El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 53, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 25, 1982 Page: 2 of 28
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Page 2-A El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Sal , Sept 25,1982
Deputies Charge Suspect
With Area Property Theft
TTie Aug 12 theft of an AR-15
semi-automatic rifle from a police
cruiser parked behind the El
Campo Police Station is this
week’s Wharton County Crime
Stoppers’ "Crime of the Week.”
Anyone with any information
regarding the theft is urged to
contact Crime Stoppers at 543
TIPS or 532-TIPS. Informant’s
identities will be kept anonymous.
In other crime, Wharton County
sheriff’s deputies arrested John
H. Roberson of Houston Wed
nesday and charged him with the
Sept 11 burglary of Carolyn
Gresham’s residence in Louise.
According to investigating
officer Larry Hensley, Roberson
was arrested while he was at
work. He is employed by Cameron
Iron, located at 1000 Silber St in
Houston
Roberson reportedly stole
$25,000 worth of guns, lewlery and
other property from the
residence. He was transported
back to Wharton County and later
released on a $25,000 bond.
A 27-year-old El Campo man
and a 18-year-old juvenile were
arrested and charged with
possession of marijuana after
police executed a search warrant
at a residence located at 1001
Thrift early Friday morning.
According to Lt. Robin Taylor
of the El Campo Police Depart
ment, the arrest of Narciso
Gayten and the juvenile were the
result of information provided by
a confidential informant
Judge C. F Drapela signed the
search warrant which resulted in
the confiscation of approximately
four ounces of marijuana
Durwood Will, 218 W Calhoun,
told police that a storage
warehouse located at 400 W.
Monseratte was burglarized
sometime between Tuesday and
Wednesday. A tool chest and tools
valued at $1,000 were stolen
It was reported to deputies by
Eric Burrow of the El Campo
Equipment Company Inc that a
theft occurred at the business
sometime between Sept 17 and
Wednesday. According to the
report, tractor equipment valued
at $835 was stolen.
It was reported to police by Nell
Hood of El Campo that a theft
occurred while her car was
parked at 420 Merchant sometime
between Tuesday and Wed-
nesday. A chrome hubcap was
stolen.
Gary Radley, Blue Creek Road,
told deputies that 11 calves are
reportedly missing from Radley
Farms. The calves are black, red
and white. Anyone with any in-
formation regarding the calves is
urged to contact the Wharton
County Sheriff’s Department.
David Goetsch of El Campo told
police that a burglary occurred at
400 W. Monseratte sometime
Wednesday. A key lock valued at
$10 was damaged in the incident.
It was reported to police by
Jack Ebeling, 412 Ave. K, that a
garage door and lock located at
400 W Monseratte were damaged
sometime between Sept. 18 and
Sunday.
Police arrested two Bay City
men Thursday and charged them
with unlawfully carrying a
weapon. The two were arrested at
400 E. Jackson.
Timoteo Jalomo was also
charged with DWI and having no
driver’s license in his possession.
He posted a $3,500 bond Pedro
Garza Jr. posted $2,500 bond.
Police arrested Wayne Stewart
of El Campo Wednesday and
charged him with theft. Stewart
was arrested at the HEB food
store after allegedly attempting
to steal $17 worth of assorted
meats. He posted a $500 bond.
Christopher Hogan of El Campo
was arrested by police Thursday
and charged with DWI. Hogan
was arrested at 1000 S. Wharton
after he was observed driving on
Lilly Street. He posted a $500
bond.
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Voter Registration Drive
El Campo High School Student Council sponsored a voter registration
drive Wednesday which resulted in the registering of 60 nrw students.
Pictured from left to right are; Erik Moller, grade 12; Joe Rivera Jr.,
Giiberto Vela, assisstant principal; Melissa Miller, grade 12; D’Anne
Holt, grade 12; Mickie Holesovsky, sponsor; Beverly Washington, grade
12; and Anna Garcia, grade 12.
Voter Registration Drive Scheduled For Weekend
More than 50 students
registered to vote Wednesday at
El Campo High School, according
to Leonel Garza, principal, in a
project sponsored by the ECHS
Student Council.
On another voter registration
front, El Campo Leader-News and
KULP suffers are manning
booths at three grocery stores
until noon today in an effort to get
more people to the polls on Nov 2.
“We know we missed some,”
Garza said. “Part of the problem
is getting the students to take the
time.”
He said he and Gilbert Vela,
Student Council sponsor, plan to
Ulk to United States government
teachers to see what they think
about passing out voter
registration cards during class
and having students take a few
minutes to fill them out. Gover-
nment is a senior course.
“We could get 99 percent
registered this way,” he said.
