The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 83, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1982 Page: 1 of 17
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,1982
VOL. 75
is injured in
Sunday fire
Shivers new president
Two Mexican Nationals died and
another remained in serious
condition at Memorial Hospital
Tuesday as a result of a fire that
engulfed a single-room home in
Bank announces promotions
By MARSHALL DAY
People too often credit their
success to themselves and their
failures to others.
*•**
The wheels of a well-oiled
machine move quickly and
smoothly, and thay’s just what
happened late last week when
Seminole lost one of its biggest
supporters to Lubbock.
Dwayne Herman’s exit as
president of Seminole State
National Bank to Security National
Bank in Lubbock will be a vacancy
hard to fill in the scope of
community work. Dwayne was, in
his 23 years in Seminole, one of the
most responsible driving forces in
getting things done. His devotion to
his work and to the community was
surpassed by few.
We know we lost a good friend
and we know the community lost a
significant cog in the wheel of
progress But, we know just as welU
that Seminole’s loss was Lubbock’s
gain and we wish him and his
family the best of luck.
And, we know George Shivers
will step right into the local
vacancy and do a splendid job. His
concern for the bank and the
community has always been
evident and we know he will do
everything in his power to make
this a better place in which to live,
work and play
And, we mustn’t forget Richard
Watts, who was elevated to
executive vice president. Richard
has been a part of this community
for 16 years and we’re also well
aware of his work within the
community.
From this point it looks like
everyone gained from the
promotions and we want to extend
our congratulations to all three
individuals and wish them luck in
their new positions.
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The hospital board took a major,
much-needed step Monday night
when they decided that enough
was enough in regard to
George Shivers, executive vice
president at Seminole State
National Bank for the past six
years, was named president of the
bank, replacing Dwayne Herman
who accepted a promotion to
executive vice president of
Security National Bank of
Lubbock.
The announcement, made by
Chairman of the Board Sam
Spikes, came at a special called
board meeting of the bank last
Friday. In addition to the
promotions for Herman and
Shivers, the board also named
Richard Watts as executive vice
president and added him to the
board of directors.
Shivers was born in Abilene,
Texas and graduated in 1959 from
Garden City (Kan.) High School.
He first became involved in
banking at Citizens State Bank
while a student at Oklahoma City
University until 1961.
From there he went to Hobbs,
N.M. where he worked for two
years at New Mexico Bank & Trust
Co. He then went to Albuquerque
where he was with the American
Bank of Commerce until 1964. He
returned to New Mexico Bank &
Trust Co. as a cashier in 1964 and
remained there until 1972 when he
came to Seminole State Bank as a
cashier.
Shivers was promoted to vice
president in January of 1973 then to
senior vice president and then to
executive vice president in March
of 1976.
He and his wife, Sharia, have
three children: David, Julie, a
senior at Texas Tech University
and Butch, who is a senior at
Seminole High School.
“I am very npnored to be
selected for this position and am
honored to have this confidence
and trust placed in me by the board
of directors,” Shivers said
following his appointment. ‘‘I look
forward to Seminole State National
Bank continuing to provide the best
possible banking services to. the
community.”
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northwest Seminole early Sunday
morning.
Killed in the blaze were Jesus
Delomq and Joseph MachpdP, ages
unkown.' Suffering serious burns
was Ubaldo Marrufo, age unkown,
who was listed in serious condition
early Tuesday in the intensive care
unit of Memorial Hospital, in
Seminole.
According to officials with the
Seminole Volunteer Fire
Department, the fire was reported
at 7:10 a.m. Sunday by the owner of
the rented apartment, Buddy
Hackworth, of 1004 Magnolia. The
house is located in the 100 block of
NW Avenue J, just outside the city
limits.
Members of the volunteer fire
department responded to the
alarm and when they arrived they
found Marrufo outside the
structure with smoke billowing
from the windows and eaves.
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New telephone books
due to be issued soon
GEORGE SHIVERS
DWAYNE HERMAN
RICHARD WATTS
Tips for consumers are offered in
the new 1982 telephone directory to
be mailed between now and the end
of August to Seminole customers.
Clay Styles, district manager-
residence service center, said one
copy of the directory will be mailed
to each residential phone
costumer.
Styles said a-total of 10;8fvt"books
are being printed. Of that number,
4,065 will be mailed to area
residents by the end of the month.
Styles said the extra books are
for new customers moving to
Seminole throughout the year. Also
busineses and customers
sometimes wear out their books
and need replacements, he added.
The new directory will feature a
painting on the cover by Dallas
Artist, Nathan Jones. The painting
is called “Morning Mist,” and
features a quiet moment in Texas
on a marsh
"Distributing the new.directories
is a huge job,” Styles said, “and
will take several week to complete
We ask customers to be patient
during this time and not call us
until after several weeks if they do
not receive new directories. ”
Hospital board approves ’82- ’83 budget
indigent
The Memorial Hospital District
board Monday night gave its nod of
approval for a 1982-83 budget based
on a 4.5 cent per $100 valuation tax
rate-an increase of less than one
cent.
