The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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NUMBER 24
ALVIN TEXAS.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 6
1949
ards
honed
Mayor
Aivin High team ha.-, had.
At First Session
Tenn
>ns per nun
i ■
In ao
I
Old Dim1 Stork was plenty busy
| .Tot. the county in 1949
County Officials
The <
Wage Increase
Bobby
look
Tuesday mgr.t tin Yeliuwjac-
45-11,
district play Tuesday,
receive K>33U under the law
V
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Officials Take
Oath Of Office
Hot, Cold, Drouth
Rain, Snow, Sleet
That’s ’4$ Weather
Youth To Take
Prize Stock To
Houston Show
Chairmen To Lay
Campaign Plans
District Cage
Schedule To Open
Here January 11
*
Jackets Cop First
District Cage Tilt
Crons Thrive, People
'•Still Talk Weather
|t test will be drilled
L according to C. M
company’s local of-
H.
Merz was attending physician
,,, _ B_ _
Mt Supt A H Miller
•w, the company has
Mfr w locations tn the
oh< the Jamison No
Bnuon No. 34
■ test located at Iowa
■frilled by Jsrk Fra-
^■'n ha* been ahan*
feet
puaipuneu plans
B drill a 12.000 foot
Bfig* field, officials
iniance
;i water supply
ker Says Eat
Like Texans
Iphold Future
steps will in all probability be
taken to recommend to the school
board that the film be shown in
local schools
The PTA leader stated stated
The Alvin High School basket-
ball team will be hosts at thetr
first home district game here on
Jan 11
The quintet will meet the Cy-
age boys and girls, and has beer,
shown to youths of different ages,
depending upon the state *n
which it has been included in the
curriculum.
Following the uf Un*
educational film here. Mr*
the: Koonce said if the opinion of
j Alvin parents is favorable. some
lang Wildcat
Is Spudded
Bfrtr.ilcum Co's Swam |
riii* Mustang community.1
ddMt Sunday and is pre-1
9 st* surface pipe at 1400
Saturday is
Election Day
On Jr. College
Four Boys Burned, March Of Dimes
One Badly When
Gasoline Ignites
T. C. Mayor Is
Not Guilty, Judge
Decides In Case
County officiate and employes
I received a belated Chistmas pre-
sent from the commissioners
■ ourt.
A substantial wag« increase for
; most of the county's help and
New Street Plant
Just what can be expected by
vin residents in the way uf new
John Kirk is a member of the
Future Farmers of America
The Alvin High School youth
has his heart set nn being a dairy-
man to follow in his dad’s steps
and he’s making real progress.
Having won a registered guern
sey at t’ r Houston fat stock show
last year. John is grooming tne
anima) to enter it in the show
this vear as a bred heifer
A registered Jersey heifer the
youth bought early Uus» fail will
also be taken to the Hoc-Ion
show according to John* voca-
tional agriculture instructor, R;
lev Godwin. The Jcrscv was pu*
chased »s foundation stock for
John's future dairy herd
In addition to the two register
cu licifei*, the FFA inuuuci «m*
about seven cows and nin*> heifers
in embryo dairy herd at t* ,
pro lime
with an opinion
is regarding un
tanks,
e c.ty will abandon a 40,000
J ion tank it now has. tin mayor
termined
faltered
now receive the* minute*
wage jemis a«u UwTCm. Wk«
This week. Marshall was
brought to final retting place,
and funeral services for the
Alvin marine who lost his life
on Sa-pan. will be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock at First
Baptist Church. Rsv Weldon
Brooks will officiate and full
military burial services will
then be conducted at Confe
derate cemetery.
nasium beginning at 7 30 p m
The local boys are entered tn
District 25-A competition and are
coached by Mike Johnstone
Surviving are hfs mother and
step-father. Mr. and Mrs Ferrell
Munson: three brothers. Carroll
and F A Roden and Eddie Mun-
son of Alvin, three sisters. Mona
and Joyce Munson of Aivin and
; E G Gicnsch of Finger.
elected officers was approved by
i the court at a lengthy Monday
esston.
Only the commissioner- who
now receive the maximum salary
of $4800 annually and County
Ed Webb, prominent Alvin .ice
farmer, has requested School
Board Secretary Max Vogan to
place his name on the ballot for
the coming board election
Mi Webb's announcement of-
ficially opens the race for the
election of seven school board
members next April
Earle Pearson previously told j
the Sun that he had decided to
run for a position on tne board,
but neither Mi Pearson nor any
of the present incumbents have
oificially filed for the election.
Mr. Pearson made known his
intentions soon after W. R Mc-
Daniel veteran board member
inforr cd the Sun he would end
his tenure as board member upon
completion of 25 years of service
in April Mr. McDaniel said under
no circumstances would he con-
sider running again.
