The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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FyDAY. ]tNElt,
THE ALVIN SUN
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Alvin and Brazoria County’s Oldest Newspaper”
NUMBER 45
ESTABLISHED 1890
HALF CENTURY
FRIDAY
Pi OUR 50th YEAR
ALVIN. TEXAS,
PRESIDENT
TREASURER
SECRETARY
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JA< K HARRISON
FRANK DI KF
M. Gt'STAFNON
GEORGE PEARSON
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young
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ROLLED
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Mr
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beeen
5.00
V1T ROCK
that
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realit;
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$20.00, Mi. W. O. Mvt-1
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Th* Son
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An unusu
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Father and
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Angleton’s Oil Prospects Are
Brighter As Humble Cores “Best
Sand Yet”; Two Tests Scheduled
Summer Water
Rates Set At
Council Meet
al more than
from the fine
>f fresh
FFA Boys to Have
Sow and Litter
Show Here Sat.
Mettler Picks Up 10 Feet of Saturated Sand at
10,491-501 Feet; Stanoimd Said To Have Staked
New Location In New Alta Loma Field
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With Humble’s No. 2 Mettler setting <
, having “cored the best sand yet found in the
I with Sun setting seven-inch easing on their
; preparatory to a production test, oil prospect.
! ton
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Wally is now the
I possessor of a box of
**** a box of creamsicles
1 treat big check for $6.64
his favorite radio program
| H Pierce
Angleton, $300.00. Willard Mat- i
rd
of
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i&ve I
Harrv
Redmon is
.nns.
■Ririe I
the i
i of Bi
Morris. Dexter Frob*
Hatch. George Hom beck
son and D. P. Under* <m
oul donated luncheon for Alvins
at
imaginable.
[Fall-
owed
noon-
Clarencw
•more were
vir-e-presi-
Rev.
the
her litter,
few days
The bo;
using after
field,” and
so. 1 Stern
in the
rl.
Saturday
■ f Pear-
’ snimala
do* k and
Bailey of
mortal
15.00
5.00
5.00
field 0
potted
dilate last
test from
SET OF
3
Han
with
in N
dream becomes
Memories of Marching
Feet in France Make
Steve •> Dream Come True
‘1
[«WESA»»
I Bj BOB BRAY
in ,
•om- i
the
TO RI< HMOND
Louis Forrest is snending sev-
■cral days in Richmond.
with Mrs
Oph
hd And Round She Goes”
0*»ur Fortune smiles Un
IM Wallace (Wally) Red
*0 k.d dreams of all the
k he van eat and all the
r*-art < „nes he can buy. all
k- ha -i. hut not many are
Little Wally Red.
<ourt»-4 Dame Fortune and
> a conquest well worthy
NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICERS TO BE INSTALLED TUESDAY
VICE PRESIDENT
vege-
:rt». etc.
Earthhurn
. —____ ** ,n ^or‘
Park Mausoleum under direc-
H Lewis A Co.
Gl ESTM
T. C. Fain
- house guests
all oe issued from
■1 press room at 1
with the business
ah Bancroft. in
Kill be assisted by
dvertising manager
IH MATE HOSPITAL
>hs. Herman L. Davis (County was
to Big Springs where
s connected with the
Hospital.
and -Mrs. W. E. Davis
was formerly a mem-
staff of Medical and
ipital, San Antonio.
| SING "EYES OF TEXAS" AS THEME SONG
I ; Trials and tribute* ions fasts and cut. The longest trek on th<
d
i‘r> »
the!
-i
Members o
terial Alltanci
nual fish fry and outing at Clear
Lake Tuesday afternoon at 4:30j
;> m. Members are urged to at-|
tend and bling their families.
■ | it of ringing regularly.
■ 1 particular memorial the
■ j chimed every
" sters slept in 20 minute intervals.
1 blight and earU Sunday
of ing youngsters brushed the;
ili. nnrt amid a chorus cif "
Early to I
so up at 7
iclika, Ala.
I dents
■ , PuStiTtmieF I»*-ii ovrakry wiii ns-
♦ « "ti« duties as secretary and
surer Frame A. Duke is the new
laii-lwislei and E. Ni. Renfrow will
be the Lion tamer. Zlev. S. P.
‘ W*right was named chaplain.
Dtrectors of the club for the
year will bo Jim Ward.
H. Cook and Rev. T. R.
•s tadiMla
I. Jerome
r Ralph
on Glenn
Munson in
■airie area have this
refused any in-
$ 1.00
5.00
2.00
10 uo
10,00
’0.00
L. A. <Tony> PI GM
A young man with visions
home-ownership of all public utili-1 and amid a chorus of
tics in the City of Alvin ‘ “
in
1EBRATING
if < f ntury of Service
Brazoria j
m class. 30 work-1 L__...... - ............— —
required by the I and instructed play are incorporat- ents in 1910 and received his
the last copy and' *d In the schoool to make it cover '
received from the a larger scope of students.
