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POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9,2006 - PAGE 3A
County employees honored
for 5-50 years of service
FIFTY YEARS OF SERVICE - Precinct 3 Commissioner
James J. “Buddy” Purvis was recognized for 50 years of
service with Pollc County during the Polk County Christmas
party where he received an award. Pictured with Purvis are
Polk Countv Judge John P. Thompson, Precinct
County Judge John P. Thompson, Precinct 1
Commissioner Bob Willis, Precinct 2 Commissioner Ronnie
Vincent and Precinct 4 Commissioner Tommy Overstreet.
TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE - Elgin Davis, Diana
Oakman, Cheryl Polite and Lyndon Alec were recognized for
20 years of service with Polk County during the Polk County
Christmas party where they received their certificates and
awards. Pictured with the honorees are Polk County Judge John
P. Thompson, Precinct 1 Commissioner Bob Willis, Precinct 2
Commissioner Ronnie Vincent and Precinct 4 Commissioner
Tommy Overstreet.
From The Archives
By Wanda Bobinger,
curator, Polk County
Memorial Museum
www.livingston.net/museum
Landing's bustle brief
Monroe Drew selected a spot on
the east banks of the Trinity River
around 1838 and called the new
place Drew’s Landing. He built a
store and later a hotel as river traf-
fic increased. He quickly estab-
lished trade with the Coushatta
Indians who lived nearby.
The Indians sold deer and bear
skins, jerked venison, bear meat,
saddle pads, beaded work and bas-
kets. To barter, Drew kept bright-
colored cloth, trinkets and coffee.
Drew also began the operation of
a small sawmill with Joseph Baird.
The population of Drew’s Land-
ing in the late 1850s was around
50. There were three stores, a large
warehouse, a very busy shipping
business, a hotel, several saloons
and a school and church. Most of
the residents were Methodist, with
a few Presbyterians.
The houses at Drew’s Landing
were generally made of hand-cut
logs and shingles, and chimneys
were made of mud mixed with
Spanish moss. Most food was pre-
served by drying, salting, smoking
or pickling Fruits, vegetables, fish,
corn and meats were available.
Coffee, tobacco and Hour came on
the boats.
An item from the log of the ship
Mary Conley states: “A large
steamship docked at Drew’s Land-
ing on April 20, 1870, carrying
barrels of flour, sacks of salt, coffee
and other staples. They were deliv-
ered to S. Bergman and J.D.
Brown.”
Turkeys, meat and fresh produce
was sold when the boats stopped.
People hauled cotton from all parts
of Polk County by ox wagons to be
shipped. Millard Hilton hauled
from Canary, a distance of 35
miles. The trip sometimes required
two weeks, if water was high at the
creek crossings, for bridges had not
yet been built.
During the Civil War, the river
was used for shipping supplies and
soldiers. Flat boats were con-
structed at Drew’s Landing, which
under the direction of Captain
Beazley became an official naval
station of the Confederacy.
Drew’s Landing began to fade
away with the coming of the rail-
road and by 1887, most of the
population had moved to
Livingston.
TEN YEARS OF SERVICE - Madine Allen and Jay Barbee ■■K § WM
were recognized for 10 years of service with Polk County
during the Polk County Christmas party where they received FIFTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE - Tommie Martinez, Carl
their certificates and awards. Pictured with the honorees are Meyer, John W. Sanders and Kay Berry were recognized for 15
Polk County Judge John P. Thompson, Precinct I years of service with Polk County during the Polk County
Commissioner Bob Willis, Precinct 2 Commissioner Ronnie Christmas party where they received their certificates and
Vincent and Precinct 4 Commissioner Tommy Overstreet. Also awards. Pictured with the honorees are Polk County Judge John
receiving a 10-year award but not pictured are: George Bigler, P. Thompson, Precinct I Commissioner Bob Willis, Precinct 2
Larry Hensley, James Phillips, Tammy Surrency and Robert Commissioner Ronnie Vincent and Precinct 4 Commissioner
Thomas. Tommy Overstreet.
FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE - The following county employees were recognized for five
years of service with Polk County during the Polk County Christmas party where they received
their certificates and awards. Pictured with the honorees are Polk County Judge* Job
Thompson, Precinct 1 Commissioner Bob Willis. Precinct 2 Commissioner Ronnie Vincent
and Precinct 4 Commissioner Tommy Overstreet. The recipients are: Lisa Oliver, Kerri
Williams, LaTrell Ryans, Jayme Ingram, Tammy Barker, Mary Jane Cowen, Schelana Walker,
Judge Steven McEntyre, Vernon Loftin, Richard Bailey, Kathy Parker, Alvin Franklin, Jack
Deville, Perry Alexander Jr., Sidney McGowen. Lynn Clamon, Mark Jones, Robert Zbranek,
William Meadows and Bill Handley. Also receiving a five-year award but not pictured are:
Gina Baldwin, Robert Blakley, Connie Franklin, Jamie Jones, Archie Langley, Rebecca
Marlow, Doris Nelson and Darrell Newman.
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59, 1.5 miles north of Corrigan.
Robert Lee Clark was driving a
1993 Pontiac Grand Am
southbound when it left the high-
way to the right and the driver lost
control of the car, according to
Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Rae
Shel Lee. Her investigation showed
the car rolled three times before
coming to rest upright.
Clark, listed with non-
incapacitating injuries, was trans-
ported by ambulance to Memorial
Medical Center - Livingston. He
was cited for no driver’s license
and failure to maintain financial
responsibility in connection with
the accident, which occurred at
4:55 p.m.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 2006, newspaper, February 9, 2006; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788319/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.