The Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1960 Page: 1 of 16
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Vote on
amendments
Here is a brief digest of the
four proposed constitutional a-
mendments to be voted in Tues-
day, Nov. 8:
Number one cm the ballot (HJR
39)—Authorizes the Legislature to
create hospital districts co-ex-
tensive with Lamar County, Hi-
dalgo County, and county Com-
missioners Precinct No. 4 of Co-
manche County, and sets forth
certain powers, duties and limi-
, tations.
Number two in the ballot (SJR
6)—Increases the maximum per-
missible interest rate on bonds
hereafter issued by the Veterans'
Land Board to three and one-
half per cent.
Number three on the ballot
(HJR 3)—This bill is what is
known as the "Annual Salary
Bill" for legislators. It provides
for an annual salary of not to
exceed $4,800 for each legislator,
and a per diem allowance of not
to exceed $12 a day for the first
120 days of each regular session
as maximum compensation for
members of the Legislature. Also
-it limits the regular session to
140 days.
Number four on the ballot
(HJR 6)—Authorizes (he Legisla-
ture to classify loans and lenders,
license and regulate lenders, de-
fine interest, fix maximum rates
of interest ,and provide for a
maximum rate of interest of ten
per cent nor annum in the ab-
sence of legislation setting max-
imum rates of interest: provides
that the rate of interest shall
not exceed six per cent per an-
num in contracts where no in-
terest rate is agreed upon; pro-
vides for (he right of appeal and
trial de novo in the event of
cancellation of or refusal to grant
any permit.
Memorial for
Mrs. Shores held
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Marrie Louise Shores, 73, of 808
Lake, Amarillo were held at 3
p.m. Saturday, Oct 29. 1960, in
Ihe Claude Methodist Church
"with the Rev. Cecil Hardaway
officiating. Burial was in Claude
Cemetery.
An Amarillo resident since 1945,
Mrs. Shores come to the Pan-
handle in 1915 and lived in the
Ashtola and Goondight commun-
ities prior to moving to Amarillo
with her husband, A. D. Shores.
Mrs. Shores, born in Lancaster
County, Neb., passed away Friday
morning. Oct. 28. 1960, at her
home. She was a Lutheran.
In addition to her husband,
Mrs. Shores is survived by two
sous, Clarence K. Shores of Phil-
lips and Claude L. Shores of Am-
arillo; a daughter, Mrs. Chloie
Read of Amarillo; two sisters,
Mrs. High Cook of Beatrice, Neb.,
and Mrs. Minnie Slusher of Roca,
Neb., and four grandchildren.
House moved
to town
Last week the Phil Campbell
farm home was moved into town
just across the street from the
J. R. Porter residence. The house
was moved to town in order that
ilack Justiss Construction Co.
could start work on the Camp-
bell's new brick home on their
farm.
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VOL. 71
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOV. 3,
1960.
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NO. 11,
For one blessed
day you are King
Voting boxes
Game night
election party
Mothers Club will sponsor a
games ght at the school cafe-
teria "" esday, Nov. 8, at 7:30
p.m.
Everyone is invited to came and
play bridge, forty-two, canasta
and other games.
Watch the election returns on
TV while you play.
Nursery will be provided for
the children.
Coffee and donuts will be serv-
ed. Admission $1. per person.
Remodeling
completed
Voting boxes for the General
Election will be located at the
following places:
No. 1—Fairview—at the Fairview
Community building.
No. 2—Claude—Courthouse,
No. 3—Lakeview—at the Claude
Bagwell residence.
No. 4—Palo Duro—at Goodnight
school building.
No. 5—Goodnight—at Goodnight
school building.
No. 6—Llano—Llano teacherage.
No. 7—Wayside—at Wayside
school building.
No. 9—Washburn—at White's
Elevator.
No. 10—Dawkins —at George
Eschle residence.
Voters in the General Election
Tuesday, Nov. 8, should be careful
in marking their ballot if they
want their vote to count. Instruc-
tions are plainly printed on the
big ballot but most of us do not
take time to read all the fine
print. The ballot is big this year
but not as big as it has been in
some past general elections. It
has six columns, with these head-
ings: Democratic, Republican,
Constitution, Prohibition, Inde-
pendent and Write-in. The Demo-
cratic Party has a full slate of
Shown above from left to right
are Dave H. Novy of Austin, J.
M. Justiss, Mayor of Claude, Jam-
es Ledwiff, Mayor of Groom, and
J. L. Case, local manager of the
Producers Utilities Corporation.
They are standing at the new
booster station locatcd seven miles
north of Groom, recently install-
ed by the Producers Utilities Cor-
poration in order to guarantee an
ample supply of natural gas to
an ever increasing group of con-
sumers at Groom, Lark, Claude,
Goodnight and to farmers in this
area using natural gas for irriga-
tion and farm purposes. Mr. Novy
who was visiting here last week,
is one of the owners and officers
of the utility company.
