The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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THE SUN g»l» RESULTS!
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calf class and Au,
! placed Kth tn th.
Houston Man
Thrown From
Car at Pearland
Two Wildcats To Be Drilled In
Alvin Area; $250 Paid for Oil
Royalty On Chocolate Bayou
School Trustees To
Be Elected Apr?! 6
Mis. I>
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ALVIN DAIRY FARMER
IN FEDERATION
Bl HrK
t YOU USE
r> BI<. < K<’H
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w IAKIY
In the Her
Warren is
n seven races. J K. > better
to you perhaps as Jimi
in the thick of
political pot
Mr J.nk.
th. World’s
Copenhagen,
t*> Penn
Mrs. Bi
nish.'d «
and it m
Al TOMOHA t
; Q( AR IT T <.E1
MIXED t I* Al
from Kan-
d boy from
ills out one
1 is several
limit. Tom
The bo
Houston i
instructoi
BROTHER
reived word
DIES
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IIIH life
Whether
will admit
Davis
Hou
ler setting ci
irnault et al
of <
that
definite
of the
audience I
prtse sec
:$ton said.
Rev
Alv.
Bishop Clinton S.
pal Bishop o'
will be guest
rictly Fn.h
BS.
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rrell A
moon H-
rely and th
ft
old < nd
rcaught
d—n if this
ni going to
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•ond A'
etna, and is «onside red on
• best informed men on youti
ems in this countr
Cummings. secretary
Ministerial Alliance
Quin
Alvin Future Farmers
a
rRIEXDNUOOD HELD
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THE SUN I
ni. i • homes in Bia-*
F ; half a century!
inr ' nd to the |
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announced at a meeting held
Tuesday,
contract i
cal plant hi
I advix*d that pe
Lane Brothers
Build Auction
Barn and Pens
DANBURY Work was startl'd
“Alvin and Brazoria < 'ounty’s Oldest Newspaper”
$37 in .ash prizes. Highest h
or went to H C. Finger
Jersey heifer calf won
’ J. Richard*
birth of a s<
Pepper Jenkins
Will Address
Young People
Pepper Jenkins of Galveston,
loc
traded d- }
Davis Car Recovered
In Houston Tuesday
not Brother Wright
a Me’hodist
a member of
Hr “belongs” to
doz. n diff. h
it lodges but
trouble get-
of them!
aldrt man rm-
. Richards and j (.a
rd on t
Saturday
than 100
laibor used in the ; the Texa
a an Drilling Compan,
mg up for the N >. I <
about wo miles we.-.
s S500 foot. This tv
week when Rov
and star
WESA-
Lb BOB BRAY
Alvin FF Boys
Win Many Prizes
At Houston Show
George Stanton’s Bull
Places Second; Wins
Two Other Ribbons
I
> #o.t north nf Alvin
It *111 hair the nioxt in-
l«M>la) of gourd* you
t We undrruand they
‘••tract with t
•~*e in nirruMt
this place Mr
buried tn the
not 300 yards
a here he was
We predict that
[Will he hratrn fl the
Mr an<| Mrs. Van Blari
» Jacinto Ornamental
h*»o recently opened an 1
f W«t north nf Alvin
Fig Growers To
Meet Friday
In Friendswood
Congratulates J
ano Elsie Em
•ehch horn solo
in al Duct, Margaret Davtdi
| < h rtrude Chamber*
Address, Pepper Jenkins
Clos.ng song
Benediction
Youth Conference at
Denmark, and
nw < den in 1939
over Germany
r annua* consentiou of
L (>nl« i neat Pre*.* A*-
l at Houston Friday and
rat rrn. wed acquaint
mh many of our old
id ttN 1 uurth L'tat.
ha fln.r (M-oplr on .-arth
land Mr*. Frans Zeiske
■ilvU. Time*, Mr*. Ro*n
| and of th-* tiunts-
Ahinltea; Mr.
I. Manthey of ,
to Memorial hospital in
PRaNTL^G — i Funerul Home ambulanc
»v toynor-} ......... o
JOE DAN DIETRICK
BREAKS LEG THURSDAY
at AnglMnn i Joe t»an Dietrirk stiff, r.d u Mv-
i»oint main- • ken leg Thursd.-.v while hrtaawjtag
»n-Donovan in
ey Their M
ung up. M E
hale and snell
ng on cement
at that depth
is drilling at
shale. In the
4 Borsodi is
Buford Lutes who died al
in Bozeman Montana, ai
suit cf a stroke. The
was hl yeara old.
in Futur- Farmer* real
bt honm th.- bacon from
Mnri «"**■' Mart .ktiow.
of)1. department of our
lw,! rurriculum
i proving °f
u our farmers
ID LESSER INJURED
IN RIG ACCIDENT
iALVIN BOOSTERS! m011' councl1
> i Plans Summer
■>•••• *“ •}• *
',, ,,T Camp for Girls
% 1 4
/ fi
ill
Saveli Makes Two
Arrests This Week
With the cauture of two thieves.
one a man want.nl »n Shinei
- other a bicyeH “lifter”
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bn. '.LI *
k Jshn H
keisn.l Advocate (Mr.
