The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1964 Page: 1 of 6
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PETITION ON UNFAIR TAXES PAGE THREE
BARRINGTON HEADS PETITION DRIVE ON TAXES
Kountze Post
Office Dedicated
Page 3
Every day people stop on the
streets and ask each other, "What
can we do about this tax situa-
tion?" Everyone knows that this
is the most unjust tax situation
that has existed in this County's
history. Everyone knows that as a
result of the Hardin County Com-
missioners Court's hiring of the
firm of Pritchard and Abbott from
Houston and Fort Worth for the
avowed purpose of equalizing the
tax burden in this county, a re-
valuation program has been set
up that has penalized the small
home owner and let the large
corporate oil companies and
land owners off practically scot
free at the equalization hearings
the large property owners were
well represented and they struck
a bargain with the Hardin County
The Kountze Post Office held
official dedication ceremonies
of its new building last Saturday
morning.
Mayor Pat Pace was the Mas-
ter of Ceremonies. He was in-
troduced by Postmaster Thomas
B. Coe.
The Rev. Carroll Cole, pas-
tor of the First Baptist Church,
gave the invocation. Congress-
man Jack Brooks and Allen Du-
pree, of the Postal Regional Of-
VOTERS DEJECT
CHANCE-LOEB
L
A proposed $950, 000 bond is
burden of the County taxes on the
people while the corporations es-
caped their just burden.
No, the people only had their
elected Commissioners and the
County Judge to represent them.
And while the interests of the
large companies were well rep-
resented the people's interest
went down the drain.
This tax valuation story was the
biggest news story of 1964-even
It was reported that 684 voted
in the election. There 398 who
voted against the issue and 286
for it.
If the bond issue had carried,
the funds from the sale of bonds
would have been used for a
building that would be large
enough for both Jr. High and
High School students of the
Chance-Loeb district. There is
no high school in Chance-Loeb
thfs^ newspaper fn Cto JpS
paper in Hardin County that has There are some 152 student be-
told the people what’s been going ing transfered to Silsbee High
on. The people opened their eyes .School.
with the tax situation only half The total assessed vaiua-
done, and swept the old clique tion of the school district is
and its spokesmen out of office.
The Silsbee Precinct which con-
tains approximately one-half the
people of Hardin County turned
outthestrongestCommissioner in
the County.
In the Saratoga Precinct, the
only other place where there was
a Commissioners face, the vot-
ers that lived in the Precinct vot -
ed out that Commissioner. But
the Clique brought in absentee
voters that lived out of-the Co-
unty and turned the tide against
the people's candidate and for
the Clique. This was challenged
in the Courts, but the old Clique
was successful. But, for 'the first
time in years, the people have a
spokesman on the Commissioners
Court. He will be lonely there,
but the fact that he’s there is a
great step forward in the fight to
preserve the rights of the people.
Because of the staggered, four
year terms, Hardin County will
have to continue to have its fin-
ancial affairsadministered by the
old power clique, although our
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$10,760,380 and the tax rates
are $1,45 per 100 valuation.
Property, is assessed at 75 per
cent of the appraised value by
Prichard and Abbott.
If the proposal had carried the*
tax rate would have to be raised
to $1,73 per $100 valuation, ac-
cording to school officials. The
tax raise would have came after
bonds were sold. They said that
they had planned to sell only
$720,000 worth of the bonds, to
meet immediate building needs.
School officials said that they
had planned to hold the bonds
that remained in reserve later
when values on the district in-
creased and the growth of the
district required additional class
rooms.
fice in Dallas, were the guest
speakers. Congress Brooks pres-
ented Postmaster Coe with a
, fifty star flag which flew over
the Capitol in Washington. A
color guard, consisting of three
girls of the Kountze Girl Scout
group, performed the flag rais-
ing ceremony. The Kountze
High Band played the national ■
anthem and the crowd sang along.
The Rev. Leon Peacock, pastor
of the Kountze Methodist
Church, gave the benediction.
At the closing of the cere-
monies SantaClaus made his
appearance. He received the
children's letters and gave them
candy from his bag.
SANTA CLAUS
VISITS SILSBEE
Santa Claus made his first visit
of the Christmas Season to Sils-
bee last Saturday at 9 a. m.
He arrived in a fire truck at
the city park. On arriving he
took his place in his special house
in the park.
Santa will be in his house each
Saturday from 9 a. m. to 12
noon and 2 to 5 p. m. until
Christmas. All children in this
area are invited to visit Santa.
K.E. HALL
ELECTED
DELEGATE
Kenneth Hall of Chance-Loeb
was elected as a delegate from
Socony Paint Products to the Sa-
bine Area Central Labor Council
of Local 4-243 Oil, Chemical,
and Atomic Workers Union.
Mr. Hall has been employed
at Socony Paint*Mill for a num-
ber of years. This is a great
honor that has been placed on
him, and the people of this co-
unty are very proud of him. We
are glad to see that he is as well
thought of on his job as he is in
his community. We want to con-
gratulate him on his being elec-
ted to this post.
Pine Needle
Gets Second
Class Permit
The Pine Needle is proud to
ann<junce that its application for
second class mailing permit has
. been approved. We are now able
to mail the papers to our sub-
scribers at the second class mail
rate.
Area Democrats addressed a
meeting of the Navarro County
Young Democrats at Corsicana,
November 24.
