The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 171, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 18, 1954 Page: 4 of 36
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FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1954
IPtTOKlAl PAGE THE ORANGE LEADER
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Personality Sketch v
Experience in Other Work
Helps Orangefield Postmaster
An ex-Nsvy men, cx-ichool board member and
ex-groceryman is the postmaster . at Orangefield
who uses experience gained in all three for the job
to which he was appointed by the late President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
[Today's Birthday |
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homenf of Meditation
If ye, then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children: how
’ch more shell your heavenly Father
gle the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Lu’.e 11:13. « *
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C je Scores a Firs! in Taxation
The City of Orange, as far as we are able
to de.erminf, is now the only municipal cor-
poration in the whole State of Texas assess-
ing taxable property according to the law.
For the fact that it is doing so, we can
thank a courageous City Commission. .
Despite the statutory requirement that
ad valorem taxes u —
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Humphrey i*
TRYING TO REACH
the cumber, *
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MEDALS FOR THE gRILLIANT
V MANNER IN WHICH WE
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TILL THE END r--
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ARTHUR CONNELL, born July
17, 1891 In Boston. The National
commander of the American Le-
giqp i» a New
■SR enlisted man in
irthe first World
ARTHUR connEll Claimed his pre-
decessors had been “too ready to
give their opinions and I am op-
posed to this policy.". Known for
his leadership In civic activities
in Middletown, Conn.
P r e mt i c e F.
Vance is a civic-
minded m an
with the shrewd
eyes of an ad-
ministrator. He
is the fellow
who, for four
years, has been
chairman
of the Orange-
field School an-
nual Homecom-
ing. ; ’ 4
He’s a native
o f Lemonville,
born January 31,
1914, son of the
late Earnest
Vance and Mrs.
Mamie : V a n c e [
now Of Beau-
mont. His edu- j
cation was re- j
ceived in Dun- j
'YOU'D BEST WAIT TILL THE
STORM STOPS' 'YOU'LL NEVER
End hep in this.' g>
ad valorem taxes in this state be levied
on the basis of cash or market value, every
political subdivision in Texas except a few
school districts were using-only a percentage
of real value. ■ ••
How that came to be The custom, no one
knows. But it is the custom and it takes a lot
of courage for any group of elected officials
to freak such a long-standing tradition.
City Commission, of course, had the ex-
amn'e of the Orange Independent School
D’Striet trustees who voted last Monday to
take the same step. The councilmen also
had the advantage of several days in which
to l*"m the average taxpayer is unconcerned
ab*ut his valuation. What taxpayers want is
economy in government and tax equaliza-
tion.
* €ome fear that the true value assessments
will mean higher taxes in the future because
of the possibility of rate increases. It is our
opinion that taxes will remain lower under
this arrangement than under a plan calling
for assessment of only a percentage of val-
uations.
That opinion is based on the belief that
the taxnavers, knowing they will be hit hard
by any increase in rates with values at the
top figure, will keep a closer eye on public
spending than they would otherwise,
Too, a group of elected officials,will tako
a longer look at any proposed rate increase
''With assessments at actual value than they
will with assessments at only a percentage
of actual value. /
For both the school district and the city
YOUR DAUGHTER
STARTED OVER
THE MOUNTAIN
ABOUT AN HOUR'
AGO-- M). (a™*
THIS STORM 1
MUST HAVE I
CAUGHT HER I
AT THE tA
HALFWAY
«THS
Cow Bayou Philosopher:
Sage Explains Why
Politicians Quieter
Than in Past Years
can Woods and
O r a n g afield
schools. /
After his graduation from Orangefield in JffSl,
he was associated with his brother-in-law,, Claude
Smith, at Seabreeze where he helped run a fish
(amp. He’s a hidebound fisherman even today,
counting that sport among his favorites.
Tom Lowe-hired him in 1*3-4 for his Orange-
field grocery store and h^-jyas married to the
Edltor’l note: The Cow Beyou phil-
osopher trie* to expleln the look of
Interest In poHtlet this week. Don't
know whether he eucceedi or not.
VANCE
HO, BUT YfXILL
meanwhile.--
ru BCE
IT BETTER.
