The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ALVIN SUN I
Brazoria County’s Oldest Newspaper I I
Established in 1890
ALVIN, TEXAS, F lit DAY. DECEMBER 21. 1928
Frid.
in It’s 39th Year
MANAGER
DANGEROLS SPOR1
LEI'S HAVE 11
ALVIN
At this
<T liristiqas
MEET
JONES
them to
First Visit to Alvin
A IIHpu
CIV
If you
approve
and with the
of
•d in
vin Tu<
NEW
ALVIN
than
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LIBRARY NOTES
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NEW COUNTYAGENT
VISITS ALVIN
$1.50
TO YOU
TheGLARION
discovered |
Elizabeth Gilc
Winn
. Senior
•ter Alvin Defeats, and Gets Defeated 1
'reshmau Reporter
s thi:
WHY NOT
of Houston.
More About H;mp
W. E. Tieinann and Hiram Moor
pinned on b:
Voran
n r.* for
mak
That’s
Th.
it.’
anil
Roln-rl ■
“The
“Bea
is our sincere w ish to everyone in.
this community
nen
00 each
BASKET
J. BALL
u
;i
be born
; the
bril-
ot her-
ring
the
reigning
another
her»
,ys an ap-
. In single
r in boxes
and we
will reach
plea.-ure of
■ly charms in Mary
Both lying in a i
Editors Note:
The above article
Rev. D. W. Jackson
afternoon the Yellow-
d the Damon Mound
basketball
ittend the
Sunday
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.«corc and
was
Her*
Her*
50 $5.
Hats at
XI 0.00
.50
/ ■■ ■
a grid-
H foot-
a huge
*s lead to
.d of the
■corated with
meeting
County
would 1
::r.d Mr.. A. L. Suifme an-
the marriage of their dnugh-
Hazal Lui'td.'i, tv Mi. Herman W—
'• .••■aturuaj, Dccuui-
Rev. Joe Z. Towe*
>k up
“Glory
£*‘?l j
Mima
.‘Ma u
:
i Deso
\\ Id
a dreamy din.
rain, Ukm-v
•oyancy of th.
And
r the
A 41Vrru 41.1 crrii
•n the streets
or, to be
Well, Al
Kat herino
Librarian.
■nt from
d it hu.
iu!d be right
In appreciation of the gr«
(n<» the enminp- nf fhejut has
co the world, why r
ehool and togethei
You know the old saying, “If
don't toot your own horn no on<
toot it for yuj.”
graph t<
every’city <
line of the
us now go even unto
2.15. Christm
r 25, 11*28; with its feasting
pleasures, its giving and
greeting, its
joys and
story
we and
ing by
• them
to Al
led on
nclud
No Action Taken On
Letting Contract
Mr I). B.
pointed count.
Ti
ninety-eight,
surrendered
on of their
will <-i Itethlehi
His parent.-
With
By thi
aar’s tournament was
the rain, and all the
attended the meeting
Since Al-
the county
basketball
..... not I
only a violation of the law, but is j
mighty dangerous and possibly a I
of com
y i -•1 i'P’ ••
good in bringing new
e winding .-
ed : a littl. Il
l'ul
Robinson .
• cKe-l
... 1 WiMenor
Fred Garner
Fred Much . . Si
Gertrude Frobcrg,
. . . Fi
-;n B.J.'.k® t ba 11 Schsrltiln
for 1028-29
oilowing is the scheduh
games in \ \ L.
rranj’ed at the County m—t-
IJear
lie IS men en- te
a fireproof fo
necessary
gain* d to'
here
ipht-d ;,.to
o Bi thlo-1 p< rhaps
rias day, • sage, ex
perhaps
hills to
We are the last to complain of
kind of sport for th. young
pie, but when it becomes dan
reeport
/est Columbia
••nt
it Columbia Jan. 14
(Continued on Page 6)
yc of an innocent by.-tandvr or
one of the participants or the
burning of the finish of a passing
J
23E2
everybody
■
- I.nii
■e
first petty thi- vry oe
Ivin for some time and
hope, that it will be thi
. are indebted to the Freeport
a copy of the new illustrated
<!-.-t of Brazoria County
desk of Editor Kondeil
in hopes that a copy
hat we may have the
ing it over. The
Jan. 4
Jim j 1
he City Council has not
contract for th. building
city hall and when the
be deciiled is not known. ...
