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'FOURTH YEAR - Number 7
MALAKOFF, HENDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY - F'ebruary 20, 1975
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il By Bob Parker
ere beginning to wonder if we
n living in a foreign count,.
* ,nev,, hereabouts, p?ople we met
'here are you from." When we
7'-' "Garrison", the uniform
,z'as a look of puzzlement and
f :Ltional question, "Where's
when we explained that it was
Ogdoches County, we had the
'hat we were sul'l considered to
i :ants from some foreign land.
, ere qmte reheved when we
;:1 le local residents who not only
there our former part of t£e
located, but actually lived
emselves.
we started the "Garrison ....
Xacogdoches County...." bit,
'ner, manager of this metro-
id his wife. Carole, let us knot'
v were quite aware of where
and Nacogdoches are. since
ih attended Stephen F. Austin
iversity, in Nacogdoches.
)nly that, but since Ron was
kh the ambulance service in
hes, and this writer was a
of the Garrison Volunteer
ce Service we had a number
l friends. A'nd since Carole is a
:of the staff of this newspaper,
(a countryman (or, if you are a
) libber, a countrvperson) right
ihe office.
p • *T:ret local coach Gary Smith,
.. out, once coached in the
_elbv Count,,, town of Gary,
WP and skip from Garrison."
don't feel like a foreigner here
"0"
ng f women's lib. local
an udy Newman mav set
e2ent hack 75 years. "
• :lAlderwoman Newman learned
firm that is renovating and
gthe overhead water tank had
paint the tank any c°l°r C JC C00mp00J
lin Fund gn
• •w;neetmg last week, that the
land may start a movement
e vote away from women..o. " Reaches G0al Here
• ithe firm that was renovating
g. tank reported that no major
re needed inside the tank, the
]n were very happy, since The goal has been reached-and then
/irs can be ,, cry expensive. But some.
• Ire no happier than City The campaign to acquire 818,000 in
Turner, since thecouncilhad funds and pledges to initiate the
t him. if the repairmen organization and construction of a
;hat major work was needed, medical clinic in Malakoff, u) serve the
the tower and inspect the entire area, has been successful.
• pairs. Ron was breathing a bit According to campaign director Eddie
ier the renovating firm re- Garrison, as of Tuesday of this week, a
t no repairs were needed, total of $18.110 was received. There are
' -0- several reports from campaign workers
er people cringe at the still outstanding,
D • of a tvpogra, phical erroi'. So Garrison said that he hoped a total of
$ when thev find an example. 820,000 in funds and pledges could be
error in other places. Like reached, to provide a margin against
ton the local Dairy Queen, some pledges that might not be
ertised "Hungerbutsers... " honored by those making them.
n, mavbe that's what they
• Wing -
anager Turner asked us to
word that the strange taste in
during the past few days is
of the tank cleaning process.
r is perfectly safe, and the
aste will disappear in a short
said.
! Group Sets
Meeting Here
:el chapter of the American
Of Retired Persons will
monthly meething on
February 26, in the
hall of First United Metho.
in Malakoff, beginning at
of retirement age are
attend the meeting,
to Melvin Dunn, president.
everyone should bring a
item for the luncheon.
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Commissioners Adopt New
lance Service Plan
If the citizens of Henderson County
support it, there will be a new,
professional ambulance service here.
providing trained personnel and the
best of modern paramedical emergency
equipment.
Considering the problem of ambu-
lance service in the county, the
commissioners court• in a special
meeting on Monday of this week,
authorized Jordan Ambulance Service
to conduct a subscription campaign in
Henderson County. This firm is now
providing anabulance service in Van
Zandt County. aas well as in several
Louisiana parishes tcounties).
The county' ambulance service, t'ith
one vehicle, was considered by the
commissioners to be inadequate.
Jordan, appearing before the court.
said that his firm t'ould provide up to
three ambulance units for the county.
with trained personnel. He said that as
many local persons as possible t'ould
Le hired to staff the service in the
county.
By state law. all ambulances nmst
carry two certified attendants. There
are three ratings for ambulance atten-
dants. Jordan said that most of the
attendants in the ambulance service
here would haxe the class C rating, but
that all would be submitted to
Emergency Medical Technician tEMTI
training as soon as such a course t-as
available. This would qualify the
personnel for class A certification, the
before Easter Sunday. be declared a
holiday for county employees. The
motion was accepted by all commis-
sioners.
Bringing up a question that had
caused controversy in the previous
meeting. Commissioner Leo Kinabret"
moved that all persons employed by
the county under Federal programs be
paid the same as regular employees.
The commissioners voted to accept this
proposal, over the protests of County
Judge Winston Reagan. Reagan then
outlined a list of items he considered to
NEW AMBUI, ANCES for ttenderson
('()tint,,' xill of this type. nox in use in
Van Zandt Count.v.
