El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984 Page: 2 of 26
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El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Wed., Jan. 4, 1964
Teen-Ager Arrested After Setting Off Alarm
A 17-year-old El Canipoan was
arrested inside a local food store
late Monday night by El Campo
policemen responding to an alarm
set off by a broken window
According to the arrest report,
Samuel Wilson, 601 Palacios, was
found inside the Ritz Food Mart,
1120 W Jackson, about 11:28 p m
by officer Alonzo Gon/.alez, who
responded to the alarm
Wilson was found inside the
building in possession of an
unopened package of cigarettes
Damage of $219 to a window
screen was reported.
He was transferred to the
Wharton County Jail under a
$5,000 bond set by Municipal Court
Judge Irvin Foytik
Also arrested by the police in an
unrelated incident, was Johnnie
Anthony Greenwood, 3815 Cline
St., Wharton, for possession of
marijuana Greenwood, stopped
on a public road by police, was
allegedly found to be in possession
of 2 3/4 ounces of a substance
believed to be marijuana and
several handrolled cigarettes also
believed to contain marijuana.
He was released on a $500 bond.
John Francis Drea, 2501 N.
Walnut, Wharton, was arrested
for driving while intoxicated
Friday. He was released on a $500
bond
Thomas Florian Bartek, 1509 N.
Wharton, was arrested for DWI
Saturday night He was released
on a $500 bond
The Texas Department of
Public Safety arrested Severo
Hinojosa, P.0 Box 617, Ganado,
for DWI Sunday. He was released
on a $1,000 bond El Campo Police
Chief Jim Elliott said that
although Hinojosa was booked
after midnight, his arrest would
not fall under the new DWI laws
because the actual arrest was
made before midnight.
Ezequiel Garza, 14023 Wilo,
Houston, was arrested for DWI
Saturday. He was released on a
$1,000 bond
In other news, Race Perez, 909
W Jackson St., reported the theft
of two tires and two rims from a
truck parked at the Rice Farmers
Co-Op Inc., 909 W Jackson St.,
sometime over the weekend The
tires and rims were valued
together at $800.
Margaret Waters, 1105 Heights,
reported an attempted theft at a
convenience store located at 1120
W. Jackson St. Monday night.
Wade Carl Labay, 60 Wanda
Lane, reported the vandalism of a
door knob valued at $60 at his
residence Sunday evening.
Steven Davis, 1230 Wallace
reported $200 damage to a tire on
his pickup while it was parked at
800 W. Loop Sunday night.
Monte Hensley, 910 Depot,
reported the theft of $33 in gun-
shells from his pickup while it was
parked at his residence Sunday
night. Also stolen from his truck
was a purse belonging to Carol
Helmcamp, 319 E Watt, con-
taining $5
Alfred Leopold, Route l, Louise,
reported the theft of a $325 rifle,
$20 in gunshells, a $20 sleeping
bag and a hunting knife valued at
$15
Martin Zambrano, 501 Clara,
reported the theft of a tire and rim
valued at $150, along with 15
gallons of gasoline sometime
during the end of the week.
Sue Baker, 1201 Ave. F,
reported the theft of a purse
containing $150 cash from a
washateria at 812 N. Mechanic
Friday evening.
Mills Texaco Service Station,
301 W. Jackson, reported the theft
of 15 tires valued at $3,000
According to the police report, the
tires were taken sometime during
the last two months.
Eight Fires Reported
No Rest For The Weary
While most El Campoans were
ringing in the new year, the El
Campo Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment had its hands full this
weekend responding to eight fires.
El Campo Ambulance Service
also had its hands full, having
already responded to 13 am-
bulance calls in the first three
days of 1984.
Firemen began their weekend
by responding to a house fire at
10:15 p.m. Friday at 1220 John St.
when six trucks and 24 men
responded to a fire at the
residence of Emily Cruz.
Fire Chief Jack Roberts said
that although firemen are not
“totally certain” about the cause
of the fire, he speculated that a
playful cat may have been the
culprit.
According to Roberts, a dead
cat was found near a shorted out
electrical cord to a television set,
near where the fire started.
