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1976
YEAR No. 34
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MAYOR AL INMON administered the oath of office to Howard Julian who was
by members of the City Council Monday night. Julian was appointed to the post
Tommy Clark who moved from Malakoff to Star harbor, making him ineligible to
office. [Staff Photo by Ann Rounsavall]
Residents Prepare
Is for Court
S. Alexander
75 representa-
Creek Lake
and subdivisions
morning
roads are terrible.
however, some
of opinion about
are going to get
repaired.
were pre-
of
Own-
(PPOA) at a
Tuesday
Hall in
City.
Unit system, which
a county engi-
all county
n a priority basis.
engineer from
outlined the
at great length to
and said it has
well in Smith
its adoption in
t
violate federal guidelines.
Even though discussion of
the unit system took up most
of the two hour meeting, the
second proposal seemed to be
the one PPOA representa-
tives will present to the
Henderson County Commis-
sioners Court at a scheduled
meeting Sept. 6, at 2 p.m.
Most of the speakers, while
voicing approval of the unit
system, did not think the
pohhcal 'tuahon m Hender-
son County would favor the
road engineer plan.
It was generally agreed
that proposal #2 was the most
politically expedient and
would probably be least ob-
jectionable to the commis-
sioners court since the court
recently voted to remeasure
the roads.
President Wally O'Neal and
road chairman Forest Hat-
raison said that Precinct 2,
where, most of the Cedar
Creek Lake subdivisions are
located, has most of the
county roads; its residents
pay 30 percent of the total
county taxes, and the area is
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TIlURSI)AY, August 25, 1977
City Council Approves Budget,
Appoints New Councilman
BY Ann Rounsavall
division roads in repair if they
are within the limits of an
incorporated town.
Paul Williams, president of
Trade Winds Property Own-
ers Association, raised the
question.
"Whose responsibility is
it?" he asked. "If a city
annexes a road that has been
dedicated to the county, does
the county have the respon-
sibility to continue to main- would allow the city to end tM
tain it, or oe thg eit yeFin :Lk. :"
assume the responsibility?" The new budget allows for a
Malakoff Mayor AI Inmon.
broke a tie vote Monday night
allowing a 10 percent pay hike
across the board for city
employees prior to unaimous
approval of a $314,342.40 bud-
get for the coming year.
Councilmen Luther Ellis
and Ernest Wilson voted
against the across the board
raise. Both men voiced their
approval of the work done by
all city employees, but Ellis
said that he did not want the
city to become "locked in" to
a yearly ten percent increase.
Ellis proposed that instead
of ten percent a flat raise of
from $65 to $70 per month per
employee could be allowed,
which would amount to about
ten percent for the majority
of employees.
Mayor Inmon, in breaking
the tie-vote, said that he felt a
ten percent raise across the
board would be the most
equitable way to apply raises
for all employees.
Following the vote on sala-
ries the council gave unani-
mous approval to tim 1977-78
budget.
Councilman Marl Drake
said he hated to see the
budgeted deficit of $3,960.51,
but felt the contingency items,
included in the total figure
The question was obviously
not a popular one, especially
since President Wally O'Neal,
asked the press to ignore the
decision between the mem-
bers about the legality of the
situation.
Judge Henry King, Bush-
wacker Estates resident, said
he had been to Dallas to get a
legal opinion, and in "his
opinion," the attorney gene-
ral's recent ruling specified
that a county commissioner
could continue to maintain a
road within a city's incorpo-
rated limits if he wanted
See PPOA. Page 2
entitled to a higher percen-
tage of road and bridge
money than in the past•
L s,o,T so,JECTS J
O'Neal was especially in-
censed at the tax structure of
the county. "The people in the
of road
funds according to
of roads and
ach with
going to
with the most
bridges. This is
as the Angelina
tax rate of $1.42 per one
hundred dollars of assessed
value, with property assessed
at a $.40 ratio.
The tax rate is decreased
from last year by $.08, and
although many taxpayers will
see an increase due to new
valuations some Malakoff
residents will have a decrease
in taxes.
The tax rate was approved
with $.86 designated for main-
tanance and operation and
$.56 for tax bonded indebted-
hess.
Budget estimates include a
$14,000 increase in tax reve-
nue over 1976-77 figures, due
or chang-
outlines
Precincts accord-
!number of roads
in each one.
seemed the
since it did not
tion con-
with-
areas of the
federal legis-
One man one vote
be jeopardiz-
and
that the
in the county
,hich would
Tiger's Play No Dumping!
