El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1981 Page: 2 of 36
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Pag«*2-A FI Campo lA*ader-New8, El Campo, TX, Wed . June 24, 1981
Councilman Questions
City's Street Paving Policy
The City of El Campo s need for
a redefined street paving policy
continued to be a cause of concern
for at least one city council
member at Monday night's
regular council meeting
Councilman King Sharp raised
questions about the city’s street
paving policy prior to a
unanimous vote to pave Avenue E
between Norris and Pecan
streets.
Sharp pointed out that the
council has been considering a
variety of paving "situations,”
including how to repair Rosemary
Street and how to pave Avenue K,
without operating under an
established policy.
"We need to stop some of these
things until we decide on a new
policy,” Sharp said
Sharp reminded council
members that discussion of a new
policy had surfaced at a previous
council meeting ( Monday, Oct 13,
1981' At the time, Mayor Ted
Hajovsky Jr said that the citv has
a problem with its street paving
policy which must be resolved.
"We have a committee studying
the policy, and we need to give the
city manager some guidelines,”
Hajovsky said.
City Manager John Lee did
revise the city’s longstanding
policy of paving streets based on
the percentage of street residents
who would sign a petition
requesting the work
Petitions were placed in order
of priority depending on the
percentages A petition signed by
85 percent of a street’s residents
would take priority over a petition
with 70 percent signature rate, for
example
The revised policy changed only
one aspect of this system
Residents would be required to
consult with city staff about the
feasibility of paving the street
before a petition form would be
released by City Hall
Monday night, after Sharp
questioned if council had let its
research for a new policy "go by
the wayside,” Lee verbalized his
position on the issue.
"Our goal is to pave as many
streets as possible,” l-ee began.
"We don’t accept a petition if
we can’t pave within one year’s
time," he added
Lee commented that "at no
time have I received any direction
on what order we were going to
pave streets,” adding that "you
folks (council) need to give the
administration your thoughts on
what we’re doing right, and what
we re doing wrong.”
Lee added that he didn’t see
"anything wrong with the order
we're taking these streets ”
Sharp commented in a
telephone interv iew Tuesday that
the city is doing a much better job
with the street paving issue,
primarily because of Lee’s
leadership.
Sharp added that he raised the
question about the paving policy
because of the council’s in
consistent approach to
authorizing paving projects
In addition, Sharp said he is
"quite concerned, because of
costs, about what is going to
happen to our present streets
when seal coating will no longer
do the job ”
In related action, council ap-
proved a summer seal coating
program which is expected to cost
approximately $60,000
In other business, council
authorized bid advertisement for
three waterworks projects as
recommended by Bryant Sparks,
cons u 11 in g engineer.
The projects include a con-
nection from the Kentucky Street
Water Plant to a 10-inch water
line under Washington Street, and
a connection from the Monseratte
Street Water Plant to a 10-inch
line under Fahrenthold Street
In addition. Sparks recom-
mended that the city install three
new pumps and a new chlorinator
at the Monseratte plant,
Council also authorized the sale
of the Norris Street Sewer Plant to
Douglas Stahlheber for $2,000
Officers Investigate
Dead Man’s Identity
The Wharton County Sheriff’s
Department la investigating the
identity and death of a man found
Sunday about four miles south of
US. Hwy. 59 in the Colorado
River.
Billy Waller and Robert
Caldwell, both of Wharton, were
"tubing” down the river Sunday
when they found the body of an
unidentified man about 6:30 p.m.
They reported their finding to
the sheriff's office in Wharton
Deputies removed the body from
the river and sent it to Victoria for
an autopsy.
The body was floating but
lodged against a tree, Waller and
Caldwell said.
The body was too deteriorated
to make a positive identity but the
Sheriff’s Office did say that X-
rays did not reveal any bullets or
other foreign instruments en-
tering the body.
When found, the body was
clothed in only a pair of white
boxer shorts and one nylon sock,
deputies said.
In an unrelated incident, sheriff
deputies received a call Monday
from Robert Meritt, Paris, who
reported a foul order and possible
body fluids dripping from a truck
parked near Young’s Drive-In on
Hwy. 59 next to the Dinner Bell
restaurant.
A body was found in the truck
which was identified as Aubrey
Brown, 45, of West Memphis,
Ark., by identification found in a
wallet in the truck.
Justice of the Peace C.F.
Drapela said the man died of
natural causes. Brown crawled
into the truck to sleep sometime
Friday evening and died
thereafter, but "that’s just
guessing,” Drapela said
Local Postal Workers
Not Expected To Picket
El Campo postal workers and
letter carriers are not expected to
picket the El Campo Post Office
Thursday in conjunction with a
nationwide effort designed to call
attention to the upcoming
negotiations between postal
workers unions’ and the U. S.
