The Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 98, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1983 Page: 1 of 12
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Weekend
Christmas
Locals to take Christinas to Honduras
SANTA’S TARKINGTON VISIT
Dec. 24: Santa will visit
Carey’s Cash and Carry from If
td 11a.m.
News has been received that
Bill Ingrain of KJCH that Santa
will be arriving at Cleveland
Airport on Dec. 24 at 7 p.m.
Santa spent a special in-
vitation to all youngsters in the
Cleveland area to be there to
say hello. He will give gifts and
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
Dec. 24: First United
Methodist Chruch will have its
third annual Christmas Eve
Service of Carols and Candles
at 7 p.m. on Dec. 24.
NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY
Dec. <1: Cleveland VFW Post
1839 will hold its annual New
Year’s Eve Party and Dance at
the VFW Hall on Coldspring
Road Bill Ingram and the
Nashville Express will provide
the music. Advance tickets are
on sale, by donation), at the
poet, for IS per person and $15
per couple. Tickets can be
obtained by mail: send check to
Tickets, VFW Post 1839, P.O.
Box 23, Cleveland, TX 77327. -
by JOHN WUENSCHE
Religion Writer
Early Monday morning, 21
Clevelanders, most of them lay
leaders in First Baptist Church,
Cleveland, will take off for
Tegucigalpa, Honduras on a
mission of mercy.
They will be working in an
area where the church has given
support for the past year and a
truckloads of waste materials
left the site uncovered because
the hauling contractor didn’t
provide adequate supervision of
the operation.
“Your consultant has cer-
tified that subsequent loads
were covered and no observed
impact of this early deficiency
was noted.” said Nemir in the
letter to the Houston law firm of
Baker and Botts.
The site was used as a waste
dump some 20 years ago by
Rohm and Haas Texas Inc. of
Deer Park and other com-
panaies. It was calaled to the
attention of the TDWR in 1980
after neighbors complained that
stormwater runoff from the site
want to help.
He has inspired his son. Mark,
to go with him on the trip to
Honduras.
Dr. Jones decided to make the
trip after hearing one of the
nurses discussing it. Dr. Bar-
nett encouraged him and others
informed him a dentist was
greatly needed in Honduras.
Brady teaches seventh grade
English at Cleveland Junior
High School. His wife, Carolyn,
teaches fifth grade at Northside
Intermediate School. Their
daughter, Kim, is a Cleveland
High School student.
They said they feel a moral
obligation to make the trip. The
Christian missionary impulse
provides them the challenge to
toward DWI and speed viola-
tions," said Major A.J. Mladen-
ka, regional commander for the
DPS.
“The department records
from 1982 reflected 83 traffic
deaths in Texas during the
combined Christmas and New
Year holiday periods. This year,
as in years past, any reduction
in the death count will be
Cont. On Page 2A
A clerk in the City of
Cleveland Water Department
was arrested Tuesday on felony
theft charges in connection with
an alleged embezzlement of
£.000 in missing funds.
Jean Gardner, 27, posted
15,000 bond Tuesday and was
officially removed from her
position on Wednesday.
She had been suspended
without pay when she was first
implicated in the embezzlement
in November. City Manager
The idea for the trip was
conceived over a year ago. It
began at almost the same time
in the minds of I^arry Weaver,
pastor of the church, Joe Brady,
chairman of First Baptist’s
missions committee and Jerry
Griffin, whose Honduras
Gene Harrison signed ter-
mination of employment forms
after the indictment was issued.
In other police investigations,
Tuesday afternoon Pauline Cox
of the Trailways Bus Station
was robbed of $406 by a man
who had his hand in his pocket
and told her he had a gun.
He escaped but, according to
Chief Harley Irvings, the police
have been given a good
description and are continuing
the search for the robber.-
Early Wednesday morning, a
break-in was discovered at Dr.
ONE THAT GOT AWAYT — City Manager Gene Harrison (left) and Advocate
Publisher Ken Kirby listen as Chamber Manager Cecil Faircloth spins a tale
at the Christmas open house at the Greater Cleveland Chamber of Com-
merce. Kirby will be Installed Jan. 5 as president of the chamber. (Photo by
Garry Matlow) '•
mission First Baptist supports.
A lot of talk and schedule
arranging went into the plan-
ning. Finally, 21 people — a
doctor, a dentist, two nurses,
school teachers, craftsmen,
housewives, college and high
school students — got together
to make the trip to Honduras for
the week of Dec. 26-31.
The big question is: Why
would 21 people ranging in age
from 15 to 60 do this? Why would
they leave thefr comfortable
homes at this seas® to go into
primitive conditions and
possible danger?
