Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 64, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 11, 1991 Page: 3 of 32
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THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY AUGUST 11,1991 - PAGE 3A
Trinity Valley Trivia
By DON HENDRIX
AC announces fall classes
Corrigan Press was a Godsend
Maybe It was fate, I don’t know.
Just when I needed to begin
researching Polk County’s part In
World War H (for the Enterprise’s
annual history edition this fall), a
wealth of material was dropped in
my lap from an unlikely source.
The messenger was Richard
Smith, editor of our sister
newspaper, the Corrigan Times.
Last May he trid me that the
Corrigan-Camden ISD had in their
possession bound copies of old Cor-
rigan newspapers of the lMto. The
school district was a little surprised
themselves. The papers were
recently sent to them from Lon Mor-
ris College in Jacksonville, Teas.
The college had no idea why they
had them, or how long, or from
where they’d come.
The reason that this was a help to
me was that the papers they had
were printed during the war, and it
was full of newsy items about the
local boys (and girts) in the service
— at least those from the north part
of the county. Of course it also con-
tains much about what people at
home were going through (shor-
tages, rationing, etc.) and reading
these pages gives one a much-
needed feel for the times. (I was only
nine when the war ended and
remember very little.)
Actually these newspapers were
already available to me on
microfilm at Murphy Memorial
Library, bid it made it much easier
for me when Kathy Saxon of C-C ISD
consented to my borrowing them a
few weeks so that I could pore over
them at home at my liesure.
It was somewhat of a mystery how
these bound copies of the Corrigan
Press ended up at the Junior college
at Jacksonville. I did know that dur-
ing die forties, Lon Morris College
was very popular among Corrigan’s
young people, and I wondered if die
Press editor’s son, Billy Fancher,
had attended the school. So I wrote
Mm.
Billy is now Rev. Carroll Fancher
of Sugariand. He confimed that he
did in fact attend Lon Morris Col-
lege, but had no idea how those
copies had ended up at the college.
He had saved a collection of his
father’s newspapers, but some years
ago when he found out they had been
microfilmed, he no longer saw any
use for holding on to them and had
thrown most of them out No, he had
not given them to Ms old alma
mater. But he had close connections
with the president of Lon Morris Col-
lege and he said it’sa mystery he is
going to look into.
Meanwhile, my work has beneflt-
ted. In addition to the Proas, the
Enterprise also has original copies
of its newspapers printed in IMS and
1946, which has helped in resear-
ching GI’s from the southern port of
the county.
Many of those soldiers and sailors
have been gone from Polk County a
long time, and no doubt it was the
war that helped to scatter so many
of them. (Come to think of it, being
in the military is how I ended up in
Texas. That was a years ago, more
than half my life.)
LIVINGSTON-Twelve College
courses have been scheduled for Liv-
ingston this fall semester as part of
the Angelina College Teaching
Center program. Fall semester
classes begin in Livingston on Sept
1 Each coiirse meets one night a
week from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. for 16
consecutive weeks.
Registration will be conducted at
the Livingston High School Cafeteria
from 6:30 • 7 p.m. on Aug. 30 and 21.
Students enrolling at the Livinpton
center have the opportunity to take
up to four courses by attending
classes Monday through Thursday.
Cost for one course is M7, two
courses are $150, three courses are
$210 and tuition and fees for four
courses are $25$. A $15 laboratory
fee, in addition to the tuition costs,
will be assessed to students enrolled
in the data processing and word pro-
to complete the registration process.
Students attending college for the
first time should bring an official
copy of their high school transcript
with them to registration. Students
with previous coHey work from
other instutions most Have of-
ficial transcripts from thorn col-
leges. The sfadent most also be able
to prove Texas residency to avoid
paying out of state tuition fees which
are considerably higher than in state
fees. A Texas driver’s lkenee, at
least one year old, is the most com-
monly used document for proof of
residency. Other documents include
one year old or older voter registra-
tion card or letter an company let-
terhead certifying a year or more of
employment in Texas. The high
school transcript for students who
graduated this past June will also
serve as proof of residency if the stu-
dent grant from a Texas school.
