The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 7, 1971 Page: 1 of 10
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5£he ®aft (Httbutie
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Dovotod To The Bast Intaeast Of Taft and San Patricio County
VOLUME VII
TAFT. TEXAS 76300, WEDNESDAY JULY 7 1971
TIN PAGES - NO 27
DEPOSITS
first State* Bank
first National Bank
June 30, 1970 April 20, 1071 June 30, 1971
7,858 876 90
4.881,522 23
7,740 399 13
4.699,961.19
7,430,650 56
12,130,61 1 75
4,493,843 37
6,565,653 99
1 1,069,507 36
Mrs. Becker Hired
By City of Taft
LOANS
first State Bank
first Nationa' Bank
1,384,328 77
2 312,914.78
3 697,243 55
2,445,144 69
1,301.741.04
3,746,885.73
1,448,394 94
3.149,207 20
4,598.602 14
Over Last Year
Taft Bank Deposits
Are Up Over $3.3M
- I -ilt tun hanks
,i high puce at ’he
.i - rcdci ted m a
-sued nn .June !jo
its in doth banks
: ; million m er one*
however. they
ilhon over
I’epoxil
continued.
end of .hit
bank tall
Total di'p'
stood over
tear iiK"
dropped ahntit >] l
April of tin* year
In .In.' i of !'i7u tiai.k (l(‘(oi — ‘*
;r, Taft — S7 .In I’ r I x itf
Hie T ii s' Mate tia•, mg
i!,, K.rvt
Nation,v recording 51 H8I
When tt;*! rail w a- t- .■ -
June tli' ' Hus \ear tin ' :a! in
|he tan hanks was *! . 1 hit
Both tin I 'st S'.ite Paving
r
Fi rst
* 1 in S.8I t and
•. I' ■ 11 ai Si. ,e l, , ;
l.oat: reflected the same
tu lease III business with
almost nne million more in
' 'it' show t. ii June of 1971 as
compared 0, June of 1970
I ms a’ ha First National
••• v 1 I l*i..mi: this year as
■ n iced to y .tl:’ 'M4 last
sea; At the First State loans
, or,, «) •(«( -'28 last year and
•'■•te op to si 1!H till this yeal
1 leposits rcise to an all time
■ a- Di'i'endier of |!i7n wher,
the two Tat! hanks showed >r, er
511 5 rritili.cn u deposits Tl .
'•fleeted the tremendous
increase iri money in the area
as the result of Hurricane folia
with insurance funds still
uti.-penl and SBA loans not all
used Gradually this money
has been put back into the
economy of the area.
Bankers it, Taft have tell that
tin i clia generated deposits
would c ause a substantial
i. row lit that would stay w dfi the
((immunity This seems to
ha\c home out with the
tatecncrit this June that shows
a substantially better than
normal growth mer one year
a i>o
Mrs. Alvin Be, ker has been
hired by the City of Taft as
bookkeeper She will replace
Mis I’reston Phillips wtio has
served as City Secretary since
1962 Mrs Phillips is retiring
from active work in order to be
able lo devote more time with
her husband who has to travel
a considerable amount on bis
job
Gilbert Baird, director of
public works in announcing
the retirement of Mrs Phillips
and the luring of Mrs Becker,
said that there would riot tie
any other changes in the office
and that he would continue in
overall charge of all city hall
functions
Mrs Becker is presently
employed as bookkeeper for K
F Hunt contractors She has
previously worked in Sinton
and for the Taft Bank She will
go to work at the* city Monday
We feel that Mrs Becker's
work background will make
her suitable for the work at the
city hall," Mr Baird said
1971 Grain Season Opens;
Fuii Cuffing in 10 Days
Story Hour
Planned At
Taft Library
Country
Crossroads
HUD Trailer Occupants
Must Pay Rent Soon
i
h
| K"> Step,Pi is dcrmvid'.ng
tqildl Mu' Sever,il weeks ago
I reported that my wifi in
tbr pin* * • -it planting a cactus
gard- r: are; with ' a !i".v ; k-
“ad'.I'd- r: the I t Jiijr '
paid "ft that fra mi .e d
neighbor ■ tu iiiptit her a
lumber ■ ! likely t hi, r t.
lpe( 1(1"w Now It ,y S the
pr* ess at I 1,1 r, tun; , ,!< tils
jaraen and wuuid like ■ , take
vitan ad ,-, ....u, a ,,
at one that stn k- me every
'tup I get ' ' ,! I It • ■,,i it
nigh’ to g,,
Alsu
Wise hold Bridget and 1 \ nt;
lave bulb III I'M e;,e..e i,I; aial on
lie past several week.- and
avp la" r gu
flertieni
Ifler seel; .
