The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940 Page: 1 of 10
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:elebrating
)ldest Newspaper”
ESTABLISHED 1890
ME 51. N'
ALVIN. TEXAS,
FRIDAY. AUGUST
1940
IN OUR 51 st YEAR
RY
FOR A HALF <
IS.
FRIDAY
Remember When?
Production Test Due On Rowan And
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Nichols No. 2 Hubbard; Stanolind
Stakes New Location At Old Ocean
Four Liverpool
Men Injured In
Head-On Crash
Masons To Lay
Cornerstone of
New Post Office
Old-Timers and Club
Members Give Data
Pictures of Yester-
Year Are Helpful
VRS SU1TABU
JRPOSES,
.......
’AILS
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■nod can of
? room.
n ; u as !at;
1 Deputy .
*’*'■ Houston.
21 passen
! at the "
is >njur d.
l«;iler. Harold
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dren, L<
returned
Valiev 5
HOME
ison and ch
morning
rs at
ability the
filed this '
approval ut
of Carl
as discove
noon. Fullerton whe
after n*->ng boot
in Navi
Pete Sh<
i and erayon
Deatherage
singing.
I be
seek
Olrl
feet
The ac-
■ete pull-
cars
KETIR\*
to Dr. Lu- \
itmdent of:
Galveston.!
own opin-: f
and their!
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from
“Alvin and Brazoria County s <
FREEPORT Deep bur us
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vp***~'
rin Schools Will Open Sept. 9;
fistration Dates For Junior
charge Brazoria i
te of $3.25 per
Oil Worker Is
Injured When
Boiler Exploder
bom
o o o
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pair of Pear- •
Freeport Man
Drinks Carbolic
Acid, Dies
III Health, Despondency
Blamed In Suicide
Of World War Vet
{subject to frequent heart attacks,
y rea- according to his wife, who Is re-
lospital' siding at Algoa.
are of Brazoria “
quested to repor
principal of th<
one of the ahov
Junior High
port to Mr. Rob
gistration on di
land on the birth of a daughter. I
Edith Virginia, born Tuesday.
o o o
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Crenshaw of
( Alvin on the birth of s - ’
Dwight. Jr., born Tuesday. ----L
o o o
and Mrs.
carefully verified
Pictures have been coming in
rapidly to The Sun through the
courtesy of many old-timers and
children of the early settlers All
pictures that are of puhlk-interest
and that are login
in the edition to
golden da
trains a <
red depot
At Alg>
1 Kainer
Faculty Meeting Called For
September 7 In Music Room;
[Sixth Grade Joins Jr. High
public schools will bogin the current school
mber 9, with registration of high school stu-
wptember 4 and 5 and with registration of
■h students beginning on the Ith for Sth and
students and on September 5th for Sth grade
«WESA»»
By BOB BRAY
Negro Charged In
Angleton Shooting
ANGLETON — Fxnmlnlng trial
[ for Manner Roosevelt Wilson, ne-
and
ill not
at mt
te *
1
Angleton Girl
Injured, 11 Hurt
In 4-Car Crash
ANGLETON Elev m persons[
were injured, one fatally, early j
Sunday in a four-car collision four '
miles from Navasota on the Bren- f
ham highway
lospital for the 1
58. This figure
general ope rat-:
major repairs '
pment installa-
■are of by the
r< not included,
■ost. Neither is
i»‘d in this cost
rest and depre-
dtngs. The fig-
.. covers only later in the
"f the hospital. : ho did not
perate a hospi- the night.
A subscription to The Alvin Sun will be given to the first p
identifies these scenes. This is just one of the many old scenes
iished in The Sun’s 50th Anniversary edition.
si "Th
■
I
resented by club mem-
Jviduais will be edit - ,
Sun personnel. and
information will lie
itation has been extended mothers of
— 1 ! sixth graders to attend a 9 o’cloc k
had been that
called Justice
Ti
.. I
S?;1 ' fci
Say quite <?m-
-r-ts! -.ft —
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11
is
imt.- rtrp many
h‘ John Sealy Hoi
1 still pulling on slue
at 3329 feet Hulen No. 2
feet In
< Hu>en
f vs] THE ALVIN SUN
ies of when
mt to schoo
agcr of 21 to 45 .except preach-
ers. are required to work five
days a jear on the city streets
or pay $5.00 in order that a
substitute may be hired.
