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firas-i sextet
lei. liailun K »
l.imingo (jam
:*k and Mary Alue Yglesms.
Trombone quaitct. Doyle Her
Havre Mellon- :
re, Bennie B«»x, i
Dennis Ondru- j
and Mavis Hi
let quartet
Marv Jane T(o
Ki
int.
Ms
MARION BI SRY
. . , Champion Rands
old Hesse and
Janice
Waddell.
SdXuphonc
sextet;
I'atiy Jo
Mir. , Shirioy
Lewis, Corene
Crane, Alice
Gonza
lc;, I.upc
Garcia and i)
ick Tut
SiiUdi Mi't«;
■n Dc-cb
lerd, bass;
c I nivis'on winners were | Koonc*. David Moore, ttoy»
Clarinet quartet; Roylenc j McDonald and Young Sam JenR-
H ’vnp' Laurane Krpl)>, Dotty ins.
Whitehead, Claire Carroll. Cornet trio: Jimnue Hclm Lft-
Saxophone quartet: Larry Go- land Chvatal and David McC*r-
h,: t Hahn Mm- , Barbara Cox,, ran^ Hesse Harm**;
land Robert Coker. ---- .
; Woodwind quintet; Sue Hunt, j Cy Holley, horn; Barbara Co*.
! Sharon Chrestman
tone Janice Bishop and Annette
Brook;
;Ani
MeClary, flute.
ette J Mr Clary.
Cornet
Barby Ban-1 tener sax.
The band won a total of SB
enable assst
quart e t:
gold medals for ei
Burton j solo playing.
She Saft Stiiniae
jApr-THK BLACK LAND CITY
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF TAFT AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
TAFT—CITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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VOL. 29-
EHT. 1921— PRICE 10 CENTS
TAFT, TEXAS, THURDAY, APRIL 26, 1951
TEN PAGES—NO. 48
Wark on Field Street to Stort Next
Week and Finished in 45 Days;
K. F. Hunt Gets Contract for $23,000
South Texas
Needs Water
To Expand
Enid, Okla.
(Country
twssicads
f .r the paving
fr"n'- Haming will have
;v i ■ let tv K
We tool: '
t» . i r<"'K
let a pit'
^ Li -1 S
umlav and
tile, r* alii
'j
guiyi time
v/uru K* rn
snd rsn*
t*:i r?a
tn Court'*
Fatrirui js
not noted '
nr its hill
|c «;o Ma -
t ! • fine
if C i ,i
time climb.i
^ up r*.nd
i clt.wn the
creek bar.k
i. Hu w
i# t an-a/M
that tl •
ound rnuJ
.j hv» d.'iv-
thm? out k
‘vH. They
all
3 go<".; Ci. <
ers the t:i ’
,tf -unburr.i-t sbout-
Thirn h;
Vi* ix-^n
I;’,; ■ t
i rath, 1
r the Tfi-
fcune ';.li
tf!f- p,.*l
ivira I ..lit
week we i
put out 1
!:.i Math.-
paper in n
i * 'i it son ti
-. i - . ■ Tit
jssnsssjstjs.ss!W"‘K", •tj i----
,f ,4^.c)r-.B.„r, tv.,, -.*,1 Die Taft High School Band, their meeting Monday night that,
r, h V ,.ter .,,’eet! un'J,-r the direction of Marion | they will sponsor the showing; Cln««
• , | l* t to K. ia the s,,,; That fact Us c^! Busby will enUr the Tri-Stato i„ Taft of three films on atomic , JUMOT VIU5-
i ' "f T : ' Till lay for ,,hashed bv a new Coastal Bend™™1 at Enid Okla on May disaster, concerning the prec«H
" >• VLtfWiO Several industr.al ‘leader in suing up »■ and *'• wU1 «o up h.ons to be taken, etc These j
mu4' 1 e f ,x f / r ei x bv bus and will be accompanied will be shown at 8 p. m at tne
r nr the bv a number -if parents. Taft High School Auditorium on
^r cLliv* The Taft Band, which is in Monday night, May If The . .,
■ - Mr Oregon- £m reaction Class B creation, has orm j public is invited and admissiuh. At 8 p. m on A,.-.
