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By Kirsten Dietz
Senior Staff Writer
Trading Blue Bell for books,
J.E. “Charlie” Robbins didn’t
move far when Charlie’s Grocery
closed Friday.
In fact, he moved only one
door down, beginning wor k in
the shipping and receiving de-
lartment at the place that
ought him out — the Texas Ag
gie Bookstore.
Robbins says the decision to
sell the grocery, which he and his
wife Mildred owned and ran for
24 years, was made in December
on the spur of the moment. He
said he and his wife felt they had
worked hard for many years and
deserved an early retirement.
“We got the notion we should
do the things we wanted to do,”
he said.
John Raney, owner of the
Texas Aggie Bookstore, said he
wanted to expand the store be
cause Texas A&M’s enrollment is
expected to increase by several
thousand in the fall. The addi
tion, now being remodeled, will
open in August, Raney said.
The grocery, practically an
A&M tradition, was opened by
Charlie Opersteny in 1933. The
store, one of two at Northgate at
the time, got most of its business
from credit orders taken by
phone.
After World War II, married
students living in Walton Hall
frequented the grocery, which
moved to its last location in 1949.
At the time of its closing,
Charlie’s catered almost exclu
sively to students. Blue Bell ice
I.E. “Charlie” Robbins (left) supervises Paul Brink-
ley’s remodeling efforts in the new section of the
Photo by Tracy Staton
Texas Aggie Bookstore, formerly known as Char
lie’s Grocery. Brinkley is a junior from Wiley.
cream was its rnost-popular —but
not most-profitable — item.
Robbins was almost as popular
with A&M students as the ice
cream he served.
In 1984, Hobby Hall chose
him as the dorm’s beau. And
Robbins says he liked doing busi
ness with Aggies and appreciated
their loyalty.
“I’m not going to be that far
away,’/ he said. “I’ll be seeing
them all. We enjoyed our associa
tion with Aggieland. We’re still
Aggies at heart.”
■S Council plans return of almost $200,000
unused funds to federal housing authority
By Yvonne DeGraw
Staff Writer
■ The College Station City Council volunteered
Thursday to return $ 198,340.19 in unused funds
to (he federal government.
■ The grant from the U.S. Department of Hous-
Ing and Urban Development was intended to
, hind rehabilitation of rental units with low- or
0 1 moderate-income tenants. Only $10,000 was dis-
li trihuted by the city during the last year.
!■ By returning the funds now, the city keeps the
/ right to apply for more funds next year. The
Boney would have been taken from the city in
harin,tlif|September in any case.
NutraSwj | Council members asked Dan Fette, community
ua lly W [ development director, why the funds went
unused.
•jcdiofl l’ elle sa id another federal program — created
under Section 8 — offers a 15-year guaranteed
cash flow. The one-year guarantee provided by
the HUD program compares poorly to this 15-
year plan, especially when developers ask local
banks for funding, he said. Three local projects
fell through this year because of this.
Several other actions were taken by the Coun
cil and its members:
• Mayor Larry Ringer proclaimed Saturday
“Just So No” to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Day.
The mayors of Bryan and College Station will
open a rally that day at 10 a.m. in College Station
Central Park.
• The Council approved a payment of
$100,000 to Texas A&M University. The money
will be used for capital improvements to Eas-
terwood Airport.
• Two low bids for the construction of Gy
Miller Park were approved. The park, on Texas
Avenue at the Old Police Pond, will cost about
$69,000. It will include a pond, two wooden piers
and a pavilion.
• The Council approved a budget for distrib
uting $751,000 of community development
funds. This is $272,700 less than the amount dis
tributed last year. Eight more programs than last
year will be funded, so the money will be spread
thinner in some areas.
• Members expressed concern over proposed
budget increases by the Brazos County Central
Appraisal District. College Station has frozen sal
aries and cut positions, but the appraisal district
budget does the opposite.
• Councilman Dick Haddox said the success
ful Adopt-a-Highway program has been ex
tended to streets inside city limits. Groups inter
ested in adopting a street should contact Joyce
DiBacco.
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New T-Camp offers transfer students unique opportunity
to make friends, become acquainted with A&M traditions
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By Alan Sembera
Reporter
beer Hi Before this year, students trans-
i tool i fet ing to Texas A&M didn’t have the
n v ;, benefit of Fish Camp to indoctrinate
sls a them to A&M’s traditions and give
them a helping hand in making new
friends.
I The Student Y Association’s T-
Camp, an orientation camp for
transfer students, will take place
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■ T-Camp will be held at Camp
IBoblitzelle, a Salvation Army camp
about 180 miles from College Sta
tion.
|| David MendoZa, student director
of the camp, said about 200 students
will be accepted to the camp on a
first-come, first-served basis.
K Mendoza said that on the first
day, students will be divided into
four smaller camps which will dis-
cuss topics such as traditions; stu
dent involvement, adjustment to
A&M life and alcohol and drugs.
There also will be smaller dis
cussion groups formed so students
can talk to a counselor on a one-to-
one basis, Mendoza said. Optional
programs designed to help the stu
dents with other aspects of student
life, such as personal budgeting and
living arrangements, also will be of
fered, he said.
On the second day, Mendoza said,
there will be sports and recreational
activities.
There is a need for this type of
camp at A&M, he said, because
many transfer students never learn
about the traditions here or what the
social life is like.
“For the longest time, there’s been
a need for an extra orientation event
for transfer students,” Mendoza
said. “Freshmen had their freshman
orientation conference, and they
also had Fish Camp. Transfer stu
dents had a transfer orientation dur
ing the summer, but other than that,
they had nothing.”
Mendoza said a lot of transfer stu
dents who knew about Fish Camp al
ways wondered why there wasn’t a
camp for transfer students.
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