Dies in uar urasn
A Pearland woman was killed I
and a Galveston couple injured in
an automobile collision two miles
a town of Dickinson Wednesday
the | night
I The dead woman was not
Golden Jubilee Edition Of The Sun Excites Interest
Throughout Brazoria And Near-By Counties; Stories
And Pictures Pour In From Many Famous ‘Old-Timers’
raes all hospital ser- tremely bad health
{burned leg had developed compii-
■s John Sealy Hos- cations after months of medical
worta Countv these and surgical attention, and he was
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. of Bedias x----- -
and Miss Ruth Rice
Fullerton, who was i.bout IS {*
the rate just {years old. had been married twice
e are anxious to [Several children, born of the first.
:'-ommunities with marriage, survive him: also sur-
Sec'ond. when we|viving are their mother: his sec-
f $: 25 a day it ond wife, from whom h«- es-
By EDM ALE MARTIN
As preparation for The Sun’s,
golden jubilee celebration gets un-
derway. interest is encountered.:
not only from old-timers In Bra- |
zoria County, but men and women j
about ’v^° -n Galveston and Hous-'
I the mouth and an emptied two-1 *on an^ have watched and
jounce carbolic acid bottle were known the growth of the "Hub-
most prominent clues in the sui-
cidal death of Carl Fullerton
whose body was discovered at 3:30
Tuesday aftern
has been employed at Ted’s P
the past two months. \xas ro
ing with J. K. Pearce in the
of the business house.
On Monday. August 26, Ful
tnn bought the poison at a 1
pharmacy and. while conver
THE ALVIN SUN
Congratulates Appear On
Z. E. Bryce
Mrs. Grace
The boil-j Lyle L. »K»ehn
feet. Several j bachelor of acl
try and pos-|the University
y had walked day.
iiiiiiuivv before inr | ■ ■
L
Mr. and Mrs. Z. E. Bryce of
Alvin on the birth of a son, Leon
Eugene, buin Salm day.
o o o
E.
y beds should a hospital:
art ■ ■ - of a town [
Th- number of hospital i
tho.-nnd population Is
estimated at five. Uaing'
e. a population nf 17nn[
ju:i- right and a half,
’r-’f :• I would say that
co beds should ordinari- 1
ire of your general hos- i
*• Of course, if you j
^>*pitalize your chronic,
' « individuals, more I
d le required, but it is.
• t«i aiu-mpt to accom-i
ch patients in a genera),
s th-' . -of maintain- j
’■ g. u K-nerai hospital
[Mater than the cost of i
te of a homeless indi- |
son - ether institution.!
t is ’he bed day cost I
Isaly Hospital?
Th- per diem cost for !
Seal;. Hi
Lion Program
Outlining ar. interesting and un ,
usual program for their gem: 1
monthly meeting, announcement :
j has been made by the Lions Club'
I that Rev. W P, Deatherage and
hts Evangelistic party wiii be i
‘ be guests at the luncheon TUer
d|------------------- ----
Millions May Be Spent On Dow Plant
At Freeport As Company Prepares
To Issue $25,000,000 Securities
More Than 3.000 Men Employed
In Rushing To Completion Great
Project; Docks Being Built
Substantiating a .story carried exclusively by The
Sun several weeks ago to the effect that The Dow
Chemical Company plant at Freeport would be expanded
two Gi th re* tiniea the original vatirrude of $5,000,000,
Wil'ard II. Dow, pr<>i<ivni.. said Tuesday the company
expected to file a registration statement with the securi-
ties and exchange conunission at Washington for issuance
——-—-[of new M-cunties to finance ex-
'ts of
. his pct giMMut *» ho *troil«*d down I
(the dusty lane< that were the |
istreet* of the town he founded A,
I pastime of the younger lads was
Few New Developments In Oil
Picture of County Past Week; Rig
Up For Curkeet A 39 In Hastings
Few major developments in Brazoria County oil
activity were reported this week. Focal point of interest
was the production attempt which Rowan <5c No hols are
scheduled to maki today on their No. 2 Gilvie Hubbard.
Casing has been s<»t at 9<‘O5 feet and will be perforated
at 8550-55 feet for a squeeze job. Oil sand was logged
at 8533-17 feet, consistent w ith findings in the di-cowry
’•■ijM-t iencr you!
