The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1976 Page: 1 of 10
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The Alvin Sun
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Thurday, December 30, 1976
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Vol 87, No. 40
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KLOP FLOP. fin. tin. local football
enthusiast Jack Pierson says to his bub-
bling glass, but there's no relief in sight for
holiday football fans. The long stream of
games that began more than a week ago
with NFL division playoffs reaches its
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Hospital of
peak New Year’s weekend with most of the
major college bowl games It doesn't even
end there, however, because the Super
Bowl. Senior Bow I Pro Bowl, Shrine Bowl
and others still have to be played. Happy
New Year. football fans
Washington, D. C., had
favored the bill making flood
insurance available, but had
opposed the mandatory
portion of the bill.
L. H Jones thanked the
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Entex. Inc has filed today
with 42 cities and towns in
the company's Texas (oast
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, Trash pickup
date changed.
announcement by County
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Holiday deadlines for news
items in the Alvin Sun Jan 2
edition have boon set for
Thursday noon, Dec 30
The newspeper will reach
subecriben M their repulat
day, but deadlines haveMM
moved forward 8 the Sun
staff may enjoy entra time
with Mr tmilies during
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“Less than five cents per day"
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Oscar Newton, eenior rice
president,___director___of
marketing, for the American
General Life Insurance
Company of Houston
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Brooks Association for
Architecture and Planning
Alvin ( mmunity Hospital
by Alvin Ambulance Service
and transferred to (Ivar
Lake
< lames are offered as Hata brother
in order to maintain an
experienced and skilled
work force we must be able
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The new Library would
house not only the lending
library for Angleton and
surrounding areas, but would
also include space for
mending, cataloging, and
See BROOKS. Page 2
Art league meets
The Alvin Art League will
meet at the Alvin State Bank
Community Room at 7 30
p m Monday. Jan 3. 1977
All members are urged to
attend and visitors are
welcome
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Courthouse —
to be closed
Friday, Dec. 31
The Brazoria County
Courthouse will be closed
on Friday, Dec. 11, as that
county employees cn
enoz the New Year’s
The courthouse wil be
open for bush— at the
Mi k wrtM Isis
Tuesday night The motor
was valued at $685 a 12 volt
battery valued at $30 a
control mount value $50 a
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distributed the new
spring schedule for
Community
by Alvin city
and Elizabeth
was taken to"
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a. w d t A •< eu u • abdme
IB Worshipful
fee into the Coalition Trust - /
box of tackle value $50. a
custom made real value $50
a (iarcia reel value $44 a
box of tools vMue $40 and a
spotlight valued at $22
Powell lives on CK 737
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for ule by CC__
Tickets are on tale now for
the Alvin Chamber of
Commerce 21st annual
banquet, scheduled Jan 29,
7:30 p.m in the Alvin Junior
High School cafeteria
Tickets are to each, and
reservations may be made
by contacting the chamber
Former members of C B
Sec" Robertson's Brazoria
County Junior Constables
Mounted Posse are planning
an April reunion
"We hope to contact all
persons that rode in our
posse during the 90s and
early '60s. but we are at a
loss for current addresses.
We are asking that all for
mer members contact us as
soon as possible, says
Larry Townsend if anyone
knows how we can contact
our posse friends, please call
Linda Smitherman at 265
5728 Mrs Sec Robertson at
849-7505. or Larry Townsend
at 331 6293. or 585-9610
this week mailed
MAN IN JI REp George
Washington Bumpers. 19 of
Danbury received serous
head injuries in a car truck
crash Wednesday night
Bumpers was taken to Alvin
Community Hospital by
Alvin Ambulance Service
and transferred to Methodist
Hospital in Houston Driver
of the truck Charles Brute
(ioble 33 of Houston was not
injured
May 1. 1977 and will amount
to less than five cents per
day for the average
residential customer, ac-
cording to Roy Baker,
manager for Entex
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AM.I } To a Rosharon
man Jtmme Wav nr Holhe
26 wj« killed and his
birthday Dec 11.
