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UDAY, OCTOBgp
THE ALVIN SUN
H'S
“Alvin and Brazoria County’s Oldest Newspaper”
tE 51 NO. 11
ESTABLISHED 1890
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1^40
ALVIN. TEXAS.
LN OUR 31st YEAR
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY
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Send The Sun to a friend.
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(Id Is Made By Stanolind When
. 1 Hodnett Cores Pay-off Sand
Courthouse Will
Close Wednesday
Sidewalk Project
To Be Reopened
Uzzell Places 2nd
Van Norman 3rd In
Trades Dav Fvent
50c
BOTTLES
: 4480 feet.
knowledge
ill I* lilted..-JB
Remnants of air plane crash which claimed the lives of five people at Velasco Sun
The plane buried two feet in the forced landing and bodies were
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I regular month!;
j Alvin Chamber
lent of Bra-
to attend.
Forty-eight year old Bill Hoskins
mi grand prize
will
men
lately
Is
one
have
1
Hot was
iiw Eure
about 60.
monts.
Other c
I
of Brazoria
met violent
« and four
idair of
brought
father’s
rd about
asco The
was killed
cud
PINTO
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Miss Remley Wins
Hawaii Cruise
Miss Artie Remley of Alvin was
first place winner In a recent con
test sponsored by the 7-Up Com-
pany and will be awarded a trip
Hawaii
Other eonteat winners wrr< Miss
LaVUle Furlong. Mte« Naomi Ko«-
tom and Miss Bet'; Horowitz, all
nf HOUStOn.
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Tubing pressure was 1700
Iphur Cd.,
about 40. Freeport,
the Austin Construe*
«WESA»»
By BOB BRAY
City to Install
18 Street Lights
Bill Hoskins
Wins Fiddlers
Contest Saturday
dry. his
of the
Tom J.
j bureau of food and drugs of the i
j Texas State Health Department of ,
Austin will addrtvs the group
this meeting.
The meeting is scheduled for 7
i p. m and everyone interested in
the further deveiopmi
zoria County is asked
I ship of President G. M. Gustafson .
the Al- ; —------------ o-
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Mr. and Mrs. Pat W^cninr nf Al-
vin o nthe birth of a son Sunday.
Bray v
jor E.
■
. Mrs. Tom Goach. Mrs. D. M
. Leech and Mn>. C. M. Hoerguett
I acted as judges of needle work at
the Fort R«*nd County Fair and
made awards of prizes Wednesday
They were asked to serve as Judges
for the fair again next year in
anprectatlnn of their antendid work
during the pact week
Mrs. Grace Miner accompanied
the group and w|H remain for a
,11. __j. WUi Nott, a for-
mer Alvin resident.
During the regular monthly I
meeting of the Alvin City Council,
it was voted that the city would I
install 18 additional street lights ini
the Incorporate limits.
It was decided to sell two sewer
improvement warrants and n tax
b’lt to the White liouw to
Ms ;..-r« uiran win is
• »anr thing a sane nation
I ‘ '
*
hia
probably escaped
from water
—-w
were W Ruskey and his two
daughters. Vivian and Joyce, who
ing.were riding behind the McElveen
of car on their way to Alvin high
school.
in the day is shown above. TI.V L
' about | <xtr’cated after considerable difficulty.
— WESA—
at our office a supply
>ve,t pins and car stickers
p who would like to rally
rose <4 nur great president.
* yours for the asking
The sewer project is nearing coni
plrtion and should be finished by!
' the end of the week and WPA la- j
bor will then be available for the I
reopening of the sidewalk propect.
Mr Hurst pointed out.
