about the only
sign of activity in the country.
By lunch time we had1 arrived
in Kerrville, and I was amazed
at the beauty of the place. I
had never been there before,
and was completely enchanted
with tine Frio River with its
white rock bottom and the huge
cypress trees. I have made a
big x on that part of the map,
and we are going back and
spend same time there, but it
will probably be next year be-
fore We make it.
Leaving Kerrville and enter-
ing the “cap-rock” country, at
least I think that is what it is
called, we saw just about the
biggest windmill ever, it dwarf-
ed those around' it. Not too far
away was a most outstanding
house, painted bright green
with an even brighter blue roof.
This part of Texas just doesn’t
seem to fit in the picture, it
just isn’t like Texas is supposed
to be. Instead of flat rolling
plains, the hills had grown into
mountains that called for the
use of low gear when going
downhill.
Junction is a clean-looking,
modern town, and according to
their figures is abfcut the same
size as West. However it is on a
highway crossing, and tourist
courts and modernistic service
stations abound. ,
As the afternoon progressed
it ssemed to get hotter and
brighter and as we aproached
Pilot we drove through thou-
sands of acres of land that had
been scalped. All the little scrub
oaks and mesquites had been
cut and were left rotting on the
ground. Obviously the land
owners were trying to grow
some grass, but the sight was
depressing.
Around Ft. Stockton we began
driving in and around Allison
ranches, seems there are a doz-
en of them at least. Couldn’t
help but wonder if they were
relatives of Mrs. Alice Allison
in West. There were some good
looking horses there roaming
through mesa and egg-head
hills, with ai few hills looking
like “bald-headed little Tetons.”
On the other side of Fort
Stockton we had to take a de-
tour. W'hat a detour — some-
thing over sixty extra miles of
driving over a gravel road. A
flash flood up the road had
washed out a bridge, and there
aren’t many alternate roads in
that part of the country.
We spent the night at Artesia,
New Mexico, and the next day
took off for the mountains. But
before we reached the moun-
tains we drove through arid
land, without a single: tree to
break the horizon. We drove for
twenty-five minutes without
seeing anything larger than
small clumps of silvery-looking
grass, but occasionally we pass-
ed signs proclaiming: “Watch
for Water.” We looked carefully,
but couldn't find a drop - if
we had we would have reported
it, for I do know those folks
must need every drop. As the
road climbed, the grass was re-
placed: with yucca and staghorn
cholla (spidery-looking cactus)
and later we drove through a
lush little canyon that wander-
ed through, the mountains..,'/
The canyon never seemed to
be much more than two blocks
wide, with a stream down one
side and the road on the other.
However it was full of green
grass, fat horses, many orchards
and nice homes. The elevation
at Winsapp was 7,800 feet arid
the trees were now huge pines j
and even taller spruce. There
were quite a few lumber mills,
and the* place looked like a gar- >
den with salvia, and purple and
white flowers growing beside
the road, which had now be-
come one of those twining,
snake-like creatures. ' i -J
After climbing up and up, it ■
isetemed the highway; went
straight down, right into; Ala-
mogordo, New Mexico, where
we could see the beautiful white
sanldte stretching all t'he way
across the horizon. We drove
through the White Sands .Na-. '
tional Monument and were
quits impressed with the rolling
white hills that look like *rk*w;.
However the day was about
half gone and we realized that
if we were to get to Durango,
Colorado, we would have tp
cover many miles fast, so we
didn’t waste any time driving
north. We were curious about /
Three Rivers, New Mexico, and.
quite amused when it turned ‘
out to bP nothing more than one. ,
large Indian Trading Post and \ \
only one dried up old river bed.
Wonder what happened to the ./,
other two?
We were about out of gasoline v
when we reached Lynbrook, . ^
New Mexico, and were most .
pleased to see a sign at a Hum-
ble station advertising gas-
oline for 29c a gallon. The only, /
trouble was that the station was ,
out of Regular so we, and ail’
the other customers were forced/;
to buy Esso, it was only 41.9c,,
The station attendant told the •
rnan that was driving a FalcorJ -;
“It don’t hardly seem worth the
trouble” when the man ordered
only 2 gallons of gas.
We drove into Durango
around 9 p.m. and were, quite
pleased t'hat the first pdiT of
our trip had been so very nice.^
We spent a few days with firotft-
er Raymond and family, and
then took another route home
— but that will have to wait _ j,
until next wefek
i» Lies--
Interstate Hwy.
Construction
Is Approved
The Texas Highway Commis-
sion has approved a construc-
tion an'd1 right of way program
of work on the Interstate High-
way System in the Waco District
for the ensuing two years, D. C.
Greer, State Highway Engineer,
has announced.
Thomas C. Collier. District
Engineer of the Texas Highway
Department of Waco, has stated
that the following highway on
tlhe National System of Inter-
state and Defense Highways
was included in McLennan
County:
Interstate 35 from 0.3 miles
south of South City Limits of
Waco north to South 17th Street
in Waco. Consisting of grading,
structures and surfacing, 4 and
6 lane Expressway, frontage
roads and 4 interchanges.
Mr. Collier advises that right
of way is now being acquired
for this section by district right
of way personnel under the di-
rection of James B. Fincher, Su-
pervision of resident engineer of
Waco.
The construction will be un-
der the supervision of James P.
Ledbetter, Supervising Rejsident
Engineer of Waco, Collier .said.
7 '
The temple at Karnak, Egypt,
comprises the ur/ost extensive
group of ancient: buildings on
earth — even though much has
been destroyed by vandals, con-
querors, time and earthquakes.
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