The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES
THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
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ESTABLISHED IS-JO
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY
FOR A HALF CENTURY
ALVIN,
TEXAS.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14. 1941
11 Years Of Service
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Uries ol
Third Victim Of
Canopy Lived In
Friendswood
Vogan Heads
Red Cross
Drive
Alvin May Play
Post Season Tilt
Alvin Women
Complete Home
Nursing Course
Rice Loans Now
Available For
County Growers
BCDA Meeting To Be Nov. 19
Col. Ike Ashburn To
Address Group
Parents Guests
Of Junior High
Alvin Group
To Attend
Convention
ilveston To Stage
lainland Day Affair
Two Cars Collide
Friday Morning
Rev. Sparling Will
Remain In Alvin
Scouts To Collect
Waste Paper Soon
I of
Me-
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with
Freeport
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in Houston
Local laymen were officially
for
the
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id Abercrombie No
the deep Old Ocean
County, was drilling
■t in hard shale and
1 Waddey et ai was
in the
perforating
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■st annual
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.oma field Stano-
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p: esented
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rigging up
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THE ALVIN SUN - ®
"Alvin and Brazoria County’s Oldest Newspaper” RED CROSS
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(. st well on the Way
6W feet from the
. ;ng well in the Man-
.wn as B-6 Helene
Thomas Spraggins
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Jackets Wallop
Freeport 12-0
In Grid Battle
Hear* Report* Of
State Convention
17ci
, 2 for 25c
3..30
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mobile
knocked
grill
Mrs Mears was driving west on
Adou and Renfrow, w as going south
on Hardie
irtment 1
..tesday and
given
ind !
['Approved Workmen’
Sermon Topic
which will: Patrick
Vlllalovas
Law
Mallett
be held at the City Moore
at 7:30 o'clock. **l*c-• Esquivel
** par M Roden
communities
Garcia
Officials.
umpire
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imumUes for the camp
.Jj.'UlJi. voluw*—.r wo
Legion Commander
Will Visit Texas
red cross
paper.
Moore
wide an all-weather road in-. at phone No. 96 and leave name
is section. On completion of | and address
■ ay to Angleton. this! Local Scout officiate urge reai-
be •a«!ly areearfkle' d«nta tn please keen magazine* in
government plant separate bundlee from newspaper*
built just west of: Papers should be In bundles »'M
• with string
nison
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Rackley Makes
Armistice Talks
Sugar Land Auto
Is Badly Damaged
among th
at the f
Training
Worth n
Saturday
Freeport
J Brown
Truelove
Vincent
McIMugle
Luquette
Gutter rei
Mallory •
Jeffers
. -.... Rev. Jack
I Sparling, church pastor, gntd.
11
Mother and Dad were
sample of what Johnny at
! do at school Mondav
the Junior high school
house A miniature schedule of
registration. Gasses, assembly and
noon hour was planned for the
Barnes. parents,
Luke I
Broaddus I
Old Ocean field. t
it Abercrombie No. 12 bat
was drilling in shale gH„
6150 feet The No 1
al has set a string of in and
uing at 7071 feet and Roden ph
Lake Jackson
Area To Be Used
For Homesites
shale The N
rigging up '
Rev. Jack Sparling, pastor
the First Methodist Church. '
returned to the local church for
: another term at the meeting of
the Texas Conference last week
Susie
night when
>1 held open presented at the conference meet-
ing by Dr J W. Vogan and Fred
He**** Other Alvtn persons at-
tending the conference were Re.
and Mrs Sparling. Mrs. V; fSn
Mm Heisse Mrs C P Hadley.
Mrs A. J Robertson. Mrs Corley.
Mr and Mrs Georg* Pearson. Mrs
er of Adou and
ir the Bob Owen's
Mears automo-
bile. which was hit near the back
was turned over on
»ide The fenders and the left
side were smashed, and Mrs Mears
was badly shaken up
m to the Renfrow auto-
induded bent fenders,
off bumper and ruined
a 21. He
the county
and rural
Mrs Ed. Aker. Mr and Mrs. R
The other auto- L. Holloway. Mrs Charles Seaman is expected to he completed about
Nv ■ of Louisiana tvere In Hou«*on Mon- the end of the week. “
I day
workers in the immediate vicinity
It is proposed that the 50 acres j
iin qu«>.>n will b.- laid out In. ......---„ —
.n.l water supply and w» pi., t0 p.p«r *1-
j erage system will be installed by j vjn ijo> Scouts
teams in this district hav- com-
pleted their schedule should prose
both entertaining and profitable,
the drivers' high school persons point out
The interesting angle is this,
should the winner of DfiM
also take the bi-district hon>
should Navasota turn out
the bi-district winner in
gion then,
meet to
Championship
test The
and touch,
tract in a ben
Projected lio Er
R**n*ofing and replastering on
the First Methodist Church, which
was begun about seven days ago,
County Gained a new Erne
:«ti >n when the Stano- just
id Gas Co staked its ded
Murchison two miles all l
if Anchor and one and s*nt<
miles southwest
Ixvcation of the
from the south
of a 40-acre
Dow
subsidiary of tb< i officer Conference at Kil|
His address will be broadcast I
*httl3 .30 p m to 3 M p. m
IAP. Fort Worth, and
i* of the Texas
On Monday.