The Malakoff Tigers will
scrimmage West at West
Friday night prdparing for
their season opener Septem-
ber 2.
Malakoff City Manager
John Lott advised residents
that there is up to a $200 fine
for dumping within the City of
Malakoff.
Lott said that dumping is
becoming a problem within
the city, and that officials will
make an effort to fine anyone
who is caught.
Dumping is not only un-
sightly, but causes health pro-
lake area pay 30 percent of
the total tax roll," he said,
"and the oil and gas com-
panies pay 50 percent. That
leaves only 20 percent for all
the rest of the county.
It is not fair, is PPOA's
contention, that the county's
total road and bridge money
should be divided equally four
ways, when one precinct has
many more miles of road to
maintain than the others.
Fair or not, there is also a
question of whether the com-
missioners have to keep sub-
Trojan Game
blems as well.
Trinidad's Trojans will be
at Harmony for tb, second
scrimmage game of the sea-
son.
Bake Sale
Director Dies The First Assembly of God Reunion
Church CA's will sponsor a
rummage and bake sale Sat- The annual McGuire Faro-
urday, August 27th beginning
at 9 a.m. The sale will be held
next door to Paschal Funeral
Home fronting Hwy. 31.
ily reunion, honoring George
Washington and Martha Mc-
Guire, will be held August 28.
All descendants, friends and
relatives of the family are
invited to attend.
Band Club Meet
A special meeting of the
Malakoff Band Club has been
called for Tuesday, August 30
at 7 p.m. at the band hall.
Band parents are urged to
attend the meeting so that
preparations for the first foot-
ball game can be completed.
The concessions staff will
be appointed at the meeting,
and club president Mrs. Mary
Helen Jetter said that mem-
bers are aiming at the most
successful year ever.
Thot
God's storehouse is never
empty.
"cana Tuesday
Red, Star Har-
, died Tuesday in
hosp follow-
a retired Corsi-
was one of
of Star
Lake.
ff the board
of Citizens State
and had
a director for
He also served
on the board
Presbyterian
aervices will be
today (Thurs-
linister Presby-
in Corsicana,
Eugene Wood
presiding.
Mr. Red is survived by his
wife, Susie Red of Star Har-
bor; one son, Ted Red of
Corsicana; a daughter, Mrs.
Pat McDernett of Houston;
three grandchildren; two
great grandchildren; three
brothers, Roy Red of San
Angelo, James Red of Dallas,
and Frank Red of Tacoma,
Wash.; one sister, Jane Red
of Dallas.
Griffin Funeral Home in
Corsicana is in charge of
funeral arrangements. The
family has requested that any
memorials be sent to the
Presbyterian Children's
Home.
New Business
Carl's Barbecue will open
for business Saturday at their
location at 614 W. Royall
Blvd. The barbecue business
will be open daily Tuesday
through Saturday from 11
a.m. to 8 p.m.
Carl and Faye Anderson
are owners of the new bus-
iness.
Season Tickets
Friday, August 26 is the last
date for reserve seat holders
for Malakoff Tiger Football
games to renew their option
on seats.
Tickets are on sale at the
high school office.
to the new evaluations ap-
plied this year and the in-
crease in properties.
Total revenue in the gener-
al fund in projected at
$183,371.25 with total expendi-
tures estimated at $178,989.30.
Net balance projected for the
general fund is $4,381.95.
The water and sewer fund
has a projected deficit of
$$.342.46 with revenue antici-
pated to be $127,010.64 and
expenditures at $135,353.10.
City Manager John Lott
told the council in earlier
budget work sessions that
reve in the water and
sewer fund would be the
hardest area to budget ac-
curately, with new systems
going into operation at all
times, Lott said that budget
estimates are projected as
accurately as possible, but
expressed hope that the bud-
geted deficit could be over-
come during the year.
Howard Julian was appoint-
ed to the council to fill the
un-expired term of Tommy
Clark who resigned recently
after moving from the city
limits. Julian was approved
by unanimous vote of the
council who expressed their
confidence in him.
Julian told the council thai
he would be pleased to serve
with members, and would
make a whole-hearted effort
to contribute to the work that
they do.
The council apRroved an
expenditure of $1200 for the
acquisition of the McGarrett
property. The 23' X 152' strip
of land will be required to
allow the city to complete a
paving project now under-
way.
Two committees were ap-
pointed by Mayor Inmon dur-
ing the meeting. Appointed to
serve on the environmental
review committee were
George Riddlesperger, Bill
Bradshaw and C.L. Nichols.
