Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1944 Page: 1 of 12
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, BELLAIR5
SOUTHSIDE PLACE, BRAESWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHGATE AND ADJACENT AREA
Volume 1—Number 11
HOUSTON, TEXAS, DECEMBER 7, 1944
5c a Copy—Subscription $1.00 a Year
National Instrument Corp. Gets Army-Navy 'E' Saturday
☆ -L ■&☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ ☆ Section's Only
War Plant Wins
Highest Honor
Southwestern Houston's only
war plant, the National In-
strument Corporation, located
at 4001 Bellaire Blvd., within
the corporate limits of South-
side Place, will officially re-
ceive the Army-Navy "E" in a
formal ceremony at the West Uni-
versity Community House this Sat-
urday at 3:30 p. m. The firm makes
lenses for binoculars.
Notification of the award for
"outstanding production of war
materials" was made in a letter
from Secretary of the Navy James
Forrestal to Harry L. Shapiro, vice
president and general manager of
the company. Secretary Forrestal's
letter praised the management of
the company and its 400 employees,
each of whom will receive a pin.
More than half of the employees
live in the Southwestern section, ac-
cording to Mr. Shapiro.
"Your efforts as shown by your
remarkable production record are
helping our country along the road
to victory," Secretary Forrestal
wrote. He offered his congratula-
tions "for accomplishing more than
seemed reasonable or possible a
year ago."
A. D. Simpson, president of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce,
will be master of ceremonies, and
Mr. Shapiro will give the address of
welcome. Presentation of the flag
will bo made by Rear Admiral P.
W. Foote, U.S.N., Inspector of Na-
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Upper left: Lt. (j.g.) George M. Rentoumis, USNR, left, and D. C. Whitaker, chief engineer of the National Instrument Corporation, right,
stand by as Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, USN. (Ret.), chief of the Industrial Incentive Division in Washington, tries out a pair of binoc-
ulars, one of many the National Instrument Corporation has made for the Navy.
Upper right: A recent photograph of the modern, well-equipped plant of the National Instrument Corporation located at 1001 Bellaire in
Southside Place. Officials of the plant say that plans have already been made to keep it an integral part of the section in post-war days.
Lower left: A scene taken at the employees' Christmas party in the company cafeteria last year. The cafeteria was built to provide hot
meals for employees of each shift at cost.
Lower right: Rear Admiral Percy W. Foote and Rear Admiral A. C. Bennett, USN, commandant of the 8th Naval District, look on as a
worker at National Instrument Corporation efficiently goes about her task of producing lenses for the nation's fleet, lenses that are helping
speed the day of victory.
New Rotary Club
Being Organized
For This Section
Plans for a new Rotary Club for
the Southwestern section, formu-
lated by several of Houston's well-
known business men, are about to
materialize.
Among the half dozen men who
met recently to work out details for
organization were M. L. Rendle-
man, Jr., 2159 Del Monte, who is
president of the Heights Rotary
Club, sponsors for the new group;
Wm. H. Fabian, 1736 Bolsover, and
Leo Linbeck, 2407 Reba.
The first official meeting of the
organization is- set tentatively for
about the middle of this month.
Kindergarten Tots
Collect Toys For
Underprivileged
Children of the Bellaire Kinder-
garten will collect a box of toys and
children's clothing to be turned
over to the Goodfellows for Christ-
mas distribution to under-privileged
children.
The youngsters will paint the
toys and repair the ones they are
table to fix before turning them in,
Mrs. F. D. McCracken, director of
b kindergarten, said.
ki
packages within the next few days,
says Preston W. Morrison, superin-
tendent.
"Our employees are giving the
best possible service in view of
present manpower conditions," Mr.