Only other present board mem-
bers to make known his inten-
tions to date is A. W Brown who
said he does not want to run.
Here's the way the increases
were approved County Judge
$5000 to $6000; sheriff, county-
clerk and tax assessor collector,
raised to $6000; county attorney
and district clerk, $4750 to $5750.
»unty engineer, $6000 to $7200 ket quintet opened their 25 A Dis-
Secretaries and clerks received a tnct play in Cleveland by winn-
general increase of from $10 to mg two games the B melee was
$15 per month and the auditor won easily 45-11. but the A-,
stringers met a stubborn and de-1
«
CpI. Marshall Roden Returned
Home For Reburial Services At
Baptist Church Thursday Afternoon
I It’s been nearly seven years now since Marshall Roden I
(starred >n the local football team.
j In fact, “Mooch’’ ax his teammates called him. was i
the last four-ietter man the
(Coach Stapp Maxwell says.
T M. Gupton on Jan. 1 in Angle-1
ton.
All officials who had been re- •
elected last year also took their
oaths once more.
■August was the hottest month
, with a 94 6 average or 2 3 degrees
the I streets ‘just depends."
There will be an $8,000 surfac
ing project during the year, this
fund bring provided by the coun-
ty commissioners for the city
there w»l be »*■ work
d- nr by the city. and tons;..-i mt
shelling and refimshmg of streets
torn up by the .wwer and water
line extension program*, the
mayor indicated
■fer> person in the U S.
■ on a par with Louisiana
tad residents, the rice in-
■frould be rosy '
^Kgrds are those of J. T.
K general manager and
MMlet of the American Rice
inr* cooperative association
Mfron who spoke at the
^^Kwting Tuesday of the
Ifjon* Tub
I Collie predicted a bright
( far rice growers at le./-t
Kibe next four veers, but
^■igrvd that American
Ltyill have to be educated
■ mon rice. After that
k. he stated. the government
K| w’li b*' cut when a
ghortage of the grain
[get exists
■kis the principal diet of
lalf the world's population."
Hhet told the Lions. "Very
■Nr is eaten in the east and ■
Mie people of New .
^■t consuming an average
bl'on« pound for every 2001
^Rex eat an average of
■nds per year and Lou -
^■45 pounds of rice an
( M an average ”
Kpake proposed a coopts-
^K^riising campaign to
Nice vD the country
^■■ei denounced strong*
he termed ' land
■B wi'j do not practice
Most of these are
he said, but many
^^■brds are at fault He
MLpn. uiagnunt of good
practices and proper
• and new line*
'•..II by linisheil - >t - x j .-'i wuter n..n to th-* North
Side residents will be mstuiled. Along w ith the new city
watei supply north of th. &4nta E\ tracks will go firv
In drants for the first Um**
There will be a city water sup-
ty of 800 gal-
and the new
* tanks are al
^■miston L No 1 is
^Bie Chocolate Bayou
^0W t'jet and is schedul-
b 11.500 feet
MUI.ng Co.'s Blackwell
iaUld east of Alvin just
ly ) is being drilled
^■information released
Representatives of the Hurr.bL-
• Oil and Refining Co were pre
. sent, requesting the city to amend .
the ordinance recently
limiting the load
' trucks to 100 gallons.
Commissioner Bill Isaacs at , above the mean average Then
tended the meeting. He informed there was last January when the!
: the council that the city will again A ng let on weather showed an !
■ get $8,000 for street improvements average temperature of 37 7 de- j
J “ *u. . . \n*3 gree* or nearly six degrees colder I
than the 35 year average of 43 K
for that month
The past month proved record |
I several
I morning here
Deputy Sheriff K A 1-anier
,ai vearly rainfall | who also is manager of the Hous-
“ ti and Development Co
here the mayoi and
Texas City man were
th» toUilly <«t " p. u
The campaign is sponsunxi by
; the county chapter of the Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Para
lysis Envelopes to hold the dime 1
cards arc being addressed by I employees
January 7 is the date set for
a nu>eting of all county chair-
men and others interested in the
jnr.ua! March of Dime* < ampaign
in Brazoria County
County Chairman L A. Pugh
has announced the mMting at. trash containers on city streets 1
• I. . •.....r<l . . nr»: I f L.* r IL .- «a. 1 I.. . ’1 ’
Two new members of the mun
i ty commissioners court. J B. I
Chambers of precinct 1 at Ve
lasco and George Duncan, pre- J
cinct 4 at Sweeny, have been
sworn into office
The oath of office ceremony
was conducted by County Judge
Officials said that the new i
■ method of setting city valuations
i> expected to give all Alvinites Desipte Conditions
a more fair and regular assess -1
ment fur tax purposed.
