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By-Products Become Useful As Result of New Research • v* ** ■ mm Pandas, Bears and Trains Bryan Fireman Kizer Bomskie poses with men will then repair the toys and they will the toys collected by College View residents be given to children in Bryan and Brazos and donated to the department. The fire- County. Broken Toys Collected Idea in Apartment Council Proves Profit To Children By TOMMY HOLBEIN Battalion Staff Writer When people with an idea get together, quite often the results turn out very profitable. This is what happened when the members of the Apartment Council decided to gather broken toys to be given to needy children next Christmas. April 12, several members of the Council acquired a pickup and visited all 466 apartments in Col lege View Village, after first pre paring a memorandum sheet and sending it to all residents there. “The people out there were cer tainly receptive to our efforts, and before it was over, I though we might break a spring with all that load of toys. They not only filled up the bed of the truck, but cov ered the cab and hood as well!”, said Dick Robertson, one of the men responsible for the gathering. Event Moved Up Robertson explained that the event was rushed up somewhat because of the approaching Easter holidays, and that the people weren’t quite as prepared as they might have been, but nevertheless, the residents of College View re sponded very well. “We contacted the Bryan Fire Department, and asked them if they would like a load of toys to get busy on to avoid the usual Christmas rush, which usually re sults in the firemen being engulfed with toys just before Christmas. They readily agreed to the idea and we surely got them a load,” said Robertson. “The toys included 'four very good bicycles and various large, heavy toys such as tractors and cars. We were only asking for old, unusable toys, but some of them were in very good condition. There were a number of ladies’ shoes donated, although not asked for.” Want Another Drive Robertson said that many of the seniors living in College View were very enthusiastic about the idea apd \suggpsted that the Council sponsor another drive during dead week at the close, of the semester, since many of the seniors will, be graduating and will have many surplus items they might donate. “It was originally planned that we might conduct another toy gathering during the first part of September, but the seniors of College View have moved the date up for us, if plans go right,” said Robertson. “I believe it would be a good idea to hold one semi-an nually, just before the seniors graduate and I believe we could get a great deal of reception out of such a drive,” he added. ‘doubly-sure. . .’ ‘When we were gathering the toys, it was always made doubly- sure that the toys we picked up Were the right ones, and as a re sult, we had no trouble, what-so- ever. One little girl was very co operative and brought out a pair of her own skates for us, saying that she had outgrown them and didn’t need them any more,” said Robertson. Other men participating in the drive included James Snelgrove, James A. Freddy, Kelly Chapman and William H. Flynt. When the toys were unloaded in a garage across from the U. S. Post Office in Bryan, they covered the entire floor space of the -double garage. Egg Hunt Sponsored The Apartment Council also sponsored an Easter-egg hunt for the children living in college apart ments, held in Hensel Park on April 3, with five silver dollars being offered as first prize, do nated by Sear, Roebuck and Co. of Bryan. These Mr. 4% s © ore here in to Serve YOU? Judson C. Womble ’40 Albert W. 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These fines are a coarse powder which comes down in the screen ing process where rock asphalt is being mined, crushed, and pre pared for use in paving mixes. Re search was done for White’s Uval de Mines, a San Antonio firm op erating the largest limestone rock asphalt unit in the Southwest, near Uvalde. Find Use for Screenings Last spring, Callaway and his staff were asked to investigate the possibility of finding a use for these screenings — currently ac cumulated in the hundreds of thou sands of tons — and the result has been development of hot-mix prep arations where screenings are used as major components. Already in Use Surfacing mixtures using the rock asphalt fines already have been put down on two residential streets in College Station. This paving is standing up under traf fic in good shape. The Whites Mines rock asphalt screenings were recently used in a commercial contract job on In terstate Highway 35 near Laredo. 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