Courses ortwAihMi for
night include principles of
economics, ECO 231, intermediate
algebra. MTH 131, speech com-
munications, SPH 131; word pro-
cessing, WPR 131, Bntflah 231, i
MGT 132, federal and state govern-
ment, GOV 231 and child
psychology, PSY 311.
courses are
ENG 131 and US history to 1377, HIS
131. Thursday’s schedule includes
principles of account**, ACC 231,
introduction to data processing,
DPR 133, and introductory
sociology, soc 131.
For more information concerning
the Angelina College program in
Livingston contact Pat McCaBey at
327-2500 or call the college at
639-1301.
My request a few weeks ago for in-
formation on WWH vets to M the
Enterprise their story has attracted
only a handful of responses, so far.
We need community participation
in this special World War n section
very mix*, because we need the
first hand accounts of people who
were there and know what it was
like. I don’t pretend to be an expert
on World War II and don’t expect to
be, certainly not by this fall; it is too
broad a subject to “cram” for. It
truly needs to be described by people
who lived it
Schedules reedy
LIVINGSTON - Livingston High
School has announced the times for
students to pick up their class
schedules and for new student
registration.
Students may pick up their class
schedules on Thursday, Aug. 15 bet-
ween 8 a.m. and noon and between
1-4 p.m., at the school office.
High school registration for
students new to the IJSD will be held
from $ a.m. until noon and from 1-4
p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12.
Stolen pickup truck recovered in Houston
*
LIVINGSTON - A 1982 Ford
pickup truck, reported stolen on
Aug. 2 from a jobsite in Livingston,
was recovered Monday in Houston.
Charged with unauthorized use of
a motor vehicle is Robert Williams,
25, who turned himself in to the Polk
County Sheriff’s Department Mon-
day, according to a report filed by
Sgt. John Sanders. After being told
that the truck had been left in
Houston, Sanders notified Houston
Auto Theft Division authorities. The
truck was located In an auto storage
facility.
Although some of the tools which
were on the truck, which belonged to
GicH Electric of Livingston, were
recovered along with the truck,
several tools are still reported miss-
ing, according to Sanders’ report.
Deputy Paul Cain investigated the
initial auto theft.
Other cases recently investigated
by the sheriff’s department include:
•A burglary at Po Boy’s store on
U.S. 190 West, reported Aug. 3 and
investigated by Deputy Deryl Oates.
Someone entered the building by
breaking a window and took, two
boxes of snuff, 10 cartons of cigaret-
tes, a box of plug tobacco and a
microwave oven, according to the
deputy’s report.
•The burglary of a residence in
Goodrich, reported Aug. 3 and in-
vestigated by Oates, in which a win-
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Among accidents investigated by DPS
*
Dropped cigarette blamed for wreck
LIVINQgTQN .7 A JpCfJ. fl»W,Ob-
tained nonincapacitating injuries in
a one-vehicle collision that occurred
at 2:30 a.m. Aug. 3 on Freeman
Road, 2.1 miles south of FM 943.
According to reports filed by
Texas Department of Public Safety
Trooper Glen Goodwin, a 1967 Ford
Escort driven by Roy Woodrow
Hester, 39, of Livingston, went off
the side of the bridge and rolled
when the driver reached down to
pick up a cigarette he had dropped.
The veNcle came to rest on its top.
Hester was transported by private
automobile to Polk County
Memorial
were filed.
.Hospital, , No charges
Juwhe Thibodeau, 17, of New
Llano, La., sustained “possible” in-
jury in a one-vehicle accident that
occurred at 5:06 p.m. July 28 on U.S.
59, .6 miles south of milepost 442. He
was transported to Polk County
Memorial Hospital by highway
patrol.
Thibodeau was a passenger in a
1990 Ford Explorer Wagon driven by
Dorothy Ford Gallman, 61, of
Houston.
According to reports filed by
Scenic Loop VFD to host
barbecue this Saturday
LIVINGSTON - The Scenic Loop
Volunteer Fire Department will host
their 16th Annual Bar-B-Q on Satur-
day, Aug. 17, from 11 a.m. until 5
p.m. at the Scenid Loop Fire Station
on FM 3277.
