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®he Saft ^Tribune
VOLUME VIL
Devoted fo Interests Or Toft and Son Patricio County
Sicono Clam Postao*
Pa.d At Taft T«x\*
TAFT. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 14. 1965
PU*U«H*D WetKLV «Y TMi
QUTHRIE PUBUSHINO CO
TEN PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS — NO. 41
Hospital District cofc sets
Vote Is Set El""°" “
September 7th
"66 Directors
election fn
t
P*.
i>i
> The* wty whs < Ionr<fI Monday
i for iln * lection in rronio ho‘-
J district in lit within fh*»
| current bound;! ric.s of the T;ift
; fmlejs-mient School Dislncf,
; when the? petition with more
111 tM 50 flumes of v;‘<-
i/.ens t/f Tuft whs approved hv
the commi * loners court.
Ttii- election for the creation
of fj hospital dMii«! has been
set for September 7. 1:105 to be
held in conjunct ion with the
state election in which the
amendment ol the constitution
will he voicd upon.
The election will hove fn. .
propositions: fli The creation
of the hospital district T) •
tax levy <>ii A hoard of direct-;
i ors and <4) A bond issue t»
.cover the financing of the es
tahlishment of the hospital,
j Th* hospital district will 1 :■
i the Niiinc as and coe\iensi\o
with the boundaries ol the Taft
.Independent School District;'
Miss Jennifer Hardy smiled The hr levy is not to « \ * < !
wd danced her way to the fop of the hoop lost Friday niaht "» " on 'he $100 cv.lu.iion r,hiil,,:!m:
of favibie properties in trie *1
m-..
7
llJ
The election of new directors
for the Taft Chamber of Com-
me fee was scheduled for next I
month at a board meeting held I
Mol .day night. I >i rectors lor l!.c !
Tiemt the constitii-1 Tnff Chamber ot Commerce are]
lion or. -1 pi 7 )•«»:•. the (our. |' leelcd in August of each year!
.••! Hie '| nit (i.i,:.,, ).„• Hu with the election of office, s
one (fat eloioiMli the ■ . ’ billowing immeiiifltely to tak;-
• i oi op, . |, ( non. il those "ffice in September,
e.'ecljorr were held separately According to the by-laws of
the C' of C a member can only
serve two years on the Ixianl
I of directors without at least a
break of one year.
Ballots containing the names
of the entire membership wi i
be mailed to the members willi-
in a few days,
A diM.ussiun on highway signs
There Hill t- ,, in-tallafion of ' lw *<K'a,ed in Simon directing
new „fii,•(•,.. I,,r in, m., Haffic over 181 to Corpus Chris-
1.0(1;.. Krid.-.v ( .. Iiing in the was diseussed. ft was deeid t1
n<u, lodge liail on Victoria Av.- SM'k •'» mectmg with other
: . Il I ..It for r :,u and ''•♦'•"•sted groups in Portlan 1
lie pal,lie j. invi'ifi 1,n,t -'*ot1h Beach to try and
p.ay Bow.es will lx installed wwk <**» financing on the plan.
. s worshipful master Others
Masons Plan
Installation
Friday Night
U Widening
Through Taft
Seems Assured
The end may h. in sight! i However. in ihe pel few tpartment wants to include the
For something over eight week- the situation ha , changed ! -ecHon ihnaigh Taft at the same
years the subject of widening , completely and the pro-, pec t - ' letting so some delay will be
Highway 1 SI has gone from hot an good that work on th( cn- encountered at this point.
h
to cold, iron top priority to th" 'ire project, including the p.r
bottom of the list. Several ; tion through Taft, will get un-
months aeo the . (( lion between (leeway l* lore the coil of tjn
Taft and Sinton finally got a|>- ! year.
