The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1969 Page: 2 of 8
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i .fitiSUMf — Taft* Y«xm, Widmrfiy, May 14,1W
Wkm Far
mCawcN
BsefN Hsrstfety
H*w ofttcwR* for ti* county
3ffi& were efeeted at a
sKtoetiw to Taft test Thursday
They were Mr*. Roly Marion
qf .Stoton, president; Mr*. J. B.
jmmu ft Sinton and Mr*. Do-
num iMfatrn of Portland, vfce-
pp^drtfrtis;, Mrs. Mary Ctaridr
of Taft, secretary' and treasure
a«d Mi'S. John Rushing it Taft,
pariisiasstSriaa.
Jk/tietaol? at tafurmatmn mm
eaah&tet by Mrs. W. f Ahwy
otm^mrnn. district president,
j&pqk tr»m the various town*
writs given,
fMfff’e and donuts were smi f
%v fte OTA memtxT* of Taft
^mrny €!«&
Wm Program On
III. Work
Pulirttrir McAllister. ttadert
«<&(&'■' of 8*e local AfrieMewt
fK ••toe»«y t raptor, spoke "o
toe Taft. fMary Ch* Ta»i«to.,
feSIstg %w» of the working *>f
tSr attxfagol exchange program.
Mr. MsASiswr jwsetod out tfe»*
Ite pswifS-ft's wa* to ft* twM
year to ym and that another
fhident has t*«n tchdWW for
next year, "it easts u* SAW la
eaily to brim? a foreign Mttdtnt
te Taft.," Mr. McAlItn-r said.
Mr, McAfttoter was 'mtrcduc,- d
by Jim ’foland, president of the
Taft American Field Service.
Me. Toland toW SJw notorious
that the Rotary Club was <« of
the spacers that helped pro-
file fund* for Wiping toe sftt
cents to Taft.
Mr*. 3. Si Chrestman visited
in tiottatoh from Thursday to
Monday with her daughterjutd
temiy. Mr. Chrestmnn wa* in
Victoria. on Sunday for a short
visit with bis aoa>ueliaw. Maj.
Bill? Gt&f.rt who wa* there for
the day with bis parents. He to
from Williams AFB. Art*.
Auxiliary Officer*
For VFW Are
lifted Recently
The VFW Auxiliary of Staton
elected officers at a meeting
tjxrn' «n Monday. They are
Mrs R. B. Barbee of Taft, pres-
ident ; Mrs. Earl Maine* of Taft
and Mr*. Karl WUkeraon of Sin-
ton, vkepmiMent; Mis. Mar-
vin Hickman of Taft, treasurer;
Mrs, Fred ©all of Taft, st'ore-
tary, Mrs. E**le Robertson of
Simon, cha plain; Mrs. Wrn. Fee
it suuoti. oomluclreM; Mr*.
Howard Edwaitis of Sktofl,
guard; and Mrs. G. W. Munn
nf Taft and Mm. C. Latham ami
Mrs. Dm a HiU of Sinion, trus-
tees.
Now members Monday wore
Mr*. Bill Claridsr and Mrs.
Milton Broker of Taft and Mrs.
W.m. Henson aend Mrs. -Jos.
Pane of Satan. Old members
y*rs wt» were re-tetoted were
Mrs Marcus \Vwrier anad Mrs.
Clam McKinney.
The Auxiliary will assist the
VFW in (sotting books on Ameri-
can heritage In the schools in
Um- county, and they will *T1
poppies in Taft on May 23 and
2-t
The next, meetiny, will to- on
June ft.
Sgt» Habtrf Get*
M#del Hr Service
in Vietnam War
Albuquerque, N M. Sergeant
Joe l>, Hebert. *on of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis I> Hebert, G.c*
gory, Tex . has been decorated
wftt. the U. S. Air Force Com-
ireMattan Modal for meritorious
service to Vietoiam
Sgt. Hebert distinguished him.
self as a jet aircraft mechanic
nt Tuy Hus Air Base. Although
••.xpnRcd to enemy attacks, he
performed bis duties to an out-
standing manner.
