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Broken Gas
Line Creates
Participation In Fair
Excitement
family are
Home Loans
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Crop Duster
Plane Crash
Injures Pilot
resigned as
department
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See INSPECTION
1 age 12, Column 2
See SOIL BANK
Page 6, Column 1
HOLDORFF
Is Named
Call Us I' You
Plan To Buy, Build
Or Improve Your Home.
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f the
ry of
April
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Brazosport Savings
Freeport — Angleton
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Photo by Dan Jezek I
CHUCK POWELL
Finds Golden Egg
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STAPP MAXWELL & JIMMY HOTTER
Young Golden Egg Winner
Second Annual ()ur Chief Says
Easter Egg Hunt1 Dy GIEN S:1£PPERD
he said. “I still see M
cars that don’t have | J
the 1958 sticker on the wind- ■
shield.” '?!
Henry Rodgers, shop foreman 9
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No Injuries
Are Reported
Tn Accident
The number of farmers par-
nical written examinations and icipating in the program was
apparently greater than anti-
high
team had a
fires “
number of fires! Alvin Baseball
Team Loses
Two Games
they’re coming in mighty slow”, Bl
i Buys
ho Plane
Marie,
have two children, Herbert, Jr.,
17, and PhylPs, 15. They live
at 714 N. Danbury in Angleton.
He h moved to Angleton in 1945
as mamger of the Consolidated
Frozen F )od Locker plant. In
1954, Consolidated sold the An-
gleton dant and built the p’art
at Lake Jackson where Heu
was t ansferred and is now
t ted that
■'I ae blaze
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■nd ’old him
• Deputy
opened
J ruck at
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While the number of
in Alvin is not ordinarily high,
there are still a i
which could be prevented. A
fire marshal’s duty Deludes a
program of education on the
means of preventing fires and
in this column in The Sun,
various safeguards and warn-
ings concerning fire will l>e
mentioned from week to week.
One of the principal duties
of the fire marshal is to inves-
tigate every fire that occurs in
the City of Alvin and make a
report to he State Board of
Insurance at Austin. This in-
vestigation is required by law
and the fire marshal has no
choice but to make such investi-
gation.
Secondly, an investigation us-
ually can determine the origin
See FIRE MARSHAL
Page 6, Columr. 1
DYCHE
Re-Elected
Annual Spring Flower Show Is
Scheduled Here Tuesday, April 15
I “Pathways of Spring” is the
I theme of the 1958 spring Flower
Alvin’s volunteer fire depart-1 ‘ u'"”
meat members voted this weekj
to seek funds, from public
donation, to purchase a truck
chassis which can be convert-
ed into a tank truck useful in
fighting rural fires.
The department has the use,
now, of a rural fire truck pro-
vided by Brazoria County but
firemen pointed out that they
lack the proper capacity for
water storage in fighting the
big grass files common in this
area.
day. April 11 and 12, the exhi-
bit will be open from 8 a.m.
until 9 pan. and on Sunday.
April 13, the work may be
viewed from 2 to 5 p.m.
Door prizes for parents and
other adults attending include
lamps, tea tables, cutting
boards, serving trays, what-not
items, and other shop projects
made by industrial arts stu-
dents in the various Gulf Coast
area schools which participate
in the annual fair.
The drawing for door prizes
will be held at 7 p.m. Satur-
day but the winners do not
have to be present at the time
of drawing. If they have regis-
tered during any of the appoint-
ed hours, they will be eligible
for the prizes.
Students from Alvin, Angle-
ton Lake Jackson, Clute, Free-
port, West Columbia, Tide-
haven, El Campo, Rosenberg.
Galveston, Texas City, Le Mar-
que, Pearland. Webster and
Deer Park will exhibit items
in ’.he fair and participate in
the student contests to be held.
These contests will be tech-
Herb Myers announces he is
a canc idate for the office of
Count} Clerk of Brazoria Coun-
ty, Texas
Friends of Herb Myers say
that he is well qualified for
this of ice by his past work in
the bu ines* world and by his
service in civic and church
activities. Herb has served the
public for 35 years and hopes
to continue his service in the
County Clerks office.
Herb and his wife.
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in|gency car.
