The Liberty Vindicator from Liberty, Texas • Page 1

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION 1974 v'joivicc- Jnlo-i Cc i 0 Dclloa, CikrtM COMBINED WITH THE LIBERTY COUNTY NEWS Your Home ISpivspaper Since 1887 OUR 86th YEAR NUMBER 5 LIBERTY. TEXAS 77575 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1974 28 PAGES 2 PARTS 15C New Serjjeant, Trooper For Highway Patrol Sergeant Tony Dale White has been transferred to Liberty, effective September 1. to assume command of the Liberty Texas Highway Patrol Sergeant area He replaces Sergeant Johnson, who was transferred to Nacogdoches on the same date An 11 year veteran with the Texas Department of Public Safety. While comes to Liberty from Dallas, where he served as sergeant since March 1973 He previously was assigned with the department's Drivers License Service in Houston and with the Texas Highway Patrol Service in Angleton and Lufkin His current assigned area will include Liberty and San Jacinto Counties, with a staff of 12 troopers White is married and has four children. Anita, 16.

Sam. 14, Stacy, 12. and Sandra, 9 The family will reside at 1719 Webster St in Liberty, Also recently assigned to the five man Liberty contingent of the Texas Highway Patrol is Trooper Robert Rader Liberty is his first station since completion of recruit school at Austin last summer ROBERT J. RADER Highway Patrol trooper TONY D. WHITE Sergeant in charge of Liberty Highway Patrol area.

I Corkill Named Managing Editor Of Liberty Vindicator Liberty Vindicator editor and publisher Ernie Zieschang this week announced the addition of Lee Corkill to the Vindicator news staff Corkill assumed the position of managing editor last Friday Most recently. Lee has been publications editor of USA News, a companywide employee magazine with 50.000 circulation Headquartered at Houston. Texas office, he also wrote news releases, speeches, and articles for other company publications. Also. Lee produced booklets and brochures Corkill received his A degree in English Literature in 1950 from St University in San Antonio.

In 1959. he completed work on his masters degree in Journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois He has worked as a reporter for the Lewiston. Idaho Daily Tribune, and for the Evanston, Illinois Review A former instructor of Journalism at the University of Idaho, Corkill has served as editor of the LEE J. CORKILL Budget of 2,074,644 Passed by City Council A budget for expenditures of $2,074,644 for the fiscal year 1974-75 was approved Tuesday night for the City of Liberty by members of the city council This is an increase of $204,229 over last budget, much of which goes for a cost of living Daisellit I'nitvd Pentecostal liar-H-(Jiie The Daisetta United Pentecostal Church is having a Bar-B-Que Dinner Saturday September 14 at the Community Center Plates will be $2 for adults and $1 v50 for children Serving will start at 12 00 and end at 4 00 Call 536-6281 for delivery in the surrounding area iiilumn Hills I tdunleers Meet Autumn Hills Volunteer Auxiliary will have a regular monthty meeting September 16 at 9 (K) a in the Chapel of Autumn Hills Convalescent Center. 521 Travis Each member is urged to be present anyone interested in becoming a member is invited to attend The auxiliary serves the residents of the Center in various ways, and the work is very rewarding and gratifying in that each member feels they have in some way brought joy and happiness to others Ladies uxiliary The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post will be having a garage sale on Friday September 13 and Saturday.

14th for 2 days only from 8:00 a to 5 The sale will be held at the VFW Post Home at 1520 Main (Hardin Rd) There will be new and used clothes, housewares, plants, baked goods, and odds and ends The proceeds from the sale will t)e used to give the VFW building a lifting Donations for the sale may be made by calling Mrs Lena Halfin at 336-3847 Kcncricii ('oniin anity Supfper hold a Community at 8:00 in the The Kenefick Civic Club will Supper, Saturday. September 14 Community Building Please bring a covered dish and enjoy having supper with your neighbors Everyone is welcome See you raise for city employees The city tax rate for 1974-75 was left the same as it has been for a number of years: $1 50 per $100 valuation A breakdown of the new budget shows the city plans expenditures of $227,912 and operation of water and sewer facilities; $1,092.516 for light and power. $125.524 for garbage and sanitation, for operation of other departments In other business at the regular meeting, the council granted permission to Charles Fisher to place a replica of the original Liberty Bell in the foyer of the Geraldine Humphreys Cultural Center for purposes of display and storage Fisher stated that it was not certain the bell would need to be put in the foyer, but he would like permission in case it was necessary prior to erection of a bell tower Councilman John Middleton stated that he had been requested to investigate sewer problems if four houses in Tree Top Terrace and one in Layl In reply, City Manager James Campbell slated that Tree Top Terrace has a separate sewer system and that there was consi- dftrable infiltration in the a. ea present situation will be resolved in about 10 days, he said, by Digest, andas- sociaie editor of the Em- Kayan Magazine, a Morrison Knudsen Company Magazine The U.S Army veteran resides with his wife, Mollie. at 2301 Webster.

