The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ALVIN SUN
DATE OF YOUR SUN
GFTRESILTS
Alvin and Brazoria County’s Oldest Newspaper"
THE ONLY PAPER IN
many homes
S5 — N«nib 25.
ESTABLISHED 1S30
Thursday, January IK, 1945
PUBLISHED EVERY W-
* 1X5xr-iRd
Girl Scout Assn.
oodrow Sanders
Santa Fe Holds
Rev. A. M. Moore To
Red Cross Follows
Accept New Pulpit
•icsOf Injurie:
Annual Tournament
Fighting Men
Adopts Charter
hursda.v Jin. 18th
1 Produces 0'1
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and Mis
d . Kahn:
Favorites To Hive
1 i ^divided
Formal Portraits
M
In 1945 Annual
w
u much
gnn-
Maritime Service
Seeking Men
For Training
n.
them
the
Study Club Hears
Book Review by
I R.
and Jack Id-
han. .gpnount •'<! the
AGE
starving
Mrs. Pearson
made
tHlflSt-
on
at
Otto G. Kila," . I
WM It <1
tan
and
<. when
the kind that !
♦ rn Kiria like
Mi
ce Mr
Services Held For
Wm. Robert Knight
W
i randwicbes
Nate al Public
\\ .'ii
He
Nursing Day
Eddie Lambert Otter
2
r
Mr
January 26th
Dies Sunday Morning
Hr
Knight
toil r
■U.J In « , CiJnllli'r
dcdiuni Bar
short illness
Mrs.
ntid
|elqui*i>
Gerald W. McClure is
< ailed
hr
Buried In Friendswood
SHOEMAKE RICHARDSON
Mr. and Mrs
M Shoemak, as
by
ESS
RY
Humble Company
I rank Schmidt No.
Scout House Js
Given To Girls
By Alvin Lions
l -’Sth Issue today
Ba Fags SslsG
inlttee to fill the vacancy left by
thv resignation of Mrs. Woodrow
is ronfin-
Woodrow Sanders sustained
is internal Injtiii x. Tueeriay at 1'
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n Rola-
di d at
Mathis. ;
runner I
d to provide the
Adjutant's
i Call
H.
in. in turn.
In February.
E.
m
Jim I* Van
Enrolling (■
Houston
opening of an
the United States Maritime
t.-< hi Galveston Th,
. n office.
Exchange
Michael
class,
fleer
who |
Mon.
president of the ■
team.
Klein.
■ city.
he purpose
fur 1915 a
iu.>oriu tu
■Jen Hern
i»on. the
(o Philippines
BRAZORIA COUNTY FARM
(CENSUS FOR 1946 BEGINS
Mrs. Mary Short
Buried Tuesday
Picked Up
Around Town
BY t.FORGF
¥ * ¥ ¥ *
Mra. J. W. Rotter. Jr., and little
son. John Kent, has returned to
her home in Ixickhart after spend
Ing a month with Mr. and Mrs.
John Rotter. Sr., J. W.. Jr.. la a R~
Reabwe ia lb- Ro«th PnHfle.
I day. i* because tomorrow »
I will make a law against it
If a girl M rvuma these day
you ran bet It is
her voice.
Members of the Alvin Study Club
heard a book review given by Mis.
John Pearson, guest from the Athe
she la kissed.
the bottom ol
The kind of spinning wheels mmi- >
-•n irirla ihtfi k'n-l that .
3 >lf>W
.! ME ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES
office will be qualified to enroll I
applicants in all phases of United |
States Maritime Service training. .
. ...LLc seamen
upgrading program pur-
un n»«d eff>e?r candidate
j enough to be sat* and whose con ! school applicants.
ueption of its ruMponslldlity ia
help build the community '
enough to ci
ration points
It becomes
' with Janelda
Im. < •.!' keu .-I
i A Fear;
.Uaneeth
; but they
len Wilhelm as runnel u|>
The football sweatheart is Mar ■ (
heart. Pauline Griffin. be«u athlete. I r.
Andy Millhouse. the most hand-1 /
some boy, Hobby Thor nt.> with W.
