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POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2*, 2002, • PAGE 1A
Music big part of history
Livingston’* first band was or-
taanad in 1911 and was directed
by B.A. Neeley of Lufkin. Rebears-
ai^were held each Monday and
Tonday nights
The uniforms were white with
yellow trim. The members were:
bass horn, J.L. Muller; trombones,
J.E. Marsh and A.S. Jones; bari-
tone, AW. Peebles; saxophones,
Jett Brock, Dave Burgess and Mr.
Smith; comets, Sam Hill, June
Hickman, J.E. Peters, Dude Coch-
ran, Frank Gerlach and Victoria
Evans; clarinets, Ben Lewis, Clyde
Butler, Gus Whitney, Mac Sawyer,
Beamon Davis and James Coogler,
snare drum, Thaxton Epperson;
bass drum, Ray Still and Frank
Kehlinger.
Alter a few years, this band be-
can e inactive, but in 1927 a man
nan ed Marshall from Dallas organ-
ize a second band and also a band
at ( Omgan. Most of the members
frot i the fust group were in the
seand band, with the addition of
sev ral accomplished musicians
sue as Bill Cayton, Mitchell
Birdhfield, A1 Becker, Ernest
Reti ter and Ernest Reuter Jr.
N r. Marshall directed the band
for about two years, followed by
Em ist Reuter Sr.
It 1936, the Livingston school
•bOa d employed Forrest Hendrix of
Nacfogdoches to direct a school
band- By 1938, the band had 60
students participating.
j the late spring of 1937, a Band
Mofiers Club was organized for
the purpose of aiding and assisting
the band. Mrs. J.T. Dabney was
elected president and, with help and
cooperation of all the band mothers
and other citizens, the chib was
able to purchase green and white
uniforms for the band. Mrs. A.W.
Peebles later became the president
of the Band Mothers Club.
In the summer of 1938, a group
of ladies met at the home of Mrs.
Ross Smith to organize a Music
Club. Officers were elected and a
constitution and bylaws were
drafted. There were 21 charter
members. The program for that fust
meeting featured Mendelssohn and
closed with the chorus “On Wings
of Song,” directed by Mrs. Carl
Sory. Mrs. Sory had served as di-
rector of the Cbotal Club, which
was organized prior to the Music
Study Club. The former organiza-
tion >had funds available which
were turned over to the new club
for the purchase of a piano. The
final note on the piano was paid in
November of 1940. Mrs. A.W.
Peebles was president at the time
the note was paid off.
This group gave annual spring
musicals at the Livingston High
School, including dance numbers
by Hazel English, Mary Alice
Smith, Bobbie Love Collins, Bell
Lyres, Flo Jane Sory and Cyrene
McKee. The Music Study Club also
presented numerous Thanksgiving
programs, Easter cantatas and
Christmas cantatas. The club con-
tinued to provide programs into the
1960s.
Music has always been a vital
part of Polk County’s social devel-
opment.
The Polk County Museum has on
display a number of old instru-
ments used in “The Town Band,”
as well as old photographs of the
group. Also on display is a fiddle
which was hand-made by Sam Bar-
rington and used at many Saturday
night dances and weddings or other
celebrations and social occasions.
FARM BUREAU ENDORSEMENT - District 18 State Rep Dan Ellis (left) has received an
endorsement and contribution from the Texas Farm Bureau Friends of Agriculture Fund (An.
FUND). He is joined by AGFUND and Polk County Farm Bureau representatives ^
AGFUND endorses
incumbent Rep. Ellis
Local woman injured
when vehicle rolls
L VINGSTON - A 36-yeai -old
Goodrich woman was injured
Monday in a one-vehicle acudent
on W 1988, a half mile west of
Goddrich
l .
C ttalina Concepcion Cuervo was
drivng a 2001 J ord Taunt:, east-
bound when the car went off the
roac, the driver overcorrected to the
left and back to the light, end the
car igain traveled off the toad and
relit d, according to Texas Highway
Patr >1 Trooper Glen Goode, in. The
vehi :le came to rest on its left side,
faciig FM 1988.
