The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1969 Page: 2 of 6
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Page Two - The Wylie News - Thursday, 24, 2959
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RESS ASSOCIATION
"I MAY DISAPPROVE OF WHAT YOU
SAY, BUT I WILL DtBEND TO THE
DEATH YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT.
What Others Say!
Suggestion For Sales Tax
An astute friend and one of Lewis-
ville's most dedicated men, v\ hile dis-
cussing the city sales tax revenue last
week, came up with what we consider-
ed a suggestion that contained con-
siderable merit.
He suggested that the revenue from
the city sales tax should be ear mark-
ed for "luxury" items and projects
rather than be thrown into the general
fund where it would be absorbed for
salaries, materials and the like.
Now this gentleman didn't mean that
the city sales tax revenue should be
used for frivolous things . . . which
the "luxury" tax may lead some to
think. By "luxury " he meant it should
be used for parks, swimming pools,
the library, beautification and the like.
In short, the city sales tax should
be looked upon as a temporary tax
... and as something of a donation,
which it actually is. And it should be
used specifically for the little extras
that aren't covered in the regular ope-
ration of a city.
We believe this will make the city
sales tax more palatable to those who
pay it. They'll feel they're donating
a little something extra for these ex-
tras. And as the city sales tax money
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is spent on these extras, it should be
publicized accordingly. It is only hu-
man nature for folks to want to know
their extra assessments are being
used on specific things that can be
seen and are in daily use.
Also, if by ear marking city sales
tax funds to such tangible projects,
this would encourage more trading at
home. If a local resident knows his
city sales tax is going to be used for
something that he, his children and
neighbors can benefit from, he will
stretch a point to spend as much of
his money here as possible so the
sales tax will benefit the community.
Although none of us likes to pay
any more taxes than we have to, by
ear marking funds from the local city-
sales tax as our friend has suggested,
most folks will continue to accept it
in reasonably good spirits. That is,
if they can see good things being done
with the money.
Of course our city dads may already
have such a program in mind for the
city sales tax. We haven't conferred
with them about it as yet.
But it is a good suggestion and we
are happy to pass it along for our city
fathers' cogitation.
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What has been proved to
be efficient in the man-
agement of children is
quite likely to be effec-
tive in the management of
grown-ups. The message
distributed by the Hillside
School of Marlborough,
Massachusetts was
written for the guidance of
parents, but anyone who
has authority over others
may find it useful.
"When the voice and lan-
guage of authority are the
same as the voice of lan-
guage of love, then
obedience and all other
forms of agreeable and
acceptable behavior are
easier for a child. Telling
a child we love him is many
things besides pet names
and endearments although
they are eloquent too.
"It's praise for accom-
plishment. It's permis-
sion to try and encourage-
ment to try again. It's
acceptance of slow pro-
gress, lack of blame for
failure. It's a jubilant hug
an unexpected smile. It'.'
all safety rules and safety
warnings, given to save
them hurts and frights.
It's a cared-for bump, a
comforted fear, a sur-
prise, a treat, a
goodnight story, a light
left in the hall. It's
patience while a child
learns the grown-up ways
of a grown-up world."
Congratulations go to the
winners in the recent local
elections, including Ken
Mauk, Don Thomas,
and John Addicks in the
City, and to Dr. T. M
Trimble and Curtis Hale
in the School. Mauk was
re-elected while Trimble
had previously served on
the board of trustees, but
Thomas, Addicks and Hale
are new to local politics.
Best wishes go to all these
fellows as they "pitch in"
to help build a better city
and school.
SHOPPING THE TOWN;
A continuation of a report
on our advertisers would
have to contain good
remarks for the Wylie
Locker Plant, truly one
of the few left of its kind
in this entire area. John
Yeager and company do
a fine job and Wylie is
fortunate to have a busi-
ness of this type
White's Auto Store,
Charles Elledge owner,
is a rapidly growing busi-
ness and a real asset ...
Nathan White Department
Store has been here
a long time caring
for the general dry goods
needs of the community
and Mrs. Earl Jones, the
efficient local manager,
sees to it that customers
get excellent service
Homer and Grace Wilson
and their Wilbar Cafe con-
tinue to serve fine food,
home style and tell people
about it in the columns
of this newspaper
Douthitt's Variety and Dry
Goods Store is another
firm which has recently
enlarged and modernized
in order ;o better serve
their growing list of cus-
tomers ... And one of the
biggest attractions Wvlie
has to offer Is the far-
famed Ladylike Shop and
Outlet Store which is a
favorite of thousands of
shoppers all over North-
east Texas and parts of
Oklahoma. J. R. Storey
has expanded this opera-
tion for the third time
to take care of a boom-
ing business. And guess
what! He uses the News
advertising columns
fluently!! Mention
Wylie Electric, one of the
city's newest firms ...
