The Southwest Citizen (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1950 Page: 1 of 16
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HOUSTON, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1950
11.50 Per Year by Marl
NUMBER 44
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Progress Plan Pushed For Village
Local leaders in the Greater Houston Beautiiul campaign lay plans above to push
this section in the Block Improvement conte st of the campaign. From left to right, they
are: Jim Farley, regional editorial director of the Southwest and Bellaire areas; seated,
Mrs. Seth Shapper, member of the Bellaire corrimittee, and Mrs. J. E. Suttles, co-chair-
man of the Southwest district: standing, Ed Smith, regional advertising director, Mrs.
Rex Arrow Smith, co-chairman of the Bellaire district, and Mrs. W. H. Benton Jr., Bell-
aire chairman.—Citizen Staff Photo by Jerry Maze.
March 1 Is Entry Deadline:
Souihwest Residents Urged To Enter
Block Improvement Contest-Now
“Let’s bring that, top prize to*
the Southwest section where it'*
belongs,” Mrs. John W. Painter, •
2522 Glen Haven, area chairman. 2
in the Block Improvement Con- •
test, urged this week.
“We should have every block in $
this section of Greater Houston #
entered in the competition,” she J
continued. “March 1 is the dead- #
line and we do not have nearly;
enough entries to give us a rep- •
resentative winner in the city- *
wide judging. ;•
“We who live here know this is #
the best residential area and now •
we have a chance to prove it by#
entering this contest.”
Mrs. Painter pointed out that the •
contest not only provides a won- •
derful opportunity to bring added •
prestige to the Southwest area but 2
also gives entries a chance to aim •
at $18,000 in prizes. I
Entry may be made by filling *
out the accompanying blank and1#
mailing it to Mrs. Painter. •
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The big guns in the “clean-up—;•
paint-up—fix-up” campaign began J
booming this week. ;
Some 6000 Girl Scouts will join *'*
with The Citizen Newspapers in |
taking official entrance blanks in
the neighborhood block improve-
ment contest to every home in
Greater Houston.
City of Houston’s garbage col-
lectors will get into the campaign
OFFICIAL ENTRANCE BLANK
Houston Neighborhood Block Improvement Contest
I wish t,o enter my neighborhood block in the
Neighborhood Block Improvement Contest.
1950
NAME
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE-----
Mail to your area chairwoman listed here:
LINDALE—Mrs. E. A. Greenstein Jr., 411 Reid.
HUMBLE ROAD—Mrs. C. E. Lemley, 3220 Hurley.
DENVER-HARBOR—Mrs. R. W. Westerman, 516 Henke.
CHANNELVIEW—Mrs. Fred DeLaune, Route 1, Box 150.
GALENA PARK—Mrs. C. J. Hebert, Box 902.
EAST END—Miss Dixie Harris, 7401 Satsuma.
SOUTHEAST—Mrs. L. L. Ryan, 3236 Ozark.
BELLAIRE—Mrs. W. H. Benton Jr., 4904 Palmetto.
SOUTHWEST—Mrs. John W. Painter, 2522 Glenn Haven.
HYDE PARK—Mrs. Russell F. Bonham, Box 2098, Old Rich-
mond Road.
WEST END—Mrs. Robert A. Childers. 6023 Floyd.
HEIGHTS—Mrs. E. H. Rylander, 615 East 7th.
NORTH SIDE—Mrs. John Moffett, 305 Vincent.
GARDEN OAKS—Mrs. D. P. Melton, 1023 Gardenia.
Members of the Houston Gar- 'according to Mrs. J. L. Webb, Gar-1
den Federation will time their den Federation president and
spring yard work programs to chairman of the block improve-
tie in with the special city trash ment program,
pickups. : The quest for the $24,000 in
* prizes in the block improvement
These three announcements contest, already was gaining good
in a big way with special trashjthrew the “clean-up—paint-up—speed. The announcement by Miss
pickups from Feb. 20-28. ;fix-up” campaign into high gear, (Continued on page 2)
Past Presidents To Be Honored:
Noted Psychiatrist Will Address
West University P-TA Tuesday
Souihside
Men Vote
For Lights
Cox. Elam, Bowen
Backed For Council
Southside Place Men’s Club
has voted to recommend to
» the city council that street
lights be installed in the city.
