The New Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 3, 1982 Page: 2 of 2
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PAGE 2-CASS COUNTY SUN, LINDEN. TEXAS. NOVEMBER 3. 1932
CCAD Certifies Last
Remaining Tax Rolls
The Appraisal Review Board of the
Cass County Appraisal District
(CCAD) certified the tax rolls of the
Hughes Springs and Avinger school
districts last Wednesday, marking the
end of a protracted search for owners
of $339 million of pipe stored at the
T&N Warehouse.
The search had been complicated for
months by a variety of factors in-
cluding T&N's refusal to assign value
to some 267 owners of the pipe stored in
their yard, Lone Star Steel's claim to
only $12 million of pipe, and legal
moves such as injunctions and su-
peonas by both sides in the dispute.
The final property value certified for
the Avinger school district was
$38,581,231, down some $3 million from
earlier estimates. The Hughes Springs
district's total of $557,561,560 was $36
million short of the CCAD's
preliminary estimates. With these ac-
tions the review board accepted a $280
million value for all the pipe stored at
T&N Warehouse.
Chief Appraiser Janelle Cements
emphasized that the original $339
million value attached to the pipe was
only an estimate and that estimation
was required only because T&N refus-
ed to provide accounting records of
ownership. As the CCAD forced the in-
dividual owners to come before the
board with tally sheets proving the
amount of pipe they owned Jan. 1,1982,
the number began to change.
"I think we'll know better next year
how to get the information we need,"
Clements said.
The reference to next year indicates
that the work of the CCAD is not com-
plete even though tax rolls for 1982
have now been certified for each of the
seperate 17 tax entities in the county.
First, Clements said, comes the pro-
cess of checking the rolls against the
old rolls at each city, school district
and for the county.
"There are more errors than I'd
like," Clements said. Most of the pro-
blems seem to be centered in the area
of computer coding errors which omit-
ted or misplaced certain property.
"We think the values are accurate,"
the chief appraiser emphasized.
Next year and every year the new
state law requires a reappraisal of all
personal property and all industrial
and mineral property. Additionally,
CCAD will monitor any new construc-
tion or property improvements. Much
of this work next year will be perform-
ed by employees of the CCAD, rather
than by outside consultants as was the
case this year.
PRIOR TO certifying the final two
tax rolls, the board transferred $14
million from Shell Oil to Lone Star
Steel. Shell's tax representative John
Mackel brought proof to the board of
his earlier claim that although Shell
had issued purchase orders for the
pipe, ownership did not transfer to his
company until the pipe was delivered.
Clements had high praise for the
review board as they concluded the
toughest part of their assignment.
"The board has done a very fine job
both in the local and industrial hear-
ings," Clements said. "They were fair,
thorough and couldn't have performed
any better."
Clements said Avinger and Hughes
Springs school superintendents Gary
Grogan and Leland Cochrell, respec-
tively, were equally complimentary of
the board's work, despite the delay in
certification of their rolls.
"They expressed their appreciation
to the board and to Pritchard and Ab-
bott for putting forth every effort to get
the full values on the books," Clements
said.
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The four, except for stints in the armed forces, have
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Our Readers Write
Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor:
One of our faculty members, A.P.
Burns of Linden, continues his post-
graduate studies. He has recently com-
pleted graduate level courses at East
Texas State University-Texarkana as
follows:
1. Financial Management
2. Advanced Income Tax
1 Managerial Policy
Burns holds the MBA degree from
ETSU-Commerce and the MS in
business education and counseling
from Northwestern State University at
Natchitoches, La. Having earned 93
semester hours at the graduate level,
he has maintained a 3.74 grade point
average and held full employment.
In addition to teaching accounting at
ETBC, Burns is assistant professor of
business and also as associated vice
president of financial affairs for the
college.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ken Howard
Department Chairman
Dear Editor,
A group of concerned ministers and
citizens of Cass County met Tuesday
night, Oct. 26, in regards to the article
that was published in the Citizens Jour-
nal Thursday, Oct. 14, 1982. The front
page dealing with "ANONYMOUS
LETTER BLASTS DORSEY", "Cass
County Agent Draws Fire".
We feel that the letter was er-
roneous, uncalled for, unprofessional,
and a lack of ethics on the part of
Judge Bennett Hill. We further feel
that a retraction should be printed
apologizing to Archie Dorsey and a
personal telephone call to the said per-
son be made by the judge.
Dorsey is doing a fantastic job for
Cass County.
The Cass County
SUN
Established January 1,1874
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P.O. BOX 920
LINDEN, TEXAS 75563
Editor, Publisher: Jim Davis /
Office Manager: Bernle Harris
Production Supervisor: Brenda Jester
Ad Builder: Brenda Webster
and Lillian Pope
Subscription rates payable in ad-
vance: In Cass County, $6.50; outside
Cass County, $8.50 per year. Office
hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character or reputation of any persons
will be corrected upon being brought to
the attention of the publisher.
In closing we feel this should be done
now (immediately) to correct this er-
ror.
' inden Ministers Union
Dear Editor:
We would like to express our sincere
appreciation to all the people who
donated their time, materials and bak-
ed goods to help make the Linden-
Kildare PTA booths at the Linden JCs'
carnival a success. We especially
thank the JCs for building our booths;
Vaughan's, linden, and Howard's,
Atlanta, for their donation.
