The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1942 Page: 1 of 7
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THE ALVIN SUN
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Brazoria County’s Oldest Newspaper
rlUHN MOST HOMES
THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOME'S
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ted Cross Units
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Make Records As
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of
in
in
Cost $800 1»
Milton J
Sought By Group
has been
the crop w <1
last
AM LINCOLN.
field
ill i completed
W
Rental Property
and
Registered Here
Mr
Numbers 700
Earl
Sw ift said.
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born
which
nd
chairman
of
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pd
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Marshall
b.
and Dr
tral place
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ante 18
fai
and
Jan
olds
kernel
will
in
Beaver (left)
P
19
Bulk
>n« al
irst Baptist
'nrf Bevrr*'
ind* off people
The
bull
any
the
Houston and
Christmas
direction
CHfo
T Will
■ng U
8f
Bolin
open
Party Well
will
“While
Attended
GEORGF STANTON
ENTERT AIN’S
23
,ati presented by the Thespians
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C. E. Christmas
has app<:
as chairn
Alta Loma Boy
Reported Missing
Fine Cattle
Bought By
Local Men
Santa To Visit
Needy Homes As
Goal Is Reached
Choir Sings For
Victory; Sells
$2,164 In Bonds
MILLION AND HALF DOLLAR
RICE CROP HARVEST HERE
NEARING COMPLETION
Mrs. Laura Bulls
Old Resident
Dies Saturday
Youth Registers
Here For Draft
FS
Y
Ford of Ellington yield
;“r~« in Alvin over the
He was a gradute of the Santa
High School
« and jellies uil
• needy families
'V'ED.
5 EVf
Kan
Mn> «
f Adjutant's
Call
taking gun-
#d of "Ger-
the staff ser-
Art
work for the presentation was done
by rhe art Wider .the dir*o>
5. l he
of
year
Id yield ap-
is crop only
» of rice in
w ill bring
to R. T.
Spring-
wti in
undei
Funeral
I. Meyers of Camp
left here Tuesday
i! to nis < amp after
i.' day furlough here;
■ Mr .and Mrs. B
Mei
in
ad
>9c
Adjutant hopes
on the Square-
cordin gtu Rev
Charities. who ,
V
LESS
ORE!
:arry
• F. of
Dear
Frank
Georg?
IF
roxin’ately
ganizat ion
knitted.
tinted Mrs
ian of the
ed in Jan-
aing .
ix broth
reached their 18th birthdays in
ventber and December
/7C
Shep*
•’Carol
with
”Lo.
"Sleep
Holy
1 *ilo-
st of the iro
.rough! to J
cc
25
14C
25
.ken pittie
artificial r*
| Mrs. Ella
Frank Du
I Davis Jac)
Church Services
For Christmas
Planned here
lies ail the ix»ys
x of Christmas
on your duty
Tile you are
ie earth,
ilth that right |
n that faith let ,
to do our duty j
COMMITTEE NAMED TO GET
FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF
IRON LUNG FOR ALVIN
church
candlelight
special ■
le EptM opa
with special n
WAIT FOR SANTA—Richard Neal Beaver (left)
and Ralph Evans Beaver (right) are the sons of Mr
and Mis Slover Beaver of Arcadia who are winners in 1
._ —,. Neal
They an- the
and Mr. and
‘‘Iron Lung” To
Dear San’a Claus
i m a buy 10 yeaxs old. I would
like a chemistry set. A wagon, a
diving submarine and a dart set.
Yurs truly.
l^lie Mmw
«£sh
w
,b can
—,
Letters te J
Santa Class* |
it 1 commended for its rec
,5i of garments since it or
; March. The sewers, w
60 nt the pr^sent time, have Just
shipment of 70 pairs
e made a total
250 garments
Approximately
the start of thij unit of the Red
85 local women, girl scouts and
others who work regularly in fill-|
'ng the bandage quota for Alvin, j
ho reached
i July and
Grace Episcopal
John's Catholic
A midnight >
will mark the 1
to be held at thi
beginning
11 30 o'ck
by the wide
£ A ' I letter. .nd rent* n, fl,. .ore » frHowb.
