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The Alvin Sun
Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas, Thursday, February 5, 1970
NEWS PHONE 658-4773
Price i an Cents
Races Loom For JP, County Judge And
Treasurer, Commissioners In C&R Three
BEN MAGNESS
Commission
isurani
uson Takes
of C President
11.
Blake
1970
was GIVE
Second-'Chair’ Rose
See T AGS Pwe 4
federal funds
able when a 1
can be passec
ney here for
Bayou project
it personally to state officials.
The resolution states that a
State Highway Department re-
port in favor of an easterly
The committee will again
sponsor the rice judging con-
’ st and the rice exhibit at
the Brazoria C aunty Fair.
ghway Commission,
lighway Engineer W,
irhael and to J. C.
state highway engi-
lems are to be aireo at puun<_
hearings in Austin, Corpus
Christi and Galveston. Judge
Alton Arnold reminded the
court of this event, urging that
as many people as possible
attend.
on the Democratic ticket. Lit-
tle action may develop here
until late summer or fall as
neither are opposed in May
but will face each other in
November.
In the C&R District com-
missioners race, both F. A.
Roden and Paul Wofford, in-
cumbents. have opponents in
May. Roden.currentlythedis-
trict chairman, is opposed by
a newcomer, George Richie.
Wofford’s opponent is Allen
Gray, former chairman of the
drainage district for many
years. Gray resigned his
drainage post to make an un-
successful bid for Brazoria
County commissioner. The
third district incumbent and
■ed up
wring
group is J. I.. "Pat” Massey.
He is unopposed.
Brazoria County Judge Al-
ton Arnold will fight a hard
battle for re-election this
year, meeting an opponent in
the May Primary when he is
faced by Freeport Mayor T.
C. Selman and then meeting
head-on with Harvin Lewis of
Lake Jackson. Republican, in
the November General Elec-
tion.
spending caused some delays
in new projects but did not
affect Chocolate Bayou as that
project was not scheduled C~r
award in 1970.
The letter further stated
that the total estimated cost
of the project is $2,837,000
with $2 Million of this being
federal funds and $837,000 to
past p
rs ar
Political preliminaries to
the May primary elections be-
gan to take on depth and inter-
est Tuesday morning after the
filing deadlines were passed
Monday.
Three races appeared to be
heading for the spotlight po-
sitions in Alvin: That of jus-
tice of the peace, commis-
sioners of Brazoria County
Conservation and Reclama-
tion District Three (former
drainage district) and Bra-
zoria County judge.
G. E. "Ed” Webb, incum-
bent for justice of the peace.
Precinct 3, filed with the Re-
publican Party for re-elec-
tion. George Loftin Sr filed
On a number of occasions
the City of Alvin’s Inspection
Department has been ap-
proached by the citizens of
this city as to what they can
do to prevent being cheated
-f their money by contractors
who are not legitimate.
Chief Inspector F red R.
Goedecke said, "Our advice
• j these people is, first of all.
hec), and make sure that the
ntrartor is bonded to the
city and that he has a license
t: do the type of work that
you wish to have done.”
If a contractor is bonded,
he must come to City Hall and
tain a permit for the job he
is contracting to do, Mr. Goe-
decke explained. He went on,
"As soon as this job is started
the job will periodically, until
Schroeder, audit; George Gar-
wood. civic affairs; JoeQuinn,
institution and by-laws;Rev.
F. S. Burford, education; Ben
Magness, industrial: Ralph
Holtschlag, membership, fi-
nance and public relations;
Sam Rowe, navigation and
drainage; Dr. H. Inman Faulk-
ner, public affairs; Dr. Beryl
See FERGUSON Page 4
F. A. Hoaen. v*
the C & R District, reported
at Monday night's business
meeting that "We were in a
dilemma several months ago
so far as federal cooperation
was concerned. The president
had curtailed all federal
spending as far as we knew,
and w • w— ,hi«
affecv
projei
write
out."
designated as a second area
where Pearland and other area
citizens are urged to obtain
their licenses, cutting down on
'onfusion and waiting lines at
the Alvin office.
Office hours at the Alvin
location are 8 a.m. to 12
noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Per-
sons should note the one hour
closing time for lunch break,
and are reminded that the of-
fice doors a re closed promptly
at 5 p.m. each day.
In Pearland, however, auto
tags are available from T, P,
Castillo during the hours of
8 a m. to 9 p.m. Monday
through Saturday. Plenty of
parking space is available at
the Pearland location.
