The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1961 Page: 15 of 18
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Editorials and Featured
A Bible Thought for Tbit We*
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...Administer Locally
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ir opposed to d
always
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fortunate, but as a
; front publicity.
his reaped.
Possibly tha mason the average layman Is
his is hi strict code doctors follow fat shying ft*
the American Medical Association took a
I before the politician saw political opportunity Id a Fed-
Medical Aid BUI for the a«od. The medical fraternity
loaf advocated rid for the aged who were financially m-
sjk as ? ,o
[ ' Tie medical fraternity is not oppooed to aid for the
Mid, but to “the creation of massive federal machinery to
help those who neither need nor want help, and who are
fapaMy handing their own problems at the., present time.”
■ This makes sense. Under the Liberal program, everyone
Mm reechos a specified age. whether millionaires or not.
faU |n thi aid to the aged category.
"But think of the stigma of disgrace, the embarrassment
to them who must rely on this aid,” the politician points but.
We haven’t noticed any embarrassment on the port of
thorn who are currently on welfare. Social Security, pensions
and tbrtifce. Why should there be about medical aid?
; A* a matter of fact, we haven’t ever witnessed any of
these mothers of illegitimate children begin embarrassed at
recoiviag a federal check every month. : i
The medical profession, as is the case with so many of
B who are unjustly accused of being “agin” the less fortu-
nate, doesn’t question the necessity of aiding the aged ... or
illegitimate children either, for that matter. Our cfasy, messed
up economy is not the fault of the aged. They didn’t create
inflation Most oould have lived out their lives without assist-
ance H inflation had not devalued their little dab of savings.
/ It tfent a matter of whether they should receive aid. but
how can we do it without going further into debt and. devalu-
ing |he dollar even more?
rv The only solution is to limit aid to those Mm need and
It. And this program should be carried out through
the administration to Che
Briber bureau in Washing-
to be personallMd.
the Mart drain on the taxpayer.
This i* and ahragw *»■» heed.
I t'j* -difaVs
Callin’ :ii* Bluff
Backward Glai
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FIOM THE PANOLA WATCHMAN PILES
In its
.. . No Derelict
. K may appear the Watch
duty bp not carrying meat admonitions to. drive carefully
and attiM acddentsJiost newspapers of the Mate, both daily
•ad weaUy* carried many such warnings.
* We believe that the public bas seen so many of these
Mammons they are likely to be Ignored. Of course, by con-
stant pounding and repetition, some bead is paid to thorn,
hut they don’t produce the Impact they should.
We could certainly be wrong but we believe we printed
a true story in our Christmas edition about a tether being
tgM of bis sea’s death In a car accident that had more im-
pact than all the slogans, cartoons, editorials and articles put
^Aay permit who reed this heart rending article couldn’t
hfth> but caution their youngsters who drive. Nor could Ibe
most flippant youngster read it wi
it without causing him to take
and maybe drive a little more carefully.
No, we’re not derelict in our duty. We know we have e
responsibility to constantly warn our readers Of the dangers
HrxjrrirjrSASiiri-’S
them.
c’d advise every parent to cut that article out of last
week’s Watchman and paste it on the wall of their youngster’s
room. And before turning the keys to the family car over to
them, stipulate that they readmit.
• ••Unsolved Problems
“Now that we ere starting off • brim new decade."
says Changing Times, The Kiplinger Magastee. ‘‘perhaps fa
should pause to summarise mans progress thus ran
“Maa now knows what’s on Urn other aide a
but still can’t tell whet’s In the back ef Ms Mte^
“He can send e message around the world fc
eTa sacond but can*
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eventMng about the average person except what msfcao Mm
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AUSTIN. Texas — Beginning of
aa odd-numbered year brings a
hanging of the guard” at the
ite house
Actual number of turnovers this
veer will be few, with Gov. Price
Daniel, Lt. Gov. Baa Ramsey and
Atty. Gan. Will Wilson continuing
in their present offices.
No. 1 change will be in the Sup
me Court Chief Justice John E.
ickman, 76. is retiring after a
90-year legal career, including 34
years of appellate court service.
