The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 192, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 4, 1980 Page: 1 of 14
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Sunday, May 4, 1980
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Voters and vote-seekers alike make
early morning stops at the American
Legion building in Alvin, one of several
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Construction, Business Sites
Yellowjacket Revue set for 7:30 p.m.
May 9 and 10. The identities of the trio
will remain a mystery through the show.
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The second priority would be the
Construction of M-1 Ditch, including
relocations from Mustang Bayou to the
present M-1 - BRA canal crossing and
from County Road 171 to the Kost Road-
-Old Rosharon Road intersection, right-
established,
The first priority is to construct the
Mustang Bayou diversion and C-1 Ditch
improvement system, beginning at the
edge of the Chocolate Bayou barge canal Jiu____________________ . _
in Chocolate Bay and proceeding north • of-way purchases and other related
along Persimmon Bayou, New Bayou, “ ‘ - "i
Ditch C-1, Ditch C-l-J and Mustang
Bayuo, ending at the northeast boundary
May 15, :
Marguerite Edwards
Auditorium
questions the entire program may not be
completed for the $29.5 million, the
report states. Therefore priorities for
various parts of the project have been
The third priority item is the con-
struction of Ditch C-l-B, including
relocation of theconnection toDitche
right-of-way purchase and other related
$287,350.
Other items include a new railroad
bridge on the Santa Fe Railroad across.
Mustang Bayou in northwest Alvin
l$170,900), an.additional opening under
the Missouri Pacific Railroad at the
Ditch C-4 crossing ($108,500), and
purchase of right-of-way easements for
future improvements to ditches C1-C,C-
1-D, C-l-E, C-l-F. C-l-G, C-l-H, C-l-I, C-
12, D-2; D-3 and D-4 ($1,101,600).
The most expensive part of the project
. will be the excavation costs, estimated
at $15,489,030. Bridge construction will
cost $5,284,030 and right-of-way pur-
structure construction and removal of
obstructions, at a total estimated cost of
$24,959,250.
suction line on the pumper team
England is a member of the Men's
Fire Department Auxiliary and the First
Christian Church of Alvin. He and wife of
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improvements. The total cost of this
phase is estimated at $2,771,400.
Department of Highways and Public
Transportation w-ill construct all the
bridges-on state -highways and-theC&R-
district wifi construct all other bridges------——e.
Because of inflation and legal . improvements, bridge and other
left outside, $72; 15 sheets of sheet rock,
$75; and one cross patio door, $300.
In another criminal mischief incident,
Action Air Conditioning. Heating and
Appliance manager Roger Stuksa
reported a broken tempered glass door
at his business at 1 a.m. Saturday.
Stuksa told investigating officer Bill
Shoucair that nothing had been taken
from Action Air, just that the door had
been broken, an estimated $400 in
'of theC&R district.
included in this phase is purchase of
right-of-way for proposed future channel
Party Planned For 7 Retiring Alvin Firemen
• , - treasurer from 1961 through Froberg lives in Alvin and son Carl A. shall in 1965. England worked hard
By SCOTT BIESER 1960, and treasurer from 1901 tnroug Eoo M liv„ in Houston The suction line on the pumper team.
polling places in the Democratic and
Republican primaries taking place
across Texas Saturday. One of the early
worth of free door prizes which will be
awarded during the course of the
cooking school.
Details of some of these door prizes
will be announced in Wednesday's
edition of The Alvin Sun.
“The Alvin Sun wanted to sponsor the
cooking school in order to do something
special for tH Citizens and merchants of
Alvin," said Richard Looney, publisher
of the newspaper."
Last year. Looney and Alvin Sun
advertising manager Peter Scott worked
together to successfully produce a
similar cooking school for the Herald-
Coaster in Rosenberg, where more than
1,000 persons attended.
Damage estimated at about $550 at a
Goode Construction site was reported to
Alvin police in one of two criminal
mischief cases since Friday morning.
John Goode called Alvin police at 10:35
a.m. Friday from the 1809 W. Sealy site
where several items were destroyed.
Goode told investigating officer E.J.
Esquivel that damage had been done to
six window screens which were pulled
Alvin - Partly cloudy and warm
through Sunday, slight chance of
showers or thundershowers Sunday.
High Sunday upper 70s coast to low 80s
inland. Low tonight near 80. North and
northeast winds 5 to 10 mph today
Probability of rain 20 percent Sunday
39 years, Connie, have two children,
Virginia Little of Alvin and Everett
Steven England Jr. of Tomball. Everett
and Connie England have four grand-
children. England worked for the Amoco
Production Co. for 36 years before
retiring in 1977. "
Kanewske was reared in Galveston
and came to Alvin in 1945. He joined the
AVFD October 4, 1980, was department
reporter in 1961 ahd captain in 1964-65.
He started attending the Texas AkM
.Fire School as an instructor in rescue
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Ot the some 100 cooking schools
sponsored by Southern Kitchens that
year, the one coordinated'by Lodhey and .
Scott w as judged to be the best.
. “There are literally no strings at-
tached to this cooking school for the
consumer,” Looney notes. “It is ab-
solutely free. A woman interested in
’learning new recipe and cooking ideas
can come, have a good time, and have a
chance at winning a valuable door
prize.”
These cooking schools have been
extremely popular in ■ other com-
munities. Looney said, adding that he
has no doubt that Alvin homemakers will
be equally excited about the event.
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chase both for present and future
projects will cost an estimated
$4,242,000, the report concludes.
Engineering fees are expected to total
$1,349,640 and fiscal, legal and con-
tingency fees are estimated at $1,157,525,
according to the Lawson report.
