The Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, December 30, 1983 Page: 2 of 10
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Page 2 - Section A, CLEVELAND ADVOCATE. Friday, December 30. 1983
NEWS AND VIEWS
Ticket sales brisk
Burglars
Cont. From Front Page
Rhoden
,1'onL From Front Page
ESTABLISHED ISIS
CLASSIFIED ADS
Marian OUen
Nadinr Farlei
RECEPTIONIST
MAINTENANCE
Annual snbacripUon price
ADVOCATE
Fredia Cox
Francis Mims
Lot* Burns
Gloria Webb
new Cleveland courthouse
annex and a new Precinct 3
barn — have either been com-
pleted or are well on their
way.
Rhoden, 55, has four child-
ren and is a lifelong resident
of Cleveland. She worked in
the accounting field before
becoming commissioner. Her
term expires Dec. 31,1984.
Bl SIN ESS OFFICE
Staff: . ...
Pl Bl ISHER
MAN AGING EDITOR
News Staff: . .
COMPOSITION
Staff; ......
( IRt t I ATION
Staff:
Marlene Kerr.
Diana Hall. Cheryl Evans
Debbie Watson. Derik Brasher
..... Ken Kirby
Annie Alexander
Garry Matlow. Fran Rice.
Tom Schoening
both • Gateway Oil arid Mr.
Donut. Ten dollars in change
were taken at Gateway Oil and
nothing was taken at Mr. Donut.
In the past two weeks, a
number _ of cases have been
solved by Cleveland Police De-
partment detectives.
Five cases were closed with
one arrest on Dec. 14. I^arry
McCardell, 20. of' Cleveland,
was charged with theft and
assault. The charges are yi
result of .incidents involving a
purse-snatching and assault
outside Captain's Billiards on
Oct. 2.3 and shoplifting a pair of
western boots on Dec. 12.
McCardell is being held in
Cleveland City Jail on $1,000
bond.
His arrest also cleared three
other cases being investigated
by Detective Dolly Dill.
On Dec. 26, Timothy Wayne
Moore, also known as Michael
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PuMiuhed every Friday M Cleveland. Texas by Advucxte Publixhing. Inc.
Eutered and postage paid at the peat office in Cleveland. Texas 77327 ax Se-
cond Class mail.
Linda Shropshire
Jennifer Johnston
Claudia Webb
Wayne Moore, 18, of Cleveland
was charged with theft in a
shoplifting incident involving
shoplifting of four cartons of
cigarettes at the Stop and Go
store at 905 N. Washington.
Moore is being held in Cleve-
land City Jail on $500 bond.
Loyd Glen McGowen, 31, of
Cleveland, was arrested on Dec.
27 on a warrant for theft of
appropriation involving a pistol
taken from a vehicle on Sept. 5.
On Dec. 27, McGowen posted
$1,000 bond on the charge.
The theft of an electric heater
and an AM-FM radio from two
vehicles at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church on Dec. 19 was cleared
with the , arrest of Jessie
Douglas Bolden, 17, of Cleve-
land.’•
Bolden was charged with two
counts of burglary of motor
vehicles and bond was set at
$1,000 on each count.
In addition to the Outstanding
Community Service Award,
awards will be presented to
outgoing directors and honorary
members.
Guest speaker will be Dr.
William H. Hinson, pastor of the
First United Methodist Church
of Houston.
Hinson came to Houston from
Georgia a year ago, replacing
Dr. Charles Allen at the helm of
the 12,600-member church, the
world’s largest United Method-
ist fellowship. *
The Christmas season hasn't
been a merry one for Hinson and
his church — a fire early this
week caused damage estimated
in the millions to the congrega-
tion’s historic building in
downtown Houston.
A preliminary ruling from the
Houston Fire Department said
the fire and explosion was
caused by candles left burning
in the sanctuary, but Hinson and
church officials said the candles
in question were never lighted.
The church will meet for Sun-
day morning services in the Im-
perial Ballroom at the Hyatt Re-
gency’Hotel for “four to five
months” until the sanctuary is
rebuilt, Hinson said.
du 592-2626
443-7225
runoff. -
She said at the start of her
term that her goals included
finishing several projects her
husband began in his five
years as commissioner.
These goals — a new Cleve-
land building for the county
health department and state
mental health clinic, re-
placing Low Water Bridge, a
RETAIL ADVERTISING
Sales Staff:
Chamber Manager Cecil Fair-
cloth reports that tickets are
going fast for the annual instal-
lation and awards banquet of
i the Greater Cleveland Chamber
; of Commerce.