.',v r V I K".v plant, said that m hi* opinion, a «n AA,hdlv,S‘^Hine them
• ver Vi'-hOh h..w vvater shortage ;s the only thing f«h “Til n to Enid
!•••! I .;-' , ter several can keen Reynolds from be-- 10 _acceP‘ Hie *"v,.tatlon t0.E,m:'
_ ■ ______—r —a—
School To Close in Taft on May 25;
Baccalaureate Sermon Will Be May 29
Commencement Set for May 25,
.'if
$23,000
-it- I.- !• d t
i not i -en returned by
; : •••:: Wednesday even
■ -y exact f
MiT.i.nal bid was lew
To
Give Play Here
Friday Night
27 at
t;!«i fA
■ f | the Taft Auditorium, ‘Stardust”
’on the same night they will j will be presented by the junior
■'ive a barbecue supper at the class of the Taft High School.
,h„ t
W.
•eek
,,.rki
-**™ yff&rsas."
hm< >» w;,„ „■ h rtui,a a —j ‘ Li5
p. t < lA“ . . f i Drilling for these started Mon-j local stores and from any mem- Hay don, fa w\X y
V, V. , ui ,AT? says ‘T. f r thi- Ut'dav. After thev return they will ber of the auxiliary- They will nlavmg the lead.
‘in. |l.ui g. the ,J,Mhelcou^T'f' -t seeks Indus-! Pr*sent a spring concert in the j start serving at 6 p. m.
Hittvi • ; i-'-rm tri-rl growth With natural ga*
• enir. _
pn
jTaft High School Auditorium.
____________
and deep water shipping, the t _ .
of Field ,.yst clear fur many types of, ScOllY ChflftCI1 IS
.. .. uuii-i -r of cho; e industry, he explained, but all;
i q, will be made pf jhei “ ' ‘ 1
without tr.i -xtensiun answer to ...
*,-t;t utiii' v i;>>- • sifiv ar.d where an adequate fr-sh
t-1 pf <-nt running watcr supply can be obtained
made :,f them will have to have an; HfJfC
questions about how
down
<g.r„4?i
th<- alley back cl Field
Tuesday Night
^ Kiwtmis Club To
Sponsor FFA
: Cotton Contest
The Kiwanis Club this week
i-iise and th- Odem budtoy Iirtv,
aid this week the M.ithi- paper
became a r-1:' "f *' r.- ’-Tpr:-,...
Puohshinu C
meehariv ,1
Sews wib
ia Taft
flint ■
Mif •
A fab . ..
ttr ,!uu ■
W\f Y.
sun.ei.J- v
N-v. ■ < , v.
has avc(-ptei
jfacuhv r:
Oklah'.r-
scrr.it; -a.
ever hi,, t
Mr B: <’.vn
th,: l’r.:v. : .
n n;u-i
' *
rm-iiv.- M -*t : t* •
.-• !• ; th. M.i'i.. •
:. - our [,l ., nt
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t.-iuint iiin-fi ir,
h;’.., rn, i pnntin-.i
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Brawn, who
M ".
.ill irv>r.t’ ■.
COPELAND ELECTED
HEAD OF COUNTY
TEACHERS GROUP
. •; r-v--;,‘--“A,r.Ae
Most of the end-of-school ac-
tivities have been scheduled! ^
and things are really nuiamma* .y
in all of the schools The bac-
calaureate sermon will foe giv-
en by Rev. T. N. Barton «m-
May 20 at the Taft High Sch«>|
Auditorium. Graduation will
be held at the same place tux
May 25, with Dr R- M. C*wa-
ness, president of the Univ**--
s,ty of Corpus Christ’, giv-de*
the comnencement address. 7
The senior prom will be heUL j|
;,i Corpus Ghristi on M;ay 2ft. if
On May 26 the seniors, along; ®
with a number of room tno&r
ers and Mrs. B. M. Cummin*.
playing the lead ....... _
written by'Writer CSpub' j ^ ^nd BU1JJW
iished by the Dramatic Publish- ^ . Mexico. They vkfiil m*
ing Company. * -
The cast includes Dick futt,
Lujean Hamilton. Buck Krieg.
Peggv Elzner Corene Crane.
Kart Mount, Reta Dillard, Joyce
Gossett, Ellen Shedd, Betty Lou
Miller, Billy Sandars. Ruth
Moody, Freddy Galindo, Barbara ,
Cox, Elna Becker. Joyce Power. (
Doyle Herron and Frank Me-1
turn on May 29.