J| At the club’s meeting: last
week strong opposition to the
street light installation proposal
was heard from representative on
only one street, Gramercy. How-
ever the club included in its rec-
ommendation the suggestion that
lights be left off those streets
where opposition occurs.
I The city does not have street
■ lights at present.
! In other business, the club en-
dorsed three nominees for berths
on the City Council in the April
lelection.
I They are: Frank T. Bowen and
Alex S. Cox Jr., both of whom
iare members of the present coun-
cil, and Robert E. Elam Jr. Mr.
Elam is a former councilman,
having resigned early in the war
*• to enter the service.
• President Harry Graham pie-
2 sided at the meeting.
: Biggest!
iWU School
| Has 2008
j Students
J Unless and until someone
• somewhere can prove different
2 West University Place Ele-
• mentary school has the largest
• er^ollment of any elementary
• school anywhere, its officials
• claim.
2 The school began the second
• half of the current school year
2 with 2008 pupils, an increase of
• more than 60 students over the
2 first term count, Principal Zel-
• pha Shumate revealed this
• week.
2 We have done considerable
• checking and as yet haven't
2 found another elementary
l school with an enrollment larg-
,#2 er than ours,” the principal
said. “Adding more weight to
our claims is the fact that our
P-TA is the largest in the
country.”
Other Southwest area schools
also showed enrollment hikes.
Roberts’ count jumped to 812
for the highest mark in its his-
tory. That figure is 12 more
than attended first term
classes, Mrs. Carrie Lou Smith,
principal, said.
Poe enrolled about eight
more students than it had dur-
ing the first term for a total
of 798, Mrs. R. E. Doty, prin-
cipal, reported.
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The Leland Ueckert home can be repaired but it'll be some time before they can
replace the family car, a '48 Hudson, and the '41 Ford that were literally burned to a
crisp in the disaster. Mr. Ueckert realizes, ruefully, that it’s too late to insure the cars.
—Photo by Parsley Studio.
SB Hits At 'Rumors':
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Firemen Are
Defended By
Marsha!
11 Aims Of
Improvemeni
Outlined
Drainage, Kirby
Paving Sought
An 11-point program aimed
at improving The Village'll
reputation as one of th#
finest, most complete shop-
ping centers in the state, wa*
[outlined this week by the Vil-
|lage Merchants Association.
Presented by President Dick
Toolan to* one of the largest
gatherings of merchant* in the
Association's history, the plan i*
aimed at making the center more
modern, improving facilities for
shopping. Some phases of tha
plan are already in action.
Here are the major point* m
the program:
1. Paving of Kirby Drive.
2. Traffic lights.
3. Street lights.
4. Drainage.
5. Police protection.
6. Street cleaning.
7. Parking.
8. Permanent secretary for
; Association.
9. Thursday night store open-
ing.
10. Advertising and publicity.
J 11. Organization.
F. A. Bogar was named chair-
of the parking committee
instruction to commence
Emotional development of the
adolescent and early teen age
child will be discussed by Dr. Os-;
car E. Hubbard, associate pro-
fessor of psychiatry at Ba.vloi
University College of Medicine,
under the title of "Emotional Ex-
periences Help to Teach” at the
meeting Tuesday of West Univer-
sity Elementary Parent-Teachei
Association at 7:30 p.m. in the
school cafeteria.
Mrs. H. Alton Allen, program
chairman, says the talk will be
of especial interest to parents of
children in the upper elementary
grades. Since Dr. Hubbard will
trace emotional development from
the younger child to teen age, the
discussion will also prove en-
lightening to parents of the young-
er children, she explained.
i,the P-TA and her daughter, Mrs.
David J. Bratton, now’ presides.
Past presidents include Mrs.
Bottler. 1925-28: Mi's. Homer
Hewitt. 1928-30; Mrs. L. .1. He-
witt. 1930-1931; Mrs. Fred B.
McDonald. 1931-1933: Mrs. A.
H. Bevan. 1933-1935: Mrs. R. E.
Turrentine. 1935-1937: Mrs. H.
M. Seydler. 1937-1939: Mrs. R.
PavingHearing
Set For Friday
Benefits hearing on two paving
Southside Place Fire Marshal man
E. H. Barziza this week praised wjth
the fire departments of South side |wor|t immediately on the problem
and West University for their_0f go|vjng the overcrowded park-
work in combating the blaze jng prob|em in the center.
w’hich gutted the home of Mr.! , . ,, .. ,
, * , . . TT . . Committees to handle the other
and Mrs. Leland Ueckert, 6310
_ . . , {projects will be named soon, Mr.