Cecil Pursley of the Cedar
KLo
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Residents in the area were
uneasy for an hour or so Mon-
day morning when a State
Highway Department maintain-
er working on the South Street-
Rosharon Road project cut a
gas line.
Pressure caused a terrine
noise, said Police Chief Glen
Shepperd, and rocks and gravel
was hurled across the street.
City police and volunteer
firemen stood by until employ*?
ees of the Houston Natural Gas
Company could repair the line.
The incident occured about
8 a.m. Tuesday.
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Amid jubilant shouts, more
than 1.000 A’vin area young-
sters hunted, and found, more
than 300 dozen candy Easter
e ggs Thursday at the second an-
nuel dual Easter Egg Hunt
sponsored by the Alvni Cham-
ber of Commerce, Agriculture
and Industry.
Sponsored by the recreation
committee of the chamber, with
Stapp Maxwell as chairman,
the entertainment was provid-
ed for the children through the
aid of some 75 Alvin merchants
who contributed $175 in cash
prizes to be tucked into the
cellophane packages holding the
candy eggs.
The prizes were in 10 cent
and 25 cent denominations and
the deadline ft r collecting the
cash from the donors was at
5 p.m. Monday.
Two “golden eggs” were hid-
den at the two egg hunts and
were worth $2.50 to the finder.
These eggs were given by the
Chamber of Commerce.
Jimmy Bottr son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stacy Better, found the
golden egg at the hunt for pre-
school children held on the
grounds of the Girl Scout Little
House.
Chuck Powell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Powell Jr., found
the second golden egg at the
hunt for elementary chool
children which was held on
Only Judas, clutching hiS|fne city Park Grounds.
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Dyche.
dorff. 432 votes;
• Yount. 410 votes.
Oth rs in the race ’were
! Nestor Wicting, 362; Jack Har-
i rison. 304; . nd J. E. H.irriman,
[ 137.
■ Thu was 1he first time that
• two v >ting boxes were set up.
j Alvinites voted at the fire sta-
tion where Oran Sh’pp was
the election judge and residents
of the newly annexed Choco-
late Bayou and Liverpool areas
voted at the Chocolate Bayou
school where Mrs. Carl Mor-
tenson was election judge.
A total of 773 voters in Alvin
cast ballots for the trustees
and in Chocolate Bryou-Liver-
pool, 41 people voted.
The ot o in the new district
was: Harrison. 39; Dyche, 25;
Holdorff. 24; Young, 11; Harri-
man. nine; and Wicting. eight.
Onh property owners voted
See ELECTION
Page 12, Column 1
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Fat County
Association,
Cattlemen’s
County
heck Is Conducted
\ By Boy Scout Troop
The boys and their leaders
• ill be in the City Hall in
ont of the police station
■.cry Saturday morning during
' pril The check may be made
om 9 to 12 o’clock and from
to 4 p.m.
The bicycle is inspected for
>ose handle bars, defective
i hmdie grips, loose seat, grid
! i loose at hub, loose mudguards.
, defective spokes, warped rims.
! '■ rn steering post, worn-out
, e lai traps, defective pedals,
nain too loose or tight and
[ defective crakes.
Th, se having their bicycles
checked are also given a writ-
l.l'cn examination on safety re-
flations that every bike rider
i • houli know.
The third annual Gulf Coast
Industrial Arts Fair will be
held in League City at the
Clear Creek High School April
10-13, said C. P. Munz, local
industrial arts instructor.
The fair, which is an exhibit
of work done by shop students
and adults of this area, was
held in Alvin last year and
was in La Marque for the first
year. Work exhibited includes
woodwork, gem ral metal work,
mechanical drawing, electricity
and crafts.
The Industrial Arts Fair will
start Thursday when the exhi-
bit may be seen from 6:30 to
9 p.m. On Friday and Satur-
show to be held Tuesday, Aprd
15. at the American Legion
Memorial Community Center.
No admission will be charged
for thjis annual flower show
sponsored by the Alvin Garden
Club and visitors are invited to
view the arrangements and
horticulture speciments from
3:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the ap-
pointed date.
As flor exhibitors, all mater-
ials must be in place before
noon io that judging can be
completed before the show
l opens. In addition to the usual
blue, red, yellow and white
Firemen raised funds recently , ribbon); given, there will be
to purchase an emergeeny cai . onc tri-color award in the ar-
to be used by the department I rangement class, one Award of
Distinction (a brown ribbon) in
classes, and an
Award of Merit (an orange rib-
bon) in both potted planes and
cut materials.
