The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1932 Page: 4 of 8
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THE -ELECTRA-NEWS. ,., ■/,.THURSDAY;; MARCH 10, 1932 _
Sixty Make Honor
Roil at Thompson
School 4th Period
The honor roll for the fourth six-
week period for Thompson Ward
school contains sixty names, accord-
in to announcement made by C. M.
Harvey, principal. An average of 90
and above on all subjects and in de-
portment is required to make the
honor roll, which is as follows:
Gladys Marie Austin, Billy Joy
Austin, Georgia Jereleen Barnes,
Virginia Bryant, Bert Allen Brown,
Margaret Ellen Balcom, Joy Bray,
Jeanette Brown, Peggy Bagby, Bar?
bara. Coates, Helen Dunham, Geneva
Erwin, Loraine Ferguson, Groves
Foster, Annie Lou Fulcher, Barbara
George, Clarence W. Gilbert, Cecil
Fafffiey, Dorothy George, Morris
Gray'', Joanna Harvey, LaMarr Hair,
Billy - Harrison, Edith ' Hubbard,
Charles Harvey, Mamie , Wanda
Jonesi Homer Cole Jones, Lolita
Jones, Johnny Joyce Johns, Harrold
Jones, Mary Helen King, Eilene
Kisselwick, Kathryn Kidwell, Bobby
Lockett, Billy Mitchell, Audie Mae
McBroom, Ruby Mae McMurtrie,
Edward McKelvy, Dortha Osborne,
Shirley Ann Oliver, Mary ’Frances
Patts; Leslie Leona Pitt, Esther
Rose Persky, Beatrice Rust, Betty
Jo Rose, Loubeth Ramey, Marjorie
Rohlfing, Mollie Virginia Skinner,
New Drug Store
Is Opened Here
J. W. Ryan of Wichita Falls has
bought the fixtures and the remain-
ing stock of the Williams Drug
Company on North Waggoner street
and has opened a modern drug store
at that stand. Mr. Ryan has been
in business at Wichita Falls for
some years and. is well known to a
number of people in Eectra, who
extend best wishes to the new firm
here.
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ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
{THE SALE OF ICE MANUFAC-
TURED FROM UNDISTILLED
WATER, EXCEPT FROM WATER
FROM CITY MAINS?, PROVIDING
PENALTIES, AND - DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY. ’
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITf
OF ELECTRA, WICHITA COUN- ;
TY, TEXAS. I
SECTION NO. 1. No person,
firm, association or persons, or
corporation, shall sell, or deliver,
within the limits of the City of
Electra, Wichita County, Texas, ice1;
manufactured from undistilled water,
except that it be manufactured from
the water from the city water!
mains in the City of Electra, Wich-
ita County, Texas, but in the event
of accident to the City Water Plant
or unavoidable difficulties which
J. Will Goodman
Announces ;For ,
Office of Mayor
J. R. Gonce Hurt In
P*1
New Arrival
.ment of the law with special favors
to none. '
“If ■ at all possible, I will fry to
bring about a reduction of light and
gas rates * and to see that public
utilities pay their share of the taxes.
“I believe that property values
should be equalized so' that every-
one would pay according to the val-
ue of his property.
J. Will Goodman, who has been I “I wiu st“dy evaty question that
prominently identified with the busi- ™ay c™e before the city commis- ... ......- - „ M
ness interests of the city for the slon a"d W|U ®’adIy «°ns,der J** before receiving injuries, to H. I.
past ten years, announces his can-' suggestion or advice from those Black, who was dangerously, shot
EiertL^thif^ef100 °f °f' o?7h.‘d^&irs atd \Sfound tats Tat byte sid^M^MM™™
Mr. Goodman says his connection i win endeavor to use the best judg-lof the highway west of the' city as
with the people here and the wide ment; possible in serving the people he was en route to work Wednes-
to the best of my ability. day morning. Mr. Gonce brought
I solicit your vote and support on the victim of the tragedy to the
was shattered when he 'Was struts ^ and son are reported to be doing
with a drill stem while * working nicejy> Mr. Malone’s sister, Mrs.
