San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1964 Page: 1 of 15
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Sanfiatrtdo Countv
VOLUMI 86
City Hears ;
Discontinues Tax
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Discounts Tuesday
The city of Sinton announced that
they expect to have expenditures
of $404,729.96 for the fiscal year
April SO, 1964, and ending April 30,
1965, at the budget hearing Monday
night. They also voted to discon-
tinue all discounts in tax payments.
EDITOR'S
CORNER
-ay j. p. t.—
What has happened to the dignity
of our elected officials? It has been
apparent for some time that we do
not have the quality of personnel
at the national level in many of our
elective positions that we have
known in the past.
In fact, the day of the statesman
is past. The man that would sacri-
fice everything; worldly gain, fam-
ily and frlenda for country, no long-
gg exists. And we do not expect the
extreme sacrifice from our elected
Officials. But, we do feel that a pol-
itician must have cettaln basic qual-
ifications in order to aape his con-
stituents effectively.
We do believe; first, that he must
be honest; second, he must have a
patriotic and sincere desire to be
a good American; thirdly, that he
must have certain bearing and dig-
nity while in office; and, f<
that be must be
the people and
Democratic form of government
(particularly Inclined to support the
policies indicated by a majerity of
his constituents). The latter la a
basic credo and la directly a basic
responsibility. And, we might add,
la e point that many politicians cast
by the wayside once they are In
office.
Service becomes a personal thing;
a chance for personal gain and no-
toriety. We cannot cast aside or
jerity, or dishonesty,
he pressures by the
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The city estimates that receipts
from all operations are expected to
total $383,065.24, but after spend-
ing over $494,000 that they will
have a balance of $72,924.65 due to
a cash balance of $184,586.96 in the
City's account as of May 1, 1964.
$82,745 taxes were levied on prop-
erty of which the rendered value
la $6,385,000. Of the total taxes lev-
ied the City expects to collect $78,-
470 in taxes for the fiscal year.
This total includes an estimated
collection of 90 per cent of this
year’s taxes, which will total $74,
470 and a collection of $4,000 in
back-taxes from the previous year.
The rendered tax value is based
on set tax rate of $1.30 per $100.
The city voted to discontinue all
discounts in tax payments. Previous-
ly, a three percent discount was giv-
en if taxes were paid in October,
two percent if paid in November,
and a one percent cut was given if
paid in December. The usual penal-
ty interest will continue to apply to
taxes paid after February.
In other business the city:
Accepted the audit report given
by Ray Harris, CPA, for the year
ending April 30, 1964.
Heard the notice of the publica-
tion of the lease in the W. R. Haxen
tract, which was leased to Gulf
Sands Oil and Gas Company of Cor-
pus Christ!. The company was re-
quired to put a $1,000 deposit on
the lease, which will be forfeited
if the company does not drill an oil
or gw well on the property within
1*0 days If a well la brought in,
the dtp la to receive 80 percent roy-
alty from the well.
Authorised the investment of $8,
000 in securities payable at the rate
of four percent at the Commercial
State Bank.
Authorised the erection of side-
walks at Rachal and Sinton Streets
and Vineyard and Sinton Streets.
The concrete will be furnished by
Sinton Ready-Mix at coat.
WE INVITE; Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Rees to be our guests this week at
the movie of their choice at the
lUalto Theatre. Clip this artide for
your admission pass.
Sinton Health Situation Is Topic Of
Conmunity Concerns Moot Wednesday
City Health Situation was the top.
ic of the discussion at the luncheon
meeting of the Community Concerns
Wednesday, July 15, at the Metho-
dist Fellowship Hall.
The Steering Committee met Wed-
nesday night, July 8th, to talk of
future plana for the work. They de-
sire that the Merchants and all peo-
ple of the community come and par
ticipate in the monthly meetings
and help decide what is wanted and
needed in Sinton.
Dr. C. W. Ewing, chairman of the
Health Committee, gave the pro-
gram on the health situation and
what facilities are now available to
the community. Some of the facili-
ties available are: 1. County Wel-
fare; 1 State Welfare; 3. Veteran
Welfare; 4. County Health Unit.
The functions of the County
Health Unit are: Clinics — Wei)
Child Clinic: 1. Routine innocula-
tion, 2. Physical Examinations, 3.
Referral to Driscoll Hospital. OB
Clinic; 1. Innoculation, 2. PN C, 3.
Physical Examination.
The third clinic la the Innocula-
tion Clinic which gives DPT, Polio,
Venereal Disease, Tetanus Toxoid
and Heaf Test for Tuberculosis.
Functions other than the three
clinics are Follow up on Deliveries,
County Health Cases, Tuberculosis
Patients and cripple children. Keep
reports on caaet. Heaf test in coop-
eration with the Tuberculosis As-
sociation in all schools and follow
up on all positive reactors.
