Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1965 Page: 1 of 22
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VOLUME 83
POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Pnbtisliad Waafcly Sinct 1112 In Poll County. Ttxa* — Pino Capital of Taxat
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Livingston, Taxes 77351, Thursday, Octobtr 21, 1965
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ARAGRAPHS
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By BOX DOVE
It seems Interest in the 10
Constitution*! Amendment* to
be voted on November 2 is gain-
ing steam every day. This week
there were two local citizens
who came in our office urging
us to put something in the paper
about the amendments so the
people will be aware of what
their responsibilities are and
make a special effort to study
the amendments and then vote
their convictions on November
2.
One man said he would bet
that 9 out of 10 people in the
State don’t even know there
is to be an election on Novem-
ber 2, much less what the is*
sues are.
1 doubt this is true, but there
was certainly little interest in
the single amendment voted on
last month in connection with
enlarging the Senate.
He printed several of the
amendments In their entirety
back in Aiqjust. And then acoo>
pie of weeks ago, we gave a
brief no • down in this column
on each of the amendments. Be-
fore the election we will print
more about the amendments in
an effort to give our readers
as much information as we can
on what tbef* will be voting on.
In the meantime, it is hop-
ed that every voter will make
it his business to find out every-
thing he can about the amend-
ment* so he can vote his con-
victions. Absentee voting is al-
ready under way in Polk Coun-
ty at the County Clerk's of-
fice. If you plan to be out of
town on election day, go tv and
vote so you will be counted.
• •
Polk Countiana over 65 years
of age will be interested in the
Medicare sign - up meeting to
be announced later. A ^tory on
this page tells of plans for
such a meeting, time and date
to be annowced.
• • •
H ith squirrel season already
in full swing and deer season
Cut approaching, local hunters
just might be culling their dog
packs.
Today s mother who lives
on Highway 190 called in and
told us of how people have been
disnping dags alongside the
highway near her home.
As for my self, I don’t real-
ly know if there Is a law against
folks dumping their wwanted
pets alongside public roads but
there ought to be.
Unwanted pets do create a
problem, but taking them away
from your home and.dumping
them near someone elses place
is certainly not the answer.
Dogs, and cats too, when
dumped usually half starve to
death and become diseased —
sometimes with dread rabies.
Wouldn’t it cause some sleep-
less nights if you fotnd out a
pet you dumped went mad and
bit a child. This could happen
as the rabies rate Is very high
among strays.
The city of Livingston has
a pound and they have alwaya
been willing to take stray pets
folks bring them. This way they
are kept safe and some of them
go to good homes.
If you have a pet you no
longer want or need,
don’t dump it on your
bor. Don’t run the risk of caus-
ing serious harm to another just
because It might be the easiest
way out.
Even If you live outside the
city limits, call the city and
see if they won’t help you get
rid of that unwanted pet. But
under no circumstance* should
you dump it on someone else.
Help keep Polk County the
fine place it is to live.
• • •
It’ll be a gala open house
out at Brock Meat Company
this Friday and Saturday. A
special invitation is emended
to you and all your friends logo
out there and enjoy a special
guided tour of this new, modern
meat processing plant.
Dr. Brock, Garner and all
the friendly personnel will be
an hand to greet you. And, on
top of that there are door pri-
zes including a quarter of one
of Dr. Brock's gzmin ,- fed
calves. V,
lOVilNOt CONNAUY UNITED
Lake Livingston Groundbreaking
Ceremonies Slated November 13
PLAN LAKE LIVINGSTON GROUNDBREAKING—Tr*n.
ity River Authority Board member J. C. I Jake)
Smythe of Liberty, Houston's Mayor Louia Walch and
Sanator Navaille Colson of Navasota study • seal#
modal of tha Laka Livingston basin at a barbtcu# hald
last Friday on tha ranch of Mayor Robart Willis. Mor#
than 75 officials o* Houston, tha Trinity River Author-
ity and oalagatas from Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and
Walker counties ware on hand whan Mayor Welch an-
nounced that formal groundbreaking ceremonies on
the big Lake Livingston rcsorvoir will be held on, N*v.
ember I). See Story'.
Brock Meat Company' Invites You
To Open House Friday And Saturday
Brock Moat Company, owned
by Dr. J. G. Brock of Livingston
will open its doors for a grand
open house celebration this Fri-
day and Saturday. The modern
meat processing plant is brand
new from top to bottom and is
the finest such facility in a
Urge area.
