The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1971 Page: 2 of 6
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tain better water pressure throughout the city.
4. Expand our sewer system to include areas not presently
getting adequate services.
5. Construct city garage so that equipment can be kept
6. Increase our mowing equipment so that vacant areas
can be kept neat and claean. Clear vacant lots of brush
and debris so uiai Lucy cau also be mowed.
All of these points make for a more attractive city, one that
will be more apt to attract industrial growth.
22. Q. Would the passage of a local sales tax in Big Lake *
mean a lowering of the property tax?
A. No. The great need for continued improvement in
our City calls for additional revenue, not a substitute for pro-
perty tax revenues. Without additional revenue, City services
will deteriorate and the City will be unable to provide the
services which its residents must have.
23. Q. Why will acceptance of the sales tax be the fairest
and most equitable method of taxation?
A. Presently, only the property owners in Big Lake are
paying taxes which provide the facilities which are enjoyed
not only by die property owners, but the many non-property
owners arid those persons who live just beyond our City limits
who pay no City taxes but enjoy die facilities and services
offered by the City. With the acceptance of the sales tax
these persons whould be paying a portion of die cost of die
benefits received.
24. Q. Why should the business man favor a 10 City Sales
Tax ?
A. Poor city services mean poor business. Well financed,
efficient city services attract new people to live and trade in
the City. More people means more business and economic
improvements.
25. Q. Why should a resident property owner favor die City
Sales Tax?
A. Proper police and fire protection will protect your
investment in your home. Improved street maintenance, good
street lighting, better health and sanitation services all combine
to make Big Lake a fine, healthy and enjoyable place to Live.
26. Q. How much revenue is a lc City Sales Tax expected
to bring into the City of Big Lake?
A • It has been estimated at approximately $16, 000 to
$18, 000. This amount will move up, or down, as the econo-
my of our City moves up or down. This is one of the big ad-
vantages of this type of tax.
27. Q. How much increase is the ad valorem tax would it
take to bring in as much revenue as the 10 City Sales Tax?
A. Between 40 -45°jo.
Card of Thanks
Many dianks to all our
friends for the many calls, cards
and flowers sent us during our
time of grief. It is friends like
you who have made the loss of
our beloved brotiter and uncle
easier to bear. God bless you.
Weldon and Patti King
and Children
Quail Season Set For
Dec. 1 Thru Feb. 15
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Commission has set the 1971-
1972 quail season for the Per-
mian Basin Regulatory Dist.,
which includes Reagan County,
for December 1, 1971 through
February 15, 1972.
Bag limit is 12 a day and
possession is a 36 limit.
Mrs. Collins' Rites
Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Albert G. Collins, 92, of
Barnhart, were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday in the Barnhart
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Jim Farmer, pastor of the Cal-
vary Baptist Church of San An-
gelo officiating. Burial was in
the Resthaven Cemetery in
Barnhart.
Mrs. Collins died about 1:30
a.m. Tuesday in Rabb’s Nur-
sing Home in San Angelo.
She was the former Donnie
Wall and born in 1879 in Kim-
ble County to Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Wall. The family set-
tled on a ranch in Sutton Coun-
ty in 1890. She was married
there to Albert G. Collins
Nov. 30, 1893.
Her husband had served in
Gen. Tom Green's brigade
during the Civil War and later
was stationed in Fort Concho.
He was wounded in ankle
during a skirmish at Yellow
Bayou in Maj. Gen. Nathan-
iel P. Banks' assault on Texas.
He died at 95, in 1941, at the
home for Confederate veterans
in Austin.
Mrs. Collins had lived in
Barnhart since 1911. Two
children preceded her in death.
Survivors include six sons,
Roy Collins and Crockett Col-
lins, both of Barnhart, Claude
Collins of San Angelo, Lewis
Collins of Balmorhea, Clyde
Collins of Arrey, N. M., and
Daniel Collins of Zavala; two
daughters, Mrs. Maud Slates of
of Big Lake and Mrs. Dora
Turner of Barnhart, and two
brothers, Tom Wall of Sonora
and Henry Wall of Sierra Blan-
ca; 23 grandchildren and 73
great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will be pallbear-
ers.