Assigned to the neighborhood
improvement committee
were I.W. Brown, Valian
Grayer, Oresta Jackson,
Luther Ellis and Ernest Wil-
son.
In other business the coun-
cil heard reports on a request
by Texas Clay Industries to
be serviced by sewer, a
request that will require bor -
ing under the railroad lines at
a rough estimated cost of
$3500; heard a report on the
storm sewer project; discus *
sed the possible need of' re-
painting or relining the in-
terior of the water towers:
and heard a progress report
on construction of the new
city complex.
Commissioners W'i,thhold
Hospital Head Payment
Henson County com-
missiors temporarily over-
rode the authority of the court
ainted Henderson County
MemOria]t:!Hospital board of
directors Monday morning
when they denied payment of
$4,712.16 in accrued vacation
and pay to retiring
erine Vaughn.
Payment of the money,
accumulating since 1974, was
the topic, of discussion at a
special meeting of the com-
missioners and the hospital
board last night at the county
courthouse at 7:30 p.m. Hos-
Ipital board president A. M.
"Buddy" Thompson re-
quested the meeting.
Thompson told the news
last week there was no
question in his mind that the
county owed Mrs. Vaughn the
money. Attached to the
request for payment was a
copy of the minutes of a
hospital board meeting in
March, 1973, which
authorized hospital employ-
ees to accrue holiday, vaca-
tion, and sick pay time.
Thompson was serving on
the beard at the time the
action was taken. He said he
seconded the motion made by
trustee R. D. Owen who has
since resigned.
County Auditor Tom
Simmons told the News that
payments have been made for
accrued time off, but only
within the year that the
vacation time should have
been taken.
Commissioners expressed
their objections Monday to
paying Mrs. Vaughn's
voucher because the leave
time accrued over a period of
years, not in just one year.
In the itemized statement
presented to the county, Mrs.
Vaughn asked payment for 15
days vacation in 1974 at $8.64
per hour; 17 das vacation in
1975 at $9.08 an hour; eight
days of vacation at $9.67 per
hour and three days of sick
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pay at $9.67 per hour in 1976;
and in 1977 for 16 days of
vacation pay at $11.03 an hour
and two days of holiday pay.
Commissioners questioned
the length of vacations
allowed hospital employes:
See IlEAD, page 2
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County Map Work Viewed
sioners and members of the
President's Property Owners
Association for over a year,
and PPOA has asked to
appear before the court in
early September to make
recommendations to commis-
sioners concerning road re-
pairs.
Neill told commissioners
that he had met with
residents of the west end of
the county earlier, and
recommended to them that a
road district be formed in the
densely populated areas for
the purpose of building and
maintaining roads.
Neill, who served as county
engineer in Henderson
County 30 years ago, told
commissioners he was
Henderson County com-
missioners gave the go ahead
to engineer Billy Neill to
check into costs and time
required for preparation of a
detailed county road map
Tuesday morning after a
discussion with Neill and
Texas Highway Department
engineer Elton Myers.
Myers presented commis-
sioners with maps of the
county that have been pre-
pared by highway engineers,
but stressed that not all
county roads are included on
that map.
Myers said the map was
revised in May, 1976, but has
not been updated since that
time. The map includes blow-
ups of various towns,
would be useful in compiling a
detailed map of Henderson
County roads, but the entire
project would be slow, tedious
work. He also recommended
that commissioners include
numbering county roads and
identifying structures in the
project.
Myers gave commissioners
his "unguaranteed" figures
of county road mileage, not
including towns, cities,
subdivisions, or private
roads. Those figures credit
precinct 1 with 240 miles;
precinct 2 with 280 miles;
precinct 3 with 170 miles, and
precinct 4 with 250 miles.
Commissioners asked Neill
to talk to officials at Hen-
derson County Junior College
about securing engineering
students to do the drafting
work under the direction of
Neill, and explored the possi-
bility of utilizing the CETA
manpower program to fund a
portion of the cost.
divisions, and areas of aware of the magnitude of
Henderson County, includin the problems facing them,
a blow-up of the Cedar Creek and would be glad to compile
Lake area. cost and time estimates for
Cedar Creek Lake roads the project.
have been a point of contro- He said maps provided by
versy between commis- the highway department
IT WAS TOUGH IN THE MIDDLE Friday night as the
Malakoff Tigers took the field for their first scrimmage
game of the season. ThetTigers will be in West Friday for
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another scrimmage prior to their season opener Septem- ;
ber 2. [Staff photo by Mary Brown]
