Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 224, Ed. 1 Friday, July 3, 1959 Page: 1 of 10
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, FRIDAY, July 3, 1959
VOLUME 59, Ntt 224 5c PER COPY
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As ike Founding Fathers put pen to the Declaration of
Independence 183 years 090 is Philadelphia on July 4, 1776,
by the new republic of Vermont
was the first to forbid slavery
and establish manhood suffrage.
the sands at Waikiki and Hie stately forests of the northland
under whose shadows lie untold—and as yet untapped—stores
of Nature's treasures.
Deadline
Shadows
Tax Bill
Should you fly the old 48-star
flag, the new 49-star banner or
Although private passenger lia-
bility insurance rates will fall to
general., the larger reductions will
Lakeshore Lodge
ports that inquiries
year.
Lake Brownwood motels and boating docks re-
port overflow inquiries and reservations for the
July 4 weekend, with one motel-owner saying he
could have rented 100 more cabins if they had been
available.
Information from Lake Brownwood State Park
shows all cabins booked at least a month in ad-
vance, and an expected gathering of many camp-
ing parties. __-
KIES TRIPLE
completely reserved, and re-
ive at least tripled since last
if the new flag is purchased?
The rule book says, according
to McCarty. It should be disposed
of in a dignified manner—prefer-
ably burned.
wait for the 50-star flag
year.
Two family reunions are helping fill the ac-
commodations at the Kirkland Fishing Docks, and
all rooms are filled. One of the reunions promises
at least 100 people and the other at least 50.
Gaines Lodge -and Boat Docks say business is
about as usual, which is good. As all Lake Brown-
wood area lodges, Gaines has been having good
business all spring with graduating classes and
summer with vacationers.
Accommodations at the Lakehaven Docks are also
completely booked for the weekend, with reserva-
tions coming since the first of the year.
City motels are not fully reserved yet, but all
are looking for a good crowd over the weekend.
Several have set rooms aside for tourists, whom
they expect to start coming to town on Friday.
Most of the rate reductions stem
from decreased expenses by insur-
ance companies and agents, rath-
er than from a reduction in acci-
estimated annual premium value
of 266 million dollars.
The new rate schedule reduces
comprehensive coverage as much
as 15 per cent in some counties.
formed, later to be known as
the Green Mountain Boys.
The people were divided into
two factions. In the East the an-
After the dawn's early light.
Americans everywhere may dis-
play the new flag.
Small Fire Out
At Ranch House
Grease which had collected in
a chimney at the Ranch House on
tured good levies, and including
a boost to natural gas production
taxes.
The Mt! wm reported to the
House floor by voice vote, but
drew an objection from Rep. R H.
Coty of Victoria, who said. "K's
Fourth Of July Water Show Saturday On Lake Brownwood
WEATHER FORECAST . _ _ ’ ■ - “ 1
Oar load now stretches from the vary top of the world to
halfwoy across Hie Pacific.
We welcome Alaska and Hawaii on fhis tradifional patri-
otic holiday. May these glad words of "America, Hie Beou-
lifaT continue:
best calculated for soldiers.”
Mere Temperate Feeling
But the old soldiers were de-
This will probably be the
most mixed up Fourth of Julys
ever—at least as far as Old
Glory to concerned.
A new balloon left Sioux Falls.
S.D., Thursday afternoon on its
way to Brownwood by truck, giv-
ing the testers another chance.
It was previously believed they
would wait until August to repeat
the tests.
Ralph Maples, official at Raw
en. said the tests would be car-
ried out tonight if the track car-
rying the new balloon made its
anticipated time and had no tro-
bis on ths way.
Another high-altitude balloon
may be launched from Brown-
wood Municipal Airport tonight
by Raven industries and the Uni-
versity of Chicago.
Tests Monday night and Thurs-
day morning failed when the bal-
loons split. The Thursday morn-
ing test raised the instrument-
filled gondola approximately 100
feet in the air then floated it to
a 154 million dollar tax bill based
on "luxury sales'' and manufac-
MICRCFILM SERVICE
P. B-X 8066
DALLAS TEX.
by Thomas Jefferson yoon later, to get the first solid facts
about this part of the continent.
Alaska and Hawaii
Here to what the Brownwood
post of the American Legion
says:
They were as remote os are the moon and Mass during our
modern period of reoching oat into space.
Despite this, beginning today a new flag flies, signifying
that added landscapes have become a port of America, the
BeoutiluL We may now sing of the volling sus that bathes
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the 8120 he now pays.
Damage Rates Down
After the war, Vermont's ap- parting. On February 13, 1789.
propriation of disputed lands by : president Ezra Stiles of Yale Col-
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America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
from sea to sinning sea.
