Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1960 Page: 5 of 8
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a fiend has yonr automobile be- <--• — -— —
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AUSTIN- Most ardent advo-
cates of a tax bill to pour fresh
funds into the state’s coffers like-
ly will be legislative employes.
They may be hunting new jobs
or working for nothing before the
year is out.
Only about >130,000 remains in
the legislative expense fund for
use between now and the end of
4 tie year. A good part of this prob-
ably will be needed to. travel and
miscellaneous Expenses of the
study committees that meet be-
tween sessions.
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Kansas Louisiana Gas Company,; day, How Much
Jjty drivers
their cars?
The answer is—much more than
before. b t
The AmeflQ^d^Automobile As-
sociation states that the cost of
owning and operating a car has
become a major expense to the na-
tion’s 60 million automobile own-
ers. Insurance, gas, parts and re-
pairs have all risen in recent
years.
Current estimates show that the
typical operator, who has a stand-
ard car in the popular-price rang^
and drives 10,000 miles a year,’
spend! >1,198 anrinally, equivalent
to 12.0 cents a mile.
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In Franklin County, for this av-
erage amount of driving and on
the basis of the 1,730 passenger
cars reported locally as of the be-
ginning of 1959, approximately
>2,072,000 a year is being spent
on car operation. ---- —
A breakdown of the' cost, as re-
vised, shows thit the largest fixed
item is depreciation, amounting to
>64« a year;* The ntxt'largest is
property damage and liability in-
Adding Machines
Small Down Payment and Monthly
Terms as low as $1.00 Weekly
Mrs. G. E. Walthall and family.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Payne of Sul-
phur Springs were Saltillo visit-
ors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Glaze and
children of Marshall and Harold
Glaze of Dallas visited their par-
etns, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Glaze,
during the week end.
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Mays over the week end were Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Dingman and
children of Midland, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Mays, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mar-
tin, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bearden
Jr. and children of Sulphur
Springs, Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Mays, Gerald Mays, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Sudderth, of Dallas, and
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Stretcher and
children of Saltillo.
Mrs. Allene Bryant of Oklahoma
City visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Hatchell, during the
week end. '
Mr. atid Mrs. T. D. Wessop of
Orange visited Mr. and Mrs. Ger-
ald Wesson and Mrs. Thelma lux-
ton during the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan StretdLsr,
Polly and Mike, were in Dallas >md
Euless Saturday.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Nolan
Stretcher Monday night were Mr.
and Mrs. Buddy Johnson of Dal-
las, former residents of Mt. Ver-
non.
Returning to Dallas after being
at home during the week end were
Wayne Sexton, Saundra Fuller,
Nick! Knotts, John Koonce, Mr.
-nd Mrs. Kennetk Patrick and Edd
itrtok.
First Baptist
Church Plans
Bible School
The Vacation Bible School of the
First Baptist Church of Mt. Ver-
non will begin Monday, June 6,
and continue through Friday, June
10. Classes will begin at 8:15
each morning and be dismissed at
11:15. Classes for Intermediates
will be held at night.
Refreshments will be served
each day by the adult ladies Sun-
day School classes.
Infants and older nursery chil-
dren will be cared for each day
while mothers are working in the
school. Mrs. Neal Solomon will
have regular Bible School activi-
ties for the three-year-old chil-
dren.
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fixed charges, >809, and,
is much higher, >0.1 cants it mile*.
With gross business in Franklin
County filling stations at >554,000
In the last fiscal year, according to
latest consumer reports, no cur-
tailment in local driving is indi-
cated. It was >519,900 the previ-
ous year.
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100.000. oT* Wh
lave to be rhfsed pNvktely.
‘ Legislature Appropriated >23,-
750 for the Commission, about 10
per cent of what was asked.
Between now and Sept. 1, 1961,
the Commission proposes to spend
nbont >50,000 on printing, mail-. raaB „elI 1B m Ft d
*^an4 RAXBBiaderjWorth for a visit With hef hunt?¥ai
the permanent legislative employes
—people who keep records, ‘staff
the legislative library, etc—may
run short on salary money.
Their only course, if they want
to stay on their jobs, will be to
hang on until the new legislature
< finds money to pay them.
Session Costs Totaled — Last
year’s legislative sessions—one
regular, three special — cost the
state >2,773,140.
This averages out to >16,385 a
day when the lawmakers are meet-
ing, according to State Auditor C.
H. Caveness’ report.
Of the >2,773,140 total, >724,-
000 was spent by the 32-member
Senate, >1,242,000 by the 150-
a member House. Each member re-
i ceived in salary about >5,000, at
the rate of >25 per day.
Rest of the expense is mostly
for the employes to keep a session
going—answer letters, keep rec-
ords, print bills, etc.