Deadline for obtaining li-
cense plates is April 1.
Mail Orders
This year, for the first time,
persons can elect to register
time of inspection no burning
of the compost material.
“The compost site is one
mile distance from the near-
est resident. Only at the site
itself was there any disagree-
able odors.
"However, on 19 November
1969, this site was found to be
burning, smoking and emitting
objectionable odors. On 20
November 1969, the entire site
had been watered down and
there was no burning nor
smoldering from the com-
post."
Texas, both physically and
academically."
Magness said, however, that
"we still are in bad need of
some things that go to give
all of our young people a total
edu ation. regardless of their
desires. One area where we
have not been as active as we
might have been is the voca-
tional and technical field.
"1 pledge to you, if elected
for another term, that I will
work for the completion of a
v ational and technical
s heel so that those students
not desiring to continue to
college may get a complete
education here at home.”
Magness concluded his
statement by saying. “Your
vet- and influence will be ap-
pre lated.”
rford.
r. Ha-
A. ...
.'uinn
solution verified that
nformation provided
fi ghway Depa rment
Office recently had
ighed and had not
the oun’s prefer-
a route west >f Pear-
ler than to the east,
alveston County.
^solution urges that
'ay omn issionplr.ee
>enda of its next reg-
ular ffieetf-g the matter of
designating a westerly route
for the freewav.
a -eptec
was presented for McLeod by
his attorney, Sam Lee of An-
gleton.
Quarterly report of Bra-
zoria County Treasurer Odell
Robinson was sworn to and
accepted by the court on mo-
tion of Commissioner Henry
See COl RTHOI Si Page 4
com
the
sure . — ...
rectly and according to the
City Code requirements. If,
during any phase of this job.
it does not meet these re-
quirements, the inspector will
notify the contractor and see
See INSPECTOR Pa«e 4
wee.
Helen
.is M -
Alana Hale, a sophomore student at Alvin High School, and daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Jack
Hale, will represent AHS and the Yellowjacket Band tn Dallas Feb. 12-14 at the Texas Music
Educators Association Clllc-Conference as a member of the All-State Band of Texas.
Miss Hale was selected through a process of tryouts that began in December when 30 ‘Jacket
bandsmen competed for district honors. Of the 20 who received those laurels, three qualified
for regional tryouts. All three, Miss Hale, Brenda F. well and Mike Potter, were named to
region band at a clinic held in Alvin Jan. 3-10.
However, only Miss Hale placed high enough to go on to area tryouts In which she was named
"second chair cornet”, led only by a senior student from Dickinson. She plays first chair
cornet in the Yellowjacket band.
Director Phil Armstrong will accompany his student to the Dallas conference. Other music
faculty members attending the T.M.E.A. meet will be Elva Ulbrich, dire< tor of the junior and
senior high school choirs; Evelyn Owens, elementary music, Longfellow; Nina Connelly,
elementary music, Alvin; and Charlie Mayes, junior high school band director.
letter of 14, January 1970, in
regard to the Lone Star Or-
ganics Inc. of Houston. Texas,
please be advised that on 15
January. 1970, I Investigated
and inspected the Lone Star
Compost site located approx-
imately three miles north of
Alvin, Texas and found at the
, BROWN I’ORD ltd
IRE YOUR CAR U BUYS MORE
CE RENTAL. NE'M * USED UNITS
ON Hwy 35 ALVIN. TEXAS <5g
<:■ d. in an-
j like to take
sav again
se rve the
- Indepen-
nother three
ason did coni-
chedule for road
s was not work-
as planned since
laymen- of tax?s
ome.
wayComtnission
lecting the west
proposed Alvin-
eway war urged
time by passage
on which is to be
y by tin cities of
anvel, a.id Brook-
Side lUlOJ..
Resolution was passed, ask-
ing that the matter be taken
up at the next regular com-
mission meeting and the west
route be selected.
FIRESTONE TIRES
Home I. Auto Supplies
PHtCO APPLIANCES
Higher Ouai’y At lower Prices
e. Agriculture
•:k traditional
•ucuer and in-
G officers. The
Id ir. the cafe-
r High
• < f ’'Come
- predomi-
>-ve schemes
"No Evidence” Of Law Breaking
By Compost Company, DA Says
Ogden Bass. Brazoria
County’s district attorney, has
reported to Commissioners
Court that there is no "evi-
dentiary basis on which to
proceed further" in halting
the action of Lone Star Or-
ganics Inc. In burning com-
post at • site north of Alvin.
