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Agriculture
John White,
Jess-? James,
Alvin Man Heads South Texas
Group In Planning District Meets
Plans for six district meet- receive further attention are
mgs of the South Texas Cham-. wat rshed conservation plan-
ber of Commerce to be held'ning. tourist promotion, indus-
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time at the accident.
were un-
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Christian
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Delbert Downing is the type
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C o mmissioner
State Treasurer
Railroad Com-
missioner Ernest O. Thompson.
Supreme Court Justice Clyde
E. Smith. Supreme Court Jus-
tice Joe Greenhill, and Sena-
tor Lyndon Johnson.
istrators
Center
needed clothing.
“We found only one pair of
shoes for those boys,” said Nel-
son.
“We have lots of adult cloth-
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are now city.
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be added rcha
Bis McG inncss.
tary-maimfir, said Alvin-
r.ay call 18$ office to as-
_J t.wnbfl of n - dents
usinesses ■ other towns.
JjnMinn‘ the can place
>er-to-nuiBflr calls quick-
ddresses may also be ob-
d from th« telephone di-
ries on tilt there.
TOMMY HOWARD
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perate need for them.”
Nelson urged that Alvinites
start their spring cleaning a
little early.
“Sort your children’s cloth-
es’,’ he pled. “If there are some
they have outgrown, we can
find the child to fit the clotti-
ng. Bring the garments to us.”
The Salvation Army Service
Center, located in a VFW
Building adjoining the swim-
ming pool, is open every Wed-
nesday.
Border"
Collector H. A. Thomas said
the definite figures probably
would not be available until
the middle of this month.
It is known, however, that
2.212 paid polls were register-
ed in Alvin, alone. Of this num-
ber, 711 polls were paid at the
Wiginton-Hall Insurance A-
gency; 1,270 polls w’ere paid
at Stanton's Shopping Center;
103 applications were taken by
volunteer workers at Evans
Food Store; and 128 applica-
tions were taken at Pee Wee’s
Grill.
Many Alvin voters paid their
poll tax when they paid pro-
perty tax at the courthouse in
Angleton. Several other places
in Alvin, too, were distributing
applications for poll taxes. The
number of polls paid through
these sources are not known.
During the last presidential
election year, however, there
were a total of nearly 2,500
paid polls in Precinct 3. This
year, there probably will be
about 2,500 paid polls.
See POLL TAX
Page 7, Column 1
by the digester, form a heavy,
sludgy film on top of the sewer
facilities. When this material
packs, gasses cannot escape
nor be burned off and an odor
is created.
To combat this situation, Mr.
Russell recommended an agita-
tor for the digester.
The matter was tabled .
due to the lack of funds .
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> tfaing to run- for
;«ncil is developn •
(Editor’s Note: This is the
last in a series of 12 articles
outlining the numerous bound-
ary conflicts dating back to
1716, pointing up little known
facts which shaped the Texas
of today.)
One stormy chapter in the
history of our Texas bound-
aries was written with the un-
solicited help of Oklahoma’s
blustery, colorful G o vernor
William J. “Alfalfa Bill” Mur-
ray.
Murray,
chairman of the sewer depart-
ment, went with other city
officials to a League of Muni-
cipalities meeting in Dallas
several months ago, he was
■till thinking about the prob-
’em.
He talked with a consulting
A total of 153 aliens, resid-
ing in the Alvin area, have
filled out address forms at the
local post office as required
by law, said Postmaster Vernon
C. Johnson.
This program is an annual
event and all aliens must fill
out the required forms during
the month of January.
Johnson said the 153 Alvin-
area residents totals about the
Sooner state from
figured prominently
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the fuqjK the Alvin
ber office per el will
directory; service to the
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ALVIN, BRAZORIA COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, I960__________12 PAGES—I SECTION ’ ’ NUMBER 25
Deadline Passes For
Fillin g In Demo Race
the “jobs”. The election will
be held Tuesday. April 5.
Mr. Fredrickson, a candidate
for Brazoria County commis j
doner, has stated definitely i
he will not seek re-elec-
There’s an old
•‘free” advice is
what you pay for it . . . but in
at least one instance, Alvin of-
ficials have found that state-
ment to be untrue.