X I, were ent b> Ahdnltro ’«< •»«’’
Sm.. imstelv tb- «ne kX
’ 'Sitiug hi..<Ued m in,r»m.na m „ the m.n; The Annuncuturo.
,BOrak"' mounted into »lth the .ngr! .nd wtlh Betty
, pMUfltee Mae Alex»nder powd U Mary
i_u .hm.t i.w . Journey to Bethlehem, showing
Callihan. Casyle Sulli-
Jetty Mathis a* tax
and JeivHW SSwJFTiS OS tax
t.ng work for the Red Cross
which Mrs. Sam Eerniaae is ehair-
will be effective on Jan.
irman said Ti
0 sewing unit
r^o'1 h Carl,*,p received r let-
b a^t PBte.i jerd.
CT.® ?* m,ddk* of th*1 South) last year. Mr turnkey said. , Jaik ,
■ and that he »VM wel| anfj j Two extra clerks. M»s■ ~ , - j
Kwri?’ . S!‘e a
ha*?.- ’«***•»• .jre close
•tation. dated October 27.
pt° p
r VniyPr,;j.
F *Mk-en<1
18.
son
The Senior Contract Bridge club
i met Iasi Tnuradaj evening al thf
i home of Mrs C. L Shafer The
ixlmatcly lOOiroont was decorated to carry out
‘ j the Christmas theme, and 8 guests
' wen present. After bridge, re-
freshment* were served.
Tho*e attending wore Mesdames
’ Fred Much. Sam McKinzie. W B
poat-1 NewbUi, J. C Purcell. Waller
flags I Wnght John Owen. Sr . Mac Le-
j dei-e. and John P. Beck. Mrs
?im McKinzie was high seore win-
Iftrr.
Rimer Mo«ger
I Ellingn?n Field. >
F*’«tor in Alvin,
r*"" «r.d friends
[Hearj p ■
friends"
H-end
.cautionary r
cpidemi. nr-
’ Donations
which wiil ,
have alread
for the caut
able to the i
Kev ~r»ni;ori
Infantile
certs held here to date ■
by the A Cappella choir:
High School last 1 hurs-
when a total of $2 164 75
i will be open beginning at |
until 8 p m Rev B
that the church balls
The regular monthly service, j rung each day at 3 o’clock
■ which u held especially for service'
! men. w ai held Sunday evening at i
Mi and Mrs George Stanton en-
. L . “.ployees w ith a
i w r Germania Hall
last Thursday night. December 17
; Santa Claus was present and small
j H Bra«-kei i gifts were exchanged
{ The First Methodist church here -------—
i is planning a special evening pro ™ -n--
gram Sunday at 7 30 o’clock for |
student* and others who are home j
for the holidays Rev. C E Harris. *
pallor will be speaker and special
music w ill be giv-.. by the young I •
! people I
| The Apostolic church is starting I * »> -
: a Convocation to begin December 4— —— ‘
Dear Santa Claus
I have been a v<
with
. Dr. G. J Hayes and Dr. Roy Lor-
| ton. Imai cattle fanciers, have re
1 cently purchased several fine eat
i tie for their herds here and foi
' their East Texas ranch
One purchase whit«*fave Hen
font cow L. S. Btueb
1 l^rgent and Stevens
' was undefeated ia»i
i dam. winning two re
rharlex Strait Edwin Schurne-
irian Ceci) Finger. R L Ward and
Hugh Yates
The harvest of approximately 25,000 at
Alvin and vicinity is nearing completion at
farmers an estimated $1,500,000. avcordi
Briscoe of the Briscc
Mr. Briscoe esti
proximately 300,000
ismbf who is in the air
»•stationed at Coffey- ,
He ts the son of Mr.
