The Bellaire Citizen (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1950 Page: 1 of 24
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THE BEILAIRE CITIZEN
FOR CIRCULATION
INFORMATION
Coll WE-7621
VOLUME 1
OUicial Publication Of The City Ot Bellaire
3 Cents Per Copy
MURPHY
BY JOHN H. MURPHY
A* an editorial man who hast
had it impressed upon him many!
times that th* ad men of a news-
paper are the guys who bring in'
the rhips and that we’re just
mweh dead
weight, we’re al-
ways reluctant
to give advertis-
ing people in
general praise of
any kind.
But w e'r e
forced to gulp
hard and say
that our beat-up
hat is off to the
advertising gentry who have made
a national figure out of Elsie the
Cow. Elsie, as you know, is an
advertising gimmick for Borden's]
milk.
Ever since Elsie first appeared;
in a Borden’s ad we’ve been one!
of her greatest admirers and we
hope Elmer won't be mad about;
it.
Now comes news that proves
our affection hasn’t been mis-
placed. The Soviet “humor” mag
azine, “Crocodile”, according to|
the newspapers, has cited Elsie
another horrible example of how
stupid Americans are.
Elsie the Cow, according to
'‘Crocodile,” shows off “the wild
morals of the transoceanic mon-
archy of the dollar—the Land of
America.” The magazine went on
to tell about Elsie’s hats, her
*‘cows-metics" and how she trav-j
els about America in capitalistic!
style.
Citizens
In The News
BELLAIRE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1950
Sure, Twas
Happy Time
For The Irish
The Shamrock . . . and the
Irishman who built it . . . had
their day last week, amid the;
wearing of the green.
For on two successive days
Houston and the nation turned
out to say thanks to the Irishman
and to wish a rousing "Happy
Birthday” to the hotel that has
made the eyes of all the world
turn to Houston.
And no matter what honors the
future brings, Glenn McCarthy
can always look back on those
days as two of the finest in his
career.
For no matter how hard an
Irishman may fight; no matter
what he says or how little he
shows it, an Irishman loves his
friends. And last week Glenn
McCarthy’s friends showed him
how much they think of him- in
words and with gifts—they ex
pressed their gratitude for the
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NUMBER 51
FAUSTINE AM) GLENN MCCARTHY
For her a jewel box; for him a horse and saddle.
For both: kind words and gratitude. (See below.) _
With the green of spring and of St. Patrick’s Day all around oicui ChcUlOGSl
them, Houstonians were busy, as usual, getting appointed to head
drives, opening new businesses and one even got kidnapped—in fun.
Highlight of the week—just as it was a year ago—was The|
Shamrock Hotel’s anniversary opening. The spotlight found a score
or more of Hollywood stars and starlets, headed by Dinah Shore, her]
husband, George Montgomery, and Eddie Bracken, Joan Davis and
others.
M i’rc Honort'tl:
Jesse Stone Binford, 2411 Sheridan, William Farrell Fulton Jr.,1 Important staff changes leading!
5406 .Pine, Bellaire, Marilyn Louise Krueger, 2322 Cleburne, andjto the expansion of services fori
Konstantin Kolenda. 827 Byrne, all members of the Rice Institute!(he rea(jerg anr, advertisers of the'
1950 graduating class, were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. ,, . . j
Glenn and Faustme McCarthy, of 7500 Kelvin Drive, at a
surprise party were presented with handsome gifts by their best Newspapers were announced this
friends. To Mrs. McCarthy: An antique jewel box from Paris. To
Here are eight of the nine winners in the contest sponsored at Pershing Junior High by the
Dad’s Club. In the front row. left to right, are Elise Volke and Velma Faye Womack. Second row.
Marilyn Cooksey, Anne Lewis, Patsy Laas and Peggy Brice. Bark row. Ed Franklin and Malcolm
Horn. First prizes were wrist watches; second, lifetime pen and pencil sets; and third, pen and pen-
cil sets. Topics were Why a Dad’s Club, Our Appreciation for Our New School, and My Future.
Jane Henderson, one of the first prize winners, is not in the picture. —Photo by Parsley.
