Donley Eastland Ellis Erath Farmin Fisher Floyd Foard Franklin Freestone Gaines Glasscock Hale Hall Hamilton Hansford Hardeman Harrison Hartley Hays Hemphill Henderson Hockley Hood Hopkins Houston Hunt Irion Jack Jasper Johnson Jones
Kaufman Kent King Knox Lamar Lamb Lampasas Leon Lipscomb Lynn Madison Marion Martin Mason McCulloch Mitchell Montague Morris Motley Nacogdoches Navarro Newton Nolan Ochiltree Oldham Panola Parker Parmer Polk Rains Randall Real
Red River Roberts Rockwall Rusk Sabine San Augustine San Saba Schleicher Scurry Shackelford Shelby Sherman Smith Somervell Sterling Swisher Terry Throckmorton Titus Tyler Upshur Van Zandt Walker Wheeler Wilbarger Wise Wood Yoakum Young
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WET-DRY STATUS OF TEXAS COUNTIES AS OF DECEMBER 31 1 1961
(Asterisk indicates counties wholly wet, all others dry in part)
COUNTIES IN WHICH DISTILLED SPIRITS ARE LEGAL: 110
*VIashington *Webb Wharton Wichita Vvillacy \iVilliamson Wilson
*Winkler *Zapata
Stonewall *Zavala
1961 1 18 'H8a:W:B:O:B:a dO SV SD.L'
LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS
There were fifteen local option elections held in 1961. Thirteen were called tolegalize, three became II wet ll
, and eight remained !I dry" . One "wet" for sale of bee r fo r off premise consumplion only before election was held and became llwet" for the sale of all alcoholic beverages for off prem.ise consumption only before the election was held and became "wet" for the sale of all alcoholic beverages for on and off premise consumption. Two elections were called to prohibit and both remained "wetll
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The voting in 1961:
BELL COUNTY: The Incorporated City of Harker Heights, Bell County, on January 30, 1961, voted 40 for the legal sale of all alcoholic beve rages fa r off premise can sumption only and 11 against the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption only. Harker Heights was "dry" before the election was held and became !lwet ll
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BORDEN COUNTY: Justice Precinct No.1, Borden County, on January 7, 1961, voted 62 for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption only and 125 against the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption only. This Precinct was !ldryll before the election was held and remained I! dry I! •
BRAZOS COUNTY: Justice Precinct No.6, Brazos County, on October 7, 1961, voted 33 for the legal sale of beer for off premise consUlllption only and 62 against the legal sale of beer for off premise consumption only. This Pr& cinct was "dry" before the election was held and remained It d ry l1 •
FALLS COUNTY: JusticePrecinctNo. 2, Falls County, onOctober 7, 1961, voted 230 for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages and 119 against the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages. This Precinct was Ilwet11 before the election was held and remained II wet ll
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GARZA COUNTY: Justice Precinct No.3, Garza County, on July 8, 1961, voted 178 for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages and 66 against the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages. This Precinct was II wet l1 before the election was held and remained 11 wet 11
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GRIIvIES COUNTY:
HASKELL COUNTY:
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY:
LLANO COUNTY:
JVIARION COUNTY:
NOLAN COUNTY:
Justice Precinct No.5, Grimes County, on March 11, 1961, voted 43 for the legal sale of beer and 78 against the legal sale of beer. This Precinct was 1Tdryll before the election was held and remained 11dry".
Justice Precinct No.4, Haskell County, on May 6, 1961, voted 146 for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption only and 87 against the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption only. This Precinct was IIwet ll for we sale of beer for off premise conswnption only before the election was held and became Ilwet il for the sale of all alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption only.
JusticePrecinctNo. 4, Jeff Davis COW1ty, on May 6, 1961, voted 47for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages and 39 against the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages. This Pre cinct was II dryll before the election was held and became "wet".
Justice Precinct No.3, Llano COWlty, on April 15, 1961, voted 76 for the legal sale of beer for off premise consumption only and 177 against the legal sale of beer for off premise consumption only. This Precinct was II dryll before the election was held and remained 11 dryll .
Justice Precinct No.6, Marion County, on July 8, 1961, voted 85 for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages and 112 against the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages. This Prec inc twas 1\ dry" before the election was held and remained 11dryll.
The Incorporated City of Sweetwater, Nolan COlmty I on July 7, 1961} voted 1, 538 for the legal sale of beerfor off premise consumption only. Sweetwater was 11dryl before the election was held and remained (I dry" .
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SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY:
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY:
TAYLOR COUNTY:
Justice P recmct No.3, San Augustine County, on December g, 1961, voted 48 for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages and 298 against the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages. This Precinct was "dry" before the election was held and remamed II dry II •
Justice Precinct No. 5, San Patricio County, on May 6, 1961, voted 359 for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages and 462 againstthe legal sale of all alcoholic beverages. This Precinct was t1dry" before the election was held and remained II dry" .
The Incorporated City of Impact, Taylor COlIDty, on September 18, 1961, voted 18 for the legal sale of ill alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption only and 2 against the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption only. Impact was !1 dry" before the election was held and became llwet".
The Incorporated City of Impact, Taylor County, on October 2, 1961, voted 17 for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages. Impact was "wet" for the sale of all alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption only before the election was held and became "wet ll
for the sale of all alcoholic beverages for on and off premise consumption.
