The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1953 Page: 3 of 10
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SHINER GAZETTE—SHINER. TEXAS
Thursday, April 23, 1953
THE PEACH CREEK PHILOSOPHER WANTS
Tax Collecting Handled Through
Pentagon, Where The Red Tape Is
Lutheran WMS Plan
Cookie Gift June 21
be obtained by writing Howard
A. Long, director of admissions,
Southwestern University, Geor-
getown, Texas. .
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sterling
and children and Freddie Cook
returned last week from a vaca-
tion spent in Laton, California.
The Lutheran Women’s Mis-
sionary Society met in regular
session Wednesday afternoon,
April 15, with President, Mrs.
Edgar Bohman presiding.
The monthly study topic,
“T h e National Council of
Churches”, was given by Mrs.
Raymond Dierksen.
Mrs. W. Schoeath was wel-
comed into the membership.
Mrs. Victor Bender and Mrs.
Homer Schilling were appoint-
ed to serve on the cooky com-
mittee for Trinity Lutheran
Home at Round Rock.
Cookies will be sent the week
of June 21 and all members are
urged to participate.
Meeting adjourned with the
Lord’s Prayer after which the
membership retired to the Pa-
rish Hall for an hour of fellow-
ship and a delicious lunch pre-
pared by the hostesses.
-O-O-O-O-
Mrs. Edgar Wolters, Mrs. Gus
Wolters and Mrs. Arno Wagen-
er attended the silver anniver-
sary of the Schulenburg liter-
ary club Tuesday of last week
in the Matula Mansion in Schu-
lenburg.
Mrs. Grace Thelen of San
Diego, California, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. E. A.' Ross and
Mr. Ross.
Result of 18,000 Inventions
The Peach Creek Philosopher
on his Johnson grass farm on
Rt. 3, Shiner, ought to know
what he’s talking about this
week, inefficiency.
Dear editar:
Since I had plenty to do, you
know most people usually say
since they didn’t have anything
to do they took it easy but if I
waited till I didn’t have any-
thing to do before takin things
easy I’d never get around to it,
at any rate, I was out here tak-
in things easy yesterday when
I stopped under a tree and sat
ed a newspaper
et I’d been car->
unfolded it and
where one of ■■ ■
the reasons there was an amu-
nition shortage in Korea some
time back was
For example, why don’t they
put the tax collectin depart-
ment over there? Nothin would
make a bigger hit with me than
its takin the government nine
months to, a year to get around
to sendin me a tax bill.
People are always talkin ab-
out government
inefficiency,
but there are some phases of
government that can’t get to in-
efficient to suit me, and mailin
tax statements heads the list.
Also, I could use a lot more in-
efficiency and sloppy book-
keepin in creditin taxes and
gettin around to findin out who
hasn’t paid up yet.
with
I believe with the proper
plannin and channelin the col-
lectin through the proper of-
fices in the Pentagon or any
other buildin they got up there
where red tape is swirlin, a
man could get by for years
without payin any taxes and it
might be years after that before
anybody got around to discov-
erin it. v
There’s nothing wrong with
red tape, it just ought to be re-
moved from the amunition or-
ders and hauled over to the tax
collectin room.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
lyn Longley, was one of the
choristers.
Edw'ard Hodanek left Sunday
for Deming, New Mexico,
where he has accepted a posi-
tion with the Luna Cotton Co-
op and will have charge of one
of the cotton gins. He was as-
sociated with the Shiner Far-
mers Co-op for the past four
years.
Miss Ann Sedlmeyer of San
Antonio was a weekend home-
comer.
SINCE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL designed the first tele-
phone 78 years ago, there have been more than 18,000 in-
ventions and improvements in your telephone service —
about 230 a year. Some you see, like today’s convenient
handset. Most are behind the scenes in the complicated
equipment it takes to handle your calls swiftly and accurately.
But seen or unseen, our constant search for ways to do a bet-
ter job for you helps hold down the cost of your service and
expands its value, southwestern bell ... a team of 28,ooo
TEXANS . . . PARTNERS IN TEXAS’ PROGRESS.
that it took
things too long to get through
the Pentagon.