The best source — those going
— were ready to tell why they
plan to go.
Weaver said Christianity and
ADVENT ARRIVING — Michael Manning prepares to light the last candle on
the Advent wreath at First United Methodist Church to be completed at the
Third Annual Service of Carols.and Candles at 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The
Advent wreath was made for the church by Harvey (Sonny) and Donald
■Hawthorne from a design by Pastor Fred Lang. The public is invited to attend
the servicewith what Laqg calls "the shortest sermon of the year."(Photo by
Annie Alexander)
Four months after cleanup
efforts were completed, the
Texas Department, of Water
Resources officially closed the
books on the Johnson waste
dump site on Tarkington
Prairie.
The department certified
during the summer that no toxic
wwrt**remained attb? Site. ""
™ Since all wastes and waste
oonstituents have been
jjmoved, deed recordation of
tnis formal disposal area will no
longer be required,” said
TDWR Executive Director
Charles E. Nemir in a letter
dated Dec. 6.
Nemir noted that early in the
cleanup operation, several
missions are synonymous to
him. He also believes his church
will benefit from hands-on,
direct involvement with
missions.
But his primary reason is to
carry the Gospel to the Hon-
durans.
Dr. William L. Barnett has
double motivation. He plans to
use his medical skills to im-
prove Hondurans physically.
And he wants to point them to
Christ as he treats them. He,
too, says this is his main reason
for going. /
Dr. Stanley Jones“is going
because the people of Honduras
are poor and need the care he
can bring. The spirit of the
Christmas season moves him to
Donald Rozell’s office. The
extent of the burglary will not be
complete until an office in-
ventory is complete, according
the Cleveland Police Depart-
ment.
Early this week, Liberty
County Sheriff’s Department
Detective I-arry Allen
recovered a stolen backhoe
valued at $38,000.
The equipment, which was
recovered on FM 2025, was
purchased in Houston, and the
Cleveland area man did not
know it was stolen, said Allen.
NEW YEAR'S GOSPEL
SINGING
Dec. 30-31: Cleveland’s An-
nual New Year’s Eve Gospel
Singing will be held two nights
at First Assembly of God at 8
p.m. Friday night will feature
the Telestials, Eternal Hope
Singers and Gilbert Brothers.
Saturday night will feature the
Mid-South Boys and Gilbert
Brother^ There is no admission
and the public is invited to
attend.
,OH «00*8”,0t‘1’
BO* l’
u.igh’on ——
give up one half of their
Christmas vacation and to leave
their “own little world” for a
totally foreign environment.
Only a few of those going
speak Spanish. Anita Weaver
and Mark Jones are fairly fluent
and Larry Weaver admits he
speak “a little." The rest know
little more than a few words of
“Tex-Mex."
First Baptist Chilrch has
recruited Herman Fernandez of
Lufkin, a Spanish-speaking
pastor who will preach evange-
listic services each evening
under a tent.
Dr. Barnett and nurses Janice
Allen and Florence Carter will
conduct a medical clinic during
Cont. On Page 2A
candy to every child that shows
up.
Even though he was busy
helping Blitxen get over a
severe sneezing spell and coping
with Rudolph’s mischievous
pranks on the other reindeer,
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BOOTS *N BONNETS NEW
YEAR’S EVE PARTY
Dee. H: Boot *N Bonnets
Square Dance Club will have a
New Year’s Evo Dance at ths
Waste dump
State closes book on Prairie site
contaminated ditches, and at
least one well
Hank Ramm, plant en-
vironmental manager with
Rohm and Haas, saiad his
company spent “on the order of
$300,000 or $400,000” cleaning up
the sitfe.
Cleanup at the site began in
May, and contractors hired by
Rohm and Haas removed more
than 400 truckloads of waste and
contaminated soil.
Surface wastes removed
included empty, corroded
barrels, tars and oily materials.
Two other areas — one a man-
made trench and the other a
natural depression — that were
used for dumping were ex-
cavated.
State troopers urge
safe holiday traveling
The Texas Department of
Public Safety will place Oper-
ation Motorcide in effect begin-
ning at at 6 p.m. tonight, and
will end at midnight Monday.
A similar operation will be in
effect from 6 p.m. on Dec. 30 to
midnight Jan. 2.
“During these holiday per-
iods, additional troopers will be
on duty for enforcement pur-
poses, with special emphasis
Santa Claus stopping
y/ ■ ' ' ■ ‘ '.K- ’ ■
at Cleveland Airport
Indicted city clerk
charged with theft
by ANNIE ALEXANDER
Advocate Editor
About
town.
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