The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1955 Page: 4 of 16
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using the present rout<
north-bound traffic, a
block east, both of fou: lui.r
parking will be allowed or. e
route. Miksovsky said.
Contract for the secor.d
is expected to be let bef..re :.
first section is completed.
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1954 Chevrolet
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handed an official ultimatum
W, J. Rive is handling the Cor-
poration and Big Gifts division
of the Community Chest drTve
but other chairmen are yet to Jae
1949 Oldsmobile
38, 4-docr Hydramatic ?
.Black Finish
Many Other Mokes & Mode s To Choose
— Written Guarantee Or A OK Used Con -
named. Officers of the Brazoria
County Communit.v Chest group
include Leland Kee, Angleton at-
torney, president; John Smith of
Freeport, vice president: Ldther
Donaghey of West Columbia, di-
rector of charities; Leerie Giese
of Angleton, treasurer; and Jerry
Jircik of Alvin, secretary.
Th? $61,173.75 budget was re-
cently approved at a meeting of
the executive committee and was
proportioned ou« in the follotting
manner:
Boy Scouts. S25.330; Girl Scouts,
$16.€ 3; USO. $4,115; UCDS. $^15;
Gonzales Warm Springs, $3,000;
YWCA. $4,800; La Escuelita and
oth-r Latin American activities,
SI.000; local charities. $5,000; and
administration. $1,000.
combined with a more powerful engine in the Mercury for 195»
graceful flowing lines, .aid accentuates the low, road-h igging
by a big new 312-cubic meh displacement Safety-Surge V-8 er
acceleration and passing ability. New safety features includin.
absorbing steering wheel and safety belts are offered. Show:
Increasing State Highway 2881
to four lanes from .2 mils north .
of Highway 36 in Freeport to FM
1460 intersection, a distance of
3.4 miles, was expected to begin
about Oct 1. said Francis G. Mik-
sovsky, resident engineer.
Contract, he said, has been '
awarded to Hol and Page af Aus- I
tin. low bidder at $895,668 26
Work orders are expected to be
issued by the State Highway De- I
partment within a short time.
This is the first section of High- |
way ?88 between Freeport and I
Angleton that is to be widened to’
four lanes.
The secord section is from FM j
'.460 to two miles north of Oyster
Creek. Funds have already been
appropriated for this and bids are I
to be asked soon after the first I
of the vear when the county ex- I
pects to have complete securing 1
ci additional right-of-way need-1
eo. Miksovsky explained. ,
The ‘.hird section of 6.5 miles
will complete the widening to
Angleton. Part of the money for j
this has been set aside by the. ■
state and preliminary studies onlj
how to get traffic through An-,
gleton are being made, including |
a split in the highway for several i
blocks, with south-bound traffic |
lators.”
The district attorney said this
order applied to all of the coun-
ty. “and I me«n Texas City, Gal-
veston, all of the Mainland—in
fact, the whole works/’
Nine Groups Of Prizes To Be Given
In Annual Beard Growing Contest
Plans for the third annual
Beard-growing Conteft to be held
in connection with Frontier Day-
on Nov. 11 are now complete and
nine prizes have been announced
by the chairmen. Ray Williams
and Bob Graves.
First, second and third place
prizes will be given in three divi-
sions There will be prizes for
the most perfect beard, the long-
est beard and the most unusual
beard.
They will be in an
SAFE DEPOSIT BOX at
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CAN YOU BEAT THESE?—Three top prizes were given for the fanciest beards du-ing the
first Beard-Growing Contest at the first Frontier Day in 1953. Contestants in 1955 may
judge the "value" of their "growth" by studying the previous winners!
County Judge Theodore Robin-
son of Galveston County refused
portable to say whether he wou'd back a
proposed Hitchcock-Braz.oria road
or a Galveston-Brazosport route,
explaining he would “like to see
i both roads built.”
I The Hitchcock-Brazosport road,
proposed by a delegation from
Galveston County’s mainland, was
endorsed by Chairman E H.
Thornton Jr. of the State High-
way Commission.
The Galveston County judge
said he could not speak for the
rest of the county commission but
felt “all will be happy to see both
roads.”
