Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 11

otpus tmstl Caller Waldron Field Lease Completed by County City To Get $600000 Tax Aid SECTION CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING JULY 22 1947 $220000 for County Roads Voted by Commissioners The county's lease of Waldron Feid and Robslown's lease of a Navy practice field near that city were concluded on his trip to Washington' County Judge George Prowse stated upon his return here yesterday The county plans to use Waldron Field for a tuberculosis sanitarium Judge Prowse said What will be done with the present tuberculosis samtorium Hilltop Samtorium between Corpus Christ i and Calallen has not oecn decided he said Possible transfer to The Hearth home for the indigent aged from its present quarters on Caldwell to Waldron Field has also been discussed Such a transfer it has been pointed out would afford the county badly needed office space at the present Hearth location The county takes over only a portion of Waldron Field according to lease provisions The county will have what is referred to -as the up" section the landing strips and hangars not being included in the lease No Rental The county will not pay any rental but did agree to maintain the field in good condition Should The Hearth be moved to Waldron Field the health unit and some other county offices will probably be moved to The Hearth building Robslown has been using the Navy field it leased but has been awaiting final signing of the lease before building hangars and making other improvements Judge Prowse said Prowse Signs The county's lease was signed by Willis Dudley by direction of the chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks acting under direction of the secretary of the Navy Judge Prowse signed on behalf of the county with his signature attested by County Attorney James Martin The two county officials were sent to Washington by the County Commissioners Court last week to conclude the two leases tax levy for the road and bridge fundt and the warrants will not necessitate the levying of any new or additional taxes according to information supplied the commissioners by County Auditor Wilde The money will be used to pre- The County Commissioners Court voted unanimously yesterday to issue $220000 in road ana bridge warrants to maintain and repair county road that are deteriorating Funds to pay off the warrants will come from the present 15-cent MACIIINEGUN PARTS FOUND A ease of spare parts to an airplane VI caliber machine-gun evidently stolen from the Naval Air Station was recovered hy police Sunday morning on Horne near Rabbit Run Road Detectives 51 el ton and A Bennett said some of the parts which had never been unwrapped were packed In an ammunition box Investigation waa turned over to the FBI Melton said To Discuss Ordinance A joint meeting of the Zoning and Planning Commission anil the Board of Adjustment will be held at noon tomorrow to iliacuas a new zoning ordinance now near completion City Planner William Anderson will explain the new statute and will ask suggestions for any changes the adjustment board may feel desirable Doubling of the ad valorem tax rate by the state will not increase remissions for bayfront improvements to Corpus Christi Finance Director Wesley Turner estimated yesterday Announcement by the state of the tax hike yesterday at Austin is an assurance Turner said that beginning in October the city would again be remitted the first of approximately $600000 from taxes paid in seven counties of South Texas for storm protection and bayfront improvement The ad valorem tax was not levied during the past year by the state because it had adequate funds with which to operate Turner said the city received about 625000 from the state in delinquent ad valorem taxes it had collected this year The taxes received by the city are used to pay off bonded indebtedness on bayfront construction and to store up a reserve for future use At the present time there is $2500000 in bonds outstanding for bayfront City Negotiating for Oso Disposal Plant Corpus Christi is negotiating with the federal government for purchase of the $400000 Oso sewage disposal plant for a fraction of its construction price City Manager Allen announced yesterday Allen said the government had offered to lease the plant and all its facilities to the city for $100000 on a 10-ycar contract with an option clause allowing the city to purchase it at any time The contract erve present roads to strengthen the base and to surface certain roads and to apply a seal-coat to other roads that are now in danger of deterioraUng beyond repair County Engineer Jesse R-Laurenre saiu The commissioners decided to divide the money according to present needs 20 percent to Precinct No 1 26 percent to Precinct No 2 21 percent to Precinct No and 33 percent to Precinct No 4 This will give Precinct No 1 $44 000 Precinct No 2 $57200 Precinct No 3 S46200 and Precinct No 4 $72600 Laurence td that the road work will be done this year The motion to Issue the warrants was made after discussion that started at a meeting last Monday and resumed