Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1980 Page: 2 of 8
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THE RIO GRANDE HERALD THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1980 PAGE 2
News For Today's Woman:
New Hope For Housing
The first lollipops were dabs of sugar candy placed on
the end of a slate pencil.
MERIT RADGE RECIPIENTS —These scouts
received merit badges earned during the Summer and
at Camp Perry. They were awarded their badges at an
Honor and Recharter Night held at the Army Reserve
Building on August 14. Scoutmaster James Gebhart
presented badges to, front 1-r. Kent Peterson, Danny
Ramirez, and Sonny Trigo; back row, Raul Hinojosa.
Oscar Hinojosa, Ricky Margo, and Michael Ramirez.
Merit badge recipients not pictured are Michael
LaGrange, Randy Keefe, Hector Alaniz, and Ruben
Martinez.
ATTAIN RANK These members of Boy Scout
Troop 93 achieved their official scout badges as they
were recognized for attaining the rank of Scout in the
Boys Scouts of America. The presentation was made
during Honor and Recharter Night held August 14, with
Scoutmaster James Gebhart presiding. Pictured are,
1-r front, Elias Aguilar Jr., Danny Ramirez, and Beto
Guerrero: back row, Oscar Hinojosa, Sonny Trigo, and
Gileberto Perez. New Scouts not pictured are Randall
LaGrange and Bill LaGrange.
Rebates To Roma Increase
Roma-Los Saenz has received $48,959.83
this year from city sales and use tax
allocations, according to Bob Bullock,
Texas comptroller of public accounts.
This amount compares to $37,967.44
received for the same period last year,
showing a 28 percent increase from 1979.
The net payment for the period ending
July 31 was for $5,527.39. The amount for the
same period in 1979 was $3,524.73.
State Comptroller Bob Bullock Thursday
said Continued improvements in the tax
processing system in his office will result
this month in a one-time, multi-million sales
tax rebate bonus to cities and quicker tax
reimbursements in the future.
Bullock said Texas cities who levy the
optional one-percent city sales tax will
receive two rebate checks for August.
He said this month's "extra" check will
include a large amount of money from
second quarter returns filed in the Comp-
troller's office on the July 31 deadline and
normally would have been included in the
September payment.
He said one check represents taxes being
returned from last month's rebate cutoff
through the end of July. The other check is
the result of allowing an extra week of tax
allocation for cities during the first week of
August.
The second check to Roma-Los Saenz will
lx' for $7,819.00. bringing the total to date
for this vear to $56,778.83 rebated to the
Starr County city.
Statewide, Texas cities will share
$39.8 million for the normal end-of-July
allocation formula and an additional $61.1
million as a one-time bonus payment under
the revised accounting system.
That's wvll over $100 million that will be
returned to cities as a result of im-
provements in our accounting system."he
said.
Bullock said city sales tax rebates will ow
be allowed to accrue through the first week
i if each month and be paid about the 15th of
the month. The previous allocation period
ran from the end of one month to the first of
the following month and cities were reim-
bursed sometime after the middle of the
month.
Bullock said improvements in the state's
deposit and tax posting system will allow his
office to keep the rebate pipeline open into
the first week of each month and still get out
city checks by mid-month.
He said a single-step remittance
processing system adopted last spring has
reduced tax deposit time from six days to
about 72 hours.
H uston's rebate for August includes $8.5
million and $12.6 million, bringing that
city's 1980 total to $82.3 million.
Dallas will receive checks for $4.3 million
and $7.2 million, pushing the city's yearly
total to $46.3 million.
Fort Worth payments include a $1.5
million rebate and a $2.4 million payment
bringing the city's 1980 reimbursements to
$15.4 million.
San Antonio will receive checks for $2.1
million and $3.4 million. The Alamo City's
refunds this year now total $21.8 million.
The city sales tax is collected by mer-
chants and businesses along with the state
sales tax and is refunded each month to the
cities where it is collected by the Comp-
troller's office.
In this time of galloping
inflation and out-of-sight
prices for new houses, there
is more than a ray of hope
for families of Texas seeking
decent and safe shelter,
comments Yolanda Scriv-
ner, county agent with the
Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, Texas A&M
University System.
The answer for families
may be in factory-produced
housing, which is already
making great strides in
Texas, particularly among
young couples and senior
and retired citizens.
Factory-made houses?
Yes, just like many another
manufactured product, the
sections of the house are
made under precise,
carefully controlled con-
ditions and are transported
from the factory to the site.
Then, the house, already
equipped and carpeted,
needs onlv the furniture, and
the family can move in.
And if you think such
houses have to be bare-bones
and lacking in aesthetic
styling and amenities, guess
again! Today, both interior
and exterior styling have
come a long way from the
experimental days 30 or 40
years ago. There is a choice
from hundreds of floor plans,
and many sizes and shapes
of house. If one wants a
pitched roof, or a cathedral
ceiling, or a fireplace, it's
available. So accepted are
mobile homes that
developers are creating
planned communities that
attract even the more af-
fluent buyers.
Now what about the lower
prices? Well, in 1979, mobile
homes were selling for
$17,700 and up-up as high as
you want to go. That's
without land. But even after
purchasing a lot, the buyer
will still come out well below
$50,000 This is a bargain
when you consider that the
median selling price for
conventional single family
new homes this year is
$74,000. That's quite a dif-
ference! No wonder there's
a surge of interest toward
mobile homes among people
who can afford only the most
economical kind of housing.
For further details contact
Texas Manufactured
Housing Association, P.O.
Box 15343, Austin, TX.
78752,
We Congratulate
Cyn t hia A net Meridoza
And
Manuel David Falcon
ir Upcoming Wedding
On
A ugust 23,1980.
The Happy Couple Has
A Linen Display At
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first known seals
engraved in marble
petrified shells.
Charles Wesley, the meth-
odist, wrote 6500 hymns.
HOUSE FOR SALE
IN Rio Grande City.
2 bedrooms, brick,
with air conditioner.
Call
394-7049 (Freer)
or
487-3898
FOR RENT
TWO BEDROOM
HOUSE, Partly
Furnished. Call
487-3992
Think of
Low Set Cost
With Service
st" $
JERRY GUTIERREZ
Texas Farm Bureau
nriTiTi Insurance Companies
487-2181 rio GRANDE CITY
WHEN
YOU NEED
INSURANCE
SERVICE FOR
YOUR... HOME
RANCH
FARM
AUTO
CROPS
LIFE
ANNOUNCING!...
Trailways Bus Schedules
TO:
ZAPATA,LAREDO, EL PASO,
LOS ANGELES, AND
OTHER WEST POINTS
10:35 A.M.
3:10 P.M.
(To Laredo Only)
11:40 P.M.
(Thru Bus To Los Angeles)
TO:
BROWNSVILLE, McALLEN,
HOUSTON,DALLAS,
NORTH AND EAST POINTS
AND CANADA
10:10 A.M.
3:10 P.M.
10:30 P.M.
Full service agency, handling tickets, prepaid
ticket orders, baggage and express for speed
and efficiency including
C.O.D.'s up to s500 in Texas,
*250 out out of state.
Also Eagle passes, 7 days, 1 5 days, 30 days.
1112 E. State Highway
(next to Ft. Ringgold Texaco Service Station)
Phone 487-2620 (after hours 487-3350)
Agent: FELIPE B. BARRERA
OPEN 8:30 A.M. to 7 P.M. Closed Sundays
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Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1980, newspaper, August 21, 1980; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194781/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.