The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954 Page: 11 of 12
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THE SHINER GAZETTE—SHINER, TEXAS
Thursday, August 26, 1954
The Peach Creek Philosopher Praises
Jerome J. Rohan
Congress For Raising The Debt
Limit, Provided He’s Included
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The Peach Creek Philosopher
on his Johnson grass farm on
Rt. 3, Shiner, has his news
snarled up worse than usual this
week, his letter indicates.
Dear editar:
I am going to start a cam-
paign to get people to read the
newspapers more carefully.
One day last week I picked
up a paper off my neighbor’s
tractor seat where he
it to shade it
from the sun
while he went
to the house for*
a drink of wa-
ter, if he’d leave
his tractor un-
der a tree
where I leave
mine and drain
all the gas and oil out
one or two tires go flat
battery run down he wouldn’t
be bothered by comin back to
the field and having to sit on
a sun-scorched seat.
At any rate, I can’t be re-
sponsible for my neighbor’s
short-sightedness and enlight-
enment is as important as labor
so I borrowed the paper
took it over under a tree
read where Congress has
raised the debt limit of
country.
The debt limit was something
that was holdin not only the
government down but me too,
and naturally I was pleased to
get this news.
I grabbed my hat and lit out
for town, but it didn’t take me
long to find out news must tra-
vel faster in the country than
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in town, as the first store I went
to told me straight out they
hadn't heard about any in-
creases in the debt limit, es-
pecially my limit, and my cre-
dit situation was the same as it
had always been. Next four
stores told me about the same
thing, only in different language
which I will not repeat here.
I will appreciate you carryin
a notice in your paper in a pro-
minent place that Congress has
raised the debt limit and the
President has. signed the new
law and let’s get the wheels of
commerce turnin.
As I understand the terms of
the new law, the government’s
debt limit has been raised from
275 billion dollars to 281, but
it’s only temporary, with the
stipulation that it has to be back
down to 275 billion by next
June 30, provided, and here’s
where Congress makes sense,
that conditions at that time
don’t make it necessary to ex-
tend it beyorid that date, in
which case it would have to be
extended.
Now that’s the kind of debt
limit I’m in favor of, flexible
and ready for any emergency.
Just like the government, I have
found frequently that when a
note comes due I need the
money worse then than I did
when I borrowed it in the first
place, and I would like to get
my personal financing up on
the governmental level, with
enough Congressional leeway to
keep extendin the loan inde-
finitely, with only a majority
vote needed to do the extendin,
Receives Degree
Jerome J. Rohan was one of
the 145 who received his mas-
ters degree from Southwest
Texas State Teachers College,
San Marcos, Friday evening,
August 20. Commencement ex-
ercises were held at Sewell
Park at 8:00 p.m. with Dr. Wil-
liam Finch of Southwestern
University giving the address.
Mr. Rohan received his degree
in Education and will teach in
the Hallettsville high school
this school term.
Among those attending the
Commencement were Mrs. John
Rohan, Miss Mary Rohan of
Yoakum, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome
Rohan and Geraldine of Hal-
lettsville, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie
Eicher and Lee Sommerlatte of
Shiner.
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O.E.S. Gives
Anniversary Party
Shiner Chapter, No. 272,
O.E.S., observed the birthday of
Robert Morris, founder of their
order, Tuesday night, August
17. An invitation had been ex-
tended to all Eastern Star mem-
bers and their families and also
to all members of the Masonic
Lodge and their wives.
A picnic lunch of sandwiches,
potato chips, cake and iced tea
proved refreshing. The invoca-
tion was given by Arthur T.
Ward, worthy patron. A social
hour followed and was very
much enjoyed by the 75 in at-
tendance.
without consultin the lender,
which in my case I figure I can
swing as there wouldn’t be any-
body but me doin the votin.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
In his
HOUR OF DECISION
ALLAN
SHIVERS
STOOD FIRM FOR
TEXAS
Now it is YOUR fam!
Will you place PARTY above STATE, or will you have the
courage to stand by the man who stood by our school children
and Texas? -
When the federal government tried to rob us of our tidelands, ALLAN
SHIVERS did the only thing any true TEXAN could have done — he stood
firm for what he knew was right, and fought those who chose to use the party
label to pipe Texas oil into the U. S. Treasury.
