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ALVIN, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1956
ME 66
NUMBER 23
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OF THE FIRST—-The employees and customers of the Yellow Jacket CcIq are among
Poll Tax Sales In
City Move Slowly
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pgr is bein^
b taxes and qualify to vote
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the referendum,
approvec
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Sgt. Dure Martinez, 22 year
old son of Nibes Martinez
of Alvin, has reenlisted for the
second time in the Marine Corps
to serve for a per.od of three
alty of 50 per cent cf parity on
them <
av< rage
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952. 1953 and 1954.
com-
to-
open.
Todd
Brazoria
Stabilization
vote on
IS YOUR FREEDOM WORTH $1.50?
AY YOUR POLL TAX’
JANUARY 31st IS THE DEADLINE
THE ALVIN SUN
Combined With The Alvin Citizen
Rice Growers To Vote
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J io Dance, Mothers
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HBBHS
was record-
The figure
more
““Tom Collins Will
A Week With
The City Marshal
250 Expected At
Football Banquet
Alvin’s March of Dimes is more
than a third on its way to a $3,-
175 qouta, reports showed this
week, and major events yet plan-
ned are expected to net the re-
not counted out
Wi h less than
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Methodists Will
Study Building On
New Site In Alvin
The Rev. T. Walter Moore, dis-
trict superintendent of the Gal-
veston District M e t ho d i s t
Churches, will be in Alvin Tues-
day night, Jan 31. for a special
' meeting of the quarterly confer-
■nce here to consider legal mat-
j ters pertaining to the local build-
ng program. The meeting will
i be held at 7 p. m. in the church.
At 7:30 n. m on the same
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•‘There will be the usual
•ity, county and stats
elections and of course, being i
presidential year will draw out
voters who ordinarily do not go
t< the polls.”
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Nothing But the U. S. Mint
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i ADVERTISING
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Some 250 people are expected
to attend the annual banquet giv-
en by the Alvin Independent
School District and honoring the
Alvin Yellowrjackets and the Yel-
lowjacket Band.
The banquet
Speak At Annual Record Despite Loss To Angleton
A’l/'t —x 1O The Angleton team took a 29-
22 third period margin but the
Mustangs were
se matters up with the
parents of the boys and they will
have to answer to the judge be-
cause that is destroying public
property.
We picked up two DWI’s re-
cently. DWl means driving
while intoxicated. They spent
sime time in jail. Anyway we
den’t wjmt people driving while
drinking
Everything has been rolling
along pretty good up to this time.
I hope to have a larger letter writ-
ten next week. .And that is as it! .......___
looks from here. j Meyer athletic
E. J HAFERNICK. rh.ictio^ I’r
The s ick-moving Alvin junior
high school Mustangs
I straight i----- - -
downed by tha Angleton wildkit- ’
tens las't wefc /he Mustangs
were in the driver’s seat so far
as league standing was concern-
ed but tie loss to Angleton puts
them inio a three-wav tie with
the Wildikittens and the Freeport
Redskins All three teams have
4-1 records.
The Wildkittens ended Alvin’s
winning streak with a 42-37 vic-
tory. Th- Kittens leaped into an
8-5 lead the first quarter but Al-
vin came back to tie the score at
17-17 at halftime.
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•IFor 69‘
Mrs. Otto Kettler was named
chairman of clerical workers who
assist in the project here
and Mrs. Earl Terry, Mrs. J
Baty and Mrs. R. E. Rhoades,
health chairmen for the elemen-
tal/. junior high school and jun-
ior college P-TA groups, will se-
cure some 64 workers to take
two-hour shifts while the mobile
x-ray unit is in Alvin.
The unit is sent here by the
State Department of Health in
cooperation with the Brazoria
County Medical Society and the
Brazoria County Health Unit. It
is sponsored here by the Brazoria
County Tuberculosis Association.
Members of the Lulacs Chap-
ter in Alvin are working this
year with the preparations com-
mittee to distribute Spanish-1 ang-
See X-RAY
Page 7, Column 8
Alvinites Urged To
Take Advantage
Of X-Ray Program i
Mrs. Thelma Hutchins and Mrs.
Jim Dick Lindsey, cochairmen of
. the mass x-ray program to be held
■ here Feb 3 and 4. called a meet-
-■? of health chairmen of the
"" ...... P-TA ■;
_________nd PartK.pat.on m the pro-
’* it'ofBBa $112,651.94
-cted All children over 15 years of
i3 I mW? | WE -H ’h<; Alvin and Pearand
a .-.aele --- , "'‘h b1' tak,'n P'
i ,lmo;t. a nd P-TA groups .n Pearland.
