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ARAGRAPHS
By BILL DOVE
Much discussion has been
heard this week on the Presi-
dential election that will be
held on November 8.
Up until now all that came
our way was supporters of the
Nixon-Lodge ticket, but there
are supporters of Kennedy and
Johnson ip our midst it was
noted this week.
Over at the Courthouse on
just about every desk Ken-
nedy-Johnson stickers could be
found and some folks- came
right out and committed them-
selves as supporting the Dem-
ocrats.
And then there is a large
number who haven't made- up
their minds and don’t know
just what they will do. Some
folks have said “lit just stay
home on election day.
Of course, anyone doing
this, would be making a dread-
ful mistake. We’ve a I f got to
get out there and cast our. vote.
With the Great Debates and
all of the other discussion on
the candidates, surely every
voter can make up his mind
to at least vote.
Here is a poem that was
published in the Westfield,
New Jersey, Leader. That’s
way up in the heart of Yankee
Land, but folks all over the
country are the same way
about voting. It might do some
of us East Texans good to
read it. Here’s the verse:
REGISTER AND VOTE
When Nikita and Nina paid
us a call,
Veddy proper, and all like
that,
They made it quite clear to
all who would hear
That elections in Russia aren't
pat!
The people all go to the polls
to vote!
(They’d better if they plan to
•at!)
And caQ vote f« they choose
—air tfteir 6fcn views
If, of course, they agree with
‘Nikit!’
Now here, we can go to the
polls or stay home—
It’s an individual matter.
But when we use our voice we
have a choice!
So much for Nikita's smooth
patter.
The very fact that you don’t
have to vote
Is reason ertough for doing it!
The future is bright when your
vote is your right
If it’s the U.S. from which you
are viewing it.
• * »
Jack Briggs, band director
at Livingston High School, has
been working with a group of
students and through their ef-
forts, have come up with a
choral group that you might
keep your eye on.
We don’t like to keep sing-
ing the praises of any One
group all of the time, but it
seems that the Livingston
band bunch at the High School
has always got something
cooking.
We heard the students ren-
der some songs under the cap-
able leadership of Briggs this
week and saw that they highly
impressed their audience.
Watch this group and if you
ever get a chance to hear
them, don’t pass it up.
• • *
Absentee balloting started
the 19th. If you can’t be in
your respective precinct on
election day, vote absentee
now.
• * •
There is at least one thing
that we know of that both
Presidential candidates are in
complete accord on, and that
is the United Nation’s Chil-
dten’s Fund.
Vice President Richard Nix-
on commended UNICEF for
“helping to break intolerable
patterns of sickness, hunger
and ignorance,’' while Sen.
Kennedy praised UNICEF’s
part in breaking down “the
artificial barriers of nationality
and ideology which so often
impede government to govern-
ment assistance.’’ hi
A drive to collect funds for
UNICEF will be made locally
by youngsters dressed as
spooks on Hallowe’en night in
Livingston and many other
communities.
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VOLUME 79 10c Per Single Copy Livingston, Texes, Thursday, October 20, I960 12 Pages Today Number f%
CITY ELECTRIC RATE COT
PERMIT SPECIFIES
Lake Livingston Dam Must
Be Finished
Months
A permit to appropriate public
waters of the State of Texas was
filed for record at the Polk County
Clerk's office last week by the
City of Houston and the Trinity
River Authority.
Houston and TRA jointly filed
with the State Board of Water
Engineers, application No. 2139
on September 23, 1959, which asked
permission to construct a dam on
the Trinity River near Livingston.
The permit asked for an annual
appropriation of 1,254,400 acre-feet
of water by impounding continu-
ously 1,750,000 acre-feet of the
public waters of the State.
After some months of hearings,
the permit was granted on the 29th
day of March.
The permit granted by the
Board specifies that the Permit-
tees are authorized to construct
the dam before acquiring any right
to divert any water.
In legal Jargon, the permit
states the location of the dam in
this manner: The centerline sta-
tion of such dam bears South 14
degrees 45 feet West 7,840.18 feet
from the southwest corner of the
Thonyas Stubblefield Original Sur-
vey, Abstract No. A-525, in Polk
County, distant in a southw^Kerly
direction from Livingston, 5.25
miles.
The permit allows Houston and
TRA to use 134,000 acre-feet of
water each year for the purpose
of municipal use; 1,070,400 acre-
feet of water yearly for indus-
trial use, and 50,000 acre-feet an-
nually for the purpose oi irriga-
tion. This is a total of 1,254,400
acre-feet per year.
