The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1966 Page: 2 of 8
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THE COTULLA RECORD
DRAWER C
PHONE TR 9-2618
COTULLA, TEXAS
YOUTH
PAGE 2
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1966
"DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE
THE COTULLA RECORD
COTULLA, TEXAS
for
Crain, Beef
Classified Ads
in
in
Schattel 4-H
report on
Third Place, Seniors, Patsy
Mann, Citizenship Project
Third Place, Seniors, Jerry
Mann, Leadership Project.
AH these winners are mem-
bers of the Schattel 441 Club
Other 4-H records entered
in District Competition from
Frio County were Joyce Tschir-
hart, Leadership Project; Mar-
tin Neumann, Jr., Swine Pro-
ject; and Becky
Project.
In addition, the
Club submitted a
their Club Community Beauti-
fication Project. This record
was the best one in the Dis
rict and will be submitted f<
judging on the State level ft
a $25.00 Award.
There were 37 record bool
turned in for County Judgin
this year. There were 14 f0
Schattel, 11 from Dilley,
from Pearsall and 5 froi
Moore. These records wer
judged in 14 different projec
categories. The winners wil
be announced at the annua
4-H Achievement Night Pro
gram in November.
Five Frio County 4-H Club Members
Receive District Honors For Projects
Five Frio County 4-H Club
members received district hon-
ors for their project work
the 1965*66 year. Uneir
cord books were judged
competition with others
South Texas.
They were:
First Place, Juniors, Mar-
garet Neumann, Photography
Project.
First Place, Juniors, Doris
Neumann, Community Beauti-
fication Project.
Second Place, juniors, Lois
Neumann, Horticulture Pro-
ject
ust 18-21.
Cotulla locals
to at-
Wichito Reyes spent the week
end in Encinal at the home
of his grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. Ramon Perez.
The money which the club
receives will be applied to the
new high school cinder track,
built at the Honey Bowl, which
they hope will serve all sur-
rounding schools in this area.
and the
teams
known
Semi-Pro Game At Uvalde Aug. 27
tend as the Quarterback Club
would like to make this an an-
nual affair to kick off the foot-
ball season.
its
:id involved over
The Uvalde Quarterback
Club has announced that they
are sponsoring a semi-pro foot-
ball game. Midland Comets vs.
Burkburnett Fort Worth Kings.
This game will be played in
the Uvalde Honey Bowl. Satur-
day. August 27th starting at
8:00 p.m. Adult tickets will be
$1.75 and student tickets are
$1.00. Tickets will be available
at the gate.
These teams are farm teams
of the Dallas Cowboys
Houston Oilers. Both
will have many well
players participating.
The public is urged
1300 outstanding youth lea-1 250.000 Texas youth. Delega-
ders from throughout Texas t;ons from iear states attended
gathered in Austin for the
fourth annual Texas Youth
conference. The conference
was held August 18-21 on the
campus of iha Univers;ty of
Texas und?r ihe sponsorship
of the Texas Law Enforcen ent
rud Youth Development Found-
ation of Aust n.
The conference emphasized
teen juries, tutoring programs
tor combatt ag 6th grade drop-
outs. and community Venice
for youth Ihk year. A number
of new films on youta pro
blems were shown, which are
available to k 'al groups thru
the conference.
The program was in
fourth vea
Standing left to right are: Elaine Bahn. Robert Macomber. County at the Texas Youth Conference held in Austin Aug-
and Nina Hearn. These three students represented La Salle
. to gather material for organiz-
ing simila’’ conferences.
Many law enforcement offi-
cers credit the Texas Youth
Conference with playing a
major role in the 7cr- reduc-
tion of juceni e crime in Texas
during 1965
Austin attorney Robert T.
Sonnyi Davis served as direc-
tor for the conference
Delegates who attended from
La Salle County were: Elain o
Bahn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Bahn: Nina Hearn,
daughter of Mr. and
Ralph Hearr and Robert Mac
omber. son of Col and M«s. C.
b. Macomber
LA SALLE CO
be effective on and
Sueh irffkievie -shaU-be -mark
judguuf. tbe uleoUou^-TJm huw-
the rate
the dis-
time of
greatest
accord-
The Governor shall
necessary proclama-
vni,j- and as amended by any other
valid because of its anticipa- propogrd Amendment which ii
ing of the term ‘qualified
• • M used in any other
Article of this Constitution in
language underscored:
‘‘Section 2. Every person
subject to none of the fore-
going disqualifications who
shall have attained the age of
twenty-one (21) years and
who shall be a citizen of the
United States and who shall
have resided in this State one
(1) year next preceding an
election and the last six (6)
months within the district or
county in which such person
offers to vote, shall be deem-
subsequently sold and deliver-
ed and any voted, but unis-
sued, bonds of other school
districts involved in such an-
nexation or consolidation shall
not thereafter be issued.”
