Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1961 Page: 2 of 8
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FARM BUREAU
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Phone 2937
From The Pen
Of Peoples
By DON PEOPLES
The penny, an almost forgotten
piece of currency in the American
monitary system with the skyrock-
eting prices these days, wall find
a place of prominence and im-
portance in the State of Texas with
the start of business tomorrow.
Formerly, pennies were some-
thing with which you would send
a youngster hurrying off to the
neighborhood grocery or drug
store to buy a piece of bubble gum
or candy. Items which sold for a
penny soon began to disappear and
then along came the parking met-
ers in the larger cities.
Then came the need for pennies
again. Some of the larger citiese
are attempting to combat the rush
IN MEMORY OF JAMES CANNEDY
“To a beautiful garden, my friend has gone
To the land of perfect rest.
His work is done, and the setting sun
Has sealed his life’s long quest.
He has left our earthly garden,
For a home beyond the sea.
Though he has gone, he still lives on
In my garden of memory.”
W. A. Miller
NOTICE
NEW HOURS
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 2 1961
Due To The New Wage And Hour Laws,
The Following Business Will Close
At Noon Saturdays From
September 1 Until Next June 1
Panhandle Butane and Oil Company
Gulf Wholesale and Ramey Butane
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hard on the hands, too.
A portable dishwasher — that requires nothing spo
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APPUANCE DEALER |G^
f. . SOUTHWESTERN
PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPANY
to small towns and shopping cen-
ters by giving free parking were
parking meters have been installed.
The Texas legislature has en-
acted a “law” which bring the
penny back to prominance as the
Lone Star State now has broken a
long standing tradition and is now
subjecting its residents and visitors
to a sales tax.
Mose state organizations have
kept their member informed on
how the new sales taz legislation
effects them. The Texas Press As-
sociation has been keeping news-
papers informed on how the salese
tax effectit hem.
In Monday morning’s mail came
a notice from Vern Starford, gene-
ral manager of the TPA, and does
the Highlights and Sidelights col-
umn which the Herald carries
occasionally.
State Comptroller Robert S. Cal-
vert’s. office will administer the
two per cent sales tax.
Sanford'reports, “Calvert’s office
is swamped. Texas Research Lea-
gue, drafters of the original tax
bill, is geting inquiries by the
minute . Everybody is trying to
find the answers. Nobody ... no
nobody . . . knows all the answers.
A sales tax is a new experience
for Texaas. There is mutch con-
fusion over application of the law.
One thing is certain . . . the law
becomes effective September 1.”
So our readers wil be informed
of the sales' tax as it now apparently
applies to newspapers, here is an
unofficial report we recived from
the TPA.
The sale of newspapers, either
by subscription, single copy, or
otherwise will be taxable unless it
is an out-of-state sale. Counter
sales of 24c or more is taxable.
(If you buy three or more coppies
of the Herald at one time.)
Equipment rental used by news-
papers is taxable. The Herald has
some such equipment. This we can
not tax anyone for so it will re-
sult in a higher operating cost
which I fear must sooner or later
be passed onto our advertisers
and subscribers.
All commercial printing is sub-
ject to the new sales tax: Two per
cent of the total cost of the job.
Some of the “raw materials”
used in producing a newspaper, ink
newsprint, etc., are at the preseint
exempt from our paying tax on
them. However, lead and metal
used to keep the lead the right
consistancy to use in a linotype is
taaxable. Two percent on lead
which is currently selling for bet-
35 cents and 40 cents a pound.
Just a little lead makes a pound
and in a hurry the two cents on the
dollar add up.
Theis again is another expense
to be carried by the Herald.
Many other will soon come under
the classification that the business
must pay a tax upon, but must as-
sort) it or pas it onto the customer
in higher costs.
One thing, however, the legisla-
tors did not tax in connection with
newspapers is advertising.
Do not take this a coulmn to say
that we are the only ones who
have tax problems. I am most
certain that each and every busi-
ness firm in Panhandle, as far
as that goes, the State of Texas,
is to be touched in more than one
wa'y by the new sales tax.
If the cost of living goes up in
- the state in the next couple of
months, one of the big reasons
will be the extra expense business
firms are having to carry as the
tax they must pay and must as a
means of keeping sound in busi-
ness pas the expense to their cus-
tomers in a higher cost of the pro-
ducts which they sell.
I have said before that I do not
like the sales tax, or better named,
PAGE 2 THE PANHANDLE HERALD
Panhandle, Carson County, Texas, Thurs., Aug. 31,1961
nusiance tax, and I am certain that
the many persons who become
state tax collectors (anyone in
the retail sales business in Texas)
tomorrow will so agree with me
that there could have been another
way found to solve the state’s mon-
ey problem.
This day and age everyone seems
to be delighted by the $1 down
and a $l,a week ‘til you die way
of paying their bills and having
everything they want.
It appears the many “free” state
services which pressure groups are
seeking daily in Austin will be
paid for on this basis. A penny
down and two pennies everytime
you spend a dollar, until you die,
then even two per cent sales tax
is on your coffin.
Dear Editor;
The memlbers and sponsors of
the Panhandle Pony League Base-
ball team wish to use this means
to express our thanks and apprecia-
tion to those persons who helped
with the financial support of the
Pony League Baseball Program
this year with their contributions
and donations.
We also wish t& thank the mer-
chants who cooperated with us in
our fund raising activities.
Our sincere “THANKS” to every-
one.
Sponsors and Members of the
Pony League Baseball Team.
Mrs. Cal Merchant of Clarendon
was a guest last week in the home
of her brother-dn-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. (Roy) Carhart.
Mrs. Merchant formerly lived in
Panhandle.
Mrs. B. Q. Green of Houston,
the former Leila Rorex of Panhan-
rle, is a medical patient in High-
land General Hospital in Pampa.
Mrs. Green became ill while visit-
ing in the home of her cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Douglas
and children of Pampa. Another
visitor in the Douglas home was
his grandmother, Mrs. T. M. Cleek
of Panhandle. Mr. and Mrs. Green
had been staying in Pampa while
Mr. Green was servicing oil wells
in the vicinity.
Mrs. George Thomas of Quanah
was a weekend visitor in the home
of her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Gilbreth and
children, Jimmy, Diane, Johnny
and Jackie.
Mrs. V. C. Willbanks is a surgi-
cal patient in Highland General
Hospital in Pampa.
Box 428
Panhandle, Texas
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1961 -
RESS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER: Texas Press A’ssn.,
Panhandle Press A’ssn., and Nat-
ional Editoral A’ssn.
Don and Norene Peoples
publishers
Don Peoples, editor
Entered as second class matter,
July 22, 1887, at the post office at
Panhandle. Texas, under the act of
March 8,1870. <
Subscription Bates
Carson County and adjoining
counties .
One Year .................. $3.QQ
Six Months ................. $2.00
Three Months ............. $LQ0
. Outside Carson and adjoining
counties.
One Year .................. $4.00
Six Months ................. $2.75
Three Months .............. $1.50
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Peoples, Don. Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1961, newspaper, August 31, 1961; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth885700/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.