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NUMBER 11
THURSDAY OCTOBER IS 19S2
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Mr ALL RED FEATHER SERVICES.
Ginge
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for tl
sponsored
vin R>
of the
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Frida:
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after
aftc
' Mr. an,
icy fund
' ed So that in
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leid.
that
al
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in
cate, a
- :e but
oonsibb
The
i . uso
>4.500.
fd
Led By Dyche
Held Monday
and i
and 14
Galveston
September Is
I b
ppected
vpted
Borg
in thi:
$15,000
speakers including G
Seeks 200 Pints
con-
Mrs
CLINT HENNIG
if we had the material . .
We must keep some
Mr
1
$750. administrative
Th.- USO fund is
County Grand
Jury Is Named;
Now In Session
Community Public Service Concludes
$15,000 Project To Stabilize Service
“Democrats For
Ike Movement
Mrs. Porter is
Found Dead By
Alvin Friends
Partial List Of Bloodmobile Helpers
Are Named Here By Local Chairman
$4800 Is Being Sought In City
To Pay For Proposed Budget
School Parking
Lot Is Sought
By Hafernick
Services For
J. W. Law Are
kr COMPLETE
(overage in
trade area
California.
«nd Walter F Porter of the U 8.
Louisiana;
Attired
* rode
won both a
ribbon for ar-
Bassett
group
drinks.
■gs will
will he
for the
introduce the
attended th
a held at th
.ee in Angle
is reserv-
ed e hur-
four of the
■ dnesday at
in the 4-H
by the .
first pla
to be so
Mrs
i red I
Welch
Mr We
• will benefit
ie S-T' ..!■! B . ■. S
annually is set
strativc i-xpcnM,
C-.. 4 used only
PTA is
(or food
be stopped
inter of th«
. the overall ...untv
Community Chest u
1 locations
uts $12.
YWCA.
tor the annual
Id this year in
th* Alvin-La
;e Friday night
u’-.i Mr. V. g.ci <-a-h .o
possible.
Tickets will also be -old at the
gate un game night
Saveli. W D
md W J Sch-
iding bailiffs
11 District Convention For
on and Auxiliary Scheduled
! At Memorial Center October 26
Community Chest Volunteers
Will Launch 1952 Drive From
Breakfast Table Next Wednesday
ng. Miss Vir-
Miss
Club
The 1
event is
game
Max Vogan said Wednesday
that tickets will go on sale
Wednesday morning. October
22. and may be obtained at
his office only after that time.
at the
My Center
r‘u n f..- the affair will
3 30 a.ni. and Coinman-
• will call the morning's
! n to order at 9 30 a.m •
t, watch the largest
the fair's ten
the wna
permits
Ipom-pom dahlias
nr.gemrnt
I E St.- e
■ a red
• Mr.
I hot
i had earlier
; tests at the
I the America
i Thirteen i
ew grand I
last week
se in An-
expected to come
sometime
child
and Leroy
who is the
i &
ps-is. |x,st commander
fbcal American Legion,
f* 375 persons were ex-
u" Sunday. October 26.'
IN nth District Legion I
Ri'ria convention which)
Memorial
the bloodmobile equipment will
be set up but others are needed
and have been asked to call Miss
Browning.
Those named include Mrs G.
F. Frazier and Mrs Ben Norria,
labelers; Mrs Herbert Merz, Mrs.
Pat Segelquist. Mrs J. B Knolle,
Mr- T. B Carlisle and Mrs Law-
rttnee Nelson, unraes. mn» L>u«
-Ila Idoux. Mrs Harvey Measelt
; and Mrs. W W DeWitt, nursed
aides. Mrs Malcolm Leech. Mrs.
T. J. Hicks, Mrs. Carl Bolin and
Mrs. W. L. Hattaway. reception-
ists.
Mrs. George Pearson is arrang-
ing for clerical help and Mrs.
Ralph Miller is chairman of the
canteen hostesses
City Marshal Ernest Hafernick
app.-.irvd Monday night before
thi chool board to a-k ab ut the
crowded conditions on «hool
F L Hattaway will give
Ration and A Guy
will giVe (he address of
r R Paul Martin of
I Ninth District comman-
Fftw the response. Mrs.
rr- local auxiliary presi-
EL?,sn give a welcoming
■ v-; poster jgaUon
F rity. Ninth District
^president will respond
P’ttawav and Mr. and
F 5* Wellborn are mak-
n^wnts for the memof-
F which will be held at
f Davtt said.