G Middinbrook as runner up; and 1 v
most beautiful girl. Betty
with Mary Ellen Booth as
up.
with the (
* Karl Bra* i
■ who hat b
it he Iasi a ti
involving a <
'hursfa, . J,^
me Clark with Richard Slatap !’/ ,
ud Dorothy Thompson as run ,
tip h< most popular girl and,
M <ry Jim Jones and Andy Hill ‘ '
Jean Durant L.
innere-up; and I .
With Rose Ei
t those which Wc.
!h> divided and moi
s chairman
drawing UP the cl
iresented It to the group
tdop’.ed it after a short disci
••torge DuihhU.
\* .H-iatior, pre-dried at the
io C«1H tor •Ignment at the
«|of bls leave.
Ll
and Mrs W
been attire
! during the
! J. W. Short of Oregon City, Oregon
and E P. Short of Grand Junction.
Colo.
Palltiearers were: R E. Voas. 1
Harvey Mallentmndt fcllia Khwstm j
and R C Maltta of.Galveston; and i
Brenoen and E. R Morgan i
of A’.rin.
. J,
on January 2«> as proclaimed
Gov Poke R Stevenson
ttnber general 2
mt New York
ting the seat fe(
ideavorIng t0
8 delegation. ,
e. that
ected that
tnt to his BaHtL
» What ne is
not only »(• . ...
lust ther. to»---
he Texas
t a diffii 'i,: p.
located
Building
Me Na niant.
US MS as the
in charge.
! Miss !>••••«• — j ■ — • ti'u v-x jiuviiv xxipwxu uu«ntu£ «roa »•
i Shelly D Norman of Houston were | teas so that there will he enough
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which is an
Justice Holmes
- t to Cpl. jteali s company tor
— ‘ work ins the pushover Into
9:00 Pwanp. T
^■tory McK. nrle, coxswain. I* •
^MHg - - ■
IN W ANT ads
The cnenittg of the Gal
■ Enrol hug Office briiuut the
her of enrolling office# ii
State of Texas to four; otln
| Ing located In IUHa- Hotlsh
. Highly recommended by numerous
Ibualneaanien und associates with
whom he han worked in the past.
Mt Williams has a wit-' and 16
year old daughter. They have ar
ranged for a residence here at
Angleton and are looking forward
to a long and active eervice in the
development of our wonderful
county.
• new Halves
it 301 Cotton
with Robert
Yoeman 2nd
Enrolling Of
was opened
lhe CpL Step i. n Koenig. III.
_____ has been on duty In the Pa-
area, ia vteitng LI# parents
T * Jle on ttoiL the Marine
B.C.D.A. Employs
"[Full Time Manager
>,,« hl,
for a
to 8 p. m .
hrough the
ibers of the
singing of
program
n> This
Hi. iMris McGinnis,
was f< 'lowed by the
Ulan. '■ IO the Flag."
Duke leading. Pat
■•'flnetl with harp
closed
I S.cut prayer Rev.
*. Lion Club ni.'tnber
n a* live in the work
Heout* sponsored by
’ pip.' while .viking on M
t’arthys Mc-Kelvle No 1 well
1 He Is In Alvin Memorial Hospital
■ and at the time ol writing, it la
! Bt.iied that Ina condition is fairly
I good considering the naiu
is a sketch of j injuries.
jrriTiu««h* rR'"
»«•*
■ the Sub <hu.
iy w.
/-ZX V' to <M II.
were elected dele
from the Alvin Association to
a five-day training school for
il (n<,nil'era to he held in San
dug Jan. 2». Mrs M M Dori
I In* »n.r a abort llliw., E.ldl.' 1 ''""a' >’uMlv H.-allh Xuralnr Oay
I Lambart. son of Mr and Mis Her- j
Otter, was horn In Texas i
Services were held at the Friends-
| wood Church with Rev Nathan
Pierson rfffciatlng. Burial In the
wrtt. to th. Bureau ot I Frirn“i‘'“"1 uudur the
Boob 110. ISht Ka.t Sth S' . Auetln [ »< Froehert Funeral
M. Twa. • ,,“m,
—p, ■ i ■ —j Pa*..MV«awvjv. A. i*. tsuyie.