proval and work was started. A* ‘ The right-of-way between T <ft
that lime right-or-way hrlwtcn and (In gory ft now all been
Taft and Gregory was in th, -.(sored arid ail utilities ere re-
process of all .-(ages of procure, rnoved front the newly aerjuir -1
mem from condemnation to land Plan-, and s|x ■<ificatioiis
purchase. Also at this tim< ;i ! for the -er.lion r,f :he road fi r.
lixiked like the widening of the been approved iri At. tin
road through, Taft
shelved for good.
had been
they are ready
aids; however
to go
and j
out for :
Photo by Nolen Morgan
THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL
» th* Mt« Te*os contest sponsored by the local Joycce
orjoniiohon She will represent th.s area in the Miss Texas
contest lafer this month in Fort Worth.
Jennifer Hardy
To Be Taft's
Miss Texas
*• Taft wi1! b* v/ ii i,- .. *
fefcf month In ?♦>*• f.-uont - v '
tauty field >sf r? M,s .if-rmth i
Bird) comes ‘I'tvVfi the «ih!* »
tfe1 MlfS TCY } ’< : J ! • v i /- Ijjf
in Fort \\«;r?h <J.;.. ..■ < . <
31 as a rvpm t'l'i ■1 *• * If )'•
Javan -•»( Tuff : . . Tf-x-
li jT-nnilM ss
v,ulf
tfst ht ld la ?
town.
No? only 'lei
right to rnh
*hldl in if r :
ufud^mrr.'t
bm?' a win>5
to go aktriK v. ith
Chief pn/f-
trip D f '» .i t
Mlf omi h r mnr
to tot4\<* Taft n
ardor !«» 1b ,♦,?<
vn the
ni.fht J
^ ‘ v sgr md i
, 'JrXfttK
, ■ - ,i - - f.
'riM> Ml;
Ft iday
m H*vb
jjf )* • • emp
Irfjt a > wi ll
.1- rmih
t wi n 11 * *
!!.■;> 1 y, m
f j (,>
vunu-'i* •
m ;. did ’i
i- fj
i«11 > * * r
i Ipib-nmn ;
h *• b i
r o u Y-, » < i
i !;;k*nt r I tow
bushel
of i>: i/*'
lilt* raft
rift; lh' btifird of rllrvctors will
i»f land oWTinrs. at inast 21
of age, and r* siding within fii
distrirt; and the bond issue will
not exceed $900,000, said repro-
iNent.atives from th?* temporary
Ifoard of directors present in
I the courtiY)om M*)rtdiiy mfimin T
| when the matter w, I>i*»»r*I:t
• before th.? euninussion? t • < oni ,
Miss Kdrif s Marie K»>ots and
• IxTonard Ladish <»f Taft and
| ir loyd Wc term in, v* pi * s**n's
I five of M. K. Allison & Co.,
j investment Vunkr ^ of 'on A i-
jtonio weie ^re^ nt to e*;nsult
round >l pre-<'onfest activ'-, with the "ourt.
«■" ineiudmv luncheons, -i a slight rielay in th* approv'd
* - !>■ trt v and < onfiTenoes I of the petition whs neees- «ii \
hi addition to the trip tfennife.* iwjvn it was found that thro*
lS aw it fied a $hK» scholar : r.am»‘s <>( those signing the pt ti-;
sne> an evening .awn, a watch jj,,n were not identical with th •
signatures used by those per
sons when paying their |k»H lax.
.!•** Boyd Kinsey, senior war-’
den; Claud* Kichblaft. junitu*
warden; II irrv .Mount, tn*asur-1
ei : Otto Ray burn, secretary .
\V\ !.. IIcvn*n, tiler; Boh Merfs, j
f‘yron and T. T |
Fonville. senior and junior d«*e- I
eon: Marvin Tidwell and Ons j
'Iravis, ser.iof and junior st ■ v-,
anls.
iJruee Brannon of Refugio w M |
he lire in. falling officer. If*- is
the past grand master of Tex- j
as Masons,
17 Qualify
To Go To
Sfate Meet
Sixteen Taft tracksters quaii-
•n evening gmvn, a watch,
il • harm I la," let. hair dr vet.