Private Facilities are: Private
charity; 7 doctors, 2 hospitals
The Steering Committee worked
out definite proposals for the Orga-
nisations concerning the Health
Needs of the Community.
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BUDGET HEARING TUESDAY —
1964-65 School Budget
Is Tentatively $1,076,587
A budget of $1,076,587.00 was ap-
proved by the board of trustees of
the Sinton Independent School Dis-
trict Tuesday night and will be re-
viewed at a public budget hearing
at the central office July 21.
The tentaive budget has been
based on a tax rate, of $1.44 per
$100' valuation, which is the same
rate set for the previous school year.
Values have dropped slightly, it was
announced, from $49,400 000 to $48,-
500,000, resulting in a alight de-
crease in the budget from $1,078,-
587.00 last year.
All citizens are invited to the bud-
10-GAMi SCHEDULE —
SINTON*! NRST BALE - S. A. Lawton (center It shown receding the $50 premium offered by
the Sinton Chamber of Commerce for the first bale gtoneof- in the SiAten erea ffdth C Of C
president, L. A. “Buster" Harris (left). T. N. Anderson (right), manager of the Sinton Co-op Gin,
where the 478 pound bale was ginned Monday, looks on. The bale, which was gathered from
seven acres of land on the Lawson farm ownad by Mrs. H. E. Kempt of San Mateo, California,
is located six miles west of Sinton. The bale had a one-inch staple and was graded strict mid-
dling. v / (News Photo)
KINO COTTON -
Cotton Harvesting Begins;
41 Bales Ginned In Area
Forty-one bales of cotton have
been ginned to date, in the Sinton,
Odem and Edroy area, according to
reports.
Picking, with machines and lab-
orers, has begun in the western part
of San Patricio County with scat-
tering appearing in the central part
of the county.
Ginning of 42 bales was recorded
at the Mathis Gin Monday. Cotton
ginned in the Mathis area shows
light spots but is considered a good
grade of cotton.
Rov. J. B. Fulton It
Found Dead Tuesday
Rev. J. B. Fulton, pastor of the
Bates Chapel Methodist Church and
who Is also minister of a church in
Skidmore, was found dead in the
bathroom of his home Tuesday night.
The justice of the peace ruled death
by natural causes.
Funeral arrangements will be an-
nounced at a later date.
NARROW ESCAPE—Miss Patricia Mdver narrowly escaped ser-
ious Injury whan the 1962 Cadillac sha was driving was struck
In the right rear by a 1962 International Truck 6 Trailer Wed-
nesday afternoon, July 8. Miss Mdver was in the process of
making a left turn at the intersection of South San Patricio Ave-
nue on U.S. Highway 77 and Stamy St., whan the collision
occurred. The truck driver, Asa Jewell Stelzig of Corpus Christi,
also escaped injury. Chief of Police, Jerry Manasek, was in-
vestigating officer. (Ne.M Photo)
Two Companies
Preparing For
Sommer Camp
T>ro U.S. Army Reserve Compa-
nies, “B" and "C” of Sinton, are
preparing for their annual summer
camp at North Fort Hood August
1-15, according to local Reserve of-
ficers.
Company **B" la commanded by
Capt. Don O. Daniel, and Company
“C" la under the command of 1st Lt.
Felix B. Jonas.
Approximately 90 dviliana make
up these tank companies.
Several men were recently dis-
charged from the local Reserve pro-
gram, leaving room for others to
fulfill their military obligation
through the program. Information is
available from the local armory.
The company . commanders an-
nounced that visitors are welcome
to observe the local training pro-
gram, which meets on Sunday after-
noons.
Recent rains, in the Taft, Odem,
Sodville, Portland and Gregory
areas, have caused some damage to
the open cotton.
Weather conditions holding, cot-
ton picking should be increasing rap-
idly, with harvesting expected to
reach full swing the latter part of
next week.
GRAIN HARVEST
A record number of 370 carloads,
of the area's bumper grain crop, had
been received at the Sinton Elevator
and Storage Company Tuesday night.
There is still a trickling of grain
trucks arriving, but according to
reports, the grain harvest is consid-
ered over.
New District
Alignment For
Sinton Eleven
The Sinton Pirates will open the
fall football season with a home
stand pitted against their old rivals,
the Bishop Badgers, on September
4, which will launch a 10-game
schedule.
One newcomer and the addition
of old competitor round out the reg-
ular line-up of opponents for the Pi-
rates, setting out the five home and
flve-away schedule.
The newcomer to district play will
be another band of Pirates from
Mathis. An old nemesis, the Freer
Buckaroos. were once members of
the same district with the Goroeire.
The schedule finds a six-game
non-district experience - building
slate and an open date as forerun
ner to the final four games, all con-
ference affairs.
