The Citizen (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 9, 1948 Page: 4 of 18
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1948
WIN ONE OF
25 MAJOR PRIZES
In Our Big
SPRING FESTIVAL
JUST COME IN
AND REGISTER
Nature Boy
By
John Lauren* or King Cole
Confess
By
Jimmy Dorsey
Fiddle Faddle
By
Bert Shaffer
The Citizen:
Boys’ Town, Nebraska, founded:soon
Foolin'
By
Francis Craig
Corambo, It's the Samba
By
Peggy Lee
William Tell Overture
By
Spike Jones
Keystone 3*706#
Jackson 2-8660
Us£.
rositt cW»r>i»
2419 Rice Blvd.
THE CITIZEN Program On Polio f weekly crossword
A publication of News, Inc. Glenn H. McCarthy, chairman oiJiJIq Pj,0J0J|J J -
Community Hall
McCarthy, chairman of
;the board; C. C. Maes, president and general manager; Howard W.
Greenwood, vice-president; Thomas M. Maes II. vice-president;!
James L. Pardue, secretary-treasurer; John H. Murphy, managing
editor: A. Pat Daniels, executive editor.
The Southwest Citizen editorial, advertising and circulation
offices at 5717 Kirby Drive, Houston 5, Texas. Telephone Key-
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atlacide, designed to kill all forms
stone 3-1181. Publishing plant at 7113 Harrisburg. Edwin M. Smith,|of vegetation within 24 to 36
advertising manager; James L. Farley, new's editor; Winifred Lara-^ours a^er it is applied,
bee, assistant new's editor; Sue Poer, society editor.
PUZZLE
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured
actress,—
Answer to Previous Puzzle
The Citizens
Speak
2. Burning off the dead vege-
tation after the “weed killer'
takes affect.
3. Spraying the cleaned area
with DDT solution again and pos-
sible application of some form of
chemical to kill rats, snakes.
Mr. Adams told the Council
that the Civic Club had at first
.United States as an immigrant. Hejp^annec* *° recomTTiehd use of a
soon realized the necessitv 0fi ame thrower *or searing out the
$
realized the necessity __
December 10, 1917, by the latehelping poor, underpriviledgedj^1^’ uere unable to obtain
Edward J. Flanagan, is positive'boys in America. He had the faith army. Theyhad^then
proof for all the world to know'
what the right kind of counsel,
kind guidance, tolerance, patience
nd faith can do for most any
average wayward boy. For 31
years Father Flanagan worked
and struggled and managed to
ect and operate successfully his
ideal work — Boys’ Town — and
carry through his great confidence
“There are no bad boys.” His
work stands an immortal monu-
ment as a very great humanitari-
an institution and industry to help
underprivileged wayward boys.
May the Lord bless the re-
jmarkable work of Father Flana-
Igan, and keep the remarkable
movement growing stronger and
'stronger upon the great founda-
tion that has already been es
tablished by this great man . .
Father Flanagan came to the
and vision, and borrowed $90 and approai?hed Councilman Biu
lett who found that he could ob-
tain the “weed killer” solution.
rented and old run-down building
in the poor section of Omaha,
Neb., to start Boys’ Town, which
has grown into the world’s great-
est institution and industry of its
kind, and history will reveal its
far reaching benefits to humanity.
Lest we forget, Houston also
needs a boys’ town, and needs it
very much. It would be a noble
thing to establish a boys’ town
near Houston, “New York of the
South,” and call it Boys’ Town of
Houston. Newspapers and citizens
would do a much needed human-
itarian work to start this fine
movement without delay. It would
not be in vain. “The harvest is
white, but the laborers are few.
JESSE J. GORMAN,
1604 Lamar Ave,
Houston, Tex.
Personal Health
Reg. U.S. Pat Off.
[from the earliest I can recollect
Mr. Hamlett in recommending
that the Council act favorably on
the proposal pointed out that the
chemical * is not harmful to hu-
mans and that railroads use it
very successfully in keeping their
rights of way cleared of vegeta-
tion.
Mr. Adams also said that he had
conferred with members of the
city health board and that they
had been enthusiastic about the
project.
Council voted that the proposal
be adopted with an approval from
the health board that funds from
their budget be used to finance
the work.
Councilman Hamlett said he
would help with initial setting
up of the program. City Secretary
Whitt Johnson and City Health
Officer are directing the work
being done by city workers.
The meeting Thursday night, as
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16 Measure
17 Lubricate
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20 Uncooked
21 Babylonian
deity
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24 Impetuous
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allowance
27 Turn aside
29 Legal point
30 Snares
31 She enacts
the role of a
tease
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38 Tremulous 56 Perishes
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animals 1 Wide
43 Earthy matter 2 Gets up
45 Short sleeps 3 Baronet
46 Written form (abbr;)
of Mister 4 Exist
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49 Dove’s call 1 Wearies
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nence (abbr.) language
of her
pictures
33 Green
vegetables
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of
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11 Crawls
12 Scottish
garments
18 Native of
Latvia
21 British god ot
the under-
world
23 Antennae
25 Symbol for
germanium
26 Tread down
28 Circles
30 Afternoon
parties
32 Pints (abbr.)
33 Feathered
scarf
36 Established
37 Back ot the
neck
39 Ages
40 She is a —
ot Brooklyn
41 Trap
42 Blackbirds
44 Allots
46 Native ot
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53 Paid notice
Poe Girl Scout Day Camp To Begin
■ Five-Day Run Monday At Memorial
Signed letters, not more than one I announced by President Adams
personal’’heatttf*antj8,lfysierie^not regarde<i 3S. “will include a talk by Dr. N. C.
to disease, diagnosis or treatment, 'elderly person, and in no facetious Windrow of 6328 Westchester, a
will be answered by Dr. Brady if a ; ... .
