The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1955 Page: 2 of 12
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Local Delegates To
Attend Conference
Nofo: For thick cake-like sqvr.rc . b.
oven (35G° F.) abou» 45 minutes.
of Bible study ar d the need for
widespread Bible education.
Some of the ocal delegates
j who will attend the assembly are
the H. A. Rentz family, Mr. and
Mrs. O. L. Shoenake, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Shoemcke and Mr. and
Mrs. Griffin.
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T. O. Griffin, minister of the
local congregation of Jehovah's
Witnesses, announced that a dele-
gation of 15 members from the
ference of the 11th District Tex. s Alvin church will attend a three
Congress of Parents and Tea<i.- day conference of ministers and I
Bible students in Pasadena March
18-20.
The assembly, to be held in the
Pasadena Rodeo Exhibition Audi-
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so good!
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Mrs. F. H. Rayner of Galv
ton. district president, said the
13-county meeting will be held i
in Freeport March ^0 at the F. t torium. will stress the importance
Baptist Church.
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Delectable fudge squares—quick, easy, and
These Southern Fudge Squares v .’. win applause from youngsters, the
men folk and fussy aunts alike Ma e thick or thin tney’re equally delicious
—vary the topping to suit your fa icy.’
SOUTHERN rUQGE SQUARES
1 xquore unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 cup sifted all-purpose flow
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
'•« cup sour milk
;ar and beat until light and fluffy.
Ila and melted chocolate. Add sifted
ing just unt 1 smooth after
in (1 2 x 7 x 2 inches) or 2
J75= F ) about 25 minutes
’/> cup shortening
Vj cup tugar
’/a cup KARO Syrup, Blue Label
1 egg. beaten
1 lea .peon venilia
Cream shortening, gradually add sug;
Add KARO, beat well. Add egg, mill
dry ingredients alternately with s .r milk, stirring
each addition. Pour into well-gre. -ed oblong par
8 inch square pans. Bake in mcc erate oven (3‘.
When cool, spread with your fa.orite chocolate butter-c'earn or fudge
frosting .ind cut into 2-inch square > Makes about 18 squares.
in 8-inch square cake pan in moderate
District P-TA Meet
Slated In Freeport
“Concerted Action for Betti r
Homes Better Schools, Bet it r
Communities and Richer Divi-
dends for Every Child" will re
the theme of the 27th annual ccn-
All You Need
for Child's Cough
When to las. measles or Ha fei ?
your child with a croup , cough ae-
Creomuls.on quick becauafcfiroa:
bronchitis may deielop. Creomulsior
soothes .aw throat and chest men
branes, loosens and helps expel gerrr.y
phlegm, mildly relaxes systemic le-
sion and aids nature fight the cau.e
of irritation. Get milder, tastier
Creomulsion for Children in the pir t
andbluepackageat your drug countr-
CREOMULSION
FOR CHILDREN
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One Alvinite Named
To All-Loop Team
One Alvin boy, Gerald Mc-
Crummen, was selected for the
all-district first team in basket-
ball this year.
Boonie Wilken ng of Webster
and Larry Stephens of Angleton
were unanimous choices for the
team chosen bv coaches in Dis-
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P. O. Box 582
Phone 1179
Coble Address TWICO
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SEED PURITY
UNDER THE
PLANT
T^SEED RICE
HtU’S WHY
FOR MORE PROFIT ON YOUR
NEXT RICE CROP
SEED RICE
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rr ith the reduction in rice acreage, each acre you plant
to rice mui-t return the highest possible profit. This means
you 11 need higher yields per acre of top milling quality rice.
To get this kind of bonus production,
ANNOUNCING
OPENING OF
CHARLES YOUNGBLOOD, Owner
911 Gordon Phone 1273
ALVIN BOOKKEEPING
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cars!
—perhaps the thing that
surprise j ou most is Ch- •
let’s fine, solid feel on 1
road. Con e put it to the tc-
See how Chevrolet’s steal?
the thuncer from the hip.’
priced cars in evert/ wav'
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COMPLETE and OFFICIAL figtires show that
Again in 1954-—for the 19th straight year—
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Chev- i!et Power Brakes
Letter than ever this year-
you stop by a simple pivot
your foot from accelerat .
swing-type brake pedai.
Potition the seat yet rself . . or let ele:tricity do it?
