The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1940 Page: 2 of 8
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"ounty's Oldest Xeugpaptj
FRIDAY JU.\e 7
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PHONE 46: ALVIN
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Santa Fe
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Austin
to John W.
xx-khart ah
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•i. <. ArmMrnng m building a
nice little cottage on hi* place
one mile northweM of Ah In.
—Ml NSETS—
Batteries: Mustang.
Heights,
U N
ETS
and Mrs M. Ozarchuk.
evening.
AO AFTEK-TASTE
9k Scutltein Select
San
han
A report that S'J.MHi wm* paid
for A acres of ground clow to
the .Acton place south of town,
a here the Hrworta < ounty Di I
and Mineral Company I* drilling
for oil. created somewhat of a
*en*ation last week.
■ Manor's
and gate
to render
The
any
Inc to
1 Park
1 Chauncy A.
j Circle Oil Co;
Bartlett was in Houston 1
ess Wednesday
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G E MODEL PM 40
ft
1
acs 10.00.
Eugene A.
Lockhart et
Iks A wf to Grace
.a Brigham; blks 19,
28 & B; $14.50 IRS;
won. Walker A
iher Armstring
Bor-
IX LA RUMI
•xander spent th
redo securing hi
for next year.
Tf
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Jr. vjaite
Danbury
Post Office
nder Act of
*es of the
$1.25
y, Firaznrta and
ince. as
1 of
Har
>e ho
L. Hall et
T. J McMillan & *
Scott: Wm. Parke
acs; 5 yrs; 10.0C
Minnie J McM
has to W. Blait S<
er ab 104; 18 ac
1 nd A
Park-
ers Matt.e Nobl
“ulinc with het
I- Furnace ant
H. Lum and R
$1 50
2.00
Ten Year* A<o—
Mia* Grace Ward 1
the Goose Creek scl
tending School of Min
fa 1a in <0
San Francisco
Twenty Years Ago-—
MAN
Mr* Bentoi
4
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■diale vicinity
able in advan
M yo.
Include
•wth- Banning.
•*>t St>auIdlny at
Svuuay tor a
' ha> They :
lcl6 int; 10.0
Woodruff to R<
HT&B see 13 ab.
Dvrb Crait
Mrs Henry C
Tired of Nonsense,’’ Women Tell
Candidates In Asking Position
On Taxing Natural Resources
Hawkmi
al. J. W
Mr*. .1. I.. Calhoun. tkkrt
agent for the isanta I at thia
place, ha* tak«n a month'* it
cation and Scott Benson is
stamping the ticket*.
IJghtning struck Mr.
i residence last Friday 1
him a «etere -hock a* .. .
' him unconM'iou* for a time
home hi* not damaged to
extent.
Mr and Mrs. G. A. Kern have
returned from Austin where they
tc utly.uu U*v vuutuience-1
G H.
COOK.
F e Station
ALVIN,
Mr. anti Mrs. W. R. McDaniel.
Mr. and Mrs. R. 1>. Williams, Mr.
and Mrs Judd Whitson and Mr.
and Mrs. George Davis «nd (laugh- j
tens. Miss Neoma and Dorothy,
took In the Dokir picnic at San ■
Jacinto Tuesday night.
BRAZORIA COUNTY TRANSFERS
I l KXIsllEI) ID BRAZORIA
COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.
I ROM MAY ?7 TO .11 \E I
DEEDS
600 00.
Hinkle A wf to G D
Freeport;
THE NEW 1340 G. E. Models are the most
complete, the thriftiest G. E. Refrigerators you've
ever seen! Beautiful styling, spacious interiors,
new features of proved convenience, last Meet-
ing . . . and food preservation with CONDI-
TIONED AIR I AU the
traditional quality and
euduring economy ol
a General Electric . ..
all the conveniences
of electric refrigeration
at its best and costing
but a few cents a day
to use.
Big 6 cu. ft General Electric
equipped with the same
quiet, trouble free units rs the
de luxe models. Stainless-
Steel super freezer with one-
button control and defroster
indicator. Roomy cabinet
with three large
shelves ........
y Friday at Alvin. Texas
Texas, as Second Class
on March 3, 1870.
