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“Alvin and Brazoria County ’& Oldest Newspaper”
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Brazoria Bank Resources Total
$3,703,951 In June Call; Freeport
innaid
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low, Stevenson said.
636 884.2) |
$3,703 95133
A. I
ucious Juice
POUNDS
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Alvin Lion* To
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■GETABLEl
the Houston lab
their work
he unions purp
hired at Galv
' Hasford.
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ounty
tore!
instruction At Chemical Plant
[lowed When Galveston Labor
flcal Calls Strike On Monday
School Board
To Ask Bids
On New Bus
Development of New Chocolate
Bayou Field To Follow Hearing
To Be Held At Austin Today
Wall Is Guest
Speaker At
C of C Meeting
Mansfield Meet
Set for Angleton
Monday Night
nsaj
16!
Howard Roberts, Henry
Sharpe and Mrs. Dan
Moller To Be Honored
Humble Will Complete Pipe L
Well Saturday; New Pay Sand Di»cove:
Old Ocean Field; Anwleion Te»i Fads
>n of the
unskilled
fated :
ill und<
Session Will Take
Place at Courthouse
At 8 P. M
statement
Manager
While a banker. Frank
duiged In the pluto-cratic
fessions prefers slde-linii
ucai activities, naming f
1 803.42589
742.622.95
106 201.27
719.72232
1,153.726 45
479.434.53
697 790.92
ithly meeting of
night S.
I. in-
game
Marriage Ureases.
Edward Ellsworth Bartholomew
and Sophia WHtenburg
Will H. Mohler and Lanelie Ev-
ans.
Alarm Russell Nelson and Mrs.
the importai
Mani field to
other two y<
The peoph
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deted in
> Other
between
** Palacios this week, I
will attend seasions ui
‘■neampment.
v:4:-
tr and Mrs. M. Boy
• ere visitors In tl
Wtn home Monday.
frown as
ija Henle
I ROM NEW GULF
iiwi Mrs. C R. Armstro?
a I
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in
Brazorl,
ports ap
in behalf of Harry
ved in Angleton an
Berlin
at the
added
ly that
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rl
of
-Id
be
the
Its policy of
County worke
Extensive drilling operations in
‘olate Bayou will get under way in
aring which will be held m Austi
distan
—A IM?
; ALVIN BOOSTERS^
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A regular luncheon meethig <
the Alvin Lions Club will <>e hel
at the Parish House Tuesday at
; noon.
An interesting program ba; been
J planned b; the cnterta!nm*’V enm-
mince and a!! Lions ere usk-d P»
Galveston visitor* Saturday, attend the meeting.
f Jack Harrison and her res]
Mies as pushem uppper
t chamber of commerce.
WESA—
Wa»p-H rioted Joe Jephson Im
Rrarting <»« much favorable st-
ation by hi« new ‘‘flgger’’ that
rntt Brnson and Hhailow Steele
fr considering applying for his
mthly k
June 29.1940 June 29.19391
I
•nault Smith
■mpany
Dailey
start
■up of java,
often stuck
away to see
iatlon from
at ion until
Rev. Bnyne
istor of the Central
ch in Galveston, will
pound son. The young
inday. has been named
Camp Meeting
Closes With A
Memorial Service
THE ALVIN SUN j
I Congratulates ,
Negroes Escape From
Ramsey Farm, Captured
In Houdcin Same Dav
.. 2d°z-
WESA—
It is time the voters and tax-
prs of Brazoria County took an
irest ,.i their government, it is’
le they discovered they are be- .
OUT-OF-TOWN til EMTS
Mr and Mrs. Joe Smith of Hous-
ton and Mr. and Mrs Melvin Har-
rison and Mr. and Mrs. Troy Cris-
well of Fairbanks were the week-
E
... of
the National Committee to Defend
««WESA»»
Bj BOB BRAY
i us wim n <>«i mmiu ; iu
VeltKO St»t* Rank showed an increase of $14.689 60 during the' pul
■ quarter Pl*
Resources reported in the current call as compared with June
1939. are as follows;
Bernar
while the unions claim
Almost 2000 men are e:
I the plant.
1 W. A
I of the <
i Council.