Crash ir Air
Claude Eure and his son were
taking passengers for air sight-see-
ing trips in Freeport when tho
crash occurred about 4:15 Satur-
day afternoon. The father's plane
crashed by a water levee which
ran from the Dow Chemical Co. to
the Brazos river
Young Eure said that he wns at-
. . tempting tn gain altitude Mid his
Imv- I f"*her tried tn speed up hh plane
jap j when the two places came perlous-
. ly close to one another The con-
j trols of the eider Eure's ship was
■ apparently ripped by the crash, and
* 'Continued on Psge Fosr)
acquire
by the
Law
said that n 40 by 70 foot building
was available and expressed the b*-
. lief that the school board would
I turn it over to a responsible organ-
visit from Colonel j ization for this purpose
Christmas decorations and light-
Announcement was made Thurs-
day by O G. Wellborn that he
would construct a modern five-
room bungalow near tlw element-
ary M-'huul buituing.
The structure, which will be c r
frame, will be a rent house, and j visit with Mrs
will have all modem convenience*.
THE SUN
nto more homes in Bra-1
County than any other!
aper For half u century!
i ranked second to the I
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irth Strike In Alvin’s New Rowan WH^RE FIVE PERISH IN airplane crash at velasco Eight People Are Victims Of
Violent Death During Week-End
In Air And Automobile Wrecks
•velopment Assorts- *’«» sponsored by the Alvin Cham-
regular ‘ ter Commerce under the leader- !
the ~ ~ ...
I IMPROVES
f’~'y rrimds of Steve Jones
L“ap& xnow that he is
^Proved in health and was
L., , s ‘short automobile
ranesday afternoon.
for
Clute
the
>unds, and said that the buiMii
I been turned over to the ck
THINGS TO KNOW
Name in full.
Place and date of birth.
Telephone number
.Name and address of person
*ho will always know where
/ou may be reached and their
eiationship.
Employer's
of business.
placed on a deferred list, their reg-
istration is required for the draft.
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel Tues-
day named Carlos Masterson of
Angleton. W. C. McLendon of Free-
port and H. H. Sharpe of Angleton
to serve on the Brazoria county
board. The nominees are subject
to President Roosevelt’s approval
which is expected this week.
The three-member boards
begin the task of classifying
of conscription age immedii
after registration day which
| - WESA—
|ta. the largest precinct in
Bria county, is certainly en-
I ts reprcgeataHan un the
I board. H e are not criticla-
men lUMtied, < arios Mas-
L and Herbert II. Sharpe of
Mon and W <’. Mcl^endon of
Bert. They are fine gentle-
land are serving without
■ But when two mon are
■ from one town and the
■t town in the county is
Brteh ignored we feel we i
M rifht to be incensed. Hun-
I of young men from
■ the county will be regis-
B for the dealt. It will be-
wmbers of the draft board
Miy instances to cant the die
Brill tear these young men
Ffram their homes and their
M ■ mmI their jobs for a
■ No matter how capable.
■ or conscientioua the gen-
Mt from Angleton may be. j two million dollars this week
■rannot know the clrcum- ■
m of our own people like
■tin nuui
| WESA—
Bave been advised by Major
p»klry that the Legion post
Bommended Scott Benson for
Wd from Ah in. But appar-
Bhst is as far aw the recom-
■ion got. We are dispatching
Bto Governor W. Lee O'Dan-
frnrnendmg that Mr Benson
Vd to the board and inquir-
■ whose recommendations he
Bin naming the Brazoria
■ board
I - WESA -
■» round all Jt>u good Dem-
B and let's do our part to ..
B • M,*n to the presidency ' ment by agreement
B» permitting his name to ; on file.
in nomination for a j
■ term not because off any |
■al ambitions but because
►llling to make the neces- 1
Meritor to sersc his coun-
H is threatened hy |
■'* aar riouds on both hor- I
BThis is no time to think in .
B’f political parties or per-
■•’■'> This country is in the
B®f a trememHus program
Ba- as its sole alm the pro-
• ot our liberties ami
■ment. Tn diseitpf
risoti A Abercrobie for a 40-acrr
tolerance for wells on large
tracts In the Old Ocean field. The
field now haa 4O-acr“ speM-ing.