I i» retiring president*;
ar» David R. rd of the
■r' F rank shannon of
Irtnn sp-N-tator. AVendell
I <>f the Rosenberg Her-
h ,.f th,. Madtson-
B*or rated the
Mtar in Texas*;
Nnlth f the ( alduell
Georite Adkins of the
Be?-Picayune, and a
I
bl
z’
p the swell job
,i.,ne b> V oratlonal
> .-.need tha. h
I dog. as on *
' has .vt
I farm
1 uittfully
the city
Anyone knowing cf som*- one!
j who has lost such n dof. o« " ho
{car. prove their '“Arership. kindly; vrl I -
■ Rowai? T
■ a rig arc
mc!lL waa
US to I
Mr I
i, slipping.' His
II boa'ts a red
stead of a blue,
it the Houston
*:is far keener
vd prize is hon-
greHt field of • Hereford bull
ver the South-,
more than sat-
iis stock wa>
showing.
MANTER. MAYBE HE s VOt RS! ,t ldr, ( f ,
Just after Chnstmas a lost dog ; and recently bvcanv
< f a farmer liv- j the Lions club.
Arcadia.. half ~ J-
a long i would probably have
juat
for M«cond I defea t
. kno*n
h s of agr* e- Ward should be
■r*’ prepared Brazoria County's
Friendswood pouri instead of running the
r.'.-d to eon Dairy A-ssixiation However
isn’t doing such a bad job
since he took over tw
when all the directoi
red But now all they
nnd like it and Ji
Harold Johr.ason ;
birth of a son. i
City Officers Will
Be Chosen Saturday
With no opponents for any of-
] fice ol the city government,
: ioi th,- last ‘nieketion will .......
publisher I Apri| 2 ,
Journal This | to th(, w
d <l. an ot T,xas|n,tr5hlltl
»asek, t,^ pre».;a, th|. C|t) Ha|i wlth
*jas etecuon judge
Candidate* for
Geo. H Cook, E.
‘ Jones, three to be elected; j ir
treasurer, W. L. Browning: |-j-
and for marahall.
P* &r> to « inend-
anti handsome >
t a day fishing
freepert jetties and re-
ith th.’ fir it sunburn of
in—tt' » honey. too
i lots* cals that would
R| THE ALVIN SUN
FOR QLICK
L. u” CharL PHONE 37 In
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i the senior division and wa
Adjudged i. hampion feniai*-
I club show
I George Stanton, whose r
I tion as breeder of fine H«
I cattle is »s idespread and
Cubs to Entertain
Lians at Luncheon
Hecen’ly ‘nltiated cubs will
b will giveitcrtain member* of the i .«im.
-•day. April I at the regular luncheon hour 1
ia. 'day wth a .surprise program.
rill incluth-1 All members of the ciuo
”4X‘ will i urged to attend mni ... <« »
Isi- the Cnt>s will haw h really
their big ’
; highway just outside the city Um- • |K,tHf<,..
'• its of Angleton T*-~ •_—1 '* "
1 being supported by the Brazoria
’(County Development Association.
... be held Saturday.*
;nst«il th.-” lu-mb.K HAVE VOl LOST VN R
icil. treasurer an
The election w
Bill
TFXAS louiusi “PER*TIDXb:
•24 Bel
■u8D fwt
;r West
ds their
.Kiation nnd a
indeed! t’ncle I
d type of fire- i %
tors who stand 1 <-
•" ' lor
strangulation
Skinner Mr and
the of Alvin <
Bound daughter n»m»<t
Mrs Fowler was the
fiss Ruby Idoux cf Al-
Rev and Mrs Wilson Hill oi '
Damon on the birth of a 7H pound i
son. born Friday Rec Hill is!
pastor of the Alvin Lutheran
ch;
I week s work.
I Dickie Lodge reported his bicy-
cle stolen Friday night A 12-year-
; old girl was found riding the ma-
' chine Saturday morning after it
j had been removed from a vacant |
home where she had hidden 11 . . -
! Saveli said The child’s name was fortJhe to be ftm|
j withheld from publication
Alec Bartell who is wanted by]
Shiner authorities for a car theft. |
was ari•entnd in Alvin Thursday
and was called for by Shiner pol-(
Ice late Thursday afternoon. Sav-
IcH reported Bartell was employ-
a large «i W *.....
