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FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES for San Patricio and Aransas Counties were discussed by
a small group following the CAA board meeting last week. Shown are, left to right, Dr. C. H.
Simpson, a physician with the service since its beginning; Mrs. Blankenship (with back to
camera), a registered nurse and Dr. Eleanor Valentine, both volunteers with the Rockport
clinic; Linda Perez, former director for the program and Dr. Joe Pinkston, the new
director. Services are provided to .residents of San Patricio and Aransas County without
income guidelines. (News Photo)
Special Outreach Education
Program Registration To Begin
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Commissioners Studying Report On
New Concept Recommended For Jail
Registration for students
attending the Special
•Education Outreach Program
is to be held all day August 1st
and 2nd, according to Ben
Benson, Special Education
Supervisor for the Sinton-
Odem area.
H. M. Janicke
Awarded Pin
H. M. Janicke was awarded a
50-year Masonic membership
pin by the Most Worshipful
Grand Lodge of Texas through
Lodge A. F. & A. M. 1012 of
Sinton at a regular meeting
held in the Masonic hall in
Sinton.
The plaque which ac-
companied the pin was signed
by Daw B. Jorden, Grand
Master and Harvey C. Byrd,
Grand Secretary. RW J. D.
Malcolm, DDGM, Masonic
District 37 made the presen-
tation.
Janicke has been a Master
Mason since 1924.
Those tall steel structures
seen across the area between
Sinton and Taft will some day
provide the Coastal Bend with
electrical power from a
nuclear plant, according to
Central Power and Light
Company’s Sinton and Odem
manager Bob Neeley.
The structures are part of a
high-voltage electric trans-
mission line project which will
further strengthen CPL’s
supply of electricity and its ties
with Houston Lighting &
Power Company and the Texas
Interconnected System.
Currently 70 percent com-
plete, the 345,000-volt line will
be 170 miles long and run from
CPL’s Lon C. Hill Power
Station in Corpus Christi to HL
& P’s lines north of Bay City.
CPL is constructing 135 miles
of the line while HL & P is
Debbie Whiteley
Has Surgery
Miss Debbie Whiteley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Darrell Whiteley, is a patient in
a Corpus Christi hospital,
where she underwent knee
surgery Tuesday morning.
The knee trouble was the
result of injuries received
while playing basketball in
high school. She had surgery on
the other knee two years ago.
At last report Miss Whiteley
was in satisfactory condition.
The program for the school
year 19^4-75 will be operated
under public school auspices,
through the Brush Country
Plan A Co-op, headquartered
at Mathis. Mr. Benson,
supervisor for the co-op Taft-
Sinton-Odem cluster requests
that parents of those children 3
- 21 years of age eligible for
service in the Outreach
program register them for
school on August 21st or 2nd at
the paraochial school building
County Attorney Richard D.
Hatch is in Houston this week
serving as a Faculty Advisor
for the third week of the second
session of the 1974 Career
Prosecutor Course being
presented by the National
College of District Attorneys.
The final week of the course
deals with trial and appellate
practice, emphasizing suc-
cessful techniques in case
building the other 35.
“Eventually this 345,000-volt
line will send South Texans
electricity from the South
Texas Nuclear Project located
between Bay City and
Palacios” said Neeley. The
South Texas Project is a joint
venture of CPL, HL & P and the
cities of San Antonio and
Austin. It will go on the line in
1980.
“While the initial cost of
building a nuclear plant is
more than that of a gas plant,”
said Neeley, “it is cheaper to
produce electricity from a
nuclear plant.” He explained
that the current price for gas at
today’s market is between
$1.50 and $2.00 while an
equivalent amount of uranium
for the nuclear plant would cost
25 cents. “Eventually, this
could mean lower electric bills.
The cheaper our fuel is, the less
the cost of electricity will be to
our customers,” he said.
While electricity from
nuclear power is still several
years away, the 345,000-volt
line will start helping the
Coastal Bend in the near
future.
“When it goes on the line in
September, it will increase the
available electric power
needed for future growth in
South Texas and enable CPL to
move large blocks of elec-
tricity quickly in case of
emergencies,” said Neeley.
The CPL manager cited a
hurricane as an example
See LINES, Page 4
at Sacred Heart Church in
Sinton.
It is expected that ap-
proximately twenty students
will be enrolled in Outreach
this year, including several
from the Woodsboro and
Refugio communities. Two
teachers have been employed
and each teacher will have a
teacher’s aide to help them in
the instructional program.
