The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ALVIN SUN
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BIBU
Alvin and Brazoria County’s Oldest Newspaper”
it paper in most homes
THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
Eacc
£ 46
54 - N
ESTABLISHED 1890
FRIDAY JUNE
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY FOR FIFTY-THREE YLlM
16
1944
ALVIN GIRL SCOUTS TO ATTEND
LIONS STAGE
DAY CAMP AT PARK NEXT WEEK
129
"he Service ★
V. Evan. ■ •
.cry do lar hJ
•ry member to be
in the week
pt.
'ancy Bell
chosen
RECREATION
He j
SO
ancy Green
NEW SWIMMING
EANS
POOL READY
bs 1
FORSCOliTS
h*
esh dug new
Boy
DEAN RITES
tatoes
HELD SUNDAY
be
Ishurys Best
OUR
obta.n-
pound bag
1.44
th
with 4
v hi
earchlight
leader
Mr
Hutch
Mr
or2S
nieces
Brand
.ee
when'
son of Mr
oach
l.MO
Allies Score New Triumphs In Italian Drive
the
RuasUn girls
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If
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I T E REA N E '_fi N
ANZtO
regret* * !
Kuoda y I
ne to the
Special Legion .Meet
< ailed Tuesdav Night
WOMANLESS
WEDDING SOON
Mrs. McGee Expires
In Algoa Tuesday
Calf Roping Contest
To Be Held at Rodeo
Grounds Sunday 1’. M.
nming poo!
Camp Mo-
’/goto
must
knife
n’rvh win be i amp
Helen Herring Jr
th ela”
their camp in Lyn
ArtHiran^c
Mujuium «->
Call
. Lieut
an
day
ed the new neighborhood commto
stoner in Alvin.
Four Day Camp to be Cli-
maxed with “Round-Up”
Camp Fire Thur*. Eve.
■> "ranch
. be held
one of the popular*
the
Van
Al-
bov*
kit.
Park Mondi
one 19-22. u.
us important meeting. The Po*t
Do members and tin- Adjutant
■iU has several membership card.*.
li,‘ legionnaires urge those who
re eligible tn ord'- 'dun c,t;>s ant
L’.s if they don't have them
camp
June
< IMF PERSONNEL
nurse, and Mr
Funeral
tv v W
was in
Hall to disc
Legion Homi
Mr*. W R. McDaniel
to announce the death of
Terry
June 13th.
! ior and Senior High School stu-
dent and * special program of en-
* er reef tinmen- wilt he provided cpr’’
week for those who visit the Recre-
ation Hall.
A biliard table recently has been
sppers
9c lb.
LEGION WAR
BOND DRIVE
PROGRESSES
City Council Sits As
Equalization Board
i Cook of Camp Hood
ns in Alvin Sunday
hu wife and baby
hu oarents. Mr. and
Each group
and alt
in by
leDaneoui
in carrying on the
The Day Campen will be
asked to pay for or bring loud for
and they al-
eir own ma-
The City-
rules and week and next
VIA '
tATIIO
Volscian \
''Mountains '
•MTitnottwu
INA \
TTY P %R KER p--
ASS TO MEET MOM
Mrs Clint Knowles from Council
Bluffs. Iowa is here with her
daughter Mrs Arthur Hansen
I W
way. and Mr. and Mrs
ger. Mustang.
kie. Manvel and Iowa Colony
Mrs George McCray is in cha.g”
j of the Stanollnd Camp. Mrs Luth '
Avitts the Houston highway.
K Flora, the Galveston high-
Cecil Flo-
ws* married in thac
Fannie Laur* King
Maud Benson, and the hall already
had a pool table Other facilities
for recreation include a vlctrola. m
dio. Chinese Checkers, bridge and ton and one
ul>* forty-two
Summer camp
weens, beginning
with the evening meal
will remain one week .
