Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 80, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 6, 1991 Page: 12 of 22
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P/ME 4B - TiiE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY OCTOBER 6,1991 __
LAKE LIVINGSTON AREA BUSINESS GUIDE
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Livingston Area
Consolidated Directory
Published By
Southwestern Consolidated
Directory Company, Inc.
“The Yellow Pages Professionals"
409-327-2444
or toll tree
1-800-234-0091
719 N. Octftfxjftt .PO Box 1677
LMngrton T*«ca 77361
Get your own wastewater treatment plant!
ALL TYPES ROOFING REPAIRS
PILE DRIVING
BULKHEADS
WOOD or STEEL
LAW CONSTRUCTION CO. INC.
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"Lako Uvtngston's Oldest Water Front Construction Co
PHONE: (409) 967-8301, 967-4581
967-4810
Rt 7, BOX 1472 Livingston, Tex as 77351
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Maintenance and Repair
tooling * Remodeling
409/646-4452
• Over 37 years reeling experience • locally owned Company
CALL US FOR A FREE TOTAL COST PRICE!
PIERS
BOAT STALLS
SUNDECKS
UPHOLSTERY It CARPET
STEAM
CLEANING .&•
J&S
CARPET
CLEANERS
Bonded Free Estimates
EASTEX TREE SERVICE
JL ALL WORK G UARANTEED
5 Professional
Painting-? Roofing
Exterior • Interior • Re-Roof Specialists
Tar & Gravel Expert
Save Money Deal Directly w/Professional
Michael McKinnon (409) 653-2963
;MOSELEY CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Bulkheads, Septic Systems,
Land Clearing, Site Preparation
Pipe Laying, All Types of Excavation
327-8589 327-4627
Danny Moseley, President
Rt. 9 Box 65
t Livingston, Texas 77351
PUL[ftbJ|/' A good name is rather
( T T T Y\ to be chosen than great
riches Proverbs 22:1
Floor Care & Interior
KELLY KLODZINSKI—Owner
Xpert Installation *3 Yr. Warranty
PAINT
Over 1500 Colors
CANPET
Vinyl '
* K/llm Blinds
* Custom Drapes
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n Carpet Rolls & Remr
563-4954
Custom Mixing
Large Selection Carpet Rolls & Remnants In Stock
Residence 563-4455
6 Miles East Of Livingston On Hwy. 190 E.
Best Lawnmowers
In Texas
409-327-7474
• Gfelts & Blades
zn.Mnssw, • Complete Lawn Maintenance
tom On A Dixon - "
fcrwso™?™-, Sales & Service
PRIVATE TREATMENT PLANT —
Paulene Johnson, right, advises the use of the
Septic Hydro-Flo wastewater treatment sys-
tem in place of traditional septic systems to
The problem with septic systems is that they ul-
timately fill up.
"Any water that’s put into the soil will resurface,"
said Paulene Johnson, owner of Johnson Equipment of
Goodrich, referring to findings of a study of the sub-
soil system of Polk County for the past 35 years.
"We’ve had 54 inches of rain in Polk County this
year," he pointed out. "That’s one of the reasons for the
high rate of septic system failure that causes backup in
commodes and washers in homes."
One traditional answer to the problem has been to
extend the septic system, but there is a limit to how far
you can go, said Johnson. That limit is the property’s
boundary.
The solution to the problem, said Johnson, is a was-
tewater treatment system that recycles wastewater for
use on the lawn. In effect, such a system is one’s own
private treatment plant on the scale of an individual
home.
Part of the system is a lawn-sprinkler system with
several sprinkler heads, spraying clean, treated and
chlorinated water. By utilizing the water, the system
doesn’t fill up over the years.
"It can rain all it wants," said Johnson. "It still works
as well as in a dry season."
When young families buy a new home, it often
doesn’t occur to them that their growing family may
eventually outgrow their systeqi. They also don’t lake
into account, said Johnson, of the way that a traditional
septic system can spread disease.
