The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 14, 1959 Page: 2 of 12
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insurance r*> | lowanrc of moo per
.••Minty agent w+;ili- u
soar,i car will he
|when the pick-up i*
is and his use in carrying .
ii»> j-, f tun Offi. ••. Tfo I",
jfiay the .«Ta»i*maJ <■
fc-up,
v part-time secret
premium on a group
licy for county officials anti <ninty
employees unless that amount of
money has been <J
the salaries of the
employee# so cover,
iiey.
In ;i special mectit c ./ 1 ■ f cc
missioner# Court h,-»«l F• ’*•
lHe court pa*soil a resolution an.
hail it placed on Hi* n.»> .•
|hc court that "San f’a’ri. :•> ( >
purchase, at the expense of hw
coun'tv group health an-i a. ■ i<«en
in»ur«iM'C on all elccicl ■-(!.,• /if
county employes with ,r
insurance company wish hi-i'dtjuai
in 1 >allas. The cos; c>! s i t
al the rate of J.;X
COURT
Mr. and Mrs, Flinn have made
their home In Simon since he re-
ceived his law degree ir> 1953 They
have three children, Beth. htf,
Amy, two, and Rob, who recently
rounded out. his first year ot ace j
FI inn went into private practice
as soon as he had graduated trom j
law school, and he expresses
appreciation
and guidunc
men
the 36th and
FLINN
t»ae« a — TM« TAFT TmiWlHK—Toft, T**., W«Jn*Sd»y,
Continued From f»a«e f
to earn a high school diploma be-
fore he could even begin prepar-
ing himself for a college degree
and a career had its bl«< k moments
for Flinn. But he held to the con-
viction that an education is attain-
able for a)! young people in Amer-
ica who truly yearn for that ad-
vantage.
When he was mustered out of
server in M.,reh IMS Flinn was
approaching his 21st. birthday. If
was a real challenge for him to
Teacher
• * .........-~n an
of th. f t¥ ouragement
•e given him by the
in the legal field who serve
156th Judicial ths-
.riots. "These men have tu-iped me
immeasurably in my profession a,
career upon which 1 -1 ho,1 years
ago launched out And to no
friends everywhere, and especially
to those in the Taft area, 1 shall
j always owe a debt of gratitude
for their splendid encouragement
j Just when the going would get hard
i'here would be a Iriend or relutivi
| to give me that boost o! cneuur-
Iagement to keep me moving ahead
| said Flinn.
I Fi nn threw his hat into the po-
iitieal ring asking for the outlet
of district attorney, with Richard
Hatch of Aransas Pass and Rocky
Harkey of Sirrton as his opponents,
j Harkey was eliminated itotn the
1 race a> the July Primary election
and Hatch was defeated by Flinn
m the <tenoral Kleclimi
The East Elementary School has
enjoyed the use of their new cudi-
tortum by scheduling each room
for a program during Ihe year.
The program* are usually about
30 minutes long and each child
h«# a part in his room’s program.
They are held every other Friday
afternoon during the term and two
performances are given each time
in order to accomodate our large
enrollment and the parent*
Mrs, Kirk'* and Mrs, Huber's
programs are scheduled in Janu*
ary.
Mrs Kirk’s room will have "The
Gingerbread Boy," an operetta, at
l-is" p.m. and .2:15 p.m. Friday
January tne 16. Mrs. Huber’s room
will have "Chicken Lichen", an
monitm. at 1:45 p.m, and 2:15
The District University Interocho-
Jastic League literary meet will
be held in Taft. High School on
April A. J3». This 18 8 ,«»rt of our
activity pro^nun. The high school
tMcttera are working on these ac~
tivittaj. The following sponsors
have bean chosen to get the pro-
gram going1 , ,
Oshirte Chaw, Barber, deelant-
Btkfn - Mis* Ape! poetry road-
*ig -.....Mrs. Davis, extemporaneous
Speech - Mr Ashley, one-act play
Mr. Ashley, journalism — Mr.
’ifaroey. ready writing ..... Mr. Bar-
tier mid Mr. Ashley.
Spelling and plain writing —
Mis* Threadgilt, number arnae--
Mr. Seesom. Mr. Hodman and Mr.
