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42nd Year — No. 24Dimmift, Texas, Thursday, March 27, 196914 Page*Courthouse bond vote set'Hie cnmrncMionors court voted Mon-day to vail a SL'fiO.nnri b.m\ election to double th. si/.e of the Castro Counts Court hlt; *useI UK, tAl'lNSJON plan, which hasflt; 'n lt;‘v the drawing b.ard three years. '--‘in* u[ f lt;i a vote April 19 — amiexpected to o' , holly debated issue dt spite the obv ious spare shortage inthe ecurthous*I he eormnisslt;ilt;(tiers election order • oils ; hie county s voters to decide wh«ther to issue up to a quarter million dollars worth of 20-yt ar bonds bearing an no last rate not to exceed the max mum; prescribed by law at the time of issuance ”(. ■ niplcte rext of the -election older is n Cage 12 of this issue (XU \TY M IX.K Raymond Wilson,chairman of tin* commissioners court, Sa!,T the f.r. lirnmarv plan tails for ire i leasing tin ce-iirthou.se floor area from hs present 17.900 stj ft. to approxi-matt I\ A 200 stf ftBy compare.,.m, ' Judge Wilson satd, tin Floyd County Courthouse lias 12, tHli) S,I ft . and serves a county about thlt; same si/, out s.Judge Wilson estimat'd that the paasioti project would cost h s than SlOOOoo. and added that the countvnow has Sl.yt.OOO in its permanent im provement fund — most erf which has accumulated “just within the last few years at the current tax rate.He said many offices in the courthouse are crowded »o the point of being illegal.“Ol U JAIL doesn’t comply with thestate minimum requirements he satd We don't have womens or juveniles veils m our jail, and this Ikis mated some real problems. It s against th • (See CXX’KTHOCSK, Page 13)Plans shape up for CofC banquethinal plans are being made for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquetto f»* hcIH At,id lu tv........Highh be In Id April IS m Dinimitt School gymnasiumTHK RAVQI KT will follow an ‘ Amet Waves of Grain Americanise, them*-, and the county 7 servicemen and their {xuents will be given special recognitionMrs Lsta Vandiver is in charge of banquet IkiI! decorations. Dr. j. dBlackburn u th.. I,
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Dimmitt Castro County News
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