The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1959 Page: 2 of 8
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H deadline...
... for poll tax payments
There are just two days left for payment of
poll taxes for the current year . . . don't for-
get yours.
A Texas citizen at election time without a
poll tax receipt is like a fish out of water . . .
about all he can do is gasp at the results.
And there will be important elections this
year. City and school board elections are reg-
ularly scheduled for early April . . . and there
may be others in the course of the year.
There are no "off-years," politically, in Tex-
as any more. Local government is just as
important as state government . . . perhaps
more So . . . and with the legislature in ses-
sion this spring, don't rule out the possibility
of a state-wide special election before the
year is out.
Other problems, often unexpected, have a
way of turning up for the decision of voters
in so-called off-election years, too. The wise
citizen will not be caught un-armed.
The poll tax is only $1.75 . . . that's a small
price to pay for full citizenship.
And don't forget ... it has to be paid each
year before January 31. Saturday is the final
day.
Who's going to teach...
... Johnny how to drive?
Is a Driver Education course in today's pub-
lic school curriculum a frill, or is it a legiti-
mate, and needed, addition to the public
school course of study?
This question is frequently asked of educa-
tors, legislators, law officers, safety profes-
sionals and of anyone else who may have a
sound reason for his answers.
In Texas right now, state support for Driver-
Education courses in public schools is being
sought by the leaders of the Texas Education
Agency, Congress of Parents and Teachers As-
sociation, the Texas Department of Safety,
National Safety Council, and other civic and
educational groups.
A steadily increasing highway death toll
makes a pretty convincing argument that dri-
ver education courses are needed somewhere.
The big argument is whether sttch courses
should be offered through the schools, or in-
dependently of them.
Prominent among those opposing D-E cour-
ses in the schools are Adlai Stevenson and
Dr. Milton Eisenhower. Dr. Eisenhower lumps
driver education with the so-called "frill"
courses. Mr. Stevenson would leave the re-
sponsibility of driver education to parents . . .
or to chance.
At the other end of the traffic problem see-
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THE CANADIAN RECORD
Canadian (Hemphill County) Texas
ben f-ggrt-i. Editor
TESS WILKINSON Society Editor
TED ROGERS Foreman
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One Year $3.50
Elsewhere $4.50 per Year
Entered as second class matter December 20,
1945, at the Postoffice at Canadian, Texas,
under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published
each Thursday afternoon at Canadian, Texas,
by Ben R. and Nancy M. Ezzell.
saw is President Dwight Eisenhower, brother
of Dr. Milton, whose own 7-point Highway
Safety Action program calls for complete dri-
ver education courses for high school students.
Mr. Stevenson's answer is basically good
. . . except for one important thing: most par-
ents aren't qualified to teach youngsters how
to drive. A lot of us would simply pass on our
own mistakes, compounding the problem.
Our personal opinion is that it's just about
as important for Johnny to learn how to drive
safely, in this modern world, as it is for
Johnny to learn to read well. Since Johnny is
certainly going to drive a car, he'd better learn
quickly to do it well or he may not live long
enough to profit from his reading.
The best place for Johnny to learn good
driving habits is in school, where he is subject
to school discipline and has access to qualified
instruction. But driver-education courses in the
schools will cost money, and somebody's got
to foot the bill.
It's apt to be a lot less expensive, however,
to teach Johnny to drive well than to let
Johnny drive without being taught.
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Mothers March tonight . . .
. - . ends 1959 dimes drive
Tonight (Thursday) is the night for the an-
nual Mothers March for the March of Dimes.
This is the final phase of the annual cam-
paign for funds to fight polio . . . and this
year, other important health goals have been
added.
With polio on the run, the Mothers March
has a new appeal for all women interested in
building a healthier world for the children of
tomorrow. New and broad goals for research
and treatment have been set up by the Na-
tional Foundation, which is extending its vast
power in new campaigns against cripplers
other than polio . . . arthritis and birth de-
fects among them.
Tonight's campaign is the final appeal for
this year for funds to carry out this greatest
of all health campaigns. As it financed the
research which led to discovery of the Salk
vaccine and a major victory against the Na-
tions Number One crippler, Polio, the National
Foundation hopes to achieve similar victories
through research and treatment over other
major crippling diseases which affect chil-
dren.
Its history of success in its long fight against
polio promises further successes in its new
goals. Certainly the National Foundation is
best equipped, with its vast research organiza-
tion and its even vaster volunteer campaign
organization, to attack these problems.
The Mothers March is the strong right arm
of the March of Dimes campaign. Turn on
your porchlight tonight, as a signal that you
want to help, and wait for the white glove
which will take your contribution.
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STRICTLY FRESH
A bachelor is a husband that
hasn't been captured.
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Sign on the door of a vaca-
tioning nuclear scientist: "Gone
fission."
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An old-timer is a fellow who
remembers when ice cream was
a treat rather than an everyday
food.
