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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 2

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0 A HIE ABILENE REPORTER-N AbUeM Texas Thursday Evexlaf June 27 1957 OF CITY COMMISSION Former City To Split Profit HENDERSON Ky IB The city of Henderson has a tenant farmer The Board of Commissioners approved a contract permitting Granville Read to plant corn on 40 acres of city-owned land next spring1 The city and Read will split tiie cost of fertilizer and the seed They'll also divvy up proceeds from sale of the corn Bontke Bros In the amount of $3999190 for paving 1st St from 6th St extension to the west bypass Bids on these paving projects have previously been opened and tabulated Other matters on Thursday's agenda include: 1 Adoption of a resolution setting policies to be followed by Harold Wise Associates in preparing the Blaster Plan Public hearing and final vote on an ordinance officially creating a Department of Civil Defense Designation of city deport tories Renewal of Parking Lot Lease Tops Agenda 2 Doctors Join Dyess Hospital Two new staff doctors joined the Dyess Air Force Base 4021st Tactical Hospital Wednesday They are Capt Henry Durham Jr and Capt James Tuck er The announcement was made by Lt Col Lawrence Sutherland hospital commander Captain Durham comes from Ilta Bena Bliss He attended Bay' lor University and the University of Tennessee The Durhams and their two children live at 212 California Road Captain Tucker from Birmingham Ala is a 1955 graduate of Tuiane University The Tuckers and their two children live at 310 Louisiana Road Dm City Commission plans ct Its regular 1:30 pm Thursday meeting to renew for another five years the city's lease on the areas of Texas Pacific Railway right-of-way on and 1st Sts where metered public parking lots are operated Initial five-year' lease is expiring about now A token payment of II is made by the city to the railroad for each five-year lease (Sty Engineer Anderson will recommend that contract be awarded to Norris-Hanley-Norris for paving the several half-block street segments In Elmwood West Addition on their bid of f6MS95 Anderson will recommend that Bontke Bros be given the contract for paving Kirkwood St from 1st St to 3rd St loth St from Tteadaway Blvd to Fort Worth Denver Railroad and Cottonwood St from 10th St to 8th St Bontke's bid was $1510028 The city engineer will recommend acceptance of the bid of County Attorney Returns to Work County Attorney Lee Sutton returned tq his office Wednesday morning He left last Friday morning for a visit at Jacksonville He attended a high school class reunion there Ingalsbe Away Until Friday County Judge Reed Ingalsbe is scheduled to return to his office FMday The judge left at noon Tuesday for a brief vacation at his cot' tage on Lake Brownwood i efAla annus 00003 I MM ('1 ftojnj RU ran of kiwi Tartar sauce A Potatoes slaw Q( I foil butter 7 hamburger Hearty Ale of of rv RifMBmivil teUarilQw THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SALE Leading Drug Store 318 Pine 0333' THIN M69 PRELL SHAMPOO LIQUID 115 Ox Beni mimic (Limit 1) IVilV CtewsCtan ooD 43Qi38 feO GOLF BALLS Silicone vitalized Pig 10 (Limit Of GU33P CEsUGEY SOFTBALL UjA RtgulstioM 12" cowhide rewrJLO! 5LMUS Royal SWIM CAPO tolorKM a Wolgrccn's Pure Sweet Cream GIBBS plans uncertain Recreation Chief Gibbs Resigns Job City Recreation Director Gibbs resigned his position Wednesday morning effective July 31 The Park and Public Recreation Board which received his resignation orally during iU regular meeting at Fair Park accepted it with regret No replacement has been named Gibbs 36 said he has several things in mind but that his future plans are not certain He has held the local position since Feb 1 1955 Prior tc that attended Hardin Simmons Tniversity and coached in the Sweetwater and Odessa public schools From Odessa Gibbs came to Abilene directly rom Odessa where he had been physical education teacher and coach in the elementary schools The park board discussed with the Park and Recreation Commit tee of Abilene Chamber of Commerce headed by Woodlief Brown some of the needs here The two panels talked over plans far the project which the C-C committee will sponsor this fall ake Fort Phantom HUL All interested citizens will be urged to donate worts and equipment so that one of the city-designated tark sites on the lake can be developed in a day the date yet to be determined A small sub-committee from ic C-C group and one from the 'arts and Public Recreation Board will work together in completing the plans for the park-in-a-day project It was brought out that they are looking to the City of Abilene to furnish the engineering on the ob The park board will ask the (Sty Commission for an operating budget of $159997 for the fiscal year beginning next Oct 1 compared with the $135000 the commission granted for the current year President Oscar Rose said The Of the requested budget $42-000 is earmarked for recreation and the remainder is considered by the board requirement for maintenance and some minor development in the existing 12 parks totaling about 360 acres Water lines will be extended nto Cobb Kirby and Sears Parks to make possible the watering of grass and shrubs if the budget is approved by the commission Commissioners will be asked by the park board to call another lend election late this summer or in the fall for capital improvements in tiie parks Jake Bentley park board member reported that people who (day ball games on the baseball lields in Fair Park on Wednesdays the park department maintenance days damage the newly wet fields and endanger themselves fry playing under such muddy conditions Requests Ignored Park Supt Scott Fikes backet up what Bentley said He stated that the park workmen wet the fields and do other maintenance jobs there on Wednesdays and that therefore the city schedule any games on the fields on those days Others of the public go onto the fields despite i quests to stay off he sail The board decided to erect signs telling the public to stay off the Fair Park baseball fields on Wednesdays People who fuse to stay off of the muddy fields will be remove! 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DAFB Road-E-0 Open to Public The Dyess Air Force Base Road-E-0 will be open to the public Friday said Wayne Spray base transportation officer Major Spray said the driving contest will begin at 8 a and end at 4 pm on the parking ramp near base operations towner Col Louis A Rochez base comman er will open the contest A 1923 model Fad driven by LL CoL Reo Trail will be the first vehicle through foe course Maj Spray said 50 Air Force drivers have enterd in 12 ew Design CODESS Xsg Tr or Super (5)c 35-DAY SUPPLY DODDY pns Cord of 75 (Limit two) (Plus 25e for postage and handling) Noma Address CHy.

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