The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 12, 1961 Page: 10 of 21
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local farmers.
The information for bidders,
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Railroads."
Corvair 700 Club Coupe. A 2-door budget-minded
beauty with thistledown handling, rear-engine trac-
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speak in Tyler the following
night in his campaign for re-
election.
Forty-three Mineola business
houses signed an agreement to
close on Monday, July 6, in-
stead of Saturday, July 4.
The Texas & Pacific railroad
was improving the freight depot
and passenger station here.
V. Hala announced that he
would buy all the peas offered
him. The green crop movement
“The raise? After he told me how bad business was I
volunteered to take a cut!” '
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Summer Savings Now
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Chevrolet Dealers
One-Stop Shopping’ Center
Bids will be opened on Augt
15. 1961. The Mineola Farme
Market reserves the right :
reject any and all bids. J
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the full-sized wagon more people are picking. A
choice of six to save on from nifty Nomads to
thrifty Brookwoods.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Project CH-Tex-117 (D)
Jarvis Christian College
Hawkins, Texas
Separate seal bids for con-
struction for dormitories for
Jarvis Christian College, Haw-
kins, Texas, will be received by
the Board of Trustees at Lone
Star Steel Company, 4501 West
Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Tex-
as, IC- A M. Central Standard
Residential construction alone elude all of those closing costs,
accounts for 30 per cent of the In addition, the loan period is
§ total private investment an- extended to 35 years, and in
nually. Texas merchants and some cases up to 40 years.
From the Files of The Monitor, through it. Both the potatoes other businessmen know that One of the most important
at his home set. Any unsuccessful bidder,
resident, died
north of town.
The magazine concludes with this significant para-
graph: "The U. S., which has helped Western Europe
and many developing nations build modern railroad
systems, virtually alone among industrial nations is neg-
lecting its own. Unless our exploding population is
going to choke itself to death, we can no longer afford
this neglect."
P.O. Bob 68. Mineola,
Still another is unfair regulation. The railroads are
in a straight-jacket of regulation in almost every phase
of operation, particularly when it comes to altering
rates to attract business. Their competitors, by contrast,
are far freer to quickly offer rates that bring in the
traffic.
Monitor office. Each had a
stem of Johnson grass growing
Ehe flineola flonitor
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Depreciation laws are still another important factor.
According to Life, "Tax write-offs for railroad capital
investment average 40 years, as compared to five years
for aircraft investment and eight for trucks."
The primary legislative need, as Life sees it, is for a
relaxation of controls over rates that would enable the
railroads to use their inherent advantages to obtain
traffic. For instance, on a per employe basis of measure-
ment they can carry six times as much freight as
trucks.
Bel Air 4-I)o«r Sedan. Priced just above the
thriftiest full-sizeg’Chevrolets, BeljAirs give you
the full treatmesceof Body by Hithej eraftsmanship.
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A two-day downpour over
a recent issue it devoted a full-page
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sons rushed to town and told Mineola’s water was given a
From Sen • Ralph Yarborough full employment and
When this year opened, one home construction programs
out of every six construction usually mean that their cash
workers was unemployed, in- registers are ringing.
eluding thousands of Texans in To meet this nationwide lag
the building trades. Last year, in home construction and build-
residential construction was 18 ing4 trades emptoymtent the
Per cent below 1959, despite the Congress passed theMhost’ far-
growing need for new homes reaching and forwardlooking
to house our gre: —
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was in full swing and Hala al- Time, July 20, 1961. And then
ready had bought several at said office publicly opened
thousand pounds of peas from and read aloud.
The firm of Jones. Jones & form of bid, form of contract,
Jones opened a branch law of- plans, specifications, and form
fice in Linden. Harry Jones, bid bonds and performance
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. bonds may be examined in the
Jones, who had recently fin- office of William E. Benson, Ar-
ished work in the Southern chitect and Engineer, 3415
Methodist University law school, Cedar Springs Road, Dallas,
was the new member of the Texas.
firm. Copies may be obtained and
H. M. Wisenbaker, 81 pioneer upon payment of $25 for each
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See the new Chevrolets at your local authorized Chevrolet dealer's One-Stop Shopping Center
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Life does not absolve railroad management for all
blame for the predicament in which the industry now
finds itself—indeed, it blames management for some-
.times following an archaic attitude, particularly in the
matter of passenger traffic. But this is small beer in
the light of the larger difficulties, which are found in
governmental regulatory, tax, depreciation, and sub-
sidy laws and policies.
The editorial begins by saying: "Our great transcon-
tinental network of 220,000 miles of railroads is vital
to everything that moves, to feed us, house us and
protect us. Yet Americans, who depend so much on
this system, have been doing what enemy saboteurs
have never been able to do, namely: cripple and
threaten to destroy it.
"By outdated laws and regulations, by discrimina-
tory taxes on railroads and by subsidies to their com-
petitors, we have been crippling this vital network
almost as effectively as if we were blowing up the
tracks. Indeed some 8,440 miles of trackage has been
torn up or abandoned since World War Il's end and
20 railroads have discontinued all passenger service."
