Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 56, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 12, 1987 Page: 2 of 34
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PAGE 2A-TIIE POI.K CdlATV E\ IFKPKISF. si M* \\ II I Y i:'. nw;
Old Hill house was focal point of society
from page 1
he had been living in Livingston
many years, and his grand home
had already been a showpiece for a
decade.
It was not an accident that the
house was so close to the railroad.
Fascinated with any new
technology, he could never get
enough of trains and railroads He
donated land to the Houston East 4
West Texas Railway Co. for right of
way. (It was built through Liv-
ingston in 1881 )
Effie Bush says that he had an ar-
rangement with the railroad people
to blow the train whistle as it ap-
proached town with ample time for
him to get to his front porch where
he could settle back and watch the
train go by. He liked nothing better
The long porch faced the tracks
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We are *hal «e think wr are Our
thoughts — especially those concern
ing ourselves — can make us great or
he our undoing f he thoughts *p hav t
at limes of triumph or of trial reveal a
great deal about us
ll*s probahl) a good idea to lr\ to
control our thoughts Perhaps practice
would help us to have onl> noble
thoughts of which we could be proud
and eliminate those unworthy
thoughts we wouldn't confess to
an>bod>
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The interior of the home was
paneled in mahogony and walnut,
rich woods and rich Victorian
mouldings and with inlaid gold in
places, some people have said. In-
side, the stairways curved around
and ended at a gallary around it. The
front door had a panel of etched
glass with the judge's in it: JEH.
The parlor, said Bush, served also
as the music room where Hill put in
a grand piano — not a baby grand,
but the real thing. The carpets were
imported.
She recalled too that the bathtub
was huge The bath was 20 feet long,
she said, explaining that Judge Hill
was over six feet tall.
No home of that era could call
itself elegant without a library, and
Hill's was probably the largest one
in the area, according to tradition.
Judge Hill kept two libraries, one at
home and the other at his office
There were nine fireplaces, as can
be seen in the still-standing
chimneys. There were four upstairs
and one each in the parlor, library,
dining room, kitchen and the
Judge's room.
For the outside Judge Hill im-
ported magnolias from Louisiana —
probably the Dunnam plantation in
Alexandria, said Roy Hill They're
still there, untouched by last week's
fire.
He also had two cisterns built and
topped each one with a gazebo. And
also outside was a huge storehouse
because he tended to buy supplies at
Houston in wholesale-type amounts.
Judge Hill also had two other
houses built A house on Abbey next
to the railroad tracks was built for
his son Samuel. It is a showcase in
itself and has been open for occa-
sional tours during Christmas
holidays. The Bobingers live there.
The other house is on Mill Street
across from the courthouse. It is
presently the home of Effie Bush
and was built for Judge Bush’s son
land Effie’s father), James E. Hill
Jr.
James Jr. was one of the Hill
children who chose to stay in Polk
County. He and his brother Samuel
F rancis Hill both became lawyers
and they and their father made up
the firm of Hill 4 Hill. They watched
their father's career as he tasted of
politics, was in the 17th and 18th
Texas Legislatures, contributed to
law journals and reviews.
Their father. Judge James Ewing
Hill Sr. died at his desk on Oct. 13,
1916.
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Little by little, the Hill children
began to disperse:
— John Hill moved to the Austin
area
— Samuel F Hill moved to
Houston to continue his law career.
He died in 1855.
A son of Samuel Francis is Wilson
Hill of Houston His wife Ruby and
their son Roy, along with Effie Bush,
visited the Enterprise last week to
help prepare this article.
Samuel Francis Hill’s other
children were John E. Hill of Austin
and three others who are now dead:
Joseph James, Albert and Samuel
Francis Jr.
— Mildred Hill married William
Ira Shotwell. They moved to
Houston where he owned a clothing
store He died during World War H
and she died a couple of years later
They had one son, who is now dead,
and a daughter, Mildred Rowels of
Katy.
— Wyona Hill married Edwin A
Davis, a Livingston school teacher
Their son, Hill Davis, practiced law
in Houston
- James E Jr. married Ruth
Betrayal victims need support
Dear Ann Landers: After
reading another letter about
husbands and their affairs I realized
how many of us live with wounded
hearts
There are organizations for people
who need to talk about the death of a
spouse, or a child, or for those who
live with alcoholics, but I know of no
group that will help a woman put her
life back together after she learns
that her husband has betrayed her
I almost died of shock land pain)
two years ago when my husband
received a letter addressed in
childish-looking handwriting I’ll
never forget the look on his face as I
handed it to him
After reading the letter he said,
"It's from the kid of a man I used to
work with," He then put it in his
jacket pocket.
Yes, I did the unforgivable thing
When he left the room I read the let-
ter "Dear Dad," it started out.
After two days of talk and tears I
learned that he had had an affair
with a girl half his age. It lasted nine
years and she had two children by
him. She threatened to tell me
everything if he stopped seeing her,
so he continued.
Four years ago he decided to cut
her out of his life and take the < onse
quences. He hasn’t heard from her
since and believes she has moved
out of town.
I saw nothing to be gained by kick-
ing him out, but these two years
since I learned he deceived me have
been hell. Any suggestions on how I
can get over this?
Pain Without End
Dear Pain: You need to un-
burden yourself to a professional
(Family or friends won't do.) A
trusted clergyperson or a therapist
would be ideal.