With ALLAN SHIVERS — Texas Comes First! Like the heroes of the Alamo
and San Jacinto, he chose to fight rather than run from those who would sieze
what is rightfully ours. And he didn’t give up his fight until he had helped
achieve a conclusive victory. x
What do our tidelands mean to the school children of Texas? Just since we won
back our tidelands, $32 million has been added to the Texas Permanent School
Fund.
Think of the new tax burden you would be carrying if ALLAN SHIVERS had
not had the courage to place Texas First. Yes, if we had lost the tidelands, the
only solution to financing our public school system would have been MORE
TAXES.
So the real, fundamental issue in selecting the Governor of Texas should not be
party politics, political promises or mud-slinging character assassination at-
tempts.
In YOUR “Hour of Decision” will you, too, have the courage
to place TEXAS FIRST?
TEXAS COMES FIRST
with
ALLAN SHIVERS
Let’s show ALLAN SHIVERS he is FIRST
with TEXANS. Vote for TEXAS on
August 28th - VOTE for ALLAN SHIVERS!
ITexans Who Place ‘TEXAS’ Welfare First!
§ (Paid Political Advertisement) (33-2tc)
Middle Guadalupe Basin Soil
Conservation District News
9 • o e
District Supervisors: J. F. El-
der, Chairman; Erwin J. Met-
ting, Vice-Chairman; George V.
Holmes, Secretary - Treasurer;
M- L. Crozier and Fred M. Sag-
er.
I -o-x-o-
-Buy Your Legume Seed Early-
Several district cooperators
from the Middle Guadalupe
B&sin Soil Conservation District
made the tour to the Clinton
Harbers farm near La Grange.
Some of the things observed
were: Soil that is producing a
bale of cotton per acre with
around 3 inches of moisture
since planting time; soil that
has been improved from an
.8% organic matter content to
3.2% organic matter content;
soil which formerly weighed
128 pounds per cubic foot—now
weighs 84 pounds per cubic foot
which gives more room for air,
water, soil organisms and plant
roots; a good system of cultiva-
tion and management of crop
and cover crop residues; and
the use of the ‘Graham-Hoeme
Conservation Special” plow.
• Gus Mladenka recently
developed a conservation plan
with the Middle Guadalupe
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Basin Soil Conservation Dis-
trict. He plans to plant his
cropland in Dixie Wonder Peas
this fall and in 1955, plant the
cropland in Hubam clover. He
will continue to plant hubam
at least one year out of four and
the other years, he will plant
Dixie Wonder Peas for winter
cover. Mladenka also plans to
do chemical brush control on 22
acres of pasture land this
month.
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M*rs. Carlton Wolters came in
from Houston Sunday and was
accompanied by Sandra Guyer.
They accompanied Suzanne and
Skippy Wolters on their return
home after a visit with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
gar Wolters.
Mrs. Catherine Trichel, Sgt.
Louis Trichel, Mrs. Harry Bran-
nan and daughters, Anita Sue
and Janice Ruth of Memphis,
Tenn., spent a few days of last
week with their son and broth-
er, Clarence Trichel, Mrs. Tri-
chel and family.
Henry Luedecke of San An-
tonio is spending a week’s va-
cation here with relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Brogger
and David are spending several
days in Orange Grove and Cor-
pus Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Wegener
and Perry spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kuester in
Lindenau.
What Was This Call Worth?
“Mommy, can I stay at grandmother’s tonight?” That was little
Carol’s very first telephone call — a real thrill that can hardly
be measured in dollars and cents. Yet, Mrs. Caroline Niemeyer,
Carol’s grandmother, can tell you what that call cost. She is
one of a group of customers who kept day-by-day records of
calls made for a week — a total of 30 calls covering 133 miles.
Then she broke her telephone bill down into the actual cost
per call. “I was amazed,” she reported, “at how little my tele-
phone service cost for all the convenience and happiness it
delivers.” SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY ... A TEAM OF
27,000 TEXAS TELEPHONE PEOPLE ... AT YOUR SERVICE.
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Lane, Ella E. The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954, newspaper, August 26, 1954; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1175883/m1/11/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shiner Public Library.