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ns SMITHVILLE TIMES, SMITHVILLE, TEXAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1981
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lawman, in aware the aala of beer and ale under pteeaant, orderly mndiliont.
Turn of Card May Reveal Fate
Of Young Birth Defects Victim
the files of the
dated October
Austin, Texas—Three members
of the House of Representatives
and two state senators were nam
ed by Sen. Bruce A. Reagan of
Corpus Christi as a Subject Mat
Winner of Plaque for Outstanding
Community Service in 1948, 1951, 1955, 1959
Winner of Plaque for Outstanding Industrial Promotion, 1980
Published Every Thursday in Smithville, Texas, by
THE SMITHVILLE PUBLISHING CO.
207 East Third Street, Phone No. 101
C. K. MICK, Publisher and Owner
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of the slowdown in industrial and
narly all activity onthe Gulf Coast
nearly all activity on the Gulf
Coast during and after the hurri-
cane.
i
Among
consideration
were:
Coordination
Dan
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THE AMERICAN WA Y
UM
A sailor in a good mood enter-
ed the barracks and called out,
"I’ll give a dollar to the laziest
man here."
Everyone scrambled to his feet
and rushed forward to tell how
lazy he was except one tall Texan.
He drawled. “Just roll me over
and slip it in my pocket"
Improvement Program is open
It is sponsored
by electric utility companies operating in Texas in
with the Extension Service of the Texas ARM College
*
The philosopher who said that
work well done never needs doing
over certainly never weeded a
garden.
ePRE
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Governor Coke Stevenson, Mon-
day of this week accepted an in-
vitation extended him by a Com-
mittee from the Home Defense
Guard of our city to be their
guest for a chicken barbecue din-
ner to be held in our city on
Wednesday evening. October 29.
He will be the first Governor who
has paid our city a visit since the
days of former Governor Dan
Moody and will be given a cor-
dial reception not only by the De-
fense Guard, but by the citizen-
ship of Smithville and the sur-
rounding territory.
20
Your health is VACEK'S busi-
ness. For efficient and dependable
service take your prescriptions to
VACEK'S. Vacek's fill any doc-
tor's prescription.
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An announcement of interest to
a wide circle of friends in San
Antonio and throughout the State
is made today by Mrs. Augusta
Austin of Uvalde, Texas, of the
marriage of her daughter, Mrs.
Zoe Austin Jones to Mr. James
Woodson Hampton of Fort Worth.
Mr and Mrs Hampton were mar-
ried in Bellville August 31st with
Rev. Lamar S. Clark of Bellville
Methodist Church officiating.
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Miss Kelly and the 4-H Hub of
Grassyville met on Thursday, Oct.
3. Elected for president Elene
Keilberg; for vice president, Dor-
othy Nink; Secretary and Treas-
urer, Joan Reimers; Club Spon-
sor .Mrs. Jake Hess. The other
club members are Doris Schur-
man. Ruby Lee Herzog, Evelyn
Steinbach, Imogene Meuth, Eve-
lyn Arldt, Mildred Meuth, Alice
Herzog and Ruby Arldt.
Talk continues about revising
the 1876 Texas Constitution.
Texas League of Women Voters,
unable to get legislative support
for its pet project of constitu-
tional revision, got an ally in
U. S. Rep. Jim Wright, speaking
to University of Texas Young
Democrats.
Wright said that for too long
"we have patched new pieces of
cloth onto an old garment." He
also advocated streamlining of
the state administrative agencies
along lines the Hoover Commis-
sion recommended for federal
government.
Legislators objecting to the re-
vision, among other reasons, say
that complete revamping would
result in far more errors than in
the present piece-meal procedure.
improvement
desirable and satisfying
farm families
The Texas Community
neighborhoods or communities throughout the state,
and conducted
cooperation
System.
Cash prizes will be awarded after winners have been determined
on the basis of progress within the community during the year ending
March 31. In judging, credit will be given for individual family and
group effort within the communities to improve farms, ranches, homes
and communities.
We particularly like the definition of “Who May Enter the Con-
test’" The requirements are "A group of peonle who have a feeling
that they belong in the locality in which they live, who associate with
one another in schools, churches, and other organizations."
Already members of the Rosanky community are working indi-
vidually and collectively on Increasing and Managing Family tytcome.
Improving Health Conditions and Services, Improving the Home and
Farm, Encouraging Social Participation
Keep your eye on Rosanky That community’s going places.
tern Insurance Co. of Abilene
against the Board of Insurance,
from both insurance and legal
points of view.
