Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1985 Page: 3 of 30
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intantata Commarca Commission
Trains not problem; vehicles are
from pago 1
Polk County has had Its share of
train-related accidents In recent
yoari, the meet recent of which oc-
curred only a couple of weeks ago,
when an Onalaska man was serlous-
ly injured when hia pickup truck,
atuck on the tracks, was struck by a
northbound freight train in Leggett.
Problem! which may lead to
railroad crossing accidents, accor-
ding to Scott, Include:
□ Drivers Ignore the warning signs
that are at all rail grade crossings.
□ People become so familiar with a
crossing when there is no train, they
fall to realize that anytime can be
train time.
□ Vehicles are travelling too fast to
have enough braking and stopping
room after the driver sees the train.
□ Motorists forget the train has only
one path - the track - and cannot get
out of the way.
□ Vehicles with the windows shut,
air conditioner or heater operating,
and the radio playing too loud, often
cannot hear the train’s whistle until
it is too late.
Complete figures for 1984 have not
yet been released, but 1983 statistics
indicate there were 763 car-train ac-
cidents in Texas that year. Sixty-
three percent of those accidents hap-
pened during daylight hours, 90 per-
cent happened in dry, clear weather
and 58 percent happened on city
streets.
The 1983 statistics also show that
75 percent of the drivers involved
were male, 47 percent of the driver
involved were between the ages of 20
and 34 and 53 percent of the ac-
cidents happened in cities with
populations of over 250,000.
Fifty-nine persons wart killed In
Texas and MO wart injured in car-
train accidents In Ml, compared to
•1 killed and 454 Injured In INI.
There were a total of eight car-
train accidents in Polk County In
Ml, with no fatalities reported.
There were six Injury aeddents, in
which there were nine persona in-
jured, and two non-injury accidents
that year.
Polk County’s 1984 statistics will
be grimmer, with two children killed
last summer while playing on a tres-
tle near Goodrich.
Scott was involved in 18 aeddents,
with five fatalities, during his 12
years as a Southern Pacific
engineer. ‘‘That’s average,” Scott
said.
Because it takes so long to stop a
train, there is little an engineer can
do to avoid striking an object on the
track.
A car traveling at 50 mph needs 78
feet to stop, Scott said, adding that a
freight train going 50 mph needs
over a mile and a half to stop.
“That’s over 18 football fields.” A
car is no match for a train when
struck. The average passenger car
weighs 3,000 pounds, compared to
6,000 tons for the average freight
train, he said.
After a three-year investigation,
the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion concluded that “the principal
cause of grade crossing accidents is
the failure of the motor carrier
operators to stop or exercise due
care and caution or to observe and
comply with the existing laws and
regulations” and “...it is the
highway, not the railroad, and the
motor vehicle, not the train, which
creates the hazard and must be
primarily raiponslbla for Ita
removal.”
Than an marly II,MO public
grad* crossings in Texas, the
highest number In the nation, and
each one Is equipped with one or
more of the “UfeMVer” aigns: 1}
the octagonal atop sign; I) the
x-shaped crossbuck; I) the yellow
and black advance warning sign;
4)flashing lights, bells and/or
automatic gates.
Schools, civic organizations or
an “Operation Lifeaavar”
may contact Scott by
6M-MM (office) or (409)
(residence). Programs may a bo be
scheduled by writing Scott at Route
4, Box 1288, Livingston.
rer” program
catting (4N)
[409) 327*1945
The Tens Operation Ufesaver
program was inagurated In 1977 and
is sponsored by the Railroad Section
of the Texas Safety Association and
the railroade of Texas.
OBITUARIES
Milton Alvis Murphy
LIVINGSTON - Funeral services
for Milton Alvis Murphy, 67, of
Onalaska were held Monday, Feb. 4,
1985 from the Cochran Funeral
Home Chapel The Rev. Roy O. Lair
officiated and interment followed In
Woodlawn Garden of Memories
Cemetery in Houston.
Mr. Murphy died Feb. 1 at his
residence.
He was bom in Alto, Tx. on Dec.
