The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, June 15, 1970 Page: 1 of 12
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by ADELAICt JACOB
Members of the Alvin Plan-
ning Committee met last
Tuesday night to discuss a
proposed capital improve-
ments program for the City of
Alvin in the next fiscal year.
Dale Smith, chairman, pre-
Alvin’s city councilmen met
in special session Thursday
night to award the first con-
tract on builk purchase of
gasoline and oil for the city.
City Manager W. E. Routh
had tabulated bids from Gulf
Oil Company, Mobil Oil Com-
pany, Sinclair Oil Company,
sided and other members pre-
sent were Marvin Ford,
George Jacob, Walter Lacy,
and Ron Sadow. Also present
were Mayor Ted C. Hermann,
City Manager W. E. Routh,
and City Engineer L.C. Parks.
underground or above ground.
Bids on two radics for
placement in county fire
trucks at Surfside ind Brook-
side Village will be opened at
10 a.m. on July 27. Earlier in
the meeting, firefighting needs
over the county were dis-
cussed with Paul Israel of
Lake Jackson whc heads the
Equipment Committee for the
county-wide firemen’s group.
By-laws were approved for
the Brazoria County Trans-
portation Planning Commis-
sion after a report by two
members, James Baker and
Leland Kee. The report indi-
Brazoria County Commis-
sioners Court met last Monday
with all elected officials pre-
sent, plus nine visitors and
three reporters. All voting
was unanimous.
County librarian’s request
that Mrs. Florence J. Mar-
tin's statue at the Clute Branch
Library be changed to library
assistant was approved. Mrs.
Martin has been an hourly em-
iii hi
'i Toll,
scheduled to be completed la-
ter this year, will produce pob
' Pylene. In addition to being
- ' d in the manufacture of
" elded appliance and automo-
A Department of Public
Safety officer had minor in-
juries when his patrol car hit
a culvert about 10 p.m. last
Saturday.
Department of Public Safety
Sgt. Homer Cheekier reported
that Patrolman George Her-
bert was about three miles
south of Alvin on Highway 6
when he swerved off of the
road to miss a car and hit a
culvert.
Sgt. Cleckler reported some
$800 damage to the patrol car.
Herbert was treated at Al-
vin Memorial Hospital for a
laceration on the chin and was
kept overnight for observa-
tion.
use- and Lavina Valusek;
and two brothers. Robert
>uis Valusek and Louis Val-
usek . r., all of Manvel.
Further details are not yet
available and funeral arrange-
er:ts await the arrival of
young Valusek’s body here.
Neither his parents nor the
fun< ral home had informa-
ti;-r. on the expected date.
ployee at that library since
1967.
A permit such as is required
of utility companies and others
crossing county rights-of-way
will be required of Brazoria
Cable-Vision Inc., the court
decided. Asking permission
to cross county easements
were J. L. Jenkins, with the
engineering firm that will do
the work, and Wayne Marcy of
the cable T V firm that is sta rt-
ing operations in parts of Bra-
zosport.
Marcy and Jenkins ex-
plained that their coaxial cable
would follow whichever me-
thod is used by Houston Light-
ing & Power as to placement
and Conoco. He recommended
that the Sinclair bid be accept-
ed.
Sinclair’s price was 20 and
a half cents per gallon on
Ehtyl gasoline and 18 and a half
cents per gallon on regular
gasoline, in tanks to be sup-
plied by the dealer; 71 cents
per gallon on motor oil; and
19 cents per gllon on diesel
fuel, including state tax.
City Engineer L. C. Parks
pointed out that othe lower
bids on diesel fuel did not
include the state tax though
the city pays this when ve-
hicles travel the highways.
In second action, the coun-
cilmen considered an offer
from Brazoria County Com-
missioner Henry Jordan to
ipany
lapan
have city services: install
storm sewer or. College Drive
from Dumble to Stadium
Drive, on Stadium Drive from
College Drive to Moller Road,
and on Moller Road from Sta-
dium Drive to South St -eet; and
eliminate the septic tank op-
eration on Park Drivt
Parks-Acquire land areas
as recommended in the Alvin
Plan for city parks. Large a-
reas of the parks should be de-
voted to activities other than
baseball.