Newspaper and radio station
personnel began manning booths
at 9 a m. to register voters for
three hours.
Leader-News staffers Jonathan
Keigen and Donna Machala are at
Fmka’s Food Market, and from
KULP Tommy Morton and A1
Kozel are at SUnley’s and Jerry
Aulds and Richard Brown Cur lee
are at HEB Food Store, where
Curlee is doing a few live in-
terviews.
The media personnel will also
have a registration Uble at the
Ricebird football game from 6:30
to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1. Arrangements
have been made with Frank
Konvicka, Wharton County tax
assessor-collector, to pick up the
completed applications Saturday
morning.
"Voting should be more than
just a privilege in Wharton
County. It should be considered a
duty. We have put a lot of time
and effort into this voter
registration drive; in fact, much
more time than anyone will take
to vote, but it is worth it if voter
percentages increase,” Chris
Barbee, managing editor of the
newspaper, said.
“I also think Mr. Garza, Mr.
Vela and the high school student
council are to be commended for
their interest in getting young
people registered to vote,”
Barbee added.
Jewish Holiday Begins Tomorrow
Approximately 200 members of of forgiveness or atonement,
the Shearith Israel Congregation begins at sundown Sunday and
in Wharton will gather tomorrow ends at sundown Monday. It is the
night and Monday along with culmination of 10 days of awe that
millions of Jews around the world began with Rosh Hashanah (the
to honor the moat solemn day of Jewish New Year),
the Jewish religious year, Yom Tlie day will be spent in fasting
Kippur. and prayer as Jewish people
Yom Kippur, which means day engage in soul searching and
Council To Vote
On Water Rate
The El Campo City Council will
vote on increased water rates and
discuss the proposed Community
Center project in major action
Monday night at 7 p m in City
Hall.
According to Robert Lundy, city
manager, the new rates would be
a minimum of $5 for the first 3,000
gallons of water used and 90 cents
per gallon for any additional
water.
The present rate is a minimum
of $3 for 2.000 gallons and 70 cents
for additional gallons.
Lundy said the average
residential bill would probably
increase about $1 50 monthly
The Council will examine
sketches of the proposed
renovation and remodeling of the
existing Community Center
Members will also hear estimates
prepared by the El Campo Rotary
Club on the cost of a new building
Rayford Simon and Isabel
Rivera, representatives of the
Community Action Committee,
will discuss abandoned property.
park and recreational facilities
and federal grants.
In other business, the Council
will hold a closing hearing on
Improvements which were made
to one block east of Fourth Street
and six blocks of Ave E. Lundy
said the streets were strip paved
and the hearing is needed so liens
can be assessed against property
owners which have not paved
Also on Monday, the Council
will:
• Review service center plans
• Consider changing Council
meetings from 8 p m to 7 or 7 30
pm. effective Oct 11
• Award bids for three new
standard sized half-ton utility
vehicles and two new economy
sized vehicles
• Authorize the setting aside of
uncollectable utility and am
bulance bills
• Authorize Lundy to write the
state treasurer designating
Austin National Bank to act as the
city’s agent in receiving the city's
allocation of sales and use tax
revenues
Costume Ball Party
To Benefit Art League
Th* El Campo Art league will
be holding Its fourth annual Artist
Ball Costume Party Saturday.
Oct 2. at tha Elks Lodge
The group will be celebrating its
2Sth annivaraary and the party
promtaoa to be fun for all Jerry
Aulds. station manager of KULP,
will emcee the event
All proceeds from the costume
party will go toward the building
fund for the proposed Community
Center Bishop s Frame Shop of
Kl Campo donated two print*
which will be auctioned at the
party Andy * Frame Shop of
Wharton also donated a Dalhart
Wmdberg print
Entertainment will be provided
by Jef A Valerie Ticket a will cost
$25 per couple in advance and $ k>
at the door For ticket purchases
contact. Evelyn Park 54i7S»e
Georgia Knesek 54.16«»t i and
AnnGreenwell V4I74V*
Prun* will also he aw anted lw
the twMit rmlunwi
repentance vowing to lead better
lives in the future.
The fasting is not done as
punishment but to help the
worshipper to concentrate on the
purpose of Yom Kippur, the
holiest of the High Holidays. Even
the most liberally observant will
spend the day according to the
Yom Kippur rules and tradition.
All confessions of sin are told in
the plural with the congregation
praying as a unit. There are no
individual prayers in the service
and almost all prayers emphasize
moral and ethical actions, rather
than ritual observance
Observances begin with Sun-
day’s Kol Nidre, which means all
vows. The emotional, mournful
chant is for all people and is sung
by the synagogue's cantor. A
memorial service called Yizkor is
recited on Yom Kippur The final
service is called Nei’lah. This
service refers to the tradition that
God writes a person’s fate for the
coming year on Rosh Hashanah
and seals it on Yom Kippur.
