The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1939 Page: 1 of 12
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■ APRIL a.
19391
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THE ALVIN SUN
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“Ah hi ami Brazoria County’s 01 Jest Nc 'per
IN ITS 4‘.Hh i’EAR
FRIDAY
ESTABLISHED 1890
FRIDAY
High School Flax To
Be Threshed Tuesday
In Big Demonstration
Company
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that it
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Put
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y held that I.
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withdraw
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wants it
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Methodist Church
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1 THE ALVIN SUN ,
[ Congra tulates [
.5;^W of fl„
Vocational Agruul-
the Alvin High School,
Wynn Crosby Coring At 9,996
Feet Thursday Night; Manvel
Wildcat Starts Drilling Today
Commencement
For Seniors To
Be Held May 25
City Considers
Water Rate For
Summer Months
Pearson Stages
Used Car Sale
Brazoria Court
Records
Pioneer Resident
Dies Wednesday
Gala Affair To Re Held
At Parish House,
Public Invited
verstock cd
■hial price*
05c
13c
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■ma Loy and I
of interest!’
The ju
the followed
which
Ford on all 17
Leasing Activity South of Alta Loma Brisk As Stanolmd
Reported Buying Acreage; Report* $50
____ ...______ _____________P*"r . Acre Beino.P.-.ji_______________ ___________
morning
mg for
A sensational sale of used tars
is being staged here by the Fear-
son Chevrolet Company, beginning
B
ditv.
trass
Th<- court's judgment ordered
that all contracts and agreements
between Mrs. Ford anti Che hmuh«-
tlon h<‘ "declared void and of no
Kimbrough,
avia county.
An ini»
threshing
held here
nd
>n
I OH I X
Min-
Morine Huepers. Dorothy Idoux,
Arline Leary, Soledod Luna. Pa-'
la Monarch. Florence Sanders,
emary Spears, Evelyn Tharp, i
under
Niel
The
First e
sresad rvent,
(third event, g
n W. S
Bob Bray
(Continued on Page 2'
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Bowman Puts In
Ladies Apparel
. m . May ;
ium.
ut hi*
Scouts Prepare
For Galveston
Circus Fri.-Sat.
to bit i
not be
I
• Gul* |
< f four |
veston.l
—•
their ro-bui.dlng
in first Unfit me-
Ige in entering judgment
the verdict of a jury,
lust week held for Mrs.
the issues pre-‘
ho has lots of,
greeting early ’
: office Thurs-1
Senior Plav To
Be Presented
Next Thursday
Telephone Man
To Move Here
Drake Installed
As Lion; Paris
Speaks of Trip
Aged Plaintiff Who Didn’t Know
Buy $85,000 in Stock Weeps for Joy at Verdict
ery purpose
MIC.
■r basin.,
B* th. ' _____
Icard will !>,. held up until
iireprrt* initiated.
but he did rave I
made marvels, j
idge and Boul-J
nginecrlng tri-1
LBOAN the Freeport
••
ylance. did his daily
-'ednesday, Joe phoned
ft and urged that we
of publicity to ti.e
' ! - at Galveston to
Moody Stadium Friday
' said he 'The Free-
r x.v~.paiiy < «• pay
•» that guy that
mg about big soulless
And thanks Joe for;
•n to „o fishing.
up the'xno *how has a cast of characters
we’ve , some 800 Boy Scout* and 150
1 of the area, with ; V
men assisting wit
some capacity
Mrs.
earn 8 per cent
pany
.»■
that she
■ that she was subscnbir
company stock when sh<
: her two Federal Land Bank bonds!
to him, that she did nut learn that
she had obligated herself to buy)
M50 shares of stock valued at 1100 al
share until September. 19M. 1
after that time she took no c
drnds from the stock and that she
Ruw
white.
19c
G. M. Gustafson. Mrs W S. Div
Mrs Ben Borskey. Mrs C. H. H.
a friendly wag | ring. Jr. Mrs. Robert I. Bray M
,an W C. Greer and Mrs Lesh. M.
*— I chant.
Coffee has been donated by t
' ■
ll. in th.
: n I he Old
•unty. The
•-I al, also
81.34 feet
Mrs. Mary Moyer# and
daughter, Mrs. IL 3. Sutgrui
De*tei. Iowa. ar-’ v,..iting Mrs
Meyers’ sister. Mrs W. H. Strait.
