Ozona History

December 12, 1935
Bids will be received by the State Highway Commission at Austin on Monday, December 30, for grading structures, stone base and triple asphalt surface of 9.1 miles of Highway 27 from Ozona west, it was announced yesterday by the department. The Commission announced that bids had been advertised on more than a million dollars worth of highway construction in the state, the Crockett County project being among those listed. Grading and drainage structures on Highway 27 have been completed more than two years in this county and the bids to be received this month mark the first move of the Highway Commission toward completion of the road west of Ozona.

December 13, 1945
There has been allocated to Crockett County $79,660 to be used as assistance to ranchers in carrying out needed conservation practices during the 1946 AAA program year, it was announced this week following a meeting of the county Agricultural Conservation Association committee. The 1946 program is to be limited to practices which are approved by the county committee and no more than the sum allocated to the county can be spent for the approved practices. 
The committee is charged with the duty of deciding on what practices are most needed in the county and limiting to these designated practices those for which payment will be made. The Crockett County committee has elected the practices considered most needed in this county as follows: construction of earthen dams or reservoirs, construction of concrete or rubble masonry dams or drops, drilling water wells, installing pipelines, deferred grazing and control of destructive plants.

December 8, 1955
Ozona High School Band, directed by Byron Gray, was awarded a first division rating for its marching at the Regional band marching contests held in San Angelo Saturday. The regional contest was the official contest sponsored by the University Interscholastic League. The Ozona band was one of only two Class A bands to win first division rating in the regional meet. Mason’s high school band won the top honor also. There were 45 bands competing in the meet with 15 of them in Class A competition.

December 9, 1965
Not the first lady official in Crockett County history, but the first lady judge in its history took the oath of office last week. Mrs. M. Brock Jones, widow of the late Crockett County judge who died of a heart attack a little over two weeks ago, was sworn in last Friday morning in the county clerk’s office, with County Clerk Leta Powell administrating the oath. Mrs. Jones was appointed by the Commissioners Court to fill out the unexpired term of her late husband and after several days of consideration accepted the appointment. 
In accepting the appointment, Mrs. Jones told the court that she felt honored to be considered for the post and accepted the responsibility only on the assurance of all county officials and employees of their full cooperation in assisting her to become familiar with the duties of the office and in its administration.

December 11, 1975
SPEECH FINALISTS - - Catrina Russell, left, was the winner of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6109 Voice of America speech contest. Her speech has been taped and will be in competition with other winners from all over the state. The other five finalists are, l. to r, Richard Cardona, Debbie Taylor, Cynthia Badillo, Lupe Tambunga and Jennifer Nicholas. The contest was held on Thursday in the high school auditorium.