Installation In May:
Fleck, Carroll, McCrory
Named To Citizen Posts
Mr. McCarthy: A silver-mounted saddle of black leather and
It may be that the Russiar^mag-jpalamino horse named “Murphy.”
azine’s attack on Elsie was basedj One of Houston’s most eligible bachelors, Chronicle
on the thought that in America Everett Collier, 1910 Marshall, let his friends know he
we think more of our cows than!to marry Miss Mary Margaret Cushman, was feted with a
the post of advertising director
for the All-Valley Express, a
subsidiary of The San Antonio
Express. He will be stationed
in Harlingen.
Mrs. U. M. Harrison New
Pershing P-TA President
Mrs. U. M. Harrison who lives H. R. Griffing, 3757
week.
jt»n Riceville Rd. in Bellaire heads
] 1 he slate of officers elected for
I the fourth coming year by Per-
ishing P-TA members. She suc-
ceeds Mrs. H. J. Woehrmann, 3126
Quenby, as president of the asso-
ciation.
Mrs. J. C. Herndon, 3201 Am-
Bellaire Blvd,, parliamentarian;!
Ward Fleck has been named ad-; The folme1' editm' nf the South
.vertising manager for the Bell-west *roup ~ and als0 Popula'1 41. nl
ReporterLire Citizen The Southwest C’iti- 'Ports editor for The Citizen _ herst. will serve as vice-president; Mrs. W. F. Akin, 3762 Plumb
was James L. Farley, 4534 Park[Mrs. Malory McDonald, 5603 Chau-|cording secretary; Mrs. K.
New Paving
On 7 Streets
Due To Start
Paving Of
Oleander Slaried
Paving of Oleander Street has
started and work on *ix othe?
.streets in Bellaire will he started
soon, city officials reported this
week.
A public hearing on Linden
Street, with a low per foot cost of
$4.55 to property owners already
promised, was set for Wednesday
night. If no objections develop,
paving of Linden should be started
within three weeks. Mayor Everai
West said.
Mayor West and John O’Neal,
acting city manager, made a tour
of the proposed new work sites
Tuesday. They were well pleased
with the progress of the installa-
tion of a sanitary sewer on 5th
to Elm and of the storm sewer
put in U) drain Linden prior to
j paving.
| Streets tagged for “start soon”
I paving are the 4300-4400 blocks of
.Jonathan. Cynthia, Holt, Laurel
.and Huisache.
' “We’ll have this town paved in
Robinhood, another year,” said Mayor West,
director of home service; Mrs. estimating that Bellaire is more
H. H. Johnston, 3807 Rice Blvd.. than half way through its 38 to
director of health; and Mrs. B. H. 40-mile paving program.
Powell, 3606 Belfontaine, publi-
city chairman.
Mrs. P. C. Lipscomb, 4403 Aca-j
cia. historian; Richard Jones, 2736 pJ-QIIl Gifl
'What Teen-Ager
we do of the Reds. But at any
rate we thought it only fair to
give Elsie a chance to answer,
even though Moscow is in
blighted area so far as The Citi-
zen is concerned. (A “blighted
area” is one which does not re-
ceive The Citizen). So we called
Elsie long distance and asked her
what she thought about it all.
100 guests, headed by his friend. Mayor Oscar Holcombe.
Billie Mae Thompson, 7405 Walker, won the “Americans ini
The News” award from radio screen-sleuth Jimmie Fiddler for her!
heroic rescue of her baby sister from their flaming home.
serves River Oaks.
Another lire hero appeared on the local scene when Harve:
Ebarb, 9101 Spaulding, rescued his seven youngsters from
home just before it was destroyed by fire, said Mr. Ebarb:
Lord helped.” «!),<,
Another rescue, this one on the facetious side, involved pretty]
Betsy Belstrom. 18-yearjfild Rice sophomore. She was “kidnapped”
was soon Den, The Southeast Citizen and , , . , .
party by The Hyde Park Citizen which also! Court‘ Mr- Farley Joined The cer, membership chairman; Mrs.