Happy birthday, wish* ^are, on^ lap, (ar^
brock wno"tlorateDee"ppu iSj
SPILLER MATTIE WELKER, AND .JASON
WARREN, who enjoyth#!- cake PM. IL Mt*
JOAN BELDEN, JOHN BKINNER, JOHN
CUHLEN, AND BILL BROOKS on L . .
KELLY KNAPE wil be marchtag with IM
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name Brooks sanctions
The motion approved by the As he had the previous'
visory Board and Angleton week, Bass said that only the
Friends of the Library have mandatory portion of the bill
both urged construction of a will be attacked He said that
new Central Headquarters all attorneys present at a
Library as soon as funds planning ' meeting in
would permit
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choice of an architect, only to District Attorney Ogden
the manner in which it had Bass was asked whether it
been handled, would be possible to fight the
When the vote was again 1973 amendment making
called for, Brown joined other flood insurance mandatory
court members in voting to and invoking monetary
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The Alvin city hall will be
closed, and no business
transacted on Dec 31
because of the New Year’s
holiday Regular garbage
pickup will resume for that
week on Jan 3
several occasions, and was outnumbering opponents
under the impression that Both sides have aired their
they concurred with naming views at some length in the
Brooks as architect past several weeks, but there
Brown said again that he was little discussion at
"While the adjustment is
vitally important to keep
Entex abreasl of increasing
costs and to realize a
reasonable return, it is quite
small as far as the customer
is concerned " he explained
When related to daily
costs the adjustment is
much lesssthan the cost of a
postage stamp, and less than
one fourth the cost of a can of
soda pop With these
proposed adjustments, the
rates will be comparable to
Texas Coast Division rates in
adjacent areas. Baker
concluded
• were throun from their car
and pinned beneath the
wreckage early Friday
morning The wreck OC
. urred on CR 4 about two
miles northwest o Angleton
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wounds early
The investigation is
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$30,000 contribution
Brazoria County will decided Monday, Dec 27 Brazosport Chamber of asscatd
contribute $30,000 toward in a unanimous vote, the Commerce, Texas Lan- rouuz°wAEopgoemne
legal fees to fight the 1973 court members agreed that downers' Rights Assn , and ngnmoyweo,°o
Flood Disaster Protection Brazoria County should join area builders and con- dedl a“ 5 35
Act, commissioners court the National Flood Insurance tractors, as well as other 5d‘
Coalition and pay the 130,000 groups with which he is See FUND. Page 2
Division, a statement of its to fairly and competitively ‘
need to make an adjustment pay our employees Wages
in residential and small and other expenses are in-
commercial rates to par -easing regularly at a rate
tially offset the continuing which will require small
effects of inflation of costs annual adjustments in
The adjustment is not charges to customers."
proposed to be effective unti Baker stated
Area cities affected will be
Alvin Hillcrest Village.
Manvel Liverpool.
Brookside Village. Pearland
and Friendswood
-till underway and an
autopsy is being conducted
n Murray in Houston
IHH PORT police are
investigating what they
teheve was a murder
suicide Thursday night
Mary Murray appeared to
have been stabbed several
times and the man involved
was reportedly Harold
GED tests
GED (eating at Alvin
Community College will
reaume Jan 3 Testing la set
for aeven daya to allow
| College students to qualify
efor college admission prior
i to registration The testing
center will be closed from
Jan 12 Jan 24 due to
registration The center is
open from 8am until 8pm
Monday through Thursday,
and 8am lo i pm on
Friday Contact the coun
selng office 3316111 ext
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d 9 Food course
. $ / Alvin Community College
, will offer a 90hour dietary
| food supervisor course in
I mid January The class will
meet two evenings per week
and tuition is $67 50 Advance
1 registrations are now being
accepted For addition"!