tv era I aft. n
'odd. ofcM .
are , ke.s i:;i
Lynn ..
walking in the
Ik";, and I
- go by for
■is Kir. son
'That daddy
a bit concerned
ter the ta; t > bat - he u as seen
> many ' s walking wi‘h
:(1 old 11itk- tor u ift !e; iu"
'’JS"h "F ak- art going to
■ ve I," ' ■ . husband iind
'me home I., -to', " slu
•asnned Notha g (juite that
'nous JUS t I tilt lit \!"/ r I •.
tsme work "i tfie par' oi In t
s"" < U( is- |;< .ads Pag. 1
I he Taft 111 It unit eje-
• eted a letter this
1 ‘ • k to i.i rupaiits of HIT)
trader- in tin- district stating
'Ii..' the end of the disaster
y cat is neat tig and that everv
effort un the part of the trailer
■i i up,:;.1 , ", obtain permanent
'; ug -hi old tie made as
■ a- possible
I he letter goes oti to point out
t!■.11 ihiK "eligible families
•■ remain m the trailers and
tfi.it I bey •oust begin pay Mg a
t.i ! 11"it n. " ten! has been set
at 5110 per month on a two
!■• dt 'otu ■ " .md $ rtf. mi a
!),.• ee in dp">ni unit
A great deal of uncertainty
nil ev 1 ■ however in regard
t.i i■•a.'ei's The biggest
prohieni - 'tie fact that the
le'-er dee i ot give a date as to
w too 'he rent payments will
■ • !r* TL. - leaves in doubt
whe'hn oi rot the trader
ii. , apart will enjoy tree rent
until the anniversary date of
noi\ mg mto the trailer or to the
"V I" ded disaster date of
1 Sec ember I! 1971
Sea" changes are definitely
dm o Taft Mks Kdr.ess Marie
K oN , v,n>-r the Aigodon
\ddi "in where one HIT)
trader unit is located.has
notified Ii1 l> that she does not
v isl; t , rent die lease on her
iir, *1 er t a n ull expires August
rbere ip. still 17 units
hu ated m ’his location This
means that those occupants
who are still eligible for a HIT)
trailer will have to be moved
into another government park
Tin- Kiviera Park, near the
railroad has spaces for 50
units and at the present there
are T? occupied
Since the Kiviera Park is
within the city limits and
operates under an emergency
pi i; at a will be necessary for
die owners of the park to apply
to die city for a permanent
't ailer park permit Iri order to
pliably for a permanent park
the owners would have to make
certain improvements in the
existing facilities to meet city
cedes For instance, they
would have to build a fence
between the park and their
neighbors and they would also
have to make the temporary
-ewer connections permanent
To date the owners of the park
have not indicated the course
ot o tjon that they planned to
take
Gilbert Baird, director of
Public Works, will recommend
in the council that a!! city or-
dinances he complied with
This means that after August :1
the Kiviera Park would have
lo comply with city codes or
( ease to operate
The government's contract
v. id, Mr Kiv iera expires on
Vigws1 i. hut they have stated
See I It'D Page 1
The Taft Public Library
ficgan having its story hour this
past Tuesday, 9 to to to 15
a m Children between the egos
ot i and 8 are are welcome to
attend The program will
continue lo be held every
T ."-d ty "■rr".ign the no-nth of
July A certificate will be given
to eaeb child at the last
meeting
Ct TTING TIME •Combines began lo move throughout the area the past few days as far-
mers sun toil getting their 1971 grain crop to market Sanford Shelburne started rutting last
week and i- continuing this week on a patch of Pioneer grain that was planted on February
it From early cuttings it appeared that this patch of grain would go better than :!,X00
pounds per acre.
District Attorney
From Nueces County
Speaks To Rotarians
Bill Mobley, district attorney
m Nueces County, spoke to the
Taft Hotary Club this post
Tuesday using as the subject of
Ins bilk youth and the Law .
Mr Mobley outlined to the
Rotarians how he has toured
the area recently and given
talks to youths trying to point
"lit to them the penalties that
would follow them all of their
lives in a felony conviction He
also told the dub about a
program in Nueces County to
lake yiung men who have
been placed on probation for a
felony offense, to the state per
so that they could see first hand
what they would begetting into
I they violated their probation
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The IT, t Grain crop is expected to fail below recent years in acreage yields and the three
pictures above were taken within a rew yards of each other, illustrating the unevencss of
sorghum stands this year \ good deal of luck was involved for the farmer this year as
rainfall was spotty and spaced oul over several dry months. Approximately 2ft per cent of
Ibis year's acreage was placed in the grain program and has been plowed under.
