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a Thursday, January 2, 1975
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THE BOERNE STAR
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Austin, Texas.
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the meeting, please make your
views known by writing the
State Commissioner of Edu- ernment spokesman explained
cation, Dr. Marlin Brockett, in a court hearing. “All she
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Our friend Meyer von Mc-
Carthy claims he is German
by extraction. He had his
teeth pulled by a German
dentist in South St. Louis.
4 Standings:
Pearl Beer.................
The Flower Shop ...
Comfort State Bank
S&S Variety .............
Central Parts ...........
Surrey Village .........
Boerne State Bank .
Curley’s .....................
• “Doctor, I have four dimes
in my ear I would like for you
to get out. They got stuck in
there last year, and—”
“Last year! Why didn’t you
come to me then?”
“I didn’t need the money.”
We appreciate our Subscribers continued
Readership and resolve to make 1975 the best
year ever for our readers and advertisers.
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Due to the spiriling costs of newsprint ink
postage, and overhead, we cannot avoid an incre-
ase in our Subscription rate at this time.
Missouri Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Foris-
ter and Mrs. Josephine Law-
hon returned recently from a
trip to Wheatland, Mo., where
they combined business with
a hunting trip. As hunters,
they were not successful but
brought back some delicious
apples from the many orch-
ards. They reported an enjoy-
able return trip through Kan-
sas and Oklahoma.
ATTENTION
Boerne Hermann Sons No. 25
Members
What do you like to eat
with tamales? Bring it to our
regular meeting, Friday, Jan.
10 at Balcones Community
Center at 7 p.m. We will eat,
have our meeting and then
fun and games. Do come.
more.
“She isn’t that sick,” a gov-
ous—and the chance of suc-
cess was no more than 50 per-
cent. Ruling against the gov-
ernment, the judge said:
“This court will not require
claimant to submit to such
odds.”
One case involved a man
who was unable to hold a job
because he drank too much
whiskey. In seeking social se-
curity payments, he claimed
he could not change his hab-
its. But a court turned him
down, concluding that he could
control his “disability” if he
tried hard enough.
A public service feature of
the American Bar Association
and the State Bar of Texas.
Written by Will Bernard.
c/o 1974 American Bar Assn.
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$6.30 per year (including tax)
Effective January 1st. 1975
The Family Lawyer
"Compulsory"
Surgery
Suffering from a hyperthy-
roid condition, Doris began to
collect disability payments un-
der the Socieyt Security Act.
But after a brief period, the
LET ME TAKE OFF THE BROKEN LIMBS AND/OR
REMOVE THE BRUSH. I CAN HAUL IT AWAY.
SPECIAL RATES FOR ICE DAMAGED TREE REPAIR.
Call 249-2120
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are: Austin, 472-1974; El
Paso, 543-7572; Houston, 224-
8211; and San Antonio. 225-
6881.
An innocent sounding bill,'
labeled a “Safe Drinking Wa-
ter” measure, sailed through
the House recently by a vote
of 296 to 84. Fifteen Texans
voted against it, and 8 favored
this new power delegation to
the EPA. The bill, an even
stronger version having pre-
viously passed the Senate,
now goes to conference. It em-
powers EPA to set federal
standards for every municipal
water system in the country.
The cost of compliance
could be astronomical. No
longer would the States (un-
less they adopt similar stan-
dards) and local communities
be allowed to continue to ap-
ply their own engineering
skills in solving their clean
water problems.
Perhaps the implementa-
tion of this new grant of ov-
erwhelming power to EPA
will not be as expensive for
municipalities as appears like-
ly. But the power thus given
to EPA is awesome. It means
more government by bureau-
cracy, more authority and con-
trol over decisions previously
exercised by the States and
local people.
WELLBORN
Mr. Henry Wellborn of Cen-
ter Point passed away in Sid
Peterson Memorial Hospital in
Kerrville Sunday, Dec. 15,
1974 at the age cf 76 years.
Mr. Wellborn is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Helen Berg-
mann Wellborn of Center
Point; two sons, Cecil V. Well-
born of Fort Worth, and Earl
H. Wellborn of Boerne; seven
grand children; one great-
grandchild, and one brother,
Ernst Wellborn of Center
Point. He was preceded in
death by Mertie Wellborn and
Jessie Vallier.
Services for Mr. Wellborn
were held on Tuesday, Dec. 17
1974 at Christian Church in
Center Point, T. Ervin Veal
and Ray Farley officiated. In-
terment was in Center Point
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Herman
Burney,John Lapham, Morris
Witt, Richard Nowlin, Bruce
McElroy and Gene Rhodes.
JUNCTION GETS NEW
NATURAL GAS WELLS
As the price of natural gas
rises to near $1.50 per thou-
sand cf, drilling activity has
increased throughout the
state with a good deal of ac-
tivity in the Junction area.
Two new wells were being
drilled last week in that area,
one on the James E. “Bunny”
Smith ranch at a depth of 825
feet, and another one-half
mile away at the E. L. Smith
ranch. The Smith ranches are
about two miles southwest of
Junction on the Rocksprings
Road.
The City of Junction has
been served with natural gas
from wells within the area for
the past 15 years or so. The
first well was reportedly dis-
covered and drilled by the
Phillips Petroleum Company
about 20 years ago. Since that
time, geologists have made
some very good discoveries in
the area, and there are seve-
ral good producing wells
which are thought to be fur-
nishing gas to La Vaca and
Coastal States.
