Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 129, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1968 Page: 4 of 6
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24th. 1968.
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Friday, November 1st, 1M8
c Take Bids In Plant Designed To Supply Port Lavaca
lor oonstruc-
new muni-
plant has
21 in Port
announced at the
ot the Board of
Guadalupe-Bian-
held in Se-
wilh the contract
and the City of
the Authority will
treatment plant
with an initial
mgd I million gal-
. ,____Jr. Water will be de-
Mvered to the plant from the Gua-
dalupe Him fa backed by storage
in Canyon Reservoir in Comal
County.
Original idOs f» construct the
Port Lavica‘Water Treatment
Facility rccafvvi. <*n April 3rd;
were rejectdi by the Authority
as being well above estimated
<x:sts. The project is being fin-
anced by the Authority through
sale of revenue bunds to the Tex-
as Water Develo|iment Board. Of
Hie bond issiv ir. the amount of
{1,170,000, the amount allocated
to plant construction is 1925,000.
Following rejection of the ori-
ginal bids, Forrest & Colton, Inc.,
consulting engineers to the Au-
thority, modified the project
plans and sp viPetitions to re-
duce costs. The revisions did not
effect tlie initial capacity of the
plant but reduced the provision
for future expansion of the plant
to meet anticipated municipal
water needs, according to Robert
If. Vahrenkamp, GBRA General
Manager.
The Hoard approved by unani-
mous action a contract with the
City <>( Victoria wiicrcby the Au-
thority will construct a regional
*astc water restoration system
to serve Victoria and environs.
The contract, tiled as a signifi-
V oakum Itolary (lab Presi | ( luh. with the Bov Scouts and
dent Karl Hyatt, at left, rocoiv- in state official business as As-
««' compliments Irom District sistant Distrit-tKnginccr for the
(>o\ernor Tom l.ittle concerning 9 County district headquarters
his activities with the Kotarv i at Voakum.
S|
Kotary from Page 1---—
which Rotary liiternatrinn!
brings all parts of each state
and iiatun :u the same com-
munity ef good will and friend-
ship sliesst I l»y the speaker in
his talk
The district governor outlined
four avenues of service follow-
ed consistently l.-y the Rotary
Club In!m t!i“ lime -t had inly
four members ui Chicago fi.i
years a.'C in t;ic >i; - m »>ri
in wh h R ita y I iteniiitional
extends t n» i parts of 145
countries of the world and as-
sures the members of the equi-
valent of a homecoming greet-
ing wherev er they go.
Rotary International member-
ship was listed al over *136,000
| according to the district gov-
ernors latest figures,
Student guests fi om Yoakum
plus v siting Kni,mans from
llallettsville, Cuero and other
P Hu- wcii i . (ii a'.iUtt’mc t
i ar the interesting' reps* *i ;;iv-
en bv the \h Texan luring
liis nffiiial virit as District
Governor.'
cant achievement in the water
quality management field by GB-
RA Board Chairman Bock, calls
for construction of a 3 mgd capa-
city waste water treatment plant
and trunk collection mains. Early
estimates of cost to construct the
system prepared by Lockwood,
Andrews & Newman, consulting
Engineers, totaled 12,300,000.
The Authority will operate the
waste water treatment plant to
be constructed, and under separ-
ate lease agreement will operate
the existing plant serving Vic-
toria at the present time. The
City will continue to operate the
cnlir* collection system.
Participation by the Authority
in the construction and operation
of regional waste water restora-
tion systems has two obvious ad-
vantages, Hock said. The lirst ad-
vantage is lending the Authority’s
financial capabilities to aid the
cities in meeting their responsi-
bilities to disjiuse of municipal
wastes The second advantage is
that the Authority can consoli-
date numerous small olanls into
larger facilities and thereby do
a better, mere efficient job ot
water reclamation. The end re-
sult, Rock added, is a river sys-
tem relatively free of pollution
for all to use and enjoy.