J. T. Nichols Lumber and
Hardware has such a com-
plete stock of building
materials and supplies
that the store attracts
builders and homeowners
from over a wide area ...
Harry Tibbals and his
Wylie Super Market
operation are superb.
They have a tremendous
stock of quality foods at
the lowest possible prices
and these account for that
parking lot being filled to
overflowing most of the
time. No wonder! They
tell folks what they have
to sell each week in a
half page ad ... Three
of the city's real estate
firms regularly list their
good buys each week with
us including C.B. (Shorty)
Martin, A. D. (Buck) Boyd
and Gary Roddy. And don't
think for a minute they're
not doing the business
Wylie Butane Gas Co. and
Cox Garage each are
"regulars" and both do a
fine job of selling butane
gas and repairing autos,
respectively ....Ken Mauk
has been the owner and
operator of the Western
Auto Store here for over
ten years now and this
business has been steadily
growing across this
span Daniel
Implement in neighboring
Murphy has been selling
and servicing Oliver
equipment for nearly a
Quarter of a century and
tneir ads through these
columns have helped them
to become one of the
largest such firms in this
entire section of Texas ...
Timberline Lumber and
Hardware with Earl L.ed-
better at the helm have
about completed their
construction and hope to
be "up and at 'em ' in
full swing in a short
time ... R. V. Groves and
Ken Nail out at the
Groves Gin and Wylie
Grain Co. have their
"busy" seasons and offer
the community two fine
services which we just
couldn't do without ...And
to complete the pic-
ture attention is called
to the fact that First State
Bank next year will round
out 25 years of service
to the area, and maybe
during that time they've
helped to "shore up" a
number of these busi-
nesses. We know for a fact
they have fteen most
instrumental in helping to
make progress and growth
possible in" many in-
stances ... As we said in
the beginning , our
advertisers are the best
people and represent the
finest businesses in the
whole wide world. If you,
dear reader, are not doing
business with them, then
we all lose. So, support
the local firms and The
News' advertisers for a
better community for alL
Thank you !
Tax Man
Sam Sez
The Internal Revenue Ser-
vice computer is a meti-
culous machine. If the
computer has to have a
schedule or a form to
support some statements
it doesn't hesitate to ask
for the missing docu-
ments. The IRS error
report coming from the
computer center in Aus-
tin points out that many
North Texas taxpayers
have started an unwanted
correspondence session
with the computer. The
computer needed such
forms as Schedule B,
Schedule C, Schedule D,
Form 2440, "Statement
to Support Exclusion of
Sick Pay," and Form 3901
"Moving Expense Adjust-
ment."
Most folks don't like to
write to a computer, so
we recommend that you
re-check that tax return.
Make sure that all
required supporting sche-
dules or statements are
attached.
Tb« Lonely Heart
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The Life Ideal
Who knows what constitutes the ideal 11'®?
Only ONE was perfect since die dawn bf
How, then, approach it in this world of strife
With all its bitterness and hate and crime/
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Our history books record the Uvea of men
Who seemed to triumph over evil things
By selfless deeds and abstinence from sin
And earned the praise that heroism brings.
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The Bible tells of numerous men of God
Who led their peoples in the days of old, •
But did they meet the standards of our Lord? >
Their human frailties were too great, we re told.
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The life ideal must be a personal one
Which each must live according to his light
The talents which are given to you alone
Must be improved to make our world more bright.
What pleasures me might agony be to you,
But all should know the bitter taste of pain;
A life of sympathetic love it will endue
Exalting us above this sordid plane.
No finer way to live the life ideal
Is offered, than to live the golden rule
To love thy neighbor, still, thru woe or weal
And thus deserve our place on God's footstool.
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One thing I know, beyond the faintest doubt
If I should fail to seek the upward way-
Pursue my ideals with a will, devout
I'll fall far short - My sacred trust betray.
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One worthy goal I'd recommend to all
Attainable to men of every race and hue -
It may be reached by men, both great and small.
This goal - "THE GOOD, THE BEAUTIFUL,
THE TRUE."
