The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 2, 1971 Page: 1 of 12
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Optional lload Law Draws Praise From County Judges
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c. Patricio < nunty is
IrlnK thr possibility of
* nil the County Optional
ol 1***7 in San
County This iaw.
1,|P provMrs tor ton
»« !»"■ entire founts into
"".d precinct and the
lahfo-rf engineer to
*La,l of the road work A
"r „( counties throughout
* are now operating
' (hl, plan the following
j”s nr,, excerpts from
7,rs written b> the
’ ,ilf counts judges of
" counties when asked
about how the law worked in
their count).
Kalis fount), Judge R W
llaUc. "The county road
program operating deficit has
been removed and much more
work is tiling accomplished
than w as the case under the old
precinct administration "
County of Zavala, Judge Irl
lavlor the Optional Road
I aw certainly is not the answer
to all your road problems.
However in our situation in
Zavala County it seems to be
operating better than the
commissioner type both
smoother and financially.”
i’olk County, .Judge Peyton
Walters "Polk County has
operated under the Optional
Road Law of 1047 for six years
It has been highly successful
This system w ill place you in .1
(Hisition to attract successful
businessmen to serve as
commissioners ”
Limestone County, Judge
Dan Dove "Limestone County
was heavily in debt when this
law was passed and the script
that was outstanding was
retired by a bond issuance and
the new unit system started
with new machinery and a
fairly good operating lund Our
county mow) is free of debt
and we feel we owe that much
to the strict adherence to the
provisions of this road law ”
Waller County. Judge Jack
Taylor ‘Overall 1 feel that the
unit system is far superior to
any either method of operation
in that there is only one central
office to maintain and there is
an over all supervisor "
County of Chambers, Judge
i) K Nelson: we believe
our system is very effec tive in
accomplishing the objectives
set forth by the commissioners
court we would not return to
the old system at all This
includes the thinking of all our
commissioners, one with 26
years, one with 22 years and
line with 20 years service on the
court "
County of Bexar, Blair
Reeves “ in my opinion, (the
law) works well enough As a
practical matter, it is my
feeling that some of the
commissioners still involve
themselves in their respective
road districts to some extent ”
Sterling County, Judge J K
Martin "Sterling County
operates under the one unit
system because we can cut our
machinery and personnel costs
about half under this system "
County of Webb, Roberto M
Benavides "I believe that
working under the unit system
avoids a duplicity of machines,
fuel, and manpower and it
certainly is a more mobile
system than operating as a
precinct function ”
Kent County, Judge Bobbie
T Gallagher: "The citizens of
Kent County are extremely
happy with this system, f am
convinced that it has saved us
money and enabled us to
provide better roads in our
county,”
County of Howard Judge
Using the System
!/ce Porter: "I am very much
in favor of the unit system as it
places the roads and im-
provement under the full court
and it takes a majority of the
court to let contract purchase
machinery and other equip-
ment "
Sutton County, Judge J. W.
Elliott "We like to think that
here in Sutton County we have
excellent county roads. Some
of the counties surrounding us
are st.II on a separate precinct
basis and by comparing roads
we feel that the county-wide
unit system is by far the best
system "
Brazoria County, Judge
Alton C Arnold “This county,
by an election, adopted the
Optional Road Law about 18
years ago but it has never
operated strictly under this
law. We have had some
criticism from the papers and
also some recommendations
from the grand jury that the
commissioners court follow the
Optional Road Law strictly,
but to this date it has only been
partially followed.”
Next week some other facts
and figures about the working*
of Ihe law throughout the state,
See OPTIONAL Page 8
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Devoted To The Best Interest Of Taft and Sen Patricio County
Country
Crossroads
It pass to advertise
it pays to advertise
the Taft Tribune
Several week- <ign I made
that Iki'v had decided
a cactus garden and in
next few weeks we picked
prick!) plants from
spots over the state
the neighbors started
to the collection until it
I rri going to have to
another bed
liey went walking one
and b> the time Jan
finished loading her
with thorny plants she
to bum a ride home from
Paterson to get all of her
home And then Friday,
Brown knocked on the
with greetings from the
patches of McCamey
she and Bill had been
her sister
Mrs W L Roots. Sr . fur-
an armful) of monkey
hat wc- used as a border
the bed so, all in all,
see it pays to advertise
the Tribune
OCR
always thought how nice
be when you sit down
wnte an obituary if you
turn the clock back and
to the individual being
ROSSROUIS Page *
Team
Sill Test
Mo Setup
r^'' Taft Civil Defense
jootmunieations Croup will
“ an emergency test
^*erciso at Lake Mathis on
wrir “•* 9 near the park
*®oquaiers
&ercises will consist of
" "riS ail types of emergency
- "atorv radio equipment,
?' s>steins and traffic
"Snaiitig
Jjtpevted communications
L1* around the world w ith
■uus modes of operation.
fill T mc*l,(k'd in the group
* fi'' Claude Eichblatt,
M h. *r. of Civil Detense;
| "'Cod L.irry Standiee,
Montgomery, Chuck
*’rson Max Tuc ker Claude
1 * !>PPK'SL Page x
GOING UP -— Work in proceeding rapidly on a new gin plant north of town being
built by the Taft Gin & Seed. Inc The owners plan to have the new plant in full
operation by the time the cotton season rolls around.