F 3<ek Harrigan
ceremonies
K will
Be nr. ■ were won by
run who exhibited m
x Show at the fair
rvin Englehardt receiv-
, ribbon for a
be M M Bn wn. C
M Wingo and
been assigned
cover and will
untr<r.» O O Terrell
Other jury members are Neal
Ted M Gncwen-
, back. Angleton N A Kcithley.
Alvin. H A Jorgensen. Free-
[ port: Lewis F Warsing, Lake
1 Jzek*'‘n I. urn Furnace
• J A. Lingo Jr, Old Ocean. George j
{G. Badge. Brazoria E P Worn- i
i ack. E S Meyers. West Colum- I
I bia. W L. Crew E ' Colum-1
W S Wrig
iff, and A. A
»h, Joe Gates
, f the day for pa- : Mi.- s Gen
ipents came early in
ng for outstanding
Jar.bury and Lanier
med Cleveland street and suggest
that a parking lot on the north
stde of the • oopiis might oe of
help ..nd t•. requ«-t raincoats,
car- .,td b - : ■ fr 3'1 bos m the
Safetv Patrol No action wax tak-
I daughter
Helen Bickham.
girls, j Alvin Lions Cluh
project ©over in;
some 12 mil • >f r’ectricil ;
and serving a minimum of .‘’00
Community Public Service custo-
mers has recently been complet-
ed, according to Clint Hennig,
manager of the local office
The work project which en
' tailed the complete lebuilding of
1 the lines on the Houston highway
' and the Friendswood road north
| of the city limits was a cutover I
from 2400 volts to 7200 volte. |
Hennig explained. He added that j
this cutover will supply more
stable service to customers aerv- i
ed at all times.
‘ Eventually, uc hope t«> c hange '
all our rural lines to 7200 volts",
the manager continued. "In fact, ;
we are hop: ng that materials is [
available to cutover the lines on ,
the Heights Road between now
and next summer "
In connection with material
was among
i in the pa- , were entered in tl <
tun
For the queen contest Thurs
years day evening. \L Chapman waj
(•escorted bv Jimmy Elkins
Two other queen:
a critical lack of enpp*r wire pro-
hibits the company from making
all the changes they might like |
to make Copper wire is allocated
by the government, he explain-
ed. and his company has just
Davis resides in League now. in the third quarter of 1952.
City -nd is well known Alvin. received the allocation for the ,
(ormers and rancher* 1 fourth quarter of 1»51.
■n entered in ...n- I ’l”'
i Legion rodeo.
iris were entered in h
PTA Halloween Carnival Plans
Threshed Out In Monday Parley
| Members of the Alvin Parent
from Alvin I
week |
1 by
numt«r of Bra/orui County men
and women tn the service .od
J that an unt i- L rwarded to th®
nati .. USO • • adquarters, the
c han s an explained
So far as local chanties
concerned, Jircik said i
made the second lai
on this fund an
represented
ALVIN. TEXAS.
Funeral service for J. W’ Law, •
for tour years a resident of Alvin,
were held Monday afternoon in
Cleveland The 89 year old man
died Sunday at the home of his
son. J F Law
He had been ill lor some lime
Suvivnrs include three sons,
J F Law of Alvin. J A Law of
Port Sulphur. Louisiana and T ■
F Liiw of Houston; lebht grand- I
childhren and 14 great-grand I
children.
t: ■ ".« ek. Mona
iett;i Winston, Helen
n Kmnev and Eliz-
were entered m
and pineapple slaw. P.
Mexican food, and hot
f*TA is ml pui^af
for the I win ’.a
i are
Alvin
lest d.-' lands
■ng the vu inities
The Red cross bloodmobile will .
| be m Alvin Friday. October 24.
I from noon until 6 p.m. according
J to Miss Verna Browning, local 1
chairman, and officials are seek
ing some 200 pints of blood
which will be converted into
plasma for use in the Korean
war zones.