Sir ether rcktir«.. They wui re-
turn home Sunday.
, r
,.WESA»» !
b, BOB BRAY |
St 185 Judgment
A urin Suit
C. of C. Carnival Life's Savings of 78 Year Old
1 uesday Night Alvin Woman Returned By Court
To Be Fun Fest - —
T' *A“Tfonc'TiFyoui
- be in store tor 1
! the Ah in Chatnbe
Spring Festival to
I Parish Home Tuosr
i ning at 8 o'clock.
: good eats, games,
! and fun for all.
i The parish hous>
decorated with bal
' etc., reports W S
' Pugh and G. M.
charge of the arm
SB /<
rfz
of Hog IIoum-
in tVedneMiay nisht
Insight into the
»s. We forgot to
‘type lice” so hl*
,-7 . a,-
The Honorable Pat M.
1,7 1 PrR,|dent of Baylor Vnlversit;
diyi- former KoV(,rnor ,.f Texas, w
speaker
B Md '.AIS really gave
Iflwatre-goer* something in
Mm of ( 'Hiqueat,” picture
p? taether good one eem-
9 in “Th. Oklahoma Kid.”
Itacney never fails to pro- '
th- thrill* and llii* i* no
FIRE AND PUBLIC BUILDIN 1
Pugh and E A Ruhar™"'
Pt’Bt.tr pRnwrn-iv
E A Richards, chairman; G.
uatociatWs agent, had tokllH Cook and V M DodM.n.
Ford that the money would
interest; that the
would allow her to
>r any part ot it at
ltd not know
ing to loan
he delivered
iteh for a long-time Alvin;
Mrs. Madie Kimbrough i
die«t here W*.*ln»'sday, were
•leiu Thursday afternoon by the
Has Finance Drive
i Chrixtian church
Fun.ral Honu .
Benrers were Scott Benson. Wal-
ter Wright. Carl Bolin. W E.
Steele. Will Greer and .’im Hood.
in
Hardeman
, ... — bom in T...... ........
1 married -ohn Kimbrough in Bel-; " hat
•on. Sept. 23, They had no;
•■'*■*—- They moved to Alvin In--
I May. 1898. and wan* members of She is survived by a sister. Mrs.) Nothing is achieved before It be
I the Christian ehureh. Her hue-'Annie R WfBjams of Daltex. and *h/'r”,'Sh,y •♦tempted, fir 1
SVBSC1UBE FOR THE ALVIN tWN hand died in Houston. Dec. 9, 1915. i a niece, Mrs. Artie Remley. j Sidney. t
«nes Natural Gas, |
Pure Water. Sani-I
Se*»nt ‘ and |
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L prnmMlia volution
t mystr'‘ou* dreak of fire
L-t., ti.»t swept across the
El ToeMia> and earth’d a*
Errruei accounts as there
|pw>pl'' who *aw it, come*
| from E. T Loomis whose
fcga- RHirrt—-Bo«4li.- and
KmI field workers at Man-
Lgnrwid the "phenomena.”
L i*y» that an aeroplane
Ken dinting rice field* all
Li late in the evening
Kg |.i 13,000 feet to do a
|dpwriting. thing that
Li the sir the sun probably
I tb* plane appear to be n
■ fin*. Th< trail of smoke”
Ld in Houst on )*aper* wa*
Mot spelling out “
fepH- of hi* eompany.
L *rrr variously interpret-
I thou- who saw the wierd
Lie tonsil out “war,” *Tlit-
fad oth« r fantastic names.
| mat high the plane <-<>uld
|r heanl and due to the
■tM of itiv atm«.s|Mirre
I hr teen tor a great man>
L Rem. .oiM-rsing the “Men
■r*" Ineideni some im.nths
Hr Kill take Mr. Loomis’
■ of this incident as being
hat wir and logical.
County Court.
Estate of Roosevelt Hanks, a
a. jl’crsot. «*f unsound mind; bond ■■£
r. guardian approved,
a o
While drilling operate
Company’-* Ne 1 Wilson,
the 9,5F(i foot level, it wa«
late Thursday night, that c
feet Drillers w<i.e having difficulty
The amount of the judgment rep-
resents the total invested by Mrs
Ford l»’» several small dividend
payments and plus interest C
..•osts were assessed against
I Doris •* r. /J Movie. ——
; Elsie Davis. Ed IxMife* Aker. Paul - — o- -
XH-vtn.ui. li.r.*tt I zn I.- r>
* ■ ' t h. omiihs Grocery
C'.-tco. Marvin Cogd-H. J
Stages Big Sale
Charles England. H r Hand.
| Wayne Law. George Matsushita. J
I D. Mirick. Lornn McConnell. Merle
! McConnell. Iv.b Pm*Mmi R«<*nn»w
; Lee Rodgers. Howard Russell. Ben-
I ard S< hadt-e, Ja< k Sheppard, How-
ard Blataper. Jarnos Sparks, Charles
Confederate Thomas Wllleford and Bob
! Davi?
