The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1970 Page: 1 of 34
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The Alvin Sun P
34 Pages in 3 Sections
Business Phone 658-3353
Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas, Thursday, March 19, 1970
News Phone 658-4773
Price 10 Cents
Proposed Plans For Alvin City Hall
Outlined In Detail By Mayor Hermann
CofC Directors Support City
Proposed City Hall
See CANDIDATE, Page 6
The Chief Says
NOEL HOLT
IRTED
See WRITE-IN, Page 6
See AUTO, Page 6
BUTCH MIDDLEBROOKS
What The Chocolate Bayou Bond Issue Will Cost
E
S. BEEF
) free
an opportunity to hear “pros
and cons" on the issues and
listen to all candidates at the
"Know Your Candidate"
Forum to be staged here F ri-
p « 0 RATI ON
PROJECT
Corporation and Justice of the
Peace Court, will be located on
the first floor, along with the
city’s tax, utility, and public
works departments. The sec-
ond floor, served by an auto-
matic elevator, will house the
Alvin's mammoth all-city
clean-up campaign is sche-
duled for Saturday and Sun-
day, March 21-22, according
to City Manager W. E. "Wier"
Routh. If rain should put a stop
to the plans, the campaign for
a cleaner city has been re-
scheduled for April 11 and 12
. . . but with fair skies and a
riculture and Industry met in
special session last week to
hear a presentation by Mayor
Ted C. Hermann on the $600,
000 bond issue called April
4 for a new City Hall and Li-
brary expansion program in
will be arranged according to
departmental functions of the
city, with those departments
used most often by the citi-
zens located on the tirst floor.
The WelfareDepartment,
State Highway Department,
W. R. "Butch" Middle-
brooks of Hillcrest Village,
123 Larkspur, has been draft-
ed for a write-in campaign for
mayor of Hillcrest Village by
his many friends in Hillcrest,
it was reported Monday.
Fair representation for all
the people is the reason Mr.
Middlebrooks gave for ac-
cepting the write-in candi-
dacy for mayor of Hillcrest.
He advocates continued
sound financial policy, and be-
lieves plans should be made
for the use and immediate
OF BONO
>8,000
Alvin Community Theatre is
dedicating its weekend perfor-
mances of "Cheaper By The
Dozen” to the National Asso-
ciation of Retarded Children in
recognition of NARC Month be-
ing observed nationally during
March.
Performances of "Cheaper
By The Dozen" will be pre-
sented by the theatre group at
8 p.m. March 19, 20, and 21 in
the Alvin High School auditor-
ium. Mrs. Nita Parker, the
play's producer, has announ-
ced that free tickets will be
available for all retarded chil-
dren in the Alvin area.
Mrs. George (Scotty) Hol-
Spring is fast arriving and
this is the time of year people
are working in their yards
and our children are play-
ing outside.
Dogs running at large create
a public nuisance and this
practice is also a violation
of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Alvin.
without expansion, the mayor
said. The building can then be
expanded to fourfloorstopro-
vide sufficient area for Alvin's
city government for the next 50
years.
The interior of the building
e done on
i in parts
ON
RS
day night. March 20. by the
Public Affairs Committee of
the Alvin Chamber of Com-
merce, Agriculture and Indus-
try.
The meeting will be held at
The City of Alvin plans to
build a beautiful new city hall,
capable of serving the needs of
the City of Alvin for the next
50 years, on a convenient
downtown site, if the voters of
Alvin approve a $555,000 bond
issue in the April 4 city elec-
tion, said Mayor Ted C. Her-
mann.
The new building will be a
two story, brick and steel
edifice housing not only the city
offices but the county welfare
and State Highway Department
licensing offices as well. The
new city hall will contain 14,-
588 square feet, which will be
adequate to meet the city's
needs for the next 20 years
High school seniors from
Alvin and 14 other area
schools will converge on Alvin
Junior College tomorrow to
participate in the school’s an-
nual Senior Day.
Clear Creek. Angleton,
Danbury, Friendswood, Tex-
as City, Pearland, Santa Fe,
flight lee knight company
experience with the Angleton
Police Department.
Chief Miles said the other
members of his staff are Sgt.
D.E. Easton and Sgt. R.K.Mc-
Farland, Patrolmen Ronald A.
Robertson, A.D. Sheffield,Ro-
bert Pei r sol and Gary D.
Eden; and Dispatchers Ruth
LaBarbera, Jessie Palmer,
Nancy Reed and M.C. Levy.
little good luck, the city plans
will materialize this weekend
and many loads of trash, de-
bris and junk will be allo-
cated permanently to the city's
landfill.
The all-city clean-up pro-
gram has been greeted en-
thusiastically by many. City
Manager Routh reports that
•L- >
ill A
offices of the city manager and
the city finance department, as
well as the City Council cham-
bers.
The council chambers will
See Plans. Page 6
tamtlies.
'velop uur
hildren of
Middlebrooks Drafted
For H’Crest Write-In
Holt, a form-
tbe Alvin City
ling for Place
1 4 election,
is nncunce-
: "I have been
riends to en-
Like me, they
ouncil is not
oriented.’
ity’s effort
too few
fitnuuS P -
» Of tM
Police Force Is Now
i utliorized Strength
iscur-
author-
aid Po-
. as he
oyment
rolmen.
Pete
city pa-
■ mploy-
-pany. The
Albert K.
ight years
>nities.
:e ano-
> rides,
eds other
hould not
s ks" to *
be tattn •’
already there are large "of-
ferings" of trash set curb-
side (see above pictures) and
much more is expected to be
placed in an available spot
before the city and volunteer
workers and trucks start their
rounds on Saturday morning.
