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Page 2 — THE MATHIS NEWS — Friday, April 24, 1959, Mathis, Texas
Court Reverses Self To Set
Salary Of Deputy In Odem
The San Patricio County Com-
missioners Court rescinded its ear-
lier order setting the salary for the
full-time deputy for Odem at $275
per month and hiked 'that officer’s
pay to $300 per month in a special
meeting held Saturday morning
when a delegation representing the
Odem Chamber of Commerce and
Sheriff S. F. Hunt met with the
court to iron out a misunderstand-
ing concerning the matter of the
deputy's pay.
D. S. Ridgway had been appoint-
ed by Sheriff Hunt as a full-time
deputy at a promised salary of
$300 per month and the deputy had
assumed his duties on April 1.
The promise of the $300 per month
salary was made when E. H. Lane
had consulted the sheriff on the
matter of a full-time deputy in be-
half a group of Odem business
men who had instructed Lane that
they would pay the difference be-
tween -the salary set by the com-
missioners court and $300 per month
if the court failed to approve
.a $300 salary for the newly appoint-
ed deputy.
When the court met in regular
cession Monday of last week Sher-
iff Hunt recommended that the
salary for Ridgway to set at $300
per month, but the court in taking
action on the matter disregarded
that recommendation and set the
salary at $275 per month to keep it
in line with the salaries of several
'dther full-time deputies already on
the sheriff’s staff.
The Odem Chamber of Com-
j merce came before the court with
a resolution which the Chamber
had passed at a business meeting
Monday of last week in which the
appointment of a full-time deputy
for Odem “with an adequate sal-
ary to be paid by the county’’ was
asked.
Judge W. E. Nicholas explained
to the group Saturday that the
court submits a budget for the year
in August and a public hearing is
heard on the matter soon, there-
after, and that salaries of officials
and other county personnel are set
at the first regular meeting in Jan-
uary of each year. Once the sal-
aries are set, it is then the policy
of the court to let those salaries
remain as set for the year.
In the matter of setting salaries
for the sheriff’s department the
court sets the salary range and
approves the appointment of de-
puties, with the sheriff given the
right to place his deputies where
he sees fit and to set salaries in
assignments made. “Only in the
case of an emergency does the
court ever set an individual de-
uty’s salary”, said the Judge. And
the hike in the salary for the newly-
appointed deputy for Odem came on
the basis of the emergency clause
governing the setting of an indivi-
dual deputy’s salary by the court.
The C of C delegation brought out
the emergency existent in Odem
at the time of the appointment of
a full-time deputy due to the rash
of burglaries which struck consis-
tently at the town from mid-Jan-
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uary until recent, weeks.
E. H. Lane told the court that
when acting as spokesman for a
group of business men in Odem he
had fold the sheriff that the dif-
ference, if any, in the salary set
by the court and a salary of $300
per month for the deputy would
be met by the business men in-
terested, and he felt that the sheriff
had acted on that advice in ap-
pointing Ridgway at a promised
salary of $300 per month. (Lane
further stated that he did not feel
that the sheriff should be blamed
for the promise made Ridgway in
regard to the salary.
Another group of business men
in the town had contacted Com.
E. H. Jackson, saying they felt
the county should bear the full ex-
pense of the newly-appointed de-
puty’s salary. This statement by
Jackson was taken under advise-
ment in the Monday meeting of
the court when the matter of setting
the salary came up. Jackson cast
the only dissenting vote when the
court set the deputy’s salary at
$275 per month in the Monday
meeting.
When the matter of the emer-
gency existent in Odem when the
deputy was appointed was brought
out in the discussion Judge Nic-
holas was asked if that phase of
the problem could not be used as
the basis for 'the setting of the
salary at the higher figure, the
Judge explained that the change
could be made on that basis but
the court would have to rescind
its earlier order of $275 salary,
and new action be taken on the
matter. Commissioner Jackson
made the motion 'that the order be
rescinded and the salary set at $300
per month. Commissioner R. G
(Pat Kindle gave the second and
the vote was unanimous that the
salary for Ridgway be set at $300.
Tony Weatherly, president of the
Odem Chamber of Commerce, act-
ed as spokesman for the delegation
from that organization. The com-
mittee was composed of Weatherly,
A. A. Luckenbach, O. A. Ehlers,
R. E. Stalcup, R. J. Lane, Jr., and
E. H. Lane.
Commissioner Kindle presented
three letters to the court in regard
to a raise in salary for Constable
Reagan Lee of Taft. These letters
were written by 'the Rev. Curtiss
Robertson, the Rev. Frank D. Tom-
pkins, Jr. and R. B Merts, all of
Taft, in behalf the raise in salary
for the constable. Commissioner
Kindle presented the letters and
moved that the salary of Constable
Lee be raised to $150 per month.
But the motion died for want of
a second as did the one made by
Commissioner Kindle when he pre-
sented letters written by two other
Taft men in regards to the Con-
stable’s salary at the regular meet-
ing on Monday. Kindle at that
time asked for a raise in salary
for Lee. The court left Lee’s sal-
ary at its $80 per month level.
Bids for office supplies were open-
ed at Saturday’s meeting of the
court. Allen Cash Register Co. of
Mathis and The Taft Tribune were
low bidders on supplies for the
county auditor’s office; The Taft
Tribune’s low bid of $27.55 was ap-
proved for the county clerk’s of-
fice supplies; The San Patricio
County News and Clegg were the
Mathis Wins Four
Firsts In District
30A Competition
Mathis High School students took
four “firsts” in the District 30A
Interscholastic contests held in
Rockport last Saturday. One of the
firsts1—in the one act play division—
had been won earlier in 'the week
at Woodsboro.