Olen Overstreet, who is a stu-
dent at-Navarro Junior College,
introduced the speakers from
Hardin-County, Those from Har-
din C ounty were Sheriff-elect
Henry Overstreet, Representative
Emmett Lack, and Bobby Wil-
liams all of Kountze. '
Emmett Lack, who has been
elected to his third term- in the
Texas House of Representatives,
was the principal speaker. Lack
spent considerable time in re-
viewing the general election re-
sults over the nation and the re-
sponsibility facing the Democrats
to do a good job in office. He
pointed out that Democrats add-
ed about 500 lawmakers in the
State Legislative bodies and con-
trol in 32 states.
Lack appealed for Democrats
to accept their responsibility and
profit from past mistakes. He
pointed out that Republicans will
be watching for anything amiss.
Sheriff-elect Overstreet spoke
briefly on what the Democratic
Party meant to him, and hi* love
for the party. Overstreet also
urged Democrats to accept their
responsibility in the party.
Bobby Williams, who recently
returned home from the army,
also spoke to the group. Williams
urged the Young Demos to take
an active part in the Democratic
Party. ;|
DIGNITARIES AT POST OFFICE DEDICATION--Kountze Postal Employees, postal officals, a
Mayor, and Congressman, are pictured. Cecil Overstreet, Milton Reeves, Mrs. Milton Reeves,
Jimmy Coe, (employees of the Kountze Post Office), Allen Dupree, (Postal Officals), Congress-
man Jack Brooks, Postmaster Thomas Coe, and Mayor Pat Pace of Kountze. Not present were
F. S. Pitts and Mrs. White, employees of Kountze Post Office. (Pine Needle Photo)
Big Thicks!' "To Meet
, . trail drives by loc<
^— 1____L* ____^ QPPlirPn h\t pnrnllmonl' nrw.r _ '
A general membership meet
ing of The Big Thicket Associa-
tion has been scheduled'to be
held next Sunday, December
13th, at 2:30 p.' m. at the First
Methodist Church of Saratoga.
The public has an urgent invita-
tion to attend. Charter member-,
ships are still open and m^y be
secured by enrollment now.
The first big annual event of
the group will be planned in de -
tail at the Sunday cone la ve.
This is the "Big Thicket Get To-
gether, " a meeting to be held at
the West H a r d i n Independent
School, Saturday,. January 9th.
The get-together, will feature
local groups, a
visit of the Alabama Indians,
old-time fiddling, and a-barbe-
cue dinnqr.
All members are urgently re-
quested to attend the Sunday
meeting, which will be the last
before the big event.
E. L. Unger
Publicity Chairman
Area Demos Speak
To Navarro County
Young Demos
The Woman’s Club of Kountze
is sponsoring a Christmas tour of
homes Sunday, December 13th,
from 2:00 to 6:00 p. m. The
Kountze Public Library, which
is a project of The Woman's
Club, will benefit from this tour
at the same time you may see
some beautifully decorated
homes.
The Woman's Club is asking
donations of $1. 00 per family for
the tickets, and each ticket has
a map on the jjack showing the
locations of homes 05 the Christ-
mas tour. Tickets may be ob-
tained from any member of the ■
Christmas club. Tickets*may be
obtained from any member of
the club, or at the Kountze Phar-
macy.
Homes, in the order which
they are to be visited, and their
themes are as follows:
1. Ray Limbocker-"Christmas
a la Mexico"
2. Dr. Eugenia Gauntt-"Bells
and Bows"
3. Donald Allums - "Holiday
House"
4. W. B. Cariker-"Hark the
Herald Angels Sing"
5. George Christian-"Christ-
mas is for Children"
6. Welton Wiggms-"Jingle
Bells"
7. J. A. McKim, Jr. -"Joyous
Seasons Greetings"
8. Elton Spivey-"Festive Inn"
Refreshments will be served in
the home of the Elton Spiveys,
the last home to be visited on
the tour.
Mrs. Patricia Golson,
Publicity Chairman
16 Arrested
Over Weekend
Hardin county Jailer, Dave
Rountree, reported Monday that
16 person had been jailed in die
• Hardin County Jail for various of-
• fenses over the weekend. A total
of 16 persons were arrested.
Six were arrested for D, W. I.
One was arrested for D, W. L 2nd
offense. Two were arrested for
hunting' at night and seven were
picked up for being drunk.
SOMETHING
TO SELL?
s note: The Village
Creek Philosopher £>n his fire ant
farm has what probably is an un-
scientific view in his letter this
week.
Dear Editar:
A bunch of us was sitting a-
round talking about that rocket
the United States has launched to
Mars and wondering how much
figuring and calculating it took
to aim it in the right direction,
considering the fact the earth it-
self is twisting and hurtling
through space at the same time,
making the job sort of like try-
ing to hit a racing animal from
the back of a pick-up truck
bouncing over a pasture, using a
boomerang for a weapon.
"Itsuretakes perfect timing,"
somebody said.
He's right, and personally I
take my hat off to the scientists
who’re doing it.
For exampl'e, you know of
course it'll take about eight
months for the rocket to get
within television range of Mars,
and you realize what time of
year that is? It's July, and this is
another example of perfect tim-
ing.
With the Russians also having
a rocket sailing in that direction,
July is positively the best month
of the year for the finis h, the
month that has the least compe-
tition from anything else. Ob-
viously, you weren't going to
catch those scientists timing the
climax during the fall football
season, during the winter basket-
ball season, during spring base-
ball practice, or during the late
summer of the major league
games.
July was exactly the right
month to get the people's undi-
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PICTURED ABOVE is Angela Clark, who recently celebrated her fourth birthday with a small party
and a few friends at home. Angie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clark.
THE PINE NEEDLE
EDITOR------------JAMES C. JENNINGS
PICTURE. EDITOR________THOMAS BEAN
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Jennings, James C. The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1964, newspaper, December 10, 1964; Kountze, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth847414/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.