44 18-Year-Olds Sign Up
With Draft Board Ihtnng
Month of March
Forty-Four lS-year-oids
s presented io]""-”™ — -f~-- ■ - - , --- i vecLstered bv the Sinton D*wtfc
Vern Herring, | ^Uo^cont^for the Tatt , Namee............ lncludes Jobn j Bolrdduring the awnthrfU»rf
r iwit,,t of raft
,..i p.i San Patricio County i
To ,< .• r s A;; ociation meet ■ I
n l'':’ Y .i.day night. E.
f.... ,n from th>- state de- j
legi
iavinn t
........ouoi (/»«... -..........-1' i fjpig scout executive. Mr. Nutt j members, i wo winners will be ; xhe stage crew
• truction is beginning near Greg- * , , • . commissioner awarded trips to Kansas City to ’Muckleroy, A
DLT ‘ ry Sroi-wv -f water is giing Jff Ihf Gulf C^V Cot^U of! National FFA convention in Oc j Douglas „art.
, to be a problem and expense t? c , . tuber. . '.and Istdoro
teaiTiers ut-j thfn, ^ ^ 8| Mr Nutt outlined scouting! The rules are as follows: 'charge of tick
1,-xas •*' and its pur post.
' the charter
them.
South
on sehn
is before the .
The Pro Mix Sex-;
The rules are as follows
He then ore ' 1 The contestant must, he
means to augment its wjter - ““
supplv The onh proposal that local Scoutmaster. ....., —
reached a rtage of WM re(,.ntiy named ex- j 2. The enterprise
Martinez are in
charge of tickets, which are on
then are-1 1 The contestant mus; y~ a sale now Mrs. R B. Sanders,
to Harold member of the Future h’ ”rm- ciass sponsor, is director.
Mr ers of America.
must
Arnold Flory and | according tu Natwai Moody. *>o*£
Ware-,ret Burell draft board clerk.
Margaret «u. ;u Those who registered are
follows. _ a
Raymond L. Smith, BeetnUttgij
Robert J. Doubrava. BwmHfiffll
piesvf..; i. .. Darn ,,, furnish water to f...... nt Srnutmaster bv Har-! of the local vocational ^ricul...... *
tt
L'r.w < r-uty f
ii leave Math:?
Lw.w.t-r t.,; ■
■•UtH- till; ' J!
M this In if.
XV r
Klcx; .1 new officer:; were
ll, 1 .of Taft. ptCSl- ,
■,l. Mr- ’ Edna David of Sin- j
. fi- e - pieaident; 1- V ■ ;
;if 0!v-.’"n. second vice!
; Griff Moore of Math
the entire Coastal Bend
ieast 50 years.
for at ceeded as Scoutmaster by «ar-1 of^ ^ ^ a part of
i Following the presentation of | the students regular supervised
r„f-s,,T ht i i Hm? k
Of Former Resident!* ,w and pointed out "hat tr- !ternher !5i 1951
..... . ord fr„w !Scout!> "ert; dowg’________ j 4. Neatness and accuracy of
hif dShter e,MrsLl John Haese.)---■.77T"„„ . tuecroavn ! the records will be considered.
ass sponsor, is director. | TT„ F,’. ' Games Sinton; W.
1 Ushers will he from the semior j odf.“;’ j. G. Met-
Wither, Bob Flinn. Ben Cum-|«a. Jr
mins and Milton Decherd.
Vi,... preddent. H. D j(™ ^7Mo.7thb''week DOYLE TRANSFERRED j ’ j. pictures and stones, or
'* i . ___.. „ n/imnlotplV
Cotton Farmers
Urged To Use
Green Togs
____Taft.;’ John Garner Gre-j
ver Mathis, Rodolfo X,. i
Mathis; Tomas Rivas. Beeviii .
iC. R. Perrin, Odem; J. Y.
! ina, Aransas Pass; M. C. Mar-|
, tines. Mathis; F. P. Barrera, B«e<-•
; ville; M G Caraneo, Beei«l»;i
J. M. Martinets, Math’s; **«Mp
iogia Nino, Odem; R. D.
BeeviUe; I. G. Ybarra._ QdemSffi
Honor Roll for
Toff Announced
^oti.n tre.i urer; Har-1 * j r home was completely • TO
, . Taft. ,.-ntary.ja-t|.iiV.Hi bv f|re jast April 14
• tlie nominating com- .Leir four-months old baby
. .. n t. W'».’dson of t, ... ... t.„1>uii. »<r»ned boinj!
KANSAS
M,
Sen;,.:
Milt'.:: Di
Fay/- Wii,;
Jur.; • •
A’s; Estl :
Becker i
5 A'. ('. •
Si phor:
A',: M„; .
Holli’.. 1
ter. 5 A
AY
Ft. ,
A
Pal
h< 4
■ > As.