Under the conditions of the per-
mit, the City of Houston is auth-
orized to divert and use 94,000
acre-feet of water per annum for
the purpose of municipal use and
808,000 acre-feet of water per an-
num for the purpose of ^industrial
use and to divert all of said water
from the watershed of the Trinity
River and use the same in the wa-
tersheds of Buffalo Bayou and the
San Jacinto River and the coastal
watersheds of Harris County, Gal-
veston County, western Chambers
County and western Liberty Coun-
ty.
For the Trinity River Authority,
the permiit allows them to divert
and use 40.000 acre-feet of water
per annum for the purpose of
municipal use, 261,000 aere-feet
per annum for the purpose of In-
dustrial use, and 50,000 acre-feet
per annum for the(purpose of Ir-
rigation use.
In naming the appropriations of
water to Houston and the TRA, the
permit specifies that the waters
shall be made available for bene-
ficial uses without discrimination
and permittee’s right to supply
water to the named areas shall not
be exclusive.
The permit authorizes the City
of Houston to construct a pumping
station or plant to divert their
share of the water. Location of
the pumping plant is to be on the
right bank of the river at a point
which bears South 84 degrees 52
feet 10 inches East 15.894.51 feet
from the northwest corner of the
J. A. Williams Survey, Abstract
No. 119, Liberty County, Texas,
with a diversion rate not to ex-
ceed 1.700 cubic feet of water per
second of time.
The permit states that the per-
mittees are required to operate
the dam and reservoir in conjunc-
tion with the salt water barrier
dam and reservoir near the town
of Wallisville.
The Permittees are authorized
to use the bed and banks of the
Trinity River from the reservoir
to the points of diversion for the
purpose of transporting the stored
waters.
TIME SPECIFIED
The permit states that the con-
struction of the dam and pimping-
plant shall begin w i t H i n 24
months and completed within 60
months unless otherwise ordered
by the Board.
Failure of the permittees to
comply with these time limits
would cause the permit to lapse.
An extension of time could be
given by the Board.
A statement must be filed with
the Board ten days after actual
construction has started, showing
that the permit is being complied
with according to its specifica-
tions.
The permit Is signed by Dur-
wood Manford, Chairman, R. M.
Dixon, and O. F. Dent, members
of the State Board of Water En-
gineers.
Tremendous New Wealth
Seen In Texas Forests
United Fund 'Special Gifts
Division' Reports *2,000
The United Funds “special gift
division" reported in this week
with approximately $2,000.00 in
donations according to General
Chairman Dr. Mayo McClain.
“This goes to prove that the
businessmen of Polk County are
truly civic minded and want to
share their part of the respons-
ibility in making the Consolidated
Funds drive a success," McClain
said.
The General Chairman also sta-
ted that several people have asked
in the past few days how they
can help.
If you are a businessman and
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures and rainfall for
the week of October 11 through
October 17, as reported by Harold
Haley, local weather observer, are
as follows:
Date
High Low Rain
October 11 .....
58
Cctober 12 .....
.. 89
56
October 13 .....
.. 89
61
October 14 .....
.. 89
63
October 15.....
.. 79
58
October 16 .....
64
October 17 .
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PI Foorecast for the future antder
If two key forecasts of a federal
agency are realized, tremendous
new wealth could be generated
for the citizens of Texas.
Not only would fresh economic
blood flow to all kinds of exilstlng
business, but also many new In-
dustries would be introduced to
the state. Texas’ economy could be
bolstered by as much as 1% billion
dollars a year in additional busi-
ness.
The two predictions, issued by
the United States Forest Service,
are these:
1. Present value of Southern for-
est products can be doubled or
tripled by full realization of pro-
gressing forest management.
2. Eventually, the nation’s lum-
ber production will be concen-
trated in the South.
Such possibilities will head the
agenda at state and local obser-
vances of National Forest Products
Week, proclaimed by President
Eisenhower for this week. —
Texas is a leading lumber pro-
ducing state. Which of her citizens
Spooks
Treat' For
With the usual Halloween slo-
gan “Trick or Treat,” the door-
bells will be rung by spooks on
Saturday, October 29, with the
"Trick or Treat for UNICEF.”
