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PAGE THREE
THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 1959
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Jan. 22
6 to 8 p.m.
Manvel Man
Buried Friday
Alvin Pastor
Will Speak At
Camp Mohawk
Book Review
Set At Church
ids and Ed Webb, the imme-
diate past president, will be
Foster explained
families in
i company com-
* eamp but even
food costs about
well and 1
behind on her
but
first
ramp,
e ex-
wife sail I. “It
brim
nearest
private
and it
light to
Kenya
in an
r Inn.
on the
nother.
Rome
releas-
e fam-
where
nickels
about
Mrs. Gladys
Mrs. Mar-
of 1
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rosa of •
Taft spent the weekend here I
with Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Tho-
mas and other relatives.
(and I
mean it)
(try me
and see)
him
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over-
>f his
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that the
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Robinsons Hear
From Family
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Robinson
have received word from Chap-
lain and Mrs. Curtis Ledbetter
and two sons that they have
arrived in their new location
at Otis Air Force Base in Mass-
i achusetts.
| They spent three years in
England
Arriving in Alvin last Nov-
System.
"Frankly, I c
teaching your
Mrs. 1
i luuiu nonmu ....... LjlUUSVy Vl • -■-o---
ren plunging down the slippery I Wash. I believe it is a good
idea.”
Mrs. V. C. McGinness, auxili-
aries workers.
--♦---
Luther League
Plans Party
we went to
da\ and it w«
in a
trailer in an American
with 15 other families.
:ould not speak
Phil
a word of Ita-
jthcr laughed,
short time, he
away in Italian
ook him shop-
with me j o that he could
was one
were under
American m< vies were shown
onct a week
no television
Alvinites dec ared,
too successful
hear, for the
JERRY JIRCIK
GOOD RESULTS — ‘We’ll
go along with the idea” said
Jerry Jircik of Wellborn’s “We
similar program in
which brought
and we should
much success here.”
m
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The apostle John's inspiring
account of the raising of Laza-
rus by Christ Jesus is featured
in the Lesson-Sermon entitled
“Life” which will be heard at
Christian Science services Sun-
day.
Selections to be read from
wea< a coat every day."
Tlje Alvinites found Niarobi i
a lovely city with its profusion J
of beautiful flowering
and I trees
when and where you need it this winter, get a
time on record players for our
music.” Mrs.
The Ameri an
Mogadisco purchased their
groceries in
missary at th
so, they founc
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' President A. Pat Daniels. Dan-1
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JIM D. LINDSEY
SOUNDS FINE — “Pain-in-
the-Neck Week” sounds like
a fine idea,” said Jim Dick
Lindsey of (he Day>-or-Night
Jesse Lopez Is
Buried Recently
Funeral services were held
recently for Jesse Lopez, 71,
of Alvin at the Calvary’ Church
by the Rev. Ralph Lena. Burial
was in the Oak Park C metery
under the direction o Martin
Funeral Home.
Mr. Lopez Is survived by a
brother. Solomon Lopez, of
Alvin, four sisters. Mrs. Jasie
Birmingham and Mrs. Elvira
Vela, both of Houston. Mrs.
Mary Flores of Hitchcock, and
Mrs Mariana Gonzales of Al-
vin.
Alvin Business
special guests of the Downtown IVInrj Mnypu
I. .. . 11 ..wlnn ♦h'»« I -“Cl I I ’ 1 V 0
To Wharton
Louis A. Navratil, who for
the past 13 years has operated
the City Shoe Service here, is
moving his business to Whar-
ton and will continue to pro-
vide shoe repair service.
His new business will be
known as Louis’ Shoe Service.
Navratil has been located in
Alvin n quarters adjoining
the Alvin Trading Post.
Houston Texas
50— Garlic Bread -25
Bottle ©f Wine
Special Dail” 3 50
RFSERVATIONS JA 2-0122 CLOSED MONDAY
Jan didn’t go
work.”
For recreation in Mogadisco,
swimming w; s 1
pastime. T le
stayed 80 deg rees
round and it
evenings that
needed.
“There
where we
months, he was
in the English
Niarobi,
he could not have resuscitatedi
it.”
The Golden Text is from |
Psalms <118:14,17): ‘
is my strength and song, and '• Methodist
is become my salvation ... *
1 shall not die, but live, and
declare the works of the Lord.”
The Rev. Harold Vincent,
pastor of the Assembly of God
Church rere, will be the speak-
er Sunday afternoon in wor-
ship services at Camp Mohawk.
Such services are conducted
weekly at 2:30 p.m. on Sun-
day under the auspices of the
Gulf Coast Union Camp Meet-
ing Association.