22,1917, the son of Ellis and Kate Ar-
rant Murphy. He married Cora Nell
Watson in Trinity on May 25, 1940.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge
No. 1103 in Corrigan.
Survivors include his wife, Cora,
of Onalaska; one son, Ellis Patrick
Murphy and wife, Olive, of Houston;
one daughter, Pamela Pauley and
husband, Steve, of Onalaska; two
grandsons, Donald and Duane Mur-
phy of Houston; two grand-
daughters, Neely Anne and Kady
Nell Pauley of Onalaska and one
sister, Lula Kate Sage and husband,
Billy, of Corrigan.
Pallbearers were Ernest Hanvy,
H.D. Arrant, Dick Childs, Terry
Sage, Michael Murphy and Daniel
Murphy.
Cochran Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Florence (Elizabeth) Brent
Drilling totals in
AUSTIN - A total of 41,282 drilling
applications were processed by the
Railroad Commission in 1984, accor-
ding to RRC Chairman Buddy Tem-
ple. In 1983, the Commission pro-
cessed 49,080 applications, and
44,746 were handled in 1982.
The 1984 total included 31,636 ap-
plications for permits to drill new oil
and gas tests, 808 applications to
deepen existing holes, 3,157 applica-
tions to plugback existing holes, and
679 applications for service (non-
producing) wells. Operators also fil-
ed 5,002 amended drilling applica-
tions.
The 1983 total included 36,724 ap-
plications for new holes, 827 applica-
tions for deepenings, 3,074 applica-
tions for plugbacks, and 684 applica-
tions for service wells. There were
7,771 amended applications.
Applications for new oil and gas
holes in 1984 Included 4,035 in the San
Antonio area (District 1), 1,223 in the
Refugio area (District 2), 2,472 in
Southeast Texas (Districts), 1,914 in
deep South Texas (District 4), 715 in
East Central Texas (District 5),
1,326 in East Texas (District 67),
5,101 in West Central Texas (District
7B), 2,150 in the San Angelo area
(District 7C), 3,853 in the Midland
area (District 8 ) 2,380 in the Lub-
bock area (District 8A), 4,499 in
North Texas (District9), and 1,968 in
the Panhandle (District 10).
LIVINGSTON - The Polk County
Chapter of the National Federation
for Decency will meet at 7 p.m. to-
day (Thursday) in the Livingston Ci-
ty Hall Auditorium. A film will be
shown, followed by a discussion
period.
Those who have been helping to
circulate anti-pornography petitions
and who have not yet turned them in
are asked to bring them to tonight’s
meeting so the petitions can be
prepared for presentation to the
Polk County Commissioners Court
and Livingston City Council next
week.
LIVINGSTON - Funeral services
for Mrs. Florence (Elizabeth)
Brent, 90, of Livingston were held
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1985 from the
Pace Funeral Home Chapel. The
Rev. Orval Barger officiated and in-
terment followed in Forest Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Brent died Feb. 4 in Bur-
Mont Nursing Center.
She was born Sept. 11,1894 in Liv-
ingston, the daughter of the late
Issack F. and Smithy J. Andress.
She was reared in Livingston and
received her education in the local
public schools.
She married the late Oscar Har-
mon Brent on Nov. 11,1916 in Liv-
ingston. He preceeded her in death
in 1970.
The early years of her married life .
were spent in the Beaumont area. In
1945, she and her husband moved to
Hampshire, Tx., where they owned
and operated a “general store” in
that community. Mrs. Brent served
as postmistress of the Hampshire
Post Office.
She moved back to Livingston in
1952 and resided in this area for the
past 32 years.
Active in various civic and com-
munity affairs, she was a longtime
member of the First Baptist Church,
past worthy matron of the Eastern
Star, past president of the Liv-
ingston Garden Club, and was a
former member of the Livingston
Art League and local DAR chapter.
Survivors include three nieces,
Mrs. Louise Ogletree, Mrs. Moline
Garrett and Mrs. Mae Manning, all
of Livingston; two nephews, Sam
Peebles of Beaumont and Carlton
Peebles of Hampshire; seven great
nieces and three great nephews.
