The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1971 Page: 1 of 6
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Welcomed To Big Lake
1. Q. On what day and date will the election be held on
•' the 10 City Sales Tax for Big Lake?
A. Saturday, November 20, 1971.
2. Q. Where will the election be held?
A. City Hall.
3. Q. Who may vote in this election?
A. All qualified voters within the City.
4. Q. Who is a qualified city voter?
A. Those residents of the city who meet the state requir-
ments for voting in a general election who have registered to
vote prior to February 28, 1971.
5. Q. What time does the election open and close for vot-
ing?
A. The voting begins at 8:00 A.M. and ends at 7:00
P.M. on November 20, 1971.
6. 0. Who may vote absentee and when will absentee voting
take place?
A. Any qualified voter who expects to be absent from
, the county on the day of the election or who because of sick-
ness or physical disability cannot appear at the polling place
in the election precinct of his residence on the day of the
election. Absentee voting will be in the office of the City
Secretary in the City Hall from November 1 through Novem-
ber 16 from 8;00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
7. Q. Can a person living outside the city but owning
property in the city vote in this election?
A. No. Only people living within the city are qualified
to vote in a city election.
8. Q. What are some of the items we buy which are exempt
from the 10 City Sales Tax?
A. Motor Vehicles, cigarettes, telephone, telegraph,
hand tools, and products which go into manufacture of some-
thing else not taxed.
Also, meals served by hospitals to patients, meals
sold by a church, meat and food products for consumption
by schools -- sold on a regular school day.
. Also, food products unprepared for eating, any form
of animal life processed for human consumption, medicines
and prescription eye glasses.
Also, the 10 City Sales Tax is exempt on all tangible
properties not subject to the State 4a/o Sales Tax.
Also, oil, sulphur, cement, alcoholic beverages (unless
included on meals), gasoline, and all other items taxed un-
der another item, or tax.
Also, exempted from the 10 City Sales Tax is all feed
for farm and ranch animals, seed for plants, farm machinery,
books, such as religious, song books, etc.
9. Q. When would the collection of the municipal sales
tax begin?
A. Big Lake merchants would begin collection April 1,
1972.
10. Q. When would the revenue be available to the City?
A. July 1, 1972.
11. Q. What additional records and reports will have to be
kept and reported by a business?
A. The merchant will not have to keep any additional
records, nor make additional reports.
The merchant will simply collect 50 where he now •
collects 40. He will remit the total of 5% instead of 4% as in
the past.
12. Q. To whom does the business man report and pay the
Sales Tax?
A. Reports and remittance of all sales taxes collected
are made by the business to the State Comptroller at Austin,
Texas.
13. Q. How does the State Comptroller get paid his expenses
for collecting the 10 Sales Tax for cities?
A. The entire tax collected is forwarded to the State
Comptroller. He simply deducts 2°Jo of the amount collected
in and for the City of Big Lake and remits the balance to the
City.
14. Q. Who has enforcement powers in handling all matters
pertaining to the 10 City Sales Tax?
A. All phases of handling the 10 City Sales Tax are under
full control of the State Comptroller, including legal action
where necessary to collect any delinquency.
15. Q. Is the 10 City Sales Tax deductible on our Federal
Income Tax Report?
A. Yes, it is a deductible item of expense on Federal
Income Reports.
16. Q. Does the 10 City Sales Tax apply to items sold
wholesale?
A. No, it does not apply to items sold wholesale. It
applies only to retail sales.
17. Q. Does a person living outside the City Limits pay
the 10 City Sales Tax?
A. Yes, he pays the 10 City Sales Tax as does the tourist
when he buys items on which the tax applies.
18. Q. Why should these people who live outside the City
have to pay the 10 City Sales Tax?
A. When a person comes to the City, whether as a coun-
ty resident or tourist, he drives over paved streets supplied by
the City. He expects his car to be protected when he parks
it. These, as well as other things, cost money and the small
amount he pays will help to better serve him.
19. Q. How many cities in the State already use the local
sales tax?
A. More than 605 cities use the local sales tax in the
State of Texas.
20. Q. Why does Big Lake need the broad-based source of
revenue which will be brought about by the acceptance of the
l°Jo municipal sales tax?
A. Big Lake gets the great majority of its revenue from
ad valorem taxes which is no longer adequate if the City is
to maintain its self sufficiency in meeting local responsibili-
ties.
t 21. O. What additional benefits and services will the citi-
zens of Big Lake receive from the sales tax revenue?
A. The City Council proposes the following:
1. A regular program of sealcoating our streets to keep
them in A-l shape. By doing this, we would be able
to save a considerable amount on the constant patch-
ing that is now required.