The Nei’lah service prays for
the “locking of the gates,” of this
fate and ends with the sounding of
the Shofar (a ram’s horn). The
Shofar is also sounded on Rosh
Hashanah unless the holiday falls
on the Sabbath On Yom Kippur,
the Shofar is sounded only at the
end of the Nei’lah service
Major Blaze Destroys
Barn, Several Vehicles
The El Campo Volunteer Fire
Department responded to two
minor grass fires and a dangerous
blaze at the Annie J. Kopecky
Farm located on FM 1162 this
week
According to El Campo Fire
Chief Jack Roberts, firemen
received a call Thursday at 1:06
p m that a garage storage barn
had caught fire at the Kopecky
Farm
The blaze reportedly started
when burning grass which was not
totally extinguished spread into
the storage barn and ignited
severaI bales of hay.
By the time firefighters
arrived, the fire had engulfed the
bam Officials were concerned
that the fire might reach a gas
tank on the south side of the
building
When the flame* were con
trolled, the gas tank was removed
School Studies
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were doing a good job so were
others in the community and
‘ vane are already up in arms
about the lax rate at $1 (ft ”
Without any budget cuts ap
proximate!) 35 percent or $1 4
million more revenue would have
to be generated locally than laat
vror The etpenwes which con
trit«utrd to the increase include
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by a wench truck. Two three-
wheel motorcycles, a lawn
mower, an assortment of tools
and several bales of hay were all
destroyed in the fire.
Commenting on the blaze,
Roberts said, “It could have been
worse if the wind was blowing out
of the east. The fire could have
caught the house."
Three units and 20 men
responded to the call.
Firemen were also called to a
grass fire Wednesday located at
1422 Thrift St The fire was caused
by burning trash which reportedly
got out of control Three units and
20 men responded to the call
Firemen also responded to a
grass fire located at the 1300 block
of Thrift StreH Thursday The fire
was also th» result of burning
trash One unit and two men
responded to the minor fire
Budget —
salary increases. $172,000 bus
purchases and repairs. $67,000
loans and leases, I1M.000
Meadow l-ane School. $43,900
utility increase, and $116,000 for
general increase in crols
Twelve percent of the needed
revenue would come from the
district's increased evaluation of
$430 million Without cuts the
remaining 23 percent would come
from an increased tax rate of
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A good time is in store for
everyone who attends the annual
St. Philip’s Parish Picnic
tomorrow at 11 a.m. Besides great
food and many fun activities,
spectators may spend their
money at an auction scheduled to
begin at 1:30 p.m.
The Pilot Club will host a town
meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at
the St. Philip’s Parish Hall to
explain Lifeline to Interested
individuals and organizations.
Connie Knighton of Austin, area
program director for Lifeline
Systems, Inc. and Jimmie Mat-
thews of Hermann Hospital in
Houston will give a slide
presentation and answer
questions about the system.
The local Pilot Club hopes to
purchase two units to qualify for a
third unit to be purchased by Pilot
International. Lifeline is an
emergency communication
system which allows the user to
carry a pushbutton device with
them. If they get into trouble, they
simply push the button and the
proper authorities are notified via
telephone that the user needs
help.
Gov. Clements has a
headquarters here in the office of
Mrs. E. Putnam. 121 E. Mon-
seratte. Those Interested in
picking up brochure*, yard signs
or other information may go by to
do so. or they may call 543-4654 or
543-8469.
And Bill Meier, a candidate for
Texas attorney general, will be in
El Campo Wednesday on a swing
through this part of the state. He
is slated to be at the Leader-News
at 1 p.m. to lay some info on us, so
those interested in talking to him
may stop by our office.
Jim Leslie says tickets are
available for an opportunity to
win a 1982 model Chevrolet Blazer
which will be given away at the
annual Rice Belt Ducks Unlimited
Dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 6 at
the Provident City Hotel. More
information about the tickets,
which run $100 each, may be
obtained by calling Texas West
Indies and asking for l^slie.
Getting back to politics we’ve
noticed that a new party will be
added to the general election
ballot—the Citizens Party of
Texas. The party supports control
of growth, protection of the
natural environment, legalization
of marijuana and more
aggressive protection from DWI
offenders, free health, full em-
ployment and elimination of
nuclear power. Sounds like the
party is composed of hippies from
the late 6®*s and early 70's. Free
love is one of the few things left off
the platform.
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 53, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 25, 1982, newspaper, September 25, 1982; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1006914/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.