commander
ierrick is being erve*
*hilli|u' Petroleum Co
IVvelopmcnt Co
arei
H
for the Second Annual
Mainland Day Celehra-
-h is being sponsored by
isnts Division of the Gal-
hamber of Commerce to
n November 29th. is fast
ia|*\ and from all ,ndi-
celebration will b a
according to Edward
Genera! Chairman
*>nt will carry out the
hbor" theme throughout
*nd will be for the pur-
Titing a more neighbor-
'riendly feeling between
• of Galveston and their
i the Mainland, as well
w-comers who have re-
"■-d to this city.
rr» as are being comple
\artous committee chair-
nclude » [
d at 10;00 a. m.
Estate,
was pel
10 feet for
R on two line plays,
center, gaining a first
Exporter I Hatch hit th.
no gain, and Marshall
plowed through center to
maining yard A try
tra point was foiled
Freeport defense
The 'Jackets ran up a total of
17 first downs to 6 for Freeport
Alvin punted 6 time*, with one
being blocked. while
punted 8 times
Starting lineups
Alvin
parade to be j Jackson
0- Which Will ■ Patrink
Wure uniformed units from the
tno ix Mainland towns. - bands
~ is drum and bugle corps,
■•venlng entertainment.
* «u *»*■• .. neaiiim Corporation would
S^.rtr.’u.h'ot WIcMU r*ll."«i)> *bl> ,h' n”' ,wo °r's.'»ut.
direct music. Many prominent WiW year*
Texas and Southern Baptist lead
ers will appear on the program
[_■ November t
Reports on the State Parent
T>. 'her Association convention in
Austin last week wer* given at the
North Side P T A meeting Mon-
day night, by Mrs. Joy Ortiz and
Mim IxHrtse Kropf. school delegates
to the convention In observance
of National Education week. Mrs
Grace Harby's third and fourth
grades gave a demonstration on
arithmetic
Fa rents or the school were >i>- -
. vited to a tour of the new school
IhuiMlnc in Alvin KrM.y manna*. ,t 1 . m ........... .. ...
, I Nov H hy Hvnry Mryvr, prinvipni i mtnrvvrlion ot highways S <ui.l
| of Samor High aohool. Parhnta w tlr MrJ Suughter «w»!
: are to meet in his office at 9 a. m .
local ' Friday and they will be conducted I <;
Fifteen minute* were allowed.
| for each "period". *o that parents
might visit each classroom «*nd,
referee. **I teacher of their children. During'
..B. teacher* Explained ob °
i jectivee of their counu** and an- North Side r. T. A.
■<. oro.1 naarmnt* inanlrio*
Presbyterians To
Attend Houston
Lester Farmer, Institute Meet
of the Entertainment; -----
pill team,
k-’ the
kkich w il
MKortun
p talent from each of the par- M
pc>P®’ ng Mainland communities
fl sugumented by professional Ha,c
will high-light the day, BuUU'l
■ *o injure the event's success, n
pr- of 11.000. which U *300 00 lung.
than last years quota, has j linesman
alloted for the celebration
|4U Vifortned bodies will be guests
p the Merchants Division of the
lumber of Commerce at both
pnehetjn and evening meals
I Aa afternoon program of en-
|hrt*g.mnent for all the young
pRilr 3 being arranged at the
Audit. - .r-. by Lester Farmer.;
plaim-.an
partment of the local church who
plan to go are Nan and John
Strickland, Cecil Bowman Joyce
MeEleveen. Mary Ruth Durant
Novell* Dew vail. John Hart Aud
rey Jean Durant. Ruth Rountree
Thelma Vivian Rountree. Victor
Segelquist and Mra. Harold < *aaey.
sponsor Mrs J. M Scott will re-
present the local churches adult
department The group will leave j
Wednesday and return late Sai-
1urday
When the convention was organ
aed In Ft. Worth in 181k1 only 15;
i churches in the state had training
[union organizations Now there
i are more than 10,000 unions with
a membership of 219.S39
The general theme for the con -1
vention is "Forward With Christ"
The Keynote address will be del
— . ..... . ivered by Dr W. Marshall Craig
FrM Muef. «r«l Mm Eth-I Summy pmfov "< Av«m><- Bar
U Stambaugh national
det of the American Le-
l> pay his first vi«1t to Tex-
ig the period N<n 22-M
t at the Hotel Texas, Fort
uh Nvy 22 will be given
national commander by
•rtcan Legion Posts of that
A radio broadcast Is planned
for Saturday evening with the ex-
a.‘t time to tie announced. Th*
twelfth district convention will b*
Plans are under way to develop held Nux 23 at the Hotel Texas
JacKM^n Plantation a» a j in Fort Worth.