In the arrangement division,
there Will be eight classes of
exhibits. These include; The
Open Road (featuring roadside
materials); Woodland Haunts,
..... '“v wvv*,vl v* New-1 “I don’t think we’re through,;
i I man ; Garage. “But it seems to! however,” ’
, have slacked a little this week.] lots of
I 1 don’t Know if that means
cl ; that everybody has had their
And I Inspections * or if they’re all
■ siting until the first of the
•..eek to come in!”
I Most of the shop owners and
ns (foremen were expecting the
ut ] ■ ual last minute rush.
■ •cn; Joi n Koldcnhoven of Honest
• - John’s Shop said his inspection
business had “slowed up in the
last (ouple of days.”
skill ests to be held Saturday
morning beginning at 10 a.m. cipated and it was only last
Student prizes will be awarded
Saturday afternoon.
Young
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HERR MYERS
Candidate
A tata <>f 814 people voted
I in the Alvin Independent
I Schoo District election Satur-
| day ai d more than half of ’hem,
I in »‘ach instance, voted for the
j three men elected to serve lor
the n< xt two yars.
i The e eleteted were Kermit
I ........ 436 votes: Larry Hol-
and Ralph
Replica Of Lord’s Supper To Be
Shown Here By Optimist Cluh
hand- i shown here.
Optimist officials said that, I
in vivid reality, at the table |
is Jesus surrounded by his
disciples as they shared to-
gether the traditional Paschal
meal. On their faces are many
emotions, dismay, indignation
and con temation over Jesus’
statement that one would be-
tray him.
Phillip is asking. “Is it I
Lord?” Simon and Peter's ex-
pressions are those or disbelief
at what Thaddeus has repeat-
ed. James, the elder, with arms
outstretched, is as one astound-
ed. € ’ ’ ’ ’ ' ■ '
money bag in which he carried) -
Rainfall Is
Normal During
Past Month
Alvinites breathed a sigh of
relief when March’s days were
ended and only normal rainfall
w;*s recorded instead of the
floods which deluged Alvin
last year. This year’s March
total of rain was 2.15 inches,
slightly more than normal.
Last year, the city had a
total of 14.28 inches during
March, an almost unheard-of
record.
In past years, 1953-1956, less]
than an inch of rain has fallen
during March. During those
years, however, the total rain-
fall was “off” as much as 50
per cent but last year, the
drouth ended when 71.30 inches
of rain fell during the year.
So far this year, a total of
11.32 inches of rain has fallen,
several inches less than the to-1
tai for last March alone.
El Campo Golf
Tourney Set
[ Golfers from throughout the
| Gulf Coast area are invited to
compete in the annual Spring
Eighteen Hole Open Golf Tour-
nament to be- held at the Eagle
Lake Recreation Center Sun-
day, April 13.
595 worth of merchandise
prizes will be awarded in each
flight ind as many flights will
Ee established as needed, with
a new flight for each 25 golfers.
First prize in each flight will
t-e a $60 merchandise certifi-
cate, second a $20 certificate,
th.ird a $10 certificate and
fourth, $5 in merchandise.
Golfers may tee off from 7
a.m until 1:30 p.m. Entry fee
will be $5 which included a
dinner composed of half of a
tarbecue chicken and all the
i trimmings. Additional plates
! will b< available for caddies.
as their next project. Funds
circus sponsored re-
| recently here will be used will
i be used to obtain more first
aid equipment for the
| burning
and Highway
? for the fire
t‘ansferred
plant manager.
Herb Myers is an active
member of the following civic
clubs and organizations in the
area. Brazoria
Stock md Fair
Brazori a County
Association. Brazoria
Quartei Horse Association,
Brazosport Chamber of Com-
merce, Angleton Lions Club,
Lake Ja’kson Businessmen’s
Association, Lake Jackson Ki-
wanis Club. Fraternal Order of
Eagle* and Freeport K. C.
Council No. 3365.
Herb and his
membe s of St. Basil Catholic
Church in Angleton.
