The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 16 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
JCIINd
for Leas”
1 ib
25c I
25c
er, Tasty
£F
Maxwell
House
Coffee
12c
10c I
c (. ••••king
-iou.t- Fri-
es fr>r the
•b pn-sent
plia nces
I I argd
th
The
Wist
Mil
placidit;
a*av..
i
4
tUatM Miiu .*•
of Houston
... Moves Into New
the heart of Quarters
Watt Davis has removed his in
r, then i
t minute
o offer
to displuc*
then we’ll
the an-
lure time
. Huth Van
known hon
i-WESA
simultaneous!;
of the film,
completed
ia hoped
Konnally
.11 a.« physically, is not
b too" mar. is not afraid
u: ■-•--HixvMiwa even when
(conflict with F. D. R. He
I an obstructionist, but «*••-
I the wheat from the
F «« i.-.-ucs come up in con-
| When the people of Texas j
La nt th.. caliber I
it u red governor
- at the iu.-----
tor Tom Connally,
cnee. If such
• f the
taking on a “full-aixe” I surprising fact brought out wr-
ob in undertaking to un-1 that only 3 k. w. h. of electricity .
aide junior ■‘♦■na’or. Sen-. was consumed by the entire -
'i ally is "full site" men-j hour demonstration, which would!
a.ount to approximately six cents
in coat.
t. ITIZENS will become
ke" within the next few
they exercise their
ballot to the limit. On
1 two school trustees are ~ _ ~ ~
ted, the following Tue- j day night it was determined to
sponsor a trades day in Alvin, j
probably one each month. Presi-
dent Jack Harrison presided.
W. C. Blair, former mayor of
Alvin, appeared before the meet- '
ing in th interest of the trades
t was decided to i
of Science” will be shown and i
A. lawren Brown, well-known j
author and lecturer will lecture ■
ly with the showing J
The program will be ;
in 30 minutes and it ;
„ that a full attendance I
of Lions will be present at the
meeting.
worth of i
I hand
r
SCHOOL election *et i
I 2nd, .here are four1
» from which to chons I
ballot will include the |
Fred Much, S O Smith,
rnman and A. O. Evans.
. mg hie name placed on i
by friends A. L Mar- I
d to "land for election j
lame will not appear on
Mr Martin wai ap-
« board several
fill the vacancy |
the resignation of L. .
Fred Much is at pre-
r.b« r of the board. From j
men listed on the bal-I
i -ured that the Alvin
rgest number present. Fii
went to the Christian chur
second to the Method
_. AA» .Tj ticies they hav<? to trade
""."""'IT**'.-" 7.^'">»«•-»«* offer
| values for the day.
he | N. A. McNeil, vocational teach- '
er in the schools here, talked on I
the testing of dairy herd., in thia |
section, which will be undertaken j
by Future Farmers. Eight herd* j
are ready for the testing it was ;
reported and the charge of 10c '■
per cow per month will be given i
to the Future Farmer doing th*
testing. One Future Farmer will
be assigned to each four herds I
Arrangements are now- being,
made tn secure al! necessary
equipment. The chamber endorsed
the movement at the last meeting i
and agreed to help in getting the
necessary bottles, testing tubes.
| etc., to complete equipment on ■
i or available.
' J. D. Harness, president of the
i Alvin Agricultural Club, was a I
visitor al the meeting and thank ■
led the Y. M. C. C. for their a,.
distance in the dairy work, and
I also discussed poultry raising.
Banquet Planned April 20th.