The sergeant, a 1966 graduate
of Richard Kin',' High School,
Corpus Christ! T« . was pre-
Miflted ttw* medal Mt Kirtiard
AFB, N. M. where be is now
assigned to a unit of the Air
Weather Service.
^^^RESS ASSOCIATION" |
THE TAFT TSEBUN1
VuMftt.ied each Wednesday to. Tart, Texas 78399 by »**
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editor and Publisher
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— S0V, OF C0NM1I0N or *"* ^ ””
THE FIRST STATE BANK
Taft, In the Stale «f Texas at th# tins# of busm*s* on
April 30, 1969
ASSETS
h and due from banks (including $None
riposted debt*>) .........
j. Treasury Securities
unties of other U. S. Government agencies
nd corporations , .......
ligations of States and political
ubdivisions . . -
er Loans .... •
k premises, furniture and fixtures, and
ther assets reptesenting bank premises
er Assets ...........
fAl ASSETS ..............
LIABILITIES
nand deposits of individuals,
larfr.erships, and corporations
e and savings deposits of individuals,
partnerships and corporations
posits of United States Government
posits of States and political Subdivisions
posits of commercial banks
rified -and officers' checks, etc.
rAL DEPOSITS *9999.903 59
a) Total demand deposits $1,8^:3,798 2v
bl Total time and savings
deposits $1,099,105.34
ter liabilities
rAL LIABILITIES
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
pity Capital, total
nmsn Mock-total par value 100.00
No. shares authorized 1000
No. shares outstandmq 1000
plus ........-....................................
iivided profits ..... ......- _
iAI CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
335,171.69
_ LIABILITIES, RESERVES, AND CAPITAL
COUNTS
MEMORANDA
ge of total deposits for the 15 calendar
rs ending with call data
ge of total loans for the
talandar days ending with call date
M. Log an, of the above named bank, do solemnly
that this report of condition is true and correct, tc
f my knowledge and belief. LOGAN
$3,259,948.38
2 839,734 49
1,233,531 7C
Correct — Attest.-
ARKS, JR.
County of San Patricio,ss
d subscribed before mr thi
Directors
12th day of
Safe Goodwin
On Airparf Faard
In its mgufar meettnB Monday,
commismoncre court at>fx>inte<l
Bob Goodwin on the board <4
directors of the San Fatricio
County Mrport to tepluee Or.
C II Simpson *vho hud res stood
trx,rn toe board because of con-
flict in the meeting hour with
crtliet duties.
In further busini'ss too court
set June 16 as the date for the
meeting oi the equalization board
fill'd a report of the change in
salary' for tot* 36th Judicial Dis-
trict Court reporter a* authoriz-
ed by statute; 55,000 vrm trans-
ferred from the geni-ral fund to
the San Patricio County Solid
Waste Disposal Unit 1 fund to
meet currt*nt tplll* for the unit;
Lockwcxxl, Andrews and New-
tnnn were employed to do the
engineering details for the San
Patricio County Soli<t Waste dis
posal Unit; and routine hills
were read and approved.
Hospital
SURGICAL PATTENDS;
Mrs- Tom Paterson
Mrs. Wrn. A Fioerke
Mrs. Marvin Beyer
Mrs. Dwight Power
Otto R lybtnn
MEDICAL, PATIENTS:
T. D. Thrcadsill. Sr,.
Mrs. Jessie Bayless
Mrs. France# Hebert
Mrs. Adolph V#«ely
F. I.,. Foley
Jcsusa Sandoval
Ada Catehlngs
Far) Vickers
Ernest Gucditi
Maxine Garcia
Mrs. l.irrv Andrews
Evai’Isto Atcorta
Ted Ban*.ky
Don Hodges
Marvin Todd
Manuel Cuellar
Kilo Lopez
Mrs Lurry Bwzsnn
PATIENTS DISMISSED:
Don Htxlses 5-8
Mrs. Marvin Beyer 3-8
Marvin Todd 5-9
Ted Barecky 5-8
Mis. Wm. A. Ftoerke >1-1?
