The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1960 Page: 11 of 12
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science of agriculture, these
Future Farmers are striving to
continuously Improve this great
industry for the welfare of all
citizens.
Texas now has 900 active FFA
chapters with over 36,000 active
members and more than a
quarter of a million former
members. During the past 31
years the Texas Association,
FFA, has performed valuable
services to our state by de-
veloping leadership, encourag-
ing* cooperation, promoting good
citizenship, teaching sound
methods of farming, and Inspir-
ing patriotism among its mem-
bers.
THEREFORE, I, as Governor
of Texas, do- hereby designate
the week of February 20 - 27,
1960. as
FUTURE FARMERS OF
AMERICA WEEK
In Texas, and urge all citizens
to give recognition and encour-
agement to these young men
who are preparing for careers
In agriculture.
In official recognition where-
of, I hereby affix my signature
this 8th day of Jan., 1960.
(Seal-Signed'
PRICE DANIEL,
Governor of Texas.
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More Hunters
Buy Licenses
During 1958-59
Austin, (Spec.) — Texans
bought 448,184 hunting licenses
and 825.729 fishing license In
the 1958/59 season, according to
figures Just released by the fis-
cal director of the Game and
Fish Commission.
This was an increase of 22,640
hunting licenses, and an In-
crease of 55,862 In fishing li-
censes sales over the previous
year. Harris County was In the
lead In the sale of both hunting
and fishing licenses, and more
than a million population In
the Houston area bought 59,942
hunting licenses, and 99,672
fishing licenses. Dallas County
was second with 34,546 hunting
licenses and 54,812 fishing li-
censes. Tarrant County showed
the greatest percentage of In-
crease In both hunting and fish-
ing license sales, jumping from
17,858 In 1957/58 to 19,669
hunting licenses In 1958/59, and
53,776 in 1957/58 to 56,893 fish-
ing licenses In 1958/59.
A breakdown of the total sales
shows that approximately 42%
of all hunting and fishing li-
censes In Texas were bought
in the nine top population
counties. The lowest sale in the
large population counties was
DRIVE TODAY
ECONOMY Nay
In A
BY STUDEBAKSB
At $1,850.00
ve One Now at —
Bros. Motor Co.
OeMthwaite, Texas
Now that the waterfowl sea-
son has come and gone, here I
am reading about ducks and
geese. Wish I had done so ear-
lier.
If I had read Albert M. Day’s
book on the North American
Waterfowl, before the hunting
season opened, I would have
had a better understanding of
the waterfowl problem.
Albert M. Day Is a former di-
rector of the U. 8. Fish Si Wild-
life Service. He is a top con-
servationist. In fact, I suspect
he Is better Informed on the
entire waterfowl problem In
North America than any other
living man.
It Is Interesting, because Al-
bert Day grew up on a Wyo-
ming ranch. That state is In
the Central Flyway, which
means that when he was a boy,
he shook hands with most of
the ducks before they left for
Texas.
A very long paragraph, on
the first page of his book, pin-
points the main problem with
our wildlife restoration pro-
gram today.
He tells of attending a water-
fowl conference in a western
state, and quotes one of the
old-timers present as saying:
“I represent the Pioneer As-
sociation, the oldest organiza-
tion In the state. My father was
one of the first children born
in this territory and I have lived
here all my life. I know from
my own experience and stories
that have come to me from
many of the old pioneers that
something Is wrong with the
present system of managing
waterfowl. When the Federal
Fish Si wildlife Service cut the
season to 30 days, and the dally
bag limit to four ducks , . . the
lowest In the nation’s history
, . . they admitted their inabll-
'♦y to manage migratory water-
fowl. When we could use feed
and have live decoys there were
plenty of ducks in this area.
The birds were fat, they re-
mained for a long period. Since
feeding and live decoys were
prohibited, the duck life has
steadily decreased. I condemn
the Fish Si Wildlife Service for
prohibiting these fine sporting
practices. They have completely
ruined our duck hunting.”
There exists in Texas today
the same kind of arm-chair blo-
in El Paso, where 3,251 hunting
licenses were bought In each
of the two years. On fishing li-
censes the number decreased
from 844 In 1957/58 to 695 in
1958/59.
Borden County had the few-
est hunting Ucenea. with only
8 sold In 1958/59. King County
reported no fishing licenses sold
in 1958/59.
Licenses are required for all
persons between the ages of 17
and 65 hunting or fishing out-
side their own county, or fish-
ing with a winding device. The
resident hunting license sold
for $3.15; non-resident, $25.00.