Other services available
See OUTREACH, Page 4
preparation, jury selection,
opening statements, direct and
cross-examination, psychiatry
and closing arguments.
Approximately 90
prosecutors attend each of the
two sessions of the Career
Prosecutor Course, which are
held annually during the
summer months. Hatch, a ,1971
graduate of The National
College of District Attorneys,
served as a Faculty Advisor in
the summers of 1972 and 1973.
This week Hatch is in charge
of a seminar group, composed
of fifteen prosecutors, who are
meeting regularly during the
Course to consider the lectures,
course materials hnd other
pertinent matters.
Attendees at previous
sessions of the Career
Prosecutor Course have
uniformly rated the seminar
program as the most rewar-
ding and productive ex-
perience of their careers.
Richard D. Hatch was
praised for his work on the
board of directors of the
Community Action Agency.
Hatch has served on the
board since its beginning and
was one of those who worked
with the incorporation of the
Agency when it applied for a
state charter.
Pedro G. Rodriguez,
executive director, made his
remarks honoring the board
chairman at a luncheon
meeting last week which was
attended by agency personnel
from throughout the county.
Rodriguez said Hatch’s
leadership was instrumental in
developing a solid base from
which the CAA has expanded
and grown to its present size.
The Agency now sponsors
programs for the elderly,
alcoholism, family planning,
County In Top Ten
In Sorghum Production
San Patricio County placed
in the top ten in sorghum
production in the state for 1973,
Agriculture Commissioner
John C. White has announced.
Total production for the
county was 11,378,000 bushels.
Statewide, some 2,355,000
irrigated and 5,745,000
unirrigated acres were planted
in sorghum.
Other counties in the top ten
in all sorghum production
inelude Hale, Lamb, Parmer,
Hidalgo, Swisher, Castro,
Nueces, Floyd, and Deaf
Smith.
Complete statistics on 1973
Texas field crops are available
by writing John C. White,
Commissioner, Texas
Department of Agriculture,
P.O.Box 12847, Austin, 78711.
ODEM’S WEATHER
July 17-23
Observer: David Tewes
Date
High
Low
Rain
July 17
94
71
.00
July 18
94
76
.00
July 19
96
71
.00
July 20
98
67
.00
July 21
98
71
.00
July 22
98
71 *
.00
July 23
96
71
.00
Time of rainfall observations
is at 7:00 a.m. (daily).
Minimum-maximum tem-
peratures are for 24 hour
periods ending at midnight.
COMMENTS
Odem’s weather was
dominated by the usual Ber-
muda high plus an upper level
low. This resulted in hot, dry
weather.
Local FFA Members
At State Convention
Ramon Rivera, Wayne
Stansbury and Boyd Smith, all
members of the Odem FFA
were part of the 4,500 FFA
members that attended the
State FFA Convention on July
10-12. This year it was held in .
San Antonio.
They helped in making _
decisions on several items of
business, elected state officers,
state sweetheart and the state
talent team winner.
As the guest speaker, Mr.
Jerry Clower, talked of his
boyhood days, in the natural
southern drawl, he tried to
instill in the. minds of these
young people that they are the
future of this country and its
time for them to start realizing
this. He added that nobody
should go through life com-
plaining of his shortcomings
and making excuses for your
failures without ever making
attempts to improve himself
and his standings.
Head Start, summer
recreation, manpower, neigh-
borhood service center and
provides administration for the
programs. Of the 52 in at-
tendance, most were Agency
employees. Not all the em-
ployees were present.
It was pointed out that Hatch
chose to be different in a time
when it was not popular to do
so. He chose to initiate a
movement to alleviate and
eradicate poverty instead of
sitting back and hoping the
problem would settle itself,
See HATCH, Page 4
Adult Probation Officer
To Serve On Committee
Dana J. Hendrick, adult
probation officer for San
Patricio County, has been
selected to serve on the ad-
visory committe of the
Criminal Justice Division of
the Governor’s office. Selected
as one of four officers
throughout the state, the duties
entail advising the Criminal
Justice Division on goals and
standards for statewide adult
probation projects. Proposed
completion date for this project
will be 1976.
Other members of the
committee are C. W. Moseley,
chief probation officer, Smith
County probation Department,
J. C. Ledbetter, chief probation
officer, Dallas County
Probation Department, and
Tommy G. McWilliams, chief
probation officer, McLennan
County Probation Department.
