The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 139, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 9, 1959 Page: 4 of 10
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IWTORIAL FAGE THE ORANGE LEADER
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1959
Moment of Meditation
Bat » (or me, I will walk in mine integrity: re-
deem me, and be merciful unto me. Psalms 26:11.
Across tits Editor's Desk . . .
Letters to the Editor
Prevent Dull Column
By J. CULLEN BROWNING
Solon Fighting Cut in School Aid
Even the bitterest opponents of large scale federal
aid tcf the schools concede the propriety of one type of
financial support that has been paid for years to the
Orange District and in smaller amounts to some of the
other districts in the county.
These are payments to schools in communities af-
fected by federal defense and military activities. The
money is used to help cover the cost of operating these
schools and, in some cases, to pay for additional facilities.
In the Orange District, 328 children, or 14 per cent
of the total enrollment, are from families of Navy peo-
ple. Most of these families live in the Navy Park hous-
ing, which is not subject to local taxes. Wage earners in
the families work at a military installation which also
is not subject to taxes.
It is only fair, therefore, that the federal government
contribute something toward the cost of educating chil-
dren in the Navy families here.
But now, even while fighting tooth-^nd-nail for the
right to give away money to school districts to which
the federal government has no obligation at all, the
Eisenhower administration is attempting to reduce the
amounts it is paying to the districts to which it does
owe something.
This odd political situation has roused the ire of
Texas Sen. Ralph Yarborough and he has gone to bat
for those of his state's districts that have been receiving
such assistance.
Yarborough points out that under the existing law
providing grants for school operation, Texas is entitled
to $10,773,982. If the administration has its way that
would be reduced to $5,655,312. V,
Appropriations for helping in school construction
programs in federally affected districts would be trim-
med from $2,218,010 to $790,000. X
At present, the Orange District is entitled only to
grants for operation, and these come nowhere near to
paying the local share of the cost of educating children
in Navy families. The budgeted amount of revenue from
this source is $15,000, or less than $50 for each of the stu-
dents from Navy families.
The total cost to the community for educating a
child in the Orange Public Schools is $157. That means
the local property owners already are contributing
around $110 • year toward the instruction of each of
the Navy-connected pupils here.
These figures clearly demonstrate that if there is
any change in the amount of federal assistance to dis-
tricts such as Orange it should be on the upward rather
than the downward side.
More power to Sen. Yarborough in his battle to
stave off the proposed reduction. And we are sure a few
letters of encouragement from taxpayers in the Orange
School District would be helpful. The senator’s address
Is 460 Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C.
Worthwhile Community Program
Graduation time comes only once a year but a com-
munity activity connected with it goes on to some de-
gree for a good part of the school year.
This is a project aimed at making certain the boys
and girls who don caps and gowns to receive diplomas
then take them off again to celebrate the happy oc-
casion are still safe and sound the next day.
Commencement night has been marred many times
throughout America by tragedies involving high school
graduates out on a lark. Several years ago thoughtful
people in Orange set up a program to keep that kind of
a thing from happening here.
These people formed the Community Commence-
ment Committee. It serves as a coordinating agency for
several local organizations which contributed money
and time of their members to the annual graduation
party.
After the commencement exercises each year the
new diploma holders are taken somewhere—this year
it was the Jack Tar Orange House where they were
served dinner and provided with wholesome entertain-
ment far into the night. There also is a late movie at the
Strand for graduates preferring that kind of entertain-
ment.Then the young people are taken home.
This is a most worthwhile program and we hope that
it will become countywide in scope by next graduation
time.
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According to Kirby Conn, this
column has been so dull of late
that he quit reading it until he
heard about the letter from Ray-
mond Sanders.
Then, when he read that, he dis-
covered he had missed the column
that drew the letter.
So we sold another extra copy
of the paper. At least I hope we
sold it instead of having Kirby
put the bite on the advertising
department with a promise that
he will buy some space sometime.
Now if he will just keep reading
the column for a few days some-
thing else interesting may turn
up. I had a joking bout with Joe
Runnels the other day and he said
that as soon as things get dull
he, too, will write a letter to the
editor.
Joe complained about discrimi-
nation regarding his most recent
letter to the Leader. It was way
over in the middle of the pa^er
rather in this apace as was the
Sanders letter.
This caused me to explain to
him a policy that other readers
and potential letter writers may
need to know. If the letter gives
me a bad time it gets published
here. If it takes the hide off some-
one else it goes further back in
the pap^r.
My big trouble is that most of
the writers of letters lambasting
me don’t sign their communica-
tions. That means I have to throw
them away instead of publishing
them here — and sometimes on
days when the column comes out
dull besides.
Speaking of Kirby Conn, we had
a gathering of the wife’s family
clan up at Scrappin' Valley over
the weekend. That's the area in
which Kirby grew up and it hasn’t
quite gotten over the experience,
which makes it well conditioned
to the kind of things that transpire
when a passel of my wife’s kinfolks
get together.
Some day soon I’m going to do
a story for Spice! about Scrappin’
Valley (no mention of Kirby in
that one, I promise). It’s a real
interesting place, not only because
of the i name and its origin, but
•Iso for several other things.