The fishing license sells for
$2.15 for either resident or non-
resident. The Increase In hunt-
ing license sales was attribut-
ed to the Increase In game pop-
ulation In the state last season.
logist, who can tell us what the
trouble Is, Just as this man did.
Many of you can remember
when the limit of ducks was 25
dally. You killed your limit day
on end, with shotgun shells tht
cost 75 cents a box.
Chances are you also kept
live decoys and you shed a bit-
ter tear when they were out-
lawed. You were positive that
this action had ruined duck
hunting.
It took hunters a long time
to realize that the reverse was
true. If controls had not been
put on waterfowl hunting, ducks
and geese would be gone today,
just like the wild pigeon.
This Albert Day book Is rec-
ommended reading for anyone
who has hunted or evfr will
hunt waterfowl.
There's another book worthy
of your attention too. It’s the
1960 Issue of the Gun Digest,
edited by John Amber. This is
the 14th annual edition.
Not only Is the Gun Digest
Interesting but It packs a tre-
mendous amount of information
about all the guns on the mar-
ket today. In fact, it is one of
the most Important reference
books for shooters and dealers.
If you don’t believe this. Joist
walk Into any gun store and
you’ll find a well-worn copy of
the Gun Digest right by the
gun case.
This particular Issue was
most Interesting because of the
articles concerning various de-
velopments In guns and am-
munition. One article which es-
pecially appealed to me was on
the passing of the double-bar-
reled shotguns. I had been
watching this trend for some
time, as more and more manu-
facturers dropped out of the
picture.
There was a time when the
double gun was THE gun. It
came from many famous old
makers. Remember the Parker
and the L. C. Smith? Both are
collector’s items today. Another
famous old double was the
Ithaca. It too has been droppede
from the list.
Several years ago Remington
quit the dobule-barrel market.
Then Winchester discontinued
Its doubles, one by one, until
today only the model 21 Is made
by that firm. And it is a custom
job with the price starting at
$1,000.
Today, we still have a double
gun made by Savage, In both
the Fox line and the Setvens
line. And there is a new one on
the market by Noble.
But that’s It, with the excep-
tion of the over-under by Mar-
lin. It Is the only o/u gun now
made in the United States.
However, we do have some out-
standing Imports.
It is Interesting to note what
has happened to the shotgun
market. Makes one realize that
we are in a changing world.
BLACK HAND!
Type Or Print
Your Name On
Tax Return
Failure to type or print your
Information on that Federal
Income tax return for 1959
could cost you a lot of money.
This word came today from
Virgil W. Newman, of Internal
Revenue Service, Brown wood.
"Right here In this area hun-
dreds of taxpayers had. to be
located last year so Uncle Sam
could pay them refunds a-
mountlng to several thousand
dollars. This business happens
every year,” Mr. Newman says,
“because people either don’t
write legibly or they move to
new addresess and neglect to
leave forwarding addresses with
their postmasters.”
Mr. Newman said that Reve-
nue Is using more electronic de-
vices than ever this year to
speed work, but hurriedly
scrawled numbers such as, 1
and 7 and carelessly closed loops
In letters e, 1 and f, often short
circuit the entire IRS produc-
tion line.
"8o type or print your return
and notify your postmaster of
your new address if you should
move. These simple precau-
tions will save everybody lots
of time and money, Mr. New-
man said.
Portraits
and
Photo Supplies
THE OOLDTHWAITE EAOLE—MULLIN ENTERPRISE Page H
Ooldthwaite, Texas, Thursday, February 18, 1960
Questions And
Answers About
Social Security
Question: When I had my ac-
countant prepare my 1959 in-
come tax return, we discovered
that my social security account
number had been given incor-
ectly on my tax returns for
1956, 1957, and 1958 I have
never been requested to furnish
my correct number. Have I re-
ceived credit for my self-em-
ployment Income for those
years?
Answer: You should obtain a
postcard form OAR-7004 to
complete and mall to the Cen-
tral accounting office of the
8oclal Security Administration.
You will be mailed a statement
of your account. If no earn-
ings are shown for 1956 or 1957
or 1958, you should contact your
local Social Security Office and
present your tax returns and
proof of payment of your social
security tax so that your ac-
count can be credited with
your Income.
Hillside Mission
BY LIDA BYRNE
Are all the people pralrtnr
Ood? The Bible says: “Let tbm
people praise thee, O Ood; let
all the people praise thee. Then
shall the earth yield her Be—
crease; and God, even our asm
Ood, shall bless us.” Psuhn
67:5-6.
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Koleber, Victor E. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1960, newspaper, February 18, 1960; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1090946/m1/11/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.