The event will be Thursday,
Jan. 5 in the commons area of
Cleveland High School.
Faircloth said persons
planning attend should order
their tickets early because
seating is limited this year. He
said growth at the high school
has caused the school to move
locker bays into the commons
area, taking up half the room
used for- the banquet in past
years.
He said the 240 tickets for the
banquet will be sold on a “first
come, first served” basis.
Five new directors and five
new officers will be installed at
the banquet.
New officers will be Ken
Kirby, president; Cliff Dunn, ■
president-elect' Jack Watson,
vice-president; Jack Benson,
treasurer; and Cecil Faircloth,
executive vice-president.
New ‘ directors will be Bob
Bartlett, Matt Malliff, Jack
Watson, Jerry Lynn and County
Commissioner Marcelene
Rhoden.
...... .Catherine Smith Clay
Represented nationally by
Texas Press Association
and U.S. Suburban Press
Cleveland Advncate.
P. O. Bnx IOS, Cleveland. Texas 77327.
Editorial
Dying for a drink not worth it
Around the holidays, law enforcement officials
and civic groups constantly warn us not to drink
and drive.
The message has been repeated so many times
that very few people pay attention to it anymore.
The average person has a tendency to think the
other guy should pay attention, but the warnings
don’t apply to him. “I know my limite and when to
stop,” is a common statement heard during the
holidays.
So Mr. Knows His Limits goes his way, ignoring
the warnings, until one day tragedy strikes,
directly affecting him. He may be on his way home
from a party when he becomes involved in an
accident where someone is killed or permanently
injured.
The injured party might be someone very near
or dear to him or a total stranger — but the result is
about the same. He will carry the scars of the in-
cident with him for the rest of his live and nothing
he can do will erase them.
Is it really worth it to take such a risk just to “be
sociable” or show that we can hold our liquor?
Or even if you don’t cause an accident, tough new
driving-while-intoxicated laws go into effect
Sunday morning, making it easier for law en-
forcement agencies to obtain a DWI conviction if
you’re stopped on your way home from a New
Year’s Eve party.
The Texas Safety Association is urging all
Texans to be aware of the dangers of impaired
driving and take precautions to prevent an ac-
cident or an arrest.
If you celebrate New Year’s Eve — or any other
time — away from home, the association gives
these safety tips for party-goers and party-givers:
• Have plenty of food and non-alcoholic
beverages available at parties where alcohol is
being served.
• When you mix drinks, use a jigger to measure
the amount of alcohol. It’s easy to underestimate
the amount of alcohol you pour into a drink,
DWI
especially if you’ve already had a drink or two.
• Set up the beverage service so that guests can
easily help themselves to refills of non-alcoholic
drinks ana food items.
• Don’t depend on coffee to sober up someone
who has been drinking. Coffee doesn’t counteract
the alcohol in the blood stream.
• Consider suggesting a car pool as a part of the
invitation process. One person in the group can
serve as the designated driver. It’s that person’s
responsibility to stay sober and drive the others
home safely.
• If someone has had too much to drink, convince
the person to stay overnight, ride home with
someone else or go home in a taxi. It’s much more
responsible to accept this minor inconvenience
than to risk a person’s life.
• Be sure to plan these safeguards into office
parties as well as home settings. *
Drivers are also reminded to follow these
precautions during holiday travel:
• Watch for other drivers who have had too much
to drink. Tipoffs of alcohol- or drug-impaired
drivers include inconsistent speeds, frequent lane
changing, disregarding traffic signs and driving
outside lane markers.
• Watch for pedestrians who may have had too
much to drink.
• Wear your safety belt. Ask your passengers to
buckle up and fasten children in child safety seats
or safety belts, depending on jheir size and age.
• Remember that this week, you also have to
watch for icy bridges and other foul-weather
conditions.
These are simple enough steps to take,
especially when you consider the alternatives.
December was the worst month for DWI fatal
accidents during 1979 through 1982. The Depart-
ment of Public Safety recorded 335 fatal DWI-
related accidents, resulting in 397 fatalities.
Are those extra drinks worth having you or a
loved one end up as one of these statistics?
Cont. From Front Page
driving suspects who refuse
Breathalyzer tests to determine
sobriety face automatic driver’s
license suspensions for 90 days.
If -the drunken drivers have
caused serious bodily injury to
other people, their minimum
legal jail stays can be increased
by 60 days — even for first of-
fenders.