The services follow a fellow-
ship covered dish luncheon
served at the camp
The public is invited to at-
tend both events.
his first graqe
Italians and
classmates.
“His teacher
a word of English and
couldn’t speak
Han.’ his m
“Bu“. in a very
was chattering
;.nd I usually
ping
act as interpn ter.”
Lnura Jane
private lessons
continued her
In Houston... V/e Suggest
- . Famous for Senfonds
a cL. and Cb-rcoal Broiled
Steaks
and there were
sets. Radios, the
were not
they did
time the
“Voice of America” programs.
“We depenced most of the
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of the club. Kenneth Fruscella, J llst two months with her par-
the student guest, who was in- I cnts ,n Alvin.
(reduced by Neal Nelson. ! Chapl .in Ledbetter, since ar-
Jack Harriman gave the in- riving at Otis, has been pro-
vocation; Lawrence Nelson led I moted 1 •> a captaincy.
the Pledge of Allegiance to the j ~
Flag; and Coach C. B. Roland !
led the “Happy Birthday” song i
for Ed Webb.
40 i
Statesl
The) Fosters stay in Iloga-
disco |was ruddy halted when
Mr. Foster was critically in-
jured while on an elephant
hunt B50 miles from his
“There was a gasolir
plosion,”
took j six hours to 1
back i to Mogadisco in a
drovdr . . . which is an
grown jeep . . . and though he
was hurned over all
body and had a broken
der, the only treatment
ceivea in that Six nourb was
to haive a little oil smeaied on
his burns and to be given two
aspirin by a Somal doctor.
When the Alvin man was1 flown
to Kenya by private
physicians there despaiied of
his life . . . but their predic-
tions proved false though Mr.
Foster still has physical
toms to remind him of th ? acci-
dent!
For three
hospitalized
colony of
whrte his family stayed
' apartment at the Equat<
i “X^e were really right
■ equaltor,' Mrs. Foster
|“An(3 in September, Oclorber, [ court.
| and ; November when
A rosary was recited at 7:30 '
p.m. Thursday at the funeral
chapel.
Mr. Leder died Wednesday
in the John Sealy Hospital at
Galveston after a brief illness.
He was a native of Posina,
Italy and had been a resident
of Manvel since 1930. He was
a retired dairyman.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Cattrina Leder of Manvel; four
sons, Leno Leder of Alvin,
John Leder of West Columbia,
Albert Leder and Arthur Leder
both of Manvel; nine grand-
children, one great-grandchild
two brothers, Millia Leder of
Italy and Luigi Leder
France.
ft IS
a sports club
pk yed tennis and
bridge,” Mrs. ' 'oster said. “But
he beach every
s there that we
ha< most of ojr parties.”
the favorite
temperature
; the year
was only in the
a sweater was
1 migh
I like I to live there agaii
day ... when no one is
on t recommend hosljitai of COUrse‘”
own children. ■ p^r t^ejr lovely apa tment,
the Fosters paid aboul
petf cent higher than it the commissary and in the friend- ’
(tes] | ly native market place, the •
Alvinite said.
“We learned more about the
unrest and dangers in the Mid-1
die East when we received
letters from home than we did
by being on the spot,” laughed
the Alvin woman.
“However, there
time when we
martial law and even had to
get a permit to go to the com-
missary. This was no trouble
at all for Americans, however.”
“In Abadan, we frequently
saw guards patrolling the fron-
tier,” she added. “It gave us
a quaking feeling but we saw
no actual violence.”
In Iran, the Foster children
rode a bus 20 miles down the!
mountain to attend school.
“We were just approaching
the rainy season when we came
home in November,” said Mrs.
Foster. “I don’t know whether
I could have watched my child-
Houston Man
To Address
Rotary Club
A Houston attorney. Frank
Knapp, a member of the law I
firm of Butler, Binion, Rice
and Cook, will speak at today’s I
meeting of the Rotary Club of
Alvin, Newt Alexander, vice!
president and program chair-1
man. has announced.
Th<? meeting is scheduled for
12:10 p.m. at the Mexican
Village.
Knapp will be introduced by
i Charles Leisure, program
Lu'ther’u-ai^rs' went "on" a j chairman for the day.
hayride and caroling expedi- '
tion prior to Christn as and I
ended the evening at the Bro- |
sius home where refreshments
were served and gifts were ex- ,
( hanged. The gifts were later
taken to the Chamber of Com- ;
Mrs. Shafer
Succumbs After
Long Illness
Funeral services were held i
in Alvin Tuesday afternoon at
4 p.m. from Grace Episcopal
Church for Mrs. Anna Shafer,!