1964 SCHEDULE
District Rotary
Institute Is In
Progress Today
A District Institute hosted by the
Sinton Rotary Club is in progress
at the First Methodist Church to-
day (Thursday). The Institute be-
gan at 9 a.m. and will close about
4:30.
District Governor Roy Selby of
Ganado is conducting the Institute.
The luncheon address will be giv-
en by former AAI president. Dr.
Earnest H. Poteet.
Clubs participating in the work-
shop are Laredo, Freer, Benavides,
Rockport, Taft, Mathis, Alice, Kings-
ville, Robstown, Edna, Victoria, Cor.
pus Christi Downtown, Corpus Chris-
ti Southside, Ingleside, Aransas
Pass, Three Rivers, San Diego, Go-
liad, Port Lavaca and Ganado.
get hearing next Tuesday night at
which lime the budget will be adopt-
ed and the tax rate will be set. At
the budget hearing, a complete
breakdown of the budget will be
Mrs. Childers'
Rites Held In
San Antonio
Funeral rites for Mrs. Jettft Chil-
ders were held July 10 at the Travis
Park Methodist Church in San An-
tonio with burial in Mission Burial
Park, directed by Porter Loring.
Mrs. Childers, 81, passed away
July»8.
She is survived by her husband,
former Sinton District Judge, M. A.
Childers; two sons, Dr. M. A. Chil-
ders and Dr. Herschel N. Childers;
a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Rhode; one
sister and eight grandchildren.
given. All persons having questioaa
regarding the receipts and expendi-
tures in the school district are urg-
ed to attend.
Supt. J. D. Carlisle announced
Wednesday morning that a list id
textbooks, that are being presented
by publishers to the State Textbook
Committee, is available in his office.
A list of depositories where the
books may be purchased is aim
available. (This list is also available
at the News Office),
Persons objecting to the contents
of any of the books may lodge e
protest with the Commissioner of
Education before September 1, I960,
the superintendent said.
CPL Proposes Reduction
In Electric Rates
Central Power and Light Com-
pany today announced a proposed
reduction in electric rates which
will mean savings of more than $2,
000,000 annually to CPL customers.
CPL President E. S. Joslin said
the rate reduction la scheduled to
become effective when meter* are
read after August 31. New rate
schedules will be submitted to the
governing body of each municipality
served by the company as soon as
necessary studies are completed.
Josltn said the cut in rates will
be about twice aa much as the re-
duction in Federal income taxes re-
ceived by the company this year and
anticipated fc/l965. The CPL rate
reduction also reflects continued in-
crease in the use of electricity by
CPL cuetomers and more efficient
company operation.
“Because the company has main-
tained strict control of its operating
expense, we arc giving our custom*
era the benefit of both the 2 per
cent Federal income tax reduction
already established for 1964 and the
additional 2 per cent tax reduction
scheduled for 1965, Joslin said.'' The
corporate income tax rate will be
48 per cent after both changes go
into effect.
The CPL president said prelim-
inary figures indicated that about
half the total savings realised from
the rate reduction will go to residen-
tial customers, witlj t^e other half
divided among commercial and in-
dustrial users. , .
Despite generally rising prices
and inflation in recent years, Jos-
lin pointed out that CPL has never
asked for a general rate increase
except for a fuel cost adjustment
that amounted to about one-eight of
a cent per kilowatt hour.
CPL has followed the policy of
reducing rates whenever such action
Is made possible by operating eco-
nomies. The power company has
made numerous rate reduc:ions in
pa t yoer , and the average unit cost
of electricity has continued to go
down as customers use more elec-
tricity.
Joslin said that the average CPL
residen ial customer gets about 42
per cent more electricity for hia
money today than at the end of
World War II.
The CPL president said that the
company would continue to apply
its resources generally toward the
goal of providing its customers with
the best possible service at the low-
est possible coat.
Sept.
4
Bishop
Here
11
Aransas Pass
There
18
Robstown
There
25
George West
Here
Oct.
2
Karnes City
There
9
Freer
Here
16
(OPEN)
23
Mathis
•There
30
Goliad
•Here
Nov.
6
Refugio
•There
13
Taft
•Here
Conference Games
County Volunteers
To Attend Firemens
Training Schoool
The San Patricio County Farm
Bureau is sponsoring the attendance
of two volunteer firemen, from this
county, at the 35th annual Texas
Firemens Training School to be held
July 19 25 on the campus of Texas
A&M University at College Station,
according to J. H. Schmalstieg, pres-
ident of San Patricio County Farm
Bureau
Local volunteer firemen planning
to attend are Claude Morris Eich
blatt of Taft and W. H. Loughridge
of Sinton.
