The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1958 Page: 2 of 8
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S-THE GIDDINGS STAR - THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1958
BUMPY ROAD:
by Vern Sanford
announces..
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SINESS
be obtained, together with an in-
improvement in.....overall=business
Mr Phinney cautions. "Farmers
prehensive survey of Texas water
; lots of money in the banks; in most
ident of the Texas Press Associa-
Daniel to the Industrial Accident
Governor Daniel has proclaim-
plover representative
The two led July 14-20 as State Park Week
other members of the Board are to call attention to the 56-park unit
I tin, representing employees.
1 Neff Park" to the state.
men, only one more than
were called for in
July State Se-
Headquarters also
cession of 1958.
jects himself to the most unmerci-
*
erroneous reflection upon the
of any firm, corporation, or indi-
Texans Pay Big Share of Federal Taxes
American or Western European.
rest of the force will have to wait
Party.
for another appropriation from ‘the
of national government.
GIDDINGS, TEXAS
PHONE 57
Phinney thinks, however, most will I
— Houston Post.
FROM WARM SPRINGS FOUNDATION
of Giddings, Texas
at the close of business, June 23, 1958
Old Masonic Bldg.
Phone 353
RESOURCES
LIABILITIES
LA GRANGE, TEXAS
Capital Stock
$ 100,000.00
Surplus
100.000 00
Reserve
60,000 00
Undivided Profits
45,802 56
DEPOSITS
2,900,045 06
TOTAL
. $3,205,847.62
$3,205,847 62
TOTAL
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
photo
FREE DELIVERY
PLENTY PARKING SPACE
HIGHWAY 77 - SOUTH GIDDINGS
PHONE 414M
period
I glad to distribute pats on the back
I whenever there arises an occasion
to do so.
But whenever it become neces-
sary to relocate this pat on the
back into a more effective spot,
we shall never hesitate to accom-
modate.
Our battle for clean politics in
Durwood L. Fuche
Albert B. Miertschin
Miss Barbara Reimers
Ed. J. Kunkel
wind up making just as much mo-
ney as last year.
Last year Texans paid a record-
breaking $2,600,000,000 in federal
responsible for the views of our
correspondents. In case of error or
omission in advertisements, we do
anyone, that person should change
his ways and get right with his
community and neighbors.
Whispering campaigns have be-
come the standard in this county.
Any person offering himself for of-
fice without the sanction of the
1 Claims for the present Federal
j tax rate of 3 cents a gallon are to
be made on Form 2240 which may
sity of Texas Bureau of Business Ned Price of Tyler, representing begun in 1924 when Gov Pat Neff
labor; and Leonard Carlton of Aus-and his family donated "Mother
. EMPLOYMENT: Although thou-
Lord of Lee and his co-horts sub- san<js more were out of work than
income taxes, about $128,000,000 struction sheet from the internal
more than in the year previous
The Star is certain that recent
front page political stories were
not universally popular, but that is
what newspapermen have to be-
come conciled with.
It is not our ambition to be pop-
populated largely by people of Af-
rican extraction.
of wage increases. And that in turn means that goods will be
costlier than people are able or willing to pay, and that con-
sumer resistance will again become a problem.
word-of-mouth.
Of course such material is so off-
color that if it where printed in a
newspaper the perpetrators would
end up in the penitentiary! Hence
they do not want the newspapers
in on the fight.
They know that the newspapers
will only print facts that can be
substantiated and they cannot ex-
ist in the light of truth. They can
only thrive in the darkness of in-
nuendo and muck and swill
We urge all right-thinking peo-
million. Insured unemployment in
Texas was only 4 1 per cent of the
working force compared with the
national average of 7.2 per cent
' large segments of Asiatic people
living in their confines, and Por-
The executive board of the DOT consists of 38 members,
thirty-one from the 31 state senatorial districts, and seven
members at large.
The seven members at large, who are the real directing
force of this board are two prominent Liberal Democrats,
Minnie Fisher Cunningham and Mrs. Jud Collier; W. J. Dur-
ham, Negro attorney for the NAACP; Bob Sanchez, promi-
nent in the GI Forum; Jerry Holleman, president, and Fred
Schmidt, executive-secretary, of the AFL-CIO; and Robert R.
Bryant, legislative representative of the Railroad Firemen
and Engineers.
This newspaper feels that an organization with such leader-
ship is biased too heavily in favor of minority groups and
cannot represent the viewpoint of the majority of the peo-
ple of Lee County who are chiefly farmers who believe in the
principles of the Texas Farm Bureau and small businessmen
who believe in the principles of fair trade.
This newspaper believes in minority representation, but
not in minority dictatorship.
