The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1961 Page: 2 of 8
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The Naples MONITOR
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1961
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Ru/es to go by
Next Tuesday at Daingerfield, some prop-
erty will be offered for sale at public auction
to satisfy tax claims against it.
It is a rarity when a taxing unit in Texas
really presses for payment of property taxes.
It is much more common for the taxing units
to write off their losses, hope that the prop-
erty will change hands some day and the bill
be paid then, and computes its tax needs on
the percentage it expects to collect from those
who pay willingly.
Of course that method penalizes the one
who pays promptly because he has to ante up
a little extra to cover for those who don't pay
at all.
With this laxity on the part of taxing
units, it isn't surprising that some people who
wouldn't dare skip a federal income tax re-
turn will let local taxes go unpaid for years.
The federal boys take a dim view of non-pay-
ers and are quick to crack down on them.
The city of Naples, the city o" Omaha, and
the Paul H. Pewitt Independent School District
began almost two years ago to clear up their
delinquent tax rolls and get all property own-
ers back on a current basis.
The school alone had in the neighborhood
of $20,000 in past-due taxes on its books. By
an odd coincidence, that is almost what the
school district itself owed in short-time loans
that it was unable to pay.
This business of owing and being owed
seems like poor business.
The State of Texas specifies a procedure
to be followed by local taxing units.
That procedure has some safeguards in-
tended to protect the property owner, al-
though there are times that the recourses left
to the tax payer seem insufficient or unfair.
The state laws also specify what the tax-
ing unit may and may not do to collect taxes
from those who don't pay willingly. To the
collectors, those rules seem to be a long ways
around and hard to enforce.
The policy of local taxing units in collect-
ing conscientiously from all who owe should
leave little room for misunderstanding in the
future.
Those who don't pay will know what to
expect. Those who do pay will have the pleas-
ure of knowing that others are having to share
the tax burden.
There's nothing unfair about that. Is
there?
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SAGE OF SULPHUR BOTTOM
Russia's idea of the UN is
like a bank robber or a :«r
(Editor's note: The Sage of
Sulphur Bottom discusses the
United Nations this week. He
may be getting too far away
from his farm.)
Dear editar:
While I have always sus-
pected that joining up the
countries of the world in the
United Nations was a laudable
goal but about as hard as unit-
ing a bunch of farmers, and
while I can't name off-hand
very much the U.N. has done,
still it must represent a seri-
ous threat to some form of
disorder or Russia wouldn't
be concerned with it.
However, I'm not going into
a discussion of the U.N. — not
just because I'm ignorant of
it, that's no excuse for not
discussing anything, you set
up a standard that a person
has to know what he's talk-
ing about before he talks and
nine-tenths of the conversa-
tion would stop — but what
interests me in Russia's idea
that the U.N. ought to be
run by a three-man board,
one from Russia, one from the
United States, and one from
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some place else, each with the
right to veto the other two.
I have given this proposal
careful thought, and the best
I can figure it out, it'd be like
trying a bank robber before
a three-man jury consisting
of the judge, the prosecuting
attorney, and the bank robber
with a unanimous vote neces-
sary for conviction.
I'd be like me borrowing
money from the bank, with
an agreement that before the
loan could be called in. me
and the banker both would
have to vote unanimously on
whether or not to foreclose
on me.
I don't believe Russia will
get anywhere with tiiis pro-
posal, yet on the other hand
I doubt if the United Nations
will get anywhere as long as
it has Russia on its hands.
Russia is like a hurricane.
You don't know where it will
strike next, but you do know
wherever it strikes, it's bad.
The world though has surviv-
ed lots of 1. ii'ricanes, and it
probably can survive Russia,
but you'll have to admit, it's
going to take a long time for
it to blow itself out.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
PAY YOUR
Cass County
Benefit Assoc.
Insurance
MILLER'S
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SERVICE STATION
Admitted
Gwendolyn Annette Fletch-
er of Omaha, medical, dismiss-
ed.
