Ozona History

April 30, 1936
Miss Mary Williams, her mother, Mrs. Charles Williams, and Miss Mildred North, teacher in the commercial department of the local high school, left today for Austin where Miss Williams is to compete in the state Interscholastic League typewriting contests. Miss Williams placed third in the regional typing contest as Alpine last Saturday and by reason of winning a place in the regional meet is entitled to compete in the state contests. The state championship contes will be held in Austin Friday.

April 30, 1936
Mrs. Wayne West was painfully injured late Tuesday when she fell down the stairs at her home here. Ligaments and muscles in one arm were torn and her body badly bruised. Fortunately, however, no bones were broken, an examination by a physician disclosed. Mrs. West started down the stairs when her heel hung at the top and she fell the length of the stairs. She is confined to her bed this week as a result of the injuries.

May 2, 1946
Two youths, both charged with theft and held in the Crockett County jail, escaped from the county bastille early Monday evening after prying aside a bar over a jail window and squeezing through an eight-inch opening. 
One of the youths, Jimmy Powell, 19, from Tennessee, charged with theft of a pickup from the Al Kruger ranch, was recaptured by Sheriff Frank James and Deputy “Red” Woodard a few minutes after the escape when he “hitched” a ride in the officers’ car on the Del Rio road south of Ozona where the officers were on the look-out for a Mexican involved in a fight. 
The other prisoner, 15-year-old George Harp, from New York City held here on a charge of theft of personal effects from the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Marbury Morrison, is still at large. He is believed to have caught a ride, possibly east, soon after the escape and is being sought by Texas officers all over the state.

April 26, 1956
El Sombrero Café, operated by Mr. And Mrs. Tony Garza in the Sam Martinez building in the Latin-American sector, will hold formal opening of its new dining room and refurbished main café quarters next Sunday, with Raul Machado and his orchestra providing dinner music from 12 noon to 2 p.m. for the entertainment of guests. El Sombrero, which specializes in excellent Mexican foods, has leased the entire building formerly occupied by Sam Martinez’s Popular Dry Goods store and will use the new addition as a dining room, available for parties, clubs in addition to regular diners.

April 28, 1966
David Jacoby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Jacoby, is valedictorian of the 1966 graduating class of Ozona High School with a four-year I grade point average of 95.919. Lynn Cox daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Cox, is salutatorian with a 94.917 average. Baccalaureate services will be held in the high school auditorium Sunday, May 15, with Commencement Friday, May 20.

April 29, 1976
OZONA HIGH SCHOOL TOP GRADUATES - Valedictorian for the 1975-76 graduating class is Monica Delgado with a four-year average of 95. 0. She is the only magna cum laude graduate in the class. Salutatorian is Alex Guerra, who had a four-year average of 93.29.