Research Because of low months
i early in the year, sales volume
for the first five months of *58 were
a years ago. Texas Unemployment
Commission’s most recent over-all
For a recession year, the record $2,688,006,307 of federal
taxes paid by Texans for this fiscal year isn’t bad. It repre-
Editorials-Features
Learn About ‘Democrats of Texas’
The Democrats of Texas, referred to as the DOT, has
launched an all-out fight to gain control of the State Demo-
cratic party and to elect certain key officials in our state and
national government. It is therefore important that the peo-
ple of Lee County be introduced to the nature of this group |
and its purposes.
Far from being Democrats as the people of Lee County
know Democrats, the Democrats of Texas are a political al-
liarice of four minority groups, strange bed-fellows at best,
who have adopted an official-sounding name in the hope of |
hoodwinking the unwary voter into giving them control of
the partv machinery and elect their fair-haired boys to poli- 1
tical positions.
The four minority groups in this alliance are: 1. The Texas
AFL-CIO (labor groups); 2. The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People; 3. The GI Forum, a strong
ultra-liberal segment of Latin American war veterans; and 4.
The Texas Farmers’ Union, a liberal farm organization with
headquarters in Denton.
The three objectives of tlus alliance are: 1. Elect Ralph;
Yarborough to a six-year term in the United States Senate; |
2. Wrest control of the party machinery from the present
conservative membership; and
3. Elect Henry Gonzales to the office of Governor of Texas.
STATE CAPITAL
A Highlights
me. a Sidelights
$1,473,126.39
6,000 00
2.500 00
16,412 50
15,190.00
I.242 37
778,739.63
912,636 73
Like a sturdy ship tossed by a storm, the U. S. economy
zation is now used by a few, for a few, and against the inter- now shows signs of righting itself. The recession still is felt,
and the economy has survived, but the things that brought on
Loans and Discounts
Federal Reserve Bank Stock
Banking Building
Furniture and Fixtures
Other Real Estate
Other Resources
Bonds and Warrants
Cash ...............
EYES EXAMINED — GLASSES FITTED
Frames Repaired and Adjusted — Lenses Duplicated
FROM THE SIDELINE
• By WALTER A. SCHULTZ SR.,
give them jobs we will have mounting unemployment again.
And nothing has been done about the power of monopoly
unions to force wage increases higher than the gains in pro-
ductivity warrant. That means that we are in for new rounds
EVER--
RISING Y
WAGES
HOW MUCH
LONGER CAN
WE TAKE
IT ?
DR. D. R. TAYLOR
Optometrist
This newspaper is not opposed to organized labor unions or
their political activities, but feels that this political activity
should be confined to the regular party machinery.
This newspaper is not opposed to the NAACP as a sociolog-
ical organization, but feels that solving a social problem by Hard Heads and Hard T’impR
political means only leads to chaos. The NAACP’s original1 19
aims have been stultified by selfish interests and the organi-
encouraging progress, pulling up
by 8 points Fall will bring the
. tip-off, says BBR, as to whether
recovery momentum is sufficient
| for a rise to a new crest.
survey showed a substantial shor-
tening of the jobless lines Like Any
the general business index, —em-t character, standing, or reputation
ployment seemed to be making a
spring’“trough "′ Number of un-
employed dropped 4,200 during
steady recovery from the early
May, TEC reported, and non-farm
employment rose to almost three
Owner and Publisher
Mechanical Superintendent
Society Editor
Printer
OFFICERS:
Monroe Hannes, President
Emmett Hannes, Vice-President
August L. Wolff, Cashier
Odell D. Dancak, Ass’t. Cashier
Vernon Dungan, Ass’t. Cashier
MONUMENTS and MARKERS
— BY -
Rockdale Memorials
FOR INFORMATION SEE CLYNN HILL
at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
DIRECTORS:
N. Albers, Walter Droemer,
Emmett Hannes, Monroe Hannes,
Erwin G. Kriegel, John S. Simmang
E. C. Sinks.
Farmers May Now
File for Refund
Of Gasoline Taxes
Farmers may obtain refund of
the Federal excise tax on gasoline
which is used for farming purpos-
es during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1958, by filing a claim at
I any time after June 30 and before
Oct 1, 1958, R. L. Phinney, district
director, Internal Revenue Service,
Gov Daniel It way requested by
Sen Lyndon B Johnson and pre-
pared jointly by state and federal
ests of the mass of the colored people.
This newspaper is not opposed to Latin-Americans indivi- the recession still are with us.
dually or as a class, nor against veterans of any race or color, C
but it does feel that an organization like the GI Forum creat- . ,---------------------------------
ed strictly for political purposes to further the interests of a expansion. When the increase in the number of people who
small group is endangering mutual understanding and is lay- need jobs passes the rate of business expansion which would
WOLF GROCERY
When you are looking for the best
in Food
ing the foundation of a Fascist or Nationalistic Party in our
country.