Taft Gin & Seed Co. Plans
‘250,000 Cotton Plant
Work is proceeding rapidly
on a new $25,000 gin plan
being built north of Taft by the
Taft din & Seed Co., Inc
according to H G Ritchie, Jr
president of the new en-
terprise The new gin is a
successor of McDonald Gin,
having purchased all of the
assets of this company that
was completely destroyed by
Celia
The new Continental gin
plant will be modern in all
respects and will have a
capacity of 14 to 16 bales per
hour The heart of the plant, will
he two 141 saw gin stands
Actually, space and ac-
cessories are being built for a
three stands, hut only two are
being installed this year
The building that will house
the gin is 70X150 and will be of
tec I frame with sheet iron
The new gin takes over from
a firm that had its start back in
1925 when the Herring-
McDonald Gin was built on a
site north of town. This gin was
modernized several times
through the years, but in 1952 it
was completely destroyed by-
fire Sometime before the gin
was burned it was reorganized
into the McDonald Gin Co., a
partnership composed of
Royceand N V. McDonald, the
See <-IN Rage x
Food Stamp
ProgranrsSought
For San Pot
The commissioners court
heard petitions submitted by-
several individuals on various
matters and one by a
delegation of approximately 50
persons with a request to have
the food stamps program put
into effect in the county.
The delegation that brought
the request for the food stamp
program criticized the USDA
SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS---C. *^2»^**£
.HuiAKjriir ' ,he Tat* Scholarship Fund. Each year the Taft Scholarship
TAFT, TEXAS 78390, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1971
Taft Band Record
To Be On Sale
The Taft Greyhound Band
will have a record for sale
again this year The recording
will be of both the Junior High
Band and the High School
Band. There will lie a picture of
tne band on the front of the
album
Anyone interested in pur-
chasing the record album
should contact Martin Wind
before Sunday either at home
(528-2134) or at the band hall
(528-2212). The price of the
album is $5 00 payable on
delivery and an order is con-
sidered a committment
R. 1. Hutts
Services Held
Toes., June 1
Funeral services for Robert
I,ee flutto, 48, were held in the
First Baptist Church at 10 a m.
Tuesday, June I, with the Rev.
John Taylor officiating. Burial
followed immediately under
the direction of Pieper Funeral
Home Mr Hutto died in the
Taft Hospital Monday after a
short stay. He had been sick for
some time.
Mr Hutto was a farmer,
having lived and worked in the
Taft area for 23 years. He was
a member of the Central
Baptist Church
Survivors include his wife,
Marjorie, four sons, Kenneth,
Jerald. Leonard and Robert
Lee Hutto, Jr ; four brothers,
C. W Hutto of Taft, T. H. Hutto
of Mathis, and H. H and James
of Robstown; five sisters, Mrs.
Irene Krumrey of Floristant,
Mo., Mrs. Lucille Peeples of
Austin, Mrs. Dolly May
Schubert of Driscoll, Mrs.
Lottie Belle Monse of Banquete
and Mrs. Mary Jane Wolter of
Bishop; a stepsister, Mrs. Inez
Harris of Vancouver, Wash ,
and his stepfather, Gus Struve
of Mathis
Pallbearers were L. W
Peoples, Jr., of Annaville, C.
W. Hutto Jr., of Palacios, E. H.
Hutto of Palacios, Douglas
Hutto of Taft, Rick Yaklin, Jr.,
of Kingsville, C. R. Phillips,
Marion Phillips and Preston
Phillips, all of Taft.
Youth Choir
Planned By
Methodist Church
A Youth Choir is being for-
med for ihe summer. The first
meeting w-ill be at 5:00 p.rri.,
Sunday. June 6, at the United
Methodist Church Fellowship
Hall
Boys and girls in the 5th
through 8th grades are urged to
attend this meeting
The choir w ill be directed by
Miss Linda Kretzmeier
Fink Lodi®*
Schedule Meeting
For June 7
There will be a meeting of
the Ptnk Ladies and Candy
Slripers at 9:30 a m Monday,
June 7. in (he cafeteria at the
Taft Hospital.