'• nirmwi them I11..... ..
t„ur*. o< i *»» •s,,v»11 “"1
Wolverton Rites
Held Thursday
In Angleton
ANGLETON Funeral services
for Myron T Wolverton, pioneer
resident of Chocolate Bayou and
IJverpool. were conducted from
Hu- First Presbyter1 :<« Church of
Angleton Thursday, Rev. A E
Burns, pastor of thr First Christ-
j tan Church of Alvin, officiating
J Burial was in th” Angleton C. m-
: etery under the uu.s’tion of the
I Angleton Funeral Home
Mr. Wolverton who was S3 years
l old. had been ill for ju-wral weeks
prior to his denth
i He is survived by his wife,
hitch-hiked
other European countries to
first hand information from
country pevpb their needs
proble
a County, his
staked his
.el before the
Sunday.
it has been announced by
boatd of director* nnd prog
committee thnt the date for
1‘Tb.i encampment has been s» t
day, July 4 and will <
through July 14
unrhed out in Ar.z4.na after leav-
g An m M; 17 He aerat'd eight
inty treasurer, recorder, |
1 lost only one election i
ampaigns He said two
him that election When
e was going to vote for j
H Myr
and
ame to the home
ng in the vicinity of
exas Not a dog with
I blood-line and |»edigrec just a j ting in any on.-
snooth-hain-d. tan and white, med- 1
Him size, young "mutt ”
■ But this dog’s lack of poftgree i
is more than balanced by the un- |
1 uwaJ intelligence he pnwsm-s. He ,
,nd'pjove% by h-s ';»”ndtn”«s good]
mMiners and ob.’dieni**. that he
wa*- never misrtreatW toy the one *
who l<»L him. and for whom he I Mr and ’
■s grieving Among his little < of Alvin on
“tricks", is the quaint on* of sit- Edward f-ee,
t'ca upright, with crossed paws, I
wh.le waiting for his dinnet ~
The bright side of this story, is
that this loaf r^n£ 'h*d the g>>od
ipurarily adopted
(and cared f<rf b* the well-known
humanitarirfh. Mrs Bewne Skinner
, of Houston. Texas Mrs
I is very anxious to contact .— .
I owner of the dog She thinks that Tucsdav.
j he has been rais»-d in the vicinity | •
of Arcadia or Alvin, and is con- ■ Mr. and Mrs. . ..
<VN..IIl Poultry T.rm 0> I th., hr .. . '•">«• »" the b,nh
. *•— 1 »• on occasions that she jone-half
pn him on trips to her i p» ntelope
is wild w ith kr and cries I former '
brought back to | Vlr
ia! meeting of young I
people at the Gulf Coast Camp ]
Grounds meeting Sunday evening | Hou
at 6 30 p. m ' imh
years tut cour
asaessor and
in seven ca
words cost I
>n the construction of j asked if he
barn to be complete Al Smith fi>r pre* -tent he answered
pens and other neces- “hell yes. ’
. .. - ... ..gs. by . .tine Brothers ( j(m Ward made hi* first loud
at Danbury. j noise up at Jewett in Leon county
The sales auction lam will be ‘ .,n<1 hjM N.,n at lf ) S,,r sircc H(,
located on the AK in Angleton. savs (neir two chi„( rops a! l.
and It-mocrnts. Hr ■
°*r». Prni'2.L*4» icame to Alvin way back in DI and
>pted his first job as “pilot”
i farm Graduating from that he i
began clerking in T C Edward.*’ ;
store and has been in the grocery |
Rowan Drilling Company Rigging Up tor lest I •* o
Miles West of City; Location Staked for 10,000
Foot Attvmnt In North Liverpool Area
won thi
at the Houston shoi
had to be satisfied wi
I bon this >eai when
Domino” placed s<
ton also wen two
1 his Hereford^
1 Other Future I
j in the Houston show
Fred J ■ :
; sey yearling cl
Jr.. 3rd in the
I Law placed 5th
1 sejr calf class a
Austin Company Will
Use Local Labor On
Dow Chemical Plant
1 FREEPORT
. construction of the Dow Chemical I
Co. plant at Freeport will be ob- ■
taim-d locally. Mr Whitehead, gen-i proper
end foreman for the Austin Com- dollar
par.y. announced at a meeting held I B E Stallones of Houclnn, ley
here Tuesday. • porary chairman said thr feder
| ‘Thr contract for erecting the jtion hoped to organize co-oper
been awarded i tivr arsociations in al! producir
| the Austin Company. Mr. White-I territories no' without them
--------- bend th"’ p», rsor.s n;>p!’.-
i. an cnirtoy. .1 the. for work ,hr.uld i.t,,,n ----------------
llrng Co was injured Ln ferrai card from the Texas
•nt Thursday afternoon.' Emplujmet.t Service
.. ii first aid treatment j or al an> itinerant
'•* i tamed in the county
a Martini Oi.q .( county workers wi!.' not I II was not known how tne aec
be issued referral cards until the | d*nt marred hut it wa« th. uwi
toes! supply nf labor Is exhausted. I ue got hui iret tangled m a ru|M'* hit
it was said. 'and the kg brake when he fell. 58Si
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Bray, Robert I. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1940, newspaper, March 29, 1940; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1252191/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.