The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 271, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 13, 1955 Page: 7 of 30
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* LAYAWAY NOW FOR CHRISTMAS
BROOKSHIRE OLDSMOBILE-CADILLAC, INC.
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Phone 8-8451
106 Border Street
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Bright Finish! Enameled Handles!
Famous Quality!
Come In Now!
OPEN Your
Xmas Account!
COATS
AT SACRIFICE PRICES!
/MATCHING HANDLES
WITH HANGER HOLESI
• WATERPROOF
• DUSTPROOF
• SHOCK RESISTANT
Shelby County Sheriff
Picks Up Wanted Man
LAKE CHARLES (SpD-Rob-
ert M. Sutton, wanted for bogus j
The Vaichem, Du Pont-charter- * check ctarges inShelby Count'.
ed 'tanker. was expected to dock Tex.. was to be released byrLke
tonight at the Orange port to take Charles police today to the sher-
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lime, Pete Lausen, plumber of 708
Elm St., did the maintenance work
HANDSOME GIFT BOX
WITH POWDER HORN REPLICA
DRAGLINE CALLED INTO SERVICE
Mochine Used in Relocation of Sewer Lines
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♦ STIRRING LADLE
♦ POT FORK
* SPATULA
* PANCAKE
TURNER
an with 17 years of city experience,
tended lift stations, repaired line
breaks and functioned as general
REG.
PRICE
• Attractive Colors’
Plain and Fancy Patterns’
• Flannels’
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• SAVE 6.001—
15.98 COATS..
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— New, better
/ insura nee plan
for careful drivers
— that saves
you monev!
Hustmyre commented.
In this connection she urged that
Orange property owners owing de-
linquent taxes to make payments
__The, bulk ^L-.verage ;a the ^edl-
ment tanks remains for about two
JEWELRY and GIFT SHOP
608 A FRONT ST. (Next to Strand Theater) PHONE 8-4931
LINES HIS PROBLEM
Lausen Bosses Five-Man Crew
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and interest charge. After that j
date a new penalty and interest ’
table goes into effect which pro- 4
1 vides up to a maximum of 84 ber
cent in additional payments.
a one-man operation for., nearly
two years, there are now nine men
in the over-all municipal system.
The Orange system became citv :
property in 1938 with its purchase
rom the Brown Estate. At that
$1,5
department employe, makes such
inspections three times daily and ■
to prevent ij. Otherwise he pre-
dicted that ’ sabotage of the dispo-
sal plant by unthinking gas sta- /
tion operators would eventually
wreck the system."
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AUTO INSURANCE?
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• tax INCIUOED '
B0- 3308
• SAVE $5.00'-
12.98 COATS..
grease rack drains to a sanitary ey snot in the arm through equip-
sewer main. They should go into ment and facilities to do a job.
storm sewers. Secondly each sta- Theirs is a job which is vital to
tion should have a properly de- the halth and, wHJ-being of every
signed grease tramp. There is no resident of Orange.
more if necessary. Six of the sta- !
probability am wili be • finai thnsana e dauhlenanecPs ebhieh,
asmnute:" ineamentbe 300 ’1.^1
Plagued by troubles ranging
from oil to abandoned lift stations.
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kills bacteria in the tanks. With-
out this bacteria action, there is
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The lift stations as the name :
implies lift sewage by means of :
, , pumps from one level to another
before Jan. 1 to take Advantage , 0 mure flow to the di sposat plant,
of a maximum 15 per cent penalty Heading up the disposal plant ’
Collection of current/municipal
taxes as of Friday afternoon to-
taled $327,290.98. according to the we „„ c.0.,
latest compiliation of figures by < throughout the cuy. The pumps
Mrs. Elizabeth Hustmyre, City of must be checked and Eldon King.
Orange tax collector.
‘'Delinquent taxes turned in
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cargo of about 3,300 tons iff from Center, Tex
of methanol. Port Director J. T. Sutton is reported to be wanted |
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collection of $338,188.75. In
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on the lines as an employe of a
local sheet metal and—plumbing ! ____________-
company. - rose to 510,897 77 for a combined
He followed the system purchase ” "" '
by the city and for nearly two
* years it was a one-man operation.
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ROBERTA’S
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personnel in tliesewer department
ice station tying on wash rack and hope they will receive anew mon-
lirtiinrt liiarlr Kfii ii tlm—sunczinteadcatexplaimdj-enscin havinzaisaandahaiz.
drying out, H is Ricked-up and that a small amount of oilcan be ; to three inches thick come tloa:-’,
removed as fertilizer, controlled However, he sfressedfig into this plant,” Robinson
One of Robinson's biggest head- it was being dumped into the stressed. ,
laches s the cumping or bulk oi ines bysthesbarrek.sremariiz *l’ He urged the passave of anew-
into sanitary system lines which mw- 3i*al tug this oil ou? -or tm:, backeayr —
the he labels as "deliberate sabotage plant isa tremepdous job, by suitable inspection procedure,
and will eventually completely “We have tn shut the plant down '
destroy the treatment of sewer- and bypass the flow directly to the
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age" river until-the oikis removed. In
The plant can't be run if this addition the wet weH walls must
------------- —u. be scrubbed down to remove the
(oil halts digestion tank action and surplus oll. It usually takes about
le sludge cant b. cured in the two hours," Robinson said. -
per manner for disposal OT •’there is no reason for a serv-
hours to settle. Sludge remaining'
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. . . .. days depending on weather and
A key factor in the sewerage -temperature. It eventually is
system is continual lunctioning of: .. ____-__.. . ,. ■
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no gas pressure. With the tanks
shut dowhthere is simply no way
remaining to dispose of the sew-
erage.” Robinson commented.
