The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUMN 46
CORRIGAN, POLK COUNTY TEXAS,
THURSDAY,
MARCH 21, 1940.
NUMBER 4
Is Someone Going To Give Better Co-operation Needed
Us A Sewerage System? Says Boy Scout Leader
Or Shall We Buy It?
NOTE FROM CITY COUNCIL
We are now placing it in the
hands of the people said a
member of the City Council.
Here is a general review and
summary of the City Council’s
actions in the past and to
state their plans for the
future ; Several years prior to
the time the town was incor-
porated all of the leading Citiz-
ens of the town has made up
their minds that something pos-
tively had to be done in regard
to the deplorable sanitary con-
c itions that existed and also the
entire lack of fire protection.
As we all do about the weather
there was much talk but no
action taken. Everyone felt th i
his neighbor should do some-
thing about his sewer but very
few people wanted to do any
thing about his own sewer that
was being dumped into the
lront yard cf his neighbor down
the hill. In fact, it was almost
i namicus that no action should
be taken that would cost any
one very much. The general
census of opinion was that we
could incorporate the town if no
taxes would ever be collected.
Working with this in mind the
Council has tried for two entire
yea's to get someone to give us
a sewer and water system but
for some unaccountable reason
the people who have money to
invest in bonds do not seem
to have any interest in whether
we have a sewer system or
whether w" continue using our
eld time Chick Sale special. In
feet, the on’y thing they seem to
he interest ng in is whether
they will get their money back
ir rot. The Council have con-
tacted at least a dozen Bond
Houses and at various times
thought they had worked a
miracle by making a sale of
the bonds but after a close sur-
vey of the t'wn the answer
from each Bond House was the
same: YOU MUST SHOW US
THAT THE PEOPLE OF COR-
RIGAN HAVE CONFIDENCE
ENOUGH IN THE WATER
AND SEWER PROJECT TO
VOTE SOME TAX BONDS
AND THEN WE WILL WORK
OUT A WAY TO HANDLE
1PEM FOR YOU.
After con idering the above
the Council decided that the
cnly way that we would ever
have the same type sewer and
water protection that every
other town this size had was
to pick out the largest Bonding
House in Texas and let them
tell us just what we would
have to do in order for them to
efinite y sav that they would
buy the Bonds.
Crummer & Company, a
bending concern that has branch
houses in practially every CitV
in the United States, finally
made us this proposition; IF
othdr
Some of the things
• pie think of us;
The Stat“ Highway depart-
ment has informed us that un-
less we clean up the town it
will be necessary to erect signs
on all highways entering the
town giving notice that the
water and food in this town is
unsanitary.
A member of 'he State Health
department made the statement
that Corrigan was the largest
town that he knew that did not
have a sewer disposal system
and that, in hi; opinion, this
meant that we were the most
backward town in Texas.
If there every was a time in
the history of Corrigan when
100 per cent of the people
should be behind a proposition
this is the time. If our sanitary
conditions is net greatly im-
proved it will mate’a'lv de-
The leaders in the field of
education have given renewed
emphasis to an ancient fact,
that people learn best by doing.
No matter how lofty the ideals
cf the speaker, until the hear-
ers begin to do something about
them the ideals never lift the
lives of the hearers. Tne leaders
YOU WILL VOTE <'12 000.00
WORTH OF TAX BONDS? 'create and we w 11 a'l see th?
IF YOU WILL ENLARGE |day when we v i!1 n' ‘ bc abl
to interest any cne
YOUR CITY LIMITS TO IN-
CLUDE THE MILL AND
OTHER ADJOINING TERRI-
TORY. IF YOU WIIL OFT \
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINI
' TRATION APPROVAL ON
YOUR SEWER PROJECT;
then we Will agree to
BUY BOTH THE TAX BONDS
AND $38 000.00 WORTH OF
THE RREVENUE
THAT WAS VOTED TWO
YFAS Af~O AMD YOU MUST
VOTE OFF THE OTHER REV-
ENUE BONDS STILL OUT-
STANDING.