Street program- Speed up
the street improvem mt pro-
gram by financing with a ma-
jor bond issue which willsuf-
fice to complete th< entire
arterial street improvement
program.
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rises ire pend-
FuEe/al Horrte
The Brazoria County
Transporta.Ion Piaui ingCom-
mission will retrain at 15
members, but presently un-
represented communities can
still hope to have a direct
voice through two standing
committees.
By-laws for the transpor-
Brazorla County Commis-
sioners Court, along with the
cities of Pearland, Manvel and
Brookside Village, had thought
the battle was won when the
Texas Highway Department fi-
nally approved a route west of
Pearland last February.
Local officials took the po-
He said that the bureau was
a kind of fact-finding agency
and apparently felt some added
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Mayor Hermann and City
Manager Routh explained the
preparation of the budget and
the important improvements
needed for the next fiscal year.
City Manager Routh requested
that the Planning Commission
submit its capital improve-
ments recommendations by
June 1 instead of July 1 in
the future.
The five members present
gave unanimous approval to
the following capital improve-
ments program for the next
fiscal year:
Water and Sewer-Replace
lines in the older sections of
town which are too small; in-
stall storm sewer on Fifth
Street; extend serviretothose
within the city who do not yet
information could be obtained
by another hearing.
He saldthe bureau had hadat
Its disposal the contents of the
original hearing and informa-
tion submitted to It by the
Texas Highway Department
with the request for approval
of use of federal funds to build
the western route.
Carmichael said that to his
treats,
'alusek
isters,
discussion of the route” at the
routine second hearing.
When word reached Com-
missioners Court last Mon-
day that there was a possible
snag in the freeway plans,
Precinct 3 Commissioner
Henry Jordan charged that the
"fat cats” In Galvest xt Coun-
ty appeared to beplayingpoll-
tics.
District 12 engineer Wiley
Carmichael said he wasn’t
Jure as to precedent but this
was tire first such request he
had known of to stem from the
bureau under such circum-
stances.
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less Boston
plained that on a project of
this sort, the first hearing
deals with the route and the
second with specifics such as
exits and crossings.
Even if another special
hearing should not be set as
requested by the bureau, Car-
michael commented that "it
might be difficult to keep out
knowledge no new hearing has
yet been set as per the bureau
request. There was already
planned, however, a second
hearing that would deal with
specifics of the freeway.
He said his office has been
at work on the material need-
ed before a date can be set on
that routine hearing. He ex-
The summer reading program at Alvin’s Mark Twain School is planned to help boys and girls
develop an enthusiastic attitude toward books and reading. Mrs. Dorothy Jozwlak is assisting
a group of children from Mrs. Florence Bird’s reading class, as they look for reading material
In the Mark Twain School library.
Council Awards Gas
Contract To Sinclair
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Transportation Group
To Remain At Fifteen
Public Hearing
To Discuss
Sewer Plan
A public hearing conducted
by the Houston-Galveston A-
rea Council on a proposed re-
gional sewer plan for the Clear
Creek Watershed will be at
7 p.m. Friday, June 19, in
the Clear Lake City Water
Quality Building, 900 Bay A-
rea Boulevard, in Clear Lake
City.
The plan disc usses the pro-
posed size, location and con-
struction phases for sewage
collection and treatment fac-
ilities for the watershed to
the year 2020.
A technical presentation of
the proposed plan will be made
by the consulting engineering
firms of Turner, Collie &
Braden and Bernard Johnson
Vol.79, No. 52 12 Pages In Two Sections Business Phone 658-3353 Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas, Monday, June 15 1970
Commissioners Court Meeting Is
Held At Courthouse Monday Morn
H/Crest Installs
New Officials
At the June meeting of the
Hillcrest Village City Council,
two new city officials took
their oath of office. Dr. Dale
Messer was sworn in as city
health officer, and Mrs.