No worry about your batt- •
in a new Chevrolet. It's •
only car in its field with ’
reserve power of a 12-'.
electrical system I
Powerglide, too. is better t
ever this j ear. Even smooth-
and sturdier. It’s the nt
popular automatic transrr.
sion* in Chevrolet’s field!
Apply the brakes like this ... or have power moke it easier?
Improved brakes and new
swing-typ.- pedals make stop-
ping a cinch. And Chevrolet’s
exclusive Anti-Dive control
gives you “heads up” stops!
Rather shift for yourself ... or let Powerglide do it?
Shifting’s smooth and easy
with Chevi olet’s new and fir er
Synchro-Mesh transmission.
A flick of your wrist is a I it
takes to shift gears.
There’s nothing quite so
as Power Steering, of cou: ■
Good news: Chevrolet's
linkage-type Power Steer : .
carries a reduced price!
PEARSON CHEVROLET CO.
a. eG^RGE FEARON EARLE PEAR .ON
vl5 Gordon Alvin
Wont standard steering ... or extra-easy Power Steering?
Try this easy new Chevrolet
steering. Only Chevrolet and
some higher-priced cars vse
a ball bearing system to cut
friction to a minimum.
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Chevrolet’s big, beautifullv
upholstered front seat mo.es
up and forward or down and
back into your most coml< rt-
able driving position.
Automatically—
Chevrolet’s stealing the thunder from the high-priced
IChat’s a high-priced car got
that Chevrolet hasn't? Not
automatic power features.
Not style — j ust look below.
Not performance-just try
out Chevrolet’s new V8 or
one of the new 6’s. Not ride
THE ALVIN SUN, ALVIN, TEXAS ft THURSDAY MARCH
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Repairs To All
Types Of Outboard Motors
Lawnmower Engines and Magneto;
ALSO
National 4-H Week
Is Observed Here
Baked Ham Dinner
Set For Thursday
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it will be Interesting to see on
which level.
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SMALL BUSINESS
By C. WILSON HARDER
WASHINGTON A N O';
houies ere making captives of
conBurr eri. thus blocking normal
flow of commerce.
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There la also the queetion
overall policy. Should a retail
organisation be permitted to en-
gage in the persons loan busi-
ness, which Is all that the so-
called revolving plans amount
to. And if chain iepartmeat
stores are engared in the per-
sonal Joan business should they
not be subject to the same rules
and regulations, it cladinc per-
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which personal loan organisa-
tions operate? As states regulate
personal loan firms, should states
or Congress attack problem? It
Mrs. Hoffpauir Is
New P-TA President
Mrs. Betty Hoffpauir was ele- I
cted president of the Alvin Ele-
mentary P-TA last Wednesday j*
afternoon when Mrs. Ethel Jane
Hunt gave the report of the Nom-
inating Ccmmittee
Other cfficers elected at the
fem? lithe were Mrs Vicki Curt-
14S, first vice president; Mrs.
Dorothy Atkinson, second Vice i
sident; Mrs Geo'geanna Hom, |
secretary; Mrs. Evelyn Peebles, .
treasurer; Mrs. Martha Jordan,
reporter and historian; and Mrs.
Versa Pearson, parliamentarian. ’
Recommendations of the Ex- ;
ecutive Committee, all of which
were approved, were that a book 1
case and ::ile drawers be placed
in the Elementary Teachers 1
Lounge for P-TA materials as 1
the proje-ct this year; that the j
Elementary P-TA unit vote to .Children Blow off Steam."
are now on sale for the event
Only 350 tickets have been
onnted and they will sell for
$1.25 for adults and 75 cents for
children.
The dinn er will be served from
6 to 8 p. m.
AYLORS OUTBOARD 1-
University Man Is
Forum Speaker Here
Ed Winston presided at the
meeting of the Alvin Farm F irum
last week at which Dr. B. Wil-
liams of the University of Hous-
ton was the principal speaker.
Eighteen members heard Dr.
Williams speak on improved pas-
tures, self-feeding silos and coast-
al Bermuda gras He showed
slides to illustrate his talk.
A short discussion period con-
cluded the meeting.
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cities a fe kMl
big chain de- c. w. Hard®?
pariment stores some time ago
inaugurated what i« known as
“revoiv-ng credit” plans. For
self-protection, even Indepen-
dently cwned department stores
have had to follow amt.
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Members of the American Le- '
gion Auxiliary are sponsoring a
baked ham dinner Thursday i
night, March 17, at the Memorial
Community Center and tickets i
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charge” of $12 on each $100.