Life goes on to spell out a bill of particulars. Since
World War II ended, the Railroads' share of intercity
freight has dropped from 67 per cent to 45 per cent,
and their share of passenger traffic has done still worse
—down from 66 per cent to 25 per cent. During the
first two months of this year almost all the lines ran in
the red. To quote Life again, "Some of the decline in
railroad business reflects healthy growth elsewhere in
the transportation industry. But the railroads have been
. hit harder than the economic facts justify." The maga-
zine then gives some of the reasons—and these are
reasons that many other observers of this intensely
critical problem also emphasize.
One is taxes. The industry is the biggest real estate
owner in this country, and their assessments are often
much higher than on other commercial property. So—
"When they make improvements to benefit the public,
they often get kicked with a tax raise as a reward."
Another is subsidies. The railroads get no federal
subsidies at all,, and must pay for and maintain all
their facilities. Result, as Life puts it: "While railroads
spent $16 billion of their own money since the war
to improve their equipment and methods, the federal
government spent $100 billion on airports, roads, rivers
and harbors." Speaking of trucking, Life adds: "Their
enormous 'highway boxcars' also inflict the greatest
wear on the highways, but the truck lobby is doing its
best to defeat President Kennedy's proposal to raise
the diesel fuel tax and make them pay a fairer share
of the maintenance."
ter.nial roses sent her by a days after actual date of open-
Tyler nurseryman. ing thereof.
Nathan Acey, Negro farmer,
brought two potatoes to The
officers they had seen two men clean bill of health by the
stop a large sedan on the State Health Department, after
Sabine River bridge south of testing three samples sent to
town and dump what appeared Austin.
to be a body in a burlap bag Attendance of 10,000 persons
over the bridge railing into was estimated for the three-
the river. Officers investigated day Tomato Festival at Edge-
and found the body of a 150- wood, despite the fact that the
pound hog in the bag. tomato crop was greatly-re-
Gov. Jas. V. Allred was to duced by hot, dry weather.
THE MINEOLA MONITOR
SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER YEAR
Wood, Smith and Van Zandt Counties -------------------- _ $
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Published each Thursday in Mineola, Wood County, Tezadi
the Wood County Publishing Company Entered at the Post 929
at Mineola. Texas as second class mail matter under the An
Congress, March 3, 1879.
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or tep
tation of any person, firm or corporation which may appear
the columns of this newspaper will be gladly corrected upon d
no ice being given to the management at The Monitor Offi
Mineola, Texas. However, the management reserves the right
reject any article or manuscript submitted for publication.
Editor and Publisher. S. Neil Hare: advertising manager, C,
Burke; bookkeeper, Betty Harle; shop foreman, Jimmie Baldw
Linotype'operator, Dub Breedlove; printer and compositor, Ves
Wells; sterotyper and compositor, Paul Coburn; printer’s del
Larry Aaron i
most of East Texas saved crops be refunded payment, and any
in this area, but, in South non-bidder upon return of such
Texas, floods took a heavy toll set will be refunded $10. The
of human life and property. owner reserves the right to
Texas paid its first old age waive any formality and reject
pensions. Recipients of the first any or all bids.
assistant checks were Frank Each bidder must deposit
Kainer, 103, and his wife, Anna, with his bid security in the
05, who had come to this coun- amount, the form and subject
try from Austria-Hungary in to the condition provided in the
1870. information for bidders.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Lester Attention of bidders is par-
observed their fiftieth wed- ticularly called to requirements
ding anniversary at the home and to conditions of employ-
of their son, L. D. Lester, here, ment to be observed and mini-
Mary Pickford, movie great, mum wage rates to be paid on
was pictured in The Monitor contract. No bidder may with-
with a basket of Texas Cen- draw his bid within thirty (30)
It isn't common for the problems of a single in-
dustry to be given national attention on a big and
continuing scale. But that has happened with the rail-
roads. Perhaps no other domestic issue has received so
much attention, and has been regarded with so much
grave concern.
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At Vancouver Island, B.C., where the $100 million
Elk Falls plant of Crown Zellerbach Canada Lemited,
at Campbell River, is located, one can see an excellent
example of enlightened industrial relations. There are
no repelling signs when you get near the plant. Visi-
tors are welcome and invited to tour the property.
Campbell River was a town of a few hundred people
10 years ago, now it has several thousand. Modern
industrial development and community cooperation
have helped bring this about.
The mill makes lumber, pulp and paper, and is
nearly automatic. No part of a log is wasted—what
won't make lumber makes pulp and paper. Nothing
is left to throw away after the saws, the grinders and
the paper-making machines have finished their jobs.
A 12,000-ton company tanker takes pulp to Antioch,
California, • here kraft paper is turned out.