Mrs. Larry Andrews
Kilo Lopez 9-10
Mrs. Frances Hebert 5-9
PROUD PARENTS r
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Leistor
Reldfive Dies
Miss Euphemia Ritchie, sister-
in-law oi Mrs. H. G, Ritchie,
mod in a Houston hospital on
May 2. Burial was in Corsicana
on May 4.
Mrs. Ritchie ii«d been in Hon-
ton with her for several weeks.
Alter the funeral -lie went to
Ft. Worth for a visit with her
daughter arid returned home
last Friday. Mr. unci Mrs. H.G.
Ritchie. Jr. atteridtcBtlie funeral.
District .VFW
Meeting Is This
Week kt Staton
The d-stric t VFW meeting will
he held Saturday and Sunday at
the Ltoor camp in -SiriUxi
Regiatration will begin at 3
p m. in the slsow barn. Then- will
be a tour of the Welder Wildlife
Refuge at i 30, and that night
there will be a dance at the
Hitching Past
On Sunday, registration will be
held at 8 30 a m. and a memorial
service will be held at 10. The
VFW and the Auxiliary will have
a joint meeting and 10:45. foL
hMcd by a noon meal at 12
o’clock District officer* will lx;
elected in the afternoon.
VFW AuxiHiary
T© M«wf Thursday
The VFW Auxiliary will be
hostess at 8 p.m. Thursday at
the post home in Sinton to elect
officer* for the new county
council. Mrs. Chas, Dunlevy of
Inglesid-, the district president,
will be in charge.
Police Report
/ The Taft Police Department s
#ued ten ticket* in the iv*-1-
wcek There were four for speed-
ing two for no dirvers license
«nrt one each for permitting un-
Ikinscd driver to drive illegal
parking, running a red light and
no drives license in possess ion.
PTA To Mmt
There will he anieeting of tlie
I>TA at 3-30 p m. on May 21
in the cafetorium of East Ele-
mentary School There will be
a vote on dissolving the organ-
ization.
Mi. find Mr* FVtoV Davis
were in Wharton for the w *< k-
ern! with her mother. Mr*. E
Williams, who is 91 years old
There was a family dinner on
Sunday, at which ti of tin 1(»
children in the family wc re re-
presented
David Vcsclka of University
Hairy Veaelka. He
guest Miss Drtnk‘«W;i
04. Oscar Woif
* *mii
cisco came Saturday jm’i
with his sister, Mrs,
Mr*. J E. Wolf
was here for the «u
m Local and Personal
Valentine Jaluino of Taft and
Paul Martinez of Houston re-
turned Tuesday trorn a one-
week trip to Vera Cruz and Tam-
pico. Mexico.
The Home am! Garden De-
partment of the Woman’* Club
win. have a dutch lunch at Sandy
Shores Corpus CtirisH, Mon-
day at mxm.
Miss Dorothy Netek of SWTC
at San Marcos eame home for
the wmrk-i’ni with her parents,
Mr and Mrs Victor Netek. Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Netek and
sun of Corpus Christi were here
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlin Rogge and
family were wi Rungc with re-
latives for the week -end .Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Wilder and
family of Corpus Christi visited
them on Monday evening and
Vtie bvo families attended the
Junior Band Concert.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W, Strong
have as guest in their J.home
this week ter parents and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Kirkpatrick
of Kilgore and Mrs. K.A. Brock
of Tyler.
Mr. and Mrs, Herman Carlisle
of Uvalde were week-end guests
in the home of their daughter,
Mrs. J. M. Sanderlin. and fam-
ily.