I in ines and costs were
i leciedF'jk ' :-'>pning '
? < ttn 1952. 195J ;.nd 1954. ,
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fsal of the trend to- x-rays-
|r cases being filed in
I and Justice Courts.
the fine? in the Jus-
i were upon convictions
I of charges of drunk-
B traffice violations.
tty Court. 65 people
Icted for driving while
J; five for possession
■koards; four for carry-
■ nine for driving while
■rator’s licenses were
■ and 17 cases involving
the Texas Liquor
2lb$-15‘
Friday Gn Grain Quotas
Rraznria Count v riro arnumre r»r»«n ' ______ai__ _____'_____ ___xx__, .
furnace, chairman of the
i Co u nty Agricultural
and Conservation
the marketing quota part
of the program. He explains that
allotments will be in ef-
fect regi rdless of the outcome of
If quotas are
by at least two thirds
e 'nost enthusiastic t.uppor+ers of the March of Dimes in Alvin and the coin card placed
w4s one of the first to be filled. Paul Kreuzer, cochairman of tne drive, accepts the
le>ii catd from Jim Dick Lindsey, ov/ner of the cafe. Shown are (left to right): Mrs. Doris
ih Hra|l(r'?uzer, Lindsey, and Mrs. Bonnie Alien.
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For 2'>jc
Doctor Is Sued By
Farmer In Alvin
For the second time, a Brazoria
County farmer has filed a dam-
age suit against a Galveston phy-
sician
John G Savidge is seeking
damages of S80.000 in a suit
against Dr. E. Peter Garber in
the 10th District Court The peti-
tion charges Dr. Garber with
claimed acts of negligence.
This case was filed on July 1.
1954 It went to trial in the 10th
District Court before Judge Don-
I ild M. Markle and a jury and on
Nov. 4, 1955, the plaintiff tx»k a
1 non-suit, or called off the trial.
Jackson came back strong in the
third period and matched the
Mustangs point for point. The
third quarter ended Alvin 32-38
With two minutes to go Alvin
had a 38-36 lead a id the Pan-
thers were pressing Alvin kept
hitting and with a minute to go
the score was 42-39
Jim William^ had 25 points to
lead Lake Jackson while John
Sec MUSTANGS
Page 7, Column 8
Brazoria County rice growers
will vote Friday, Jan. 27, along
______ with other growers in rice-pro-
I night, the buil ling committee of during counties and states, to de-
; he church will meet with Cam- cice whether rice marketing
ron Fairchild of Houston, the! quotas will be in effect for the
i rchitect. to begin definite plan-jl95(> crop. Notice, have been
; ing and study for the proposed | sent to all rice producers of rec-
: >ew building which will be lo-1 ord, indicating polling places and
■ .-ated at a new site. ' hours when the polls will be
K:|Mses Filed
IICourt
urtng Past Year
MH£^'tornev Sa:n of
L'^-ria C ■mty said that in the
endur xt 1955, a otal of
V collected m fines;
1 the County Court '
i J istio Courts of Brazoria »
s amount up I
over the calendar ;
k when only S32.651.94
Bl8 cases were filed in
p'j.-t :n 1955 with 16
[ pending at the end of
[tne 134 easins total, 104
’ of and 30 were left
kr the docket to be dis-
p the January and Feb-
f- 4 the County Crim-
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WILSON
Discharged
tek Kyle Edward Wilson,
of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Wil
son. expects to get his discharge
from the United States Army
this week at Marysville, Calif.
He will return to the University
of Texas and complete his studies
there
Mr and Mrs. W Ison. Mrs. Al
Martin and Mrs. Lucille Gwin
left last week for California. Wil-
son will return to Alvin with
them.
TOM COLLINS
CC Speaker
Principal speaker at this year's
annual banquet of the Brazoria
County Chamber of Commerce
will be Tom Collins, publicity di-
rector of the City National Bank
and Trust Company of Kansas
City, Kans, and one of the na-
tion’s most sought after public
speakers.
During the past 24 years, Mr.
Collins has given more than 5,000
talks to groups of all sizes and
types with over 70 per cent of
these being repeat performances.
This attests to the title often
given him as ‘‘the speaker who is
asked back ”. In one year, alone,
his speaking engagements took
him into 40 states and two for-
eign countries.
i Mr. Collins’ speech before the
i Brazoria County group, titled
i “Two and Two Aren’t Always
I Four” is one of his best and most
requested, having a serious,
thought-provoking theme but
highlighted and underlined with
a technique of humor that guaran-
tees the highest enjoyment by the
audience.
Testimony to the speaker’s abil-
ity can be found in the words
of the late Clarence De Busk,
general manager of the Beaumont
Chamber of Commerce, “Never
in the history of our organization
See CC MEET
Page 7, Column 8
' mainder of the necessary fund.
| said O. V. Robinson
Kreuzer. cochairmen.