NAZAR»Nt> Ft* HAVI
H<»ME-<WIING HERVKE
A home-coming and ll(h annual
anniversary service for the Alvin
congregation cf the Naxarene
Church will be held on the church i
lawn Monday at 8 p.m. Rev. Tho-
mas Wilcoxon of Friendswood will
deliver the address.
Refreshments will
R E. Cummings.
Alvin church, announced.
Dr. J. H. Turner
Dies In Houston;
Native of County
ANGLETON — All of Brazoria
sad to learn of the
sudden death of Dr. J Harold
Turner of Houston, who died sud-
Dr Davis Wednesday afternoon
| Houston. Dr. Turner was a pn
' inent physician, a member of
i Turner i'rologtcal Institution. He
i was bom in Brazoria County and
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F W
' Turner Sr. of Bonney who were
of 1 among the early pioneers of Bra-
Of! zoria County.
Mrs. E. H. Rackley this
: alvin boosters: MISS!0N bells keep band AWAKE; eew
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Charlston Named
Lion President
Dr Lebn W. Charlston was elect-
'd president of the Alvin Lions
Club with A. G. Welch as first
h ice-president at the regular
IB IM 1- -II L- — - — U ■ . ,n , ,n Tu« - I.iy
THE REVIEW I H «. ,r»ndA c M.l.
Y . . < t. > k.. ,.r.d and third
i Congra tulates !
L———• —I
Mr snd Mrs Darrel Foukte of
Pearland on the birth of a 7-|h
son. May 31.
k dome vary nicely acccgd-;
' «wk reports. . |
peo
Ivin's cham-
vartety pion band and their director. Otto
Parts, was said to be pher.oininal
While in New Orleans the young-
sters were taken through the
toricaI parts of town and down to
p.' *as listening tv Pop-
| Pete on the radio the
F evening when his phone
1 ana ..mm. enough, he
lucky little boy whose
F Blaster had })«-en tung
pY the btj round wheel of
swell time.
The first night out
er» and their chapvi
“ ty. La . w ith a
hall to be u»
bedroom and bath'
fly in its ointment, too
week on
9107 feet.
Danburs Test at til 10 Feet
Humble’S No ? P.inVIv ’n the
I Danbury field is drilling below
’ «nn In «Ha1a
Unconfirmed reports
H. McCarthy’s ’
I the Bailey's Pn
teat below 11,40
' Carthy Thursday
formation on this test.
Old Orrsui Field
Fidelity Oil and Royalty Com-
pany staked location tor a new test
pi xiuction
of Bzexorta
I Thursday.
i»n.wlt 62N
I men vi aivmi. wneutei meiuuei* The nominating committee who
Cobb. * of the chamber of coir.n-.erci or ■ bru.ited immr» io Uie
C .7 Wil- not are *nvPed to attend A slate I club for eleetten ••-ere Gewdib W
I lunch will be served ut 8 p.m.' Pearson. O. G. Wellborn and Cecil
! sharp. ; Ormsby.
■ry mat: "And they
Pily f re ver more”—
doesn’t have a tummy
show his gilt snd
g in ag* from a
weeks old.
will hav
dream for years has
study in the Julian!
of .Music, and now that
his dad ! -» the opportunity of
accepting a position
chain of restaurants
’s field definitely loomed bri
Thursday No. 2 Mettler v as
ting after having cored a heav
mons. m sharply criti-;
.j. ..f th#, city council '
pnng a new street ;
• j which would save:
per month, asks us i
,>iopinion on thei
irg been interrupted |
..pportunity to re-
jection of the coun-'
ertion of a clause in
ract that absolves the |
. i ities Company of
• ised by their lines j
. i.! we believe they '
eent right in not ac- i
inger" discovered I
„ ..-tract by City At-1
Harrison. Should a i
• mg a storm and I
<>'.:eone or set fire
■■ • .ulf States Utilities |
•a contract could not
■hereas the burden |
n the city. The ap-j
L per month reduc-1
•. . ,t\ to assume this!'
would be cheap in-
Fate.
