Kerrville Mountain Sun from Kerrville, Texas • Page 12

Poor Bewvflte Sfetmtafa Kwfflfr flttfr for Mm Kerr County Otetfiet SuperTlsott Bdnrdt fiddle Oietcrt, Chairman Warren Kteln, ricc-Chairmnn i M. Dismiss, Secret ary-Treasuref titorfc JHilekamp B- moisture is pvo- "eious Ihinir. Without it plants find existence practically impossible. We hail a golden opportunity to store up moisture 1 this spring. 1" many cases a (trass cover on tin- soil was the key in breaking' the fall of the driving ruins and in deep penetration of the moisture into the soil.

Ranges that had reached the point of bare ground ranching or "pnvomml ranching" had a hard time holding the raindrops long enough for them to soak into the soil. Yes, a grass or weed cover is of prime importance in getting rainfall into the soil for plants, but how an 1 we going to hold this moisture for plant use? About half of the plant may bo used for livestock and the oilier half is said to be needed for plant maintenance and soil protection. The half of the vegetation that is left for the soil and plant acts as a shade over the soil and holds ground temperature to a minimum which lowers the evaporation rate and leaves more soil moisture the plant use. Soil conservation Service tech nicians assisting the Kevr County Soil Conservation District took temperature readings on July 19 at noon. This is what they found- air temperature in the shade wa 98 degrees; three inches in the bare soil, 12.1.

degrees; and in an excellent stand of little bluestetn Don't Miss MISS TEXAS! FRI. SAT. SUN. AIR-CONDITIONED Arcadia Theatre 8 P. M.

NIGHTLY Tickets $1.25 Reserved $2.25 82 degrees. You cnn arrive at tho difference in evaporation rate with rmt ill) degrees higher rending on lie bare soil, What Co-operators Are Doing Joe Heschel, on the G. C. Suth- rlalid place, has constructed a di- ersiem terrace to protect a 1-l-acre ield. Peschel is also resting the ig pasture.

He feels that the grasses will gain vigor and have in opportunity to produce seed. Eddie Schmidt, Falls Creok toad, has constructed a llversion terrace to protect several of his better fields from hnrm- 'ul water erosion. Leroy Klnch of Comfort will continue his plan to build a diversion terrace. He is also leaving a good cover of grain stubble on the soil and feels that contour farming and small grain farming has greatly, assisted him in conserving his soil. New with SCO Mr.

and Mrs. Roy Hollar of Comfort became co-operators with the Kerr County Soil Conservation District. They are both quite interested in soil and water conservation. They have seeded several 'pounds of blue panic on the farm and have a good stand southeast of the house. A.

Schreiner became a cooperator with the district last week. He is greatly interested in the game on his ranch located below Mountain Home. Safety Farm machinery is being used to a great extent this summer. Check the equipment each day, make sure that it is in a safe condition, Ten minutes for a quick check and repairs may save you a finger or hand. Assigned to the Navy's first carried, USS Langley (CV-1), Fighter Squadron 31, the famed "Felix the Cat" squadron has been a unit for 30 years.

Phone CL 7-4544 SMITH FUNERAL HOME Serving the people of the Hill Country for more than 50 years Air Conditioned Ambulance Service Oxygen Equipped "Your Confidence Our Sacred Trust" Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Plummer NUMBER TWO ON THE BALLOT PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BE VOTED ON AT AN ELECTION TO BE SSfi HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 1957.

$gf HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2 proposing an amendment to Article 111, Section Ola of the Constitution of Texas, so as to increase the limit on tho maximum monthly payment to needy aged persona from state funds and on the total yearly expenditure out of state funds for assistance to needy ngcd, needy blind, and needy children; and allocating and appropriating additional sums, supplementing' current legislative appropviatlons, for payment of assistance grants. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OP TEXAS: Section 1. That Section of Article 111 of the Constitution of the State of Texas be amended to read as fol- "Section Sla. The Legislature shall hnvo the power, by General Laws, to provide, subject to limitations and re- fictions herein contained, and inch other limitations, restrictions imcl regulations as may by the Legislature be deemed expedient for assistance to, and fur the payment of assistance to: "(1) Needy aged persons who are actual bona fide citizens of Texas and who are over the age of sixty-five (65) years; provided that no such ussislanco be paid to any inmate of any slate-supported institution, while such inmate, or to any person who shall not have actually resided in Texas for at least five (5i years during the nine years immediately preceding the application for such assistance and continuously for one 1 year preceding such application, provide! that the maximum payment per month from state funds shall not be more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25) per and provided further thiil no payment in of (JJl) shall be paid out of slate funds) to an individual until and unless additional amounts are matched by the Federal Government.