The new law requires counties
of more than 25,000 population to
video tape persons arrested for
drunken driving, and the film is
admissible as evidence in court.
The legal standard for
sobriety remains set at 0.10
percent blood alcohol content.
However, the interpretation of
that number will change under
the new law.
Currently a person with 0.10
percent blood alcohol is only
presumed to be intoxicated and
a jury may decide otherwise..
“The new law establishes that
a driver is definitely too drunk
to drive at the 0.10 percent
level,” Adams said.
This package, passed by the
Texas Legislature, marks the
end of an era wh^re thousands
of drivers — more Than a half-
million Texans were arrested on
drunken driving charges bt-
ween 1978 and 1983 — avoided
harsh penalties through “defer-
red adjudication,", *
Under that procedure, drunk-
en drivers could enter guilty
pleas to offenses and then, if
they successfully completed
their probationary periods, the
conviction was erased from
their driving records.
“The deferred adjudication
was being abused across the
state The new law will allow us
to get some felony convictions,”
said DPS Sgt Robert Madiera.
The old law was interpreted
with varying degrees of
severity, but the trend was
generally toward leniency.
“The judges are being forced
to give their support, the legis-
lature must have felt there was
a need or they would not have
changed the law,” Madiera
said.
The number of arrests for
drunken driving has moved
steadily up. In the first nine
months of 1983, there were
110,000 Texans arrested for
drunke driving, an increase of
38 percent for the same period in
1982.
“I do not expect to see
anymore arrested than in the
past, we were concentrating on
DWI anyway,” said Madiera.
Many have speculated that
the jails will be full and court
dockets overloaded as offenders
request a jury trial, but Ma-
diera said he did not think that
will happen.
“The video tape will probably
induce many to go ahead and
plead guilty because they would
have to fight the video tape as
well as other evidence we
have,” Madiera said.
The Mothers Against Drunk
Driving organization worked
long and hard to strengthen the
drinking and driving law, but
failed in an attempt to increase
the legal drinking age in the
state to 21 and to ban open
alcoholic beverage containers
from vehicles. ,
They, along with other lob-
byists who sought to add more
teeth to the DWI law, say they
are satisfied the state’s new law
is tough enough to deter
drinking on Texas highways.
Truck-bus collision
blamed on blowout
Investigators say a blown-out
tire is responsible for the bus-
truck collision that killed nine
persons and injured 14 others
last Friday night near Devers.
Precinct 2 Justice of the
Peace Ronnie Davis said a 191-
foot scalloped tire mark in-
dicates the bus’s left front tire
went down slowly and then
popped, pulling the bus unex-
Earley wins
pectedly to the left.
That caused the bus, headed
for a revival at Lily of the Valley
Church of God in Christ in
Anahuac, to collide “headlight
to headlight” with the 18-wheel
truck.
A memorial service is plan-
ned tonight at Israel Temple
Church of God in Christ in
Nome.
scholarship
for leadership at UH
Charles L. Earley is among 30
University of Houston students
who have received Cullen
Centennial Leadership Scholar-
S*SefjJSolcholarshipa were
awarded te outstanding stu-
dents or the basis of SAT/ACT
scores, academic records and
ami philanthropist. Cullen was a
longtime benefactor of UH, and
his family continues the tradi-
tion of generous support of the
The Cidien Leadership Scho-
larships are renewable for three
additional years.
The 1983-84 recipients include
11 students are the main
Hoop destruction
makes PIE holler
Someone seems to be
hooping it up at Southside
Elementary School and the
PIE is not Jiappy about it at
all. ,
Two new basketball goals
were installed on the old
tennis courts at the school a
few weeks ago. Before school
was out on Dec. 16, the rims
had been unscrewed three
times in one week, according
to PIE President Anita
Weaver.
“Yesterday (Dec. 23) I
drove by just to check on
them and they were both
dangling again. There was a
trash barrel and box under
one goal — they are really
determined,” said Weaver.
She said the PIE has in-
vested over $400 . in the new
goals and poles foFthe school
playground.
“Last year there was a big
uproar for more playground
equipment, but I’m not in-
terested in using more money
if we have someone who feels
led to dismantle whatever we
put up,’’she said.
The PIE officers are of-
fering a $50 reward for in-
, formation about who is trying
to tear down the basketball
hoops. They would ap-
preciate any help in halting
the destruction of the
playground equipment.
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[RIVING
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