2. Replace some of our old equipment on which the main-
tenance costs have become excessive. Along this
line we are soon to be faced with the replacement of
one of our fire trucks. When one of these units is older
than 20 years it can affect the fire insurance rate that
we all pay on our homes.
3. Be able to set up a regular maintenance schedule on
our overhead water tank and other storage facilities,
also enlarge water lines and "loop" other lines to ob-
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A Cactus Country Confab
for District VIII Texas Garden
Clubs, Inc. takes place in
Big Lake Friday and Saturday
with as many as 150 women
gardeners attending the Fall
convention hosted by Reagan
Garden Club.
Convention site is First Unit-
ed Methodist Church Fellow-
ship Hall.
Mrs. Henry B. Horn of Del
Rio, immediate past president
of the state will be principal
speaker for the noon luncheon
Saturday in the school cafeteria
Her topic will be Symbols of
Flowers.
Mrs. Joe Jackson of Ranger is
district director, presiding at
the opening of the executive
meeting of the convention at
4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon.
A dinner at Jesse's Sirloin House
follows and the evenings en-
tertainment will be a book re-
view by Mrs. Dobbs Herrmann
of Rocker B Ranch and a social
hour.
General Assembly is 10:00
Local Golf Tourney
Now Underway
A handicap tournament has
gotten underway for members
of Big Lake Golf Club and will
include both men and women
golfers
Entry fee is $10 per person,
and the tourney is held as a
fund raising project to help the
club treasury.
Club members enterting the
tourney may play at any time
between Nov.l and Nov. 15 as
long as they play in a foursome
A total of 36 holes is required.
After 18 holes, cards should be
turned in at the clubhouse and
handicaps will be taken down,
then entrants play the last 18.
Additional play does not have
to be on the same day. Ask for
more details at the clubhouse.
First prize is a complete set
of golf ciubs and bag.Second
and third prizes will be golf
balls. In case of a tie, there
will be a play-off.
a.m. following a coffee hour
and registration beginning at
8;30 a.m. in the Fellowship
Hall of the church.
Mrs. Max Schneemann, Jr.
and Mrs. J. L. Wright, Jr. are
co-chairmen of local arrange-
ments working with Mrs. Lacy
Way, president of Reagan Gar-
den Club.
The Cactus Country Confab
theme is carried out in prairie
dress costumed local clubwom-
en with native plant materials
in this section of the country
used in decorations.
Area executive officers ar-
riving Friday include Mrs.
Jackson, Mrs. Hy Newby of
Menard, first assistant director;
Mrs. Robert Flutsch of Menard,
third assistant director. Mrs.
Max Schneemann, Jr. is Dis-
trict VIII treasurer.
Appearing in the Saturday
session of the general assembly
will be Mrs. J. L. Wright, Jr.,
Mrs. Lacy Way, Mrs. Bailey
Post of Ozona, Mrs. Joe Jack-
son of Ranger, Mrs. Jimmy
Martin, Mrs. Charles Speck
of San Angelo, Mrs. L. W.
Patterson of Sweetwater and
Mrs. Hy Newby of Del Rio.
How Reagan Owls
Opponents Fared ...
Here is how this year's op-
ponents of the Reagan County
Owls fared in their games last
week;
Crane 40, Ozona 0
McCamey 6, Stanton 0
Iraan 40, Socorro 8
Sonora 21, Mason 13
Junction 29, Brady 0
Eastland 41, Ballinger 6
Pecos 21, Ft. Stockton 8
# 4 $ # $
This week's schedule;
Crane in Big Lake
Coahoma in McCamey
Ozona in Stanton
Iraan in Rankin
Eldorado in Sonora
Ft. Stockton in Monahans
Coleman in Ballinger
Junction in Llano
County Pecan Show
Date Is Nov. 13th
E.O. Nevills, county agent,
reminds exhibitors that there
is no entry fee for entering the
first Reagan County Pecan Shov
to be held Saturday, Nov. 13.
The show will be held in the
courthouse annex from 9:00
a.m. till 3:00 p.m.
Ribbons will be given for
first through sixth places in
each of the variety categories.
Rosettes will be given for
champions.
In order for the variety cat-
egories to be judged there
mast be three or more entries
in the same variety. All va-
rieties entered with less than
three entries will be judged as
"Others".
Each entry must have 45
pecans per entry. Pecans must
be exhibited in their natural
state: no artificial alterations.
