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THE KINGSVILLE RECORD
August 31, 1927
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Kingsville?
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS
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TEACHERS COLLEGE
MAKES 1MPR0VEMETS
With the installation of frigidaire i
•colors luck of the drinking foun- I
lains at each end of the hall, stud i
ents hereafter will have no cause to j
complain that the water is either!
warm or else too cold to drink, as
was frequently the case when the I
old ice coolers were being used. The I
Frigidaire coolers will maintain an
even temperature at the drinking!
fountain ul all times.
Anotln r improvement that has been
made in the main building which will
provide greater comfort to the stud-
ents on warm days is the installation
of ceiling fans throughout the build-
ing. At least one fan has been placed |
in each class room, and in some of the
larger rooms two have been installed, i
Six fans have been installed in the .
auditorium and four in the library.
Althought the main building is i
Imilt on a plan that gives it the bene-I
fit of any breeze that may be stir-1
ring, and is known to be fairly com i
fortable, even in the hottest weather,
these improvements will In* a delight I
during the first month of the Fall ;
term and the last month of the I
Spring term, and (“specially during j
the summer months.
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MELTING POT
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of these bays and lagunas. It is a
pitiful waste, a waste that could
easily be avoided, and if the fish sup-
ply of the coastal waters in this sec-1
lion are to he conserved, it will have
to be avoided. An extremely dry
year, with no fresh water running into
the hays, has contributed largely to
(he condition, it is true; but every
season the water gets very low and
salty ; nd lish either die or leave;
they cannot leave tins season be-
ta use they cannot get out through
Corpus Pass.
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A newcomei to Kingsville called
our attention to the house numbering
problem again tins week. We have
made mention of this a number of
times in the Record. To us old-timers
who have been here over since there
was only one street and a half a dozen
houses, it seems unnecessary to num-
ber houses. We all know just where
every house in the town is. because
we have seen each house as it was
built. Fact is, we don’t care about
the name of the streets, because we
know where all of them are. Hut
when the stranger comes here, he
looks at the proposition from a dif-
ferent angle.
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Suppose you start to tell a stranger
how to get to your house. Tell him
it is the first house beyond another
house that has three palms growing
out in front of it, just about seven
blocks from the court house. Think
he will ever find it'.’ Tell him you
live at 71T> Kennedy avenue and his I
troubles are over and you miss a lot
i f explaining. Again we repeat. wre
have grown out of the country vil-
lage; we have taken on city ways; we
will have to number our houses and
act like city folk.
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A skating rink has been operating
here lor several weeks, nightly (he
parking space around it has been |
crowded; Monday of this week a tent !
show came in and pitched its tent on j
Kleberg avenue. Monday night, cars
wa re parked for blocks in every di- j
rection around the tent, literally him- ]
dreds sought admittance, some of 1
them being turned away. Who said
Kingsville was broke? The filling
stations continue to fill up ears and
the garages continue to run up repair
bills and the car salesmen continue
to unload new cars. Seemingly the
iu*vd times have failed to make their
impress upon the vast majority of
Kingsv ille folks.
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The Town Pessimist i with apolo-
gies to the former Melting Pot editor)
predicted a month ago that building in
Kingsville would cease. A drive over
tb< city Sunday afternoon revealed
the fact that building operations were
continuing about as they have been
for the past year or more. Seemingly
th re was no let up at all. A few va-
cant houses and apartments were
noted, hut this is to lie expected when
over five hundred summer students
leave town all at once. College will
open in September again and there
will he a scarcity of houses and apart-
ments just as there has been in the
past.
Melting Pot would not appear too
optimistic. There is hound to he a
little ‘‘squeeze" a-comin’ to us. The
shop pay roll is just about nil at the
present time, and little hope for much
Fall Stetsons
Fall Swans
$8.00 up
$4.50 up
Outstanding Values at
Outstanding Prices
Barnett & Laws
In preparation for the winter
months, improvements have been
made at the heating plant that are
expected to greatly Increase its ef-
ficiency. Prof. Warren, who has been
oveiseeing that work, feels confident
that there will be sufficient heat for
the coldest days. The trouble, here-
tofore, 1ms been due mainly to the
fact that the circulator pumps which
force tln^hot water through the radi-
ators and return it to the boiler were
not properly installed. This discrep-
ancy has been removed and the pumps
are now installed as they should he.
Association Bankers
To Visit Kingsville
Corpus Christi Caller: Scenes in <
Corpus Christi will he presented be-
fore 22,000 banks throughout the]
United States in folders sent out by
the Associated Barks of Houston
with letters calling attention to the
American Bankers Association con-
vention in Houston, according to Roy
Miller, in charge of the arrangements
for the convention.
There are 22,000 banks which are
members of the A. B. A., and each
will he included in the mailing list.
The object of the Houston hankers,
Mr. Miller said, was to acquaint the
hankers of the United States with
Texas, rather than with Houston
alone. Included in the pictures will
be photographs of port scenes in Cor-
pus Christi.
