The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 20, 1967 Page: 7 of 14
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Wide -Tracking has never been farther removed from just
plain ordinary driving One look at our stylish ’68 Pontiacs
should tell you that. One ride will convince you’
Our sporty new Tempests and Le Mans are new from the
wheels up There's a new 175-hp Overhead Cam Six New
sports car feel Smoother ride Superior stability and response.
Disappearing windshield wipers on all GTOs and Le Mans.
Even wider Wide-Track And you can choose from two new
regular- or premium-gas 350 cu. in V 8s!
Our fabulous GTO boasts the neatest engineering innova-
tion of the year—an exclusive revolutionary new bumper.
It's the same lustrous color as the car. But it won t chip, fade
chei, drinking fountain! and bri-
ck fireplaces with neatly stacked
landscaping also saves the taxpay-
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SECTION II
MINEOLA, TEXAS 75773, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1967
BABY NEEDS DEPT.
24 HOUR
Prescription Service
J. II. ENGLISH
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Funeral. Ambulance and Insurance
CATHEY-MALTSBERGER. Owners
LOgan 9-2611
Mineola. Texas
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See the Bonneville, Brougham, Grand Prix, Executive, Ventura. Catalina, GTO, LtMans. Tempest and Five Firebirds at your Pontiac dealer’*
RAY WATTS MOTOR CO.
411 E. Broad Mineola________.
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| PRESCRIPTIONS
New & Refills
and deep ditches.
The value of the beautificiition-
safety program and its direct
lationship to maintenance
long has been established,
example, maintenance costs
Texas highways average 15 per-
cent of Ute budget whereas the
national average for all other,
state highway departments is 25
per cent.. ‘
The landscaping and roadside
parks program has grown in dir-
—tioe and imiwrlance each year
since its inception.
In addition to general landscap-
ing and construction of safety rest
areas, the program includes the
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firewood. The terrazzo - floored due to erosion from steep slopes
rest rooms have wastepaper dis-
posal units and electric hand
dryers.
In addition, each rest area-
comfort station ha$ a display cen-
ter which presents local, and
statewide travel information and
houses a dispenser unit of travel
maps.
The primary purpose of each
roadside facility. is to provide a
safe place in pleasant surround-
ings wher6 a motorist may stop
to relax, refresh hlrrroeW er —4
something before continuing h i s
drive. An alert driver has fewer
accidents. The Highway Depart-
ment provides rest areas as just
one if its many efforts to reduce
highway fatalities.
Emphasis on landscaping along
Texas highways is also done with
the driver’s safety — as well as
tits enjoy inent ■tn mind. Trees
and shrubs .arc strategically plac-,
cd to focus the motorist’s atten-
tion on hidden curves, unexpect-
ed hazards and traffic signs. This.
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The Mineola Area
30 Years
The first roadside park ‘ I n
laxaa consisted of only a couple
bf tables and benches beneath
borne live oak trees on State
Highway 71 in Fayette County
hear Smithville.
From this seemingly insignifi-
cant beginning in the early 30's
ihe Texas Highway Department’s
roadside park and beautification
program has grown to include
1,100 roadside parks, safety rast
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areas and scenic turnouts. i
These are among the accom-
plishments of the Highway De - |
partinent during its first h a 1 f-
century of public service. The
Department will celebrate i t s
Golden Anniversary during Nat-
ional Highway Week, Sept. 24-30.
The 840 thousand acres of grass,
trees, and wildflowers maintain-
ed along Texas Highways make
the Texas Highway Department
the State's biggest gardener.
It is no accident that the High-
way Department received a beau-
tification citation of merit for its
wildflower piogrlm fforri the U.S.
Department of Transportation.
Highway beautification got its
brat big boost in 1030 when then
.State Highway Engineer Gibb
Gilchrist urged highway engin -
eers and contractors to sav’e
tiees whenever possible. Gilchrist
also urged, them to be, on the
lookout fur sites that could be
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you can almost feel
they’re in the room with
a Long Distance cull.
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[Texas Maintains Its Roadside Parks Leadership
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It was hard at (first for t h e
engineers, most of whom pre -
vioualy had peen with the rail-
roads, to become oriented to this
new thinking. They were accus-
tomed to building straight high-
ways as they had built the arrow-
straight railroads without regard
for such things as trees and
shrubs which might be in th e
way.
However, under the leadership
of Gilchrist (who retired in 1937
and is now living in College Sta-
' tlun) and D. C". OitTF, W’ftt) htiN
' been State Highway Engineer sin-
ce 194(1, an extensive beautifica-
tion and ryadside parks program
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the stale's UK thousand.mile high-
way systerp. —----- -
Roadside facilities arc indivi -
1 dually designed by the Highway
Dcjartinent's landscujH.* archit-
- eele kt ewnpleooieMl Uh. natural
surroundings. Constiuction feat-
ures vary from the modern safe-
ty rest areas-comfort stations on
Interstate highway, to beautiful-
ly laid out park:, in' East Texas
forests, to scenic overlooks which
offer magnificent views in West
Texas
The first such rest 'area with
comfort station was opened eai-
lier this year on interstate High-
way 35 between Georgetown and
Hound. Hock in Williamson Coun-
ty Since then, seven more have
been completed on,Texas’ Inter-
state system Three more a r e
; now In various stages of construc-
| tion, and five more are in the
I planning stage.
| These safetv rest areas with
comfort stations actually are
two parks, one on each side of
the multilane highway. ThtXJten-
crally include concrete and steel
| arbors, concrete tables and ben-
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or corrode And you won’t believe what this bumper does
until you see it with your own eyes!
Naturally, our new Bonneville?. Grand Prixs. Catalinas,
Executives and Venturas won’t take a back seat to anyonel
Especially with their bold new integral bumper-grilles that
are nearly twice as strong as before. There’s also new
Wide-Track ride Improved handling. Smoother engines. And
more new features for your protection, like a buzzer that
warns you when you forget your ignition key.
Isn't it about time you decided to give up plain ordinary
driving7 Don't fritter away another hour. See your Pontiac
dealer today and start Wide-Tracking!
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Peacock, Dan. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 20, 1967, newspaper, September 20, 1967; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1239418/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.