This newspaper is not opposed to farmers and others inter-
ested in agricultural pursuits, but it is opposed to a splinter
group of fanners like the Texas Farmers Union who for
selfish reasons have left the guiding influence of the Texas
Farm Bureau.
keep ample records to enable In-
This was revealed in reports of Iternal. Revenue to verify accuracy
of the amount claimed."
year old record for cotton yield
I per acre may be toppled this year
Second highest yield was recorded
last year at 295 pounds. All-time
THE GIDDINGS STAR can
supply your needs in printing, ad-
vertising, office supplies, station-
ary, business forms, salesbooks.
tion, has been named by Governor high was 325 pounds per acre in
1886 — when soil was virgin
| state in the Union has absolutely
nothing to do with it.
Already reports are dribbling in
►about Um loud-mouthed characters
| from this isolated ice-box who are
| sounding off about how superior
1 their state is. Not only are they
| gloating over being the biggest
state in the Union but they have
the temerity to profess superiority
in just about everything you can
name.
To hear them tell it, their scen-
ery is more beautiful, and so are
their women. They claim to have
more oil reserves, more timber,
more minerals, more game, more
everything. It is plain revolting
to hear them talk about the size
of the fish that can be caught in
their streams and lakes.
I maintain we have opened our
doors to a bunch of independent,
loud-talking, unmitigated liars —
and I don’t like it.
For all I care, we can put all
this new land in a Snow Bank
and use it as a sort of Siberia for
hardened criminals—at least until
| edge that the populations of these
1 states are largely non-Anglo-
---,-----.-------- - , - mission of these territories as
sents a $128 Million increase over last year and a record for states is based upon our knowl-
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Lee and adjoining counties, $2 per year;
elsewhere in the U. S. A., $2.50 per year. Foreign postage extra.
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Entered as second class matter April 5. 1940, at the Post Office
at Giddings, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
ular, but to be well-read. We are
No. 4410_____
Statement of Condition of
The First National Bank
000 over a year ago. Towns with j Walter Buckner, publisher of the
all-time high deposits were Ama-iSan Marcos Record and past-pres-
rillo, Corpus Christi, Tyler, Mid-
land', Denton and Port Arthur.
There are many who have learned no lessons from the re- tials. Compared to last year, farm
I implement sales were up 27 per
I cent, food up 11 per cent, autos
BANK DEPOSITS: Folks havekeep up with increasing enrollment. * । .
Counties differed as to how the resources has been submitted to
Alaska and Hawaai have
SHOP at WOLFS
WHERE QUALITY IS HIGH AND PRICES ARE LOW
Open seven days a Week for your
Convenience 8 a.m. to 8 p. m.
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Mid-way through the so-called
I "recession year” of 1858, Texas
economic forecasters are turning
their eyes upward again.
Statistical reports show steady
all years in income, gasoline, estate, gift, and other federal
taxes paid in Texas.
Incidentally, it will probably be quite a spell before the
State of Alaska tops that amount. Both
Collections would have been appreciably more, in the opin-
ion of Robert L. Phinney, director of the South Texas div-to Rico and the virgin Islands arc
ision, had taxpayers not lowered their estimates of expected ......- 5
income this year, and therefore lowered the tax they are pay-
ing. “I think.” Phinney said, “they’ll find they’ll wind up
making just as much money as last year, if not more.
Altogether the collections were surprisingly large. This
year’s annual gain was not as great as last year s, but the re-
markable thing is that 1958 collections did not show a decline. |
It is of passing interest to note that payments in the South
Texas division exceeded those in the North Texas jurisdiction.
In 111 South Texas counties, 1,435,000 taxpayers paid in $1,-
430,006,307; while in 143 Northern counties 1.3 million tax-
payers anted up $1,258,000,000 to the treasury Thus the
South Texas taxpayers outnumbered those of the northern
section by about 130,000, and the average South Texas pay-
ment of about $1,000 exceeded the average North Texas. .
However, they were all Texans, and they have contributed
more than their pro rata share, population-wise, to the cost
. , . SEMIWESTWARD HO!- Rede- |
ple in Lee County to awaken to the signed Texan-tan uniforms have |
fact that their party government brought a new look to the Texas
is being run by a man behind the Highway Patrol Semi-western ini
scenes. And that we are only one style, the uniforms sport black
step removed from the condition trim, black shoes, wide-brimmed |
that Duval County found itself in. grey hats with western crease
We urge everyone to get ready - . Only 380 patrolment and other |
not only to vote in the Primary but division members of the Depart-
also to attend the precinct conven- ment of Public Safety are outfitted
tion, where the groundwork is laid at present New uniforms for the J
for the control of the Democratic
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I damages further than the amount
I received by us for such advertising
We also appreciate the giving of
any news items, the names of
visitors at your home or the names
of any members of your family
going away on a visit This will
help to increase the value of your
local newspaper and should be
given with the thought that it is
a debt you owe to the progress
of your city and community.
