The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1946 Page: 2 of 12
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Friday, May 3, 1946
THE WINKLER COUNTY NEWS
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proceedings had by the
were the following:
Commissioner Crutcher
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Morning Worship—11 A.M.
Evening Worship—7:30 P.M.
J. B. Salmon, County Judge,
presiding; and,
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ON THIS, the 12th day of April,
1946, the Commissioners’ Court of
Winkler County, Texas, convened
in reguar session, at the regular
meeting place thereof at Kermit.
Texas, the following members of
the Court, to-wit:
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Published every Friday in Kermit,
The County Seat of Winkler
County, Texas, by
Golden West Free Press, Inc.
Nev H. Williams, Editor
and General Manager
Dedicated to the spirit of civic
progress; to the unification of the
townspeople in a common purpose
for the betterment of our commu-
nity; to our churches, schools and
homes, that Kermit shall ever be §
good place in which to live and
rear our children. And, above all,
honesty, decency, justice, tolerance,
faith in Almighty God—these shall
be our citadel. —N.H.W.
Winkler County
Library Notes
BY MRS. FRED HARD WRIGHT,
County Librarian.
THE COMMUNITY CHURCH
WHERE ALL CHRISTIANS MAY WORSHIP TOGETHER
Sunday, May 5, 1946
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“We Work With Your Contractor”
W. K. Wharton, Commissioner,
Precinct No. 1; L. B. Eddins, Com-
missioner ,Precinct No. 2; E. M.
Crutcher, Commissioner, Precinct
No. 3; J. A. Slaughter, Commis-
sioner, Precinct No. 4;
being present, and among other
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persons who are legal voters of
said Winkler County, and who
are resident property taxpayers
of said County, and who have
duly rendered their property for
taxation, shall be entitled to vote
at said election.
All voters desiring to support
the proposition shall have writ-
ten or printed upon their ballots:
RE-ALLOCATION
TAXES UNDER
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Entered as Second Class Matter
at the Post Office in Kermit,
Texas, under the Act of March
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NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR
THE RE-ALLOCATION OF
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THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR
IN ARTICLE 8, SECTION 9,
CONSTITUTION
and those opposed, the words:
AGAINST THE RE-ALLOCA-
TION OF COUNTY TAXES UN-
DER THE LIMITATIONS AND
IN THE MANNER PROVIDED
FOR IN ARTICLE 8, SECTION
9, CONSTITUTION.
The polling places and presid-
ing officers of said election shall
be, respectively as following:
Precinct No. 1, W- N. DeVaney,
presiding judge; County Barn,
Kermit, Texas.
Precinct No. 2,. H. L. Carr, pre-
siding judge; Sheriffs Substation,
Wink,. Texas.
Precinct No .3, M. H. Alberts,
presiding judge; Carl H. Dunn
Office, formerly Carey & Carey,
Kermit,. Texas..
Precinct No. 4, Tom B. Marion,
presiding judge; High School
Gym, Kermit,. Texas.
The- manner of holding said
election shall be governed by the
laws of the State regulating gen-
eral elections..
A copy of this order, signed by
the County Judge of said County
and certified to by the County
Clerk of said County shall serve
as proper and sufficient notice
of said election.
Notice of said election shall be
given by posting a copy of this
order at the top of which shall
appear the words
“NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR
THE RE-ALLOCATION OF
COUNTY TAXES.”
Said notice shall be posted in
each of the election precincts of
the County of Winkler and at the
Courthouse, thirty (30) days be-
fore the election. Posting of said
election notice shall be made by
the sheriff or a constable, who
shall make return on a copy of
such notice, how and when he
executed the same.
PASSED AND APPROVED
this the 12th day of April, 1946.
J. B. SALMON,
“COUNTRY HEART,” by Isabel
Dick, author of “Wild Orchard.”