.Citizen staff shortly after his;H. E. Lott, 3509 Georgetown, di-
idischarge fro mthe navy. He re-(rector of extension; and W. A.
signed from Th? Citizen to enter,Hamlett, 3827 Southwestern, di-
0 Me r°ry will be Mr. j lousiness with his father, D. W. >ector of public welfare.
I leek s assistant.
re-
'i For the same papers, working;
jout of the southwest office at 5707
lhC>Kirby Drive, Jim Carroll will be
Farley of Henderson.
Mrs. Ann Cox, 3733 Plumb,
school education chairman; Mrs.
Scout Program'
Knox, 2265 Shakespeare, corres-j
ponding secretary; and Mrs. The annual council meeting of
George Stubblefield Jr., 4021 By- die Girl Scouts will be held in Feld
n, treasurer. auditorium of the new Temple
These new officers will be in-|^manu E1* 1500 Sunset Blvd-> at
stalled at the May meeting of the ‘ 30 pm* Tuesday, March 28.
P-TA.
1
“So far as I am cowncerned, Elsie^y f,eshmen classmates, then “freed” by her own classmate...
mooed, “udder than the principle Yln'HO IVlTI’ Flwivd’
rr; l r~ s r fa™* —
me. You can quote me as saying Smlt„ 2235 Xangley.
that Its so much clabber. R „ Burk Dalton. 1645 Marshall, prominent Houston insurance
Thank you, Elsie the Cow.
Mr. Carroll, who. lives at 2117
Fairview, is a v eteran of 20 years
of newspaper activity in Houston.
He is well known for his feature
and as a col-
sc
Hot Meeting,
r\ • i ▲ , • For Better Boys:
Quick Action-—
On Zoning DriveFor More Members
Mr. Fleck. 39. joined The Citi-
_ ... _ man, to the board of directors of the American General Life In-I cv „flv ,tol.
But one more thing. Do you r i/ens shortly aftei t.he.\ wen
suppose that the Russians, now|sura^e , , T . . T • founded in 1946. He directed ad
, . ,. „ ., Miss Mildred Cook, social science teacher at Johnston Jumoi
Quick action on Bellaire’* bit-
ter zoning problem is expected by
Mayor Everai West after the Bel-
laire City Council holds a public'
For Southwest T On
the proposed new or-
ton Council of Parents and Teachers.
George I*. Brown III. Bellaire, to the presidency of the Indian
iCreek Hunting and Fishing Club.
Mrs. Walter C. Spencer, 2202 Maroneal, to the presidency of
i the League of Women Voters for 1950.
I\ I*. Butler. 2223 Del Monte Drive, president of the Houston
Chamber of Commerce, as chairman of the committee for the
On everything from billboards]formal opening of the new Washburn Tunnel in May.
to back porches, Houston really fhpHO Will He tirv:
Rev. Clyde J. Verheyden, 2350 Tangley, for 13 years an asso-
'Beautify Cily'
Drive Finally
Hits Full Stride
The hearing
10 at 7:30 p.m.
is set for April
hearing
.. . , , , dinance.
vertising sales for The Shamrock
Magazine, considered one of the
outstanding newspaper promotions)
ever published- in the South. The ..... .... . . , .
Pl , , . n We will be guided by what we
Flecks live at 2422 Brun. ,
# hear at the meeting, and we may
^ ____even take a vote that night, al-
Mr. McCrory, 26, lives at 6802 .. ...
„ . f .though the meeting may last until
,as \ _ !12:30 a.m.,’’ said Mayor West.
He also is a pioneer employee of, we don.t (ake action lhat
I he Citizens, having joined the ■ ... . . ,
.. . ,A4_ night, we may have a special
staff m 1946. -
meeting the next night, so that we
up-;
the entire Southwest Area this
summer with the establishment
of several additional centers.
T'' , " . ’ . From 5000 to 6000 youths will be T"’, c ^ c , .
among the residents of Houston s stall the new officers and, togeth-
iSouth End, Bellaire, West Univer-
sity Place and Southside Place.