Cuervo was transported by am-
buli ice to Memorial Medical (Ten-
ter Livingston, listed with non-
incj acitating injuries.
N charges were filed m connec-
tion with the accident, which oc-
curs d at 3:20 p.m.
T e local Texas High way Patrol
also investigated a one vehicle ac-
cide t at 2 p.m. Saturday on ,U.S.
59, wo-tenths of a mile south of
Mot ow.
A 997 Ford F-350 L Haul util-
ity ran driven by Antiqwanna
Shai el Giles, 22, of Lufkin was
nort sound in the insnle lane when
the ' ihicle drifted oft' the road into
Ac rass, the driver told Trooper
Tlae Shel Lee. Giles jciked the
steei ag wheel too hard, causing the
van d fall over onto its left side
and ide, Lee said. I he vehicle slid
acres the road, coming to rest on
Oat All
(■Safety
its left side in the grass.
Giles, listed as having sustained
non-incapacitating injuries, was
transported by ambulance to Me-
morial Medical Center t#,;Lqjki(i,
Three, passengers in the i vehicle,
ageSjl, 3 and 22, were listed as
having sustained possible injuries,
but refused treatment at the scene.
Giles was cited for allowing a
child to ride unsecured and no li-
ability insurance.
LIVINGSTON - Texas Farm
Bureau Director Albert Thompson,
with members of the Polk County
Farm Bureau, presented State Rep
Dan Ellis with a check from the
Texas Farm Bureau Friends of Ag-
riculture Fund (AGFUND). AG-
FUND has endorsed the re-election
of Ellis (D-Livingston) for state
representative in District 18
“A native and life-long resident
of Southeast Texas, Dan Ellis un-
derstands the challenges facing our
state's rural areas," said Thompson,
Area IX Texas Farm Bureau Board
member. “He has worked tirelessly
to promote the growth and well-
being of rural Texas."
Ellis is serving his second term in
the Texas House. He is a member
of the House Corrections Commit-
tee and the State Recreational Re-
sources Committee, where he
chairs the Subcommittee on Hunt-
ing and Fishing Licenses and Regu-
lations.
Additionally, Ellis serves on the
American Legislative Exchange
Council, the National Conference
of State Legislators and the Legis-
lative Action Committee for Crimi-
nal Justice. He is director ef • the
Veterans’ Military AfTairtt CaOttl*
and is an active member of the
House Rural Caucus.
Ellis is a member of the Polk
County Farm Bureau, the National
Rifle Association, as well as the
Texas State Rifle Association and
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Justice Of tfhe Peace
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I am asking for, your vote November 3, 2002
(Early voting October 19 - November 1)
Pd. Pol. Ad. By Marshia McEntyre, Rl. 14. Box 4460, Livingston, TX 77151
7*r ik -A -fr Ar ELECT * it it * It |
judy McDowell
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Justice of The Peace, Precinct 1
[ promise that in my court everyone will be treated with dignity, and respect.
' am an experienced business woman with over 25 years experience,
will hold regular community meetings to stay in touch with community problems and needs,
rougher penalties for repeat offenders, that they will be held accountable for their criminal acts.
. will have a closer and more constructive working relationship with law enforcement to assure
em that their hard work will not be ignored-
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the First Baptist Church of
Livingston.
AGFUND is Texas Farm Bu-
reau’s political action fund. It is a
legal entity separate from the Texas
Farm Bureau and may endorse and
contribute financially to political
candidates. AGFUND is funded by
voluntary contributions from TFB
members.
Election training
open to public
LIVINGSTON - An election
training program will be held from
6:30-8:30 p.m. on Oct 1 and from
9-11 a m. Oct 5 in the District
Courtroom, second floor of the
Polk County Courthouse in
Li\ ingston
All presiding election judges and
alternates are required to attend the
training, according to Section
32.114 of the Election Code, ac-
cording to Polk County Clerk Bar-
bara Middleton.
The training program is also
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 2002, newspaper, September 26, 2002; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth789766/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.