The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1925 Page: 1 of 8
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P T. A. NOTES.
On Saturday afternoi
MARCH 25. 1910
in
Lake
\Ve<
Ph.*hc Wilhelm is
many
better result:
drive,
bite
In
easily
for
several
to the Free
ENTERTAINS CLUB.
ALVIN HOTEL DANCE.
el dam
is
pound lx
child under
ent*
RAIN HELPS FIGS.
The examination
xhich
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p™
Golfers Will Meet
Freeport Course
Lunch Will be Served
on the Grounds
hewing
cd the div
NEW HAY BARN BEING
ERECTED AT PEARLAND
y will spon-
to be given by
Alvin 15 Years Ago
From Sun File?
ill ubstrve llv.ilth Week.
The!
• •■■••‘ding, where *
i how she may sec
attended,
the affair S
i examination
the spinal n
Ed Johns- i
man near Pe
which the
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FREEPORT GOLF TOUBNAMEIIT
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It"
jthat
HEALTH WEEK TO BE
OBSERVED IN COUNTY
ill par
■rt i< he- v
.; NEW POSTIL RATES
•nee. to be held at Angleton, T exas,
on April 9-10.
Fill out the following blank ap-
plication lor enrollment, send it to I
the County Nurse and an appoint-
ment card will be mailed to you. |
Mrs Paul Holloway was host-1
s to the Xeedlecraft Club March i
T
EFFECTIVE APRIL 15.1325
I All postcards, whether written
I of printed** will be 2 cents.
I Third-class matter will be 1J4|
cents for each 2 ounces or frac-;
tion thereof up to and including
eight ounces except books, cata-
logues. seeds and plants shall be
1 cent for each 2 ounces, not to
exceed H ounces.
- Parcel post will be added 2
cents for each package, regardless
of size or destination.
Money order fees will be;
Not exceeding $2.50, 5 cts.
$2.50 to $5.00, 7 cts.
$5.00 to $10.00, 10 cts
$10.00 to $20.00, 12cts.
$2u.OO to $40.00, 15 cts
$40.00 to $60.00, 18 cts.
Jr
dward Wissner third. Alrs
Those wh > participated in thcj.|^l'c
Mis?
friends
test
Prize, amateur. 1
men and women.
Proceeds will go
port Club House Fund.
Prizes donatd by Peden Tr<
and Steel Co
Everybody come!
small entrance 'fee for a
and the ladies of tlu
serve a picnic lunch
$80.00 to $100, 22 cts.
Insurance rates will be 5
for indemnification not to <-
$5, and 8 cents not to exceed
Registered mail will be 15
up to $50 valuation, and 2" cents
from $50 to $100. Three c< nts wifi
he required for return -'ards,
either insured or regisetered, in
addition to regular post’gc
Special delivery will be 15 cents
on packages 2 to 10 pound-, and
20 cents for more than 2 pounds.
There is only a small chauge in
newspaper rales, some zoi
duced, and others raised,
about offsets the change.
capes Broker Nock
by Bare Fraction
ing prizes:
Prize, longest drive, men.
chosen club.
Prize, longest
any chosen club.
Prize, turn’s putting contest.
Pr:zes, women’s putting con
AV '■
I loads of baled hay.
| J C. W. Way. Sr., of Pearland is | .
I the architect and contractor. He I . , .
/expects to go to Houston this year!'!!1/ !a* \ / -,°
11 and enter the general contracting) ’*?*' ist ‘ an
*|buaines», for which he i> wen|*^« «l-'
business.
CHILD'S WELFARE I Tn third annual . r«
MEETING: pi. m. .ill be held at H
- I Park. Houston. Thursday. June
A child’s welfare meeting for i 4 th. Ail former resident, •’ -’..nth
• • • — -f - -? will! Dakota and adjo’.nmg states are
Hall here Sat-•requested to make their njnny to
’ *nl spend the day together. This is
| to remind you. Announcements
* will be tttftde .at r.
..! I1 S E Jordan. Secy.
