The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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ALVIN. TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST
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[Teen-Agers
rarl of Trip
ire Farmers Awed By Gigantic
►ortions Of King Ranch Layout
A and M Students
Tour Area For
Range Inspection
City Decides To
Give Free Service
To New Center
Lions Hear Talk
On Scout Trip To
National Camp
Vet Housing
Project Flayed
By Resident As
Health Hazard
IS ALVIN.
Lil; CRITICISMS
|p SUGGESTIONS
Mayor Says City (Jets
Little For I’pkcep of
temporary ( nits
a
s ntiej
closing
prominent A
in a Houst.
SCOUT BOARD TO
MEET MON’LAN TO
APPROVE Bl DGET
City Geti Little
ayor tx plained that the
»f th*
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R the title in the Alvin city
it the Firemen put up a g-'<><1 de
d front page | <
first edition
<ck m 1890.
the sale
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a that
new
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first cit.zens
estimate
tarda al
Richards de-
md the
h haz-
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winning
Arts Festival
For Library
Plans fo. a Child’s arts
arid the alniuui Book Fate
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■ the citv’s most ai
al documents
er M W Briner e
previa lion to al!
Its of Alvimtes whi
Juniper Firemen turned nn th. he*’ ■■
•gH of the championship Battle wth the
ast Wednesday, but the fire went out
dnian must | a
town when oi
* in the em-| ai
was at that! h:
the publi-!
Quit‘.ana T;mes and’ hi
with the. ni
ished the;
See Stanolind Take Tourney
[From Volunteer Firemen;
jhies To Be Given August 15th
Audit To Be Seen Taken By Death
At Meet Tonight After Long Illness
h l.ejrion Auxiliary
Schedule Joint
Installation
ein-
e at
. i
Leaky
cater wh
‘open sew
Hounds Out 60 Years Of Recording City’s
try and Growth With This Week ’s Issue
C. C. Wellborn
Dies Suddenly
C aude Ciiapley Wellborn,
gins 61 years
ition of Bra-
.t newspaper.
Alvin Sun
if pages in
-ry to be re-
Harr
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but it will see that
kept in a healthful
condition. Mavar Richards added.
Mrs Richter -aid she had made
one v. ;t to the .-<<uncil m March
and planned another vreit >n re-
gard to getting relief
sewer service to the
muaity center buildin
charge for the next
The council had already given,
the site for the building within
the city park
The
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The executive board of the Bay
Area Council of lhe Boy Scouts
of America will meet next Mon-
day night
A L Martin is a member of
the board At the session, the
members will discuss the budget
for the coming year for scout ac-
tivities in the council
Galveston and Braznria Count-
lies are included in the council.
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K of yvur neighbor -
your own progress as
't‘»-n diligently sought
: down in what prob
.'curate
■/ -hv. a Lru-h cutlin;
a< ’ wi.i-cl v rigliii'g S
,Cr‘. *Hich is approxr J
'J-'TOfl.OOO ac*« in sbK,'
Gvrtrutha breed
---lK breed ever“dc
7 Uie u s. and
2
Miss Mary
Ceveland aix
,.. ters. O G. and W K Wellborn.
Mrs Will. Burkhart, and
Christine Seller, all of Alvin. H.
E and J A Wellborn of Dalias.
Marshall Wellbo n ot New Y.wk
Homer Wellborn of Corpus
r icnd- through th«
•dges hig future ef
>ne thing—A bettei
peal estate
’ plave uii th
first issue
Editor E L
{ have known a
I he saw one
j bryo sf-gc
ttme He I
hujband. are two m
Pete Petersen of
daughters. Mrs. I
Mrs. Clara Whitfictd. Mias Olga
ained until 1912
to Alvm to join
in establishing a
k -a er the agen
•rp-'.ation. They
and in 1932.
Bodil Petersen. 77
at the home.
Bob Small j
... illness
History Rouine Given
B&PW Marks 4th Anniversary With
Informal Supper Party, Thursday
De presented
mber of Com-
at H p m. in
light
is a house-wide
jiomplaint to public attention this
‘ Mrs Richter is a r«
I the Vets Housing Projrc
* ' work with. May 1. the
a Chuck for 13300 to A
‘ government for rentals f.om the
Actually the city gets on’y
for upkeep, although the
iny on.ney iral.zed
of the units when
ent declares the
gc at an end and
units c’osed
Mills Alvu- Lee Winton, jl. Vaughn said
country were Freddie Ober. Eddie Simpson z
the boys saw Jack Jones. Clarence Kucera..
c sire of the!Allan Torres and John Kirk I
took a r
front pam
their families The
put up when the
B T Collins ' l,lc" n'»‘ - ■>« shortw prompt-
ed such action during the war
The city will not "make man-
sions of the units because of
~*ue. information
'is secured and additional hear-
ings are completed fh<- cm an
i nual audit will be published in
! the official city newspaper, The u
Alvin Sun
Extension
lines across
station area wa< approved
Council members rejected all
bids tor a sewer extension line
on House Street, added addition-
al projects and will again ask for
new bids
Miss Betty Jourdan daughter
'ol Mr and Mrs J W. Jourdan,
has received an honor from the
He was a mer.ioe of the Meth- -
dist Church, the Temple Masonic
Lodge uiid was a Shnner.