- i trie .shaver, set of lug.
a tin", i tat radio.
Texas Contest
tha i.- art a girl’., ta-
: . • let In .Ulty. Mi-
ll (omplt 1 I (loll-
cl ,ik i routine iri
as tier par* of tin* :
Croji'T sigreilures w« ;'(■ m (tit-'t.
on the pefttioM.
The |ietiiion for the , iliinp (,f
, I! clectltin fur the el' tijoll of
-(.red Mi Hardy in die dis-
, ontevt-, have given the
Sat) with which to tiuv
Uil for I he .slid-
n hnsplt.ii disli jet 111 M ttins w-
approved, hut the details of tl
tax h vy. Iki.ikI ol (lirei toi ■ a vl ii jiorting ('arnings
.bind issue will In worked out
who si*n j (alec and thi dale lor (hi
in the
C. R. Davis' Father
Dies Last Friday
]> .J. Ir li.avis (,f Kingsville,
father of C. It. Iiavts of Taft,
died Kriday in a Corpus Chrixti
ho p tal dicr a long il’noss He
wo.-, 71 years.
lie hod been on the staff of
A & 1 College as professor and
in administrative [Xistx from
IT'.:' until hi retirement in IftfiO.
Kuner.il -ei". ices were held
in Kingsville Sunday afternoon.
Justice Reports
Given For June
.Justice o! P"U( e Courts earn-
ed e total oi SI.71 la. 10 during the
month of June, with Frank
Markussen, Preeinet 1 Sinton
of St.313.7ri
j fieri to go the State A. A. U.
j meet in Sar. Antonio this Fri-
j day. The qualifying meet was
j held in Robstown last Saturdav.
Those qualifying for the st.de
[ meet art Brenda Jefferson, De
i f»ra Johnson, Carolyn Smith.
1 Karen Gray Ann Radial, Mur-
j t: tret Roundtree, Betty Laws
i Cynthia Johnson, Albert Flores,
James Burch. Calixtro Garcia,
-Manuel Hernande/.. Luts Galin-
do, Bobby Gar/a and Julio Gar-
cia.
Results of the meet in Robs-
fown are as follows:
Junior Boys age 12 & 13
aO-yard dash. Buddy Johnson
2nd; 220 refay. Aliiert Flores. „ . , , , ,
Calixtro Garcia, James Burch j »'S •sPr,n«'s.have.n,:.,r"i..,° Ir,(
and Buddy Johnson, 3rd; Soft-1
ball throw, Albert Fiores, 1st,
223 ft.; Standing broad jump,
JOHN McANELLY - Musician
Sophomore - Hardin - Simmons
- New Sfasidlenls
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Dement of
.'and are living at 620 Victort i
I He works for the Austiu-Runkin
j Corp.
JOE THOMAS - Preacher
Junior - Bayior
Toul’h Revival
Scheduled For
Baptist’ Church
: w»ijn<*r
; iv ■ h-f dung
ritnU-f
Grain Harvest
In Pinal Days;
Yields High
Other court earnings were
eiee.-.R. T Whitten, Precinct 2,
ft in "i t!:• -i< ,i 11(-i Odrm >50; J. B. Outlaw,
Tin Taft Md pit,d Di-di. t Preeinet 1, Portland, SI,204.00;
election " 1 petitioned lor C. D. Caffall. Piciinet a
sot in1 lit'te witliin tfie In ’ two Matlii-, Sti20.75; Mailin Haskett,
w‘s'k- of Sepicmbi i ', and sin( i .Preeinet <>, Aransas Pass,
the dim mm h id issued a p •- sjtjk.aO; md O. J Moody, Pre-
c.lain .t|nn ( idling for a - i>ci i ! i an ' H. Tall, DO.
mmiiti!'
fa
Appri,; 1 > a), '
train «ei-e tj. j;.,,
the Tap. •
tfen Hun; , p,,
^filtg the lot a I
car,
1>Rtin cut!.he
B'k ""h a nun
“aving
*r-in n;,t .. •
tier j)
Whin
the xe-
0 the t
ty ti.:,.
the
*as'ern
Yield
aS
*** cutting
f av,.,
btdv n.M
*cr-'' "tit run
wwds Aim* 1
***a cut ,.
Ft sere
f* the
i.Obn i
•or..,.,,,.
