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VOL. LXIV—NUMBER 300
ORANGE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1967
32 Poges
JOHN W. SIMMONS
Bitter Storm Tortures
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SCRIPTS
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26 Lives
Claimed
Axelion
New Look
By Voters of County
nigan, 426, Smelser, 217; Bar-
WEATHER
has not come from th*
PETITIONB, hit 15) . city an amount based on their
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Petitions To Be Presented
On Consolidation Election
Final Reading Set
On Buffer Strips
Reagan Upsets.
Cooper in Finals
Racca, Albritton
Win in Runoffs
to the
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ham. 227, Ratliff, 401;
320, Dyson, 382.
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to its termination north of
Highway 87.
Also bidding on 'the Orange
and West Orange projects were
the Tantillo firms, $114,524;
Trotti & Thomson, $149,904; Nor-
man, $118,171; and Kyte Con-
had 81 signatures, he said.
Only 20 signatures of qualified
voters in each district are re-
quired to call the election.
Grooms will be responsible for
actually calling the election and
setting the date. -
This Week for Holidays
The much anticipated holidays for Orange area
school students and teachers will begin Tuesday through
Friday with most area schools closing Wednesday
Most of the Orange County school districts and the
Deweyville‘district in Newton County will close for the
holiday* Wednesday afternoon
You can make your own list of what is im-
portant to you. In calm restrospect, it suddenly
strikes me that 1967 was a year of marshaling
forces on a variety of fronts which hopefully
(See P.S., Page 15)______________
lions measured up to four Inch-
es deep
The Pecan Bowl at Abilene
(See WEATHER, Page 15)
McLeod
In other contested races in
Calcasieu Parish, Rex Smelser
topped in the race for the state
Democratic central committee-
at-large position with a vote of
12.963 to 8,420.
Dr. Joe Barham defeated
George Ratliff by a vote of
11,330 to 9.777 for the position
on the state Democratic central
committee,
Dr. William Boyd received
the nomination as state repre-
sentative with a vote of 12,402
to 10,284 for Alvin Dyson.
Votes in Ward 5 were: Hen-
Part of Joint Study by Four State Colleges
Simmons Appointed to Research Unit
. Licenses
Will Have
Those include the Orange public schools. Bridge City,
Vidor, Orangefield and Deweyville
St Mary's Elementary students also will be out of
classes Wednesday at 2 pm However, the St Mary’s
High School’student* will be out of school following
classes Thursday because of exams. The St. Mary's
Schools will resume Jan 3
Bridge City school students will be out Wednesday
(Ree HOLIDAYS, Page 11)
ORANGE COUNTY DRIVER LICENSI STAFV PAEPARES FOR NEW sSTEM"" ""
Mrs Lormand Halt), Mrs. Wilburn, Billingsley Study Camera
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A red Schools W ill Close
State Schoolboy Football Championships Decided
” -Stories, Page IS
Being Studied by County
Sunday would warm up enough
to melt away much of the Irot-
Boyd en residue, the forecasters said.
Snow, ice and sleet accumula-
By BECKY FLICKINGER
Petitions seeking a consolida-
tion election in the Mauriceville
and Little Cypress school dis-
Data from U.S. Weather Bureau tricts are expected to be pre-
Outlook — Showers early today sented to County Judge Charlie
becoming partly cloudy G. Grooms tomorrow.
this afternoon with show- More than 80 resident* in each
In Ward 7 the votes were:
Hennigan, 977, Smelser. 983;
Ratliff, 1,535; Barham, 445,
1,040, Dyson, 957
John W. Simmons of Orange
has been appointed as a member
of the Texas Water Resources
Research Advisory Committee
as part of a joint tudy effort by
four cooperating state colleges
'Simmons, executive vice-
president and general manager
of the Texas Sabine River Au-
thority, also is president of the
Texas Water Conservation As-
sociation. He has been one of
the leaders in state water con-
servation and planning.
He will serve a three • year
term on the committee which
will contain from 12 to 20 mem-
bers. Working together in wa-
ter resources research are
Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Uni-
By Storm
By THE ASSOCIATED PAESS
A bitter storm spread an inch
esdeep sheath of frown ice and
snow to torture a vast expome
of Texts Saturday. The storm
was losing its grip after a four,
day reign that claimed the lives
of at least 26 persons and
brought misery to thousands
more
Some snow continued in West
Texas Saturday, but the Weath-
er Bureau said the freezing rain
and snow accompanying the
storm would end Sunday morn-
ing. A slight warmup was in
prospect.