A committee composed of S. O. ,
Smith, Jim DeWitt. A. I). Bate: ■
! and L. A. Pugh wax appointed to
I arrange for a banquet to be held
j on Wednesday, April 20. A good
program will be arranged and
large nt tendance is hoped f
■.......— O ■......■■■ "
Stanton’s Cooking
School Was Rig
Success
NAMES have as sw
on the ticket for th.- j
as aldermen and it I
t that the three pre- j
■ . O. G. Wellborn, ;
■ tn. and Geo H. Cook
IMPORTERS are "spreading
I stuff” this week A con?»d-
b number of business men of
i thriving Brazoria county
pre making a thousand mile
k I trip into tne nean ot
P inc main pur|*uee bring iv •
k-t thr sportsmen of the! Watt Davis has removed hi- I
| with the "fishing paradise" , aurance srd real e»Ul« oftice.
iexista in the waters of our' into the building formerly occu-j
I city. Five thousand cop*c«! pied by the Norge Appliance Co .
bi Facta, Fr-eport's splendid- I in the Alvin Hotel block. The of-
anted and ed’ted new«paper, | fice •« attractive in appearance
being distributed on the trip, i and Watt state." that he "till has
b Highway 19 is rebuilt from I some of those bridge score pa'i*
bton to Freeport it is ex-1 to rive away.
F that ewh >««< will bring { Th. -Alvin Credit Bureau opcr-I
i and more sportsmen to the I ated by Mian Ethel I nd Jones, ia nuuoings i
pf Freeport for recreation, j also located in the same building > nual chovr.
of the
i at the |
April 5th, an!
ru_ M,w»f I
oi any of them.
"Blind Spot of
Science” on
Lion Program
i of thv caliber j the next meeting
hn t onnally for the “■aU- Lio„, C|ub, t0 h, (...jd
h- variety of the "much- |.,rl,h Hou^. „n April —
K.I and ■•vamera roinplex. ,.duf,tion»| f,|m "The Blind Spot
present governor, th"” we'll - - .. —m » .i-----..u
I with placidity
lament at some futi
e conversion of our nation
communistic or fascist
are ru-1. j,
! and awvnu iu inc iiw.1 •-u
n I church with 29 and 25 members ;
' present, respectively.
, Several other church bodi-
SOW it appears that onr'were well represented and the
vemor ir ca>t- demonstration was well worth j
senatorial toga! while, many learning points of!
two nXe modern U-chnique in cookery i
the eae*| that will be to their advantage
"little man” end* I Ar especially interesting and,
on a “full-sixe" i surprising fact brought
undertaking to un- that only
1 Y. M. C. C. Will
I Sponsor Trades
Day For Alvin
At a meeting of the Young!
I Men’s Chamber of Commerce in ■
j the T. C. Edward* office Wednc.
Lni 5th. three aidermen, a
hrshal and city treasurer j
b« chosen; on Saturday. |
l4th voters will be called |
p decide whether or no to i|.„_ ’ . i
, .OPPCU th.nght u, m.k. T^.Tf.7.^>™d:
S„.l .,d.wrik .mprOTMMn . U, idM and , wo decjde<J ■
, th. ro.t wunst t0 thf bu„.
Icpvrty; th.it follows th. ne,a houM, soliciting support for
, ,t, pr.ni.n- on M., 7th ; tb(. movenwn, „ la„ fo.
i .dertion of county off.- ,„ mfn,ha„u jve. ,haI
^un.. 24th voters »■U ,lal, , d th Jrpose ,hc dal
I, .-rp-.t iHton-R-UfTmmrT,, (• •
,,.h, to whether or "O|brin wh.Uver or «r I
>h-U roam over th., high- ud„ ,h ,0
f ■ ■ .•ounty; th. .t«et..delt() of(t.r
r falls on July 23rd; four .... '
later the run-off comes i
|t»g days” of August: the!
I flection on the first
j in November is the final
opportunity of the year in
n to the set dates mention-
i5, an election wil. prob-
t - ailed taking for a bond
for permanent fair build-
nd a constitutional amend-
s to be voted on at some
uring the year, the proba
being that it will be set
time of the run-off pri-
•r at the time of the gen-
•rtion. So this is one year
ch Mr. Voter is going to
j full money's
laterl
Mother Of Sun
Crews Still
Owner Passes
Headway
struck the negro full
idly
town.
Must Die For
and other
put
Texacos To
«cted
F.