Miss Browning saia cards are
now being distributed through
service organizations asking peo
pie to pledge themselves as don
ors but she added that walk-in" ,
donors, those who have not been )
pledged, will also be essential -
to meeting the goal of 200 pints. '
Some volunteers have already i
been named to posts at the Me- !
mortal Community Center where '
kill. Queen
kOf Alvinites Return
^County Fair With Winning
6ns On Variety Of Entries
Friday night has been official-
ly labeled • homecoming*' at Al-
vin Junior College* according to
Dean W H. Meyers
traditional date for the
_________ „ ........j the first district football
will be conducted by Com- ’ Rarne of season played at •
mander Martin | home and that will be. this year <
■ .Vi ai w.ou a.m. Auxiliary j the Alvin-La Marque game
•her the advance of When auxiliary nwmb 3 con- j Mr Meyers said a homecoming ,
! vene at 2 p.m.. Mr Christine danC(. V.U| he|d - polUae .
Brandes will give the convention ■ assembly room
call. Other units besides Alvin U), and au ex-students
take part m the program are«tl, attend
those from Rosenberg. Moulton., _ _
League City. Sweeny. Bellville NATIONAL HEAD
and San Leon.
Mrs Huser will welcome the
auxiliary representatives <
guest speaker i« M George.
Music will be provided by the
Alvin Junior College Choir under
the direction of Mrs. Lucille Ma-
tion. _
Commander Dav» Don
WiRinton and H. C. Fmger are in
charge ol program a-
while R "
Mrs. Emelle Amanda Porter.
83, was found dead tn hei home j
Thursday afteriiiMm by Mrs. J. A
political leader- from all over the I nan»,,n ,nd Mm. Gertrude Mills ,
area met in Alvin to discuss par I Mrs |.orter had lived in the Mus
lieipatlon in the (.<rthconung | ,ang , ,nil„unitv since 1912 She
peesidential election, | WJ8 evidently stricken a «
Kermit Dyche of Alvin, dis-' befon- she was discovered
tnct chairman, appointed Harry | friends
HOM ECOM 1N<; TO j
BE FRIDAV AT
LA M \RQl E G \ME
’ Miss Pstsy Smith was elect-
ed the Homecoming Queen
for 1952 and will be crowned
at the half-time Friday night.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Smith.
The Democrats for Eisenhower;
1 movement got underway recent- •
I ly m Sviidtoriai District 1? ar. j
we must keep some copper
wire on hanci for ar. emergency,"
he said but we have a lot com-
ing if we can just get it.”
Mr Hennig went on to relate
that some 6b new transformers
were installed in the project just
completed. The 7200 voltage lines
requires an entirely different
type of transformer from the
i 2400. Transformers alone cost
I an estimated $10,000, he said.
September saw
iber of buildjng
in 1952 issued,
•ords at City Hall
Only $16,600 m permits were
issued.
Two residences were included
amount and the remaind-
in remodeling.
The largest single project was
the complete rejuvenatin'’ of the
Dixie Service Station on the cor-
ner of Gordan and Sealy street
downtown.
While $750
aside tor admii
Jircik nd the
A Ki. k :: (•i.-aktusi will be
Wedn s .. . • .< inx at the
M' Xa.in Vi.Captaining the
vi hen will
mt Hennig, T.
ik Each 1 ive
•■rtain areas to
ted by vol
wil! Con-
or*- and oil
companies while George Duncan
and George P*'ar-<'r w**rk on the
big gifts" cotnmitter Max Vo-
gan as been named chairman of
the school drive
j Jircik panted out that such
drives as the Community Chest
campaign have been called a
barrier to socialism Such charity
drives can only fade awav (>nce
the government takes over the
; distribution of chanty, he added.
Brazoria Count
tury went under wr
at the county court
gleton and it
up with a work rep
this w-*ek
Distnct Judge Thurman M. (
Gupton and District Atornry Bob j
are meeting with the |
The jury was named by | Twombly of Freeport as chair ! Funeral services were held
1 man for Brazoria County. Joe Sunday afternoon from the Fro
Robinson in Fort Bend County, berg Funeral Chapel with Rev
Ted Dunnam m Matagorda I Herbert Hopp officiating. Inter-
County. Guy Jackson in Cham-1 meat was in the Confederate
bers County and. tentatively. Cemetery
Dick Thornton in Galveston' Survivors are three sons. Bern-i
County. hardt Porter and J. Adolph Por- j
A point which was stressed at I ter of San Gabriel.
Manvel;, th. meeting wa- educating the*
public -plit their votes Army is Shreveport. Louisiana • J |
in the N \-mber 4 election in i daughter. Mrs Grace Reitz <-f' 0IOW 1 CTIOCI ill
order that all v- '.-s with excep- Plainview, Iowa: a bri'the; W.ll ’
tion of tt-.o-,- • for Eisi*nhower M.» -mg of Hollon. K m* < < iijht fl'if v Pllllfiltlf)
: Nix. n be • ’< -i in the Demo randchilUrcn and t^ . ■ rcat Kzlljr DUllUIllg
cratic column, Dyche said I grandchildren.
