Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1966 Page: 1 of 16
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POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Published Weekly Sine* 1882 fn Polk County, Twras. — Pino Capital of Texas ' -
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1966 TRAFFIC BOX
January 1 - August
Accident! "in Codftty .......i... ■ 137
Accident! in Liviiwton.......... 27
Total Number of Accident! ... 164
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Prnom Killed ... ........... 7
Personal Injury Wrecks ..... 35
Persons ,Injured .......... 56
VOLUME 84
10c Per Single Copy
Livingston, Texas 77351, Thursday, August 4, 1966
number 48
By BILL 1)0VK
Had a visit from my good
friend Hamilton Monroe
this week. However, I
wasn’t here when he came
by, but he left me a little
something on my desk.
When I saw my desk 1
knew he had called. Ham-
ilton has a green thumb
you know. He left two
egg plants, three of the
largest banana peppers I
have ever seen, one small
bell pepper and three
fresh tomatoes.
There hasn’t' been any
fried eggplant served af
my house in a long time.
So, I will take these to
the good wife and prevail
upon her to slice ’em and
fry ’em. Thanks to Mr.
Monroe, the Doves will
enjoy eating these fresh
vegetables. *•
, ., * * »
Saw Doug Sanford the
other day and he began
talking about the big to-
do at the Indian Reserva-
tion hack in June. I didn’t
make it out, but Doug
said it was a great dav in
PnH< County,: He had ar-
ranged for entertainers to
co’;re and perform at' the
ev' nt. Doug is an old hand
at Ciddlin and at one time
wa i heard from far and
wide on a major radio
stMion.
Doug said he really ap-
preciated old friends who
came at his call to help
out with the entertain-
ment program that day.
* * *
Just Tuesday of this
week 1 was talking with
a local merchant about the
school bond issue. We a-
greed on the need of the
bonds for the betterment
of our school district.
I told him I was in favor
of it probably from a sel
fish standpoint. I have
four kids at home—all to
be educated. If taxes on
the small acreage I own
in the District were dou-
bled (they will be raised
about one third if the
bonds pass) I would still
be getting a bargain.
This merchant friend
looked at it from another
angle. He said, “Well, one
of my kids is through
school and in college and
the other has just about
finished, so I really don’t
have as personal an inter-
est as you do. However,
there was a time when I
didn’t pay any tax and
both my kids were in
school. Somebody else was
paying for their education
and now I don’t mind pay-
ing my share for some-
one else’s kids.”
I told him if everyone
had his unselfish attitude,
the Livingston District
would have no problems
in upgrading and improv-
ing our school facilities
for the betterment of ail
Polk County kids.
Let’s move forward In
Polk County in the field
of education. Please vote
FOR the bonds this Sat-
urday—-for the sake of my
kids and yoqrs .and those
to come in future genera-
tions.
'
On November 8 there
will be 16 propositions on
the General election bal
lot. These propositions are
amendments to the Con-
stitution of the State of
Texas and voters will be
allowed to decide For or
Against each issue.
Ten of these amend
ments are printed in this
issue of the Enterprise.
They will appear for the
next three issues so read-
ers may study them. *A
brief explanation of each
of the 16 amendments may
bo found elsewhere on this
pjigo
t t\ |i i i An Editorial
Jury Deadlocked yot# f#f S(h(#| ^
In Brooks Case
A twelve-man jury became
deadlocked Wednesday night in
Judge Ernest Coker’s Ninth
District Court in the trial of
Fred Brooks, Jr., charged with
Murder With a Motor Vehicle
in the death of Mrs. Alma
Jones.
Mrs. J ones died from Injuries
sustained in an accident which
occurred on December 30,1965,
when a vehicle jn which she
was riding and a vehicle driven
by Brooks were involved in an
accident South of Livingston on
Highway 59. Mrs. Ora Lively,
a passenger with Mrs. Jones,
also died from injuries suffered
in the accident.
Brooks was indicted on two
charges of murder witoamotqr
vehicle. He is being tried on
the indictment against him in
the death of Mrs. Jones.
Jury selection in the case
began Monday morning and by
Monday afternoon the 12 seats
in the jury box were filled.
Testimony began and continued
until noon Wednesday when the
jury heard closing arguments.
Prosecuting attorney Ross
Hightower, assisted by Ward
Jones called 15 witnesses in
presenting the case for the
State.
The Defense, headed by Hous-
ton attorney Gene Starkey,
called six witnesses to testify.
Starkey was assisted by attor-
ney Fred Reynolds, also of
Houston.
TheI * * 4 case went to the jury
at 6:40 Wednesday and after
one hour and 25 minutes of
deliberation the jury sent a
note out saying the jury was
locked.