•ted that a Mr. Cox of Houston, . 1
In Alvin Feb. 15 and 16 .
Damon wan the firrt
it one point in the game was eight
: oints ahead <»f t.h<- Ye’lowjacki't ■.
, was overcome and
Ycllowjackets finally triuni] ’
the narrow margin of four po
cnal b. ing 24 to 20.
' • ’ g.-me, the Yellowjacketi
r.HK'j ed to Galv. ton for a second
that . Thi am-- w: - pl-ty-
ex-
Jvin
Alvin School as Host |
Expect Help From ’}
Citizens
town
d,«vr hem‘\’Luk’e
' Decembe
and its
yet li t ■^nn Frisbee as i
E"il n,'«yT.'!
stnn w,t*> Which to
T
cin
ling of the build
ted the banking roor
with entirely
in it- -tilln. ■
that mighty L
inge, awful |
stable nurs.
condition of
riilih
tn ent
while they to tii.
to be true, found
ling to see now
i and sub- his
enfold.-
by mt hi
hardly e
incl
He reported the theft j;,
<-. i- but I... cl.-.- has bwn II,.,, M(.|
to dot. Mr. Campbell iv Edward
■mirk-1 for a radio; and , j.r,,j (;.
of the thief is hardly
1 h< y found no bed to lay
But in an ox’s mang.-r
No royal things, a - u-. d i
by those who
said ed; the
The Sun wishes to take this oc< . ion to pledge an
family, to your neighbors, your friends, your whole
termination to give in the future, as in the past, a little mor- than a
dollar's worth of service for every dollar received anil to throw into the
ballarce our ingenuity, our best thought our highest energy.
If in the pnst year we have succeeded in pleasing you, it was
lillment of our highest ambition. If we have in any way beei
we shall strive in the coming year to remedy our fault.
And in the meantime, winter or summer, sunshine or clouds,
puts its heart into this wi ’h tc you
Squad dressed in their
id also thi program waa
WESA U
Shelton, recently ap
ty d-nionstrauon agent
A. Oswalt who has heen
Cuero in DeWitt
Alvin Tuesday and folks go blithely buy
i u< it...
all 1
* * * mas Sunday.
>unty Basketball Tourna- -.u\
be held in Alvin February
£?r • -
will
The school meuity is asKiiig
people, open their hone.- to
>rs and accord them a h arty
Also mat the bus;n<-ss ni"
lx prizes for the contestants
Houston interests are begining to
wak., up •(, the fact that this gt. :
coast country from Houston to th-
fulf th-, real country for ^gricu!
tural development, upon which th-
great city win sooner or later depend.
And it will only be a matter of a
snort time until attention by Houston
inter... ts will Le drawn from th-
Valley and centered closer at
home, right at the very door step-
paid advertisement but as a
cm of interest to the public
!1 b< pl-as-d to publish a
d statement of th- city
; any cost to the city.
■ showing
from all
ts for all
in
The old yc-1
is dead and g
less days whe
But with th.- pas.-age of the old year we are left -c
ories. Not all was gloom in 1928.' In fact, then- w
i Saturday the Alvin basketball
; attended n basketball meeting
igh ton and brought home the
to speak. The object of th ■
vas to determine how th ■
Basketball Championship
be decided. Several plans were
discussed and it was finally agreed
that ' - ' " ■ -
be decided
The County ” ' ' "
n* nt will I ‘
• ~t.. anti Ivwi, ami ii mean:
d;‘> hundreds of young people
pleasures, its
it.- kindly gre
'-eases and its failures, i
sorrows, has gon- into
whether tho s*cr-d <»b-.
day many be scripture or traditional n< v
our thoughts go hack to that fi“* —
Christmas night, when an Angel said
to th- astonished -heph-rd> as they trav<
watched over their flocks. ‘Behold, a ha
unto you is born, this day in the City heat*
of David, a Savior". Back to that leafh
night, when a multitude of the
heavenly host took up the glad re-
frain and sung,
hight, on earth
to men".
