The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1987 Page: 16 of 44
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PAGE SIXTEEN—THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS—THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1987
Appraisal District approves Two Gallatin children die in dryer
$521,300 operating budget
Directors for the Cherokee County
Appraisal District approved the
agency's proposed budget for the
1988 budget year at a meeting Thur-
sday afternoon. The budget will of-
Rusk couple
sustains injuries
in car accident
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Conley are
recovering from injuries suffered in
an automobile accident June 10 as
they returned home from church
Mr. Conley suffered two broken
ribs and Mrs. Conley a broken right
wrist. They were hospitalized at
Cherokee Medical Center for four
days.
A check with JP Archie Cook,
Precinct 1, shows that State Trooper
Wayne Davis issued tickets to Alex
Sidney Work, 17, of Route 5, Rusk,
for no driver's license, passing when
not safe and driving with an un-
secured seat belt.
Conley was issued a ticket for
driving without a seat belt.
However, Conley relates that he
probably would have been killed if
he had had on his seat belt, as he was
thrown across the seat away from
the crushing blow of the other car.
* County budget
.. .from P. 1
mandated expense in service.
"We did what we called a mid-
year 'gut check' among the county's
elected officials recently. We found
all departments but two operating
under budgeted expense. We are
very proud of this and feel that all
elected officials are doing their best
to hold down costs of operation," he
stated.
"We are really, on an austerity
kick at the courthouse. We can save
some, but where are we going to
cut?", he asked his listeners. The
total county budget is now $4.9
million.
Kiwanis member Mike Crysup
posed the question, "Could we
manage with less money if we went
to the Unity System, thereby
eliminating the need for four
separate sets of expensive equip-
ment and personnel to operate it ? "
Member Lou Furlong asked about
future cost of the Indigent Health
Care program, to which the speaker
responded, "We are saving the
county about $50,000 in that service
this year. We hope to have money to
carry over, which will reduce the
amount we must budget for the new
year."
The speaker cited unpredictable
increases for the Sheriff's Depar-
tment this year, stemming from two
persons' injuries while incarcerated
in the jail. One sustained a fall from
his bed and another became ill.
These two incidents have resulted in
approximately $50,000 combined
medical bills.
Kiwanian Bill Eckels asked about
help from the recently approved
sales tax and the speaker explained
that this is tied to a mandated
rollback in overall taxation which is
really a zero base gain.
"You people are going to have to
tell us where you want us to slice the
service," Judge Whitehead said.
The speaker was introduced by
program chairman, Dr. Doyle
Riley. Kiwanis President Furlong
presided at the luncheon meeting in
the New Southern Inn Restaurant.
ficially be approved at the board's
July 16 meeting.
In other matters to come before
the board for approval were ap-
proval of the audit report as submit-
ted.
The 1988 CCAD operating budget
is for $521,300, compared to $502,810
last year. Revenue will come from
units' allocations totaling $494,000;
surplus funds, $14,000; computer in-
come, $6,000; rental income, $1,800;
interest income $4,500 and other in-
come, $1,000.
Expenditures will show salaries
increased from $270,400 to $274,700;
retirement from $18,950 to $19,050;
hospitalization insurance, $28,500 to
$29,500; workmen's compensation,
$1,300 to $1,500; unemployment in-
surance from $1,100 to $5,200; and
$500 added for FICA.
Contracted services show, com-
puter services remaining at $3,000;
professional services increased
from $57,500 to $62,750; audit from
$2,000 to $2,250; board of review
from $2,500 to $4,500 legal fees
remaining at $1,000; deed record
services at $2,000, custodian ser-
vices at $4,500; utilities at $11,500
and telephone at $6,500; contract
labor was added at $500.
Lease expense on equipment
remains at $1,000. Maintenance of
the building will remain at $2,500;
machinery and equipment at $1,000;
but service contracts are increased
from $16,500 to $19,500; insurance-
general is increased from $4,750 to
$5,000.
Travel and other expenses show
employee auto allowance at $21,000;
employee travel expenses increased
slightly from $5,250 to $5,500; direc-
tor's travel expense at $500; sub-
scriptions and dues from $1,450 to
$2,000; statutory advertising at $250.