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was serious
Security Bonds
Help Us andU. S.
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pediatrician, about some medical
facts on polio; medical films pre-
sented by Dr. L. D. Farragut,
county health officer; and a talk
by Mr. Davidson explaining some
wered by Dr. Brady If a ... .
:lf addressed envelope Is jway, either—she
etc‘ I about it.
My mother married at the age: jn the gay nineties there were
of 18 (or maybe 17 she never at least two, perhaps more I
quite satisfied us kids about that)jdidn't know about, young men ofo£ the preventative measures be-
but, like most people of the gay the town, or unattached and spoil- inIf taken hv the citv
nineties she had lost nearly if notjed young men, who unashamedly
Quite all of her own teeth and wasland even nonchalantly smoked
wearing plates when she was injeigarettes. I’m stating simple facts
her early thirties—There is no un-Jand not trying to be humorous,
certainty about that. Moreover In those days a boy’s first adven-
ture in smoking was a secret—un-
less through some mishap his par-
ent or teacher found out about it.
If the smoking was not discovered
by parent or teacher, the boy still
went to great pains to conceal his
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Poe school neighborhood will run
through Friday at Memorial Park,
with a daily schedule from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m., it was announced by
Mrs. R. W. Webb, 1655 Richmond,
who is camp director.
A good sized camp is on hand,
licity director, said. Leaders have
taken a 30-hour training course
preparing for the summer activi-
ties.
The site will be sprayed daily
by the city in carrying out the pre-
cautionary steps arranged by scout
leaders, it was announced.
Headed by Miss D’Anne Pren-
tiss from Girl Scout headquarters,
the camp has as its business man-
ager Mrs. Roland B. Voight, chair-
man of the Poe School Neighbor-
hood Girl Scouting Group. Mrs.
Nelle de Jea nis camp nurse.
Counselors for the older girls
are Mrs. Harold Ward and Mrs.
J. L. Carrol. Intermediate coun-
selors are Mrs. M. B. Halpern and
Mrs. I. Proborsky, and for the
younger group, Mrs. R. M. Finney,
Mrs. Albert Ball, Mrs. Ira E. Hen-
derson and Mrs. Rhodes.
Campers bring nosebag lunches
each day unless outdoor cooking
is planned, Mrs. Rhodes said.
The activities are aimed at fos-
tering good citizenship, a knowl-
the outdoors, she added.
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Buy in
VENETIAN
BLINDS
SPECIAL
for
GRADUATION
and
FATHER’S DAY
ing taken by the city.
One of the films to be shown
by Dr. Farragut will be “Our
Daily Battle Against Infantile
Paralysis.”
Also on the program is a disas-
ter plan skit to be presented by
members of West University Vol-
unteer Fire Department. The fire-
men will simulate rescue of a
person overcome by smoke and
Troop 250 Combines Court Of Honor
With First Birthday At Installation
Combining the Boy Scout Court Laymen's League, which sponsors
of Honor with a first birthday
celebration, Troop 250 installed
new officers, presented awards
the troop, were present.
Wick Fox worth was presented
with his tenderfoot investiture
and held an entertainment pro-land second class badges went to
gram Thursday night at Bethany;Fred Newton and Leonard Adams.
Christian Church. j Eugene Buchanan received
The 15 troop members, parents! Pr*ze as the third best ticket
salesman of the Southwest dis-
trict for the spring Scout Circus.
and friends, and members of the
habit from parent and teacher, the administration of artificial
Today—We all know that many
happy marriages have been con-
tracted by youngsters in their
’teens, but we should know, too,
that men and women attain full County Emergency Corps to give
adult development — physical,
mental and moral—somewhere be-
tween the age of 18 and 25 years
and therefore the best, the ideal
age for marriage is 22 to 25 years,
IMoral development means forma-
!tion of character. Some persons
I; may haye a well developed char-
j acter at the age of 18, such as the
I r' n
people who have made a success of I
marriage at that age. Unfortu-
nately my parents had been mar-
iried a decade or more before I be-j
respiration by means of th‘e de-
partment’s new Emerson resusci-
tator and inhalator. Efforts are
also being made to get Harris
a demonstration of its “iron lung,
Lighter entertainment will be
furnished by students from the
Hallie Pritchard Dancing School.
Refreshments will be served.
Three Big Events
Termed Success
By Local Leaders
except to say that it is no wonder
so many youngsters rate C in
character development.