Back tn that ni
ings the world ever had—-a message
that touched each shepherd boy—°
message for all peo • ••
these good tiding
one to another,
me-1 unto Bethlehem
-to-date banking instit”- notice some of
th Te ........ *
<eason of the year most
• ■ .-lose t r b-.i- and
draw orf a financial statement
showing in detail th- receipts and
disbursements for the year enabl-
see whether or not
>s was conducted in
*r us to show a profit
stments or a loss.
business is no differ-
an individual business
■n suggested that it
and proper that the
■ r ~“
< of thi
in detail the receipts
sources and di.-burs-nn . .
purposes and have it publii
the Sun.
j t nger they mee t
and incidentally offer i
information which i
mv times w.-nted by stranger
>uld net bt: long until Alvin .
known th- world over as
rr.jr-NDL?' CITY'. Yea ranY
i friendliness to get ahead any way and thei
i you take il‘ ’
d largest bank in Brazoria Count
d under th<- direction of W 1
owning, the President, has enjoye
-ry substantian and suik ^rowth.
(TV TMflF
'■ convenience, on tin main | L I ! ! ! 5! L ! !
the great Santa F- Railway
it stood to become the larg
est and most important city in the
ci liters of the vast acres of rich land
of four gulf coast counties, Brazoria,
Harris, Galveston and Fort Berni.
Th place- we are taiKing about is
ALVIN, the hub city of four coun-
du-trtal Association visited us Tu< •
day he was informed in no uncertain
terms that h- was visiting the
best erty of the entir- gulf <
country and on account of its
pur- arti<
completed
they hurried fearing lest they should -,
• >■■ too |at< ; h-st other* should hav.- (
.ii.ed the, t-.ousi and b<- adorning th- rA. ,j.
h-'" Harri
ws through (|
The guests were received in the
* • upper part of the church by two rep-
resentatives of the Pen Sound whft
ar -a.-re dn-ss-d •’ their uniforms. When
all arrived they were conducted down
stain to strains of the Yellowiacket
-r I rong which was played by Sis Steele
ix:and sung by th- "Vke Girls". Mr.
It Strickland returned thank, and all ’
Alvin would had be-n sealed as Mr. Strickland, ;
!'■ Moxtcr of gave n 1 <**»•«»
“e:— fol’owe-i by a toast fi -jin the coach i West
• and then the captain’s toast. i
The boys were served by m. mher? j
The Pep S-quad of Alvin High
School entertained with a banquet in
honor of this year's footbal team and
t’oach ‘‘Toby", (’. P. Strickland, Mr
bli.s. HAker, Mr. Wallace and two or -1 on- point in the ;
>ur*ht three of the bu«in< «< men who follow ' oint.-- ah- id of th<-
not go to Sunday ' d most closely this season’s games he l-ad. however,
r b arn mor- of The banquet began at 7:30 Tues- \ • llowjack. ts
■an.-., it i ff ct up- ^ay night and wn- held in th. base-
tn th- world mid what we may expect •invnt of th'.- First Methodist • hureh.