Cleeda Stricklin was named
again as city tax-assessor-
collector, a position she has
held in the past.
Mayor Bob Belden presided
at the routine meeting. Some
committee reports were heard
but action has not yet been
' taken and the matters remain
in a discussion stage.
tation planners we-e appro • ■
last Monuay by Co, niss.jn-
ers Court, the b dy that
created the planning group
back in March.
The planners’ progress to
date was reported to the court
by James Baker, commission
chairman, and Leland Kee, by-
laws chairman.
Officers have bee i elected
one, two andthree-y ar terms
drawn for, and wo-k of the
planners begun. Linder these
circumstances, Kee said, it
was the general feeling of the
commission that it would be
best to leave the membership
at the present 15.
A provision was atidedtothe
bylaws, Kee noted, t at would
allow more members if the
court should decide to modify
the original order.
Also, Kee said, there were
set up in the by-law: five con-
tinuing committees. On tvo of
these, Technical aid Public
Relations, persons not on the
commission could be appoint-
ed. This would afford a broad-
er representation se rving in a
planning capacity.
The matter of adding to the
15-member commission was
brought up a few weeks back
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would be of more benefit tc
Galveston County than Bra-
zoria County whose funds
were going into right-of-way.
This week, however, it was
learned that the federal agency
had requested a new hearing
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Miss Hurst To
Assist With
Library Plan
Miss Eernice Hurst,former
fmazeria County librarian who
helped to design Alvin's pre-
sent library building, came
■ ■ ner library post in Hous-
ton's River Oaks Addition to
dis- uss with the local Library
Hoard aid architects the de-
sign of an addition to the li-
brary.
The meeting was held at the
library Wednesday afternoon
with Chairman Sergay Goff
presiding. Others present
were Board Members Dolores
Alexander, Evelyne Stricklin,
Maud Wood, Adelaide Jacob,
Margaret Harper, Tom Bowl-
ing, Jack Bartash, Librarian
Powena Hillhouse, City Man-
ager W. E. Routh, Architect
Christopher DiStefano and his
associate, Charles Pollard.
After some discussion and
adjustments in the plan pre-
sented by the architects, the
group voted to accept the pre-
liminary plans and to meet a-
gain in six weeks when final
plans were ready for approval.
Miss Hurst acquiesced to
the board’s request that she
Prepare a design for fumish-
’•ng the new sector of the li-
brary. and recommended that
a committee be appointed to
work out needs wlthMissHill-
house and the Brazoria County
librarian. Mr. Goff named
Bartash, Bowling, Mrs. Har-
per and Mrs. Alexander to this
committee.
We *ee inrer-c’” gr.itefrl for Frc’Jei-’ s Farm. That’s the
place where you go to pick your own vegetables (or find the
fresh home-grown produce spread out under a canopy of live
oak branches, waiting for you to make your selection). Not
that we’re going to pick anything, God willing. But George is
an old farmer too long removed from the sod. He gets the
mullygrubbs if he can't watch things grow. He's been going out
to the farm every weekend and Alfred lets him scrounge around
in the fields-and soak up the feel of growing plants. During the
week, he keeps a wary eye on the weather— he wills the sun not
to shine after a shower because that would blister the tomatoes.
He moaned out loud when a cloudburst drowned the green beans.
It’s all a real blessing. Alfred has help with his worrying
and he doesn’t even know it. George gets all the fresh veget-
ables he has any business with. And we get produce in rea-
sonable quantities to fit our kitchen facilities and the appetites
of our family. The last time George had a garden, we couldn’t
even give away the blackeyed peas--we ran completely out of
recipies for eggplant—and we ate so many ripe tomatoes, we
broke out in a rash. We’re in grave danger of doing THAT
again—but aren't they good?
