OZONA HISTORY

March 8, 1934

For the second time within a week, a “posse" of Crockett County ranchers and Ozona business men, riding in automobiles went wolf hunting on the Walter Childress Ranch north of Ozona and got results. This time, Monday morning, the motorized hunters rounded up the mate of the female killer slain in the Childress pasture last week.

Seven carloads of wolf hunters were recruited in Ozona Monday morning and were spread out for the drive at 10 o'clock. Shortly before 1 o'clock the big gray-black wolf, believed to be part dog, was sighted and the merry chase was on. A few of the pursuing cars were hot on the animal's trail while others of the party were riding “hell to leather” to get in on the shooting.

As the cars closed in on the fleeing wolf, and let drive with a shot-gun bombardment, he would cut back through his tormentors and attempt a get-away. Members of the party who saw the chase from a distance described it as a rare bit of sport as well as a worthwhile predatory animal destruction.

March 4, 1954

Students and adult advisors from thirteen area towns took part in an all-day "Youth for Traffic Safety Conference” held at the Ozona High School Monday as the opening event in the week’s observance of Public Schools Week. Student groups were here from Fort Stockton, Rankin, Crane, McCamey, Sonora, Eldorado, Eden, Wall, Paint Rock, San Angelo, Barnhart, Christoval and Ozona.

The conference was sponsored by the 6th District Parent Teachers Assn. Questions for discussion in the various group sessions included community driving and safety problems, driver education courses in schools, community safety planning, driver tests and teen-age driving habits.

March 5, 1964

Pioneer Natural Gas ad…

March 7, 1984

Plant thieves made a big haul one night the last week of February at the Perry Bros. store in the village. The theft, which amounted to almost $300, was discovered by Mgr. George Briones when he opened the store Feb. 25. Officers are still investigating, but so far have no clues to the identity of the thieves. The plants were stored and hung in the sidewalk area of the store.

The theft consisted of three hanging baskets of fern at $12.99 each, five hanging baskets of assorted plants at $10 each, one flat of 36 plants at 45c each; a flat of 12 plants at $1.99 each and eight at $1.69 each, seven geraniums in 6-inch pots at $3.99 each, seven rose bushes at $5.97, four at $3.97 and eight at $4.27 each.

March 2. 1994

Chrissy Keith(left) and Nancy Arrott discuss the college information available on the new computers in the Ozona High School library.