The., comnns,ioners approved im-
proxement on the park at Coffee City.
In closing, Judge Reagan recom-
mended that courthouse olfice be open
on Saturda?, morning, since this is the
only time many persons haxe available
to handle such matters as taxes and
licenses. The matter fill be included on
the next agenda• he said.
highest rating given by' the state of be irregular in the hiring practices of
TO • • • Texas for ambulance attendants• some of the commissioners, pointing It . / .m, i
,gerettes Wtn D!strict The EMT training consists of 80 out thattheyhavecontroloverhiring I''''''''''
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hours of classroom instruction under a practices in their precincts, and shoukt W
And Bidtstrtct Titles ,icensedphysician. 40 hours of super- not tryu to dctate employee pol]cms for '.lO.,';
vised experience in hospital emergency the county as a whole, m ......
, rooms, and experience on at least five
ambulance calls. To qualifvasanEMT, Studies" legal
popularh" known as a paramedic, the
S|olie$ 00ol'e PJc|ures 011 Page individual mustpassse,'eralcompre"
W hensive examinations administered by
the Texas Department Of Health.
McLain, Floyd Loven, Mr. and Mrs.
Meh'in E. Crouch, T.R. Red, L.E. Orr,
B.tf. Collier, Cecil Broyles. Marcus and
Becky Jordan. C.O. Dodson, Mr. and
Mrs. W.C, Fleming and Mr. and Mrs.
William Cartlidge, Mr. and Mrs. J.Q.
tlumphries, W.C. Fleming, Jr., Mrs.
C.S. Lewis and Gary' and Jo, Charlie
Beck, Jerry M. Stone, W.A. McBride,
I)avid A, ttutchins, Mrs. Wm. A.
Trotman, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Baird,
Billy and Betty Norwood, W. Jackson,
Mr. and Mrs. V.M. Oliver, Kibry
Department Store, Mr. and Mrs. John
T. Bumgardner, Mr. and Mrs. W.K.
ttayes, Mr, and Mrs. J.G. Uhrich. H.L.
Banks, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindsley.
Volumes Donated
For Library Here
A total of 210 books were donated to
the Malakoff Library during the
months of January and February.
Donors and the number of volumes
they contributed included Mrs. John
Dukes, eight; Mrs, Leonard Harris, 11;
Mrs. Wayman Johnson, of Houston,
22: Mrs. Georgia Mullins, 62; Mr. and
Mrs, James Rodgers, 16; Mrs. Dan
Royall, Sr., 39; Mrs. Jack Tanner, of
Murchison, ll; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Taylor, of Decatur, 13; Kathy Verigge,
14; and Vernon B. Whitehead, of Texas
City, 12.
Memorial contributions to the
Library were made by Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Cook, in memory of Robert
Stephen Cook and Louise Ann Cook;
and by Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Waller, in
memory of Mrs. Able Windham and
Jane C.Bowman, the father of Mimi
Farmer.
To date, pledges and donations have
been received from Log Cabin Estates
Property Owners Association, W.F.
Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Ode tlumphries.
Mr. and Mrs H.C. Moore, Clyde tt.
Alexander II, Dr. and Mrs. W.P.
Devereusx, Mr. and Mrs. R,G. Deason,
J.E. McRee, Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Goodman, Mr. and Mrs. Willard C.
Currey. Don Paschal, Jerry Hinkle,
C.B. Bradshaw, Francis Lane Ward,
Stanley Kleinheksel, W.E. Reames,
A.D. Rainwater, Mr. and Mrs. George
D. Oberlin, E.W. Dosser, E.M. Dosser,
Luther McNutt, Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Crook, B & J Lumber Company, C.J.
Early. Mr. and Mrs. B.R. Anderson,
R.T, Tanner, Glenn Alexander, Gulf'
States United Telephone Company, Joe
L. Miller, Donnell's Fashions, Mr. and
Mrs. Clay Estes, Larry a. Suds,
Hardy's Pharmacy, Jim Blakeney,
A.C. Frazier, Citizens State Bank,
Creston H. Alexander, George S.
Monkhouse, Mr. and Mrs. E.C.
Bridges, C.L. Graham, City Building
Supplies, Mr. and Mrs. Gip D. Oldham,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Faulk,
Territory Times Publishing Company,
Eddie Garrison, Jerry A. Garrison, Mr.
and Mrs. AI Inmon, Bill Atteberry,
Ruby F. Price, Alton Price, J.A.
Persons who subscribe for the
ambulance service pay 815 for an
individual, or 825 for an entire family.
This fee entitles them to all the
ambulance service they may need,
without further cost. Those not
members of the service will be charged
at regular commercial rates, with a
minimum charge of 850.
