The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1945 Page: 2 of 4
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OUR PRICES
RIGHT
Mesquite, Texas
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1945.
Qiht (Jlexas Mesquiter
“DALLAS COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER”
EatablUhed IMS
Published Every Friday at Mesquite, Texas
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year in State....... .$1.50 One Year Out of State $2.00
(Paid in Advance)
C'ORINNE NEAL COOK ...................... Editor and Publisher
Mrs. C. N. Phelps is in Norwalk, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Arrington and
Calif., visiting her brother, Tom Gra- j children of Grand Prarie visited Mr.
ham, and Mrs. Graham. ■ and Mrs. H. E. Lang last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. James Prock of Plain-
view have returned to Mesquite and
are staying with relatives. Mr. Prock
will be employed in Dallas.
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MESQUITE, TEXAS
Entered at the Postoffice in Mesquite, Texas, as second class mail matter.
Mrs. Mattie E. Floyd returned
home last Thursday from Parkland
Hospital where she had been ill six
weeks. Mrs. Floyd is able to be up a-
bout her home. Her daughter, Mrs.
Bourland Moon and baby, Bruce, are
living with her.
Now that 19 45 is on its way, my New Year’s message to you is “THANK
YOU”. Thank you for your understanding and forbearance through the i
past year when it has been difficult to maintain the standards of quality! ^ 1' and Mls- c- D- Peavy were
which we desire for the Texas Mesquiter. Thank you for your loyal support1 losts cU ‘l dinnei during the holidays,
and your thoughtfulness n sending news-news which the hundreds of boys
in service scattered over the world are waiting for.
It gives us a cheerful confidence in the future that so many new sub-
scribers (lave joined the hundreds of readers of the Mesquiter. And that
brings us to our pledge to you for 19 45, a pledge that/the Mesquiter will not
swerve from its unfailing devotion to the people of Mesquite and the east-
ern section of Dallas County, and the readers who have made the Mes-
quiter, the Oldest Newspaper in Dallas County.
Subscription notices have been mailed since January 1, and subscribers
are responding promptly. We are very grateful for this promptness,
VOTE JANUARY 20 FOR THE TAX REALLOCATION LEVY PROPOSAL
A million dollars overdraft, on which the county must pay interest, has
accumulated in the general tax fund of Dallas County. From authority
granted in a constitutional amendment passed at the last general election,
the tax payers in an election set for Jan. 20 may authorize the Commis-
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sioners Court to reallocate tax monies—taking the surplus money from cer- . , .
tain tunds and applying it to other funds which show an overdraft—Thus
saving the county from borrowing money at the bank and paying interest
while there is a surplus on hand in other accounts which cannot be used,
other than for the account to which it applies.
City-county hospital, suburban fire protection, relief from depression
days and other necessary expenses have left the county in the “red” in those
particular funds. If the Commissioners Court is allowed to transfer the
money where needed, the financial condition often the county will be im-
proved.
If you vote for the Tax Recallocation Levy Proposal, you will not raise
your taxes or affect your property in any way. you will merely authorize
your Commissioners Court to distribute the tax monies where they will
do the most good in clearing a general fund indebtedness of more than
$1,000,000 on which the county nows pays interest at the bank.
If you do not like the plan, county residents will have an opportunity to
take the right to reallocate funds away from the court in six years follow-
ing the January election.
I attended by Mr. and Mrs. Jake Kim-
brough of Dallas, J. E. Hart, Mr. an
Mrs. Ira Goforth, and Mr. and Mrs.
Sloan Goforth. Mrs. Hart and her
sister, Mrs. Moggie Whitescarver
were unable to attend because of the
illness of the latter.
Continued from front page,
fornia. Jones is the nephew of Mr.
and Mrs. Meaders of Pleasant Mound.
Erma Ray Lewis Ph. m. 1/c with
the U. S. Marines writes his mother,1
Mrs. W. F. Lewis that he expects to
be home sometime in February. He
South Pacific eigh-
teen months. ,
A brother, Everett Lewis wrote
from Scotland that he enjoyed a love-
ly Christmas dinner.
Charles Robert Parker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. C'. Parker, left St. Pet-
ersburg, Florida, on January 3 for
New York. His mother talked to him
the night before he left and he said
Mr. and Mrs. James Prock of Plain
view have returned to Mesquite and
are living with his parents Mr. and i
Mrs. A. B. Prock for the present.