Roberts said he thinks the cat
may have bitten through the TV
cord while playing with it, thereby
causing the short. Firemen were
able to rescue two dogs and
another cat which were suffering
from smoke inhalation.
Roberts estimated damage at
between $20,000 and $25,000 One
room was gutted, while the rest of
the hcise suffered a large amount
of smoke damage.
Ninete p firemen and three
tmcks responded to a major
accident m the >00 block of South
Wharton Street at »2:5s a.m.
Sunday (see accident story on
Page 1 for details). Firemen
quickly extinguished a blazing
car, from which four occupants
escaped safely.
Four trucks and 20 men
responded at 2:20 p.m. Sunday to
7813 Ellwood St. to a grass fire
that was threatening nearby
trailer houses. The fire, which
took about 15 minutes to ex-
tinguish and was already being
fought by tra'ler house residents
when firemen arrived, is believed
to have been started by fireworks,
Novak said.
Another grass fire that was also
being fought by citizens when
firemen arrived, occurred on FM
2546 near Pinoak Creek. Seven
men and two trucks responded to
that small fire at 3:20 p.m. Sun-
day. The cause of the fire is not
known.
At 4:38 p.m., 18 firemen and
three trucks responded to a grass
fire in an empty lot on Becky
Street. This fire was also believed
to have been started by fireworks,
Novak said.
Another grass fire, which also
probably ruined a rice well pump
motor, occurred at 5:35 p.m.
Sunday near the intersection of
FM 2546 and County Road 389. Six
trucks and 27 men responded to
the fire of unknown origin.
Just as things were beginning to
settle down, 23 men and 4 trucks
responded to what turned out to be
a New Year’s Eve bonfire
celebration at the El Campo
Softball Country Club, off High-
way 71 North at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Novak said firemen would ap-
preciate people who light fires
purposely in the county to first
call the fire department to let
firemen know that the fire is not of
any danger.
Two trucks and 17 men were
sent to douse the flames of a car
fire near the intersection of High-
way 71 and Railroad Street
shortly after 3 p.m. Monday. No
injuries resulted from the fire,
believed to have been electrical in
origin, and the car was unoc-
cupied at the time.
Another grass fire was reported
at County Road 458 and Highway
59 at 5:49 p.m. Monday. Two
trucks and eight firemen
responded to that fire of unknown
origin.
Hot Weekend In EC
L-N Phot* by Chris Rirhrr
— Schools Survive Bad Weather
A fire at 1220 John St. Friday at 10:1$ p.m. was the first of many blazes
fought by El Campo volunteer firemen over the New Year’s weekend. A
cat, which died in the flames, Is suspected of chewing into a television set
cord and starting the fire. The Emily Cruz family was not at home at the
time of the fire, but another cat and two dogs rescued by firemen suffered
from smoke inhalation.
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ahead of time, and we took all
types of precautionary
measures." Hollis said the
heaters in many classrooms were
left on and air-conditioning and
heating pumps at ECHS were left
on to circulate “millions of
gallons” of water that could not be
drained.
Problems remaining include
flush valves on some toilets in the
district and screens in water
fountains. “The freeze caused a
problem with the rust in the
pipes,” Hollis explained. The rust
has loosened and is now stopping
up the flush valves and screens.
Joe Thedford, ECISD business
manager, said that the money for
the erne: gency repairs will come
primarily from a contingency
fund built into the district’s
maintenance budget, though
another project may have to be
delayed until next year.
“We’ll try to address needs
when they come up,” Thedford
said. “Later on in the year, it may
come to a decision between ‘A’ or
‘B.’ We may have to delay
something until next year in our
five-year maintenance plan.”
— Commissioners Make Last Minute Budget Changes
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budget Money was taken from 69
funds and added to 76 funds.
The auditor also made revenue
budget adjustments in the general
fund, road and bridge fund and
farm-to-market and lateral road
fund.
