The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 206, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 31, 1947 Page: 4 of 16
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THE NEW ROAD LAW WAS CONSIDERED S®i.WORTUWHILE THAT
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ING PROOF THAT THE PLAN IS CONSIDERED OF GREAT VALUE IN
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CHAMBKHS jpOUNTY
"Chambers' Countyi^hlaB been operating
under "Unit System" since 1945. Road Plan-
ning Committee voted unanimously to spons-
or Optional Road Law. This I believe is dem-
ocratice governipent in action."
POTTER COUNTY
County' Judge & O. Northcutt, Amarillo:
"Heve been using thin system for i>;im three or
lour years by ogr«ement of the entire Coqrt and we
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mcCLENNAN COUNTY
County jtudge D. Y. McDaniel, Waco:
"McCknniMii'Coptil^ hasfempioyed the services of
oCounty Enfiheertor better than twenty- five years.
My personal experience leads me to say that a Coun-
ty Engineer i Indispensable to the proper const rur- ^
tion of a system' of, road building under uniform
and acceptable' engineering prlncij)les ..."
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A number of other Texas counties are al-
County Judge A. S. Ware, ^
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.. the county wide plan of operations for road
and bridge administration is the best and most effi-
cient that can possibly be devised. ... It permits
quantity buying on a competitive bid basis and thus
is very economical as compared with the hap-hasard
"methods of purchasing and employment of labor by
individual commissioners who operate their pre-
cincts as separate erttiUex."
ready operating under the "Unit System" of
£oad construction which has been voluntarily
set up by their Commissioners' Courts. The
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Optional Road Law makes is possible for all
Counties to nbw adopt this system by ?t vote of
the citizens.
Plan
We, the undersigned dtizons
heartily endorse the Optlc.,_
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Floyd Garner M. D. Luft •
W. F. Rochell Robert W. Nelson
? ■ L. A. McTaggart Vera Price Browning
feel that it is
able vote in the election Saturday, September 6th:
Joe Bailey
Grover Die
H. B. Hinds
il.t. Thiirmin
G. C. Lirtder
C. 0. Linder
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Austin Floyd
J. R. Curlcc
J. A. Plott
Tom Rogers
Avery L.
J. F. Zucca
Willard Sid
Fred HanscoM
D C. Kelly
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Robert W. Nelson
Louis Crutchfield
Inland W. Morrow
M. White
Hay Wray *
Major Lester
Floyd Aubin
James B. Quiglcy
Roy H. Grable
A. G Bertrand
R. B.Johnson
Vaughan Seastriinlc
Charles A. Raum
Jam^sJE^J)AaJlQX)t
V Lloyd Posey
Orval Stoffer
John B. Rasbury
E. W. Brown, Jr.
D. A. Pruter
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George Col burn
H. C. Cranfill
Mrs. Cliff Chetton
H. L. Wolcbtt
Hal Carter
S. C. Trimble Ruby Marti^
Sid J. Caillavct R. R. Allen ^
Margaret Brown ' J. C. Methncr
Josephlakey K H. Butler /
Mary Alice Lakey Harry Seaman
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Karl J. Sladek
W. P. Glidden
Richard H. Crump
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C. P. Bernard
T. L. Gunn
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Roy B. Drees
G. A. Johnson
R. L Martin
J. E. Burkett
Ross Clark
H. L. Block
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T. E. LaCroix
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Fritz Lee
Clayton Smith
Richard Stoltenber^
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The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 206, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 31, 1947, newspaper, August 31, 1947; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth308504/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.