78, who died Monday in the \
Galveston County Memorial;
Hospital.
The Rev. I. F. A. Kracke,
rector, conducted the final rites ,
for Mrs. Shafer.
Service was also he'd in the
Martin Funeral Chap-el Mon-
day afternoon by the Order of
the Eastern Star, Alvin Chapter
No. 15, of which Mrs. Shafer.
was a member.
Burial was in Saint Louis,
Mo.
j Mrs. Shafer, a resident of
Alvin for the past 35 years,
was the widow of the late Dr.
Charles W. Shafer, a well
known and beloved physician
in this area.
She was a native of Saint
Charles, Mo.
She was a member of both
Grace Episcopal Church and
he Order of the Easv.ern Star
in Alvin.
Survivors are a ni?ce, Mt*
I D. Tuttle of Hohenwald. Tenn
| ?nd two neptiews. John Went"
| and Arthur Wentz, both o'
Saint Louis, Mo.
IS
mountain roads
native driver!”
Recreation was easier to pro-
, vide in Iran whttre there was;
I a country club, a golf course,
said. I a swimming poo! and a tennis
' I r-nnrt.
___ _ . i w| were “Each of the trailers also
ther£, it was cold enoi igh to ■ had a lovely patio which was
—- j—” | a covered area 10x45 feet in
size,” explained Mrs. Foster.
“We could have parties there
shrubs I at tne r*ght season but when
i the temperatures soared toi
city | ^50 degrees we all met at the
Mrlj F^teVlaid. ‘“We'i ked ! c^,„at 5 p‘m- *here il was|
even I '
some
in the
foster, 13, took i
in Italian andi“”“l“?'" . . , , j
formal educa-| *1 ,s a h,g!,lv moderr
tion at home with her motherj- j
teaching her tv the Calvei t j ,.u/j ,
ir.g your own children.' .
Foster ch ickled “But we
' j day j per person. This n<pt only
* included the rooms b t
three meals a day fo
. . . “And dinner was <
couijse meal,” Mrs. Foster sai
Irj Niadobi, the children con-
tinued receiving Instruction
from their mother and
Jane took dancing lessor s from
a Rjussian teacher.
O|nce Mr. F-’ster was
cd frorr the hospital, tl
ily flew to Rome, Italy
he werr for further treitment.
He was able to remain with his
farnily there and so each day
go to the physician for treat-
ment.
“]The children atteided a
private Overseas American
Scnool,” said their
“And we remained ir
until Easter though Cal nn was
abl£ to leave a month
to start work in Iran.”
Fjrom Mogadisco to
to Rome and back to I an . . .
everytime the Americans mov-
ed.' they began using a
ent type of money.
‘lit took no time a:
get used to the change,” Mrs.
Foster said. ‘‘But I tcld Phil
the) other day that he r light as
well concentrate on
I an<J dimes and forge
the other for I think we'll stay
I at home for a while!”
I When the Fosters moved to
Iran, on the Persian Gulf, they
Jivl'd in a 45-foot ail
tioned
camp
‘^Whenever we wanted to go
to ithe dentist or do ai y shop-
ping we flew into the
city. There were four
planes provided for u;
took aoout an hour’s
get: to Abadan,” said Mrs. Fos-
ter!
Tjhe Americans had g>od luck
shopping both in their
Clem Hardy, who until re-
cently was an active mission-
ary in Manoz, Brazil, is to be
the speaker at a ifleeting Fri-
day night at 7:30 o’clock in
the South Park Baptist Church
here.
He is to review his book,
“Woman With a Heart” which
is about his wife. Mrs. Hardly
is currently the president of
the Texas Woman's Missionary
Organization. All interested
are invited to attend.
This book review is v. part
I of the WMU Focus Week at
South Park. In connection with
this week of emphasis, the
women of the church are also
giving a program on Wednes-
day night at 7:30 o’clock to
the church members and a
supper for members of the
WMU on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
The officers of the Woman’s
Missionary Union of South
Park are: Mrs. J. W. Givens,
’ president; Mrs. Roger Turney,
enlistment vice presiden-; Mrs.
Bob Caperton, program chair-
man; Mrs. Jerry Epperson,
secretary-treasurer; Mr,. Neil
Parks. Mrs. Gene Riche’’. Mrs.
V. C. Segelquist and Miss
I Florence Cope, circle chair-
men; Mrs. O. O Dodson, mis-1
sion study chairman; Mrs. Paul
Armstrong, prayer ch; irman;
Mrs. Sam Wood, community
missions chairman; Mrs. L. B.