Mean
M
w
Le
6041
M
E
C I
-tannlind Hatting* Operat
L
Hr
ir bia.
M
I th. Manag
W<-
F
War
the
Pfti
April 10th, th
H
F<e
1, 704 feet
Here Sunday
Quin
service
Busy On Block
West Of Alvin
New School
Plant Under
Spring’s Here
The Buffs Are
Brazoria Boy Kills
Negro in Home
Dual Birthday
Celebrated By
Local Units
to HounUi
Indiana. 1
Wall r J
for the
Hunt
W-.-t
1 3
ru-
John
shot
—————
Girl Scout Group
Organizing
I’rir..
Many
ihe p
Quietly Away
While
ipper puy
r Matsuahit
at 60X0 fe<
"rTc™
of t^e ref re
. 8. Abbott
a, gn-atl;
>n»-fting :i
the Alvin
Three
granted
No
«^5Lf
<heduled by the
will be brought to a '■lose
the dynamic Ga* House
from St. Louis take;
against the Huff" at 3 00 p
Veterans of Foreign
Wars Meet Here
gamr. ever d.
Houston club tl
when | The meetii
Gar*
the fiel<
m.
Under the personal supervision
F r Wu’kvr, broth, i of J. D.
firm,
new
good
Open Season
Night Of April 5
The Alvin Texaco Indian baH
•till bebev
will start Jv.thin
—w..e are many i
board members
re highly pleased
put forth by the
uphold the good
come into Buffalo Stadium
two days, the fang will be given
major league clubs in action.
From the date of the first ap-
*d to the
j Houston
i. m., Mi».
86, passed
away. Her death came peacefully
com pan;
serioualy
were badly dai
Monday Noon Dead-
line on City Races
Houston to pla
3:30 When the
at Buffalo Stad
the fai'3 of thi:
Smith and Walker, the
school plant for the Alvin
getting under
of th*
A’vin ha.«
because of
of people who
the scene
up« rmtendents,
ter person<
work are
being came,
hospital in
■day at 10 a
H. Hurd.
Seismograph crew»
busy on the Humble bb
□f town and it h
t!iat drilling will
short tune. There
mors i
tic can be
| erations wil
_ Alvin I Some are of the opinion tl~.» «*■« >
was for many < drill await* finding of what tne t
one
rej
| 6100 feet with n<
.ver, none of the
direct from the of-
•perators, as this well
lied •’tight.” as wa<
Mrs. Boh Owen
Injured in Car Crash
At (he intersection in front of
Dr. J. W Vegan g home last Mon
day. Mrs. Bob Owens suffered
painful bruises when the car sne
wa* driving collided with one
Bob Acuff, driller with
Drilling company. Mrs.
is not serioualy injured,
rars were badly damaged.
fo 12 »
!the grav
6th * Surviving are her daughter
led Mrs. Beck; granddaughter. Mr-
by t! •• culo’-ful "Gabby" Street Elliott Beck Mount of Ft W >rth
for' and a great grandson, Aller
Wade Mount of Fort Worth, nl
ot whom were at th, funeral.
Mana- ducting the rites, and burial fol-1
the Confederate ceme- 1 Settegaat,
rood account of j tegy under direction of the Mar the Plummer ij
tin Funeral Home, with Rev. A. f,;SG will.
Elder at ' as yet. Howev*1
1 formation is <••
I fice of the op"’
is being drilled
! the Plummer.
Boreodi Plan* Friendswood Test.
Material was being moved in
; Wednesday for a new teat in th
be a total of five maj
club* who wil! perfor
stadium before the Bu
op Aprii 15th
The Browns play the Buffs on
both Satuniay and Sunday, Mac.
26th and 27th. The Saturday
garni wil! get under way a* 3:3(l
p. tn and the Sunday tilt will ,-e
, ' district is
t j headway.
