Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 26, 1992 Page: 25 of 60
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THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY JANUARY 26,1992 - PAGE 3C
Health clinic onen in Onalaska
While the Enterprise reporter
waited to interview a store owner, a
customer from out of town was
being waited on. He was packing
up flourescent fixtures and lights.
The store owner commented to
the reporter that his customer was
building a church. ‘ ‘This is the fifth
trip he’s made here to get his
electrical supplies. That’s a
hundred miles, one way.”
The reporter asked the customer,
“You can save enough money here
to make it worth driving a hundred
miles?”
“Sure,” he said. “I’ve saved a
bunch!”
One of the reasons for the sav-
ings, said owner Paul Davison is
that much of his stock is used or
salvaged.
His wife Glenda added, ‘‘When
it’s hidden behind walls, it doesn’t
matter what it looks like, as long as
it’s safe and it works.”
Davison, who with his wife owns
General Wire & Electric in
Livingston, is no longer restricted
SALVAGED AND NEW ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES — Paul and Glenda Davison are the
proprietors of General Wire & Electric, retailers of used and new electrical supplies and equip-
ment. Open for business since August, their store and warehouse is located at 1906 N.
Washington.
Business founded on electrical salvage
to used or salvaged stock, but it still
constitutes much of their business.
Their store, at 1906 N. Washington,
opened last August, but they are
not strangers to electrical supply
buyers.
The Davisons have been selling
electrical products for many years
from their home at Soda. Davison,
who came with his family to
Livingston from Houston in 1962
when he was four years old, first
went into the salvage business in
1977, a year after completing high
school In Livingston. Much of iliut
salvage resulted in the sale of used
electrical goods. It was three years
ago that he added new products to
his stock,
Davison carries all phases of
residential, commercial arid in-
dustrial electrical supplies, includ-
ing supplies often called for by
sawmill operations.
Having a store has made a big
difference in walk-in trade, of
course, With their store on a main
Livingston thoroughfare, they have
become more visible and acces-
sable. Few people would be able to
find them on a dirt road three miles
off the main highway. Most of his
customers in those days were build-
ing contractors, but now, says
Davison, the consumer has dis
covered him, and based on his ex
perience since August, the electical
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CLINIC OPEN AT ONALASKA — The Onalaska Rural Health Clinic opened its doors to
patients for the first time last Monday, Jan. 20. Onalaska has been without a health clinic since
August.
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The medical office in Onalaska
had been closed since its physician
retired last August, but as of last
Monday, people in that area will
benefit from a limited health care
program that operates under federal
guidelines.
The facility that opened Monday
is the Onalaska Rural Health
Clinic, in the same location where
Dr. Wilson Lynch had his office.
It is a privately owned family
practice clinic and its medical
directors are Drs. Jerry Wood and
Raymond Luna of Livingston, The
rogram is a result of Sen, Lloyd
enuen's PL 95,210 and Texan
House Bill 18, which got off the
ground two to three years ago to
serve underserved areas in the state
to alleviate a shortage of
physicians. The program provides
care from physicians assistants,
who train in a 27-month program
and receive the same training as
medical students, except that they
obtain a four-year degree in two
years. This type of training began
at Duke University in 1965. There
are about 30 such clinics now
operating in Texas.
The physicians assistant who al-
so administers the office is Gail
Brackeen. Another person on staff
is a medical assistant, a position
which Brackeen describes as a per-
son with training of more than a
nurses aide and less than an LVN.
The third employee is the office
coordinator.
The clinic is equipped to handle
minor emergencies and has a full
referral system. The two medical
directors come by once a week to
review patient charts and do follow
up work.
Brackeen said that the clinic will
go through a certification process
in the next three weeks.
There was no doubt last Monday
that there is a need in the area. On
their first day of operation, they
saw 15 patients.
The clinic is open Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
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CHO-YEH CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY
CHO-YEH CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER, located in
Livingston, Texas, offers a unique setting for citizens of Polk
County and the surrounding areas to enjoy civic, business and
church meetings and luncheons. It's a perfect location for
elegant banquets, offering both fine cuisine and hospitable
service.
CHO-YEH also offers a Christian Summer Camping Program
.for children and youth. For adults 60 years old and older,
CHO-YEH hosts an Elder Hostel program, a continuing educa-
tion program focusing on the interest of Senior Citizens.
For more information about how CHO-YEH can meet your
needs, call (409) 327-4725. We look forward to serving you in
the near future.
CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER
2200 S. Washington Livingston, Texas 77351
(409) 327-4725
The Presbytery of New Covenant
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Thank You
LIVINGSTON
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 26, 1992, newspaper, January 26, 1992; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781390/m1/25/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.