Libertv Corkill will head up The Vindicator news staff, comiX)sed of Roy Besch. news editor, and Marge Boyer, editor. Trinity Basin Bill Will Support River Navigation President Fordhassigned the Public Works Appropriations Bill which included some $20,000,000 for water resource projects in the Trinity River Basin, among them $170, 000 for operation and maintenance of the Trinity navigation channel between Anahuac and Liberty. The bill calls for construction to begin on two new flood control and water supply lakes in the Trinity basin during Fiscal Year 1975. Some $3-millionwas allocated for the initial construction phases of brey Reservoir which will be built near Denton Aubrey Lake will serve as a water supply source for the Cities of Dallas and Denton and will improve the flood control measures along the Elm Fork of the Trinity River Some $2 5-million was earmarked to begin construction of Lakeview Lake Lakeview will be built in Dallas, Tarrant and Kllis Counties to provide flood control in the Mountain Creek watershed and along the main stem of the Trinity River It will also serve as a water supply source to the area The appropriations come after more than 125 residents from the 17-county Trinity River Basis traveled to Washington in April to testify before com- mittes of the House of Representatives and Senate on the need for the water resource projects Also included in the bill was $650,000 to continue the design of the flood control measures included in the comprehensive Trinity (Continued On Page 2) County Sets Election On Drainage District The feasibility of a preliminary survey for a new Vie III Sheriff Liberty County Commissioners Monday approved several changes of personnel in the Department These include Kenneth (Catfish)Shivers moving from dispatcher to deputy sheriff and the hiring of John A Hardy as dispatcher.

The Court accepted the resignation of James Curl as deputy sheriff. Curl has taken the post of deputy sheriff in Chambers County The personnel changes this week followed the approval by the Court last month the transfer of Roy Dennison from dispatcher to deputy sheriff ill KENNETH SHIVERS ROY DENNISON JOHN A HARDY drainage district in Liberty County was approved Monday by the county commissioners and an election on the project was set for Saturday, October 19. The proposed drainage district, with ultimate cost estimated at $3,500,000, is within the boundaries of Commissioners Precinct Number 3 with the exception of the corporate limits of the City of Cleveland. The October election will be held for residents of the district for the purpose of approving and confirming the project and authorizing bond issues and tax levy to pay for it Preliminary survey on the project, knowTi officially as Drainage District 7, was made by Joseph Hi Id, consulting engineer from Houston The survey listed the following streams and bayous that would need to be cleaned, deepened and straightened Luce Bayou, Tarkington Bayou, Reese Bayou, Marsh Bayou, Ditch D. Long Branch and Ditch N.

tying the four houses question into another sewer system running under the st reet Layl Subdivision. Campbell said, has no sewer system Septic tanks are used and increased building in the area has some cases overloaded the capability of the soil to handle this type of sanitation Plans currently call for construction to start in March 1976 to tie Layl Subdivision into the city sewer system, he said (Continued On Page 2) IVIaii Of Injiiries Thomas Ashworth, 40 of Batson died Saturday, September 7, of head injuries received in a none- car accident on a county road six miles northeast of Hardin the previous day According to Robert J. Rader, Texas Highway Patrol trooper investigating the accident, Ashworth apparently fell asleep while making rural newspaper deliveries about 5:30 a Friday. September 6 His vehicle struck a bridge guard rail, Rader said and a board from the guard rail came through the windshield, causing the head injuries Ashworth was taken by ambulance to Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, where he died the following day Assisting in the Investigation of the accident were C. Malone of the Highway Patrol and Deputy Sheriff Donald Collins At presstime Tuesday, funeral arrangements were being handled by Hixson Funeral Home in DeRidder, Louisiana Weather STEVEN A.