Saveli , Footing* and pier* have been
who defeated Vitell by the close ' poured on the rrammar school
vote of 15 majority two years and dumor high buildings.
ago While both candidate- seem Form- are completed for th*
confident of their chance •'
I observers predict
! contest.
talks were made by !
partnunt Com- I
mander Webner, Distriit Com--
mander F. M Johnson of Galves-
ton. State Deputy Chief of Staff i
A. L Guisti of Galveston (Guteti I
is also "Seam Squirrel of Galvvi
ton I’up Tent Military Order <>f j
Cooties”), Post Commander |
f-angford of Houston and 1‘ost i
Commander Pat-chky of Addick" '
After the talk- general intro- i
H. H. Ford A-16. bottomed et Mrs.
6080 feet, waiting on cement. ' charge
Fannie Drake Nos 17 and 20 Mr- G. S Abbott provided n
e rigging up. j lovely birthday cake for the Ic -I
I). F. Guido No. 8, 3675 fe> t ! gion. while an attractive birthday
shale and lime. I cake was provided for the junior
R. J Schmidt No 1. 704 feet ! member" by Mr- k H Rackley
vhafe and «H*d. -------f-—The junior member* of the. au. 1
drivinj
i by B
Noble
Ov en
B .»th ci
Dav idson.
1
Mary Abb
gin.a
Irvaly to begin pounn,
beams and the floor I
I b.- compleu u on the
school this week.
Even vat tng is going ahead Faw-
of the auditorium
Monday noon, March 28th,
i the deadline for filing in
I races for the election to be r
| Apnl 5tn.
| So far there is no oppcai'
’ to the present aidermen for
' election, namely O. G. Wellborn,
, M M D.Hl»vb and Geo. H. Cook
Marshal Race Draws intereat
I The only contest appears to be
The Rt. Rev. Clinton S.
will visit Grace Episcopal church
Sunday evening at seven-thirty
to administer the Rite of Confir-
mation. He will also be the pn»n ------ —
cher at this service. E eryone h ! ductiona were followed by lunch,
V invited to attend this i at the Dog House cafe.
.nd <o hear the Bishop. L. C. AW. post commander .t ,
. I Texas Citv in charge of the;
Stock Show Charter "r-"kd
Is Applied For Among out-of-town frier I
" j who attended the funeral of Mrs
Application ha* been made for Charlotte H. Hurd were, Mrs !
a charter for the Brazoria Coun [ Dean Owrey of San Antonio, Mr. j
ty Fat .Stock Show and Fair Ae- : a..d Mr.. M J. Martin, Mr. and
socialion. and petitions arc now j Mrs. Charles Weeks, Mr. and Mrs. •
being circulated asking for a H. M. Hcyde, Mr. and Mrs Beu |
bond election to build permanent ; Farnsworth. Mm. Frank Wnite- |
rounding into fine shape. The 1 —
clulThaa been free of .-ore arm* I the Pnsbyterian church at 2 p. :
and charley horses which usually j tn. Sunday, Rev. T. R Eider con i
attend the training period. E---- --------
get Ira Smith feels confident the I lowed
club will give a g<
itself although he does not pre-
dict that Houston will win the • E. Burns assisting Rev
pennant. the grave.
Starting Saturday March 26th * Surviving
when the St. Louis Browns led | Mrs. Beck;
ou City. A.
a. met with
service order in DeWitt hall i
ing was sponsored by
ingl Jit Texas ( ity !’ > t No. 3216, 11-
eld ; a good will visit ami with the j
I object n ng ex-aervice men |
j in this in. i become better a<
I quainted.
• The visitors expressed thernsel- i
‘•ly pl -ased with the !
and of the hospixahty of ;
A citizenship.
new members were ob -
ligated by State Quartermaster .
Adjutant Walt r J. Gates of ;
Galveston, for the Texas City |
post.
Interesting t-'.l..
Mr Gates, Past De|
Webner,
rlowits. De
nd drilling
A negro identified as
Jack-on of Peach Point, wa;
to death Wedne*d*’- *n ♦!**
of J. J. Lewis at Brazoria
Mrs. Lewis heard a noise in her
room and called her son. H. Lew
is, a high school football player.