A discussion was held on con j
struction of a garage for fire I
, trucks, but no definite avt,uu was i
taken
Councilman Tony Thigh re-
commended that the city install
officers since the present officials
: have been in office. County
1 Judge T. M Gupton said. Ik
added that the couuty, Usted aa
■ fifth wealthiest in the state, is
one of the lowest salaried coun-
ties for its employes m the state
Cleveland five that
only in the closing
to meet defeat. 55-43
«nu Charles
Huckabee paced the B boys .n
their victory, while the two
Alvin guards. Adams and Libby
set a hut pace for the A group,
getting 20 and 14 points respec-
tively
The Jackets busy themselves
at the Pasadena tourney this. _____ v
Friday and Saturday, and then pre-e-Firbsr.k: five at the
. . resume district T-;^,y,
I Elected offuer* except i-vtnnus- Jan. 11 at the home gym when
I sloners and county treasurer can they entertain the Cypress-Fah -
“ banks basketbailers
Everybody talks about
weather and they had something
to talk about in 1948
Brazoria County had just about
1 »he. —rain snow,
sleet, had, hot and cold weather. I
and a drouth
Yet. says Weather Man W F
' Turner uf the Angleton expert
I ment station, the vear was ideal
i for crops and sod is better con
; d> tioned now than in any year
smte the station wat, opened there
in 1913
The records speak for them-
pas-wd selves.
of gasoline
I ton Far
|ranch •
1 another Texas City man
j hunting, testifa-d that he had seen
two hunters with 10 ducks each
and that the mayor had asked him
if he couldn't "hide one day's
limit until thex could come back
i fnr them
Game Warden W C Childrens
who made the arrest of the two
I m»*n. teirtifled that the Texas
1 Citians had 20 ducks in their pm-
, session when he filed charges.
Lamer also testified that he
had taken the men to hunt at
7am and had seen them at 10
a in. yn Nov 24 with the ducks
In rendering his verdict, Jus-
tii e DeWitt said that no testimony
was presented to the effect that
the two men had killed the ducks
<>n one day that they could have
legally had 10 ducks each if the
ducks were two days’ bag
Ed Webb Files
■gl dnig.n-t bevn .n C Place G-l
fcjy COu I since 1936 with 1 VI 1 Idvv v/11
loeptio if a two year period y J D 11 1
| the war when he did not DOHTG DdllOt
•BCt’O
ellie. candidate hu Lx-en | ~
Bbiinc or the lob w> (School Race Opens
L.W f say, h..11;Officially As First
■fter is 81st birthd. - ‘iz, ... J
( andidate /Announces
Bn.E. A Richards was
■ a petition this week
torn □ run for the office
■ of Alvin.
Iteh ds said that he >
lipg he petition and will
Kt* i lent next week con*
^■g possible candidacy
l»h
Voters in the Alvin Junior Col-
lege District can put their poll-
ing foot forward Saturday to
give support to the new Alvin
Junior College
The election to
maintenance lax i.. ...^
college district will be held at
city hall and a record vote is
hoped for
• Officials said that the support
nt all voters is urgently needed
in order to insure the success of
a junior college in Alvin The tax
would be in the amount of 50
cents or. the $100 valuation
Walter Wright will be presid- j
ing officer at the election and
clerks will lie Mrs Ethel Summy ■
and Fred Much
A New Year’s Eve playhouse
episode nearly ended in tragedy
for the J C. Evans family here
Bobby and Johnny Evans with (
their two cousins, Bryon and Joe
Evans were in a playhouse at
the Ev.ns home Bohbv attempt-1 .h, loai,;> ,VUJu„^' 5 , „ and Lh-.,-mattes .. terred U, ■
ed to ignite a heavy log in a wood —. . , his conunittep on -ewavr ind
. . . , The campaign is sponsur<?d bv ivnunuw* on rwage ana
heater by pouring gasoline over • <mtat n
; the county chapter of the Nation ”
1 al Foundation for Infantile Para- Salaries Sei
The gasnlme flar«t up and the jvsls Envelopes to hold the dime 1 No salary increases were given
can Bobbjl a.' ur-. • ; i!l , ..-1. <(il. l.t .n* MHfMMi ‘ ■ ' ' '
mg onto Johnny whose clothes members of the Junior Y-Teens , several increases in expense ac-
then became ignited an(j £jov s<OuLs will handle the counts were apmved for the year
Bobbv received minor burns distribution of placards and dime '
ar he attempted to get his bro- ( <ans for the fund drive,
ther’s clothes off. Johnny receiv- .
ed painful bums on the legs and1 z,, . r, ... .. .
hand. He was taken to Alvin CiUirlCH R. VA ClkCF Jr.
Memorial Hospital where he re- First Baby Of Year
Sex Education In Schools?
