West Terrace Subdivision

West Terrace annexed 1964

...It must be the Lake Water
By Bob Kyle - Jun 26, 1957

Feveish activity at the Academy's new West Terrace Addition has caused much speculation as to just what gives. With five new excavations for houses and sewer connections being load we endeavored to ferrer-out just what was going on

In the absence of General Spivey apparently no one was in authority to present a clear picture for the edification of the palpitiating readers of this column. (This was a real opportunit y for the new CMA public relations director, Robert Matson, to cut his wisdom teeth locally, but no state ment was been forth coming.)

What has been learned is that five faculty families, including the Kemp Moores and the Dr. Milan D. Bakers, are building homes.

Whether this development is open to the public is not known, which has led several citizens to become suspect that althought these houses will be supplied town sewage and town water, they will not be a part of the corporation co Culver, and will benefut about $1,14 per hubdred assessed property valuations in tax rates, the differential between town and township

Now this certainly is all wrong these townites say, and it's up to the town board to protect its residents' rights.

SHould this practice continue as it did in the Bogardus Addition it can spread to all outlaying residential areas not within the corporation,

In other and plainer worods, the town will be wearing out its water and sewage systems to benefit outlanders not paying the town propeorty tax.

Annex Case In Hands Of Judge

Final testimony in the court hearing on the remonstrance a- gainst the Culver Town Board ordinance to annex that area north of Academy Road and east of Old 17, was presented Tuesday, May 19. T he hearing has extended to four days due to long list of witnesses. Last week, Monday and Tuesday was taken up with detense witnesses. The hearing was recessed on Wednesday due to the illness of one of the attorney's wives. Other court hearings were scheduled for the rest of the week, so that continuing this hearing was set for the first part of this week. he defense presented their last witness on Monday with the plaintiff's witnesses taking the stand on Tuesday. Tuesday evening or Wednsday morning should see the case in the hands of the presiding judge. When Judge Roy Sheneman will hand down his decision in the case is not known.

...It must be the Lake Water
By Bob Kyle - Jul 3, 1957
Last week's rains flooded basements all over town but the worst was where water off the clay banks at West Terrace ran across Academy ROad and in a stream of creek proportions floodinf Winfield Behner's radio and television repair shop and filled the basement of his apartment next door with seven feet of silt and water. En ough to make any householder leave home.