The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1967 Page: 1 of 20
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of additional operating
We join the city
urging you to go to the polls, today A
and vote “Yes’7 on the city sales tax
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sales tax pass, the commission
reduce the tax rate
The commission at present is in-
stalling a SI 5 million water distribu-
tion system for the city of Carthage
which will serve the city adequately
for the next 40 years
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Approval of the one cent tax will
assure progress in city street
struction. sanitation services
other needed improvements
Defeat of the issue could
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price of these tic kets v ill 'be
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Mr and Mrs (iarv G Nkhols. The couple were pre
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These five (Oininissioners are
laced with such problems as street
u improvements, maintenance, sanita-
*: tion such as sewer and garbage dis-
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that fbe new rate for po«t card.
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first cla.. letter. and
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, post card, will be eight cent..
He .aid the added Cent in
' the letter rate is a 20 j^tscent
I increase compared to a 24wer single rate schedule will be de
cent boost in the rate, for n\il hvered by the fastest available general nomination
mg newspapers and magazin^ mean, of transportatmn This is Panola'*^
land a 34 per cent hike for ad (Sea STAMP page 31 f * *w
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city commission has 5
taken another step aimed at improv
non '
will be announced in May
The students are rated under
categories — scholastic
general citizRn’hip
and all air mail over extracurricular activity partic
wedged i pat ion and leadership
Each faculty member was
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class and air mail subject to the date, one from Ms .discipline
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The new rate of six cents
per ounce for first class mail the National Who’s Who Fond
applies up to 13 ounce, and the dation for acceptance or rejec
new rate of ten cent, per ounce
for air mail applies up to sev
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county for the past 13 years
yn 1965 she was named as the
outstanding Regional IV conser
‘ v.ition homemaker in the 20th
annual Save the Soil and Save
Texas awards program
She resided with her husband ...,
a prominent Shreveport bust band, president of the 707 Tire
nessman. and three children on Furniture and Appliance Co of
Tickets for the HEM1SFAIR
'• ’68 are currently on sale at the
Panola County- Chamber ol
Commerce.
Meryl Harris, chamber man
lager, said tickets may be ob
tamed at $1 70 each until bee
e<! m a one car mishap on I’ S
79 in Bethany. La about 10
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Caddo Parish deputies, who
investigated, savd a rain storm
was m progress in addition to
high winds when she apparent
)y Jost control of the car and
skidded off the highway and hit
a tree
.Mrs. Thoman had been very
'lliis system will supply the city
with 8 000.000 gallons of water daily
And if we are tu grow we will need
this supply As a yardstick. Marshall
now consumes 6.500.000 gallons daily
The plant is being installed with
a participating agreement with the
Housing and Urban Development Ad
riiinistration This agency ol the U S
government has paid $657,000 ol the
cost in the form of a grant
The balance. $850,000 the citi
zens of Carthage approved in a reve
nue bond election held last year I’he
bonds will be retired from lunds Irom *
the sales ail’d services of water from
the system over the next 40 yetus
This project has the w holeheaited
endorsement ol the cih commission
and the voters of Carthage by more <
than three to one. t
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Sales Tax Here On Thursday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Ray
Thoman. prominent Panola
County resident, were held at
130 pm Sunday in the Haw-
thorn Funeral Home Chapel
Rev James Higginbotham of
fknated Burial was in the Fo- '
est Park Cemetery
Mrs. Thoman. who had been
active in a variety of civic ac
4 1 200-acre farm in the Shady Shreveport, two sons. Skipper
; Thoman and Tommy Thoman
both of DeBerry, a daughter,
and moved with Allison Thoman of Shreveport
Also, a brother. McLa*an Kirk
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f.s imates ranging from a
light to heavy turnout ot voters
have been made fur Dec 211
when qualified voters of Car
thage determined whether th
city may collect a one ten!
sales tax
It absentee voting is any nidi
cation, a large number jf peo
people are expected to ballot
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in the corporate limits A tax revahi-
5 ation plan was ordered
The result of this revaluation in-
i creased the total assessed valuation
» for taxable purposes from $9,252,040
! to $12,339,284
Prior to 1963, the tax rate was
’ $1 65 per $100 valuation assessed at
50 per cent of market value. After
, revaluation the commission reduced
n the tax rate to $1 35 per $100 valu-
g ation assessed at 50 per cent on $12.-
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This action was ordered by your
city commission in the interest of fair
assessment of all property owners
This is not to say that should the city
£ sales tax pass, the commission will
Twelve Panola College stu-
dent* have been nominated for
Who's Who in American Junior
Colleges
Included are Scotty Bates.