-aaiti Dart
have m,
an .
v ;
t,r *1 G ,
iXt'Kei he,
foin Jy.jr
^Wor» otH
****** t
vivvdf
am vv. 'i k
the v**;<r
tru, k liringim: the crop t<> lh
e),a .dor and the larger trucks
j„ . p h. the |tori.
iri }is
of I n
lh. if
last
n
433
27/
141
173
160
1S5
1,14!
w ch
((rarity ,
mt. d to
and
round. •
Vi
h.r
plot-
' oii,l-
II un-
tie, !i
Mill
11
CRAIN report
Eastern Seed
La Elevator
Rosson
Midway
Taft t-ievator
Golden Gram
Creq'f'y Elevator
TOTAL
Funercf Set
For Thursday
For Ann Piper
Miss Burkina Ann P*f»er. :'ge
■i died Fist nipt“ m u :irJ.;n
p,nit.d .after a l«WC
Funeral set vices will be i'eW 11
ft a m. Thursday at Cage-Mur-
-j-,;,II Cti: pel wit!) the Rev . ''hx.--.
Miller ofiieiahdfi lluna! vvil! U’
r, the Taft OtnetPty.
V .s Filler wir- horn on An-
.-■,-t f-i 15)It) in Grceory hdl tn-1
- f.,j per.- most <>f her life. SF-
• V . member of <b*' Fo '
j. church, h'nlil recently
.tie w.,s (’mployed J lb* hit
Taft Contractor
Low Bidder On
Bank Building
Necessary right-of-way to wid-
i n the road through Tatt hinged
on three land owners. On the
Western edge of town pnojterly
had to tie acquired frotn Eastern
>( ,(! and CasiH-r (e-rdes. This
v it fOcutTd a number of wcekx
ago leaving only the property
(ruin industrial Street to Tutt
Avf'iute 1o lie secured from
Sou i hem Pacific Kailroad.
On Man b 2k of this year
>(.,' hi,vi,-way ,1c- <)uf(Ke William A. Schmidt
transtnitled an ' Per to the rail-
toad in the amount of $95,790
for the property in question,
"his included the necessary 33
foot of property, the station, re-
location of Ih' ir teamster track
and all damages. In May the
Judge again bad correspond-
ence with the company asking
to expedite the handling of the
request. Ir the later par, of May
mother Jet'er was d^pslcKitd
asking action by June 14,
Still not having any definite
answer from the railroad the
commissioners court authorized
tfie judge to open condemantion
proec-edings against the rail-
road. In a letter to til*' Kdl-
road the Judge sel July 19 as
the final deadline for action >o
j the problem with eondemandon
riropeedinjj- scheduled alter this
\ da te ,
f Friday or !-Xr week officials
of the i ilroad contacted Judge
•Schmidt and expressed their de-
sire to sell the property without
J condemnation and signifying
) that they would attempt to meet
i the July 1!) deadline.
. "We plan to start condemrt?»-
lion proceedings on the 19th un-
’ “ railroad has just rea-
jess the
A youth-led revival will
j held at the First Baptisl Ghl
jfrom July 2k to August 1, Jo, , , „ , ,
I Then,as. junior at Baylor Eni- sr,ns fo ox,‘'r'd ,hr' ,ime fw *
j versify, will he the preacher j tf‘w ***• !,ul in ,,u cf^ ^
and John McAneliy a sopho- " " ';M< nd it more than 10 days.
