Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 2002 Page: 3 of 43
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POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2002, - PAGE 3A
CHIVES
By Wanda Bohingcr, curator, Polk
County Memorial Museum
Paved streets spark celebration
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On April 8, 1930 the qualified
voters of Livingston had to make a
decision on a very important issue.
Almost everyone agreed that street
improvement was something the
city needed badly There was, how-
ever, some differences of opinion
as to the method of achieving the
improvement
Some thought the time was
wrong, some thought the streets
should have gravel in the residen-
tial district and allow Main Street
to remain “as is," feeling that
pavement on Main Street would
benefit no one but tourists just
passing through
“It is the wrong time" was the
slogan of the ultra-conservative
group who were lacking in faith
and feared for the future of the
town. It was the same excuse of-
fered 15 years past, sometimes by
the same people
There were meetings and meet-
ings and meetings. Still, almost
everyone had had the experience of
getting stuck in the mud in the
middle of town and having to be
pulled a distance
Finally, bonds were issued to not
only pave the streets and “get
Livingston out of the mud” but, in
addition, to lay new and larger wa-
ter mains. Work began immediately
and was completed in one year and
a month’s time.
The newly-paved streets were
opened on Saturday, May 30, 1931.
It was the outstanding social event
of the year.
The Livingston Fire Department
sponsored a street dance on Friday
evening.
There were two orchestras, one at
each end of the block of Main
Street. One group played the latest
jazz melodies, fox trots, waltzes
and tangos, while the other group
confined itself to square dance mu-
sic, led by the outstanding fiddle-
and-bow artist Sam Barrington.
Several hundred pounds of com
meal and other friction eliminating
substances were placed on iuv
streets to make a smooth surface
for the dancers.
The grand march was led by
Mayor and Mrs. Ollege Morrison,
who were followed by members of
the city council and their wives.
The line of couples in the march
extended for one block. Music for
the march was played under the
direction of Ernest Reuter Sr.
The grand march was directed by
Dr. W.W. Flowers, chairman of the
committee on arrangements.
City Councilman S.J. Cannon de-
livered the keys of the city to the
fire department. B C. Lively made
a short address of welcome to the
visitors and introduced Dr Flowers
as master of ceremonies.
Over 3,000 people attended this
event, coming from Huntsville,
Liberty and Lufkin, and practically
everyone from Livingston turned
out to dance and to see and be seen.
The really remarkable thing
about the street celebration is that it
was made possible by the mayor
and each councilman who donated
his year's salary for the purpose of
defraying the expense and to make
the dance possible without charging
an admission fee
Note: The fiddle which was
played by Sam Barrington on this
and many other occasions is on
display at the Polk County Mu-
seum
Inmate trips ending
HUNTSVILLE — When Texas
prison inmates arc "hauled" back
into court in the future, they may
not be “hauled" any further than
down the hall from their cell to the
prison unit conference room.
The days of inmate trips-across-
Texas to the courthouse may be
gone, prison official hope as they
expand a new system to link prison
units with state district courts
through televideo technology.
Cutting out inmate travel to
courthouses will greatly reduce
security risks and save significant
cost on inmate transportation and
escort officer time, officials with
the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice say.
TDCJ pioneered teleconference
links with federal courts in 1997
with solid success.
“This can be a tremendous
benefit in both safety and money,”
says prison operations director Ed
Owens about two new state laws
authorizing court-to-prison
teleconferencing and in prison
court sessions.
Inmates arc frequently
summoned by courts for a variety
of reasons, including arraignments,
depositions, pre-trial motions and
as witnesses.
The numbers arc large. Last
year the prison system transported
more than 2,(XX) inmates to court,
drove almost 70,(XX) miles getting
them there and used more than
12,000 man-hours of correctional
oflicer time as escorts.
Owens said the diversion of
manpower Irom units already short
on correctional officers "simply
reflects our abundance of caution
lor the potential risks involved in
taking inmates outside the walls
and into civilian settings.
The telcvidco system,
authorized by the Legislature last
year, has been installed in 10 prison
units widely dispersed across
Texas. These units can be linked to
virtually any courthouse in the
state
TDCJ officials arc also
enthusiastic about the use of
another new law passed by the
Legislature to permit courts to hold
hearings inside prison units, a move
officials hope will be especially
effective for crimes committed
inside prison by inmates, such as
inmate assaults, where all
participants in the case are already
at the prison units.
The teleconference system has
already proven effective. Several
Harris County district courts last
year successfully used
teleconferencing with Houston-area
prisons.
TDCJ’s first teleconferencing
with federal courts in 1997 was
coupled with a new law cracking
down on frivolous lawsuits filed by
inmates. Inmate lawsuits dropped
by more than hall since then.
TDCJ is assisting local courts in
setting up telcvidco systems.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 2002, newspaper, March 14, 2002; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790398/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.