The plant baa been in opera-
tion for the past several weeks
and has processed many ani-
mals during this time. A spe-
cialty of Brock Meat Company
la curing and smoking of bacon,
tems and sausage. The plant
is now taking orders for smok-
ed Ttenkagiviiv and Christmas
tartayf, __________________
During the two open house
days, personnel of the plant
will give the public guided tours
and explain the many pro-
cedures followed in Slaughter-
ing, curing andprocessingmeat
products. A highlight will be
the dnwiiw/at 4:30 Saturday
afternoon for two door prizes
awarded to the lucky winners.
First prize Is a forequarter
of Brock grain - fed beef, cut
and wrapped to the winners spe-
cifications . Second prize will be
a smoked tern. Visitors may re-
gister at the plant anytime dur-
ing open house days and be eli-
gible for thedrawing.Youdonot
have to be present to win.
At a separate location near
the plant Is the pig parlor with
its own air conditioning system
and maternity ward. This fert-
ility is more folly explained
u a story inside this issue.
Also a picture spread an pages
1041 snd 12 tell the story of
Brock Meat Co.
Installed this week in the
cutting room at Brock Is a new
retail meat counter where cus-
tomers may purchase a single,
steak, a slab of bacon or any
amowt of meat. *
Persons wanting to stock
their freezer may select a side
or quarter of beef and see It
cut snd wrapped to their spe-
cifications. Another service
provided Is custom killing. A
customer may have his own beef
slaughtered, cured, cut, wrap-
ped and sharp frozen in a short
time. Brock will pick ig> and
deliver.
Bite - size samples of pure
pork Brock sausage will be an-
other treat for visitors during
open house days. The sausage
win be cooked and every visi-
tor will have an opportwity
to taste the true hickory smoke
flavor of the sausage which is
available in line or for pan
frying.
Remember, the open house is
this Friday and Saturday, Oct-
ober 22 and 23 and you are
invited.
Shareholders Of
Livingston S&L
Hold Meeting
Shareholders of the proposed
Livingston Savings and Ixnn
Association held a meeting on
Tuesday, October 12, at the
City Hall in Livingston. Plans
were discussed and approved
pertaining to a course of action
of the Association.
James M. Hindham, ooeof the
proposed directors, acted as
Chairman and gave those pre-
sent a brief review of the pro-
gress made toward obtaining a
charter from the state. Wind-
ham also outlined several op-
tions open to the stockholders
in order to determine wtet their
desires might be In regard to
action the directors should take
in the future.
An application for charter
was turned down by the state
Savings and Loan Commission-
er earlier this year.
The shareholders present at
the meeting October 12 voted
overwhelmingly to proceed with
whatever legal steps necessary
to obtain a charter and begin
operation. Windham said this
will involve at least one more
hearing before the Court of
Civil Appeals and possibly be-
fore the Supreme Court ofTex-
‘siutEHOLDflS PAGE 10
please
neigh-
Look inside this issue of the
paper and sec the pictures and
other details about this new
business. There ia a map Bai-
ling you just how to gat there,
•dtest of luck to the Brocks
and congr* tola lions to them on
suck a fine new plant. ,
OWN NOUS® FRIDAY AND SATURDAY - Dr. J. G. leeck hit sew Career and «R
the friendly personnel at Brock Mart Company invite el area residents to come
out end inspect their new meet process *g pJent H last Temp#. This new budd-
ing houses the modern pUnt designed for processing heel, pork end oN meet pro-
ducts, Free door prises ere to he given Saturday. —Staff Photo
In addition to Mr. Landry, the
Gordto G. Nettles and the B. F..
Budties wtB attend the Work-
shop- AB are officers or rib
nenmittoe reairmen of to*
(u*mty (oaMnlttM,
Houston’s Mayor Louie Walch
tea aimoutcod that formal
the construction of foe Lake
Livingston dam on the Trinity
river will bo held on November
13 when the first contract for
the project la to be let.
Mayor Welch mad* the arv-
nouncement tost Friday after-
noon when ho spoke at * Bar-
becue on the ranch of Livings-
tons, Mayor Robart Willis. The
Willis ranch to about 3 miles
from where the dam Is to ba
built. Attending the barbecue
were members of the Trinity
River Authority Board of Dir- Mayor Welchsahl«h*ground-
actor* who had met In • bus- breaking certmonle* sre stito-
Iness, A—jjBLyv;,
Also present were rapresen- County side which to abaut •
tatires from each of the four miles from Livingston. He *aM
counties which will bolder the Governor John Connelly Baa
55-mile-long Lake Uvtr*ston been ImdSed to attend and take
reservoir —San Jacinto, Polk,
Walker and Trinity.