K sasser.
of the Birds Ave Maria,*’
Urielle Esquivel as solohs’
What a Beauteous Rose.'
of the Child Jesus "Oh,
Night ’ with Nan Strickland
d and "White Christmas ’’
U H Meyers, principal, led the
audience in singing several Christ-
en mas carols after which a shadow
Borskev declared ■ play "The Christmas Story."
___I.. »K..
Warren Henry Welch, Jr . 2t>.
son of Mr and Mrs W H Welch
of A’ta Loma, has been reported!
missing in action, according to
word received by his parent's from
■ the navy department
Welch was one of the lubb Hous- i
ton volunteers enlisted to avenge
. the sinking of the cruiser Houston
coveted1
rtisting- j and other business houm - ^'h
»va! aviator ■ gift;.- w»: •’’bta rub
•d for flight ive volumes of buuness during
and recelv-lpast io vents pre-'criing the
tri > -unary instructions at i days
L'' leservr base. He was)
Clerks Work In
Clearing Office
va' 'l ’ ’ of naval aircraft , sx f >■ •if’. I
, “i ’ ■ an intend.e guiundiQf Mq1| 5laCKS
™ course embracing numerous *ua11 ‘-'iuvbbv
a» i »nautics. such as nav-.
opeietla uorK>r Society
in *hieh|mrnUr>.
Musk*
evening was furnishni
Woudoid who was
for his courtesy
principal of the
Carol Beverly
Uh- group of
who attended, and
‘cent month
given th*
iusual course of m
mes A Wnght and wife * dren leaving then
istmas visitors w ith home stances hopeirs* cr
- week Lt Wright is an i to the limelight »f
ir a’ Williams Field. Chan j ports in
Uona. publicity
j nurse. S_—.
W Booth was a visitor at (method of the treatment i
i otfii*? this week reported to leave patients
— i tie ox no crippling of limb
The iron li
be us-’d in svv
life of a str'
depend or
system i
placed
The col
i will be b
I defrayed
I of $10
Alvin Merchant*
b- HK.S,. 18 R«P?rt R~°rd
»i Tsrd Roynols Sheffield, son Holiday Business
M- and Earl Joseph Shef-1
■ Sr Alvin was commission-;
enjoyed a joint Christmas
the Fellowship Halt of tl
C hristian church Tuesday night.
Ill* halt was decorated in true
Christmas spirtt The CUistmas
ire** glittered with beautiful light*
and decoration There was an ex-
cb.ne or chriamu tin. .m o, Toya Contributed
thoae preamt, and they weir onus- » . D .
uaHy lowiy. Many games were IO Needy At rarty
played TWrrr was he«d an amateur i f;:veri FridaV
show under the direction ot Gloria I 'jiVcn r "><>»/
Behymer. Evr-ryorv- took part Ed
ward Telchmnn took the prize. .
I be given to ,
r»rul. wmt nm« -nd; chnunu.. tiro, wro nrousM m
,-ery good girl
my mother. And I ask you to
»•' *hhK Chri«tm»jt. and
bring me a play phone and a Joll
Sarah BtrtrflMH*
school
for dancing during the
by Eai i
presented a gift'
by W. H. Meyers,
high school
Bolin entertained
approx;—
Mr. Meyer* led
the audience in singing Christmas
----... _s—. program.
Dccoratioi^r of red an*1 greet’
Wednesday’ night. January « nas: Ann- rxiomm. Mane menter. ivei-, ugnis.J a Chrbrtmas tree centered
*1? Mon-1 been chosen by the Local Lions, lie Kost. Marcdle Sowell. Donald i against a background of war
. >USff-c -e club fo" " bowling party at the A!-; Graham. Edward Teichman, Louise Jrrs and numerous American
thousand < vin bowling club The a ieyw hr ei Wood. Elalre Wood. Elaine Her- were used
Officials expect thou. for th(, ^lugive use ring. Euvevn Hatch, Mrs. Georgia' Miss Oleta Gomillion i* sponsor
be bought before th- dub inning at 7 .W p.m-j Edomm. and Mrs. F. C- VaJencuu of the honw society here.
