The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1940 Page: 1 of 12
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THE ALVIN SUN
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“Alvin and Brazoria County’s Oldest Newspaper”
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ESTABLISHED
LVIN, TEXAS
IN OCR 50th YEAR
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MEN WHO
GUIDE THE DESTINIES OF THE CITY OF ALVIN
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CHINA-BOUND IRISHMAN SETS TWO
GULF COAST RECORDS; McCARTHY
DRILLING BELOW TWO MILE LEVEL
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Brazoria Bank Resources Jump
nches
I nlaj night.
To 54,785,820 In March Call;
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of $1.01I>,3
Last
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Luncheon Tues
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Bra.
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711 787.57
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545.781.53
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51,671.66
418 445.99
617 319 80
198,773.81
67 non oo
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Friendswood.
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••uncil and
h moved to Bw.un»r.»
a mathematics and uir
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Cubs Entertain
Lions At Noon
Dies Suddenly
In Orange
k
due
,'ua hurling a
i Ifcrtive than
a member
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Freepoi .
Velasco Rank
Velasco Texas
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ment R4
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1940
S 754 781 53
2.45
in M
Production Attempts
Product ion
Appropriations
Of $35,547 Are
Given County
featured in
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CLIFFORD JOKES
Aldvi:...;;. Eh-.l
DEPOSITS
1939
and
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are to be
uig enndi-
and J F.
Ren-
Ely
fern ____
*8 and C,eo.
wvrr re-elect -
was re-elected
*'*' L. ocuwii-
the office of
Mr. Piet»ch about
known in this se< t
:alvin boosters:
I I
1
Mermen;
W And
i*r Elected
• r that the
Rate Reduction
Offered City In
Light Contract
brating
entury of Service
and Brazoria
Carl Bohn. Bruo
iivHi. an untrain<
First Capitol St. Bank
West Co'.ambia
First National Bank
Angleton, Texa*
C„. .;t Bank
Angleton. Texas
Bank
Ah tn Texas
Velasco State
Velasco. Tex
Freeport Nat l Bunk
Freeport. Texas
THE SUN
nv < > es in Bra-
ant.. than any other
i F • i i f a century
nni ■. - .nd to the
II
GEORGE COOK
Commis-Monrr of Strv»
and Bridge
< 'immunity
tier of the
> Mr. r»od-
‘ citmtnun-
>i Board
ion Sat.
7ESA»»
BOB BB«
io the Al-
ni District
day at the
ip.,1
B>H?orl« Stale Bank
Bmeria Texas
ELMER ( . KIMMONS
/mproved Conditions Reflected
With a rrrord breaking increase of sWHti. 198.42 in
“ ■
ci
Lee Murray, candidate for Shcr-
df of Brazoria county made u
itohiaiii'ni <>t $5.00 to the Lions
chanty fund nt the meeting Tues- (
day
I. A (Tohv) PI G I! •:•
NEU < <H VI1 BHf t lit K
THREATENS <|O<hM>N
WITH I INF It RNE1 s
ball team lo<Hk
l-i. k. y. limited
r, to ’ hit* in
hnrMiay while
"fl • And the
1 Rrito Dalino-
«. Hunt and
nod in the
handed the
»- Cecil Brown
Awarded 1940
Ass n Contract
FR IFNTiSWOOD -Cecil Brown.
Friendswood fig grower and pack-
has been awarded the contre>-f
for the saJr of the entire 1940
crop of memberc whose orchard*
are located within ten mllex of
Friendawood the Directors of the
)-KHs y K Growers' Association an-
nounced Wednesday.
E. V. Stevenson of
F
COD
IntracoustaI Canal
Bridges Planned; Funds
For Drainage Allotted
>h<iM n shov Is the official
tnniily oi Ah in with the cxvep-
t< >n i-l Leslie M« rrhant. fir. coni
■ ’ election, and
Alvin city of-
1 Saturday.
elected fo
• •• •' H. COuh
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Angleton Field Gets Producer
But Humble Dissalistied With
Flow; May Move Out Two Rigs
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March 2H .
with S3,601
Res<>u n
iiitravf was leteiretl tv City At- p|H;
>rney Jack Harri«on for an opin- '
■n, inti following favorabh* ’'■port
>ay be aweptevf at a special caBed
86.560.13 j seasiun of the council.