Postal Service.
‘‘We probably won't be
picketing, but we do agree with
the unions’ positions,” George
Swoboda, secretary and acting
president of the National
Association of Letter Carriers
AFL-CIO, Branch 5621, said
Monday.
Swoboda could not elaborate on
the specifics of the unions'
negotiating positions, although
higher wages are expected to be
among the areas to be discussed
during the negotiations.
Primary purpose of the pickets,
which are anticipated at larger
post offices, will be to inform the
American public of the "deter-
mination” of the postal unions to
negotiate a "fair and decent”
contract by Monday, July 20,
deadline for the existing contract,
Swoboda said
The negotiations, originally
scheduled to get underway on
April 22, began last Tuesday in
Washington. I) C A Postal
Service appeal to the National
Labor Relations Board,
challenging the bargaining unit
status of the postal unions, ac-
counted for the delay, Swoboda
said.
The appeal and resulting delay
reduced the amount of negoti ting
time from three months to five
weeks.
Sea Shell Exhibit Scheduled
(Continued From Page I)
book of shells and they were en
route to Rockport to go
"shelling.”
Boyle thought if they could do
it, then so could she That was
30 years ago and she continues
to add to her collection today
She first started collecting
shells on Sanibel Island in
Florida and on the sea islands
off the Georgia coast. But her
collection includes shells from
Madagascar. Australia. Japan.
Oregon, Louisiana, and, of
couree, Texas.
She says she has ap-
proximately too of the 600
species of shells that are in
digenous to the Texas coast
Boyle does not specialize in a
particular area or species in
her collection but rather she
emphasizes variety of shape
and color
She purchases most of her
shells horn shops now because
she does not scuba dive, and
thus collect the shells irom
their natural habitat.
"Buying shells is a good
second bast when you don’t dive
and can't afford to travel
around the world,” she said.
"You don’t have to know
much about malacology (the
study of mollusks) or
conchology to enjoy shells.”
Boyle said, adding that most
people react to their myriad of
colors.
The first reaction people have
to shells is. "You mean they’re
not dyed,” and secondly, they
realize the number of different
life forms in the oceans, Boyle
said.
Boyle added that mast people
who enjoy shells come to un-
derstand that there is no such
thing as "low life ”
"Mollusks. as everthing.
have there own particular niche
in the world
"F f II collecting is fun, and.
most of all. you learn so much
Each shell in my collection is
truly my friend." she said
The El Campo Museum
Society will open a showing of
Boyle’s collection in a display
entitled "The Shell Game" at
7:30pm July 1
The shells will be displayed
around a 12x10 foot mural
depicting a oceanscape with
sand from the Texas Gulf
( oa>t. Carolina Vitera.
museum curator, said
The exhibit is dedicated to the
Soroais Club of El Campo and
the Texas and General
Federation of Women's Clubs,
whose aims. Boyle says, are "to
be informed and contribute to
the growth of community
living "
T
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Waterhole Mo. 251
American Legion Post 25I s swimming pool has become a popular water-
ing hole for this unidentified boy and other youths who have retired from
their books for the summer. It is also reported that a number of teachers
enjoy the pool as well.
Tax Rebates
Total Over
$300 Million
State Comptroller Bob Bullock
reported that Texas cities
collecting the one percent city
sales tax have received $310.7
million in rebates during the first
six months of 1981.
El Campo received a net
payment of $26,390 for the period,
bringing 1981 payments to
$290,587, compared to $239,217 for
the same period last year, or a
21.47 percent increase.
Area cities and payments in-
clude Bay City. $47,720 and
$543,050 for the year, up 15.38
percent; Columbus, $8,550 and
$116,235 for the year, up 18 55
percent; Eagle Lake, $7,780 and
$79,506, up 3.76 percent.
Also Edna, $5,630 and $90,585,
up 7.76 percent; Ganado, $1,990
and $26,992, up 8.30 percent; Port
Lavaca, $18,160 and $280,626, up
25.11 percent; Rosenberg, $42,560
and$475,565, up 11.83 percent; and
Wharton. $14,310 and $219,530, up
10.90 percent for the year.
Bullock said the June sales tax
rebates to cities totaled $28.3
million, compared to $24.9 million
during a comparable period in
1980
Sales tax rebates through June
of 1980 totaled $266 9 million
according to Bullock
Houston’s sales tax check for
June is $5.9 million, bringing that
city’s year-to-date total to $64 2
million.
