The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1964 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME I, NUMBER 45
KOUNTZE, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1964
Howard Barrington
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One item of this year's elec-
tion deserves some comment.
Besides election forward looking
officials, in the main, Hardin
County has taken a step forward
in another aspect. That is, we
have for the first time taken
steps to insure ballot security
and legal procedure at the polls.
For way too long, the people
of the County suffered from go-
ing to the polls and seeing the
elections run in a careless, slip-
shod manner. Everyone saw the
operations inside the polling
places, yet no one did anything
about it. In fact, so many of the
careless procedures have existed
for so long that everyone had
just taken things for granted.
However, this year Hardin Co-
unty has been shown that w e
could have honest e le c t i ons,
honestly and legally conducted.
This year the elections, except
for the absentee box, has been
conducted according to law. I’m
sure there have been some in-
fractions, but these were minor.
And to the credit of the polling
officials, _ these infractions were
corrected' when brought to the
attention of the polling officials.
Hardin County still does not
have voting machines, as we
must in the future, but we have
made gigantic steps toward de-
mocratic procedures at the polls.
A democracy that does not-prac-
tice honest democratic proce-
dures inside the polling place is
a sham and is the worst kind of
tyranny.
I believe that the local Rep-
ublican Party, in defeat, has
added a great deal to the well
being of Hardin County. I speak
of their "Operation Eagle Eye".
Now, I’m aware that my friend
Hubert Humphrey has termed
them "Evil Eye", .but now after
the operation here in Hardin Co-
unty, no one can justly criticize
the operation. Everyone should
congratulate the poll workers,
the Republican Eagle Eyes, and
the Democratic Eyes that watch-
ed the Eagle Eyes to prevent
them from being "Evil Eyes".
I speak mainly about the pro-
cedure in the Silsbee box where
I voted. This is one of the larg-
est voting boxes in the State of
Texas that still uses paper ballots
It is so large that its very size
invites confusion. Yet, last week
everything went off smooth as
silk and like clock work. Primary
responsibility, I believe, rests on
(Continued on page 5)
WANT ADS
HELP
Writes On Taxes
Do You Want To Do
Something About Your Taxes"
Dear Citizens,
A few years back the Com-
missioners Court was approached
by the goodwill ambassadors of
the oil companies. These ten,
fifteen and twenty thousand dol-
lars a year men convinced Flet- ,
cher Richardson and his court
that their companies were losing
money and he and his court cut
the valuations of these com-
panies some two million dollars.
So, this same court began lock-
ing around for some place to
shift this tax burden and finally
found the place to put it. They
brought in die $70,500 Prichard
and Abbott pie deal and this tax
burden was readily shifted to the
small taxpayer. Some of us
small home owners have three,
four, and five room, unpainted
houses and own them outright,
while others of us have two and
three bedroom homes with notes
scattered out over the next 15 to
30 years. At any rate the com-
njissioners court made a nice
switch from these multi-million
dollar corporations to place the
tax burden on the small home
owner.
The large corporations values
were already set, so about all
Prichard and Abbott had to do
was go around over the county
and measure and take pictures of
our houses. This was done in a
very few weeks.
The. above is history. We all
know about the tax shift, but I
inserted it in this letter in brief
for the setting for the second
chapter in the tax drama or' may-
be I should say delima. Our
school equalization boards have
reached out and pulled the Pri-
chard and Abbott monstrosity in-
to their platted and our towns
•have their eyes on the pie, too.
You know the large landhold-
ers have their fine fellows hired
too. They will probably be able
to convince our school tax men
that they are going broke too.
We are already being told that
the large landholders can't grow
timber and pay high taxes, like
we small land holders are going
to be forced to pay. That is if
we don't do something about it.
I am not against free enter-
prise and I am proud to see indi-
viduals and corporations make
money. That is what has made
our country great and strong, but
I say that tire landowners and all
parties, large or small should
pay the same tax per acre where
the land is used for the same or
similar purposes.
No one will dispute the known
fact that timber is the best crop
in our county, and I don’t think
that our appointed equilization
board should be hoodwinked into
believing otherwise.