Office supplies and expenses
show materials and supplies
remaining at $12,000; postage from
$4,500 to $8,000 and photographs
remaining at $1,000.
Capital outlay shows furniture
and fixtures increased from $1,250 to
$2,000; machinery and equipment
from $2,750 down to $2,000; com-
puter equipment at $3,000; note
payable-computer, down from
$10,875 to $4,500; and interest down
from $985 to $100. Miscellaneous ex-
penses remain at $1,500
The CCAD does tax collections for
the City of Rusk, City of Alto, City of
Cuney, Jacksonville ISD, New
Summerfield ISD, Rusk ISD, Alto
ISD and Troup ISD
Proposed budget for that service
totals $121,700. compared to$114,700
for the current year. Payroll will in-
crease in that budget from $82,200 to
$86,700; contracted services from
$9,600 to $9,850; lease expt'u>cs for
the building remain at $1,000:
repairs and maintenance of equip-
ment, $250; insurance $150; office
supplies and expenses increase
from $16,000 to $17,500; other expen-
se from $3,500 to $4,000;
miscellaneous expense remains at
$1,250; capital expenditures in-
crease from $750 to $1,000.
Revenue to operate the tax collec-
tion department includes $110,000
from the unite, $6,950 from surplus
funds; $4,500 from tax certificates
and $250 from other income.
Sid Danner, chief appraiser
distributed comparison of taxable
values from 1986 to the estimated
1987 values for county taxing en-
tities. The figures showed that
Cherokee County general fund tax
roll would decrease from
$893,680,000 to $850,390,000, in-
creasing the effective tax rate from
the current rate of 29.3 cents to 35.2
cents. The lateral road fund tax roll
will decrease from $880,710,000 to
$837,183,000 to increase the effective
tax ra te from 3 cents to 3.3 cents.
Values for the Jacksonville ISD
will decrease from $457,928,000 to
$436,469,000 increasing the effective
tax rate from 82 cents to 99.9 cents.
Rusk ISD values will decrease from
$160,855,000 to $155,779,000, making
the effective tax rate increase from
88.7 cents to 92.8 cents
Walter Volz
is speaker
at Rotary
Walter Volz, Jacksonville banker
and a booster of Lake Eastex was
speaker at the Rusk Rotary Club
luncheon Wednesday.
Volz has been active in working
for the conservation of water and
water rights in this area for several
years He is considered to be one of
the most knowledgeable men of the
area regarding water supply for the
future, accord.ing to local Rotarians.
"The cheapest water we will ever
be able to obtain is at the present
time It will continue to become
more expensive because of costs of
engineering, purchase of land and
costs of construction of lakes and
water lines. Big participants most
likely will emerge with the larger
amount of water rights, because of
increased costs since some of our
smaller towns are unable to finance
a large interest," stated the
speaker.
Levi Srnallwood of Pasadena was
a visiting Rotarían Volz is a mem-
ber of tN ksor.ville Rotary Club.
Art V Klaiia was program chair-
man.
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Alto public schools, and was .Vo
High School salutatorian her se>
years. She holds a Bachelor of Ar'
degree from Stephen F. Austin State
University, where she has done
graduate study, and is a life member
of that university's ex-students
association and is a member of its
President's Club. After graduation,
Mrs. Rose was a public school
teacher ten years and now manages
personal property and her family's
estate in Alto
Mrs Rose was the organising
president of the William Roark
Chapter of the Daughters of the
Republic of Texas and was its
president seven years. On the state
level in that organization, she ser-
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dly person in 1844, offering to help
the Stephen, Townsend, Murphy
Party find its way through the Hum-
boldt Sink, where they hoped to con-
tinue across the summit into
California.
The Indian's name sounded to
the pioneers like "O.K." or "Tro-
kay," and therefore he became
known to them later as "Truckee."
He proved to be a faithful guide,
helping them find delicious trout.
The people he led honored him by
naming the River, Truckee, and the
trout, too. Believe it or not, he was
actually and Indian Chief and the
father of Winnemucca!
Other writers have documented in
detail the tragic episodes surroun-
ding those first groups of folks and
their hardships when bitter winter
set in and they couldn't reach
California as early as planned. The
following few sentences reflect the
awesome ¿ourage of America's
early westerners...concerning the
Donner-Reed Party who arrived in
1846.