information call Dr Robert
aL Patrick 131 6111 ext 266
Paper drive
The Senior High Youth of
First t nited Methodist
Church will be collecting old
new papers again on Jan 8
1977 announced Richard
Bauman south director
Ai! persons wishng to help
the south w ith this project by
. a saving their papers mas
i • “firing them by the . hur. h on
that date or before if storage
* ' is a problem
P’apers will be picked up if
a perwon । alls the church
office *5 2526 or Ilana
eats 5 **9 tefore Jan
8
Key punch < lasses
Fish Fry
A regular statad meeting
t Alvin Masni lodge 762
(HAM will be heid
Thursday Jar 6 at ' w p m
A fish dinner will he ser
ted and all Master Masons
® are urged to attend < A
Al A IS Theft of an out
tmard motor and fishing
tac kie w as reported by Floyd
Powell to the Brazoria
The rate adjustment will
have to be approved in each
of the city councils put in the
form an an ordinance if
approved and read publicly
in three city council
meetings
Baker said the adjustment
will allow the company to
compensate for the effects of
the continuing escalation of
■ costs of labor, materials,
pestage, money gasoline
and all other items
necessary to provide
dependable gas service to
customers
A major item of expense
that is subject to almost
inevitable increase is the
proper compensation of
employees through wages
and salaries Baker said
tinuing education programs,
and the list could very well
suggest some New Year s
resolutions for persons in the
Alvin area
Courses range from fun
things to book learning
types. and prices go all the
way from S1 50 to $65
Registration is underway
now by mail, and can be done
in person when the college
opens Jan 3
What are some of the
courses* Well, how about the
woman who wants to learn
how to protect herself? Sheo
can take "Self Defense For
Women,” ‘Firearm
Knowledge for Women," or
"Karate "
if she is the homebody
type, she can lake "Sewing,
Finishing Touches,”
Sewing T Shirts," "Sewing
Banquet ticket*
F’roessing D A P R lu5
They will taught at the
follow .ng t mes
Monday and Wednesday
2 1 5 pm Monday and
Wednesday 6 Ml 9 p m
retained as .
tax consultant
Bill Caldwell was
retained for another two-
year term as Brazoria
County Tax Consultant, in
action by- commiasioners
sumeukheeeg
Caldwell, who has MM
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term from Jan. 1, 1977 to
Dec. 11, 1978.
MANATI Two persons
were injured in a two-car
crash Wednesday night on
State Highway 6 about one
half mile from the Fort Bend
County Line Ricardo
Guerra of Manvel was taken
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to AI vin
Hospital
ambulance
By DORIS ROSSI
SEEN IN AND AROUND ALVIN. . LAVRA
BELDEN AND JOHN BRANDON each
celebrating their ninth birthdays with a joint
birthday and skating party at the Algoa Skating
Rink LAVRA’S guests included ANN BRAM-
BLETT. LETITIA KLEMME. KIM HAYNES.
GEORGETTE FENDALSON; CHRISTI SAYLOR
STEPHANIE BRITT. JILL DILLARD. RHONDA
WEST. KAREN ENGLISH. SHAUNA WILSON.
MANDY HAYNES. AND HOLLY BELDEN.
JOHN’S guests included CINDY BRANDON.
JAMES JANIK. THOMAS JANIK. DOUGLAS
BRITT. GREG FOSTER. HAROLD FOSTER.
DAVID RED. MICHAEL HANSON AND DAVID
HANSON.
Congratulations and belated best wishes to
TRAMS AND JO ANN SELLERS who celebrated
their 25th Wedding Anniversary Sunday, Dec 19.
at the home of their daughter. MRS. TOM GRAY.
Aoproximately 75 guests were in attendance and
enjoyed refreshments of punch and cake "Get
Well Qucik" wishes to SCOTT CURFMAN AND
MARK WILLIAMS who both recently underwent
oral surgery
MRS. LYNN SCHAFF recently visited in the
home of MR. J. A. SEGELQUIST AND MR. AND
MRS ERNEST BETTS of Fredericksburg While
there she attended a birthday party honoring MR.