Mr. and Mrs A. E. Teltschik
had as dinner guests on Sunday
their children. Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Tcitschik and family of
Sinton and Mr. and Ms. Corwin
Teltschik of Taft.
M. K. Decberd ’vill 1*' in
Springfield, Mass,, Thursday and
Friday for a meeting of the
lioard of directors of the Central
Bank oi Coorioiatives,
Miss Earlene Mntuia of Cor-
pus Christi sjw-nt the week-end
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Matula.
Mr. and Mrs C. H, Phitiips
plan to go to Lewisville Friday
for a visit of several flays with
relatives.
Mr and Mrs. A. D. Toiand
visited in Dallas from Thursday
to Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
A. «>. Toiand. Jr. and other re-
latives,
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Owen,
Foster Owen, Tread Ivey and
Mr. and Mr*. W. L. Roofs were
in Washington, D.C., from Suit-
day to Wednesday last week lor
the REA meeting.
Mr. an Mrs. Ralph Foster of
College Station spent, the week-
end with hei mother. Mrs. E.G.
Muckleroy.
The Busy Bee Club will .me-'f
at 2 p.m. Thursday in the home
oi Mrs. C. R. Phillips with Mrs.
Sam Gracey the other hostess.
Mrs, L W. French and chil-
ren and Mr. and Mrs. G. F.
Ray of Portland were lunch
guests in the Charles Ray home
Tuesday on Mr.IUy’s birthday
Mrs. H. G Ritchie, Jr., Mrs.
Millard Vickers and Mrs. Ray
Cardwell attended the state con-
vention of Federated Woman's
Clubs in Houston last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chan Ray and
family visited fr’ends in. Portland
'on Thursday and in Corpus
Christi on Saturday. On Sunday
the Ed Glasson and the Chas.
Scott families of Portland visited
in the Ray home.
E4 Jose Guajardo, who is sta-
tioned with the Army in Viet-
nam. was in Hawaii on leave
and sent hi* mother, Mrs. Pablo
jardo, some (lowers (or Mother's
Day.
Mrs. C. D. Peterson is being
discharged from a Cor.tis Christi
hospital today. She hid surgery
on Tuesday of lust week.
347,724.88
647,731.09
750,093.75
13,336.96
1,321,403.89
174,467.68
5.190.13
■3,259,94838
1,472,524.77
1,050,155.34
11,531.63
293,413 75
5,000.00
90,273.05
1,873.10
$2,924,776.69
335,171.69
100,000 00
150,000.00
85,171 69
Announcing Prize Winners
Gordon s New Look Opening
w. E, Guthrie spent the week-
end in Corpus Christf with his
son and family.
Mr and Mrs. John Draed vi-
sitcfl in the Gus Wacker home in
Corpus Christi on Sunday
Mrs B. O. Dowling of Rolis-
t«wn was the overnight «ue*l of
Mr. arid Mrs Roy Floerke and
family on Saturday, They were
joined for dinner ret Sunday ny
Mrs, Hattie Floerke. The Ro.v
Floerke family was in San An-
tonio from Fridey to Sunday of
last week where they v (sited the
zoo. the Alamo and oth. r places
of interest tc toe children.
Miss Joan Carroll of Portland
is here for a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Max Floerke and family.
Mr. and Mrs Jack Cabins and
girls visited relatives in San
Antonio for the w»**k-end.
Mr, and Mrs. Geo Bird and
children of Waco visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T..V Brit-
tain, from Friday to Sunday.
They were yiined on Sunday *>y
Mrs. Brittain’s mother, Mrs. ft.
C. Sanders of Taft, and by Mr
and Mrs. Reger Thompson and
daughter of Corpus Christi.
Dr. and Mrs, E. T. Callahan
were in Bandera for the week-
end with their daughter.
Miss Brenda Phillips of AST
University was at home with
her parents Mr. and Mr*. Pres-
ton Phillips, for the week-end
and brought along as her guest
PauS Pambianeo of Seattle,
Wash., a class mate. The Ptiillins
also had their grandson. Trn
Phiilips of Sinton, here for tie■
weekend.