All entries must be in by
9:oo a.m., November 12, at
the County Agent’s office in
Big Lake. You may leave your
entry at any time. Simply
place your 45 pecans in a pa-
per sack and attach your
name. Your name and varie-
ty would be helpful. If you
don't know the variety, bring
your entry anyway, Nevills
stated.
Mail orders will be accept-
ed. Mail to County Agent's
Office, Box 38, Big Lake,
Texas, 76932, to arrive not
later than November 12.
The first three places in
each class will be entered at
tire Trans-Pecos Pecan Show
in McCamey on Nov. 20, un-
less entrant specifies other-
wise. These Trans-Pecos en-
tries will become the property
of the Trans-Pecos Show.
Places below third will Ire
your property if you desire to
pick them up after the show.
Judging will begin at 9:00
a.m. Pecans and ribbons will
be on exhibit until 3:00 p.m.
at which time entries and
ribbons may be picked up.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Ragland
spend this weekend in San Mar-
cos with their daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Partin who have
purchased a new trailer home.
Vicki teaches at Brown School
and Tom is working at the hos-
pital, going to school part-time,
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EDITORIAL-
CITY SALES TAX A MUST!
Members of the Big Lake City Council have come up
with what they think is the best way to solve the need for
additional revenue for the City of Big Lake in the proposed
1% city sales tax. This newspaper wholeheartedly endorses
this proposal and recommends its passage. This proposal
will be voted on by the qualified voters of Big Lake on Sat-
urday, November 20.
If Eig Lake is to maintain its present level of city serv-
ices and progress the way it should, the City Council must
come up with more money. The other alternative is to raise
the ad valorem tax rate on city property. To create the same
amount of revenue as a 1% city sales tax, the ad valorem
tax rate would have to be increased 40 to 45 per cent.
The Council feels that this would be the least painful
way for the taxpayer, and would be on a pay as you go basis
with no additional tax bill in a lump sum. Based on sales
taxes now collected by the state from this county, the city
estimates it should receive between $16,000 and $18,000 in
additional revenue from a 1% city sales tax.
The city estimates that the cost to the average citizen
would be $4 o $5 per year under the sales tax plan. The pres-
ent ad valorem tax is $1.15 per $100 valuation, based on 40%
of actual value. The present rate of $1.15 has been in effect
since 1958. If the ad valorem tax was raised, it would come
from just the property owners. Under the sales tax plan, the
tax would be spread among everyone living here or visiting
here who buys taxable items.
Among other needs, the city proposes to use some of the
additional revenue to gradually replace some of its old ve-
hicles, one of which is a 1952 fire truck. When a fire truck
becomes 20 years old the fire insurance key rate goes up.
This fire truck will have to be replaced next year or else lo-
cal property owners will be paying about $2,300 annually in
additional insurance premiums. The city has a 1949 Chev.
dump truck, a 1952 garbage truck now used for brush haul-
ing. a 1S56 garbage truck, a 1958 Ford pickup, a 1962 and a
1C64 Chev. pickup. Maintenance on these old vehicles in be-
ginning to be a heavy expense.
The City of Big Lake now has 14 employees compared
with a high of 26 employees in 1956. This is the minimum
work force to administer, keep books, maintain police and
fire protection, and operate the water, sewer, gas and gar-
bage hauling services in a city the size of Big Lake. In our
inflationary economy over the the nation, our local city
council and administrators are to be commended for being
able to operate our city as well as it has. However, all re-
placement equipment and materials now cost more than
ever before, and now additional revenues must come into the
city treasury even to maintain the status quo. We trust you
will support your city council in approving the city sales tax.
Some misconception seems to exist that there would be
additional collection expense to the businessman and the
city. There would be no additional expense to the business-
man or the city. Instead of collecting the 4% state sales tax
on taxable items, the businessman would collect 5% as is
now done in over 609 other cities in Texas. This would be
remitted to the state as is now done. The state would refund
the city its 1%, less 2% of that amount for its expense of
collection. For example, if the city’s 1% amounted to $16,000
per year, the state comptroller would keep $320 for book-
keeping and collection expense.
So that you may be more informed, we invite everyone
to read the questions and answers we have prepared in re-
gard to the city sales tax. These are printed in a separate
story on this page. In any event, be sure and vote on Satur-
day, November 20.
Flea Market November 9th
In Boone Motor Building
HARLEY MILLER AND MARVIN BAKER
The Twentieth Century Club
Flea Market planned for Nov.9
in the former Boone Motor Co.
building will contain many
and varied booths selling arti-
cles of hobbiests, collectors,
handicrafts, etc.in addition to
antiques, home baked candies
.pies and cakes.
Market hours are 9 a.m.
through 6 p.m.