Berr/ik and Mrs. Mary! Gilmore. R. Calloway L. M. Bevil
Hayden. j and J. H. Cook-
Eugene Wallace and Nor- • —------—**------
IO GALV ESI ON
and Mrs. Lester Hammer ;
len. ‘Butch” Meyers and
rson start across the
Earle
for he
a ‘‘used j
he
ed unsettled Thursday n
attending the '
A M <
' 7 and returning
utciger Oil a'.d Refm-
•port Sulphur Com-
? Brazoria County
association 1----
accordii
by Ac
CELEBRATING !
H-i)f Century of Service!
tegister. business agent
veston Building Trades
> in charge of strike
rs. The strike remain-
shy Frank Duke
tail-twister for t
makes his appear
ter column, not ex.
wants to nut b»'i
wants him to.
Frank is a bath
jaunty straw hat
at
i Mr
' were
A member of the Presbyterian
church, tail-twister in the Lions1
Club, treasurer of the Chamb<‘r of I
' Commerce and an active Mason.
Frank Duke is interested in every
i civic movement.
the sch oT board .Mondi
O. Smith and his transportation
committee was authorized to ask
for bids on specifications for a
Lew suhuvl bus and bids fur an
old bus to be turned in as part-
payment on the new equipment.
fhe new t>us, it purchased, will
Convicts Rob
I Station; Youth
Kidnapped Sat.
MRS. MITCPHY WRITF-S
Mrs. Pearl Murphy writes from I
Caiifnmia of an rnioyable vaea-.
tion with her son and his family. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Murphy.
FROM TEXAS CITY Stella Stone.
Mine Dorothy Biskin of Texas1
City has lx—n visiting her sister,
Mrs. Hazel Edomm
Hugh 1
istting in the home of Mr.
y.vbn Lee Eire 9! w.ths-
| Wailace Mebane Jr. and Buster I Weeks, who underwent a major
_ 0 * . t Wirtz Of Dhyto r ettimed tn their I np»ra finn last week Another!
GALVESTON A l’*!T«»K* < hom*» Sunday after up, ruling the I daughter. Mrs. Jimmy Fergus of
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Day were i week with riAaiiace s grandmother, j Houston, and baoy have bee»atay-i
alveston visiters Monday. • Mrs. W. C. Mebane I mg in Alvin during her absence.
IN DALLAS
Mrs. .T. G. Murphy Is In Dallas
RFTl RNS HOME I with her daughter Mrs. Jimmv I
| Wailace Mebane Jr. and Buster j Weeks, who unden* ent a mi
I Wirtz of Daytv w Pturned tn their i npergnon
I home* Sunday after Kpendimi >he 1 daughter.
James Brysot
inn Frances M<
Harvey L. McCarthy *nd Mr* ; I. C Scruggs. Mr?. G. E I. li<’y p
Virginia Tidmore E. Kimbro, F J Roriwnn.1, Lu- IXO&r 1 UtSUay
I DeWitt Bell and Mary Sorters, ther Warren. L. W. Watson, G H .
Birdie Anders and Irene Irwin. I Nicholson. M C. Mui.iin. K C !
Emery
Loui«- Hi
Ixiuls L
eno Faubion.
Jack Chappell and Gladys Marie
Shuster.
a committee ■'
•llborn. F. A
was appointed l
idvertlsing and i
and donation
Bailey's Prairie
McCarthy reported Thursday
that tubing was stuck on bottom
at 11841 feet in his No. 1 Mun-
son. This is the deepest test on
the Gulf Coast and is being closely
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4 7'1
- 7.;
arta. Specifications <».i the new
equipment will call for three of
fuut feet additional length ir. the
new equipment, Mr. Smith said.
The buildings and grounds com-
mlttee were authorized to make
" claim with the insurance com-
pany for an adjustment for repairs
to ’he gymnasium floor that has
been damageii.
A derision was reached to have
schoop open September 9 and close
December 21 for Christmas holi-
days. Final school semester will
I Alice Benny comes up with a
Lixve it or not. She says there
»■ tre«-<» miles out in the
lull Aud furthermore the trees
jso* green leases on them. It
she went aflshin* with
Lw>y. et al., off the 20-niUe
niiA- al i ircporl and that the
htodrd Brazos riser hail swept
that far out in the Gulf,
try caught five fish and lost
sural new lines on big una that
”>n Martin and Reg-
Messimer. R
McCarthy and Mrs. I 3
•ortance of getting
>tr Saturday, July 27.
we of returning
Washington tor
‘an’ service.
• of Brazoria County
are being asked to remember the
date and turn out. The time for
the meeting has b»-en set for 8
p. m.