•pitas cost and ’
* believe a hos- ;
<*» built In
non could, with
15 t0 20 i
I profir P*‘r day h* madP innately identified,
r j u .. • Mr end Mrs. H. C.
r that « t S®>.' ?UltC em- veeton were ________
tf-nbiatl r‘.*? r,iC& ^"{hoepltat. Mr. West. ■ufieirnl »
could not be I fnwtured left hip "nf* <'u,w °n
of”wr,"i Pr°f‘t if n hlgh ! head "and left knee. Mrs. West. 30.!
v<>, *** J*8 reB^tTr<*-1 suff<’red head and rh'-»f injuries
L* gWKl 1 «*» cut* on thP l<‘RS-
—T2 wn ,o ,’’a*e ori Deputy Sheriff Ed VVkhlep was
’ i investigating. 1
THE HI>T Of <IT!ZENS
If you have a pc? dog
don t dare bury it in your
yard! No. etree, when 1
dies he must be taken beyond
the city limits for .us last rites
and services, or the City of
Alvin may fine yo
of $1.00. ’
Now. for
youngsters,
town in “C
two-wheeler
I “Popeye” Reyr.ok
[der on Stanolind’s No. 1 Hulen
j i well at Alta Loma, u as seriously
I injured early Thursday
t gro. win be held today < Friday» |when one ot ,h(* boilers nt the
[charged with assault in the ’ *P‘°ded. He was rushed to
[tempted shooting of Sam Brown j“ ov»p»i...
{at Sandy Point two weeks ago. I**1 *l°"—• ■
Willie Brown, wife of Sam Brown. I lnnR KRsh on hl* head,
was struck in t
bullet intended for Sam,
Wilson has served two prison I
forms, one in 1936
was later sent up for ten y
~ r A. J. Sims arrested hi
»>ed hospital
>ital would not
necessity
per dsy
sion which occurred early Monday
ni'rning about a half mile on the
other side of the Gables resulted in
|tice of the Pe
inds to reason' who held
f 30 beds could Pearce.
<> service at the' went 1
hospital of 500 without discovering the death of
many economies ' Fullerton On returning that aft-
ernoon and finding the body in the
same position it
morning. Pearce
Hardman.
ispital. The two ounce bottle of carbo-
bes John Sealy Hos- lie acid, tossed into the back yard.
Brazoria County for i was empty, and an open
1 of its Indigent pa- ether was found in the
Fullerton had contemplated lhe
purchase of a local business short- . ,, . . [ *, . .. — ,,
, . , . . , Sundav in a four-car collision four Mr. and Mrs E. H Oliver of
... lv before his death. It is believed , . .. ,, , , , .
. .. . u i i l, „,.e # miles from Navasota on the Bren- Manvel on the birth of a da ugh-
. J*” ““ l-P-nd-nt be«u,^ „■ Ann ........
burn«l leg h».l developed «mp»- \Lev Shook. 22. ol S.ngleton, died .
- . n.nce hmuirnt tn H nn«nitn
evening, remarked that
expect to live through
Ho drank the acid
ALVIN’S OLD
olds, boiler ten- [
before it started to burning
and .
Vii by John L. Poteete o^slngle^”*^^
ton. Other occupants of the truck, i " °
reived niinoe T!Qfeterja Wi||
Open at School
On September 9
Announcement wa« made thj«,
week by Mrs. LeNoir Arnold, man-
?r. that the Alvin School cafe-1
ia will open September 9, and
|w tT.it luiH-hen will i— served
[ the opening day of school.
,w the! In outlining the cateten^ pro-{
Sheriff Johnson" and his de- «ram Mrs. Arnold said that the
bwr. sacking U iitdt.wouM be the swne as thcac
sometime. i served last jear. and that cafe-1
ft (teria prices would be
TRIP ! Asr’-tlng lr.
Dr. and Mrs. Leon W. Charls- [ Mrs! Reese Thomr-
ton and son, Leon Joseph, were! Williams. Mrs. J. E.
in Houston on business Tuesday. (Mrs. Gerald Abbott.
a« inmpany’s No.
