El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 59, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 11, 1986 Page: 3 of 26
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Blessing Cup Dedicated
Dedication ceremonies and an open house were
held Sunday for the new location of the Blessing
Cup Storehouse, 511 E. West St., at the old
Nightingale Hospital. Pastor Harold Orr of St.
Paul United Methodist Church, representing the
El Campo Ministerial Association, presided.
From left to right are Sophie Balcar, Gladys
Gregurek, Pastor Orr, Sister Elizabeth
Riebschlaeger, Lois Villalovos, Mary Beth
Ziegenhals, Joyce Mills, Annie Kaspar, Kathy
Johnson, Pauline Ward, Betsy Toler, lone Ben-
ner, J.B. Sallee and Paul Soechting. Sister
Elizabeth said, “This is truly a community pro-
ject. All those who worked so hard and all those
who have contributed in even the slightest way
can be proud of what they have accomplished —
and grateful to the Lord for moving us all to this
work. To me, it demonstrates what God can ac-
complish in a community when hearts are open
to Him and respond to the power of His Spirit of
love at work in our hearts. And in these times of
hardship and stress for families, the community
certainly needs the presence of love and compas-
sion. El Campo has demonstrated plenty of
both.”
L-N Photo by Michael Alexieff
—Drapela, Greenwood Facing Indictments
Chamber Plans
Slogan Contest
By MICHAEL ALEXIEFF
El Campoans will have a
chance to win a $50 gift
certificate by coming up with
a short slogan for a button —
similar to those “Wharton,
Believe It,” buttons.
The El Campo Chamber of
Commerce and Agriculture
Board of Directors gave
Chamber Manager Craig
Montgomery the go-ahead to
proceed with the slogan
contest during their monthly
meeting Wednesday.
Details of the contest will
appear in Wednesday’s
Leader-News.
Chamber President Randy
Clapp reported to the board
on the formation of the Heart
of Texas Coast coalition. The
coalition will include the
counties of Wharton,
Matagorda, Jackson, DeWitt,
Goliad, Victoria, Calhoun and
Refugio and is designed to
promote economic
development and tourism.
Clapp said HOTC will hire a
group of consultants, one in
San Antonio and others in
Washington, DC., who are
“high level” government
officials that will
“moonlight" for the coalition.
Tlie consultants will work to
gain government contracts
for industries in HOTC, such
as NASA and Homeport
contracts.
HOTC is being spearheaded
by A M Hurst, president of
the Calhoun County-Port
Lavaca Economic
Development Corp Hurst
said Wharton County officials
have expressed an interest in
joining HOTC. With a
projected annual budget of
$175,000, Hurst is seeking
$25,000 from each county. He
said the money could come
from any combination of the
county, cities and utilities.
Hurst said he hopes to see
HOTC incorporated within a
month.
Also during the meeting,
the directors appointed a
nominating committee for
1987 directors and a com-
mittee to canvas the vote.
Members of the nominating
committee are John
Richards, Jimmie Triska,
Johnnie Trochta, Carol
Sanders and Lucian Kainer.
Members of the canvassing
are Bob VonDerAu, Bob
Noster and Carl Foshee.
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were obvious shortages of
drugs. The drug listed on
Greenwood’s indictment is
Talwin NX. It is a pain killer
that is also known as pen-
tazacine.
Drapela and Greenwood
are both free on personal
recognizance bonds of $1,000.
Both men are to be arraigned
on Monday afternoon.
In addition to the in-
dictments of Drapela and
Greenwood, 17 other people
were indicted by the Wharton
County Grand Jury.
John Wayne Long, 25,
Louise, was indicted for
murder. He allegedly shot his
third cousin, 27-year-old
Stanley Bradford of Houston,
with a 12-gauge shotgun on
June 28 in Louise. Bradford
reportedly had his arms
raised when he was shot in
the chest.
Long had previously been
indicted for the offense but
was found incompetent to
stand trial and is currently at
the maximum security unit of
Rusk State Hospital. If he is
still found incompetent to
stand trial, he will return to
the hospital.
Anthony Munoz, 17, 901 E.
Hillje St., was indicted for
burglary. The charge stems
from an incident that took
place on June 30.
Lafate Steele Jr., 33, 805
McGrew St., was indicted for
aggravated assault on a
peace officer. The charge
was filed by the Sheriff’s
Department for an incident
that occurred on Aug. 8.
Raymond A. Sykora, 32,
1701 Michael St., was indicted
for forgery. He allegedly
forged a check in late April.
James D. Svoboda, 20,
Wharton, was indicted for
burglary with intent to
commit sexual assault. The
charge stemmed from an
incident on Sept. 26 when
Svoboda allegedly broke into
a Wharton home and raped a
68-year-old woman.
Robert H. Newlin, 34,
Spanish Camp, was indicted
for the manufacture and
possession of a controlled
substance. Deputies con-
fiscated a lab near Newlin’s
home on Aug 15. The lab was
allegedly used to manufac-
ture methampheta mines
Charles Jones, 28, Spanish
Camp, was indicted for
aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon resulting in
serious bodily injury. The
charge stems from an in-
cident that occurred on Sept
9
Alfonso Rodriquez. 21,
Wharton, was indicted for
aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon resulting in
serious bodily injury. The
charge stems from an in-
cident on July 13
Bennie N Allen. 31.
Wharton, was indicted for
aggravated robbery He was
arrested by Wharton police
for a Sept 12 incident.
Tedrick B. Benjamin, 28, El
Paso; and Ronnie Roberts,
31, Louisiana, were indicted
for felony theft. The charge
stems from an Aug 7 in-
cident.
Greg T. Evans. 19, and
Amie Allen, 19, both of
Wharton, were indicted for
felony theft stemming from
an incident on Sept. 15.