a well for the Waggoner Refining £jaude Young and her daughter,
Company southwest of the city, las& jyiiss Corinne Young of u Abilene, are
Thursday, is reported to be improve i „uests at the Malone hbme, paying
ing. Mr. Gonce played Good Sa- thejr respects to the new nephew
maritan less than twenty,-fpur;. hours . and cousin.
acquaintance he has made during
his residence in this vicinity, he be-
lieves, gives him an insight into thi*
real needs at the present time and
he respectfully asks the support of
his friends and invites investigation
these principles.”
J. WILL GOODMAN.
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hospital here and after seeing that
he had medical attention, left for
his work. He was a patient in the
Mrs. U. Loden, proprietress of same hospital not many hours al>
as to his record as a citizen and his Loden s Studio here, was called rterward. x
qualifications for the office he | Thursday to Tupelo, Miss., to at- -
seeks, j • | tend the bedside of her father, Mr. A j Glassman and daughter
His platform is as follows: ! ^a??jor, w^° was S£U(* serious~ Norma Elaine, went to Dallas, Wed-
f‘If elected mayor of Electra I ***• _ j nesday. Mr. Glassman will purchase
will do all I can to hold the city's ’ *1 * „ ' Easter goods for the Kleinman store
M. S. Woolard and family of Ok- and Norma E]aine will join her
ivi rt ff r nA nAmtinAo t rlO .. . . - * „ ■ « 1 _
expenses as low as is possible, con-
sistent with the best interest of the
taxpayers.
“I believe in a reasonable enforce-
laumon attended the services at the mother and brother, ' David, who
Church of Christ here Sunday and are visiting relatives at Dallas. They
spent the afternoon visiting with old wiU 'return Thursday evening,
friends.
INSURANCE
DICKEY &
mcgah n
i
108 North Waggoner
shall result in the bypassing of
Hugh. Saye, Ada Jewel Smith, Joe water through the city water sys-
Slaton, Marion Jack Suggs, Betty
Jane Sehmann, Betty Slaton, Led-
ford .Smith, Jewel Shellon, Mildred
Whisband, Wayne Warren, Jo El-
oise Williams, Ellen June Warden.
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Five Tyros Are
Given Degrees At
I. O. O. F. Meeting
Five candidates were given th%
initiatory degree at the' regular
meeting of the Electra Odd Fellow
lodge, Thursday might. • -J. ^ Marvin
Dees,| directed 'the' work of the de-
gree j staff in conferring the cere-
monial work. O. N. Stark/ .noble
grand, presided over the , business
session. The candidates were A* L
Glassman, Creek Brown, G. D.^ Bent-
ley £nd G. D. Arms. Four mem-
bers of the Burkburnett I. O. 0.
lodge were welcomed as visitors.
They included the noble grand,
whose name was not learned by the
reporter, Norman Cecil, .Mike Beguii
and Mr. Lee. The Burkburnett men
extended an invitation to the Elec-
tra unit to visit them in their meet-
ing Friday night.
The lodge was also honored in
having as their guest, T. D. Walker
of Mountain Air, New Mexico, a
former member, past seventy years
old and who was a resident of Elec-
tra during early boom days. Mr.
Walker spoke in appreciation of the
work of the order.
Refreshments were served to 55
members and visitors during the so-
cial hour which followed the degree
work and transaction of routine
business.
Dr. Patton of Blue Grove was in
Electra on professional business,
Wednesday.
tern without chlorination or with-
out filtration, then the manufactur-
er or manufacturers of raw water'
ice in said City shall be notified |
and shall become subject to the
same regulations and penalties as
are herein prescribed for the manu-
facture, delivery, or sale of raw
water ice.
