Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 76, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1983 Page: 1 of 28
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SUNDAY,
Sept. 18, 1983
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LIVINGSTON - A charge of “in-
voluntary manslaughter-driving while
intoxicated” has been filed against the
driver of a pickup truck which over-
turned early Saturday morning near
the Indian reservation, killing one of its
passengers.
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Gregory Sylestine, 27, was pronounc-
ed dead at the scene of the accident by
Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace G.H.
Galloway.
According to Texas Highway Patrol
Trooper David Sandlin, a 1974
Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Van
Ray Thompson, 19, of Livingston was
westbound on U.S. 190,14.9 miles east of
Livingston, when it went out of control.
The truck traveled onto the north
shoulder, got back onto the roadway,
travelled into and across the eastbound
lane, hit and traveled over a guardrail
and flipped, landing on its top, the in-
vestigating officer said.
Sylestine was ejected from the truck
as was another passenger in the cab of
the truck, Hobby Young Williams Jr.,
23, of Livingston, and a passenger in the
bed of the pickup, Roddy Battise, 16, of
Livingston. Thompson, the driver, was
trapped in the cab of the truck until
freed by the Livingston Volunteer Fire
Department’s “Jaws” unit.
Williams was taken to Cleveland by
Cochran Ambulance, where he was met
by the Lifeflight helicopter and
transported to Houston’s Hermann
Hospital. The helicopter was unable to
fly to Livingston due to fog.
Battise and Thompson were taken to
Livingston Memorial Hospital, where
they were treated and released.
The accident occurred at 3:45 a.m.
Hydro-power license sought
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Signs of spirit
Polk County Chamber of Commerce Executive Secretary Honey Simons was the
first on her block, if not the first in the county, to display this year’s Folklife Festival
bumper sticker. The stickers, which advertise the date of the 1983 festival, Oct.
14-11, are available at area banks, savings and loans and some stores.
Bumper stickers, buttons here
HUNTSVILLE - The Trinity River
Authority will file an application with
the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission (FERC) for a license to con-
struct a hydroelectric generating plant
at the Lake Livingston Dam.
According to a draft copy of the ap-
plication distributed to various agen-
cies for comments, the TRA intends to
file the application in November.
The engineering firm of Tippets-
Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton (TANK) of
New York is handling the design and
application work for the TRA. The firm
estimates the cost of the project at
$154.8 million.
TRA Special Projects Manager
Robert Stevens said the license should
be issued by FERC within one year of
the application being filed and con-
struction of the power plant will require
about three years. That timetable
would have the plant generating elec-
tricity in 1988.
According to TAMS plans, the plant
will be constructed on the east (Polk
County ) side of the dam and will re-
quire the relocation of the existing TRA
office buildings and a portion of FM
1988.
The project will also require reloca-
tion of a portion of Southland Park and
the acquistion of transmission line
right-of-way for two miles from the
plant site to a proposed Gulf States
Utilities Co. transmission line.
The project design calls for the con-
struction of an intake canal 800 feet long
to be constructed around the east abut-
ment of the dam. The canal would be
250 feet wide at the bottom with sloping
sides lined with riprap.
Four intake penstocks would direct
the water into the turbine house which
will be built on the present site of the
TRA offices.
The tailrace from the generating sta-
tion would be 2,000 feet long and the
water would enter the river approx-
imately 1,500 feet downstream from the
present stilling basin.
The station will operate on a run-of-
river basis and will not affect the pre-
sent flow of the river or releases from
the dam. The average flow at the dam
is presently 7,440 cubic feet per second,
according to data in the application.
The TRA has an informal agreement
with irrigation systems using Trinity
River water downstream to maintain
sufficient water flow during the irriga-
tion season to prevent salt water intru-'
sion of the irrigation water intakes.
The TRA estimates 1,000 cfs is suffi-
cient for this purpose.
According to the application, if dur-
ing drought periods the water flow
drops below the level needed to supply
power for the generators, the system
will be shut down and the water releas-
ed through the dam gates.
Since the project will be constructed
on existing TRA developed land (except
the transmission line) the application
says there will be no long-term adverse
effects on the environment.
The proposed transmission line will
cross mostly open pasture and should
not adversly impact wildlife in the
area, the application says.
The estimated annual capacity of the
proposed plant is 178.2 million kilowatt
hours annually, the application says.
Gulf States has already obtained per-
mission from the Texas Public Utilities
Commission to construct the transmis-
sion line and has begun acquiring right-
of-way.
The TRA plans to finance the project
with revenue bonds.
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Folklife spirit surfacing
Bank application
makes final stop
LIVINGSTON - Bumper stickers and
buttons advertising the Polk County
Folklife Festival, to be held Oct. 14-16,
are now available.
Bumper stickers are free and can be
obtained at area banks, savings and
loans and some stores, according to
Polk County Chamber of Commerce
Executive Secretary Honey Simons.
Buttons are 50 cents and are available
at banks and savings and loans. Leo
Club members will be selling buttons
during the festival and will also operate
a jail, where those caught without a but-
ton will wind up, having to pay a fine to
regain their freedom.
cabin. Stories will be told at 2 p.m. and 4
p.m. Friday and every hour, beginning
at 11 a.m., Saturday.
United Singles will be sponsoring a
“Fun With US" carnival, catering to
the younger festival visitors.
Friends of the Library will be holding
a book sale in conjunction with the
festival, selling books from a building
in the 400 block of North Washington
Street.
The Polk County Trailriders Associa-
tion will be sponsoring a trailride,
beginning at Indian Springs at 9 a.m.
Friday and ending at the rodeo
grounds.