:n th- future We. th- M»-n’« Tt'ht'1 I he table wa« decorat-d in orang
Class of th.- First Methodist Church, ; n,< white scheme arranged as a grid
extend a cordial invitation to all men. -on. The centerpiece was i
■ to start than Christ- '-'**3 on top of which wax
W- will study the birth '■-mg1' bow, orange streamers
discuss th- oeea. ion ror r'M‘h place card. At each end
v.ouhl ha-.- been table was a goal post deco;»t,
•e. The lined tk
at&ked at each end by a
. Fditoi 't- ',
it. F’llitor ! oliv
Report' r and pie
Junior Report-;-
ophomorv lb -
The First Christmas
fht of the best tid
■r had—a message
i shepherd boy—a
ople. Having heard
igs, the shepherds said
“Let us now go even But in the hay the Stranger lay,
n and see. L—t us With swadling blind' around
the unlookedfor con- (Th- Angel aid:)
.■ <>f Bethlehem on that nwmor-
1.-. that wonderful incarnation
ght. This is a fact we should Both lying in a manger. ’ “The Boy Scout
. expect, for in accord with His .... .. Chalmers
■ laim. ‘‘I am the light of the world” «<ulurs .Note: “Th-
We should expect Christ to bt* born Th- above artich is contributed by Meehan
in the sunniest hour of the day; the Rev, [). w. Jackson, nin-ty-two years
day most full of light in that bril- oi age, a retired liipt q minister
liant Eastern land But it is other now r-.fling in Alvin with his grand-
wise; b-eides the night hanging over son, Andrew Hanson, athletic direct
« ...... city, in its stillni
P I rll O nifllfl quiet of that mighty birth tandin^ hi .(<U ano .(>>:■ lb'. J u k
dltALd fiAUIU
marvelous condition of Bethlehem on early day in Texas connected with his
this memorable night Th- Shepherd work for the church.
T w believe this a worthy cau.-
Alvm should do the right thn
• young people and make
ai home. You never cur
, of thcn; nufjht u^»t to mov
Bra
id In-
i-
,t. high while Christ vie
from the rkl-
ecstasy of right,
Christmas Ev- ni>
mocking bird rises spirally in
and voices our Christmas grei-tingn
»v jvu enqwiieri-. Join in, NortPern
friends, to the tune of nature reach-
through the storms oi life to
illy investigated the make glad for you too th< «uld, weary
in that part of the I'^ht. While our beloved Southland
country It ecn - that a concern in ( h* v'al,n ttn<* Fright, an i-'-vating
Houston is anxious to develop this ;-;~ht.
product in th. part of Texas and ————o -
... f«r •«. tot. .... Surface-Schucnemann
which Aivin plays, price if sufficient amount is raised to,
make it worth their while
Teimann and Moore believe 200 acre
j can be contracted for thk comiri
. ai»«» *u. >..ti»ru,jj hemp wi'
make anomer dependable crop for ber 15, 1928.
(the Alvin dinrict. : -ffleiMinj.
R. F. Campbell, upon r-turning
horn- from church Sunday niirnt.
found the front door unlo<
“non entering the house g.ov«.v,v„
i radio set, including all th- equip-
nt, gone. He reported the theft
th- officers but no clew has been
up to date. Mr. Cai
in the market *
opinion <
printable.
This is the
curing in Ah
you wc are in
will la<«t.
which the
handled under th- sup-
S. G. Tutwiler of Hou
the door to th*- bank.
In speaking of the door Mr.
wilcr stated that it was the best and
fine.-ii vault iloor located in any ti
in South Texas outaide th- lai
cities. Th- door makes up the
trance to th- vault and after swing-
ing open a great door which is beau
tiful in design a steel gat- is then en-
countered afterwhich i.
The placing of the niMMive steel
door in th- new vault at the Alvin
State Bank Monday and Tuesday at-
tracted a larg- crowd of onlook- rs
Christmas time of
seem to have
and hate, as
g in tender
•mile.-- arrayed; all for the great
event, our Savior's birthday. The
air I- fill-d with the Nazarene’s spirit
too . singing, swinging, swaying,
in Accents true, as we drink deep at
this fountain significantly pure.