Big Lake Insurance
Agency
FOR YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS
Mort and Joyce Moriarty
506 Second St. Pho. 884-2986
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of the health professions in the
U.S. There are more titan
1.8 million people in the na-
tion's active nursing force;
680, 000 are registered nurses,
345, 000 are licensed practical
nurses and over 800, 000 are
nurse’s aids, orderlies and
attendants.
Most infectious of all diseases
is the pneumonic from of plague
CREDI-F
A mirror
of your character.
Youir local bureau
can help you solve
many of your credit
problems — stop in.
CREDIT BUREAU
of Big Lake
1005 Sixth St.
Phone 884-2662
Big Lake Lodge No. 1203,
A. F. & A. M.
Stated Meeting
Second Tuesday
of each month
W. T. Mills, Sec.
E. T. Miller, W. M.
Mrs. King's Brother
Buried October 8th
Mrs. Weldon King has re-
turned from a two week so-
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die death of her brother, Sgt.
Harry T. Porter 32, who was I
killed in a 011c car aCciueiit bei
tween Harker Heights and No-
lanville.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Oct. 8 in 2nd Armored
Division Chapel at Fort Hood
and internment was at Fort
Sam National Cemetery near
San Antonio.
A defective steel rod in die
1969 Ford LTD was blamed for
the accident that occured
about 6:45 Monday, Oct. 4,
when the vehicle went out of
control, overturned on a bridge
and fell some 30 feet. Sgt.
Porter was killed outright. His
wife remains in Fort Hood
medical facilities with a
fractured right leg that will
require longer medical atten-
tion and theraphy. The cou-
ples two year old son Timothy
escaped with minor scratches
and bruises and returned home
with Mrs. King.
Sgt. Porter had na de a
career of U.S. Army service
and had decided to enter civil-
ian life in February. He had
purchased partnership in a
business in San Antonio with
plans to settle there permanent-
ly. He had served in Germany,
France and Japan among other
overseas assignments over die
years.
Mrs. King will return to Fort
Hood about the middle of De-
cember when Mrs. Porter is
expected to be released and see
to moving the Porter's trailer
home and the mother and son
to Big Lake permanently.
Survivors include the wife
and son; his parents, the Rev.
Harry T. Porter, Sr. of Fort
Collins, Colo., two sisters,
Mrs. King and Paula Porter
of Fort Collins.
Hospital News .... .
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wayne
Flowers are parents of a baby
boy born October 30, 1971, in
Reagan Memorial Hospital,
tie weighs 6 lbs., 6 ozs., and
was named Paul William
Flowers.
Mr. and Mrs. Santiago Cem-
ental are parents of Santiago
Cemental, Jr., born October
30 in Reagan Memorial Hospi-
tal. He weighed 9 lbs., 8 ozs.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gonza-
les are parents of a baby girl
born October 28. She was
named Ana Lisa Gonzales and
weighed 6 lbs., 8 ozs.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kitchens
are parents of a baby girl born
October 26. She was named
Pamela Joanne Kitchens and
weighed 7 lbs., 4 ozs.
Medical patients still in the
hospital are Mrs. Nollie Joe
Smith, Mrs. Derrill McCain,
Margaret Saum, Mrs. Beryl
Ellison, E.G. Cauble, Mrs.
Fted Gilmore, Mrs. H.M.
Siegenthaler, Frances Tolson,
Millard Roach, Mrs. Clinton
Crisp of Ozona, and Forrest
Hughes of Texon.
Linda Gunnells was an acci-
dent patient.
Patients dismissed from the
hospital were Mrs. Terry Page,
Lonnie earner, Vicki Williams,
Mrs. Pablo Levario, Melissa
Tinney, Franklin Jenkins, Os-
car Woodard, Dennis Woodard,
and Tammy Howard.
Mrs. Thomas Allen of Carls-
bad, N.M. was a surgery pa-
tient dismissed.
Diane Chick was an accident
patient dismissed.
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Mrs. Jones' Brother
Buried October 20
Services for James Milton
Haynes, Sr. were held Wed-
nesday, Oct. 20 in Jackson-
ville, Texas, First Unueu
Methodist Church. Burial was
in City Cemetery with Mason-
ic graveside services.