Mr. and Mra. W T.-Wright have Hubert Bales C W Bllta. Alien
had as their guest their daughter. | Stout. Alan MicGincla an ' Sherrod
Mrs Rota Dans of setntnoi*, Okta. | Duran:
nr. ann Mrs. j. m anm-uiasc au ( coiuetueu w un tne total new it n sit-i
HMMHkhh hts parents. Mr nounct. thP marrtag»- of their daugh- i nation of the family, imludlng sick-
RbhRt'l-in ofjness. rate of disease prevention.
The couple left imine- and health protection.
j In setting aside January 26 as
Public Health Nursing Day fur
[ America health administrators and
I all other friends of nursing should
rioM4cn«r ‘henwives to the ex ten
Billie Medean Casey and Mon of public health nursing serv-
Mrs. 8. 8. M’ Renzi- Sydney [Jt>r ^-JlH |o (>M. R|<-hard»*>n of I
bran tn the navy three years ArknOs,ai. -p,,, COuplr left imme I
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?P*'n ■ ' CASEY NORMAN
*° bifanf daughter. |
wo • tv nr
b Gruber, Ok: < . at the end nt
leave.
Tbureda Jan 11. 1»46
«!d write you and
v much 1 appre
iilv I was stateside,
lias it for the next
ori« whllo I -W. tin-
>w are being trained in
and. more important,
r leaders hava ,.»en ee-
He * survived by his wife. V.r t
r.ia parents. M. and Mr*- ■ .><
Charley Sandei-s a’ of Alvin . • :
> ■? brother, W;!sor. Sanders of fun
theArmy stationed in Ft Worth; »"•
.- uifeV-: mother Mrs Gertrude, *
of Alvin and her brot- >' i>i
: c - Johr Kahrnan of the Navy
u uneral Ar*.mgen',ents will be
a 1 announced later by the Martin
Ft neral Home
I EdCie luimbert Otter are 17 I
j ii.utitlis, of Alia L«>iua. *...-— — .
t.alvcston h<wpital Sunday morn i
I Im— — •, — — V. .. —, illa.Aa— I. >l<*i.i *
by i •- '
515 p.
The purpose of the day. accord- j
• Ing to Dr George W. Cox. State
Health Officer, is to focus atiemhm
upon public health nursing as a
service for everyone and to in-
crease public understanding of the
part played by the puhllr health
nurse in helping to build better
health for family community, and
nation.
Many communities It. Texas are
planntg to give special recognition
on this day to the value of the pub-
lic health nurse in the lummuulty
From the beginning thirty years
ago. public health nurses ha»• been
. concerned w ith the total health sit- i
. tx>ma
(Myrtle
>1. Beall is th-1 son of Mr and'
' E. W. Beall of Liverpool and !
brother at Mrs W R Lundy of.
i‘tit from 1913 till he i
to III health in 1912 M
Syt-aia Is cashh-r N,
s include Geor
.ee Kr-mpner
tn: Oran Shipp, t' I. Spt ai
W Pearson and W
It'ctrd dlre*'i
Duncan, R.
of ht‘ ' ' 'ton • °
log. for ti fellow to have a *
, tish in this day
\\ e U- ard of a chap who
wife a rented automobile
Christmas present.
■\ Danbury reader suggests an-
other reason for not putting off
II tomorrow what we can do to-
oed w IM *';< I A Ahl';
lay morning hat CpI Charles
/orth. 31Tth Infantry, was re !
■ed missing ft a, . D. ■ ,
I24'
Vis wife, the form. Pt i . s
_____of Alvin, I' . A- 'I the mes-■
n' from the Wa; I iwirtm: tn N •
her information •« available.
31
Sanders was born July 14. ly-
’4 in Wharton Texas and came In addition to the horn*
to Alvin with his pa.ents Decenr- Da.ibury, spring. Pearland
I'ft, 1931. ! .hw<>".| Alditu Lx'.ici
He was a popular member of ,M' hiHS,'» «nd 1-aMar.iu- « .
t he youn-cr married group in Alvin pt
and the community is sadly to-
uched by h» tragic and untimely.:1
death.