yesterday by Jnnn Sablature of Agua Dulce commissioner of rrecinrt No 2 and seconded hy It Hall of Corpus Christi commissioner of Frecinct No 1 IN VALUATION CUTS ALLOWED Deductions of $358640 from real estate and personal property assessments were allowed by the City Board of Equalization early this month John Peel of the city tax department yesterday said the assessment deductions involved SI 69900 on real estate and $188746 on personal property Revenue loss the rity will amount to about $7000 Peel estimated inasmuch as some evaluations had been raised by the city over what the property owner had rendered earlier In the year More than 200 property owners appeared before the board during Its week's Will Be Own IT i City In Proposed Bond Issues Corpus Chrisli will act as its own agent in printing issuance and disposal of pending bond issues at a City Manager Allen said yesterday All legal obstacles facing the proposed bond issue have been removed and an election will be called soon as he announced He would not predict an approximate date for the proposed election when Corpus Christians will be given an opportunity calls for payment of $10000 annually plus three percent interest or a total of $113500 The city manager said he planned to study details of the government contract and confer with City Attorney Tillman Smith before he asked City Council authorization to sign the lease Allen left little doubt but that the city would accept the government's offer After the Oso plant is acquired the city plans to spend at least $500000 on an expansion program that would make the plant capable of caring for the needs of a large portion of the southern section Director of Public Works Stirman said the proposed expansion program would include enlargement of the sewage disposal facilities and extension lateral lines to take care of expansion in south Corpus Christi Financing Planned Financing of the proposed expansion program is included in a proposed $4740000 tax supported bond issue Negotiations for the plant were begun almost a year ago by Rod-eric Thomas former city man ager who first offered less than $30000 to the government for tlie facilities Built in 1042 to take care of homes in the -former Water Improvement District No 1 or the area from Katherine to the Ow between Alameda and the Bay the plant has for some time been operated and maintained by the city The government however set the sewer charge much higher than the city assessment and the higher rate prevailed after some of the areas served were annexed to the city A number of residents in the section have appeared before the council during the past year asking relief from the high sewage charge The government lease sets August 15 1947 as the effective date of the document and keeps the document on a year-to-year basis unless the plant is purchased outright by the city Supreme Court The Issue was later hiked $240000 to include costs of aeveral fresh water swimming pools MORE SPACE FOR COLLEGE Workmen are shown above fitting four Army surplus buildings into one U-shaped building at Corpus Christi Junior College Two more buildings are scheduled to arrive soon All are from Foster Field former Army Air Field near Victoria Harvin college president said the surplus buildings will provide seven classrooms as well as six studios and 12 practice rooms for the music department EXPANSION IMtOGItAM Junior College Floor Space Will Be Doubled Harvin Says TOO NEAR of voting a minimum of $4 million in tax-supported bonds and possibly a revenue bond issue the latter to pay off the Mathis dam judgment now more than $2 million and lay aside a surplus for future use The city manager would make no estimate on how large the proposed revenue bond issue would be if it is submitted for vote of the people The city could issue If it desired revenue oonds without a vote of the people through provisions of a state law Allen's announcement an agent would not be hired to work on the technicalities arising on municipal bonds came aftt a lengthy meeting of City Council members with bonding firm representatives All proposals of the bonding firms were studied and rejected Allen said AH work will be done city employes Allen pointed out with the exception of legal opionions by the firm of Vandewater Sykes and Heckler with which the city entered a contract for $3750 several weeks ago I-egal Work Done The city announced early In April it would call a tax-eupported bond Issue of $4500000 for public improvement within but the plan had to be shelved temporarily after the Mathis Dam judgment was confirmed by the Texas Preachers Protest Issuance Of Drive-In Beer License Senate Approves $1 50000 for Channel Work A Senate appropriations subcommittee yesterday recommended expenditure of $2187000 on the Gulf-Intracoastal Waterway between Apalachee Bay Fla and the Mexican border and $150000 for the Port Aransas-Corpus Christi ship channel the Associated Press reported last night The subcommittee recommended a $343000000 budget for flood control and navigation construction College Dean on Trip Grady St Clair dean of Corpus Christi Junior College