(anipR*,
4?
began their work
Members of the council included
Mayor George Cook. A C Mcf.e-.nt
more. W S Dixon, Durward Har- **■
W 8 Weigh: and Wallace! Sept
t« a,uj Hdi. “ ?"M!
fo«- M>ppr "Cjpljj ™. .LldTiZth, junction -IW th. » th. Anxt. b-ohh.^1
th. JS^t-
Summer Camp For
Scout* To Open at Camp
Mohawk.J uly 2
•he Betty pa;ker
et Monday. June jj
'k till 2 , .. . ' _
s. Jim Shane
contribute fGr
cheon and zi
urged toattend.
o^n/
Editor's note Terry as faithful j
a pooch as ever there was. expired |
Tuesday after being struck by a
woman driver he was chasing
Warning — Don't chase women,
you’ll get tn trouble every time
W Clast Rood
not a/viv/s z
proctk^ibte
\'
ection of Proberg Funeral Home
Mrs McGee, a resident of Algoa
the past 26 years died al her nume
early Tuesday She was born In
Missouri July 30 1860
Surviving her are two sons F
H McGee and K McOew of Hous-
stater. Mrs Sina
I Chapman of Coffeyville, Kansas
No admission will be charged a
iceipt showing previous contribu-
on to the building fund entitling
anyone to see the entertainment
k. I Od.ers who have not contributed will
er up from his crib to have this ** ki'rn the opportunity to do
picture snapped he was tan months, a’ “ ,ree wU1 offering to be taken
SMTE.ALBAHO
F*
Entertainment to Add to
Girl Scout Club House
Building Fund
His wife and three year old son.!
I Kenneth Miches^ Kimmons. live in
Houston He has been oversea*;
I since November, serving first inj
Nortn Axrica and UW* -an?-.
, ferred to Italy
do ; d the Baptte;
.-CQild game v*. '
A Womanly Wedding win be
i'e.'l by III AA... TJ.,n<
in the School Auditorium Tuesday-
night June 27. at 8 iM) p
saw two of our O. I.** atruwiW ••
long with a couple of big cans of(
I1” Alvin> haa been* SO*JP- Then »wo Russian girls came
k -.r ..f pn-’ UP and took them *w»y
F to corporal CpI ■ laufh- ~ * '*"*J
U"yjrn Depaitment ,f the’’
kiiiderooit p-47 ftgh- people
Fkmin England. His ‘
Is'-mber of the old-
I Thunderbolt fighter
Mebane Mrs
Leroy Johnson
will substitute
s iur Mrs. Her-
bert laeech leader of Intermediate
Troop No 2. and she will be aMi-
sied by Mrs Hel. n Ziernng, Mi» El-
nest Fincher and Mias Ruth Rhea
Mrs Jack Koonce leader of Inter-
mediate Trnnp V> i w" k*
»rc by Rev carl Bracaer M w Nita
Mane Brennen, Miw Maud Benson
Mrs Claud Holloway Mrs R C
Marshall Mrs O B Powell. Mrs
Clyde Wooster and Mrs. Fred Cobb.
Members of Mrs Layman Hunt's
Senior Scout Trwp win act as
Junior counselor* at the Day Camp
•assisting the senior counselors in
various camp duties These assis-
Bond Rally Held
, At Santa Fe School
July I Is Deadline
For Federal I se Tax
• Die new 813 000 sa
under construction at
I h.twk. Boy Scout camp on Chuco-
' Iste Bayou sit miles south of
gleton Highway. *
/ ine roinmit*•'(>« who arc work-
Mr' llig on the Fifth War Lm;. p (
^■Tspon&ored by Alvin post 129 o' th.-
M | American Legion, are busy .ni«
M week canvassing the town and - nr-
M rounding communities to push t' e
M I drive
■ The Legion committee in cha-.s -
■ of the campaign is composed
■ {Alex Davis Rev C F, Harr.;. Bob
■ | Collins and Alger Jones onlAvi f
I Collins xnd Alger Jones of Alvin,
UJefcin from Group ^rong?- said Lieut Kimmon-s
»f U.e Eighth Fight- ‘ ” '*
tost Jos 8. Tlppa
Funeral lervice* for D 8 Dean.
81. a resident of Alvin the past Jj | completed Ulis week according to
years, were held Sunday at 2 p. -nuunsncement from H R. Hutchtoon
m (.uni th.- nr»t B»p<L.i Church 'm-oui exwiiur.
Camp Mohawk is Ideated on die
grounds of the Gulf Coast Gamp
Meeting Association, the Bay Area
Council cvmpoaeti of Brjxorta and
Galveston Counties hav
ed a 20 year lease on the property
The new 75x30 foot swimming
mo-
tor merit badges
When Mr Hutchison visited the
Sun office in Alvin Tuesday he
rated that the Alvin Scouts un-
der leadersnip of Jack Glasgow
have been doing some fine work.
