El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 83, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 7, 1984 Page: 3 of 22
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El Campo Man Charged With Tire Thefts
An anonymous Crime Stoppers
tip led to the arrest of a 19-year-
old El Campo man accused of
stealing some $3,000 worth of tires
from a local service station where
he was employed, the El Campo
Police Department reports
Lonell Roberts, 1205 Alice St.,
the employee, was arrested
Tuesday afternoon in connection
with the thefts According to Lt.
Robin Taylor, an investigator
with the El Campo Police
Department, Roberts has given
police a statement admitting he
stole a number of the tires
Tuesday afternoon Taylor
collected 10 tires from local
Cuban immigrants to whom
Roberts had reportedly been
peddling the stolen goods
The tires turned up missing
when Jack Mills, owner of E.J.
Mills Texaco Service Station No.
1, 301 W Jackson, took an in-
ventory of his stock at the
beginning of the new year. Mills
listed $3,000 worth of car tires as
stolen Another $1,200 in truck
tires and a Delco battery were
also reported by Mills as stolen in
separate, unrelated incidents
earlier this week.
Roberts was assessed a $5,000
bond and transferred to the
Wharton County Jail.
In an unrelated case, Richard
Escamilla, 606 Vasa, was
County Sets Fees
Higher For Some
Deputies9 Services
A new fee schedule for services
rendered by Wharton County
sheriff’s deputies and constables
went into effect Jan. 1. The
schedule was adopted by Wharton
County Commissioners Court in
December.
County Judge Ed Wuthrich said
fees generally went up $5, but in
some instances, fees will now be
charged where they weren’t
before.
“This is the first time we’ve had
anything like this,’’ he said The
fee schedule before was termed
“rough,” and was not complete.
For example, prior to Jan. 1,
there was no fee for issuing arrest
warrants. Now a $15 fee exists.
Wuthrich said the new fee
schedule is “detailed and more
appropriate” than what was
previously used.
The county recognized a need
for such a schedule after being
contacted by Dallas County in
early December. That county, in
updating its fee schedule, was
collecting a sample of fees in
other Texas counties. Wuthrich
said the Texas Association of
Counties is also doing a similar
survey. Wharton County’s new
schedule has been sent to both
entities.
Wuthrich said the county is not
allowed to make a profit on the
fees, but that recouping of costs
for services is justifiable.
The schedule lists 12 services
for which fees will be collected
•The sheriff and constables will
receive a fee of $15 for serving a
subpoena or summons for justice
and small claims courts, and $25
for all other courts.
•For executing or attempting to
execute each writ of garnishment,
injunction writ, distress warrant,
writ of attachment, writ of
sequestration, writ of execution,
order of sale, writ of execution
and order of sale, a fee of $25 for
all courts will be assessed
•For the taking and approving
Council To Discuss
Hotel-Motel Tax Hike
First meeting of the new year at El Campo City Council Mon-
day evening should be a quick one, with only three agenda
items scheduled
First item for 1984 will be a report from the committee on use
of hotel-motel tax receipts.
The committee of Walter Ely, Ruth Frnka and Melvin (Bub-
ba> Parker, will make recommendations for use of the hotel-
motel tax that has been increased from two to seven percent
When council voted the increase three percent was tenta';ve-
ly scheduled for the proposed new civic center, with fuur per-
cent being requested by the Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture for the El Campo Museum and promotion of
tourism in the city The c ham tier has been receiving two per-
cent
The tax is charged to room rentals in local motels and hotels
Council will also hear a report on designation of buildings as
historical landmarks Request for such a designation came
from Bud Childers and Ruth Sacco, owners of the Heritage
Center buildings on South Met harm
In final busmens i ouneil w ill approve a scheduled for official
city holidays for 19H4
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arrested Wednesday and charged
with the burglary of a residence
Also arrested in connection with
the burglary was a 12-year-old,
seventh-grade juvenile.