A total of $1,058.68 <
ed Monday morning,
was not complete since
funds from the Businessmen’s
March Friday had net been hand-
ed in and an additional $134.50
from the American Legion Aux-
iliary bake sale Saturday had not
been tallied.
Mr. Robinson said last week
that alxju’t $135 had been re-
ceived from cards mailed to in-
dividuals and organizations. Since
that time several clubs have vot
ed $10 and $25 contributions.
Moneys placed in the coin cards,
containers and street barrels had
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Page 7, Column 8
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J For 2!'|C|rJ
IEaeh19ell
FFt"FAS. It i» the civic duty of every qualified citi-
| »:te in every election and thus help preserve ojr
Rate form of government,
HE^EFORH I. L. A. (Tony) Pugh, Mayor of the City of
Ido hereby proclaim Jan. 26th through Jan. 3 1st, "Pay
ro Tax Davs ' asking the support of Industry, Labor,
organizations, as well as all people generally, to
h His dr ve for payment of Doll taxes.
L L. A. (Tony) PUGH, Mayor
Despite the number of import-
ant elections scheduled for 195t.
th ■ sale »f poll taxes is slow i i
Alvin, said Mrs. Willie Slat a per
and Mrs Hollis Isaacs, cochair-
m -n of the project here.
The poll tax sales in Alvin are
being handled by the Business
ard Professional Women’s Cluo
who, for several years, have
urged local residents tc pay their
pc II tax and take part in all elec-
tic 'ns.
Deputies are on duty at a boot i
in the A vin Motor Co. offices oi
Scaly St-eet from 9 a. m . unt I
6 p. m. daily but Mrs Slataper
said they had not been rushed
b} purchasers.
• The fict that we are not sell-
ing many poll taxes does not
mean that people do not want
them,” sne said. “It only means
that many people will wait until
the last minute* and than incon-
venience themselves by having
tc stand in line”.
H. A. Thomas, county ‘ax as-
st ssor and collector, also urge 1
Alvinites to pay their poll tax.
“’’his wi I be a big election year.*
he said.
s< hool,
( age Tournament
Set For Weekend
Eight basketball teams will
.move into action here Friday.
Jan. 27. at 4 p. m in the recond
invitational B-stnr-g cage tour-
nament sponsored by the Student
Council at Alvin Junior High
School
Minet Davis, coach, and C. B
Roland, athletic director, are
making plans for the tourney.
In the first ioundr Friendswood
and Sweeny will play at 4 p. m .
Webster and La Marque will play
at 5:15 p. m.; Lutheran of Hous-
ton and La Porle will play at 7
p in. and Alvin and Angelton
will play at 8.3C p. m.
The second round for consola-
tion places will begin at 9:30 a.
m. Saturday with a second game
played at 10:45 a. m. The second
round of the winning bracket will
be played at 1 p. m. and 2:15 p.
m. Saturday.
The consolation finals will be
played at 7 p. na. Saturday night
und the championship game wi 1
be at 8:30 p. m.
Mr. Roland said trophies wi.l
be awarded champions, runners-
up and consolation winners ard
individual silver basketballs will
be given to five members of an
all-tournament team to be chos-
i en.
Sgt. Martinez first entered the
Marines in April, 1949. through
the 14th Special Infantry Com-
pany in Galveston. In October,
1950. he was called tc aetvie duty.
His first discharge came in ApriJ,
1952, from the reserve and he im-
mediately reenlisted in the Ma-
rines. His second discharge was
in November. 1955. and after a
short i»eriod he "re-upped” again
Dec 27. 1955.
Sgt. Martinez, while serving j
with a Weapons Company of the
thiro Marine Division, was a
squad leader of an Assault Pla-
toon He proudly wears the Sec-
retary of Navy Unit Commenda-
tion Marine Corps Good Conduct,
National Defense, Korean Service
and United Nations Medals.
He reported Dec. 30 to the Ma-
rine Base at Camp Pendleton,
Calif, for duty with the Military
• Police Battalion.
He previously served at the El
Toro Marine Corps Air Station in
Santa Ana, Calif.
He attended Alvin High School
and was employed ty the Brown
and Root Tank Division in Hous-
ton before joining the Marine
Corps.
will be given
Thursday. Jan. 26. at 8 p. m. m
the school cafeteria, said A B.
Templeton, superintendent of
schools and general chairman in
charge of arrangem ?nts
W. H. Meyers, dean of the jun-
ior college, will giv? the invoca-
tion and Mr. Templeton will wel-
come the guests.
Lloyd Gregory of Houston will
be master of ceremonies and will
introduce the high school Ycl-
lowjacket coaching staff and
players, the Yellowjacket band
director and band members.
Other guests will also be in-
troduced.
Principal speaker will be Dutch
: director at Tex-
as Christian University.
