Town gossip and tipsy tax ink in Farmland News tribute
A town notice covers Jackie Hollon near Hicks Gulf Station how she needed four dollars in S and H Green Stamps and bought four dollars of gasoline. The piece then taxes a Stanford professor’s insect eating idea and ends with a poetic tribute to Marvin Singleton the County Tax Assessor Collector and his weary duties.
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Jerry Suber
Gulf
Jackie Hollon
Sonny Hollon
Hollon
Texaco
Jackie
Suber
Suber's
Marvin Singleton
Two markers dedicated in Jefferson on April 19 1975
Marion County Historical Survey sponsors dedicated ceremonies Saturday afternoon with two Texas Historical Markers unveiled. The landmarks include the Collins Building on Austin Street, linked to William Perry and William M. Harrison, marking Jefferson’s Reconstruction era history. Mayor Dan Lester spoke on the landmark and renovation progress.
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Marion Co. Historical Survey Committee
Texas
Katherine R. Wise
Marion County Historical Survey Committee
International Building
Richard Collins
Dallas and Jefferson
Dan Lester
Texas Historical Survey Committee
Collins
Jefferson
William Perry
William M. Harrison
Kentucky
Red River County
National Bank of Jefferson
East Line and
Red River
Austin Street Mercantile
State Historical Committee
D. D
Walter Dolen
Jack Bullard
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jefferson Receives 51,370 91 in Sales Tax Checks
Comptroller Bob Bullock issued 18.1 million in first monthly city sales tax payments replacing the quarterly rebates, with over 500 towns receiving allocations for taxes collected Feb 1 to Apr 4. The new system speeds funds to cities, though monthly payments under 500 are rolled into the next month or end of the quarter.
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Ard N
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Pony Express
Jefferson
Hughes Springs
Atlanta
Carthage
Daingerfield
Linden
Lone Star
New Boston
Ore City
Grand Opening For The Shoe Rack
The Shoe Rack opens for a four day run from Wednesday to Saturday at 108 East Lafayette Street in the former Chamber of Commerce building. W. R Westbrook, owner of Westbrook's Department Store in Jefferson, redecorated the place to showcase thousands of shoes and a broad line of brands like Jarman Dexter and Converse for men.
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W. R
Bill) Westbrook
East Lafayette Street
Chamber of Commerce
Westbrook
Jefferson
Jarman, Dexter
Converse
Dan Lester
W. R "Bill" Westbrook
Kindergarten Registration Urged at Jefferson Elementary School
Marion Betts, principal, asks parents with children age five on or before September 1 to register at Jefferson Elementary School. Registrants must present a birth certificate and a record of all shots at entering school.
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Marion Betts
Jefferson Elementary School
Mixed Drink Taxes Collected in First Quarter
Comptroller Bob Bullock distributed 2.3 million to 293 cities and 184 counties as the local share of mixed drink taxes for the first quarter. Localities receive 15 percent. 70 percent goes to the general revenue fund. Marion County remitted 478.54 as its 15 percent share of the quarter’s tax.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
General Revenue Fund
Bullock
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Marion County
Citizens Urged To Enter Float In Pilgrimage Parade
Dan Bowker president of the Marion County Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Historical Pilgrimage parade in Jefferson urging individuals and groups to register by April 25 for the May 3 event. Cash prizes of 35, 25, and 10 will be awarded to top floats with judges from Kilgore and Longview. Local groups are urged to participate.
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Dan Bowker
Marion County
Pat Burke
Kilgore
Stewart E. Rhoner
Burke
East Texas Council of Governments
Gregg County Association For Retarded Children
Rhoner
South Wall
Longview
Bowker
Jefferson High All Sports Banquet Set Friday Night
Swede Lee, coach of the Arkansas High Razorbacks in Texarkana, Arkansas, will be guest speaker at the Jefferson High School All Sports Banquet Friday night, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the school gym. Honored guests are all Jefferson athletes. Bill Westbrook will serve as MC. Lee has earned multiple coaching honors and is a University of Texas graduate who played guard and linebacker in 1955-57.
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Jefferson High
Swede Lee
Arkansas High Razorbacks
Texarkana
Arkansas
Jefferson High School
Bill Westbrook
Lee
Pampa
Uniersity of Texas
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Stanford
Baker Reel, Inc
The
Economic Development Administration
Baker Xeels
First National Bank
Cornelius
Baker Industries
Oneal Parker
Jack Look
EDA
United States
Hartselle
Decatur
Alabama
Temple
Georgia
Jefferson and Marion Co
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