Until recently he was employed
by Dow Chemical Company in
Freeport but for the past two
week ; had been yorkir;’ in the
William
rvnigdt oi mvui. <»<mu r,. Knight ;
< ( Siigarland and J. A. and Basil '
I Knight. I>olh oversea# four
daily. Monday through ’ 4jHllghf era. Mrs R M Hnyshp and'
Mrs. Ida Duncan of Houston. Mrs j
T T Mills of Alvin and Mra Jew
el Mills of Alnieda. several grand
children and great-granuv'.iGcircn.
Funeral services were held ftoin
Ike Fogel West Chapel with Rev
V\ L Hughes itfDcinlBig Burial |
I was in Rest Haven Cemetery
W
Dirt
adorned one end of
ori Hie i rystal punch
:ued at the other end
tinent board. Mrs Le-
Mrs II Walter Paten,
W DeWitt, who have
on troop committee's
<ievp|optnenf ot Girl
: Scouting in Alvin, presided in turn
at the punch buwl. Homemade
j cookies were served by the mem
bars <rt SvuUt
j The new club house, which will
I b« < ailed Thu Little Hunte
: the Girl Scouts, ia a 24 by 40 foot
structure which has been built by
I the Alvin Lions Club who under
took the project several months
ago shortly after voting to spon
sor Girl Scouting In Alvin. The
budding, which ia covered in white
Muweiua aiding, baa a screened
front porch and is patterned after
colonial design Deakles ta large
living room or club room, the house
has a apeclous kitchen with at-
tractive built-in features a powder
room and shower, and a storage
room.
Contributions amounting to 8133
were rocelveri 9* tra Osf-fdaT
.rd thh sum will he Heed to buy
iu: :;‘ :’:inx ; for the « !;;b house. Will
Bracken has donated his services
and will paint the Interior of the
house fur the Scouts The I Jons
who have been canvassing the
town for contributions to complete
payment for the club house, hop*’
to secure sufficient funds to build
a comcnt site walk, du aoine work
on u.e lawn, and purchase a range
for the kitcheh.
j man L
City
Heald*’- his parents he Is aurviv
e*l by two sisters. Betty Joe Hill
and lielores Annette Otter of Alta
grandmother.
e Robinson of Albs. Texas.
Funeral services were held by
Rev B L. Millard Monday at the
Alta Pmu Baptist Church. Burial
was in the Confederate Cemetery
under the direction ot Frolterg
1 Home.
_ w i.
pi. \as ha-
■S5—-—==^r Hie Hoot* :
HE V, EEt ■ompletett four "
ning during
problem on ten
•OWES! :,raph‘i; ‘arachui .-’ I - ■ ’.
been steadily lovelopod to a
■■■■M^^^gnlzod war s<
I 4 havt‘ ' 11 r,,< 1
Mighout the Tro • I for th- tc m< .
h'ious ctionfl against the enemy
I addition to pro lix Ing .rn-
*achute Specie
*n to qualified
•tions, Demoli
achutc MgJnteii'
NA( H Irbo'ne Tyo< ?
iSsHMters. treasurei. w
I < a at .:.ie by kiln* *
I At the close of the meeting the ’
< il Ru-sian tea. dainty I
and rook!**
|r Mr. Janes;
received your
was glad to
asa't expectlnu t ini' t
suxnyway for it.
(107 c :
•*V<4| Anoy reading ft
----_ reckon. That
ig for entero'
a,* have plenty ot :im- n
hwouder how thin, ar.-
4, in Alvin" I
_____ ____e there tnnig’r
of onr hogte town hov«
. wa-v »ow. I ha. • k
\ | I I j L<o much of y«>n
ill uno,r Ynu/'2!
Marvin
dM. Note; Tiwi
I Mllor at the hr>f m <4 >bi-
lv Marvin has • n> >i r
I sack.”
' The bank was op>-ruted as the
' First National Bank from I9i»4 to
—------------------- ------— j 1906. with R H. King and Robert
MWi. Club, at i'.i regular lueeilug | ln,,.sl„ in ln,.„ ,ervi„
hold Monday night In the homo ot In Kehruary. W«. Ih. tank
was given a state charter and It j January 15.
tmeame The Alvin State Rank The Galveston orfica has hem
i opened to more speedily and ef
I effectively handle the large
I-a st rites for .Mrs, Mary
Short. 75. were held at 10 a
Tuesday at the Church **f CtoriM
In Alvin with the Rev David Grif-
fith officiating Rnrlal was tn the
South Park Cemetery at Piarland.