"All diseases are bred in septic systems, and this
comes out the sub-soil field line, where children may
play. This is really hazardous."
Johnson is the dealer in the Lake Livingston area for
Septic Hydro-Tec, which is designed to serve homes
and small commercial establishments outside the reach
of city sewer lines. It is based on the same treatment
process used by most large central treatment plants but
is an underground version.
Another advantage is that the installation of the sys-
tem doesn’t tear up the homeowner’s yard and
Rogers
Construction Co
CABINETS & REMODELING—NEW CONSTRUCTION
J TRAII FR HOUSE ADDITIONS
J PIER & BEAM-CONCRETE SLAB
HOUSE LEVELING
• Dealer For
Hydro-Flo
Wastewater
Treatment
Systems
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• Septic
Hydro-Tec
Wastewater
Lift Pump
Kits
Johnson Equipment
State Registered Installer #01488
Specializing In Private On-Site Sewage Disposal Units
— Installation and Repairs
365-3630 (7 Days)
365-2253 Nights 4 Weekends
Comer Of FM 2665 4 Hwy 59
Goodrich, Texas_
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P O BOX 1981
LIVINGSTON TX 77361
PHONE
327-4101
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MEDICAL RENTALS & SALES
Hospital Equipment
B Sickroom Supplies -
/C| Oxygen
V >V Exercise Equipment
506 B N. Washington
Livingston 327-7176
RICE
CHIROPRACTIC
CENTER
ONALASKA, TEXAS
DR. ALAN WILLIAMS
646-3984 _HWY. 190 AT FM 356
1. Servlet ft Parts For All Makas
2. R.V. A Auto Alarms
3. We Build Truck Toppers
4. Prowler • Layton • Mallard • Shasta • Starcraft
Lake Livingston
Travel Trailers
HWY. 190 EAST
ONALASKA, TX.
409-646-5471
HWY. 59 SOUTH
GOODRICH, TX.
409-365-3300
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(409) 327-4327 . Houston Line 222-8916
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202 South Pan American Drive
Livingston. TX 77351
(BUZ) JAMES TATE (409) 967-0344
DEBBIE TATE
"Over 25 Years Experience"
Radiator s Only, Inc.
Our "Only" Business
“Cooling System Specialists"
(RADIATOR
2 3 Mitos West of
Bypass 59 on Hwy 190
Livingston. TX 77351
SERVICE
assure an environment-friendly system that
will not ultimately fail. Johnson, seen here
with assistant C. Conrad, is owner of Johnson
Equipment of Goodrich.
landscaping the way that a usual septic system tends to
do. The trenches for the sprinkler system are made
with a special trencher no bigger than a normal riding
lawnmower than digs a trench no wider than the %-in.
pipe.
"And we replace the grass over it. You can hardly
see where it was dug."
Hydro-Flo, which is state and nationally approved,
has been installed at Canyon Park, Holiday Lake Es-
tates, Mill Road and at Lake Livingston.
All systems have to be approved by the Texas
Department of Health and it is necessary to obtain a
permit for various authorities. Johnson Equipment fol-
lows the guidelines of the Texas Water Commission
and the TDH in installing and servicing all on-site sep-
tic systems.
Johnson offers free evaluation and design of a the
system that will fit a homeowner’s property. A permit
is required, and before actual installation begins, the
property owner pays only for the permit, not for the
evaluation and paperwork involved. The application
and other preparatory work has to go through several
agencies, and Johnson Equipment handles all this, in
effect acting as an agent for the homeowner. The
homeowner also gets a two-year service contract
Lake Livingston property values keep going up, as
docs the cost of a home. "It makes no sense to me,"
said Johnson, "to invent all that, plus the landscaping
investment and upkeep, and put in a sub-soil system
that will fail sooner or later. There’s no guarantee that
it’ll work.
Johnson has a long history of this type of work. He
worked in thtrchgmical industry for 29 years, retiring
in 1982. He has also been involved in wastewater con-
trol and hazardous materials control. He has operated
his own business in Polk County since 1980.