This is an important meeting
and all members are urged to
attend
Bake Sob
The Rainbow Girls of Taft
and Senton will hold a bake sale
starting at LflO p m Saturday.
June 5, at Piggly Wiggly.
Baked goods of at! kinds w ill
be on sale.
TWELVE PACES — NO. 22
Surplus Commodities Program
now in effect in the county,
charging that some of the
canned food was canned in 1946
and others in >949 and that the
cereal food such as cornmeal
and rice had weevils and the
prunes had "soft centers.”
Mrs Julia Alvarado of Taft,
president of San Patricio
See FOOD Page 8
Political Shake-up
In San Pat County
Districts Certain
A lot of new political fences on in the legislature the past
are apt to be built in San few days and with more still to
Patricio County next year as come
the result of all of the re- About the only distrietthat is
districting that has been going definitely firmed up is the
Commencement Exercises Set
For Taft High on June 4
Graduation for 108 Taft High
School seniors will be at 8 p.m
Friday, June 4. in the Stadium,
weather permitting.
The Taft Band will open the
commencement program with
special selected music followed
by the processional. Daphne
Gibson president of the senior
class, will give the invocation.
This will be followed by an
introduction of the honor
students by Principal H A.
Halvorson. These students are
Valerie Becker, Pam Bennett,
Virginia Biair. Roy Cisneros,
Helen Cox, Juanita Cruz.
Brenda Ewald. Neal Floerke,
Maria Gonzales, Monty
Montgomery, Randy Mon-
tgomery, Dorothy Morgan,
Jodie Paterson, Martha
Robertson. Mary Jane Schmidt
and Bill Thomas
Pam Bennett, salutatorian,
will open the program with the
welcome address which will be
followed by the valedictorian
remarks by Randy Mon-
tgomery.
Supt Carl Waddle will in-
troduce C. R Marsh, member
of the board of trustees, who
will be the speaker for the
evening.
Principal Halvorson will
preside over the presentation
of scholarships and awards
after which the graduates will
file across the stage to get their
diplomas from Dr. John
Tunnel), president of the school
board
See COMMENCEMENT Page s gee POLITICAL Page H
boundaries of state
representative district No. 44,
represented currently by
Leroy Wieting of Portland.
This district presently includes
San Patricio, Aransas,
LaSalle, Live Oak and Mc-
Mullen Counties Under the
new bill, that passed just
before the deadline Monday
night. LaSalle, McMullen and
Live Oak counties were
removed from the 44th District
and put in with the Bee County
District
Since Nueces County lost
Kleberg County to the South,
this left Nueces County with
four representatives and only
three seats, plus an extra 18,099
population. This 18,000
population, which lies in the
rural area around Robstown
and including Bishop, was
thrown in with San Patricio
and Aransas Counties to form
the new 44th District.
Neither of the four Nueces
County legislators live in this
rural area assigned to the 44th
District, so Rep. Wieting. will
not face an incumbent if he
•INTERESTING READING!
Leta Sloan Proposes Book of Incidents
"Intimate Glimpses Into
Taft Homes” by Leta Sloan..
It would probably he a best
seller book and Mrs Sloan has
given it a lot of thought, but. ..
u
"After 29 years catering to
the beauty whims of Taft wo-
men Mrs. Leta Sloan has decid-
ed to hang up her comb and
hobby piris and devote her time
to home arid her cosmetic busi-
ness. Effective on June t. Mrs.
Gussie Beasley will become the
new owner of Vogue Beauty
Shop.
I've enjoyed these 29
years," Mrs Sloan reminisced,
“There have been tears, laughs
and in general a lot of fun—plus
a lot of hard work.”
Mrs. Sloan is full of favorite
stories - some with a laugh and
some w ith a touch of whimsey.
Perhaps one of the better she
tells on herself happened a
number of years ago. She
woiked hard on a lady giving
her the works - shampoo, tint,
set. etc Ail went well until the
lady came out from under the
drier and to Mrs. Sloan’s
dismay the lady's hair was
purple
"I didn’t know what to do,”
she confessed, “but 1 had to do
something, so, l told the lady
that her hair had had all the
heat it could stand tor one day
and suggested that she return
early in the morning to have it
See SLOAN Page 8
LASt TIME — Mrs. Leta Sloan has beer, doing Mis Emmett Flit
she opened for business in t942 and last Friday she was g>
touch. Mrs. Sloan sold her beauty shop last week to devote all
other business.
in'* hair ever since
ving it the "final”
of her *ime to an-
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