The two are accused of stealing
a $25 watch and two packages of
Storybook Lifesavers on Dec. 19
from the residence of Anita Cruz,
603 W. Fifth Street
Escamilla was assessed a $1,000
bond and transferred to the
county jail. The juvenile was
turned over to Lester Ragston,
Wharton County juvenile
probation officer
Floyd James Rutherford, 111
Sunnyside, became the first
person arrested by the El Campo
Police Department and charged
with driving while intoxicated
after the new DWI laws became
effective Rutherford, who was
arrested Thursday night, was
videotaped while performing a
sobriety test in accordance with
the new law. He has since been
released on a $500 fine.
The Texaj> Department of
Public Safety arrested Charles
Richard Clark, 213 Williamson,
Harlingen, for speeding and
failure to appear on another
traffic charge. He was fined a
total of $94 and transferred to the
Wharton County Jail.
In other news, Linda Hilliard,
301 Hoskins Broadway, reported
the vandalism of a tempered glass
valued at $75 on a serving cart
of bonds as may be required by
law and returning them to the
courts as may be required will
require a fee of $10.
•For executing each warrant of
arrest or capias (issued by judge
for infraction of court order), for
making arrest without warrant
when so authorized by law, the
sum of $15 will be assessed.
•Sheriffs and constables will
receive a $10 jury fee for each
case tried in District or County
Court (civilcases Art 3933).
•A fee of $10 (misdemeanor
cases — Art. 53.01) will be allowed
the sheriff or other peace officer
performing the same service in
misdemeanor cases, to be taxed
against the defendant on con-
viction. Jury fee, in each case
where a jury is actually sum-
moned, will be $10.
•In felony cases (Art. 1029), in
each county where there has been
cast at the preceding presidential
election 3,000 votes or more, the
sheriff and constable shall receive
a fee of $10. For summoning a
jury in each case where a jury is
actually sworn in the fee of $10
will be paid.
•A fee of $10 will be paid for
posting written notices in public
places as may be required by law.
•A fee of $10 will be paid for
executing a deed to each pur-
chaser of real estate under
execution or order of sale.
•A fee of $10 was set for
executing a bill of sale to each
purchaser of personal property
under an execution or order of
sale, when demanded by the
purchaser.
•Collecting money on an
execution or an order of sale,
when same is made by a sale, 5
percent with a maximum of $500
will be assessed.
•When money is collected by the
sheriff or constable without a
sale, one-half of the above rate
will be allowed the sheriff or
constable
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Smoke Inhalation
Two dogs and a cat were rescued by El Campo
volunteer firemen Friday after the house they
were in caught fire shortly after 10 p.m. One cat
died in the blaze at 1220 John St. L.J. Staff hand-
ed the two dogs, which were unconscious for a
couple of minutes, out the window. Preparing to
move a dog away from the house is the man who
reported the fire. His identification was not ob-
tained.
Foreign Competition
Focus Of Education
The primary goal of the
educational system in the last
decade has been to focus on the
question of equity. International
competitiveness, however, has
become the goal of the 80s
There is heated debate now on
whether the most essential goal of
education is the ability to com
mumcate or more emphasis on
math and science, said Dr David
Imig. director of the American
Association of Colleges of Teacher
Education
In setting priorities for the 21*t
Century, the noted educator said
that the demographic trends of
American soriety will have a
significant impact on the goals of
the future educational system
For instance he said
• There is going to tie a growth
in our soriety of IS percent by the
year 2fl«i
• We are going to a con
tinuing movement in population
Tuesday night at her residence.
Larry Howray, 511 Roth,
reported the theft of $8 worth of
gasoline Wednesday night from a
self-service gas station at 311 N
Mechanic.
Bruce Billstein, 302 Oscar,
reported someone stole the title to
his car from the car while it was
parked outside his residence
Tuesday night.
Norma Dornak, 3103 N
Mechanic, reported Tuesday
vandalism to a window at her
drapery shop located at 109 W
Church.