The rodeo grounds will be the site of
two dances, one on both Friday and
Saturday nights. A 40x40-foot portable
dance floor will be constructed. The
Friday night dance will be a hoedown
featuring a live band, with admission
being $3 for singles and $5 per couple.
Saturday night’s dance will be free.
Plans call for the annual Tom Simons
Award to be presented Monday night,
during a reception for dignitaries and
representatives from communications-
related fields. Other awards are ten-
tatively scheduled to be presented
throughout the day Saturday at the site
of the log cabin and train, near the
library.
DALLAS - The application for a
charter for a new national bank in Liv-
ingston has been sent to the comptroller
of the currency’s office in Washington
for a final decision.
Kaylar Holcomb of the regional ad-
ministrator’s office said the regional
review process has been completed and
a decision could be made in a “few
months or less.”
Holcomb said reccomendations on
bank charter applications by the
regional office are confidential infor-
mation.
Both the First National Bank and the
First State Bank filed protests with the
regional office last spring when the
review process for the new bank began.
The comptroller’s office will decide
on the basis of data supplied during the
regional office’s review and the
regional recommendations whether or
not to issue a charter for the bank.
G/SD trustee election called
There are already 25-30 entries which
have sighed up for the parade, to begin
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, according
to Simons. “I’m real excited about the
large number of floats,” she said. Per-
sons wishing to have an entry brthe
parade should contact the chamber by
Friday, Oct. 7.
The parade will be judged differently
this year, the chamber secretary said,
floats will be judged on originality, ap-
pearance and workmanship, with 10
points added if the float follows this
year’s Folklife Festival theme, "Com-
munications.” First, second and third
plpce awards will be given in ^wo
categories - commercial and non-
commercial.
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Rules will apply to Individual and
school costume judging.
Along with some returning favorite
events - such u the bubble gum blow-
ing and beard contests, the moon ride
and dunking booth, cake walk, quilt
square dance exhibitions and
others - there will be some new
to this year’s festival.
Livingston Volunteer Fire
nt will be hosting pumper
year, in addition to the water
competition which has drawn
Js for the past several festivals.
Another new addition will be story
tjfcits, sponsored by the Polk County
Heritage Society at the Jonas Davis log
GOODRICH - The Goodrich School
Board voted Thursday night to hold a
special trustee election Nov. 8 to fill the
unexpired portion of the term of Mike
O’Rourke.
O’Rourke, who was elected to the
Position 6 seat last April, resigned
because he is moving to Houston.
The term will expire in April, 1986.
The board had thought they could
wait until the next trustee election to
have the position filled since a law pass-
ed during the last session of the
legislature allowed school boards to fill
a vacancy temporarily by appointment.
However, the new law has been delayed
by the failure of the U.S. Attorney
General’s office to approve it.
Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965
the federal government must approve
any change in Texas election laws.
The special election will be held in
conjunction with the general election.
The board voted to issued Golden
Passes to athletic events held in
Goodrich. Any resident of the Goodrich
District over 65 may obtain one of the
passes by applying to Superintendent
Ray Elam.
The board voted to purchase a
M1U312RE copying machine for $6,045.
The price includes the service contract
for the first year.
Discussion of the district paying at
least a portion of the cost of hospitalisa-
tion insurance for school employees
was tabled until the next meeting.
Elam is to appoint a committee to ob-
tain teacher input on the matter.
The district currently has a group in-
surance program with Blue Cross-Blue
Shield, but the employees pay for the
coverage through payroll deductions.
Due to an error in the initial publica-
tion of the notice of the tax increase, the
public hearing on the proposed 67 cents
per $100 valuation tax rate will be held
Thursday. The meeting will begin at
7:30 p.m. in the school library.
The board voted to hire Arnold E.
Hatchett as a secondary level special
education teacher on a one-year con-
tract. Hatchett has been substitute
teaching at Goodrich since the opening
of school. The new teacher has a
bachelor’s degree from Prairie View
AfcM University and two years ex-
perience in Montgomery.
The board approved the hiring of
Harvey Snell as a bus driver if his driv-
ing record is clear. Elam had not
received the driver’s license check
from Austin when the board met.
The athletic staff presented cost
estimates on a track and field events
area, ranging from $2,000 to nearly
$6,000 depending on the amount of work
done and the type of pits constructed.
The coaches reccotnended building a
portion of the layout now and develop-
ing a plan for construction of the rest
over several years.
Action on the track area was delayed.
On the reccomendation of Elam the
board voted to expel a fifth-grade stu-
dent for the balance of the semester.
Elam reported the district had 363
students enrolled this year.
USD
to open
roof bids
LIVINGSTON - Action on bids for
roof repairs at the primary school and
on building program recommendations
are among the items on the agenda for
the next meeting of the Livingston In-
dependent School District Board of
Trustees, slated for 7 p.m. Thursday.
Trustees are also slated to take action
on an insurance proposal, policies, a
tax ordinance and a resolution. Finan-
cial, tax and instructional reports are
also scheduled.
The board will go into executive ses-
sion for the discussion of personnel
matters.
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tod raow?
The first movie theater in Livingston was the Unique Picture
Show (renamed The Happy Hour shortly after), which was opened
in 1910 by Kit Jackson and Lock McKinnon. That’s tradition as well
as documented fact.
But did you know that the first movies were not shown at a movie
theater?
The first “picture shows” were shown by traveling group* as
part of the vaudeville shows that played at the Livingston Opera
House. Eventually movies were shown at the Opera House an a
regular basis.
But now at least one person old enough to remember says that the
Happy Hour was NOT the first theater. A former resident, now 10,
says there was a theater before the Livingston 1902 fire.
If you know more about this, why not share it with your neighbors
through the Enterprise. Give us a call.
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