Sec. 2. The foregoing Con-
stitutional Amendment shall
be submitted to a vote of the
qualified electors of this State
at an election to be held
'.hroughout the State of Tex-
as on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in Novem-
ber, 1966, at which election
all ballots shall have printed
thereon the following:
“FOR the Amendment to
Section 3-b of Article VII
of the Constitution of Texas
providing that taxes or
bonds previously voted in
any independent school dis-
trict or in any junior col-
lege district shall not be
abrogated, cancelled or in-
validated by any change in
boundaries and authorizing
the continuance of the levy
of taxes after such change
without further election.
“AGAINST the amendment
to Section 3-b of Article
VII of the Constitution of
Texas providing that taxes
or bonds previously voted in
any independent school dis-
trict or in any junior col-
lege district shall not be
abrogated, cancelled or in-
validated by any change in
boundaries and authorizing
the continuance of the levy
of taxes after such change
without further election.”
If it appears from the re-
turns of said election that a
majority of the votes cast
were in favor of said Amend-
ment, the same shall become
a part of the State Constitu-
tion and ' __
after the date of its adoption.
Sec. 3.
issue the , r________
tion for said election, and
shall have the same published
as required by the Constitu-
tion and Laws of this State.
PROPOSED CONSTITU-
TIONAL AMENDMENT
TO BE VOTED ON AT AN
ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON NOVEMBER 8, 1966.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLU-
TION NO. 65 proposing an
Amendment to Section 3-b of
Article VII of the Constitu-
tion of Texas providing that
school taxes theretofore voted
in any independent school dis-
trict or in any junior college
district shall not be abrogated,
cancelled or invalidated by a
change in boundaries nor shall
bonds voted, but unissued, at
the time of such change, be
invalidated by such change;
authorizing the levy of taxes
after such change without
further election in the district
as changed; providing an ex-
ception in the case of the an-
nexation or consolidation of
whole districts; providing for
an election and the issuance
of a proclamation therefor.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 3-b
of Article VII of the Consti-
tution of Texas be amended
to be and read as follows:
“Section 3-b. No tax for the
maintenance of public free
schools voted in any indepen-
dent school district and no tax
for the maintenance of a jun-
ior college voted by a junior
college district, nor any bonds
voted in any such district, but
unissued, shall be abrogated,
cancelled or invalidated by
change of any kind in the
boundaries thereof. After any
change in boundaries, the gov-
erning body of any such dis-
trict, without the necessity of
an additional election, shall
have the power to assess, levy
and collect ad valorem taxes
***** next —preceding —tsueh
election- Of if- suid-uotea-Uiall
huvu lust-w -Misplaced-said, tax
• to any matter
ition and eligibility to
vote at an election. Any leg-
islation enacted in anticipation
the ad ption of this
Amendment shall not be in-
Scc. 6. The Governor of the
State of Texas shall issue the
necessary proclamation for
the election and this Amend-
ment shall be published in the
manner and for the length of
time as required by the Con-
stitution and laws of this
State.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NUMBER TEN ON THE BALLOT
on all taxable property within
the boundaries of the district
as changed, for the purposes
of the maintenance of public
free schools or the mainten-
ance of a junior college, as
the case may be, and the pay-
ment of principal of and in-
terest on all bonded indebted-
ness outstanding against, or
attributable, adjusted or allo-
cated to, such district or any
territory therein, in the
amount, at the rate, or not to
exceed the rate, and in the
manner authorized in the dis-
trict prior to the change in
its boundaries, and further in
accordance with the laws un-
der which all such bonds, re-
spe .-lively, were voted; and
such governing body also shall
■ have the power, without the
I necessity of an additional
election, to sell and deliver
any unissued bonds voted in
the district prior to any such
, change in boundaries, and to
’ assess, levy and collect ad va-
I lorem taxes on all taxable
property in the district as
changed, for the payment of
principal of and interest on
such bonds in the manner per-
mitted by the laws under
which such bonds were voted.
