The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1962 Page: 2 of 20
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graduate of
Theological
Emert, Bill Enms, and Don
West were the acolytes.
A reception in the parish
hall followed the services.
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The Alvin Sun
^Maatv A* few
not know the difference —
having had far too little time,
lately, to look in the mirror!
. . . Like we said, there
really isn’t much so-called
•‘spare time” during the
merriest of holiday seasons
but do, we beseech you, take
time to remember Whose
birthday we observe. It
makes all the difference in
the world . . .
Alvin’s Christmas spirit
is reflected in the many
elegant and elaborate Yule
decorations arranged this
year in business houses and
at residences — all enrered
in the Christmas decorating
• e Al-
vin Chamber of Commerce,
REGINALD ENNIS
"Ordained"
Reginald Ennis
Ordained Here
isn’t
time
| about a story in THE SUN.
ABWA Dinner
Is Yule Event
The Gulf Crossroads
Chapter of the American
Business Womens Associa-
tion held its Christmas party
Dec. 10 at the Alvin State
Bank’s Community Room.
The Christmas tree was
laden with gifts of food and
toys to be distributed by the
Alvin Chamber of Commerce
to needy families.
A large crowd was pre-
sent for the delicious din-
ner. Red net cloths were
I used on the individual dining
tables.
The Good News Quartet
from the Apostolic Faith
Church sang several hymns
and led the group is singing
carols.
The Rev. G. K. Kerr read
the Christmas story while
Mrs. Kerr displayed il-
lustrations.
when he gets weary of the
house . . . SCHOOL TAX
ASSESSOR - COLLECTOR
MAX VOGAN getting a pre-
holiday haircut . . . A. GUY
CROUCH saying nice thing;
When he offers praise, he
does it lavishly . . . KARLA
AULT, the little -reasure of
the DONALD AULT’S. may
be too-young to understand
the intricacies of high
finance and all that but. in
complete innocence, she
recognizes one of Christ- '
mas’es problems. KARLA I
Former Alvin
Man Buried
John Farr Skeete, 81. died
in San Angelo on Dec. 8.
He was born in Alvin on
Nov. 3. 1881, and lived here
for many years, operating
a meat marker.
Services were held in rhe
Lawn Haven Memorial Gar-
dens in San Angelo.
Mr. and Mrs. Skeete would
have celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary four
days after his death.
Besides his wife, he is
survived by a son, George
M. Skeete of Water Valle),
and two daughters, Mrs.
Charles E. Armstrong of
Gimmett, and Mrs. Ross
Foster of Sterling City, and
eight grandchildren.
Alvin State
Gives Bonus,
Has Dividend
The Board of Director of
the Alvin State Bank ha de-
clared the 40th annual divi -
dend ’his week, a dividend
of 80 cents a share to h
payable on Jan. 2. 1963 to
all stockholders of record*
on Dec. 13, 1962.
At the same rime rhe board
authorized rhe payment of a
Christmas bonus in rhe
amount of 12 1/2 per cent
of annual salary to each of -
ficer and employee of the
bank.
cy, Stanton’s, Houstot
rural Gas. Alvin State
Huser’s, Western
Petite Beauty Salon, kirst
National Bank, City Drug,
Wellborn’s, Bowman’s,
Heller’.> Nursery and Neves
and Wooster Appliance Com-
pany.
There are 13 entries in
rhe ''overall decoration”
category for residences,
faking part fn this jjhase
of the contest are; Vv
Kinser, Strirgtown Roa[i; A.
£. Bowen. 1605 S. Lee;
Terrell. 814 W. Sealy; ft. R.
Barber, 494 W. Duncan; Mrs.
Julia Collins. 510 W. Blum;
First Monsanto
Dance Termed
“Big Success”
The first entertainment
planned by tfe newly formed
Chocolate Bayou Employees
Association of the Monsanto
Chemical Company was
Dec. 7. and was termed an
”ou’standing success” by
guests.
Over 500 employees and
guests gathered at the main
bal'room of the Galvez Hotel
m Galveston for a ^emi-
formal dance. Music
provided by Les Browi and
his orchestra from Hoiston.
Co-chairmen forthe^ance
were Mr \ddie Marland of Yq gg HOSt At
Reginald W. Ennis, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald
W. Ennis, was ordained to
the Sacred Order of Dea-
cons Thursday morning at
the Grace Episcopal Church
of Alvin by the Right Rev-
erend John E. Hines, Bis-
hop of the Diocese of Texas.