Needy blind persons who are bona fide citizens of Texas am over the age of twenty. one Cil years provided that no such assistant thsll be paid to any inmate of any slate supported institution, while such in male, or to any person who shall no have actually resided in Texas at leas five (5) years during the nine years immediately preceding the ap plication for such assistance and con tinuously for one (1) year immediately preceding such application. "(S) needy children wbo are ectua fide cltiicns of Texas and. are jnder the axe of sixteen (IB) years provided that no assistance shol paid on account cf any chili) ove me (1) year old who not con iinqoutly resided in Texas for one (1 rear immediately preceding the applica ilon for such assistance, or on accoun child under the aye of one (1 rear mother has not continuous! in Texas for one 1 1 year im nediately preceding such application lufislttiwe 'tall the jhority to accent from the Federal Got irnment of United sue aid for the astistancn of th ayed. netdy blind.

peri tbildi tuck IBM ot inconsistent with restrictions here- act forth; provided however, that the mount of such assistance out of state unds to each person assisted shall ever exceed the amount so expended ut of federal funds; and provided urthcr, that the total amount of moneji be expended out of state funds fol uch assistance to the needy aged, eedy blind, and needy children shall ever exceed the sum of Forty-severt Million Dollars (J47.000.000) per year. "The Legislature shall enact appro, rinte laws to make lists of the recip. enta of aid hereunder available nspection. "Supplementing legislative approprl. tions tor assistance payments homed by this section, the following urns are allocated out of the Omnibus Tax Clearance Fund and are appro- to the State Department of 'ubllc Welfare for the period begin- nlng December 1.

1957 and ending August 31, 1969: Four Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars 'or Old Age Assistance, One Hundred, Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($176,000) for Aid to the Blind, and Five Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($525,000) for Aid to Dependent Children Such allocations and appropriations shall be made available on the jasis of equal monthly installments and other wise shall be aubject to the provisions of currently existing laws making allocations and appropriations tor these purposes." Sec, 2. The foregoing Constitutional Amendment shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Texas at an election to be held throughout the State of Texas on the 5th day of November, 1957, at which election there shall be printed on such ballot following clauses; "I-'OK ihr Constitutional Amendment increasing the limit on the maximum monthly payment to needy aged persons from elate funds from Twenty Dollars It'iO) per month to Twenty-five Dollars (J-5) per subject to certain conditions for payment in escnit Twenty-line per month and on the imal yearly expenditure out of mate funds fur assistance to needy aged, needy blind, end needy children from Forty-two Million Dollars 000.000) year to Forty-seven Mil; lion iH7.ouu.uOO) per year, anil allocating und appropriating additional sums, Euptlemenling current legisJaj live appropriations, (or Payment ol assistance grants." AGAINST the Constitutional Amend' muni increasing the limit on the jmuni munthly payment to needy aged persons fn-m state funds from TwtnW Dollars (J-'U) per month to Twenty-five Dollars ($36) per month subject to certain conditions for payment in excess of Twenty-one Dollars 1481) per month and on the tutal yearly pcnditure out pf stale funds for ((stance 10 needy aged, neoily blind, and nu-dy children from forty-two Million Dollars per year to Kurly-it-ven Million Pollara KM'-: uuo.OOO) per year. ullwuunu and appropriating additional suuw, supple" menting current apprppria. tions, toi payment PI Set- 3- The tiuvernvr ot (ball issue the proclamation tui the election and this Amendment shell be puWithsd required by ftAd ul thto StaUt. lerrville Man Mr.

and Mrs. Castillo in 1007 Miss Bessie who lias been In Dallas and Wasahaehle for the past two months, returned home Saturday. Mr, and Mrs. A. Sullivan and children of Houston visited Mrs, Stella Phillips last week.

Emory Simpson, who is employed In Odessa, spent the week end with Mrs. 'Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Poerster of Corpus Christ! is at "Del Oallo" the summer home of Roger Locke on the Gimdalupe River.

Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Montgomery of Edlnburg are at their summer home on Pleasure Hill.

Joel Craig is spending a fevV days in Qalveston. Mrs. I. T. Ivison and children of Snyder spent a few clays here looking after her property at Pleasure Hill.

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bird Jr. and children left Wednesday for California. They were accompanied by Mr.

and Mrs. Pink Lee as fur as Wilcox, Ai'izona. From foray Cotmty Agents BfcUMG Associate MISS HELEN HOY0 Home Dcmortotrntirfn Agent RfeNTON S. AttRENS Junior Assistant GOAT SHOW ANO SALE The Annual Texas Angora deal Raisers' Show and Sale will be held on ugust 1, 2 and' 3 at Fred- ericksburgi Ihe best Angora bucks and doea In the state will be presented for che approval of the Judges and the public, it will get under way at 2:00 p.m. with tne selection cop group of sale bucks.