Mr. and Mrs. Bib Humpheys and
son, Bobby, visited her parents, Mr. |
and Mrs. T. A. Jean, at Hamlin, re- j
cently.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lombert the j
former Aline Willingham have mov- j
to Dallas T/Sgt. Lombert was Med- j
ically discharged from the army. j
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Walter B. McCutcheon, boatswain j
mate, first class, and daughter, Vir- j
ginia, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j
Tom McCutcheon were Friday dinner |
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Me-j
Gaughey.
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YOU CAN STAY WITHIN YOUR
BUDGET WHEN YOU TRADE WITH
Pfc. and Mrs. Rowe Hart had din-
ner with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Hart celebrating Pfc. Harts’
27th birthday Saturday night.
FRANK ELLIS & SON
F-2 “Since 188»” NEI
PHONE 937-F-2
NEW HOPE
he had been ill, but would be able to ------------
leave for New York, where he would j K~K^*-K-*******^^
enter school as a pharmacist mate. I
enter school as a pharmacist mate.
Parker completed his training in six
week at St
ed in the
Petersburg where he ser-! v
hospital corps. i
Judge Royal R. Watkins of Dallas is being considered for re-appoint-
ment to the State Board of Education. He has completed a three year term.
Judge Watkins experience includes 14 years as District judge in Dal-
las; a former member of the Board of Regents of the Texas State Teachers
Colleges, amember of the Board of Trustees of Trinity University for nine : ^rs- Pete Wilson
years, and president of that board six years, member of Board of Reynolds
Presbyterian Orphan age and ex-president of the board. He was twice com-
mander of the John W. Lowe Post, American Legion, and has been active
in state and nation Legion affairs.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
MESQUITE BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION!
of business on the 31st day of
at Mesquite, State of Texas, as of the close
December, 1944.
ASSETS
Sergt. Ben A. Wilson, about whom
a story was published last week, is
the son of Mrs. Maude Wilson in
Dallas, and is not the son of Mr. and
as was incorrectly
stated. He is in southern France.
Sergt. Wilson’s wife lives on Lake
June Road. They have two children,
Jere, Dee, 10, and Ben Jr., 4 years.
He has two sisters, Mrs. J. G. Hatcher
and Mrs. Frank Schroeder, Dallas;
and two brothers, Pvt. A1 H. Wilson
in the army in Hawaii, and S 1/c
Jcck E. Wilson in Guam.
Pfc. Murray
the southwest
a 1000 miles
direct reduction loans.................... $17,696.52
ortgage share account sinking fund loans.......... 194,687.92
for taxes, insurance, etc. on first mortgage loans . . . 6 06.45 | law> KaV Brummett, whom he ex-
or short term loans............................. 434.501 Pects to have visit. Shands said they
secured by shares of this association ................ 1,079.86
c^rock in Federal Home Loan Bank....................... 2,200.00
Tlnited States Government Bonds .......................... 8,14 0.00
Cash on hand and in banks............................. 4,798.58
Carlton Shands
Pacific. He is
from his brother-in-
whom he
have visit,
crossed the international date line
at such a time that one moment it
was Christmas eve and the nevt it
was the day after Christmas. He had
no Christmas in 1944 for him.
YOUR DOLLAR
GOES FURTHER WHEN YOU
STOP IN AT
WATCH FOR THE OPENING OF HOY’S GARAGE
Hoys Grocery & Market
j Church Of Christ
| Sermon subject Sun. a. m. “Is
| Christianity Worthwhile”
| Sermon subject Sun. p. m.
“Why Christ Was Rejected”
“(’ROSS-BEARING” BEFORE
“CROWN-WEARING”
When Christ fed the “five
thousand” with the two fishes
and the five barley loaves, the
multitude was ready to take him
by force and make him. king.
He was their kind of a saviour,
but when he taught them that
they must be humble, that they
must suffer persecution, that
they must give up family and
friends and home, that they
must bear' a daily cross, they
went back and followed him no
more.
Address all correspondence to
Wm. Reeves
Clifford King First Class Petty Of-
ficer has a medical discharge from
Navy.
Mrs. Robert Knight of Longview
J. ' » * 1 visited Mr- and Mrs. Charley Kimbe
1 last week-end.
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Total Assets .............................. $229,643.83
CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES
Repurchaseable or Free Shares:
Free installment shares............. 38,746.31
Fully paid shares................ 108,900.00
147,646.31
Pledged shares:
Securing real estate loans ............................. 51,768.75
Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank of Little
Rock .............................................. 7,200.00
General reserves:
Federal insurance reserve ........... 4,400.00
Reserves for contingencies ....... 10,000.00— 14,400.00
Undivided profits ...................................... 8 628 77
Total Capital and Liabilities ................ $229 643 83
State of Texas, County of Dallas.