Mns. Janelle Barerky and
children iiad as their guests on
Sunday tor dinner her prents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Atkins of
Taft, and Mr and Mrs. K. E.
Farley and children of Aransas
Pass.
Mrs E L. Cryer, Mr. oid \f.
K, Brown and Mr. and Mrs
R L Brown and Billy were m
Placedo Sunday, guests in
Morris Brown home.
HOW TO PUT
DROPS IN YOUR KYIS
Of course the easiest way i* to have sent*,
one else put the drop trt your eyes for m
If is not difficult to do it yourself. Fii*} jg
your head as far back as possible, or if* fcf
on your back.
Then look up at the ceiling. Close oem «y*
and center ihe dropper over the other and
squeeze the drops into the eyes,
dose your eye and genfy massage f«r * tm
strokes Do not foods Ihe dropper to
eye This may contaminate the «w»&fisfeg
drop*.
PORTLAND
PHAHMACY
Phone 643-2544
PORTLAND
EWAID
PHARMACY
Phone Sfp.Wff
TAFT
8. G. Sportswear Slacks
Hubert Ross on — Taft
Curlee Sport Coat—-$45.00
Pedro Hemandet — Sinton
Esquire Socks — $1.25 Value
Juan De Santos — Sinton
David Pena —• Sinton
Carl Swan — Sinton
Victor Lopez — Sinton
Thomas Touchstone — Sinton
Manuel Rosas, Sr. — Sinton
Max R. Tucker — Taft
John Schmalsteig —Sinton
Roy Easterwood — Sinton
Raphael Martinez — Sinton
Jack Stone — Sinton
Delia Besaniz — Sinion
Esquire Socks—$1.00 Value
Donald Lewis — Sinton
Charles David Besaniz — Taft
Jack Hardwick —- Sinton
Wallace K. Gore — Sinton
Joaquin Garcia — Sinton
Juanita Gutierrez — Sinton
Speck Eakin —■ Sinton
Ealde Montelongo — Sinton
Pedro P. Elores — Sinton
Mrs. Vernice Eakin — Sinton
Buster Knox — Sinton
Ira Burr — Sinton
Florsheim Shoes — 1 Pair
Frank D. Gonzales — Sinton
Shirt
Domingo Alvarado — Taft
Kenneth Mick — Sinton
Mary Lou Evans — Sinton
Pool’s
Mrs. Joe Thames — Sinton
Tie ~
Bob Tomlinson — Sinion
Mrs. Aaron Lawhorn — Sinton
Mrs. Clyde Bios — Sinion
Douglas Wier — Sinton
Martin Espinoza — Sinton
Alfonso Martinez — Sinton
Sam Allen — Sinton
Juan Encina — Odem
Serappio Moreiga —Sinton
Jerry Brown — Sinton
Inbrn Winn — Sinton
Juan Trujillo — Sinton
Pool’s Jump Suit
Joan McMachen — Sinton
Belt
Jesus Mendoza
Jarman Shoes — 1 Pair
Bryce Baker Sinton
Sport Coat
W. D. Johnston — Corpus Chnsti
Resist©! Hat
Edgar Kieschnick — Sinton
Levi Slacks
Brady Foster — Sinton
Wanda Flory — Taft
V. ft. Glasson, Jr. Sinton
Billy Joe Moss Sinton
N. N. Campion — Sinton
Jodie Howington — Sinton
,„„pi,„Jun.r.WM ttN„
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Thank You For Your Attendance. We Look Forward to serving
You in the future. Our Special Thanks to Kathy Cluios and Billy
Ortez for Drawing the Winners.
GORDON'S
HOMEOWNERS WHO Will’
10 END ROOF W(H!1S£$
including roof leaks, interior damage,
loss of heat, yearly repair hills
X X X
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And...
SO ARE WE
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