left last night for Ladonia Texaa to viait hia father St Clair St Clair also plans to go to Chicago to attend the summer meeting of the American Association of Junior Colleges at the University of Chicago He will return here about Aug 8 By RRt'CF PaTTON Corpus Christi Junior College i-ae ample space for all stycerts who wish In attend this' ik'l 7 Harvin president of the irEege said yesterday afternoon as he surveyed election of surplus Army buildings on the campus and the rew vocational and technical education building which is being built the procurement of the surplus buildings and the completion cf the ocatioral building toe available floor space will tie coubled The former Army buildings will provide approximately 8-209 feet of floor space and the vocational building 25000 square feet The present building has about 23000 square feet' V-Shaped Building The Army surplus buildings procured ithout cost through the Federal Works Agency are being built into one U-shapcd building immediately south of the main building and between it and the ocational building Approximately one half of the building will be devoted to music education The mechanical drawing art and journalism departments are to be housed in the building Seven classrooms six studios and 12 practice rooms be housed in the building Small Cost Harvin said an application for the buildings was placed last October Under provisions set up by the government transportation and erection of the buildings into the one unit will be paid for by the government the only cost to the college being the building of a foundation The buildings were shipped from Foster Field a former Army Air Field near Victoria by barge through the Inlra-coastal Canal The $280000 vocational building also scheduled for completion before the opening of the fall semester will house classrooms for the business school for student lor the business school for students studying business administration Some courses including welding classes will be moved from the vocational and shop training building at Leopard and Palm Drive Harvin said The overall picture for added space at the college is far better than it ever has been Harvin said optimistically adding that conditions were far improved over last term's crowded conditions Joe Browning former county judge who owns the lot and the building now being constructed was present in the county court room but made no comment Hogan following the hearing told news reporters that he was leasing the premises from Browning He said that he planned to sell groceries meats and beer The drive-in would not have a juke box he said and terms of the lease from Browning forbid the installation of a bar booths or tables FARM AND RANCH ly as a citizen living in that area he said that just lid not want any liquor near our church and in our He said that while customers of the drive-in might not disturb church services on Sunday mornings he felt that noise at the drive-in on Sunday nights would probably disturb the services The Rev Mr Roloff saying that he had no personal animosity for Hogan declared that beer sales there would be for the He said that the Baptist Church is a organization and know that many do not have the same con- viction that we have but 1 think' it would be to permit sale of beer at the location I The preachers and members of the audience said that the sale of bees at the location would create a traffic hazard One of those protesting said that she would be reluctant to go to church with beer sales going on so near Hogan told the judge that his attorney Ed Williams had to be in Falfurrias yesterday afternoon and asked that the hearing be postponed until he could be present He said he was notified of the hearing only about noon yesterday Hearing Continued Judge Prowse recessed the hearing until 11 am today at which time Williams is expected to be there By tv RAY BROWN Two Baptist preachers and approximately 30 other persons most of them women yesterday afternoon protested the issuance of a beer license to Jack Hogan for a grocery drive-in at 1602 Morgan The Rev James Roy Clark pastor cT the Morgan Avenue Baptist Church located near Jack's Drive-In the Rev Roloff pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist Church several of the women and one man in the audience spoke against the permit at a hearing before County Judge George Prowse The Jehovah Witness Church Is 359 feet from the Morgan Street entrance to the drive-in Stierling deputy supervisor for the State Liquor Control Board in this district told Judge Frowse However no one made an official appearanre for the Jehovah Witness Church The Morgan Avenue Baptist Church is slightly farther away Stierling said State law provides that beer or liquor establishment may not be within 300 feet of a church The Rev Mr Clark told the judge that the auditorium of the Morgan Avenue Baptist Church as contemplated in future church building program would be diagonally across the intersection of Morgan and Brownlee from the drive-in Saying that he appeared large FIRE AUTO LIFE INSURANCE FOR LESS FRED HUTSELL Call S54! for Estimate Mexican Farmers