Noel Keith Higgins of Na-
ples, surgery, dismissed.
Mrs. O. J. Baugh of DeKalb,
medical, dismissed.
Gerald Morgan of Marietta,
medical, dismissed.
Gordon Williams of Omaha,
surgery, dismissed.
Guy Ranes of Naples, medi-
cal.
Mrs. Earl Green of Hughes
Springs, medical.
Mrs. Forenee Waits of Om-
aha. medical.
Walter Ellington of Mariet-
ta, medical.
Mrs. Bobbie Ruth Cobb of
Naples, medical.
Mrs. Alvis Hardin j:' Mari-
etta, medical.
Doyce Betts of Naples, med-
ical.
H. L. Cogburn of Naples,
surgery.
Patricia Minton of Naples,
medical.
Mrs. Ronald Dean of Na-
ples, medical.
Others Dismissed
Mrs. Clif Brock of Naples.
Mrs. Lillian Capps of Na-
ples.
Mrs. Billie M. Vaughan of
Naples.
Beverly Karen P?ge of Na-
ples.
Paula Tidwell of Simms.
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Demonstration club elects officers
"I'm going into water sports gradually."
MARIETTA
WMU has mission program on sharing
Mrs. Dan Foster was hostess
for the September meeting of
Ihe Daniels Chapel Home
Demonstration Club.
Mrs. Maurine Gibbs, presi-
dent, conducted the meeting,
and the roll call was answer-
ed with "A gadget I wish
someone would invent."
Mrs. Foster was elected
"Club Woman of the Year".
The club members also
elected new officers for the
next year.
Mrs. Troy Gibbs was elect-
ed president, Mrs. Cecil Thom-
as vice president, Mrs. Marion
Lee Fulgham secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. Paul Vissering
council delegate, Mrs. Law-
rence McMichael reporter,
Mrs. Paul Vissering clothing
leader, Mrs. Bernice Knight
food leader, Mrs. J. H. Mc-
Daniel recreation leader, and
Mrs. Dan Foster program
leader.
Mrs. Vissering gave a very
interesting program on "Buy-
ing Garments and Accesso-|
ries".
Delicious refreshments of I
cookies, pickles and punch |
were served to Mrs. J. H. Mc-
Daniel, Mrs. Lawrence Mc- i
Michael, Mrs. Bernice Knight,
Mrs. Cecil Thomas, Mrs. M. L.
Fulgham, Mrs. Paul Vissering,
Mrs. Troy Gibbs and the host-
ess, Mrs. Dan Foster.
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The WMU met Monday aft-
ernoon with Mrs. A. E. Loffer
opening the meeting with a
scripture reading, followed by
prayer led by Mrs. Horace
Hampton. Mrs. Marshall Smith
led the lesson from the mis-
sion book, "Sharing Our Pos-
sessions." The meeting closed
with prayer.
Mrs. Robert Robinson and
daughter, Becky, and baby, of
Santa Fe, N. M., have been
visiting with relatives in Mari-
etta, Naples and Texarkana.
A nice group attended the
shower for Mr. and Mrs. Dee
Smith Saturday evening at the
lunch room. Their home re-
cently was destroyed by fire.
RALPH DANIELS
Registered Public Surveyor
LAND SURVEYING
Phone 4094 Box 292
LINDEN, TEXAS
Mrs. Ella Burkhalter of Dal-
las visited recently with Mr.
and Mrs. Lon Bohannan.
William L. Smith of Texar-
kana, a nephew of J. W. Rus-
sell, passed away Friday. The
Russell family was in Texar-
kana Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Myra Beth Betts left
for Commerce last week where
she will be a student at East
Texas State College.
Miss Thelma Russell, Mrs.
T. E. Wommack and Mrs. R. L.
Harris were in Atlanta Tues-
day, Wednesday and Thurs-
day nights attending a work-
shop for county teachers.
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