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er To Start In 60 Days struction Of New $150,000 Theat WEATHER REPORT Low on High 68.5 | Stop Delio Heiday i 88.5 j 0 3 r 1 73.5 Keep Robstown Robstown Record | . Clean mn ao y ens —_ ose Dene to the Best Interests of Robstown and the Farmers of =noam =e Nu rolled r 20 Robstown, Texas, Thursd May 6, 1948 construction of a new $150,000 theatre and a $75,000 store building in the 409 block of Main Street, west State National Bank is expected to start within 60 officials of the two companies involved announced gay afternoon. he new theatre will be constructed for Lawrence Miller abb Rowley United on a 50 by 140 foot site just across Street from the Seage Palace Theatre. The new store rng, to be erected by A. J. Thompson Stores, Inc., will occupy a 5 140 foot site to the east of the new thea 1 , DY The two projects totaling $225,000 are the first of some projects in the 400 block in Street slated for can tion in the near future an overall estimated auction cost of some 000. icials of Robb Rowley, indicate that construc ts start on the new thea as soon as foundation have been completed, construction to start at least 60 days, they said Thurs e announcement was made iy H. Rowley, of Dallas, as to the general manager of theatre chain. Rowley was panied here by John Worley, a architect and a member of im of Pettigrew, Worley Dallas, who will also serve a tractors for the theatre ng. new motion picture house, gh final plans are yet to be eted, will have a seating cap of 850 persons. It will be ncted of masonry, concrete feel, with a foundation of 50 feet. The building, the af said, will have the appeal of a two-story structure when completed, and will be “as as we know how to build it. Miller, local theatre operator and owner, announced at the same time that the theatre architects will also prepare plans for com pletely modernizing the front of the Palace Theatre, including the outside of the building, the lobby and foyer. This project will get underway simultaneously with the new theatre building. “This will be as nice a theatre as any built in Texas this year,” architect Worley said. The plans for the A. J. Thomp son Co. building are being prepar ed by Wilbur Kent, architect, of Lufkin, who accompanied Mr. Thompson to Robstown Thursday for an inspection of that com pany’s site for its 19th store. The Thompson building will also be 50 by 140 feet and will be a one-story structure of masonry, concrete and steel. Thompson, president of the com pany, said his firm hopes to begin construction at approximately the same time as the new theatre building project gets underway. The store will be a five and ten cent store similar to the others operated by the company in Texas and Oklahoma. Because of the proximity of several cases of polio in the area surrounding Robstown, and remembering the terror of the polio epidemic of 1946, local civic leaders met at the City Office in the State National Bank Building Tucsan afternoon to sign a proclamation for a Spring Clean-up Wee for Robstown to begin Monday, May 10, and to end when all trash and rubbish has been disposed of. The purpose of the campaign will be to rid them of disease harboring filth and accumulations of fire-hazard ous trash and rubbish, declar ed Mayor Abe Wise. Spring Cleanup Weeks has been designated to begin Mon day morning at which time city and county trucks will be gin picking up trash and rub bish from in front of residen ces. Utilizing a sound truck and circulars in Spanish and Eng lish, the people will be alerted to their cleanup jobs. This weekend will be spent by citizens in collecting trash and rubbish on their premises, cutting weeds on vacant lots and in back of business houses, and similar tasks. The Boy Scouts and the boy and girl 4-H Clubs have offer ed their services to aid in the drive, which will include outlying districts of Robstown, as well as the city proper. C. T. Martin, sanitarian for the Corpus Christi-Nueces County Heal th Unit, recommended that citi zens use DDT to kill germ-carry ing flies and other insects. Screens should be painted, garbage cans sprayed and dust spread where needed, he said. In connection with this cleanup drive, Martin will begin spraying the streets and alleys with DDT. This will not be confined merely for this week, but will continue all summer, Martin emphasized. In connection with fire hazards, Fire Chief J. H. Dittlinger and Fire Marshal Roy Gillespie made these suggestions to be followed during cleanup week: 1. Look through the house from top to bottom, get rid of all items you will never use again—broken furniture, old clothing, papers and rubbish. Clean up the attic closets, garage and yard. Ferret out paint and oil rags that might cause fire from spon taneous ignition. Hang oil mops where air can circulate around them. 3. Inspect electrical wiring, fix tures and appliances for defects. The principal purpose of the Cleanup Drive, however, is to car ry out measures to prevent the spread of polio, Mayor Wise said. The Valley has a number of cases, approximating an epidemic, and the disease has spread this way to Alice, Kingsville and Corpus Christi. “Poliomyelitis is a disease which from all indications is transmitted from person to person either di rectly or indirectly through flies, mosquitoes, and human carriers,” Dr. Gordon F. Fisher, director of the City-County Health Unit of Corpus Christi said. “It is only logical that every effort be made to break the chain of contact be tween individuals.” Dr. Fisher urges adoption of the following measures during the polio season: 1. Don’t take any drug or chemical aimed to protect against infection. There is none that will protect patisfactorily. Similarly, don’t use special nose drops or grargles. The muscus on the mus cous membranes has protective values. 2 Treat any minor illness with immediate bed rest. It might be a tion and easily poliomyelitis info made worse by “keeping going.” 8 Similarly, even healthy indi viduals should avoid exhaustion due to chilling or fatigue. This would aggravate a possible incubation in fection. 4. Avoid insults to the mucous membranes such as tonsillectom ies or tooth extractions. It might cause the difference between a symptomless carrier and a severe, even fatal bulbar case. 5. Avoid the use for drinking, swimming, or washing utensils, of See CLEAN-UP, pg. 5
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