The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1954 Page: 2 of 12
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Sommer Wave Sale
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100% G. I. LOANS
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Cub Goodwill Fund
For Terry Palmer
life guards
last five years,
A new service is now being
offered at the Trophy Inn on the
Galveston Highway, said J. H.
foundation?
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GEORGE PEARSON
Vice President
NOEL P. HOLT
Secretary
All Waves Complete
Lillian's Beauty Shop
803 Gordon Street Phone 195
Also F. H. A. Financed
3 Bed Rooms $9000.00
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A steam table has been in-
stalled and cafeteria service be-
gan last w e e k Mr. Gill said
public demand will determine at
what hours the cafeteria service
is available.
He said no other services of
the cafe will be curtailed and
orders from t ie menu will be:
filled as usual.
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Alvin People Are
Victims of Flood
$20.00 Cold Waves, one $17.50
Bring a friend, each .... $12.50
$15.00 Waves, one $12.50
Bring a friend, each $10.00
$12.50 Waves, one $10.00
Bring a friend, each $ 8.50
$10.00 Waves, one $ 7.50
Bring a friend, each .... $ 6.50
he remarked,
pledged that
everything in
were destroyed by fire in the^
county totaled $480. Total cash
expenditures were $2,372 65. -
; ground and they were fed and
clothed by the Red Cross and
army volunteers until Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Brown (Mrs. Smith’s
daughter and son-in-law) could
come to get them.
Everything the travelers had
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Garland
and children of Northride, Calif,
were visiting in Alvin recently
for the weddirg of their niece, |
the former Ethel Mane Smith.:
When they left to return home. |
they were accompanied by Mrs. ;
D. V. Smith and daughter, Scar- ■
lett.
The party arrived in Ozona on ’
the Devil’s R.xer last Monday;
mom.ng about 4 a. m. and plan- ■
ned to leave for San Angelo as •
they had the car serv-
Former Alvinite is
Buried at Houston
Funeral services for Jim Pat
ton, 69. of Houston were held
last week from the Pat Foley
Fureral Hom<.
Mr Patton, a native of Dalia?
lived in Alvfi for eight yean
He was an implement dealer:
while living here.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Agnes Patton; one son,
Stanley Patton both of Houston
a sister, Mrs. Mary Seik of Cali-
fornia; and a brother, D. R. Pat-
ton of Dallas.
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benefits tn Texas motorists.
“State drivers have been able
to save countless hours and '
money through good roads that,
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“BILL DING’S’
Busine ss Is
BUILDING
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lice later found two of their
suitcases in the river.
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OUR READY-MIX CONCRETE,WE^.
WILL DO THE JOB THE PROPER
READY IN 1—~
THE MIXER
Pouring a
Have us deliver cone
mixed to your specifics-
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held Thursday morning at 1)
a. m. after the child died in a
Galveston hospital, the victim of
bulbar polio.
The Rev. Wayne Conant con-
ducted the services at the
and design.’
He also pledged that he
“would do everything in his
power” to continue the present
inid pace of road-building and.
aintenance ‘
automobile accident about two'
months ago and is still in the na
Galveston C ou nty I'
Hospital in La Marque.
He sustained a 1
ed leg and severe head injuries.
" some time after the ac-
i cident, he did not competely
regain consciousness and only
last week was the traction re-
moved from his leg.
«, x .*.« To heIP the youngster, Cub
Stokely of Lake Jackson, dele- j 800,115 collected 47,280 pounds of
gates to the 29th annual nation- j pap€r which was loaded on
al convention in Los Angeles. [
ON REPORTS
Various committee ciairmen 130. Though they did
♦ dent A T. Deere of Lake Jack-
<► son, second vice president; Cecil
* ' Bird of West Columbia, treasur-
Y er; Franklin Perry and Ed
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790 beginning students learned Ctlbs May RcCtivc
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Boys Life Magazine
During Paper Drive
j Alvin Cub Seouts may earn
a free subscription to Boy’s Life
Magazine by turning in 500
pounds of waste paper at t h 2
local paper house, said Mrs. R.
T. Briscoe, Cub Scout coordina-
tor.
Mrs. Briscoe said this decision
was reached at a Den Mother’s
meeting last week and said nil
unreported paper may be used
toward this goal. Parents should
notify den mothers when the
Cubs have turned in the re-
quired amount of paper.
At the same meeting, tentative i
plans were made to hold the an-
nual Day Camp next year on
May 28-30 with open house
schedued on Sunday afternoon,
j at Camp Mohawk.
The group also decided to en-
| ter two floats in the Fourth of
July Parade. Mrs. G. D. Wyatt s
den. designed an Indian scene
| on one float and the other, load-
ed with paper, depicted the per-
petual Cub Scout paper drive
for six hours they sat
pouring rain. They'
their car and a large
being swept away by
the flood and saw a man near- :
by washed into the river.
About* 10 a. m. last Tuesday,
a rescue party took the Alvin .
people across the river to high :
I rainier uooawm way ana -------•
pledged themselves to collecting I pr°V !i" . the_, >n safety
1 all the waste paper possible so '
the proceeds from its sale might [
be given to their playmate.
The 9-year-oId Cub Scout, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Palmer, |
Streamlined, comfortable, u :h a superb engine,
or just a good used car to use for business or
shopping, today s market has a car for almost
everyone, iou can own one, too, uith the help
of our low-rate bank financing. Each auto Ioan .
is planned for rhe indisidual customer, with pay-.
■ meats to fit your income.
For financing your car purchase . . . banks jrr
best!
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trucks and sold in Houston at
30 cents per hundred peunds.