Judge Hickman will be suc-
ceeded hr Robert W. Calvert now
an associate Justice of the Supreme
Court.
Succeeding Calvert will be Zol-
&£gfF«nhs
will be sworn in an January 3, in
the Supreme Court Room of the
State Courts BuikUtqri in Austin.
A reception and infAmal Open
House will be held id the State
Bar Building. The public is invited
ter bath occasions.
Court of Criminal Appeals will
get a new Judge, also. W. T. Mc-
Donald of Bryan will succeed
Judge Uoyd Davidson, defeated at
the polls Iasi summer. McDonald
will be sworn in January 2 in Bry-
an, in the district courtroom where
$• has presided as Judge for the
past five years. His brother, Reed
McDonald, a notary public, will ad-
minister the osth.
Already sworn in and ready to
go when hjs term as land commis-
sioner begins on January 1 is Jer-
ry Sadler. Mrs. Dorothy Hallman,
chiaf clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives in which Sadler served
three terms, gave the oath. Sadler
was sworn in nearly two weeks
ahead of the time in order to be
“vaady”. He defeated the incum
bant, BUI Allcorn.
MOmg WORK — While they’re
still home, members of the next
Legislature can take their minds
off Christmas bills by studying
Governor Daniel's proposed budget
for state government.
It calls for spending $378,000.
•00 from the' general revenue
fond for the 196243 biennium.
This is $54,000.000 more than
w«a appropriated for tha present
tjw-yoar period, but is 40 per cent
I* *be agencies requested.
b*am not include any funds tor
Pohlic • school teacher pay raises,
a 'fossoNnaiidaUuu which tha gov-
he will present after
_will propose a
^*2*increase per teacher,
mooojo00
• • fwwyear costs.
This $04,000,000 plus the $64.
1222-in,®*-8 N* fo«
wwteMOP general revenue defi-
cit. adds up to a $$>1600.000 prob-
wm which the now legislature will
MAVHMCK TO RUN - Late*
Panola Watchman
to be vacated by Sen Lyndon
Johnson is Maury Maverick of San
Antonio, former member of the
Texas House of Representatives.
The former legislator from San
Antonio is a member of the State
Democratic Executive Committee
and son of the late Congressman
and Mrs. Maury Maverick of the
Alamo City..
His great grandfather was Sam-
uel Maverick, also of San Antonio,
one of the signers of the Texas
Declaration of Independence.
Other announced candidates for
the Senate aeat are: Rep. Jim
Wright of Fort Worth; Former
Senator William A. Blakley of
Dallas; State Senator Henry Con
zalez of San Antonio and John G.
Tower of Wichita Falls.
COLORADO DAM APPROVBO •
State Board of Water Engineers
approved plans to build a $21,600,-
000 reservoir on the Colorado Riv-
er between LaGrange and Colum-
bus.
Farmers, ranchers and business-
men from the affected area had
vigorously protested the flooding
of what they described as a pros-
perous agricultural .area. They es-
timated it would destroy an annual
agricultural income of about $1,900,
000.
Proposed npervoir would be
22 miles long, with 160,000 acre
feet of iaitial water storage space
and 79,000 acre feet of reserve.
Lower Colorado River Authority
estimates it will save for use some
100,000 acre feet of water that now
flows into the Gulf .
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation la
planning the project which is to
be operated by LCRA after con-
struction.
I YRARS AGO
Travis Williams was hi-
st Panels Junior College,
se to Panola from Kilgore
Deaths listed: Mrs. Caroline Jane
Hooper, 70, was fatally burned
when her clothing caught from a
grass Ore; J. C. Koonee. 80, was
hwriad at Murvaul; Isaac D. Red-
mond. 74, died at Beckvilie; Mrs.
Ada Ann Whitaker, member of a
Pioneer family of Carthage, died:
rites wen held for B. T. (Dock)
Guinn of Woods.
Clso Singletary was named to
bead the Farmers Market.
The old Panola County Jail was
bought at public auction by the
City of Carthage for $7,560 The
old courthouse had been add a
short time before for less than
fPOOO
20 YEARS AGO
Judge S H. Sanders of Center
was sworn in as District Judge for
his first'term.