• Mrs, Short died Saturda) Jan.
] 19. in Galveston at tl ' ome of her
• son. William Short .'he tormeriy
[lived in Alvin witn her daughter.
Mrs. Annie Lou Skinner, who now |
resides tn Galveateh i p-> gud
Mr,. Shun WM born la L„„.^
ana, Dec. 2. 1569. She Is survived
by three daughters. Mis. Clsra Mar- I
tin of Denver, Calo.. Mrs Mamie ’
Yarnon of Pampa; and Mrs Annie •
Shelly D Norman of Houston were | less so that there will be enough Lou Skinner of Galveston three
united in marriage at th? First Bap- j qualified nurses to meet the needs j sons. William Short of Galveston,
list Church Tuesday. Jan. 16th. at | of all the people.
7 45 p m. with Rev George W. ■
Springfield reading the single ring '
ceremony.
Their only attendants wore Mt
and Mrs J. S. BaCey of Alvin
Mr. and Mrs. Norman will make
their home in Houston
Gerald W. McClure died at hla
home In Friendswood Monday. Jan
8. at 6-|0 P M Mr McClure was
____’hero, October 29. 1901 In Hite-
('nun J burg. Pa He had lived in Frlendt»-
I for 36 years.
He Is survived by his wife.
Claudia McClure, two daughters,
his mother.
E. McClure, all of Friends
one brother, R. E McClure
Si tuu- e»yo»e <«»er w years; of 14* Porte; two sisters. Mrs. Roy
rn«s and Mrs. J. L. Dntlcr of flows
A!vin State Bank
Increases Capita’
.Mrs Herbert Leech Mrs. Pearson !
of Camp gave an interesting review nf
’'OFtS. C«?tf.. •#> > ..'Ulus hh> fain Yank From Olympic by Cathei
Pvt. Knape will report to Ft. Jne Drinker Bowen
accounf of Chief
and hh family
Several club communications
were read by the secretary, Mrs ’
Bob Monarch Mrs. Herbert Leech
was elected by the executive com- ■
I •■• Fill th.’ ti.'.t' lz.El I.,.
With the
and 5" *ho is lateres’.ed n
I t tt.-il States MaHri'me” SetvIc*'
Austin Texas -Hundred-of wm f’ra,n‘n« ,nay rbt“in fu"
“'.ur.ltL:?! throughout Tcx-a aie!l,on ' ft’”’ox pro-
I-! .mine to celebrate the first Na-j'Jra,nB by a’»”lv,n« Yeoman M. Knight of Alvin. John E
• Namara at the abtn«- address Of ,
j fiti'v hours are from S;45 a. m. tu ]
m.
Saturday
Frits Engelhard of Kagle laike
I local supervisor ot the farm census
for 1945. states thas! work on the
census will start in Brazoria
fy «oon.
Twelve tv fourteen enumerators
are needed from Brazoria County
These workers can make fairly good 1 Rhnron and Sandra.
*".i will have tires and gas Mrs. J. “ **
arranged fur by the government. | wood
ot age could not qualify for the (
work but at the present time men
or women over 20. with a cummou j
school education and with the full •
time use of a car are no«Mied
Auyona intere-ied is requested to
write to the Bureau of Cenaui:.
Alvin State Bank
()ik-ar S. Smith headed the Institu- j
tion from that time until 1912. I effectively handle the large numl*r
The local liank Is a member of of United States Maritime Service
the Texas Hankers Awnx iatlon. the : enrollees fr. in this area Galveston
Ani' ib an Bankers Association, and
the Fed* r»»l Depo*i< Insurance Cor-
poration Its directors and officers
suggest that ‘Alvlnitea start the | including the apprentice
New Year right with the bank program,
been consistent! -«• otuv
and whose
: Oscar S. Cumming* who now rr- j.,
1 Hides in Houston. «a« pi evident of ”
i the hapk when h»- and his brother. ; Area.
, th - late f' E Cummings establish '
> d it as a private enterprise
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Jones, Alger. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1945, newspaper, January 18, 1945; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1251990/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.