If the request is granted one
well on SO acres would receive
the allowable of two wells on 40
acres, thus reducing drilling. It
is admitted by experts that one -
wells draining 40 acres each but
i he nominees serve
!charge
'■ draft r
j displa;
j the i;
Reopening of the Alvin sidewalk [
I project was announced Monday t.
I W. K. Hurst at a meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce. Nearly 1
1000 feet of work have been co <-
tracied for. Mr. Hurst »aid. an<* if
the balance of footage ran he sdgn-
i ed up. work will begin immediate-
px-
offirer’ from’San Antonio"Iing of streets was discussed at the j ^"iil^dkiteiy^v^ir- i
public schools was assured meeting ?x>rg<> f**0!0" **• fftr Wf,rk
nOTe-pmv-Tfl~T^h~ar»n ap*|pre»^d n'hiwll Srerr | *t*dlurn and fkM hou*> Mr Hurst'
The meeting was presided over by
Mayor E'>m< r C. Kunmonc arid was i
attended by Aiderman S. C. Jones. I
George H. Cook. Elmer Richards. I
1 .■■If.. —I a I A Oi.crh
our
< *1ti> Its speedy comple-
hdd be to aeriaMd* threal-
■afet* and security off
states. That this
I Colonel Spencer, after inspect-1 appointed as a committee of one
I ing the campus and senool system, j to canvass the merchants and get
imted'atat--ta7 lM‘d ,hnt "mple ynrd and bul,ding Itheir oplnion on ,he ,lgMin* prob*
' •|,l ^twrn Franklin D* !*^J*h*“ “^^^rp^^f ^hr i'^Mr. Pearson also announced a Mervhant and L. A. Pugh I
ln »r- .«-----IROTC IK to ghe bovs military | meeting of tl.<! Brazoria Countyi . .— -o - . .
training whde still >r school. f Development Association to be held Alvin Women Judge
! pr.cr to the coming «»f Colonel I in Alvin Tuesday night and urged l a * D : r* •
i.qpeneer Friday. bo\s In high ’ the attendance of all local mem Atri. Denn I* air
school that w ere over 14 years old j here. , Mrs. Tom Gosch,
met with S. O. Smith and J F ; ----------
Law to dfctennlne the number of Wellborn Will
hoys inletr-Miwl in the organization _ . , Q --
of a local unit. A large majority tjUllQ Kent rlOUSe
of the boys Indicated that they' *
would join the ROTC If It were
organised.
Tho government will furnish all
equipment, including guns, u>U-
fnrm» and teachers and training
will be incorporairti into the regu-
lar school schedule
out of its No. 4 Biak.K g.us O’DANIEL NAMES MASTERSON. McLENDON AND SHARPE FOR COUNTY BOARD
1 mg 50.000 cubic feet an hour •*•**«**»
you GO! REGISTER FOR DRAFT WEDNESDAY AT SCHOOLS ’
Doffing overalls and sweat- '
‘ shirts for the khaki of Uncle Sam's !
• army, and turning in football!
j sweaters for the service coat, hun- '
dreds strong the youth and men of
Bra/nrin county will enter drafting
rooms Wednesday to register for
| sen ice in tho national defense of
the United States
Uncle Sam has called all men
.over 20 and under 36 for military
training for a period of one year.
wriiH draining ai-m rm-ir uui
.h, mmmu- i- - mm. “. Jr
about two per cent lew> than two
(Continued on Psge Four)
County Court
Closes Million
Dollar Case
Pierce Withers Is
Awarded Judgment
From Dancinger Oil
Closing one of the biggest cases
ever tried in Brazoria County,
Judge M. S. Munson's court award-
ed Pierce Withers a judgment1
against Dancinger Oil and Refin- |
l ing Company amounting to nearly |
........ — \ Dan- !
cinger oil was assessed the pay- I
ment of J35.00G, a payment of >1.- j
500.000. atul a 1-24 overriding roy-
alty interest in disputed holdings
and $67,500 in settlement of pro-
ceeds from the production from
weila on disputed land since Sep-
tember 1.
