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SHF. FI.ATON IA ai<GU3 THURSDAY. AUG. 6, 1942
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OUR MAJOR EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS
By W. L,. Hughes, College ct:i‘i n
(From “The Texas Outlook ’)
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This is a day of great and More than 500 school district.?
many changes. The national\ do not have to levy any locai
government is being changed.) tax while others levy the Unl-
it and still starve. Many dis-
tricts dre, rich in Taxable val-
ues. Others are extremely
poor. Some have money to
State governments are being
changed; Nebraska has led
the way by discarding the bi-
cameral legislature. Cities
have changed their form of throw at the birds while oth-
elng built
The big
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tie or glass
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laid today,
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how much
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government and have institut-
ed city commissioners and
, city managers. All of these
changes are in the interest of
efficiency and economy.
Ye.t with all our reforms,
Texas still has an archaic,
horse-and-buggy form of
school organization. Our state
organization is defective in
that it is a double-header;
1 'fflis* irirflri"f"HM1 TnYd’u-uon“anil
conflict. Not only is it de-
fective in organization, hut is
weak in funetimiing. We have
failed to give our State De-
partment of Education the
authority, which a state de-
partment should, have in ord-
er to conduct our schools with
economy and efficiency. *
We still have about 7,000
school districts, each going-its
.own way and exorcising the
right to have just as sorry a
school as it pleases. We have
in the state about 30,000
-school trustees undertaking to
perform functions that only
trained experts should under-
take. Thi* makes for extrava-
gance anil inefficiency. Of the
7,000 school districts.»fewer
than 10 per cent- aie large
enough, to conduct anything
resembling a modern school
program. We still have hun-
dreds of small, straggling el-
ementary schools with enroll-
ed are on starvation, all be-
cause we- have not adopted
an efficient method, of dis-
tributing school funds.
We still have two school
systems in Texas; one for the
city children, 'usually officiant
and well administered; the
oilier for the rural children,
usually insufficient a'niUpoorly
administered. This is unfair
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make or
tising to
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the use
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creating
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prob-
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but to
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on the farms of our state.
Our schools are, in most
places*, poorly financed. Many
rural teachers and a few
city teachers are working for
starvation wages; some do not1
get even the small wage]
promised them. The average
salary for rural teachers iAj
about $700 per year, while j
city teachers average about
$1,000 annually. These sala-
ries' are failing to attract and
hold tile type of tearhn* Tvho
sTioulfl he training the chil-
dren of our state,
Our school terms vary from
five to nine months. All of
our children do not have the
same educational opportuni-
ties. •Equality of educational
opportunity is unknown in our
state. Short terms' and -poorly
trained teachers, are for the
rural children, while the city
children have good school
plants, sanitary, iipd Well
( equipped.
ments so small that an ado-, Texas' t»nka fortieth l,U
qirfito school ■‘■program is rm-| school attemlance^l hirty.-sev-,
possible. We have hundreds.1 j„ teachers'salaries; thir-
ifKssibly thoiftands, of small j<y „jxjh- jn vaiiT»*of school
high schools that arc too property per chili! enrolled;
i. !....»*,«» thirty-fifth in.pcr ^dnl of lit-
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small to function properly and
are too- extremely expensive.
Our teacher training is in-
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tion;thirty-fifth in general
efficient. Our certificate laws school ^efficiency; I believe we
are a joke. We turn out boys' can do better in a stale that.
and girls eighteen years (ifj ranks near the top’in wealth.) Austin, July .20 Senator
age with teacher certificates, j In .order to d.d bettor, we wjUj Join* Lee Sinitji, of Throek-
alid tell the people tWey are have to plan a school sysfem moiton, high man in Sntur-
'teachers. This’makes teaching | which will function more ef-‘.
•in Texas more of a procession ficiently, and then make up
than "a profession. I our minds that we are willing
‘ We distribute our- state to pay for it. .
school fund on a census basis.) • - (Editor’s note; layette ( o.r
This stimulates padding of with nearly 90 school dis-
consus rolls and is unfair and tricts, is a good example of
inequitable in every respect, the facts of the above article.)
SPEEDSTERS TO BE
DENIED TIRES
STATE AGRI. DEP-T.
HAS JACKS AND
STALLIONS FOR RENT
Austin,.Aug. 4—In order to
help meet the growing? de-
mand for saddle and draft
horses and mules, Texas far-
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statement today with the an-
nouncement that there are
now several/of the state-own-
ed .jacks' and stallions availa-
ble. The stallions include Bel-
gian, percheron and saddle
types.
The animals may be leased
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Specdeiv were given a
•storm .warning today by Wm.
F. Hofmann, Chairman of the
h'ayette County War Price
and Rationing Board, that ,
speeding tickets issued against mors and stockmen who need
them bv either state or local a or >‘lck "hoiitemake
police will cause (hem to for- ; application immed.ately to
f -it their eligibility for new tho Jack and Stall„m D.v s.m
tiros or retreads. the State Department of
, , Agriculture, Austin.
Abuse of tires by speed-
ing must he stopped,” Mr.
