, 1935-01-02
HIDALCO BROOM
SWEEPS CLEAN
ESPECIAL to The Herald)

EDINBURG. Jan. 2. - Hidalgo
county's New Deal" family Of coun-
ty officials, representing a virtual
clean sweep Of the court house for
the second time in four years, sat
down TO work Tuesday following in
auguration exercises marked by the
s%wearing-in OF Is new major office
holders before a gathering Of sever
al hundred persons in the district
courtroom.
With the exception OF only four
persons. every office in the court
house will be occupied by a new
holder during the next two years.
The only county official re-elect-
ed TO his post was State Represen-
tative Homer l.. Leonard. Three
holdovers were District Judges Bryce
Ferguson Of Ninety-Second District
court and Fred Bennett Of Ninety
Third District court, and County
Auditor G. K. Leslie, Jr.
Immediately after all officers were
onOAA Az VA AACN GOulltH COllllllAS~
sioners' court composed OF Judge
John Ewing. McAilen, Joe Atkinson,
San Juan. Carl Eck5trom. Edinburg,
Tom Hester, Mercedes. and w. l..
Douglass. Mission, went into session
and was still busy Tuesday night APP
proving bonds and filing appoint
ments.
Mayor Ewing announced n APP
Dointment. that OF Mrs. Thelma Fitz.
McAllen. as his secretary.
Sheriff Bob Daniel made public
a list Of Is appointees for his de-
partment. They are: <. Z. Vickers,
Donna. chief deputy: Ed Harrell,
Mercedes. assistant chief deputy;
o. r. c'Cowboy"D Ogan. Weslaco,
office deputy: Dan X. Campbell Of
Pharr. George bennett of McAllen.
r. II. Gillian of Mission. and Tay-
Tor Ross OF Mission. deputies; Roy
Teer OF Edinburg and A. Albright Of
Hargill. court bailiffs; Louis w.
Todd OF Donna. jailer; Harold Slack.
Edinburg. assistant jailer: Evaristo
Venta or Donna, Fred Perez Of Nc
Allen and William Brewster OF Ed
inburg. jail guards; Mrs. T. WEIGH.
Jail matron. and Felipe Romero.
Edinburg. Jail cook.
County District Attorney Rogers
Kelley appointed Eugene N. Catlett.
McAllen. as his first assistant. Tom
L. Hartley. former mayor Of Pharr,
as his second assistant. and j. M.
Chapa, McAllen. as assistant and
secretary.
District Clerk Kari Boysen listed
A. Nj. Vela, Edinburg, as chief
deputy. and Miss Mary Ann Ma
kens. McAllen, assistant chief de-
putty.
County Clerk Jack Stone filed a
list Of appointments including L. G.
C"Bilrp Lemen. former district
clerk. az chief deputy: A. Z. Chavez.
Edinburg. assistant chief deputy;
Harry Little Of Weslaco. Evelyn
Baker OF Donna. Mrs. Myrtle Wag-
ner OF Alamo. Harriet Doffing and
Mary Sorenson Of San Juan. Marie
Busby Of Pharr. Mrs. w. D. An
derson OF McAllen. Estela Guzman.
Ignacio Rodriguez and Mrs. w. II.
Sadler. all Of Edinburg. office as
sistants.
Tax Assessor Collector J. j.
C'JeffD Oliver selected D. G. Err
nest. Edinburg. as his assistant IN
charge OF the assessor division. and
Lee Peters. Edinburg. as assistant
in charge Of the collector division.
Additional annointees of Oliver will
be named later.
County superintendent c"Boo')
Lyon did not list hts appointments,
nor did Mrs. Marvin McAskill, coun-
ty treasurer. who will have no aides
in her office.
Members OF the commissioners
court have announced no appoint
ments as yet. They are expected
70 release their lists soon.
The new HideIgo county staff was
elected on the Democratic ticket
last July and August following a
reelection past IN which former
Good Government party leaders &C
quiesced TO overtures fol political
peace and custer OF the two-party
system in Hidtg 90. Sucn q system
was instituted in 1923 and succeeded
in ousting the old administration OF
the late Sheriff A. Y. Baker IN 1880
after the latter group had held Of
flee for Is TO 20 years. The Good
Government administration from
1870 To 1884 was offered al q New
Deal" In county government. The