Plans are in progress for the or-
ganization of a Mexican troop Mr
Hutchtoon meeting with a group
from N(>rth*ide Community Tues-
Jack Koonce has been nam- t^hb* will include: Joan Tilley Mary
v- Rea Ismcs. Ann Smith! Nell Goode
j Betty MathLs. JeU Norris, Rose E-
i len Wilhelm, Joyce Carroll. Mar-
1 Jorfe Cok: Fl.*.*:; Flnrw Za-ta Fitati.
.land Ruth Knight
Other* of the Alvin Girl Scout
Association who have been active
iiiMKing p< a ns fur tne Day Damp
are Joe Jephson. esmp chairman.
who lias been busy this week gather-
ing and purchasing equipment tor
th* ramn «od Georg* Dunean, pre
sldent at the Scout Aaaociati<->n.
PROGRAM GETS
| B. B Ainsworth of Pearland. Geoig?' I |N|1m V W A V
: Siebel of I>*vpool. and W W Hln V111/L 1* ” M 1
I Postmaster Ben A Borskey
I minds Alvinites that they have
I til July i to purchase the new
| Motor Vehicle Tax Stamp for th-
fiscal year beginning July 1 and
fending June 30, 1945 This is ‘ r
115.00 federal stamp that must be
j displayed on the windshield of your
' car
' Slrb' ‘ .Ci.I \t w i .
. j.]e Of Mat:vel The Leg.on Auxil-.
Dren son 0! Mr. and; with Mrs Gerald Abbott as!
h*.-. who is stationed i pr^ident. is assisting with the cam-
kiMus with the Anayj Mian
w recently in Alvin'
jith hu parents.
— >>---with a
They handled the can/ as
were toys Wow what
HI Committees Appointed
■ Canvass Alvin Districts
H and Nearby Communities
■ j The eommittcos who •r«. wm-i-.
charge of. P*r
Red
K ROM E
1 Preliminary softball games thi
; *e» k started the ball roiling 01
I the summer program of reere-
| ation for the Alvin Recreation Halil
Max-
< z
Baptist ChUich and he
member of the W. O W
He is survived by his wife
were held Sunq.vy at 2 p.
m the Ft rat Raptiai Church <
Re, Geo W Springfield officiated'
and burial was in Sauth Park Cern*-’
under direction of Froberg
Funeral Home.
Mr Dean, a retired dairman and
cattleman of the Fair view Com j
munlty, died at his h me at 4 15 p The new
Fl .'.ay. He was borne tn Cus-Jl**’1 *ltn iwbmartne lighting 1
Chattahoochee County, na I G'’’!1 ln eveG detail The fUtci
22. 1W12 He moved to Sa-j l‘l“ •' u‘cd 11 *'**’ ’ ,e * ‘ er 1
in 1870 Andr: d pur* af a“ ttme® and n‘ *
ounty to Miss
ie joined the
trams Meet Eonlgiil
I Every team manager and all ’
players who want to participate in
the summer sofball league will meet
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Recre- The Ctty ouncil is sitting tid*
atton Hall to discuss rules and week and next as an equalization fer>
regulations for the league board reviewing valuations on all
Another meeting will be held at P^Perty within the city limit* They
7 p. in Saturday on the ftx>tba.l their work Friday night,
neid to form a touch football lea-
gue All boys Interested in playing
this game are asked to be present
Harry Collins 8r . 1* n
the Catholic softball team Pascal'
Lutes heads the group of Chris-'
tian Church ball playejs <j V Ron-:
is the Methodist Church 1
and J W Dorsey is in |
of the Baptist Church team >
Maxwell says the Recrea-'
all L« open every day from
30 p m. Friday nights hs"i<
e most, every |
Lieut. Kimmons Is
In Russia With 15tli
Air Force
A former Alvin boy Strait Kim-
| mon*, was melitiviied in *•* Asso-, ooriaT^cl ior use in tne hall by Miss
: dated Press dispatch sent last week
iM-Fa-e:;, *on of Mr from "somewhere iq Russia
s McEheen of lids' the 15th Air Force landed
p iww in North Af- «tot of a flying Fkirires.
was quoted on 1
in the typical
which lie *'as
United States
h
| . night June 27. at 8 00 p ni pur- ~
| pom of the entertainment being to '
j 1 raise funds to add to the Girl Scout
. Club Huu.sc Building fund.
