The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 19, Ed. 2 Friday, March 31, 1961 Page: 2 of 2
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COMMISSIONER’S CORNER
(By FRANK CROWLEY, County Commissioner, District 1)
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Vote Early— Voting is apt to be
slow and the lines of the voters
long in the up-coming Senatorial
and City elections.
Dallas County presently owns
645 voting machines in good work-
ing order, plus five others which
may be brought up to snuff, me-
chanically, by April 1. That num-
ber simply wouldn’t stretch to
meet the demand for them during
the April 1-4 period, when in ad-
dition to the special senate con-
test, we will elect local officials
in every county town, and trustees
in every school district as well.
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OF THE MONTH
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ON FRAMED & VENETIAN
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FRIDAY, MARCH 31 AT THE
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PING CENTER. CARNIVAL
RIDES THROUGH SAT.
Requests for machines in these
elections ran to 700. Something
had to give.
There might have been no great
problem had all these elections
fallen on the same day, but the
law directs election of school
trustees on April 1st, and further
directs that after any election,
the results be “sealed” on the
machine for at least 10 days. This
permits a recheck of any doubtful
or deputed returns.
It takes a court order to clear
the machines even after that 10
day period. Consequently, those
machines employed in school
board elections won’t be available
for use three days later in the
senate and city contests.
Well, why don’t we buy more
machines? We will, beyond a
doubt, but these things can’t be
bought like loaves of bread or
neckties from a merchant’s coun-
ter. They are “tailor made,” un-
der contract. The last batch of
machines purchased by Dallas
County cost about $1,700 each, so
it’s no small item we’re talking
about. Moreover, the present de-
mand for them is extraordinary,
occasioned by Vice President
Johnson’s election to two offices
on the same ballot in November.
To reduce the expense of the
special election which had to fol-
low, the Governor set the date for
it to coincide with municipal elec-
tions over the state. It seems to
me that this was the logical and
reasonable thing to do, but it sure
put local election boards in a bind
to furnish equipment and supplies
for three different elections over
one week end.
Happily, officials of all the
cities within Dallas County rallied
to the rescue by agreeing to place
their ballots on the same machines
which list the 71 senatorial hope-
fuls. Together with stringent ra-
tioning of voting machines, this
concession on the part of our
county towns will enable us to do
all our balloting on machines as
usual.
But with hot municipal races in
prospect, charter revisions in some
towns, bond issue questions in
others and the veritable horde of
would be Senators to choose from,
every voter would do well to fa-
miliarize himself thoroughly with
the ballot which will face him be-
fore he enters the voting booth.
Precinct election judges will have
their hands full just sorting out
which voters are entitled to vote
on what particular races or issues.
The going will be slow on April 4.
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Poor Richard says: There’s one
sure way to save, and that’s before
you get it—through payroll sav-
ings where E bonds can be bought
the easy, automatic way.
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MONDAY, APRIL 3
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The Carrollton Chronicle — Friday, March 31, 1961
RE-ELECT
Wm. K. “Bill” Russell
School Trustee, Sat. April 1
Will continue to willingly devote the necessary time for
the further advancement and improvement of the entire
School District. Will attempt to fairly represent the inter-
est of all school patrons.
(Pol. Adv. Paid For By Friends)
Donna Sample One
Of 5 JA Finalists
Five Dallas County teen-agers
were named as the top five Jun-
ior Achievement salesmen at Fri-
day night’s semi-finals contest,
sponsored by the Dallas Sales Ex-
ecutives Club.
These Junior Achievers will
compete for the best JA Salesman
Award on Friday, April 7, before
the membership of the Club at
the Dallas Athletic Club.
The five finalists are: Donna
Sample of Lewisville, and Kay
Dudley, Bob Foulks, Joan Keese,
and Richard Stern, all of Dallas.
Miss Sample, formerly of Farm-
ers Branch, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Bell Sample, who now
reside at Route 3, Lewisville.
The five finalists were chosen
in a semi-final contest made up
of 28 top teen-age salesmen and
saleswomen. These 28 had earned
the right to enter the semi-finals
by rating high in the Dallas Coun-
ty contest which was open to the
top three sales personnel of the
42 JA Companies in the area.
There are over 600 teen-agers in
the County area participating in
Junior Achievement.
The young salesman named No.
1 on April 7 will receive $50 in
cash, a trip to Miami, Fla. to com-
pete in the regional sales contest,
a trip to the National JA Confer-
ence at Ohio State University in
August, and a trophy.
PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
HOW TO VOTE CONSERVATIVE
Tuesday, April 4-FOR U. S. SENATOR
WM. A. (BILL) BLAKLEY
BLAKLEY
Remember this slogan:
VOTE 61 in ’61
Pull down lever over FIRST NAME ON BOTTOM LINE,
No. 61 on Senatorial ballot, Dallas County voting machines.
KEEP BILL BLAKLEY IN THE U. S. SENATE
Pol. Adv. Paid For By Edward J. Drake
BOYD NEWMAN
Sincerely believing that I can contribute to an
efficient and progressive city government for Car-
rollton I have submitted my name as candidate for
City Council.
*1 AM 39 YEARS OF AGE.
* PRACTICING ATTORNEY FOR 12 YEARS.
* RESIDING WITH MY FAMILY ON SPRING AVE.
* I SOLICIT YOUR VOTE AND INFLUENCE.
-BOYD NEWMAN
(Paid Pol. Adv.)
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Sindik, Nicholas J. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 19, Ed. 2 Friday, March 31, 1961, newspaper, March 31, 1961; Carrollton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth728556/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.