Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1986 Page: 3 of 12
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ACTUALLY 189 MEN PERISHED AT ALAMO ?
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SPECIAL MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS COURT MAY 15,1986
PUBLIC NOTICE
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Of every 500 Americans,
one is a doctor.
"Common sense is the most widely shared commodity
in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well
supplied with it." Rene Descartes
MAY 30,1986, HUDSPETH COUNTY HERALD-Dell Valley Review, PAGE 3
IT'S NO
SECRET!
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The Moseley Benefit at the Fair Grounds netted $1,029.04, plus
an additional check mailed in of $25.00. The Moseleys were
most grateful, and we are glad to report that Mary Lou is feeling
so well.
SAN ISIDRO MISSION invites you to a Journey for the Youth,
Ages 14-26 years. The Journey takes place at San Isidro Hall June 6-
7-8. The three-day accommodations will cost $10.00 for each person
signed up. Some 15-20 people have already registered. For further in-
formation call: Janie Cedillo 964-2451 or Father Waiwood 964-2601.
Everyone in the area is invited to attend.
***
Kindergarten teacher Tanya Lewis was honored with a surprise baby
shower by her class on Friday, May 16, her last day of teaching be-
fore moving to San Angelo to await baby No. 2. Tanya has joined
husband J. P. Lewis who moved to San Angelo in February to a
new job. The class presented Tanya with a baby bassinette filled
with gifts.
A special meeting of Commissioners Court was held May 15,1986.
Present and Presiding: Doyle L. Ziler, County Judge; Leon Snyder,
Lester Ray Talley, Larry Karr and Ray Collier, County Comms, and
Patncial Bramblett, County Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk of Comm.
Court, when the following business was had, to-wit:
Motion by Talley, seconded by Snyder to accept the bid of Rust
Tractor for the Front End Loader with the trade-in of one motor
grader on a lease purchase plan.
Ziler-Snyder, carried, to request the Tax Assessor/Collector to
forward the tile of Tierra Del Sol Properties Proposal on Delinquent
Taxes to Calame, Linebarger and Graham and ask their opinion of
the offer proposed by Mr. Chris Cummings and also that the Tax
Assessor/Collector be given a written opinion from them and also
request that a representative: of the firm be present at the June
meeting.
Karr-Snyder, carried, that the Tax Assessor/Collector advise Chris
Cummings that the Commissioners Court will take no action con-
cerning penalty and interest and collection costs until advised by
our tax attorneys.
Talley-Snyder, carried, to adjourn the meeting.
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SUMMER LIBRARY HOURS -Dell City ....Beginning June 5,1986,
open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Open every Tuesday and Thursday.
Visiting their parents in the valley over Memorial Day weekend
were Brian and Karen (Fain) Snodgrass from Seminole.
♦ ♦♦
The Owen family is busy with the upcoming wedding of their son
Ray to Brandy Ann Burner of Clint. Brandy Ann is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Burner, Jr. They will be married June 7,1986, at
7 P.M. at San Lorenzo Catholic Church in Clint.
♦♦♦
Junior Cheerleaders Raffle winners were Nellie Almeida and Rach-
el Rubio - they won hand-crafted stuffed animals.
***
John and Nana Gay will be leaving this weekend for their summer
job with the U. S. Forest Service in Blairsville, Georgia. They will
arrive at their summer destination June 8 and return to Dell Val-
ley on August 28.
**♦
Mary Gentry made a trip to Hobbs last week to bring back the
Pearce granddaughters, while Lisa and Guy and friends went
to Amisted to get in some water skiing.
The Dell City Softball Team played in the Fabens Memorial
Tournament May 24-25. They came back with a 4th Place Tro-
phy. Players were Joe Valles, Celso Rubio, Ruben Herrera, Fe-
lix Castillo, Manny Baeza, Jaime Perez, Shawn Karr, Jerry Gal-
van and Jesse Herrera.
Ward Counties who diligently
listened to the wishes of their
constituents....and realize that
there are absolutely no bene-
fits from a radioactive dump!
generators of the waste
should be made responsible
for its disposal and/or repro-
cessing on site of generation...^
DOC
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IM.