The menu will consist of
barbecued beef, cMcken quarters,
sausage, potato salad, coleslaw,
beans, and all the trimmings, and ic-
ed tea. The Scenic Loop Ladies’ Aux-
iliary will also have their cake sale,
by the slice or the whole cake.
All proceeds raised through the
barbecue will go toward helping to
offset the truck notes due on the
Class A pumper truck and rescue
truck, and also on the new hi-band
radio system recently installed.
Tickets are available from any
SLVFD firefighter. Presale tickets
are $5 and at the door Saturday will
be $6. Children’s tickets will be
available at the door, Saturday only,
for $3. For more information call
566-4556.
The Scenic Loop Volunteer Fire
Department will also be hosting the
August Convention of the Gulf Coast
Firemen’s Association Saturday
evening at Memorial Point. The
meetings will start at 6 p.m., with
pumper races to follow the meetings
and a dance to follow the races.
Gopdwili, , tt>e driver stated that
another vehicle signaled and pulled
in front of her and she Mt her brakes
and pulled to the rigM.
Gallman’s vehicle swapped ends
and rolled over on the shoulder
where the vehicle came to rest on
the rigM side, Goodwin reported.
Gallman and Sarah Ford, 16, of
New Llano, La., another passenger
in the vehicle, were uninjured.
No charges were filed.
Two people were injured in a two-
vehicle collision that occurred at
9:47 p.m. on July 31 at the intersec-
tion of FM 942 and FM 82, 4.3 miles
east of Corrigan.
A 1978 Chevrolet Big 10 pickup
truck driven by James Douglas
Hood, 77, of Chester, was waiting at
a stop sign before making a right
hand turn onto FM 62.
A 1984 Buick Century driven by
Velmon Freeman Hubert, 73, of
Camden, approached the intersec-
tion to make a rigM hand turn.
According to reports filed by
Trooper Rodney Mahan, Hubert’s
turn was too wide, therefore both
vehicles struck each other.
Hood received “possible” injury
and Hubert sustained nonin-
capacitating injuries.
No charges were filed.
dow air-conditioning unit was taken.
•A burglary at Polk’s Pick It Up
oo U.S. 190, reported Aug. 4 and in-
vestigated by Deputy Kenneth Par-
rish. A door to a storage building
was forcibly opened but nothing was
reported missing.
•The burglary of a residence in In-
dian Springs, reported Aug. 4 and in-
vestigated by Oates. Two window
air-conditioning units were reported
missing.
•The burglary of a room at 190
Motel, reported Wednesday and in-
vestigated by Deputy Patrick
Marek. An disclosed amount of
money was reported missing from a
purse.
•The theft of several children’s
ridiig.toiu, a child’s picnic table,
several pieces of furniture and a file
cabinet from a mobile home on U.S.
59 South, reported Monday and in-
vestigated by Deputy Matt Parrish.
•The theft of a girl’s three speed
bicycle from the porch of a
residence in Marston, reported
Tuesday and investigated by Deputy
Paul Cain.
•The theft of a power carpet stret-
cher kit, an electric staple gun, a
tool box with carpet laying hand
tools and a carpet seam iron, from
American Carpet in Goodrich,
reported Wednesday and in-
vestigated by Sheriff Darrell
Longino.
•The theft of a 1980 Jeep CJ7 from
a residence off FM 350 North,
reported Aug. 3 and investigated by
Oates.
•The theft of a Huffy girl’s bicycle
from a residence in Lakeland
Hideaway, reported Thursday and
investigated by Cain. The bicycle
was later recovered by the complai-
nant and the case has been referred
to Juvenile Officer Jean LeBlanc
and Capt Raymond Edmonds.
•An incident of lost or stolen
travelers’ checks, reported Wednes-
day by a Goodrich resident and in-
vestigated by Cain.
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Formerly Of The Lemon Tree
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PUBLIC HEARING
The Livingston Independent
School District will hold a pub-
lic hearing on the 1991-92 school
budget at 7:00 P.M. on August
22, 1991. The location of the
hearing will be in the LISD Board
Room (T-1) on the Junior High
School campus at 223 North
Willis Street Livingston, Texas.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 64, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 11, 1991, newspaper, August 11, 1991; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth798222/m1/3/?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.