The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1958 Page: 4 of 16
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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ORANGE LEADER
Across the Wedding Gown
Editor's Desk Altered To Hide
Tall Bride's Feet
" IF ITS ALL un
T*E SAME TO vou,
I LL SING AlONc f
GOING RATHER PAR AFIELD?
Organized labor in TexAs, hoping
to *t»ve off • sUte sales or in-
come t»x, ROt the jump last month
on advocates of such levies.
The state AFL-CIO went before
the Texas ftate Tax Study Com-
mission iff a public hearing at Dal-
las with a well-prepared, through-
ly documented appeal for a cor-
porate income tax.
This tax, as labor proposes it,
would replace the present state
franchise levies but would yield
far more money.
Principal argument advanced in
favor of the Corporate income tax
is that the federal government ac-
tually would be paying, about 52
per cent of it. That's because the
amount paid to the state would he
deductible from federal income
taxes.
The AFL-CIO tax proposal was
widely publicised in the press at
f the time it was offered. But so far
there has been no reaction one
wav or another from Texas busi-
nessmen and industrialists.
I hear the Texas Manufacturers
Assn, is preparing a brief for sub-
mission at a future hearing by the
tax study commission and it may
contain the answer to labor's pro-
posal.
O- the other hand, it mav be
that Texas businessmen and i-i-
d'rtris'ists are completely confi-
dent; the Legislature will not pass
a corporate income tax and are
ignoring the AFL-CIO recommen-
dation.
If so. I suggest they • take a
closer look at what labor has pro-
posed. Up to now it is the only
documented suggestion for a new
tax before th? study commission
and some good, solid facts were
offered in support of it. -
This puts on business and in-
dustry the burden bf responsibil-
ity for offering whatever facts
may support an argument against _ .
the corporate income tax if they “In former times most wedding
don’t want one. gowns wgre made by brides them-
_ - - vX\ selves, by their relatives or by
A recommendation that the stated dressmakers," he said. "And they
government begir -*-* — - - *
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK (fv-The tall Blen-
der bride was being married in
her mother's gown, and ahe in-
sisted that it be altered so that
it would trail on the floor.
She was so fussy on this point,
that John Van Drill finally asked
her why. ,
‘'My fianca it shorter than 1 am
—and sensitive about it," the ex-
plained. "So I am going to be
married with my shoes off. Then
1 won't have to look down on him
when I say ‘I do.’
"That's why the dress has to
sweep the floor. I don't want my
feet to show.”
This is one of many odd Inci-
dents that have befallen Van Drill,
who is knowp as “the wedding
gown king.” As president of the
Le Boeuf firm in East Orange.
N. J., he is the nation’s top spe-
cialist in cleaning and preserving
wedding outfits.
His concern handled 30,000
gowns last year, grossed more
than a million dollars.
Van Drill, a short, dark-haired
kindly man of 44. is a self-made
specialist He got a job in a dry
cleaning plant at 14. after his fa-
ther's death. At night he read ev-
erything he could find in the li-
brary on cleaning, dyeing end fab-
| rics. In time he became foreman.
"The plant wouldn’t allow us to
clean wedftin? gowns—they were
too risky,” he recalled. So Van
Drill cashed his war bond savings,
borrowed money from friends, and
went into business for himself.
Now he has customers across
the land, many of whom send him
for repair and restoration wedding
■K4W
t 6U«SS IVB NEVE a. '
REALLY ASKED MVSELF
WHETHER I LIKED V
>T OR NOT ■ ----
WELL, IVE KEN
TWNKIN® A LOT
ABOUT IT LATELY
amp ive finally
. PSCiDED...
..WED BE
A LOT
HAPPIER
IF WE DID
. LIKE IT
DU NNO
DO YOU LIKE
MUD, KILLER F
tan k»>
Mo merit of Meditation
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the
people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the re-
proach of men, neither be ye afraid of their res ilings.
Isaiah 51:7.
BEETLE BAILEY
OC£U!
MR. BURNS THIS CMAJR
LOOKS HIDEOUS NEXT
VO THIS VASE/ ,_—^
and even tl*« most pessimistic economist does not expect
a depressionNBut this is cold comfort for the folks who
are having a nfcrd time making ends meet.
These are the people—many of them—who hive good
reason to be worried about an age-old problem: beans
and bacon; an extra suit for Sunday; a few pennies
stashed away in the mattress.
Johnson notes that the economy is at an all-time
high, but unemployment is increasing rapidly, small
business failures are at a record rate, farmers are hav-
ing a foi/gh time of it. and industrial output is declin-
ing.
The economic strength of the United States, he adds,
is tremejidous. Yet we would be foolishlv shortsighted
if we igfiorcd such warning signals as these.
A very real, very urgent need for being strong from
a military point of view is cited. Just as urgent, the sena-
tor notes, is the necessity for being strong from an eco-
nomic point of view And we have reason, he says, to
be disturbed when fi to R per cent of the total working
population of the country are unemployed
There have been fears that the nation will talk itself
into a depression.