In other business, the Board
approved contracts with the Bu-
reau of Business Research of the
University of Texas for an econ-
omic study of the Guadalupe Ba-
sin and with I lydrnscicnccs, Inc.,
of New York to formulate a ma-
thematical model of the Guada-
lui»e River. Both contracts are a
part of the water quality study
being conducted by th<. GBRA
and Upi>cr Guadalupe River. Au-
thority with funds granted by the
Texas Water Quality Board.
Report was made by General
Manager Vahrenkamp of Hie
statement prewired by fhe River
Authorities Panel of the Texas
Water Conservation Association
on l he* role of river authorities
in water quality management. By
unanimous vote of fhe Directors,
th,. statement was endorsed by
the Board as being in line with
the Authority's itolieies in regard
to water quality management.
Vahrenkamp |x>intcd out that the
Authority presently was doing, to
some degree, all of the things
advocated by the statement e»f the
River Authorities Panel.
Canyon Reservoir storage again
decreased slightly during the* pasl
month e!ue to dry weather ac-
cording to GBRA Chief Engineer,
Robert W. llenslee. Reservoir
stage at 8:00 a m. on October
23rd, 1968, was 906.29 feet above
mean sea level, 2.71 feet below
the top of the conservation storage
pool. Water stored in the Reser-
voir totals 361,310 acre feet.
Attending Wednesday's business
meeting were Bennie W. Bock
Chairman, New Braunfels; Ed F.
DeLeon, Viec*-Chairman, Cuero;
Edgar Engclke, Director, Seguin;
Frank Guittard,. Director, Victor-
ia; Zeb H. Fitzgerald, Director,
San Marcos; Dr. J. E. Bauer,
Director, Refugio; Martin Dole-
zal. Director, Port Lavaca; Ro-
bert H. Vahrenkamp, General
Manager; Robert W. Henslee, As-
sistant General Manager and
Chief Engineer.
Also Tom Bishop, Assistant
General Manager and Controller;
and John H. Spccht, Asistant to
the General Manager; of the Gua-
dalupt-Blanco River Authority.
Others attending the meeting
were Roy Grimes, Victoria Advo-
cate, Victoria; George Darker and
William H. Sims, Forrest & Cot-
1, Inc.; M. E. Allison, M. E.
Allison Sc Company, San Antonio:
and Victor Bouldin, Vinson, El-
kins, Weems & Searls, Inc., Hous-
ton.
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Now is the time for all Democrats to come to the aid ii
the party!
Many of the party taithful are in a backslidden mndtHwi
They have forgotten the many blessings broi^ht forth by our
party. They are listening to the siren songs of Republicans and
splinter groups as they lose sight of the course which has
brought prosperity, which is unparalleled in our history. Even
in Texas, our own great President, LBJ, is maligned by even
the members of tlie party. Why? It is simply because he has
tried to help the Negro race and has refused to yield to Com-
munist aggression in Vietnam.
It is lime for an old-fashioned revival tor our party. The
old brush-arbor type of revival, where backsliders would come
to admit their sins and rededicate their lives to the cause oI
the Lord. Where repentant stalwarts would stand up and testify.
Our Democratic evangelists are many — ex-governors, sen-
ators, party leaders in every county, and all of our state offi-
cials. It is time lor them to call some protracted meetings
and stand up and be counted for the parly and the nominees ol
the parly. They need to go, now, into the cities, the towns, and
the hinterlands and have some revival meetings for our party.
They need to have with them a choir of Democrats who
will make tin* wlkin ring to the tune of “Softly and Tenderly.
Your Parly Is Calling.” As ihe strains of this okl hymn rings
in the care of dissident Democrats, they will rally to the
mourners bench and rcdcdicate their lives to the cause of th.
Democratic party. There should tlien follow ihe testimonial
hour.
