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FRIDAY, AUGUST M.
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Freeport Girls Blast Sweeny 5-2
To Win County League Softball
Championship Twice In Row
Firemen Trim
Rangers 11 to 10
In I he Bag
By S. O. (Bo) SMITH
DELIVERS TO YOUR
\ FARM!
West Columbia Takes
Second in Annual
Scout Event Saturday
WANTED- Tn n<v •
trailer. Inquire at Alvin Si
New Hay on
red to Ted <
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HOW AHOI T < KAWDADS?
HH!
rr“n after team
[ Wednesday evenit
Ab R H t.
[ In the battle fo
mj<it. Texaco Oi
i cousins 9 to 7 I
lect ixiys out-hit
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FOR SALE At a sacrifice, i|
story house and lot in
Alvin. Watt Davu, truiriia
Estate.
WANTED: Middle-aged
cooking and housework
Golden. Phone 249
Miss
will also
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! deliver Sindeir gasoline, ktroicn*, fiiww oiis and a full
line of Sinclair greases for farm use. Also Sinclair Stock
Spray and P.D. Insect Spray Qvef a season, these high
quality Sinclair products will save you real money.
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Faith
In perfect condition
there were no tarpon,
indications we are due a good
were
jetties
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SMITH GROCERY
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Show; Freeport
Wins Swim Meet
.uck v.
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RANGERS
ning and will ba out the rest of
I the season with a frtrturerf f
The box scorn
ir that we H1^'"
fishing on t,iff i
plate
j WANTED TO RENT. A M
j robm house, preferably furg|
[ within walking distance of d
Call Mrs. C 1 Warn- r at Mi |
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shortstop; Dor-1
gr ound ball io I
,ade an error.' main as they
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Newgulf Wins
Golf Tourney;
Freeport Blows
FREEPORT Jack Campbell j,”'
shot a 73 on the Bay City course
< laude llolh.uav fish«M| on the
Bernard river Sunday and came
bark with a tarpon story, ( laude
reports hanging three and one
of these wa» snagg.-d on a four
foot lim Say* it wa» done by
just dropping the bait over the
bank into tin* fishes mouth.
; MISS AGNES SUL
[ cos fall classes ;
■ adults in ballroon.
House. Mrs. L R
I For Information
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TO GEORGIA
Miss Georgia Michell
i Georgia for a .a■ iti.
Jeaa Canady and Carl Peterson
picked up 17 small flounders last
Wednesday night close to shell
I bank
ager Wh
girls nt th
E. M. He
..re by Innin
Fishing and hunting license ex-
pire on August 31. The writer
han the new in eu«e »n haiui
Saint 'J, -
tarpon fishermen drew [Baxter, c —.
pass Sunday and reported the
perfect condition but'K.lon*. cf
f'r,’mK’u ”^’7^ ”
run of mackerel within the next
few days if weather conditions re-
are.
In a
>y Shaw's Firemen took th-
Rangers in the eighth inning '
Friday night 11 to 10 Brown held I
1 the Rangers to 8 hits while his •
"■ [mates were pounding Colbert for1
Ior' 14 hlnu-s inrinding a flock of extra [
was the
Firemen.
ns supplied the
ic address system
night game II '
-Unced the game |
j <V< Meany.’Sb
M Roden «f
111 Davis cf
Bif Kr.
nv Harry Collins
and Carl Frobecg
>u by Shell bank.
? a 1 i!
i 0 n oj2SUWn?lam C* Henni
:i 1 o i [ Baw on^*isS off^Cotbe!
*a. tiny gold
with "Cham-
iwarded Man-
th« Freeport
n of the game.
bat. pop)
othy Fa i
shoi tit op
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M. If. McMaster, scout execu-
tive of the Bay Area, attended the I
paid off * large
lark last Monday
Ted fished way up where Mus-
tang run* in. The fish weight'd
about nine and one half pounds.
M. Chonr
Bullet. -
A. Hamm
TTFRF'S a suggestion! The next
A X time you order beer, w hether it
be one bottle or a case, specify South*
ern Select! 1 hen test Southern Select
side-by-side with any other beer for
flavor, delicate aroma and absence
of after-taste! You’ll learn as thou*
Southern Select is in a class by itself
for high quality! You ii know that
Southern Select is the beer for you!
ttnnaldcjtnreandrn oreieceJmlittment
the I \ S. ,4rety f tligihle fimg
-*-l-':T-f0.-'-KOv37OIM am wnuts, ING.
Goivstfon, Tssat
Hr ami Mrs M< r» caught all
of the pan fi«h there were up
New Bayou Sunday, so you pan
fish fishermen should stay away
froin New Bayou for n few days.