Auden in Southside last week. r
Mr. Barziza’s report lashed back 00 an *ai
at what he termed “a great deal On the topic of Kirby Drive
of unjust ‘annexation propaganda’! paving. Mr. Toolan announced
(which) has been going aroundjthat it has been declared a new
regarding the manner in which cross-town expressway, making
the fire was handled.” jlhe need for paving even more
His report claimed: {important. The Association has
"It would have been impos- long pushed for improvements
sible for any fire department toion this important traffic artery
have acted more quickly than which could greatly relieve
either the West University Place Southwest area traffic problems
or Southside Place fire depart- if paved.
jments acted. Two minutes after! president also pointed out
|the Southside Place fire depart-ithat the new R,ce stadium when
ment’s siren sounded the hose cornpleted will add to traffic eon-
jwas laid and in action, and leae,gegtion in this action, adding
(time elapsed before the West Uni-;more weight to the Kirby paving
jversity fire department, because.argument>
01 its advantageous position (it is, Qn ,ra|(k h, Mid Tn>f-
directly across the street from the
Ueckert home) had begun fighting
the fire.
“There were claims heard that , TT
it r-v . and Greenbrier and University
the West University Fire Depart-.
i ,u u intersections,
ment crew was asleep on the job.
and other malicious rumors, all of; Houston lighting and Power
which are just that, rumors, butjCo. has made an inspection of
Mr. Ueckert, himself a volunteer The Village and recommends ad-
fireman of the Southside Place de- dition of 80 street lights, he said,
partment, is satisfied that every- This recommendation has been
thing was done that was humanly submitted to the City Council,
possible.” On drainage. Mr. Toolan re-
Mr. Barziza said the fire, which,p0rted that Councilman Tom
A prospective site for the propos#d new senior high was discovered at about 3:45 a m. Needham was conducted on .
school to serve the Southwest Houston, Bellaire and West February by a neighbor of the,tour o( The Village Tuesday by
University areas has been selected and will be recommended !Ueikel,s M>ss Lora Hubbard is Albert oison. who pointed nut
to the school board very soon, School Superintendent Dr. “/a'ed ,0 (hav‘ far’^ ^‘° »>* «h“ dra,naw
W. E. Moreland said this week. h°l water lank m the ,,lathed n'eds „ , , , n
r,v MnvpInnH said the lo- ---—— - -- garage. Regular police and street clean-
cation of the site would not late the building being large The hou“ was badly dama*ed ing services will be sought from
be disclosed until more perma- enough to accommodate from f|re and walei an no car. 1he cj(y, Mr Toolan said, addin*
Mrs. A. B. Fisk, 2727 Barbara Lane, was only one
of the many friends and neighbors of the Ueckerts who
came to their aid with generous gifts of food and cloth-
ing after the fire. Mrs. Ueckert gratefully accepts these
replacements for the family wardrobe which was almost
completely destroyed.—Photo by Parsley Studio.
Site To Be Offered
For New High School
fic Engineer Tom Willier ha*
promised that four will be in-
stalled. at Greenbrier and Rice
nent negotiations had been con- 1800 to 2000 students, he said.
(Continued on page 2)
(Continued on page
eluded.
Dr. Moreland said that recom-
projects involving assessment pro-, The new school wU1 definitely imendations also will include ad-
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. serye as a senior hlgh schooi only, dition of a wing to the new Horn
the superintendent said. Elementary school in Bellaire.
“The pace at which that area The wing will include three
the “swimming; _s grQwing wiU probabiy necessi-iclass rooms and a kindergarten.
DR. OSCAR E. HUBBARD
Friday at West University city
hall.
Hearing
pool” job, involving paving
A. Hale (deceased), 1939-1941: Case, Byron and West Point
Mrs. Cletus Brown, 1941-1943: around the city swimming pool
Mrs. A. B. MeGinty, 1942-1943: will be heard at 7:30. Six pieces
Mrs. A. L. (’lardy, 1943-1944. of property on Case and Byron
Mrs. L. M. Pyeatt, 1944-1945: are in line for assessment in this
Mrs. H. C. Mayers. 1945-1946: project.