In those instances where the
boundaries of any such inde-
pendent school district are
changed by the annexation of,
or consolidation with, one or
more whole school districts,
the taxes to be levied for the
purposes hereinabove author-
ized may be in the amount
or at not to exceed
theretofore voted in
trict having at the
such change the
scholastic population _______
ing to the latest scholastic
census and only the unissued
bonds of such district voted
prior to such change, may be
PUBLIC NOTICE
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NUMBER SEVEN ON THE BALLOT
tor}' nature. The Legislature submitted by the 59th Legis-
may authorize absentee vot- lature and which has been
ing. And this provision of the duly adopted prior to such
Constitution shall be self-en- proclamation.,
acting without the necessity
of further legislation. Any
member of the Armed Forces '
of the United States or com-1
ponent branches thereof: or
in the military service of the
United States, may vote only I
in the county in which h« or I
she resided at the time of en-1
PROPOSED CONSTITU-
TIONAL AMENDMENT
TO BE VOTED ON AT AN
ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON NOVEMBER 8, 1966.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLU-
TION NO. 13 proposing an
Amendment to Sections 2 and
4 of Article VI of the Con-
stitution of the State of Tex-
as so as to repeal the pro-
vision making payment of the
poll tax a requirement for
voting and so as to authorize
the Legislature to provide for
the registration of all voters.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 2 of
Article VI of the Constitution
of the State of Texas be
amended, effective February I
1, 1968, by deleting the fol- ]
lowing language:
“and provided further, that I
any voter who is subject to
pay a poll tax under the laws |
of the State of Texas shall
have paid said tax before of- ,
fering to vote at any election I
in this State and hold a re-
ceipt showing that said poll ,
tax was paid before the first [
day of February next preced-
ing such election. Or if said ;
voter shall have lost or mis- ;
placed said tax receipt, he or
she, as the case may be, shall ' _.r,_ _____... ..n. -rr.m.n-r
be entitled to vote upon mak- th» wife may pay the mill tux
ing affidavit before any of- ' ’ • !
ficer authorized to administer
oaths that such tax receipt
has been lost. Such affidavit
shall be in writing and left
with the judge of the election.
The husband may pav the poll
tax of his wife and receive
the receipt therefor. In ’ike
manner, the wife may pay the
poll tax of her husband and
receive the receipt therefor.” i
and by substituting ♦herefor
die following language:
“provided, however, that be-
fore offering to vote at an
election a voter shall have
registered annually, but such
requirement for registration
shall not be considered a
qualification of an elector
within the meaning of the
term ‘qualified elector* as
used in any other Article of
this Constitution in respect to
any matter except qualifica-
tion and eligibility to vote at
an election. Any legislation
enacted in anticipation of the
adoption of this Amendment
shall not be invalid because
of its anticipatory nature.”
The text of this Section, as
so amended, is shown below,
with the deleted language
marked through by a broken
line and with the new
tering such service so long as
he or she is a member of the
Armed Forces.”
Sec. 2. That Section 4 of
Article VI of the Constitution
of the State of Texas be
amended by changing the
word "may” to “shall” in the
last clause thereof and by de-
leting the words “in all cities
containing a population of ten
thousand inhabitants or
more.”
The text of this Section, as
so amended, is shown below,
with the deleted language
marked through by a broken
line and with the new lan-
guage underscored:
______ „ ____, ________“Section 4. In all elections
ed a qualified elector; aud- by tbe People, the vote shall
provided—fu+theiy —that_aiw by ballot, and the Legisla-
vutu* wdio-ia-subjfMW -pay- a ■ ture shall provide for the
prW-ta*: -under 4ht^4aws-o£-tha numbering of tickets and
Stake-of-Tesom sheH-have-paid-1 ,nake suck other regulations
ohii! -tai'1—ln»fore- -offering.-t«
vvfr- -at-any -election—in--thia
State-and-hMd ft-reee+yt-ehew-
that paid yell- UtK-wau-paid
as may be necessary to detect
and punish fraud and preserve*
the purity of the ballot box;
and the Legislature -may shall
provide by law for the regls-
tration of all voters iu- -all
eriiee- containing—a -population
ef -ten-thousand inhabitonte-er
Sec. 3. If any other Amend-
ment to Sections 2 or 4 of Ar-
ticle VI of the Constitution of
the State of Texas, being for
a different purpose, is adopted
at an earlier election or at
the same election, the adop-
tion of this Amendment shall
not be construed as nullifying
any change made by such
other Amendment.
Sec. 4. The foregoing Con-
; stitutional Amendment shall
du’-woaipt-UiiMWoc be submitted to a vote of the
i provided, however, that before ; electors of the state
nt an election to be held on
offennp to vote at an election the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November,
1966, at which election all
ballots shall have printed
thereon the following:
“FOR repealing the poll •
tax as a requirement for
voting.
“AGAINST repealing the
poll tax as a requirement
for voting.”
Sec. 5. If the foregoing
Amendment is adopted, the
proclamation of the Governor
declaring the adoption of the
Amendment shall set forth
the full text of the amended
Sections, as amended herein
a voter shall have registered
annually, but such require-
ment for registration shall not
be considered a qualification
of an elector within the mean-
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Crawford, Carolynn. The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1966, newspaper, August 26, 1966; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1175713/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.