Rep. Lon E. Alsup sponsored a
bill in the Legislature providing -
for an increase in the truck load:
limit. v
Officers named by the Carthage 1
Volunteer Fire Department indud
ed G. V. Scott, chief: L. E. Reeves,
first assistant chief; Charlie Gillis,
second assistant chief; L. O. Bow-
en, secretary and A. M. Biggs, re-
porter.
29 YRARS AGO y
8,444 l».. of concrete was laid on
the Shreveport Highway east o(
town by the Russ Mitchell Con-
struction 'Tompany, contractors.
Nearly 100 persons were employed.
Final rites were held for Dr. A.
McKay.
Frazer Neal rites were held Jan-
uary 2nd.
The county cage tournament was
PANOLA WAT
set for Feb. 7 and 6 at Gary.
Gary woo the first invitational
tournament held by that school
when Carthage defaulted in the
play-off. Scores by teams u the
tournament included: Tenaha' 18,
Brooks 15; Tennessee 16, Byfield
10; Carthage 26, Byfk-ld 10; Gary
32. Long Branch 23: Gary 46. Tenn
esaee 0; Mt. Enterprise 10. Brooks
12; Carthage 25. Tennessee 17;
Long Branch 25; Byfield 20; Mt.
Enterprise 23, Long 'Branch 10.
40 YRARS AGO
W. R Knight. 77. was buried at
Woods
Allen Foster purchased the Tex-
as Theater from Kabot-Baker.% ,
Mias Corinne Neal spent the
Christmas holidays at home. She
is attending the University of Tex-
as.
The Carthage Senior Class pre-
sented the play “Captain Rackett.”
A very creditable performance was
given.
•S YRAIPS AGO
Editorial comment: The Democ-
racy in Rusk County in a recent
meeting sounded the death knell
of independent candidates. Away
with independent ism. The Demo-
cratic party must be thoroughly
disciplined or its early dissolution
is, inevitable.
We are requested to. call' atten-
tion. of parents and guardians to
the fact that Prof. A. B. Thweatt
open a school at Gary’s School
House, about four miles west of
Carthage on Monday next - 19th
inst. Prof. Thweatt taught a flour-
ishing school last year near Ely-
sian Fields
We have informed that Shelby
County will warmly support the
candidacy of Maj. Baker of Pano
la County for State Senator in
the upper house of the 19th Legis-
lature.
Earl Thomas Jrw. a
Reenlist* For
Term in Navy
Earl A. Thomas. Jr., aviation
electrician's mate third Class. URN.
atm of Mr. and Mrs Paul A Thom
as af DeBerry, is serving with
Fighter Squadron 121 at the Na-
val Air Station. M train* Calif.
He recently reenlisted for six
years under the STAR program.
The Selective Training and Re-
tention (STAR) program enables
qualified naval personnel to enter
special training programs. Upon
selection, they ntust obligate them-
selves to observe a minimum of
four years active duty.
Before entering The Navy in
October 1997. Thomas graduated
from Bossier High School at Boss-
ier City/ La.
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Knight in armor
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a giant with.
Two herds
Thm arms
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Stop Noiee
• in i - Kansas community, local
lawmakers, fed up with a oartaio
popular soog. decreed a fine far
singing, humming or whistling it
between the hours of 6 am. and
ID p.*n.
k *■ *
'*1 Wouldn't ,
Bo Without IF'
Sore, I'm planning to do
some hunting this fall but I
wouldn't budge off my
Jront porch without some
low-cost liability insurance,
just in case;
Call Us!
J. E. INSURANCE AGENCY
L E. PAGE—Agent Phono OX S-6610
No Beard*
In Wisconsin, a barber In the
legislature proposed a ban on
whiskers.
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REAL BUY!
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PAYMENT
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House
And Lot
• 1,000 H PI. Pteor
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you $20 wiring allowance
if additional wiring is
needed to install a new
Flameless Electric
CLOTHES
DRYER
or WASNER-DRYIR
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installed on com-
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STILL 6000!
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Applegate, Clabe. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1961, newspaper, January 5, 1961; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth900914/m1/15/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Panola+County%22: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.