If you want to have a say ‘in what Legislature.
the policies of the party shall be TAXPAYERS GET WARY -
and who the candidates for presi- Slump in federal income tax col-
dent and vice-president shall be in lections in Texas the past several
1960 you had better get to that pre- months has been noted by Inter-
cinct convention on July 26. nal Revenue officials
There is little purpose in cele- Cause has been attributed to re-
brating July 4th, if on July 26, you cession-minded taxpayers lowering |
resign those principles to selfish their estimates of income for the
interests.
of this paper will be cheerfully cor-
rected when brought to our atten-
tion. We do not hold ourselves
down 8 per cent
BUSINESS INDEX: BBR’s lat-
est report shows the 1958 level of
general business activity 4 per
cent below May 1957 But May,
1957, was a dizzy pinnacle, the
highest point ever reached by the
Texas business index Since the
low in March the index has made
vidual published in the columns
A 3,, RETAIL SALES: Despite sags
Congress, reassured too soon, has turned a deaf ear to the here and there. Texas retail sales
pleas that the high tax rates have interfered with business are expected to run some 7 per
cent ahead of ’57, says the Univer-
THE GIDDINGS STAR
Published every Thursday at 223 West Austin Street, Giddings, Texas
Address all communications to The Giddings Star, Giddings, Texas
commercial photography,
finishing, ana lithography.
Exclamation point: a
that has blown its top.
not bind ourselves liable for
activity since the bleak lows of
k FACT AND FANCY
. By WALTER II. RICHTER
The whole idea of statehood for such time as these cold-storage
, Alaska, frankly, leaves me a little characters learn to respect the
I cold, and, of course, the fact that really important states—like Tex-
Texas is now no longer the biggest as, for instance.
ful mud-slinging conducted by
er deposits than last summer and money from the state Nine coun-
some are at new record highs. Dal-ties favored federal aid Thirty-
las County bank deposits increased five recoin mended a sales or in-
year. South Texas Collector Bob
Well, the burden has been lifted
from the shoulders of us Texans.
No longer will we have to live up
to being the largest state in the
union. Alaska can have that hon-
or now . %
Henceforth children will have to
learn the names of 49 states and
their capitals. What a burden ed-
ucation is getting to be!
There is a possibility that Ha-
waai may become the 50th state
before too long. And when that
comes about the gates have been
opened for the admission of Porto
1 Rico and then the Virgin Islands.
We shudder when we think of these
| possibilities.
Our misgivings about the ad-
Lee County has only begun. If
putting the facts into print hurts
I by ‘ $333,000,000; Harris County I come levy.
1 (Houston) by more than $267,000,- SHORT SNORTS
Board. He will serve as the em-1
areas, more than last year.- Re- money should be raised Twenty-
sponse to the Banking Commiss-five per cent favored higher local
1 ion’s mid-year call for condition of | taxes or increased valuation For-
banks showed that most have high-ty-four per cent wanted additional
Revenue offices or the nearest
SCHOOL COST CLIMB SEEN —county agricultural agent’s office.
February and March If the hoped j Texas counties expect cost of edu-
for pick-up in oil demand devel- cation to climb $70,000,000 annually
ops during the latter half, analysts in the next five years,
say, "1958 may be a good year af
| 1 per cent below the same period
for ’57. But a late spring upsurge
i put May, 1958, sales ahead of those
for May, 1957 Apparently Tex-
ans are concentrating on essen-
Preliminary report on a com-
expecting to file claims should
ter all.’ T -1
1 251 counties to the Hale-Aikin Sur-
Some of the bases for the eur-vey Committee on Public Educa-
rent atmosphere of cautious opti-tion. Most of the increase would '
mism are these: go for expansions necessary to
A $20,500 grant for re-codifying Texas draft quota for August will
Texas school laws has been provid- be 539
cd by the M D. Anderson Founda- ____.
tion of Houston A legislative com- lective Service ............
mittee headed by Rep Robert H announced that some 1,700 men are
Hughes of Dallas is in charge of Ito take pre-induction exams in Au-
the work I gust
report will not be released for pub-
lication until final approval is giv-
en
Farm experts expect that a 92-
Yes sir, until Alaskans learn a
little humility, they can mighty
well expect to get a cold shoulder
from am j
Here at the Texas Rehabilitation |
Center, Gonzales Warm Springs
Foundation, we profess to have the
only organization of former pa-
tients of a hospital—and the only
annual former patients reunion
Last year we organized the For-
mer Patients Association, drafted
a constitution, and had a success-
ful first reunion.
The second reunion is scheduled
Sunday, Aug. 3, and we'd like it
a let if you would pass the word
on to any former patients you may
know. Visitors are welcome, too.
Walter H. Richter.
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