2,250,000 cubic foot booster
installed by Producers Utility
The Producers Utility Corpora-
tion which serves Groom, Lark,
Claude and Goodnight wUh nat-
ural gas, has recently installed a
larger booster station north of
Groom at a cost of approximately
$20,000. This new equipment will
assure consumers of having ample
gas for heating and other pur-
poses under all conditions. Capa-
city of the new station is rated at
2,250,000 cubic feet per day and
with minor additions of key equip-
ment, can be stepped up to triple
that amount.
The Producers Utilities Corpor-
ation has served the towns and
communities listed above for over
30 years. In addition to supplying
natural gas to the cities names,
the company has an ever-increas-
ing number of farms operating ir-
rigation motors from the gas
supply.
officers listed and the Republi-
can and Constitution Parties have
candidates slated for most of the
state offices.
The Prohibition Party has only
the candidates for President and
Vice-President on the ballot. Of
course there are no names under
the "Write-In" heading.
The critical point is this: You
must mark out or scratch out all
names on the ballot except the
ones for which you wish to vote.
If you vote a straight Democratic
ticket you may just make a ver-
ticle mark through the other col-
umns. But if you vote a split
ticket be sure to mark out all
other names except the one you
want to vote for under that par-
ticular office. That means mark-
ing out three sets of names for
president and vice-president since
four are listed on the ballot. Just
be sure that you mark or scratch
out all the names except the ones
for which you vote.
You vote the same way on the
Constitutional Amendments, by
marking out the way you want
to vote against and leaving the
proposition you want to vote for.
If that's not confusing enough
we'll say it another way: If you
want to vote for the proposition,
you mark out the "against" and
leave the "for." If you want to
vote against you mark out the
' for" and leave the "against."
Another question which bothers
some about voting in the general
election is whether or not they
are allowed to vote a split ticket.
As Governor Price Daniel pointed
out last week, voting in the De-
mocratic primaries this spring
does not obligate the voter either
legally or morally to vote for the
Presidential nominee in the gen-
eral election. You may vote a
split ticket in any way you wish.
The pledge on the primary ballot
applies only to nominees selected
in that primary for state, district
and local offices, Daniel said.
This takes into consideration the
fact that each voter in the pri-
maries had the word "Democrat"
stamped on his poll* tax receipt.
It sill has nothing to do with
the general election.
You are King when you step
into that voting booth and you
do not have to account to anyone
but yourself as to how you vote.
It is also nobody's business but
yours, how you vote. But if you
fail to vote you haven't a right
to complain about the type of
government you receive following
the election. Only those who wield
the voting pen have that right.
Annuals are now on sale. The
sale will continue until Nov. 11,
1960. A down payment of $2.00
is required and $2.00 when the
annual is delivered in the sum-
mer
The Tri-State Grocery and
Market in Claude, has just com-
pleted an extensive remodeling
and redecorating program in their
store which includes a large, new
parking area at the back of the
store for the convenience of
customers, a new back porch
where the refrigeration units are
now located to give more room
inside the building. The interior
walls of the store have been re-
painted a light green and the
ceiling, the floor has been cover-
ed with a light tan tile. This
gives the store an attractive, in-
viting appearance. Almost all the
display shelves and islands are
new and attractive. A new stain-
less steel dairy case has also been
installed. The meat market has
been moved over to the west side
of the building near the bakery
and both have been remodeled
and redecorated
Customers seem to appreciate
these new conveniences and are
complimentary of the store's new
look.
New weapons
shown to Lions
Sgt. Lewallen of the recruiting
service in Amarillo was guest of
the Claude Lions Club Thursday
and showed colored moving pic-
tures of new weapons to the
group for the program of the
day. The pictures showed new
rockets and rocket launchers in
action. As the picture progressed
it showed a rocket launched from
a high flying jet plane and later
a ground crew launched a rocket
see LIONS on last page
Sgt. Eddie Watson
plans Korean tour
Sgt. Eddie Watson, who has
been stationed at Ft. Bliss. Texas,
is spending a six day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Watson and Joe. Returning to Ft.
Bliss Monday, we will prepare to
leave for Korea sometime in
November.
Eddie is a guided missile instil-
lation electrician in the U. S.
Army and was recently up-graded
to the rank of buck sargeant. He
stated. "It isn't the rank but the
extra pay." This writer has heard
that before. In Korea Eddie will
be assigned to a guided missile
unit facing our "good" friends,
the Ruskies.
Eddie has been in the army 20
months and has 16 to go which
means he will bask in that Kor-
ean climate that many months.
The Claude News editors have
warned him about keeping his
finger off that certain push but-
ton and wish him well on his
tour of over-seas duty.
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. The Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1960, newspaper, November 3, 1960; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353721/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.