In other business C&R commissioners
will consider approval of the Deer Trail
subdivision drainage system and
requests from Ronald Boczkowski, Ted
Kreft, Larry Phillips, R.D. Sadow, Helen
Strouhal, W.R. Barger, the Alvin Golf i
Country Club, Allen Gray, the city of
Manvel and C.M. Farber for drainage
ditch improvements, repairs and
crossings.
1973.
Froberg worked with his father and
brothers at the Froberg Funeral Home,
and retired from that job this year.
The Alvin High School graduate is a
member of the Men s Fire Department
, Auxiliary as well as the Oddfellows club
and the Masonic Lodge. He and his wife, ‘
Laverne, have been married 40 years
and are members of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church. Daughter Janice
Bible Verse
“So it was; and God saw all that he had
made, and it was very good. Evening ,
came, and morning came, a sixth day.
Genesis 1:31 N.E B
captain in 1966 and assistant fire mar-
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Alvin Sun Photo By Scoft Bieser
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and bent, $100; six bundles of insulation
Repment Tolal ^223 Vean ^service
runoff from the upper area of the
Mustang Bayou watershed around Alvin
by using the C-1 Ditch and New Bayou,
the construction of bridges and struc-
tures which should allow unrestricted
water flow through roads, railroads,
canals and other obstructions, and the
purchase of adequate right-of-way for
future drainage improvements through
the year 2000.
The report’scost estimates are based
on the assumption that the State
drainage channels, the diversion of
Cooking School Tickets Available
, Public Invited To Free May 15 Event
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Seven retiring fire fighters who spent
a total of 223 years in service to the city
of Alvin will be honored by the Alvin
Volunteer Fire Department next week.
Carl' Froberg, Everett England, ,
Benton Kanewske. L.T. "Mox”
Delesandri, Owen Elkin, Gerald McLean
and Ben L. Martin will receive their
thanks at a reception open to the public
May 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. at -the fire
station.
Froberg. bom and reared in Alvin,
served in the AVFD for 40 years, having
joined the department Sept. 3, 1940. He
was secretary in 1949 and 1951, assistant
chief in 1953-54, assistantfire marshal in
1966, pension board member from 1968 to
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• - - By GEORGE SCOTT
Assistant Publisher
’ - Free tickets are now available for The
Alvin Sun s Southern Kitchens’Cooking
School scheduled for 7-9 p.m. May 15 at
Marguerite Edwards Auditorium.
The gvent. offered to Alvin residents at
no admission charge'. will feature scores
of entertaining and useful cooking and
recipe ideas as well aS a wide variety of
valuable free door prizes which will be
- awarded during drawings.
Tickets are available immediately at
Stanton's.Shopping Center, Alvin Home
and Auto. Bud Brown Ford. The Plant
Factory, Ed Nesrsta. Jewelers. Inc.,
Wilkes Lumber and West Brothers.
The Alvin- Sun will announce ad-
The Alvin Sun
NORTH BRAZORIA COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER
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Proposed Drainage Bond Issue Due C&R Attention
Commissioners Set To Discuss $29.5 Million Plan Tuesday
improvements, at an estimated cost of
Nation
WASHINGTON (UPD- ONCE AGAIN THE nation is experiencing high
inflation and Psing unemployment at the same time making the political
debate over the economy twice as complex.
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kfv WEST FLA (UPD - BRAVING "big waves, bigwinds," the
surgeYcubans flooding into Key West in a makeshift sea lifttcontnues
and authorities readied the first airlift of regufees to a North Florida
processing center today.
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News Round-Up
Local
THE BRAZORIA COUNTY' YOUTH COUNCIL, a community-based
juvenile counseling program, is having its annual membership meeting
Monday at 7 p.m in the District Courtroom on the third floor of the
Brazoria County Courthouse in Angleton. Membership is open to all
elected officials, law enforcement authorities, school officials and in-
Froberg II lives in Houston. The
Frobergs have two grandchildren.
England, who came to Alvin in 1929,
joined the AVFD March 7, 1944, and has
served for 36 years. He was a pension
board member from 1955 through 1967,
THF SOUTH SUBURBAN AGGIE MOTHER’S CLUB is planning a
THE soVnhsd» SuDDer at its meeting May 13 at 7 p.m. at the home
.-"bring your own saladsuprornantmsecaml-. Mothers of students
=-foftymeBhamekNoIS—i faiFas well aS current Aggie
who will enter Texas A&MVniverstynexta" -
mothers are invited to attend.
State
DAI I AS I UPD - FRONT-RUNNER RONALD REAGAN may deliver a
ASw to George Bush's presidential hopes in the Texas primary,
whof President Carter is favored to score another big win today over Sen.
Edward Kennedy.
school will receive a free “goodie bag"
containing various recipe ideas, cook-
books, and discount coupons on national
brand products.
The doors to Marguerite Edwards
Auditorium will open at 6 p.m. in order
to allow those attending to look a special
displays which will be set up in the foyer
of the auditorium.
Susan Todd and Janice Allen,
representatives of Southern Kitchens
will conduct the cooking school.
They will show different ways to use
cooking utensils and ingredients and
give tips on how to ensure success with
unusual recipes *
The two home economists will work on
the stage area which will be set up just
-stona participating merchants. on a . like a kitchen with appliances including
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Staff Writer
A proposed $29 5 million drainage
improvement project is scheduled to be
discussed by Brazona Cqunty Con-
servation and Reclamation District No.
3 commissioners at a 9 a.m. Tuesday
meeting
The report, prepared by C&R con-
' suiting engineer David Lawson, is
roughly based-on a 1974 study conducted-
by the Houston engineering firm of
Turner, Collie and Braden
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widening and deepening of existing
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encS with a throng fon.me? signs personal requests for support. At left are Magness (far right).
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Looney, Richard. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 192, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 4, 1980, newspaper, May 4, 1980; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1493484/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.