"Civilisation's veneer Is very thin,
Indeed. In the case of the Donner-
Reed Party .lt wore completely
away. The wall of starving children,
the strong pioneer character with
the will to Uve, led to acts of can-
alkaUsm. Simply put: It was eat or
41aaf slarvaUoa. They ate."
A ghastly chapter In Western
history It la reported that of the IB
membera of the Donner Party, only
IT lived to roach their deatinatkm
Among them were also families with
the last names of Breen, Keseberg,
Keyes, Halloran, Snyder, Wolfinger,
Hardcoop, Pike, Williams,
Shoemaker, Rhinehart, Smith,
Stanton, Dolan, Fosdick, Burger,
Murphy, Foster, Eddy, Graves,
Denton, Hook, McCutcheon, Elliot,
Herrón, Baptiste and James.
As you might expect, Donner
Camp's history is well documented
in the placement of numerous
markers. Everybody just about had
cameras snapping away. The
scenery was lovely, the trees of a
pine species like, and yet unlike,
ours. One large rock appeared to be
near perfect in cylindrical
shape...from one point of
view...which is the one I
photographed. Showing it to our
Grand Boy, I asked him what it
looked like. He studied it for about
three seconds and stated, "It's an
asteroid!" It is a rock I'll never
forget.
Those of you who have enjoyed
touring some of these places have
already agreed with me that it is un-
believable that anyone ever got to
California! But then...one must
remember it WAS Gold which
beckoned!
More about our historic past from
that area of the U.S. la weeks to
come...beca«se now the laundry
beckons me! And In a way that's a
MU te climb, too. if you could only
see how high It la!
"TO later, then !-mw
ved two years as first vice president
general, four years as district four
representative, two years as Publi-
cly chairman, two years a
chairman of the Real Daughters
committee, as member of the
Bylaws committee, and is now on
the Alamo Library committee She
is a member of the Major Thaddeus
Beall chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Davis-
Reagan chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, is a
charter member and past-president
of the Cherokee County Heritage
Association.
Other activ;' es include being a
member of the Cherokee County
Tourism Commission, Texas
Historical Foundation, Cherokee
Civic Theater, Texas State
Historical Ass<« ition, and East
Texas Historical Commission She is
also secretary of the Old Palestine
Cemetery Endow nt Fund and the
Stella Hill Memorial Library Board,
and is a member and past-president
of the Alto Thursday Study Club.
As a church worker. Mrs Rose is a
member of the A Frank Smith
United Methodist Church and the
Downtown Bible Class in Alto
The evening's speaker, Dan Utley,
is a native of Lufkin with a strong
East Texas background. He holds
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts
degrees in history; taught history in
the Woodville public school system
1971-72; taught the same subject in
Houston area public schools 1975-79;
was a Boy Scouts of America
executive in San Antonio 1972-74;
has conducted 31 marker research,
historical preservation, and
cemetery preservation workshops
and participated in numerous other
workshops in his field. He has
published several professional
papers and edited books.
Since late 1985 Utley has been a
professional historical consultant
and researcher for cultural resource
management projects and is a part-
time faculty member at Auatin
Community College.
Arrangements for the June 23 din-
ner are in charge of Miss BUI March,
Mrs. Edith Goockon, George Dodd,
and Mrs. May Taylor of the
historical commiasion
John Allen Temploton, Com
miaaton chairman, will preaide at
the dinner
Two small children were found
dead near Gallatin Sunday evening.
According to Sheriff Joe French,
John Conrad Martin IV and Letisia
Santana are believed to have died
from smothering, or suffocation in
an un-used clothes dryer.
The children were reported last
seen at the Martin Dairy around 5; 45
p.m. Sunday. Their bodies were
discovered about 7 p.m.
Parents of the Martin youth are
John Conrad Martin III and his wife,
Gloria. Parents of Letisia are
Roberto and Celia Santano, who
were employees at the dairy.
Sheriff French says it is
speculated that the youngsters were
playing, crawled into the front
loading dryer, and could not escape.
He says it was located in a shed at
the dairy, with a washing machine,
but the appliances were not in use.
John Conrad Martin IV would
have been four years of age July 20.
Letisia was five years old Feb. 24 of
this year.
