Ozona History

December 19, 1935
Jeff Scott, 20, son of Mrs. Kate Scott, a ranch family living near Sheffield, may lose his left foot as a result of the accidental discharge of a high powered rifle on the ranch Sunday. A steel-jacketed explosive bullet from a .25 caliber rifle, which was accidentally discharged when young Scott was attempting to remove the weapon from a car, entered the left foot at the instep and came out on the bottom of the foot. The explosive-type, open-end bullet shattered inside the foot and left hundreds of silvers of metal in the wound.

December 20, 1945
Kerry Tandy, 14, son of Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Tandy, suffered serious injuries Tuesday afternoon when a giant firecracker exploded in his hands. Young Tandy’s hands were badly lacerated and burned and he suffered burns about the face and a deep cut in his check. The thumb on the left hand was broken by the force of the blast and the flesh was badly torn. The boy was given emergency treatment by his father and then was taken to a San Angelo hospital Tuesday night for further treatment.

December 15, 1955
A $200,000 bond issue to provide Crockett county’s share of the cost of an $800,000 flood control project on upper Johnson Draw which will provide permanent protection from floods for Ozona and minimize downstream flood damage to ranch properties will be decided by property taxpaying voters of Crockett county in a three-pronged election set for Tuesday, January 10, called by the Crockett County Commissioners Court on its own motion in the December meeting Monday. Also submitted in the same election is a proposition, to permit the Commissioners Court to levy an ad valorem tax not to exceed 30 cents on the $100 valuation for the purpose of flood control improvements and/or lateral and farm-to-market roads within the county. This issue is a second proposition on the same ballot with the flood control bond issue.

December 23, 1965
Search for Bob Petrino, former Ozona Theatre usher, accused of theft of a pickup truck belonging to the Ranch Theatre, became nationwide during the past week when the Federal Bureau of Investigation was called into the case. Petrino and his wife were picked up as hitchhikers by Mrs. B. B. Adwell, theatre owner’s wife, about two months ago and taken into her home. When the theatre burned, Petrino accepted a job in the clean-up and after its re-opening, became an usher. While Mr. and Mrs. Adwell were in Dallas for medical attention, the Petrinos were caring for the Adwell children. It was during this time that the couple disappeared along with the pickup truck and an undetermined amount of cash.

December 18, 1975
HOLDING THE ERA WING EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR at the Grand Opening of the new South Texas Lumber Co. was W, H. Whitaker with assistance from youngsters in the crowd. Hundreds of persons visited the store Friday and Saturday and hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise was given in the drawings. Here young Pat Wells lends a hand.