Ozona History

November 14, 1935
Evacuation of 180 school children from a three-story building in fifty seconds may or may not be something of a record, but it least is getting them into the open air in somewhat of a hurry. That was the recorded time that took to evacuate the elementary school building here yesterday in the first fire drill of that department, according to Gerald E. Williams, principal, reporting to Supt. C. S. Denham.

November 15, 1945
Ozona will have a new dry goods and clothing store by December 1 or shortly after. J. L Ratliff of Eldorado, operator of stores in Eldorado, Sonora and Rocksprings, has leased the Stephen Perner building next to Ozona Drug Store and plans to open his fourth store as soon as he can get possession of the building and install fixtures and stock.

November 10, 1955
Forty family type residence houses, in addition to the two big dormitories originally contemplated, will be built at the site of the radar aircraft control station to be built for the Air Defense Command, U. S. Air Force, five miles east of Ozona on the Davidson ranch, it was learned here this week. A Colonel Phillips, from Sweetwater, and a Col. Cole of Oklahoma City, both Air Force officers and in charge of planning the radar station installation here, were visitors to Ozona last weekend. They conferred with Chas. E. Davidson, Jr., on whose ranch the station will be located. The two Air Force officers told Mr. Davidson that the government will seek to purchase an additional plot of land adjoining the entrance road to the radar site as a location for the 40 residences to house married personnel at the base. These 40 houses will not be sufficient to take care of all married personnel, they said, the others probably to live in Ozona.

November 11, 1965
The Ozona Woman’s Forum this week announced winners of the “What’s Good About America” essay contest for seventh and eighth grade students. Sherry Saunders 13, daughter of Mrs. Maxine Saunders, won first place and was recipient of five dollars cash award. David Hoover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Armond Hoover Jr., and Lida Garrett, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Leonard Garrett, won honorable mention awards. All three winners are eighth grade students in Ozona Junior High School.

November 13, 1975
ANNUAL GARDEN CLUB BULB AND PLANT SALE was held Monday afternoon in the shopping center. Here Garden Club Members get ready for their first customers. By 5 p .m . almost all plants had been sold and a good portion of the bulbs. This is the club’s big money-raising project for the year. It also makes for a lovely town come spring.