The 1971 grain harvest got
underway in the Taft area last
week with limited cuttings.
About I2-I5cars moved mto the
elevators in the area last week.
More cutting is expected this
week as the 100 degree weather
continues to dry out the
moisture content Full cutting
is not expected for a week to 10
days
Gram that was delivered to
Taft elevators last week was
running uniformly high >n
moisture content Bob Ayers at
l/iuisiana reported that one
load ran as high as 26 per cent
Most loads were running 16-18
with few as low as 14 pet cent
Louisiana Elevator completed
lheir Celia repairs last Tues
Wednesday they received then
first grain "We just barely got
finished, but we are ready
now," Mr Ayers said this
week
At Taft Grain and Elevator
Henschen Hunt reports that all
of his major storm damage
repair is finished and than only
a few minor things remain to
be done, none of which will
interfere with the receiving of
grain Mr Hunt reported about
four cars of grain taken in last
week with the moisture content
on all of it a bit high
Golden Grain escaped major
dan.agt i.i llutikcci o .I,., as.
year and they were ready for
the first grain that arrived for
them last week. They also
report moisture content iri the
16-18 bracket
Claude Rosson has not ac-
cepted any grain this year due
to failure of one of their dryers
Kossons was hard hit bv Celia
Iasi year but they got back into
operation w ithin several weeks
and handled the grain that they
had in storage, however,
something went wrong with a
dryer in the intervening
months to put it out of com
mission Mr. Rosson reports
that he w ill have a factory man
in Taft ibis week to get the
dryer in shape to begin
receiving grain at an early
date
The bulk of Eastern Seed's
storage facilities were
destroy ed by Hurf|gane Celia
leaving them only one flat
storage building They are now
m the process of building a new
leg and additional storage
facilities in the form of steel
tanks They expect to be ready
to receive grain within 10 days
to two weeks
Midway received one load
See GRAIN Page 4
ft
Building Permits In Toft
$250(800 For The Quarter
Til
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«R'M) NEW HoiK potting down the pacing xl.il going «•**
began Ml,m; ... hix new luotion a' lhr <'r‘‘K"r'
'h N.lxcin npcrat>-<l faff Drug d»wnt»wn for many
1 apxule Pharinaev i„, m the new ioration
vearx bul will g» under the name of
Perhaps by standards in
booming cities the spurt in
building being experienced in
Tail would not be news worthy,
but m Taft the issuing of a
quarter of a million dollars in
building permits in a three
month period is tug news
Coupled with the residential
building that teas been going on
lust outside of Taft 's city limits
south of the* railroad for the
pas! several years, it all adds
up to quite a bit of building
activity
During the month of June a
total of $142 120 in building
permits were issued, with the
hulk of these being com-
mercial. The Rising Star
Rapcist Church took out a
permit for a new church on the
old Kiddie Korner location
while H E B took out a permit
for $51 72o to enlarge their
store The permit issued for the
construction of the new CP&L
office was for 56.IHO0 Other
permits issued in June were as
follow - HuM Craft. $15,400
Charles Covington. S3 000, A
O. Pena $1,500: John Bonner.
5700 C j Inland $800.
A considerable amount of
building activity was ex-
perienced >n April with $46,413
m permits issued during this
month The largest permit m
this month was one for $14,000
to Capsule Pharmacy Inc
In May the permits jumped
to $62,850 with two permits
going for houses over $10,000
and one for $35,000 to T&M
Lumber Company Other
permits were of lesser
amounts
For (he past several years
builders have been building
iow rest government financed
homes in the Algodori Addition
with Rogers Realty of Portland
putting in o’, er 20 of this type of
homes m the past few years
other homes ot this type have
also been built on Darby Street
and industrial Avenue Plans
tor other homes under this low
< os! government financing are
in the offing
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STORY tlot'R---Everyone was all ears Tuesday morning as Kim Harris right, opened the
Story Hour at the Taft Library that is being sponsored this year fey the Junior Woman’s
Club l istening to the story are, I to r. Lisa C oates Tina F'lory ‘ one of the reader* > Tonya
Dralie Sunny Mayo Debbie Sorrells and Kay Certs. The Story Hour will be held each
Tuesday morning from t* !<’to !»: 15 a m through the month of July ,
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