Sun Spots brings the nicest treats. Like the good, good news
from Mary Frances (Thomson) Croix. She’s in Long Beach,
California with husband, John, and the children. But John
will be saying goodbye to the II. S, Navy July 9 after 8 1/2
years. . . and the whole family is heading back home to Texas
as fast as they can skedaddle. Thanks for writing. Mary
Frances. John’s mother is Mrs. Marguerite Croix ofManvel—
and Mary Frances belong to Minnie Thomson of the Oasis
Drive Inn (who, incidentally, spent a couple of months early this
year getting the feel of California and enjoying her children).
Mary Frances said Gail. 6, and Gary, 4, talk about Texas all
the time but Gail’s most vivid memories are about the mos-
quitoes—Mama tells her not to mind a few pesky insects.
She'll trade smog for bugs any day in the week! Right now, John
is just up from hopping around. As machinist mate second
class, he was assigned to the USS Maddox but he got his right
leg broken playing football on the ship’s team and since then
he’s had limited duty at the naval station. Long Beach. He
plans to enter Texas State Technical Insisute at Waco this
fall. Hurry home, y’all. . .
Pretty new face for the Adrian Lee Guberts to feed—and
enjoy with fondness. Little Miss Adrienne Susanne was born
on June 5. . .
Mrs. Curtis Ledbetter and two of the youngsters, son Len-
non and daughter Lynda, have been here visiting her parents,
the R. T. Robinsons. She left son, Robbie, at home with his
papa in Orem, Utah. The senior Ledbetter is a professor in
the College of Religion at Brigham Young University. The
Robinson and the visiting half of the Ledbetters have really
been seeing local sights. . . they all went to Galveston and
watched Grandpa bowl in a tournament down there. . . and
the Astrodome was on agenda, among other things. . .
Goings-and-Comings: Mrs. Glen Kinsworthy and two of the
children, Glenda and Rickey, made their first jet flight over
the weekend—all the way to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania where dad-
dy is working. They’ll be back this fall when school starts. , .
June Costellow has been on vacation, somebody said—the
Thomas Trevino family went down to Edinburg last week (Back
where they come from) for just a short visit.*. . Marge Gordon
will be going to Virginia in the near future. . . somebody re-
ported that the D. R. Reed family is moving to Arcadia,
Louisiana. . .
Speaking of moving. Rowena Millhouse was telling us that
the J. T. Rayburn family, former Alvin residents and lately
of Psacagoula. Mississippi, are on their way to Ponce. Puerto
Rico where they’ll live for two years. They’ re taking five of
the children with them, the eldest daughter remains Stateside
to go to college in Shreveport, Louisiana. Rowena says the
Rayburns claim Alvin as their "real” home and still own
their place here with an eye te someday returning. He was
employed by Monsanto; Beverly worked at the Alvin Library. , .
So very nice to have folks like our town, isn’t it? A little
friend of ours, Susan Wilson, came up from Galveston house-
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Meeting Set
Members of American Le-
gion Post 129 will meet Mon-
day night. Junel5.at7:30p.m.
in the American LegionMem-
orial Community Center.
New officers for 1970 will
be elected, according to F.
C. Fredrickson, post adjutant.
Fredrickson said the total post
membership is now 193 per-
sons.
City Planners Recommend Extensive Capital
Improvements Program For 70-71 To Council
pass Keep Firemen Busy
Leer fire - < expect busy days during the summertime months when rains are
■ :r masses at die flick of a match. Such blazes, sometimes two or three a
I inters.: .e run-and offer a spectator-pastime for others who race to the
ites-: Ae.This sa blaze in a field near the Frank Duke home on Dumble Street.
Kfxsr.e’: ■’it: ; dam age.. .but firemen have urged that spectators stay way-way
k ' a fir-. If the fir ? becomes really hazardous, spectators only serve to
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Storrs, A. W. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, June 15, 1970, newspaper, June 15, 1970; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1215259/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.