Ice covered about half the
state. New problems arose Sat-
urday as freezing drizzle and
snow accumulations broke pow-
er lines and telephone wires in
the storm area
Driving remained hazardous
in Southwest Texas and the Pan-
handle. A bus skidded olf V.S.
62-180 some 96 miles east of El
Paso Saturday, tilting four per-
sona. A similar bus wreck on
an icy road Friday claimed one
life and injured four other per-
son* near the little town of Me-
The suggested date for the
election is expected to be Feb. 3.
The more than four times the
amount of needed signature*
was obtained in both districts
in les* than a week
Some of the trustees and other
residents in each district began
the p e l i t i o n circulation last
weekend.
The election is expected to be
called following the certification
of the petitions by the county
tax assessor-collector's office
Persons do not have to be
property owners or taxpayer* to
sign the petitons or vote in the
election However, they must be
residents of one of the two dis-
trict* and a registered voter in
1967 The 1968 voter registration
receipt®are not effective until
March 1, •
much more than that. It was
.the year of “get ready.” It was
h the year of fruitful planning
9 with the harvest to come in
1968
J The most outstanding was
• acceptance of the industrial
T contract concept by major
county industries which was
a major philosophy shift and
a breakthrough in the field of
Broad Region of Texas
Drop Reported
In Registration
Members of the county tax assessor-collectors'
staff are certain that Christmas erases most
other thoughts from minds of Orange County
residents.
“You know Christmas is almost here by the
sudden drop in voter registrations," Mrs. Ida
Faye Arnold, tax assessor-collector, said Friday.
She was referring to the sudden drop to less
than 100 registrations from more than 300 for the
previous week
, “And we expect this week to be even worse,
probably less than 25," she said.
Mrs. Arnold estimated registrations to date
total about 5,200. “I doubt that, it will reach
5,300 before the first week in January," she said.
Mrs. Arnold said she expects a rush on her
office when Christmas is over. She saill the rush
By BOB AXELSON
There isn't a great deal of time left to snatch
at what is left of a fading 1967. With just 14 days
remaining in 1967—that’s almost unbelievable-
it might be well to pause and review briefly what
kind of year it was.
On the surface it was nondescript. It was
The consolidation movement,
which actually began early this
year, was delayed several
months due to the status
changes of the Orange school
system.
The movement, which was
thought almost dead by many
persons, was revitalized at a
meeting of the two boards
Dec. 4
A resolution from the Mau-
riceville board at that meeting
stated th* trustees were ready
to have an election
This action came as a surprise
to most of the Lttle Cypress
trustees, who had thought the -
Mauriceville board was not in-
terested in consolidation
An official endorsement of the
search and education might be
strengthened in the state.
Several active water research
projests at the cooperating in-
stitution* are under way sup-
ported by the office Water Re-
sources Research, Department
of Interior Several others have
been submitted for financial
support
The university water research
consortium successfully com
pleted the Galveston Bay study
supported by the coordinating
board, Texas College and Un:
versity System and Federal
Water Pollution Control Admin-
istration.
The study was presented last
January to Gov. John Connally
versity of’fexas and University
of Houston
Under a 1966 cooperative
agreement, the four schools in a
coordinated effort are conduct-
ing several water research proj-
ects, The committee will serve
as a high level advisory body.
Members will make recom-
mendations as they deem de-
sirable relating to water re-
sources research problem areas
in which study should be in-
tensified in Texas.
The group also will suggeest
ways in which the water re-
search consotium may better
serve Texas and the nation
and will suggest ways in which
support for water resources re-
who commended the unlversi.
ties for th* joint effort The
cooperating universities also
have developed a joint program
for state support..
Serving on the research pro-
gram committee are Eari Kud,
tier, Texas AAM president)
Norman Hackerman, president
of the University of Texas:
Grover E Murrary, Texas
Tech president; and Phillip O.
Hoffman, University of Houston
president
They emphasized, "Texas has
developed a comprehensive
state water plan that provides
for the facilties need to meet
projected water requirements
(See SIMMONS, Page ts>
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er* tonight and tomorrow of the district* signed petitions
and becoming warmer. before the circulation of the pa-
High today .......... near 60 per* ended Friday.