Last Wednesda-'
Johnny Murphy ar
Harry hung a !i
through the shock and appea
of surh n laiX’’ fish cluse L
Ijfiss Eth-lvne
Lnd, ha- ■ api*’*
Matron of Hon
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Lan CiiiiD h S;
lErnest Welker
ke groomsman.
Lfmnnies Mrs.
| will present a
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LWalter Wright
I miicellan>'ous
L himftr.ng Miss
lMable England.
Lapective bride-gi
kt the crystal pun
Mrs Jackson. sist
fcrt registered gu
[book
mutual arrangeme
Lid gsrden'As in
Lren*rv and dwar
rrttal bowl former
hr for th-- lace la
painty open-face
[and individual c
| from crystal sen
[huff*t was attra
I with a centerpl
B in a galaxy of
M on either side
I in crystal holder
bm wet* used in
about the rooms
in the third game of the final
spectators saw t’
defeat to Hie valiant Sweeny team who staked a
back Friday night after l-ming the ----------------
first game of the playoff to Free- _____
port.
The girls'
zoria County
Two largo saw fish
I caught from the north
off Galvewton last Munday
F. Reid. One of the fish weigh
-mI It feat, 7 Inches and weigh-
ed €20 pounds. The other naw
I It feet long. The world's record
for the largest sword fish Is held
Mr l*angarakis of Houston
Ills fish weighed 736 pounds and
wtl service. Our
^eriologicaL rouj
I*8-1 laboratories
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such example
you ar.- as famil
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2 n a njDempaey.
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base hll. Dempscv ; Rhiimenn
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[FOR RENT: Modi
: house Hot water.
Itiful yard Rent r<
I Cummings at Na
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b«.in.; charged!
.l!T2?’Ut “h°rt th O‘»ers hunched f
four runs
I ment in his
ball in the s
given media
The box t
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SPRAYING DONE I now ),
| good power sprayer and
, able to care for evergr-en «
’ • and other trees r»irv .
port's troop 43 won the meet, con- white washed also H C jk
ducted from the American LeRtoh Alvin. Phone 313 .
pier. Troop 36 of West Colum-1 . ... J
hia wa- runner-up with 35 point., i FOR SALE. Nice
Harold Wllwn winning >4 11 them now reKtr (or '
tor th. highlit inaivldu.l liMomling. 3m aMrg. Lovrtm ,■j
Troop 61 of Sweeny, with 1J | ton's,
points won third place I ——~ , ------
3 110 proximately
3 o o 0 West Colurr
S 9 io 2 42 and
H Stmpaon
FRF l'.P< 1RT
SWEENY
FREEPORT
; duel be-1
. B Mer-
but Vera I
While holding the Southern Se-[ lost control In the fifth and was I
lect team to seven hits. Poncho i replaced by Bradley who was
Vera received sensational support ! equally wild and ineffective Yaws'
from behind. The only error of the then took a turn on the mound and
I gam.- was charged to George i fared no better
vision of the Bra-1
oft ball League has :
only two years '
Bob Wright, manager of the Free- I
port girls' team, has trained the |
title-winning team both years. W. I
W Phillips' West Columbia boys'
softball team has paralleled that -
record with two straight victories.
Runner-up in the girls' division
each year has been Sweeny, while
Freeport boys have played second
fiddle to West <
two years.
In the final game of the playoff
M-ri-'s in Brazoria Tuesday night i water
Sweeny drew home team honors ;
Little of Freeport, first at j
iped out to
sent a
who m
j mates were pounding Colbert for
114 blows, including - .~. 2.
■ base hits. Jack Dempsey
I man of the hour for th; !
I his big stick accounting for two
15 ' doubles and a home run. driving In
five runs
Eight errors were charged up
to the Firemen while 5 miscues
were made by the Rangers
The box score-
In that i-rtod »
Graff hit h liomi
ccntcrfleld. the In
of the evening-
individual troph
softballs »ngrav«-d
pions 1940' were
ill?
S J i S5LECT
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1g finest |
W<>idig | F0R SALE: You ™7-^
»0 scored a
Freenort i da> f 5165 P*r bust“*l «■
I Murphy's Orchard
rJ'u
Water conditions at Galveston i
over the weekend were the best i
of the summer fishing season. A
few nice reds were taken on cut I
mullet at Beit Isons pier and quite i
[a few- scattering catches of mack-j
— etel were reported but the cat-I
past I rhea did not run large.