T«x»s Sweet \
INGESj
25c 7
Neff. '
iity and
mer governor of Texas, will be
principal speaker at the com-
mencement exercises for the Alvin
High School Senior class of 1939
which will be held at 8 p.
25. in the sch«M>l auditorium. j as ■ .
Members of the Senior Class! er as “Wild Bill” Hanlon, Chari-
air. Ellen Adams. Ida Belie Adams
Selena Adams. Martha Alexander.
Chrlatlne Barrell. Horten;.< Barrell.
„ . z - w., __t Evelyn Fae Brennen, Ramona
O1 Bowmans men, rjrnUIUncl Burhnn,n M.n V,rr,n,„ eolhn.
•>ore t» gone "m.nln.' A new nilpr..M Mae Cralner. M»rg..,..t
ladtw department ha. been idden! i,8vldK,„ Nan Eis|p Ens
this wet k tm lading Aash uressrs, jana Ethel Florida. Geraldine
hose and some “unmentionables”I FouldB B..r|ha Fn>bcrK M;„J
Th;» progressive Alvin firm is'
going atter business this week, us-
ing The Sun to advertise some _e
very attractive specials for Friday. ■ frj
Saturday and Monday. . jj,
of John Osborne. .
Frank Duke and C.
I SMITH. grocer. Man,
I Josnl turtubrr. Scout cd-
K ehic worker, etc., ad
R*. keep* an accurate
P«1| ua 1 he school buses.
S*' in the interesting In-
the bus taking
P* Abilene travelled
'“u.vuinrd 1 lb. I gal-
Ptasolii.. and tiree quart*
a total fm-l cost of
J •’sjif'g thr driver M
t«>r the four-dav trip
J* -<>tal • xpenae of trans-
„r approxiinatc-
Pr haad ioeitiltrr, Reduc-
th«. pond ua*
to Abilene and rc-
R®flly WlPM pe, Inl|,.
ill move to
in the near
E. E. Carrell, installer repairman
for the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company, will be stationed
in Alvin after May 1, H. G. Brick-
house, district manager of the
company announced Thursday.
He will be In charge of main-,
lainiug ihe local and long ulstarivi';
lines in the Akin trade territory,
as well as to install and repair
telephones here.
Carrell has been employed by
the plant department of the Tele-
phone Company for Jfi years, and
i« moving here from Eagle l.nke
said__Mrs CarrnU in?
i their children. Nettie,
i and Melva Dean.
their new residence
report 1
'a. Moody Stadium by noon Friday.
, where they will be assigned camp-
’ ing pace by Max Clark, camping
' chairman A dress rehearsal of
j the big show will be held Friday
afternoon >n preparation for the
| first performance Friday night at '
8 o'clock. Camping within the I
, r’adfum will be nearly 40 troops;
i of the area, with all the equip-1
1 ment and properties needed to
. participate in the 13 big acts.
' Maj. F. S. Gilman, in charge of
| health and safety for the circus
has announced (hat elaborate pre
parations have already been made
to make the boys comfortable and
, to provide ample drinking water,
w ashing facilities, first old protec-
tion. and general health measures
Hailed as the most ambitious
, activity ever attempted by the 1
Vfishirf amf"and~leaJers“UT7 lakeston ‘
Qwotigh to smell up the' show has a
I *’ - more than w«> >»■; ^r..- CX “
Ward, n Frank Mebane j r»1jt«tered cul
• catch, too. Five J cta<* tn 4lK'
GMveston Island ‘he show tn
•nig 1 SW-foot nets. Good! Th*' circus program is as fol-j
hnK tht, niore O£ these J0W8: Fin,l evrr.t, band music: 1
? "P th. tnrttvi um I -“cccrz! r-.TRt. pageant; !