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William M. (Bill) Lynch has been named vice president of market-
ing for Noumenon Corp, an Alameda, Calif., based developer and
manufacturer of microcomputer software, according to Martel
Firing, President. Noumenon’s main product, the INTUIT IS-2000,
is a software program tailored for small business use in word pro-
cessing, data base management, spreadshe ets and mail merge. Bill
is a 1984 graduate of the Menlo College School of Business Admin-
!st^?n;,has be®n Nou.menon since began selling programs wuu.vo M
m 1984. He previously served as national sales manager. Mister Firing paso Culberson Pecos and
observed that increased sales of the INTUIT IS-2000 required a - - ’ ’
spreading of management responsibilities. “Lynch, through his
sales record has well earned the promotion”, he said.
***
Pat Dart at Shamrock Inn says their recent successful fund-raising
of some $2,000 from their BBQ will be used to rejuvenate both
ambulances. These ambitious people at Hueco are talking about a
Mexican Food fund raising next year.
Clayton and Joy Wood are happy to have John and family here
for the summer, as well as daughter Tracy who returned from South
America this week.
Joyce Moore, mother of Ann Grimm, has compiled information
and research that shows there actually were 189 men at the Alamo
when it was overrun March 6,1836, by the forces of Mexican Gen.
Santa Anna. Moore said the uncounted man was Washington Curtis,
a family ancestor who mysteriously “disappeared” 150 years ago, just
at the time of the Alamo battle. Alamo curator Steve Beck is in the
process of verifying the information compiled by Moore.
Beck said Moore’s documentation - some of which dates to 1841 -
includes credible sources such as writer-historian J. Frank Dobie
that leaves little doubt in Beck’s mind that Curtis indeed sacrificed
his life for Texas independence along with the recorded 188 defenders.
Officials of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the organiza-
tion designated by the state to maintain the Alamo, have described
the findings as a major breakthrough in documenting the events
that shaped Texas.
Moore, 61, said she and her cousin, Helen Pettit of Odessa, conduc-
ted a two-year search to learn that Curtis, a bachelor, was an unre-
cognized Alamo hero whose name accidentally got lost during the
heat of the Texas Revolution. The women are members of the Daugh-
ters of the Republic of Texas.
“I believe every man who died at the Alamo should get the recog-
nition they deserve,” Moore said. The search for Curtis began
when she wanted to learn more about her ancestry, particularly on
her father’s side. She and Pettit began with Moore’s great-great-great-
grandfather, James Curtis Sr., who at age 65 was the oldest man to
serve during the battle of San Jacinto.
“1 feel great about this,” Moore said, “I feel like I have contributed
something to the history of the state.” Meanwhile, her discovery
could mean changes at the Alamo and Alamo Plaza if Beck verifies
the documentation and it is approved by the Daughters of the Re-
public of Texas.
San Antonio Light, May 22,1986
***
Enjoyed a nice visit with Sylvia Lee on Monday morning. Grandson
Donald finishes Border Patrol training in Glencoe, Georgia June 3.
He will have 9 days off before being assigned for duty at Del Rio.
Granddaughters Susan Mustachia, Jonothan and Joshua, and Sylvia
Jan will be here from Galveston for a week’s visit next week. Rebec-
ca won’t make it home from San Angelo this time as she has ' -
started a new job.
♦ ♦♦
Shawn Karr is home from Angelo State after a busy first year , and
a quick year Belinda is helping her mother, Bertha Gallegos,
out at the Mercantile Belinda attends college in San Antonio....
her sister Rosemary is in Austin teaching school they plan to
visit her soon
Commissioners Court From Page 1
Collier-Karr, carried, to authorize payment of $816.70 to Culberson
County Hospital on Margaret Bergen bill from Revenue Sharing/In-
digent Hospital Fund.
Snyder-Talley, carried, to authorize payment of $1976.31 as month-
ly assessment to Tax Appraisal Board from General Fund. Karr
abstained.
Snyder-Collier, carried, Karr abstained, that Be It Resolved that
Hudspeth County Commissioner Court wishes to have the 1985 bud-
get surplus held by the Hudspeth Appraisal District retained in the
Treasury of the Hudspeth Appraisal District to use for a county-
wide reappraisal of tax properties in the county in the near future.