Routh has said in jest, "If
you de n’t want your wife and
kids picked up, keep them away
from the curbline on Satur-
day!" But he’s hoping that
there will be piles of debris
which folks ordinarily have
no way to transport to the
city’s dumping area.
In fact, with the assistance
See CLEAN-UP, Page 6
Alvin Man Is
Hurt In Crash
Carl H. Tripplett, 22. of
806 W. Blum was reported to
have been injured in a one-
car wreck last Friday night
on Cc unty Road 99, about two
miles north of Highway 6.
Th< Brazoria County Sher-
iff’s Department reported that
an ambulance was summoned
to tale the injured man to Al-
vin Memorial Hospital.
’* Cbxolate Bayou bond election-the $1,
■'-we proposed by Brazoria County Cotuerva-
a ration District Three commissioners-have
‘’-on abour the cost of the project and the pro-
^/ ’Sts. At the left is a chart showing total cost
to widen and deepen the bayou to the pre-
icMions. Of tills amount, the federal govern-
. 3 per cent or some $2,000,000. Local tax-
tng industries and companies) will pay 31.1
AJC Welcome Prospects
During Annual Senior Day
FIRESTONE TIRES
Home I Auto Supplies
PHICC APPLIANCES
Higher Dually At lower Frees
Deputy Hurt In
Auto Accident
Brazoria County Deputy
Sheriff Dan Colvin of Friends-
wood has returned to duty after
being hospitalized for injuries
received in a three-car acci-
dent last Friday near Pear-
land.
Colvin, 41, spent two nights
in Alvin Gulf Coast Hospital.
Another accident victim,
Louis Sanders, 61, of Pear-
land was treated for a gash
in the forehead at Houston's
Gulfway Hospital.
According to Sheriff’s De-
partment Patrol Captain Leon
C. Levy, the accident occurred
just west of the Pearland city
limits on FM 518 at about
8:40 p.m. after a heavy rain
shower.
Levy said Sanders was driv-
ing his 1969 Ford pickuptruck
west on FM 518 and attempting
to pass a 1963 Ford driven by
H. W. Schroder, 38, of
F riendswood.
The captain said the two
cars collided and spun on the
highway. Colvin's patrol car
was eastbound ca FM 518 and
collided with Sander's spin-
ning pickup. Both the pickup
and patrol car, a 1970 Ply-
mouth, were total losses. Levy
said.
Schroder was not injured In
the accident, the patrol cap-
tain said.
Thus spoke Police Chief
Olan Miles as he reviewed
one of the city's most often
broken laws.
The chief pointed out that
Ordinance 4-16 of the Code
of Ordinances states: "It shall
be unlawful for any person to
See CHIEF, Page 6
"Cheaper By The Dozen”
A.C.T.’s Weekend Agenda
land and Robert Kunze portray
the lead roles of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Gilbreth, parents of a
brood of 12 delightful children.
The supporting A.C.T. cast in-
cludes Denise Whiten, Jerry
Crider, Troy Bullock, Bruce
Bohannon, ButchStoud, Sandra
Bullock, Yevette Holland, Gail
McKithan, Sherlene Hacker,
Rita Lange, Laddy Marks, Ken
Welling, Dorothy Stiandera,
Johnny Ware and Janie Marks.
James Odom, Wade Towler.
and Roddy Dunne! are under-
studies.
Miss Claire Harmon is di-
S« ACT, Page *
per cent or an estimated *1,408,000. Donations from in-’
dust lies and large landowners will provide another 7.6 per
cent or some $280,000. The $1,408,000 bond issue will be
pro-rated in this manner, it was reported: Major industries
will pay 71 per cent of the bond cost or an estimated $999,
680; Individual homeowners will pay an estimated 20 per cent
or '$281,000; and companies and small indusuies will pay
another nine per cent or $126,720.
;OWN FORD ltd.
UR CAR M BUYS MORE
WENT AL • NEW > USIEO UNITS
y 35 - ALVIN, TEXAS fi5g
The directors unanimously
approved the bond issue, and
at the same time reiterated
a previous approval by voting
once again to support the $1,
408.000 Chocolate Bayou pro-
See CHAMBER. Page 6
nnounces For
ouncil Place 3
Hitchcock, Ross Sterling, Mt.
Carmel, Madison, LaMarque,
Dickinson. an<' West Columbia
high school se. of have been
invited to the aJC campus
to view its faculties, with the
intention of attracting pro-
See AJC, Page 6
Two Weeks
Left For Auto
Registration
H. A. Thomas, Tax-Asses-
sor Collector for Brazoria
County said this week there
are only rwo more weeks left
for residents to register their
automobiles for licensing.
"We lack a whole lot of hav-
ing all the auto registrations
completed. We have too many
people waiting until the last
minute to obtain their licen-
ses," Thomas said.
Thomas further stated that
Monday, March 23, will be the
Dedicated *7a (?6*uHiuiity Senw.ce Oven 79 tycoM.
ESTABLISHED 1890
Transportation
Parley Is Set
An organizational meeting of
the newly created County-Wide
Tramsportation Committee
v m railed Thursday by Bra-
w • Juuge Alton C.
Arnoi-L
The ;rs: meeting is set for
March 24 at 7:30 p.m. in
See CJEt MTTEE, Page 6
Sheriff Gladney
Is Improving
Brazoria County Sher-
iff Bob Gladney was re-
ported in satisfactory con-
dition at Methodist Hospi-
tal in Houston Saturday.
Gladney underwent sur-
gery Friday for a back
ailment.
Know Your Candidate
Meeting Set On Friday
Alvin-area voters will have Hav nioht March 20 bv the Chamber of Commerce. Ag- The directors
All-City Spring Cleaning Drive Is
On Two-Day Weekend Agenda
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Storrs, A. W. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1970, newspaper, March 19, 1970; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1215229/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.