Here the Supreme Court upheld
Johnny X from Tennessee
is nine months old. His head
is extremely large for the
small body. He has water
IA T ION
Major Goorgo Wythe Baylor
Ranger
*. . the Apaches ran like a herd of deer. .**
Cnrft W. Baylor *> Mid to b« the firtt ardent wcMaionut to raue the Confederate flag ia
Aiucio, and he aoldiered with dittinction throughout the Civil War. However, Texans
rent anther beat hit Ranger service on the weatern rim of the state. There, ia 117>, a particu-
larly vicaew band of Apache* from Mexico, led by the notorioua Victorio, wm raiding and
killing. Ranger Lt. Baylor was ordered to Yileta to clean up the frontier. Accompanied
by hi* wife and amah daughter, he made the lonely aix-hundrtd mile trek from Saa Antonio
to Yileta by mule and wagon. With Baylor’s Ranger* ia action Victorio’a dayt were num*
bered. Hia defeat and death ended the Apache terror for all time Later, aa ■ maior, Baylor
commanded a number of Ranger companiea during the disturbance over fence cutting.
After retiring from the Ranger* in 188J. he represented El Faao County ia the State
Legulature, one of the many men of the Baylor family to leave their mark in Texas hutory.
Today in Team to many of lhe good thing* in life are ours by right, snd
the Industrie* that produce them ara respected, iuat as we respect law and
order The brewing mdunry it One .. the producer of payroll* and com-
munity revenue a* well a* <h* refreshment of moderate beverages. In Texas.
“Bill.” said a sailor looking up
from his writing, “do you spell
‘sense’ with a V or an 'a’?**
"That depends,” replied his
friend “Do you refer to money
or brains?"
“Aw, I don’t mean either of
them two," was the reply. “What
I want to say ia, ’I ain’t seen him
•enae’."
Buxines* Better
Texas business perlred up in
August. University of Texas Bu-
reau of Business Research said
new sales tax, taking effect Sep-
tember 1, accounted In part for
August activity hitting an all-
time high.
September figures are expected
to b* badly out of kilter because
Eugene
Arldt. Robert
Curtis Peslhke,
It is a common thing to hear a local booster declare of any town
that it is the greatest little city in the state or the nation or even the
world. But it’s mighty uncommon to find one who can tell you WHY.
Thus, without prejudice to OUR town—which needs to take no
bark seat—we can applaud the recent address of Vinson K. Shannon
to a Kingsport Business-Education Day audience in that bustling
Tennessee town
As division manager of The Mead Corporation, responsible for
the production of about 35 tons of fine printing papers every day of
the year. Mr Shannon proceeded to check off in rapid-fire order the
things he knew about the city that are impressive to him.
“Kingsport was planned.” he said, “as an industrial city ... in-
telligently, imaginatively and purposefully." The result is a great
deal of industry for its size, diversified industry that protects the
town against recession in any one and against the “growing pains
and congestion” that plague most other cities. Careful selection of
industries has assured a high level of employment at above-average
wages.
Mr Shannon likes Kingsport’s non partisan council manager form
of government, the first in the state. The city manager is a profes-
sional and the aidermen are “able, intelligent, conscientious men who
are successful in their business or professional endeavors ” Which
are Democrats and which are Republicans means little at the town
level, since “There is no Democratic way of cleaning the streets and
no Republican way of putting out fires.”
Civic spirit is such that Kingsport raised a million dollars In ten
days of a hospital drive in which the quota was only $750,000. And
the school system is so good, he says, that a number of Mead officials,
promoted and transferred to other cities, were so reluctant to take
their kids out of these schools as to think twice about their advance-
ment And the youngsters, he thinks, must like the system, too, since
they’ve had to find additional duties for the truant officer to keep her
busy
lake the Mead mill, which spends about a million and a quarter
dollars a year with area farmers for some 32,000 truckloads of pulp-
wood. all of Kingsport’s industries strive to buy as much of theii
material and supplies locally as they can. Thus, the Kingsport love-
feast is one of mutual admiration, community harmony and economic
progress
We bring this up because there are towns all over the United
State* (such a* our own, for instance) whose natural endowments are
comparable With those of Kingsport On the record, as revealed by
Mr Shannon, the additional personal ingredients for an expanding
community are imagination, enthusiasm, planning—and pride!