Two new locations
following thia new dev-
oid Ocean They are
Abercroi ’
on a p< H
east of the No 1 Mi
well land 1600 feet 1
7 B.R I. O The otl
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tu I sffeuiu
Cole. Jack Me-1 be in Chicago for the Democratic
national convention which star's
on July 15th as Mr. Ruck
delegate to the convention fio,n[
Texas.
8 B.R.LD
In the
Thursday
drilling be
■ taken for a one-way ride!
—WESA—
| Chirz of Police Armour Saveli,
k rrsponve to complaint*, is
Mertaking to clear the street*
■ dioe-Ahine boy*. Which re-
pute u» of our imprearion of
Wiko where it is saki out of
H million |‘rople, five million
te»e shoe* and the other iiali
Kae them!
—WESA—
p you don't believe hard work
ps dividends all we have to do is
pf you to the lovely little nur-
P *hich C. H. Frey recently
pM*i on South Gordon street
pin drag to you maybe’. Mr.
Ry came to Alvin from Nebraska
M he* up at six every morning
nW his beautiful flowera and
dock in the pink. Mr.
I*y isn't any spring chicken either
It he« a fine example of Indus-
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[R.,k,r.k hair h getting George
|m4. in a hurry. This w eek the
Irattot net* to the popular city
LunisMon) r for about a dozen
kiMT- the stork informs him
hi he b a craiidpa for the first
then the Lion* run him
|g(r4 shile defeating the Hous-
Ni duh in u softball game. But
Isorge proti s he can take it and
till insist* he’s no candidate for
k R<
nd Develop-
'ompl
!931 from an RSOO-foot pay
horizons have been opened ti
98t.<0 feet and 10.675 feet.
w ere made
»lopment at
Harriaon A
io No. 1 Aaron-Arp et al
d tract i23<'« feet suuth-
•r-Arp-Aaron
th of the No.
is the same
*a Beal on a
ckol* survey.
*.t of the No.
VA< ATIOMNO
Troy John, assistant manager of
Evans’ Food Stores Is vacationing
1 this week.
nirm or .
Charles K. Jr.. Sunday j
The baby weight'd sev- ’ .
pC„nt»r jj,. jS tj,e I close Mav 23 according to present ;
. and Mrs. George l»l«ns.
1 An allowable of $22.50 per stu- ■
dent has been made by the State ,
Board with 968 students registered
in the Alvin Schools for 1940-41.
Ten Men Attend
Short Course
Ten men
are atendlng t... -----
A. & M. College July 1
. | the courtesy of the Frt
-- WESA— phur Company. For most ... .. . —
Rhspr Hamegg drop* in to say I this Is their first trip to see thelbia;
First time we have seen a A M. College or to attend the, Smith of West Columbia ;
h twilling poultryman in ages.! Farmers’ Short Course. Th«- ...c.
pp*r says you have to stay right j who will make the trip on this)
Rh the poultry biz to make it day are: I Kinney. Pat Ellis and John Graff
P He plans on slipping up on Ora Wollam, Danbury;Ben Wol- i of Sweeny; Billy Kees, Julian Pla-
k Wind ride of his he«M this fall lam. Joe Bene* and H B Haskins j lon and James Spates of Brazoria.
F will install lights to step up of Pearland; B D. McKinney. Kenneth Powell of Freeport;
H-■ Sweeny; Lewis Munson Angleton: I James McDougal. William Jeffers.
—---o--... — | o, G. Olson. Brazoria; Ed C. Win- , Emanuel Wakefield and Charlie
VISITS PALACIOS Mon. Alvin; Robert Booth. Man- Pate of Velasco; Warren I^arson
Dean i* w!. Vac’.sv Plscky. De’"** Tnhn Chovance of Danbury;
P* her aunt. Mrs. Calvin Doug-'--<►----- Julius Grupe and Glenn Simpson
While: 4BOM NEW GILT Lf Liverpool; Pa* M«or* and P»y
if | Mi. tiwi Mrz. C. ft Armstrong Carter rtf Manvel; William Schue-
i of New Gulf were guests of Mr. I nemann. William James Finger
land Mrs. J C Armstrong duringland Shelton Smith of Alvin; John
VISITORS the Fourth holiday- ; Benes of Pmrland
>yre of Man- ( —-------o- — W. S. Milington county agent,
the Herman: TO 1104 sTON i is staying with the boys at Col-
• Dietrich spent the past [ lege Station. Texas.
I --------o— i week visiting I.. Ct.
