The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1953 Page: 4 of 4
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AUSTIN — The legislative
it centered this week .on
question of Whether or Sot
school teachers are going
get an increase in pay.
The teachers won an advantage
m Senate passed a bill giv-
them an increase of $600
stor A. M. Akin Jr. of Paris
‘ the bill, which has the
of the Texas State
rs Association.
’ In passing the bill, the senators
‘ a warning that it will force
tax increase of about $30 mil-
a year.
the House, meanwhile, the
er pay bill bogged down tost
in a mass oi technicalities.
Rep. Lamar Zivley of Temple
““MOring the bill in the House,
into trouble from the econ-
ny-minded members every time
I tired to make progress with it.
For example, when Zivley at-
npted to get the bill transfer-
red from the house appropria-
tions committee to another com-
mittee which he considers more
friendly, Rep. Joe Kilgore of
McAllen brought up the point of
order that no such transfer may
be made without first giving six
days' notice.
Speaker Reuben Senterfitt sus-
tained the point of order.
Zivley could not muster
enough votes to suspend the rule.
Nor could he get a motion passed
instructing the committee to re-
port immediately on his bill.
Rep. Max C. Smith of San Mar-
cos, chairman of the House ap-
propriations committee, rose to
^Ldeny.that his is unfriendly
to the teachers bill.
“I know from talking to ______
of the raembefl* that they are
willing to vote out some kind of
teacher pay raise bill,” Smith
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Before the House went a Ju-
dicial redistricting plan, aimed at
the political organization of
George Parr of Duval County.
The house judiciary committee
approved a bill for redistricting
without a dissenting vote.
The bill would reshuffle the
strife-weary, four-county 79th ju-
dicial district of South Texas.
Affected in the changes would
be Duval, Webb, Starr, Zapata,
Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Nueces,
and Brooks counties.
Charges against Judge C.
Woodrow Laughlin of the 79th
District were aired in the eSnate.
Judge Laughlin, a friend of
Parr, was summoned on a reso-
lution by Senator William H.
Shireman of Corpus Christi. The
resolution calls for an investiga-
tion of Judge Laughlin’s conduct
in office.
The judge had previously ap-
peared before a House committee
on the redistricting bill, and be-
fore a State Bar Association com-
mittee which was probing charg-
es seeking to remove the judge
from office.
A bar committee member re-
ported “a very nice hearing.”
The judge commented: “Now I
know how an innocent man feels
when he goes to trial.”
LOCAL NEWS
Mrs. Deward LeFevre and
daughter of Ft. Worth visited rel-
atives in Wortham over the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Meador of
Dallas visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Meador over the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Woolridge
of Houston, Mrs. Mable Cahey of
Dallas and Mr. and Mrs. Olan
Beasley of Waco visited Mr. and
Mrs. Bid Satterwhite Sunday.
>unds Hardware
WORTHAM
Moore's Variety
Store
OFFERS THESE
NEW ARRIVALS
HOSE
49c - 98c
$1.19 & $1.29
MEN'S AND BOYS'
STRAW HATS AND
WORK CAPS
LADIES' COTTON PLIS8E
SLIPS - $1.98
(Needs No Ironing)
I SPECIAL FOR
FRI. & SAT.
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Reduction on Ladies'
Dress Straws
said. “I don’t know which one. It
is possible that we could vote
out a bill that wouldn’t require a
new tax.”
Zivley’s bill, said Smith, was
delayed pending certification by
the state comptroller that the
money will be available for the
general appropriation of $166
million for the next two years.
Shortly thereafter, Comptroller
Robert S. Calvert said the ap-
propriations bill is within an-
ticipated state revenue.
Smith, mentioning a bare pos-
sibility thaf teachers could be
given a raise without an increase
in taxes, said it might be done
by passing Rep. Kilgore’s bill,
which reallocates some taxes and
puts a greater burden of school
costs on the local districts.
Gov. Allan Shivers had recom-
mended a plan of this nature.
But after last week’s legislative
skirmishing on the measure, the
governor commented that a
teacher pay raise bill without
new taxes would look “like an
empty gesture.” The only other
recourse apparently is settlement
oLdhe pending gas tax suit in
favor of the state. This would
provide $45 million dollars. Shiv-
ers’ si and is definitely against
any new taxes.
A House bill by Rep. Bert Hall
would increase the permit fees
of beer and liquor dealers and
set up a fund to fight alcoholism.
The bill has the support of the
Texas Committee on Alcoholism.