Attorney
al, were
O o O
Mr and Mrs. C H. Courtright of [
Alvin on the b.rth of a seven
pound son, Monday.
o<o
.Mr. and Mrs Eugene Borm of!
Alvin on the birth of a daughter.
Roseanna, born Friday
o o o
Mr. and Mrs T W. Cole of Al-
vin on the birth of a son Satur-
day.
i Alvin will p
' zoria County 1
r>ir<iM«wuuu t»u mr u>>m ui ' tion when it
eight and one-half pound ton. born j
Tuesday.
Chemical Co., J. B C
son. about 21. . .nplo;
F reejxirt Sulphur Co.,
Knowles, ah>’Ut 4? Fn
ploye of the Freeport S
Hugh Jolly.
—r'~ye of
tion Co.
K. A. Hun< h I hex
Raymond Ah in Bunch. 23, was
killed and his brother-in-law. A.
C. Jerrell, 31. was painfully in-
! jured early Sunday night when the
1 car in which the two weir riding
plunged into t)ie Dituos rivri near
the bank corner in old Brazoria.
Both men were from Clute and
were employed by the Austin Con
st ruction Company in Freeport.
Jerrell was taken to a Freeport
hospital where he was reported
suffering a broken rib bruises and
possibly other injuries.
( hild Killed
Richard Alvarado. 6-vear-old son
|of Mr. and .Mrs. Naber Alvarado of
| Galveston was fatally injured when
struck by a pick-up truck Sunday
! mumtng on Highway 35, a short
dist inee north of Alvin. The child
<l'*d at 12:40 o'clock noon Sunday
j at John Sealy hospital where he
was taken in a Martin Funeral
Home ambulance.
The boy was apparently piaying
by the side of the highway with
mime other children and stepped
out in front of the truck as It wra
pawing. A A. Saveli, city marshall
j said
Will Burney
Chocolate
Bayou: and L. Booth of Manvel
Hundreds of people thronged the
n..in during the day to
hunts featured
' by merchants and to entei into
1 "Man on the
Street” programs that were broad-
that no one I CBg| over the city by a loud speak-
.w, dependency prf hook-up. Assisting Al Oliu-n. who
rea»,n« unl.s. he h«. Mm. p»r«>n ; n.rnngl.,| ,ht programs .1- C B
borne, chairman of th. Pr«ld.nf.' rj^n?^±|Hwr" ''ho “k"’ ' Dr ' Q”
advlaory rommlllrr on the draft. m-nn„ ■■ r-nrt ! llonK-
Thr houw approve and «ent toj b manner, th. .egulattons read , t)ur,ne th., afternoon the color-
thr nnate thi, week legHIMton giv| tconunaed on P.«e Four) I ***!" h «h w-hool hand w„
r iai_____ _ __ _ _ nnrx a res ,,'u UAK ,bv highlights of
THE ALVIN SUN ~l BCDA To Meet he‘'ran’
y-, til I I A I * T" I rational sound picture was shown
Congratulates in Alvin lUCSdaV ln*n open air theatre at Stanton-
. ■ — -- — •. * store to more lhan 6f)0 spectators. ,!lk:
Alvin wiii play host tu the Bra- Tht first Fracies .Jay h»-M here .
Mr. and Mr, A. A Adam. »f,ror|aC( p,, -_________
Fn.nd.wood on the birth of an tlon wh„ „ hoMs
monthly meeting Tuesday in
| administration building of
vin high school.
Dr F. P Brock, director of the
Norbert ( rash
Smashing Into the rear of a
Saturday night an exciting edit-Itruck near Anbury. Victor Nor-
i belt of Rochester. N. Y was in-
1 stantly kille^l on the Alvin-Angie-
fiway Saturday night. His
part and the motorcycle smashed.