Monday night’s look at the
spending document was the third in
the past few months for the hospital
district and came after a meeting
last month in which the board
instructed administration to trim
up to $150,000 from the instrument.
The new budget carried total
expenditures of $3,070,514 which
compares to the current year’s
finance the budget.
The hospital district has a total
valuation of $3,524,716,415 which is
down from last year’s total
valuation and thus a part of the
reason for the needed tax rate
increase. Of the new tax rate, 3.7
cents will be used for operating and
the balance-.774 cents-will be
used for interest and sinking
requirements.
In other business Monday night,
the board approved the purchase of
a computer for the hospital
district, approved the Emergency
Medical Service (EMS) budget.
heard various reports.
The board, after meeting with
representatives from NCR and
Burroughs, agreed to purchase a
computer from NCR on a five-year
lease program. The total cost of the
bid submitted by Burroughs was
$117,145 with a monthly payment of
$1,406.
Burroughs had submitted a total
bid of $142,553 with a monthly lease
payment of $1,600.
The board met with City
Administrator Mike McGregor and
EMS coordinator Herman
Williams to review thp proposed
discussing it with the city officials
agreed to pay its share of financing
the program.
The EMS budget, financed on a
50-50 basis by the county and
hospital district and operated by
the city, calls for estimated
expenditures of $186,625--an
increase of 21.72 per cent over the
current year’s budget.
This year’s budget is $143,140 and
McGregor and Williams pointed
out that the bulk of the increase is
due to the addition of one more
fulltime paid employee.
Herman said thp increase in thp
calls has increased from about 200
a year to some 500 a year since the
city took over operation of the
service in 1978
' The hospital district and county
will each put $78,900 into the
operation of the new budget.
Nearly a dozen men and women
showed up Monday night to protest
a threatened closing of the
hospital's public Health Club. At
last month's meeting it was
determined by the board that if the
Health Club could not be brought to
a break-even operation, then it
would be closed to public use by the
residents running up high hospital
bills at other hospitals then the
local district having to foot the bill.
This has been a long-standing
problem, not only for the local
hospital district, but other hospital
districts throughout the state.
It seems that, because a person
is a resident of this county, they
can take their medical woes to
some neighboring city with high
medical fees and room rates, run
up a healthy tab, then get the local
taxpayers to foot the bill. There
was one instance noted this week of
a $19,000 bill sent to the local
hospital district under such
circumstances.
We think it’s >vrong, wrong,
wrong!
We’re not opposed to helping our
own; but limits must be placed on
such instances. Many of the
instances involve people who never
even attempted to see a local
physician, but went direct!^ to an
out-of-town doctor, was admitted to
another hospital and sent the bill to
us. That’s the burr under the
saddle, as far as we are concemed-
if they don’t think enough of the
local doctors or the local hospital,
then they have little, if any right, to
think the rest of us taxpayers
should be footing their bills.
The hospital Monday night
adopted a policy that could have
some far-reaching affect on
these circumstances. They have
agreed they will pay only 80 per
cent of the patient’s bill, or $1,500,
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budget of $2,620,026-an increase of
$450,488. The new tax rate is up
from the 3.86 cents per $100
valuation needed this year to
agreed to keep the Health Club
open to the public, head an hour-
long presentation by a Lubbock
attorney on malpractice suits and
budget for EMS for the coming
year. The board had expressed
some concern over a large
increase in the budget, but in
number of calls and ambulance
service is having to make each
year has necessitated the extra
employee. He said the number of
first of the year.
However, the board indicated
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County assistance on
office hits roadblock
First practice
Members of this year’s Seminole High School band turned out
Monday night for the first of pre-season band practices under the
direction of director Mickey Owens. This year’s band had 134
members and will be undergoing pre-season practices in
preparation for the Sept. 3 season opening football game in
Andrews. (Sentinel Photo)
The county’s hopes for helping
the Seminole Area Chamber of
Commerce find a new home ran
into a legal roadblock Monday, but
they are hoping a further
investigation by the county
attorney can provide some avenue
for them to help.
County Attorney Joe McGill
informed the commissioners
Monday that a county has no legal
authority to make contributions to
or expenditures for any
organization such as a, chamber of
commerce. He said he was in a
similar situation the county found
itself in some three years ago when
it was operating a day care center
that eventually had to be closed.
The chamber of commerce
approached the county a week ago
asking for financial assistance in
locating a new office on cdUnty-
owned property on the southwest
corner of the Independence Center
complex on the Hobbs Highway.
The commissioners responded
favorably to the request, but
indicated they first would have to
check out the legal restrictions, if
any, that might apply to such an
agreement.
The chamber has been
discussing a new building for the
past year, hoping to get into a more
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