There was me matter of an
agitator for the sewer digester
system here in Alvin. City
Engineer S. A. Russell recom-
mended to the City Council
that equipment, costing an
estimated $2,000 to $2,500 was
essential to improve a situa-
tion at the sewer plant which
had been plaguing the city
fathers for many months.
The situation, briefly, is this:
Certain indigestible items go
into the municipal sewer system
and these items, not destroyed
He accounted for 60 points in
’liree games.
The youngsters defeated La '
Marque. 32-16; won over Austin
of Galveston, 29-16; and in the
f.nals, lost to Clear Creek, 34-
32, to take second place in the
tournament.
Watson said the entire team
played outstanding games but
the achievements of the start-
ing five was really “tremend-
iLus”. Those boys are Howard,
■ | Greg Moore, John Casey,
Wayne Fos'.er and Joe Godwin.
Yellow Jackets
L Coach Joe Peery’s Yellow
I Jackets took two blows this
11 week when they suffered de-
11 feats at the hands of La Mar-
’1 que and Lamar Consolidated,
Jack Marshall, incumbent; Rob-
t rt W. Goode of West Colum-
bia. F. B. Clark of Brazoria,
lane. C. E. Bell of Jones Creek.
I For commissioner of Precinct
3: T. J. Hicks Jr.. Alfred Far-
rell, F. C. Fredrickson, R. R.
Plaster. A. W. Webb. Todd
Furnace, G. O Knight and
Henry Jordan. <The incumbent,
Are Registered
same number of aliens who
signed up here last year.
The majority of Alvin aliens
are of Mexican descent but
there were some from England,
Canada, and the Dominican
Republic, he postmaster said.
This requirement is enforc-
ed by the Bureau of Immigra-
tion. The forms were available
at all post offices and at Immi-
gration offices in cities where
this bureau has headquarters.
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1931-35,
in the
“Bridge War” of 1931 between
Texas and Oklahoma.
"The Bridge War grew out
of the differences of opinion
between Alfalfa Bill and Texas
officials concerning the open-
ing of three ‘free bridges’
spanning the Red River,” At-
torney General Will Wilson
explains.
Built as a joint effort
See BORDERS
Page 7, Column 3
now'
.. .ifeMny H'OwAfd, son of Mr. ih.gh school eighth grade team.
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Mta. T. W, Howard was
cted as tlM “most valu-
[ player” c>d chosen for the
FK Team in a bas-
-■Mi Marque.
i«ra:d b a member of
h Jim Watson’s junior
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TRY AN
ALVIN SUN
Delbert Dow ning,
of the Midland
Commerce for the past 13
years, will be the principal
speaker here Saturday, Feb. 13,
when the Alvin Chamber of
Commerce, Agriculture and In-
dustry holds its annual mem-
bership banquet in the Student
| Union Building on the Alvin
^■ Junior College campus.
Kermit Dyche, president of1
||H the South Texas Chamber ofj
^■ Commerce and an Alvinie, has]
flbvn asked t-» be master of
^■ ceremonies f<>r the event. He
' i!! introduce £pecia'. guests.
^Bj The Rev. Clvde E. Thomas,
Pastor of the First Methodist
( hurch here, will give the in-
vocation.
Dinner will be served by the
cafeteria staff and members of
homemaking classes at Alvin
High School.
Special entertainment will
be provided by musicians di-
rected by Cecil E. Rusk, school
band director.
G. E. “Ed” Webb, president,
will speak briefly and Jesse
Alexander, chairman of the
membership committee is also
scheduled for a short talk.
Mr. Downing, who is recog-
..... d as an excellent speaker,
is even a “hero” in his own
home town!
The Midland Reporter-Tele-1
gram has this to say about him:
He is past president of the
Chamber of Commerce Man-
agers Association of West Tex-
as. and has held various offices
in the State Association. He is
j i ecognized as one of the most
i W \Inesd;.y. F b. 10. at the
Ci y Hall, said Mayor E. H.
B: ker. but the agenda is clear
and there are few problems to
lx* discussed by the council-
men.
Mr. Baker said he had been
The volunteer workers at Al-1 ing but we are very, very short
of all clothing items and shoes
for children. As fast as we get
to answer an S. O. S. but some-1 any of them in, there’s a des-
t .. i_____: . .. . — ♦ ______3 »»
his candidacy for Brazoria
County Commissioner of Pre-
cinct 3.