This committee will serve in
conjunction with the juvenile
advisory committee on goals
and standards to the Criminal
Justice Division of the
Governor’s office.
A totally new concept of a jail
to replace the one atop the
courthouse was recommended
to the commissioners court
Tuesday by Frank Chastain
who is serving as consultant,
under a grant from the
Criminal Justice Council.
Chastain recommended a
facility no larger than is ab-
solutely necessary with
prisoners who v/ould stay over
20 days being transferred to the
Nueces County jail on a con-
tract basis.
Commissioners are studying
the report made by Chastain
and are expected to make some
response to his recom-
mendations at the regular
meeting of the court today
(Thursday).
By meeting certain
requirements, the county
would be eligible for funds to
finance a portion of the cost of
a new jail, perhaps as much as
50 percent.
A number of alternatives to
detention were recommended.
Other items on the recom-
mendations included single
bunk cells, 24-hour awake
supervision, segregation of
•females and juveniles,
programs and units for drunks
and drug abusers, vocational
and educational programs,
recreation, a balanced diet
and sharing of the facility with
Allen S. Lawrence Sr. and
Jerry Amaya were named di-
rectors for two new programs
for San Patricio County by the
board of the Community Action
Agency last week.
Lawrence will head the
program for the elderly and
Amaya, the program on
alcoholism.
Both programs became
effective on July 1, and offices
are being set up this week at
118 West Sinton Street.
The program for the elderly
will work initially in three
areas - information and
referral, transportation and
centers. A grant has been
approved in the amount of
$26,520 to provide services for
eight months.
The alcoholism program is
for both the alcoholic and the
alcohol abuser.
It will work through coun-
seling and education. A school
for DWI’s will be mandatory
for those referred to the
program by the judge.
The program will attempt to
identify the problems of
alcohol abuse in this county
and offer counseling services
the City of Sinton.
Chastain said the jail must
de-emphasize hardware, steel
and concrete, jail atmosphere
and appearance. Security will
depend on constant supervision
of prisoners from a competent
staff to meet LEAA
clearinghouse requirements.
The addition of a single cell
was said to cost from $15,000 to
$18,000 to house one extra
prisoner.
The total facility to house 35
prisoners was estimated to cost
a half million dollars.
The use of work programs as
an alternative was discussed at
length. Commissioner R. G.
Kindle said a lot of manpower
is going to waste under the
present system.
While Chastain said the work
program was voluntary, he
added that most prefer to
work.
Under the work release
program, a man could provide
for his family and be in jail
only on weekends.
A security area for unknown,
hostile, ahd transfer prisoners
would be needed.
In-institutional training is
one of the rights of the of-
fender, Chastain advised. For
this reason, it would be less
expensive for the county to
contract with a regional
facility for those prisoners who
to combat the problem.
The grant for this program
was slightly less than $40,000
and was approved by the Texas
Commission on Alcoholism in
June.
Lawrence was formerly
postmaster in Sinton for many
years before his retirement on
June 20, 1972. He is active in
civic affairs and is vice
chairman of the Urban
Renewal Board of Directors
and the Bicentennial Com-
mission.
Amaya has been a juvenile
probation officer for the past
year and has been acting
director of that department
since February. He came to
Sinton from Kingsville where
he was with State Welfare for
8V2 years. He is originally from
the Valley.
He will receive his masters
degree on August 17 in
psychology.
Danny Lopez and Leonard
Cantu will serve as assistant
counselors. Sylvia Cisneros
will fill the position of
secretary.
On the staff for the elderly
See DIRECTORS, Page 4
would be kept for 20 days or
more.
Under the work program, the
person who employs the
prisoner would pay for his
work. An on-the-job training
program could be developed
through the OEO program, and
a resource person could be
employed to develop jobs.
At the time the Nueces
County facility was designed,
the needs of the area for a 60-
mile radius was considered.
Ten cells have been set aside
for surrounding counties.
Chastain estimated San
Patricio County would have no
more than two or three at one
time who would need to be
transferred. Psychiatric and
diagnostic services are to be
provided there.
Chastain referred to two
surveys, one showing the
county population would in-
crease slightly and the other
that it would decrease
drastically. He said the facility
, could be designed on a
minimum basis with provisions
made to expand should it
become necessary.
In response to a question
raised by Commissioner Glenn
Dorris, Chastain said grants
are available to continue the
education of a prisoner after he
is released. “Every person who
ends up in jail has a chronic
social disorder, and qualifies
for vocational education,”
Chastain explained.