TEN . . . 1WEN1Y . . . THIRTY YEARS AGO
; D. McNeel:
Mr and Mr*. Fred Much and
rhiidren Irft but Saturday far
a lw<> months visit with Mr.
Murh’* rrlatitr* in Rrrlln, Ml*.
THE ALVIN SUN
AND NEWS
Alvin and Rriuoria County's Oldest Neu«p«jM*r—EatahHshrd I8»o
7.IKS, JOHN P. BECK. Publisher
Mlv* Adrlinr I t an*. Margar
et Greer, < harlotte Merle. i.Kir
fVor*k \ and Retty Wellborn en-
joyed a week-end party at syl
van Bearh. They were arenm-
,>a>it>-d by M»». O. G. Wvllixnii
__'//c JZf/d______
TEXAS GULF COAST
plat Id pool of the Court of I lowers
ml Ar<h at flu- IfMO Golden (.ale Inter-
krd in its finest holiday dre**, and literally
dug flowers. Treasure l&land will
> 25.
W N ra Wrigl
1 Begg*, has r»
*• n B. aumont.
Mr and Mrs J. D.
In Houston on business
Mrs Margie Ohlhausen, who has
been visiting Mrs Ros*1 Schmidt
and other relatives retu-ned to her
home at Fort Isabel.
Only Beer In The
South Brewed With
Distilled Water.
tn SAN
*69.65
•Is PCI.I.MAN
lUalt 21 Sava
Oa Mak Dail*
Jana 1st
l»k in - -
Mr ami Mr*, s. O. Smith Jr
entertained informally TtioMlay
evening with that Interesting
new game "Michigan" The
gueala were Mr and Mr*.
Illrginlxitham of Dalia*. Mr.
Mrs. Clyde Herring. Ml**
nette Greer and Jim Evan*.
Mrs. G. U Sheffield and Ml**
Nannie Turner leave Sunday for
| I'ario, Texas, where they go a*
delegate* to attend the < W B M.
convention of the ( hrixtian
Chureh.
Guests at the home of Mrs i
Francis Miller Memorial Day in-
cluded Mrs. Laura Hate Mrs. I
S isie Powell. Mrs. Mary Spikes •
Mrs. Margaret Cooper, and Ixiuis j
Cooper nil of Merryville La
SI RS4 KDTIOX RATES (In Advance;
Brazoria County, by mail, one year
All other counties and states, by mail,
6 Months In Brazoria County
6 Months out of county
With a circulation <••••.rrlng Alvin and Si
adjoining aounties. Subscription pay
rw<) mred by the post c*Hcc
^Ji
V»cSI
c[~ Tnapel TMitts
7H*TSTH£Vyy!
100 acs Co. Stephen*
lint; 10.00.
J. H. Jordon A •
Hill; S. F. Austin t
lacs; lot 10; \ int;
' Waltei E F-.-ny el
! Given: HTAB sec 1 >
acs: SE'-s of SE’» of
$1 IRS; 10.00.
The game of t»a*ehMll played
<»•« the home ground* last Sat
urday afternoon between Alvin
Height* and Mustang rraulted in
a wore of 5 to t ill favor of the
Mustang*.
Hopper and Mebane;
French and Kidd.
B Davis
; Hunte
B< nm>n and Mrs. <
over to Houston ’
5.00.
Annie James
•s; 208 acs;
hus to Della ;
?c 13 ab 225; ;
100.00.
Annie Bush to Ford Clevenger
al; Wm Parker ab 104; 7'-.
■s. 50c IRS; 200.00.
j heo e ranzen of Chocolate came '
"ear „ Itiy.j; biJii hl,'.; L.«i week j
f on him. i
J M Kimbrough nought T. M.
Saveli s livery outfit last Wvdnes-
Iday and will continue the business
at the old stand
The building ta-cupird
>ut Cahlorakl round trip Is via Santa F» both ways, you
> San Dingo and Los Angolas at no sxtra ttekot cost:
Examples of round trip Summer Fares
from ALVIN
*55.38
In COACB
Limn « ■«.
Oa S»J« Daily
•Bail far*
TRAVEL THE SCENIC SHORT ROI'TE
for details and rorrralionr call
A * p n t. Ranta F e L
Phone
TEXAS
Monday morning
hoi hn« t0 jo
«fy Travel rt,.»