Morrison stated. "But unless the
public cooperates by mailing pack-
ages now, there is going to be a bad
'traffic jam' in the post office
OPA Officials Fight
Yuletide Inflation
Houston District OPA officials
compare themselves with Santa's
elves in their intense effort to help
the old gentleman—taking a hand
in protecting his pocketbook and
assisting in solving Christmas sea-
problems as big as a fairytale
Various price control measures
•e part of the fight against Yule-
time inflation, and most merchants
abiding by them, Harvey Smith,
district price executive, states.
Black markets in toys reported in
irious sections of the United
States have not been found in this
district, although surveys have been
made, Mr. Smith said. |
Reverend Stagg Leaves Rice Temple
Baptist Church For West Coast Post
Morrison Predicts
Christmas Mail Jam
Patrons of the William Rice Sta-
tion Post Office are going to have
to stand in long waiting lines if , „ u *
they do not mail their Christmas' «,este™ ?°ustotn, sorry tt0
learn that Rev. H. H. Stagg, pastor
of the Rice Temple Baptist Church
for the past three years, has
signed. He has accepted
pointment as superintendent of
missions in San Francisco and the
Bay Area. His pastorate here will
close with services this Sunday, and
the church plans for a large attend
ance on that day.
Reverend Stagg is a charter
member of the church and
only pastor the church has had
its organization three years
Under his leadership,
church recently completed the first
unit of its three-unit building pro
gram
Accompanying Reverend Stagg
to California will be his wife, their
14-year-old son, Hartwell, and his
-in-law and daughter, Sgt. and
Mrs. A. J. Tackett. Sergeant Tack-
the States on a furlough
and will return to his station
Alaska.
The pulpit committee to select a
>w pastor is composed of M,
Collins, R. C. Patterson, Dr. R. T.
Patterson, W. I. Dwyer and F. I).
Crossland.
A reception honoring Reverend
and Mrs. Stagg will be held at
Have You A
Serviceman In
Your Family?
While a great many names of
servicemen from this area were
turned in last week, the list is a
long way from complete. Not only
do John R. Burkett Post of the
American Legion and the South-
western Times want to send this
paper regularly to all boys in the
army and navy, but also the publi-
cation hopes to compile a complete
list for use as an honor roll at some
future date. Names of boys sta-
tioned overseas and in this country
should be sent.
If you haven't already turned in
e names and addresses of the
boys in your family, do so today.
Lists should be mailed to the
Southwestern Times, 2510 Dart-
mouth, Houston 5, Texas, or tele-
phoned to E. W. Deckman, Legion
post commander, at Madison 2-5556,
H. Barziza, post adjutant, at
Madison 2-2862, or the Times office
at Hadley 3574.
Southampton Club
Holds Meeting On
Restrictions
Restrictions in the area will be
discussed at a special business
meeting of the Southampton Civic
Club to be held at 7:45 p. m. Decem-
ber 14 in the Edgar Allan Poe
School auditorium.
William G. Farrington, president,
states that this will be an impor-
tant meeting, and he urges that all
members, as well as property own-
ers in the section who are not mem-
bers, attend.
At the regular meeting last Mon-
day, the group heard a talk by Dr.
E. W. Bertner, acting director of
the M. D. Anderson Hospital for
cancer research, on "Plans of the
Texas Medical Center."
Five Youths Receive
Higher Rank At Boy
Scout Court Of Honor
Boy Scout Troop 210 will hold a
Court of Honor at 7:30 p. m. Friday
night in the Scout cabin, Bellaire
Blvd. and Rice Ave. Bobby Carson,
Tommy Moore and Homer Mathews
will be advanced from the rank of
first class Scouts to Star Scouts.
Billy Paul Lee and Leland Day will
be advanced from second class to
first class. Leland, in addition, will
eceive two merit badges.
Jay Bryson will be ths principal
peaker, and R. M. Carson, Jr
chairman of the troop commit*- W
will preside. Cloras C. Mooi^f
scoutmaster. The troop ip # 9 JP
sored by the Bellaire Lions a
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Brackman, Irvin H. Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1944, newspaper, December 7, 1944; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393056/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.