BE 6000/
Dear editar:
Some of my neighbors and me
were talking the other afternoon
about politics, or I better put it
the lack of politics.
Nobody, it seems, i has gotten
very steamed up over politics this
year, and here the election is right
on us. -It used to be. along about
this time, all you could hear was
politics and when Hour or five
people got together, a hot argu-
ment always.
xDUfi BANK AND 1 / TESTIFY If4 COURT
Te, yoo.'^zy m narr^ra/
X> IT THAT
HE SETS A
_ caiR ONE /,
DON’T SHORT*ME >
FRIEND OF REO RYDER-. r
SOT-lW\ BIG NEW5 1 /
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'DREW* YOUR*
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former Dorothy Wales in that community in 1935. 5
From 1937-39 he worked for Fair-Maid Bakeries “
but decided he likefC the grocery business better.
He returned to vyork for Lowe and later, he and ft
Ted Burke beyafne the owners. j Y
Vance served his country from 1943-1945 aboard j D
the SS Natrona in the Pacific theater, and after 1 R
the world conflict ended, he and Burke bought the c
Red and White Grocery from C. D. Brock Later) ’
they moved that business to Bridge City. He was j
temporarily appointed to the postmastership « i
short time before his official designation and in
Order to give his time to the post office job. he and
Burke sold the grocery to Ellis Carter of Orange.
Now and theft he takes off for a fishing trip with
Cowboy Hardy. ^
Vance was a school board member from 5945- j *
44 prioir to his U S. Navy service and in 1946 was ’
elected to another term. He is a deason of the First j S
Baptist Church in Orangefield and a former Sun-) T
day School superintendent. He is also a Sunday j y
School teacher and directs the Baptist Training <♦
Urilon, J
The Vances have four children, Linda, Neal,! .
John and Terrell and own their home in Orange- j 1
ment always developed, with
maybe a little fjst-fightin on the
side. But nowadays not only can
you fail to get up any arguments,
you can’t even get out a crowd at
-a .political speakin, and the-JeW
that do turn up just sit thepe arid
eye the speaker without much
show of response, and There ain’t
nothin more discouragin than a
candidate f 1 ail in his arms and
meltiri down pts collar, with no-
body listening.
My neighbors were offering all
kinds of explanations for this
luke-warm interest in politics,
one of em said it was the fault
of the voters, they just was Tallin
down on their job df makin de-
mocracy work; another said it was
.------ — . ----- fault of radio and television,
•for new schools or city improvements and be they offered too much competi-
assured of a ready market for the securities, tion.
I do not agree with any of these.
The fault lies mostly with the
candidates, and it’s not that the
candidates aren’t as good as they
ever ‘was, it’s just ihat they've
used up all the adjectives against
each other. There ain’t nothin
original left to call an opponent.
Time was when, if a candidate
promised to take the skin off his
opponent, a big crowd would turn
out to hear him pour it on, and
some really colorful speakin re-
sulted, but after a few years of
it, after candidates have called
each other about all there is to
call a man. the novelty wears off.
When candidates have succeeded
in describing each other down to
a certain point, there ain’t nothin
left to say. there ain't no more
skin left to take off, and conse-
quently people lose interest. *
Where the candidates made
their mistake. years ago was in
bein too generous in the use of
adjectives. If everybody calls
everybody a loose-jointed liar and
a horse thief, there just ain’t no
shock value left, and voter* switch
on “I Love Lucy.” They should
have rationed em, usin up just a
few word* each year, so the sup-
ply would have lasted at least
through the 20th century. But here
the century is only a little past
half gone and they’re at the bot-
tom of the barrel. Seems like a
great lack of foresight, to me.
When is the election this year
anyway?
Your faithfully,
J. A.
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we rmo pup 7 i' ?i£ hup r? oyay T |
WE CAN TRY.