I Luis pass
a
Snell-Poncho Smith Win When Texaco Drub
Vera Stage Duel, Ranger Hurlers Cousins 9 to 7
Select Win 3-2 Lose The Range
j In the tightest ball game of the Pounding three Ranger hurlers
|'4O season. Babe Snell and Poncho [for 11 hits including doubles by Jacksons wreckers but .Joi
i aod .• lit- too generous with passes
keye < >arcia I jurr.ped on him in the fifth
d across three' hits, got three walks and
mg and added!7 times Croix's two erron
ixth to easily Imning did not help the c
' Henry Thorp's gang
Jackson banged out a homer in
the third after Weaver doubled,
but booted two chances afield
Trailing 9 to 2 coming up to but
in their last of the seventh, the red-
shirted hoys from Manvel staged
a valiant effort to overcome th?
, Oilers’ lead and scored five runs
Bob Bray was Injured in a three on as many hits to throw a scare
"I". ""*? (‘POf*c Mat-1 jnto their cousins
The box acorv.
nmary Two base hit*. Dudley > w eny.
•ht Rhununn V.eau- Home I skill St
F<>nnK0!sIInof7> .b-ne!in'>k off ' lay <troi
I'ina at ’(**vin8
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r.-virn •», Soiith-'tn Select 7
Firemen 11. Rangers 10.
Monday. August 26
Smith Grocery 14. Firemen 6.
Southern Select 3, Rangers 2.
WattarMlBy, AugiiM 2*
Smith Grocery 12. Rangers 6
Firemen 13. Texaco 7
Schedule
Friday. AuxuM 39
Texaco vs. Smith Grocery,
he first year that
that trout fishing on-off Brown 2. Ut. .
Ixy •X’™ IfiSi'rXAulnSK-. c
Usually through July ' score by Innlnx*
September, by followSMITtt^GRtX'ERS
ling the birds nice catches can be. _o
Standings
Won
6
5
null game of the
inell and Poncho I for 11 hits.
a pltch-cTS* Ju»-I | Froberg atui
I Monday night to give the fans their I cult wallop b\
[dime's worth. Southern Select tak- Smith Grocery pu
j ing the det*tsion 3 to 2 over the runs In the fifth
Snell, who was a; four more in th<
limited ; win 12 to 6.
It was a good hurling
Ffc- walked [tween Fred Vera and E
chant for four innings I
Hi H.l» GARAGE
R. W. Brennen announces that
his new 20x40 foot garage is near-
ing completion. The structure
will be of sheet iron and is located
>perty with his home on
^,—ton highway
I to anv>o r this qi
d interpr. t it to n
bfnid of losing bui
nn Sea!-. Hospita
■Nd that we are a
W* of pati
I desires to send 1
| other haa i I bel
Hite that the loss
[County indigent
loot cause John Se
By greai > obarraM
k u Wr are takini
Mt slights 'l»ss f
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tBol M O how- a sr
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i I’ Henny. Home txin
I blc plays. - 4* to
; C. Henny Rase on 1
I ley 7. off Faulkner 2.
nlng .it plate Crop-
base* Sroret —
FREEPORT —- Exhibitlni
individual effort. Robert
piled up 23 paints of the 10 scored I
by Scout Troop 43 of I
Saturday to win the district swim I
m,wi held annually for the Bra-
County district of the Bay I
Area Council at F reeport. I*
the second consecutive year Free- i
31
base hit*. Lutes I
nits. Faulkner !
Dempsey Dou-
J. R Davit to |
lor> of Bowie'
Bow ie King
F b> Bess W1
F ** of the h
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r'un> A story
P °f Bail. v'.
Pytni" Bade’,-?;
F*?-8 ---gun at
as hr st .50,
r* his prairie w ill
historian.
rj'l»»n will be pi
F *’< Pictur. s «nd h
r*n urv.-d to
FT 4ata <• The
3 years old. child's pony, tl
Bailey Jr.. Rosharon Tex. 1
three t-Hirn 1-m-nt in wht; h
hr and Harry Webb nf Newgulf;
playsxl nrek-to-nrek. Webb with [ Ever vvO(UjeI |loW . rawdads got i
a 71 wor«- defeated Chappell !»I into newly-built pot.ds so quick->
second time in the tri-citlrx series. hv* oni, wa>. f„r t|lHm Io arrive
winning for Newgulf the trophy at a |ak.> or a stream bank iai
which h reeport took last year in a I f„r (hem to migrate overland Otto |
similar tournament. Sens oner sow or.c g» tb.« h»vm >
Webb won the first round at inmazing pilgrimages ever witness
Newgulf with • (’happen shoot [,.,i in Texas. Hr watched tens of;
*.ng 78. At Freeport last Sunday > thousasds of crawdad* migrating
Chanprll held low score of 68 com- near Sandy Point Lake The craw- I
pared v. ith Webt/s 71 idads. so thick they were crawling j o'clock
About thirty Frer|»ort golfers | ov,.r rac|, other, covered an area! Firemen vs. Snuthchl Select.
pa-.t:< !;..it< .n th- City pi.-.y . a mock square Tens of thous- i Monday. Sept. ?