The find, I think, to testify will be the laboring man. He
will testify that he is thankful lo the party for bringing wages
of labor from nothing to a minimum of $1.60 per hour. |
The farmer and Ihe ranchman will give thanks for rural- J
electrification, for the triple A program, and for the fact that
stoeker cows, under the last Republican administration were
selling for J6.i each while today they are bringing $150.
A reluctant and trembling school teacher will arise to give
thanks lo ihe parly for legislation which has raised her salary
from around 53,000 per year to about $6,000.
Ambulant elders will rise on their crutches and from their
wheel chairs - some supported by relatives — to give thanks to
the Democratic party for Medicare and Medicaid, the aid which
has meant the bread of life lo Ihe aged.
From all over this revival meeting of ihe Democrats, I
can see the too-old-to-earn people giving thanks to our party
for Ihe social security program which enables them to live,
enjoy a little belated recreation, and have a few short years
remaining to enjoy their grandchildren.
George P. Barron
(Pol. Adv)
District Supervisors: Heinie
Bade, Chairman; Ratezach Wa-
gener, vice-chairman; Hugo Ba
tfile, Secretary - Treasurer;
Erwin J. Melting and Wilburn
Pargmann.
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More commercial fertilizers
are being used than ever be-
fore in the DeWitt County Soil
and Water Conservation Dist-
rict,” said T. L. Edmondson.
Work Unit Conservationist with
the Soil Conservation Service,
wlio believe; that si'll more can
be profitably ir.td on most of
the livestock farms. Coastal ber-
mudagrass is a nigh producing
forage grass that removes u-
bout 40 pounds of Nitrogen per
ton per acre and unless this Ni-
trogen is rep’enished yield* will
rapidly diminish. Where graz-
ing management is continuous
and the grass is kept very close-
ly grazed, it is net uncommon
for weeds to invade a Coastan
bermudagrass pasture causing
a much lowered productivity. It
is on the improved pas-Orrc
grasses, such as Coastal bormu-
dagrass. where the greatest
need exists for more eareful at-
tention as to the fertility require
ments for this grass. Some live-
stock operators are still not a-
ware that propierly fertilized
Coastal be.mudagrasis is high-
er in protein than the same
grass grown on soil of low fer-
tility. “In pointing out the gen-
eral need for the use of more
commercial fertilizers, it is not
intended to imptyat all that
inteneded to imply ae all that
is a cure-all practice,” states
Edmondson.
“It is going to take all the
proper management practices
for the grass lo give the most
satisfactory results,” continues
Edmondson. These include the
proper degree and timing for
grazing or mowing (when used
for hay). Woods will ahrayo bo
less of a problem on any desir-
able forage plant when die good
management practices are given
careful attention. “And what is
more important the livestock
farmer comes out with more net
profit from hits operation having
made the most effective use of
all the resources for getting ef-
ficient production," concludes
Edmondson.
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Dirt moving contractor* are
making good progress in restora-
tion of conservation practices
and in building newly planned
work. Contractors who have
been working in the DeWitt Co.
Soil and Water Conservation
District on conservation prac-
tices who landowners may con-
tact for doing their work are:
Mr. Beimo Lippc, Rt. 2, Box
175, Shiner, Texas 77984, Phone
293-2804 (Yoakum).
Mr. Edward Heinold, Rt. 5,
Box 124. Victoria, Texas 77901,
Phone 578-2561.
Mr. Clarence N'iemeir, Rt. 1,
Box 178, Yorktown, Texas 78764,
Phone LO 4-2770.
Day Construction Co., P. O.
Box 215, Cuero, Texas 77954,
Phone 275 3420 (Office) or 275-
2950 (Res).
Mr. A. W. Swenson, Rt; 2,
Box 1, Kenedy, Texas 78119.
Mr. Dudley Lampley, Bucka-
loo Excavating Co., P. O. Box
570, Kenedy Texas 78119. Phone
OL 9-2511 (Office) or OL 9-3625,
(Res.).
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