Once upon a time Kingsport. Tennessee was no 1 _
Ville, Texas.
assist the physician in predict-
ing the future course of the
disease.
This Is done by a study of
past performances of other hy-
drocephalic Infanta whose med-
ical circumstances closely re-
semble those of this baby. That
data is available almost in-
stantly—“in a minute fraction
of the time," as Dr. Merrill
says, “required to go through
the records by hand.’’
This comparative diagnosis
“can save a child’s life,” he
adds. “At least one thing we
now can have up-to-date to
guide us, and guide us Instan-
taneously, is our experience.
In five minutes, usually, the
sorter can give us information
that helps us decide precisely
what to do in Johnny’s “case
—and what not to do.
Aside from the Birth Defects
Study Center at Vanderbilt,
The National Foundation-March
of Dimes has financed similar
centers at Children's Hospital,
Columbus, Ohio, and at the
University of Oklahoma Med-
ical Center at Oklahoma City.
Eventually, when the experi-
ment Dr. Merrill is conducting
is completed, the study centers
are expected to pool their rec-
ords of hundreds of victims of
significant birth defect* for the
benefit of all. Tragically, there
are ebout 250,000 auch infanta
bom yearly in the United
I I I ' • ■ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
Community Progress
A fellow was in our office the other day and he said. "1 think I’ll
move to Rosanky That little town is doing more for its size than any
place I know ’’
This made us proud for we
of our town
here in Smithville fe^l that Rosanky
is a “suburb" of our town Rosanky is very muchly in our trade
territory; their children attend the Smithville schools, and we wel-
come them as neighbors and friends.
Any remarks made about
community are not exaggerated
Community Progress contest—for better homes,
better communities.
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F»r over a quarter of a century
VACEK'g PHARMACY ha* bean
serving the Smithville area with
all of the community'* need* In
the dfua and sundry line. Vacate*
can always be depended upon for
prompt, reliable service.
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Paul Pearson’s razzle dazzle
Tiger machine, light but tough
as a boot, led by E. R. Broughton,
made five trips into the promised
land at Caldwell last Friday to
score 32 points and held the Cald-
well eleven scoreless.
Coach Gray and his Elgin Wild-
cats will invade Smithville Friday
ail set to stop the fast stepping
Smithville Tigers and break their
winning streak.
Broughton was on the side lines
Monday having suffered an ankle
injury in the Caldwell game last
Friday and may not be able to
start against Elgi.n. Coach Pear-
son will probably start Ivan Psen-
cik and left end, George Cameron
at left tackle. Harry Priest, left
guard, Tinker Ehrlich, center;
Jerome Psencik, right guard; Mar-
cial Forester, right tackle:
Zimmerhanzel, right end; B
ton. quarterback; Rusty DeLoach,
fullback; Mike Maney, left half;
and Hickey Yancey, right half.
E. R. Broughton of our city
turned in a brilliant exhibition of
football running here last Friday
night, scoring all five of the Ti-
gers' touchdowns in a 33 to 0 vic-
tory over Caldwell in a District
31-A contest.
CAPITAL
\ANOSideliqhts
bu Varta Sanford
Rosanky's being a progressive little
I In fact they have entered into a
on better farms in
This program has been set up to stimulate indi-
vidual family and community effort toward farm, home and community
The objectives are to make farm and ranch life more
as well as more profitable and stable for
of health i
Welfare Services of the State.
Space Utilization by Institutions
of Higher Education.
Election Code Revision.
Non-constitutional Duties of the
Attorney General.
Opinion Authority of the At-
torney Genera).
Laws Relating to Wild Life Re
sources of the State.
Teacher Certification.
Lawa Based on Population
Classification.
Hospitals and Special
Taken from
Smithville Times
16, 1941.
surance policies must be tried “de
novo” or “anew" rather than ac-
cepting the old rule that an ad-
ministrative agency is to be up-
held if its decision was not arbi-
trary or capricious.
Of msjor importance also was
award of $139,250 to the City of
Graham for damage done its sew-
age treatment plant by backing
up of water of the Brazos River
Authority’s Possum Kingdom
Dam. Case goes back for retrial
of whether Graham can collect
for damage to its water plant.
Padre Study
Gov. Price Daniel got together
his special committee to study
the idea advanced by Land Com
misiaoner Jerry Sadler to make
Padre Island a state park instead
of a national seashore area.
Sadler, a member of the com-
mittee, did not get word about
the meeting and was not present.
State Parks Board Chairman J.