WARD of Liberty has been named a Distinguished Student in veterinary medicine at Texas University, announced Dean George Shelton WARD is a second year student in the College of Veterinary Medicine professional program leading to a doctor of veterinary medicine degree WARD is the son of Mr and Mrs JAMES T. WARD. BARBARA LEE, daughter of MR. and MRS. WILLIAM LEE, has been placed on the presidents list at the University of Southern Miss-, issippi in Hattiesburg.

where she is a senior music major TVE General Admission Remains At Per Hay is supposedly an expression of the past Not so. say the board of directors of the 1974 Trinity Valley Exposition will still give a full days entertainment for the Fair price of only two bits (250) per person general admis Sion The TVE is scheduled for October 16. 17. 18 and 19th at the Trinity Valley Exposition Grounds in Li- lierty What could be better than 25C per person, or for a family of No charge at all' That is the general admission price if you have an advance sale Championship Rodeo ticket for the RCA Rodeo for any evening performance at 8 Advance tickets are now on sale and priced as fol- In other action Monday, the court approved a bond in the amount of $10,000 for employees of the adult probation department Liquor control agent Billy Buckalew requested the county pay for the cost of transferring a two-way radio from one car to another The court agreed to consider the request A check will be made to see if the three game wardens in the county are reimbursed for the same expense Pat Chapman, owner of Chapman Mobile Homes of Liberty, appeared before the court to protest the awarding of a contract to another firm for a 40-ton air conditioning unit for the annex of the courthouse He stated that the low bid was for a self-contained unit, whereas his firm had understood the specifications called for a split system unit Building Superintendent Wilkey reported to the court that he gave the same Information to all firms bidding on the job The following weather report is furnished The Liberty Vindicator by Vernon Garner official U.S Weather Bureau Observor for Liberty County The report includes the river gauge, maximum and minimum temperature and amount of rainfall Tuesday, September 3, river, 14 70; no rain, temperature, Wednesday, September 4- river, 15 07; no rain; temperature, Thursday, September 5- river, 16.00; no rain; temperature, Friday, September river, 12 15; no rain, temperature, Saturday, September river, 10 25; no rain, tem- perture, Sunday, September river. 6 00; no rain; tem- perture, 82 65.

Monday, September river. 5 70; rainfall, 0.50; temperature. Radar lows for the Rodeo (ien- 50, Reserved S3 00, Box Seats for four nights with six seats $72 00 'Pickt'ts may purchased by returning the ticket purchase form and mailing it to TV Box 419. Liberty, Texas, or from any of the following merchants and organizations Burnham ('hevrolet, Cleveland Bank Trust. CowlHjy C'apital, Davton State Bank, I'irst Liberty Nat 1 Bank.

I'irst State Bank, KPXK Radio. Liberty of Commerce, County Federal Savings and Loan. Turners Wi'stern Wear, or Van D.s firocery I'or phone orders or in tormation alx)ut the Trinity Valiev lixposition, call 33(i in Liberty MRCC Golf Stag Day Is Mon. The first annual Golf Association Stag Day will be Monday, September 16. 1974 Miss It! This event is being conducted to raise funds for needed improvements to our golf course and at the same time provide a day of fun.

golf, good food or you name if for all participants Come join the festivities for only a $12 50 contribution Joe Blake and his pals will be providing the barbecue that mortal man can prepare! Food and beverages will be served all day long beginning at 10:00 am topped off by a super barbecue at approximately 6 30 There will be organized added entry fee ($5 00) golf tournament for all men wishing to play It will be a full handicap tournament with prizes for winners determined by the number of entrants All non-members participating will be expected to provide the A with their attested handicaps prior to teeing off All you have to do is sign up prior to teeing off, pay your entry fee. get up your own game and have at it All participants in the tournament must arrange to have their score turned in to the tournament committee chairman, Mr Pete Willoughby by no later than 700 pm so that prizes can be awarded If you want to play golf but not participate in the tournament please feel free to tee it up Members as well as nonmembers may come and go as they like all day for one ticket There is no set schedule so you may your own according to your schedule whether it be playing golf, enjoying the fantastic food, visiting with friends or what ever Burnham is general chairman for the event. Art McCullough, ticket chairman, Milton Sipes, gate chairman, Pete Willoughby. golf chairman, and Joe Blake, food chairman The following streets have been designated to be worked by radar: Thursday. September 12- Commerce and Texas Friday, September 1563 and Crockett Saturday.

September 14 146 and Commerce. Sunday, September 15 Beaumont Avenue and Mag nolia Monday, September 16 Lakeland Drive and 563 Tuesday. September 17 Cos and Bowie Wednesday, September 18 Grand and Travis. FOOTBALL CONTEST WINNER James Snell of Hardin received the first prize $15 gift certificate for winning last football contest Vindicator Circulation Manager Wanda Faulkner presented the certificate to Snell He missed only two games Artie Ripkowski of Liberty was the second place of a $10gift certificate, and Shepherd of I -ty wa the third place winner of a $5 gift certificate Ripkowski missed two games also, and Shepherd missed three The winners were decided by the tie breaker scores Enter this contest that may be found on page nine on this Vindicator.