Closed circuit TV would
provide part of the close
supervision required.
Chastain recommended five
jail employees to provide the
24-hour awake supervision.
Having someone sleep nearby
does not meet this
requirement, he added. He
suggested ways this number
could be reduced.
The Community Action
Agency has received from the
Office of Economic Op-
portunity, a grant of $32,235
Pedro G. Rodriguez advised
the board in a meeting last
week.
Rodriguez is executive
director for the Agency.
The grant will allow the
programs funded by OEO to
continue in operation for three
months from July 1 to Sept. 30.
No word has been received
on the future of the OEO
programs after that time.
Uncertainty has surrounded
the program for the past year,
with funding extended each
time the continuation of the
program seemed in doubt. It
had been expected the
program would end on June 30.
The Agency recently
received approval for ad-
ministrative costs from the
department of Health,
Education and Welfare in the
event OEO funds were cut off.
The CAA provides the ad-
ministration for a number of
programs which are funded
from other sources.
A committee was appointed
to approve an evaluation
report by Dr. Phyllis Richards
of the University of Texas on
the Early Childhood
Development project. In the
report, Dr. Richards said the
program is of outstanding
quality. The committee was
authorized to approve the
budget for the program to
receive funds from the
Department of-Public Welfare.,
Serving on the committee
will be Ross Harris, John
Bounds and Raul O. Gonzales.
Harris questioned the role of
So long as a female or a
juvenile is in jail, a matron
must be in attendance.
Chastain suggested this be
done on a per diem basis. It
was suggested that perhaps a
file clerk might also serve as a
matron:
Resources are available to
develop a shelter home in this
county, and the consultant
recommended the com-
missioners give this con-
sideration. This facility would
provide for the surrounding
area, he said. He gave 20 as the
breaking point to make the
facility justifiable. He said the
cost is $40 per prisoner. One out
of 2,000 juvenile offenders need
the detention facility.
One of his strong recom-
mendations was for a
cooperative effort between the
city and county for use of the
jail and dispatching facilities.
It could be a key factor in the
approval of a grant, Chastain
advised.
Mayor Carl E. Newlin of
Sinton referred to past dif-
ficulties between the sheriff’s
department and the police
department. He asked what
recourse the city would have it
if joined in the cooperative
effort and was later unable to
use the facilities.
He was told a contract would
be drawn in regard to the
cooperative effort.
While the mayor expressed
some skepticism about the
joint project, he said there was
no use in duplicating the ser-
vices.
If the two could work
together, he said it would be
“wonderful,” and added,
“Let’s get together and make it
work.”
Sheriff Wayne Hitt described
an earlier conference as a
See COUNTY, Page 4
the committee and em-
ployment procedures. He
disagreed with Rodriguez’
interpretation of the duties of a
previous committee of which
he is a member. .
Rodriguez said the final
stages concerning the
_See OEO, Page 4
Rural Telephone
Rates To Be
Hiked August 1
Rural telephone customers
in the Odem exchange will
begin paying new telephone
rates with the bills issued on
August 1, it has been an-
nounced by General Telephone
division manager B. C. Vick.
Vick said the new rural rate
schedule is the second step
taken by the company in the
last year to place as nearly as
possible the cost of providing
service on the customers
utilizing that service.
The manager explained the
company started its repricing
of services program last year
by bringing charges for
business customers to the level
required to pay for the large
volume of usage by the
business community.
“Business customers use
telephone equipment to a much
greater extent than residential
customers and we feel they
should pay the costs of
providing the additional
equipment required to handle
See TELEPHONE, Page 4
NEW PROGRAM DIRECTORS - A program for the elderly
and one to deal with alcoholism moved into operation last
week. New directors were approved by the board of directors
of the Community Action Agency last week. Allen S.
Lawrence Sr., left, will head the program for the elderly, and
Jerry Amaya will direct the alcoholism program. (News
Photo)
WORK NEARS COMPLETION on the new 345,000 volt
transmission line which will connect the Central Power and
Light Company system with that of Houston Lighting &
Power. It will also serve as a transmission line for power
generated by an atomic power plant planned for the Bay
City-Palacios area.
Transmission Lines To Provide
Nuclear Power Near Completion
County Attorney In Houston This Week
Hatch Praised For Public
Service In War On Poverty
Lawrence And Amaya Named
To Direct Programs For
Elderly And Alcoholism
OEO Programs Funded
Through September
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