This company helps in local activities because of
enlightened self-interest. It knows that the future.of its
investment as a profitable enterprise depends in a
large measure upon the understanding of its problems
by the people, and vice versa. It joins in all worthy
local activities without being pressured.
Here is a high type of modern industrial develop-
ment and progressive management that creates better
jobs and living conditions. Enlightened self-interest is
the only way to describe such a corporate policy.
Writing in the magazine Quest, J. C. Furnas says:
The American Trucking Associations are now attempt-
ing to convince the Interstate Commerce Commission
that the railroads, by setting low rates for products
competitively carried by trucks, are deliberately losing
money or piggyback operations in order to hurt truck-
ing. This the railroads hotly deny ... On such prog-
ress the trucking companies and the Teamsters cast a
jaundiced eye. When Hoffa recently spoke of the
truckers who might lose their jobs because of piggy- |
backing, the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers re- J
torted, 'Would it be in order for the 450,000 rail em- 9
ployes who have lost their jobs because of the truck- 3
ing industry to send condolence cards'?" g
Phone ROgers 3-2837 Quitman, Texas
You’ll find the buys even more inviting than the
weather at your Chevrolet dealer’s now. Because
more people are buying Chevrolets than any other
make, your dealer can serve up summer savings in
extra big portions.
If you like your driving full sized you can choose
from thrifty Biscaynes, people-pleasin’ Bel Airs and
impeccable impalas. If you’ve a yen for a big wagon,
Chevy’s got six that haul like sixty.
If thrift-size is your size, then Corvair’s the car
for you. Ten budget-pleasin’ models to pick from.
And, of course, ercry Corvair is a driver’s delight
thanks to the nimble, sure-footed going that’s yours
with Corvair’s superb rear-engine design.
It sure adds up to a lot of happy-driving ways to
save, doesn’t it? Thirty-one, to be exact. With so
much so handy at your Chevrolet dealer’, choosing
a new car just couldn’t be simpler or savin’er.
Come in and see for yourself.
Jet-smooth Chevy ELS
and badly needed programs
Y arborough Supports SM « saza
Construction Boosts acmr
strong age or older. They will audition for pia
Four-fifths of all those in in one of three bands
this age group who live sanized, plus an addition!
alone have incomes of less than stage band. A concert win h
$2,000 a year. This fund to held at 8 p.m. July 14 with a
build housing for the elderly bands performing. ’ •!
will help church organizations ---
and other non-profit groups to FINISHES ARMY sepo,
construct clean and suitable p "M. ScH0oL
L,, for many aged people my Pvt. Billy E. Reeve
ting popula- housing bill in the last ten hi s difric impos- son of Mr and Mrs. William 1
H years. Time will not permit me who find idEn homes at Reeves, Route 2. Mineola. com
Ehsus dis- to discuss all of its features sib e pleted the general suppl
Hsof every here, but I would"lke‘te‘histithisnttmer important provision ipurse at Fort Leonard Woo
H total of some major points. A ‘ million annual in- M ’ June 29 During the coun
over 630,000 houses iN pur state. First, the new housing bill is a .iin0 loan eeves received instruction 1
were either dilapidated or provides that homes costing up crease in co o dormitories the fundamentals of Army suy
lacked proper plumbing facili- to $15,000 each can be pur- funds for Cok. Ply procedures and the prep
ties. chased under the FHA mort- foreachofthenextfouryea ration of supply records X
With 14-million Americans gage insurance with only a 3 This has a rea y p forms.
living in slum-condition homes per cent down payment and a sound program inanc9 -
and with the nation having a that down payment will include helped Texas co eg s - - LEGAL NOTICE
high rate of unemployment. It the closing costs. the construction ofmany.dor. gmgE
was vitally important that this You remember if you go to mitories. This program heMin 160 la Farmers Mark
Congress take strong legisla- buy a home and you pay a cer- expanded to elp me vertis ng for sealed bids t
tive action. tain’ per cent and then the jam of new students who will the'north shed located on tl
Our first goal is to help put closing costs come along—hund- enroll in our co eges C1 ic Railway pro]
a decent home within the reds of dollars for the abstract next few years, in Ose.stu -hon’d Mineola, Texas Bi
; _- — i reach of all Americans. Our and the opinion, the insurance, dents are needed in our ‘ sho ' c woamoun
T.s A--- Kt i second objective is to start a the taxes and the other things, for the safety of his coun -• removing shed fr
IU 110DoICC Ov4 • housing program that would Now this 3 per cent that you These are only a ew esentlo a ion, and the oth
| MHz -TFM-- ---- • | alow men to go back to work pay down under FHA mort- main features of themostim- for, leav ing shed in its prese
and encourage a prosperous gage under this new housing portant housing bill e * su bjec to approval I
construction industry, bill that we’ve passed will in- States Congress has passe in e Texas & Pacific Railw
more than ten years.
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Harle, S. Neil. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 12, 1961, newspaper, July 12, 1961; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1493132/m1/10/?q=%221961-07%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.