This year, as in the past, a fund
raising campaign for UNICEF
(United Nations Children’s -Fund)
will be held by the usual spooks
and goblins under the sponsorship
of the Women’s Society of Chris-
tian Service and MYF of the First
Methodist Church. The pennies
and nickels donated this night
will go to help the needy children
in UN countries over the world.
The Halloween ghosts and gob-
lins working for this cause will
have on arm bands of orange and
black so that donors may be as-
sured that their donations are
going to UNICEF.
The children will be trotting
around in masks and sheets as
usual, but they have volunteered
to donate the pennies and nickels
you give them to UNICEF. This
UNICEF program Is sponsored
throughout the United States by
the U.S. Committee for UNICEF.
Not only has this program proven
of great educational value to
American children, but it has also
replaced the destruction that us-
ually accompanies Halloween with
supervised, constructible fun.
Whether you give a penny, a
nickel, a dime, your coin in a
UNICEF container will be tripled
—each country receiving UNICEF
aid matches the contribution two
to one. And don’t underestimate
the power of a penny. Put to work
by UNICEF, It can provide enough
vaccine to protect a child against
TB, or supply five large glasses of
milk.
Add four more pennies, and
there is enough to supply penicil-
lin to cure a child of yaws. Many
of the disease afflicting millions of
children all over the world dent-
ate, cripple or kill. Thanks to
UNICEF programs of control and
prevention, these same children
will grow to be productive adults,
able to contribute to the welfare
and progress of their own country
rather than becoming a burden to
humanity.
So. that penny or nickel or dime
you give a youngster Halloween
night has a long and happy future.
The program of Trick or Treat
for UNICEF has now been adopt-
ed in over 10.000 towns and cities
in the country. In many caaes, M
has been the children themselves
who have organized the group,
and brought it to the attention of
their parents.
The WSCS stated that this is
not a denominations! organisa-
tion but for children of every
faith.
will be affected if the Forest Ser-
vice forecasts come to pass? How?
When?
Tp get answers, the. Southern
Pine Association has studied the
various components of Texas’ for-
est industry; their make-up and
rate of progress. Here afe the re-
sults:
If the federal forecasts are cor-
rect, annual sales of Texas forest
products could increase 1V4 or 2
billion dollars a year. The present
figure is nearly $700,000,000. Pa:it
comparisons give some idea of the
(See WEALTH, Page 6-A)
Legion Auxiliary To
Sponsor Turkoy
Supper October 26
The American Legion Auxiliary
will sponsor a Turkey Supper
October 26 at the Legion Hall in
Livingston It was announced this
week.
The supper will be served be-
tween 9 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are
1.25 for “all you can eat" and will
be orr sale at the door.
you have one or more employees,
your employees will give no more
than the time and effort that you
put In to talk with them about
the good that the United Fund
drive does for the nine different
organizations, and the ways in
which they may pay.
If you live out of reach of one
of our Fund Drive chairman, and
you want to give to the United
Fund, kindly contact one of the
chairmen Closest to you, or the
chairman in Livingston, and they
will come by and pick up your
donation.
“In the next ten days every bus-
inessman will be called upon for
his, and his employees donation.
You can save the worker much
time if you will have your donation
ready,” McClain stated.
Give now to the one United
Fund Drive. Your help gives them
hope.
New Rate Coes Into
Effect November 1
Users of electricity supplied by
the City of Livingston will enjoy
a cheaper household rate effec-
tive November 1.
The decision to lower the rate
was made by the Livingston City
Council at a special called meet-
ing Tuesday night of this week.
All Councilmen, Dr. J. T. Dabney,
Jr., B. C. Lively, B. A. Glover,
Roland Jones, Allen ‘Peebles, were
present, as was Mayor Robert
Willis, City Manager L. R. Gandy
and City Secretary, M. C. White.
The new rate, which will apply
to household users only, goes into
effect November 1 but will not
show up on customer’s bills until
they receive their December light
bill.
The rate reduction came about
after the city ended their year of
operation with an excess in rev-
enue of some $45,000. The new
rate will mean a reduction of 5.84
per cent of household electric
revenue for the city, or approx-
imately $3,000 in dollars and cents.
However, the reduction, based
on a prediction of next year’s
Editorial
It was only a short period back in history that fow newspapers
existed in a growing nation that had much to tell of its problems,
wars, and eventual prosperity.