Several oil companies have
leased land in the Junction
area and drilling has already
started on several new wells.
Alamo Oil and Gas, Zinke &
Philpy, and Dobie Oil Com-
pany, all firms out of Midland
are among those mentioned.
needs is a minor operation,
which she refuses to have.
That isn’t our fault.”
“I just don’t like surgery,”
countered Doris. “They can’t
make such a thing compulso-
ry.”
However, the court agreed
with the government that the
payments could indeed be ter-
minated. The court said Doris
could not be classified as “dis-
abled” wehn it was within her
own power to get well.
The justification for the rul-
ing was that the operation
which Doris needed was rela-
tively safe. Why, say the
courts, should the government
bear the consequences of a
person’s unusual squeamish-
ness?
The greater the risk, how-
ever, the greater the right of
the ailing person to refuse
surgery without losing his
benefits. He may also refuse
surgery on the ground that
it is not likely to help him:
Thus:
A truck driver was disabled
by a severe back problem.
Here too the government
wanted him to undergo cor-
rective surgery rather than
collect disability payments.
But this time, the operation
was both painful and danger-
IRS OFFERS INDIVIDUAL
TAX AID AT 21 SOUTH-
ERN TEXAS OFFICES
The Internal Revenue Ser-
vice has announced a program
for taxpayer assistance in 21
southern Texas offices during
the upcoming federal income
tax filing period, Jan. 1 to
April 15.
Richard J. Stakem, Jr., IRS
district director for southern
Texas, said the plan for staff-
ing taxpayer service counters
goes hand in hand with the
toll free information service
operated by IRS in Texas
since last January.
Full-time tax help—Monday,
through Friday—is on the cal-
endar for IRS offices in Aus-
tin, Beaumont, Brownsville,
Corpus Christi, El Paso, Gal-
veston, Harlingen, Houston,
Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio
and Waco.
Part-time tax assistance is
listed for the tax agency of-
fices in Bryan, Huntsville,
Temple, Victoria, Freeport,
Baytown, Bay City, Del Rio
and Jasper.
The part-time schedule at
Alice, Brenham, Pecos and
Port Arthur offices has been
discontinued.
“Staffing arrangements and
operating hours take into ac-
count the convenience of help
by telephone at no cost to the
taxpayer,” Stakem explained.
The effect of the telephone
service has been to signifi-
cantly lessen the walk-in traf-
fic in most office locations,
he pointed out.
The toll free tax informa-
tion number in Texas is 1-800-
492-4830. Taxpayers residing
in the telephone exchanges of
Austin, El Paso, Houston and
San Antonio should call the
local number. The numbers ■
Mr. and Mrs. Gammon
Davis III hosted a Christmas
Eve gathering of family and
friends. Out-of-town guests
included Mrs. Ben Gresham
« and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gresh-
am, all of San Antonio.
Social Security
QUESTIONSAND
ANSWERS
Q. I’m going into the hos-
pital in February. Is the medi-
care hospital insurance deduc-
tible still $84?
The hospital insurance de-
ductible under medicare is $92
after Dec. 31, 1974. The in-
crease keeps the deductible in
line with the national average
cost of one day’s stay in a
hospital.
Q. I get social security re-
tirement payments, and I’ve
heard that the amount I can
earn this year without losing
any of my benefits has in-
creased. If this is true, what
is the new amount?
A. You can earn as much
as $2,250 in 1975 without hav-
ing any reduction in your so-
cial security ppayments. For
every $2 you earn over $2,250,
$1 in benefits will be withheld.
But no matter how much you
earn for the year, you can get
your full social security check
for any month in which you
neither earn over $210 nor do
substantial gainful work in
your own business.
T.H.S.: Curley’s 2410.
T.H.G.: Central Parts, 884.
M.HS.: David Boerner, 611.
M.H.G.: David Boerner, 251.
' W.H.S.: Ella Pfeiffer, 502.
W.H.G.: Lola Ammann, 211.
TEXTBOOK MEETING
SCHEDULED
The Texas State Board of
Education will meet Saturday,
Jan. 11 at 8:30 a.m. at the
Texas Education Agency
Building in Austin, Texas, for
the purpose of discussing the
textbooks used in public
schools. All interested parents
and citizens are urged to at-
tend this very important
FRIDAY NITE MIXED
Dec. 20, 1974
H.I.S.: Ella Pfeiffer, 523; Hank
O’Hara, 589.
H.I.G.: Ella Pfeiffer, 222; Hank
O’Hara, 207.
Dec. 27, 1974
H.I.S.: Vi Robertson, 493; Luke
McGuffin, 577.
H.I.G.: Tommie Voigt, 191;
Doug Patton, 222.
Team Standings:
The Trophy House ................ 62
S&S Variety Store ................ 56%
Lindburg Texaco .................... 53
Hardcastle Const................... 50
Hill Country Realty ............ 47
Jack’s Music Co................... 46%
Wastel’s .................................... 36%
Longbranch Lounge .............. 32%
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WED. NITE FOURSOME
Dec. 18, 1974
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Davis, William G., III. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1975, newspaper, January 2, 1975; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1535895/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.