The training school is being con
ducted by the Engineering Exten
sion Service in Cooperation with the
Texas Education Agency. The school
furnishes up-to-date training and in-
formation on fire protection and
prevention as well as fire-fighting
techniques. > -
In addition to attending the reg-
ular courses at the school, volun-
teer firemen sponsored by Farm Bu-
reau will also attend two special
seminars July 20 and 21 dealing
with rural fire protection.
Farm Bureau pays $52.50 of the
297 50 tuition for sponsored mem
ben of local volunteer fire depart-
ments This coven lodging and
meals for the one week course.
Across the state, some 59 county
Farm Bureaus are cooperating with
the Texas Farm Bureau Mutual In-
urance Company of Waco in help-
ing defray expenses of 149 volun
teer firemen in attending the school.
Schmalstieg pointed out that
Firm Bureau carries on a year-
round fire prevention and fire pro-
ection program. Joe Smetana, Waco,
Texas Farm Bureau safety director,
has presented a fire prevention
demonstration to 140 schools and 30
clubs in the past year. The TFB Mu-
tual Company alio pays $75 to lo-
cal fire departments answering a
call outside city limits to fight fires
involving property of Farm Bureau
Insureds.
Arturo V. Gonzales
Dies Monday Morning
Arturo Valdez Gonzales, lifetime
resident of Sinton, died at the age
of 67 Monday morning in his home
following a short illness.
Funeral services were held at 10
a m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Guad-
alupe Cathplic Church. Interment
wap in the‘Eternal Rest Cemetery
under toe direction of Starbock Fin-
era 1 Home. ’
He is survived by one sifter, Mrs.
Martina Rendon of Sinton. 1
Funeral Services
Held Saturday
For Mrs. Tello
Funeral mass for Mrs. Guadalupe
Tello, who passed away in Feet
July 7 after a short illness, was cele-
brated July 11 in Our Lady ef
Guadalupe Church. Burial was fee
Eternal Rest Cemetery under the di-
rection of Starbuck Funeral Horae.
Mrs, Tello, 58, moved to Sints
from Mathis in 1959.
Surviving her are three sons, Al-
berto, Estanislado. and Domingo
Tello, all of Sinton; two daughteaa,
Mrs. Rosalia Vega of Mathis aad
Mias Maria Tello of Sinton; time
brothers, Pablo. Pancho, and Heoa
Cadena. all of Wharton; a sister.
Miss Catarina Cadena of Wharton,
and 11 grandchildren.
Farm Safety Week Is
Proclaimed July 19-25
By County Judge Schmidt
County Judge William A. Schmidt
has officially proclaimed July 19-25,
1964, as FARM SAFETY WEEK in
San Patricio County, according to
J. H. Schmalstieg, president of the
local county Farm Bureau. The lo-
cal farm organization is coordinat-
ing activities for the special farm
safety campaign.
President Johnson and Governor
Connally have previously designa-
ted that week on national and state
levels as a period to call attention
“Farm accidents result in over
150 deaths and thousands of disab-
ling injuries in Texas each year.
"Farm accidents are responsible
for needless suffering and incapac-
ity, and greatly effect the economic
well-being and progress of our ag-
ricultural population in our county,
state and nation.
“Throughout this special week, a
statewide farm accident preventlsa
and educational program will be un-
dertaken by the Texas Farm Bureau,
to worthwhile safety practices that the Texas Farm and Ranch Safety
can reduce disabling injuries and
death.
The county farm leader said that
farm accidents have been reduced in
the past few years; however, farm-
ers cannot afford to let down their
guard against accidents. He empha-
sized that fanning remains one of
:he most hazardous occupations in
America today
In his official proclamation, Coun-
ty Judge William A. Schmidt said;
■ All the citiaens of San Patricio
County are concerned about the
safety and well-being of farm fam-
ilies from whom we receive our
abundance of food and other essen-
tial agricultural commodi iw.
Council, the Texas AgrNtaltural Ex-
tension Service, the ihxas Safely
Association and the San Patricia
County Farm Bureau with tba
theme “Safer American Famllioa
Everywhere”.
County Farm Bureau Preside*!
Schmalstieg said that a different
phase of safety would be emphaatooB
each day during the week: Sunday—
reverence for life; Monday—safety
begins at home; Tuesday—agricul-
tural chemicals; Wednesday — pre-
vent falls; Thursday—rural highway
safety; Friday — farm machinery;
Saturday—recreation safety.
NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK PROCLAIMS): County Judga
William Schmidt (seated) is shown as he signs the proclama-
tion for National Farm Safety Week, July .19-25. Pictured, laft
to right, »re San Patricio County Farm Bureau officer*, J. H.
Schmalstieg, president; V. R. Glatson, Jr., 1st vice president!
and Ben Hill, 2nd vice President. (News Photo)
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Tracy, James F. San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1964, newspaper, July 16, 1964; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth710615/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Taft Public Library.