Eduqr^ Crah
t Cilhha,
“°h. Marvin Gug
Sunday, jyg
Her mother. Mrs. E ■
accompanied her and is th.
NOTICE HOW SOUTHERN SELECT
LEAVES MOUTH KEEN AND FRESH!
, T I gives you a pleasant, confident feeling
to know that you can enjov beer w ithout
a lingering after-taste. It s reassuring to
have a keen, fresh month even after many
glasses. I hese arc reasons w hy thousands
are switching to Southern Select. Southern
Select i* the only beer in the South brewed
with distilled water—only finest all-grain
I ingredients are used—every drop is aged
formonths. Nexttimeorder Southern Select!
CAIVtVONHOUSTON SRfwemS INC
GolwttM, Taxai
Minnie Franks, Mis
and Mr and Mrs.
s attended the marriage of j
i Mr. Morgan Lawrence and Miss
Minnc Lee Tennis in Brazoria Wed-
Inesday.
Forty Year* Ago—
Fire! The building occupied I Mrs. C. W
by R. II. Griffin, groerr. burned Sheffield went
with all it* content* about 1 yesterday,
o'clock Saturday morning. When |‘
ftrwt dfawnrered by Dr. Ra-mlry j
and non. Doug, the flame* v-er* I
tn the second story which was by hi.' horse falling
Div 12; 75.00.
T. J. Knokles A aT to G,
Shanks; Freeport; lot 10 blk
10c SRS
J. T.
FRANCISCO
76.70
•ta PVI.LMAN 1
l.i«h >
Om Sala Daily
’poUwaa^tertb Mtr»
Through Puli*.aa Hooaton to Sou FroBciKe. Car to car transiar
•nrout* to through Pullman* to Lex Angelax direct one
▼la Grand Canyon
AU Equipuieai Au-Goodittcnea
Itof. OU and Vleo GmIoux Grana Caayoa
Grand Canyon Side Trip. Bound Trip Coach S3 00
Bound Trip Standard 17.00
• leave ALVIN 8:26 P. M.
PntDiG CAB xad CBA1B CAB SotIw
W. IxM-khart
Lockhart ab
•rtion deed! 10.00.
! John W Lo< khart et al to Eu-
Igene A. Hawkins; J W. Lockhart
abs 324 A 325; 320 acs» A- 10H 19 . Shanks, E‘v lot d blh
$1.6<> SRS. 2.3600C
Minnie L. Fontaine et al to Glen
Roberts; lA'i.x set '2 ab 622; W S
| lot E; lot 8. 10 acs,
E Engclking to
Engelking; O. Joi
1.000.00.
W Joel Bry an A others to Dai-
sy Bryan Lewis; S. F Austin ab
28; 10 acs; 50c IRS; 500 00.
Freeport Sulphur Co. to Henry
Antonelli. Freeport: 0.44 acs &
0 60 acs; River Front; 50c IRS;
a Noble et al to J W Re
; Sweeny, lot 10 blk 7;
ROVAI.TV DEEDS
G. E. Menefree to 1 >■
et ai, Guy M. Bryan ab 1
28. 29. & 30; 1/32 int: 101
L G. Whitney r-t al t
Whitney; Chas. Breen
T9 acs; lot 4; 68.29 a *
F.stelle Minor &
Browning. HTAB s
M. I- Botter. age "1 year*,
an honored and re*pccted citi-
sen of Alvin for twenty-six year*,
died at home Friday, June 4
Funeral M-rvIrex were held Sat-
urday under the suvplce* of Ma
*onic Lodge He 1% survived by
hi* wife, five grown children.
Mr*. A. B Hurst, Knglrton; Mr*.
I A. Sexton, Galveston; W. F.
Hotter. Houston; J. W and J.
I'. Bott-r of Alvin.
Bciiutifully mirrored in the
1* the massive Triumphs
nNtloiial Exposition. Deikt
covered by thousand* of hlosKoml
open I * portal* to the world, May
G. Matlage;
' 70 acs; 10 j
, Alien R 1
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Bray, Robert I. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1940, newspaper, June 7, 1940; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1251822/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.