In addition to his widow, he is
survived by his mother Mrs, C. |
h. Wellborn jihree s«<n«. Claude.:
i Charles and Bill Wellborn, two
’daughters. Mrs Earl Watson aru 1
Wellborn, all o.!
brothers and four I
-id W K Wellborn *
i the other officers
■director* are J I.
Freeport, treasurer.
' Jack Harriot*, and Mr« V-!«l n u- wcretary; '*
’Abbott will take office as com y Curry, l^o Bumgard !°
mandcr and president of thetn<.r j p Bryan Floyd Enl<
______’ American Legion Post 129 ano:c^„rge Duncan. R E McBride, i
•’Assult” on ’he the Legion Auxiliary next Tues-|j s Hostetter. J R _____
day night V K. <Dnc» LaFarguejM b Barrow. Roy Wright. Hal’
__ . 1 Furnace. E E Mar
| tin. Ted Walker. A. G. Kot/bue
—— | I would tike to see every mem i R. p. Goode. A L Watson. J S
John her of the Legion turn out for thr { Montgomery and H B Vezy.
meeting.” retiring comnmnuw Sj -------- — -----. ;r-ughters, Mrs Ellen Canady, work Mrs. Dorothy S McCabe of
‘ __.J “Gjv* ’h* r"'" . ———— .......— ; cjju-j Whitr.i ‘.d. Mias Olga - Miss Ethelind Jones, first pres ■ Houston, who is state chairman
c ommander ■ vote of confidencei the community center building, Petersen and Mrs Doro’hv Small lident of th? Alvin organisation laf th* public affairs committee
I by you: prewmee Th' Leg >tiialkd il’» going to lake every Leg-iaii of Aivm 10 grandchildren and when it started in 1945, told how was one of the out-of-town guests
>ha» a^b'g *eb to dn in hnuhmgl|nnnair» to get the >nh done." three greatgrandchildren . |the membership has gorwn and!who attended the party.
* Chiirh-
----- Han ,
Jimmy Nich >ls. James Berner and George Wheeler
ithe other picture, Jan Gustafson, a member of Mrs J. R
' ‘ ' Hanna's den. shows Clarence Johns of Manvel some point-
ers on coaching a turtle for a race Jan’s entry won both
I the den and pack races at the camp.
I____ _____ _____—Phcrtoa by nbbba Portra ■ -
£ imniPPM. King Ranch of Kingsville jrot a t
- i.>r by 13 Alvin Future Farmer members
’hen- opportunity to visit the ranch while on a
k- - ajnpment.
e i, iorned there are 78 to 80 thousand head
ranch and 25 to 27 thousand head of h 'rses.
ng machine which weighs 110
«tt»n“
' race winning
ranch. :■—* ——• — — - |— —
Riley Goodwin, adviser. dn»v»- will be Uir installing officer f«»r.GrSggS Todd
the school bus to tne encamp- the evening I.... T.J
the ment. Boys going were Lester |
saw some of Knape. Hallie Triplett,
Long. Paul Harper, Donald Cobb.
- standing qUai- T. J '
Miss Jourdan was among fresh-1
nun students to receive a $1001
svliwia.-ship from the Wilbur S
Davidson scholarship funds
The Alvin g.rl has alw been)
asked to be a twirler in the Long-: z'
horn band during the coming Iof
year. She was drum major of the I
Alvin High School Band and re-png committee will
reived a scholarship when she j the meeting The
graduated from high
J
;tre being made fur fall reading
| p'easure of county citizens by
1 the Brazoria County library
Mi--> Bernice Hur«t announceni
that circulation of books has
jumped 40 per cent over las;
year’s reading demands in th-
i junts Even at its lowest point
this year, the circulation was Up
to 1948’s peak reading time
New books will be bought hut
a number are expected to come
through th* Countv Fefteratwo
i of Women’s Club which recently
voted t : sponsor Memorial Books
I for the library in the county
i later moved to Velast
i Velasco Times He est,
I Alvin New- and two
I changed its name to
Sun and News.
• • ers for the
. 'ed bv Jack delayed until furthe
• n and L A.
lanohnd: Ken-
Floyd, Bart
Bowman,
and R
ise, D Eeer-
»n Collins.
