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STATE OFFICIALS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Education, State Board of Vocational.-(1919);
amended 1946; ex officio; per diem and expenses;
twenty-one members: Same membership as State
Board of Education listed above.
Education, State Commissioner of.-(See "Com-
missioner of Education.")
Education, Texas Commission on Higher.-
(Temporary board set up 1953; new board set up
in 1955 on permanent basis); fifteen members
appointed by Governor: W. N. Durham Jr., Ama-
rillo (3-31-57); R. T. Waddell, Odessa (3-31-57) ;
Killen B. Moord, Vernon (3-31-57); Fred L. Flynn,
Harlingen (3-31-57); M. W. Glosserman, Lock-
hart (3-31-57); Dr. Harry M. Shytles, Sherman
(3-31-59); Dr. H. F. Connally Jr., Waco (3-31-59) ;
Harris Melasky, Taylor (3-31-59); Hal H. Dewar,
San Antonio (3-31-59); Jon W. Newton, Beau-
mont (3-31-59); Chairman Al Muldrow, Brown-
field (3-31-61); Mrs. J. F. Boren, Abilene (3-31-
61); Jack Cox, Corpus Christi (3-31-61); Millard
Cope, Marshall (3-31-61); John Redditt, Lufkin
(3-31-61). Director, Ralph T. Green, Capitol Sta-
tion, Austin, $15,000 (nonmemoer).
Election Board, State.-(See "Canvassers Board,
State.")
Embalming, State Board of.-(See "Morticians,
State Board of." Name changed by HB 21 of
Fifty-third Legislature.)
Employment Commission, Texas.-(1936);
apptv.; 6-yr.; chairman and executive director,
$15,000 a year, others $13,600 a year; three mem-
bers: Chairman and executive director, S. Perry
Brown (employers), Austin (Beaumont) (11-21-
58); R. F. Newman (labor), Austin (Pampa)
(11-21-62); Maurice Acers (management), Austin
(11-21-60).
Engineers, State Board of Registration for Pro-
fessional.-(See "Professional Engineers, State
Board of Registration for.")
Entomologist, State.-(1899); ex officio; F. L.
Thomas, Entomologist at Agricultural Pxperinent
Station, College Station.
Fannin State Park Commission.-(1947); apptv.
-yr.; expenses: Mrs. Lomuse Donoghue, Goliad
(9-5-61); Mrs. Hatty Swickneimer Goliad (u-5-
59); Walter Bluntzer, Gollad (9-5--7).
Finance Commission of Texas.-(1923 as Bank-
ing Commission; reorganized as Finance Commis-
sion 1943); apptv.; 6-yr.; per diem and traveling
expenses. Six members of banking section of
board as follows; C. D. Acker, Jacksonville (2-1-
61) ; Joe Van Cleave, Royse City (2-1-57); Ross
M. Sams Sr., Waco (2-1-61); Walter Taylor, Cole-
man (2-1-59) ; Frank Spring, Friona (2-1-59);
R. J. Bartosh, Taylor (2-1-57j; three members of
building. and loan section of board as follows:
Lacy Boggess, Fort Worth (2-1-59); Arthur M.
Michael, San Antonio (2-1-57); F. L. Amsler,
Brenham (2-1-61); Banking Comnmissioner J. M.
Faulkner, Austin, who is appointee of Finance
Commission. (See also "Banking Commissioner,
State.")
Firemen's Pension Commissioner.-(1937);
apptv.; 2-yr.; $5,304: Mrs. Marie Hudson, Austin
(7-1-57).
Firemen's Training School Advisory Board.-
(1931); apptv. 'by chairman of board of directors
of A&M and president of State Firemen's Asso-
ciation; expenses; seven members, three members
of teaching staff of A&M and four members of
State Firemen's Association of Texas.
Forester, State.-(1915); apptv. by board of
directors' of A&M College; A. D. Folweiler, Col-
lege Station.
Forest Fire Protection Compact Advisory 'Com-
mittee, South Central lnterstate.-(1955); apptv.
Game and Fish. Commission.-(1895) apptv. ;
6-yr ; expenses nine members: Howard Carney,
Atanta (91-61); Frank Wodd, Wichita . Falls
(9-1-57); Hal Peterson, Kerrville (9-1-61); W: T.'
Scarborough, Kenedy (9-1-57); J. W. Elliott,
Mexia (9-1-57); Robert G. Carr, Sari Angelo (9-1-
61); Henry Coffield, Mara (9-1-59) Henry Le-
Blanc, Port Arthur (9-1-59); H. ' Frensley,
Houston; (9-1-59).' Exec. secretary, H. D. Dodgen,
Austin (nonmember) ($11,500):
Goliad State Park Commissioners.-(1931);
apptv.; 4-yr.; expenses; three members: Mrs.
Lotte Nell Moore, Golad; Jack K. Hays, Goiad;
one Vacancy.
Gonzales State Park Commissloners.-(1913);
apptv.; 2-yr.; three members: Mrs. Henry Reece
, Gonzales; Mrs. B. Duncan Davis, Gonzales;
Mrs. A. G. Blaekwelder, Gonzales.Good Neighbor Commission.-(1943) apptv.;
nine members: Reynaldo Garza, Brownsville (6-19-
61); Mrs. Kelly McAdams, Austin (6-19-61); R. L.