tor Rev Milton J Swift
Christmas morning service
held at 10 o'clock Friday
Swift. M*rs L W Char 1st<
rector of the chotr snd .Mr
Daniels is oigantsl Specii
isle will be sung b
Wellborn Jr., who has tak
mg rol».» in operetta prtxiu*
g the week
------ —. ------ . Hie church school of the Alvin
I*he Junior High Christian En-, 7 45 at the Alvin First Christian j j u(h»,ran church W||) be in charge
““ ’ **J **"“ .ut a Christmas prograi
Chaplain C. R Bax nek of Campi ^.ntefi at h p. m on O
----**■----*— --1 * i will
kt John Ewing of Camp Hulen i
j Corp Arthut Eu ing of Fort
t. were visitors with
in Alvin this week
r*. S Sgt Ernest Ew-
as and Pvt Paul Ew-
np Butner. S. C.
Dear Santa Claus:
I have been a good boy. I want 3
Jack m the box I want a toy Tom-
mie gun I want »• Cowboy set. I
want a fort. I want a bnetor set
1 want a dart board
From David Shaw
irriav. Iiecember 19 a
k at the Baptist .buret
with Rev George
officiating. Interment
<.'«m federate eemetery
it ion of the Froberg
the retent child health clinic held at Texas City.
in two years old and Ralph is I year old.
grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. \V. I,. Walke
Mrs. R. C. Beaver of Arcadia.
pa of
radio code, communica- j "We vi* postmarked
F«- gunnery, and other related! but 'handwriting on
PXc!s Postmaster R A L-
lM'1 b a former student -ef -the Tuesday a., the volume of n
r’-nity ,f Texas AI hjj^; bailed at the local uff’W >"* «n
Fx' Mao a m-nfter of Theta' ail txrae new high y t
| Approximately GO-ODC. P*>-» f'» t on of MU» I-anette LImC^
,’ mjuL including letters and cards.
f **> AlvinitCS X
imately th- sam*
died a* incoming
Borskev said
r.fi. too M.e mounts inlu.u.ut w «w •— -----
Gifts too. m ^ttofltrt. Moo Alrxonder po~-l •« Mary
'e.nrn'7:yl:hs
------ * ors anu jriw.f ,•*««••• — ——
!e^,OIOu'’"olW"“>' '""’Hector: The Awl .nd The Shop- open
Th. xoxa. J 4 nifres I herds, with tne angei ami with Mrs.
Sullivan. Mason Evans and
Lee Powell posed as sh-p-
the Adoration, showing the:
child and mother, the angei
Ruy Lee Powell. Je-j niiu cookies. Those pri^... - .. .
and Jack Sullivan J Gloria Behymer. Maryin Behym-
»jow. Dorothy Ar-
Martia Giadfeltor Ann carols to clone the
has Ann** Edomm. Marie Richter. Nel-; lights)*
the Local Lions, - - - —
* M-
rH«ouCH
Eft ;*8fh
‘ W'Eo
Alvin st.
th ihe L. S. Naval | gesi ou>
and designated a I of them, a
at the weekly grad-! ed this w
'»m**s held today at! Shelv<-
Air Training Center gift’s. «hie
remain eri
■ffield, :n company I Chiefly
lembers of his class j concern--
n> Rear Admiral A ( of various
r> V S N„ Com-; dy. which ■
lie I ra rung Center l titui
■: i’ll tiieir coveted' Dry c 1
s of < fold
of the
January
ires for Mrs luiur*
nt of this common
i 42 years, was held
.njovrd by ail. The children P-sc-ju,, bv Ih-
tired the Christmas operetta tKmal Hohur Sreletv at the ale-
-Chrlatmaa Awakenlns la ^hool auditm lum
AvarvAnp nrM»nt tak»« rswrt Chia I
—"-tr»Ua. under the direction of I
. F. C. Valencia. U t.* be pre-!