The foreman of the jury
asked if he could say something
to the Judge. Judge Coker then
instructed the jury to return to
the jury room and write down
what was to be said.
Revival At
Soda Begins*
August 7
The Soda Baptist Church will
be In revival services August
7-14 with Rev. F. A. McCann
of Tenaha as evangelist. Rev.
McCann is one of the leading
evangelists of the BMA of
Texas.
Services will be conducted
at 10:00 ajn. and 7:30 pjn.
dally.
The Soda Church and pastor,
Otha J. Owen, extends a cordial
invitation to toe public.
After about 25 minutes, the
jury sent out another note saying
it was deadlocked*
Council for toe defense then
filed a motion for a mistrial
which was denied by the pre-
siding judge.
Judge Coker asked the jury
foreman to say numerically how
the jury stood in its delibera-
tions. The foreman said eleven
to one.
The jury was then Instructed
by the Judge to not discuss
the case with anyone and return
to the courtroom at9;30Thurs-
day morning.
Reports In
On Small
Watersheds
The major portion of the July
28 Directors meeting of toe
Southeast Texas Resource
Planning and Development Area
was devoted to receiving pre-
liminary engineering reports
from toe Soil Conservation Ser-
vice. Engineer Joe Sanders ex-
plained toe Small Watershed
Program which is administered
by the SCS, and described en-
gineering studies that have re-
cently been made inSanJacinto,
Polk, Tyler, Jasper and New-
ton Counties. Engineer O’Gene
Barkemeyer outlined the cur-
rent status of drainage surveys
for water management in the
Pine Island Bayou watershed.
Gene Jones, of toe State Soil
and Water Conservation Board,
reported on the number of ap-
plications for assistance under
the Small Watershed Program
that are now pending Ir. Texas.
He explained how planning
priorities are assigned by his
Board.
Chairman B. J. Jones dis-
cussed progress being made in
organizing the Fire Ant Con-
tini Committee. To date toe
following men have been
appointed fay their respective
Commissioners Courts to serve
on toe committee: B. C. Ener,
Sabine County; H. G. Sutton,
Tyler County; Guy fade Jack-
son m, Chambers County;
Frank Carpenter, Hardin
County; J. G. Busty, San Augu-
stine County and Charles B.
Franklin, Polk County.
The Fire Ant Control Com-
mittee will be invited to meet
with toe Directors at their next
meeting which will be on August
25 at Kountze.
A major prerequisite for casting a ballot in any
ejection is for the voter to study the issues and
thoroughly understand what he is either voting
for or against.
This privilege we have of casting our ballot is
something too often taken for granted and the
issues are too often looked upon with apathy and
unconcern. Yet, the outcome of the election can
very well have a dire effect on the future well-being
of everyone.
Take, for instance, the school bond election coming
up Saturday in Livingston. As more emphasis is
being placed on the demand for better education
of our children, what proposition of more import-
ance could be facing us than the upgrading and
expansion of a pew overcrowded school system.
Sure, it will mean a sharp tax increase. But re-
member, the money taken in from school tax reve-
nue will be turned back into facilities designed to
improve and train young minds so they may go
forth and face a busy world equipped with adequate
knowledge and training. 111686 tax dollars will be
spent at, your home on your children, your neigh-
bor’s children and your children’s children.
To provide adequate educational services a com-
munity must be willing to assume the necessary
financial load. The futureyof the children in , this
community will be enhanced or limited by the
decisions made by the adult residents. Investment
in school facilities will help to determine the char-
acter and quality of the future development of the
area as new residents are attracted.
When a community votes its building plans it
sets the standards of education for years to come.
Investment in physical plant should conform to a
long-range plan of utilization. A careful choice of
location and quality will provide for future needs
and protect the financial investment. Good schools
make better communities. Future homeowners will
locate where their children will receive the* best
educational opportunity. \t
$3,193,000 Loan Approved
For Local Cooperative
Voters To Decide Livingston
School Bond Issue Saturday
Friday, toe Rural Electrifi-
cation Administrator of toe
Dept, of Agriculture advised
Mr. C. S. Wainwright, presi-
dent of Sam Houston Electric
Cooperative, Inc., their ap-
proval of one of the largest
distribution loans ever made to
a Rural Electric Cooperative.
Milton Potts, Manager, said,
Goodrich School
Starts August 29
The Goodrich Elementary.
School will start August 29T
Students entering the first grade
will be required for toe first
time to have a birth certificate.
There will be a regular sche-
dule of classes and lunch will
be served as always.
Livestock Auction Co. Under New Head
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hubert,
now owner’s and operator’s of
Dick’s Western Store in Liv-
ingston will take over toe Liv-
ingston Livestock Auction Co.
effective August 1, 1966. The
firms name will be changed to
Livingston Livestock Exchange.
