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Current Weekly News for Leakey, Camp Wood, Sabinal, Utopia and Surrounding Areas Vol. 5 No. 28
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July 8, 2015
County Clerk of the State of Texas For the Year 2015
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Real County/District Clerk Bella Rubio was awarded “County Clerk of the State of Texas For the Year 2015” by the County & District Clerks’ Association of Texas at the 120th Annual CDCAT Conference held in
Houston. Rubio was elected November 1996 and actually took office November 11, 1996 for an unexpired term. She has served on several Clerks’ Association Committees throughout my tenure such as the Legislative Committee, Education Committee, Ballot Counting Committee, Region IV Director and a Panelists at several conference. Rubio is married to her wonderful husband of 36 years, Pablo “Beatsie” Rubio, and they have two children, Lucus and Sarah, one son-in-law, Zac, and one grandson, Jacob. The Rubios attend Church in the Valley. Rubio said “I must say I was so surprised and extremely humbled to be honored with this award by the Clerks’ Association. I am so blessed that GOD has given me the opportunity to work with a wonderful Clerk family throughout Texas as well as serve the citizens of Real County. The District clerk has a duty to keep the records of the district court safe and properly arranged. The district clerk must, among other things record the acts and proceedings of the district court, enter all judgments of the court under the direction of the judge, record all executions issued and the returns issued on the executions, administer child support payments, administer trust accounts for minors ordered by the courts keep an index of the parties to
all suits filed in the court, and make reference to any judgment made in the case and keep an account of all funds collected by the office, including fines and fees, and determine the amount due to citizens who serve on a jury in district court. The county clerk administers all the county and state elections unless the commissioners’ court has transferred those duties to the tax assessor-collector or a county election administrator. The county clerk may contract with local political subdivisions to conduct their elections. The county clerk conducts the primary early voting and, at the party’s request, may contract to conduct the general primary and the runoff primary elections. The County clerk also serves as clerk of the court for all misdemeanor county, criminal and civil courts including commissioners’ court and probate court; maintaining the official records of the courts they serve. The county clerk records the acts and proceedings of each of these courts, entering all judgments, recording all executions issued and the returns issued on the executions as applicable, and administers trust accounts for minors and registry accounts; additionally, the clerk must keep an index of the parties to all suits filed in the court, and make reference to any judgment made in each case. As clerk of the county courts, the county clerk collects and is responsible for money paid in court costs, fines and fees and for the payment of juror fees. Congratulations to OUR County/District Clerk, Bella Rubio!!
REAL COUNTY’S STAR SPANGLED WEEKEND!
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INDEX State News .................... Page 2 Legals/Jail Register ...... Page 3 Community News ......... Page 4-6 Feature Story ................. Page 7 Obituaries ...................... Page 8 Classifieds ..................... Page 12
Today’s Weather
High: 90° Low: 69°
by Julie Becker
Another one for the books! The Annual July Jubilee Celebration was a SUCCESS!! Starting with a busting at the seams Friday night Real County Junior Horse Club Rodeo. Saturday morning brought out the shoppers galore! They all took a break about 10 a.m. to watch the Frio Canyon Chamber of Commerce Annual Hometown Patriotic Parade, which was awesome! Back for more shopping, then back out to the Chamber Arena for more Rodeo! Following the Rodeo, off to the Annual Old Fashioned Street Dance! Wow! What a weekend! Thanks to all of the behind the scenes workers who make all of this possible. Thank you to all of our visitors who make each year better than the last! We appreciate you! See you next year! see lots more pictures page 4
Jim Bowie Visits the Leakey Real County Library
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by Julie Becker
Every Hero Has a Story! Summer Reading Program, 34 children and 16 adults attended the first session of the Leakey Real County Library 2015 Summer Reading Program, Every Hero Has a Story, on June 30. The program began with the children learning the words and movements for the Hero Chant. The Hero Chant will start each of our sessions. Barbara Hurt read “Davy Crockett from A-Z” to the children. Jim Bowie, aka Paul Burrier, spoke to the children and adults in attendance. Mr. Burrier told an interesting story of the Texas historical hero, Jim Bowie. The children separated into three groups so everyone would have an opportunity to check out books, make a HERO bracelet and walk to Mr. Burrier’s
backyard. Mr. Burrier, with his assistant Pat Burrier, spoke about the flags of the Republic of Texas, displayed the contents of a typical pouch someone would carry during this period to survive in the wilderness. The children also learned about the weapons of the Republic of Texas, which included a rifle, hands guns, bowie knife and hatchet. Mr. Burrier showed them a rifle and demonstrated how it would be loaded with powder, bullet and a firing pin. Everyone enjoyed leaving about Jim Bowie and seeing all the historical items. The Real County Public Library extends a special thank you to Paul Burrier for taking the time to give this presentation and to Pat Burrier for her assistance.
The Spirit of ‘45 Charles Pinkney Spangler, Sr. known as “Pink” was born in 1897 in Karnes City, Texas, to William Henry Spangler and Avie (Davis) Spangler. He was born into a family of nine children, six boys and one girl. He had red hair and a ruddy complexion. He graduated from the San Marcos Baptist Academy in May 1918. Two years later he reported to West Point as a cadet. He attended school there for one and a half years, but was needed back home to run the family farm. In April 1923, he married Bessie (Legare) Simpkins in San Antonio. The result of that marriage was three children: Charles Pinkney Spangler, Jr., Elizabeth Spangler Roberson, and Marion Spangler Hubble . They made their home in Karnes City but in 1926, they moved to Uvalde. There he ran for office and was elected Uvalde County Judge and served from 1931 to 1933 in that capacity. Popular tourist attraction Garner State Park was established during his tenure. His was a delicate position as John Nance Garner was opposed to the park while his wife, Ettie Rheiner Garner, was for it. The original site of Garner State Park was purchased for
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$12 an acre with a total of 480 acres in the purchase. That made the investment total come to $5,760 dollars, a huge sum at that time. It was “Pink” who persuaded the Civilian Conservation Corp, or CCC as it was commonly known, to establish a camp, build a concession stand and other necessary buildings on the site. Quoting from a newspaper article which was written in 1982, “Texans everywhere owe a debt of gratitude to Judge Spangler, both for his foresight in seeing what was needed by his fellow Texas, and for his determination in seeing that the dream of Garner State Park came true.” In 1940, he was elected a Texas State Representative from the 77th District which included at that time Uvalde, Medina, Zavala, and Dimmitt Counties. In 1943, Pink was commissioned as a first lieutenant because during World War I he was in the National Guard. He served during World War II from 1943 until June 1946. Places he served were Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Camp Barkley in Abilene, Texas, as well as other continued page 2
by Kay Anderson