Johnson suggests positive action instead of talk. All
of us hope the predicted upturn in the middle of the
year will become a reality, he said But we cannot af-
ford to sit around and wait. We are in a slump and there
is no sound reason to believe it will cure itself.
A positive action already taken by Sen. Johnson in
collaboration with Rep Wright Patman of Texas is a
small business capital bank system which would he es-
tablished under a bill introduced in both branches of
Cor gress
Aim of this proposal is to provide for small business
a source of equity and long-term loan Capital where it is
not available on reasonable terms for existing private
sources '
No appropriation from Congress would be required
by the proposed legislation It would impose no liabil-
ity cn the U S. government. It represents no competitive
challenge to small business.
Johnson believes, and we agree, that this is an exam-
ple of the kind of positive steps that should be taken to
meet the growing threat of an economic recession that
could do serious damage to our country.
THE JACKSON TWINS
f \ COULDN'T WHlD )
.f If — SO 1 GAV'S .
U Miis/C TO WNK3EY j /
\
VlS'CE ENGAGED.'-SO
ME MADE OUT A JOINT
--- RETURN fqr
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ns Kus'/r
w i -1 ,
f NO USE or Bon-I
0= us BEATING
iCjiji? brains our'
THAT'S NOT \
FA'S 'YOU'RE ’
supposed to
do YOU<3 OWN
HOMEWORK • /
CLEVER IDEA-
HAVING STUDENTS
FILL OUT AN
INCOME TAX \ >•
FORM FOR AI
MATH TEST.V
wool blankets to flour sacks, ta-
ble^ cljpths and lace eurtafns.
"One woman, asking us 40 be
especialiycs-efii! of her heirloom,
told us it hyd been woven in a
Union prison during the war by
one of her ancestors, a Confed-
erate soldier.”
Today the nation’s stores sell
be ween 700 000 and AOO ftOO wed-
ding gowns yearly. It's a lQO-mil-
lion-dolbr industry. The gowns
cost an average1.of $125, but range
from S3!) to $ I..80(1. Van Drill______him-
self says a bride can do right nice-
ly for $60. \ •
IT COULDN'T BE HELPED. BABOnT I'VE 60T
...THE HUMAN GUINEA PIG « ONE HE'S
ESCAFEO.'-HE STP0CK AMINE \ LOCKED
befofe i eouio stop hiao* we in his
MUST HAVE A MPLACEMENT Jr BOOM f
FOB OUR EXPERIMENT r-
r at oawn » r—s/ . VTrr t
OH...I Bed YORE PARDON-I DIDN'T MEAN
V INTERRUPT, BARON.* THIS HE«S LOCK
NSfOEO SOME FIXIN-...SO I TOOK ’SR
APART-A Ll'L GRAPHITEU 0O TH’
Mffj T- —l TRICK FINE .*
Belter foolish
By D. C. Williams
1. What is wrong with this sen-
tence1 "The consensus of opinion
today is different than it formerly
was." ' n,
2. What is the correct pronuncia-
tion of "coruscate"? , %
3. Which one of these words' is
misspelled1 Tangerine, tamboriine.
tamale, tantamount. * ’
4 What does the word "discru-
sive" mean?
5. What is a word beginning With
di that means “quickness and ac-
curacy in discriminating?"
ANSWERS
1 Omit "of opinion," and saw
"is different FROM WHAT it form-
erly was.” 2. Pronounce kohr-uss-
kait, accent on first syllable. 3.
Tambourine. 4 Passing from one
thing to anothir. "His activities
are discursive in nature." 5. Dis-
cernment.
WULL, FER HEVWS 5AHES* SHORE '
ENUFC...TM' LOCK 0(0 SNAP SHUT* j
MUST BE OUTTA ORDER...••TTEA )
r- FIX ‘BA UP* n-7=r\r
fected.
tn our opinion, the state gov ern-
ment should require a lot of con-
solidating of school districts be-
fore it does aftything else for the
public schools.
In fact, we believe serious con-
sideration ought to be given to the
countv unit system, which appears
to bs Forking out quite well in
Louisiana.
So far, the Texis, Legislature has
ducked this hot potato because of
the political considerations in-
volved. And in so doing it has
forced many thousands of the
states children who could have
had access to good public schools
to attend substandard schools.
The Bancroft District situation in
Orange County is typical of what
has resulted from that sort of legis-
lative timidity. The people of that
community, we know, want the
best school facilities possible for
their children.
But they do not want such fa-
cilities badlv enough to give up
the very dubious advantages of
complete community' control of the
schools. Some of the Bancroft peo-
ple even appear to be unwilling to
pav two or three dollars a vear
more in taxes in order to have
good schools.
Under circumstances such as
that, the state government owes it
tn the children w'ho grow up in
the Bancroft, community to. com-
pel consolidation so they can ha'-e
the best school facilities possible.
JOE PAL00KA
XJU SAUL NOT; V / «VSLL! *5! -r“S-
I'm GO'S® wth J( a picture of --s
. Y5U' -S V CK.P or ERAS.
