The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1956 Page: 2 of 12
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THE PADUCAH POST. PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1956
The PADUCAH POST
Serving Cottle-King Counties For 49 Years
Published Every Thursday by
The Post Publishing Co.
Corner of Eighth and Richards Streets
JETTY CLARE and ALFRED HINDS ................,............... Owners
ALFRED HINDS .................................................................... Publisher
ORA LEE FRAZIER .......................................... News, Bookkeeping
PATRICK BENNETT ............................................ Advertising, News
SEGER JENKINS .................................................... Mechanical Supt.
C. E. WHITLOCK ................................................ Linotype Operator
DONALD ROOP .......................................................................... Printer
DOYLE CONNER ................................................................ Apprentice
Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Paducah,
Texas, under the Act of March 30, 1879. _
Subscription Rates:
Cottle and adjoining counties, $2.50; elsewhere, $3.50
The Paducah Post is an independent Democratic Newspaper,
publishing the news impartially and supporting what it
believes to be right regardless of party politics.
MEMBER
7 TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Public Accountant
Systems Installed
And Maintained
Tax Consultant
Income Taxes
Audits
AFTON WILLINGHAM
PADUCAH, TEXAS
809 8th Street
Phone 387
Elmer V. Jones
INSURANCE
Phone 210
Box 1
• Automobile
• Fire
• Casualty
• Hospitalization
• Life
• Crop Hail
DR. P. A. PRESLAR
Optometrist
CHILDRESS, TEXAS
Dial WE 7-3922 411 Ave. B., N. E.
BOX 869
Jones &• Mulkey
General Insurance
No Mutuals, Loyds or Reciprocals
Represented
Pat N. Jones W. H. Mulkey
King County Abstract & Title Co
Sox 27
Mrs. George P. Humphreys, Owner
Guthrie, Texas Phone 920-K12
PROTECT YOUR CHILD'S TEETt
AGAINST BROWN STAIN
US £ FOR:
•FROZEN
JUICES
•COOKING
•COFFEE
‘LONE STAR
AGRICULTURE’
John C. White, Commissioner
Texas Dept, of Agriculture
A Boost For Texas
Poultry Products
The. Texas Department of Ag-
riculture is laying groundwork
for a new and important mark-
eting program aimed at helping
the Texas poultry and egg in-
dustry.
Plans are for inauguration of
a marketing service intent on
improving quality of Texas poul-
try through inspection and grad-
ing, boosting the Texas egg in-
dustry through a grading and
standards program, and thereby
expanding market outlets for
Texas poultry products.
Since there are at present no
state laws which regulate qual-
ity or set standards for the sale
of poultry or eggs within the
state, Texas producers often run
into marketing problems both
in local and national trade.
Lack of standards often causes
Texas to be 'used as a dun>ping
ground for produce from neigh-
boring states which fails to
meet proper standards.
For lack of poultry inspection
and egg standards laws, Texas
cannot compete successfully on
the national market with grad-
ed and inspected produce from
other states.
Trade sentiment is strongly
in favor of state laws providing
for such poultry and egg in-
spection programs, and chances
are excellent for their eventual
passage. However, until such
legislation is adopted, the pro-
posed self-help program is need-
ed to help promote Texas poul-
try products as quality mer-
chandise on the national and
home markets.
Such a plan, properly execut-
ed, could put thousands more
dollars in the pockets of Texas
growers. Through information
and demonstration programs
showing proper grading, handl-
ing, shipping, display and stor-
age methods, poultrymen would
learn how to market quality
produce at a minimum cost.
Research would be made to
determine causes and cures for
seasonal gluts and shortages of
certain products with special
emphasis on balancing the over-1
all supply-demand situation. tion from other areas, highest
Texas has long been a lead- standards must be maintained
ing state in poultry production. to. protect Texas, interests in
In fact, the U. S. commercial i this big and important industry.
broiler industry had its first- -
beginning in the heart of the1 Speeding on U. S. streets and
South Texas broiler area. In highways last year killed 12,-
order to meet growing competi- 700 men, women and children.
both the Prison System and the
hospitals.
Since 1948, two governors and
six sessions of the Legislature
have accepted the recommenda-
tions of the Prison Board by
appropriating monies to develop
the Prison System. The press
and civic and church organiza-
tions have also assisted in the
rehabilitation program of the
Prison System.
The Texas Prison System now
rates with the best prisons in
many respects, but it is sadly
inadequate in housing facilities.