Whei elected, HERB MYERS
pledges himself to be a full-
time servant of the PEOPLE of
BRAZC-RA COUNTY, Texas.
...............................
that concern has moved”to"i"ts'
new location on the Houston!
Highway.
‘ We haven’t been too busy
with inspections but a lot of
folks might not know we’re
moved and that might have
something to do with it. Still,
we’re doing nine or 10 inspec-
tions a day.”
“It’s unusually slow right
now.” said a spokesman at
Welling Buick Compary. “We
only had 50 inspections last
week and unless all of our cus-
tomers have alread been in, ,
we’re sure due for a rush next
week.”
“I think there are still HtslU
of inspections to be made but I
Again, we would like to re-
I mind the citizens of Alvin that
our rabies season is here and
request that you use all cau-
with yourself and your
' family around strange dogs or
wB * your <r.vn dogs.
Of course, we
, 11 phasize enough how important
s it is that your dog is given
I rabies shots and tnat on the
*f first signs of illness in a dog
that you have handled, get in
: I touch with your local veteri-
nary or call your local police
4KU and we will help you make
arrangements for putting the
an,mal underobservation.
F- Our local veterinary,
5:7* I! Beryl Cline, has given us some
— j symptoms to note in your dog.
I 1. A change or ]>ersonality.
I In other words, an affectionate
| dog becomes exteremely irrit-
able and gruff or an animal
not usually affe^'ionate be-
comes unduly affectionate.
2. A husky bark resembling
hounar bark in pitch.
3. A mania to roam and bite the>’ adopted the rural truck | composition
every moving thing in its path, j as their next project. ~
4. Excessive -»
5. Th- anima
poor ana its
very rougi
There are ma..,
dogs that are taken l ..
that arc not but please, do not I ane Cafe entertained the fire-
take a chance. Have your dog
checked by a qualified veterin-
ary immediately if any of the
above symptoms show up.
NEWS ~
from the
FIRE MARSHAL
L. T. DELESANDRI
.....
A crop-duster plane, owned
by the Manvel Dinting Com-
■ rany of Alvin, crashed while
: sowing rice seed on the Her-
I man Booth farm near Manvel
late Friday.
The pilot, Harry K. Sellers
f 4007 Purdue Street in Hous-
' on. was injured slightly.
He was rushed to the Alvin
j Memorial Hospital by Herman
i Booth where he was x-rayed
for injuries and released.
i The plane was totally de-
I: lolished.
Coach Glenn
school baseball
“down” week last week as they
lost both to Brazosport and
West Columbia, making their
season record 12 wins and four
losses.
Kurt Gustafson and Larry
Turner held down the mound
tn Monday night’s game with
Brazosport. Woody Farris was
behind the plate. The score for
Brazosport was 7-6.
Harold Miller pitched to Far
ris Tuesday night at West Col-
umbia. The score was 4-3 fav-
oring West Columbia.
"ars
Firemen Seek
Funds For
not em Rural Truck
the team trophy,
group taking second place
the meet.
Money For
Soil Bank Is
Available Now
A total of 81 Brazoria Coun-
ty cotton farmers who signed
up for the Soil Bank program
this year, but only after an
initial halt had been called to
the acceptance of applications,
will be registered with the pro-
gram and will receive Soil
Bank funds, said D. C. Step-
hens, manager of the Agricul-
tural Stabilization Commission
office in Angleton.
Mr Stephens said a total of
173 cotton farmers applied for
the Soil Bank funds before the
March 21 deadline but only
92 of them were able to com-
plete their registration before
government called a halt due
■ o shortage of funds.
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<uperin-
Ince-
'* r the! A life-sized life-like
cpted culptured replica of Leonard
uper- DaVinci’s world famous paint-
; In- mg of “Lord’s Last Supper”
ef \. ill I ■' displayed in Alvin on
Monday, April 14, according to
Dan- Larry Crowe, president of the
and' pons<.ring Alvin Optimist
of the|Cub.
The display is mounted in a
pan-like trailer, 34 feet long,
and will be shown in a down-
i >wn location.
The display was made by
(John Till, and in his spare
t me and because he was im-
pressed with the dignity and
meaning of the great art work.