Sales Tax Take Estimated—A
retail sales tax with groceries,
medical and other services exempt-
ed, would raise an estimated >133,-
000,000 a year, a legislative com-
mittee was told.
Collection costs would run about
>3,000,000 a year, a Texas Re-
search League tax expert told the
I, Commission on State and I>ocal
Tax Policy.
If the tax covered not only fin-
ished products but raw products
used by business in manufacturing,
the take would be some >80,000,-
000 a year more but would result
in the consumer's paying two
taxes on one item.
A retail sales tax would not
hurt Texas’ future industrial de-
velopment, the Commission was
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Mr. and
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J. Moore
Coy Vea-
a of Mt.
of South
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land. Mr.
Barbara
Mr. and
Doris of
drs. Vin-
bert and
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nton, Mr.
ston. Sue
. Mr and
rold. Lin-
1 of La
Lawrence
nd Terry
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Mrs. Les
1 Kent of
arles Mil-
and, Mrs.
Bruce of
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rorth. Mr.
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and Mrs.
Tommy of
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PERSONALS
Miss Barbara Griffith is visit-
ing relatives at Daingerfield this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd King of Mt.
Vernon accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Jarrett Hester and daughter. Caro-
lyn, of Dallas, to Missouri last
week end where they met Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas King and family at
Roaring River State Park. ,
Mrs. Bill Garretson and son,
Carl, and Charles Bullard of Irv-
ing are spending this week in Mt.
Vernon. They are attending their
daughter. Lois Hall, who is a pa-
tient in Franklin County Hospital.
Mrs. Garretson visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Sloan, in Tex-
arkana over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldoy Dillon visit-
ed Friday night and Saturday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Sloan of Texarkana.
Sam Cowser of Dallas spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Hildreth.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Wylie of
Houston visited her sister, Mrs.
Y. T. Horton, last week enroute
to visit their son in Little Rock,
Ark.
would be spent on salaries and of-
fice expenbefe. ' ' ' * *
Commission’s goal Is to attract
254 new industries to Texas in the
next year. “ '
Former Attorney General John
Ben Sheppard of Odessa has been
named chairman of a 400-member
citizens advisory committee which
will assist the committee by gath-
ering Information on local condi-
tions.
Johnson Dinner Planned—A
>50-a-plate dinner by the Lyndon
ecu BettBiuuB. . Johnson for President dinner com-
If these expenses run very,high, [mlltee will be held in Austin's
Municipal Auditorium on June 13.
The dinner will honor Senate
Majority Leader Lyndon B. John-
son, Speaker Sam Rayburn, and
Gov Price Daniel.
Honorary chairman Is Former
Vice President John Nance Gar-
ner of Uvalde. Co-chairmaning
the event will be Austin's Mayor
Tom Miller and Congressman Ho-
mer Thorn berry.
Ticket orders should be mailed
to Post Office Box 362 in Austin.
Short Snorts — Corporation tax
payments have reduced the gen-
eral revenue fund deficit to >4'5,-
736,868, according to State Treas-
urer Jesses James . . . Forty per
cent of Texas boat owners still
have not registered their craft un-
der the new boat licensing law . . .
Texas traffic deaths for the first
20 weeks of this year are down by
13 per cent from what they were a
year ago. reports the Department
of Public Safety.
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cours(‘<Wn their chosen field the
latter six weeks of summer school
terms.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Armstrong
and baby of Dallas Visited his
grandmother. Mrs. Etta Smith, and
aunt. Mrs. Cleo Goswick, last
week.
Mrs. Buzz Brown and son.^Jdck,
of Shallowater visited their father
and grandfather, O. M. McAuley,
during the week end. Jack, who
is a I960 high school graduate,
will enroll at Texas Tech for the
summer term.
Mr and .Mrs. C. H. Marable were
in Houston over the week end vis-
iting Mr. and Mrs. Billy Marable.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bernard Wend-
ricks left Saturday for Forestville,
Wisconsin, for a visit with mem-
bers of his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Taylor vis-
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Taylor, in Point from Thursday
until Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Norris and
Jimmy and Jerry of Comanche vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McAfee
and Johnnie Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Zack Moore, Shar-
on Kay and Ronald of Dallas vis-
ited their parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Moore and Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. Avaritt Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griggs left
Sunday for Houston where he will
have a medical check-up.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Burns during the holiday week
end were Mrs. Hester Burris of
Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Weldon
Burns and children of Houston,
Mr. and Mrs. Valton Burns and
children of Mt. Vernon, Robert
Burns and Jack Mitchell of Pasca-
goula, Miss., and ,Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Hamilton.
Charlie Shepherd of Greenville
visited Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Avaritt
Friday.