Low tonight ...... near 60 The Mauriceville district pelt-
High tomorrow...... upper 60s tions were signed by 99 persons,
Sunset today......5:19 p m according, to Marlin Thompson,
Sunrise tomorrow 7:05 a m - attorney for both districts The
Little Cypress district petition
Final Phase of 1960 Bond Program
Bids on Eight Road Jobs
LAKE CHARLES (Spl) - Lo
nard Racca of Vinton and Mil-
ton Albritton of Stark* were
named the Democratic nominees
other bidson the projet were casiwppaRBhcfasurogheinn
into tor fromnt-osephsV. Tan- runoff primary elections.
stuatiohcTante, a^aX nomtheughtthyaareonlyurarty
& Son Equipment Co Inc a onnya‛ormalityeas°nhertlae
joint.venture, 01 Por Arthur, no Republican candidates.
81288' ... , Racca defeated his opponent,
Also, Trotti & Thomson, Inc., Joe Bond, by a vote of 1 208 to
of Beaumont, $377,504; and Mar M5. Bond was the incumbent
Len, Inc., of Beaumont, $438,- Albritton also defeated the in-
017. cumbent, Johnny Miller, by a
A. F. Jones & Son. Inc., of close vote of 486 to 404.
Beaumont submitted the appar- in other Ward 5 (Starks) re-
ent low bid of $94,960 for the suits, Willie Bussel defeated
projects in Orange and West Or- Charles Stanley tor the office
ange. of constable by a vote of 445
The contract includes 13th to 417. Jerry West received the
Street and Division Avenue, dirt nod for justice of the peace bj
work only, and 37th Street in vote of 445 to 420 for Fred
Orange, and South Avenue from--
Adams Bayou in West Orange
The final reading on five pro- tax valuations have been worked
posed buffer strips which are on for several months:
the prelude for the establish- They should be complete be
ment of an industrial district for* January
around the plants that surround Bid awards for 12 vehicles and
Orange will be considered by other miscellaneous piece* of
the Orange City Council Tuesday equipment needed by the city
at 7130 pm are expected to be made at the
The council will meet in the meeting The council will study
city council chambers, on the (Ree COUNCIL, Page I5>
second floor of city hall
The buffer strips would go on
Highway tn north of FM 1130;
FM 1130 west beyond Little Cy-
press; Womack Road (old High-
way 62) and on West Round
Bunch Road They are two miles
long and encompass only the
highway right-of-way
Another buffer on FM 1130
east of Highway 87 would extend
it from its present end to West
Bluff Road
This buffer was proponed
for a two-mile length, but was
shortened when it left the road-
way and entered property owned
b> Owens-lllinols, Inf
The company protested be
cause of a city charter restric-
tion which does not permit the
annexzuop of industrial land
without consent of the company
Involved
The strip annexation follow
the passage of an earlier ordin-
ance which established an indus-
trjal district which would en-
compass th* city's entire extra-
territorial jurisdiction area
The proposed buffers would
extend this area to include all
of Chemical Row and all th*
plant* north of Orange except
0-1 Agreement* to set up indus-
trial contraets under which
these industries would pay the
community consciousness.
Despite what your opinion
might be, the groundwork also
was laid for countywide consolidation of school By BILL DUNCAN
iistricts through the abolition of the Orange dis- Orange County officials are
rict and subsequent attachment to West Orange, studying bids for construction
This attachment, and full implementation. will on eight road projects with
come in 1968. The groundwork was laid in 1967 eventual award beginning the
after arduous years of preparation. It like- final step in completion of the
wise created a stream of consciousness which 1960 road bond program.
Is partially responsible for the consolidation The bids, opened Friday after-
movement now under way between Little Cy- noon during a special session of
press and Mauriceville. the county commissioners court,
These are all major plus items. On the sur- are for five projects in the VI-
face, at this point in time, they don't appear dor area, three in Orange and
to have any great impact. They will. And the one in West Orange,
full thrust will become readily apparent next Apparent low bid for the proj-
year. ects in Vidor was submitted by
Another plus factor was the production Joe C. Norman Equipment Co.,
startup of the multimillion-dollar Owens-Illi- Inc., of Orange.
nols, Inc., pulp and containerboard mill. It is The Norman firm entered a
a new industry which broadens the county's bid of $349,173 for the projects
economic base. that include Sawmill Road,
With this production comes the distinct pos- Tram Road, East Tram Road,
sibility of a box plant on that same 12,000-acre DeWitt Road and resurfacing of
tract at some point in time in the not too distant Old U.S. 90 from DeWitt east of
future. Interstate 10.
At the county government level, there are The work on Sawmill, Tram,
distinct signs that cracks are appearing in East Tram and DeWitt will in-
the facade to what for too many years has elude grading, drainage, flexi-
been a horse and buggy operation keyed to ble base and asphalt surfacing,
what was in 1920. I like to think of it as the The work on Old U.S. 90 will in-
fafnt toe twitches of a giant— maybe beginning elude asphaltic overlay,
to come out of a drugged slumber.