As I remember it, the Penta-
gon is a buildin in Washington
where the army transact its
business on paper and accordin
to this story it sometimes re-
quires an order nine months to
a year to get from one end of
the Pentagon to the other, due
to the envolved red tape. Con-
sequently when a General in
Korea calls for some more bul-
lets, it takes months before the
order trickles down through
the Pentagon, and the obvious
remedy is to get Generals who
can tell twelve months in ad-
vance what the enemy is gon-
na do, which directoins he’s
gonna move in and at what
hour, and get set for him.
But what I started out to say
was is what I want to know is
why don’t we use the Pentagon
for other phases of government?
MOTHER S DAY SPECIAL
One 5x7 and 4 small Prints $2.50
ALSO DO KODAK FINISHING, REPRINTS
AND PORTRAIT WORK.
CALL FOR APPOINTMENT.
• Mow toj
i^in one
easy lesson)
Eagle Lake Airport
Gets County Lots
Title to 33 city lots was con-
veyed to the City of Eagle Lake
by Colorado County in quit
claim deeds mailed by County
Judge John A. Hancher, and
the land will become a part of
the municipal airport there.
The lots had been acquired
by the county at tax sales in
past years.
Commissioners court at the
January meeting voted unani-
mously to comply with Eagle
Lake’s request that the lots be
deeded to that city.
SHORTENING,
CRISCO, 3 lb. can . 89c
MRS. OTTO GLOOR
(17-2tc) — PHONE 46 — SHINER, TEX
HEARTS DELIGHT, With Free Glass,
FLOUR, 25 lb. sk. $1.93
Specials for Fri. & Sat., April 24-25
DARICRAFT.
More people drive
FOPiD V 8 s than all other
KRAFT’S
PARKAY
MARGARINE
lib. 27c
fcVeF*ONE*WSX
rtce&nfP**?
No. 300 can 21c
MILK, tall can
MARYLAND CLUB,
COFFEE, 1 lb. can
BABY FOOD, 3
cans
AND IT’S STILL THE ONLY V-8 IN THE
LOW-PRICE FIELD! No other engine in the world has
enjoyed so much popularity as Ford’s power-packed
high-compression V-8. Today, 4 out of every 5 V-8’s are
Ford V-8’s. And while other makers are scampering to
catch up, Ford and Ford alone offers a V-8 in the
low-price field . . . and for hundreds less than most sixes.
LIBBY’S, FRUIT
COCKTAIL, No. can
SWANS DOWN,
ANGEL FOOD MIX
P9US Hawaiicm
PINEAPPLE JUICE
NIBLETS,
MEXICORN, 2 cans for
UNCLE WILLIAMS,
PORK & BEANS, 3 cans for . 25c
TIDE or CHEER, large, each . 28c
SUB BACON, lb
>18 i 0Z. PKG.
PILLSBURY
PIE CRUST MIX
<Hlp>
1 lb. box
1/2 lb. box
Fifty Years Forward on the American Road vJ;
RED CHERRIES
FORD’S V-8 IS THE SAME TYPE OF ENGINE
AMERICA’S COSTLIEST CARS ARE SWINGING TO!
Six more makers in the last five years alone have switched
to V-8 power in their most expensive models. Yet Ford’s
been offering this same type** of V-8 power for over
20 years! What’s more, Ford gives you your choice of
Fordomatic, Overdrive or Conventional Drive—the widest
choice of drives in the low-price field!
FORD’S V-8 GIVES MORE "GO” PER GALLON!
Whether you choose Ford’s 110-h.p. V-8 or the 101-h.p.
Mileage Maker Six, your engine lives on a lean diet. For
both offer the gas savings of Ford’s exclusive Automatic
Power Pilot which squeezes the last drop of power out of
every drop of gas . . . "regular” at that! See and Value
Check Ford’s "Worth Mores.” You’ll agree Ford’s worth
more when you buy it, worth more when you sell it.
FORD’S BUILT OYER 13 MILLION V-8’s
BOEHM MOTOR SALES
PHONE 115
SHINER. TEXAS
SHINER, TEXAS
PHONE NO. 1
CHERRY P/ErJa!
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Lane, Ella E. The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1953, newspaper, April 23, 1953; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1163108/m1/3/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shiner Public Library.