• TICKETS <
NOW ON SALE AT THE
WILBARGER HOTEL
VERNON, TEXAS
for the
ELEVENTH ANNUAL
SANTA ROSA ROUND-UP
AND
QUARTERHORSE SHOW
May 7Hi through May 12th
VERNON, TEXAS
COMPLETE BOX SEAT—6 persons, 6 performances. . . $99.00
INDIVIDUAL BOX SEAT—$2.75 Each........$16.50 Per Box
GRANDSTAND RESERVE ......................$3.20 Each
GENERAL ADMISSION, Adult .......................81.65
GENERAL ADMISSION, Child .....................$ .85
ViMi stuis: COOK
SWEDE FULLER and his six trained Golden Retrievers, favor-
ites on the nation’s rodeo circuit, will appear each night at the
Santa Rosa Roundup in Vernon, Texas, May 7-12. The act was
a favorite at the Sports and Vacation Show last year in Dallas.
IN THE NAME
OF THE LAW
CONTRIBUTED IN THE
PUBLIC INTEREST BY
TEXAS POLICE ASSOCIATION
OUR PRISONS FACE AN EMERGENCY
by
O. B. Ellis, General Manager
Texas Prison System
The two most serious prob-
lems facing the Texas Prison
System are provisions for ade-
quate housing for an ever-in-
creasing prison population and
those created by the criminally
insane and the mentally irre-
sponsible.
The prison population in
Texas has increased more rapid-
ly than that in most states due
to the fact that the general
population is increasing because
of favorable economic condi-
tions. Another factor is that
there is a definite rural-to-urban
shift. During the past eight
years the population of the state
has increased 20%, while the
population of the Texas Prison
System has increased 75%.-
Since 1947, the inmate popula-
tion in Texas has grown from
5,098 to 8,900.
In the years before 1947, the
Prison System of Texas was
recognized as one of the worst
in the country; but now, due to
better facilities, more efficient
operation, and a better admin-
istrative setup, it is recognized
as being among the first five
or six of all states.
The facilities of the Texas
Prison System are badly over-
crowded. Stacking men too close
together breeds trouble. There
is every indication that the in-
mate population will continue
to increase and at approximate-
ly the same rate. We have
every reason to believe that by
1961 — only five years from
now — the prison population
will be 12,000. Housing units
cannot be built overnight. Ev-
ery good executive plans for
the future of his business. We
would be derelict in our duty
if we did not anticipate our
problems of the future and try
to devise ways to meet them.
It is the belief of the Prison
Board members and the prison
staff that provisions must be
made for an immediate and
long-range housing program. In
this planning we have tried to
make full utilization of existing
structures and have kept in
mind operating manpower and
economies of operation. Land-
man ratio has also been taken
into account.
The space contemplated in
the long-range program pro-
vides housing for 3,459 addition-
al men. If the prison popula-
tion continues to increase at the
same rate as during the past
three years — and every in-
dication is that it will — it
would be only five years and
two months before thq new fa-
cilities would be used to full
capacity. The additional facili-
ties are not just desirable; they
are imperatively needed.
Texas is very conservative in
comparison with what other
states are spending, both as a
total figure and on a per-man
basis. One of the states border-
ing Texas, with approximately
one-third the prison population
of Texas, has spent in the last
four years $7,500,000 for a new
prison. Another state bordering
Texas, with a prison population
10% of ours, is spending $6,-
500,000 for a new prison.
Prison authorities are of the
opinion that approximately 75%
of the inmate population should
be housed in single cells. At
present only4/ about 25% of the
prison population in Texas can
be housed in this manner. Long-
range planning provides for
housing approximately 45% in
individual cells.
Both the Prison Board and
the Board for State Hospitals
and Special Schools have serious
problems in dealing with the
criminally insane who present
real hazards to both systems,
and neither has facilities for
dealing with them. The men-
tally irresponsible create a ma-
jority of the problems which
arise. Facilities and an ade-
quate staff are lacking for
proper care and treatment.
The courts are sending to the
Prison System many men who
are insane, have been in insane
hospitals in the past, or who
are seriously maladjusted from
a mental standpoint. Prison is
not the place for them, but the
courts are in a dilemma since
there is no place available for
their adequate custody or treat-
ment.
At present, the Texas Legis-
lative Council is making a study
of the problem of caring for the
criminally insane. There is
need in Texas for a separate
hospital for these people in or-
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The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1956, newspaper, May 3, 1956; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018857/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.