Thank you for all your support. It is
our sincere desire that as we ac-
complish each of our planned projects
and meetings that our schools as well
as the community will benefit greatly.
Linden-Kildare PTA
the tax office until 1979 when he
retired.
Morris said while he was in high
school he and his buddies would go into
Jefferson to get a "Greeny Burger."
on the weekends. The hamburger joint
was owned by a man named Green,
and nearly every weekend the boys
would either rent a car, take a buggy
or walk to get one of those three-for-a-
quarter hamburgers.
The fourth boy, Harold Hays, recall-
ed by phone a long trip back from a
basketball tournament. He played
center on the Linden FFA team, and
the team won the FFA tournament in
Gilmer by beating Gilmer 52-26.
"We must have played 10 games that
day," Hays said. "Mr. Lovelace (Joe
W. Lovelace's dad) carried us to the
tournanment, and on the way home he
wouldn't stop to eat anywhere. We
were about to starve to death, but it
was late and he wanted to get home."
Hays said when they got to Linden,
he had to walk six miles to get home.
"I was pretty tired," he said.
Class Of 1932
Sets Meeting
The 1932 Class of Linden High School
will be honored Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 5-6, during Linden-Kildare's
homecoming.
This year is the 50th anniversary of
the class.
In addition to regular activities plan-
ned by the Ex-Student Association, the
class will have a "get-together" and
fish dinner at the Methodist Church
fellowship hall Saturday from noon un-
til 4 p.m.
EALTY
Linden
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103 East Rush Street
756-7781
Frank Lanier 756-7021 B.B.Boon 856-5692
Ed Farmer 756-7781
HOMES FOR SALE:
4 BEDROOM, 2 bath on IV2 acres on Hwy. 125, possible owner financing.
2 BEDROOM, 2 bath, mobile home on large shaded lot. Completely fur-
nished, outbuilding and nice garden spot, $22,500.
3 BEDROOM, 3 bath brick veneer with fireplace, fenced back yard and
workshop, $52,000.
3 BEDROOM, 2 bath on 1 acre in Avinger. Large workshop and garden
spot. $22,000.
4 BEDROOM, 2 bath on 25 beautiful acres located north of Red Hill on
Hwy. 8. Fireplace, CH/A and workshop.
3 BEDROOM 1M; bath on 5 to 30 acres located in the Red Hill Community.
Priced to sell.
3 BEDROOM 2 bath on large lot with CH/A, fireplace and built-ins. 52,000.
3 BEDROOM 2 bath on beautifully landscaped lot in Linden. CH/A,
fireplace, water well, and outbuilding. $55,000.
ACREAGE FOR SALE:
40 ACRES OF SECLUDED WOODLANDS, east of Kildare, priced to sell
at $21,000.
170 ACRES in the Carterville area. 85% improved pasture land, pond,
creek and well. Ms minerals. Priced for quick sale - Divorce.
47 WOODED ACRES near Linden-Kildare High School. $750 per acre.
Owner financing at 12%.
50 ACRES located 6 miles east of Linden. 2 bedroom, 1 bath frame house.
Improved pasture land, pond and barns. Will consider dividing. Possi-
ble owner finance.
3 ACRES located on Hwy. 59, 4 miles north of Linden. $7500.
25 ACRES located in the Red Hill Community. Approx. Vi open, large
branch, highway frontage.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE:
2,400 SQUARE FEET commercial building on S. Main St. $22,500. Owner
financing at 12%.
5 ACRES OF GOOD commercial property just off Highway 59 on FM 125.
LIST YOUR HOUSE AND
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...1932
Mrs. Merle Lonon came to Linden
the last two years she was in high
school and remembers four or five of
her friends and herself piling into one
car to come to school.
"Maybe that was the beginning of
car pooling," she said.
She said when she and her friends
went to Jefferson to go see a movie,
there might be six or even eight in the
car.
"We always managed to get
everybody in there somehow," Mrs.
Lonon said.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL Mrs. Lonon
went to school at the Metropolitan
Business School in Dallas. She even-
tually became an office manager and
retired in 1977.
Mrs. Marion Hamilton thought about
the parties she used to go to.
"A lot of them would be
impromptu," she said. "We'd just
barge in on somebody and have a big
party."
Mrs. Hamilton played basketball
and remembers the county meet on a
open court where the legion hall is
now.
"We had a good girls' team and won
quite often," she said.
Mrs. Hamilton, like Mrs. Lonon, at-
tended school in Dallas, became a
secretary at the Glen-Garrett Clinic
and retired a couple of years ago.
Morris said Linden has made a lot of
progress over the years but in some
ways has regressed.
"We used to have three hotels and a
lot more stores, but this has always
been home," he said. "I've always felt
that those who have left Linden are
trying to get back."
These members of the class of '32
don't take their years together for
granted.
"We've always been neighbors and
friends," Watson said.
Is Linden the best town in the U.S.?
"It's the only town," Morris said.
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Davis, Jim. The New Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 3, 1982, newspaper, November 3, 1982; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341429/m1/2/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.