A drive was on this week fori
1500 $10 family memberships to)
the Southwest branch, YMCA.
The meeting is open to all adult
- (Girl Scouts, senior Girl Scouts,
and friends of Scouting.
•
Officers for the coming year will
;be elected and an interesting pro-
gram has been planned, including
a Senior Girl Seoul panel which
will be Josephine Kelley of troop
113, Carolyn Bailey of troop 414,
Willa Freeman of troop 15. Did*
!.lo Mathews of troop 178 and Car-
olyn Miller of troop 238.
Mrs. H. O. Johnson. 263 Alpine
Drive, retiring president, will m-
Ed Smith, formerly adver-
of the world’s largest Methodist Church, Houston’s! Using manager of The Citizens’
was “cleaning up-painting
fixing-up" this week. jd,te pastor
It took a huge parade, he co,"pirgt Methodist, effective March 31. His successor is not named. I southwest group, has accepted
©nation of Miss Alice Jan Flack
as “Queen Houston Beautiful,” and
The drive was announced
when members of the South-
west YMCA’s committee of
management and division heads
met with membership commit-
tee workers at Weldon's Cafe-
teria for a kickoff dinner Tues-
day evening.
James R. West of the Jim West
the work of hundreds of public-
spirited citizens to start.
But the Houston Beautiful cam-
paign finally now is in full stride
Houston’s chances of scoring
high in the nation’s race to see
For the students winning the
essay contests, see story on
Page 4.
]\vill have settled the zoning prob-
lem and will be able on Wednes-j
day'night (regular meeting, April!
12) to get back to regular affairs."jBuilding Co., is serving as enroll-
• ment chairman. Lenode Goldston
Mayor West said he expected and John Holland are co-chairmen
another crowd of 00 to turn out .of the sustaining membership di-
for the public hearing. It is on vision.
the planning board’s proposal to , Ralph Lee is heading the family
leave the central business area membership division with the as-
unchanged. This would be a sistence of Hal Terry, Ben Brew-
of Straus-Frank Co..jnoon at Hermann Park celebrating victory for those who have jer, L. H. Hollar and Joel Berry Jr.
Douglas’ seventh birthday. fought against establishment of They are serving as neighborhood
and The children enjoyed a trip a new business district at Post (chairmen representing West Uni-
For Douglas Giles
Gus Kellogg, 2126 Colquitt, a 25-year employe of the Humble
Pipe Line Company, effective immediately. Hanmr Ri
R. R. Hobson, 2219 San Felipe, and A. H. Kennedy, 3214 Hunt-DiriiluBy
ington, both executives of the Houston Oil Company of Texas
effective immediately.
TIu>H4> Math* tiusinVSH ! Douglas Giles and 16 of his
John Reynolds, Texas State Hotel, has been named general]friends spent Wednesday after-
sales manager of the automobile division
succeeding the late Ray E. Simpson.
David Daum, 3205 Calumet, has been appointed buyer
manager of the radio and television department for Joske’s.
Robert Botta, 3407 Rosedale
jer with Miss Alice Piercy, execu-
tive director, will give an ac-
counting of the highlights of thi»
ipast year in Scouting.
versit.v, Southside. Bellaire and
BOTTA
which of its larger cities can im
prove itself the most are mighty]
good, according to Chairman Har-
ry C. Webb of the Houston Beauti-
ful Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Judging of the homes in 14
neighborhoods in which some 1500
blocks—10,000 homes—are entered
in the Neighborhood Block Im-
provement Contest has been de-
layed, Mrs. J. L. Webb, chairman,
said.
Mrs. Webb expects the area
chairwomen to report their first,
second and third choices before
the end of the week. These win-
ners will be over the first big
hurdle in the race for the $24,000
in prizes offered in the Neigh-
borhood Block Improvement Con-
test.
"If we finish this campaign withln>hJre Stores, looked on
senior assistant manager of The
Shamrock, has been named execu-
tive assistant to M. Jack Ferrell,
executive manager of the hotel.