Sunday Barbecue was served by nnds nf them were killed by motor Texaco vs. Rangers. 8 o'clock.
the tournament teams at noon. [ears when they criMoed a mad near J Southern Select vs. Smith Gro*l
0 Sandy Point. So many were kill-1 eery.
Mrs R Brou n and son. E’.-rrrtt.. —j y.at the mad became slippery, i Hranesday Hept 4
rrturn^ Mond.,- from Nw[ „ _ T„,„_ St.lert ,
BraunteU. wh-i. they nttei.ded a Send the Sun to a friend -it b o'clock
family reunion tn Ixmda Park I like a fetter from home- I Rangers - •’
Lute-* and party caught 1
•a large trout at Shell \
Point lext XtedneMtay
Tommy Haslund of Freeport and 1 FOR SALE: Three j-xxj m!aj
Dan Stev» ns of West Columbia tied Mrs. Elizabeth Brogdon. RtU
for third place in individuals’ elaav ®1- Alvin.
each earning 13 points. Ribbon —------
awards were made in each con- LOST OR STRAYED Pust 1
test and a banner presented the
2? s S » winning troop by chairman Charles
Ab R H E Sampson. Judges were: district
4222 ’fout chairman Ben D Carman, of
i f 1 0 Angleton V. K Lafargue. of Free-
1 ; 0 ’ >M->rt and L. M Neugurg, of the
vast Guard Station
Twu hundred spectators saw ap-
■ 'y 100 contestants from
,!umbia. Angleton. Troops
43 of Freeport. Damon,.
and Brazoria exhibit their
free syle swimming, back
breast stroke 4-man re-
vp competition', and fancy
Hensley Turns
Grocers Hammer Back Texaco As In Eighth
Brown; Win 14-7 Firemen Win 13-7 "> >
p. Taking th-* mound for the Fir•
I IVP|* ril*PITlCn ' r»‘"n after team managers voted
Wednesday evening to "throw the
Led by Slugging Bob Peebles, , i.-^gue w ide open." Hensley,
[who smashed out another long I mer Southern Select hurler. Itm-
[ home run in addition to two singles. | jle<i Texaco’s sluggers to 7 hits
[the Smith Grocers pounded Brown 1 Wednesdal night while the Volun-
Monday night for a 14 to 6 decision I pounded Faulkner for
over the Firemen Merchant held j blows and a 13 to 7 victory
the Sh.w crew w»ll In h.nd, limit. | . ,(nd Brown ,h. |
Ing -hem to 7 hit. »nd l»U.d no F|rem,„ u,|h ,hn_ h|u on„ [
paM»‘s. Of Jack Dempaey’a being a long.
rhe Firemen ordinarily a .table L. run H<_
club afield blew wide Otwn a pMS,„ b,„ WMn., |n y I
,.ruieal moment, b.m; charge.. , , |or m.wntb |n^ „ h„n I s, y s ttAN,iE|B
.with S error. 1 .me cut .hon the O1|r„ hun..h,^ riv„ N„ >•
| game lo »lx inning, j f„Ur run. Talblrt .... Id a ,lgg. rr"n. Th
The box score. I ment in hi$ leg while fielding s ' v^^'!ta3b „
■cond inning and was I McElveen t
lo™" £ f
Pas'a- and Dick Lutes tried the
reefs in West Bayou Tuesday but
did not have very much fisher-
mens luck
Game At Brazoria Tuesday
Night .Attracts 800;
Henderson Awards Trophies
FREEPOHT—Establishing their right to the countyiSuns Rangers
league championship, Freeport softball girls won the sensation here last
title for the second consecutive year Tuesday night on Kfl,’Sprs three hits‘and set i
the neutral field of Brasoria when they b itUed Sweeny J®”1 ’•'<■«»
Eight hundred'
the Freeport girls administer a final 5-2 j
..l.onl Q«.,Anv... _*...!----1 |
■■{tight
-.[Matsushita on a bad throw. Bray.
| who got two hits, and Pruitt were
: the only Rangors who could solve
Snell They g.tt the Rangers three
[ hits and w”er( the only ones who
| were not among Snell’s strlkeott
victims.
The game w as played under pro- I SMITH GROCE
test of the Rangers, who objected wineard'. sa
to use of Snell. Grossman and t[<<ni«* lb
Jones as betBg ineligible to play, i packer* »ff
The l»ox More; | Weaver. 2b
I Johnson, c
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bails, off Hens-.
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He Croix and Pruitt on!
Alice Henny. ; «•*• w »
" h*?."* 522 010 3—13 pr^
too 2oo * - 7; the Angletc
;way collission with George Mat-
I sushlta and Yaws in the sixth in-
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