Business Burglaries Head Crime List
Local law enforcement agen-
cies made one arrest and added
three burglaries of a business,
four burglaries, one burglary of a
motor vehicle, two cases of
criminal mischief and one
unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle to their current list of
active cases.
The burglaries of a business
were reported by H I Premeaux,
IxRjise, Edward P Miller, Avenue
F. and Kenneth Martin and Mary
Ann Kainer. El Campo
Premeaux reported stolen from
Kiee Farmers Co op. 402 E
Monseratte, Thursday night an
estimated $1,000 in cash and also
damages to a steel safe, three
doors and locks, one desk and two
rollers for rice sheller machines
with a combined estimated
damage total set at ap
proximotely $1,000
Martin and Kainer reported
stolen from Martin Electric Co.,
Hwy. 59 West, Monday night
approximately $1.000 in cash
Miller reported damage to a
wood door at Texas West Indies
CO . 101 S Washington St
Thursday night with an un-
determined damage estimate.
The burglaries were reported
by Gloria Eberra, Higsbee Street;
Anita Vaught, North Mechanic
Street, and Karen Poncik. Rt. 4;
George Nohavitza. Merchant
Street, and Velma Morales. Alice
Street; and Mamie Hruzek,
August Street.
Eberra reported stolen from
her residence $650 in valuables
that included a television, tape
player, bracelet, two gold rings
and a gold earring.
Vaught and Poncik reported
stolen from a North Mechanic
Street residence an estimated
$200 in valuables that included a
tape player, coins and sundry
other items
Nohavitza and Morales
reported Sunday approximately
$130 in damages to four windows
and one window screen at El
Campo Junior High School.
Hruzek reported stolen from the
Sunnyside Inn, 1306 S Mechanic
St., a cedar chest, $20, and $30 in
cash.
The burglary of a motor vehicle
was reported by Henry Daniels.
He reported stolen from his
vehicle Sunday an ice chest, $40,
and other items totaling ap-
proximately $45.
The cases of criminal mischief
were reported by Albert Lilly,
North Wharton Street, and
Johnny Guerra, Cotton Avenue.
Lilly reported damage to a
brass door lock valued at $250.
Guerra's complaint was in-
complete at press time
The thefts were reported by
Carolina Vitera, Wallace Street,
Kenneth Williams, West Second
Street, and B W. Happel.
Wharton
Vitera reported stolen from the
El Campo Museum Wednesday a
check and $75 in cash
Williams reported stolen a boy’s
Mobil Homes Arouse Homeowners
1 Continued From Page 11
morning
One homeowner in the West-
wood Subdivision, located im-
mediately north of the mobile
home park, said he didn't feel
"the whole situation was done
right
He declined to comment if the
homeow ners intend to pursue the
matter through other legal
channels, primarily the courts
The homeowners, of whom
eight were in attendance Monday
night, contend that the mobile
home park has reduced the value
of their property
In addition, they claim that the
developers of the mobile home
park and the subdivision, which
are owned by Bouligny and Mr
and Mrs Wavne Runton.
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misrepresented the homeowners
with promises that mobile homes
would not be allowed on the north
side of Wanda Lane, or abutting
the property lines of the homes.
El Campo attorney Richard
Manske. representing the
homeowners, accused Bouligny
and the Buntons Monday night of
“playing it fast and loose with the
city
Manske was particularly
critical of Bouligny. who also
serves as El Campo s city at
tomey
Bouligny. Manske said, was
"acting in his own best interests"
and not the city’s
Manske inferred that Bouligny
engineered the R 1 zoning for the
mobile home park so that his
property tax hill would be lower
Manske further alleged that
City Council "would not allow me
to put in seven mobile homes" in
an area zoned R-l
"That's what you have allowed
your city attorney to do," Manske
said
Bouligny declined to comment
on Manske s allegations at
Monday night's meeting
City Finance Director Robert
Lundy reported Tuesday that
there is "no significant dif-
ference" between the rate of tax
assessment for single family
residential property and single
family mobile home lots
Manske was unavailable
Tuesday for further comment on
his claim that R 1 property was
taxed at a lower rate than Rl-MH
property
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bicycle from an East Jackson
Street business Monday.
Happel reported stolen a gallon
of motor oil from Mill’s Texaco
Station, 1721 S. Mechanic St.,
Thursday.
The unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle was reported by Polly
Zaruba, West Fifth Street She
reported the automobile missing
Monday night. Three juveniles
have been taken into custody in
connection with the case.
Also arrested was Anastacis
Reyna, 45, Glen Flora Road, for
aggravated assault on a peace
officer with a deadly weapon A
bond company posted a $210 50
bond for Reyna The incident
occurred Sunday in Plainview
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1981, newspaper, June 24, 1981; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987135/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.