William Furlong, 1652 Vassal1, has
been named senior assistant man-
ager. Both promotions were an-
nounced following the resignation
of Kenneth Rhodes, assistant man-
ager, who has accepted the job of
managing The Hotel Burlingame
at Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Boling, 4408 Acacia, owner of Rodney’*
.through the zoo then had a wiener Oak Road and Richmond,
roast, ice cream and birthday cake • Southwest Houston respectively,
in the park. Douglas is the son Notices of the hearing are being •
[of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Giles. 4709 mailed to all property owners of Plans arc being made to ex-
| Locust. j Bellaire, said Mayor West. j tend “Y” services throughout
JAMES R. WEST
Heads “Y” Drive
served through this recreation
service. Bellaire. West Univer-
sity and Southside each are to
have extended services and a
wider variety of activities.
Mrs. G. E. Sloat will award
service pins to those women who
have been working for the organ-
ization for 5, 10 and 15 years, and
a special ceremony will be con-
ducted by Miss Piercy in honor of
[those senior Scouts who are grad-
uating from high school this year.
! Exhibits depicting the 11 pro-
gram fields offered to Girl Scout*
[will be a particularly interesting
feature of the 1950 council meet-
ing.
Cost Accountants
To Hear L. G. James
FURLONG
Rodney Boling, 4408 Acacia, owner of Rodney’s Men’s onop,jnorth wjn(j but keep
formally opened his new store in the Village Shopping Center. [growing.
John Berly, 3826 Villanova, former big league baseball player Right alone with the season u,‘ "\/U *":a' ,OQC
, . , , „ . .. ._ , , . . ! a*ong wun tne season,amusement of the Mayors young goes
has been named manager ot Sakowltz Bros, new men s shop in The there g , hum of activity along exempUon vea|._0|d Patrifk. sale ,
the Bellaire home fronts. Every| Lee’s birthday presents includedLiorl s<n ‘k'eeL on'«oinB toheto'out DW ^°*' kn0W Be,,ah'e has
week ehd adds to the ranks of the L formidable assortment of toy' p g g p new celbrity? Janette Stcilc •
?n s super market, marked diggers, the pruners, the plantersLuns books shirts (cowboy Gf|W*^ f*nanceSi was chosen the Gold Star Girl of
the 49th anniversary of their business by shaking hands, cutting ajwho swarm out into the sunshine courf!e) and a shiny sheriffs badge Meanwhile the Bellaire Girl all nf Harris County for this year _
big cake and the price of milk. |and get happily dirty working in which he plaMS show to the.Scouts are busy with the county- That means lhat Janette received Upr) v Mf hninh^
.1. W. Meek, president and general manager of Haverty’s Fur-|,helr homestead grounds. Bellaire Police Chief right away, wide sale of cookies, which start- 'he highest award of all the 4-H A
Loads of top-soil dumped in The 12 little boys, neighbors ed last Saturday. Just one iuore;(”'r,s 1,1 Harris County for her fine Henry A Grubbs, senior student
soon be reducediand school mates, were Ronnie week for you to get your order in work in r*lsin* poultry, and stock g, (he Presbyterian Theological
is favorite plantsjFeatherstone. Mark Belton, Rayjfnr one or more boxes of the8nd demonstrating home-making seminary in Austin, will speak at
|get their spring tonics. Already Neeley, Donald Rush, nick Gar-scrumptious double-cream-filled ,he n a.m. Sunday services at
VV. C. Morris Sr., 72, of 2214 Southmore, president of the Stew-;1he whirrings of the lawn-mowers diner, Dirk Beasley, Eddie Swift,icookies decorated with the Girl Janette, who is president of the!Bellaire Presbyterian church,
art Title Company, long-time Houston civic leader, on March 15 in fever better stay indoors. It’s con- Larry Kelly, Bo Miner. Brad Me- Scout trefoil design baked right in. Bellaire 4-H Club, will be honored a special communicant's class
tagious—it's epidemic—but it’s one Williams. Billy Powell! and the The Intermediate Scouts in theii annual Gold Star tea of the w-ill be held at 4 p.m. daily, March
of the pleasantest diseases I young host. The young lady was green uniforms and theV little Hams County 4-H Clubs. The tea;07 through 31. for young people
know. jCarol Jean Frank. jBrownie Scouts were out in full w'd he given in the Sears Audi- who want to join the church.