U Pledge Mrs. W N
M Mrs McKithan were j
> f the judges for the
I and among the hostes- |
•Mrs A W Webb, Mr*
kmer Mi's LeNoir Ar- I
I Mrs Dan York
Quten Contest
Anita Chapman repre- I
' Fair Queen j
in a white i
on s colorful I
r Beau:, and blue (loot | IVar|and and Clute won a white
trad- \’c., ridmg with --------
f M Fl ■ • Ann Stan- (Continued on Pan- Three-
at ion of Riley God-*
nai agriculture tca-
and Alton
rd Gonzales was hired.
1 contracts were let One
with Patco Inc was for a con-
crete apron around the new bus
garage for $13,300. A ..econ-i was
with W M. Piodu •- Company
fur aluminum blinds <>n all glass
brick except that or. the north
side The contract totaled $310®.
speakers including G Ward!
Moody of Austin, depaitment ad j
j jutant. Mrs. B. J George «f|
Beaumont, department
welfare chairman.
J Jeffers of Houston
principal speaker.
After a barbecued chicken >
dinner at noon, the Legion busi-
ness will be conducted by Com- (
nt'i>-up in the locai contest
Miss Chapman, accompanied I
by Miss Elmira Phillips and Mrs I
George Pearsun al:
annual coronation
1 Ward, green
Mrs. C. E Rose.
; Mrs Alicia
woven tea ? „
Segelquist, a 1 the grand jury committee and
I mixed foliage pot plant: Mrs R I William A. Howell of Sweeny is
, R Smith, a flowering plant. 1 serving as foreman
White ribbons Mrs M B
Ward, pear preserves, wax beans. | Giesecke Jr.
bread and butter pickles. Mr-
t Alicia Choate, green beans, dill
1 pickles, salad beets: Mrs. H A
F. Harrison, a painted tray
The club, in conjunction with
L >ng kick iff parade ' ton and Mb
I jts serpen line w a > ,
hr streets of Angleton |
to mark the begin-
fthe largest and most i
fair in the history of i
[County M e than 35.- ■ home of Mrs. Sain L
|t c'ov.'ded the side of ;
I
Woman's Clubs
Winners frqgi (he Alert Home
Club in Alvin in-
cluded the following.
Blue nbbon.. . . .Mr.-
md sold to the First | Schock.
link of H.
■ wa donated to the
hib*
I Wednesday morning wi
I the beginning of the 195
j tnunity Chest drive in Al
I cording to Jerry Jircik
| local chairman, and Jircik opti- j
I mistically hopes that Wednesday i
J evening will conclude the drive’ (
We are going to do our level [
quota tn '
ribbon^, . . Mrs Carl j
tomato preserves, beet I
pickles: Mrs. E. S- Avitts, pears,!
tomato apple chutney. Mrs. Roy-
al Ward, beeta, cucumber pickle>
chow-chow. Mrs M. B Ward. I
red pepper relish, chih ^auce, fig
preserves; Mrs Alicia Choate '
blackeyed peas, blackberry4 jam
potted Mr. e s Avitti. a woven u at :
I. U ar Kithan won [ and Mrs. J A Segelguist. a jade |
nbb* n> for minature piant
-J Red ribbons Mrs. E S
Avitts. green tomato relish, plum
j jelly. Mrs M B
pepper relish. M.
tomato pear relish
Choate. Swedish
towel I: Mrs. J A.
in the college j
after the game •
are invited
Football Game
With Kirwin To
Be Played Here
..b girl who ; .......... ..,w
wa.* Nelda [ Demonstration (.
*cd a pen of
weighed :
•he Fir<it '
aston for •
those from Rosenberg. Moulton,
.....: . OF SUPERVISORS
auu the | TO SPEAK HERE
Waters S. Davis, president o! shortages, Hennig declared that
the National Asmociation of So:!
Conservation District Supervisors
will be the guest speaker here
for the October meeting of the
Alvin Farm Forum, Tuesday
«rran«ement» | mght.
T. Collins is liandkng
barbecue preparation tor tne
noon meal
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The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1952, newspaper, October 16, 1952; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1252310/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.