A total of $241,000 was moved
from 20 funds and added to the
general fund balance. Major
amounts were earned interest,
$100,000; out of county prisoner
care, $60,000; penalty and in-
terest, $18,000; auto department
fees, $18,000; anti Central
Appraisal District rent, $12,000
Moved from 15 road and bridge
accounts into that fund's ending
balance was $215,782
— Accidents Plague Holiday Week
(Continued From Page 1)
Rosenberg, also a passenger in
DeLeon's van, was listed in stable
condition at Gulf Coast Medical
Center in Wharton, as was Lucia
DeLeon. 18. 1215 Eighth Street.
Rosenberg, along with another
passenger in the same vehicle,
Severo Soto, 13, of Rosenberg
Manuel DeLeon was the
manager of "Los Rancheritos.” a
Richmond band that has been
playing at area dances for about
10 years David DeLeon was the
grout)'* drummer Martinez was
nlan a member of the band
The accident brought the
Matagorda County highway
accident death toll up to lour, just
one hour and 10 minutes into Jan
I The county recorded just 11
highway deaths in all of 1962 and
11 in 1183
Wharton County recorded 18
deaths in 1963 as compared to 20
deaths in 1962. according to DPS
statistics
Of the four people injured in the
El Campo accident ail wore
taken to El Campo Memorial
Hospital by city ambulance
where they were treated and
relaaaad
According to the Kl Campo
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Police Department accident
report. Nelson Troy Keen, 2602
Encino, Bay City, was traveling
south in the 100 block of South
Wharton Street in a Ford Bronco
about 12:59 a m Sunday when he
approached a bend in the roadway
that veers in a southeasterly
direction
While rounding the curve.
Keen’s vehicle veered out of his
lane into the northbound lane
before entering a ditch on the east
side of the road
The Bronco then traveled
another 180 feet in the bottom of
the ditch until the front end
caught on the side of the ditch.
causing the vehicle to spin around
and catch fire.
Although the vehicle became
engulfed in flames, requiring the
services of the El Campo
Volunteer Fire Department, all
four occupants escaped the blaze
with relatively minor injuries,
according to the report
The following, all of Bay City,
were listed as passengers in the
vehicle Jennifer Kee, 2602
Encino Shane Smith No 10
Selkirk Road and Karen Griffith.
2313 Powell, who was transported
by ambulance, but not listed as
receiving treatment at the
hospital
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Another $20,000 was transferred
from the precinct FM & LR funds
to that fund's balance.
Precinct 1 had $25,500 in line
item changes in its road and
bridge fund, $10,900 in its FM &
LR fund and $100 in its state
lateral road fund
Precinct 2 moved $20,000 in its
road and bridge fund, $4,400 in the
FM & LR and $1,852 in the lateral
road fund.
Precinct 3 moved $12,800 in its
road and bridge fund, $11,600 in its
FM & LR fund and $65 in its
lateral road fund
Precinct 4 moved $1,660 in its
road and bridge fund, $7,790 in its
FM & LR and $521 in its lateral
road fund.
Radio Station Solves
6MysteriousOutages
The problem KXGC-FM has had with staying on the air the
past few weeks appears to have been solved recently, according
to Jerry Aulds. general manager.
Aulds termed the outages as “mysterious” after they began
on a regular basis in Sate November
“We'd be booming along with Neil Diamond or Stevie Wonder
when suddenly no sound Our engineering staff would race to
the transmitter and check it from top to bottom, but they
wouldn't find anything wrong at either the studio or the
transmitter
"Then, just as suddenly as we went off. we'd be back on the
air,” Aulds said
The problem was particularly acute during extreme cold and
foggy conditions
The mystery was solved when it was learned the problem was
with the studio transmitter line
“It was a design problem Our antenna wasn't high enough in
Louise, but once we raised it (last week » we re booming in
again “
Since the studio is in Ei Campo and the transmitter is in
Louise. KXGC uses microwaves for optimum audio quality to
send its signal rather than phone lines Certain atmospheric
conditions were keeping the studio signal from reaching the
antenna near Louise
KXGC FM. popularly known as “X 97. The Music Time
Machine,” went on the nr Feb 21. 1963 with s powerful $0,000
watt stereo voice
Workmen raise X-67 microwave
antenna on tower to solve
signal onuses
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984, newspaper, January 4, 1984; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017822/m1/2/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.