With Davy Crockett
Wrist Watch
Kitchen Tool Set
• SAVE 1700!- e 498
29.98 COATS _ 1Z
Arledgesaid yesterday. The cargo in connection with burglary and .
wil be transported by barge front theft in Center He was arrested
the Sabine River Works and at the Hollywood Cts. in This city
pumped aboard the tanker. on Nov. 16 at 7.40 p.m
- - - — — Sutton was traveling in'a 1948
Approximately 300.000 busines- Hudson four-door sedan in which I
■ ses go out of existence, every year were feuud six different sets of [
• in the United States. license plates, police said.
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THE ORANGE LEADER FAGE SEVEN
KEY DISPOSAL PLANT EQUIPMENT
Robinson (Right), Operator Glenda Check Primary Sedimjent Tanks
- The 62-xear-old municipal veter- station Now with the rapid is Glenn A ’Robinson. 1708 Sho-
798
1 his is the season when conversations turn easily
and often to motor cars.
And, in almost any gathering, you're likely to
find a wide difference of opinion about the relative
merits of the year’s automotive offerings.
Unil the talk turns to Cadillac!
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I lere is one car concerning which most motorists
have a meeting of minds. And never before has
Cadillac left so little room for argument as in 19.161
Certainly no one ewuld brtnrtiTVnenevi Cadillac
without recognizing it as the "car of cars". Its
beautiful, graceful, flowing lines ... its regal
bearing on the highway ... and its long, low silhou-
ette are simply too significant to misunderstand.
Surely no one could ride in a new Cadillac and
not agree that it is the Standard of the World. its
new fabrics and leathers are rich and hixurious
Sanitary sewerage disposal is which came under municipal con-lid inereasein population a second
prol m 1938 will soon undergo an unit was added to. the ,lLp„ „I
■ expansion as part of a $2,500,000 plant
. revenue bpnd issue. As Lausen explains it, the func-
Plagued by bursts ef tremendous • tion of his department includes all
the Orange sewer department has suring operation of the eight lift or most supplies: He hopes this
City Tax Collections
Reach $327,290
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with extensions necessary isa city for Id years Qthers working
considerable problem Nat the plant besides the superin-
. The only equipment xh h the tendent are Joe T Glenda, 1108
intendent of the sewer department, four-man crew has at its disposal 16thSt, Charlie F. Jackson. op-
Lausen shakes his head when hej includes an air compressor. two erators, and R. C. Cady, relief
pick-up trucks and customary man.
hand tools. Being considered tor At th present time. only one
purchase in connection witn t h e side ot the sewerage disposal plant
water and sewer system revenue is 1 operation. The second unit,
bond issue is a ditching machmnt builtn- 1942. was. cut up with
and a Gradeall which can be used acetylene torches and stripped
4orattehing.backiuilingandlexei-aewn---plaue-inLHLLdaun
ihg. At the present time machinery Runnels' administration. It has
is now being rented for ditching. never been restored. Present em-
" The biggest changes I have seen ploses describesit as the best of
40 pmmons drive. JJH^gat^T’ra^over the py 11 years ihe two nits wtih a mueh more
, there were only three lift stations siderable increases in nnrr hud complete filtering MysteiYi—+
'in comparison to the eight now in down—there’s just mere of it. 1 . . . ‘ \
] operation. In 1942, due to the rap- There are more connections, morel. moDinson explained that
4- Plirouble nd lkecps more men burk of the .. lines
busy, he commented. empty Erectly in the 'disposal
. T ... . rplan Sewerage fluid is pumped.
Lausen ano ht* crew have nooi- into sediment tanks, from there I
Han ana Tnescayygaragtcon cser Sly anoasratinkanank. and pvenuz continues much longer because this
almost beyond belief . . . and its inferior appoint-
ments have been crafted with a jeweler’s skill.
And we doubt if anyone could dr ire a new
Cadillac and not understand that it is the finest-
performing motor car of all time. Its great new
engine is a revelation in power and performance
. . . and its new Hydra-Matic Drive is incredibly
smooth and responsive. _______——
Tuly-the evidence on the side of Cadillac has
never been more apparent than it is today.
Why not come in soon—and see for yourself?
We'll be delighted to introduce you to Cadillac!
great new styling ... and jo arrange a demonstra-
tion at the wheel . . . am) to acquaint you with
the new Sedan de Ville and Eldorado Seville.
You'll agree, we’re certain, that Cadillac for
1956 is beyond the realm of argument!
Open an Account1
Only $1.00 Down
And $1.00 Weekly
MAINTENANCE DAILY CHORE " cidhasstde’sit of everything
King Oils Metor at Sholars Street Lift Station , im those days and worked long
hours/tying to keep things on an
-Sewer Plant's Operation Is Vital
1 dumped into the Sabine River.
To Health and Welfare of Orange
(Seventh in aSeries on Or- ’ one of the prequisites of modem
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1611 GREEN ave DIAL 6-1611
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 271, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 13, 1955, newspaper, November 13, 1955; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1443477/m1/7/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.