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SDUTHWESTER
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE.
BELLAIRE. SOUTHSIDE PLACE. BRAESWOOD. SOUTHAMPTON,
SOUTHGATE AND ADJACENT AREA
Volume 3—Number 7
HOUSTON, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 7, 1946
5c a Copy—Subscription $1.00 a Year
Lee Party Stampedes To Power In WUP Election
Entire Slate Wins Four-To-One Majority As
Voters Brave Rain To Reject Independents
Here's Hoping Peace Will Reign With New
Administration At West University City Hall
(An Editorial)
The decisive victory at the West University Place polls
on Tuesday should, temporarily at least, quell the political
hotbed at the city hall. Not even the most ardent supporters
of the independent candidates could blame the outcome of
the election on the weather, on their failure to campaign
more vigorously or on any-
thing other than that "The
People" wanted a new admin-
istration.
So now in January we will
have a new administration in West
University Place. The incoming
party has made promises of an
efficient administration. Wo are
convinced, as we said last week,
of their sincerity. They have high
L. M. ARMER
hopes of being able to accomplish
great things for tho city. Let's
give them wholehearted coopera-
tion.
Last week we pledged the Times'
support to the winning candidates.
This week we reiterate that pledge
and we urge all our readers to
join in building a greater West
University Place—the end toward
which we are all working.
W. A. HAMLETT
RALPH B. LEE
ew mayor-elect was named
of West Univer-
sity Place in a special election
last December to replace Jack
Ogg, who resigned. Formerly
president of the West Univer-
sity Civic Club, Mr. Lee is mar-
ried and has three children.
The family lives at 2819 Sunset
Boulevard.
The overwhelming vote amassed at the polls Tuesday by
the West University Place Party leaves no doubt that the
people of West University Place were eagerly waiting only
for election day to make a change. The four-to-one majority
polled by Ralph Lee and his chosen four was proof enough
that the citizens are more
than ready for a "new deal."
The issue was never in
doubt after the polls opened at
7 a. m. Early in the day, Mr.
Lee piled up a six-to-one
lead, maintained that proportion
throughout most of the day, and
dropped only slightly during the
heavy balloting between 5 and 7
p. m.
An intermittent, but heavy rain
during the day, cut the anticipated
C. P. LANMON
Waters Of Drainage Ditch Flowing Through
West University Are Polluted, Survey Shows
While residents of West Uni-
versity Place pride themselves on
the cleanliness of their city and
are alarmed at the controversy
now raging in Houston over pol-
lution of bayous and overflow of
sanitary treatment plants, there
runs through the heart of West
University Place a potential source
of illness, epidemics and even
death.
The waters of the drainage ditch
which bisects the city are polluted
and the fact that the city has
not had more diseases caused by
water-born germs is somewhat a
matter of sheer luck, observers
say.
Parents Invited To View Child's Work In
Visitation Night Program At W. U. Schools
Annual visitation night when
parents may compare the work
their children are doing with that
of other pupils will be held in
Pershing Junior High and West
University Elementary Schools be-
ginning at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday.
Sponsored by the Parent-Teachers
Association, the affair will enable
parents to see for themselves whe-
ther their children's work is sub-
standard, average or outstanding
through comparison with tho work
of other pupils and through con-
sultation with tho teachers.
Mrs. N. Paul Wiley, president
of the P.-T. A., stated that visita-
tion night is for parents and teach-
ers only and that the only pupils
expected to attend are those who
will entertain and serve as guides.
Since mothers are usually more
active in school affairs than fa-
thers, Mrs. Wiley suggests that,
if only one parent can attend,
"Dad" be given a chance to see
how the "cogs of machinery" op-
erate at the school and how his
youngsters are progressing. Well
over 2,000 parents attended the
affair last year, and P.-T. A.
officials are confident that an even
larger crowd will be in attendance
this year.
In observance of National Book
Week parents will be given an op-
portunity to contribute to a fund
to buy books for the school librar-
ies. Since the elementary school
has no central library, due to lack
of space, books are kept in each
room. Money contributed in the
junior high will be used for books
which are used by all pupils of
the school.
A membership drive for the P.-
T. A. has just been concluded.
In the elementary school first
prizes were won by rooms taught
by: Mrs. LaDell Quick, Mrs. Mary
Worth Jones, Miss Cecile Foerster,
Mrs. Helen Lou Childers, Mrs. R.
C. Roebuck, Miss Etta Pegoda,
Mrs. Anne Cox, Mrs. Earline Gary,
Mrs. Mamie Bailey, Mrs. Mar-
guerite Boothe, Mrs. Nettie
Barnes, Mrs. L. G. Clark, Mrs.
Bernice Rogers and Mrs. A. I.
