Bryan-College Station Eagle from Bryan, Texas • 19

LaSalle hotel approaches fiftieth birthday THE EAGLEBryan College Station Texas Business Page 9B Sunday June 19 1977 4 by 1979 he Kodak piper or Good Look it the Timer New vice president is named at I Eldon Degge terminal a food as well as conventional ham Business briefs OlMMKhlM xzzx: URNITURE AT LOW EVERYDAY yjgwwi fff MCDONALD URNITURE of the water steam 4 4 4 Christian College in 1951 and an MA in history and religion from Eastern New Mexico University in 1954 He and his wife Peggy are active members of the Brenham Church of Christ They have five children 4 4 4 4 4 hopes to have nearly completed an overhaul of the building putting it back into the or better condition than it was when first built When he starts talking about the restoration his eyes light up and pulls the visitor over to the wood work of the lobby at this! I know who 8x10 OER On July 1 Davis Airlines will change its Dallasort Worth terminal location from Delta to American Airlines Guy A Davis president and general manager of Davis said the change will enable passengers to deplane and get to their terminals faster ederal regulations require that Davis pas'sengers deplaning at the Delta terminal be escorted through a concourse that has been cleared by security personnel MllUH! MIN cnwi OUWU MO MOM IMO III IK unu MIS II IO UMt 10W HKIS! HO LIMIT THE OUTHOUSE a clothing factory outlet store has formally opened at 3202 Texas Ave in Bryan It is managed by Andy and Susan Johnson The Outhouse is part of a Texas based chain of 41 stores carrying name brand clothing and linens at reduced prices 3cc lOpt ASK About Our Elroy It is the authorized dealer for of monuments and also carries other lines in cluding bronze markers Walker said the new business is located near both the Mt Calvert and the Bryan City Cemetery Lw is a a huge dark in 1927 that Co in 1975 as' a management executive responsible for develop ment and production of corporate planning and management training two of whom are still living at home This outstanding Career Agent has been certified a Qualifying Member of the 1977 Million Dollar Round Table This professional honor is conferred by an independent international association of life insurance agents Membership reflects a commitment to continuing edu cation and better service for your financial security needs Our congratulations to a professional Joe Walker and Greg Rodriquez held a formal opening ceremony to mark their new ownership of the Bryan Monument Com pany on June 16 "The company located at 1201 Texas Avenue was owned by the late 1 Mrs Eloise Johnson brought many furnishings from home to the LaSalle v3 (Photo by Bill Meeks) only an older But enough and travellers by looking for there and let everything be with themselves They can taken care of for them" Because of his dislike for nursing homes and making a virtue out of necessity he promoted the hotel as an alternative to nursing homes At the hotel he argued the elderly could have the freedom to choose what they would do with their time They could go out and walk around or stay inside and talk they are guests instead of he says At first Jaques intended to have clientele students stopped lodgings that he opened it to the general public He also changed the cafeteria that served only guests into a restaurant The mix of elderly and younger guests which came about almost by accident Jaques believes is now the real drawing card for the elderly people just shut up older be among younger people and feel a part of going Mrs Eloise Johnson who retired as a specialist in amily Life for the Agricultural Extension Service moved to the LaSalle in 1972 She like many of the guests brought from her home enough furniture to make the hotel room feel homelike Living in th? hotel with its mix of generations she says a good substitute for having your own family around you Like that young couple (who live at the LaSalle) with the The hotel Jaques says needs about a 60 per cent occupancy rate to break even It has now an oc cupancy of 75 per cent Of this about 30 per cent is made up of the elderly Nearly all of the older guests pay $250month for room and board Jaques has ambitious plans for the seven story i brick painted it but it used to be beautiful woodwork going to have to scrape itb all down and start over' again" I Throughout the building! he points out