! irjorr nt Ihirflin-Sirnmons Col- j Shia.
j lege, will conduct the ringing, i' Judge Schmidt is hopeful tt
Toland Construction Company, The theme for tin -cries of I getting the railroad property
ot Taft was the low bidder on meetings will be "Bis Way. : purchased in time to turn over to
a new building for the First Mine.” the highway department in or-
State Bank of Odom. Bids were,1 Sen ices udl be at 7:30 urn. d, i that the entire section of
operas I on Tuesday night of last j Wednesday through Sim! , if • i«1. hum Taft to Gregory can
week. ! a.in. on Titursdtiy and Friday
There hid was $kj,G80, There ' and at 11 4. m. on Sunday.
were (our other bids.
Everyone i invited to attend.
; tie | tut out for bids by the high*
!•• n\ deparltnent in September
i oio no ister tfian October.
mm
Buddy Johnson, 2nd, 8’, and Al-
bert Flores, 3rd, 7’2”.
Senior Boys age 15 & 1(1: 12
lb. shot put, Manuel Hirnandez,
1st, 4F2"; Broad jump. Manuel
Fernandez. 18’.10"; ldO-yard low
hurdles. Bobby Garza 2nd,
19.7; 440-yard relay, Julio Gar-
cia, Manuel Hernandez, Luts
Galindo and Bobby Garza, 3rd.
47.0.
Girls 10 & 11: 50-yard dash.
Brenda Jefferson, 1st, 7.1 and
Debra Johnson, 2nd. 7.2; 22-)-
yard relay. Brenda Jefferson,
Debra Johnson, Carolyn Smith
and Karen Gray, 2nd, 31.9,
Running broad jump, Carolyn
Smith, 3rd, H’10".
Girls 12 th 13: 75-yard dash,
Ann Ruchal, 4ih; Standing
broad jump. Ann Ruchal, 3rd. j
fi'8" and Sherry Gossett, 4th, i
6'8”.
Girls 14 & 15: 75-yard dash 1 The largest land leveling pro (where yields never c.vi.e up !!.•■ - vided by the total readings to
.Margaret Roundtree, 3rd: Soft-(feet every supervised by ’1 • ’ ‘ • t ol the farm >•> o ' olit un at average. From tb‘rt
hall throw, Betty Laws, 1st. i i;in i'atricio Soil Consi r- atiup Bc'ere lti< i.md J .' ine o 'lir.' it was then possible *o
16:4 and Cynthia Jonnson, 3»xl. i Service is curtvntl.v undenv " , t<‘ct »,i- umlei takoti the |.iot oi ' work oui tin- cot find fill sched-
' 153'. I on the McKurnty b'arK. jo J ii-nd ha<i sever it lugh spot- a"d ole to bring the entire plot into
| Girls 16 and 17 Running ! west of Gr< very. It involves, J,-o ever at low -.ml- an.! the dr ihi- level The deepest -lit required
' bioiid jump. Betty Laws, 2nd. !acre.x of land with 6.1,715 v.u t- age wa- such that tt w , dill.- was about 23 inches with tl*
! I5'H" and Cynthia Johnson. 3rd. !of cuts and 53,624 yards ef; cult to rurt the row.-, in any leep< t fill bring 18 inches,
M l High jump Cynthia John- !tills. A G. Hold ol Beeville end ■ on-s-i.-rJ ntanner
son, 3rd. ,T8”; 100-yard dash r;(>o. W. S-zhoepf oi i lay side are To set the piujei t up techni-
! Betty I^iws. 1st. 12.7. j the contractors on tht pmjei cians from the soil conserva'iT.
