The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 31, 1969 Page: 6 of 10
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¥**$<*■ !BUN £~~T* ?*, T#x«e, Wudnatdty, Dec 31. 1969
f know
they’ll be heme
NOT
HOMELESS
I’ve seen to that with
Hartford Life's
Mortgage Protection Plan.
It will pay my family
the cash to cover
the outstanding mortgage
balance on our home
if l die. And if I’m disabled
and can't work,
'he Plan provides
an income to meet
the monthly mortgage
payments.
Hounds Win Tourney
In Rockpor Tuesday
You can Icam
more about it
by calling ,..
A. C. TUT I", Agent
mmnrn 528 2421 Taft,
Hartford Fin# litauranc* Company
Tbi* !!->i*nd cage team -uU-ivd
Ui. ir third touimmeiu ul the
« tii* Toas! oi the Coast
18 tmamt nt in ICoekpurf and
cm r. < d as tiu* champion* t in
t'\ till St'COfid Util' tin' 11-
haw won, iiu> prevtou-Uy
the Ketugio tourfk > »nti innsh* d
sci iirwi to Norton in the ['aft Tour-
iiiinu'iit,
i t i took on Kenedy in th
Ur.rt g.'iH'i md euii plelejy
ed the ulitc l3i.»3vtl iJ«ijr%, HtKiS.
Kerry one ■ :>t ns tin . true tor
’l a.t and ■•••». -T.v’me scored John-
ny Mbyy (wiccil the I. k 11 sron •;
with "‘V pojnts, it*' .wt off f.<• ;
start in tin fh M cjuai ter
'Util K ir hi ; > • Us -i.'id 2 ii
throws. Don Taylor tame
ths’o.,,,i; with 2M The Hvi.r
was never eke* a r\cn the end
a ibe first quarto when Tait
led M-!2.
Advancing in the win tv rs
bracket. Taft pla;, d K ttt« Ci-
ty in th • rend a a me. Tu'l won
tie' one atK$6, with J*;4inny Mayo
a ain t<'"id ref all rtorers with If"!
ja.intSrorinsr tor Taft was
spread between H players. Kar-
nes Oty stayed fairly Hose until
the 'I'd (juarter when th v hit
a co'd ‘freak and only men r* l
::
In Hi. 0,imiti..ns!.i:. round
T ‘I i < .n ■ f. ■■'1 ■. •!
G I' ulv.'du'i'd to I he finals uv
l..(■...Jit:•, Aratis.r f‘>i«5s i i«Ii< - n
the dn
tim Wilitr.il
tt. Hound,
77-rd fit.
senr-d in .
ki ll! it <■)•,-
C Hit
CROSSROADS
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ii‘»fr prlma ^
t he f#* ^4
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Country Hick
Is Tiling Of
the
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ill o i i,
4e that ; re
Wi
ten aft} !*.;ta d *<» the rut U |>»»l
latton wtW have' »•. I ■ h ei'id
the mass ..f ri.-a-e. tali
<a iheetilr-ded m lari a e n
t k- ■
hi, who was discharged
Artr.y in Jtdy, wjs re-
rd d U * B'r.nrc ^tar
> i n »n utr.oe from
i to ’ C While hi the
- "ot - -io- ,e. asvardit (IS
t ,so pUrv:Ie i’-Csi r t ••, ! wa •. 0m«ren■
flat on medaK w ‘ a V to* vah>c
and WfU fve n .* pl3;J.K for SIS*
« dance tthe f»v i a*«ct officera
of his unit. He i1"* the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Matilde Sohz Of Taft,
V
ir* tl
il,< d f<y me, i
are tovfei j
*ww ci*m<y;i
’l'1 '<!<':l»gsadi
locals
.-ik ,ifi i
I ir t N.v imi'il 1’. Mk nv
The Post
(I E '
Watch Night
Stririce sit
local Church
Cotton Group
To Meet m
Toff Jan. 6
ROCKPORT TOURNAMENT
1st GAME
TAR (89)
KENEDY (38)
There will be a watch night Th- San Patririo ('. sinty Ai-
service at 11 ,50 on December Pliate oi ^?E.ith T .is C»tiitn atwi
31 in the Ksther Hodg'.* CTiiifw! Grain As>- >.' i/iti-n o'>' in Til i! •
of the first United'Methodist m-etinR on Tuesday.
Qpureh. The public is invitixl to
attend. Alont* with ti,- short
service there w,li be Holy Com-
munion, with the Rev. Robt.