Manry, stewardship chairman;
Mrs. J. H. Francis, publicity
chairman; Mrs. Lester Smith,
I social chairman; Mrs. Clifford
•Johnston, Mrs Ottillie Brea-
| zeale, Mrs. L. C. Newe l, Mrs.
A. L. Dietrich, Mrs. Charles
I Cox. Mrs. W. D. Caper‘on and
zYi • a* Z — The Alvin Luther League
’ OClCnCe met recently in the Lutheran
Parish Hall for a regular busi-
I ness session.
Miss Doris Triplett gave the
devotional and the leaguers
were shown a film, “When Boy
Dates Girl” followed by a dis-
cussion led by Pastor Albert
Petrich.
Carl Froberg, president, con-
ducted the business session
during which plans were made
for a weiner roast on Jan. 23 |
at 6:30 p.m.
It was reported
ed or died in his body, the children.
Master would have stood on ,--<---
|!< lthejth°se w^° bur*ed the body, and Mother Of
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Alvinites Dies
Funeral services were held |
“The Lord j at 2 p.m Monday from the
---- —j i Church at Fresno,
for Mrs. Alice Catherine Har-
kleroad, 73, of Fresno. The
Rev. Lawrence Wilbanks offi-
ciated and burial was in the
South Park Cemetery under the
direction of Froberg Funer*al
Home.
Mrs. Harkleroad died sud-
denly Friday at hor home.
She was a native of Ottowo,
Ohio and had been‘a resident
of the Fresno area for the past |
48 years. She was a member
of the Methodist Church.
Survivors are her husband,
W. A. Harkleroad of Fresno;
three daughters,
Maness of Alvin,
guerite Hubbard of Logan, I
Kans, and Mrs. Ivy Tharp of I
Mount Hope, Kans.; two sons, I
Orman (Cap) Harkleroad of I
Alvin and Kenneth Harkleroad
of San Perlita*, eight grand- ’
children and five great-grand-
children; and a brother, Cecil
Fought of Delphas, Ohio.
Pallbearers were Leslie Raab.
Harvey Barnes, Ed Woodfin,
Alfred Renfrow, John Ren-
frow and Walter Nall.
| Club of Houston, at that club’s I
1 meeting at noon. At that time, i
Funeral services were held ; Norman Felcrson of Alvin, who
at 10 a.m. Friday for Battista returned onry last week from
Leder, 80. of Manvel. The Retf.' New Zealand, where he spent
Theodore Francis, parish priest j a year as a Foundation
, , . .. .. * o • * Fellow studying at Canterbury
conducted the rites at Saint UnjversUy Coll(.gL. jn chrjsl.
John’s Catholic Church here I church, New Zealand, will ad-
and burial was in the South i dress the club
Park Cemeteo- under the di- p a<Jdrc5st.d the meet-
reetion of Froberg Funeral, jnR o, the Rotary c|ub of AI.
orne’ ! vin last Thursday. With him
■ was his bride, Kay. They were
introduced by the program
chairman for the day, Ed Webb.
Other visitors at the meeting
introduced by Secretary Frank
Leathers, were T. Gubert, Les-
ter Smith, Charles Youngblood,
al) of Alvin, and Sam Connor
of Midland, guests of A. Guy
Crouch; Wesley Webb and M.
M. (Bud) Brown, both of Al-
vin, guests of Ed Webb; George
Pearson of Alvin, the guest of
J. D. Blackwell; Hollis Me- |
Ginness of Alvin, the guest of
A. Pat Daniels; a visiting Ro- '
: tarian from Angleton, O. V. | ember, Mrs. Ledbetter and the
Robinson; and a s-pwial guest cb|ldren have been visiting the
UN. ALVIN, TEXAS
n 3 y°uns arl(i a in ’r
■^M^Hkrer
• his nickel- and dimes
riyals' .Jim when :: ;
LJer that x,th he awi hl-
M are werjoyed -
Mtursdsy anc Fri i
.hey have teen observing
Aback to the A'’.,iican
Mys on Sa turd.
. • well, |chances are, |
| tall’in,? to Ph and
|L| J&ne Falter who, with
■ pareirts’. lia\
p from 13 Month' .n Fast
| h. Italy asil Iran
l^ually. Mr, Mid Cal-
•oster rnevei th.-ir : mily
Alvia to Richmon i in
Mr. drilling m-
was located there and the
to build a new
in Richmon
t the yooi^te-s m the macle out very
jr had kaiiwn no home1
Alvin and their parents
lived bt re for 14 y ears
wrench of parting from
ds here to move only 40
J away was actuady great-
he thar-1 .<
5 they left for M< ta ;i co. <
Africa in Ma . 1957.
t. Foster, : who sold hi-
company, went to work
the International Drilling
pany and his family flew
to their ftew home right
the Indian Ocean and re-
led in cam; with five
I r Arrericar fam> for
I Size monies.