Gray,
era! terms as president of the’
,jCleveland Chamber of Commcixr
r<Cand uas a charter member of tht
Cleveland Rotary Club Last year
this club a a <uded te»m a diamond I
Studded service pin for having j
. ‘ended Roiary continuously fur
10 years without missing a single i
weekly meeting. This attendance*
record typified his interest m
civ i c and community affairs:
he made hu home
! An audit of 1948 business of I
! the Brazoria County Cnmmiin'iv I of Carl Peter«en. diet
!Chest will be given at the regu ’of a daughter. Mrs.
lar meeting tonight m Angleton past Wednesday after an illnei
L Martin Jr is president over nine months
the chest. I Mrs .Petersen was bom in Den-
Mr. Martin said that a nornmat. mark on June 19 1872,
be named atfi’ved m Aivm thi'ec j
a scholarship when she! the meeting Th*.- next rt*gu'ari*be and Mr Petersen had prev-
i j .session will bv election of offi |*ouslv made their home m Choc-
jeers and setting f the srmu;>il J-,c H VJ’U - - •< i;>94 Th* roun-
! ■ ’--.I drive dates. j!« marked their 54th wedding)
In addition ot the Alvin man ■ nniv, lsory tn< i.v before her | The Alvin Business and Profr-oHonai Womar.’a Club
and board < ' ‘th | rounded out four well-filled years and held a birthday
Arrington nf Th,‘ funeral servu ♦ - were heli‘party la*t Thursday night.
R V Robin ’Fr<day at 2 pn from the As I Mrs. Leia Charlston presided and Mrs. Willie Slat-
*eiT.bay Guu Church wiih Rev | iper was
> J. Hering, assisted by Rev ’ ‘
I Roy D Wooster officiating Burial
in South Park Cemetery
i.-under duet Lon of Froberg Fun-
|«ral Horne Pallbearers were her
grandsons.
,.t its regular meeting Tuesday mor
One of the best turnouts the) ,
: lub has had m recent months ,
:attended tRe noon luncheon with,, ,
signing the attendance cards ’. *
Three new membc.s, T M
j V. ago. N A Ki-dhley and John, '' (
.L. i.-t-i • Ji-.. . v.-.r-+rTm-“ineiTrij€-: • .......
‘ship certificates and were wel- ” r
i ed mtn the .lub .project
I Vice President
.presided tn the absence of Presi
I den Don Wiginton.
- wi T.-aJ
A class <>f Texas Aggie? study-
ing rtnge management touted
this area yesterday in comp ny
(enter tonight. 'with Professor Crain
pper Returns* A and M College
f t a pecial Accompanying the group from
• •. j-wople under Alvin were T F Epperson. Roy
- ■ >n program. Hauler of the soil conservation
Joan Blondell district, and Riley Godwin, voca-
omedy with tmnal agriculture teacher
B.Uy De Wolf The students visited T C.
U be a surprise Scruggs guernsey (arm at Algoa
dl Alvin boys where they saw pasture improve-
” r High Schoo! ments. The group made an in-
to recreation lead- spectmn <»f the various range University of Texas,
f Charles Bright- practices and the types of g-^
Kathryn York. in this part of the state
K AMP MOHAWK ACTIVITIES ; ub S o.hh in their lul.
Indian dress are show a as they appeared a’, the recent!
annual three day encampment at Camp Mohawk Mrs
R T. Briscoe’s den is shown in the large photo Included
City «.• ...... Corpus< 1)uipi. v ( I;a! ,
. .■■..... Mr. W rt Ijr.. ''.st, I)o„ald Pucek. lia...'. W >...L Edwi- ('ull.w.n.
‘ ' 1 ““ '■ ‘ r Jimmy Nichals, James Berner and George Wheeler In
HousioFi.
Funeral services
Friday in First Methodist Church
Texas,at Cleveland
in charge of the program.
Clubs from Brazoria. I*ik»* Jackson, Freepnrt 4ngle-
ton and Houston were present.
Mrs Bess Whitehead Scott . —r————-----------------
past president of the Houston of the progress made in the or-
club and regional contact chair i ganization.
| man. spoke on how the Alv.nl Then Mrs. Bcuiah Hendrix cf
Surviving, m addition to her club was born Mrs Mane Brown Brazoria told the group how they
ons Chris and'is current president and gave a {had been organized
f Alvin: four.brief summary of other clubjof the Alvin club.
Ellen Canady, i work *' - •
---. ---- ....... •••». m.w BWIkC '. Iiai .ItUtn
building, Petercen and Mrs Dorothv Small iident of th? Alvin organization inf th* public affairs rnrr.rr.ittCT
____T i.. —' ---- ...
— ' 1. wiu I.vw was vile u. ou
| the membership has gorwn andiw-ho attended the
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The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1949, newspaper, August 4, 1949; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1251525/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.