, Now, do you want to do any-
thing about it. If so please write
me a letter and tell me your
wishes and I will call a meeting
of all interested. There will be a
man at the meeting to tell us
what can be done in behalf of
our tax problems.
Your friend,
7
H. T. Barrington
Route 2
Kountze, Texas
CHALK TALK
BEFORE THE FOG
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THE PINE NEEDLE
EDITOR____________JAMES C. JENNINGS
PICTURE EDITOR________THOMAS BEAN
Published every Thursday at Kountze, Hardin County,
Texas, by The Pine Needle Publishing Company
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Subscription Rates:
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Coach Golson and the
Lions go over some plays
in the few moments be-
fore the action last Fri-
day night. See story
page 3 for the account
of the game and the
footrace on the side-
line.
“Your Federal Income Tax”
the latest information of Fed-
eral taxes is available at 40 cents
a copy at the local Internal Rev-
nue office in the Federal Build-
ing.
Americans make some 326 mil-
lion local and long-distance tele-
phone calls daily.
B. T. Assoc.
Plans Bar-B-Que
"The Samaritan Woman”
To Be Given
The Big Thicket Association
met\in Saratoga Sunday after-
noon 2:30. There were over 50
in attendance from throughout
this area. This was the largest
crowd that has attended so far.
At this meeting officers for the
Board of Directors were elected
They are as follows: President,
Dempsie Henley; Vice President
Walter Coon; Treasurer, Carl
Sory; Secretary, Mrs. Peggy Fos-
ter. Also it was decided that the
Treasurer be bonded.
There will be a Bar-B-Que on
January 9, 1965 to kick off an
official membership drive. Mr.
W alter Coon has charge of the
Bar-B-Que. Mayor Henley, of
Liberty, has charge of the enter -
t a i n m e n t for that day. The
meeting will be at the West Har-
din School in Saratoga.
Last week this paper said that
the charter membership card was
good until January 1, 1965. The
correct date is Jan. 1, 1966.
The Board of D i r e c t o r s will
have their next meeting Sunday,
Nov. 22 at 2:30 in the First Me-
thodist Church of Saratoga. All
members of this board are urged
to attend.
B & P W TO HOST
AREA MEETING
The District 14 Business and Pro-
fessional Womens Clubs will
hold their presidents' meeting in
Kountze Sunday at 12:30 P. M.
in the Kountze Fire Hall Dining
Room according to Mrs. Virgina
Hybarger, president of the
Kountze Club.
Members of clubs from Beau-
mont, Port Arthur, Groves, Port
Neches, Silsbee, Nederland,
Orange, Buna, Texas City, La
Porte, Bridge City, Anahuac, and
Conroe will be present. Mrs.
Vergia Mae Musslewhite, of Ned-
erland, district director will pre-
side. Mrs. Hybarger will assist
with the program. A luncheon
will precede the business meeting
Door prizes will be awarded t o
guests.
The Kountze club will be host
for the meeting. This is die first
time the Kountze club has served
as host for the meeting and the
members have been busy widi
preparation for it.
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Pictured ABOVE are some of the Kountze Twilers practicing which
enables them to present such a fine show during half time. Top row
Left to right, Margaret James, and Barbara Blessing. Bottom Row
Left to right, Elizabeth Kirk, Dani Eversol, and Linda Traugott.
Not Pictured are Gail Moore, Mahala Sims, and Jennifer Selman.
" The S a m a ritan Woman, ” a
dramatic musical and vocal pre -
sentation will be given by Mrs.
J. P. Owens ofWoodville, Texas
in the First Baptist Church,
Kountze, Sunday Night at 7:00
P. M. in the church sanctuary-.
Appearing on the program with
Mrs. Owens will be Miss Glennie
Lou Wallace, Organist; Maurice
Morgan Harville, Soloist, all of
Nederland.
The reading by the author is not
lengthy but is so firm in its mes-
sage it is not lost in the program.
"The Samaritan Woman" is based
on the story from the scripture
and is presented as an allegory,
in first person. The speaker wears
a white robe, presenting the Bib-
ical character in her changed
status as a Saint, following her
encounter with the-Messiah.
