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EL PASO
July 22,
1990
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14 Pages -1 Section
Briefly
Blood Drive
The Seminole EMT
Volunteers and United Blood
Services will co-sponsor a blood
drive in Seminole from 3-9 p.m.
Monday in the lobby of
Seminole Memorial Hospital.
All persons that can donate
blood are urged to do so.
'70 Class Reunion
The Seminole High Class of
1970 will hold its 20th reunion
July 28 at the Gaines County
Park and Party House.
Activities will begin with
registration at 1 p.m. on the 28th.
More information can be
obtained by contacting Frank
Gady at 758-6649,758-2075, or
758-3555; Vance Thomas at
758-3114; or Sally Davis at 758-
2852.
Car Wash/Bake
Sale
The Junior Study club will
be sponsoring their second
Car Wash/Bake Sale at Wal-
Mart July 28 from 11 a.m.
until 3 p.m. Car wash prices
will be $5 for outside only, $8
for inside/outside, and larger
vehicles will be slightly more.
The monies made will be used
toward the Jr. Study Club's
Community Improvement
Project. Teen Court students
who owe community hours
will be washing the cars.
Mammogram
The truck with the
mammogram equipment for
detecting breast cancer will be
at Memorial Hospital, 209
West 8th St., on Thurs., Aug.
2. The cost is only $60.
For an appointment call
Brenda Johnson at Memorial
Hospital, 758-5811.
Library
Deadline
All summer reading logs
must be turned in at the
library by 5:30 p.m., Friday,
July 27, in order to be eligible
for prizes to be given away at
the Summer Reading Club
party scheduled for
Wednesday, August 1, at 3
p.m.
Square Talk
MELVIN KINNISON back
in circulation ... BOBBIE
WILLIAMS dedicates new room.
... Farewell to the MARION
BOWERS' - DEBBIE SHULTZ
kisses a pig ... GENARO
MARTINEZ wins more medals
Deaths
Duran...
See Page 3
Weather
This Year
Date Hi Low Prec.
July 16 82 63 .00
July 17 88 64 .00
July 18 87 65 Tr.
July 19 86 67 Tr.
July 20 -- 63 .00
(Readings taken at 7:30 a.m. daily)
Total rainfall for July 02"
Total rainfall for 1990 4.03"
(Jan. .46"; Feb. .84"; Mar. .74";
Apr. 1.39"; May. .58"; June, Tr.)
Last Year
1989 Hi Low Prec.
July 16 100 67 .01
July 17 105 71 .00
July 18 103 73 .00
July 19 94 72 .00
July 20 93 69 .00
Total rainfall, July '89 71"
Total rainfall, 1989 8.79"
Record July High,'58 113'
Record July Low, '52 ..., 52*
Average July rainfall 2.14"
Greatest daily rainfall, 73.2.58"
Greatest July rainfall,'7S...6.S4"
Avg. July Days 32°& under 0
Avg. July Days 90" A. over....26
(Official NWS recordi maintained by
John B. Moffat!. Recordi an for the pe
nod, 1949-80).
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Vol. 83, No. 76
Seminole (Gaines County), Texas 79360
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Sunday, July 22,1990
Bank deposits
up $7.9 million
over last year
CONTEST WINNER??--Debbie Shultz, Director of Nurses at Seminole Nursing Center, (SNC)
collected her winnings from the Kiss-A-Pig Contest from Molly the Pig, held by Wes Mosby (right).
Debbie won the contest by collecting the greatest amount of pennies to help purchase a much
needed television set for the Nursing Center. Gail McConnell, SNC Activity Director has announced
the Center is also planning to have a rummage sale Saturday, July 28, from 8 am. to 3 p.m. on the
lawn of the Nursing Center to raise more funds for the television set.
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County Appraisal District
presents $613,000 budget
The Gaines County Appraisal
District Board presented a budget
in the amount of $598,000 for 1991
at a public hearing Tuesday at the
appraisal office. The staled total was
$613,000, less $15,000 for
interested earnings, leaving the final
total. Last year, the district had a
budget of $615,195.
County Commissioner Robert
Matthews questioned why the
operating budget was so high,
particularly as compared to that of
neighboring counties such as
Dawson, Terry and Scurry.
Board chairman Leon Foote
pointed out that average budget of
appraisal districts in this area was
$541,242. It was also pointed out
that those districts did not have to
budget legal fees of $150,000 like
Gaines County. Minus the legal
fees, the local appraisal district's
budget was $465,195.
Also questioned was the salary
of Chief Appraiser Betty Caudle,
which is $37,254. Her salary,
according to an operations survey
by the State Property Tax Board,
was below the state average of
$44,252, but above that of some of
the area chief appraisers. A major
reason for that, said the board, was
the number of parcels appraised in
Gaines County, 64,345, was far
greater than Dawson County's
27,997, Terry County's 19,000-plus
and Scurry County's 17,973.
Although no specific objections
to the proposed budget as a whole
were voiced, the document will not
be approved until the regular August
meeting.
Present for the public hearing
were Gaines County Judge Max
Townsend, County Commissioners
Jean Bagley, Robert Matthews, Ray
Garrett and J.W. Allen, County
Auditor Harvey Hannah, Seminole
School Board vice president Jerry
Don Foote and Superintendent
Charles Bright, Pat Wingo of the
business office of the Scagravcs
schools, and Ray Kinnison,
Superintendent of Scagraves
schools..
Following the hearing, the
appraisal board went into regular
session, with board member Glynn
Chandler requesting that salaries of
appraisal district employees be
considered at the same time as the
budget hearing in July.
Current policy states that raises,
if any, will be given in December,
at the end of the fiscal year and will
be given at the discretion of the
board, as long as money from the
budget is available for that purpose.
