Opinion

Editor’s Note: This Article is a preface to a meeting being held at the Woodbine Inn and Restaurant on Saturday, July 29th. The organization MUFON aka the Mutual UFO Network is holding the meeting.

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Proponents are calling it the “biggest property tax cut in Texas history.” Both chambers of the Texas Legislature passed an $18 billion package during the second special session, the Austin American- Statesman reported. If signed as expected by Gov.

This piece came to you in a roundabout way. I found the photos first and then searched for information. Thank Heaven for Harold Gene (H.G.) Wells and his superb memory or I’d have nothing to share here except photos!

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Texas House Democrats unveiled a $20.9 billion plan for property tax relief that drops tax rates, increases the homestead exemption, gives annual rebates to renters, and includes pay raises for teachers, the Austin American- Statesman reported. The newest proposal comes as the Legislature continues wrangling over the issue in the second special session this year.

I was thrilled to get a phone call last week from Mr. Arnold Foster. Among other things, he told me something worth including here. Quite a few years ago, Tommy Shine told Arnold how to know each spring when it’s time to plant corn. If you drive past the Trinity River and see women sitting on buckets and fishing, it’s still too early. When you see women sitting on the ground while they fish, it’s time to plant your corn. If you ever get a good crop of corn, please let me know. It did me good to think of Tommy, fishing, and corn!

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS The Texas Senate on the first day of the Legislature’s second special session unanimously passed a tax bill last Wednesday that increases the homestead exemption and includes a pay hike for teachers, the Austin American- Statesman reported. The first special session ended with the Senate and House unable to agree on how to provide property tax relief.

This is not what I planned. Because of last week’s storm and damage here, I wanted and intended to write about similar storms of the past. However, I’ve been unable to get enough facts, so I’ve tabled that for now. Luckily I found a copy of the June 19, 1930, Meteor that caught my interest and I hope it does the same for you.

Recently I found copies of the Madisonville Meteor’s 50th anniversary edition, which was published August 24. 1944. The 32-page issue aimed to fully relate our county’s history, though war-time conditions handicapped such efforts. With publisher H.B. Fox serving in the U.S. Army, his wife, Mrs. Fox, acted as editor, with Mrs. Eli Smith as the associate editor. The newspaper began printing on January 19, 1895. At the time of the anniversary edition, the subscription rate was $1.50 a year in Madison County and the county trading area but $2 elsewhere.