Vaughan in charge.
i«l Cross Gels
Thank You Mole
From Vietnam
The Sun Patricio Owmt; , > t i >•■
ter ot the American Red (’pis.
received h Christmas card from
a serviceman in Vietnam o k-
niwvlcdgui;’ receipt of a 'Ditty
Rag” which was packed hj S in
Patricio Count.' Council Vi \V.
Indies Auxiliary find nailed b.v
Red Cress. The serviceman
wrote: "One again you r ■
be cotmm nd. d for nother >..i
well dune. Your co-'Vork r over
here arc doing a splendid i< i.
My faith in my fellow Ameri-
can, is again stromp';. Thunk
you so much hu voui helpiiEg Ol.lu
bimd to an imklntwa felkr.v away 1 r a
Jan. 6 at 6 ;.">(> p in. in th- Must
Klententary School Cuieteria in
Taft.
Topics o! discussion durimt
the program will he: i Msar-.>;«4i
ol 1970 Cotton md Grain ITo-
grams; Fut ura out took for Apr.-
eillt'sro ppi'.Tams; Klci.ti >n of
Officer-:; .’it’d Adopt.nu t.'..1.1(11 y
Re olutions.
AsikM'iiition County Presi-
dent, Woodrow Hart of Sinton,
as!:.si all county meinhers to he
in . ttendnnee f<: this most im-
portant rnectim; tor the n.-tion
and ■'rain pnsluecr. Mr. Halt
■ staled that all intere .:. d
I ;oda. er , Jnnd-oW"< r ; aud husi-
n* ■ .< n are i l.-omc t- attend.
Mayo
Taylor
Huestis
Washington
Burch
Rayborn
Green
Howard
Flinri
Hicbman
Totals
FG
15
FT
7
2
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
1
73 15
TP
37
20
12
2
2
4
2
3
2
5
89
led
III ■
* tlire
,11-
1
Taft
Kenedy
24
12
2
52
20
3
74
29
4
89
38
2nd GAME
TAFT (50) KARNES CITY (36)
Cutler. St at I' .*1
th- "< ■ nti.v 1 el;
Pm ! . ’ mi I • if tod i
a ■ it. .i arid hi I!-'r
urb.ai founteiv.ii
!■ ■ R .. ri I’.n.u n. I .\t ns: .n vo-
-i-t at T. V is A&M i.Titv -
sity.
Itn.ivrt says the -r'eatest
■ h ui in the past half cent>4Ty
is what is called "Cultural uni-
formity " '.vhieh means that ru-
ral and urban p-npi, arc uliki.
A.-riculture has achi'aed clo-
ser equaliiy with industry in ev-n th,
t1 rms .il a .. .ida1 ie cr d l with tn-td w
pr.idui lion asset vnlues c.mtin-
cally rfsirus In 1917 Brown vuys
there were six million farms
m Arm Tie i with 26 million peo-
j*fin tin rn ■•md a total farm
<bl t of a edit I- ten billion dol-
lar-. Tialav. the fa,-re
t:ons has dfopfied to ten mii-
hon -Mth the number of farms
only half that of lfti'i The d. hf
has iriear-sed by mol. th.iu five
Unwanted Courtesy
Cards Should
Be L 3/ J
S (
Lighting
Contest Won
By Dcssett
,rd Mm W vj
'•'me Hiekmun ^.
T...
"" Und '•-">> J
v*,. ■
-,!f .*t>d Mrs Lfeli
' am,min m,-i
•v ■’ fn.m wT1
! 1' ‘!w Tim iTi^l
• '* "r’! h-niOp
Cut ami d -
Id - -.1 ad
sty.
!; u.dv
State
a Iroy . ini- d
vislsio l.ioiia de a..
si.ai home ni.Ui'i-.araait.
i'.l 11 i, ■ \ a - •.... !
This (dimipal.*. kei ;a.l
of Hieni ninm: ■ o■■
stolen card. Ily to - pa, , i
dit i aril v. aj ha . : eept-d th
terms under whi, h it : ■■ ■
.h no formal ... r-
m.ad> .
I'nsoli'a'e'l la. dit Cards
arrive tl.oU'.d) flu mail
hanks. ,.(• romp.iris.s. .
parttricT;*
Mr.
»’a;i
h r new
„md is tiroken
l" U •!.■ -. Ill
I- !
pit.s
e 'l
Ir u
de-
Kcst Noth
Hank mot <•
V It t ):■
i *
• and
t lor,.