The printed word was put down each day and each week, in the
form of a newspaper, by patient men who took tiny bits of metal
called type and formed them into words. Words were then made
into lines of type and the lines placed In columns until finally,
after an abundance of toil and skill the jig-saw puzzle with thous-
ands of pieces became the form for a page in a newspaper.
There was no other method of assembling the type other than
picking out each letter one at a time. Daily newspapers hired
hundreds of hand compositors who did nothing but set type all
by hand.
As a result, newspapers were hard to come by. Many folks
were content to catch up on the news by reading a newspaper,
of one or two pages, that was several weeks old.
Then, word got around that a new machine had been invented
by a German that could set type on a solid slug mechanically.
According to other rumors connected with this fabulous machine,
one man, operating It, could set almost three times as much type
as the hand compositor. '
The Industry screamed. Printers everywhere were afraid that
the new typesetting machine, which had by this time been given
the name “Linotype.” would take their Jobs. It was the same old
story that was happening everywhere about this time. Man was
being replaced by machines.
The machine was Improved and the larger dallies started in-
stalling them, picking their besfmen to train as operators.
The long rows of men poking into type cases soon began to
dwindle and the batteries of Linotypes grew.
Operators couldn’t be trained fast enough to run the machines.
But then, those in the industry began to notice a change,
new publications began cropping up. Existing publications became
larger. More peges were printed each day.
Books that had been held back from publication for year* were
being made available to the public. Newspapers everywhere were
at last able to fill the pages quickly with the printed word. They
were able to tell all they knew for the first time In history.
Newspapers were able to carry more feature and educational
material. People began reading more because there was more to
read. You might say a great thirst for knowledge was being
quenched.
This week newspapers throughout the United States are cele-
brating National Newspaper Week. Some are holding open houee.
welcoming visitors who are Interested in seeing .what makes a
newspaper office tick.
Others, like The Enterprise, are extending a special Invitation
to the citizens of the community to come by and meet the folk* and
aee the machines that work together to “get out the paper.”
Only the people of their own community mold, shape and
ft., . ™n, the newsnaper and every community has a newspaper as
that ia one of the vital essential*.
Accuracy and ImpartUlitv are responsibilities of the commun-
ity newspaper If It fails to live up to these. It will die.
Editors have a responsibility to interpret the news with one
purpose in mind. And that U to give an accurate and impartial
report on happenings that tell the story of the community he
serves. And that story ia all down In a permanent record where
it la in .thousands of communities in a free nation, the Hometown
Newspaper.—The Editor.
GLORIA JEAN LAMB, 13 year
old 8th grade student at Big
Sandy High School ia candidate
for Queen of the Big Ssndy Hal
lowe'en carnival (toted for that
school this month.
Livingston Lions
Club Installs
Ten New Members
The Livingston Lions Club, dur-
ing their regular weekly meeting
Wednesday at the First United
Pentecostal Church, Installed ten
new members.
The club Is having Its annual
membership drive and la divided
Into two teams which are compet-
ing against each other for new
members.
A Past-President of the club,
Allen Peebles, installed the ten
Lion, Cubs that were present
Wednesday. Others were slated to
be installed but were absent.
Installed in formal ceremonies
which include riding the tradition-
al goat were R. D. Warren, owner
of the Bus Station Cafe and City
Cab; Steve Townley, Cashier at
the Filrat State Bank; City Secre-
tary M. C. White; John Geyser of
Humble Oil Co.; Johnny Davie,
salesman for the Davis Motor Co.;
Kenneth Murphy, Manager of the
Sanitary Barber Shop; Claudy
Jacobs, Partner with Automotive
Supply; G. H. Galloway, co-owner
of City Motors; Wilson McDonald,
manager of McDonald Machine
Shop, and Jack Briggs, Living-
■ton High School band director.
Also five members were rein-
stated. They are: L. C. Moore. H.
D. Alston, Jr., John Alston, Carl
Bergman end George Webster.
Bill WHRofiK Wins
Award At Aft
BUI Williams, eon of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Williams, Goodrich,
Was awarded third place on his
painting entered at the Art League
in Houston, Sunday October 8.
BUI, a senior at SHSTC, Hunts-
ville, majors in art
Hallowe'en Parade,
Carnival To Be —
Here October 31
*d
The PfTept Teachers Association
of the Livingston Elementary
School ia sponsoring a downtown
parade and Hallowe'en carnival
the night of October 31 and ac-
cording to all reports spooks and
goblins from far and near will
gather in Livingston on that Hal-
lowe'en night for an enjoyable
evening under bright lights and
gay decorations at the elementary
school.