Assisting in the service
were the Rev. Canon Scott
Field Bailey, the Rev. Her-
bert J. Beadle Jr. of Bell-
aire, the Rev. Irvin F. A.
Kracke of Houston, the Rev.
James G. Greer of Hemp-
stead and the Rev. Emmett
M. Waits of Dallas, who gave
the sermon.
Ennis is a
the General
Seminary in New York and
of North Texas State College.
He is living presently in
Houston with his wife,
Martha, and daughter, Vicki,
but will move to Mexia early
in January, where he will
be in charge of two mis-
sions in Mexia and Waco.
Ushers for the ordination
service were M. J. Duncan,
C. A. Renton, A. Guy Crough.
Harley Robinson, W. K.
Wellborn, A. G. Lawrence,
I and C. D. Hummell Jr. Frank
Open House
Alvin State Bank will be
host to a Christmas open
house during banking hours
on Friday, Saturday and
Monday, said Tom Blakeney,
vice president.
The bank will arrange a ;
refreshment table in the at- ;
tractively decorated lobby '
and all of the customers and ■
friends in town are invited .
ro drop by during the holi-
day event.
Agriculture and Industry and
the Alvin Garden Club.
New to tlie contest this
year is that category for
business houses which will
be judged on the most out-
standing of iiterior decora-
tions. Parricipating are
Brockman’s, Alvin Phatma-
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ank,
.uro.
. the
with
it’s red atin birds in WELL-
BO N’ S window . .. the bril-
liant fores- of pine I trees
surrounding the FIRE DE-
PARTMENT and POLICE
ST ATION, each a-flitter
with i ’s blinking lights . .
the winking Rudolph peering
from behind a holly arrange-
ment in FIRST NATIONAL
BANKS drive-in window ..
and the especially meaning-
ful manger scene set up
a* FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH . . . FRANKIE
GOODRIDGE picking up an
armload of gayly wrapped
Yule gifts . . . MRSjo. T.
BARKER wearing the most
striking coat in a bold plaid
desigr of blues, greens and
mauves . . . N. A. KEITH-
LEY of C HR ISTI ANSON-
KEITHLEY huddling into a
bright red jacket against one
morning’s winter chill . . .
the clerks in PUGH’S kid-
ding HAYS COFFEY about
being the "store detective”
--in truth, he comes down
and PUBUSHER
SEWS EDITOR:
JPLAT ADVERTISMG
JIHED ADVERTISING
SL’PERfNNTENDENT
— -» five full d ys In «d-
r precaution will .-e token,
■mare or loot photoynipba.
Maximum size for wed-
on Monday. Other new» will
f ample apa-e for a news story,
oceura.
Adelaide Jasoba, newa editor,
• UM
In Advance
BAKER having double
trouble. Twin sons. JEF-
FREY and DAVID, like to
answer the telephone when
it rings . . . WESLEY EER-
NISSE ( no doubt ) reeling
with shock when he glanced
over a Sunday Houston paper,
saw his picture and the cut-
line which declared that
POLICE CHIEF GLEN
SHEPPERD left Alvin to go
to work as office deputy for
CONSTABLE GEORGE
L.AR KIN in Houston. GLEN
. might have had a moment I
i of astonishment, too, as he |
I contemplated rhe change in ;
hopes Santa will bring her . his features bur henhemight
, a ''buildfold” and maybe rhe
rest of us would like one of
hose , too. if it would ‘'build”
it’s own contents a^s regular-
ly as we emptied it . .
Though we did have just a
bit of added cheer in our
shopping rounds. Wishfully,
we handed in our punched-
out shopping card at EVANS
FOOD STORE declaring that
we’d come for our $1,000.
■ We didn’t back away when
j KAREN KNAPE said '’we
have a $20 winner” bur that
$20 is gone now and Christ-
mas isn’t even here vet! . ..
Young ROY MILTON POW-
ERS wanting Saint Nick to
understand, completely,
about the route to whichever
house he might be occupying.
•'We live ar Arcadia but I
stay with my UNCLE
BLACKIE and AUNT OPAL
at CAMP MOHAWK part of
the time.” he wrote. "So
it would be o.k. to leave my
gun either place” ... and
little MARCIA GUERRERO,
the charmer at the LEON-
ARDO GUERRERO abode,
making no false promises,
even to Santa Claus. "I will
TRY to be a good girl,”
she said . . MRS R. L.
■he 3est idea <|>f rhe
season’ It’s perpetual!'
o'clock ar DIXIE SERVICE
STATION since the
stopped. With ever'body
running our of hours,
DICK KINSER lucky tha
(there) stands still?