“Human Life” Film To Be Shown For
Parental Opinion Here In February Treasurer Carl Bolin who gets
„■ $4200 annually did nut get the
Texas City's mayor. L Robin
on was declared not guilty on
barges uf po6.se -.smg atx ve the
unit ui ducks brought by game
wardens in Justice of th> Peace
B C DeWitts court
>e was finally heard after
podponments Tuesday
Mayor Outlines Plans
For City Improvements
Council Hires Tax Completion Of Present Program,
Expert To Revalue New Expansion On North Side Is
City Property Included In Projects For This Year
Salaries For All Makn.g this city a better : in which to live—fot
FmnlovppK Annrnvpd 1 nior‘ win br th’ ;Uni ”f the <ltv ^ministration
i.nipitHtts .\pprovea s p|.lf , r. slart.j t ,r
At First Session Mayor W F I)a\w said this week that the present
$280,000 improvement program which :< underway for
Tax Expert T L. Marquess of many months will be ompb'h* by May 1.
Wharton was awarded a $3,000 That mean* that all sewer
contract by the city council to v,iH finished an
revalue the city's property.
The action was, taken at a meet
mg of the city council Mondav
night, the first of 1949
M: Marquess will make a sui
vey of the city and will chart
each lot. making an exact valua-
tion of the lot and improvement.*
The city’s plat system will also
too. December with .31 inches of
rain was the driest month since
19i3 in Uircuunly The t<>tal tgiu
tall for 1948 wa< .18 1H or 12 >nrh*<
below the nor
average
First Snow Of Year
Although the Angleton w
did nut include -.now. Alvin had |
first snowfall since 1940 last ’
January and the whole area took
■ a a winter wonderland aura with
ice coated shrubs and trees
Then last month there was a
dust storm m .Alvin and there
had been flooding rains when |
did rain and temperatures here
were r»x-c.rrii*i fur several days
tn August past the 100 degree*
mark
Marshall graduated from Aivin
High in 1941—one of the schooTs
outstanding personalities and
athlete of all times. He entered
the marine corp ill September.
1942
The Froberg funeral home had
charge of the body after it ar- i
rived hero Tuesday Alvin Post
129. American Legion and the
Mai. hall didn’t get any special Alvin VFW post w.U be in chaiuei
mention for singular action in >f the . : tary nt» s at the grave
the battle of Saipan, but the 10th
regiment of marines ot which his.
Second Marine group was attach
ed. received the presidential cita-
tion. He was killed in actio.*' »he
day before official fighting on
Saipan closed on July 7. 1914
Born in Alvin on Aug 25. 1923
mained for several days .
Bryon and Joe received only Old Doc Stork was plenty busy
light bums. J during 1948 delivering a bumper
The fire department was called crop of new citizens here
but no damgae was reported 7^,. |,wg}.,ggr<i hind wasted
Bobby, who is 15, told the Sun ■ little time starting off 1949 At
that the playhouse is now being «i 52 a. m on New Year's Day.
converted into a storage place Charles Ernest Welker Jr. arrived
for hay that the boys are "going a* Merz clinic to be the tint baby anfial
down to the bayou.” ' burn in Alvin in '949 \Jvl ijUUNlclllllcii
"W’e played at the bayou fori The youngster is the son of
six and half years and had tc' Mi and Mrs Ernest Wvlkri S.
quit when everybody said we’d' and the grandson of Mrs Mabel
gel polio, so fe moved into the England and Mr and Mrs E F'
play house,” Bobby recollected. | Welker, ail of Aivin. The little,
‘We've been in that playhouse boy weighed 7 pounds and 14
three months and look what jounces at birth and Dr. H. E
happened ”
The much diacusaed film entitled “Human Lite' will
be shown to Alvin parents in February at a meeting of
the Senior High School PT A unit
The meeting is scheduled at 3 :45 p. m. in tht* school
auditorium on a date set tentatively for February 2 ac- 1
cording to Mrs Jack Koonce, vice president and program
chairman.
Mrs Koonce said school buard members, local pas-
tors. members of the other lwo|
PTA units and any other parent
ts invited to attend the meeting
"Human Life" is a film made
for Oregon school children, ft
has been the subject of articles
in national magazines and recent-1 that a move tn h»v»- typ- I
ly underwent discussion by Hou- j sex education in the schools here
ton p'U'ental groups. The fihn w«m> l was started several years ago but
made to answer the proUeiiis «I < nothing definite had ever been
teaching sex education to school! carried out
affe hove and eirls. and has been ‘ Along with the film a panel
discussion by a group of high
school boy« and girls on sex edu-
talign in schuuls will be held.
The regular January meeting
vf Use unit was heid Wednesday *
when a discussion in the form of
an open forum on student pro-
blein* was held
was raised from $5000 to $6000
Assistants m his office gat in-
creases .
Chief deputies
maximum $2800
; other deputies get $177 monthly
maximum salary
j No raises had been given the
establish a
in the junior
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