III
’Thrown From Bucking
Horse Ed. Johnson
IL Dr. W. F Long of Pearland iJ Pearland Farmer Es-
Jerecting a new hay barn I >cate<l |
nlon the lot at the corner of the Al-1
-.U-. »n-l 1. t r. r .ad. !'he building I
. 118x76 feet, is constructed . •_
| frame covered with galvanized I
, and when completed will beI. ,
of the best barns in this «e- near had .
. with a capacity of 35 car-!?"1” h’01" '"’,ant d~”
- | day morning
from a pitc
Dr. W. E
A dance will he giver
and conversation form- Saveli at the hotel on
ersion for the afternoon. | nig’ March ?s I h
olluway and Mrs. V
endcred several !c
numbers, which
y appreciated by e
I Health Conference is bi
on planned for Health Week ( Apri
•11). for the liabics and y.-ung <
dren of Brazoria Countv.
This week will lx a conference
I physicians and mothers to de
mine the development and pre
On Saturday afternoon. April! *)n<l*l‘on children brought by I second.
IKth, the Freeport Golt Club willl- ,’r nH)t ,er’ examination It. \-.non -. the boys Lloyd Nott was
told a tournament tu which every.I ,nc,«rt«’ a careful physical cxamm-l i :rat. bred Much Jr second. and |
body is invited. There will be a I at ion ot each child, in
small entrance'fee for all plovers • child is weighed, mea
’ - ’ - ' • club will | ‘'O”-pared point by poin
on the nonnal child, in order
ground. I mother may see where :
No doubt many of the Alvin I
players will attend the meet and}
bring home many of the follow-: .
i
The good soaking rain that fell
i Alvin and surrounding vicinity
* *' * morning was of
was badly needed.
Tire soil u CGUmllOU
! that the farmer has been unable to
!do very much with it, but now j
■ work can be continued as before.
i he rainfall was of great value to
the fig grower* and to Alvin in
gent-ral.
With a few more rain:, like the
>ast one i.-----
» one of the most prosperous
the gulf coast country has
er seen.
'i: | Wellborn^ Enid Tange. Charlotte /
h? Iki'.W. Wihna'l looper Ln.lMarv; H. E. Pierce, candidate f.
. Harrin,an. iff. spent last Friday and
jtive. A children’s health conference Boys—Fred Much Jr., clarence; - 11 ‘ */''
‘is not a Contest or clinic. It is it.JCotTev. Lloyd Nott and Edward I <,f rarJ . (
' tended-neither for the child of ex-P* issner ...
ieeptional development nor for the! Th'’ winners. Marceline Haas,1" 11 ,h'v ’"miner
isick child, but rather r.r th. great and I .lord Xott. will go t.. I’ree- - n" ■
, . , , , port Friday, where they will par '"l"se bl"11 ! "<="
| mass of children who. though >P-| ;icipatc tryout among the I Lincr atitmnbile.
jfree from defect. The disc.wery of i'Xl'choia'a’flc’mm.'t Imb test.m’an.l l.rmigh't'.Mr'., .
drive I'Itch defects at an early stage, when ' J j j. who has been under
they may be easily remedied by. ■' ’ __ . | the hospital there
1 proper hygiene or medical care, is I ° • •
the chief aim of the c nfcrence.
■ Purpose of a children’s health i
I conference :
i It points out to the individual|
| parents ways in which they may)
! improve the care of their children.i
T< is also a practical demonstration |
! to a community of the value of|
'Ste^exam^onL,^)-""--’ "
»ies and young children. It brings thoroughly w.. . ....~.
• • • ■ Inne present. land was well
Delicious refreshments of chick-' hoped that
n salad, sandwiches, punch and'will be patr<
ike were served. fore. A five
The next meeting will be with | will be givei
!'.. S. Russel) on April 8. ing the luck;
■rtance of preventive measures in<
e earlier year* of childhood.
The conference will lie limbed|
is, any baby
)av; Thursday — Communicable ' ars' ,rce 11
feelnes: 1-ndav-Child Welfare; "-W 'w ~.u.dere,l el.g.bl
• n..—’iLwU the conference.
. . t Mothers of voting children a
«« vnat m>ptv tnivil ,
{children under 7 years of age
i >»«»v . — -—- be held at Barracca Hall here,
and the year of 1925 will urday. March 28th, from 2 p. r
to 5 p. m.
