■ ; . • ~ 1 . - : - ■ : ,4f ; je&r. 8^1 or to m. « Evening lunching: experts why our can get th Andy Special 10 p. x. lUnnH j 1 - ;rlU|a Practice Makes Perfect Tie College Station Fire Department is shown here mak ing one of their frequent practice runs to acquaint the nen with the equipment and increase their efficiency. JBhown are two volunteer firemen connecting hoses to a pumper truck under the watchful eye of instructors. Ikrivanek Tells Czech Group ife On Texas Frontier pf Lifi ■Txrn.i < EL . [Wild hogs, stampeding cattle aid other rigors of Texas front- ■r life were described by an A&M ■nguage teacher when he spoke at a recent Czechoslovakian socie- p meeting in Washington D. C. ■ The speaker was Dr. John M. privanek, associate professor in tl e Department of Modern Lan guages. His listeners were mem- iers of the First Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and ^Sciences in America. I Skrivanek, a fourth generation Texas Czech born in Caldwell in Burleson County, teaches Russian Ind has taught Czech and Span ish. He said he was surprised to learn at the society congress that the nembers were almost completely [inaware of the Lone Star State’s ich and colorful Czech history. “Their mouths dropped open in amazement when they heard the pacts in my talk, ‘Czech in Texas,”’ the professor said. Te told them that the first nown Czech arived in Texas in 832 and was a good friend of Houston. The newcomer’s ame was a Dr. Dignowity. Czech families arrived in the 18- 150’s in Houston and ti’aveled by xen to Austin County about 60 ailes away. The trip took the pio- [ueers six weeks. Skrivanek said those early fami lies built their dirt-floored log V WUVE-IN ^rfJffr^THEATRE ?CHlioREM UNDER 12 YEARS*' VRf t NOW SHOWING J“MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE” With John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart Plus “CINDERFELLA” With Jerry Lewis Cartoon—“Top Cat” NOW SHOWING Chuck (The Rifleman) Connors In “GERONIMO” (In Color) CIRCLE “SUSAN SLADE” & “CLAUDELLE ENGLISH” PALACE &ryan2'tiS79 NOW SHOWING Walt Disney’s “MOONPILOT” QUEEN NOW SHOWING Glenn Ford In “4 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE” cabins, cleared farm lands, reared many children and eventually sur vived everything that nature could throw at them. Some of the many problems con fronting the settlers were stam peding cattle and aggressive wild hogs. He said the cattle tore up fields and fences. And the hogs chased school children up trees or forced them to climb the nearest rail fence. Today, descendants of these pio neers can be found running well- kept farms or working in business and industry in the cities. Many of them, like Skrivanek, have become teachers. He told the socieety members that Texas now has approximately 350,000 citizens of Czech extrac tion. While attending the conference, Skrivanek made tape recordings for Radio Free Europe and Voice of America broadcasts. He discuss ed his work, his family, the his tory of Czechs in Texas and named some outstanding Texas Czechs. Fof BUSINESSLIKE GOVERNMENT with a HEART let's elect Without planned state pro grams, how much income could our older people, our unemployed, our disabled, our blind or our orphans bring to our county? ^ Under the leadership of Sena- Etor Crawford Martin, state ® programs last year paid ^$893,868 to our Brazos coun- jty citizens. This money was ■spent here in our county with §our businesses. z Elect A Man Who Understands The Problems Of Texas . < t And Texans! ' Crawford MARTIN Has Proved His Ability To Be Tour It. GOVERNOR , tpd. po|. adv.j CS Volunteer Firemen Are An Alert, Efficient Group By RONNIE FANN Battalion News Editor With a high pitched wail, the siren above the B&U Building sig nals the College Station Fire De partment to the scene of anoth er emergency. This completely volunteer fire department wastes no time in get ting onto the trucks, and out of the station. Yesterday's alei’t dra matizes this point most clearly. At 1:20 p.m. the siren sounded the alarm. Around 25 men in the B&U Building dropped whatever they were doing and raced for the fire trucks. By 1:21 the chief’s car had start ed up. At 1:22:30 one truck had started up, and by 1:23:30 all as signed pieces of fire fighting- equipment were out of the station and on their way to Easterwood Airport to stand by while a plane with a g-as leak made a safe land ing. The total time for this was a- bout S'/z minutes-not a record, but by all means commendable for a volunteer fire department. “I am very proud of the men here,” said Chief Glen G. Eimann. “This is a very fine volunteer de partment.” None of the members get any pay for their services except him self, he went on to explain. The members of the department are on 24-hour alert. Since most of them work in the B&U Building, it is relatively easy for them to drop their work during the day, but at night, it takes them a little Manning Head Of State Association Walter S. Manning, associate pi*ofesor of accounting, has been elected vice president of the Tex as Association of University Pro fessors in Accounting. He served this past year as secretary-trea surer of the association. The outer walls of the State Capitol at Frankfort, Ky., are ornamented with 70 Ionic col umns, all carved from single blocks of stone. Win your letters in style! 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Eimann says that' the. number of alarms received during the week varies with the time of the year. “We sometimes receive six calls a day during the fall after the first freeze,” he said. “These are usually grass fires or small brush fires, which are very frequent when the grass is dried out.” Campus Security does its part to help the fire department by clearing traffic and holding spect ators back. They receive news of the fire or emergency by two-way radio, and are usually on the scene with the fire department. Fighting fires is not the only function of the College Station Fire Department. The men are also trained in artificial respira tion practices, first-aid, and life saving techniques. “We keep the men well train ed and ready for any emergency.” commented Eimann. “Frequent practices are held to keep the men alert.” THE EATTAllOD Thursday, May 3,1962 College Station, Texas Page 3 Read Classifieds Daily COPYRIGHT © 1961, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY. 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