That night at 8:00 p.m., Miss Mohair of 19b7 Will be crowned. She is Miss LnVerne Johnston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fordtran Johnston of Junction. Judging of all regular show classes plus the placing of the top 2o sale bucks Will take place on the 2nd, with the annual membership meeting taking place that night at 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, the 3rd, will be devoted to the auction sale of approximately 92 does in the morning and 200 bucks in the after- Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ramsey and children left Tuesday for Fayetteville, for a visit, Mrs. Roy Littlefield Jr. and daughters visited in Chireno and Houston last week.

Mrs. F. G. Summers and sons returned home Sunday from Houston, where they had been for a month's visit. Mr.

and Mrs. Ramon J. Castillo Observe Golden Wedding Anniversary Wednesday Mr, and Mrs. Ramon J. Castillo observed their golden wedding anniversary Wednesday, and renewed thc-ir wedding vows in the same church, St.

Stanislaus Catholic Church, in Handera, with the saint- priest, Monsignor John Robling, officiating'. Castillo, it native of Cuidad Guerrero Tamaulipas, Mexico, and hi.s bride were married on July 21, I 10()7, with Father Robling officiating. They lived in this section im- til 1910, when they went to Sabinas Hidalgo to reside and he entered the general merchandising business. The revolution of 1911 caused him to bring hi.s wife and son back to this' section for safety. He intended to remain for two weeks, he said, but he is still here.

He obtained a job with Alfred Giel, with a salary of $25.00 per month, on a ranch, and in April 1912, he came back to Kerrville. On May of that year he decided to open a business venture of his own. He received his citizenship papers many years ago. "I asked J. L.

Paul pel I to credit me with six crates of soda pop and Coca-Cola, and I promised to pay him Monday morning. I did," continued Castillo, "and after 46 years I am still selling soda pop and Coca-Cola." He went on to say that throughout the years the people of the Hill Country had bed very kind and had given him the necessary support to remain ir business during all of these He and Mrs. Castillo have three children, all of whom are mar ried and who were here with then children for tho -observance. Thej are Mr. and Mrs.

.1. Bonnet (Amparro) and children, Murgu rut, Mary, James and John, of Sni Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. 0. Hille brundt (Seraphia) and son, Peto Kerrville; and Mr.

and Mrs. rank LeClaire Jr. (Esther), and on, Frank III, of Houston. One on, Peter, a memer of the Air "'oree, lost his life in England dur- World War II. The Castillo family have been aithful members of the Catholic hurch of this city.

He is an active of the chamber of com- nerce and the Kiwanis Club. Many letters and cards of con- ratulation and other good wishes were received by Mr. and Mrs. iastillo during the week. Observes Birthday Mr.

and Mrs. Hart Are Hosts Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hart entertained with a supper party in their home on West Main Street Thursday evening when they named as their honor guests, Mrs 1 John Shaw, who left for a month's visit in Ruidosa, New Mexico, and Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Seng of San Antonio. Mr. and Mrs. Seng and the hosts had been friends when the two families lived in South America. A deletcab'Ie supper was served in the attractive yard of the home to 26 intimate friends.

4- Buy it in Kerrville! noon. FIELD DAY Of interest to most farmers and ranchers in the Kerrville area 'u the August 2nd field day, which will be held on the R. N. Jones farm on the Cypress Creek Road. R.

G. Holekamp, who ha? the farm leased, has about 12 varieties o.t hybrid grain sorghums! planted. The field day will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. There will be a demonstration sign on the entrance of the R. N.

Jones Farm on the Cypress Creek Loop and also arrows showing the way to the fioid. This is held to show how the different hybrid varieties do under field conditions. There will be a representative sample of each va- riety harvested and weighed to give the prdduetiort on a pur ncru basis, The gvttin sorghums weie planted on several different soil types and under drought condit tions. Holekamp has long been pioneer in getting new plants introduced to this section of the state. He one of the to oi'ing in the hybrid sorghums alum to this section of the state, These plantings will give the area tamers the beset information available as to adaptability and usefulness of these varieties wnile not giving the best information as to usefulness in this area due to dry conditions and non- uniformity of the soils.

The pians call for the morninj, to be spent in looking over plantings and harvesting of a rep lesentative sample of each variety County Agricultural Extension Service Agents from both K'err am Kendall Counties will co-operat in compiling the results and get ting the information to intereeste people. KONALD K. GOLB Sending messages IS light aboard the destrt Purvis is Midshipman aid K. Goleman, a stude lahoma University, and i Mr. ttnd Mrs.