Bill Harns. Tom Kelley. Dirk
Murphy and Stacia Reed, and
Misses Gaye Bagwell Matgjr.t
Beard. Karen Darnel) l.irrie
Harris. Marilyn Harrison. Jan
ice Posey and f.ebecca Tiller
Of the above list nominated
by the faculty, six will lx* chos
en by the. faculty Who’s Who
committee to be submitted to
7 ed of members of the business circle
ot the city of Uarthage
As a commission, and as individ-
uals, they are vitally interested in the
future of the city -it’s economic
health, future expansion, population
growth and cultural and social devel •
opment ' ■
Members of the commission are
? taxpayers They are c itizens ol Cai th
tj age just as we are When they present
; a program that requires an increase
in tax rates, increase in water rates,
sewer or garbage pickup, they are
3 assessing the same increase on them*
I selves
They do not receive a salary and
, are not compensated in anyway Their
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Are Held Here Sunday
active in 4 H Club work m the capacities with the Carthage There will be no change
PTA and ha* served in a num- the bonus book prices
ber of capacities with the Cur The HEMISFA1R will open in
thage Service la-ague Panola April and continue through
County Farm Bureau, and Pa
nola County Tuberculosis Asso
ciation
Survivors
mg Carthage
The governing bodv has called
for a vote Dec 28 to determine whe-
ther the city of Carthage may collect
a one cent sales tax for the purpose of
supplementing the costs ot inmtovitig
ami building streets ami extending
other -etvicts to the (■.. ens oi the
city and the < irmly.
I he 11'67 Icx.is I.egislaturi' pass-
ed tin*- sa cs tax bill to help cities de-
fray the ri'ing i o-1 oi operation'
I lie hill is intended to relieve the
property owner ot the sole responsi-
bility of paying all costs of city oper-
ations I’he cost of municipal services
will be shared by non-property own-
ers alike
And these non-property owners. .
provided they comply with Texas and
city election laws, are eligible to
cast ballots on the issue
We hope that all the eligible vot-
* ers of Carthage go to the polls Dec
28 and cast ballots in favor of the sales
*ax t whilminglv
i our city commission recom- ’ ■ - •• •
mends this plan of action and they
Grove Community
She wa* a native of Mountain
I-akex, N J I
her husband to Shreveport in j
1946 Thirteen year* ago. they WOod of New York. N
moved to Panola County sister Mrs Ed Adnerberg of
Mrs Thoman was a past pre Baldwin. N Y , and her mother
sident of the Carthage PTA } Mrs Mct^an Kirkwood
and has served in a number of Mountain fjikes. N J
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bosal problems zoning ordinances,
building code, tire prevention law
enforieinent traffic control, and mu
nicipal competitioii by surrounding
cities trying to entice industry to theii
g area
These problems are discussed
i< constantly by the citv commission
When they are in doubt concerning a
matter they have trained personnel
to advise them
four years ago the city commis-
sion took a serious look at the tax
T structure of the city on property with-
<irh 13 persons i
absi'iitcv at the citv
this is \ pnsidia aldv
averaiti' for am t\ p ■ \ \ ou
Mo*' clo"' obse| X er. | ,
er, beiii'ie that i i iofi.
Iit'ht tin nout of \oti" * ifl I'd
lot on the issue Vro-s
state, most cities expe. ""i*
light ballot on the issi'e
There has been" n i '.,1
opposition to f '’e me, " >■''
which has been adici'li support
ed bl M.iioi Harold < adclihe. I
and cits »omniissioni'is Joe
Gainer Joliil Moore and l'i <>x
Gholston
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ion voted unamiouslv t
vide for I let 28
Polls will open a' 8 a m- and
close at 7 pm Qualified voters
are those residing withm the
corporate cit\ limits ol 1 ar
voter regjs
poll tax re
I ft rtHirate
is m i iled f or
the adoption ol I he tax
“ a total O| 140 Cities throo
out the state lifiv’e endorsed th'
tax with the latest lieine Hen
ylerson only last week \bou!
20 Texas, towns and nti' > have
turned it down
Cadenhead chairman of
commission with the t.it'e
mayor stressed tha.t additional
funds are needed to i xpnd
< ity services to carrv out a pro
gram of improvements for tin
city
He said apprnximatelv 50 per
cent of the estimated
revenue the city will
from'the tax will be
much needed sit vet
merits
Other f inds will lie u-'d hi
the improv einent of sanitary
services am! sew r services for
the cits Some sections of ( ar-
thage d« not have' sewr ser
vices and it is the hope „f. the
commissi'*n . that some rd. tins
"work can K done wi'h the-e
funds
The tax will be collected in
the same manner that the sta'i
sales ta\ is collected With rare
exceptions the saine jtcir
be taxed
The onlv difference i> the
( jtv sales tax will be collected
-starting with a 17 cents pur
chase This also applies p> the
state tax in cities which approA,
the city sale, tax
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Neighboring Henderson be
I came the 140th Texas City to
I to adopt the one cent city sales
, tax when it was approved over-
special vote tjiage who holds a
last Friday. (ration certificate, i
Only 766 voters ballO'ed on icipt. or exemption
the issue, however, it was ap ' A simple m.ijori’v
proved by a large 600 to 166
margin
(inly a handful of cities have
turned thumbs down on the is
' sue
Carthage voters will go to the
polls Thursday to ballot on the
issue
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Stamp Increase
Dip? Jan. 7
Increased rates for
es of mail except parcel post
and international mail will go
into effect here Jan 7. accord
to David Clabaugh. Car
thage postmaster
Th* postmaster pointed out en ounce*.
!'niter the new rate structure four
for all first class mail over 13 J standing.
ten. ounces
seven ounce* will be
into a single category
These heavier pieces o< firs: asked
la student h* te.w>i»*s» and one
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Swindell, Ray. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1967, newspaper, December 28, 1967; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1255564/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.