The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1960 Page: 3 of 4
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THE BOGATA NEWS, BOGATA, TEXAS, THURSDAY,
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Austin —Here we go again'
It seems as if a segment of
Texas history is repeating it self
ns the state and numerous $as
companies go to court to decide
the constitutionality of a new
gas tax.
Some 80 gas companies have
filed suit asking the court to de-
clare invalid th enatural gas sev-
erance beneficiary tax passed by
the Legislature last summer. Six
of the suits are set for trial be-
ginning Feb. 15.
They will be tried in the same
Austin district court in which
the old gas gathering tax was
begun. TTiis tax law was passed
W"Ty the Legislature in 1951 and
eventually declared unconstitu-
tional by the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Gas companies are attacking
the new severance beneficiary
tax on much the same grounds
they did the gathering tax. They
contend it is in violation of inter-
state commerce laws.
Passage of the severance tax
came after one of the hardest
battles of the stormy six month
session. It places a 1.5 per cent
levy on the pipelines on the
grounds that they benefit from
the taking out of the gas
Revenue-wise, the gas tax re-
presents a rather modest portion
of the overall tax progrem pass-
ed in 1959. It was estimated it
would bring in about $15,000,000
of an overall $185,000,000.
SHORT BALLOT — In the 12
i aces for statewide office this
year, there will be only 22 can-
didates.
Six state officials are seeking
re-election unopposed.
Some years ago, there were al-
most as many candidates in the
governors race alone as there art-
now for all the statewide offices.
In tho^e days the filing fee was
only SI00. Todays prut is kill-
ing off the competition
Filing fees today are 5 per cent
of annual salarv. which runs
$1,250 for governor. $1,125 fir
1' S Senator. $000 for lieutenant
guv< rnor. etc.
WATCH THAT "FLI " - If
you're one of there lucky Tex-
ans who hasn’t vet b'-cn hit by
nfluenra. State Health Comm is - ‘
tiorvs such as pneumonia.
He advifed against self-treat-
ment and urged victims to go to
bed and call a doctor at the out-
set.
P-TA ENDORSES SESSION—
Some 85 per cent of local P-TA
leaders in Texas favor a special
session to raise teachers’ salar-
ies, according to a report made
to Gov. Price Daniel.
Mrs. W. T. Whaley of Kosse,
president of the Texas Congress
of Parents and Teachers, told the
governor that executive commit-
tee members of 563 local P-TA
units were polled.
She said 8,155 favored a spec-
ial session, 847 were undecided
and 563 were against it. There
were no suggestions as to how
to pay the bill.
Governor Daniel has held off
calling a special session pending
the development of enough pub-
lic and legislative support to car-
ry it through to success.
POLL TAX ASSAILED—Next
Texas Legislature may be called
upon to vote on whether the U
S. Constitution should be amend-
ed to outlaw the poll tax.
If the House passes it, it will
then have to be ratified within
seven years bv the legislatures
of three-fourths of the states.
Texas is one of five states
which still have a poll tax.
Others are Virginia, Mississippi,
Alabama and Arkansas.
LICENSE PI.ATF.S ON SALE
—Texas drives- have from now
until midnight. Ay.ril 1, to get
new license plates for their cars.
State Highway Engineer De-
Witt C. Greer predicts that near-
ly 5.000,000 cars will lx- registered
this year. This adds up to some
long lines April 1 unless a lot of
people buy rarlv.
Greer emphasized the impor-
tance of each vehicle owner’s re-
gistering his car or truck in his
home countv. When he goes to
register, each owner should take
hi-> certificate of title and last
year registration r* ceipt
P nalty f"i an improper regis-
tr. lion is $200
Tins year’s licence rlatos ar<’
i,Vick with white letters
Young Resigns as
Superintendent of
Talco Schools
W. R Young, superintendent of
Talco school, tendered his resig-
nation to the School Board at a
called meeting held Tuesday
evening, effective February 27.
He has accepted employment
with the transportation division
of Texas Educational Agency
and will make his home in Aus-
tin.
Mrs. Young and their daugh-
ter, Judy, who is a member of
this year’s graduating class, will
continue to make their home in
Talco until the end of the school
term, when they will join Mr.
Young at Austin.
A meeting of the School Board
was scheduled for Wednesday
night to consider a successor to
Mr. Young, who came to Talco
as superintendent from Hudson
ISD near Lufkin on July 1, 1958.
He has had 17 years of teaching
experience, 12 of those as a su-
perintendent.