K->r-tv
LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. Tnni'"':
were a vav ill ia-t uas-k
t isiteil tin i! -.. .1, . .ft:,: r.!>
a in : anil i: -oh. d I' - .
!!. l-n
iUildin
moors -o
•; Crop
f Hi T '
t a (
Vr.llfM. f
fa- fa
’ > 1 t
vis yar«!
U- ' VVif if C
g r un
• .n 111
JUi.sNeS.
\ia- Jam
<(f^ e, -•;,.
es l*
•ay IS1
>sm a*,
on th
■v'/hii ii‘- i-j
'■A ’I ' - ! : .’f ,
sab s
f a \ 11 y
\* .. i i fi
SOP.!
■tt.
pea Jr
‘•‘C WXir-'X
who live3
on H-laf
ia V.
'in a ■.
Koch HV.it!
■tt Up.
Taft dr-
Tn-esa nf -d
a i
hbifpX'a
0;>!hTj i
ertdi
ng lon.T
t-m
laav-d
: ,Or
nr
*d First
turn.
lit,/ nr
a b.aid-
'bhe T.l
■"* elf
y;» • d
featured
.tv I >
Uch {
b ‘d its r?
the ho
men end* ?!
1 )JH
i horses.
in a bb;
n Top.
:! a. th--
drink
in e}r.»_
1 . ?
d a, e;
s" fU' Hilts
:e HO?
•nr Hore
d'.-n bre.,\
I! Of th
. d tin
~ * ;• J t<
‘.vchue ,
bead
d Mrs. M j J
■ >" Port AnhurjJ
*•'• Mf.nrlsy jsjl
■' Gel and Qtwtii. *J
Mr Eind Mm.
'."ai - n of Rasenhtrji
! ” •.....d*r 2 to m ('
■ Mn>. Thelma
I Mrs. J B fe|
h lie hen? MIS ,
Rain
LOCAI.S
IOCALS
from home at iius tin ,
Sincmdy, Jim
Mrs .1-dm Cu!)i t ol Tulsa.
eauie hy plan: Monday
. .t of scy. tail di vs w ilh
Mayo
Taylor
Hucstis
Washington
Burch
Rayborn
Green
Hov/ard
Fhrm
Hirkman —
Tofals
FG
8
5
1
1
1
)
1
0
0
1
19
FT
7
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
c
12
F
1
1
1
3
2
I
0
1
i
1
12
TP
23
12
3
2
2
4
7
0
0
2
50
tiinei and i- ibout -\enly divid th. ir ti■,
oi \ear".
her IX- is 'its
.Mayo.
and M. , C II
Taft 15
Karnes City 8
2
33
18
3
42
21
4
50
36
We’ve
0 long
come
way
3rd GAME
,-d between 'i .irt e
term ohlh?Hti**ns.
Are, ■> :i In to H, « ri. ! o>. ,■:r
l'Tili and 11K.8 the fahor input
v.'iis (lit in Ii ill with gui.iitities
, f larif'.al ;v . , r men a .e<i
!ia per,amt Ttie. us- ol }■ rtili-
/!•'a .-ind timing mat. rial nearly
d-."hied arid ih< liurniH i ,,j per-
• ii d by , ai'li Ians work,-;'
In illy trijil.-d,
Ir, 1IGP !!;(■ - a A: . - j, an
i ..aiei-ei i”.I .'arm had |- ,d:i, tm
• t of SI3:!.<)'*1 1 1 th.
value of |ji'.,|,ieliori
aeli fa rm s ■: k- a is
fitit). Tin value ,t mar
mot, r vehcles alon,
h i ' . h farm work- i
The hit lire \PI
and sh. .rt- . ,n otlu n I at i
Gue r gucstinfSr.ail
• oi. Wondiaisd ^ ty
■ w tv Mr. .'if*) & j
"d- >' CVfim fel
Jfny fer ajj
1 \h H/td Mm. ifettH
If, !.ily nf
j • -.d und RSfejf
' i it ml 'heir fMtoxt
SALE Of CHRISTMAS CART’S AND DECOIATfOlW,
r.N0? I '.DA i OTHER SA’F VALUES CONWd*
NEXT WEEK
SENSATIONAL
els top
111 S1U -
••IV it'd
S', Out)
JANUARY
Tovrs 8 30 to 5:30
’•>/ GREEN AVE D
50% off«
T t£D*
.MJ,l‘v-w^
full
»• • •
jF
g/mmrnnMm
STATE
BANK
TAFT (77)
G-P
(55)
!' •• 111:ri;: . is \ : ! ,. i hi.;i
FG FT
F
TP
a r.iown ■ -its. Col-
i. * 1 < . . ). i I'lriin i .. . , * - 1 f ! / , d
M.iyn
13 9
1
35
11 ‘ >• 1 1 iZ.UIll. C. ...11 if. '<>( (3
iti an increasing role in the hiirh-
Taylor
8 5
1
21
iy con"p* titive Amt-iv. an food
Huesfis
5 2
2
12
marie •(.