Tax Deduction
Employers covered by the old-
age and survivors insurance
law arc now required by law
‘.o give their employees receipts
or the money taken out of
their wages for old-age and sur-
vivors insurance taxes, accord-
ing to Julian C. Covingont. 0f our boys have worked out
Acting manager of the Social , some very definate programs
Security Board field office at j tjiat has been lofty ideals and
Lufkin, the Board office serv- p]enty Gf action. If the parents
ing Corrigan. This new requie- : cf Corrigan will Co-operate
ment of the Social Security Ait these boys and their
he explained, went into effect jcacjers you wi l see some of
January 1, 1940. the most wholesome things done
Mr. Covingbon pointed out that this little town has seen
that formerly the employer was jn a jong tjme. Any person who ! mage it a healthier place t >
only required to furnish the has studied people very much . Jive The boys will see you in
knows that filth and rubbish a week or so for a remunert
grow into personal character, tion for the work done for you.
lly as interested in seeing a
clean town as wc are in mak-
ing money for the training of
the boys. Some of our peopi •
are piling their rubbish in up
sightly places. Many are ,ius
dumping their cans and rubbish
by the side of the road or be-
hind the house. Some are even
left within the city limit
That is against the law as well
as cultivating a bad habit. From
March 31-April 7th, Health-
clean-up week, Wc are in hop ;
that every vacant lot and every
back alley will be cleaned th o-
ughly. Not only will you help
the city of Corrigan to be more
beautiful town but you will
employee with a notation which
would permit him to check the
accuracy of the tax deduction
“This.” he said, “could even
be included on a pay check
which would, of course, even-
tually be returned to the em-
ployer: But now the law specif-
If a person is fil.hy, allows rub-
bish to accumulate both in the
yard and in the house or office
no one has to tell you they
are sorry. If the fence arc down
or the home pool ly kept you
lcyer must furnish a state-
ment 'suitable for reten'ioi
by the employee.’ Me adder’
that the law provides a $5.0r
penalty for each willful viola
tion cf this provision.
Certan specifi d informa ior
must be included i n the receipt
ia moving
to Corrigan.
If an epidemic should occur
end fifty children should die
I firml y believe 'hat a l pa ties
responsible for ; py de'ay in th o
sewer construction will be held j but the wording is left to the
le mn-ible by their Maker. employer. In addition to the
By securing the WPA project j amount of tax deducted, the
and selling the revenue bonds i receipt must show' the name o
BONDS ■in tbe arn-ount (f $38,000.00 it j the employer, the name of th
1 will only cost the people of employee, the period
Corrigan $12,000 00 to secure
the sewer and watt r system and
all the fight’ng t-p dement ne-
cessary to secure a large re-
duction in our fire insurance
The City limits has been in ., , ...
iriased to include the mill and rates‘ About $5,000^00 of h.s
bther adjoining territory; A | jum wiR go for buying fire
,,,n. . . , righting equiprmnt nnd the
WPA propect has been worked | ” ,
' , , tj i balance for sewer construction
cut and has passed the Houston ., , .
The $38,000.00 will be naid back
Office and will soon be out of
- A . from the revenue on the water
the S; n Antonio Office and w«
eve be- assuranc that we | and sewer system and will not
will get the aoproval from crst the c,t,zenshlP of Corrl«an
Washington within a few weeks, i cne Ix’nnL
Therefore it is strictly up to
the people of Corrigan whether
they v art ‘t-" wat r end ewe
system or not.
ically stipulates that the om-, see ^e characte of the person
n them. No financi"r want: to
■u t a careless or lazy person.
Tie unsightly things brand the
town as careless and as having
no civic pride.