Wheelock, Corsicana (6-19-57); Conrad Dunagan,
Monahans (6-19-61); Dorrance D. Roderick, El
Paso (6-19-57); Edwin Smith, Austin (6-19-57);
chairman, Watson W. Wise, Tyler (6-19-59);
Frank Kelley, Colorado City (6-19-59); Andres
Rivera Jr., San Antonio (6-19-59); executive di-
rector, Glenn E. Garrett (nonmember) ($8,700).
Governor.-(1845 by original Constitution, 1876
by present Constitution); elective; 2-yr.; $25,000:
Price Daniel, Austin (Liberty) (1-1-59).
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority.-(1933) ;
apptv.; per diem and expenses on duty; 6-yr.;
nine members: C. F. Combs, Cuero (2-1-59); sec-
retary-treasurer, Howard C. McKenna. New
Braunfels (2-1-63); Frank G. Guittard, Victoria
(2-1-61); Lawrence Wood, Refugio (2-1-63); R. C.
Barton, Seadrift (2-1-63); H. M. Davenport, Prai-
rie Lea (2-1-61); Chairman Edgar Engelke,
Seguin (2-1-61); Hartwell J. Kennard, Gonzales
(2-1-59); W. M. Burnett, Wimberley (2-1-59);
general counsel-general manager, E. M. Cape,
San Marcos (nonmember).
Guadalupe River Authority, Upper.-(1939);
apptv.; expenses: 6-yr.; seven members: Chair-
man J. F. Stallings, Kerrville (1-1-59); Whitlock
Zander, Hunt (1-1-61); L. T. Davis, Kerrville
(1-1-63); Frank A. Thompson, Center Point (1-1-
59); Fred Junkin, Kerrville (1-1-63) S. Eastland,
Kerrville (1-1-63); Joe Pacheck, Kerrville (1-1-
61); secretary, Walter Saenger, Kerrville (non-
member).
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.-
(1949); apptv.; three members: Travis Bailey,
Rockport; H. D. Dodgen, exec. sec. Game and
Fish Commission, Austin; Sen. Jimmy Phillips,
Angleton.
Hairdressers and Cosmetologists, State Board of.
-(1935); apptv.; 6-yr.; three members: Mrs.
James L. Moore, San Marcos (8-9-57); Bill Staf-
ford, Austin (8-9-61); Mrs. Bess Monk, Elkharf
(8-9-59).
Harris County Home Rule Commission,-(1955;
legally a state board); apptv.; 25 members: John
Austin, Houston; Col. W. B. Bates, Houston;
N. E. Coward, Houston; James A. Elkins Jr.,
Houston; William G Farrington, Houston; R. .
Greer, Houston; Harry H. Hedges Jr., Houston;
R. W. Henderson, Houston; Dr. Denton Kerr,
Houston; Ed Kilman, Houston;.Dr. David Knep-
per, Houston; Herman Pressler, Houston; Alf
Roark, Houston; G. C. Scarborough, Houston;
John Strange, Houston; Mrs. Harry urner, Hous-
ton; Emmett-Walter, Houston; John V. Wheat,
Houston; William Baugh; LaPorte; Jack Emmott
Jr., Fairbanks; Fred Hartman, Baytown; Roy
Hohl, Tomball; 3. C. Thomas Jr., Pasadena; Al-
bert Thompson, Katy; Gall Whitcomb, Webster.
Health Officer, State.-(See Commissioner of
Health.)
Health State Board of.-(1903; superseded
similar department created in 1891)- apptv.; per
diem and expenses on-duty- 6-yr.; nine members:
Dr. J. B. Copeland, San Antonio (6-12-81); Dr.
J. T. Stryker, Woodvlle (6-12-57); Dr. George W.
Turner, El Paso '(6-12-57); Dr. Elmer C. Baum,
Austin (6-12-57); Dr. A. C. Sloan, Dallas (6-12-
59); Dr. R. W. Kimbro, Cleburne (6-12-61); Dr.
Joe B. Winston, Mercedes (6-12-61); Dr. Hampton
C. Robinson, Houston (6-12-59); Dr. F. W.
Yeager, Corpus Chrsti" (6-12-59).
Higher Education, Texas Commission on.-(See
"Education, Texas Commission onHigher.")
Highway Commission, State.-(1917) ; apptv.;
$5,304; 6-yr.; three members:. Herbert C. Petry
Jr., Carrizo Springs (2-15-61); Chairman Mar-
shall Formby, Plainview (2-14-59); Charles F.
Hawn, Athens (2=15.63).
Highway Engineer, State.-(1917); apptv. by
ligei twy Commission; indefinite terms; $17,500:
.DeWit C. Greet, Austin (Tyler) 7
Historical Survey Committee, Texas State.-
(1953) apptv. expenses; eighteen members:
Chairman, ames E. Wheat, Woodville (Jan.,
1959); John P;..Morgan, Dallas (Jan., 1959);,
C. R. Tips, Dallas (Jan., 1957); Stuart McGregor,
Dallas; (Jan., 1961); Miss. Ima' Hogg, Houston
(Jan., 1959); Mrs. Lois. Wakefield Austin (Jan.,
1959) ; 3. Evetts Haley. Canyon (Jan., 1957); Mrs.
Mike Butler, Austin (Jan., 1957)- Bishop L. J.
Fitzsimmons. AJnarllo (Jan, 19575; R. N. Rich-
ardson, Abllene (Jan., 1961); Robert C. Wells,
Kingsvllle (Jan., 1959); Mrs. L. E. Dudley, Ab-
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