Half a dozen witnesses ap-
peared for the bill at a session
of the house committee on rev-
enue and taxation.
Art Stein, director of the New
Mexico Commission on Alcohol-
ism, testified that his state is pro-
viding clinical treatment for al-
coholics at a cost of $146 per pa
tient, and is effecting cures of re-
habilitation in 80 per cent of in
cipient cases.
Former Speaker Homer Leon-
ard, representing the beer in-
dustry, raised the objection that
the tax would fall on wet coun-
ties, while much of the state is
legally dry.
Mrs. Roy Simmons and Miss
Grace Hackney visited Mrs. C.
R. Hackney in the hospital in
Waco Sunday. Mrs. Hackney suf-
fered a heart attack last Thurs-
day. , ” • ,
Mrs. Jimmie Ruth Baldwin,
and daughter, Becky, Miss Lillie
Grace Frost and Windy Frost vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Cham-
berlain in Ft. Worth Friday. Mrs,
Clarence Frost returned home
with them after a week’s visit in
Ft. Worth.
In the House is a bill that
would bring about changes in
the election code passed by the
Legislature two years ago.
Passed by committee was the
bill, which would repeal cross fil-
ing, remove the requirement that
candidates file their expense ac-
counts, and provide for polls to
remain open until 8 p.m.
The governor, however,
that this legislature is, so far,
“one of accomplishment.” He ex-
pressed hope for passage of these
measures:
1. Seven propositions dealing
with water conservation.
2. A judicial redistricting bill.
3. Submission of Senator
George Moffett’:; constitutional
amendment to use the Confeder-
ate Pension fund surplus for new
tat* buildings.
4. Co-ordination of higher edu-
cation.
5. Action on a toll road pro-
gram,
6. Classification of state jobs,
and provision of higher pay for
professional and technical em
ployes.
Visitors at the capitol the other
day were the Perricone quadrup-
lets of Beaumont, the only male
quads in the world.
The 23-year-old brothers, An-
, thony, Bernard, Carl, and Don-
said ai(j (ABCD) are on duty with
the Air Force Reserve. They
have just completed a tour of
duty in Korea.
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SHORT SNORTS: The Senate
has a bill, already passed by the
House, that would cut off sal-
aries of state employes refusing
to testify about their communist
connections on the grounds that
such testimony might incrimi-
nate them. . .Dual control of state
hospitals — administrative and
medical — is provided for by
these salaries* in the appropria-
tion bill: executive director, $15,-
000 a year; mental hospital direc
tor, $12,500; tuberculosis hospital
director, $12,500; administrator,
$8,700; educational director, $7,-
500; and design engineer, $7,500
. . .Texas is going to have an of-
ficial duck-calling champion,
be selected at Beaumont during
the South Texas Fair. Making it
official is a proclamation by the
governor.
Visitors in the J. M. Johnson
home Sunday were their son, J.
D. Johnson, of Ranger, and Mrs.
Mae Bounds of Tehuacana.
Mrs. Juanita Murray and son,
Benny, Miss Jessmyr Hood and
Mrs. Billy Applewhite were in
Irving Sunday to attend the
house warming of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Murray who have juSt
bought a new home.
oil the acao* i« that thebig birds
are into the nesting reason with
conditions favorable up to now,”
he said. “This simply is a pro-
gress report covering the pre-
hatch period. What happens here
after cannot be foretold because
so many factors affect turkeys as
well as all other species of wild
life.”
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W. D. Satterwhite of Little
Rock, Ark., is making his home
in Wortham.
* Mrs. F. C. Ward was a guest of
Mrs. L. R. DeSoto in Teague last
Thursday and Friday.
The Murphy Quartette, with
Cecil Willard, and with Mrs. Gabe
Allen as organist, furnished the
music for Mrs. Dave Green’s fun-
eral in Kirvin Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kiqnke of
Ennis spent the day here Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. F. C.' Ward
and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dodge!
Mr. and Mrs. Colbert Peurifoy
and children, Johnny and Bob-
by, of Dallas, arrived in Wortham
Friday night for a visit. Colbert
went to Houston Monday and
Tuesday on business while’ his
wife and children remained with
his parents, the E A. Peurifoys,
for a viist.
Texas, which has more wild
turkeys than any other state, had
a few bad seasons for its precious
birds. Last year, for the first time
in four seasons, a decline at-
tributed mainly to the drought,
was halted and the flocks began
increasing again.
“Now as the flocks break-up
and the birds begin laying, with
a few reported nesting, it seems
that the gains made last year will
be held this season," said the
Executive Secretary.