OLGA nURESH,
County Nurse.
nuinicable diseases and sanitation
Elans are being made for a coun-
ty health conference to be h|cld
Thursday and Friday of Health
Week for babies and children of
pre-school age. 7‘.«. -----
of the children will be by appoint- early Monday
nient only- Urge the enrollment of . great help and \
In pursuance or the request of odi/al’^phvxic.i! examination of ba-|
the State Health Officer, Brazoria ;»ics'and young children It brings
< ounty will oO'trve Health Week »o plr attention <»i parent*, the im-l*
to be held April 5-11 1925. Thc'po
daily programs are as follows ■ Sun- .i|.
day—Health Sermons and Lectures |
Tuesday—Clean-up Day : We<lnef-
day—Insect and Rodent Control:
Bay; Thursday
jyiaAMaoa • l-'riftni
Saturday—Pure Food.
It >5 being urged that every town to bf. ; lbc]n
m the county observe these days) . .
or at least part of them. It is es-!
pccially urged that the Civic Clubs
of each community lead in the ob-
servance of Health Week.
The doctors of the Brazoria
Countv Medical Association will
meet in Angleton, Wednesday ! Mrj*-
April 8, 1925 .ami thev will spon- /rniJ.
Jr several ieetme, to be given by .
t.hvsicians from Houston and other. I
cities These lectures will he given <c.\as, on -/
in the Gayle Theatre from 2 to 5 . (name of child)
p. m. Various subjects will be who is months old, and send
touched on. such as maternity and appointment card to
prenatal care, disease prevention Parent’s name
feeding and care of infants, com- Parent’s address
Ihreak'he»K ' “S‘
t the meeting of the Parent Reports Wednesday night,
chers Association last Wed-ravorahle ’>> Mr. Johnson'-. ;
lay afternoon the tryout for|
junior deciaimers was held. L
girls and boys did fine
hard to select the win-
cing the girls Marceline
first, Charlotte Steele,
d Betty W ellborn third. |
the h
POSTPONEMENT
The musical cun
to haVe been given
Let’s afl work together for a
clean and healthful county.^
County Health (Officer
icdy that wm
—- Apirl 2nd. has
tndrfmiely postponed.
FIRMER NARROWLY
fSCIPFS FROM RhITR
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All Set
VOL. 34, NO. 3 I
MSSS MEETING CALLED
BASE BALL.
at
ATHENAEUM CLUB NOTES.
Watch
TRIPPERS CLUB.
county
ALVIN BAND
lini Evans is home from school
. a visit.
COUNTY DEMONSTRATING AGENT
TO BE SECURED BY COUNTY
the
the
wi
ot
The Athenaeum Club met with
lUkll «
good
Presbyterian church.
Ministerial Alliance.
Agent to be reinstalled
Position Very Valu-j
able t ” ’*
Good
Placed
x $2600 per
p.vd by
■ ! i ">y
I On last Friday evening the fol-
to the People ! \Mi-g ;,t ’he Ernie of Mr^
Man Will be
• • I beat.
qr ) and encourage the bo’
to!
WATCH.
for the Home Guard?
ket sale. April i 1th.
I McDaniel and formed the Trip
pers Club. Margie McGehee,
Clyde Herring. Mildred Galey,
Elmer Kitnmons, John D. Sentell.
Meridith Stevenson, Verne Skeets
Robert Monarch, Ellen W'ilhelm
and Jack Wellborn.
This club is s group of young
people in for a good time and dur-
ing the summer months many
outings have been planned. It
was decided between the members
that there would be no officers
nor dues, but every one must be
congenial.
The Trippers will meet every
two weeks at the different homes
I J members and the next meeting
|w’!l be at the heme of Verne
The county commissioners'
court at a meeting la.^l week de-
cided to reinstall a county demon-
strating agent
THF- MOTHERS
of this community are the buy-
ers ot most of the goods required
children—and, in large measure
for the men as well.
These women are the closest
readers of the local newspaper.
A message in The Sun is ci r-
tain to be read by the very
people the home merchant must
reach with his “store news."