Mr. Knight, a native of Al-
vin. has been a local building
contractor for the past 10 years.
J f rvr»ci4ir»« I
county commissioner, however,
he says that he will be a “full-
time working commissioner”
and will not continue his pre-
sent occupation.
Knight is married, and has
two sons and one grandson.
He is a member of the First
Baptist Church and a charter
member of the Alvin Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post.
“I voted for and am in favor
of the Hwy. 35 by-pass around
Alvin.” declared Mr. Knight.
“If elected as commissioner, I
will work with the State High-
way Department in every way
to carry through the comple-
tion of the by-pass as rapidly
as possible.”
"Other candidates in this
race are my friends,” Knight
continued, "And I will wage a
clean campaign in competition
with them. I am definitely ‘on
my own’ and do not have the
backing of any
or business”.
The candidate
lleved in keeping as much of
See KNIGHT
Page 7, Column 3
in the Democratic Primary waspAlvinu
on
not
election date
7.
. son is preparing for service as ;
' a medical missionary. His only |
' daughter is married to a fine
young man who is currently}
serving Uncle Sam. Mama, of
course, comes in for consider-
able credit., too, but together
provided a real
home for their
engineer at the Dallas meeting
and was told that a city, with
a population of 6,000 people,
hac no need for such an agita-
tor. In that engineer’s opinion
a population of 10,000 was nec-
essary before the expense of
such an agitator would be justi-
fiable.
Councilman Koldenhoven and
i the engineer discussed the mat-
but it was not fergotten. When ter at length. Once back in Al-
Councilman John Koldenhoven, vjn the councilman conferred
wi’ i Hubert Wood, city utilities
iin c’or. on the matter.
Between them, they’ worked
out a plan.
Wood supervised two city
See SEWER
Page 7, Column 5
...^ ------------- ___J Mrs. Joe A.
probably the | Wessndorff of Richmond.
For Democratic Precinct
Chairman in Precinct 3: Frank
Duke and Bob Owen.
For Congressman: Clark W.
Thompson ’unopposed).
For Associate Justice, Court
of Civil Appeals, First Supreme
Judicial District: Ewing Wer-
lein (unopposed >.
For Commissioner of Pre-
cinct 1: G. O. Norris, incum-
bent; Dixie Brown, Sam Plum-
mer and J. R. Sims.
Various candidates for state
offices to be listed on the bal-
lots include:
Governor: Price Daniel and
Jack Cox.
Lieutenant
during the period of Mar. 16- i trial and agricultural develop-
• —oa ---------n 1 ment. and state tax problems.
Those who attended the
meeting were District Chair-
conference : men James O. Schuyler of
and district j Laredo; J. E. Wearden, Vic-
JEPHSON
INSURANCE AGENCY
■ Over 50 Years Continuous
fiERv rt TO PniCYHOLOtM
Im The Alvin Asea~
Joe Jephton
Toir Elliott
1002 Hardie OL 8-2561
Positive figures were not
yet available on the number of
poll taxes paid in Alvin, but
unofficial estimates place the
figure at an all-time high.
Personnel in the offices of
Brazoria County Tax Assessor-
Omer Knight Todd Furnace
Enters Race For Seeks Post Of
(Commissioner Commissioner
G. O 'Omer) Knight has au-1 Todd Furnace of Manvel has
thorized The Sun to announce j announced as a candidate for
Brazoria County commissioner; e •
OfM^t. nO. 52 years COIll 111 1SS1011 € P
of age, is a native Texan who
came to Brazoria County in
1919. He settled with his fam-
If elected to the position of lily in Manvel and has continu-
. ,|ed to make his home there.
Furnace is married to the
former Opal Booth, daughter
of the late J A. Booth of Man-
vel. They have two daughters,
a son, and three grandchild-,
ren.
Mr. Furnace has been in the
farming and ranching business
since 1928. During that time,
he has worked in many civic
endeavors throughout Precinct
3 and Brazoria County and is
well known in the entire Gulf
Coast area.
For 14 years, he was employ-
I have declared whether or not
I they will be candidates for re-
j election.
A. B. Kennedy Jr. has stated
that he is “seriously consider-
tion to the City Council. Neith-1 mg” filing in the campaign
er Mr. Nelson nor Mr. Bowman ; but no other indications in this
have decided, however though j race have
Bo »vman has said earlier tnat j ____
he will not make the race j
ZB Dell)ert Do w 11 i 11 *r
;:uididate last year, who said J TV
he is contemplating seeking
election this year.