He said that at earlier confer-
ences with the highway commis-
sion the San Luis Pass route to
, Brazosport was received by the
_t_______ state as “a good project but the
Meanwhile Dis- • commission said it had no money
■ to finance it then.
’ The Galveston commissioners,
j though, hoping to get aid later
on a bridge over the pass, ap-
proved construction of a $290,000
road along Galveston Island to
San Luis Pass. The road now is
under construction.
Meanwhile, the Galveston coun-
1 ty officials are hoping that Bra-
zoria County will build a similar
road on the opposite shore with
a bridge as the only link then re-
maining to be built.
Fac<?d with the possibility of
the road leading only to the west-
ern end of the island, Galveston
County officials have considered
a bond issue to finance a toll.
bridge across the gap.
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Galveston is "back in busi-
ness". Just a week after a
crackdown or vice ordered by
Police Commissioner Walter L.
Johnston at the urging of the
chamber of commerce, tightly
closed all night clubs have
quietly resumed operations, it
was reported. I-..-—.—
trici Attorney Marsene John-
son Jr. who issued a similar
vice ban for the entire county,
including G a 1 ▼ e s t on said
Everything seems closed on the
mainland".__
Fort Bend and Galveston coun-
ties to send entries in the beard-
growing contest to win the large
number of prizes contributed by
merchants
First place prizes for the most
perfect beard include: a Zenith
Radio given by Western Auto Sup-
ply, matched cuff links and tie
clasp from Ber Huser Jewelry,
two steak dinners and cocktails at
Streamline Lounge, Hallmark
paper holder from Williams’
Plumbing, choice of Scotch cooler
A large number of contestants I or broiler from Pearson’s Appli-
havc registered nd zor the first, ance, $10 in cleaning from John
time this year, participants from ny’s Cleaners, dinner for two at
out of town have been invited :o 1 tfac New TOp naf a Rjft from
take part. The contest is sponsor-! Adler’s Fountain Supply, wash
ed. along with other Frontier, an(j grease job at Pete Martin's
Day events, by the Alvin Junior 1 Service Station.- oil and- filter
Chair ber of Con merer with the; change at Phillips’ Five Point
assistance of the Veteran of For- i station, and a Gillette razor and
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eign Wars. The Jaycees have in- i shaving set from McLemore’s Five
•u-'- clubs in Brazoria, antj Ten.
f Second place prizes for the most
perfect beard are: 12-pound bar-
i becued ham from Henry's Roll-
ing Barbecue Pit. seven-pound
i beef roast from Smith’s Gro-
' eery, a two-gallon thermos bottle
from Gulf Coast Hardware, two
T-bone steak ninners at Green s
; Cafe, a case of beer at Bob's
Cafe. 15 gallons of gas at the
Highway 35 Humble Station,
grease job and broke adjustment
at Burge and Holmes garage.
Third prize in the same cate-
' gory includes: a <pot ’ight by
Texas Eastern Production Corp,
with compliments <<f L. C. Holl-
and. an album of Western music
at Swanson s Radk Shop, choice
of any pocket knife at Alvin Hard-
ware. $10 in laundry at Fineline
Cleaners, men’s hair brush set at
Gem Drug Co. and Eversharp ball
point pen at Pugh’s
For the longest beard first
prize is: Langley Streamline reel
at Barber’s Service Station, Shake-
speare Wonder r xi at Lack’s,
suit of Western denims at Bow-
man’s. dinner for two at the New
Top Hat, $10 cleanii.g at the Alvin
Cleaners, two steak dinners and
cocktails at Streamline Lounge.
GMC Portable spotlight at Pear-
son’s Chevrolet. $10 in dry goods |i
at Stanton’s, wash < nd grease job
from Scotty’s Service Station, oil I
change at Lawrence Bros.
Second prize in the longest
beard division consists of: 25-
pound Tom Turkey at Harris &
Summers, canned ham at McCul-
lars Food Store, two shrimp din-
ners or case of b<er at Yellow
Jacket Cafe. $10 in trade at Patco
Lumber Co, TV light from Alvin
Electric Repair Shop, 15 gallons
of gas from Vaughn’s Magnolia
Station, wash and grease from
Stein & Huepers Phillips Station.