John Brown sur-
ahead after run-
il survey at 9250
kt i« credited with
o formation at
>ught to a hospital ‘
Hts twin brother. [ in|lu on ine Dimi «M a uaugnm.i .. ,
and Miss Velma Smith I pdifh Virginia born Tuesday. 1 Rev Deatherage is a radio
were burned seriously [ o o i f‘r an*^ by H<
f» -•«- of Analeton! .. . 1 T. House, musician
„ .W ,;^"h.dly bruits SMl M‘“ ’""’rl
» P.wrt.t undrr th. «r »h« "£•»>«» ££ P***,*^ ’
It first caught lire but with the An interesting program nas been
help of several men was removed ° ° ? « promised by Lion President Charl-
before it started to burning. ' Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Caldwell s1on an(1 urgrt the att-ndance of
The Shock brothers and Miss j AI,K2?.L'nwhj birthjif ajiaugh- njj j at the meeting.
Uuit y -ar. Our per diemjther of Portales. New Mexico. \vthAr .1
*.».« pj.tierf, weB, op rull,rton w„ . WorM War get-1 _________
N,‘ ’’ ™ no' 80 “Pl'■ran cM,nt orwirred whrn Poterte
.....U! m«kln« _ . .... : ......1
Pearland Womannnd
;=r ; = h n;oc jn far orasin peeping Toms Are
Caught At Angleton
ANGLETON-Lot ai uWcera U»«*! "
week were sueceasful in rounding {
up two “peeping Toms" who were |
charged w ith vagrancy the cases I that
im-!were dismissed un agreement to >.L
; leave town. Several families have |
West of Gal- reported being annoyed by Uw-
taken to a Galveston | pair,
hospital. Mr west. 5-x suiim~ a pm11«
... . ... —---- .w-1 mem
';r
ton
known the growth of th-
County" for many years.
information to be published in
The Sun’s histork-al --dition u ill
be authentic and furnished
through courcew that are relia-
ble. Such interenting old-timers
a»> D. Ia-c slataper. Mayor El-
mer < Kimmons, K. ( . Shirley,
Miss Bcxs Whitehead Scott, li-
brarian for The Post, will con-
tribute histori-al items. The
hHteriea) lere ef one of Texas’
oldest and most colorful coun-
ties will br presented in a iMuia-
rorna of pictures, folk-lore ami
history.
C Hardman.; ^ny me
«n Inquest Tuwdgy. ' and ind„
roommate of the victim. e(j The
work Tu-ntay mornlnt [ „,urc„ ut
(TtTMINAtM n| T O1
THE SUN
I goes into more homes in Bra-1
| zoria County than any other I
I newspaper For half a century |
I :t has ranked sect nd to thej
| family Bible |
IIR HAVES H.I.
Dr. G. J. Haye*, who recently
'under.,ent a ton&Jcctomy in SL
,.. _ pxpects to ra-
the n*»xt few
nny, 4 eu . -•'»«« y ■ mu>
W. Shaw worn! turn home
i Houston shoppers Thursday. idays.
D00 in common stock
Meanw hile construction contin-
ues to be Bf>eeded up at Freeport
with more than 3.000 men em-
ployed. Piiins was being drfvtft
for docks and intake channels. An
™ ..... indication of expansion already
.1 G«Le«.,n where* hZ sri^r.s! plan; U - vi. ir.
amd to be suffering tram a'’be estimate made this spring that
Wire and i °n'-v U00 men would be employed
the thigh hy the I had also been biown into.-anuary j.
- 1 a portion of his body. j ~—0--
The explosion, said to have been ■ RE< El\ E DEGREE
escaped and >' nusrd by a dry boiler, rut )oo*< ' Mrs. Grace Ward Harby and
years.; "‘bori'y after midnight The txrtl-• Lyle L. •roselin received their
Mm tn!er wa* blown 56 feet. Several't’-O'he I or of science degrees from
j workers escaped injury and pos-, the University of Houston Fr!-
| sible death when they
TD PALLET [***> “ fe*
. , TT. S. Wright left WedneRjer;1’1*”-
unchanged. | for a fev. flaya vjS}f W|tl> his | —
th- eratd-tugnter Mrs. Clyde Wooster and' To HOI ATON
nas, Mr*. Willie, family at Pharr, and his brother, | Mrs. C. P.
E. Copeland and. John P. Wright, and family at I Shaw and Mrs.
XL. San Benito. 1“
Mrs. Ted , Mary's Infirmary.
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Bray, Robert I. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940, newspaper, August 30, 1940; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1252038/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.