The boy said he fired a charge- ; kut Saturd;
from a shotgun at the negro. The i Charlotte K
charge struck the negro full in »»’'* »«*»»<» in-nrriuuy i
the face. after some two years of gradu-1
Mrs. Lewis said she was awak-1 al|y losing her strength and fa
ened by a noise and ran scream-1 culties.
ing into her husband’.- room. Ht I Mrs. Hurd had lived in
son, hearing the noise, picked up since 1921 and was tor manyiM,,“ "’*•“* v*
the gun and entered his mother's! years very active and known to ca'l "closures.”
bedroom hundreds of people here for her Simmon* Hu* Again
Officer® said the negro recon*-1 full sense of humor and forceful ' The Jay Simmons No. 4 C. H.
ly hat. been discharged from a j ness of character, despite her ad- j Alexander topped the nay sand
state asylum. | vanted years. To mo.-t of her ac at 6042 rr* '• it'umea ai 60*.*u
■ ■ ■ o------- j quamtances .-he was known a* jit Juv- U> be brought in Sat- |
—- ; -------------rM-iddu". and up urt.i about orday \Jnrrm QI'lV’nr
•WO >ear- ago t^oFT^T.-r H.1,11. . Aiaxa.id. ■ r ,r, P., _____llCKiO QidVvl
interest in all affair of th, town For No 1 Well.
I state and nation. j Permit has been granted fei
Being widowed shortly after | the C. H. Alexander No. i Fee,
I the marriage of her daughter to j Steiner A Blumer 10-arre tra t i
j the iate John P. Beck. Mrs. Hurd i in HT£I> section 28, lot 164 !
I had made her home with her only Sccor d Failure Loom*
East of Pearland Albert Plum |
mer ha* torn down ng on the j
Beck until | Street No. 1, abandoned as dry I
eports
< lear I electric chair Edwan
the
u<ed to ho'ise the mammoth cafe-
I teria.
Killing Wife •-
° ihe budding., .ample- are token
The Court of Criminal Appeal- i several times a week to Houston
at Au-tm Wednesday doomed the 1 for laboratory analysis i
hopes of Charley Edwards, negro te«t.«
wife -layer, for escape from the Earn* Ha* Spread.
.7...*.. .I—., njw^rds was given. Evidently the fame
the death penalty in district court ! budding program for
at Angleton about a year ago for i spit ad to many place
the murder of his wife. • ’he Urge number
The court affirmed the s«r-| come to vb
ice several weeks ago. reject- 1 work Schoo, su
e exceptions to trial i board members and
in which Edwards hud
was sometimes si
actions because a
■ ■ i me only co:.te.-t appears to
xfloxt and nothing authwv „„ ,b(. (o„ ci, matihl,| with
n b, g,ven a» to when op-, wiU r„,.|| al,„„p„ng t„
n, will xtnrt, if they do, | tb, ,„m ArmOur Saveli
are of the opinion that the wb„ | „,H bv lb,
of
While both candidate.- seem
junior high and the builders an
another tightl^nty to begin pouring for the
Forms wil!
grammar
iy
,ght«
I 'nrnafl<¥ i 'ate John P. Be.k Mr-. Hurd’
VsOniinil !l3d made her home with her only
~ ; child and the two had Iwen to
With the opening of the Texas gether every Christina-- during j
League just a little over three the lifetime of MT- Beck until I o»»w» .-v ■, «—
weeks off the Houston Buffs are j the last two years. at 6250 feet acordirg to ref
rounding into fine shape. The ' Funeral services were held atand will move east of (.
»• *—*■ : — •» - ' (’reejl for another test in
■ sanu- area.