51 274 I I ■ council voted to lay side-
walks, around the waterworks and
6 r>6<> 97 11,1 tr«inl of Ihr city (Mirk
• has already begun on the
2O1.49G.82 ! around the water works
> Two more two-meh fire hydrants
%l <110X4” 4X > l’uri ' •'**■<1 together with a
’ ’ ! four-inch barrel for a down-town
i hvdrant.
AH members of the council and
present.
Al
All of i ity dads unit* you
to cooperate in the sidewalk
pi< uram. particularly those nwn
ing property m the vietnlty of
Alvin's fine new sTO.eo'i post
office, eonstrvrtlnn on which will
Friendswood Field
Humble's No 2 p.>ndarvu
Friendswood field U m s
61 iH fevt
SUt«- B«tnk
* Jamison, pre
. j
Increase
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StS6,336 increase
307.179.371 At Freeport the national bank
: reported $617,219 on deposit, an
186.336.W in,r.-a«: of $138.77 ’, while Vela-, o
| State bank, Charles Skinnei. presi
| sources. W C. McLendon is head I
: of the Freeport National Bank fuh
4.574.92* A’ First National |m-sday af»oraaon at IT p. rn in
I Bunk in >yiglclon a $307,179 in-1 th* First N* thodist Church in
—--J crease was shown. Iltauuftent and boual «<.» tn the
* 966,498.3? (See tabulation) Magnolia Cemetery.
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EDI H»K H KN^ “\l K-st s
AIDE - I* -IDt I INI
j h4„.n superintendent of the South
•Park school district, the French
side* |fp-hool district, principal of the
is and i H«-aumont element ary school
Wot k ! ■$ii(M-rintendent of the N*xierland
walks I schools, and superintendent of
i school* in Alvin.
He had also served ns county
superintendent tn Jefferson Coun-
ty. and was at one time city man-
’ll'*’ Resume?!?..
mer be has hwn associftted with a
sclwul t <juff»iri..nl < ompuhy al Do -
las. but resided in Bcaumnot.
Survivors include Hts wife and
three sons. Sidney Pietzsch. em-
ployee of the Beaumont Journal
and fotrner editorial employe of
The CjglvMon News; and Leiijnt
dent, showed increase in re- • “”d Luuui R. Pi»tzsrh Jr. ail of
W C McLendon is h-ad | B"’’»rnon'
1’UJ.eraI wr-fr h.-ki V»'t-u-
ay nfternsoR at 4-,1M p. rn
First M thodist Church
< honorary tail-twister
Mayor E C Kimmons and W >
! K. Hurst reported on progress be-1
; mg made on the sidewalk pro- I
I gram Mr Hurst reported 6.0001
■ feet of sidewalks laid, and said that ’ gpajoria^Co St
labor was available to lay about I -
400 feet per day ; Alvin
The attendance prise wm won i
by Lion Weir and was donated by ■
Lien Bracken
Club guest* were Lee Murray I
I and W .1 Holland of Angleton and ■
Mrs. E S. Caldwell.
I The next p-orram will be prr !
senterf by old laonx under tnei
I leadership of J F Law. John Os-1
notne, Clyde Hurting Jr and John I
Poynor First Capitol State
West Columbia
I First National Bank
I Angleton. T>»a*
| Brazoria Co St Bank
I Angleton. Texas
j Ah in State Bank
*> - ' Alvin. Texas
r.nn <utTrk' PRINTING i Freeport Natl Bank
IPHONE T?'-In today Out IvJiST^faw’*”
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Bray, Robert I. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1940, newspaper, April 5, 1940; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1251394/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.