Martin. Second prize was won by
Mrs. J. C. Dorrill's room.
In the junior high first prizes
were won by home rooms of T. S.
Burnett, Mrs. LaVerno Carmical,
Mrs. Mary S. Huckabee and Mrs.
Virginia Perry with Miss Edith
Moreland's room winning second
prize.
A recent statement issued by
Frank Metyko, Harris County con-
sulting engineer on bayou pollu-
tion said: "A complete analysis
made several weeks ago found the
waters to be polluted."
A survey conducted by the Times
in an effort to find the source of
pollution established the startling
fact that the stream is probably
being polluted, in part, just an
estimated 100 yards from the city
The first organized effort
toward eliminating the unsani-
tary conditions which have been
proven to exist in West Uni-
versity's drainage ditch, was an-
nounced this week by Ralph
Browning, president of the
West University Civic Club. A
story published in the Times
three weeks ago pointed out
that the polluted waters of the
ditch are a possible source for
the spread of polio and other
diseases.
A civic club meeting will be
held at 8 p. m. next Thursday
in the Community House. Frank
Metyko, consulting engineer on
bayou pollution, will inform the
group as to the conditions and
health hazards contained in the
ditch.
limits of West University.
On the north side of Old Rich-
mond Road, on what would bo an
extension of Edloe Street, are a
cluster of negro shacks, four of
which house eight families. These
buildings are constructed within
100 yards of Richmond and the
out-buildings fringe on the drain-
ago ditch. A pig-pen built on the
edge of the bank, drains its refuse
and rotted garbage into the waters
of the ditch. A barn, housing
horses and chickens, also drains in-
to the waters—and these waters
have only 100 yards to flow be-
fore entering West University
Place.
Contribute Pollution
"I do not doubt that the shacks
and accumulated refuse contribute
to the pollution of the water," Mr.
Metyko said. He apparently is
familiar with the situation there.
Asked if running water does
not purify itself, Mr. Metyko re-
plied it does. However, he added,
there is no fixed limit on the dis-
tance it must travel before puri-
fying itself, certainly it could not
do so within 100 yards.
He said that any disease or
disease germ that might originate
in the negro colony would of a
certainty be carried into West Un-
iversity. He cited the possibility
of such water-born diseases as ty-
phoid, cholera or dysentery break-
ing out in West University should
it first occur among the negro
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Bellaire Lions
Annual Barn Dance
To Be Gala Affair
An added attraction has been
scheduled to enliven the annual
barn dance of the Bellaire Lions
Club to be held tomorrow night
at the Old Main Dance Hall.
During the intermission of the
regular dance orchestra, a special
group of musicians will play tunes
for old-fashioned square dancing.
To assist those who are not too
familiar with this type of danc-
ing, groups from several of the
square and folk dancing organi-
zations of this area will partic-
ipate.
Dance officials have announced
that costume prizes will bo award-
ed the most appropriately dressed
woman and man. The club has
urged that all attending the dance
como dressed in costume, if pos-
sible.
Ticket sales for the annual event
are brisk and indicato that a large
crowd will attend. Tickets may be
secured from Lions Club members
or from any Bellaire merchant
or may be purchased at the dance
which will begin at 9 p. m.
M. A. DOUGLASS
2500 votes in the city down to
slightly over 2200. Mr. Lee amass-
ed a total of 1826 ballots while
381 were cast for Mayor A. L.
Kerbow.
The party's candidates for com-
missioner fared almost as well as
their leader. W. A. Hamlett poll-
ed the most votes for commission-
er with 1736. He was closely fol-
lowed by L. M. Armer with 1698.
C. P. Lanmon and M. A. Douglass
had 1655 and 1643 votes respec-
tively.
Norman Atkinson, Jr., who led
tho independent candidates with
a total of 497, still trailed Mr.
Douglass, fourth commissioner-
elect, by 1146 votes. Other votes
cast gave George H. Stevenson
475; Lindsey C. English, 443; L.
J. Martin, 413, and Frank Jessen,
210.
A check made at 6 p. m. found
an estimated 200 voters standing
in lige in tho mud and rain at
the Community House, Precinct
133, to cast their ballot. Approxi-
mately 100 voters patiently wait-
ed in line at the West University
Place Building and Realty Com-
pany, Precinct 87, at 6:30 p. m.
Officials termed the election "or-
derly."
Mr. Lee, minority member of
tho present city administration,
will now head a commission which
has pledged itself in complete ac-
cord with the mayor-elect.
With Mr. Lee being the only
present councilman to remain on
the commission, tho cfty govern-
ing body now becomes a "lame
duck" administration. Under the
city charter the present council
can transact new business only if
a majority of the members are
retained in the election. The new-
ly-elected commissioners and may-
or will take office January 1.
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