Railroads are also preparing fold-
ers telling of tin' side trips which will
follow the convention. Corpus Christi
will be mentioned prominently in
these folders, Mr. .Miller said.
Two side trips are scheduled, one
including San Antonio, Austin. Fort
Worth and Dallas, and the second in-
cluding Corpus Christi, Kingsville and
the Lower Rio Gratule Valley. Mr.
Miller said that the Valley trip would
he by far the more popular.
The hunkers convention will be the
largest that has been held in Texas
up to this time, advance reservations
indicates.
Ocean Beach Driveway
Now Open to Motorists
According to Major W. R. Swan,
assistant to Col. Sam Robertson, au-
tomobiles are making the entire drive
over the Ocean Beach Driveway from
Port Aransas to Point Isabel. the
convey system being used.
The convoy leaves the north end
of the island at 10:30 o’clock each
morning, arriving at the lower end
about the middle of the afternoon,
coming up th island, the convoy leaves
the south end at 2 o’clock in the af-
ternoon. re iching the north end about
7 o’clock. The escort for the convoy
consists of a truck with block and
tackle tor Use in case of emergency.
Xo serious trouble fax been encoun-
tered by any motorist thus far. said
the engineer.
I he road across the island from the
east end of the causeway is said to
he in good condition. In about ten
days a shell road will lie available
,r<on the east end of the causeway to
high ground: filling in of earth from
the double track road has been com-
pleted and shell is being placed.
Heretofore this section of the drive-
way has been a single track affair.
Telephone communication has been
established from the ticket office at
the west end of the causeway to Cor-
pus Christi Pass, and from the north
shill hank to the ferry at the lower
tip of the island. Poles are up to
complete the circuit for the entire
length of Padre Island.
increase before the first of the year,
hut the College promises an extra
large attendance this coming session,
and things will not he near so had
as some people would have us be-
lieve. There is a phychological effect
(o this "hard time" talk over town;
the fellow who has money hears it
and finally becomes convinced and
will take his money out of circulation.
Talk good times and note (he differ-
ence.
TiccgiKur saraisfa^gy'aaiza nc. •Trr^guwT3:iL!:uiii3.,,:3nirzranr • ."tjttluzil gam, xxn
September Mazda Special
During September, only, cartons of siv sixties, or six assorted Mazdas on terms
almost equal to buying them as you need them.
Now Inside Frosted Mazda Lamps
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Order by the Carton at These Prices
Six 25-watt Lamps
Six 40-watt Lamps
Six 50-watt Lamps
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Six 100-watt Lamps
ORDER NOW
$138
$1.38
$1.50
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$2.40
Send me Carton (6 each) following sizes ...... , ....
and charge my account in accordance with your September Special, at $
per month, on my next three electric service bills.
Signed
Address
Central Power & Light Co.
“Continuous Service Always”
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New Caliche Drive
Being Built On
the College Campus
The caliche drive which is being
built along the north and west sides
of the campus and the central parking
space at the rear of the main build-
ing. which will also he covered with
caliche, will be completed and ready
for use by the time the Fall term of
school opens, according to Prof. War-
ren. who is in charge of that work.
The old parking space at the west
end of the main building will be
ploughed up and sodded as soon as
work on the other is completed. This
will be a considerable step toward
abating the dust nuisance in the
rooms on that side of the building and
the noise of starting cars that has
been a disturbing element to classes
in these rooms.
The new driveways and parking
space will he adorned with trees and
shrubbery, and will he an excellent
improvement to the campus.
Traffic Violators
Pay Heavy Fines
(’ases in City Court showed a
healthy increase in August over July,
31 cases being tried in the latter
month, while July had only twenty-
one. Traffic cases were in the Ma-
jority. Following are the cases as
taken off the docket:
Speeding 3
Minor traffic 13
Disturbing of peace 4
Drunkeuess 4
Vagrancy 3
Reckless driving 1 I
Affray 2 I
Big Chevrolet Bus
Replaces Black Maria
A 2&-passenger Chevrolet bus is
being purchased by the College to re-
place the old Buick “Black Maria”
which was salvaged out of a wreck
and rigged up last winter by the hoys
in the Manual Training Department
as a conveyance to and from the
Kingsville schools for practice teach-
ers. A bus of this kind is a neces-
sary part of the College's equipment,
since the training school operates in
the Kingsville public schools and the
practice teachers must be transport-
ed to and from the college.
The bus will also he used to carry
concert organizations and the ath-
letic teams on their trins out of
Drink
and be happy.
Let Orange
Squeeze keep
you cool dur-
ing the hot
summer months.
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By the way, have you
found out about the
$50 in gold to be
given away absolutely
free in this city? Write
for full information.
A ORANGE
Squeeze
Qflie QTrue <Truit flavor!
KINGSVILLE BOTTLING WORKS
Kingsville, Texas
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