Also mentioned as “possible”
candidates are G. L. Garwood.
Ray Williams, Mack Tower,
Jimmy Kincaidt, Otis Schedule
and Allen Gray.
Mr. Gar-.vc xl has also been
mentioned as a possible candi- I
date for th? s hool board but ( N
his only remark was: "No com- i ■
ment".
Williams, Tower, and Kin-;
ci ide have given no definite.
answer though Mr. Tower sai«,
he was not strongly consider-
ing it and his candidacy will |
depend on who files for tl_
campaign.
Mr. Gray sa;d he definitely
is not a candidate; and Mr.
Schedule said he considered it
but has changed his mind.
Of lesser interest, still, is
the school board election which
will be held on April 2. The
fi ing deadline is Wednesday,
March 2.
Terms of George Duncan
arid Dr. Johnny McElveen ex-
year and nei*h.r
Sheriff Jack Mar: hall; the con-
stable race where the incum-
bent has an opponent; and the
State Representative’s c a m-
paign in which two candidates
have entered their names.
M. M. (Dooley) Galloway,
Democratic chairman in Bra-
zoria County listed on Tuesday
all candidates who have filed
with him.
For State Representative:
Neil Caldwell of Alvin and E.
R. Goff of Angleton.
For district judge; Thurman
Gupton (23rd Judicial District)
anc G. P. Hardy Jr. (130th
Judicial District), both unoppos-
ed.
For Brazoria County Tax As-
sessor-Collector: H. A. Thomas,
incumbent, unopposed.
April 20 were approved in a
meeting Wednesday at San
Antonio.
Attending the conference | men James
were committee and district j Laredo; J. E. Wearden,
chairmen representing the 52 tori;.; John Kainer, El Campo;
South Texas county area serv- W. A. Leigon, Robstown.
ed by the regional chamber, j A so, Committee Chairmen
Kermit G. Dyche of Alvin. I Elmore R. Torn, Houston, agri-
president of the chamber, an-! culture and livestock; C. V. Car
nounced that meetings of the son. San Marcos, highways;
chamber’s eight regional com- Car ton C. Whitworth, Laredo,
mittees will be held in Feb- industry; Ben H. Sloane, Point
ruary preparatory to the dis- Comfort, legislation; J. H.
triet meeting. Bla< kaller, San Antonio, water
Exact dates and locations for ' resources; W. H. Thornberg,
the series were not determined i San Antonio, tourist; and
in the Wednesday conference. ■ George T. Jambers. Whitsett,
Major projects expected to | wildlife conservation.
back-hole machine for the I
Considerable controversy j
hi s raged over this proposed
1for the past several
i m eetings of the council, and at >
chamber-the last session, the matter was
tabled.
It is also expected that I
Councilmen Sam Wood and
Lawrence Nelson will report to
the council on a recommended
program o* street work for
the city. These? two men had
been asked to make a survey
of city streets to determine
where best a sum of $20,000
c luld be expended. This money,
f om road district funds, was
offered to the city by Brazoria
C ounty Commissioner W. R.
■ I saacs who said his crew will
(assist the city wherever coun-
; ilmen feel the work is most
11 rgently needed.
vin’s Salvation Army Service
Center stand ready, at all times,
to answer an S O S hut some- ‘
tunes their hands are tied . . .
sometimes there just isn’t the
' wherewithal” to supply
needs of the community.
This is what occurred last
week, said Lawrence Nelson,
chairman, when school admin-
notified the Service
that four small boys
other weighty j
ftpaflll,r * * ★ *
“Eiglilli Graders Place
Second In Tournament
11
1,1 Pkgs.
both District 12-AAA games.
La Marqque defeated the
’Jackets, 58-49, in a game play-
ed locally. The boys lost out,
66-45, Friday night in a game
at Lamar.
The high school
enter a nondisirict game here I
Saturday with Angleton. They
will resume their district sche- I
dule Tuesday when
El Campo here.
To date, the Yellow Jacket
record is one district game won 1
and three lost.
Mustangs
Coach Bill Reed's junior high'
school Mustangs had good news !
this week when they defeated i
Angleton. 43-34, in a local |
game Thursday night. The
See BASKETBALL
, Page 7, Column 1
Governor: Ben
Ram<ey and Don Yarborough.