COMMUNITY PUBLIC’S
MARVIN FORD giving a
helping hand with the street •
Yule lighting but insisting ;
that he doe.sn’t plan to work
too hard . . . ALMA KIL-
BORN studying a sheet of
music a; she eats lunch . . .
and rhe many, many lovely
scenes around totfnd DR.
HUGH FAULKNER’S fibeked
Christina, ree, vivid’y gay
and exquisite with it,1 red
satin apple.- ... rhe cheer-
ful Yu e idea encompass-
ed in HOUSTON NATURAL’S
own seasonal decor .
fro’hy white tree aliv
Pabltohed in Ahta, Brazoria County. Tcim, •very Th a reday and dedicated
ta the progrrma of A lvin and Brazoria County.
. . cU“ ■! Alvta. Tezaa.
A. B. "GENE" BOW EN.................... EDITOR
MRS. ADELAIDE JACOB . ...
TIM GILMORE .......... Djsi
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basis.
James Melton, 207 Mc-
Lemore; Carlos Fuste, 303
W. Duncan; C. P. Munz,1317
S. Beauregard; F. A. Gould,
1016 W. Adoue; R. M. Jones,
north of Alvin; Mrs. S. I.
Vaughn, 702 W. Sidnor;Mrs.
J. W. Scott, Stricklin Ad-
dition in Mustang; and Don
Jeter. 722 Dezso Drive.
Decorated doorways at 12
homes were entered in the
contest. They are: Tim
Blakeney, 303 S. Jackson;
Sid Holdredge. 314 W. Cleve-
land; Mrs. George Pennock,
415 S. Gordon; A. B. Temple-
on, 702 Cedar Lawn; Stapp
Maxwell, 522 Sunset Lane;
P. L. Martin. 104 Bell; J. A.
Tanner, 410 Bowman Drive;
Homer Hambright, 2112 S.
Gordon; Margaret Ercums,
205 S. Hood; Nan Lewis,
901 S. Johnson; L. G. Reu-
wer, 717 W. Cedar Lawn;
and Sam Rowe, 1224 S. Booth
Lane.
Window displays have been
arranged at the homes of
J. D. Thompson, 1303 W.
S:adium Drive; Mrs. Henry
S:uksa, 416 Bowman Drive;
and J. B. Hensler, 1613 S.
Hood.
Legion Yule
Party Is Held
American Legion Post 129
and the auxiliary held an an-
nual Christmas party for
members and their families
Thursday in rhe American
Legion Memorial Communi-
ty Center.
Turkey and dres.-ing and
a variety of dishes were
served. The high school
dance band, directed by Cecil
Rusk, played during the din-
ner hour.
The room was decorated
with large angels fashioned
by ladies of rhe auxiliary.
These figures were auction-
ed off by Hollis McGinness.
Alvin State
Alvin and Lou Gerlovich of
Houston, who were assisted
jy a number of plant
sonnet, including
Slaughter, president cf the
association, Eddie Shopman,
Darleen Gocdridge and Sue
Slater.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brit-
ton won the drawing fdr the
doer prize of a milk glass
punch bowl engraved with a
Santa Claus figure,; and
matching cups. Britrorj is a
processor at the local plant.
Ill
Rage 2, Sec. I-The Alvin Sun-Thursday, December 20
42 Entries Are
Entered In
Yule Decorating
A.
43*
SWIFTS PREMIUM
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LIMIT 2
Can
3
Price
Sale
Loin
Cuts
lb.
Bag
3 to 4
lbs. Size
1/2 Gal.
Ctn.
LIMIT
I CTN.
2 1/2
Can
lb.
Ctn.
CHICKEN
HENS
HURRY
STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR
■TURKEYS
Borden
COTTAGE
Hunt's Fruit
COCKTAIL
Ocean Spray
CRANBERRY
Pork
ROAST
Welch Grap-”
JELLY
[Green
ONIONS
Bunch
APPLES
Cello
Bag
5
Snider's Tomato
KETCUP
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HAM
3$2.1
Rosedale
PEACHES
Gladiola
CORN MEA
White or Yellow
31
lb.
Can
LIMIT I
CLOSE OUT DEC. 24th ONLY
XMAS TREES
1/2
Borden's Glazier
9C ICE CREAM
NBC Ritz i
CRACKERS
i2”35$
Names Will Be Posted In Store
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Jar
Btl.^ *
FORT HOWARD PAPER
NAPKINS
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Can
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Dep.
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Ctn.
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Bowen, A. E. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1962, newspaper, December 20, 1962; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1245446/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.