Burrh
3 1
3
7
l rntunliy liveslvK-k will b»
Howard
0 0
1
0
to'A't» out on nne-thijd b.-ios fjs (1
Hickman
1 0
0
2
end nt *>ne.tbird less time than
i- d»>ne t»r sently. fJrown soys
1
2
3
4
that i>ioloicic.'d an ! sjM'eifie* che-
Taft
18
43
60
77
mical methods will eliminate
G-P
14
26
42
55
funny of the insert, population
I-
ES MOW m FULL SWEIsiG!
Christmas Gift Wraps ANS ®
Christmas Decoration*
' - d : i if Yoi Buy Now fs N«xt ftd
SAVE
CASH!
declines lurth.-r, the valms of
Tax Oiiestions
- When .’.ill 1 -t the form-
T nrod t‘> file my 1:M>4.j ineorno
tax rut urn?
A - Taxpayers will rccrivo
t: ■ ii lVirniv l.y mail around tim
I t of the year. Kxtia copi,
• >f the forms and iiY.tMirtions,
S' *' \ < who n< < d trr». will
hr available in January at all
IILS of;,• • s, and at
hunks and post <Jfieos.
Nott- that in tin.* forms pn k-
npe you u ill rceohv in the mail,
will be .additional furm-v
tn*sid"s the basin < ne-page E'orm
KHO. Thf" :t»' pi’ovided foi* v<»ur
cdiivenit-n i* in ease you need
them.
Wp < Senate that Tl million
taxp,i\<‘f will nood only the «»n«*
p.aa Form 1010 whib 22 million
' ther taxpayer^ v. ill need tsi al-
ia eh only ore additional form.
How do I tr( > about raising
my estiniate<i tax declaration,
Tne last few months business
was better than I • \|K*rted
A The adjustment can »x* fm-
ured on the worksheet you us-
ed to . orr.put >i/in initial * sfi-
mated tax dcclar.itiiAn and f*ay-
rnent. ii you have misplaced
your com, contact \otir local
IRS offif'e
When yott mak'- the arj«:j ♦ -
merit in vour estunated tax > -
generally d* d
A ft'-ms an
Hedhlc in the y.-.o th. v are p ,d
Ii you j-ay tie- - sc ri*.*rjt*■* 1 (."%]*efi>C’.s(
in 1!“'.), thru they an deductibl •
on your ihoj tax return.
Q - !>• tl(- (e»>t ol fixin • up the
barn on rm farm d*-d m-tihl*■?
A - lb•;».»ir and inaintenaru • t-»
baiidin - and etjuiprnejit < d in
twkI local jarminy are dedu» t hie farm bus-
ext>t rise-: However, \\hen
• xjm risr s of this nature material-
ly add to the value of the proper
t> 1 *f af»;>f •>'Mi.!;, extend its life,
they mu-t f>* < apitaiized.
’•’■•r examplt. if you n pait the
roof of your barn, tin* expense
i> d*'ducfd>!e It you refilaee
the r»*of. the cost must be capit-
alized.
Q- If ,i baby is Ijorn in I)*•,. n-
ber, • an the p; rents still claim
the full $b00 d > ndenev e\i nis>
tun ?
A - Yes the full SfJOO exempt-
H'U mas be claimed f<n a child
born in December as Ion*: as
tlie otliet- dejK'tidency tests are
met 'The $t»00 **\enipfir>n i”. not
hllitv
don t fo
• t th.a
H» SH
wm
i percent
whin the
OF TAFT, TEXAS
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What si,,,,
r-finti"
A. Tim
fi—'. ovi-,
-rip of tin
do Hot r. ,
form*- li-f.
don ofjii -
the n.
K-op in
out <>: ih-
oia' fo Kngland soon
■ iy s-v-r.il months
I Id-, ;i in nit my tax
Till of-
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If vou
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Guthrie, Keith. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 31, 1969, newspaper, December 31, 1969; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth749140/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Taft Public Library.