j Girls 6 & 7 .None of these go The 130 acre plot that is he- setwiec r-m leyejs on the fi'-'d
Do state meet t. 50-yd dash, Jo ink leveled was one that, xe- at tw foot interval -. After th-
isnn Bavins, 4th. 9.1; cording to K. nneth M< K-ont j ie.- ling1- were all eecmdtxl they taler 'tap
Bovs 6 & 7: 50-yd dash; Ron- U'r.. "Was a poor pmiuc-i vvcr« added together an'i (U- See McKAMEY Page 8
fnic- Goins. 1st, 8.1. and Stanley
i Johnson, 2nd, 8.2: 200>yd shuttle
relay Ronnie Goins. Rand; tl
; Wertdel, Stanley Johnson and
i Scott Sigh1, 2nd, 34.9; >
! Boys 8 Sr. 9: 3t*-yd. dash, Den-!
i nis Goins, 1st, 7.4.
Largest Land Leveling Project
Underway On McKamey Farm
In planning the work on thSs
ISO acre field the t<vhniciam
tnrnle allowances for the field*
on all sides so that they could
t>c tkxi into Stic project at sonic
Methodists Have
Guest Speakers
For Two Weeks
Rotary Gov.
To Be Here
On July 20
Drake is
(1,-nt of tht
V.eicy Ch
i((- w ■, .-!e
inor lor 196
(•' invent ion
' J. last June.
Mr.
Toft:
B
**
»
are her parents.
Mi- John Piper of
hrotbers. Johft 1'!
o' Sinton. f ten.Jd
\jr Force Bit-1'.
Melvin of Tab: an 1
.Paul.....1 Taft -nd
f’r.toOiPt Liuaea
Jerk H. Drake of Wes!
-.'ov-'roor of district 593 >4 R
>v intcrmitional. arrives her,
July 29 *<> visit the local Hot are
i Juti, one oi tile 56 elute in his
district Be is set ,-doled to id-
dress Tuft Rolariuns
meeting tmd w:ll confer ^
( <;, J. Toland. oi prt■■■id.
.-nd otlM’i Huti officic- * -tt lb
i n matters
I The-,> u ill he •’’test S[H'akee>
;utiv(‘ v;ei*-nresi- at the First Melhodjst Church
l.-.wei Rio Gramic lor two Sundays while the
J-.-i ,,i r„mmere--. : preacher, the Rev. Ch;.< Run':.
, t district gover- 1 is oil vat.si ion with his family
;ii R„!i,eyV 1963 On July It Arthur Merritt, Jr.
c. Atlnntie Cit of Robs town will bring the
He is on,- of morning worship service with
i e-jionsi- R. B Melts condueting !he a>
ernor.'
278 (district
mo. ije fer sojm-i . ,-ing ilm aete. i- v ie**, that evening the senior
' ties of mote than 12,000 Rotary I V- Y memf«fs wi!i have
flulw in 127 countries-
During: his h-rm ot ttffivo, he
u ill hold a i onfurerK <• of all
Kotarv <*luhs in his di>trict
further th»- prngrom of Rotary j }*!! * ** will con
through follmvshin ami the dis*
tassjon of maitei' nrlating to
ifisfrki rtff'irs an*I avtivitirr:
charge* vf the ser\k,t'
Tlw* spi?ak**f or? Juiy 23
bf' Ted Anderson of St. f-uke’>
Methodist Churrh of Corpus
1 he
ami past
y Oub ci
pres
We 5
i *ni
Harli;
duet the s«»T*\ ice,
That evening: a family fellow-
1)4Hii will i>e held. A cover*
ih! dish uill In4 held at
''** tor h, .. fi Jj.ii). aii ■[ WV ill it*-
.-•ipjMig. |v, ii-lm.
fh
m
Ml- 1
-■I1*- ■
KENNETH MtKAMEY, JR . looks over the work being done on o drstre^e ditch
olenq a 180 acre Diet that is bebvq ie»e!ed on th,? McKomcy foim near Oratory. T
will be sloped so tkot it con be termed on both sidss end wi!! hove the same drop
odjOtn>nq fund only «t? bottom will be one foot lower than tss land.
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