Local Happenings Highlight Hodges Recovery and Area Visits
Community notes show J. N. Hodges regaining strength at home after weeks ill. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Nixon of Mason and families from Freer and Denison. Local business and school ties appear with Powell Motor Company staff changes and teachers from Mason, Saline, and Comanche. Also listed are medical updates, travel, and livestock trade ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Nixon
Mason
A. M. Nixon
Mr. Nixon
Nixon
Saline
Snow White Laundry Modernizes Dry Cleaning Plant
Russell LaVelle, manager, has installed new equipment replacing old gear. The dry cleaning department now features modern machines and a skilled artisan oversees blocking equipment amid ongoing upgrades at Snow White Laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell LaVelle
Snow White Laundry
Lavelle
Legislature Fails To Levy New Taxes
Verbal clashes between the Governor and Senator Holbrook dominated a special legislative session that adjourned Tuesday without the requested tax measure. The session, costing about $150000, mainly enacted changes to hunting regulations and reallocated rural aid to boost bus transportation by 835000. Roughly 50 minor measures passed without debate while the House rejected a compromise bill to raise about 4 million annually to fund old age assistance and other programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holbrook
General Revenue Fund
House
Senate
Gardner family completes 5000 mile southwest trip
Mr and Mrs Joe Gardner and their children returned Tuesday from a 5000 mile journey through several states and Mexico. They toured Catalina Island and noted sights including the Grand Canyon Petrified Forest and Death Valley. They reached Mt Whittier altitude 14501 feet and experienced Death Valley 280 feet below sea level before returning home to Kimble County.
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Joe Gardner An
States
Mexico
Catalina Island
Ind Canyon
Petrified Forest
Nbow Forest
Cooledge Damilder Dam
Elephant Butteam
Carlsbas Cave
Death Castle
Mt Whitter
Death Valley
Charters Granted Show September Decline in Texas
A UT Bureau of Business Research report notes 103 new charters were granted to Texas corporations in September, down 27.5 percent from August and 165 percent from September last year. Total capitalization reached 2,034,000 dollars, down 49.6 percent from July but up 24.1 percent from September last year. Banking finance public service and real estate building sectors rose, with four charters capitalized at 100,000 dollars or more, versus ten in August and three in September last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Taxpayers Rights: Demands for Efficient Government and Accountability
The article argues that every taxpayer deserves full value for taxes with services matching cost. It calls for merit-based public employment, strict budgeting, independent audits, open bidding, necessary expenditures, fair and scientific assessments, and a tax rate within ability to pay. It urges citizens to defend these rights and fight for them.
Local social notes include visits and a burial
Miss Christine Schraub returned from a several week visit with friends Burnett Llano and others. Miss Helen Barnes and Mrs. Philip Joseph were San Antonio visitors this week. Llewellyn Meredith of Fritwell England was buried in a green coffin at his own request. Mrs. Luther McDonald of Boerne visited her parents Mr and Mrs Ollie Fleming and other relatives.
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Christine Schraub
Burnett, Llano
Helen Barnes
Philip Joseph
San Antonio
Llewellyn Meredith
Fritwell
England
Luther McDonald
Boerne
Ollie Fleming
Also Mentioned on This Page
Busy Bee
C. H. Crow
B. F. Lindsey
Mgr. Welcome
J. N. Hodges
Kimble County
Peter
Colt
W. BR. Eckert
of Earl Hight
London
Junction
Rawleigh
W. Leamons
Ianilla
Roland Murr
Pheumonia
Ogle
West Junction
J. L. Cunningahm
Arol Thomas
Comanche
Powell Motor Company Services Station
D. C. Smith
Cecil
Denison
Mrs. Smith
Roscoe Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson
Henry Hodges
Brady Visi
T. M. Hodges
Marlin
Rotary
Pierce Hoggett and Son
Pierce A
Kerrville
Beatrice Wright
Dallas
Loeftler Motor Co. Ite
Frank J. Wilson
Segovia
Allen
Jacob Fritz
Plymouth
Clifford Hamer
T. E. Evans
Houston
Mrs. H. , K. Caldwell
E. R. Borden
Carlsbad
Marvin Skaggs
Merton
N. H. Skaggs
R. H. Loeffer
Brownwood
Selma Loeffer
Warner
Hawkins Drug Store
Eagle
Kimble Courts Club
Llano
DELCO
J. A. Coodwin
Rocksprin
Rocksprings Junction
DODGE
Boyer
Heyman Drug
Nghouse & Motorola
Westinghouse Appliances
Walker Electric Company
Otha Kirkpatrick
Nwest
Sau
Alwand
Junction Hardware CO
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