Dick will work with toe buyers
and sellers of the livestock and
Maxine, his wife, will be head
bookkeeper In the office. The
■ cafe will be operated by Dick’s
mother and hither, Mr. and
.Mrs, J. R. Hubert.
This Auction Is fully bonded
for toe sellers protection under
toe supervision of Packers and
Stockyard Act U. S. Dept, of
Agriculture. * *
Dick atated, *1 will do every-
thing In my power to make this
a barn for the people of this
area to sell their livestock.”
He also said, If you have a
problem about something at the
barn, don’t tell your neighbor,
tell him. He will do everythin
he can to work It-out to your
satisfaction.
I 4 x .
Dick wants everyone to feel
that this Auction belong* to the
' cattle raisers of this area and
a good place to sell your cattle
when you have 1 or 100. You will
also be welcome If you just want
to come vialt. There will be a
man on duty all night Friday
night and Saturday night to halp
anyone who fiiay want to brii«
There will be a guaranteed
starting price on all cattle sold
and no backing up will occur
unless animal la defective.
Dick said, *1 certainly hope
you win give me and my wife
a chance in toe future to seU
your cattle for you.”
•You wlU always have toe
opportunity to P.O. your cattle
If you don’t think they arebring-
Ing enough money. I, wig "have
some buyers for aU'classes of
livestock. There will be trans-
portation available for getting
your cattle to toe market,”
Dick aald.
Each week in the Polk County
Enterprise there will be. toe
previous market report on what
cattle sold for that week.'
“Sam Houston Electric Cooper-
ative, Incorporated, was or-
ganized in 1940 and it is now
third largest of 79 electric
cooperatives in the state. This
year we are expanding at a
rate unprecldented In toe his-
tory of Sam Houston Electric
Cooperative, Inc. We provide
service to 15,000 consumers
and maintain over 3,300 miles
of line. With this loan we can
continue to expand and upgrade
our system and more import-
ant we can continue our policy
to aid in very way possible in
toe development and economic
growth of our service area.”
Singing -
The Jr* Singing Convention
will be held Siatday afternoon,
August 7, at Oakdale. All
singers are Invited to attend.
Fund Drive
Is Proposed
A meeting of bulness men was
held in toe office of the Polk
County Chamber of Commerce
to discuss combining of find
raising campaigns into a single
drive.
Since many fund drives have
been completed for 1966, the
meeting recommended that the
Chamber of Commerce give
thought to the reactivation (X
the Consolidated Fund of Polk
County and set an organizational
meeting for the Spring of 1967.
Medicare —
Plan Said To
Be Working
After nearly a month of oper-
ation, Medicare is generally
working quite well. This is the
appraisal of L.R. James, social
security District Manager at
Lufkin, in commenting on toe
beginning of toe health in-
surance program for people
over 65.
•There are a great many de-
tails of operation that are be-
ing worked out,” James said,
“and there are a few problems
which we had not foreseen.
However,* so fer there has been
no sign of any really serious
difficulty. Any new undertaking
requires a break-in or adjust-
ment period, and a program of
toe size and complexity of Medi-
care could easily have produced
major problems. We are very
pleased that toe program is
operating as smoothly as It is,
and we appreciate toe co-
operation of doctors, hospital
authorities, and toe general
public. - ■
James said that about 85%
of toe hospitals in the Lufkin
area have been approved for
participation In Medicare.
These approved hospitals ac-
count for about 95% of toe bed
capacity In toe area, so that
most hospital services are
covered by the program. In toe
few Instances where hospitals
are not approved, they are
taking steps to remedy the
technical difficulties, James
explained, so that 100% of the
hospital service in Central East
Texas should be covered by
Medicare In the near future.
James {minted out that since
Medicare started on July 1,
some misunderstandings have
come to light. This is particul-
arly true in financing, where
many people are overlooking the
fact that Medicare does not
pay all hospital and doctor bills.
"We want to make it very
clear,” James said, “that the
patient must pay part of the
cost, and that in some cases
this can be a substantial amount.
For hospital bills there are four
main parts where the patient
will have?to pay. First of all,
he must pay $40 of toe charge
for each spell of illness in a
hospital. Second, medicare pays
for the coat of a semi-private
room and if toe patient wants
a private room he must pay toe
difference. Similarly, the
patient must also pay for any
comfort or convenience Items
he orders, such at telephone,
television, cot, etc. Third, If
a private duty nurse is re-
quired, toe patient must pay all
of the cost. Finally, If toe
patient stays in the hospital
more than 60 days, he must
pay $10 per day up to 90 days*
the limit for one hospital stay.
•For doctor bill and other
medical expenses, toe patient
also must pay i>art. First of
all, in each year he must pay
the first $50 of the charges.