Don’t infer from my remarks
that I detest tobacco. I like it. No-
body derives more pleasure from bathing beauty revue, with nine
Residents of the Southwest area
were already looking ahead to
next year’s Southside Carnival,
Bellaire Festival and Southamp-
ton picnic, following the success-
ful events held recently in those
three sections.
The Southside Carnival, which
was instituted in 1935 and
been held annually except during mac*e
the war, was attended by a crowd
of about 1500, with many going
away as winners of merchandise
prizes donated by local business-
men. Featured events were the
New troop officers installed
were Marsh Beddingfield, leader
of the Flaming Arrow patrol; Ed
Hendricks, leader of the Crow
Patrol, and Eugene Buchanan,
scribe.
C. H. Peden, assistant scout ex-
ecutive for the Sam Houston Area
of
Council, was a special guest
the evening and made a brief ad’
dress. Bill Adams, vice president
of the Laymen’s League, present-
ed the troop with a tent as a gift
of the League.
Scoutmaster Tom Barber an-
kas nounced that plans are being
made for troop members to at-
tend Camp Strake June
through June 20.
Leaders who have worked with
the troop since its organization
in May of last year include Jewell
Plastics Engineers
Bussart Will Address
Walter P. Bussart of the Ten-
nessee Eastman Corp., in St.
Louis will give an address on
“The Story of Tenite’’, illustrated
with a sound and color movie, at
a meeting of the South Texas Sec-
tion of the Society of Plastics En-
gineers at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June
16 on the mezzanine of the Ben
Milam Hotel, it has been an-
nounced. The meeting is open
to the public.
A dinner will be held by the
organization prior to Mr. Bus-
sart’s address, at 7 p.m. Reserva-
tions should be made with M. A.
Arthur at C. 2151, extension 2349,
by June 14. Business of the meet-
ing will include a brief review of
plans for next year, it was
ported.
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in the Village
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I came acquainted with them, but all forms (except
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General Admission Tickets—All Fire Stations
Adults $1.20—Children 60c
from what I saw and knew ofj
them, I feel pretty sure they were
grown up when they married.
Day by day, toddling to and
from the bowling green or while
waiting there on the green for
'some old geezer to get the lead
out and deliver his bowl, I can’t
help wincing and in spirit shud-
dering at an all too familiar sight
—both boys and girls in their early
.’teens unconcernedly smoking
cigarettes on their way to and
ifrom school. Evidently the kids!
.don’t care who sees them smok-
ing—presumably their parents
|guardians permit them to indulge
or don’t care. The same type of
parents or guardians take similar
attitude towards indulgence in al-
coholic beverages and liquors by
youngsters in their ’teens. The
next step for such luckless chil-
'dren I’d rather not mention at ail,
smoking than I do.
Having tried
chewing and
taking snuff) I happen to prefer
smoking a pipe. If you prefer a
cigar or cigarette that's your per-
sonal privilege.
But I’m an adult. That’s some-
thing else. These animadversions
of mine are about children smok-
ing.
There ought to be a law. There
ought to be a good deal more than
a law. There ough to be some
kind of national movement to in-
duce or encourage children to sign
the pledge when they are ten or
twelve years old, not to take al-
coholic liquor or beverage and not
to use tobacco, and renew the
pledge on some formal occasion
each year until they are 21. Un-
less children have changed for tne
worse in the past half century tak-
ing such a pledge would I believe,
be a boon to the life of any young-
ster whose character has not yet
matured.
Benson, president of the Lay-
young ladies fro/n Southside Place!mens League; Mark O’Heeron,
as models. Many entertainment!c^a^rman troop committee;
John Foxworth, George Dum-
bauld, Carl Roberts and E. Lewis
Morris, committee members; Mr,
Barber and Dale Buchanan, as-
sistant scoutmasters.
The troop meets at 7:30 p.m.
each Monday in the recreation
of Bethany Christian
Cancer apparently is rarer
among mental patients than in the
general population.
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FIRST
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know that by your continued patronage you have accepted
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booths and concessions were set
up.
Winners in the Gay 90’s cos-
tume contest were Mrs. ' Alvina
Cochran, 6422 Auden; and Bobby
Delany, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Delany, 3901 Swarthmore.
Proceeds of the Carnival go for building
park maintenance, the major item Church-
being the swimming pool, leaders CANCER AMONG INSANE
have announced.
The second annual Bellaire Fes-
tival, sponsored by the Bellaire
Lions Club and staged on the
Condit school grounds, had a
crowd of about 1500. Games and!
contests were held and various!
booths were set up. A large num-
ber of prizes, donated by Bellaire
merchants, were given away.
Winners in the best-decorated
bicycle contest were Jim Camper,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Camper,
4912 Beech; and Betty Hodell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Hodell Jr., 5210 Brae Burn.
It has been announced by Lions
Club leaders that the proceeds|
will go for park improvements.
The garden of the L. H. Wiliams
| home, 1902 Rice Blvd., was thej
scene of the gathering of South-
ampton residents for their annual
picnic, which has been held every!
year for 20 years.
I don’t say its better than
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