J. A. SEGELQJIST AND BILLY SEGELQUIST.
MR. SEGELQUIST reaching the age of 87 years
and BILLY the age of 22 years She also motored
to Junction and had a nice visit with MR. AND
MRS. thornton chambers. former
Alvinites. who are moving into their beautiful new
home in Junction
Helping JENNIFER STEIN celebrate her
second birthday Dec 16 were her grandparents
MR AND MRS. G. A STEIN, her great grand-
mother MRS MARJORIE HUEPERS. AND
MRS FRED THOMPSON. MRS. PAT MILLER.
MRS DIANA LOVEL. KIMBERLY LOVEL, MR.
AND MRS JOHNNY OLSOVSKY. JR. and her
brother MICHAEL STEIN. . . Special happy
birthday wishes to RALPH STUART from
DEBBIE PRICE. RALPH celebrates his ninth
FM III near the Harris Ceunty Bm. There were no
eyewitnesses to the strident Calvia Lee Rowe, n of
the line Meek of Westway to Galena Park was
reportedly driving a dump track northbound when a
dodge car driven by Nerman Ellon Warren 40, ef the
_alckef West Clay, traveling southbound, eressed
the cantor line, colliding head an with the damp truck.
Cougar Band in the
festivities at the Cotton-------.—
Congratulations to BARBARA A
SCHUMANN who received a benutit
. present with the arrival of ■*
MUNDY KAY. M Dec 11, we
Registration for (iris
softtall is scheduled for Jan
22 and Jan 29 The
registration will fir held at
the fire station on House
• Street from 9 a m until 12
noon
There will be four leagues
o for girls B v years old 10-12
13 |5 and 16 18
Thin will be slow pitch ball,
and all players will bat Cost
is $8 for the 89 year olds in
the other age groups < ost it
$12 for one girl Sin for two
Tax rp accepted
through Jan. 3
Tax assessor collector
Jim DePree said the tax
office will accept
payment of Taxes
through Monday. Jan 3
for thoie person* who
wish lo gel credit for
income tax purposes for
1976 DuPree said
anything posted by Dec
31 will be credited
The dump troth frail ever to • dnteh. Werren was, '
THIS WEEK f
• A/ in i orrjm unity < ollege
is fering 'wo Keypunch
< lasses us ng the 039 and 129
IBM Keypunches To
register for these classes
students shouid contac t the
tffice of Admissions The
Commissioners choose however, that these legal fees
will be used to fight the 1973
amendment, rather than the
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architect tor library
• the contribution and enter the
County Commissioners Court The order naming the firm Although he said he had no fight to have the 1973
to design a new county as architect for the library objections to naming Brooks amendment declared un-
has been chosen by Brazoria ubrary. building in Angleton project had been prepared as the architect, Brown said constitutional.
* prior to the start of the he did oppose such rapid Seconds were voiced by
A4’ 4’ TAA A, Monday, Dec 27, meeting of passage of important matters both Commrs. Dixie Brown
AIUU course fruty commissioners court, and by the court and Billy Griffin, with Brown
• needed only notations of the He said he would prefer to yielding to Griffin in the
. court members making the discuss matters of this type, written record of the meeting
to K,11 , \ A re in „paIIA.DA motion and second, and rather than having them All court members voted
'hr van« family ' IIl » 65 O U U UUOn S approval by the court pushed through by the county in favor of the motion
This approval came so judge and one commissioner A number of persons in-
Pattern Alterations swiftly that it brought a County Judge E E Brewer terested in this matter were
Interior Pesisn oTy proteat from Commr Dixie said he felt he had discussed on hand for Monday's court
See ACC, Rage 2 ‘ Brown the matter with Brown and session, with proponents of
other commissioners on the coalition contribution far
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Morisse, Bruce H. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1976, newspaper, December 30, 1976; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1522861/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.