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Ozona History
June 12, 2025
June 13, 1935
Donkeys, the four-footed kind, took the lead early and held it consistently to win easily over riders for both teams in a matched donkey baseball game here Monday afternoon between teams selected from Ozona and Sonora, the Lions Club sponsoring the event. Assigned to base running duty solely, four trained donkeys succeeded in unseating practically every player on both teams at one time or another during the seven innings of hilarious comedy. Once mounted, any one of the quartet seemed fairly willing to let bygones be bygones, but it was in the mounting process that action aplenty took place. The Sonora team was able to coax the recalcitrant donks around the bases with more dexterity than the local aggregation and emerged with a count of 5 tallies to win the game. Not a local rider was able to push his mount around for a score. A return game with the Sonora team, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in that city, was rained out.
Donkeys, the four-footed kind, took the lead early and held it consistently to win easily over riders for both teams in a matched donkey baseball game here Monday afternoon between teams selected from Ozona and Sonora, the Lions Club sponsoring the event. Assigned to base running duty solely, four trained donkeys succeeded in unseating practically every player on both teams at one time or another during the seven innings of hilarious comedy. Once mounted, any one of the quartet seemed fairly willing to let bygones be bygones, but it was in the mounting process that action aplenty took place. The Sonora team was able to coax the recalcitrant donks around the bases with more dexterity than the local aggregation and emerged with a count of 5 tallies to win the game. Not a local rider was able to push his mount around for a score. A return game with the Sonora team, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in that city, was rained out.
June 14. 1945
An expansion program, contemplated in the original plan of improvement to Ozona's water distribution system when the water control and improvement district was created and which was interrupted by the outbreak of war, soon will be completed. A shipment of eight-inch cast iron water main sufficient to connect with the end of the eight-inch main which now leaves the storage tank on the hill and to circle the main business section of the town to a point beyond the West Texas Utilities Co. offices, is being delivered this week, Bill Cooper, manager, announced.
An expansion program, contemplated in the original plan of improvement to Ozona's water distribution system when the water control and improvement district was created and which was interrupted by the outbreak of war, soon will be completed. A shipment of eight-inch cast iron water main sufficient to connect with the end of the eight-inch main which now leaves the storage tank on the hill and to circle the main business section of the town to a point beyond the West Texas Utilities Co. offices, is being delivered this week, Bill Cooper, manager, announced.
June 9, 1955
A performance that at least equaled if not outstripped the so-called “dust bowl” days ever had to offer in their worst moments was executed by another weather freak here late Wednesday afternoon. A dust cloud the like of which has not been witnessed in these parts, perhaps since the 1917-18 drouth era, rolled over Ozona about 5:30 Wednesday afternoon completely shutting out the sun until at ground level it was as dark as midnight on a dark of the moon. Traffic was stalled on streets and highways as the dust cloud, several hundred feet thick closed in, and lights were on in homes, on streets and businesses.
A performance that at least equaled if not outstripped the so-called “dust bowl” days ever had to offer in their worst moments was executed by another weather freak here late Wednesday afternoon. A dust cloud the like of which has not been witnessed in these parts, perhaps since the 1917-18 drouth era, rolled over Ozona about 5:30 Wednesday afternoon completely shutting out the sun until at ground level it was as dark as midnight on a dark of the moon. Traffic was stalled on streets and highways as the dust cloud, several hundred feet thick closed in, and lights were on in homes, on streets and businesses.
June 10, 1965
More than 600 friends from all parts of West Texas called to extend good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Max Schneemann of Ozona Sunday afternoon from four to six when their children honored them on their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception at the new Ozona auditorium-coliseum. Their fiftieth anniversary actually was yesterday, Wednesday, June 9, but the reception was stepped up to Sunday afternoon to make it more convenient for friend's to attend. Hosts for the beautifully appointed reception were children of the couple and their families. They included Mr. and Mrs. Miller Robison of Marfa; Mr. and Mrs. Max Schneemann, Jr.; and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schneemann, all of Big Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schneemann of Grants, N. M.; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Reynolds, Jr., of Pampa. Another daughter, Mrs. Clyde Sikes, Jr., is deceased. The big auditorium reception hall was beautifully decorated with a profusion of flowers, most of them gifts from well-wishing friends. The gold theme was carried out in roses and chrysanthemum arrangements throughout the hall. Vine entwined pillars around the hall held bouquets of yellow rosebuds. A golden punch fountain, bubbling over where guests filled their punch cups from the overflowing liquid further emphasized the gold theme.
More than 600 friends from all parts of West Texas called to extend good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Max Schneemann of Ozona Sunday afternoon from four to six when their children honored them on their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception at the new Ozona auditorium-coliseum. Their fiftieth anniversary actually was yesterday, Wednesday, June 9, but the reception was stepped up to Sunday afternoon to make it more convenient for friend's to attend. Hosts for the beautifully appointed reception were children of the couple and their families. They included Mr. and Mrs. Miller Robison of Marfa; Mr. and Mrs. Max Schneemann, Jr.; and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schneemann, all of Big Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schneemann of Grants, N. M.; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Reynolds, Jr., of Pampa. Another daughter, Mrs. Clyde Sikes, Jr., is deceased. The big auditorium reception hall was beautifully decorated with a profusion of flowers, most of them gifts from well-wishing friends. The gold theme was carried out in roses and chrysanthemum arrangements throughout the hall. Vine entwined pillars around the hall held bouquets of yellow rosebuds. A golden punch fountain, bubbling over where guests filled their punch cups from the overflowing liquid further emphasized the gold theme.
June 12, 1975
IT WASN’ T A TORNADO, just a mishap with a piece of runaway equipment at the highway construction site about 20 miles west of Ozona last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pearce of Magnolia were driving along Hwy. 290 in their late model van, pulling this trailer house when the driver of the road equipment, below, lost control, hit a culvert, ran across the highway and hit the van just behind the rear wheels. The collision knocked the trailer house loose from the vehicle and the roller smashed into it, completely demolishing the trailer. Fortunately, no one in the van was injured, although the back end sustained heavy damage.
IT WASN’ T A TORNADO, just a mishap with a piece of runaway equipment at the highway construction site about 20 miles west of Ozona last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pearce of Magnolia were driving along Hwy. 290 in their late model van, pulling this trailer house when the driver of the road equipment, below, lost control, hit a culvert, ran across the highway and hit the van just behind the rear wheels. The collision knocked the trailer house loose from the vehicle and the roller smashed into it, completely demolishing the trailer. Fortunately, no one in the van was injured, although the back end sustained heavy damage.
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