Wellborn I
y
Mee; Woods Kenneth
s the brown-eyed up-and-
.on of Mr and Mr® Wxxis
Wellborn and has just pass<-d h .-
first birthday, though when he rais-
Church leagues giving opportun-
ity tor participation of any boy in ____
town who Is Inlerooort U. ploying. I eommunlUe.,
ha.t been organize* The games,
pbyed Monday a..'l Tue.<day eve-
1 'CM at 7 p. m cm the softball! tuai battles
pa k which is located on the nn armv men
roc'bail field east >f th* Recreation;
Hall have been g » uing inter e«t
Monday evening th' Cmnolic term
defeated the Methodists
Lester Knape has charge ‘
_ _ ....... —• ot tne Parker community Mrs
_ ■JBn >hU outiii 1 j g Mannahan. the Fairview
f community: Mrs. Earl Shine th-
yj f IDoberghas : 'Cent ! Heights. Mrs Earnest Lynch. Mrs
^1 Jy —rd from Camp Ro- Elizabeth Snnpv.Hi and Cha lie
■■■■- ... ■— - ——« yWri-, r - tl.il _ ’ ... — —
But Strait missed out on some or
the favors accorded others in his
unit. Baid a commander from up-
k°peals wai. Theater I **r New York sUt*’ U “ *°n'
derful. 1 even got kissed by one
Jr son of Mr ’ <**Uin with a long black beard
|T»illl«ear Sr of Another of the Russians
" nJn’
k ,A . ... . . pilot* said that as he stepped from
kcl-r school his P“ne n WrPath °f n°*'r"
[..tur„„r .»>•<«• «">“"» “»""k nnd
L .r-na- l*ut Klmmon.- son o( Mi
-----1 Mrs E C Kimmons of Franklin
|*;. La. and formerly' of Alvin. ,
k M. WK. -i
F*r rrom Camp Car- 1
r *venU days last |
r®* ot stotar,;
kt:n and with hl*!
F Mrs W E
camp.
will run
their troop cook-outs,
•o will have to buy th
tvrials for craft*
Camp inspect ton* will he h*!d
every morning by the director and
Grade* will b* gtr-
Pilot of
•n :-.si.,iant chief I Kimmons
Alvin’ servation he mad-
will be re- Russian village in
• billeted with **“
tie. j buiube, views,
are these
Camping equipment
I bring include* a iret
fork and spoor, plate and cereal
1 bowl Each troop should come pre-
pared to cook one meal while there.
I lliuugi: like Bay Area Council will
■ provide food for the outdoor meal
Camp director wtli b* Doc I*
Ftargue M B Barrow will have
charge of swurunUig and *111 give
regular instruction* at the pool.
er spon-
Tirl Scout
Ranch life has been
the theme of the four-
pment with each Scout
uig uo it* o»n “rsnelt**
in a separte corner of the trew-
aiiadeq ixrk and operating it ac-
cording to it* own plan
Mrs
, x . tj
fierrirre^ x ■ *> -s
UTTQBIA
"“"A. Hvssxi>ii n ,■
1 f. c*MAi Ponnnej
\ ^Marshes
n i:rr «u< Ulicn__w ___-
up at the wedding
Formal invitation* are being is-
□ued requesting the attendance of
U.e townspeople at the marriage ot •
La Zonga. daughter of Mr and
Mrs O Mercy DonU. to Mr Adler-1
iahof Corbin Beetles The High’I
Reverent Ear! R Shan* WLI.BVD I
' wfE lie the knot
Members of the Alvin Giri Scout* I
will canvas the town for contrf-
1 butioii* on the building fund, giv-,
tng receipt* that will entitle dan-1
t ; attend the weduuig
A Bond Rally was held Tnursday
night at 8 o'clock in the Faata i
Fe school Building for tfcc Aigoa.
Arr^rlU. A*.a Loma and Hitchcock
Quota set for that
district is 870000
Sound pictures taken from ac-(
scenes were shown, and
arm* men who have seen service <
were present to relate some of their
experiences
Community chairmen for
18-17. bond saje drive are Mrs Rov
u.- Mf-.n-KHst DyK,. an(j Mrs T c scrviigs
9-5. snd in the Mrs rnelm* Frank*. Anadia,
ii.g the c<- ,m Elizabeth Cowan. Alta Loma,
if, " the Chris- and i?1ge Schaiuier Hitch, k
, S^e .mptuwdirs that the camp*
will last utiiy during the day hour*
\ for Monday bring from 7 30 it tn
I till l 30 p rn and camps hour*
•for the remaining day* an.
nounced later A campfire ceremony
to be held from 5 to 9 p m Fhur*-
day will climax the camp Award*
and nadges w U t- presented by
tJie troop leaders at thu time Ther*
a.su will be troop stunts. *mg*.