Mrs. Billy Platt, chairman for
the carnival, stated this week that
preparations have been made for
unusual booths and a fine time
Is in store for local youngsters
who attend.
"Don’t worry with supper at
home. Take the family to the car-
nival early and enjoy hot dogs,
cake, candy and all other kinds of
goodies while watching and visit-
ing wllth the spooks,” Mrs. Platt
stated.
Final plana as to the time of
the carnival and parade, as well
as the various booths will be an-
nounced next week.
“Make your plans now to join
all the other Hallowe'en spooks
at the parade and carnival for a
night of fun and frolic,” the chair-
man said.
consumption of electrictiy by Liv-
ingston household users, has been
estimated to take from 4 to 3
thousand dollars from city revenue
from electricity.
Under the old rate, customers
paid 8c per kwh (kilowatt hour) for
the first kwh. The next 75 kwh
cost 4c per kwh and then any
excess kwh were charged for at
the rate of 2c per kwh. Minimart
billing, $125. The charges were
the same the entire year.
The new rate will be divhled
into a summer rate and a winter
rate. For the first 40 kwh used
per month the summer and winter
rate will be the same, 5c per kwft.
The next 80 kwh will be 4.1c per
kwh; the next 300 kwh, 2.3c; the
next 200 kwh, 2.1c, all the same
on both the summer and winter
rate. Any electricity used vgmt
this amount in any one month
will be 1.5c per kwh on the sum-
mer rate and 1.0c per kwh on tbe
winter rate.
This is the same rate tbe city
had in 1940.
What the rate reduction means
Is that persons may now use 40
kwh per month and pay the same
that they formerly paid for 2S
kwh.
The City Council discussed a re-
duction in the now prevailing com-
mercial or business rate. A study
is being made of this end a rate
reduction for < commercial users
will be considered Jains,
Bank Prepares
For Celebration
Of 50th Year
The front of the First State
Bank building is getting a hew
paint Job this week in anticipa-
tion of the Open House to be held
tm October 29 celebrating the
bank’s Golden Anniversary.
The bank invites you to come
in and register for the $50.00
grand prize which will be given
away at 3:00 p.m. on the 29th. In
addition to the Grand Prize,, four
other prizes listed on the regis-
tration blanks available at. the
bank, will be given.
Your attention is also invitfd to
the container for receiving .your
registration cards, in the lobby ol
the bank, which is a replica <d a
two dollar and fifty cent‘gold
piece made by Mrs. Ben Ogkftree
especially for the banks annivers-
ary celebration.
Everyone ha* a special invita-
tion to attend tbe Open House.
Retirement Checks Due
To More Local People
(Special to the Enterprise)
New York, Oct. 11-There will
be more money iiA circulation in
Polk County soon because of the
recent action of Congress, expand-
ing Social Security benefits.
More local people than ever be-
fore will be getting checks each
month. For those already receiv-
ing pension payments under the
program, the amounts will be
larger in many caaee.
Benefiting indirectly from this
increase of cash in the area will
be the county's retail stores and
other business establishments.
In Polk County there has been
a rapid growth in the past few
year* both in number of benefic-
iaries and in the amount of money
going to them.
The annual report of the Bureau
of Old-Age and Survivors Insur-
a nee shows a total of 1,557 re-
cipients locally as of the beginn-
ing of this year. Included are re-
tired workers, disabled workers
and the wives, children and other
dependents of former workers.
The number was 82 per cent
greater than It was four years
previously, before various changes
were made In the program. At that
time there were 858 local residents
on the books. ... 1
By way of comparison (the in-
,
t
crease in the United States wag 73
per cent.
The Increase in the amount of
money paid to Polk County
eficlaries in the period has
equally impressive. From a
of $423,000, collected by them in
1955, the figure rose last year
$921,000, the Government repo-1
For the Individual recipient
average payment has risen,
going from 8494 a year to
locally.
How much greater these
will be next year, when t_.
ditional benefits Just voted go
effect, is not yet known.
One of the amendmei
now make it possible for
workers and their ^families to
ceive insurance payments
though the disabled persot
be below age 50.
Otter changes include an
of the restrictions
tags of retired
benefits for children and
al funds for medical cart „
aged.
Commenting on the
Social Security since
tion, tart 5 y ~~
Mitchefr;- its
that nine out
the United “
Payments to
110.8 billion a
f
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