Carter King of Albany, said the
whole appropriation of the board
for the next two years would not
scratch the surface of making
Padre into a state seashore area.
King is worried about the 74 pre-
sently designated state parks.
Daniel asked the study commis-
sion to have a recommendation
ready in time for the winter spe-
cial session of the Legislature to
take policy action on the state
vs. federal issue.
Daniel (feels Padre should be
dedicated as a public area, by one
means or another.
Orphan's Ranch
Orphans at the Corsicana State
Home got a 4,180-acre ranch on
the Lampasas River under a Su-
preme Court decision on the will
of the late Mrs. Parrie Haynes of
Bell County.
Other heirs contested, but the
court turned the ranch to the
Texas Youth Council, which runs
the orphsn’s home. Atty. Gen.
Will Wilson, who handled the de-
fense of the will, said there is talk
of making the ranch an outdoor
branch of the Conicana school.
Where to Go
Big events of Texas commun-
ities during the winter and spring
months are advertised in the State
Highway Department's “Texas
Calendar of Events," just out.
Folder listing fairs, rodeos,
dosens of other events is avail-
able free from the Travel Diviaion
of the Highway Department as a
part of its travel promotion work.
Insurance Claims Rise
Insurance spokesmen estimtae
that $5,000,000 already has been
paid out on windstorm insurance
policies. Rate of payment of
claims will reach 20,000 a week
soon, William J. Harding, coordin-
ator of the Texas Joint Loss Cat-
astrophe Plan, said.
Harding, speaking for fire and
casualty insurance companies,
said much misinformation has
been given out on insurance cov-
erage. He declared that policies
are being interpreted after Carla
just as they always have—that
damage from wave wash or flood-
ing has never been covered by
Texas standard insurance policies.
Club Taxes
First month of collections of the
new tax on private clubs by the
Texas Liquor Control Board saw
the tax take total $414,612.
Tax is about $2 per member,
so indicated membership of the
472 licensed clubs is 207,306.
Veterans and fraternal clubs are
exempt from the tax.
First headache for Liquor Ad-
ministrator Coke Stevenson Jr.
from the club license law was on
the question of bingo. This game
has supported many such clubs.
Stevenson decided to let “local
option” rate. If local law enforce-
ment officials allow school, civic,
church and other organizations to
ran bingo games, private clubs
can too.
ter Committee to determine which a new requirement that appeals
of 25 suggested interim studies from decisions of the Board of
shall be made by the Texas Legis i Insurance on approvals of life in-
lative Council.
Reagan is President pro-tem of
the Senate and oresided at the
first meeting of the new Legisla
tive Council. He and Sen. James
A. Turman, Speaker of the House
of Representatives, are ex-officio
members of the Subject Matter
Committee. Turman is chairman;
Reagan vice chairman.
Designated membership on the
committee were Senators Preston
Smith of Lubbock and George
Moffett of Chillicothe. House
members appointed were Repre
sentatives C. W. Pearcy of Tem-
ple; Sam Collins of Newton; and
Alonzo Jamison of Denton.
During the three 1961 sessions
of the Legislature, 26 resolutions
were passed, calling for special
studies by the council. Of these
25, twelve were concurrent reso-
lutions approved by both House
and Senate. The remaining 13
originated in the House.
the 25 topics under
for special study
small body. He
on the brain.
When his mother recently
took Johnny to the Birth De-
fects Study Center at Vander-
bilt University School of Medi-
cine, Nashville, Tenn., for
specialized treatment of this
disease, known medically as
hydrocephalus, their first ap-
pointment was with a doctor
who had a most unusual assist-
ant—an inanimate electronic
sorter.
Dr. Robert E. Merrill, assist-
ant director of the Birth De-
fects Study Center, a research
unit financed by The National
Foundation-March of Dimes,
explained:
"This apparatus is something
unique when applied to birth
defects. It can be a lifesaver.
It’s an IBM machine, and its
memory is many thousand
times more retentive than the
proverbial elephant’s. In effect,
our mechanical robot here la_______
going to interview Johnny and, this youngster
although I’m Johnny’s doctor, hensive paren
I’m really acting only as a sort "
of glortfied office boy to the
machine!”
