The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1955 Page: 2 of 8
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THE GROOM NEWS, GROOM, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1955.
SEE YOUR
REDDY KILOWATT
APPLIANCE DEALER
SOUTHWESTERN
PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPANY
THE GROOM NEWS
Edited and published by MAX and HELEN WADE
Office Phone No. 3311 — Residence Phone No. 3541
Entered as second class mail at the Post Office at Groom, Carson
County, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Subscription Rates:
One year subscription (in Carson and adjoining counties)-$3.00
One year elsewhere in the United States $2.50
and state and county health offi-1 base may mean increased contri-
cials since then have been quietly | buttons of up to $12 per year for
FLOOD AND EPIDEMICS MAR
1954 STATE HEALTH PICTURE
A flood, two epidemics, and a
bad polio season marred the pub-
lic health picture in Texas during |
1954, a review of health depart-
ment activity shows.
In late June the Rio Grande,
maddened by 10 to 20 inch rains,
ran wild through five * border
counties. The highest flood crests
in the river’s history inundated
vulnerable water treatment plans,
increasing the danger of water-
bom disease outbreaks. Public
health engineers put plants back
into operation within nine days.
This, and emergency vaccination
programs, forestalled a crisis.
In August an epidemic of mos-
quito - borne encephalitis struck
hundreds of victims in Hidalgo
County. State Health Department
laboratory experts identified the
cause as Saint Louis virus, which
had never before occurred in epi-
demic form in this area.
Psittacosis in isolated flocks of
turkeys plagued health officials
all spring and summer. The first
outbreak, 48 employees of a Cor-
sicana packing plant in May. Oth-
er cases cropped UP in scattered
areas, but the disease was finally
smothered by a tight program of
flock sanitation.
The year just past was both dis-
heartening and encouraging con-
cerning polio. It was dishearten-
ing because 3107 cases made 1954
the second worst polio year in
state history; encouraging be-
cause of the high hopes held for
the success of the Salk vaccine
field trials of last spring.
Some 35,000 Texas second-grad-
ers took part in the field trials,
collecting blood samples and re-
cording data which must be an-
alyzed before the true significance
of the vaccine will be known. Re-
sults will be announced next
spring.
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SOCIAL SECURITY TO
COST MORE IN 1955
“As of Jan. 1, 1955, a significant
change will take place in the pres-
ent social security law. On that
date all covered workers will
start to pay social security taxes
on up to $4200 per year instead
of the present maximum of $3600
per year,” John R. Sanderson,
manager of the Amarillo Social
Security Office, said today.
Actually this change will not be
immediately apparent in an em-
ployee’s pay check, since there
will be no increase in the amount
withheld. However, when a work-
er reaches $3600 in any one year
his social security deductions will
not stop at that point. Both he
and his employer will continue to
contribute until his earnings reach
$4200. The same increase is also
to be applied to self-employed in-
dividuals.
This broadening of the earnings
each worker and an equal amount
for his employer. A self-employed
individual may pay up to $18 more
each year. Mr. Sanderson states
that the increased contributions
lead to an increase in retirement
benefits from $98.50 to $108.50
per month with proportionately
higher dependent and survivor
benefits.
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On The Weather1
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same yesterday, today, and forever.” Hebrews 13.8
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Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Worship...8 p.m.
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GROOM, TEXAS
BRYAN ROBINSON
Interim Pastor
... you enjoy ONE
while
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Reddy's ran
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more pot-watching or oven-peek-
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you're ready to sit down to eat.
Clothes-hanging is real drudgery, but electric
ylnfl
worry about weather, the weight of the clothe:
clothes drying is real luxury -
or the long walk to the line, when you
cents a load, electrically.
or me long wa
clothes for 5 a
Gone are the days when it was all drudgery, and was
rightly called houseWORK. Now, with
modern electric appliances, it’s homemaking, and
that means you have time for
fun and your family.
Enjoy the double life you lead electrically, with
modem worksaving, pleasure-giving
electric appliances in your home.
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dry
r cost. Why
Turmoil tort tht house opart when last
minute guests came in during the pre-
freezer days. No problem now, just
reach into your freezer and have a sump-
tuous meal on the table in a matter of
minutes.
Electric water heating's big reward
is peace of mind. No flame, flue, or
vent worries when you heat water
electrically. Economical, too, with
Reddy's one cent water heating rote.
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Wade, Max & Wade, Helen. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1955, newspaper, January 6, 1955; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth870138/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.