Mrs. N. Paul Wiley, 1946-1947: Hearing on the College Court
and Mrs. Ray Turner. 1948- work, involving the 4100 and 4200
1949. blocks on Lehigh and Dartmouth. rrhe R0berts School area is a one Cub pack and one Scout
A special invocation will be giv-; will begin at 8:30. Six pieces °f!fertile area for the scouting move- droop. Now we have more than*
en by Rev. J. Lawrence Plum- property also are up for assess- ment 400 children participating in three
ley of St. Mark s Episcopal.ment in this job. In fact, this great youth activity Cub packs, two Scout troops, one
Roberts Dads Push Drive
To Enlarge Scout House
Church.
At the special meeting City
Lee Keding, music director at Council also will take bids for
has flourish so well in that com
Senior Scout unit, six Brownie
munitv that facilities are going troops and six Girl Scout troops
to have to be enlarged to take Naturally, our facilities have been
outgrown.”
Among the items proposed in
room for
trailers and camping equipment.
Dr. Hubbard ha* been ©on-
ducting .study course for > nub- members and it has now become ............... ........ -
council group of Community ’he largest in the state with 2136 Lamar High School, will presentjmaterials to be used in installa-
Counetl on emotional develop- members. Although it has beenjpjano numbers. jtion of 27 new fire plugs through-
ment and mental health of the ’he largest association in the state: Ail parents who have just en-iout the city. :, aie ot
child. He came to Houston for the past 12 years, this is the roned children in West Univer- ,„. . A campaign is now being spon-
last year to head the psyehi- Onrt year in that time it has beenUy Elementary School are in- SraeSWOOIl llVIC !sored by the Roberts Dads Club
atrie division for the Veter- ««f'ctl» an elementary acsocia- vited to become active members. pi , P L ill to raise $4500 to enlarge and lm . . room
tion as it wa* a combined elemen-jMrg David J Bratten urges. 10 tlCCI 1 6D. Zl iprove the Roberts Scout House
t T ^ _________ ' o Families of scouts and scouts-and kitchen, enlarged stage, new
Institute of
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Past presidents of the tv**m neat umvetsitj oirmcmai.tl WIIUH mr uuuatuii \_v/n,.v... v. . • .. .jvm.ui 1 • ... - . . . _ , p. .
University PTA will be honored also claim a special anniversary tour of Austin on Saturday, March.President Fred Parks announced by figures compiled by Arne Eng- Ot pro lc®rs!) e ^
at this meeting with special recog-in founding this year also as it is 4. are urged to get in their res- The club members will elect berg, secretary of the Dad* Club are Dr. T. • . an eison. Pa-
rtition in observance of National observing its 25th birthday with ervations to their teachers bv four new directors who will meet and architect for the planned dent. A1 Hogan. \ ire Pre^c ^ ■
Founders Day. Twenty-five 'ears the daughter of the first president Feb. 20. Those who want to be with the seven other directors and enlargements. ' . 4.d Ai.nci n. <t i.
age the West University asso-now serving as president. Mrs. chaperons are asked to send in select the club officers, Mr. Parks When the present house wasne' . loming. o.. mer. an m
an’* Administration. In Dallas
he was a supervisor of the Psy- tarv and Junior h!£h association Parents wanting u..cu «“>**•............ ia|U) lhiee separate meeting |§
ehiatrie Institute of Texas. lintU Pershing Junior High Bchoo! fourth, low or high fifth, low or, Braeswood Civic Club will be’o-be of the area are being urged can combined. new 9
opened this year. high sixth grade students to go elected at a meeting in Roberts to contribute to the fund. •< 1 ’ . 9
, gpat.pg arrangement, ne\^ o<*i$ n. ws
West West University Elementary canon the Houston Council of P-TA School set for 8 pm. February 21 Need for the work is stressed -
nation was started with about 40{Paul O. Bottler helped orgamze4their names.
|said.
(constructed back in 1941, we had H. Kottwitz, director.
J M Hufiington. left, and Leslei Goodson, two staunch
backers of the Houston Fat Stock show pose with the star
of the rodeo at this year s show. Roy Rogers, and his
famed horse. Trigger. Mr Hufiington and Mr. Goodson
were co-superintendents of the horse show held in connec-
tion with the Fat Stock Show.
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Murphy, John H.; Daniels, A. Pat & Farley, Jim. The Southwest Citizen (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1950, newspaper, February 9, 1950; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth566253/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.