Yet In most states where loan
lot*rest rates are controlled,
customer could secure money
from a personal loan company
at a cost of only $9-75 for the
year, and if customer has a good
credit record, from a local bank
for about $6 per year.
! In studying th.s situation.
Washington is concerned on two
fronts. One is pubic policy, the
i other is effect on sn.cll retailers
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Froir standpoint of public pol-
icy, grave question arises as to
whether bobby pins should be
purchased ou the installment
plan. In fact, with many depart
ment stores operating Ikjaor de-
partments. thia la tantamount to
selling liquor on installment plan
which has long been held con-
trary to best public policy.
It is also quite obvious that
average family, tied down to
making regular mcn'nlj install-
ment payments to one or more
big chain department stores, are
in no financial pos.tbn to take
advantage of offer ngs of inde-
pendent stores. Thus, it might
Periodically, a big store sells
hs accounts receivable either to
a large financial Institution, >r
to its own chain headquarters
As store guarantees coDeetio-i
of accounts, interest rste Is
about 3% annually, or % of
1% per month Thus the sto-*- mlaaible rates
makes an additional % of 11} ’ which per«oni
per month or per year.
Thus. In course of a year, for ;
privileg? of continually being appears action will be taken but
"in hock" to the store for $10C. ’
customer pays & “small service I
g Notloool Fxlftioo of Iad«o<Ed«ot Bwltow
turn the schc<ol cafeteria man-
agement over to the school board;
and that delegates tc spring con-
ference be the newly elected of-
ficers Mrs. Eunice Lindsey maae
the report of recommendations
and also presented a frame pic-
ture of Lincoln to the school I
Library.
On the program w*ere Mrs.
R E Rhoades, Mrs. Lindsey, Mrs.
Hoffpauir and Mrs. Curtiss who
gave a panel discussion on "When
There is getting to be mere
than passing concern in Wash-
ington with the amount of con-
sumer credit spending.
While a policy of consumer
credit has been adopted by ad-
ministration to help sale ef
homes, automobiles, major ap-
pliances i nd RS*"* ■
other capital^
goods pur-;
chased, cod-.
cern is overj
what Is called |
“the per ma-"
nenthock"
plans.
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ecied
The method to quite simple
A customer, for example, on a
$1*0 plan pays the store $1>
every month and the custom rr
can keep the account up to $1W I r_____________ ______ . _
or whatever limit is ^ec.drd te said that through bait of
upon for purchase of anything easy low credit terms big
from bobby pins to grand pianos
Tho public is ‘.old for this coo-
vonlence a small service chargt i
is made. In most cases this ‘
‘small service charge” amo'ints 1
to 1% per month
’ Do-It-Yju rself Driver ?
A total of 1,050 4-H Boys and
Girls in Brazoria County joined |
with 2 00€,000 other 4-H's around'
the nation last week in observing
.. National 4-H Week.
This organization provides
training lor youth not only in
homerr.aking and agriculture but
in preparation for better citizen-!
ship. Thei; demonstrations and,
activities are conducted unaer
the guidance of the Agricultural,
Extension Service in cooperation i
with the United States Depart- j
ment of Agriculture and Texas
A and M College. Locally, the ■
county extension agents art in
charge of 4-H Club work.
Five Alvin leaders are volun-
teer workers with the clubs. They
are among 48 such workers in the
county. They are Mrs. A. B.
Crainer. Mrs John Stinson, Mrs.
E. L Polk, O. V. Robinson and
W. A. Hutton.
trict 27-AA and others were
David Black of La Porte. I-arry
Walker of Webster and James
Hammonds of Angleton.
A tie shaped up in the voting
for second team honors which
went to Pat Jensen of Webster,
Travis Erwin and Tommy Mosh-
er of La Pone, Jerry* Lovder,
Bobby Smith and Carl Wylie of
La Marque.
Receiving honorable mention
were Dale Runkle of Ang eton.
Gary James of La Marque. Paul
Blanchard and Garvis Harley of
Webster and Bob Roland of Al-
vin.
Coaches voting on the all dis-
trict teams were George Carlisle
of Webster, Mike Johnstone of
Alvin, Frank Akin of La Porte.
Roy Segars of La Marque and
B D. Dozier of Angleton.
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Bowen, A. E. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1955, newspaper, March 17, 1955; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1245507/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.