At orney General: Waggoner
Carr and Will Wilson.
Land Commissioner: Bill All-
corn and Jerry Sadler.
State Comptroller: Robert S.
Calvert and V. L. <Bo> Ramsey.
Court of Criminal Appeals
Judge: Jim Bowmer, Lloyd W.
Davidson and W. T. McDonald.
Chief Justice, Supreme
Couit: Robert W. Calvert and
For Brazoria County SheriffRob( rt G. Hughes.
without opposi-
Alvin’s accident ratio for the i red on Gordon Street, which
month of January remained is Highway 35 through Alvin,
the same this year is it did The police chief said only
in 1959, said Police Chief two of the drivers involved in
Glen Shepperd, but one more wrecks this year were under
injury was reported for the 21 years of age. He added that
31 day period this year. 40 per cent of the drivers were
Shepperd said th* e were 10 out-of-town motorists,
accidents this yeai with four Most prevalent violation in-
injuries. Last year, there were volved was following too close-
J0 accidents with only three ’y which caused four accidents,
injuries. In both 1959 and 1960, ‘ See ACCIDENTS
five of the 10 accidents occur- Page 7, Column 4
spectiv-u vtnai la:-
at»out it bu' few
■ly sure lit th< :it« n-
i i regard to t , rn-
P or olde,
I visit you terms of flty Council-
8 irday, FebJ C. Fr^uflBon and L.
. n. on th* flan a: id Lfwren. N 1-
[i iit Evans, pire th s year
re the JflRhg
I ^flflturday, March
When the extended filing I Bill Isaacs, is not seeking re-
deadline passed Monday at election).
midnight, the race for “wins” I
. . but the winners will'bent;
be determined until the Precinct 8 (Pearland): Henry
of Saturday, May Whitt and D. L. Coppinger.
| For State Board of Educa-
While the voting machines i tion: C. Ray Holbrook Jr. of
will list the names of dozens Texas City and
of candidates, j
campaigns of most interest to
Alvin voters will be that of
Brazoria County commissioner
of Precinct 3. in which an un-
precedented total of eight can-
didates are running; the county
sheriff’s race where three
Pd by the Texas Company in opponents are trying to unseat
. — , T np. lx TLY n »’<-lx 11 • flszx -
Manvel.
Furnace served on the Agri-
cultural Stabilization Commit-
tee for 11 years, was a mem-
ber of the Brazoria County
Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors for six years,
served a number of years as
a member of the Board of
Directors for the American
Rice Growers Cooperative As-
sociation at Pearland, was a
member of the Manvel School
See FURNACE
Page 7, Column 3
I to the Al-
lital by Fro-
was later
3 Sejiy Hos-
F Galv «t:®. He uf-
injuries
fl cbfl; knd slight la-
et lory
,(»z. pi, WceM
ered Here
tew and special type of
e to the citi; r. of .his
°V thC Council will
'.hold ib February meeting on i problems are to be considered, njze(j
the “docket” appearing to be
more nearly blank than at any
time in recent months.
There is a possibility, how-
ever, that Councilman Sam
Wood will again introduce his
project concerning a city co-
I TKic mnttiT trtn W3S
’ now ready t0 j indefinitely tabled at the last
Freeport, consider further the purchase sessjon.
manager I capable men in his chosen pro-
Chamber of I fession.
Delbert Downing is one of
the most popular and most
<ought-after public speakers in
the Southwest.
Yes. all these and more hon-
ors, too . . . yet they do not
spell out the real Delbert
Downing.
The real Delbert Downing is
one of the most modest, most
unassuming, the most likeable
persons one could hope to meet.
He does more things, unbe-
known in most instances, to
help people ... al kinds,
classes, and colors . . in the
course of a few moi ths than
most men do in a lif time. He
constantly is alert to he needs
of his fellowman . . .and
actually fills the
father-confessor to scores of
veople who bring their troub-
les to him. Neither is he ever
too busy to see and help them
I at any hour of the day or night.
| Big men with big jobs often
bring big problems to him for
advice . . . and no one else
ever knows about it. Delbert
Downing teaches one of the
largest Sunday School classes
in Midland. His oldest son is
a minister and his youngest
I son is preparing for service as.
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