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Ozona History
July 10, 2025
July 11, 1935
Lurrine Townsend, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B Townsend, escaped tragic injury last Friday evening while riding the Ferris wheel at the show grounds when she was struck in the face by a sliver from a target bullet from a nearby shooting gallery. The lead piece which ricocheted from the shooting stand struck the girl in the fair near the eye. The injury, which might have been serious, was not grave. An anti-tetanus serum was administered following the accident.
June 7, 1945
It was “small arms fire” but it was “concentrated” and Ozonans counted damage in the thousands of dollars Saturday afternoon after a flash flood and hailstorm swept across the town for a concentrated attack which lasted little longer than a half hour. The deluge of water and ice, which fell in a veritable torrent, left destruction in its wake.
Trees and shrubs were stripped of leaves and small branches, all but the sturdiest roofs were mangled and shredded and multiplied hundreds of windowpanes were shattered. Punctured roofs and shattered windowpanes which let in the deluge of water falling with the pelting hail stones added to the damage to homes, flooding floors, (streaking papered walls, soaking floor coverings and furniture.
The freak fall covered but a small area, being concentrated for the most part on the town of Ozona and extending but a few hundred yards beyond its borders to the east and west and but a short distance north. The shower cloud which brought the unusual performance came from the south and southwest. Wind of gale velocity, lasting but a few seconds, added to the damage at the height of the weather attack.
July 7, 1955
The University of Texas reaped another harvest, this time of over $2,500,000 on approximately 18,800 acres of land out of its 368,523 acres owned in Crockett County, when it collected that amount in bonus money last week for oil and gas leases on the acreage awarded at a sealed bid sale of leases in 13 West Texas counties. On this lucrative grant, the University last year paid Crockett county $6,771 in county taxes. The University for years paid no local or state taxes on its vast land holdings in West Texas. But a few years ago, voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring the University to pay taxes for county purposes on lands in the various counties.
July 8, 1965
Ozona Oil Company Ad
July 10, 1975
OZONA LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS, 1975 - The best in Little League ball players, this team will take on Sonora next Monday night at 7 o'clock at the Little League Park here. Team members are, front row, 1. to r., Jack Thompson, Rudy Enriquez, Harvey Huereca, Varlyn Aldridge, Aldo Delgado, Hector Leal, Felix Flores. Back row, Ed Sivick, coach, Tom Holland, Kim Tambunga, John Dunlap, Randy Ramos, Robert Tambunga, Roy DeHoyos, and George Ybarra, manager.
Lurrine Townsend, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B Townsend, escaped tragic injury last Friday evening while riding the Ferris wheel at the show grounds when she was struck in the face by a sliver from a target bullet from a nearby shooting gallery. The lead piece which ricocheted from the shooting stand struck the girl in the fair near the eye. The injury, which might have been serious, was not grave. An anti-tetanus serum was administered following the accident.
June 7, 1945
It was “small arms fire” but it was “concentrated” and Ozonans counted damage in the thousands of dollars Saturday afternoon after a flash flood and hailstorm swept across the town for a concentrated attack which lasted little longer than a half hour. The deluge of water and ice, which fell in a veritable torrent, left destruction in its wake.
Trees and shrubs were stripped of leaves and small branches, all but the sturdiest roofs were mangled and shredded and multiplied hundreds of windowpanes were shattered. Punctured roofs and shattered windowpanes which let in the deluge of water falling with the pelting hail stones added to the damage to homes, flooding floors, (streaking papered walls, soaking floor coverings and furniture.
The freak fall covered but a small area, being concentrated for the most part on the town of Ozona and extending but a few hundred yards beyond its borders to the east and west and but a short distance north. The shower cloud which brought the unusual performance came from the south and southwest. Wind of gale velocity, lasting but a few seconds, added to the damage at the height of the weather attack.
July 7, 1955
The University of Texas reaped another harvest, this time of over $2,500,000 on approximately 18,800 acres of land out of its 368,523 acres owned in Crockett County, when it collected that amount in bonus money last week for oil and gas leases on the acreage awarded at a sealed bid sale of leases in 13 West Texas counties. On this lucrative grant, the University last year paid Crockett county $6,771 in county taxes. The University for years paid no local or state taxes on its vast land holdings in West Texas. But a few years ago, voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring the University to pay taxes for county purposes on lands in the various counties.
July 8, 1965
Ozona Oil Company Ad
July 10, 1975
OZONA LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS, 1975 - The best in Little League ball players, this team will take on Sonora next Monday night at 7 o'clock at the Little League Park here. Team members are, front row, 1. to r., Jack Thompson, Rudy Enriquez, Harvey Huereca, Varlyn Aldridge, Aldo Delgado, Hector Leal, Felix Flores. Back row, Ed Sivick, coach, Tom Holland, Kim Tambunga, John Dunlap, Randy Ramos, Robert Tambunga, Roy DeHoyos, and George Ybarra, manager.
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