The Boy’s Scouts, under the
leadership of Dr. Brooks, has
undertaken one of the most
worthwhile projects I have ever
known a group of teen-agr
boys to undertake. For the last
two Saturdays they have taken
a truck and hauled eff all the
rubbish that the citizens have
placed cut for them and have
taken it to the RIGHT junk
heap. In some cases they even
went to the back yard and
of t:m
covered by the receipt, and th’
total amount of waves paid to
the emplyee during this period
Employers are ’ envf—"7
furnish such receipts at lea't cleaned up the trash pile. You
once a year and may furnish have no right to expect
them oftener—every quarter, or that. Already you can see a
very month, or every pay-day, difference in the town and onlv
"S they see fit. The receipt mus* I a small percent cf the town is
be given to the employee within | Co-operating. There has been no
wo months after the end of j -ffert made to vet the money
‘he period which it coveres, and, i for the work done. We are equa-
n any case, when the employee'
We don’t expect a large sum.
We do claim to be able to
haul your trash cheaper than
you can for we haul it in larger
loads. But we would love f 1
you to remember that every
cent collected will be used in
the the finest way that the
leaders know how, to build
character in your own boys.
Please clean your own yards
each week, take the rubbish, put
it in boxes or gunnie sacks and
put it out in front where th"
boys can see it and they wi'l
haul it away each Saturday We
also want to express our thrnVs
to the Edens Chevrolet r'"-
mpany for loaning the tru'k 1>
the boys to perform this work.
We also want to thank the
Edens-Birch Company for co-
operating with us. Thrv - ■—
seeing that all their peopi"
have the opportunity to have
their rubbish disposed of with-
out cost to them. We are urging
every citizen of Corrigan to co-
operate wit us, not only to
clean the town but for the sake
of your own boys.
J. P. Horton, Chairman.
Troop Committee.
"aves the job.
I
Two Candidfitzs
Seek Mayor's Office
Brooks Por Mayor
Again the people of Corrigan
will go to the polls to decide
for themselves, if they are to
have a sanitary City, or one
that will be eondemed by the
Health Departm"nt. and too
they will have the opportunity
to elect a mayor for another
term.
I have we ked with the pre-
sent courrilmcn in their efforts
to get an adequate water and
sewer system which I believe
will begin soon, if the bond
issue is carried and if I am
re-elected I will continue to do
all within my power to put this
project through, nnd to co-oper-
ate with the members of the
council which I have always
found a pleasure.
I have been convinced that
placing any one in the office
unfamiliar with the deal now
p-nding nnd a stranger to all
concerned, might innocently de-
lay or deprive Corrigan of this
most essential and human need,
would at this t'me be a tragedy.
I am not seeking this office
for any pers nal gains neither
wi'l I profit, r save any
as a reward. I am merely work-|
ing for the best interest of the |
t wn. I ask your support upon!
these issues.
G. S. Brooks
Mayor.
Pullen For Mayor
Some few days ago th~re wrs
a petition presented to me
signed by a number of citizen'
of Corrigan request og •v'e t
run for mayor of this city.
After some meditation and
talks to a numehr cf our citi-
zens whom I know had the in
terest of this town and com-
munity at heart. I have dcsidid
to run for mayor of Corrigan.
I feel that I know the needs
of this town and community a
well as any one as I have spent
my entire life in and around
Corrigan and naturally have an
nterest here as every thing I
have in this world is here. I
ffel that I can do or help do
iii me thing worth-while to make
'his a better and cleaner place
'o live. I feel that I am qualifi-
™d for this Important position
fir t, by age and second, by ex-
icrience and by being a citizen
here all my life, na'urally I
'"old like to do s mething for
my people here that has been
in good to me, that is worth
while end I feel that Ihere Is
y, A
Palestine, Rusk And Huntsville
To Hold Census School
f fit • -
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OUR EASTER PROGRAM
taxes I ”’anv things that an be done piannc(j programs at the Metho-
Srring is here again with all
its promises. All nature is tak-
ing on new life. The birds are
returning to our woods, the
flowers are blossoming forth
neain. The"e should be a feeling
f thankfulness in the hearts
of all our people. That is the
feeling that gave rise to the
ancient Spring Festival that
became Easter with the resur-
rection cf Christ. It is the nat-
ural thing for all of us to want
to come forth in our new spring
Irths. We want to look our
best and feel our best.