Here are Mathis’ ratings in the
various contests;
Debate: Carol Ann Edmondson
and Bill Graham, alternates.
Boys declamation: Richard Hen-
derson, first.
Boys poetry reading: Ben Crouch,
first. ■
Girls extemporaneous speaking:
Mary Wayne Koepsel, first.
Ready Writing: Lindsey Caffall,
second.
low bidders on supplies for the
district attorney’s office.
And Paul Anderson was low bid-
der for county treasurer office sup-
plies with a bid of $18.90; Paul
Anderson and the Aransas Pass
Progress were low bidders for of-
fice supplies for Commissioner of
precinct 3; The Taft Tribune was
low bidder for office supplies for
the Veterans Service Officer and
Civil Defense; Sinton Enterprise
low bid of $24.75 for supplies in
office of Prec. 1 J. P; Sinton Elec-
trci Hardware Co. bid a low $98.84
for four 12” oscillating fans for
use at the County Public Health
Unit; and Bell Chemical Co. made
the low bid of $131.40 for a rubber
door mat for the courthouse en-
trance.
PUBLIC RECORDS
District Court
Joe Wade, Judge
Filings:
Felix Bruney vs Herbert A. Rog-
ers Jr. Suit for damages.
Phyllis Killebrew vs Dale H. Kil-
lebrew. Divorce.
In Re: James Allen .Fennell, a
minor. Petition for adoption.
36th DISTRICT COURT
John H. Miller, Judge
CIVIL DOCKET:
Peggy Jean Bryant vs Basil Bry-
ant. Divorce. Judgment for plain-
tiff as per decree.
Albert W. Brunson vs H. E. Butt
Grocery Co. Petition for tempor-
ary restraining order and injunc-
tion. Jury demand by plaintiff.
Matilde Bocaniegra Rodriguez vs
Guillermo (Willie) Rodriguez. Di-
vorce. Plaintiff granted divorce all
as per decree.
Raymond Frank Cummings Jr.
vs Charlene Freeze Cummings. Di-
vorce. Plaintiff granted divorce.
Joyce Gayler vs Noel T. Gaylor.
Divorce. Plaintiff granted divorce,
custody of minor children. Defen-
dant ordered to pay $30 for child
support of minor children, and
plaintiff awarded attorney fee of
$150, all as per decree.
Opal Mae Holden vs Willie J.
Holden. Divorce. Case passed to
April 13.
156th DISTRICT COURT
Joe Wade, Judge
Docket:
Lula Mae Walch vs Alan C. Walch
Divorce.
Plaintiff granted divorce, custody
COUNTY RECORDS
MARRIAGE LICENSES — DEEDS — LEASES
DEEDS
Louis F. Themis to Floyd R.
Spears Lot 4, Garden Oaks Unit
No. 1.
R. D. Brashear, et al to Louis
F. Themis Lot 4, Garden Oaks Unit
No. 1.
Ernest King to Wanda May King
.Lots 10, 11, Block 419, Ar. Pass.
John G. Ba'tenhorst, et al to Mar-
vin Burton Farm Lot 7, Land Block
“C”, B&D Subd.
Edwin L. Barrow, Jr., to Char-
les Fred Wendelken S 45’ of Lot 11
and N. 45’ of Lot 10, Block 8,
Third Fite Addn., Taft.
Ida A. Douglas to Sylvan B. Gross-
man Lots 29 and 30, Block 589,
Ar. Pass.
R. D. Brashear, et al to S. E.
Olson Lot 31, Unit 1, Garden Oaks
Subd.
A. Loy Sims to Rosa O. Ramirez
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Lot 21, Block 2, Las Palmas Addn.,
Sinton.
Guy W. Alexander, d-b-a Alex-
ander Const. Co. to Wesley S. Troy
Lot 34, Block 6, French Village
Addn., Portland.
Nat W. Hardy, Indiv. & Tr. to
Harris-Rowland Bldrs. Lot 19, Block
5, East Cliff Addn. No. 2, Portland.
Allan Dale to J. N. Howell Lot 8,
Block 4, East Cliff Addn., Portland.
A. J. Hill to J. E. Green, Jr.
Lot 1, Garden Oaks Subd. Unit 3,
Ingleside.
Conn Brown to H. A. Gilbert
Lots 9 and 10, Block 684, Ar. Pass.
Mathis Lbr. & Dev. Corp. to Dan-
iel G. Sanchez SE-2 of Lots 1 and
2, Block 3, Fred^Rich Addn., Ma-
this.
W. A. Scrivener, el al to A. N.
Thompson, Jr. Block 5, Out Lot
41, B&D Subd.
Bruce B. Brannan 'to Lillie
Pearl Brannan Lot 9, Block 582,
Ar. Pass.
Bruce B. Brannan to Lillie Pearl
Brannan Lots 30, 31, and 32, Block
443, Ar. Pass.
Edgar H. Eggert, Jr. to Antonio
Martinez Lots 2, 3, and 4, Carol
Addn., Mathis.
E. W. Hayek to Billy J. Wikoff
N. 50’ of Lot 5 and S. 30’ of Lot 4,
Block 4, East Cliff Addn., No. 2,
Portland.
OIL & GAS LEASES
A. Hunt Cole to Dick McCracken
Farm Lots 12, 13, and 14, Land
Block 5, McCampbell Subd.
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