Alvin’s chamber of com-
merce, commissioners court,
and other groups and individ-
uals have protested the al-
leged air pollution from the
burning compost, and recently
the commissioners unani-
mously supported a resolution
that "something would be done
about it.”
Bass's letter stated: Wil-
liam H. Kerr, Brazoria County
Health Department, found no
detriment to public health nor
any violation of Article 698d,
V. P. C. or Article 4477-5,
V. C. S. (Tsotas Laws Govern-
ing Air Pollution).
Bass added, "However, by
carbon of this letter, I am re-
questing that our health de-
partment maintain, close ob-
servation and inspection of the
referenced premises and
should a violation occur, 1 am
sure they will file a formal
complaint.”
Mr. Kerr’s letter to Bass
stated: As requested by your
missic-nels took m pre vious
resolution in 'avor of going
west
Tht highway dtpartm nt in
an up-dated route location
study last .--nth concluJed
that an easterly rout ■ th'ough
Pearland would be $2,200,000
cheaper.
Man Dies In
Train Incident
A Houston man became the
sixth 1970 traffic fatality in
Brazoria County last Wednes-
day at 3:15 p.m. when his
heavily loaded grain truck
slammed into a Santa Fe
freight train near Manvel.
Dead is Willie A. Turner.
He was pronounced dead at the
scene by Justice of the Peace
A. L. Lee of Angleton. Lee
said the man s body was badly
mangled and that he died in-
stantly.
Department of Public Safe-
ty Sgt. Homer Cleckler said
Turner, a driver for Hamner
Truck Lines, had picked up a
load of grain from a nearby
rice dryer just prior to the
ac< idem.
Turner was traveling north
See TRAIN, P«e 4
Political Forum
To Be Held Here
The Public Affairs Com-
mittee of the Alvin Chamber
of Commerce, Agriculture and
Industry, chaired by Dr. H.
Inman Faulkner, has announc-
ed a "Know Your Candidate"
forum which will be held be-
fore the Primary Elections.
The tentative date for the
forum has beer, set for March
20 and the program will be
held in the American Legion
Hall, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
All local, county, state and
national candidates will be in-
vited to attend or have repre-
sentatives in attendance at the
meeting.
local bond issue must be ac-
complished before the Corps
can continue with their de-
signs.
"This means," said Chair-
man Roden, "that federal
See C&R. Page 4
s.~. many
M.’l system
All of these
andidate, and from
i a / have filed by mail
-rs Brazor-
nservation and
Brazoria County Democra-
tic Chairman Harmon H-.iot is
seeking re-ele tion to that
post which h< recently assum-
ed. Hoot took the office to
replace Cecil h ingo who r- -
signed. Wingo is new s- king
election a' Braz ria r oun’v
treasurer, a post held by
Alvin s < dell V. Robinson who
retires this year.
In addition to Wingo, toother
Democrats seek rhe pla'
City Inspecto
Care In Cons
Two Injured
In Accidents
Two men were injured in
s- parat ■ accidents investigat-
ed last Friday hy th,. Depart-
ment of Public Safety.
The first occurred abort 11
a.m. at FM Road 528 anl the
Ivin bypass. Maurice Wim-
berly, 38, of Route Three,
Alvin, was reported taken to
Alvin Memorial Hospital.
The Si < and a< i idem was r- -
ported at 2:20 p.m. Friday at
Htghw ly 2S8 andFM 521. Bob-
by Hamilton, 24, of Hotston
was taken to Community Hos-
pital.
ness Announces
rustee Candidate
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ESTABLISHED 1890
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No 27 20 Pages in 2 Sections BUSINESS PHONE 658-3353
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Brookside Village for signing
by officials there.
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Commissioners, Cities Reaffirm
West Route On Alvin Expressway
1 we now have
•St s heels in.
‘“ FEBRUARY 5
Commissioners Still Eye N«eds
*■-“ cnnnO in Pnurthouse
They are O, . Terrell of Al-
vm and '■ W. '‘Flop’’ ack-
son of Angb r n. Hoot slid a
fourth
'Ivin,
before th- d> adline but h had
not received th- filing notice.
"He inquired and we maybe
getting his filing fee." Hoot
said.
Oth rs filing with Hoot
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Storrs, A. W. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1970, newspaper, February 5, 1970; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1215085/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.