ITOM VICTORIA and Mi
p Thomas B Grime* nf Vic- ■ ton.
F " ~ ’••■ gu«-«L uf Mr. Miiu Mrs..
L' for two weeks Mr I
E?** attending camp at Gal- ’ — --- -
r°n i Galvazton vi»it»rs Monday.
brown up
•nfurce the
Company’s Policy of Employing Brazoria Countv
Workers In Oposition to Union Demand That
Laborers Be Hired at Galveston; 500 Men Idle
FREEPORT—Hundreds of workmen are idle and
truction at the $8,000,000 Dow chemical plant has
islov.ed this week with the Galveston labor local call-
*‘i-ihe earlv Monday because the compan
in- its common labor through the Galvestt
less agent. The union demands recogniti
fcgton labor local as the sole agent for all
Mr. Wail
ics made tl
ated cost i t
$1,141 for gre
of the trip,
the five bus
an
National Bank Jumps $50,048.56 ' ,,
trip were 160 boys and 12 adult*
With four county barks showing an increase in ««•*♦« over. During the noting :
March 26 ca’I. Freeport National Bank led with a hike of $50 048 561 compos of o G. W«-l
1 in the three month period. Resource* as of June 29 totaled $3.703,951.33, Duke and R. I bray
i as compared with $4 785.820.73 on March 26. to investigate all a<
c*—•— ‘ I nuplicitV schemes
, ^eaz made in Alvin.
■ Present at the meeting were.
iC. A Ormsby. F. A. Duke. Bruce
Allen. Mr. Burrhlge. W 2. Dixon,
— ~
Harrison,
L. W. Charls-
Geurge W. Pcaraon. John
ler. Dean Saxby, J. F Ijiw.
. Sohe, Miss Jean Scobie ami
R I. Bray
Intersection
Crash Wrecks
Two Autos
Two cars crashed at the inter-
section of highways 6 and 35 Sun-
day afternoon, causing considerable
damage to both automobiles but
1 occupants of neither car were in-
•jured
Joe Baty of Alvin was driving
I south on highway 35 when Joe1
Pane of Richmond, w ho was dnv-
: ing east on highway 6 crashed into
j his car Pane failed to stop at
the red signal on the highway, as-
sistant Marshall Fred Osborn said ,
Both cars were moved from the
. highway with wreck*rs but neither!
■ Baty no Pane received any in-
juries, Osborn said.
take a peek
stride as he
I counter at his popular cafe, the
Red Arrov.-.
Graduating from high school in
Memphis, Texas Frank attendee!
Valfiaraiso University in Indiana
for two years. He was associated
with the First National Bank of
Fort Worth as teller and later as
Liking the clatter of dishes and
the joviality of morning enffee
Frank traded a "Cashier's till"
for a self-owned rash register in
1934 and has b»- n a thriving res-
tauranteer In A:n since 1935.
Don't InalfTtbu- hut tils hobby
«of all things* is riding bicycles,
and on his last vacation annexed
the pet name of “Miss Pinkie" for
his effeminate antics - n his fav-
replace the bus now used on the ■ or|te two-wheeler.
Heights run which is inadequate;
i to care for all students from that I
i of golf, but since changing pro-
dng his phy-;
football and i
' baseball as his favorites
Geoige H Cook, O. G.
742.214 06 pr G j Hayes. Jack
457.400.12: gus Gustafson. Dr.
91,511.67; ton. George W.
543.734 95! Poym
762,94831 S O.
$779.02 for i drillers •
K.*eiim. $160 i *Iugh«‘S __
miscellane- ahead nt 9687 feet in hard khale
Making the and streaks of hard sand
Angleton Tr*t Faila
Humble again failed in produc-
tion attempts on the No. 2 Mettler
in the Angleton field Thursday
when a squeeze job produced only
salt water from perforations at
9465-75 feet. Drillers mudded the
hole and were waiting on orders
| whether to abandon the well or
i try agam. Indications pointed
I strongly io the well being aband-
oned Nearby Sun’s No. 1 Stem
j still flowed wash wafter with crew
! on vacation
Alta Ix>ma Field
In wv- new Alta Loma field
Stanolind reported the No. 2 Hu-
len ITtunday to be drilling below
7185 feet in shale and the Nn 3
Hulen to be drilling below 5868
feet In a sidetracked hole.
W-st < olumbia Field
In the West Columbia field Gulf
Oil corporation's No. 1 Mays et al
has pipe set at 5599 feet foe com-
pletion.