Mrs. Cleo Goswick and Mrs. Et-
ta Smith were in Dallas Tuesday.
Mr, and Mrs. R. O. Bennett of
Vernon and Mr. and Mrs. Grady
M. Adair and two daughters of
Dallas visited Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Adair during the jveek end. Cathy
Adair remained for a longer visit.
Mrs. j. s. Brown of Sulphur
Springs and Mike and Steve Ayres
of Dallas are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
L. I). Smith this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bingham
and Miss Lillian. McAfee visited
Mr. and Mrs, L. 1*. Moore in Avery
Sunday. „ r.
Mrf. L. D. Smith ani Miss Linda
Smith were in Dallas Friday night
to attahd the graduation exercises
of Michael Ayres, grandson of Mrs.
Smith, from kindergarten.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Orren of
Talco visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Or-
r$n Friday.
Miss Della Mae Bell is in Ft.
tax on manufacturing raw
rials would.
Very few elective officials have
come out strongly for any kind of
bread-based sales tax. Some are
bciiiid to look longingly at this
avenue, however, since the amount
that will have to be raised next
k year will, if teachers get any sort
b. of raise, be almost as much as a
retail sales tax would n't.
“luirne Duck” Opinf<> is Asked
—Atty. Gen. Will Wilcon has been
asked for opinions cn whether re-
tiring lawmakers should continue
to serve on two important interim
committees.
Four members of the Commis-
sion on State and boUfl, Tax Pol-
icy are “lame ducks.” They are the
b <_.chairman. Sen. Bill Fly of Victoria
and Rep. Frates Seeligson of San
Antonio, who were defeated for
re-election; Rep. V. L. Ramsey of
Beckville, who ran for comptrol-
ler and lost: and Rep. Obie Bris-
tow of Bi< Spring who didn’t run
this year.
Three of the five members of
the House General Investigating
Committee also did not run for
^;new terms. They are Rep. H. J.
Blanchard, chairman, and Reps.
Joe Burkett of Kerrville and Carl
Conley of Raymondville.
If the Attorney General rules
these men should be replaced,
most of the new appointments will
be made by retiring House Speak-
er Waggoner Carr.
Gas Tax Argued—Court action
has begun on what will undoubt-
y edly be a long legal battle over
whether the natural gas severance
beneficiaty tax passed last year is
constitutional.
An estimated >15,000,000 a year
in state revenue is at stake.
Tennessee Gas Transmission
i Co., which filed a separate suit,
was the first to begin argument in
the Austin district court. A con-
solidated suit, involving 80 other
companies, will be heard by the
It court on June 16.
k- Tennessee Co. spokesmen ar-
l<ued that the pipelines are in the
^business of transporting only and
^fhould not be subject to a tax
I based on the value of the gas.
I & Caseit is not expected to be de-
I gilded finally for many months
I ^When K gone through all the
I 1 jiibwer courts hud finally fo the U.
I Supreme Court.
I S&5 Industry-Kecking Budget Set—
I tSSxas Industry*! Commission has
up an- berating budget ot
ilah |7M5>P will
SALTILLO
By MRS. H. .1. AVARITT
All members of the faculty of
Saltillo School for 1959-60 were
re-elected. Two, Nolan Stretcher
and Charles Wardrup, will attend
ETSC beginning next week. Supt.
Frank Stretcher will be in Hunts-
ville for a meeting of the Texas
High School Girls Basketball
oaches in July. Mrs. M. L. Den-
nis will attend a work shop for
school lunch room workers in
Nacogdoches next week. Agricul-
ture teacher. Bobby Taylor, will
assist his pupils with their proj-
ects during the summer.
Summer plans for other mem-
bers of the faculty are indefinite
now but others will probably at-
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advertising has been ma(le io Ar- come? Wftb rogCs aa they ere to-.
W. R. Stephens, president and:
chairman of the board, has been
advised.
The award was announced In
New York at the annual conven-
tion of the Public Utilities Adver-
tising Association in the 37th An-
nual Better Copy Contest. Mr.-
Stephens was notified that the first
place award was made to the com-
pany in the classification for “a
single newspaper advertisement
selling merchandise.”
The winning advertisement was
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pers in Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas where A.L.G. ditributes nat-
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More than 2,500 entries were
received in the contest, Mr. Ste-
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ter and electric companies in the
U. S., Canada, Hawaii and Cuba.
A.L.G. advertising is under the
direction of Robert K. Butcher &
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ing category.
The annual contest includes 21
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magazines, employee publications,
direct mail, publications, displays,
posters, billboards, annual reports,
radio, television and motion pic-
tures.
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1960, newspaper, June 2, 1960; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1277810/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Franklin County Library.