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price.
support of $4.0A
reduced but it will
be increa: ed if a combination o!
the rice jarity price of Aug. 1,
19 6 (the beginning of the mar-
ke .ing year) and supply percent-
ag • as cf that date idicates a
higher level of support.
f less han two thirds of those
voting to approve the quota pro-
m will not be in effect, and
prsce support will drop to 50 per
cent of parity to those who star
within th ir allotments.
Quotas have been proclaimed
for the 1956 rice crop, Mr. Furn-
ac’* exph ined, because the total
su )ply of rice, 1955 production
plus carryover and imports, ex-
ceeds the “normal supply” by
49.6 per rent. The law requires
that quotas be proclaimed when
th< total supply exceeds the
“normal supply’ by more than 10
per cent. The total supply for
th< year beginning Aug. 1, 1955,
is estimated at 83.6 million hun-
dredweigLt, compared with a
noi-mal supply of 55.9 million
hu idredweight.
All these, who as landlords,
tennants, of sharecroppers, had
an interest in a 1955 rice crop
on a farrr at the time of harves;
Ah entitled to vote in the refe-
rendum.
’’oiling places for the rice re-
ferendum in Brazoria County are
as follow.1: American Rice Grow-
er Co-Op Assn . Pearland; South-
ern Farehouse Corporation, Al-
vin: Furnace Dryer, Manvel;
South Texas Rice Warehouse Co,
Rcsharon Brazoria County ASC
Olfice, Angleton; and Fire Sta-
tion, Danbury.
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marketing penalties and may put
their rice under Commodity
Cr< dit Corporation loans or pur-
chase agreements. This assures
of a minimum national
e support of $4.04 per hun-
dredweight on their 1356 crop
which is 5 per cent of the Nov
15. 1955, parity
".'his mir
wi 1 not t
Head Ijc
PROCLAMATION
^HEREAS, during the month of January an intensive
----ig waged to encourage all Texans to pey
p taxes and qualify to vote in municipal, school,
b1 4 national elections of 1956, and
I and costs collected in i
lad risen to a pinnacle
»r 1951 when almost ., , , - ~ ...
(fines and easts were I Manvel and Chocolate Bayou wtll
be asked to inform sch'jol per-
sonnel and patrons of the oppor-
to receive free chest
oi more of the grov'ers voting, i
growers who exceed their allot-
ments win be subject to a pen-
altv nf rmr t f rraritv nti
their excess marketings and none
of their rice will be eligible for
price support.
Those who stay v/ithin their
Committee, makes clear that the
allotments will not be subject to
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won 13 I
!,an?'S. J? i by Tlong "shot
two minutes to pla>, the Alw”
five went ahead one point 37-ad
but quick field goals by Angle-
ton gave the Kittens the margin
and the upset over the favored
Alvin five.
Bill Pursley was high point
man with 17 for Angleton and R.
Curson had 16 points. For Al-
vin, it was Bill Roland with 24
points as the little forward hit the
long shots all night for the Mus-
tangs. He also made some nice
driving shots to keep the Ponies
in the game most of the time.
Earlier
Earlier Lake Jackson threaten-
ed the Mustangs but missed a
major upset by a score of 46-43
j with the Ponies still at the helm.
’ Several times the Panthers came
| within two points of overtaking
i so tv u ivhmk iv uk pwp.c »• (me Mustangs, wno noicne
this community concerning our | their fifth straight district
police department.
I was off for a while, and thers [
wasn’t i o much to report. 11
want to say that during the holi-'
day season we had no one in jail, j
Evidentl.. folks are getting a little'
more religious, more and more:
are going to church, and making
peace with the savior of all 11
think wo; had something of a re-1
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Well I think it is about time
I gave a| report to the people in' t]M. Mustangs, who notched up
l win.
j Coach Bob Beaty s Mustangs
I grabbed an early letd ehd were
never headed but came close on
several occasions, being tied by
the fighting Lake Jackson five.
The first quarter ended with the
Mustangs in a 14-8 lead over the
iPanthers. Both clubs hit veil in
the second quarter but the Mus-
; tangs kept their lead 24-18. Lake
cord for peacefulness that should i
make everyone feel better, and
w’e in tile police department cer-
tainly aije thankful. We had our
share of accidents before and
after the holidays, but none dur-
ing Christmas and New' Years
while thi»re were over 600 killed
and thousands injured over the
nation. However there were too
many killed in Brazoria County
during 955. I hope the death
rate is cut down in 1956 and we
will all pe happy.
The Ji. Patrol at the high
school i; still doing a good job.
They wee on TV Dec 23 and will
be back on TV Feb. 14
Weil we are getting complaints
from folks who see some of our
youngsters shooting air rifles and
killing ijobins. It is against the
city law for air rifles to be shot
in the c ty limits and I have
ceived Calls where windows are
broken
mischievousness. We are going to
take the
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