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Ozona History
June 17, 2026
June 18, 1936
Laying of the caliche base on the nine-mile stretch of Highway 27 west from Ozona is nearing completion, contractors being at work this week on the last section of the road joining the end of the present paving in town. Traffic is being detoured from midsection of the business district south to the Humble station and thence west to the highway while the section of road from the hill west of town to the business district is under construction. Hard surfacing of parts of the completed caliche base was expected to begin this week.
Laying of the caliche base on the nine-mile stretch of Highway 27 west from Ozona is nearing completion, contractors being at work this week on the last section of the road joining the end of the present paving in town. Traffic is being detoured from midsection of the business district south to the Humble station and thence west to the highway while the section of road from the hill west of town to the business district is under construction. Hard surfacing of parts of the completed caliche base was expected to begin this week.
June 20, 1946
Reports this week from the bedside of Lewis Robison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Robinson, second child in the Robison household to be stricken with poliomyelitis, were that the child is making satisfactory progress toward recovery from the illness. Ray Robison, 5, first victim of the disease, was returned to his home here last week and is apparently suffering no ill effects from the attack.
Reports this week from the bedside of Lewis Robison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Robinson, second child in the Robison household to be stricken with poliomyelitis, were that the child is making satisfactory progress toward recovery from the illness. Ray Robison, 5, first victim of the disease, was returned to his home here last week and is apparently suffering no ill effects from the attack.
June 14, 1956
In the hope that ranchmen will cooperate in a county-wide campaign to eradicate the fox and other small animals to safeguard against an epidemic of rabies, the Commissioners Court Monday took steps to provide poison baits for free distribution among ranchmen who will use them on their own ranches. Services of a former government trapper, now engaged by a group of ranchmen in northern Val Verde county, will be secured to prepare the baits and such baits will be made available in refrigerated storage at the Ranch Feed & Supply and Devil’s River Feed Co., stores in Ozona. It was thought the bait would be available sometime early next week.
Orders have been placed for enough poison to prepare 10,000 baits County Judge Houston Smith announced, and Commissioners Jake Young and Rusty Smith form a committee to complete arrangements to secure the carcass of a horse for use in making up the baits.
In the hope that ranchmen will cooperate in a county-wide campaign to eradicate the fox and other small animals to safeguard against an epidemic of rabies, the Commissioners Court Monday took steps to provide poison baits for free distribution among ranchmen who will use them on their own ranches. Services of a former government trapper, now engaged by a group of ranchmen in northern Val Verde county, will be secured to prepare the baits and such baits will be made available in refrigerated storage at the Ranch Feed & Supply and Devil’s River Feed Co., stores in Ozona. It was thought the bait would be available sometime early next week.
Orders have been placed for enough poison to prepare 10,000 baits County Judge Houston Smith announced, and Commissioners Jake Young and Rusty Smith form a committee to complete arrangements to secure the carcass of a horse for use in making up the baits.
June 16, 1966
Miss Esther Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Williams, was crowned Queen of the Crockett County Diamond Jubilee at the Queen’s Ball Saturday night at the Civic Center. Miss Williams was sponsored by the Ozona Lions Club. She was selected by vote from a field of ten nominees.
Miss Esther Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Williams, was crowned Queen of the Crockett County Diamond Jubilee at the Queen’s Ball Saturday night at the Civic Center. Miss Williams was sponsored by the Ozona Lions Club. She was selected by vote from a field of ten nominees.
June 17, 1976
Girl Scout Troop 189 and their adult leaders are off to Europe. Destination is “Our Chalet,” a Girl Scout lodge in Switzerland, but the group will see a great deal of Europe on the way and when they return. The girls have worked tirelessly for three years to earn the money for the trip. Left to right, they are , Mrs. Ray Boykin, Kathy Adams, Janice Janes, Tracey Knox, Nancy Womack, D’Anna Koerth and troop leader, Mrs. Lawrence Janes.
Girl Scout Troop 189 and their adult leaders are off to Europe. Destination is “Our Chalet,” a Girl Scout lodge in Switzerland, but the group will see a great deal of Europe on the way and when they return. The girls have worked tirelessly for three years to earn the money for the trip. Left to right, they are , Mrs. Ray Boykin, Kathy Adams, Janice Janes, Tracey Knox, Nancy Womack, D’Anna Koerth and troop leader, Mrs. Lawrence Janes.
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