The Christie and Dunnam No ;
mile .-outh of i
•ported as down |.
lothmg showing
in- I r
March !8 ij
«
THE ALVIN SUN
*
ALVIN
ALVIN
3OL
H
Gal-
P. M
*
Alvin, and Brazoria County's Oldest Newspaper
h !••■ y ■,;■
No. »1
Established 1890
Alvin, Texas, Friday. March 25. 1938
......‘ -'-uv.rM.'i v Friday Morning
a
¥
.f Homes”. Natural *
-ctricity. Pure Water. *
hewers, Good *
and Churches. *
Loeatkr
of refre«h- '
I orchestra i
, xiliary surprised Mrs. T. M Stap i
les with a lovely large basket or '
, flower*.
i After the nerving
l*.ents, Dick Taylor'
I furnished music for dancing!
j wb eh was enjoyed by 150 legion .
: and auxiliary member- and their
, guests, for the remainder of the
' evening.
I. D. .Shaw No 17 rigging up. jxi’iai
L. 8 Bisbee No. 2. 38 ’3 bet
in shale.
Location*.
Stove Paul Nos 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, and 29. |
Fannie Drake No.-. 19. 21, 22 I
and 23.
1). F. Guido No. 7.
Helia Matsushita No. 4.
C. B Roberto No. 1.
Derrick*
S. A. Pennock No 7.
H H Ford No. 17.
Humbl* H«t(mg* Operation*.
High School Band to
Play Splash Day
Alvin High School band ha-
W. G. McDrad No. ». i»aJ-1 re«M.ix-«d on invitation to pnrtici-
4»«.<H> borrv', from «0»* tea, role •" Sploxh Bay evkbrotiom-
top of umd 6090. Thi. u, north ' April 24lh, ot Golvcton.
west outpost and show? decided i 1
drop in sand to the north. . Pat O'Day and W. G. McDeed
W H. Shin die: No. 7. made {No. 1.
oUJ oarreis from ovov feet with 1 W. n. omiiulvF Nv. 3.
top of sand 5>00 : Humbl* and Navarro
R D. Had*n No 12. 4859 feet , Joint Operation*.
in shale and streaks uf lune. | W. h. Beers A-3, completed al
W. H. Shindler No 8, 1249 j 6105 feet, made 571.80 barrels
feet and running surfact casing. | daily thru quarter inch choke.
Loeatomt Loeatitr have l>»*en made for
R 1). Haden No. 9. | the W F Beer.- No«. E 2 A 8.
Cecil Brown No. 17; B-ll, 12. • W F. Beer.- No. E-l is now
South Texas Grain No. 8. | drilling Rt 1243 feet and waiting
C-.ro*yn A • N'— ~ X 3. ©a toment to harden before run-
B. H. Alexander Noa. 5 and 6. | ning surface casing.
15c
I
• i i,
iris
: I Ut
■
the f u
Thh
will
lonth.
Ds-’ymen Meet At
Houaton Tonight
A meet in.
Producer a
held in Jud|
courtroom i
Mjrainat th** increase
percentage from 10
Miss Bertha Kahanek has ju-t
returned ,o Alvin after visiting
her family for a few days a»
Haiiettoviiie.
ig of the South Texas
Association will be
Ige Norman Atkinson's
in the Harris County
court house at Houston tonight
(Friday) at 7:30, and a number
of the dairymen of this section
are planning to attend and voice
their t-wot**
of surplus
i» 25 pet •'
A full discussion of milk price*
and ba^e * •’•! be had and all
dairymen who can are urged to
attend.
liated with the Girl Scout*
nca Meetings will be held
st four 1 nur.-day in every
and will fulfill all regu
of the national organisa-
tion
The officers are as fr'iow?:
Mu- Eleanor Smith, captain and
leader Mi- F H. I^eech and Mr*.
Roone Thompaon, lieutenants. Se-
nior CuuiiBelun, are; Mcsdame^
A. J. Whit"on, L R. Pietuch, C.
K. Seaman, Jr., Dan York, Le-
Noir Arnold, Tom Smith, Mary
Ezell, E. C Kimmons and Ralph
Miller
MNYIS •
^iXvXcX^
CO >4 CM CM —
-
I ■
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Poynor, John S. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1938, newspaper, March 25, 1938; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1252093/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.