Honor Roll of
News Subscribers
The Bogata News takes this
means of thanking subscribers
listed below for their subscrip-
tions:
Jimmie Wade Regan
R. M. Harden
Forrest King
Roger Arnold
H. N. Bryson
Frank Tver
Mrs. Julia McDowell
Mrs. Nellie Black
R V. Bryant
Mrs. Margaret Kidd
Clyde Siddens
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Topping of
Can.den, Ark., and Wichita Falls,
visited in the Johnny Topping
home dining the week end. Other
visitors were Jim Skidmore of
Ml Pleasant, Mr. and Mrs. Norris
Phipps of Clarksville,
JQHNT0WN
By MRS G. A. VAUGHAN
New enrollees in Baptist Sun-
day School Sunday included Mrs.
Burl Duffie and son, Gene, re-
cently returned here from Pasa-
dena. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Low-
ry and daughter, Janie, who
have been attending in Bogata.
and Mrs Bill Humphries and lit-
tle granddaughter, Patricia Par-
ker. Janell White of Dallas, was
a visitor of Doris and Mary Wat-
son.
Billie Shcffner of Longview,
with a quartet of singers, was a
visiting minister at the Holiness
Church Saturday night.
Mrs Irene Pew . left Monday
for Longview, where she will
visit a sister, Mrs. M H. Dryden
and Mr. Dryden until Thursday.
Mr and Mrs. Simm E. Dodd
formerly ef Franklin, La., where
they were employed, have re-
turned to their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Avret L. Vau-
ghan, formerly of El Paso, ar-
rived Friday after he was dis-
charged from duty at Ft. Bliss
Feb. 4, after two years of ser-
vice. They were accompanied
here for the week end by Mr.
and Mrs RoLert Zercher of Lan-
caster, Pa., enroutc to their home
after his discharge at Ft. Bliss,
also. These, with Mr. and Mrs
Clifford Barnard of Bogata, were
supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. G
A. Vaughan Friday night
Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas
and children of Hugo, Ok„ visited
Mr. and Mrs Avret L. Vaughan,
Sunday in the G. A. Vaughan
home.
J. E. Vaughan visited his sis-
ter, Mrs. T W. Smith and Mrs.
Vivian Westbrook at Talco, Tues-
day night.
W. L. Wicks, in Ft. Worth tho
past week for medical attention,
returned home Saturday.
J. E. Black was reported ill at
his home over the week end
Mrs. Frank Rhodes was report-
ed ill at her home Wednesday
Mr. ar.d Mrs. E. V. Pirtle,
Vance. Ed Davidson and Mr. and
Mrs Drue Pirtle of Longview.
Seventeen Texas counties, it
MISS EDNA HOWISON
SUCCESSFUL ANGLER
Despite high winds Wednesday
afternoon, Miss Edna Howison,
using what she described as very
inexpensive tackle, caught a 54
pound bass. The fish was taken
from waters on the W. D. Harvey
ranch southeast of Bogata.
Miss Howison, and her “fishing
pardner,” Mrs. L. C. McDonald,
ardent anglers that they are, may
be found any sunny day on the
banks of some local pool, lake
or creek. Wednesday’s catch was
the nicest fish Miss Howison has
caught with that particular
tackle.
Hudson and family of Bogata.
Mrs Hudson is reported ill with
flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Fail returned
Monday after a business trip to
Breckenridge.
Mrs. Jim Pirtle, accompanied
Mrs Claud Kennedy of Cun-
ningham, to Mt Pleasant, Sun-
day and visited their mother,
Mrs Emma Askins, and sister,
Mrs. Willie Cotten.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Condra of Humble Lake, Sunday,
were Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Owen
and Mrs. Britt Wilson of Bogata.
Mrs. John Sale and daughter,
Jo, were called to Dallas Sunday
to attend their daughter and sis-
ter, Mrs. Merrill Sport, who is
ill at her home.
Mrs. Wendell Hervev and Mrs.
Twyman Pirtle were in Clarks-
ville Friday to see the county
agent in interest of organizing n
club.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Hervey
entertained at supper Saturday,
the occasion in observance of her
father, Tom Cox on his birthday
Attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Cox ar.d two daughters,
Misses Virginia and Sue Cox.
Mrs. Tom Cox has received
word of the death of her sister-
in-law, Mrs Willie Bridges of
Oklahoma City.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Vaughan of
Bogata, were guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Baxter.