SECTION NO. 2 Any person, or
any member of any firm, associa-
tion, or corporation, or the agent
of any such person, firm, associa-
tion, or corporation, who shall vio-
late this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined
in any sum not less than $25.00 nor
more than $200.00.
SECTION NO. 3. All ordinances,
or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION NO. 4. The fact that
ice manufactured from undistilled
water is now being sold to the in-
habitants of the City of Electra,
and that such ice, according to the
•best scientific information available,
is calculated^ ^to,,% spread : infections
and contagious .diseases among the
users thereof, creates an emergency,,
and an imperative public necessity,
requiring suspension of the rule
providing that ordinances be passed
on two separate days, and said rule
is hereby suspended, and this or-
dinance shall take effect, and be in
force, immediately from and after
its passage, and after having been
published one day and it is so or-
dained.
PASSED AND APPROVED this
the 8th day of February, A. D.,
1932.
E. E. WHEELER, Mayor.*
ATTEST:
JOHN HOUSER,
City Secretary.
GASOLINE TAX RATES SOAR
i AS PRICE IS CUT IN HALF
AVERAGE GASOLINE
PRICE PER GALLON
AVERAGE GASOLINE^
TAX ASSESSMENT7*?
7
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 lS25 192? 1528 <929 (930 193
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- AVERAGE GASOLINE TAX RATE ___
- IN CENTS PER GALLOfvi^^_____
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2
1
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LTHOUGH in a decade gasoline
prices liave been halved, mo-
torists are unable to take full ad-
vantage of the bargain because
state gasoline taxes increase the
cost nearly one-third.
Records of the American Petro-
leum Institute show that in 1920
prices in 60 representative cities,
at least one in each state, averaged
29.74c per gallon. State taxes
averaged .09c per gallon, an aver-
age assessment of .3% on the retail
price At the beginning of 1932
prices averaged only 13c, but tax
rates averaged 4c, making the cost
to motoriRts 17c per gallon and the
average assessment 30.8%, or nearly
one-third of the retail price
In ly2<> state tax rates were only
1c and 2c per gallon. Now they
rang*' from 2c to 7c. Counties and
community s impose additional
t.i’es the pyramided levies run-
ria ' an high as 9l£c. Although
two-thirds of the states now impose
to vs of 4c or more, increases in
fie ir rateo have been proposed. A
fedi ral g-isollne tax of at least 1c
per gallon has been mentioned.
Oa^ol’ne tax revenues have
seart d from around $4,000,000 in
192(' to an estimated $525,000,000
In 1931, the counties and com-
munities garnering additional mil-
t nuns. The tax was levied to finance
j good roads, but revenue is diverted
to schools, text books, fish hatch-
1 cries, oyster farms, state buildings
j and projects, unemployment relief,
j governmental expenses, pensions,
1 salaries, etc.
Revenues, while enormous, never
have kept pace with tax rates.
( Higher rates, invoking the law of
I diminishing returns, have encour-
. aged the filing of claims for tax
I refunds, many of them fraudu-
i lent and in some slates absorbing
40% of income. Rates above 2c per
■ gallon have made tax evasion suf-
| ficientiy lucrative to support the
operations of racketeers who, by
gasoline bootlegging, bribery, for-
gery, intimidation and, among other
means, sale of Inferior and often
harmful fuels and lubricants, tako
as their profits gasoline tax reve-
nues estimated as high as $100,-
000,000.
Information reaching the Instl-
j tute from investigators in more
j than 16 states indicates that unless
taxes are reduced to a uniform rate
near 2c, uniform tax laws are
| passed and fully enforced, and the
expenditure of revenue is confined
to highways, the "fastest growing
tax in history" may become the
greatest tax scandal In history.
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USED TOOLS FOR
HOUSE OR GARDEN
Spring clean up time is at . You
will need household tools and garden
implements, but before you invest in
them, take time out to read the values
that will be offered in the -
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ADS column of the Electra News. If
you have something you no longer
use, list it for sale in the Want-Ads.
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