At the same time, another petrochemical blue
chip went to stream this year—the Goodrich-Gulf
stereo rubber plant. Production capacity there
Is-being expanded.
Nary in Hudspeth County.
Light freezing rain continued
at nightfall over much of the
Panhandle with light snow along
the New Mexico Border, with
some falls reported as far east
as Midland.
The Weather Bureau said
highways remained hazardous
west and north of a line from
San Angelo to Abilene and Wichi-
ta Falls and north Into Oklaho-
ma.
struction Co., Inc., of Orange, ruary with bid* sought some
$144,311. time in the spring.
.County. Engr. J. G (Gus) Foyle told the commissioners
Foyle said following the bid he will prepare a report on
opening he could not advise the funds available for the proj-
-court on acceptance or reiec- ects early this week when con-
tion until figures are checked tract* will be awarded
on money remaining in the 1960 However, the commissioners
bond issue. Orange County resi- in tabling the bids, said the
dents approved a $6,455,000 bond proposals must be within the
issue for 82 highway improve- amounts avallable for the work
ment projects in the county. Foyle said the dirt work on
Still remaining under the pro- 13th and Division will be un-
gram is the loth Street project dertaken at this time and sur-
in Orange. Foyle said plans will facing bid will be taken as part
be prepared possibly by Feb- of the bid for loth Street
will be made by the estimated 20,000 potential
voters trying to beat the Jan. 31 registration
deadline.
Mrs. ‘Arnold emphasized that all persons 21 wnos _ sovtheostey 15
years or older mu*t register before that date to mPav. vine. _
Vote in 1968 elections. ' e1003 » 820 133
Previously, those persons 60 years and older B"xom"."am ‘ ’ om,
were exempt from paying poll taxes or regis- TomoEe8w teS"sessn, Pos
tering "2,054 • 41 e.m
The total potential vote for Orange County is 6.5220. Pm '
estimated at 25,000, . W ",EfeDBaTemparatoru: "9 *
The ORANGE Leader
Driver licenses, issued to Or
ange County resident* 17 days
from today and thereafter, will
have a new look. Including that
of the Iicensce
And the driving permit* no
longer will be issued by the Aua-
tin office of the Texas Depart-
ment of Public Safety Rather,
they will be isued from the Or-
ange office of the DPS
The new program, to be-
come effective on Jan 2, will
inelude a colored photograph
of the person licensed The pro-
gram is in keeping with leglala.
tion passed during the last ses
slon of the Texas Legiaslature
To take care of the new U.
censing aystem a three-mem-
her s ta 1 t and photographic
equipment are being installed in
an office on the third floor of the
county courthouse here
The staff i* beaded by J U
Billingsley. driver license exam-
iner for the TDPS. He will be
assisted by Mrs Lonnle Lor,
mand and.IDs Florence Wil-
bum
An advantage of the new li-
censing system is the speed
with which the license Lt sc
quired, either on renewal or ini
ta! lasuance
n . • According to Billingsley re
Presentation mcnlsccsmmeanaacpvepok th
Of Petition rtsminttioa st the local office
m Previously, renewal requests
Oue at Vidor paronen into Austin for com
VIDOR (Spl) — A petition ask- "We Just take the renewal
log tor a $4 million bond elec- card vent to the licensee by
tion for drainage, street. wa- (See LICENSE8, page 15)
ter and sewer improvements I* ■.
expected to be presented to VI- ADANFN vuric,
dor Mayor Julian Greer early UKAGE JUICE
this week --------
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titorubyommfityszhmansad play at 1014 Ruby Lane tomor.
't,, sommitegrawhich row throygh Dee 2 from 6 to 4
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committee and has beon instru- staged bv Mr alsgtom
mental in the circulation of the KPS Sn.an MrBuJoeD?
putionaThe.commuen.a in tribution to chlklren 0 the area
sponporedia sloxan.contest.last UNEQUAL TRADE - An Or
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theengineering firm.of Turner on leaving a local restaurant
Collle k.Braden, which stated The sweler he carried home
that abou, 32.7 million was almost an exact duplicate -
nende d for overall improye- of th* no* b. left except in size
menia .. u. 11 belonged to a woman who is
However th* committee rec- tinding the "him" sweater , bit
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The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 300, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 17, 1967, newspaper, December 17, 1967; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1619941/m1/1/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.