“This novel has the same lush
Tasmanian background as the au-
thor’s previous book—with some
South Africa thrown in. It is a
better story because the people
are real life characters and a lot
more happens. Particularly, it is
the story of a girl who loved
land and security and married to
get them. After a disastrous af-
fair she half fell in love, through
correspondence, with a Boer War
veteran, and with him pioneered
in the African Veldt, only to find,
eventually, that she was glad
enough to return to the smallness
and safeness of her jewel-like
Winkler County, Texas, that it
will be to the best interests and
general welfare of the County to
re-allocate the County taxes au-
thorized to be levied annually by
Section 9, Article 8, of the Con-
stitution, by changing the rates
in respect of certain County taxes
as herein provided; and
WHEREAS, it now being im-
practicable and impossible to sub-
mit the proposed re-allocations
' and changes in such County taxes
to the qualified property taxpay-
ing voters of said County at a
general election, it is accordingly
the judgement of the Court that
the proposition be submitted to
the qualified property taxpaying
voters of said County at a spe-
cial election; therefore
BE IT ORDERED BY THE
COMMISSIONERS’ COURT OF
WINKLER COUNTY, TEXAS:
That a special election be held
in said County on the 18th day
of May, 1946, which is not less
than thirty (30) days from the
date of the adoption of this order,
at which election the following
proposition shall be submitted to
the qualified property taxpaying
voters, who own taxable property
in said County and who have duly
rendered the same for taxation,
for their action thereupon:
“SHALL the Commissioners’
Court of the County of Winkler,
Texas, be authorized to levy and
collect in and for each of the
years 1946 to 1951, both inclu-
sive, the following County taxes,
to-wit:
Not exceeding Thirty Cents
(.30) on the one hundred dollars’
valuation, in any one year, for
County purposes;
Not exceeding Fifteen Cents
(.15) on the one hundred dollars’
valuation, in any one year, for
roads and bridges;
Not exceeding Three Cents
(.03) on the one hundred dollars’
valuation, in any one year, to
supplement the jury fund of the
County; and
Not exceeding Thirty-Two Cents
(.32) on the one hundred dollars’
valuation, in any one year, for
the erection of public buildings,
streets, sewers, waterworks and
other permanent improvements?”
The said election shall be held
under the provisions of the Con-
stitution and laws of the State
of Texas, particularly amended
Section 9 of Article 8 of the
Constitution, Section 3-a of Ar-
ticle 6 of the Constitution, and all
duced .the following order and
moved its adoption by the Court:
WHEREAS, at the general elec-
tion held throughout the State of
Texas on the 7th day of Novem-
ber, 1944, the qualified electors
of the State, voting on the propo-
sition, approved the amendment
to Section 9 of Article 8 of the
Constitution of Texas by chang-
ing said Section 9 so as to provide
that the Commissioners’ Court in
any county may re-allocate the
county tax levies authorized in
said Section by changing the rates
provided for any of the purposes
authorized in said Section by
either increasing or decreasing the
same, but in no event shall the
total of such taxes exceed Eighty
Cents (80c) on the one hundred
dollars’ valuation for any one
year, but that before such Com-
missioners’ Court may make such
re-allocations and changes in such
levies that the same shall be sub-
mitted to the qualified property
taxpaying voters of such county
at a general or special election
and shall be approved by a ma-
jority of the qualified property
taxpaying voters, voting at such
election, and inevent such re-
allocations and changes in such
county tax levies are approved by
the qualified property taxpaying
voters of any such county, such
re-allocations and changes shall
remain in force and effect for a
period of six “(6) years from the
date of the election, at which
same shall have been approved,
unless the same again shall have
been changed by a majority of the
qualified property taxpaying
voters of such county, voting on
the proposition, after submission
by the Commissioners’ Court at
a general or special election for
that purpose; and,
WHEREAS, it is the judgment
of the Commissioners’ Court of
“A NATION OF NATIONS,”
by Louis Adamic, author of “My
America” and “From Many
Lands.” “In ‘A Nation of Na-
tions,’ Louis Adamic has set out
to give to the various racial groups
the important place in our his-
tory which they unquestionably
deserve. In a series of chapters
he tells the colorful story of each
of thirteen immigrant groups—
people who came to America
from Italy, Spain, France, Hol-
land, Sweden, Russia, Germany,
Africa, Yugoslavia, Poland, Nor-
way, Greec and Ireland. These
groups have produced inventors,
artists, statesmen, national he-
roes, and Mr. Adamic vividly
shows how each has contributed
to our greatness as a nation.”
