Ozona History

Nov. 9, 1934
The graduating class of 1927 from the Ozona High School this week presented the school with a check for $15.61 to be used for the purchase of books for the Junior High School library, started with a recent donation by the class of 1928. The set of World Books ordered from the funds donated by the class of 1928 have arrived, and orders have been placed for a number of other volumes. The room in the Junior High school building is getting fitted out for the library, and it is expected the new addition will be ready for use next week.

Nov. 9, 1944
Mrs. Jones Miller has purchased the O.D. Busby home in Ozona and has deeded the property to the Ozona Church of Christ, it was announced this week. The home, which is to become a parsonage for the church, has a rock veneer structure built a few years ago and is located three blocks from the church.

Nov. 4, 1954
Only a little more than a fourth of the qualified voters in Crockett County cast their ballots in the general election held Tuesday despite the fact that eleven proposed amendments to the Texas constitution, which will have far-reaching effects on taxpayers in the state, were at stake. A total of 348 votes were cast in the county out of a total possible voting strength of over 1,200. The voters in this county were overwhelmingly for the Democratic slate, but Republican gubernatorial candidate Tod Adams received 32 votes to Governor Allan Shivers’ 286. Senator Lyndon Johnson received 268 votes to 48 for Watson and 1 for Spangler. Voters in this county approved six of the eleven constitutional amendments and disapproved five. 

Nov. 5, 1964
A public auction sale will be held in Ozona in January 1965 by the General Services Administration to dispose of buildings and equipment at the former Ozona radar base, declared surplus, and turned over to the GSA for disposal after the installation, which cost the government more than a million dollars to build, was declared not needed and de-activated as a military installation.

Nov. 7, 1974
The high school band from Ozona was one of eight area high school bands that participated in the Angelo State University Homecoming Parade in downtown San Angelo on Saturday, Oct. 26. Later, the musicians took part in a spectacular halftime show for the ASU homecoming football game. The halftime show featured a mass band performance with some 680 musicians on the field. (ASU News and Information Photo)

Nov. 7, 1984
Co-chairmen Elizabeth Allen and Vicki Stokes show off some of the gift items which will be offered at the annual bazaar, which will be held at the Civic Center Nov. 20. Food orders are being taken until Nov. 16 for delivery to the bazaar, and the various handmade items may be seen in store windows around here.