We, Chas. A. Tosch as President, and W. L. Wilkinson as Secretary of
the Mesquite Building & Loan Association located at Mesquite, Texas each
of us do solemnly swear that the statement on the foregoing page is true
to the best of our knowledge and belief.
Royce C. Lewis Yoeman 2/c, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Lewis,
came in on leave Jan. 10th. He was
gone exactly 22 months from time of
his enlistment before returning home.
Royce reports he has seen a consid-
irable part of the world and brought
home a great many souvernris from
countries he has visited. He is a
graduate of eMsquite High School
where he was a member of the band.
CHAS. A. TOSCH, President
W. L. WILKINSON, Secretary
Correct Attest: N. E. Shands, F. I. Walker, J. B. Galloway, Directors
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 2nd day of January, 1945.
Ary. L. Turner, Notary Public, Dallas County,’ Texas.
Mobilgas ,, Mobiloil
JOE T. WOOD, Wholesale Dealer
Orders Taken At—
JONES SERVICE STATION—Scyene Road
EWALT STORE—Lawson
SMITH GROCERY—Zipp City
ROBERTS GROCERY—Kaufman Highway
FRANK ELLIS & SON—New Hope
Bethany Temple W M S
Honored At Lunch
Mrs. W. Alberts and daughter,
Mrs. Cleo Temple, were cohostesses
to Bethany Temple WMS Tuesday.
The Royal Service Centennial pro-
gram led by the president, Mrs.
Claude Carder, was followed by bus-
iness meeting.
A covered dish luncheon was ser-
ved to the guests: Mrs. Charles Gay-
lord, Mrs. Rosa James, Mrs. J. D.
Weatherford, Mrs. J. H. Crumrine,
Mrs. A. M. Bailey, Mrs. George B.
Leigh, Mre. Paul Dean Leigh, Mrs.
J. D. Duncan, Mrs. W. A. Douglass,
and Mrs. T. C. Ivey.
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ANDERSON-CLAYTON BROS.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Terrell Mescpuite Forney
216 ^ 9
NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS S10-F-5 R. B. Sanford
910-F-ll, D. T. Redden
'‘SERVICE ABOVE SELF’’
HOME
SWEET
HOME
KEEP YOUR HOME THAT
WAY' B Y REPAINTING
AND REMODELING.
Mitchell - Goodwin
Lumber Company
*1,000,000
Which faallaA Comfy IjiuM Pay
Undeniable demands upon Dallas County’s treasury during recent years has
piled up a MILLION DOLLAR overdraft in Dallas County’s general fund.
City-County (Parkland) Hospital, suburban fire protection, depression-days
relief, and other necessary expenditures have left the county’s general fund "far
in the red.”
This overdraft is a debt against all real and personal property within the
county. It must be paid, particularly since interest upon this amount must come
from the already overburdened general fund.
Dallas County has two, and only two, recourses in this matter. Under author-
ity granted in a constitutional amendment in the last general election, taxpayers
can authorize the County Commissioners to reallocate tax levies in order to
liquidate or forestall such a condition. The alternative is an increase in property
rendition values to provide tax money necessary in the General Fund only, all
the while piling up tax money not needed in other county and state funds.
Dallas County property holders have the power of decision in this matter in
their poll tax. An election has been called for January 20, which will give them
opportunity to authorize the county government to reallocate tax levies with
which to pay off the MILLION DOLLAR overdraft.
The same authority will make possible ample financing of the county health
program and such other functions as now suffer from inadequate funds.
The recent amendment to the state constitution, which legalizes this pro-
cedure, safeguards the property owner bj^mandating retention of the present
80 c! maximum levy.
At a recent meeting of the County Commissioners it was decided to ask
authority from the county's property owners to use the relief which this amend-
ment provides. The Commissioners, anticipating approval through the January
20th election, propose to increase the levy for the general fund to a point where
5f! can be set aside for retirement of the overdraft during the six-year period,
for which time such authority can be constitutionally granted.
Reductions proposed in other funds would leave the total levy increased
only in the amount of the 5? for retirement of the overdraft. The adjusted levy
would then also provide ample funds for Parkland Hospital and other county
responsibilities which cannot be neglected.
Vote for the Tax Reallocation Levy Proposal on January 20th.
J. H. Briley
I- B. Galloway
Ed Hodges
W. H. Hodges
Raymond Holley
E. S. McKenlae
N, E. Shands
W. L. Wilkinson
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Cook, Corinne Neal. The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1945, newspaper, January 12, 1945; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth841516/m1/2/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.