Mr. Haynes was the brother
of Mrs. Charlie Jones and af-
ter receiving the message of
his critical illness they de-
parted for Jacksonville, re-
turning last Thursday after
spending two weeks there and
in Tyler and Grand Saline
visiting.
Mr. Haynes was a native of
Tallagdega, Alabama, had
lived in Jacksonville for ten
years. He had retired two
years previously from Pure Oil
Company with more than 37
years of service. He was past
president of Men's Bible Class
of First Methodist Church, of
which he was an active mem-
ber, he was a Mason.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Clause Haynes, two sons,
J.M. Haynes, Jr. and Dwight
Haynes, both of Austin; a
daughter, Mrs. Mack Musick
of Ponce, Puerto Rico; three
sisters, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Lillie
Cosby of Dallas, and Mrs.
Gus Thompson of Grand Saline;
and seven grandchildren.
PEARS--Don't let pears turn
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nutrition specialists say to
dip cut fresh pears in orange
or lemon juice just after
cutting. The cut surfaces will
then stay creamy-white until
served.
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By Blain Holland
The Future Homemakers of
America held their monthly
meeting in the Homemaking
cottage Monuay rugnt. me
girls send money for an orphan
child in Taiwan, and this year
will support a boy at the West
Texas Boys Ranch. Each mem-
ber will also have a secret
grandmother who will receive
gifts during the year.
The Girls Athletic Associa-
tion will have its annual bas-
ketball intramurals on Novem-
ber 15, 16, 18, 19, and 20.
The theme of this year's intra-
murals is "The Greatest Show
on Earth. " The deadline to
turn a team in to Mrs. Tatum
is November 11. Come on,
everybody, let's get a team!
The Reagan County Owls
face their annual foe, The
Golden Cranes, this Friday in
Owl Stadium at 7:30. The
Owl B-Team will play Mc-
Camey tonight in Owl Stadium
at 6:00. VICTORY, OWLS,
VICTORY!
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Slaton's Daughter
Dies In Chicago
Funeral services for Bryan
•Slaton’s daughter, Mrs. Willie <
Bell Morris, of Chicago, will
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Chicago. Word was received
here that she died October 30
alter a short illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Slaton were
joined by a sister-in-law, Mrs.
Johnny Slaton of McCamey
for the plane trip to Chicago,
and they will be joined in Dal-
las by a son-in-law, the Rev.
Jerome McNeil of Cleburne,
j Survivors include the hus-
band, Sylvester Morris and two
daughters of the home, Jackie
14 and Sylvia 8; her mother,
Mrs. Jackie Warren of Cleburne,
father Bryan Slaton; a sister,
Mrs. Charles Lee McNeil of
Cleburne. Illness of the mother ,
in Cleburne prevented the
family there from attending.
The Morris family had visit-
ed the Slatons last summer^,
in Big Lake.
First telephone patent was
issued to Alexander GBell
in 1876.
Resident Phone
915 366-1607
Office Phone
915 694-0861
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Sunday
THAT
IMPRESSIONABLE
AGE
You have to he so careful what you say to children when they’re at that Impressionable age.
Our neighbor has a little daughter. And, being something of a skeptic, he’s been careful not to let her
he exposed to religious teaching, at least not in any direct way.
But the other night she asked, “Who is God?” And, since he wants to see her grow up with the high-
est ideals, he hesitated a moment before he answered her question.
Then he said, “God made the world.” (And he wondered why he hadn’t said “God is nobody — there
isn’t any god.”)
Her wondering eyes and pursed lips tugged at his heart. “Gosh, Daddy,” she mused, <<Ho’s somebody
to knowF*
Whether you’re a child or an adult, that pretty well sums it up. Either God is nobody—or 3<t Is Some-
body To Know!
And the church hells ring every Sunday;
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Catering to AH Your Food Need*
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Your Local Agent — G. E. Mixon
Call 885-2933
Turner Bros. Oil Co.
Your Shell Oil Products Distributor
Phone 884-2118
Joe M. Daugherty
GULF PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTOR
Phone 884-2191
Southwest Butane Co.
Phone 884-2185
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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/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.