Carty urges local residents to - ,
unfurl local flags at every full-paze picture of the United
house and business establish- States, new 49-star flaz using •
enecial me- Irak +het LIcenme
150 deductible collision insurance
as much as 14 per cent and lia-
bility rates as much as 16.
The board said an average Tex-
Insurance
Rates Sliced
being, the old enmity with New
Yofk.
On May 10. 1775. the Green
Mountain Boys captured the fort-
ress of Ticonderoga on Lake
Champlain.
Thia was the first victory by
Americans in the war. Ethan
Allen's blustering. "In the name
of the great Jehovah and the.
Swim Program
Signs Up 525
Registration for the "Learn to
Swim” program sponsored by the
Brown County chapter of the
American Red Cross and the City
Recreation Dept, reached a total
of 525 this morning.
Today at 5 is the deadline for
registration at the Red Cross of-
fice. 500 E. Depot. Classes will
begin Monday at 8 a.m. at the
Municipal Pool
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come Hawaii's new star next
year.
Local merchants report a flop
in the flag business. The new
flags, ranging from 11 cento for
a 12 by 8 inch cotton banner to
the full-size U by 18 inch and
City officials today reminded
residents of Brownwood fireworks
are prohibited within the city
limits.
Both sale of fireworks and
shooting of fireworks are prohib-
ited. and city policemen will be
on hand Saturday to enforce the
restrictions.
"We didn't have much trouble
last year," said one of the police-
men "And we don't intend to
this year, either."
"We have been a little careless
about displaying flags on the
proper dayf he said, “and we
should get back on the job.”
"With every merchant dis-
playing the flag, it will show
that Brownwood is 1M per eent
for their country and flag.” -
It is a good bet the flag busi-
ness has never been so bad in
the history of the United States.
For even if the new 49-star flag
is purchased, It will be outmoded
The state-wide rate reduc-
tions will pare an estimated
22 million dollars from an
authorized in the breezes Satur-
day. —
In faet Commander Leon Me-
year's flag, the 48-star banner. State Board of Insurance an-
completely out of data. nounced Thursday.
Continental Congress.” served as
a much-needed rallying cry to
the disorganized colonies.
Moving Toward Statehood
Vermont sent statehood feel-
ers to Congress. Finding little
sympathy there, it took a cue
from Jefferson and in January,
1777. issued a proclamation of
independence. Vermont was bent
on freedom, with or without the
rest of the country.
Saturday
The Brownwood Junior Cham- '
her of Commerce's Fourth of
July Water Show will be held at
8 pm. Saturday on Lake Brown-
wood.
Spectators may view the show
from Lake Haven Docks or along
Kirkland Fishing Docks.
Both docks are nine miles north
of Brownwood on Farm-to-Mar-
ket 2125.
Buffalo Guys and Dolls Water
Ski Club of Lubbock will present
the water show.
Admission will be so cents for
adults. 25 cents for children
Proceeds from the show will go
into the Jaycee’s activity fund.
Concessions will be available at
the show.
Doyle Nordyke is water show
chairman. Members of his com-
mittee include Gsrland Clemons.
Charlie Hamrick and Gilbert
Keith. George Jordan, manager
of the Brownwood Chamber of
Commerce, is assisting the junior
chamber in the show.
force and conditions of near civil
war were a headache to the new
nation.
Congress passed a resolution
disapproving Vermont's riotous
behavior. Some quarters pro-
posed partitioning it between
New York and New Hampshire.
George Washington cautioned
against trying to coerce Vermont.
"The inhabitants. for the most
part, are a hardy race, composed
Both the old 48-star flag and night,
the new 49-star banner will be I
AUSTIN (UPD-A Senate-House
conference committee today went
to work behind closed doors in an
effort to write a "compromise"
tax MU acceptable to the major-
ity of each chamber.
The 10-member committee went
to work at 8:30 a. m. under pres-
sure of deadline.. Lawmakers
have until midnight July 16 to
find the answer to the state s fi-
nancial crisis or face a third spe-
cial session of the Legislature
in rapid fire action Thursday,
the Senate Affairs Committee
passed a 178 million dollar sub-
stitute MU and sent it to the full
Senate which also passed it.
The House, which had passed
its own version of a tax Mil
SEAMAN DESERT SHIPS
MOBILE, Ala. (UPD—The US.
' Immigration and Naturalization
Service says 39 seamen deserted
foreign ships here during the last
12 months and seven stowaways
arrived.
The flag was reproduced in to-
day's Tyler Courier-Times in red,
white and a special ink that ap-
pears black like any newspaper . . .
ink, but which changes to a vivid dent . figures, the- board added,
blue when the reader moistens it.