Spaghetti Supper
Nov. 13 At Cafeteria
Band Boosters Club holds a
Spaghetti Supper Saturday,
November 13, at the school
cafeteria for benefit of The
Pride of Reagan County.
Serving hours are 6-8 p.m.
and tickets are $1.50 for
adults and 750 for those 12 and
under.
The public is urged to attend,
support activities of the high
school band.
There are about 80 glaciers
in Glacier National Park.
Reagan County Owls and
Crane Golden Cranes get to-
gether here Friday Night in
Owl Stadium for their annual
football battle which usually
has a bearing on the district
championship. Fans are re-
minded that this week's game
starts at 7:30 p.m.
This year's contest is a bat-
tle for survival for the Owls ‘
in die District 5AA title race.
The Owls must win this one to
stay in contention as Crane and
Coahoma are 3-0 in district;
play while the Owls are 2-1.
Crane's high scoring team is
led by Ronald Holland, 180
pound senior tailback. He scor-
ed four touchdowns in the
Cranes' 40-0 rout of the Ozona
Lions last week. Crane banked
Stanton 32-0 and beat McCamey
42-26 in district play.
Season records:
Owls 12, Iraan 0
Owls 21, Ballinger O'
Owls 9. Sonora 28
Owls 7, Junction 0
Owls 0, Fort Stockton 6
Owls 13, Ozona 0
Owls 7, McCamey 0
Owls 14, Coahoma 22
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Crane 34, Ft. Stockton 21
Crane 41, Jal, N. M. 6
Crane 13, Monahans 14
Crane 14, Alpine 18
Crane 14, Lovington, N. M.
Booths are continueing to be
reserved and clubmembers are
elated over the response of so
many over the area who will
show,making a great variety
for display.
Those who are renting booths
must furnish their own tables,
etc.for exhibit.
A booth selling coffee and
doughnuts will be operated by
clubmembers, another will sell
home baked goods, another
home canned goods, hand paint-
ed china, pottery and ceramics,
antiques, old and new coin jew-
elry, hand painted articles of
household linens, etc.are in-
cluded among displays already
reserved for the market.
Call Mrs. Brown Hayes at
Reagan County Library, 884-
2854 at Reagan County Library
or Mrs.Lawson Hendrix 884-
2662 to reserve a booth for the
event.
Proceeds from the sale of
booths and proceeds of club-
members boo til s( a minimum
i$10) will be used for civic pro-
jects of Twentieth Century
Club.
Crane 42,
Crane 32,
Crane 40,
McCamey 26
Stanton 0
Ozona 0
However, past records mean
nothing when these two old
rivals face each other. Never-
theless, Crane is apparently
stronger than usual, and the
Owls will have to put forth a
maximum effort.
Coach Wilburn George will
probably start the game line-
up as he did last week.
On offense, probable starters
will be Connie Smith, quarter-
back;David Hickman, fullback;
Roger Neill, tailback, Lonnie
earner, wingback;Craig Barnes,
left end;Marvin Baker, left
tackle;Steve George, left guard;
Mike Massey, center;Steve
Bird or David Ward, right guard;
Mark Kohutek, right tackle;
and Harley Miller, right end.
On defense, probable start-
ers will be Smith and Barnes,
safeties;earner and Neill, half-
backs; Hickman and Miller,
linebackers-, John Smith or John
ny Hickman and Baker, ends;
Kohutek and Bird, tackles;and
George, middle guard.
No, Name
POs. Wt.
11 Connie Smith
QB 155
10 Ken Stout
QB 150
25 Roger Neill
TB 176
22 Lonnie earner
WB 142
30 David Hickman
FB 178
20 Jimmy Love
TB 158
31 John Smith
E 163
21 Johnny Hickman
FB 152
61 Mike Ratliff
G 145
58 Mike Massey
C 214
62 Steve Bird
G 165
67 Steve George
G 165
64 David Ward
G 150
77 Mark Kohutek
T 190
70 Marvin Baker
T 170
71 Eddie Collins
T 168
75 Marshall Gray
T 178
84 Harley Miller
E 178'
82 Merle Richardson
E 155
81 Craig Barnes
E 150
80 Rusty Owens
E 155
33 Joe Cortez
WB 140
Schools To Have
Holiday Monday
Reagan County Independent
School District students have a
holiday Monday, Nov.8. This
date is set aside as a holiday
to allow teachers of the school
system to attend the Dist.18,
TSTA meeting in Odessa.
School convenes Tuesday,
Nov.9 as usual.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. & Werst, Mrs. J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1971, newspaper, November 4, 1971; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth615043/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.