, This sale netted the boys $151.-
❖ Various committee ciairmenlao Though thev did not .solicit
£1 made annual reports at ;he spe-|cash gifts, thev were given $101-
5 cial meeting and a resume of the . 50 to add to the fund and were
❖ ! Red Cross activities in t e coun- j abje t0 present a gift of 1253.30
X! ty was accumulated. ; to their friend.
¥ 1 In the Water Safety Program • ---—
as Santa Fe Railway agent at
^^1 \ r' p4e»ee pw, evwvn *1- Art ---- I
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2% Interest Paid On Savings Accounts
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MEMBER FCOBRAU EE»Q^lT INSURANCE COR»ORAT!OH
"SERVING ALVIN AND ITS NEIGHBORS SINCE 1906"
Of American Red Cross Chapter
enrolled for lessons. 20 people
were cerified as
and Red Cross officials are con-
ferring with poll authorities in
Alvin about starting possible
classes here.
Thirteen classes in First Aid
wre held with an enrollment
of 115 people. Two classes in
Advanced ^irst Aid were held
for 22 peop’e and three addition-
al classes are now in progress.
There ar?, on hand, 125 appli-
catkn» for First Aid classes
which will be set up as soon as
possible.
In Home Nursing, a class of
11 11 instructors was held to qual-
I ify teachers f c r additional
classes. Among this number
I are two Latin American girls
who will teach classes in Home
Nursing to Latin American all
: over the county.
| In the Home Service field. 783
1 case histories were examined
which is approximately 38 cases
| a month. A total of 347 service-
[ men were aided at 22 military
I installations. Financial assist- .
i ance to servicemen and their.
families totaled $1,860.34 in'
grants and loans. Financial
service to disabled veterans
totaled $231.31. Rehabilitation
for 19 families whose homes
Santa Fe Railway agent at There,
vin, after more than 40 years: in the
loyal and efficient service, watched
is announced by J. W. Mur-1 building
ph;. Santa Fe superintendent at ’
Galveston.
3arry, a native of Elmhurst.
IT ? first entered Santa Fe serv-
ice as an operator on the Rail-
ways Galveston division April
10, 1914. Except for a leave of (
absence during World War I, he 1
has been in continuous service
since that
After holamg various positions
with the Railway, he was named —...
agent Jan. 15, 1951, the position with them was lost though po-
he held at the time of his re- ' ’ ’
tirement.
Two Alvin men were elected
to office with the Brazoria I all the waste paper possible
I County Chapter of the Amen- "
' can Red Cross when that group
met tor the annual business ses-1
j sion at Angleton last week.
•?' George W. Pearson was named ' was seriously injured in a bike-
4 first vice president and Noel P. ‘
X J Holt was named secretary.
A' "Attending from Alvin were
1 j Judge Jack Harrison, Mayor L.
Ji A. Pug h. Mr Holt and Mrs.
X | Thelma Hutchins.
{ Other cHicers are M M. Gal-lFor
a leway of West Columbia, presi-!
A u a -n __t . t _ .fl.
soon
iced.
. | Mrs- Smith was out of the car ;
road system worthy of its when hcr daughter came to tel! ,
must provide its motorist.;1 her that word had arrived the '
swift, safe routes.” he said. I ‘ water wa* coming” and they .
must hurry to higher ground. ;
: They waded water back to the 1
, car but were too late. Water en- '
tered the car and they had to i
have assistance to wade from I
automobil'2 to a huge ;
THE ALVIN SUN ALVIN. TEXAS THURSDAY JULY,
Friendswood Child
Is Victim of Polio
Funeral services for Ted
Eignus, 7, of Friendswood were
85.05 Miles of Roads
Built in Brazoria Co.
In Past Five Years
AUSTIN, July 7—During the
- ; — 85.05 miles of [
roads have been built in Bra- j
zoria county. It was Texas
■ greatest period of road construc-
• tion history, Highway Depart- priends cj,urch in Friendswood,
ment files show. , and interment As in the
The breakdown by counties as , Friendswood Cemetery.
i well as state totals prepared by | cfoild is survived by his
the department showed the $3,- parents Mr. and Mrs. Linn C.
! 932.493.51 was spent in the coun-' Eignus.’ a sister. Cynthia Lynn
ty lor maintenance of present E1gnus. and grandparents, Mr.
roads and for the gigantic con- j and Mrs c A Eignus, all of
struction program. I Eriendsw-ood. and Mrs. Josie
Meanwhile in Austin Gover- Winfrey of Baxter Springs, Kan.
nor Shivers cited the impressive j--—--♦------------
figures as evidence that ‘he (Jafe^rja Opened
state's construction program is
giving Texas motorists the best At 1 TOphy Inn iNOV
roads that engineering can pro- A new service is now being
vide.”
The repor* showed that 14.-
926 10 miles of roads added to Gill, manager,
the state highway system overi
the period covered cost $575 -;
158.577.32, more money spent
for construction than in any
other comparable pericd.
Figures also showed
Farm-to-Market roads came in
for a lion’s share of the total.
The roads w*ere named a prior-
ity because they give farmers
needed routes to markets and
access to towns surrounding
rural areas, a highway official
said.
Shivers, who said he was very
proud of the excellent way Tex-
I as roads have improved in the
| last half-decade, listed dollars
Amounts to 8253.30
• Cub Scouts, not so long ago. ‘
' set aside a special * Terry Lee!
> Palmer Goodwill Day” and1
about two
Memorial i
arque. “
badly fractur- j Mr. Barry Retires
After 40 Years of
Santa Fe Service
The retirement of E. J. Barry dynamite truck parked nearby. I
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MORE PEOPLE A« BU’inG
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Thacker, J. G. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1954, newspaper, July 8, 1954; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1245885/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.