Chandler said he had no problem
with the raises, but he fell they
should be considered at the time of
the budget hearing instead of later
in the year.
No action was taken by the board
on the request.
In other action, the board
accepted the resignation of
Appraisal Review Board member
Glen Fleming, and reviewed and
approved regular monthly reports.
Governor's visit
By M. Gene Dow, Publisher
FROM THE SCRIPTURES--"Do not forsake your
own friends or your father's friend..."Proverbs 27:10
New Rotary District Governor Bill Hubbs of Pecos
was here this week for his official visit with the local
club. I have known Bill, as well as
his father, for many years, and
enjoyed another brief visit with him
and his wife Pat. I couldn't help but
comment on his wearing a bright
green coat and asked if he was
boosting the arch rival Monahans
Lobos colors now-a-days. He
assured me that the green color is
being worn by all Rotary District ^.
Governors, in recognition of earth
ecology, but that he would have his
gold coat and purple tie ready for his Monahans visit.
The District Governor was impressed with the local
club and Seminole. "This is the only place they've
flown the flags for me."
Hubbs apologized to the club for being late for his
visit. "It's a long way from Pecos to Seminole," he
said, "and every town I passed through there would be
a sign 'Clean Restrooms'. It's hard to clean thai many
restrooms and still be on time."
Having been in the radio business a number of
years, Hubbs marveled at the technical advances that
have been made in communication. "You know," he
said, "if you hooked up your VCR to a microwave
oven, you could watch thcVf/mfc of War in just seven
minutes."
Recognizing that I have been in the newspaper
business for lo these many years, he observed how
strange it is when reading "the obituary column in the
newspaper, that people always die in alphabetical
order."
Hubbs said he had had a good life, but his most
miserable moment was when his daughter came home
late one night with a Gideon Bible under her arm.
It's nice to have such out-of-town speakers come
around occasionally ... so we can hear a few new
jokes and stories.
* * *
THE OLD INDIAN CHIEF SAYS-"It's what you do
when you have nothing to do that reveals what you
are."
* • ♦
A local resident was trying to get out of his sum-
mons for jury duty coming up next week. "I don't
want to be away from my job that long," he told the
judge.
The Judge said, "Can't they do without you at
work?"
"Yes, but 1 don't want them to know it," said the
prospective juror.
Deposits in the three Gaines
County banking institutions have
shown an almost $8,000,000
increase over totals for this same
time last year.
As of June 29, deposits in the
three banks totaled $94,267,506,
as compared to $86,325,364 at
the end of June 1989--
a $7,942,142 increase.
Total assets, loans and
deposits all showed increases
over last year in Gaines County
financial institutions.
The figures were below those
in the first quarter, but, as in
previous years, was a natural
occurrence, mainly due to the
agricultural economy.
According to financial experts,
farmers usually have their money
in crops, not in the bank, this
time of year, and have also paid
their taxes. In most cases, figures
will fcick up in the third quarter.
Assets as Seminole National
Bank for the second quarter of
this year were pegged at
$44,673,845, compared to
$43,033,376 for the second
quarter of 1989.
First National Bank of
Seminole reported total assets
during the second quarter at
$32,305,000, compared to
$26,687,000 in the second
quarter of 1989.
First State Bank of Scagraves
had total assets of
$30,037,276.58 for the second
quarter of this year, compared to
a $28,730,032.93 figure in the
second quarter of 1989.
The Seminole Branch of
Andrews Savings and Loan had
no specific figures for this
particular branch, although total
assets for all branches of
Andrews Savings and Loan were
said to be $125,692,000.
No figures were available for
either assets, loans or deposits
from Blucbonnet Savings Bank
as of presstime.
Deposits at Seminole National
Bank for the second quarter of
this year amounted to
$40,575,632, compared to
$38,954,377 in the second
quarter of 1989.
First National Bank's deposits
stood at $28,109,000 for the
second quarter, compared to
$22,885,000 in 1989's second
quarter. *
At First State Bank, deposits
were S25,582,874.32 for the
quarter, compared to
$24,485,987.65 in the second
quarter of 1989.
Deposits at the Seminole
Branch of Andrews Savings and
Loan for the period stood at
$5,365,987. No figures were
available for the second quarter
of 1989.
Loans, net of reserve, at
Seminole National Bank for the
quarter were $20,507,939,
compared to $16,222,486 in the
second quarter of 1989.
At First National Bank, loans
were $19,108,000 in the quarter,
compared to $15,953,000 in the
second quarter of last year.
See DEPOSITS, Page 2
Chamber of Commerce
gets July Fourth report
The Seminole Area Chamber of
Commerce Board received a report
on recent Fourth of July Celebration
and, while the Celebration was a
success overall, some additions
were proposed.
Concerning the art show held in
conjunction with the celebration, the
board voted to promote the fact thai
some of the art was for sale to the
public following the judging of the
show. A total of $1,700 worth of art
was sold this year, and the board felt
that even more could be sold if more
people knew they could purchase
the artwork.
Also reported was a total of
$5,122.00 worth of tickets sold for
the "Cow Patty" Sweepstakes. After
expenses, there was enough money
available to purchase new chamber
membership plaques, which the
board approved. A total of 750
plaques will be purchased at a cost
of $2,760, although a negotiation for
a lower price will be made before
purchase.
The chamber's "Summer
Madness" promotion was also
See CHAMBER, Page 2
DID YOU KNOW?-People still get it confused,
Pecos is in Reeves County; Fort Stockton is in Pecos
County.
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER?--Maybe not, but this I
seen scurrying for cover late Inst week, which could be i
t conditions. Either that, or it wat
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Fisher, David. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 76, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 22, 1990, newspaper, July 22, 1990; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth440396/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.