Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1980 Page: 1 of 42
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THURSDAY,
May 29, 1980
VOLUME 98 NUMBER 43
The dominant news and advertising source in Polk County, since 1882
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At Indian reservation
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New leader named
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LARRY BROWDER
..faces Norwood in run-off
E.R. “Ed” NORWOOD
.vying for state representative spot
HAROLD STUBBLEFIELD
.trying again for constable’s job
INDIAN RESERVATION - Roland
Poncho, the 36-year-old public relations
director for the Alabama-Coushatta In-
dian Reservation, has been selected by
the Texas Indian Commission (TIC) to
serve as acting superintendent of the
reservation.
Two of the three commission
members voted to appoint Poncho to
the $18,900 a year post during a brief
commission medttng Monday night.
Even though earner in the month the
tribe voted m to 17 to recognize the
commission's power to hire and fire the
superintendent, Monday’s meeting was
reportedly unofficially boycotted by
several reservation officials and
residents. The boycott was organized as
an attempt to prevent a quorum and
subsequently to cause the TIC to delay
their decision, according to Gemar Bat-
tise, head of the reservation’s housing
authority.
Poncho's appointment is effective
June 1. He will replace Emmett Bat-
tise,58, who has served as superinten-
dent since 1972. Battise was dismissed
by the TIC last October. At that time,
TIC Chairman Jack Stallings cited
financial mismanagement as the
primary reason for the dismissal. The
reservation’s 1979 budget reflected a
deficit of between $90,090 and $85,000,
according to Stallings.
It was later decided to allow Battise
to serve as acting superintendent until
a replacement could be found. Battise
also serves as the tribe’s second chief, a
position he will continue to hold.
“The key to success from here on will
be for us to work together as a team,"
Poncho said. “Emmett is still second
chief, and he’s going to be recognized as
the leader in our eyes. I hope we can go
to him for advice.”
Stalling expressed the TIC’s intent to
leave future planning decisions to the
Indians themselves. “From now on it’s
going to be the tribal members’ respon-
sibility to make policy decisions. We’re
not going to initiate any kind of pro-
grams or changes,” the TIC chairman
added.
Battise, who promised in September
he would abide by the will of the tribal
members, has indicated he will not con-
test his termination as superintendent.
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JAMES P. “JIM” WALLACE
..associate justice candidate
JOHN C. PHILLIPS
..associate justice candidate
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CLYDE “HERC” BUTLER
..hoping to win constable of Precinct 2
LIVINGSTON- Polk County and the
Livingston Independent School District
will be footing over half the cost of the
formation and operation of the Central
Tax Appraisal District, mandated by
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the Texas Legislature to begin opera-
tion by Jan. 1, 1982.
The 10-member board of directors for
the appraisal district voted Friday to
finance to district as recommended by
Run-offs scheduled
for five positions
MIKE McCORMICK
..runs for Court of Criminal Appeals
TOM DAVIS
.seeks Court of Criminal Appeals slot
Holiday traffic
injures local man
LIVINGSTON- The heavy traffic of
Memorial Day weekend resulted in only
one major traffic accident in the coun-
ty.
Reaction
Is there really a law which pro-
hibits government employees from
seeking political office?
The Hatch Act, passed in 1939, pro-
hibits Federal employees, and state
and local government employees
(when their job is financed either
totally or partially with Federal
funds) from taking an active part in
political management and political
campaigns.
They are not, however, prohibited
from serving as election clerks,
judges, etc. Such employees can also
attend political rallies and conven-
tions as long as they do not take an
active role in the managing or
organizing of the activity.
(The En'.ei prise wul answer questions of
general interest. Any person may submit
questions. Each query must include the
name address, and phone number of the
writer, but neither names nor addresses will
be published. Address questions to “Reac-
tton,v P. O. Box 1276, Livingston. TX 77:151. |
Curtis Goodman McDaniel, 64, of Liv-
ingston was injured when the 1975 Ford
Courier pickup truck he was driving
went out of control Saturday night on
U.S. 190 approximately two miles east
of Livingston. The vehicle was
“tettering” on a bridge when emergen-
cy personnel arrived, according to
Trooper David Sandlin, of the Texas
Highway Patrol.