01 cah-hing some fish, (third event, gran i entry: fourth;
M mdowns, fit h event, rop.-^ A finance drive is bring launch-.
‘ -■ N JINGTON of Aita i ar,,‘ whips; sixth vent, first al l hy the Ft. it Methodist Church
#7* in pay her sub-! "'“’’■m scene); seventh event. | thls uw»k in an ,.ffort t„ lop off
‘ (her delinquents kindly : *'ou‘ K»n. s and drills; *igth:s2.i<n from the church debt The
7“ refwts that thh has event, signaling and mmmunha-!finalhP committee is headed bv In,, rn”*nt WM
!'prinK ’h** has tlon; ninth event, "out ol the Ark." i Georip. pearson. assisted by Rev. ( ctr?”’-‘?r3’’-
‘>*-re. she says Alta Noah and his animals; tenth event. ,« p Wright Made
tne nice rain we had chariot race; eleventh event, amp- Rev> Wright says if the $2,100: wh<> was
an-! that tne pastures , mg scene; twelfth event, cycling; ; paymPat can be raised, the church
• -P ir.il u»e strawber-i thi'ieeuui r»ri.t, fire bulldlr.g; j in<jpt>teuness can br reduced 10
gone. Thank* for i fourteenth event pioneering andl^wjp which he hope* to pay out; chlldren
7^* -Mrs. Huntington and j the pioneer stockade: fifteenth | at ^e rate of S1.000 per year. ! M“v ,H0
-••TOg j,au R reJ?!! aveat. > kmlnit pageant and grand
Btw“° ’ J finale.
at Moody
.Saturday
R. Brow n. program direct-
or. Indicated fhat all acts are mak-
ing good progress and that
show would more than live
to advance expectations Other nf-
; ficials under General Chairman El-
mer D. Hartel. are equally confident
that they would be in readiness
i for the mohihzatlon of scouts and
scouters of the council in the
stadium Friday noon.
More than 8D0 scouts and their
,leaders have been asked to
Carr,
Aunt Mildred
• parn-11 as Mi
“Trouble in .
av will be
•hool Auditor
Everything happens in this play
from u snake bite to a wedding
j And why shouldn't it. for with a
jmedical student, fuottiall captain,
1 wealthy aunt, -xi-eds. and varnj*
; something is 1 ■ ain to take pla.
The cast consists of H. T. Hand
Martin, Howard Slatap-
Steele as Bill Bradley, Merle Me
Connell ns 'Tubby" Davis, Everett
Brown as Professor "Fish" Sai-
■ mon. Wayne Law as Porter Hook-
er. Glenn Cisco as "Freshman" Joe
Hamilton. Martha Alexander as
Jean Harmon, Evelyn Fae Brennen
as Daisy Morn*. Ramona Buchan-
an as Alice Hamilton. Ethel Fiori-' .hl
I da as Doria
Spears as
Foulds 1
Hortense
Vernon f
and Man
Rounding out a show exjiectec
to be the most spectacular Scout-
; ing activity ever seen in Galves-
ton, Boy Scouts of the Bay an-n
j council, including Galveston Bra-
I zoria and Matagorda cou
i sw inging into intensive a
I week for the first ann
I circus, to be presented
fttauiuni. Friday and
nights.
Dr
Martin and includes Clyd
ring. S. McKenzie. Bub Br
Borskey and Dale Bat(*s
The booths will be m < h
G. M. Gustafson. G.org.- j
County* legal record.
R«> •<*.* •fSOST** ard > District
market offers many attractive spe- ; Mrs Nora I^>det Hi
I * l*‘» for Friday. Saturday and r'f> Hnnhs, suit for
Monday. Frugal housewives and : Marriwg- (Jeewae.
budgetcers will find his page adver- ! WHIla Jones and <;
t.cement in The Sun worth read-
i ing.
Smith’s connection with the 1
j depend* .it Grocers Alliance pi
The thing most important is mils him io buy his foods at
wo do. not what we say substantial savings and he is pass-
—Mary Raker E4<!y. ■ >ng this cn to h:s customers.
Mt happy. I ju*t don't
■ hat to *.«!*-hv <«*M*ed
Holler.
honors
the next
banquet.
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pti wiwiaa>issiaM,WMtaaaaiaiMiiiiiiiiisi^iaiMrTii iHtfiwi wmimimmim Mfife ifii|i
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Bray, Robert I. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1939, newspaper, May 5, 1939; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1251877/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.