Sheri Hensley, 1214 Merchant,
reported Tuesday the vandalism
of a $35 taillight and a $10 lock to
the hatchback of her vphicle
Mrs. Leo Duffy, 1212 Pinchot,
reported the theft of a $150
Weedeater, a $150 valued .38-
caliber pistol, 10 towels valued at
$40 and 60 checks from her
residence Tuesday
Juan Orneles, 1313
Meadowview, Port Lavaca,
reported Tuesday the theft of a
22-caliber pistol and holster,
together valued at $220, from his
car last month while it was
parked in front of a residence at
904 Palacios
Clark Hogan, 103 Dorothy,
reported the theft of two speakers
valued together at $100 from a car
in a used car lot at 111 W Jackson
earlier this week
County To Study
Bids, Appointees
Bid openings, committee ap-
pointments and departmental
reports will occupy much of
Monday for Wharton County
Commissioners Court which
begins at 9:30 a m. in the county
court house.
Beginning at 10 a.m. Precinct 1
will consider bids on two new
dump trucks and two pickups, at
10:15 a.m. Precinct 2 will consider
bids on two dump trucks and a
grader and at 10:30a.m. Precinct
3 will consider bids on a hydraulic
excavator.
John Joyce, president of the
Wharton County Youth Fair and
Exposition, will appear before
commissioners at 11 a.m. to
request financial assistance from
the county for this year’s fair.
Among the appointments to be
made are health officer,
librarian, grievance committee
and Wharton County Rural Fire
Prevention District members.
Commissioners must also
appoint a Revenue Sharing
compliance coordinator, a
position required under the new
Revenue Sharing law. The
coordinator will probably be an
employee in the county
treasurer’s office.
A 1984 holiday schedule will also
be approved.
District Clerk Swede Carlson
will appear before the court to
request a pay raise for the two
clerks in his office. He wants to
move them up one step on the pay
grade scale. He wants to move the
women, now at pay grades 7 and
8, to 8 and 9.
County Treasurer Gus Wessells
will ask that he be allowed to hire
a part-time employee. The em-
ployee was in the treasurer’s
office on a three to four day basis,
but that position was terminated
after the office was reorganized in
December.
Wharton County and the
Wharton County Central
Appraisal District will sign an
agreement allowing the county to
pay its portion of dues to the CAD
in the county’s budget year. The
first payment was actually due in
December, but the county and
CAD have not operated on that
basis.
County Judge Ed Wuthrich said
the agreement is to make official
what the two entities have been
doing from the beginning.
Commissioners will also set a
fee schedule for use of its elec-
tronic vote tabulators by political
parties during primary and run-
off elections.
Controlled Grass Fire
Calls Volunteers Out
After getting off to a hot start in
1984, the El Campo Volunteer Fire
Department saw little action for
the remainder of this week, giving
the men a much needed rest after
fighting eight fires over the
holiday weekend However, the
department did respond to one
alarm.
Nineteen men and three trucks
responded to what turned out to be
a controlled bum of a field on
County Road 479 about 2'v miles
out of town Wednesday at 1:45
p.m.
Four men and one truck at-
tended another controlled grass
burn at 9 a m Friday at the old El
Campo Airport off Highway 59
after the owner of the land
requested them to do so.
The Fire Department does want
people who plan controlled burns
to let the department know so that
men and equipment are not sent
to the site needlessly. The
department may also be called, at
543-3339, for tips on how to prevent
controlled burns from getting out
of control
from the frost belt to the Sun Belt
In 1948, 40 percent of the
population lived in the Sun Belt,
by 1981) it was 53 percent, and it is
likely to increase to 57 percent by
t' year 2000
• We are moving from a youth
culture to a grey culture In the
1950a, three of every five tax-
payers had children in school
Now it is one in five This will
have an impact on the support of
public schools
• We are moving from an Anglo
culture to a pluralistic culture
Twenty three of the 25 major
school systems in the country now
have majority / minority
pojHilations
• Our male oriented society is
becoming a female oriented
society There will )*• 8 to 10
million more women than men try
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 83, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 7, 1984, newspaper, January 7, 1984; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018550/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.