Barrow Funeral Home ambul-
ance took charge uf the body a
' shipped the remains to Norbei
home in Rochester for internmenL
i He was emplo; <*1 by the Austin
: Company as welder foreman at
Freeport.
lure of Governor W. Ix*e
liri to give Alvin repre*cn-
k on the B uzoria county
| board » • ( given rise to ,
nestion of just what county
| t> in! The ^ppointmentw
, niadr on recommendation
hie count) official but no of-
| could be found up to the
m yolng to press who would
^e that rexponsibiiity. Coun-
ter 0. K Phillips and Dem-
it Chairman A. R. Rucks ,
dtodaimed any knowledge I l’oun‘,s-
L New Sparing >ought
WESA- Texas Railroad Commission
idUrdlinw.rdrorUwrIgM, w“ P-u“^ M~>d.y k» H.r
Hvileges of the people of the I
community and the north
I Brazoria county is not an
Ion but is typical of the ut-
k of consideration that has
hown this end of the county
past.
lasing Set Thursday For
tompletion On No. 1 Bradbury;
lumble Gets Gasser At Danbury
Fourth strike in Alvin’s new Rowan field was made
Leek and definite extension of the field seemed as-1
I when Stanolind’k No. 1 Hodnett cored the pay-off
[at 8540 feet consistent with the sand found in the
Lery well. The well was being pushed low er how-
and Thursday night stood at 8705 feet with instruc-!
Ito resume coring at 8730 feet. Meanwhile Row an & ‘
( 1 [ Nichols had set < asing Thurwlaj I
" 1 "' tor completion on their So. I
! Bradbury Casing was landed at |
9103 feet and cemented with 600 j
sacks. Gas pressure was reported I
to be 1400 pounds. Total depth of!
i. the well is 9177 feet. Oil sands i
were cored from 8537-76 feet. i
I Two other rigs were busy
[ same fu.d with Humble dn'lll...
I their No. 1 Gilvie Hubbard at about'
1200 feet. Texas Gulfs No 1 Hiram
JOHNNY GET YOUR GUN, GET YOUR GUN! AND OFF TO CAMP
■ ■■_ ■■■■■■■■■■
------------------------------- J winner of the Cid Fiddlers contest 1
• I held here Saturday In one of the j
outstanding eve rite of Trades Day
'V. M. Uzzeii of Alvin won second
— - —place and Cs< ar Van N ; man an-
ing the courts broad powers to|<HHer *'»* «h>rd prize
stay eviction of dependents of sol- *'inner. Jack Harrison acted as 1
diert and sailors from their homes miuter of ceremonies for the con-
because of overdue rents, and per-1 *n<* ^ad charge of arrange-
mittlng the veteran's administra-1
tion to guarantee payment of p-**-
miuma of draftees' insurance pol.-
cies up to a face value of $5000.
The American Federation of l4»-
bur announced Its members would
dues payments I
with the military
Auto Collision
F M. Maxwell of Rosharon was
AhOecn-W^y hre recn wh"^^
a, . county-«l. hull- „de.«. ipcd by another
day by Brazoria county ottmal. j .utom„bll,. driven bv negroe. The
and the court hou..- will be . loud n, r„.,.iv„| ra|n„r cut, a™t
all day to enable county employees i pruigel
to aaalat with the draping ot con- , Burlon H,„k, netr„ w„ p,d)y
•ct'Pte-, I mlurecl tn un automobile cn,’*son
County Clerk J. R Monarch in i in West Columbia Sunday night.
ofF registration for the i McElveen'o Injured
. requests that all merchants Mr and Mr, a F McElveen re-
lay their flags next Wednesday | panful ,njurie» Tuesday
16th. official registration day , mOrning when the car in which
I Ixx-al Legion officials loaned the I they were riding crashed off a
'post colors to be on display m the [bridge over the drainage ditch
registration room at the high j wrei of Alvin on the Rosharon-AI-
j school The colors will be flown vin shell road. Mrs. McElveen re-
' from the high s< hool flagstaff from , reived a fractured pelvis w hile her
dawn until sunset. husitand suffered head Injuries, a
Most businras houses in the fractured arm and other bruises,
county are expected to close and I Both are reported in a critical
those that do not will give their condition.
time in which to register The couple
y Clerk J. R Monarch said. I mnr.. «■>«*!<?"•
---------------- j they were rescued
Families Is Made 1 w.r.