....... The House of Representatives
had itself a big time with a bill
yesterday. As a result, we ended
up with a misleading story in the
final edition of The Leader.
While waiting around for the
Senate to pass some kind of a tax
bill, the House members had
nothing important on the agenda
except the abandoned funds mea-
sure and a resolution welcoming
the seventh grade civics class
from Nocona or somewhere.
After disposing of the civies
class, the representatives buckled
down to work on the escheat
measure. Here is what took place
after that:
t. The House voted 83-58 to sub-
stitute Gov. Price Daniel’s pro-
posed bill for a measure which
a committee had substituted for
the governor’s version.
2. It then voted 63-60 to kill the
bill its members had substituted
for the committee substitute.
3. Next it voted 62-82 to make
that vote stick. But tie votes don't
count so the effect of the vote to
make the vote to kill the measure
legal produced the opposite result.
The bill came back to life.
4. The author of the bill which
the House had substituted for the
committee substitute then an-
nounced that it would be taken up
again today.
5. Another representative, the
one from Nocona, yelled from the
floor, in resoonse to the announce-
ment. “You’ll be sorry.’’ ,
6. We had to go to press with
the final edition right after the i
vote killing the House substitute1
for the committee substitute. In
doing so. we carried a story say-
ing the bill was dead, but before
the press started rolling it was
alive again.
7. Our news wire closed down
before we found out why the rep-
resentative from Nocona believed
the author of the governor’s pro-
posal was going to be sorry for
bringing the dead bill back to
life.
That kind of a situation shouldn't
happen to a dog, much less a news-
paper editor on a day following a
reunion with his wife’s kinfolks.
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THE OFFBEAT NEWSBEAT . . .
Reporter Admonishes Reader
To Wipe Scowl Off His Face
By HAL BOYLE
BLONDIE
Bv ED CREAGH
/ For HAL BOYLE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wipe
that scowl off your face, willva?
I’ve seen you scrunch past a
million times, with your lips
damped tight and your eyes like
onoomirrg thunder.
You don't walk. You grind the
pavements beneath your feet.
You don’t see people. You see
potential pickpockets.
You don’t live. You hate your-
self into gritty dust.
Yes, it's you I’m talking about—
the you who can’t bear the reflec-
tion of yourself in a stone window.
I’ve seen you in a hundred cit-
ies, clutching your little worries,
stroking your petty grievances in-
to disasters. '
Wise up, willya? Life’s too
short for hatred. Ponder a minute
on that old wheeze Even if you
live out your three score and ten—
which you won't, at the rate
you’re using up your vital juices—
there isn’t time for hatred.
I'm watching you go past on the
street as I sit here at a type-
writer.
You don’t look good. You’re
gray, even when young—although
you probably were bom old.
You rush all the time, to des-
tination nowhere. What’s the hur-
ry? The grave will claim you
ebon enough, and the grass will
grow unhurried to cover you.
Try strolling. Start earlier and
take longer. Risk a smile now and
then-^even a secret inward smile.
Work up, or Outward, to a smile
at some total stranger. Even me.
We won’t misunderstand. We'll
stop being saddened by the sight
of you.
Try joy, young man with the
chitcbed attache case. Try glory,
too-soon-old gray lady with the
i. Honest,
is not a dirty word. The post office
lets it go through the mails almost
every day.
Joy, glory, happiness are your
rightful legacy—from God or your
healthy heartbeat, if you still have
one. Unfrown. Unsnarl. Unzip
your resentments. Love. The early
Christians knew the meaning of
that. Whatever became of them,
or of the Word?
Okay, it’s raining. Don’t hunch
your shoulders like a brooding
hen. Walk in the rain. Strut in it.
You’re waterproof. The worst that
can happen to you is a head cold
and a dry-cleaning job. You’ll re-
cover from both.
Slow down. Straighten up. This
is your world. Enjoy it. Don’t *ook
down ycur nose at strangers;
they’ll only look back at you.
. Glare at the world—as I just saw
you doing—and it will snap at
your heels.
So endeth today’s sermon, which
never would have happened
your reporter had not glimpsed
himself in a store window mirror
today, scowling, rushed, and or-
nery for no earthly reason than
pure unnecessary cussedness.
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happiness
Birthday Observed
By Lawman Dalton
KANSAS CITY (AP)—A distant
relative of the old Dalton gang of
frontier days is celebrating his
73rd birthday today.
Here’s the twist: Roy Dalton
a sheriff’s deputy. He doesn’t hide
his relationship to the outlaw fam
ily.
“I’m not particularly proud of
it,” he says. “But then maybe
they wouldn’t think much of my
being on the side of the law.”
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THE ORANGE LEADER
James B. QuiRley _
J. Cullen Browning .
Joe Parsley *____
Philip Lilly _
Bob Axe I son__
Herbie Dees .........
L. R. (Bob) McHugh
Jean Saxon ___
E. F. Krietsch_
S. R. Davit_
.Publisher
-Editor
.Managing Editor
-Area News Editor
City Editor
.Women’s News Editor
Sports Editor
_____Magazine Editor
-Advertising Director
.Circulation Manager
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 139, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 9, 1959, newspaper, June 9, 1959; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558774/m1/4/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.