Johnson is a firm believer in keeping the environ-
ment clean for generations to come. "We have a lot of
environment to clean up, and we’ve got to start now."
Johnson Equipment is located in Goodrich at the in-
tersection of U.S. 59 and FM 2665. Call 365-3630 in
TRIMMING
TOPPING
TAKEDOWNS
REMOVAL
FERTILIZING
CABLING
SURGERY
"Dangerous Treee A Specialty"
Morris Plstt Jr. 813 West Jones
Phone 327-6881 Livingston, Texas 77361 1
Soil (fatten
Mushroom Compost • Topsoil
Bark Mulch • Landscape Timber
Driveway Material & More
YOU PICK UP OR WE DELIVER
FM 3126 N.
Blanchard Office 967-0169
Between Old A New 190 Home 967-4166 j
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5 LORETTA BLACK 3
Certified Public Accountant
110 E. FEAGIN. LIVINGSTON, TEXAS
409 / 327-3026
Monday - Friday 8 AM - 5 PM
•Income Tax Preparation -Bookkeeping
•Financial Statements *Cash Flows
•Personal Financial Management
_‘Statements Required For Bonding
Whatley Dirt Contractors
Big W Construction
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ALL TYRES DIRTW0RK
KPTICSYSTIVS
AEROBIC SYSTEM
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'Whatley
BULKHEADS
PIERS
3QATH0LISES
PILE-DRIVING
BUDDY PAUL WHATLEY J D BUD" WHATLEY DAVID POWELL
Ph 409-967 4947 409-967-4836 409 967-8530
RT 10. BOX 1465 LIVINGSTON. TX 77351
VnailBISIBIL&HED ®mJIEIES
SHARTLE TIMBER INC.
Managing over 7.QQQ acres since 1977
Now offers in your area
TIMBER MANAGEMENT SERVICES
* Management plans * Timber appraisals
* Prescribed burning * Road Maintenance
* Timber sales * Wildlife management
Take our Forestry Demonstration Tour
409-544-8860 _
’SummerProjects Got You Down"
Give Us A Call - We Can Help!
’oddeo
Painting & Home Repair
409 / 646-2431 (Day or Night)
No Job To Big Or Small • Roy Todd
Painting & Drywail_Carpenter Work
3lee 3*(wm
Choose your own & cut
* Member of Local * National
Christ maa Tree Amoc lotion
(409) 646-3450 *10 Any Size
4.2 mites N. of traffic light in Onalaska on 356 _
Richard's Pawn Shop
BUY - SELL - TRADE - LOANS
• Jewelry • Gold • Diamonds • Guitars & Accessories
• D/'s • VCR's • Stereos • Rifles • Sholguns
• Handguns • Computers
AfUiAINS 0 J LJNRt DEE Mf 0 1!
MON_HU 9 () SAT 9 5
709 N. WASHINGTON 327-2448
Jerry's Tire Shop
Hwy. 146 So., Livingston
TIRES - S10.00 and up
FLATS - $5.00
PLUGS - $300
18 PO. Lowboy* Par Solo
Wo Buy Rimo
JERRY EDWARD8, Own*
Mon-Fri 8AM-5 PM Ptiona 327-2360
Saturday 8 AM - 2 PM_After 5 PM Ph. 686-4417
$
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Wood Decks ft Stairs
Kitchens • Bath • Dens
~ Concrete Drives • Patios
Replacement Windows • Doors • Roofing
409-377-2892
Jim & Lorte Efllnwood
Point BlorCTaxoa
MOORE &
MOTOR CO., inc.
bhrysltr • Plymouth • Dodge
327-5788
HWY. 89 ByPass , LIVINGSTON
nimVfix Pfumbing~!
327-5735
967-4519
•Now Construction
Special Discounts For Senior Citizens
And Low Income Families
JIMMY CARTER
Master Plumber - license #14901
CUP THIS COUPON FOR FREE ESTIMATE!
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 80, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 6, 1991, newspaper, October 6, 1991; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth782015/m1/12/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.