Using a device somewhat re-
semblinga typewriter keyboard,
Dr. Merrill began punching a
rectangular oblona green card,
measuring about 7” x 3”. Each
1 A, * H* ! ■■■■' . ■
At March of Dimes Birth Defect* Study Center, Johnny X shown against background of
electronic computer card which records his life so for—and his chances of survival,
perforation represented the
mother’s answer to one of a
long list of questions. Her an-
swers covered such data as
Johnny’s age and birthdate,
, mother's age at delivery, 111-
• nesses of mother during preg-
. nancy, any stillbirths, any
, physical defects in husband or
wife, Johnny’s weight, his age
■ when his head started to en-
i large and head circumference,
i Scores of other vital facts
are fed into the machine that
never forgets.
When the sorter finishes “In-
terviewing” Johnny, the green
card has recorded for all time
and in capsule form the in-
fant's past and present life, and
his family background.
More significantly, the elec-
tronic device also faithfully
remembers the case histories
of hundreds of other Johnny*
whose brain fluid is blocked as
it is with this boy.
Dr. Merrill haa only to run
these cards through tne high-
speed sorter to compare these
life histories with Johnny’s.
Most important of all, for
‘.q and his appre-
ent*, is that the
sorter can help tne doctor form
a reasonably accurate idea of
Johnny’s Immediate future;
help him decide on the advisa-
bility of surgical insertion of
a “shunt” or plastic tube to
draw off the excess fluid into _____
the blood stream; and indeed, State*,
the plan has to be
sold to the powerful Texas Farm
Bureau at its convention in
veston November 13-15.
Governor Daniel vetoed
$15,000,000 appropriation
farm-to-market road construction
from general revenue for the year
starting next September 1, saying
it was time to settle the question
of rural road maintenance. He
got together a committee of road-
minded people.
County Judges and Commia-
aioners agreed to this plan—pay
for about $17,000,000 of the pre
•ent $18,000,000 coat of maintain-
ing rural roads out of the $50,000,-
000 now going to FM road con-
struction. They also agreed to
build a total of 50,000 miles of
FM roadx, instead of the 35,000
miles now set as unofficial goal.
Present mileage—34,000.
Court Opens
Appellate courts opened their
fall terms, handing down dozen*
of decisions.
Key case of great importance
was decision in suit of Key Wes-
State
Schools.
Health, Accident and Hospitali-
zation Insurance Claims
The Judicial System of Texas.
Laws Governing Acquisition
and Sale of State Owned Lands.
The State’s Public Higher Ed-
ucation System
Regulation of the Insurance In-
dustry.
Ad Valorem Tax Laws
Telephone Utility Regulations.
Texas Utility Regulations
Discrimination in Employment
Because of Age.
Branding of Cattle and Regis-
tration of Brands.
Reciprocity Practices of Texas
Examining and Licensing Boards.
Purchasing Practices and Pro-
cedures by the State and its Poli-
tical Subdivisions.
Recordation of Mineral
est*.
Mentally III Children.
Rate Making Powers
Railroad Commission.
Mass Transportation in Major
Metropolitan Areas of Texas.
FM Read Building Plan
State Highway Chairman Her-
bert Petry Jr. of Carrizo Springs
completed one major assignment
for Gov. Price Daniel, but has a
tougher one ahead.
Petry and Daniel worked out
agreement with the Texas County
Judges and Commissioners Asso-
ciation under which the fann-to-
market road building program
will be modified, along lines long
advocated by the Texas Good
Roads Association and the High-
way Commission.
But now
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Mr. L. M Gandy and the 4-H
Club boys of Grassyville met on
Oct. 3. Elected for president was
David Berger; for Secretary and
Treasurer, Elton Rhodes; Chib
Sponsor. Mrs. Jake Hess The
other rllb members are Lee Kun-
schik. Jr., Joe Nink,
Fnebe. Edwin
Steinbach, Jr.,
Colvin Peschke, J. C. Lehmann,
Clarence Jakobeit, James Friebe,
Nathaniel Peschke, Milton Stein-
bach, Curtis Rhode, Billy Frerich.
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AHention, farmers and ranch-
ers. VACEK'S PHARMACY Car-
rie* most of your need* in the
lino of vaccine*, livestock reme-
dies and veterinary supplies.
2G
Smithville ha* set up her own
Food Stamp offices in the Cham-
ber of Commerce offices and it la
now in operation aa an independ-
ent unit. The Smithville unit is
in charge of Mrs. R. B. Alexan-
der as issuing officer, with Mrs.
Jewel Smith and Miss Valasta
Barina as filing and book clerk.
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laiwrence Wesson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. R. Wesson of our city
has been announced as one of 14
boys invited to pledge the Kappa
Sigma fraternity at Southwestern
University.
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