Michael Steinocher, 32,
Victoria, was indicted for
aggravated robbery. The
charge stems from an in-
cident on Aug. 11.
Jay Johnston, 32, Need-
ville, was indicted for
forgery. Johnston allegedly
forged a check on July 12.
Richard D. Parker, 39,
Limestone County, was in-
dicted for the unauthorized
use of a motor vehicle after
an incident on June 13.
Louis M. Montalvo, 27,
Needville, was indicted for
burglary. The charge
stemmed from a July 25
incident.
Grand jurors are Welton
Austin and Patricia Munoz
Blanco of El Campo; Robert
C. Marek and Chester James
St Clair of Louise; Weston O.
Frazier, Rudolph Henry and
Paula J Torp of Wharton;
James Otto, Jean Somer and
Mrs Frank Smaistrla of East
Bernard; and Pressely Giles
of Spanish Camp Frazier is
foreman and Otto is vice
foreman
ECHS Choir Plans Fall
Concert Tuesday at 7:30
An hour of choral music
will be presented to the public
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the El
Campo High School
auditorium when the high
school and middle school
choirs present their fall
concert.
Director Bruce Ashcraft
said four choirs will perform:
the 45-voice ECHS mixed
choir, the 35-voice ECHS
girl’s choir, the 38-voice 7th
and 8th grade choir and the
12-voice 7th and 8th grade
boy’s choir.
The director said a large
variety of music will be
presented, and he said no
admission w ill be charged for
admission. Local piano
teacher Janice Cox will assist
by accompanying on some
arrangements.
Ashcraft said both high
school and middle school
choral departments are up in
number of students this year,
with about 90 in each
department.
“I’m real happy with the
results of the choir this year.
Two-thirds of the middle
school choir I hadn’t heard
before,” he said of the 7th
graders and the 6th graders
who are now at the middle
school.
“I think Carol Wuthrichdid
an absolutely superb job last
year at Northside Elemen-
tary with the 5th and 6th
grade choirs which are now
our 6th and 7th graders,” he
said
He also said the high school
choir has had a nice influx of
freshmen. “We got some
excellent 9th grade boys and
last year’s 8th grade girls
won sweepstakes, taking first
in both concert and
sightreading. Our quality is
deeper than last year and we
have some kids that are
excited about it."
United Way Series
ECARC Is The Backbone Of Local Effort
ByTADHERSHORN
In an age when volun-
teerism is touted as an
alternative to publicly-funded
programs, the El Campo
Association for Retarded
Citizens (ARC) is a shining
example and one that extends
back almost 30 years The
association furnishes the
buildings, insurance,
utilities, repairs and water
for retarded citizens over 21
years old involved with the
program of the El Campo
Area Adult Workshop.
For its efforts, the ARC’S
budget this year from the
West Wharton County United
Way is $5,000 I.ast year’s
funding came through at
$4,373 The allocations for
1983 and 1984 respectively
were $5,625 and $6,650.
Charles Merta. a postal
worker who has been
president of the ARC for four
years and has a 24-year-old
retarded daughter, said
financial problems of the
organization stem in part
from increasing operational
budgets coupled with
lessened outside support such
as that offered through
United Way. He also said
there were some miscon-
ceptions about the ARC which
inhibit fund-raising
“Some believe we are state
supported because the Adult
Workshop has an affiliation
with the Richmond State
School That is not the case.
This has been strictly a
community effort from the
beginning, and we have to dig
up the money to support it
ourselves.” Merta said.
He went on to say the
ARC'S expenses at the
Opportunity Center complex,
which includes the sheltered
workshop and the Second
Time Around resale shop, are
between $900 and $1,000 per
month. The group spent
approximately $1,000 this
summer repairing the water
well at the site. The other
predictable expenses include
gas. electricity and other
miscellaneous costa.
Aside from United Way
funding, the Association for
Retarded Citizens holds two
fund-raisers a year A benefit
featuring Country Music USA
from Yoakum and sup
plemented with other local
talent will be held Tuesday,
November 18 in the El Campo
High School auditorium with
local merchants providing
items to be given away in a
drawing The other main
effort of the year is spon
soring a food booth at the
spring Wharton County Youth
Fair.
Merta said those usually
yield in the vicinity of $2,000
apiece
“The school officials have
been most gracious in letting
as ase their facilities.” Merta
said
Merta praised the efforts of
the recently-formed El
Campo Kiwanis Club for
taking over yard main-
tenance at the Opportunity
Center and hopes other civic
organizations will follow their
lead in assisting the ARC
keep down expenses
Merta identified space as
another critical need at the
Opportunity Center He
would like to see an ad-
ditional building constructed,
but realizes that is simply out
of the question, at least for
now
“Right now we are crow ded
for space They have goods on
the sidewalk leading up to
Second Time Around Shop
and the former recreation
room is now used for the store
itself We could certainly use
an extra building out there.”
he said "I imagine a building
50'xlOO’ would serve our
needs, but I can’t see that
happening.” Merta a keen view of the transport our students
His daughter. Marjorie, many benefits of the somewhere else. We have
has been taking advantage of association he serves. something local and we need
programs offered through the “If it were not for the to keep it up It is convenient
Opportunity Center for the Opportunity Center, we and does the job,” Merta
last 15 years, which gives would have been forced to said
Continued Push
I.-N I’ticHo b> Tad llrnhorn
Charles .Merta, president of the El Campo Association for Retarded
Citizens, says the struggle to maintain the organization that in turn sup-
ports the El Campo Area Adult Workshop is an ongoing one that needs the
financial assistance of the area.
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 59, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 11, 1986, newspaper, October 11, 1986; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017654/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.