Not originally written for pub-
lication, the drama evolved over
a period of time because the au-
thor so strongly believed in the
message of the story. It is a
timely, startling message to to-
day's church and today’s world.
Mrs. Owens states that the hero
of the story is not the Samaritan
woman, but Jesus. "The purpose
of the presentation is only an ef-
fort by a few of us who have
found Him when we too needed
Him- an effort to give honor and
glory to Him and present Him to
others who may feel they are be-
yond His love and care. The mes -
sage of the Samaritan Woman is
exactly that of every newly re-
claimed life-Christ Receiveth
Sinful Men.
Mrs. Owens is the wife of Rev.
J. P. Owens, Area Missionary for
Sabine Neches Baptist'Associa-
tion, comprising some 76 church-
es in five counties.
Mrs. Owens has written numer-
ous poems, religious dramas,
comedy musicals for civic club
benefit^ and newspaper column^
but says her foremost interest is
just "making it to Haven and
taking along every wonderf u 1
sinner she meets that can be per-
suadedtogo". The wife, daug-
hter, and sister of ministers; she
stated that she "Could hardly help
some preaching in her make-up
and does not at all mind posing
as the S a m a r itan Woman to a
Revival Service begins Sun -
day, with Dr. Billy Simmons of
The First Baptist Church, Wood-
ville, preaching at the services
to begin at 7:00 P.M. each
evenging.
Editor's Note; The Village
Creek Philosopher on his fire ant
farm on Village Creek reviews
the recent campaign in his letter
this week.
Dear Editar:
A lot of the experts on poli-
tics, after rubbing out what they
may have said before the elec-
tion, have now been analyzing
the voting results and have ask-
ed the puzzling question: why do
Presidential candidates cam-
paign so hard and so long when
it’s impossible to tell what ef-
fect it has, other than to wear
the men down physically?
To back this up, they point
out that at the start of the cam-
paign the p u b 1 i c opinion polls
showed Johnson with about 62
percent of the vote, Goldwater
with about 38, give or take a
few points for the undecided vot-
er. Now, they say, look at the
results. The percentages on the
actual voting were about the
same, 62 for Johnson, 38 for
Goldwater, so what was the cam-
paigning all about? Why spend
25 million dollars rushing around
the country when the thing was
decided before they started out?
These experts don't understand
politics. Both candidates have to
keep things in balance and the
two-party system going. If you
want to upset the apple cart, let
one man campaign and the other
stay at home. This would throw
the public opinion polls com-
pletely off, for a reason the ex-
perts don't understand.
The way I figure it is, if a
man has a certain percentage of
the votes at the start of the cam-
paign, he's bound to lose 10 or
15 percent by getting out and
(Continued on page 8)
Cystic Fibrosis
Drive Next
Monday
There will be a Cystic Fibrosis
drive Monday night November 16
that7:00 pm. This is a National
Efrive to provide research to com-
bat this dread disease. Mrs. W.
F. Selman will be Chairman of
the drive in Kountze. Everyone
is urged to give generously when
someone contacts you.
Complete Election Returns
HARDIN COUNTY
President
U. S. Senate
Cong.-at-Lge.
Cong. Ds. 2
Governor
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Hayes
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229 |
862 |
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167 j
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131
289 j
130
368
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| 2199
754
| 2153 |
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| 2248 |
652 |
2238 |
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483 j
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| 1248 j
537 |
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494
1481
j 377
Caney Head
140
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| 139 |
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138
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141 |
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1
1 48 |
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522
400
518 |
406
1 541 |
351 |
545 |
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247 j
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1 378 |
203 1
343 i
198 |
427
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15
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14 j
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Saratoga
| 322
36
317 |
38
| 311
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344
36
338 |
18 I
111
I 296
f 93 |
41 |
86 I
32
138
I 21
Batson
| 173
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1 173 1
52
| 183 1
38 |
193
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| 391
272
| 375 |
281
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451
257
511 |
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1
| 325 |
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315
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| 155
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Jennings, James C. The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1964, newspaper, November 12, 1964; Kountze, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth847705/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar University.