I ■ m wondering if that is the
thing that makes so many
people go to Church on Easter
when they don’t go any other
time? There will be two well
at this time that s'mu'd hav •
been done long ago but better
late than never end if you
elect me mayor and I can get
the co-operation of the council.
con’t on last page
dist Church for Easter. One will
be at Sunrise. The women who
were the closest to Jesus came
*o his tomb at dawn and found
their unspeakable grief at His
death had turned into the
great triumph that the world
" vrr i-nown. It settled for
all time the question of immor-
tality. "Because I live ye shall
live.” May we not live again
in our imagination that Easter
when the stone of doubt was
for ever rolled away. There will
be a number of Easter hymns,
a quite hour and Bro. Waldrop
will bring us a short message.
Every cne is cordially invited
to b" with us for the service.
At the regular Sunday School
hour there will be a program
irmmerating Easter and then
the Church Services will be a
continuation of the earlier
"•rrgram. We will have special
music and the Sermon will be
• n Easter message. We apprec-
iate the Co-operation of the
Three training schools will
bc held in Seventh Cencus Dist-
rict for the accomodation of
purple selected from the applic-
ations for enumerators in the
1940 Cencus of Population and
Agriiulture. The school will be
held in the cities of Palestine,
^nde"scn County; Rusk, Chero-
' e» County, and Huntsville, and
Wa'ker County.
The attendence will be as
follows; Palestine School, Ap-
"lieations from Andersen, Hou-
ston, and Henderson counties.
Rusk School; Applicants from
Oh^ ‘okee and Nacogdoches
"cunt'es, and possibly parts of
ether counties.
Hurt-viHe School; Applicants
from Walker, Trinity, Polk, San
Jacint" Montgomery, Grimes
and Madison Counties.
Apprcximatly 125 applicants
will attend each school for two
days, and out of the total num-
ber attending the three schools,
approximatly 250 enumerators
will be appointed.
The dates of the schools have
been fixed as follows; Palestine
First day March 25th, Second
day March 28th. Rusk; First day
March 26th, Second day March
29th. Huntsville, First dav
March 27th, Second dry Marih
30th.
At this time home study mat-
erial and notice to attend r"-
being mailed bv the district
Supervisor, J. Henry Adams,
at Crockett, to apDlir-nt? S' 1
cctod to attend such schools.
The qualifications n"cessary
for appointment as enumerate"
are in general: a"es 21-65-
high school education nr equiv-
alent. The following classes of
people are not qualified; tax
collectors or deputies who have
worked in the last twelve mo-
nths; candidates for office: of-
fice holders and Federal Empl-
oyee, either active or retired.
Old Utensils
One hundred and eleven years
after it yielded its first batch of
"im'er's bread, a huge bread
“av hewn from a Texas Tree,
last week was placed in Texas
Memorial Museum here along
with a rolling pin of equal age.
Now in the museum’s Pioneer
Room on the University of
Texas campus, the two kitchen
utensils of early Texas have
come dewn through four gene"-
Baptist Church wih us. The way i ations from Mr. and Mr-S- J. T.
our people work together shows Pettit, who once lived near
1 spir t of real Christianity. • Nacogdoches. It was sent the
A hearty welcome awaits! museum from Fort Worth by
every one who wants to wor- l Miss George Ann George, great
ship. | great- granddaughter of the
Intermediates
Present Program
Mrs. Seals Sunday School
class will present the program
Sunday morning.
Song— (By congregation)--
“Near The Cross”
Prayer - -Mrs. Redd.
Reading - -The Last Supper-
Molly Lafferty.
Scripture Reading - -Evelyn
Knox.
Song - -“The Old Rugged
Cross,” —Ollie Wilson.
For whom did Christ rise.--
Harlan Knox.
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Straub, A. L. The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1940, newspaper, March 21, 1940; Corrigan, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth645349/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Communications+-+Newspapers%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.