Frank W. Hooper
| Down Allen's Alley
Well folks, things have
been very quiet ana serene
around the Allen mansion
lately. We haven't been
bothered with having to
watch for flying objects
coming our way, so we
have been thinking a lot on
a certain condition that
exists around Wylie. How-
ever, before we get into
that subject we would like
to offer some good advice
to these "mousey" hard-
core husbands. Now that
word hardcore hasn't been
in existence very long.
Even Webster don't fcnnw<
about ii yet. We are not
right sure we have xtSetT"
it correctly, but in case
we find out better later
on we will use it again
sometime and put it in
it's proper place. But
at least we finally had the
opportunity to use it. Now
to these underprivileged
and hen-pecked husbands
we would like to drop some
of the secrets of married
life, which all of us
he-husbands know about.
We believe that every hus-
band should make his wife
mad (and the madder the
better) occasionally. If
things go along smooth and
everyone is happy all the
time, married life can
become very dull. Of
course when you get your
wife in this mood, you nave
to be very careful and
agile, and be ready to duck
or jump sideways auto-
matically. And, there is
one point you should never
overlook. If your wife is
left-handed, don't ever
forget and watch the right
hand. I his fussing and
object throwing will go on
for some time, but Is all
leading up to better things
to come. Eventually she
will wear hersell down and
start crying. Now that is
the key to the whole thing.
Don't let the crying bother
you, that is her way of
telling you she is ready
to make up. However,
don't jump in like a hun-
gry dog after a t-bone
steak, it could be a trick.
She might have a hidden
object in one of her hands.
Take it slow and investi-
gate as you go along. But
when you take her in your
arms, if she starts
purring like a kitten, boy,
you've got it made. Now,
this makin' un, lovin',
and smoochin was the
main object of making her
mad. You will find that all
the duckin' and side-
steppin' you had to do was
worth it. If you "mousey"
henpecked birds have
never tried this, man, you
haven't lived yet. To you
guys that don't duck In
time, let me know when
your eyes are open again
so you can read, and we
will give you some more
tips on how to live a happy
married life.
We mentioned in the
beginning of this column
that we had been studying
a certain condition that
exists in Wylle. Now II
we had any sense we would
keep our mouth shut. But
quite a few people in town
know we don't have any
sense, because they have
told us so recently. Ilow
&
ever, there Is a stuple
element in town that don't
agree with these other
guys. A goodly number of
these stupid guys have
made it known to us that on
rare occasions we show a
slight sign of intelligence.
As for us we are goin'
to agree with the latter
bunch. Now this condi-
tion we spoke of. You know
(or at least some of us do)
we had an election not too
long ago. Now we investi-
gated all these guys runn-
ing for these offices, and it
was our honest opinion,
that we had some of the
.pi-.-j... men in the country
to elect on the school
board and city council.
We talked to some of these
guys personally and also
heard them on a question
and answer bout. From
the statements some of
these fellers made, wegot
the idea that if they were
elected Wylie would bust
out like an American
Beauty rose in no time.
We got our pencil and
paper out and figured out
all the good points on each
candidate, and selected
the ones that was going to
make Wylie the number
one city in the U.S.A. To
tell you the truth we have
u.st about lost faith in
umanity. Boy, oh boy,
are we surprised in these
guys? We just can't see
now they manage to do it.
I hey have been in office
now for almost one month
and they are already about
six months behina with
their promises. We sup-
pose it will eventually
wind up with some of us
stupid birds having to do it
We were invited the other
day for a short ride in
the new City Police
Patrol car, of which a
picture will appear in the
paper as soon as it is
lully equipped. All the new
features and luxuries
were pointed outtous, and
believe you me; it is a dilly.
However, we noticed one
thing on it that has us upset.
We noticed that the speed-
ometer on this car reads
to 140. Now we have a new
ear and the speedometer
only reads to 120. We're
going to take it back and
make them put one of
those 140 speedometers
on our car. Of course we
understand there is a
city ordinance or some-
thing like that says no one
is to ride in the patrol
car with the police. But,
on the other hand we know
ol other city ordinances
that are violated also. So,
we believe we will just
keep on violating city or-
dinances until someone
enlightens us on which city
ordinance is which, why is
why and how come. Possi-
bly through this course of
elimination we can deter-
mine which ordinances
c*n be violated without
getting into trouble and
which ones to lay off of.
(Note to both of my friend**
I lease don't leave town
when this issue comes out.
1 very much desire youfc
presence at my funeral.
See If you can hire some-
one to help carry me to my
grave.
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