Visitors at Beeville Experiment Station DUST STORM REPORTED NEAR PREMONT Newa Rervleo PREMONT Construction workers at the gas absorption plant going up three miles north of here and passing motorists saw the next best thing to a tornado at about 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon It was a version of the small dust whirlwind that can be seen occasionally crossing cultivated areas during hot still days This whirlwind picked up most of its dust from the open plant aite that recently was cleared of practically all vegetation The whirlwind persisted for about 10 minutes sucking up a column of dust approximately 500 feet high and about 10 feet in diameter Paper sacks and rubbish from the railroad right of way vere violently agitated but only the dust war carried to any height Unlike the true tornado however there wfes no cone-like vortex crowning the column of dust IN AMBULANCE SERVICE YOU WANT EXPERIENCE WE HAVE IT Since 1907 FUNERAL SERVICE IB SNTBflPf CStHM M44W the group visited the corrals a rut barns on the farm and studied feeding methods followed there Superintendent A Hall hia assistant Ed Neal and County Agent Forgaaon answered questions which members of the group esked concerning farming methods and crops A number of Bee County's leading farmers and ranchers were on hand to welcome the viaitora Following their atop at the Bee ville Experiment Station the group went to San Antonio where last night they were guents of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce in that city Today they will viait several chicken breeding farms in the San Antonio area and will inspect new farm equipment on display by San Antonio firms From San Antonio the visitors will go to College Station where as guests of College they (Continued on Page SB) DIAL NEW GROCERY DELIVERY 7442 SCHEDULE NORTH SOUTH NOW AT OUR NEW LOCATION SEITTER PHOTO SERVICE 1001 KINNEY AVENUE CAMERA CENTER OF CORPUS CHRISTI PHOTO FINISHING AMATEUR SUPPLIES ENLARGING FILMS AND CAMERAS Here! DILL SaaMas at Cttr to Patk Laaa DaUv-rrlra Datlv: All Olha I DaUsarv Datlr CKj to IriSc Da- All 9nMra Hawaii Itwrnca Othr I Dalis SaaMas af City to Missaaato A la Part Avaaaa Dallvarias Daily AH albar la-Daliyayy Dally claSiay A I a a a ONE DELIVERY WEDNESDAY AM Rt GRADY STILES Caller Farm Editor A group of 27 am a 11 farm era from of Mexico were viaitora yesterday afternoon at the Agricultural Experiment Station near wnere they heard farming rrethoca In country discussed ard where they inspected installation on the experimental farm and atuded some of the field crops grown there The group was made up of members of the National Federation of Small Farmers and was headed by Pmf Pa Puente secretary of the organization They crossed the Rio Grande at Reynosa or lav morning and whiie in the Valiev toured Engle-man Gardens They arrived at the Beevilie Experiment Station in mid-afternoon Jack Forgaaon Bee County agricultural agent had made arrangements for the visit to the experiment station Mayor Brvan Adair of Beeville and Carlos Reyes delivered a brief address of welcome to the visitors from south of the Rio Grande ami cold drinks were served to the vrup through courtesy of the Bee-ville Chamber of Commerce Professor Puente in responding to the address of welcome explained the type of organization wmch member of his party represented He said that originally 50 member had planned to make the tour but last minute changes In plans permitted only 27 to cross the Rio Grande He said that farmers In Mexico are interested In purchasing American made farm equipment and on the tour members of his organization will have an opportunity to inspect this tyjte of equipment with a view to make purchasea and introduce mechanized farming methods on their farms Lucas Reyes field man at the experiment station explained the work being done there and exhibited samples of the crops being rased Milo maize corn cotton and flax were shown Keen interest was shown by the visitors in these crops and they fired questions thick and fast at Peyeg seeking information on methods of cultivation time of psrtirg yields and the adapts-rlity of these rropa in their coun-L-J After the talk given by Reyes Vi 3 Laundry Epuipment During the summer weather our thought in clothing goes more to what we can wash at home than any other time of the year Here are some aids to make your home laundry pleasanter Galvanised Washtubs No 2 sisa $155 Asst sizes Wicker Clothes Baskets ea $198 Lavatory Size Board ea 89c Large size Wash Board of metal ea $129 12-qt enamel Pails a a a ea $125 Galvanised Pails 10-qt sisa ea 55c Clothes Pins asst per des 12c 20c Cordite the plastic covered steel clothes line 50 feet for 98c 1948 PACKARD CONVERTIBLE New from the tires up PACKARD CORPUS CHRISTI 302 So Water Phone 8261 ACTI VO From popular demand we now have Activo (formerly known as Bacto) Activo is a bacterial composition to be used on compost piles Bring garboge gross clippings leaves etc into compost Four-ounce package will make up to 100-pounds of rich Humus We Close Wednesdays of 1 pm fj 2U Eastern Seed Co Inc 301 STAPLES PHONE 4424.