Iteve Kor-
and his violin, has made
"If a necessity and the
has kept his promise
ing Steve's dad a job in
York so he can continue
Ipn. Durant joins The
Luff t" vain Mime actual
kprr t vji^rience. This
b lady, who combines both
■<-n<r and beauty, is tdat-
pwou>' The ( larion. Alvin
scknol publication, nest
ISh-- ha- taken hold in a
a that speaks highly of the
Mw» K-M.i. Dell Colley is
hrad of the department
pnaliMH at the high school,
rt her work ha* been far
jmurh of that we have seen
S nut M irrads of gr«*at
aHim uniiendtie*!
some fine
ns interest-
ixtered Du-
feeder bar-
do so. according to an announce-
ment made by N A MeNleL who
has directed the boys in carrying
?s who will aho'
Id Annuals
Be Issued
B has teen received that the bane in charge
the least. We
s entitled to a ‘
street lighting 1
'•tt ings attached 1
Merchants Wise AdvertlW-
auditorium Friday,!
p.m Rev. Elder ,
Participants in the gradua- '
ople and strange to eyes that have seen lit-
'*■ fie hut prairie During their stay
in Ashxllle, the group visited the
cyclorama of Battle of Atlanta
which was a "spectacular maater-
his-|piece.’ ‘according to Otto Paxi»-
The evident high spirit# and r ti-
the waterfront that offered an un- thusiastic cooperation of all bend
members is making the New York
and Canada trip on*
vacations
and the reception
band by leading
For R*"«t Re«u5te—1
i w"nt Ai Qeonr.
J. Lube- i ~~ ! Elder.
imen of Alvin, whether members;
-e or • «*ww<>
t>!at* I elub
Gustafson Is
CC President;
Officers Named
G. M (Gut) Gustafson was elect-
president of th* Alvin Chamber
Commerce following the annual
' poll of the membership made here
Tuesday He will succeed Bill
I Dixon. George F--arson was elect-
; ed vice president. Jack Harrison.
; secretary; Frank Duke .treasurer.
' Directors elected were O. G.
; Wellborn. Juhii Osborn*'. Lesli*'
Merchant. W S. Dixon. Dean Sax-
I by. Bruce Allen and J F Law
New officers will be installed
jnext Tuesday evening at ® pm. at
the Parish house at which time
C. E Boehner of the Better Busi-
ness Bureau of Houston will be
principal speaker All business
Youngsters were enthusiastic
played before an ! about the mountains and scenery so
Imary L. A (Tony Pugh, member of audience of over 200
Iment the city council and co-owner of the reception given Ah
on* of Alvin’s modern
ed in the first four
>1 opened. Ninety-1
is were made Mor
ing day. 119 Tuesday,
lesday and 113 Thursday
commencement exercise
be held for students at the elemen- |
i tary
I June 19. at 4
i said.
tion exercises will be those who]
, have compitttd work outlined fox
their department
j Courses given in the school of- j
1 fer a variety of entertainment as
well as educational advancement!
for young people enrolled.
Beginner department has 32 stu- ;
i dents enrolled with Miss Mary Me- staunch believer
Mrs. Bob Acuff. better Chamber of Commerce is A concert
a-.ke’s. Alvin hlgTi school I who is In charge of the primary L. A. (Tony “
. will be delivered Mon- j department, has a total enroll!
t booka were delayed due! of 34 The junior department, un-
it diflicultier ercountered I der the direction of Mrs. Sain Eer- stores
tven members of the high niaae. has 27 students enrolled. Born In the “Sunflower" state.!
Music, handwork, industrial arts Tony moved to Alvin with his par-
“ ......... 1*1 .. . 1 ’ ' a edu-
cation in the Alvin public schools.
Politically minded, his ambition usual sight to the band members,
is to further the growth and ad- Early to bed and early to rise,
vancement of every civic phase so Up at 7 a.m.. streaking on to e^joy
of Alvin’s development and besides : Opelika, Ala.. f< r their third night
serving as secretary of the Vtill-1
ties Commission, is a member of ——
b* served 1
. pastor of I
Vacation Bible
E,;;; Enrollment Has
■ and that the Increase of 40
street lights at the comers of
Hous* and Gordon streets, House
and Hardie streets and Hous»' and
A sewerage rate <>f 25 per cent
of regular rate haa been set tor
the Alvin school system for the en-
suing year
Mayor Elmer C. Kimmons pre-
sented 1 street lighting contract
from th* Gulf States Utilities Com-
pany for <h« councils considera-
tion. but after some discussion the
contract was tabled for further
consideration at n later date
Present at the meeet.„ig were
Mavor Kimmens, and Aider ...en
Leslie Merchant, E. A Richards.
day that the Alvin City Hall wui| cOunty residents i
close at 100 pm. on Saturday «f- Ju<lge o. K. Phillii
tcrnocns by City Secretary Hood co.jnty rpH cal!
--° $1440.
FTtfiM BROWNWOOD Fu •«!>• raised will be sent to A!-!