Hofmann emphasized. ,
“We have been advised by
Mark McGee, the Texas OP A.
Director, that carbon copies of
all speeding tickets issued on
the highways by the Texns
Highway Patrol will be for-
warded to the local board.
_“Win uro asking city poliee-
and county officers in Fayette
County to extend this same
assistatice to us in enforcing
the vital wartime necessity for
conserving rubber.”
Mr. Hofmann said the local
board had been requested by
the state OPA office to re-
gard speeding as an abuse of
tires and as reason for void-
ing a person’s eligibility for
new tires or retreads. After
such an offense, the speeder
will have to give the local
board conclusive proof that
he is observing the 40-mile
speed -limit imposed by the
Office of Defensp Transporta-
tion, beTofe he* again can be-
come eligible.
“OPA and ODT inspector^
are beginning to take the li-
ceqRe .number^ of speeders,”
Mr. Hofmann said,- “and those
numbers will be sent to our
board. A lot of city delivery
trucks nnd even big “freight
line trucks and public buses
•till are ignoring the 40-mile
day’s primary for Lieutenant
GfA-ernor, ♦»fcfl*fdv''the'*T(>ll(>w-
ing statement today:
SENATOR SULAK THANKS
THE PEOPLE
With a deep feeling of
gratitude to my friends and
supporters,, in my campaign
for re-election as state .sena-
tor,' this means Is beihg taken
to express to them my sincere
appreciation of their .loyal
support.
My. election is not a por-
sdnal victory for me, but for
the masses—for'good govern-
ment. It has shown beyond
- Str-
and hirelings, ciTuTrt not and
did not purchase, a seat in t he
senate of Texas. In the closing
hours of the campaign, too
late for me to defend myself,
a certain group, in a cowardly
way, attempted to raise in the
minds of the voters the ques-
tion of my patriotism. The
.people Vwmld hot bo stamped-
ed, however, and stood fast
for a government of the peo-
ple, by the people and for the
people.,
By the grace of God and
According to late returns with the good counsel which
$3,200,000 TO BE SAVED
BY TEXANS AS RESULT OF
INSURANCE REDUCTIONS
Austin, July 30—A sweep-
ing, statewide reduction in
fire insurance rates, announc-
ed today by Marvin Hall,
State Fire Insurance Commis-
sioner, will result in (an esti-
mated saving of $3,200,000 to
Texas policy holders during
the next twelve months. The
new rates involved in today’s
order by the Board of Insur
aitce Commissioners, will be-
come effective on fire insur
auce policies written after
August 1, 1942.
The broad reduction af-
fects many classes of insured
property, and in the case of
dwellings amounts to as much
as •; 25 per cent saving in
future insurance costs.
A few classes of property
will receive increases pi rates.
the slightest doubt that the
special interests,, through use
of fabulous >uiufe, .of mqyey' see* a 11" savings phs-
dhe1 i'o lliin“u'!My heavy losses
experienced in these classes
during the past few years,
Hall said. !
“The revision of rates in
today’s order,” Commissioner
Hall added, "has resulted
from an exhaustive study of
fire losses experienced in
these classes. The Board of
Insurance ’ Commissioners is
continuing a study of loss ex-
jsericirce in other classes with
a views, of determining wheth-
er other reductions may be
justified. In addition, the
Board is giving serious consid-
eration to the. subject' of
broadening the coverage of
insurance policies to give the
policy holder added protec-
tion.
“Recently Hie Board urged
conipatdes to reduce their op-
erating costs in order that
this saving also might be pass-
ed on to the public. The ag-
ents, as a whole, are due par-
ticular credit in the unselfish
attitude displayed in a will-
I am leading Senator Beck by
over 35,000 votes. This is, of
course, very gratifying to me.
I am- grateful to the many
loyal friends throughout Tex-
as who faithfully labpred in
may come to me from the
masses of the people and from
my trie if ds who stood by me in
this campaign, it shall be my
aim, as your senator, to rend-
er to you the veryhest service
y behalf. I hiyl not a single „f which I am capable.
paid ^worker. These friends
carried «iy candidacy to the
people.'I. trust always to be
worthy of such confidence.
“The recent campaign was
one between gentlemen. All
nf£ opponents were excellent
and worthy men. There was
no abuse and no bitterness.
In the run-off campaignT
The department issued that) 1 ?ure the same type of
*■. . < ' i us ei ! fumno iim * mill lm nn»,liw.L.d
campaign* will be conducted.
Senator Beck is my friend and
I am sure our campaign,
though strenuous, will be
pleasant.”
, vy hm n nos us; —
$30 yearly, with the remun-
eration to he derived, from
breeding fees. T.he fee limit
is $10. The animals will he
delivered to the leasor free
of charge by the department.
• Curtailment of supplies of
rubber and gasoljne is ex-
pected to bring about a great-
er demand for horses and
mules, and thereby increase
the demand for the services
of the state-owned jacks and
stallions. It is estimated that
the state animals^have already
increased the wealth of the
state by about $3,000,000, al-
though since its creation in
lt}34* the Jack and Stallion
Division has never cost the
people of the«*itate a penny
for its upkpep Ttf1*1 adpiinistra-
tion.
limit. - They may ignore it,
but we are not going to. The
next time those fellows apply
for tires, .if we find they’ve
been speeding, they will know
that we mean busfneM.”