’he ho.ise we Lived in was
cally America' and we had
t of i.ne teon . eniences of
.e,” related Mrs. Foster,
t the ’water situation was
roblern. All of the water
98c to thewa5 salt
er. We bougl ’ )ur drink .ng
er and ther vas no run-
j hot water at all
S^Kfl^lrrii lediately en
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|Vhi!| THE FOSTERS
| ClfMh, Laura Jane. Phil, Bertha & Hilda
^ders Return “Home” After 18
In East Africa and Iran
■ ‘kc nearby Ital-
how to ian school wh< re he learned
wiork with
iomals as his
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could get an order from Sears
and Roebuck in 30 days.”
That Christmas was a “spe-
cial one" for the Fosters, they j
said. “Cn Christmas Eve, we;
received our first three copies
of The Sun,” said Mrs. Foster.
We sat right down and read
every word about the people
we knew'”
But now the Fosters, Calvin. ■
Bertha, Laura Jane and Phil, j
are “at home" again . . . with |
them is Hilda, their dachshund,
who has traveled with the fam-
ily every where they have
gone.
“You might find a hotel in
the Middle East that won’t
take children but you’ll never
find one where dogs aren’t
welcome!” they laughed.
bottles inside the lunch box!'
What did the j_______
miss most in Iran?
“In our day-by-day living, '•
we missed television and fresh
milk and fresh bread,’ said
Mrs. Foster. “We made every
bite of bread we ate. W<? were
fortunate enough to have a
house boy who could make
very good b’-ead after I taught
city,” I
• cool!”
Shopping was a problem to
the Alvinites. Ordering from
home ... or receiving gifts I
. . . was not as simple as it
sounded because of the strict,
I and often curious, custom
la„; tews.
lch “The children’s grandmother
seven 1 sen^ eac^ °f ^ern a Pa*r
t also
eat
r^ri I 1 •1 vavii iiiv.ua u yuii " * I
I cowboy boots,” said Mrs. Fos- studied a
Iter. “The declaration dearly another
stated two pair of cowboy j .“°°d results
boots. But I spent hours trying! nave as r..«
to claim those boots because, I
I was told, ‘There are four
boots and the declaration says
only two pair!”
The Alvinite laughed, too,
when she recalled her prob-
lem of getting American lunch-
boxes through customs. That
was another gift of the child-
ren’s grandmother.
“The lunch boxes were listed
on the customs declaration,”
she said. “But not a word was
said about the little thermos J
inch box!”i aeiecuuiis to mv iv<»u
Americans -Science and Health with Key
! to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy will include the
tollowing (75:13): “Jesus re-
stored Lazarus by the under-
standing that Lazarus had
never died, not by an admission
that his body had died and
w.v M vau > iiuKH! then lived again. Had Jesus
him how to make it American ■ believed that Lazarus had liv-
Stvle'” ’ «»• ir» hie hnrlv the
But disregarding the petty
nuisances, the Fosters found phe same plane of belief as
-hat they most missed the! Jh©86 ^ho bun^ Uie body, and
church.
“In some areas of Iran,
missionary visited the Ameri-
can camps about once a month
and held services. But in our
camp, no missionary had visit-
ed there for 20 years.”
While Mrs. Foster was in
a nearby hospital, she was
visited by a Church of England
missionary and invited him to
the camp where sh. lived.
“Hb came once before we
left,” she said. “It was won-
derful to go to church again.
I suppose the most homesick
I ever was while we were away
was when we found a tiny
little Methodist Church in
Rome and attended services.”
It was in Iran that Thursday
and Friday are observed as
weekends and the Alvinites
admitted that it was “most
difficult” to become accustom-
ed to attending school on Sun-
day !
The Americans found, too,
that the native Iranians who
live in the bush country are
living exactly as did the tribes
described in the Bible’s Old
I Testament.
And the Indians are living
:| in the year 157;. ... in areas
where Americans ar< numerous
| all business papers and even
the newspapers bore both the
American 1958 and the Iran-
ian 1375!
The Fosters spent one Christ-
mas away from “home” . . .
the Christmas parties and pro-
grams in East Africa were
j similar to those they experienc-
I ed here.
“Our Christmas tree was a
horny bush covered with hand-
made decorations.” said Mrs.
Foster. “And I had taken most
of our gifts with us though
families who had been there
longer had to order their pre-
sents. If they were lucky, they
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