Investigating the tragic accident
were Chief Deputy J. D. Evans and
Deputy Mark Daniels of the
Cherokee County Sheriff's Depar-
tment.
Services for John Conrad Martin
IV were at 2 p.m. Wednesday in
Thompson Funeral Home chapel in
Jacksonville with the Rev R. S.
Dyess and the Rev. Michael Gott of-
ficiating. Burial was in Providence
Cemetery.
He was born July 14, 1983 in
Palestine and spent most of his life in
the Gallatincommunity.
Survivors include his father and
mother, Mr and Mrs. John Martin,
Gallatin; two sisters. Miss Crystal
Lee Martin and Miss Sarah Michelle
Martin, both of Gallatin, and gran-
dparents, Lt. Col. (Ret.) and Mrs.
JohnC. Martin Sr., The Colony; and
Mr. and Mrs. Primitivo Ramos,
Merced, Calif.
Pallbearers were Dean McCor-
mick, Kenny Dyess, Kenny
Derrington and Butch Morris.
Memorials may be made to Scot-
tish Rites Children's Hospital in
DaUas.
Services for Letisia Santana were
at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Thom-
pson Funeral Home chapel in
Jacksonville with the Rev. Ramiro
Maldonado officiating.
Burial was in Providence
Cemetery.
She was born Feb. 24,1982, in Pala
Pinto County and spent most of her
life in the GaUatin community.
Survivors, in addition to parents,
include a brother, Eliseo Santana,
Mexico; s. sister, Miss Martha San-
tana, Mexico; grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Pedro Montes, Mexico;
and great grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Santana and Mrs.
Guadalupe Domínguez, both of
Mexico.
Pallbearers were Chris
Maldonado, Brian Beaden, Roel
Ramirez and Robert Ramirez.
Graduate minister assigned to Rusk
Richard T. Gilmer of Amarillo
and San Angelo was granted the
master of divinity degree recently
by Austin Prebyterian Theological
Seminary.
Upon approval by Grace
Presbytery, Gilmer will be installed
as pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, Rusk.
His degree is one of three degrees
granted by the seminary, and is
prerequisite to ordination in the
Presbyterian Church.
Gilmer is the son of Ruth and
Wiley Gilmer of Amarillo, and has
been a member of St Paul's
Presbyterian Church, San Angelo.
He has a B. A. degree from McMurry
College. He attended Perkins School
of Theology, and was pastor of
United Methodist congregations in
Roxton and Avoca prior to entering
Austin Seminary. His wife, the for-
mer Beth Brown, is from Roxton,
Texas
LEGAL
NOTICE
NO. 71 IS
Ettote ol
ALBERTA FRANCIS DECEASED
In the County Court ot lo*
of Cherokee County. Ttioi
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Nonce <s hereby given thai original
letteis lestomentary m the tstate of
ALBERTA FRANCIS Deceased v ere
issueH 'o me the undersigned on the
9th doy of June 1987 in the proceeding
indicated bolow my signaturo hereto
which n «'ill pending ond that I no
hold such letters All persons ha mg
claims ogainst said tstate hich is
being administered in the county below
named are hereby required to present
the some to me at the address shown
below before suit upon same is barred
by the general statutes of limitation
before such Estate is closed and within
the time prescribed by la
Th« address of the undersigned is til
North Jackson Street JcuW sonvillt*
I eMOS 75766
BOBBIE J SMITH
Independent Executrix
ol the Estate of
ALBERTA FRANCIS Deceased No 711J
in the County Courtatlavy
of Cherokee County Texas
ItcH
NOTICE OF ELECTION
The Former Home Adminntrotion (FmHA) County Committee elettion
this year will be held on June 30 1 987 The ballot below must be filled out
detached ond mailed and receded or returned in person to Formers Home
Administration PO Box 1591 Jacksonville TX 75766 Room 203 Post >tfi<e
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The slote for nominees for Cherkee County are listed in the bailo' below
The qualifications of persons voting ore described in the Voter Ce'tificotion
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see the county office listed obove FmHA ele<tions ore open to oil eligible
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U.S. DIPARTMINT OF AGRICULTURE
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION
BALLOT FOR COUNTY COMMITTEE MEMBER(S)
Texas
Stat*.
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County Cherokee
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