W. L. Gundalupe Street, Ho is on a summer train; to South America, J'anari Liiriblicun Sea. Liberty ports for th men were Valparaiso, 1'unamu. They will visf namo Bay, Cuba, an Puerto Rico, for gunner; Don't Miss MISS TEXAS! FRI.

SAT. SUN. AIR-CONDITIONED Arcadia Theatre 8 P. M. NIGHTLY Tickets $1.25 Reserved $2.25 END OF MONTH SALE THROUGH TRADE'S DAY ALL SUMMER MERCHAND1 Men's Suits, Sport Coats, Slacks, Shoes, and Straw Hats, Short Sleeve Sport Shirts AH Western Wear Men's and Ladies' Boys' Short Sleeve Sport Shirts Levi Denim Slacks, Value $4.95 $139 eai Half Pril HARRIS 207 Earl Garrcll St.

Kc Anniversary Claire Cummings observed her fifth birthday anniversary Friday ifternoon in her home on Blue 3ell Drive when her mother, Mrs. Walter Cummings, invited 10 playmates to share the fun. The birthday cake was most attractive, baked in the form of a shoe and plastic "Old Woman and Children" were scattered over its attractive surface. Snow cones were also a welcome and unusual treat for the small guests. PARKER RADIO TV 821 Main Phone CL 7-4603 M's EXTRA VALUE SALE Save UP to $110.00 NUMBER ONE ON THE BALLOT PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BE VOTED ON AT AN ELECTION TO BE jgfe HELD ON NOVEMBER 1957, M.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO, 37 proposing an amendment to Subsection (a) of Section 82, Article XVI of the Constitution of Texas, relating to establishment of a retirement, ability and death compensation fund for officers and employees of tho State. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGIS. LATUKE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; Section That Subsection fal ot Section 62, Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Texas be amended so as to read hereafter as follows: "Section 62. (a) The Legislatura shall have the authority to levy taxes to provide a State Ketirement, Pla. ability and Peath Compensation Fund for the officers and employees of tho State, and may maka such reasonable exclusions, or of officers and employees at this State as It deems advisable.

The Legislature may also include officers nml employees of judicial districts of the Stata who are or have been compensated in whole or in part directly or indirectly hy the State, aiuj may make huth other reasonable inclusions, exclusions, or classification of officers and nf judicial districts of this State as it deems advisable. Persons participating in a retirement system created pursuant Section of Article this Constitution shall nut be eligible to participate in the Fund authorised in this Subsection; and persons partici. pating in a retirement system created pursuant to Section of Article III of this Constitution shall not be eligibla to participate in the Fund authorized in this Subsection except as permitted by Section 63 of Article XVI of thll Conitltutlon. Provided, however, any officer op employee of a county as pro. for in Article XVI, Section 69, Subsection tb) of this Constitution, shall not be eligible to participate in the Fund, authorized in this Subsection otherwise provided herein amount contributed by the State; to such Fund ahull equal the amounl far the purpose from tlu income of each person, and fhal not time the lucb PSKOO fay tae State- "AII provided from the corn, lenaation of such person or by the itate of Texaa for such Retirement, Usability and Death Compensation Fund, as are received by the Treasury of the State ot Texas, shall be Invested bonds of the United States, or in issued by any agency of Jnited States Government, the payment of the principal of and Interest on which is guaranteed by the United States; or in such other securities as are now or hereafter may be permitted by law as Investments for the Permanent University Fund or for the Permanent School Fund of this State, under the same limitations and atrictiona imposed by the Constitution for investment of those funds and ject to such reflations as the ture may provide.

However, a sufficient amount of said Fund shall be kept on hand to meet the immediate payment of the amount likely to become due each year out of said Fund, such amount of funds to be kept on hand to be determined by the agency which may be provided by law to administer said Fund. "Should the Legislature enact ling laws in anticipation of the tion of this Amendment, such leglsla. tion shall not be invalid by reason of its anticipatory character." Sec. 3. The foregoing Constitutional Amendment shall be submitted to a tote of the qualified electors of this State at a special election to be held throughout the State on the first Tues.

day after the first Monday in Woven). ber, 1957, at which election all ballots shall have printed thereon the follow, ine: "FOR the Constitutional Amendment amending Subsection of Section 63, Article XVI of the State Constitution, relating to establishment of a mini, disability and death eompensai tion fund for officers and employed of the State." "AGAINST the Constitutional went amending Subsection la) of tion 63, Article XVI of the SUM Con. stitution, relating to establishment of retirement, disability and death pensation fund for ployees of the State-" Sec. 3. The Governor at gttte of Texas is hereby directed to issue the necessary proclamation for uid IfiWtol election and this Amendment he published and election held re.

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