Jordan stated that he hoped to place
three ambulance units in Henderson
County'. He said that a minimum of
1.900 subscribers are needed to justify
each ambulance. The units would be
stationed in strategic points in the
county. In Van Zandt County, one unit
is located in Canton. one in Wills
Points, and one in Grand Saline. If the
drive to obtain the required 5,700
subscribers is successful here, one of
the units will be located in Malakoff.
The drive to obtain the needed
number of subscribers will get under-
way about March 1, and wilt continue
for the month.
Jordan Ambulance Service uses the
new, modular type of ambulance, a
vehicle which allows room for effective
emergency treatment of the patient on
the way to the hospital.
In other actions, the commissioners
decided to consolidate a number of
voting boxes in the upcoming state
election on April 22, which will be
concerned only with proposed amend-
ments to the state constitution.
In this precinct, there will be one
voting box, in Malakoff. Persons who
are listed to vote in boxes at Cross
Roads and Trinidad will vote in the
Malakoff box, where Earl Gentry will
be election judge.
In Precinct 2, voters in the Gun
Barrel and Tool boxes will vote at
Aley; and the Payne Springs and
Eustace boxes will be combined, with
balloting taking place at Eustace.
The three boxes in Precinct 3 will be
combined, with voters who usually cast
their ballots in Chandler and Murchi-
son going to Brownsboro to vote.
There will be two combined boxes in
Precinct 4. Coffee City voters will vote
in the Fincastle box; and those who
usually vote at Poynor and New York
will travel to LaRue to vote.
The consolidations were made on
behalf of economy, since few voters are
expected to participate in this election,
and it was hoped that costs could be
lowered by combining voting boxes.
It was proposed that Good Friday,
Action On Office Building
1"he board of trustees of the Malakoff
Independent School District. in their
regular monthly meeting on Monday of
this week, handled a number of routine
matters, including the appointment of
judges for the upcoming school hoard
election.
Mrs. Bobby Rogers was named as
election judge for the Malakoff voting
box, and Mrs. Pauline Rushing will be
in charge of the box at Tool.
The board decided to table a question
concerning back taxes listed against
property owned by the Malakoff
Chamber Of Commerce. This property
has been used by vocational agriculture
students in Malakoff schools, and there
had been an understanding that the
school system woukt take care of school
taxes against the property while it was
being used by the agriculture students.
The board authorized Superinten-
dent of Schools Jack Murray to obtain
information about a new tractor to be
used in mowing schoolgrounds. The
present tractor, Murray said. is in such
bad mechanical condition that it would
cost more to repair it than the machine
is worth. Murray estimated that a
new tractor and mower would cost
approximately $3,600.
Trustees discussed school bus
routes. Murray explained that routes
cannot be laid out in such a way as to
have a school bus come directly to the
home of every student. It wad decided
that the problem will be studied during
the summer, and a definitive statement
of school district policy concerning bus
routes will be made prior to the opening
of school this Fall.
Board members looked at the
problem of insurance for students
taking part in athletic competition.
Murray was asked to study the legal
problems involved, and report back to
the board at the next regular meeting.
Murray told the board that $50,000
now in the operating fund had been
placed in a savings account for the
i)eriod of 90 days, to allot' it to earn
interest until it is needed
The prol)lem students have of
notifying their parents when they
return from tin out of town school trip
t'as mentioned. Mu,Tay said that
arrangements could be made to have
telephones available so students could
call their parents when they arrive back
at school at night following such a trip
A course m teaching reading, for
elementary school teachers, is being
held on Monday afternoons, conducted
by the Region 7 Education Center. All
teachers in Malakoff Elementary
School are taking part in the course.
The hoard heard a report from I.ionel
I)uncan. principal of Malakoff Junior
][igh School. on progress being made
at that school,
Executive Session
Following the regular meeting, the
board went into executive session.
Contracts were renewed for all three
Malakoff principals during this session.
Mrs. Mary Craiker was hired as tibrary
aide for the elementary school, etfective
immediately.
The board also discussed the athletic
program. It was decided that a
reassignment of coaching duties will be
,nade within the present coaching staff,
with particular emphasis on the boys
basketball program.
Special Meeting
Earlier, on Thursday of last week,
the board met in executive session to
consider property that was allegedly
The Malakoff High School Tigerette
volleyball team will play its first game
of the season on Thursday, February
20, beginningat 6:00 p.m., in the high
school gymnasium. Opponent will be
state ranked Waxahachie.
removed from the former fiaynes
Hospital building, recently purchased
by the school district.
The board voted to negotiate with
Dan Royall, Jr. for compensation to the
school district for the fair market value
of the items taken from the building,
The trustees also decided to have
attorneys for the school district contact
the I{enderson County distsrict
attorney in regard to the possibility of
filing criminal charges against those
responsible for removing the items that
were removed.
It was also decided to accept the
plans submitted by the committee
studying renovation of,the building,
with the goal of converting it into
administrative offices for the Malakoff
Independent School District ......
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