Emergency crews pried the truck
door open and freed McDaniel, who was
taken to Livingston Memorial Hospital,
and a passenger, Dixie Lee, 61, also of
Livingston. Lee was reportedly not in-
jured.
The accident occurred at 9:30 p.m.
Sandlin said the vehicle apparently
went out of control after hitting some
rough spots in the pavement.
Several minor accidents occurred in
the City of Livingston during the long
holiday weekend. No injuries were
reported.
the minor accidents included one at
11:25 p.m. Friday at the intersection of
U.S. 59 and Abbey Street; another at
1:03 p.m. the same day just east of the
library on Church Street; one at 12:10
p.m. Saturday on Hwy. 146; another at
12:29 p.m. on U.S. 190 near the Blan-
chard cut-off and another at 7:52 a.m.
at the intersection on Church and Willis
streets.
LIVINGSTON- Absentee voting
began yesterday for the June 7 second
Democratic primary election.
The election is a run-off between can-
didates for five positions - constable of
Precinct 2; associate justice of the
Texas Supreme Court, Place 1; judge of
the Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2
and Place 3 and state representative,
District 16.
Harold Stubblefield and Clyde
“Here” Butler will be vying for the
position of Precinct 2 constable. In the
May 3 Democratic primary Stub-
blefield received 474 votes (34.3 percent
of the votes cast) and Butler received
458 votes (33.2 percent). A third can-
didate in the May 3 race, Bert P. Ward,
narrowly missed the run-off by receiv-
ing 447 votes (32.4 percent of the votes
cast).
In state run-offs, candidates Larry
Browder and E.R. “Ed” Norwood will
be competing for the position of state
representative of District 16. Browder
received 9,256 votes (44.1 percent) of
the votes, in the May 3 election, com-
pared to Norwood’s 6,677 votes, (31.8
percent). In Polk County, Browder
received 2,231 votes (53.7 percent) and
Norwood garnered 1,047 (25.2 percent).
There will be two run-offs for posi-
tions on the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Mike McCormick and W.T. Phillips will
be vying for Place 2 and Tom Davis and
Edith Roberts will compete for Place 3.
In the Place 2 race, McCormick
received a total of 388,852 votes (40.6
percent) in the May 3 primary and
Phillips received 311,908 (32.6 percent).
Polk County voters chose McCormick
over Phillips by a margin of over 500
votes. McCormick received 1,357 (45.4
percent) of the Polk County votes, com-
pared to Phillips’ 802 votes (26.8 per-
cent). Candidate John Humphreys, who
did not make the statewide run-off, cap-
tured 27.6 percent of the votes in Polk
County.
In the Place 3 race, Davis garnered
393,266 votes (41.3 percent) while
296,050 voters (31.2 percent) cast their
ballots for Roberts. Polk Countians
favored the third candidate in the race,
who did not make the run-off, Waltei
Boyd. Boyd received 1,210 (39.8 per-
cent) of the county’s votes, Davis
received 939 (30.9 percent) and Roberts
received 887 (29.2 percent).
There will also be a run-off for
associate justice of the Texas Supreme
Court, Place 1. James P. “Jim”
Wallace, who received a total of 464,430
votes (45.7 percent) will be on the ballot
with John C. Phillips, who received
336,326 votes (31.1 percent). Wallace
received 1,642 votes (49.9 percent) in
Polk County while Phillips received 790
votes (24 percent). A third challenger,
Wayne Scott, who did not make the run-
off, came in second in the county with 26
percent of the votes.
Absentee voting for the election con-
tinues through June 3 in the basement
of the Polk County Courthouse.
Paving planned
LIVINGSTON- Consideration and
possible approval of plans to re-pave
the elementary school parking lot is
among the items of tonight’s regular
meeting of the Livingston Independent
School District Board of Trustees.
Also on the meeting agenda is ap-
pointment of the district’s board of
equalization, approval of overnight stu-
dent trips and maintenance, financial
and tax reports.
Trustees are also slated to go into ex-
ecutive session to dicuss personnel mat-
ters.
the legislature, with each taxing enti-
ty’s 'share of the cost based on the
amount of taxes assessed. The board
also adopted a $200,000 budget Based
on the previous year’s tax levy, the cost
to the entities involved will be ai
Livingston Independent School
District - $58,520, or 29.2 percent of the
appraisal district budget, based on a
tax levy of $1.57 million.