ADVERTISING is the bond of
confidence that ties your store
to the homes of the community.
The homemakers expect to be in-
vited to your store. Are you
willing to he shown that
An Advertisement I*
An Invitation?
Flection the purpose of
schoc’ trustees for the
. odepend‘nt School Dis-
will be heiti Saturday, April
GLO. HAAS.
nm • hih met with I p
•Mi». Much on St. Patrick’s day,!
iwith a good attendance.
’ In addition to the regular pro
grain, the roll call was answered ,
to by Irish witticisms, causing
niftch mirth.
Mayor Edward, has issued a
call for a mass meeting of qttali-|
find voters of Alvin to be Feld at i
the city hall at 1 o'clock Satur-
day. March 28th.
The purpose of the meeting
will be to nominate candidates
for the several city offices to be
elected in the regular election, j
which will be held Tuesday,
April 7th. I -
Up to this time very little in-
terest has been shown tn the
coming election and no one has
so far officially announced as ai
I'iiididatc tot any of the positions. |
It is true that serving the city | >l,,PPers
is a paylcss and thankless job,! XKen'
but some one has tj do it, so at l>r2!PPt1'
the mass meeting Saturday those 1 h,s ’’
who will consent to serve will be|
drafted for service by the major-
ity of those present
Only those qualified to vote in
the regular election will be per-1
milled to vote at he mass meet-
ing.
The women voters of the city
she uld turn their attention to
things political and turn out with
the men voters at the mass meet-
The Alvin base ball team will
eet the Hitchcock Vegetable
> Sunday, March 29, at
Park. Game called
y at 3 o'clock.
is the fiist game of the
season and wc don’t want to dis-
courage the boys in return for
their earnest efforts of giving to
Alvin the thing that we have un-
successfully been able to have for
j the past few years.
We want the support of the Al-
vin people We want a team that
I we may be proud of. We have the
I material if we can secure the co-
operation of the people we will
; have a team that will be hard to
s’.oukl P’ea^- * s f»° out and help
The line up is as follows:
Flody Henry. 3b.b b
Tes Merchant. cs.
Jules Berge, cf.
Ed Schrader, 2b.
Roger Henry, rr.
John Owens, lb.
Duncan Nelson. If.
Bill Johnson, p.
Carl Van Dyke, c
Perry Ireland, relief pitcher.
\\ red Woodward, relief pitcher.
Herbert Schock, substitute.
Ed Kubin. substitute.
Game called promptly
The position pay
year. $1000 being
county and $1600 paid
State
This position can be maoc of
real value to the people of the
county and it is hoped the .nan
who is placed in the position w;ii
let the people know what he i’
doing at all times.
Candidates Will be
Nominated For Com-
ing Election
«.
Each Wedne-dny night fin^s 5CjjoCL TRUSTEE
Director Hopkins putting the I ELECTION
mentbet** of Alvin Brass Band
thru a course af practice Already ■
twelve players are rehearsing and
it is possible to have a good band;
jn \1vin within a short time It '
* should be chcvurag* d. us nothing (’' >ct w-
•» c’ty .han a good Uh.
The next two years
mean tn.tch f t the citv in a <•
way and in selecting those
serve care should be exercised!
that the best interests of the city |
from every standpiont w*ll be •
protected.
it. is a duty that every citizen'
should perform to vote and a ma-1
ority of the qualified voters
should attend the mass meeting:
Saturday at 1 o’clock.
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FIG GROWERS MEETING.
On next Tuesday night there i
ill be held in Alvin a meeting
: the members of the Fig Grow- o'clock.
ers Association, to which every-1 Admission, 25c.
body is invited. 1---o- ——
There will be a general discus-1 UNION PRAYER SERVICE
Silin of the fig industry. j c„ioll prayer service at th. dZ
--j ferent churches next week
* Monday night, Christian church
Tuesday night Sealy Street M.
. Church
Wednesday night. M F Church
I South.
j Thursday
Friday
meeting ■
"C >
which
ISSUED EVERY ’RIDAY M0RNINQ
ALVIN, TEXAS, MARCH 27th., 1925
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Beck, John P. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1925, newspaper, March 27, 1925; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1250819/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.