other projects he's eager to start working'1 on have sworn ourselves to restoring this old building and going to be XDonna Glesenschlag who graduated Texas AiM in May has joined City 'national Bank as a credit analyst A native of Waller Giesenschlag "received her BS degree in Economics SSwith a minor in accounting She is aJTSember of Phi Cappa Phi and was ar distinguished Student at the university By WIN SIMS Staff Writer In the basement LaSalle Hotel boiler like locomotive a monster built still sends steam geysering up to the 100 rooms of the Bryan landmark Since the tank had to be installed before the building could go up the owner John Jaques believes the hotel will be 50 in 1979 In those many years the hotel has been a deluxe stopover for tired travellers a sleeping pad for railroad workers a nursing home and now an in in tergenerational The hotel was built by a man named Howe Jaques says who died shortly after its completion The building stayed in the hands of the Howe family and was run by a suc cession of operators one took what he could out of the place just bleeding it until he get any more out Then it would be sold to someone who in turn would take what he could from it and leave it in a little worse father Jaques bought the hotel in 1959 and operated it as a nursing home until 1975 when he sold it to his son The nursing home had been a successful operation for the elder Jaques but a federal regulation that took effect in required nursing homes to have wider hallways and doors than the acing a choice between termination of Medicare payments and staying at the LaSalle 75 80 patients moved out to nursing homes that met the federal regulations were only about eight older people here when I bought it" Jaques said But he saw a need for a non nursing home en vironment for the elderly and believed he could bring it around in spite of the setback nursing home is a kind of last stop for people on their way out People who live in them are surrounded by the senile and the dying are like chameleons: they take on the coloration of their surroundings When they go into nursing homes they soon learn to look and act like everyone else Davis Airlines Born in Plainview tDegge held teaching Degge received a BA in systems language aim munuui MDRT honor for a professional: Sam A Byer 1 a a engineer posts with IBM in' studies from Abilene Dallas and Beaumont ne joined Xerox as a senior systems designer in California and later rfioved to Houston with responsibilities in marketing and sales He joined JP Cleaver THURS BI SAT JUNE 23 24 1 25 9 KIM SIZE WAiin CREATIVE COLOR PORTRAHS OR Eldon Degge has been elected a vice president of Bryan Building and Loan Degge 45 will direct customer and community relations programs for the regional programs rninnrfC nnn I Southwestern Life Ea cMpuUf people peMoei to peMon through ANCO Insurance College Station Extra Charge for GROUPS WE USE KODAK PAPER SHUGART Announcing rank Novak as a 1977 member of the Texas Leaders Round Table An honor organization recognizing professional life insurance agents demonstrating marketing activity and unselfish service to policyholders Roy Millette 29 of 2106 Wilkes in Bryan has joined Hermann Realty 1800 Texas Ave in College Station as an associate realtor a a nntiup of Colorado he has been as 7 resident of Bryan since 1975 He has at 1 tended Blinn College and has been in the field for five years He is married and has four children wininj Crnkovlc of Beltone Hearing Service at 1706 Texas Avenue recently completed a 10 hour training course on developments in hearing aid evaluation and 'y fitting TACO VILLA 614 Villa Maria held appearance Taco Villa is managed its formal grand opening Saturday by Temple Kern and serves Mexican 1 1 VI 1 Jr 1 1 1 zx 1 AVI 1 muiiaius wiuc icccivci iw the Dallas Cowboys made a special burgers frenqh fries etc Monument company sets opening PHOTOS GIBS0NS 1420 TEXAS AVE COLLEGE STATION ree Set Up Delivery 25th Bryan St 822 6078 Downtown ft 1 1 1 Il 1 1 I 111 I II i I '1 Ml 1 1 1 klBfrsl BBSS! 1 A ini Hi iu iiiiTi nr wwr mini wl wwwr SBSBsX 1 Ac 3 1 T1 4 KOkM IT' 7L 11 wfj 'p JL to MB 11 I Ji i Ww 1 SuttMrSl wmfiwfl Az 'A I' rv niKs T2W 'Vr iMMkr iWHVVk ifTrwrw irrr 5 I Wl pBI MM lf I 191 I Hnnwanianl SM lerms w' Wj dSil pSH Ifta'S 0 MCDONALD URNITURE Convenient Mt9k 25th Bryan St ree Set Up kipSrJ ainwwi Downtown 822 6078 Delivorv Bb pBI MM.