With sixteen pages of photo-
photographs.
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“CONTACT MERCURY,” by
Leonard H. Nason. Of. Mr. Nason,
The Saturday Review of Litera-
ture says: “Nason fans will re-
member Eadie from World War
I days. His recent adventures are
just as entertaining and excit-
ing. “Assigned to take Alex Mer-
cury, a French scientist, to Paris
and turn him over to the Cyclops
Mission so that it could find out
what he knew about the atomic
bomb, Major John Eskridge, an
American O.S.S. officer, finds
himself in a bad spot when he.
learns that Paris is still occu-
pied and Mercury disappears.”
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“WRITTEN ON THE WIND,”
by Robert Wilder, author of
“Flamingo Road.” “The story of
a great tobacco family in the
Piedmont section of North Caro-
lina, founded by old Andrew
Whitfield, who fought his way
up from the soil of his small to-
bacco farm to become one of the
tycoons of the age. The saga of
his family revolves around the
life of spoiled and highly neu-
rotic descendant who marries a
girl on her way to stardom on
Broadway and takes her back to
the family homestead. The im-
pact of Andrew Whitfield’s her-
itage—particularly upon the lives
of these two:—makes a novel of
robust, almost shocking impact.”
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“THE TROUBLE TRAILER,”
by W. C. Tuttle, is for the west-
ern fans. “The ‘Trouble Trailer’
was what Sleepy Stevens called
his friend, Hashknife, in a mo-
ment of exasperation. Sleepy
wanted—or pretended he wanted
—to hurry away from the trou-
bled atmosphere of Bitter River
County. But so many strange and
tragic things were happening there
that Hashknife just couldn’t keep
his nose out of the mess. The
trail led to trouble enough, but
Sleepy bore his part of it—and
followed his companion’s lead—
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“HER HUSBAND’S HOUSE,”
by Catherine Pomeroy Stewart.
“Mrs. Stewart’s successful first
novel was a story of Normandy
before D-Day. Her new novel is
about Italy—a land she knows,
through years of residence
and family connections. This
story of an American girl in Cala-
bria, where her children were
born and grew up, is an intimate,
penetrating and knowledgable
portrait of international mar-
riage—and of the clash of feudal-
ism and democracy. More than
that, however, it is a sensitive,
intelligently interpreted portrayal
of Italian life, both in the homes
of the peasants and the mansions
of the nobility. Time: the pres-
ent.”
even when he himself was puzzled
by what Hashknife was doing.
Told with the author’s well-
known skill.”
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County Judge,
Winkler County, Texas.
W. K. WHARTON,
Commissioner, Precinct 1.
L. B. EDDINS,
Commissioner, Precinct 2.
E. M. CRUTCHER,
Commissioner, Precinct 3.
J. A. SLAUGHTER,
Commissioner, Precinct 4.
The above order having been
read, the motion of Commissioner
Crutcher for its passage was duly
seconded by Commissioner Whar-
ton.
Thereupon, the question being
called for, the County Judge put
the motion to a vote of the mem-
bers of the Commissioners’ Court,
and the motion carried by the fol-
lowing vote:
Commissioners Wharton, Ed-
dins, Crutcher and Slaughter vot-
ing “AYE.”
and None voting “NO.”
The County Judge declared the
motion carried and the order duly
passed and adopted, and the
County Clerk was instructed to
record the same in the Minutes
of the Court.
MINUTES APPROVED this the
12th day of April, 1946.
J. B. SALMON,
County Judge,
Winkler County, Texas.
Attest:
J. W. EISENWINE,
County Clerk and Ex-Officio
Clerk of the Commissioners’
Court of Winkler County,
Texas.
(Com. Court Seal).
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1946, newspaper, May 3, 1946; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1484266/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.