Mayor Welch praised the
leaden of the four cowties for
their Interest In the project and
labeled the Livingston dam as
one of the greatest things ever
to happen in the State.
Project
of Huntsville
Nosh HuU
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becu*. He said tha
to Polk Couaty was bring
ao leaders of tha
ties, to* COT
meeting
tog held
Local Meet Planned For
Medicare Sign-Up Here
Hull said that appraisals
land to the la
More Awards
For County
History Group
Almost each mail brings an- 1
other commendation and an-
other Invitation because of the
outstandli* work of the Com-
mittee. They are to be guests
at a breakfast for ‘Quota -
Busters* (those whose counties
contributed at iaast $200 to the
Foundation this year). The ones
in and out of Polk County who
made this possible fay their
T exair or Sustaining member-
ships were: Mrs. John J.
Hollenburger; Gordie G. Net-
tles; G. W. Locke, Huntsville;
Ethel McCarddl; Ruth Peebles,
Mrs. J. W. Leggett; Mrs. Gor-
die G. Netties, Ire A. Mat-
thew*; Mrs. Ira A. Matthews;
Edmund H. Parsons, Washing-
ton D. C.; Howard N. Martin,
Houston; John J. Hollenburger,
Jr., Houston; Emma Haynes;
Mrs, A. W. Peebles; Mrs.
R. L. Rothe; Mrs. W. B. WU-
kerson, Houston; Mrs. Cur-
tis M. Garner, Livingston; Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Buckles; Os-
car F. Landry; Mr*. Evelyn
Dominey, Conroe; Kenneth Ken-
nedy; Roger Meece; Mrs. Ro-
ger Meece; Ollege Morrison;
Mrs. Ollege Morrlaon; (all In-
dividual Texain Memberships).
In addition to these there were
three Sustaining Membership*
for the Livingston Telephone
Co., The First National Bate,
and J. W, Cochran & Co.
The delegates will also be
entertained by the First Nation-
al Bank, Odessa, Southwell
Foundry of San Antonio, and at
the Distinguished Service
Award dinner. They will be well
tagged so that all will know
they represent Polk County.
Two Items of Importance to
the Archives have been received
lately, ‘Down Through The
Years*, a history of the First
Methodist Church, given fay
Mrs. Ray L. Brock, and a his-
tory of Victoria, sent by the
Supt. of Victoria Schools,
C. O. Chandler. The Utter re*
complied fay students and facul-
ty of uw A Ictorla School Sys-
tem. t,
The appearance of toe Rev.
Oscar Landry igwn a panel
at toe Annuel Workshop of toe
Teas Historical Surrey Com-
mittee and Texas Historical
Foundation In Odessa on Oct-
ober 21 will mark toe third
consecutive statewide meeting
where s member of the P0B1
CossiO' Historical Surrey Corn-
Many elderly reeidenta of
Polk CoHity will soon have
a special opportunity to regis-
ter under the new hospital In-
surance program which 1* be-
ing provided without coet to sub-
stantially ereryona over 65.
At the same time, they will be
able to sign up for the voi-
imtary medical insurance,
which to available at a small
coat — $3 monthly, beginning
next July .
This valuable protection
against toe coat of hospital
and medical care Is for prac-
tically everyone over 65, ac-
cording to L R. James, So-
cial Security District Manager
at Lufkin. "You do not need to
have ever worked under social
security or even have • social
security card," James said.
"This health insurance is tor
everyone over 65, with a very
fow exceptions."
James explained that every-
one who le already on the social
security rolls to automatically
registered for hospital taw
•urance. The same to true, tor
railroad retirement beneficia-
ries. People on old * age as-
sistance rolls are also being
handled aa a group and will
be notified iitdlridwUy how and
when to register.
"It to the remaining group
that we are most anxious to
reach just now,"James eqplato-
ad. "This to all people over
65 who are not on the roils
for any of these benefits —
social security, railroad re-
tirement, or old age assistance.
This includes people who are
still working hmI haven’t ap-
plied for social security bane-
fits because they are not re-
tired end can’t qualify lor cash
payment!. It to moat Important
that they apply now to qualify
tor health Insurance.•
Jams* emphasised that there
is no coet for registering for
hospital Insurance, and that the
premiums for medical In-
surance will be very low - $3
per month • because toe Gov-
ernment will pay half the cost.