Duties t«> be m-t each way; th- an nd
conceal-d - a dreamy dismay . . .
th< .-un rani, those t-ars sup-
pressed, ■ -oyancy of the world, -
t. Children*)*
anta prepare*
i his master’*
heart.: lifted
folk'’ motive*
and li--t in on that
' t,—all for sweet
ight. Th- South’*
spirally in th- air,
our Christmas
where. Join in
‘ tune of nat
f the Pep 1
uniforms and
give by these „
The menu consisted of fruit cock-
tail, creamed chicken, potato chips, po
olives, moulded salad, hot chocolate, to
a la roodv. tranrfemd to
County, visited
while here called at th- Sun office.
. . Mr. Sh-lton comes here from Fair
J.U t I'riday moon tb. Y. llow- h,.w Fir,.4„n.. c„urt>. and ha., had
jacket- deft at-il tn* Damon Mound >. \, ral years experience in the work
quintet in a rather slow basketball H. stated he was much int< r. st. d in
1 nis was ^^uabl-, however,, the development of the dairy industry
gam- was toe first played this )n this county and as he was informed
that Alvin was th- large milk pro
sing point in the county he cam-
re to s— for himself and learn
ul the industry as it is handled
H- says any stranger coming
th- county is amaz-d at th<
Hounds of God".
Wind”, Scarbough
i Ideal". Wren
ny Bay”, Donn By
’•(•Id I’ybus”, Dr. ping
“Silas Bradford's Boy"
Lincoln.
•z", Baum
His Law
He may not have believed all w> jns
said but we assure him and all othe&-
if they will Uck around a
will find out what we said '
and the year 1929 is goi .
' vt n more improvements and sub-
stantial growth in and arounu Alvin
than in the past m-ven y* ui>.
Champio------r
al plans wer-
inally agreed
the Championship .should
by a tournament. Then
the question arose as to where the
tournament should be held Ah you
know, last yeai
broken up by tl
coaches who .
■oemed to remember this,
vin is the only school in
that will have an indoor
court, Mr. Hanson invited the schools
of th- county to hold the tournament
in Alvin. To make a long story short . .. \T .
v installs New V ault
gym on February 15th and loth, and
pk»n. It was further agreed that the Door Weighing 6006
Alv.n school pay the expenses of the LL-x.imzIo
oth r teams while they are in our | OUIKIS
city That means that the High
School Athletic Department is going
to have to call upon the citizens of
Alvo- to open up their homes and take Q
car- of our visitors and guests. W- f
are. sure that the peopl< of Alvin will
respond readily to th’s call.
While in Angleton, Mr. Hanson
arranged for eight practice game
be played by the local boys bei
the date of thi tournament,
pect to play about twenty g;
a! before wt- play in th toui
and wc feel that the boys will bi
wonderful shape by that time.
We have been wond-ring whether
Alvfn business men or group
isinesa men won’t offer a cup or
of some sort to the county
pion,. It would b.-mrv to inv- 'st5.'i“d'Jor with’lock
m-mb-r of the championship . .
Scold .....dal. !>..«, whal ..ntran..-
hink .boot it. •"'Il Pr-l-r
lie new vault is larger than th
present one and it will afford mon
for individual safety depo.»i
which this bank has maintain?-*
s customers, th- same accomc
- being accord' d th- citizen
is in the larger cities.
•’>rk of lowering the oid floor t
sidewalk level and the removin'
** the front steps to the bank er
•nnre is being pushed as quickly »
oossible.
tfter thi- remodeli
is complete!
*'-r,.K and floor
^"ishiid will be on- of
rn and up-
•onx in Sout!
Brazoria ( niintv \gri-_
cultural and Industri-
al Association (Jetting
Well I nder Way
the year
nearing
All heart
amaz-d at the ease w itb
(>000 pounds of .'t—I wa>
;'ervision of Mr.
•uston who sold
r|-r I
•iler
after receiving such a
pected all the villagers,
other shepherds from
be thronging the wondering
‘••st they shouid
s should have
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Beck, John P. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1928, newspaper, December 21, 1928; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1249584/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.