Snyder-Karr, carried, to authorize payment of $700.00 added to
the regular monthly payment of Predator Control to the U. S. De-
partment of Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service.
Talley-Snyder, carried, to pay Blackie Woods $150.00 bounty on
a mountain lion taken from the Calvin Guest Ranch from Revenue
Sharing.
Talley-Collier, carried, to authorize the Judge to execute the lease
contract on Fort Hancock landfill site with Texas General Land
Office.
Talley-Collier, carried, to pay the General Land Office $125 for
the lease on the Fort Hancock landfill site.
Talley-Snyder, carried, to request the Electric Company to install
a 250-watt sodium high pressure street light at the home of Mrs.
Manuela Esparza at 907 Huffman Ave. in Fort Hancock.
Ziler-Collier, carried, to authorize Comm. Snyder to negotiate
with the Electric Company for two 250-watt sodium high pressure
street lights to be installed at the volleyball/basketball court in the
park across from the Courthouse in Sierra Blanca.
Karr-Collier, carried, to commit the $750.00 allocated for recrea-
tion in Dell City from Revenue Sharing Fund to the baseball park
in Dell City.
Karr-Snyder, carried, to authorize payrtient of $33.70 to Dyna Med
from Civil Defense fund for supplies for the Sierra Blanca Ambu-
lance and to pay Border Welding Supply for a small bottle of oxy-
gen for the Sierra Blanca ambulance.
Karr-Collier, carried, to authorize the Treasurer to pay $92,806.25
plus bank charges on the Bond issue.
Collier-Snyder, carried, to accept the bid of Airway Dodge for 2
police pursuit vehicles.
Talley-Snyder, carried, to adjourn the meeting.
....NINETY-FIVE percent of
the people of Hudspeth Coun-
ty are apposed to a radioac-
tive dump in the county
for the THIRD TIME the Tex-
as Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Disposal Authority is
back looking at proposed sites
on University of Texas lands
- in spite of the fact that Huds-
peth County has been proven
to be unsuitable for a dump
- the people of Hudspeth Co.
have repeatedly been told so
many untruths from the Au-
thority - one of the biggest
untruths constantly stated ov-
er and over again, is that the
radioactive waste will consist
of “aprons, booties, gloves,
syringes, etc.” from hospitals,
when actually by 1990, some
80% of the waste will come
from the South Texas Nuclear
Power Plant and Comanche
Peak Nuclear Power Plant
when they start up....we ask,
“If it is only ‘hospital’ waste,
then why go to the expense
of trucking it 700 miles to
dump in Hudspeth County?
....the latest ploy of the Au-
thority is to talk of above-
ground concrete bunkers for
storage of radioactive waste
- and at the same time speak-
ing of burying deeper into
ground cannisters of higher
radioactive waste it doesn’t
take a nuclear physicist to
know that concrete has a ,
short lifetime, aside from be-
ing used to contain radioac-
tive material we again ask,
“If concrete bunkers are used,
or cannisters, then why have it
trucked 700 miles to Huds-
peth County?’’....why not
build these containers at the
site of generation? elected
officials are elected by the
people to serve and listen to
the people not entirely the
case in Hudspeth County
there would be some of those
officials in Hudspeth County
willing to “sell Hudspeth Co.
for 3 pieces of silver”, irregard-
less of the wishes of most
commendable are the County
Judges and their courts of the
neighboring counties of El
Dell City, Texas, will hold a public hearing on June 2, 1986-, at 6:00 P.M.
at the City Hall, Dell City, Texas, to discuss the preparation of an application
for funding under the Texas Community Development Program (TCDP). This hearing
will include discussion of local priorities, avaiiable funds, all eligible activi-
ties under TCDP, and the use of past TCDP funds. Citizens are invited to provide
input into the selection of project activities and locations. Additional infor-
mation can be obtained from Lavada Lewis, City Secretary, Dell City, City Hall,
tele: (915) 964-2344, or Mr. Fernando Escarcega, Director of Community and
Economic Development, West Texas Council of Governments, Two Civic Center
Plaza, El Paso, Texas, 79999, tele: (915) 541-4681.
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