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Let
TOW-
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uickly
a," iprilly
- p- JconomicalUj
I&ur Ad. in This Nmbaber
RESULTS
Gratefully yours,
L. J. SULAK
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Hdw DO YOU STACK UP?
The greatest* sin—fear.
The greatest day—today
Tho greatest deceiver—one
who deceives himself.
The greatest mistake—giv-
ing up.
The most expensive indul-
gence—hate.
The cheapest, st.upidist and
easiest thing to do—find fault.
The greatest trouble maker
—talking too much.
The worst bankrupt — he
Who’ has lost his enthusiasm.
The cleverest man — one
who always does what he
The best teacher—one who
makes you want to learn.
The best part of one's re-
ligion—gentleness- and cheer-
fulness.
The -imeanest feeling—jeal-
ousy.
The greatest need —, com-
mon sense.
The best gift—FORGIVE-
NESS.
—Yorktown News
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FERNAU
FURNITURE
SINCK
1888
FLATONIA
sihle passed on to the insure
ance buyers,"
T.hiv greatest -saving in any
class will apply to dwellings.
This hopefit, estimated to ex-
ceiiR $2,(125,000 within the
next 12 months, will reach
more individual property own-
ers than.npy other class. Pi*e-
mi 1 r ms v in Insu red- d w e l liuga
hist ‘year accounted for ap-
proximalely to per cenb of
the fire insurance business
written in Texas. '
Savings to insurance buy-
ers in Texas as a result of
today’s order, coupled with
reductions during the past six
years, reach an approximate
total of $J0,000,000, Hall
said.
Our lit;tiling men are duln*
^2 their share. Here at home
the least ive can do is put IO^
<>( our income In-War Honds
for our share in Ainerita.
FLATONIA •
FRATERNAL •
ORGANIZATIONS *
Schedule of Meetings *
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FLATONIA LODGE
A, F. & A. M. .
No. 436
Meets second Monday night in
each month. All visiting
brethren are cordially invited
to attend meeting.
Cad wH 1, W. M.,
Johnson, Sec.
• • •
F. B.
W. D.
Meets
day in
KNIGHTS OF
PYTHIAS
Flatonia Lodge
No. 208
every first -Tues-
their Castle Hall—:
E. V. Kopecky', C. C.; Henry
Miller, K. R. and S.
GERMANIA LODGE
NO. 15 O.D.H.S.
Meets every first Sunday
at 2:00 p. m. at the S.P.J.S.T.
Hall. Visiting bretheren and
sisters welcomed.
J. A. .Kell*, Pres.
H. -R. Thulpmeyer, Sec.
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ROTARY CLUB
MEETING FRIDAY
12:15 to 1:15 p. m. in die
K. of P. Hall in Flatonia.
BILL ETLINGER ILL
Bill Etlingeis well known
candy man who transacts bus^
in ess at various business places
in Hallettsville, is in the Shin-
er Hospital at present. His
brother. E. J. Etlinger of Gu-
hado is attending to the candy
business and states that Bill
will be back on the route soon.
_ —Lavaca Co. Tribune.
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POLITIC A I
’ ANNOUNCEMENTS L
iLSLSJLOJiJiJLS! QaaP0Q0QQooo?ntlBn
AUGUST ELECTION "*
For Congressman, Ninth
District of Texas:
J.. J. MANSFIELD
For Senator, 15th Senatorial
District Texas:
.......—tWDAK--.....—
For Commissioner, Prec. 3,
Fayette County:
WALLACE CHERRY
For District Clerk;
ROY H. GIESE
For County Sheriff:
WM. LOESSIN
For County Attorney:
♦ JOHN C. MARJil’KGER
For Tax Assefsor-Collector:
w. A . NIK EL
For. County Supt.: «
WA1 eTER, T. FR liYVA G
For Treasurer:
BEN.F. SIEBEL
for County Judge:
K: A. AILNLM. Jr.
For Representative:
II. B. SPACER'
* RAY OPTICAL •
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For County Clerk:
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"TJtr. Cottox ^aanver:
Your Farm Has Become A Vital
War Production Plant
Your efficiency in production, harvesting, handling
and ginning is the first ^essential to supply our armed
forces and laborers in war plants with approximately 12
' Billions square yards of cotton fabrics..
You have planted good seed.
NOW PROTECT THE BETTER QUALITY OF
YOUR COTTON. PICK ONLY MATURED AND DRY
COTTON. LET YOUR GINNER DETERMINE IF COT-
TON IS DRY ENOUGH TO GIN.—DEMAND GOOD
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SOUTH TEXAS COTTON
BUYERS
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FOR BEST RESULTS
USE
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MADE IN TEXAS FOR
TEXAS HOMES
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Hawkes, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1942, newspaper, August 6, 1942; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth989794/m1/3/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.