Balloting Record Forecast in Texas for 1936 Elections
The Houston Post notes Texas could set a state voting record in 1936 the Centennial year if all eligible citizens cast ballots. Poll taxes paid and exemptions show qualified voters at a record high with an estimated 1,345,556 potential voters, up from 1,274,298 two years prior. Public committees promoting poll tax payments helped boost the total. Candidates now must mobilize turnout for primaries and the general election.
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Houston Post
Texas
Roosevelt Landslide Seen in Scurry County Supplement
Scurry County Times previews a likely Roosevelt victory over Landon in upcoming national elections. The piece emphasizes Roosevelt’s strengths and predicts broad support across the region.
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The
Scurry County Times
Roosevelt
Landon
Local Family News Highlights Texas Trips and Visits
Mr and Mrs 8 D Lackey and family Rheta Dee and Joe Lynn plus Miss Clara Belle Light and Emil Sullivan visited Austin for the weekend. Elmer Smith family and Mrs J T Haliford returned from North Texas towns including Fort Worth and Dallas. Percy Franklin and sons drove Llano across the nation covering about 9000 miles in two months. Will Parks attended the Texas Frontier celebration in Fort Worth and the Texas Centennial in Dallas with their son F L Parks of Burnet and a Marble Falls niece. Mrs W R Capps returned to Mason after visiting in Llano.
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8. D. Lackey
Rheta Dee
Joe Lynn
Clara Belle Light
Emil Sullivan
Austin
Elmer Smith
J. T. Haliford
Fort Worth
Dallas
North Texas
Will Parks
F. L. Parks Cof Burnet
Marble Falls
School pupil transfer deadline notification and local notices
August 1 is the last day under the law for the transfer of pupils from one district to another. Patrons are urged to see J. W. Currie ex officio school superintendent with reference to this mat ter. Also notes a rental listing and family travel update from Junction and Liang.
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J. W. Currie
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