Algoa Residents
Join Defense
Program Group
Petition which expresaed the
i---- j—.— "support the
j cause in any way possible to pro-
; feet America” w as signed by 28
TO HOUSTON I Algna residents and present'll
Mr and Mrs L. E Ragland were I L. Wall. Galveston chairman
; Houston shoppers Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W
of Arcadia on the birth of a son
■ Monday
i Mr. and Mrs. William Wollom I
; of Alvin on the birth of an eight
and one-half |
man bom Sui
William, Jr
Mr. and Mrs H H Hall of Man-
vel on the birth of a son, Howard j
*' ’---- *' "‘iy.
! Mi and Mrs. B R. Dozier of
Morrihon. Ark . on the birth of a
son named Jerry Bruce. The sev-
1 . . ' . pan;
the National C ommittee to i»eienq
America by Aiding the Alite*. watched by oil men
I Signers of the petition were R. [ Danbury Field
Brown K Harrison. W. Shackei- Humins- Cd X RcL.-.ir.z teu-
ton. Bertie Hearn. J R. Griffin pany’s No. 3 Blakely in the Dan-
la. O Hooper. 7. A Drowr., C. M. bt-T* f!-M >« HrilHna below 3496
Ryman H. R. Boyes, J W Car- feet In a sidetracked hob This
gill. B F. Lilley. Mrs. Harriett ; *»M<at U'M drilled dr.wn to S958
Lllley j feet and was plugged heck
B F. Lilley Jr.. Edward Lilley
R. C. Lilley. Mrs. P F M-
1. C Sr-ruggs. Mrs. G. E LI
IE. Klmbro. F. J RothernwL
-WESA—
a berry, vivacious as |
• now married* Jean :
returns from a vacation ,
i a West Texas dude ranch, ■
me her secretarial duties; M•• ^r- born Monday
- - I V*. a •.<! Mr* D
‘T;|
I son named Jerry Bruce, i ne sev-
| en-pound Infant is the grandson of
. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Milling of Al- >
| vin.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Seaman of I
Lake Charles. La., on the birth of I
a son. Charles K. Jr., i
morning.
vil ul',d 01
grandson of Mr
H. Cook of Alvin.
McBrides Launch
Mid-Summer Sale 30 4-H Club Boys
j McBride's big Mid-summer Char a . . J CL A
lance Sale will be launched Friday mHOI*!
I (today* with the greatest valu-
I savings event ever staged by the! A V- M
'store, according to a statement , VUul 5C Cl I rl AX 171
i made by Advertising Manager ; 7^,^^ 4>h Club boys from Bra-
Stevenson. ■ Iona county are attending the;
j This big sale will include na-, ghort rouw a| A A M College |
tionaiiy known merchandtte from leaving July 7 and returning July. 1 . o. . t *
every department of the store and 10. The Daanger Oil a d Refin- | Brazoria County State Bank Angleton
prices have been put at unheard-of . Thp jYeeport Sulphur Com- Frereport National Bank. Freeport ---------
pany. and the Brazoria County j Velasco Stat- Bank. Velasco
Development association have ■ First Capitol State Bank. West Columbia
made these trips possible for the . First National Bank, Angleton
| boys. Two outstanding boys from | Brazonn State Bank, Brazoria .
each club arc making the trip Alvin State Bank, Alvin
! Every boy who gets one of these |
. trips considers himself very for-1
of Brazoria County | tunate and is always anxious to
the short course at' go again. The boys attending are.
11 through Donald Spoor and Jimmie Me- JUDGE KI < KR GOES TO
■eeport Sul- Leod of Angleton; Reuben Powell DEMO CONVENTION
,C5t of them i and Cec’l Taylor of East Colum- ANGLETON Mr. and Mrs.
‘ Jimmie Farmer and Billy j R. Rucks left this week for a
ttend the 1 smith of West Columbia; Merle' cation of several weeks duration:
The men Johnson and Charles Crabb of Da- j in the North and East. They will ■ end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. j signers’ desire to
| * James Rav **a- I K*. /*,*■ ,*4. tva*«,****v**i*, I u**#^*..* . ,>»■>*** in anv wav
_ Kinney. Pat Ellis
up eni Ora Wollam, Danbury;Ben WoL 1 of Sweeny; Billy
its fall ; lam. Joe Bene* and H B Haskins , ton and James S|
f Pearland; B D McKinney. Kenneth Powe
- Sween;
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