Mrs. Agile Redmon and sons, war stflfprerii tn Europe Red;
J. E. and Agile Jr. fi*»m ®rou’r‘i ; Cross Representative Vrvtn Run- j «haji
,........-"••■■■ - b"‘n V •' : " '*'• Aino, n. ■■ Dr i. w
m»l,h ruwi,,. - ho under- Mu H»rrv CoIHm. ; ur—n~ of the dr‘-e -hleh WH G
» m.k,e ,h. • Redmon l« th, «Ute • ■ I French, n.’ !
i. kJ?1?*1 ln Ho^rtor‘ 1<a®1 ■ nn* ___ ___ ’ gian Norwegian. Polish and Dutch j
• niind't* te <r> charge ol tb.« entire iKunUr.
MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE TO
iter Nancy Claire Turner oi Hous- A,l»n.-« W1B hold their an-
iton: his parents. Mr. and Mrs. F
. W. Turner of Bonney: two broih-
I era. Dr. B Weems Turner of Hous- , P"
ton and Frank Turner of Bonney,
and one sister, Mrs. Arthur Moller
of Alta Loma.
Funeral services w ill be held ■
at 10 a m. Friday at Christ Church, i
with Rev. Fordyce E. *"
officiating. Burial will
est 1 v.
tion of
GARDEN < I I B T<» MEET
The regular monthly business ■
meeting of the Garden Club will*
be h«-ld at the home of Mrs. O..
Velibom Tuesday afternoon,
A L. Martin and Mrs.!
Moulton assisting with hos-
dutiea.
With Quota of $1440, Brazoria County Will Launch
9 • • • • « • • ••••••••
oh bam> TotK St. Loui» Red Crois Official, County Group Organize in Drive
J. F Law and «>n. Wayn- wiil • • • * • • • • • •• • • • •
'iu' ‘l Intensive Red Cross Roll Call Monday; Leaders Named
! Wayne at College Station when
I he ha- just completed his first! ANGLETON-Monday. June 10 gulf coast area Danbury. $80.00, Eugene B Grif-
I year at A. A M. will mark the opening of the per- I Quotas and chairmen for various fing
1 ________---- sons! solicitation drive in the Brazoria county towns are as fol- Damon $80.00. O C. Ciabb
C ITY HALL TO CLOBE county-wide Red Cross campaign lows Manvel. $40.00. C H Weir
SATI RDAY At-TEMNsmNS Final plans were made Tuesday '•■< :«*<», -00. Mi.- E. F. L..v.-ool, $20.00. J. ILlLr;
Announcement was made Thurs- uhen 40 interested Brazoria : *er Sandy Point, $40.00, Curtis Mow-
----- met here with1 Freeport, $32u.uu. Mrs. J. a>. ery.
lips, chairman of i Caldwell. Svtii»»-y,
I! Countv quota Wwt Columbia. 5220 00 Mrs. W tesheard.
'H. Pierce Danciger $20.00, Guy Barret.
Angleton. $300.00. Willard Mat-i Fhair. $1500. F. A Brack.
thews. Perry’s Landing. $15.0C, E. E.
Brazoria $160 00. Mrs. Jack Mar- Mgu.
j Iowa Colony. $20.00
Chai I- jacky.
___ • Cluir. $20.00, Mrs. I
Sweeny. Sl-C “ . Mr*. Car! Dahy Auvergne m.
Pearland. $12000. Mrs. W W jscr..
; Chvoango. $15.00. L. G. Davte.
Nichols ( ••rin<
AMERICAN RED CROSS
WAR RELIEF FUND
County Goal *1440.00 i
( ontributions reported 93.00 !
Short of Goal *1387.00 |
Have you made your contri- I
button to the war relief fund" i
If not mail check to your local
chairman or to Judge O. K.
Phillips. Angleton. county chair-
man
fly in its ointment, too. Beca__
1 Catholic memorial* all have chimes. | bandsters and their chaperone
‘and chimes have an annoying hab- Atlanta, the boys and girls n*
At this1 played their hearts out in gi
chimes! turt« at the concert that folio
30 minutes, so band- ' immediately,
Whit*- ail A;lantu. n trip
mom- made through Grant Park and then
?ir hair ion to Ashville. N C. where they
"The Eyes!spent the night in a school audi-
and a of Texas" piled into th*lr busses torium.
a bigger and for their next stop, Gulf Port, Mica.
dream come true for
step with music in hu
a master's touch on
Big Steve Ko*nig fought in
France with a man wiiv tt&lu
on parting "If I can ever help
you. let m* know." Fate. *n
the form of young SI
nig and his violin. I
that "If' a necessity
Buddy has leapt his
by g>
New
CONTRIBI TORS
W. H Hurst. Alvin
Edna Hunter family .
Rev F C. Dete
W. A Mull*.
Mrs. Fred J BziTidge
B. M Jamtoon
Johnnie Jamison
Mrs. B M Jamison
Lois Ftocher
C W Maxsev
Haruki IL J.<<u. t
A. E. Melgaard
Ladies Auxiliary, Pre*.
Church. Brazoria
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