DO YOU THINK '
WE CAN BEAT THAT
FRW6WT TO TV*
NEXT STATION t )
TEX, WILL YOU TELL
MR. MILES I'M VWTH
PETECT7V* BAKER ?..*
WE'RE GOINS TO TJtY
s»- TO FIND PUP. Jr
HANS ON/
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AND scop
„ LUCK/ A
In Hollywood: ,
Glamor Shots Call for Hiding
Dafects of Beautiful Actresses
By HUBBARD KEAVY
- For Bob Thomas
HOLLYWOOD (A#)—Now I can tell you about
a glamor sitting. The subject is Elizabeth Taylor.
• When the studios shoot pictures of their stars,
making them look even more beautiful than they
are, hiding defects and reducing hip lines and ac-
centuating bust lines, it is a glamor sitting. If any
of the pictures do not make the star glamorous,
the negatives are destroyed. Fast.
When Elizabeth came into the gallery she was j
met by eight people who would work with her
and me, who would just watch. This octet
consisted of Ann Strauss, from publicity, who made
all the arrangements; Virgil Anger, the photogra-
pher; Eddie Hubbell, head of the art department; j
Emil Berg, electrician; Charlie Ryan, props; Jack!
County Still Needs Equalization
Another healthy campaign which can be
expected to grow out of last week’s taxing
decisions by the citv and school district is
one aimed at compelling the county govern-
ment to undertake an equalization program.
At first this demand may be confined
largely to city taxpayers but as the facts
concerning the county’s inequitable valua-
tions get around the county others are going
to join in.
In the case of the county government,
there is some argument against assessments
on a true value basis. That’s because state
ad valorem taxes are collected on the county
valuations and a substantial increase would
mean a big chunk of extra money going to
Austin every year-, -
Not many taxpayers, for that reaso n,
[-And war by
P'AWWDY-jUDy.'rr
MS MEN A YEEUM
*mCE I *AW YOU! NOW
19 'ANY SERVICE,
, WCAWP’RATED'i J
GETTINO TOO
010 FOR A OAL
TO HANDLE, KJ6Y
I'M READY TO
TAKE IN A f--
partnek! r~
Princ* Iguana
lakes a midnight I
stroll — and a , “
pair of headlight*
suddenly silhouette
• vjill power." i domt
SEE ANY DIFFERENCE
-except youteE'
GETTING HEAO-
STRONG. V
Elisabeth w • n t to a a portable drenlnr
room to be eoatumed and combed. In a little
while, we heard feminine scream* and a few
mild damns. Am came out to announce that
Elisabeth's opera-Ienrth hose had sprung a
a run. Opera hose reach darned near to the
waist and It la no easy trick to get them on
and ret the Varna straight.
They hook onto a very skimpy pair of panties,
Ann told me as if she was telling me something
new, which she certainly was. Changing meant a
half-hour delay, "Let’s cover up the run some-
how,” suggested Eddie.
So Elizabeth emerged in her long black hose
and a black velvet bodice and skirt that didn’t
make much of a dent in MGM’s black velvet sup-
ply. There was a black net something hanging
from the waist. She stepped In front of the camera
and struck a tentative pose. June checked the hair
and Elsie arranged the net so it covered the run.
Emil turned on the lights and Virgil looked
through his ground glass.
I'VE BEEN TAX IN
irFOR A MONTH
I'VS LEARNE D A
LOT/ ---*"
WHAT'D VA TSICE ?■
TKS'COURSE OF LEAST
■A A—^
STUDYING;
/WU. <
Power v
''HOW’S
SUMMER
School j
would insist that the county go on a true
value basis. But a lot of taxpayers are going
to insist that the county equalize valuations.
So far Commissioners Court has shied
away from this step, mostly because the
values which are set too low are concen-
trated in the three rural precincts.
But one of these days the city properly
owners who are being gouged by the county
gqjremment, joined by those out in the coun-
'fy "who also are being gouged, are going to
get enough. When they do Commissioners’
Court can expect to hear a howl which is go-
ing to be sustained until they get around
to an equalization program.
Growing Communities' Rival Claims
We’re getting a big bang out of the rival
claims of growth and development coming
oxSt of Bridge City and Vidor.
/ As a matter of fact, both communities are
/growing very fast and it’s quite possible that
1 the lead mpy be changing hands from week
to week as statements indicate.
For our part, we say more power to them
both. Each has its share of growing pains
and there will be more in the future. Never-
theless, both are communities of fine people
with many attractions for prospective home
owners.