"We are vary anxious tost
everyone lee me about this val-
uable protection against toe coat
of serious Illness. To evptoln
It and help local people re-
gister for their Medicare cards,
we are planning a special meet-
tog in Livingston. Tha details
aa to time and place *111 be
ritoto (he next m>
Itself
of Forest
10,000 acres of 1
basin has bare recrivad and his
office has asked tor qmrelaals
on 2,100 more acres. He stat-
ed that the final
ctfi cations on
are now In the
and Cotton
view.
0. P. Leonard, nswty elect-
ed president of B» TRA re-
pressed appreciation for every-
one's interest in the project
and dubbed it on* of toe major
develop menu of the Trinity Ri-
ver.
State Senator Neve Hit Col-
ton, ispiee anting District I,
day*-*
fared re opportunity to talk
shop — folk about I project
In which all are interested.
1 tvpe a good many of u*
will live to tee toe Trinity
river harnessed and toe eater
put to good use with harps
on the river,* the Senator said.
Mayor Welch e^lstoed tint
toe groredbreaking re Novem-
ber D Is the Initial contract
an toe lake and will Include
clearing and grubbing of toa
dam alto. After tois drat work
Is finished, contractors wtO be
able to lap set toa site prior
to the rime Mde are tag re
actual construction of toa dun
ttaalf, _
Rotary Governor Visits Here
Been ef
activ-
ity is this square, kaewa as
Bette* Mace, the gatberteg
■pet far visit era. Tears af this
8eutheeet Ails uetrepelto
enmity begin freai the white
buildles an the right.
James Parker Is
Named New
City Judge Here
James Parker, long - time
resident of Livingston, has been
named City Judge by the Liv-
ingston City Council. Approval
of Parker’s appointment was
made at the October Cowell
meeting on Tuesday, October
12.
Parker is a retired business-
man, having been a partner in
the Ford automobile agency for
many years until it res sold
to the present owners.
Livingston has been without
a C ity Corporate Judge since
the resignation of M. C. (Mack)
White who left Livingston to ac-
cept a job as assistant City
Manager in lake Jackson.
TEMPHWTIRES
TVvnpcrmiun’* and mlnfaB for
the pr.icd Ortabtr 14 Ukr ugh
fourer fed b> Ha d Hair)
torsi wrstill ■ rhmn*f am we
ft Sows.
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ROTARY DISTRICT 591 GOVERNOR SAM REDFIELD
(rigM) is shown above at h* was introduced by Liv-
ingston Rotary Club President Fred Buchanan at th#
dub’s regular matting on Thursday. Tha District Gov*
ornor was honored at a club assembly on Wednesday
night attended by officers of the club. The Gover-
nor’s wife, Mrs. Redfield was entertained by the Rotary
Anns at the home of Mrs. Fred Buchanan on Wednes-
day evening. M'. Redfield it e Certified Public Ac^
countent end lives in Nacogdoches. —Staff Photo
DWi Cases Are Handled
In County Court Here
A total of 17 Drivire While
Intoxicated cases were proces-
sed in county Court in Livings-
ton this week with two cases
bring tried before Juries. The
case* were heard before Coun-
ty Judge K. C. Matthews.
Haird Taylor of Houston res
tried snd found guilty by a Jury.
Hia fine was $50.90 plus costa.
Also, Doratis A, Manry of Cor-
rigan tint found guilty by a jury.
HU fine res set at $50.00
and coats,
Tha other 15 cases end their
disposition are ee follows:
i.redy C. Crawford, petted
until October 2$.
Floyd Allison Birch, ptaed
guilty and fined font .0" plus
coats.
GereM Jerry long, plead
guilt) and fined OM.MJ plus
costa.
Jtet (riMto pkef guilt) and
fined «HMAS piw reate.
Lewis E. Martin, plead guilty
and fined $100.00 plus poets.
J. D. Kellum, passed wtil
October 25.
John B. Henderson, plead
guilty and fined $200.00 plus
coats.
Edward Carl Turner, passed
until October 25.
F.ugene Driver Ray, plead
guilty and fined $100.00 plus
costs.
James Gif Smith, passed un-
til October 2$.
Hob Jackson, plead guilty and
fined $100.00 plus costa.
Arita Kari Holmes, passed
until October 25.
Herman Mien, dis-
Calvin Levon Fei
guilty and
reals.
Preston Lee
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Dove, Billy C. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1965, newspaper, October 21, 1965; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781639/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.