Pallbearers were Steve Townley,
Jake McSpadden, Kenneth Bond,
Frank McQueen, Lester Hurt and
Jafck Ja&son.
. It;,i • .
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
John Corso, Ross Hightower, Ward
Jones, Dr. Jerry Wood, Dr. Joe
Dabney, Allen Peebles and Gerald
Wood.
Pace Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
Charles Peyton Richardson
LIVINGSTON - Funeral services
for Charles Peyton Richardson, 80,
of Livingston were held Monday,
Feb. 4, 1985, from the Holly Grove
Baptist Church. The Rev. Lee
Ainsworth officiated and interment
followed in Holly Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Richardson died Feb. 2 at his
family residence.
He was born June 21, 1904 in the
Holly Grove community in Polk
County, the son of Charles H. and
Della Frances Gay Richardson. He
was a lifelong resident of the Holly
Grove community and attended the
local public schools in that area.
He spent the greater part of his
adult life in the timber and farming
industries in Polk County.
A member of the official board of
Holly Grove Cemetery for the past
21 years, at the time of his death he
was thinking as sexton of the
cemetery property. He was a
member of Holly Grove Baptist
Church and, for the past 55 yean,
had served on the board of deacons.
Survivors include his wile, Offa
Lee Richardson of Livingston; five
daughtera, Mrs. Charlsie Waldrep of
Dayton, Mrs. Patsy Richardson of
Houston, Mrs. Bobbie Collins of
Grapeland, Tx., Mrs. Loudell
Richardson of Nederland and Mra.
Eddie Brackin of Dayton; one son,
Marvin Richardson of Groves; five
step-sons, Frank D. Perry of Liv-
ingston, Charles W. Perry of Votaw,
William H. Perry of Beaumont;
James Orvil Perry of Millington,
Tenn. and John Perry of
Chesapeake, Va.; three sisters, Mrs.
Mary Butler of Wimberly, Mrs.
Ester McMillian of Warren and Mrs.
Edna McMillian of Livingston; two
brothers, Edward Richardson of
Livingston and Bryant Richardson
of Bryan; 16 grandchildren and 22
great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Frank D. Perry,
Lester Boone, Ray Kegans, Jim
Boyd, Revis Myers and Charles
Perry.
Pace Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
PRIME EXAMPLE - This picture, taken back in the 60’s, of
a train which rammed into a grocery truck in downtown Liv-
ingston serves as a reminder of the many train-vehicle ac-
cidents which have occurred in the area. Southern Pacific
Railroad Engineer Mike Scott of Livingston is hoping to bring
the total down through the Operation Lifesaver program.
Seedlings available
By CARL AMONETT
Soil Conservation Service
LIVINGSTON-Winter is the time
for tree planting in East Texas.
Loblolly pine seedlings can still be
ordered through the Texas Forestry
Service for planting this winter, but
it must be done soon .
Bare-rooted pine seedlings should
be planted during the winter bet-
ween Dec. 15 and March 15. The
seedlings need time to grow some
new roots before hot weather ar-
rives.
Timberland owners can get their
seedlings for $21 per thousand.
Order blanks are available at the
Texas Forest Service or the Soil Con-
servation Service in Livingston. A
few other species may be available
such as Virginia pine Christimas
trees.
If you are going to be doing some
tree planting keep these tips in
mind:
(1) Plant the seedlings where they
can get full sunlight. Almost all
pines require full sunlight to grow
properly.
(2) Keep the roots moist before
and during planting.
(3) Plant the seedling at the same
depth as it was in the nursery or a lit-
tle deeper. Keep the roots straight to
avoid J rooting.
(4) Plant loblolly pines on a 10’ x 6’
spacing. This will give you 726 Seedl-
ings per acre.
Put your idle land to work by plan-
ting it to loblolly pine. Free planning
help is available from the Texas
Forest Service or the Soil Conserva-
tion in Livingston.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1985, newspaper, February 7, 1985; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781679/m1/3/?q=divorce: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.