For the third longest beard be engaged in the foregoing viola-
prizes are: Fram radiator znd t»ons
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water cleaner installed at Alvin
Motor Co., $10 groc<*ry basket
from Renfrow’ ; Grocery, set nf 1 members of my staff to raid, seize
box end wrenches from Roark’s (and file charges against all vio-
Station. bowl of American Beauty-
roses from Froberg’s Flower Shop. ,
Zippo lighter given by Michael's
Jewelry. Carry-Lite live bait buc-
ket Dixie Service Station.
In the third division for the I
most unusaul beard many prozes
are also given: a set of steak I
knives bj- Honest John . Service.,
a gal on of varnish by Thompson’s j
Lumlxr Yard. S10 in cleaning by!
Fineline Cleaners, two steak din-
ners and cocktails at the Stream- the rewards < f a toll br.dgc at
line Lounge, a porti.ble spotlight.; San Luis Pass That county’s of-
dress shirt and tie at Ben’s Gene- facials are not losing hope for a
ral Merchandise, two steak dinners i Bluewater Highway from Galves-
at the Trophy linn, wash and ton to the southern portion of
■ grease job at Kreuzer’s Service Brazoria County, it was reported
Station and 15 gallons of gas at * last week.
Adams' Texaco Station.
Second prizes for the most un
usual beard include:
electric hand mixer by .Automatic'
Gas & Appliance Co., set of Style-
master car rugs from Martin’s
Gulf Station at Pearland, 12-i
pound ready-to-serve ham at City
Meat Market, one gallon of paint.
Webb Decorating Shop, wash and
grease job at Wooster’s Humbh
Station, motor tune up at Henry-
Rodgers’ garage
Third prize is a Coleman Jr.
lantern from Armstrong’s Gulf
Station. $10 in trade at Alvin
Lumber Co., fancy Western shirt
at Wellborn’s, a table lamp at
Gulf Coast Furniture Store. Old
Spice shaving set at Red Cross
Drug Co. and 4 vo lunches at
Hellman’s Cafe.
prostitution. liquor-by-the-drink
establishments and beer taveTns
selling beer after hours and to
juveniles”, Johnson said. ‘‘I am
ordering all persons who might
be engaged in the foregoir.g viola-
—3 to be closed and out of
business by 12 noon, Sept 29.
1955, after which time I shall as-
my crim-.nal investigator and
'Vice Shut-Down
Strikes Mainland
Every illegal establishment
the Galveston
was l.w.—— -
last week to
by noon IT.-
al prosecution.
j HIMItR rXOCRAL OVFOSlT INSURANCK OORPdRATI***
' SERVING ALVIN AND ITS NEIGHBORS SINCE 1906"
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District Attorney Marsene John-
son Jr issued the edict and im-
mediately sent his special inves-
tigator. O. E. Henson, to the
Mainland to deliver it m person
1 The Island had been closed
' down earlier by Police Commis-
sioner Walter L. Johnson after
! the Chamber of Commerce passed
resolution saying it was fed up
with “open flouting of the laws
Addressing his ultimatum “to
all operators of alleged gamblin
Community Chest
Continued From Page 1
continued need of the USO and
the UCIX?, the good being done
at Gonzales Warm Springs, the
YWCA work in the county; the
local charities that are always
with them plus a new field add-
ed this year—La Escuelita—and
other Latin-American activities
in the county.
All this adds up to a required
budget of at least $61,173.75 with
no funds set up in the budget for
the reserve fund used in case of
emergencies.
The Community Chest Drive
which starts on Oct 24 will be
handled in a little different man-
ner this year, according to Shor-
key. Four area vice-chairmen
will be appointed for the county
and a campaign director for each
town will be appointed, Sharkey
said. These community chairmen
will work directly under the vice-
chairmen
In addition to this, an advisory
committee for the county is to be
rt>t up to work with the area
chairmen, and this vear for the
first time, each community in the
county will have a quota to shoot
for.
Shorkey and members of the
Community Chest, as well as rep
resencatives of the participatin.
agencies, will be available for
guests talks at the various civic
and service c’.ubs in the county.
“We feel that the people of
Brazoria County should know all
about the Community Chest and
the work it does and we feel that
these informal talks will be the
best means of explaining our
work to them.' Shorkey said.
WILL REOPEN
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Bowen, A. E. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1955, newspaper, October 6, 1955; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1245969/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.