City of Livingston - $2,660, or 1.3 per
cent of the budget, based on a tax levy
of $71,199:
Polk County - $53,220, or 26.6 percent
of the budget, based on a tax levy of
$1.43 million.
City of Corrigan - $880, or 3.4 percent
of the budget, based on a tax levy of
$23,635.
Corrigan-Camden Independent
School District - $22,920, or 11.4 percent
of the budget, based on a tax levy of.
$618,178.
Big Sandy Independent School
District • $7,860, or 3.9 percent of the
budget, based on a tax levy erf $212,032.
Leggett Independent School District -
$14,120, or 7 percent of the budget, bas-
ed on a tax levy of $380,537.
Goodrich Independent School District
- $7,360, or 3.6 percent of the budget,
based on a tax levy of $198,000.
City of Goodrich - $40, or .02 percent
of the budget, based on a tax levy of
$785.
Onalaska Independent School
District - $10,120, or 5 percent of tha.it
budget, based on a tax levy of $273,09& JL
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The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7
p.m. in the district administration of-
fices on West Church Street.
Pair sentenced
for child abuse
SHEPHERD-Two brothers, Richard
Alfred Carr, 30, and Roger Harold Carr,
32, of Shepherd, will serve 105 days in
jail, a 10 year probated sentence and
were fined $1,000 each after being
sentenced in District Judge Lynn
Cokers Ninth Judicial Court.
The pair were sentenced late Tues-
day after originally being charged with
solicitation of capital murder and
molesting a child.
However, according to San Jacinto
County Sheriff J. C. Parker, the female
juvenile involved in the case was “men-
tally unable” to take the witness stand,
therefore, solicitation of murder
charges were dismissed.
Richard Carr received a 10 year pro-
bated sentence for sexual abuse of a
child and fined $1,000.
Roger Carr will also serve a 10 year
probated sentence for rape and sexual
abuse of a child and was fined $1,000.
The pair were also sentenced to 105
days to be served in confinement.
The brothers were arrested last
February after it was learned by
authorities they had allegedly been sex-
ually abusing a female juvenile involv-
ed for some time.
After the Department of Human
Resources Protective Services Division
became involved in the case earlier this
year on anonymous reports of abuse,
the Carr brothers allegedly attempted
to make a deal with a friend to marry
the juvenile for a unspecified amount of
money to get her out of town. The
maritial scheme reportedly fell through
and the Carr brothers allegedly then
made attempts to hire the friend to take
the juvenile to Mexico and kill her for
$2,500, according to a report given by
the Sheriff’s Department in February
at the time of the arrest of the two.
Livingston Hospital District - $10,380,
or 5.1 percent of toe budget, based on a
tax levy of $280,286.
Corrigan Hospital District - $4,960, or
2.4 percent of the budget, based on a tax
levy of $134,197.
Memorial Point Utility District -
$6,960, or 3.4 percent of the budget, bas-
ed on a tax levy of $187,131.
Board members also voted
unanimously to advertise for a chief ap-
praiser. The appraiser must be cer-
tified “or be willing and able to be cer-
tified,” according to law.
Members of the board of directors
will meet again in two or three weeks to
review applications, according to Billy
Jack Jones, president of the board.
The Central Tax Appraisal District
was created by the passage of Senate
Bill 621. Under the central plan, there
will be only one appraisal of an of the
taxable property to the county at 100
percent of the market value.
Members of the local board include
J.R. Cockrell, Corrigan-Camden In-
dependent^School District; BUly Jack
Sandy Independent’ SchoJ'^tt^
B.C. Lively, City of Livingston; An-
thony Page, City of Corrigan; J.E.
Parker, City of Goodrich; Paul Par-
rish, Leggett Independent School
District; E.R. Pixley, Goodrich In-
dependent School District; Jackie
Havard, Onalaska Independent School
District and Jay V. Snook, Livingston
Independent School District.
Each board member was chosen by
the board of directors to their respec-
tive district
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1980, newspaper, May 29, 1980; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781787/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.