Harrow, slide rule -- Mr. Vincent
»vwt typewriting and ahorrhand ---
Mina Mayfield.
ni'inth,
On the mine*I of ffum
tohn Mint; Mrs Gc-nevitwH
I win Graham was appobiMfl
: tary lor the district attonj
|salary of 315(1 per wl
iSan I’u'ncto County'*
Min,; salary to be $78 pry 9
i The dislrli t -itforney *m9
•be .s paying Mr*. CnUJ
, Ims been hi# private seerdfl
Hie past two years, a
i lary out of his personal t-.3m
t>-n the recjis-s' ot jJS
j tiie Pence Frank Markinn
n salary oasis, uns >1 / t,.ls
n ot procedure in paying the insurance was
ansa lion for .he handling of m0„th for each of the ,r,
unites of title was made in ,|n(1 emplovi ex lac . ed by the in-
mrf, with the amount set at S!lr:imThe nwnrv a Go paid the
cr month. first month premium on in.surar.ee
auditor then called to the covering hie dependants <•' such
um „f (he court that it is uffi.-uis ami employees Bn*. Ihcre
ermissihie for a eourUy uuih .ifir.-i, the oflicial# mid He cm-
i issue a check to pay the payees had hi pay the ,n» iranc.-
„r ' their dependants. The < *sl of
----------- - )(;h defs’niLii.- s' •asuninee being
whum Flinn succeeded, Stmt I $5.95 pei family pc; ...... ‘be
op) mined to the office lo | county .-t-wlit-.-r d ;hat Line w o
t attorney when John Miller . authorized lodcdut toe x> 'a .cm
appointed to the o'fiee ol *i!-a> oi co n "!b, ,.o a" i
>f judge of l)u> 36th Judicial j employee <or the !• ;r>nd. . -1 in
ot which had hivn trade xa-i >jr ipc-. -,f p- i off;- . • .-r employis’
hv the death of the veteran jwished la t >:■.[. the .....
■ IV, G. Gayle in 1956 < Miller jpis or her ilojwntt.ih’ Lot tic
■leeled -i the judgeshiii of the , ■■ >;ii> p I<1 the n.r f“ "cm
Judicial District Court to sur- i ft„ tae e,-mty JL ■ • ' *
him*i?lf at the first (teperaf pi,,,-- • tmmi—’e e. ‘Fro ■■■>: u
ion foikAving his afipontment ,w.,« plena! tor i:i
e judgeship by Gov. l'r:< < ,-our! e.dri ed into i di- is
•1.) !Stoll of the nvttt-r of group n-
y aim IS justice for all as 1 |suram 1 !■•’ uffier-i’s and .an;/, yn-s
as your district aitorney ’. j following *he cxpuirt ito’i. mad- id
fr hrt !i i,i ’i.:o!i ri,, , ritilv aaddor , ■ to tip* mar
A number at the high school
touchers and student* went to the
activities conference in s
student ...
Kingsville, Saturday, Jan. 10. They
met in sett.ons and worked on
these topics.
higher education and a profession- i(.ra,,(, party ever sin. <• he co-
al career. tered the iegai field. He served
In May ;»47 Flinn received his j ;ls omanty ehairman for Steven-
high school diploma and the great- Jon :W-Kj Kefouvor. and wax in-
esi hurdle had been made, from | strum(>nt’al in those two i andidate#
here on out he was a college stu- for the Nation’s top office* carry-
dent, .md definitely on Ins way to! im, g,n Patricio Co in the 1956
a career. Genera! Election.
He entered Southwestern Univcr- js a men,ten- of the San
sity that faii after having filled in pft rj('jo Co fl.,r Association, 36th
toe summer workng as a "rough-. w,jtr;c| Bar Association, State Bar
neck" m an oil field. While *H Association and the Ameri. an Bar
Tine Taft High School girls’ phy-
sical education classes arc study-
ing first aid. Among the topics to
foe studied are: the why and how
Of first aid, wounds, shock, artifi-
cial respiration, poisoning, injur-
ies, burn* common emergencies.
TV students wlU practice admiria-
tertng a* much first aid as pos-
sible.
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rwArar vehicle tax beer tax, and
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itman
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Guthrie, Keith. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 14, 1959, newspaper, January 14, 1959; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth712248/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Taft Public Library.