Game Warden Bill Garrett of
Comfort, in the heart of the Hill
Country turkey area, said spring
rains have provided the “green
stuff” needed when wild turkeys
turn from the mast crop. He said1
turkeys are laying in his area
with a few setting.
Game Warden Adolph Heep of
Fredericksburg said his observa-
tions indicated the best stock of
wild turkey in Gillespie County
‘in six or seven years.’’
Game Warden Jack Gregory of
Kerrville, county seat of Ken-
County which harvested approxi-
mately 1,000 turkey gobblers last
fall, said prospects were "good."
But everybody emphasized that
"everything depends on what
happens during the delicate
hatching and growing season.”
FINANCIAL
SECURITY
IS A MUST WITH USI
WE LIKE
FORT WORTH
Tan* Ixl Mon. thru Fri.. WIAP 570
m your dial, 12.IS 12.)0 far Tad
Gouldy’i marlat xawt, real relay,
real aamat, pricai.
Stars and stripes in the Ameri-
can flag, were suggested by the
coat of arma of the Washington
family.
Earliest New England houses
were built of thick planks in-
stead of longs as is generally be-
lieved.
Housework
Easy Without
Nagging Backache
, Wk«a Bldaav taadMa dan down, aaaar
folks complain ad unto* baekacha. loaa od
E*P “d sasrnr. kaadaehas and dtutnaaa.
P®a I aoffar longav witk tbass diaoooaforta
J. T. Peurifoy and sons. Tom-
my and Bryan, of Jacksonville,
were Sunday visitors of his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Peurifoy.
If raduead kidney function la ffottlni you
■down—due to sack common esussa as stress
and strain, ovnr-aaartloo or aapoaura to
sold. Minor bladdor Irritations dun to cold.
da nan ana or wroa( dint may saaas (atUnc
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orar M yoara. Wbila oftaa afbnrrUo oaussd.
It a a marl nr bow any times Doan’s (Ira
bappaf rolls! from tbass discomforts kiln
tbaTs. nllan of kidney tubes sad Altars
flush oat waste. Oat Doaa’a PUIa today!
Roy Bounds is in Memorial
Hospital in Corsicana seriously ill
with a heart ailment.
Mrs. M. C. Strange, Mrs. E. A.
Strange, Mrs. J. R. Luck and
Mrs. F. P. Simmons were in
Dallas last Thursday. The Mes-
dames Strange visited Mrs. Reg-
inald Woodruff in the Gaston
Avenue Hospital.
WANT-ADS
HOME FOR SALE: Newly dec-
orated, three bedrooms and den,
large living room with sep-
arate dining area, screen
porch and patio with barbecue
pit — On six lots. Mrs. Gar-
land White.
FOR SALE: Bryant cotton seed,
See Windy Frost. 4t.
FOR RENT: Garage apartment
with bath to couple. Will fur-
nish. Mrs. Ed Satterwhite.
FOR RENT: 2 room furnished
apartment. Phone 219. Mrs. W
A. Loveless.
BE YOUR OWN BOSS
$400 MONTHLY SPARE TIME
AN ENTIRELY NEW ITEM —
This ie the first time offered,
Refilling and collecting money
from our five cent High Grade
Nut machines in this area,
selling! To qualify for work
you must have cor, references,
$040.00 cash, to secure terri-
tory and Inventory. Devoting
tions could net Up to $400
biS^^'tsJttng'orwftiU
xsrwrt-
Mr. and Mrs. Watt Brown and
children moved Sunday to Old
Ocean where Mr. Brown is em-
ployed by an oil company.
Texas' Stock Of
Wild Turkeys Is
Reported Faring Well
Doah s Pills
MAKE
HOWARD'S GROCERY & MARKET
YOUR . . .
9 Fresh Vegetables
9 Meats
9 Frozen and
Canned Foods
CENTER
how s your INSURANCE
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To Replace
Your Valued
Possessions? ...
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Better check your inventory of Fire and Thatt
insurance now! Your furniture end personal
property would coat much more to replace at
See us for insurance needs.
today's high coets.
E. A. STRANGE
COMPLETE LOAN fc INSURANCE SERVICE
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AUSTIN — The Executive Sec-
retary of the Game and Fish
Commission said field reports in-
dicate Texas’ vaunted stock of
wild turkeys is faring well.
“Our information from the men
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Hawkins, Jack R. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1953, newspaper, April 23, 1953; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112153/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.