The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-05
GILMORE HEADS
COMMISSIONERS
County Commissioners Elect Me-"
County Physician and Janitor
for Jail.

The new board of county commits
sioners went into office yesterday
morning as the old board retired with
L. S. Gilmore of Bluff Springs, district
No 5, elected chairman. Mr.. Gilmore
comes in as a new member, succeed
ing J. ID. McCurdy of Century and is
retiring member from the county
school board.
The new board reelected r. Pope
Reese as county attorney, DR.. ]. IL.
Bickerstaff. county physician succeed
ing DIR. w. l.. Address. Winston E.
Wheat will remain as county engi-
neer. j. r. Steward was elected sup
erintendent of the county poor farm:
w. b. Butler, janitor county court
house, and S. w. Gates. janitor of the
county Jail, succeeding George Hen
drichs. Barney Johnson was elected
bridge tender for Bayou Chico. The
appointments are to stand for period
of two years, the. board to make any
removals for inefficiency during that
time, it was decided.
|, New members of the incoming
board are: T. T. Wentworth, Jr., from
district No. 1, probably the youngest
county commissioner in the history Of
Escambia, who succeeds j. George
White, aged commissioner, who is re-
firing from public life. Mr.. White
has been a member of the board of
county commissioners for six success
sive years and chairman of the board
for four years. Prior to his election
as commissioner, Mr. White was a
member OF the board on equalization
of taxes before the city adopted the
commission form of government and
member Of the board of public
safety.
John r. NJ Gates of Ferry Pass, a
former representative, succeeds L. w.
Hardy, who will engage in the real
estate business. Commissioners Sod
erlind and Candy succeed themselves
All members OF the old board with
the exception of Mr.. White have
served as commissioners for four
years.
Members of the old board held their
last meeting as commissioners yester-
day when they cleared up the last of
the years work, leaving a clean slate
for the new board. Chairman Whites
final act was to sign checks for the
last of the bills to be approved by
them The Molino bridge approach
was accepted and the account of the
llildi SldlcIntul dppTONeu.
Chairman White, in farewell adj
dress TO his workers, expressed his
appreciation of their support and of
the harmony and spirit of cooperation
which had characterized the meetings
of the board.
Mr.. White, as chairman of the old
board. thanked the clerk of the circuit
court, James MacGibbons, and his as
sistant, Langley Bell. for their excel
lent work, and r. Pope Reese for his
services as attorney and Winston
Wheat for his services as county en-
gineer in the building of. roads and
bridges.
The outgoing members of the old
board addressed their farewells to the
remaining members of the board. and
Messrs. Reese and Wheat expressed
their appreciation of considerati ton
given them by the board. The board
had cause to feel gratified with its
work. Mr.. Reese said and besides the
good building program it had success
fully launched for Escambia county.
sponsored. at the request of Miss Ag-
mes Mckinney, the mothers pension
bill, recently passed by the legislature:
the benefit of which will be felt
throughout the state.
The new board of commissioners
meets this morning at o'clock to
further perfect organization and con-
suit with the ssreriff and clerk of the
circuit court relative to the number
of deputies and clerks to be employed
and compensation of each, in accord
ance with the new law, having recent
ly become effective.