Using a total of 1891 yards of[
material the Alvin WPA sew;
; room completed 875 articles
j clothing during the month of Sep-1
i f ember. Brazoriu county donate* $5 I
| worth of textine per worker per I
• month and the federal governscr.t:
< nirei<’h»-« ‘his amount Garment* j
are completed at a cost of about
I 20c. for material.
Mrs Frank Duke has charge of |
th»« sew ing room and reports that i
while the work has been in prog- j
ress for the past nine months, pro- ■
duct ion has doubled in the paal
three Thirteen wnmr-n are efwntoj
cd on the project and sew for
dependent families in the county.
Any <ype Af Hewing (a done, from
the turning of ahirt collars to mate
ing new coven for mattresses.
Five Killed at Velasco When
Planes Crash; Clute Man Dies
As Auto Plunges Into Brazos
Death stalked the highways and skyu at <
county during the week-end a» eight people i
deaths in airplane and automobile tragedies
others were critically injured. A collision in
barnstorming planes flown by a father and s<
instant death to five persons Saturday when th
plane crashed to earth with four passengers ,nbn:
--— | a mile southeast of V«
father. Claude Eure. 6*
with his four pa.<senge
»y» for Pierce Wither . et
Palmer Bradley and
Cariao B. Masterson. Morgan. Cul-
ton. Morgan 4 Britian of Amarillo
and A. R. Ruckso of Angleton rep-
resented Dancinger Oil 4 Gas Co
Other cases tried before the of-
I ficlal closing of court on Saturday
I were:
I T espasa to try title: Louise
Darnell, et al vs. Ben Luley Judg-
ns per decree(
| open the fair at Angleton at 10
t m October 22.
In connection with the r--*
; ing of a community house by
, Chamber of Commerce. Fred
lit has
pre- Gt her conteatants inckried Rob-
jxjH. j ert Swanson of Liverpool. F C.
j Davenport of Alvin. E. Cox of Al-
I vin and Vernon lai Fon of Friends- i
I wood. Judges for the event were I
b. ,x,mpl from due. p-yment, ] Llwool: Char-
while wrvtok with the military;^
Ynrco. I Manvel. George Seib*-)
Emphrelklnx that h.ra «nd-to.t | Mun(lrM, M
I rules will not week, the instruc- ■
1 tions to local boards advised that ‘ ..
, i enter the treasure
they 11-indie dependency deferments : .... ,
"With aympathette regard tor <»e
leglfttrant and his depened.-nts." I— ... p
While the law says
shall be deferred for
elebrating
pf Century of Service
klvin and Brazoria
r.ty.
HD Clubs Given
Tile Building
On Fair Grounds
Richard Higgins addressing the
ly meeting of the
of Commerce Mon-
day. announced the completion of
a $3,500 tile building for the
Home Demonstration Clute of
Btazuiin county on the fair
grounds, and said that the building
had been turned over to the clubs
by the county.
A new shed and swine barn has
been completed and two tents for
flower show exhibitions and
tent for negro exhibitions
been put up on the fair grounds.
Mr. Higgins said.
Frank A. Duke anti Robert 1.
were appointed to a mi st Ma-
I. H. Rackley with arrange-
ments for the parade that will
! on | Qi
| Title and damages: Edmund H. j^1
(Continued oft PftgB Four) j
Alvin Assured
ROTC Unit
■ Following a visit fl—.
j Spencer. Reserve Officers Training
* Corps offlcei
! Alvin public
W eunewiay.
without pay.
Selective aervk'e officials em-
phasized there would be no dis-
crimination against newly-married
men in choosing conscripts.
"The selective service law oper-1
ates for five years, and we don't1
want to atop all marriages during I
Mtu.ll>- dep.-nd,n: upon hi.
income "for support" in a reason-
able manner." the regulations read
ful Alvin high school band
I featured in r “ —
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