80LLV i LS
LCC<S
mean ;
VAV5S HE M AS.
H'S OWN M=n
Shot h'm ;
SURE PATTV.
TLLTBLlMW ALL
ABCl/C IT WHEN
’ I GET BAOC. T
RUST.' ARE MOtl BOUND
AND DETERMINED *0 V.id'T
THAT HAUNTED F-FQRTT
Women's Sufferage
Campaigner Expires
SANTA MONICA. Calif, i* -
Dame Christa^el Pankhurst, mil-
itant campaigher for Christ and
women’s suffrage, is dead.
Friends found her in her chair
yesterday in the house she occu-
p’ed alone. She was 77 but hid
teen in good health: The precise
cause of death has not been de-
termined.
More than 50 years \go she be-
gan accompanying her . mother
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst on
Is Shivers Planning a Comeback?
Allan Shivers, former governor of Texas, made a
speech this week at the Fort Worth Chapter meeting
of the Jexas Manufacturers Assn.
Th? address was a critical examination of present-day
education in America, and Shivers had some interesting
things to say about it » “ «
Also of interest is the fact that the speech was made
RUSTY RILEY
An evol is a present L mustn't keep vou guessing,
THAT YOU GIVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART, 1 DON'T WANT TO BE PERVERSE.
AND IS RECEIVED WITH GRATITUDE I'lt TELL VOU WHAT EVOL IS -
THAT MAS NO COUNTERPART. . IT'S LOVE SPELLED IN REVERSE/
An Eva is a treasure
WHICH CAN’T BE BOUGHT OR LENT.
A HOUSE WITHOUT AN EVOL IT’S PRICELESS, BUT IT REALLY
IS A CLAM WITHOUT A PEARL. DOE5N'T COST YOU HALF A CENT.
speechmaking tours in England,
A HEART THAT HAS NO EVOL
IS A BOY WITHOUT A GIRL.
where they fouglr vigorouslv in
were circulated among Texas news media by a public
relations counsel. _ „
There are many-who believe that Allan Shivers is
t- no mean; a political dead duck; that he is working
hard behind *he scenes There are even some grounds
for an opinion that he is interested in a third party
mov ement in Texas and the rest of the nation.-
An examination of his political record suggests that
Shn ers could, if he wanted to. s«ep out as the leader of
-a_jhird party that would become immediately a power-
house'rn-Texas if nowhere else
Certainly the opportunity is there. With the Demo-
cratic party in the state di'”ded heyond hope of imme-
diate reconciUation and the Republican leadership in
Texas lost in a thick cloud of natural gas, the chances
for success of a third party appear to be the best in
modern times. J ' j.
It will be most interesting to seB whether Shivers or
anyone else seizes the opportunity.
behalf of suffrage for women Of-
ten they wound up in jail for cre-
ating disturbances.
Pierre Renoir, the French im-
pressionist who died in 1919, pro-
duced more than 6,000 paintings.
Mount Kilimanjaro In Tanganyi-
ka. Africa, has two peaks. The
highest reache* 19.321 feet.
Production of radio receivers
climbed near postwar peaks in
1957. scoring e 9 per cent increase
over 1956. -
! (iktBisneifs True Life Adventures
IT'S ME, DILLY!
ODD AARDVARK
^I yis, t KNOW,
PIERRE! THIS | ABERNATHY
STEAK « J V—rsf-ga*. -T"
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VOU KNOW! WELL,
DO YOU HAVE
^ AN EXCUSE? J
YES, SIR, I THINK
I NAVE AVERY
^\GOOO ONE.j^
AARDVARK
BSvSINo TO CIO A
ButtFncSNVi Without
AFbBiAREHrr RHA.SOH
ME LEAVES THE
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EXCANA.TIOM.....
THE ORANGE LEADER
... AMP CTART* ON ANOTHER,
HE MAV USA.VS A TRAIL. Cm
UNPINISHKD IDI<a®IN<3S...,
James B Quigley___
J Cullen Browning___
Joe Parsley
Mrs Mary Alice Lakey
Bob Axelson
Mrs James Dees ........
L R fBobi McHugh _
Publisher
Editor
___Managing Editor
___Area News Editor
Citv Editor
Women’s News Editor
MR. ABERNATHY
Sports Edito;
HE'S THE B*SraUNSUCK T MAYBB. BUT THAT
IN ALL THIS TE«lttD*Y/ J WDulDnT BE SO iF
' ———1/-———7 Tt'GSEg HAFFY LARA
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f c l A SHocrnni' 1 bon/
SPEAK OP THe
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to A STOPHiMtrJ
blazes; it* reiGGee
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E F Krietsch
.Advertising Director
S. R;.- Da "is
Circulation Manager
I DONT LIKE THE ViV VANCE
(SAVE US ~we SHORT END OP T
LOOT. |B WE LIT HIM GET FWFY ,
WITH IT, HELL THINK MBS J
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Yi'Srld Righfi InrrN
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1958, newspaper, February 14, 1958; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558186/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.