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vaccine shots but had not re- MILWAUKEE "-P_.A5e
me ror worm rugnway, caugn , ceived a booster shot, according linquency notice for a tex re-
on fire shortly before noon today, to the attending physician. turn came back Thursday—minus
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_ _ _____ ___________“I’ve been dead since a flat mistake to send anything
house resumed business before Hospital with ar decreasing fever Aug. 11. IMS. Regards from a out that will interfere with the
noon. 'and no paralysis evident 1 tax-free heaven." j (See LEGISLATURE on Page 2)
Tyler mewspapers printed a assdriver. such as a Waco man
(who owns a medium-priced 1959
dent signed the act that made
Vermont the 14th state.
New Flag Goes Up
On March Sth at a celebration
in Rutland the federal flag was
raised. It had 15 stars and stripes.
Vermont was already welcoming
the next state. Kentucky, which
was admitted the following year.
The original flag had been
adopted in 1777. Vermont's 15-
star and 15-stripe flag antici-
pated the first official change
that was made by Congress in
1795 when there were 15 states.
Later, when more states came
in, adding a stripe for each one
made the flag too cumbersome.
Congress ordered that after
July 4, 1818, the flag would re-
turn to Its original 13 stripes,
and with each new state a new
star would be added to the field
on the July 4th following its ad-
mission to the Union.
In spirit. spunky Vermont 18S
years ago led the way for all the
other stars that were to follow.
lege wrote in his diary: "Ethan
Allen died this day and went to
hell"
Younger and more temperate
men came along. They had a
lever now to pry open the Union.
Kentucky, a slave state, was
clamoring -for admission The
North looked about for a political
counterbalance.
Washington and Alexander
Hamilton championed Vermont.
Vermont finally made peace with
New York and that state’s oppo-
sition was withdrawn.
In Bennington on January 8.
1791. a convention made formal
petition for statehood Washing-
ton presented it to Congress. snd
on February 18 tbs first presi-
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special mw ink that blossoms w4 isbesahetpobuya three types
the banner into fun color when of insurance for 8107 rather than
dampened.
And of course, the "'old'' last cheaper after Aug. 1, the
The official dedication of the |
new 49-star flag this July 4th is
the final step in Alaska's admis-
sion to the Union.
Alaska's road has been a long
one, but few states had a storm-
ier time or fought harder for
recognition than did the 14th
state—Vermont.
This is the story of how the
flag was changed from its origin-
al 13-star design for the first
, time.
Vermont could well be called
the orphan of the Revolution. At
new state at Alaska win be
. I hoisted in ceremonies at the
Capitol snd at Baltimore’s Fort
' McHenry National Momument,
birthplace and shrine of the
National Anthem. Both will be
held a few seconds after mid-
Either Flag O K Seheduled
* drivers will get .heircar in-
i surance as much as $20
- BROWNWOOD AREA Portly cloudy
ond 'worm through Saturday Widely
scattered afternoon thundershowers. Low
tonight 69, high Saturday 93.
. Moximum temperature here Thursday
97, overnight low 70. Sunset 7:48, sun-
rise 5 34. . ' -
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zede %z otated. c ■
the outbreak, the wild territory
north of Massachusetts and be-
tween New Hampshire and New
York was commonly known as
the New Hampshire Grants. This
was because of the numerous
land grants made to settlers by
the governor of New Hampshire.
But New York had challenged
that right and an order from
King George III and a later court
case held in favor of New York.
The sturdy pioneers, threaten-
ed with displaeement, refused
to accept the decision.
Militia is Organised
Under the leadership of the
fiery Ethan Allen, a militia was
come in the physical damage lines
I —fire. theft. comprehensive and
collision.
Gulf Coast county motorists wtH
get a 15 per cent decrease in
comprehensive rates, while Cen-
tral Texas counties will obtain a
14 per cer reduction and ex-
treme western, northwestern and
Panhandle counties' rates will
drop 10 per cent. The board said
this is the first time in recent
years that comprehensive insur-
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thority of New York was recog- A. ass an
nized; in the West it was defied. | ifu I InlaurF unl
When the Revolution began in VlIy UHidWIUI
1775. the people of the New T 8
Hampshire Grants had little rea-
son to join in it. But Lexington
j and Concord erased. for the time
Polio Victim Improves
out the differences.
Brown County's first polio vie- The girl had been a member Cory Objects
tim of the year was reported of the current evenine .tennis Meanwhile, the House Revenue
Thursday classes, sponsored by, the eity and Taxation Committee okayed
, ... _ and the Altrusa Club. -..... *“ - ---
She is Elizabeth Allen, 7-year- __________________-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
B. Allen of 2101 Austin Ave. DEAD TAXPAYER WRITES
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Coppedge, Don L. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 224, Ed. 1 Friday, July 3, 1959, newspaper, July 3, 1959; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1488632/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.