Sunday. Nov 23. the national
commander will address the Post
Conference at Kilgore.
from
over
other sta-
Quality Net-
Nov 24. the
will address
| jwered parents' inquiries.
The "assembly program
stated of a welcome by the princi-
pal. O V Robinson, a play ob-
serving Book Week by Mias Msud
Benson » Library Club and a talk
or. Book Week and new books in
' the school library by Mary Jim
Jones For the “noon hour" par-
i ents went to the home economic*
Several Alvin Presbyterians buttdlng and were xerved refresh
expected to attend the Institute, ment, py home economic* students
on Religiou* Education Tuesday,: unij^r the direction of Miss Opel
! afternoon and evening at the Se-1 Botue|| teacher in that depart-
i eond Pre«byterian Church H-'US- j ment
■ ... , |ton inr matings " : nf Her’.1—“ -f ’he Junior high'
I Approved Workmen' will be | anrt a dinner wm be served ; 5^^,^ squad acted as guide* dur-1
lrLT.”"on ,op,c of lat 6 P »n The pr.»g«an.s will ff«- ing the evening.
15^ -flh*rtrXt.ChTiture d.scusau.m. on the work of ------------
Ltl?'Urch °f Hou*tor- wh*njhe women and yo-ng people in a HIXTON A1TKNDN
___P'...... "■ flfth Sunday!.h. .hurch Arrn-a'" ' (Xd RMK IN HOLSTON
A A ]■*" ' t the Gulf Coast I mon f r
43c 2.30 p. rn. Nm , direftor of ReHgl«»
■W ' tabernacle. II- " .
15^ ot h2fh| Alvin Frrsbyterian church ..... ---- ....
I K.’0’ ** ,n charge of musn organised a Sunday urhool Houston where he studied special
j: " ' Io th* camp y Aiirer Jom-». chairsian ■ work tn X-ray interpretation and Mr and Mr-. T O Armxtror
l_'<i"-ounds Rev Knowles preacb- boa Green seen*- basic technique rese<xch review visited Mr and Mrs. John Gill.
I lhe dedicatory sermon for the and . * yh<> clMB closed Monday noun. I of Algoa Sunday
[•TuiGr. April 31. 1230. ‘*pv
s and
to bi1
i Re-
these two teams would
decide the Regional
1 Mc-
was at-
idetrack around 8450
twisted off at 87(M;
dev*h>p- scouts tn this area tn gathering up
*■* various kinds of paper, auch as
paper, newspapers, corru-
paper and magaaine*. Local
will collect this paper
. Nov 22. and Nov 29.
Anyone wishing to bring the
tper should leave it at the Socut
nue <Old Cafeteria.) Scouts win
some improvement on the latke I come around to collect the
J Jackson Plantation road in order'If persons call Homer Jean
1 to prm ’ - •-----• ••
: to this
An automobile, belonging to Dr 1 the new highw
Slaughter of vagar Lan«i wms bad-, home site ?. Ill
ly damaged in a head-on collision 1 to the new
Sunday morning at the which will be
6 «n.l j Velasco.
Alden B Dow the Midland Mi- j
driving to Sugar Land on Highway - higan. architect will be in charge METHODINT Rf'.I’AIR (III'RCH
' Dr L. Wr Ch%rl*ton local I Fnday and they wtl) be conducted | g a driver whose nam* was not; of the development of Lake Jack-
' chiropractor, has just completed a, on tour by Meyer and several available, turned from highway 35, son
' special three weeks' courae in' students to highway 6 and ran into the J
.. .... . ! Slaughter automobtie. smashing the
ong 1 entire front end
lien j mobile was siightiy riantaged.
I charges were filed
the Lake
■ location for horn* sites for em-
ployee* of the Dow Magnesium
Corporation, a
Dow Chemical Company.
j sources have announced
I tract was recently purchased
|G- M McGranahan and A
!i work*
At the present time there is un- i National . . _
der negotiation with Public B- ild- a breakfast meeting at Beaumont
ing» Administration, Defense Hous-; and n mass meeting that evening
ing Project, the sale of some 50. ,n San Antonio
' acre* upon which it is proposed to
bu Id 2tK' defense homes with the
| idea of renting these to defense
tist Church Lxllas. and the con-
vention sermon will be preached'
by Dr Charie* E Maddry. gen-
eral secretary of the Foreign Miss-
; ion Board. Richmond. Va J D
Riddle, educational director of
, the First Baptist Church. Abilene.
who is the president, will preside
st all general sessions, and E A.
'ANTITIES
^Xasl^l Test
i^j^JWiden Field
but tied 01
Hatch hit
j on the
line for
Roden
the re-
for the ex-
►y the alert
the government. This <
menl. which would take place In
this area on the part of Dow Mag- *rrap
prob-1 gated
—1 or
three year*. j Saturday,
At the pre<-*nt time the county'
■ is improving the south road into; pap
this area and also contemplates, Hoi
the Lake 1 con
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Jones, Alger. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1941, newspaper, November 14, 1941; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1251640/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.