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rt;}2... be which would/active in Civil Defense. He :urther stated that the present College Ail' Force Training, starting next 3eptember would be :required to give 35 hours flying time to each cadet. He said that the Graham Company at Gary isntt interested in training these men; that the Ragsdale Company of Au~stin was interested and VJould receive 5)450.,:]0 for each student from the government. There would be about 70 students. He stated that in order to use the San Marcos Air Port it would first have to be C.A.A. approved. Besides 2 runwaY they would also have to havs a hanger. He stated that he understood that Graham at Gary VJas going to have SQme surplus buildings and perhaps the City could get some of them. He said something would have to be done il1>llediatel y on the runway instorsections, because the last rain they had become dangerous. He I sUSSjes"tE:.d that the City finish a runway H 2 vdth 2n additional 450 feet, and 50 feet w:lde~ of 6" gr;.:~vel. The Council decided that Mra iiJlcWilliams make an estimate and let them know at the next meetinga The San I'~arcos Industrial Foundation represented by Nira Harry Snowdy, Albert Walker, Bob Pollard, Winston Patton, and Ceasar Damon came before the Council ~ith the request that the City write a letter to Iv'!r. Nagel of the Nagel Coa-t Hanger Mfg. Company telling him that the City will not go up on hie taxes for the next five years. Mr. Nagel is closing his factory in Houston and is co.ntem;Jlating moving it either to Caldwell where he already has a factory, or to San Marcos. The Ci.ty of Caldwell had, it was alJ.aged, already agreed to what they arc asking this City to dOa Ih8 ~i~y Co~~cil.unanim0~slY sta~ed t~at by law they ~ou:~.~ot be ,able to do as asked; DU~ COUlD wrJ.te 2 le~ter saYIng tnat the present CounCl.L waule not go up on the t2xe:s, 2,nd would :recornrnend that succeeding Councils do the same. rilI'. Albert !Nalker was asked to write the latter. 1118 letter iolJ.ows thEse minutes and becomes a part nereo:::-. ivlT. Terry Jacks W2,S next to a~")0ear be .core the Council. He carne in reg2::rd to the two proposed ordinances ,j. to ':uhd-ivisions a.nd on utilities in sub- divi3ions. Each article and section of ordinances was gone over thoroughly wi th some recommendations of c2rtoin cha,nges. A:ter complete study of these Ol'dinances it wa~: decided that I",1r. J2cks was to re-dr.3:I~t the t1i~O ordinances W-i:t:1 the corrections that the Council made during the study 0:: same. A'~:ter ]'\'lr. Jacks has re-cJr2."'ted the oTdinances the Council is to meet 2nd go over them and then I send them to Nir. Stokes. and let him meet v\ii-th the CounciJ ('or a hearing on the ordinarrcE-s~ 02-:;01.'0 they' are apyroved. Next on the agenda wa a Jetter ?rom the Cemetery Association s'tating that they thought it a good idea to let Nll'. J. C. Hartley build a Nic.:lUsoleum at Cer:letcry. They further stated tha.t v,Jould that a Committee be appointed by them to help ]vir. Hart~ey f]_nd a site such a project a AZter the rGading o,~- the letter MI'. BeGcro~.;t ITJ3de a motion that rv~r. Hartley be given permission tc build a M2USoleuITl at the Cemetery, and to requ2st the Cemetery Association to appoint a Committee to heJ.y locate a ;.)uitable .<:.dts ~or sarne. l\:lr. Davi~. seconded the motion. A vote was taken which resulted unanimously in favor of the motion. The matter of the answers received .0rom lette~s written to various Cities approximating San Marcos in size, inquiring into whether they have an interchange oi c\utie::;' between the !"ire and police depa:rtment~) was brough;: to the attention o:c the Council. It was unanimously decided tha.t Mr.' Barbee should make a study of the::-,e lettor,-" a.nd make :recommendations to the Council b.3~-;ed on 32m2 at J later date. A letter was read that had been tGcei~ed from the Cemetery Associatiori asking that several thingtJ be done by the City to ,improve Cometery conditions. The letter is attached to the~e minutes. The first two requests were granted 2nd it was agreed among Council members, that the last two needed some study before the Council .~elt ".:1'ee to act upon same, so were deferred. There b2~ng no ~urther business ~o discus " the meeting adjourned at 5:15 P. M. 'The and. above minutes .L':-' a true 2nd correct T'ecol'c1 0 c:lJ matter;:; ~egulaT meeting held on Nov2mbe~ 14, 195G. I tran:yiring at (!j !7 (l /i ;-~ ~[Jv1 (? " S____,\ ,.,'.-\.,",... .... '- _~ Calvin ~. Allen, Mayor /~/ )'\'~() (! ~;U;11~/r- J/' S. Ra Beecco~t,-itderm2n ':. ~