Commercially. Till was engaged
in the manufacture of pottery,
) it was natural for him to use
similar medium, plaster cast.
tor his work. Each life-sizeeb
figure was patterened first as
c ose as possible and then scul-
ptured in cast stone.
Painting the features and
f finding the clothing to match
. ’he masterpiece was in itself a
great task, Fill said. The result
i- thr> Hicr»l.av \irhinh xx’ill '
ALVIN, BRAZOPIA COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, APRIL 10. 1958
men at their meeting by serv-
ing a barbecue dinner for vol-
unteers and city officials.
Jerry McLean
secretary of the
-nd P. W.
elected.
Original plans were also
. made for a meeting of the Bra-
zoria County Firemen’s Asso-
ciation which will be held in
Alvin in the near future.
No one was injured and a
total of only abc*t $80 in dam-
age was done to jwo cars in an
accident last Thursday at noon
at the Gordon and Coombs
Street intersection.
Involved in the accident were
Richrad Dean Turpisch, 44. of
Houston, ajjd George Andrew
Baxter, 78, of Alvin.
Mr. Baxter was making a
right turn onto Coombs when
Mr. Turpisch, also traveling
south on Gordon, struck his
car.
Police Sgt. Al Goodwin in-
vestigated and charged Mr.
Turpisch with passing at an
intersection and charged Mr.
Baxter with making an impro-
per turn.
The Hurpisch car received
about $30 in damage and about
$50 in damage was done to the
Baxter car.
(a composition*; By the Water’s:
Edge (using water as part);
Desert Trails 'a composition);
Sticks and Slones (weathered
wood, rocks, etc.>; Birds and
Branches (a composition); Lea-
ves, Alone <an ail-foliage mass-
ed line arrangement for be-
ginners); and Springtime Pro-
fusion (a mass arrangement).
While flowers and other
materials for arrangements may I
be purchased, all horticulture
entries must be grown by the |
cx!i!hitohr , Candidate For
The horticulture classes in I
elude annuals, biennials, pen n foUntV (’ferR
nials. bulbous and tuberous
rooted plants, hemerocallis,
“cses. bio ming shrubs, bloom-
ing vines, potted plants, cactus
and succulents, vegetables, col-
lections, and a table for guests
to enter horticultural items or
cut flowers.
In the junior section, both
artistic arrangements and hor-
ticulture items will be accepted.
There will be two classes in
the artistic arrangements. They
See FLOWER SHOW
Page 12, Column 5
New Homes In
College Park
Are Started
Building in Alvin was still
off for the month of March
but more than double the
amount of the February build-
ing was shown in permits issu-
ed at City Hall, said C. P.
Strickland, city secretary.
The total of permits issued
in March was $37,000 as com-
paied to only $16,400 in Fer-
ruary. January snowed a de-
cided upward swing with 63,-
700 but that increase has not
been continued, records show.
In March, five new resi-
dences in the S5,000-$7,000
class were begun, several of
them in the College Park Addi-
tion southwest of the school
campus.
A number of additions to
present homes was also begun
during March, an ordinary
spring event.
Last year’s building in March
amounted to $60,000. one of
the bigger months of the year.
Still, total building in 1957
reached only $514,067, a con-
tinuation of the drop during the
past two years.
Alvin Tennis
Players Take
Second Place
> Five members of the Alvin
High School tennis team will
attend the regional meet at
the University of Houston as
a result of winning first place
I in the District 12-AAA meet
i held at Lamar Consolidated
last week.
Linda and Brenda Brosius
won the senior girls doubles
title by defeating Barbara
| Maersh and Sandra McNutt of
Lamar.
Floyd Richardson and Billy
Roland took senior boys doubles
over Corky Vickers and Lynn
Vanovier, also of Lamar.
*Sue Briner received her
honors in the senior girls
singles event. Lee Shannon of
Rosenberg was her opponent.
Bobby Vaughn was defeated
in the semi-finals and Herman
Hellmhn got second place in the
boys singles.
Lamar Consolidated received
the Alvin
in
Photo by Dan Jezek
the meager funds of the small
group, sits with an expression
of guilt.
The display, illuminated by
an intricate lighting system, is
brought to this city by the Al-
vin Optimist Club. Local busi-
ness firms and various civic
groups are sponsoring the dis-
play by giving free tickets to
the display which will be'their customers and members, z II
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