K : 1L.idn. !
liv.l,l -i A':- P'.t’V
As. Billy Sandars,
r- Crane 4 A-
!i* ni v Beltran. 5
A s; C>
Mi-Wlvu -
Ol'nli, ■*
Bi
Wf
j story* ”m ust "be^subm it ted by the COLLEGE STATION. April; A A. Oliver, g*Ya
t ns com-i “«“"•>"•........ 1 j babv £ S Doyle, superintendent of|w‘“n*^ tickets> grade cards,; urged'“upmarket1 thei^Ml cot- ^ftel^o. Sinton; GabriM^j^
nommrit.ni, com 1 ^ thejr four-montnsold ^ Republic Natural Gas Company ’ t be submitted as evi-1 ton crop by the green tag meth- rales.
-■ - D g! daughter ba.ely escaped being «P ^ ^ (jas[ threls a„d a ; ^ | od. According to John L. Me- sintoTf*®
•.....H" 1 - - burned in the ho.i>< hdf years, is being transfer!ed „ ga(,h contestant must grow 1 collum, manager, PMA s south- Odem, I. C. - >
H W He,no n M, anti Mr., Heese and an- f a ^ M'on Kans„ effective of three (3) acres w^rea cotton branch, U S.. Salazar. Beevdle; M. G Vlte
c I. Hen rv of bifttnn. j (|tht,r sman daughter were out- ^ ‘ s M,.,_ Doyle and Mike; ? n'“‘;u D A Dallas, the green tag sig- -«ana, Sinton; R. S. Alba,
l ! Atans** *“"■ I -Jde doing Hie evening chor^ ; re-main ,tmii the clow j g. Cotton must be planted in nifies' that th* bale has been Pass^F. T. jSl
. . 1 Mrs Hevse and E-r '..."' j school, so Mike can complete the jg inches wide or vi’ider. ; classed by U S D. A. cotton .'J- H- k * g RodriawKE®
j. E FITE BRINGS I were- in the brood, 1 nj ^' {,1th grade 9 Land must be staked and j dassers and the tag carries th. R- *
KFGISTERED ANGUS .when they « on * ” A barbecue supper was | measured on or before the date 1 grade and staple length for tne Math . , W- Ta«i
X-lS^oke and' brought her out ( party j^^^judlng Mr ; SS^ured. *trJ‘Ce j ’gVtde'andean)-.’ Sinton; MoUo^
be."re she was burned. Mrs. S. S. McCord arid Mi.; tl Prizes will be awarded to, information will enable the more, •• _ . .k-H
The fire was believed to have - — -..... • ~
,nd Ms
ii
E F
I ' Jifik'W
ixiUM
At -’ *
W
4i
San
L H
ad
,rd ha-i‘ The fire was and Mrs'. Joe~Hopson of Corpus j ^ " £ “follow^ First, j jarm« to'get“the best price for Rockpo^G^F. Lopez, Mathta
• . Taft. < started from an oil ,r u‘p chrusti* district supenntemlent j ond anc| third place Winners. ^ cotton. Sls.o _ j
h uaht tn mi a in th* u'^'from" Texas* in and assistant district supermen n the chapter will receive a< a; Last year 107.819 Texas farm- ^ Taft. j|. a Koonce, T*fi
h,...,. iw j had moved there >'®' iLX,i- riert. and employees ol the Wiutt | a trip with all expenses-----'»«'«“»«"» nf the U. S. Garcia, tail, _ _ ....
' ,pp .. ! 1949. j point district of Republic Nat- * *_.A «■»««.« Citv. to attend
ural Gas Company
brl ioVi?u
ir t of
tu be
is *
jpi £ar^»“5S5.:s* ^ »
Bee ville.
As: Jin
Hunt 4
A\, J, ■
> A ;
I’ri -
A si
I chief K- VV. Byars
! Home From Korea
I paid to XiaitSiUs ------ U. £\. a omtw . ,
ompanv. ! the 1951 national convention of ciasssnir program and marketea - fpf
.nd •vsr.£rs.P,«'!5“
re in Robstown Sun- about one week and will be set; same service again ttus ^year gy 0jP« IVfSClt
Buddy
| Mr. and
XX AVNE AirKWNEV W«N8 | CWe{ Machinst Ma’-e ^''u : vtsTMrs."Coh«’u broth-
111 1MB PL VfE IN CONTEbT ! B> ,..s arriv*d Ct,,r^,,tl h,, .ndaw and .-i.’ter. Mr. and
third
\K‘
J HAll. FOSTER
„ Melimney won
SC.. B extemporaneou.-;
"j,,’ the 7 Inter-
League
t. held at A I; C°:'
Kingsrilw last batur-
Halbrook of
~SS9>
' ! w”
! I lege ---
iGm:>r;'’“|d’*'-^ ^or‘d W
.'i!B<Sr3sa?rJ^
‘ , E.,p,-r.inia Bada. lH-“* ^.....
i-loVlFiuSTEK
dies APRIL n
IN JUNCTION
V-other of Mrs.