sented at th” Fellowship Hall on
Christmas -v* at 7’30 p m
T,.., extra' fcibtaL I tertaTtlie Adreatioti. ahem .ng the! The retreahmenu con«.«ed «t
Sheffield and M-s a y more I child and mother, the angel w.nd j delicious hot chocolate and Christ*
have bt-n empioyM M-t- tae wic-m-n. Roy Lee Powell, Je-j nuu cookies. Those present w *.-.•:
could have been used, t i j M„rriK and Jack Sullivan ' Gloria Behymer,
.~k u™ »*■> Mrr*"w|^±r-^'’S1
regular *r-«'officc rh*r* o"? , . ( CM B PARTY ‘Richter
well war bonds and p ’ ' yvprinesday night. January 6
total of $124"" ha<i I been chosen by the Lccsl L! -----
rd by AM"‘r,*« "P 1 . 11 • * ... M buwliaa party at the A!-| Graham. Edward Teichman, Louise era and num--*»u« American
d2in,8«fldT’.«"^‘^Ivin . --------------* ---------------------
more ,»TU« beturr I,-
of the month, nowever I
! The dam of thi* cow is the win-
' ner of a silver medal, and silver
and gold merit medals
They have also purchased from
.J. R. Shelton of Brownwood two
Jersey bulls out of Progress' Ming
Toy Ow I Bill Flora ha* also pur-
i ,-hased a bull from J. R Shelton
I The sire of the above stock Is
Spearshire with 19 daughtei ♦ ’ory
whose average production is 6*1
i pounds of butterfat and 11.82*'
A A Tovrea has purchased
j Jersey bulls s*red by Benedictine. have
| Ruler 11. the proven sire of four- ( day
; teen cows averaging 5F7
I butterfat and whos*- dau
| the highest classified o!
I in Texas. 83.97%.
J R. Shelton teas beeti
e business for over 2.'
I Brownwood. Mr Shelton *vas p
I itor in Alvin this past week
■......—.....— -—--o................
Barrick Addresses
Service Men At
Christian Church
P«'H. who Is Mntinncd at
*’ at Hotfstcn. spent
home.
g or Mr.
■erihi k 11 k* JePh#°n, has vol-
f,n.jC(. |n the g|„
“ '"av,n« “»n »<>r
ighted candies and
light They placed
Army Air
viile. Tenn
his fur-
Cox was report- pui*has<
, in’s He is in an * the tn i
anic, Muroc. Cal- S1S- a ni
tem hel
'day moi
pt of a Christmas i Other
Frank W. Miller ' mclud.
rom an apprecia 1 retary-r
Mrs. Eernuu*
lifting departme
GUU and toys and trinkets to
i given to needy children at
N*.! -* and «x,nllnu,n« ihrough Christ-
' mas week.
last'
S-KS. SHAFER
ENTERTAINS
deavor. under the sponsorAhtp of' church
Mrs. Georgia Edomm. and Mrs. F. I CL_, ____ -
C. Valencia s Sunday school ciass i Wallace was tne speaker The »**r-; Th|. . ongregatk>n
-a---- - *—. p^y in« v|c<. had a |arjt^ attendance an! the birthday of Christ
the F.nMlwas enjoyed by all ,t, “J.; ~
| Mrs. H E Miner was tne vocal Q-bristma* mornirg at 9 o’clock, ac-
.. o.. .vorv.vr, rrtrdin* to the pastor. Rev Karl
un to be pr--
’h ri st mas eve ;
...< celebrate i
attendance and. thr birthday of Christ with the lertaine<| thetr errph
celebration of Holy Communion on i .,ar(y <nven at the <r
_ ----- wo-------1 . ______... 11 _-.tre.-lr . . — . . .
soloist at the service end everyqt»* , .^rrimg to the pastor. Rev
is looking forward to the service :
next month
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Jones, Alger. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1942, newspaper, December 25, 1942; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1251830/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.