After that, Medicare will pay
$4 of each $5 of toe reason-
able charges, with the patient
paying the other $1. The pro-
gram does not pay for pre-
scription drugs or ‘patent
medicines” which-the patient
buys and takes at home.
Voters of the Livingston In-
dependent School District will
decide a $675,000 bond issue
at the polls this Saturday,
August 6. The bonds are pro-
posed to finance toe con-
struction of a complete new
school plant on a 15-acre site
presently owned by the Dis-
trict. An architect’s drawing of
toe building is pictured at left.
County May_
If the bond issue passes, stu-
dents are expected to be at-
tending classes in toe new plant
by the 1967 school term.
The Bond issue, if approved
by toe voters, will mean a school
tax increase of approximately
33 1/3 percent.
School administrator* say
overcrowding of the present
school plants in toe District
make the bond Issue necessary
if toe school system is to keep
pace with toe anticipated growth
in toe Livingston area. Also,
U put Hnenital schools of the district must be
llClII totally Integrated by the 1967
At Corrigan
A hearing on toe question of
leasing toe Polk County Hos-
pital unit at Corrigan has been
set for August 25, 1966, by the
Polk County Commissioner's
Court.
The hospital has been operat-
ing at a deficit for the past
several weeks because of few
patients. A controversy between
toe Polk County Medical Staff
and Corrigan’s only practicing
physician resulted in the ex-
pulsion of the Corrigan Doctor
from toe Medicalj staff. Not be-
ing a member of the Medical’
staff, he cannot use either of
the county's twp hospitals,______________
A Citizen’s Committee made
up mostly of Corrigan residents
has asked toe Commissioner’s
Court to lease toe hospital to
the Corrigan physician. On
Wednesday,- July 27, members
of the Court met with toe Hos-
pital Board. Then, on Thurs-
day morning, July 28, the Com-
missioners met in an Executive
closed session. The order to
advertise for a hearing was a
result of toe closed meeting
according to the minutes.
An announcement of toe meet-
ing submitted for publication by
toe County may be found on
page 15 of this issue of the
paper.__
term and the new school plant
la needed If this changeover
is effected successfully for all
concerned.
Little opposition has been
seen against the bonds. On the
other hand, signs fevoring the
approval of toe bonds have ap-
peared on several store win-
dows in downtown Livingston.
The Livingston Elementary
Parent - Teacher Association
with Mrs. Peyton Walters as
President, has gone on record
as endorsing toe bond issue.
A statement from the P-TA
President was given to The
Enterprise this week. It is an
open letter to voters of the
District and says:
“Dear Voter:
•The Parent - Teacher As-
sociation desires to go on
record as actively simporting
the School Bond Issue which will
be voted on Saturday, August 6.
We have no alternative! Why?
Simply because we sincerely
believe that our present
educational facilities are
rapidly becoming overcrowded
and with increasing population
demands, file situation, unless
altered, will be detrimental to
our accelerated educational
programs.
“In other words, our Idds
won’t get a feir shake in this
space age we live in tnless we
help do our part — it’s not
very much, you know.
“We are grateful for the op-
this
Bethel Baptist
Marker
Is Dedicated
a part of
of service to
our community, our children
and your children. So join with
us and support our School Bond
issue with your vote.”
Persons who are qualified to
Sunday afternoon, July 31, »
at 2:30, an Official Texas His- -^Hyartrownara of the District
torical Medallion and Placque >re eligible to vote.
were unveiled and dedicated at
their Annual Homecoming. The
pastor, toe Rev. C. L. Moore,
told of the organization of the
Bethel Church at Colite, in
1848, its charter members, and
other pioneers who later
became members. One in-
teresting thing in the old
records was when the slaves
were members of the church,
and after the War Between the
States, they were helped to es-
tablish a church of their own.
Gordie Nettles, Historical
Marking Chairman, explained
the RAMPS program, and Mrs.
John J. Hollenburger explained
the meaning of the marker,
something of toe work of the
Texas Historical Foundation
and the State Survey Committee.
She also explained fiat toe
marker was paid for out of the
money the County Court
budgeted to further the work
of the local committee.
After Mr. Nettles and Mrs.
Hollenburger unveiled the
marker and presented it to
toe Church, toe pastor accepted
tor the congregation. Others of
the Survey Committee who
tended the dedication w
Ben Collins and Mi tUei*.
Methodists
To Gather
Clothing
The Commission on Missions
of toe First Methodist Church
will again sponsor the collection
of clothing as a project of the
year round program of toe Com-
mission.
Clothing
be tat
office
taken to
mittee
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Dove, Billy C. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1966, newspaper, August 4, 1966; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781823/m1/1/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.