Kited away Tues-
' at his home in
and Mrs Gram
and Olin Cavdt
the iuntfoi
»vars His er-in-law and sister.
Frf‘Z .t former Jessamine Ed-j Mr, Louis SidanfeM.
n Vrds. and thev visited her par* | Mr? j B Mitchell and chil-
tournanient j ,-nts, Mr. and Mrs
- * wards, Wednesday.
523 OOGsTaCWIATED TU*™
jtfjfcKE LAS'X V>5-Ei« 1 ....... *’
•?,- L. Roots'. Jr., vaccmat- i G Gabriel was in Bandera
ed 125 dogs in Taft last Satur-j ^^ ofi buaUi^,___
day,
about one week ana wm ‘ same service again this year
uo as a tri. iiv educational tour. ■ without cost by making applica-
4 ..... . » - Ur, COi XStfH -- -V , lif^Aillim
13. The contest is to be set up J for it, says McCollum,
on the point basis The points Requirements include mem
wiil be scored on the following
Yield-3 points for
| dreo. Jimmie, ^roiyn and , basis’ ^ ^
MH-UO. a o.gan A;tonjy ^ (W S^;-fnsPrri, 25
Uoints off for each 1-32 below
one inch; <c) Grade—20 points
isMiillP
- variety filing a" apphcatiosy ^- - - ■ - d
American Legion Te Decorate Graves
Of Service Me-i IBemorifll
on for each grade above mid-
dling, 23 points off for each
grade below middling.
j week-end in Corpus Ghristi with
her sister, Mrs. R- Y. Garun.
Ovie Bust*
ijla f.ivdt.
The John E Khnn American
i-— g- ~^rr<* iiin
,V. Mav 30. Ha
j Mr. and Mrs. Guy Crites were
i H. R. Barth, EX. W. Ferguson, j dimiti quests of Mt. and Mis
Day
da
n«----- ._____
at 7 » ■" ^ * V ,V *
Immediately •A
ecn:’ itfi’C
.*.*,/ «’•« on the eri.v.
t!
I
John E Sanders. Jack McLaugh- i j^se Cayce
^ W#Hpr Aifcrd
?a w.m'd VVar I; J
predicts high tehn
around upper seventies an*
die eighties.
; • 1 j j (iav rtRd tiiSit it wiil tt ^
arranging for sampling and j > that ^e, too. H*
meeting >tner requiremcnU.
In addition to the official
classification, farmers will also
receive free the market news
service, which shows current
'.-------- prices at nearby markets. By
Mrs. E. G. Brown 'pent the checking th* grade and
■ ......- “,i»h jjength on the green tag againsst
the'price for the same kind of
cotton listed on the market
n-ws sheet, the approximate
mr. anu | price of each bade can be deter-
Corpus Christi j nlR,tvi ’joints out HcCollumn.
j Xnformiiivw may be obtained
BOYS IN ARMED lOBCKSi
.*CSTL*ND *MI «l***»fl*l
•iBHH
„.25M§
•unday.
rk ¥
ent Mo
local
on
r i Cl .K^1’ JeSSV B Vibe
JacK j
Ms
, I • Mr*. C.
Sir
L). Whatley
Irs. H
left XV
visit M
aiiu he i | mei
Jackie Bishop of FortWa®
is now stationed at
Force Base in San Atstonta.
is a former resident of
and Gregory.
5v1v.ii Tuiiicr. s-mu
(a? Fort Bragg S. C,
friends that he was gettin;
I make his parachute i«
L^c-11 Benr.mg lie 3
.... ** it*** lit K IS
■Kfeilpi
aft
N
inte
Mexic
Em
War.
Aniei
War;
^Jokn k i'uno, i Fernando
Enriq
Pablo
astillo.
at L ng
Sunday in Be
datives ar.e fn
md*.
i , iter. Mi
w | v.iU also
sit ’ D. Whath
Jr,
' plan to
s. B«ckw
'hide at Robstown.
j J. L. Coulter, U. S Jl
i Cor®*, is on the U. SL S Tt
Turr«<*r.
They j
and Mi
rs C<. 1
\ ion operating in KonW* wt
; Austin
They I
i He ha* resided in bu® Vcr,
week.
1
i and «re#wry.
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