* * * | * * * force on the sunny Saturdaytorium on Saturday, April 1. ] The Youth Fellowship Group at
March 15 was a big day au Sunny week ends aren't enough afternoon. Orders are being tak- Members of the Bellaire 4-Hjthe church is in charge of the pro-
Mayor Everai West’s home. Injior those energetic Bellaire Lions.jen now for delivery of the cookiesiClub will present a part of thejgrams to be used at the Presby-
j Louis G. James, general auditor
for the Lone Star Gas Company
;in Dallas, will be the guest speak-
er at the regular meeting Thurs-
day night, Mar. 23, of the Hous-
ton Chapter National Association
'of Cost Accountants. The group
‘will meet at Weldon's Cafeteria,
_________ : Mr. James is a recognized au-
i , . , . , . , thority in the field of gas account-
By FLORAL BUELL CHAPMANlernoon the Mayor’s son, Lee, cele-istalled this week and the volunteeiMaire cookie chairman. Phone her ^ ^ ,g ^ member of the Ac-
In spite of the lingering north- brated his coming to the ripe old j workmen will put the finishinglat MA-B124. counting Committee of the Ameri-
jers its spring. The calender saysjage of six. kouches on the flooring and ante- If your club or church is hav- can Gas Association and chair-
r°' ‘:ea\es a,afi d"ds 0,1 !‘" A round dozen little boys andjrjor art|ficial light. [ing a party the latter part ot'jinan of the Auditing Committee of
Shop.b^r IZ tJ H le!°ne enViableJ littlVVLWh“PfdJ The house will be finished about! April, you couldn’t ask for better 'he Southern Gas Association
Town Topics
Shamrock.
Abe Weingarten, 3612 Park wood, and
Joe Weingarten. 4000 S. v
c|one enviable little girl whooped]
right onji^- Up jn ancj out Df the West'si
house on Huisache to the great|the middle of May if everything]refreshments
scheduled and if the cookies.
!sale of the tickets for the televi-
Evervi Lee'-; hirthriav oresents included i_______, F)ici you
than Girl Scout
'Statistical and Research Council.
Mr. James will speak on the
[subject: “Pipeline Cost Account-
ing.”
Presbyterians To
Mayor Pro Tern Tom Needham and
a cleaner, more beautiful and
healthier Houston—and it now
seems we will—our aim will have
been achieved,” said Lauren Odell,
general chairman of the “clean up”
drive.
The campaign spread into the
homes—as well as to their exte-
riors—when 104,000 school chil-
dren took home check lists to
help their parents watch for safe-
ty hazards, unsightliness and
household points needing frequent
maintenance work.
Yslela Leissner, "Miss Texas”, clipped ribbons opening hi* firm''^driveways will
first suburban store at 2821 Laura Koppe Road. u ant_hjj] sj7
TIioho I’lissrel On:
Memorial Hospital, after an illness of several months,
Dr. J. R. Bost, 67, of 2941 Chevy Chase, prominent Houston
bone specialist, in the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, on March 16.
John B. Hines, 76, of 2219 Brentwood, retired business man,
on March 15.
Thomas Rayford Bolin. 69, of 4926 McKinney, one of the spon-
sors of Texas’ women’s suffrage lav^s, at his home, March 15.
W. R. Ham. 67, of 101 Rockleigh, retired superintendent for
the Missouri Pacific Lines, at St. Joseph s Infirmary on March 19.
the morning Mrs. West was elect-|The.v're planning to start workingjin April. If they missed your program at the tea. Thp Bellaircjtery’s annual Spring Rally for
ed vice president of the Bellairejat night too on the Girl Scout house why not phone your order Home Demonstration Club will [young people to he held in Bay
Women’s Civic Club. In the aft-jhouse. Flood lights will be in-lin. Mr*. Luther Coburn is Bel-| (Continued on Page 2) (City March 31 and April i.
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