Mrs Jim Williams, who was
ill the past week at the home of
A. C- Newsome
New Snp’t Talco
Public Schools
A. C. Newsome, Talco High
School principal, was elected su-
perintendent of the school and
given a contract until July 3,
1961, when the School Board met
Wednesday night. He will begin
his new duties on March 1. He
succcds W. R. Young, resigned
Mr. Newsome is now serving
his eighth year with Talco school.
He taught science for six years
and was then named High School
principal. He is a native of
Mount Vernon, 33 years old, and
received his BS and Master’s de-
grees at Sam Houston State
Teachers College
He married a Mount Vernon
girl, Jean Cowan, and they have
two children, Steven and Phil.
_____ ...... ____ ______ hi r mct^cr- Mrs. D. A. Baxter,
visited R L Smith over the week Mi. Baxter was able to re-
end Mrs. Lila Pirtle. who had turn to work in Pans Monday
visited them the past week in '. Mmcs Mack Grant. Stanley I
'Robber Proves No
Match for Fanner
Saint o.—A gunman with a
Yankee accent made a pretty bad
mistake here Sunday.
He tried to rob a 6-foot, 2-inch
Texas fanner.
The farmer, Walter Hodges, 49,
of Saint Jo, knocked the bandit’s
gun out ot his hand, beat him
into unconsciousness and proba-
bly fractured his jaw.
Would have turned him over
to the sheriff, too, if the ban-
dit’s girl friend hadn’t recovered
the gun and held off Hodges un-
til she and the dazed robber
could escape.
The secret of a long life has
been explained by a couple of
sisters, aged 110 and 120 years.
They say their father died and
left them a big fortune, and they
havent’ done a lick of work
fince.
Odn o, Do
of the state's population. It is in i
these areas that city and county
proM'-ns tend to overlap
port, visited Mrs.
Mr. and Mis. Lei Murrah and Monday.
J. F Hood,
LAMAR CREAMERY
MILK
H«m«gtnin4
Grade "A" Pasteurised
Vitamin D Fortified
PRICE FIXING CHARGED —
Attv. Gin Will Wilson has
CITY-COUNTY STUDY—Tex-• chained a Wisconsin mar.ufactur-,
Honer J. E. Peavy has advice for I as Commission on City and Coun-1 er of drafting eqi m.nent with (
vou jty Government plans to send a fixing the prices of goods sold to,
"Don’t take any chances" .questionnaire to city and county
In several cities the flu has officials and oth t interested per-
reached epidemic propoiturns ons on ihe possibility of com-
11 ’n.ni; some city and county func-
tions.
Aim, according to the commis-
sion. Mould not be to combine
Dallas reported the highe.-t f i-
caused death toll since th« UMC
liege.
Dr. Peavy said flu ordinarilv
ur. reavy sam iiu oramaruv i sion. womci "oi uv iu ™num.
lasts only three to five davs but! city and county government, but trihutors, s> t th" price® cn more
must be taken seriously because I to f.nd ways to economize bv than 200 different items totaling
cf the possibility of complica-11 lm mating duplicating services. $100.000 00.
daughter of Ada. Ok., visited Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Hervey, Saturday
He was a buddy or Buford Her-
vev during their fervicc in the
U S. Navy.
Mrs Jim Hervey. a recent sur-
the state. i gerv patient in Clarksville hos
Suit was filed in an Austir pital, convalescing at her home,
district court against the Flamil- was reported not doing satisfac-
ton Manufacturing Co. of Two torilv Monday.
Rivers, Wisconsin. i \fr,, Irene Pew visited Mrs. A
Wilson contends the company. Bond of Bocat(li Tuesday and
reported her ill at h<r home.
Jim Hervey was a business
viritor in Clarksville, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Horn and
children of Mineoln, visited Mr.
through “suggestions" to its dis-'
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Mrs M. J. Dodd and Mr and Mrs.
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Mrs. Josie York, who has been ,
visiting in Midland, Abilene and
Cisco, since Christmas, returned
home the past week.
Mrs. Jim Kirby and daughter,
Mrs Jimmie Rhodes of Sulphur
Springs, spent Sunday with their
aunt. Mrs. Josie York.
Troy Ford of Talco, was among
I visitors at the Holiness church
{Saturday night.
Mrs. Jaureita Wcisenflue and
children of Blossom, and J. O.
Cooper Jr. of Texarkana, were
visitors in the Jerry Dodd home,
Saturday.
Avret L. Vaughan left Monday
for Austin, where he will get re-
schooling at Highway Patrol
School, before re assignment of
duty at Wharton. He had a leave
of absence when inducted into
armed service two years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pirtle visit-
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The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1960, newspaper, February 11, 1960; Bogata, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth902079/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.