(no, FWNCVO. SeiYC* WACO
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CAN use WITHOUT YOUR
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IF HE IS TD PC*
I THE RANSE. NOW
WELL 6ST HIM
AMSO, ARE YOU SLLV L
IN THE HEAD...LEND1N6 A
SUN TO TWS BANDlDO?
--Society Sdltor
JtdTcrttelas Director
.Clreuletton Manager
-Sport* Sdltor
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED FREES
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■tcond elau matter under act of Congreee March l, 117*.
ASSISTANT D. At DIES
WAXAHACHIE, July 17 (AP)—
Fred Wilson, 79, assistant district
attorney and former Ellis County
judge, died yesterday after * short
illness. Survivors include two sons
including Lee Roy Wilson of Fort
Worth and Abilene.
r «IVE Mi THg key* to
YOUR APARTMENT, ANHlA
...I MU*T SO TO-HIM
—f IMMEDIATELY.' ---
SI, SISNORINA
COnTESSA.'OH, I
KNEW YOU WOULD
KNOW WHAT TO
~~T DO' Y—
'MEDDLING LITTLE FOOL.'I
KNOW WHAT TO DO, ALL RtGHT
.-.GO STRAIGHT TO JOE
BANJO’S HOUSE AND TELL r-
HIM... SO HE CAN FINISH Cl,
HAZARD THIS TIME.' 1M
HIDDEN SARELY
t-lT WAS WONDERFUL \ IN MY APARTMENT/
OF YOU TO SAVE THE LIFE \ HE IS WEAK...BUT
of my fiance joe banjo j out of danger.'
..I'LL SURELY REWARD -------- >
— WHERE 16 HE NOW T y— 1
SflU GOING TO TAKE A BIT OF DOING
Literary Guidepost: Today's Best Book
OFF THE BOOK BEAT—One
thing publishers do to advertise
books is to publish booklets.
One small shelf ot mine is filled
with selections from books which
were forthcoming et the time
theee tidbits were mailed. They go
to the press end bookstores.
Sometimes they are actually in
hard covers, sometimes they have
the jacket design on the front.
Newest sample to reach me
served to herald "A Child of the
Century: The autobiogbaphy of
Ben Hecht." It consists of pages
lifted from the book and intended
to tease, for the incidents, mostly
brief, ere complete or not depend,
ing on whether they happen to
begin or end on the page et it is
reprinted. It contains also the re-
lease date, publisher (Simon Ar
Schuster), price and, needless to
say, a word of praise. The same
firm sent out, in half-width board
coven, an advance on "The Secret
Diary of Harold L. Ickas."
National Book Award wtnneL No-
tice of Harrietts A mow's best-
selling "The DoHmeker” came in
a booklet consisting of the first
chapter.
Other books made recently into
booklets ere "Reach for the Sky,"
by Paul Brickhill, end "The Tir-
pltz and the Battle of the North
Atlantic,” by David Woodward,
both published by Norton; "A
Single Pilgrim” (Rinehart), by
Norman Lewi*; and "Someone
Like You," by Roald Dahl—the
booklet consisted af a complete
short story, "Lemb to the Slaugh-
ter," from the book published by
Knopf. >,
W. G. Rogers
----s/ YES, ETHEL.'H£
DIO RiCKy J SAID IT WITH
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FOR STAYING) X FORSAME
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FORSVIN6 /SAID IT WITH
FMP,'7 FLOWERS, TOO,
THAT'S RKSHTj
7 LUCY '__
AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL
TERRE LX* July 17. (AP)—Mn.
Hazel Crumholt. 81, Of Baton
Rouge, was killed today in an
auto accidant on Highway 80, five
miles east of hare.
Id U Ickes.
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paragraphs from Saul Bellow s The people In the United States
•The Adventure of Augie March" had 38 per cent of the Income of
for an advance booklet about this the world in 1*9* and 40.7 per cant
"moat eagerly awaited American In 1*48 says the Twentieth Can-
novel" which in fact proved to ha tury Fund.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 171, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 18, 1954, newspaper, July 18, 1954; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558722/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.