Silver Creek area adds full time deputy
Larry Macomber, 29, hired by Chief Deputy Weldon Buck as a full time deputy for Silver Creek Tuesday. Macomber, a former Kermit police sergeant and Taylor County deputy, began law enforcement in Amarillo after U.S. Army service. He fills the position left by part time deputy Danny iid, who was fired by Sheriff Wallace Riddell. Macomber says he is aware of controversy but not concerned.
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Macomber
Kermit
Taylor County
Kindred
Burnet County
Frank Hines
Wallace Riddell
Oil Refinery Tax Tops Marble Falls Funding Ideas
Marble Falls School Board community relations committee urged replacing the ad valorem property tax with an oil refinery tax to fund schools. They noted Louisiana’s use of the method and discussed broadening the sales tax and other levies while planning further information gathering and public input.
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Marble Falls
House Committee
Richie Giesecke
Jerry Edwards
Louisiana
PEC Incumbents Re-elected At Pedernales Electric Meeting
In Johnson City the Pedernales Electric Cooperative re elected three incumbent directors and seven advisory directors by a large majority during the annual membership meeting. One floor candidate Dawn Belcher for District 7 contested the seat held by W W Burnett. About 300 attended, 171 members, 782 proxy votes, totaling 953 votes cast, far fewer than last year's 2 115 members with proxies when attempts to oust incumbents were made.
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Johnson City
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Dawn Belcher
San Marcos
District No. 7
W.W. Burnett
Joyce Shaw
Wimberley
Belcher
PEC
Cooperative
Joe Shields
Canyon Lake Guardian
Morris Haynes
Burnet
Shields
Haynes
Comal
Warren Smith
Buchanan Dam
Burnett
Hays County
Kit Carson
Warner Clark
Harold Kongable
Lago Vista
C.F. Williams
Leander
O.C. Harmon
Dripping Springs
Clayton Nolen
Marble Falls
John D. Norris
Blas Tenorio
Kyle
Tenorio
Harmon
Clark
Nolen
Norris
Williams
Konabe
Carson
Smith
Kongabel
Burnett Elected PEC President In Unanimous Vote
Judge W W Burnett of Hays County was unanimously chosen president of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative Board at a re organization meeting after the annual membership gathering. Guthrie Taylor became vice president. Richard Alley and Melvin Winters were re elected secretary and assistant secretary. Advisory directors drew term lengths and voting results showed Burnett winning District 7 with 879 votes while other directors and advisory posts were decided.
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Johnson City
W.W. Burnett
Hays County
Pedernales Electric Cooperative Board of Directors
Judge Burnett
Guthrie Taylor
Bertram
Taylor
E. Babe Smith
Richard Alley
Leander
Melvin Winters
Hilda Kroll
PEC
Marble Falls School Board hires three teachers and accepts two resignations
Marble Falls Texas board accepted two resignations from Jim Morris and Ruth Laird and voted to hire three teachers for 1976 77. Larry Lynn Smart fills vocational agriculture, Carol Voight becomes seventh grade math, and Carol Sue Rauscher will teach fifth grade reading. The board also waits on a kindergarten hire and a building trades vacancy.
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Marble Falls
Jim Morris
Ruth Laird
Laird
Jerry Edwards
Charles Hundley
David Kemper
Larry Lynn Smart
Gatesville
Carol Voight
Texas Tech University
Carol Sue Rauscher
Building Trade
Burnet Youth Rodeo extends entry deadline for two-day event
The Second Annual Burnet Youth Rodeo runs Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. at Burnet County Fair and Rodeo Arena. Entry forms are available in Burnet and must be signed by a parent or guardian with fees ranging from 2 to 10 dollars depending on division. Awards include buckles for senior winners and trophies for other divisions. admission is two dollars for adults and one dollar for under 12.
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Burnet
Sandy Meier
Lester Meier
Burnet County
Highway 281
Ning
George Shelley
Fair and Rodeo
Shelley
Bertram Considers Hiring Hines For City Police
Bertram City Council called a special meeting at 8 p.m. at the Old Elementary School to discuss hiring a law enforcement officer. The Bertram Chamber of Commerce proposed city funding support, possibly for one year, with potential local merchant subsidies. The plan centers on the job, with former Burnet County official Frank Hines mentioned. estimated monthly cost about 1000 dollars including salary, expenses, and car costs.
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Bertram
Bertram Chamber
Frank Hines
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