I urge you to get going at once. The
tone of your letter suggests that you
-wf j
Ann Landers
Syndicated columnist
are still agonizing. Two years is
much too long to carry' this load,
flood luck and God bless.
Dear Ann Landers: You really
came down hard on drivers who ig-
nore ambulance sirens. Please
lighten up.
In our town we have a few fire
chiefs who use their sirens to go to
lunch. There are so many am-
bulance sirens and flashing lights in
the city one would think that half the
population has had a heart attack.
We also have the new two-for-one
computer traffic control system.
This means two minutes on red and
one minute on green. This makes
motorists mad and encourages those
with sirens to use them.
My letter proves there are two
sides to every story.
- No location; We don’t Want More
Trouble
Dear No Location: Thanks for
the fill-ia My advice is the same All
motorists must give sirens the right
of way. For every fire chief who is
going to lunch there are 50 who are
going to a fire. (Wake up and smell
the smoke!)
Dear Ann Leanders: I hope you
won’t take this lightly because it’s
one heck of a nuesance to a lot of
people in our age group.
Please use your influence to get
the bakeries, fast-food stores and
restaurants to stop putting sesame
seeds on all their products. The
Insurance tax opposed
AUSTIN - "Texas would be the
only state in the nation to charge
customers a sales tax for insurance
if legislation being considered by the
Senate is approved," stated Tom
Bond, Insurance league of Texas
"Consumers are responding to
Representative Dan Morales (D-San
Antonio) tax proposal, H.B. 61, the
same way people in Pennsylvania
reacted when its Legislature passed
an insurance sales tax," Bond ex-
plained. Pennsylvania legislators
repealed the tax six days after it was
passed as a result of over one million
letters of protest from the insurance-
buying public.
"Texas insurance consumers
recognize an insurance sales tax is
regressive,” according to Bond.
"This tax would be applied to all in-
surance in force and any new in-
surance purchased after its effective
date. This means that consumers
who pay premiums for life insurance
they purchased years ago would pay
the tax in addition to paying taxes on
new insurance purchased."
"Young families, those who earn
average salaries and people on fixed
incomes would be forced to pay an
estimated $200-8300 more for in-
surance if H.B 61 becomes law."
Bond said.
“Insurance is virtually a necessi-
ty," Bond explained. He stated that
insurance is the third highest cast
people experience behind lodging
and food.
Health insurance is the means by
which many people pay for their
medical care, and together with life
insurance provides the basic securi-
ty on which young families make
future plans. It also provides the
foundation on which our senior
citizens often times stake their very
survival,” Bond emphasized.
Bond went on to point out that
some forms of insurance are legal
necessities, such as automobile and
workers compensation insurance.
Other forms are necessary for
various kinds of occupation or pro-
fessional licenses, or the assumption
of certain obligations such as mor-
tgages and other contracts.
“Purchasers of insurance already
contribute to the state's economy
through the payment of premium
taxes. The price of all insurance
policies includes this state-
mandated tax. Last year the in-
surance industry paid the state ap-
proximately $400 million in
premium taxes."
"A sales tax on insurance amounts
to a substantial burden for hundreds
of thousands of people in Texas,"
Bond concluded.
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darned things get under our den-
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Ouohing In the Fast
Dear Ouch: Consider it done.
Hear ye! All you folks who sprinkle
sesame seeds with reckless aban-
don, have a heart and leave 'em off a
few things for the denture wearers of
America! They will bless you arid
yourlsales are sure to increase
Wha^s the stc^y on pot, cocaine,
LSD, P( P,-downers, speed’’ Can you
handle them if you're careful? Send
for Ann Landers' all-new booklet,
"The Lowdown on Dope." For each
booklet ordered, send $2, plus a long,
self-addressed, stamped envelope
139 cents postage) to Anri landers
P.0, Box 11562, Chicago, 111
60611-0562,
Standley and he was a promm
lawyer in Livingston, of which
was the first mayor He died ab
1958. Besides Effie Bush, their ot,
child was Reavis Hill, who movei
Houston. He was killed in a
wreck in Galveston a few years a|
Elizabeth Hill (known here as !|
tie and known in the family as
Beth I married J.T. Tilman, whotj
a furniture store in Bozier City,
He died shortly after they were mi
ried and she returned to LlvingstJ
They had no children and she rieJ
remarried. She died about 1955 J
Ida Hill never married at all
bought out the other heirs
eluding the old home where they hi
grown up and she and FlizatJ
lived there the rest of their lives, t|
last of the Hill family to live theri
When Ida died in 1944, the hoj
was willed to her nephew Hill Dav|
When Davis sold it to Richard Jon!
it passed out of the Hill family
good Jones later sold it to AI
Vestal Sr The Vestal family hadl
for about 10 years and then sold it[
Sam Elliot, who was the owner of|
when it burned down.
Suicide ruleq
LIVINGSTON - Results of
autopsy on the body of Rather |
Pinckard, who was found shot
death in her North Houston Strd
residence on June 11, have reveal!
the 69-year-old woman’s death wl
suicide, according to a Harris Coul
ty Medical Examiners report. T|
autopsy was ordered by Precinct!
J ustice of the Peace Mary Placket
The report indicated Pinckard hi
been shot one time in the chest wil
a Smith and Wesson .38~calil4
pistol.
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For The Arrest & Conviction Of
The Break-In Of Residence And Vehicle
At 310 Crystal Lakes On June 6, 1987.
CALL: 327-8856
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 56, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 12, 1987, newspaper, July 12, 1987; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth811148/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.