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If you're the type who never
prays, try standing on the di-
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A perfectionist is a person who
has managed to get this far into
the new year without dating
anything "1958."
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Legislation to keep newspapers
from being shut down by strikes
has been suggested by Rep.
Frank Chelf (D-Ky.) in wake of
the recent strike against New
York City newspapers.
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West Berlin's mayor, Willy
Brandt, visits the United States
in February. He'll be the guest
at a banquet in Springfield, 111.,
on Feb. 12, 150th anniversary of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
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"A man owes it to himself
to be successful," says the
Second Street Philosopher,
"and when he becomes suc-
cessful he owes it to the In-
ternal Revenue Department"
Maybe Tennessee Ernie Ford
didnt have the IRS in mind
when he observed recently
that "It's better to give than
to lend . . . and it costs about
the same!" but you might
keep that in mind when you
start working over that Form
1040. Wish some of our cred-
itors would!
Members of the Canadian
Lions Club, we understand,
are considering plans for
building a first-class quarter-
mile track ... for foot-racing,
that is ... in the west end of
City Park, an area now cover-
ed by sandhills. Construction
of the track would be a pub-
lic-serric* project of the Lions
Club . . . with the chief bene-
ficiaries being the young ath-
letes in Canadian and area
schools.
Hope the Lions will really
get behind this project and
get it rolling in time for the
spring track season. A really
good regulation track should
make Canadian a center of
interest for spring sports in
the northeastern Panhandle,
and the City Park location
ought to be a good one for
the purpose. For those who
wonder why the school doesn't
build a track around the foot-
ball field, there's a very good
reason: there simply isn't
enough room. A regulation
track should be a quarter of a
mile in circumference, plus a
220 - yard straight - away for
dashes.
Wo hope someday to see
City Park developed into a
first-class recreation area . . .
and building of the track
would be a good start in that
direction. Other needed addi-
tions (and theres plenty of
room for them): lighted ten-
nis courts and a baseball-
and-softball park to supple-
ment the facilities at Rotary
Park.
We thought when Alaska
became a state that a lot of
those old Texas jokes would
go out of circulation, but
there's no such luck. The
north wind is blowing 'em all
back at us. Here's a good ex-
ample, as reported by Harold
Hudson in the Ochiltree Coun-
ty Herald:
"At a Lions Club confer-
ence." Hudson reports, "we
heard ene speaker medro a re-
mark he had picked up while
visiting Alaska. Those Alas-
kans.' he declared, 'say that
if you Texans continue to take
it so.hard about becoming the
second largest state, they will
cut Alaska right across the
middle . . . and then Texas
will become the third larg-
est.' "
And if those Alaskans don't
quit blowing all that hot air,
they're going to melt the
bloomin' place down to our
size.
Every once in a while, some
disgruntled taxpayer proposes
that we give the country back
to the Indians, and according
to Don Earney in the Wheeler
Times, that might not be a
bad idea at that. "When the
Indians were running things,"
says the Wlieeler editor, "they
had no taxes, they had no
debts, and the women did all
the work. How can you im-
prove on that?"
Sheriff Harry Rathjen has a
fine, roomy, walk-in vault in
his courthouse office now, and.
about the only cost to the tax-
payers for the new fireproof
addition was the cost of mov-
ing an un used vault door
from the basement to the first
floor. The vault itselef has
been there all the time . . .
but has been little used ex-
cept for storage of some dusty
county records. With a new
entrance installed from the
Sheriff's office, it's going to be
put to use.
From a medical mag: "I
wouldn't worry too much if
your son makes mud pies."
said the physchiatrist, "not
even if he tries to eat them.
That's quite normaL" "Well.
1 don't think it Is." replied
Jesus' Religion Is a
Matter for Joy
Shortly, the season of Lent
will be here, and the story of
the ministry of Jesus will
move inexorably toward the
Cross.
He came not only to minis-
ter, but to give His life as
ransom for many.
It is remarkable how ap-
parently disproportionate a
part of the four Gospels, so
far as actual pages and space
are concerned, is taken up
with the happenings of the
last week or so before Cal-
vary, and especially the very
last days.
It was during those days
that the ministry of Jesus be-
gan to be realized.
Those who would be truly
disciples of Jesus must be as
their Master.
"If any man would come
after me, let him deny him-
self and take up his cross and
follow me."
But the religion of Jesus,
even in its sacrificial de-
mands, is not a matter of
gloom. We must look ahead
to the ultimate triumph of
Easter.
Paul, who was a supreme
disciple, sounds constantly
the note of joy.
That note is the paradox of
the Christian experience and
the Christian way—that the
religion of the Cross should
be the religion of joy, of gen-
tleness and peace.
It is the paradox of inward
satisfaction, of rejoicing in
all that God has given in na-
ture and grace for enjoyment
and blessing.
the mother, "and neither does
his wife!"
Dr. Reese Nowlin
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1959, newspaper, January 29, 1959; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183937/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.