»nd the final tap* ■ ind the frter.d-
; ship circle of the scout* Parent*
"f the Olri Scouts And th* puhiie
at large are invited to a'.trnd
camp fire ceremony
Correct .ng *n error made ou the
rrguiratioH blank*, .diirts in the
required yeartng apparel need uot
.. ..
primarily fur protection of the girt's
back* from sunburn The girt* are
asked to bring a no*e bag lunch"
( the first day. thi* being explain-
ed simply as a lunch in a paper
sack The Xk regtsirautm fee
scout* are asked to pay will pro-
vide m<d-m<.rrung lune: t of a qoo{
fruit drink or milk with cookie*
each day of the camp, buy first aid
equipment and oth.
items nece**ai
camp.
... lUIKOex. Ljying as
Mia* Nau Strickland will have
< hante r»f ’he trrrwTp nr.d !.<>r
ivsutantx will be Johne Hue Owen,
Audrey Durant and Yvonne Clark
Virginia MxCray ana Nelda Pate
wiu have charge of Story Tiding
Troop leader* w«ll act as counsel-
or» in charge of the separate
ranches Mrs George Duncan,
leader of Brownie Troop No 4 will
have a» her aasistant* Mrs Grace
, Hsrby Mr* Odel!
John Evans and Mrs
Mr* Prank Duke
! during wnkiug ixuur
A calf roping contest will be held]
on the American Legion Rodeo
Grounds at 2 p rr, Sunday as a
preliminary ’xerci.se or warming-
upper' for the big nxieo to oe
*, staged hy the Legion July 3 and
♦ Then will be no admission charge
tor the ennr*«t SUSdfty SSd the
public i* invited to come out to i
watch the fun
Wednesday night calf roping *t
the Rodeo Grounds provided recr*- Mrs °*orge Cook camp direc-
atKNi for a number of Alvinites tor •'t*,»** that legistration blank*
Bids are now open for the con- m'wt **' turned into the Scouts
cessions for the July 3 and 1 Ro- lroop bv Saturday morning
d-o Alex Davis, post adjutant.
will receive the bids
Funeral aen'.-'c* for Mi
McGee 84 were held Thui
3 p m from the Froberg
Home hi Alvin, with t..e
E Dowry of the Grace Episcopal Army in Italy, two daughters Mi'
Church offin ting Buna! was in'Annie L. Dietrich and Mrs L E
die t^Marqiw* Oemete—.- under dir-" Ragland r,f Atvin; r*i
children and a number
and nephews.
Pallbearers were Bill Short. Bill
Hicklin Wayne Ware. Dan Crainer
Carl Belin and C P Strickland
paign.
Alvin and surrounding commuu-'
ities have been divided into separ
ate districts with a committee chair- Un**r dlrec^»hlP of Starp
man in charge of each
The city leaders are a* follows.
Mrs Jack Koonce Mrs. W F
’ Steele. Mrs. Jenny Gray Hostord
Mrs Bob Peebles. Alex Dt'.U; Mrs
Jolinny Gates. Mrs Dan Yorx
' •* - " Mrs T. B
B
W C<>X, Jr Co M "*J
y Camp McCain. Miss. I
Btant .i shoulder patch
Dsvisi in. The News-
w rKently printed a’
*• r/re in which he
1 fme boys the Air
Hi ouLu j J
Mrs
; Mias Maud Beivsou,
; Carter. Mrs R W. Red. Mt>
T. Collins. Mrs Odelle Mebane
Rev C E Harris. Mrs Ed Etk-rs
Mrs Bob I«yn</ Mrs. Gerald Ab
j bott and Mrs Bob Brennen
| Mrs.
the
B
' communitv;
rred from Camp Ro-1 Elizabeth Simpson and Cha lie,
'tria to Camp But-’sieSel. Uvenxvil. and W W Hln-!
»rolln* Hed like to
»friends,, so make a
new address:
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Jones, Alger. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1944, newspaper, June 16, 1944; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1251814/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Brazoria+County%22: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.