Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1945 Page: 2 of 12
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SOUTHWESTERN TIMES
August 23, 1945
Published Every Thursday for the Residents of West University
Place, Southside Place, Bellaire, Braeswood, Southampton,
Southgate and Adjacent Area
IRVIN H. BRACKMAN Editor and Publisher
ETTA MARTIN Associate Editor
LILLIAN DENTON s Assistant
Entered as second-class matter, October 12, 1944, at the Post Office at
Houston, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription $1.00 a Year
Advertising Rates On Request
2510 Dartmouth, Houston 5, Texas
(In The Village)
Phone Keystone 3-6686
(Evening Phone Madison 2-1085)
HOUSTON, TEXAS, AUGUST 23, 1945
Now Is The Time For Revenge!
Religion and the Bible teach us to turn the other cheek.
They preach that revenge is sinful and to forgive, divine.
Nevertheless, the day of sweet revenge is at hand for Ameri-
cans of all faiths, religious and otherwise. We're talking of
justifiable revenge against those restaurants, hotels, clothing
stores and every other type of business firm, which, through-
out the admittedly trying war period, permitted its manage-
ment and employees to use the greatly overworked expression,
"Don't you know there is a war on?"
If you happen to be one of those fortunate few who went
to the trouble to actually list in your "little black book" the
names of the firms which committed this breach of faith, your
revenge will indeed be sweet. Others will merely recall with
avarice the few outstanding incidents which are most indel-
ibly imprinted in their minds.
While by far the majority of business firms in The Village
and the Southwestern area in general are fortunately imbued
with the small town atmosphere and regard for their patrons,
some of them have been guilty of permitting brazen insults
to fall upon the helpless heads of their customers.
Peacetime conditions and plenty for all isn't coming over-
night, but pre-war consideration of the buyer has come a long
way in the few days since the Japanese surrender. Many
firms, in a frantic effort to recapture some of the goodwill
they have lost, are cautioning their employees to drop that
DYKTAWO (don't you know there's a war on) attitude.
Numerous employees, likewise, recognize for themselves that
they won't be able to hold their jobs in a peacetime economy
unless they mend their ways.
While the act of revenge itself might not accomplish any
more than a loss of business for the offending firms, it will
certainly afford tie avenger the satisfaction of knowing that,
at the same time, he is rewarding those establishments that
exerted the energy to let the consuming public know that its
patronage was appreciated.
RAMBLING....
THERE
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work is done. Make t|ie programs
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DIAL 740 * C. B. S. IN HOUSTON
Mighty happy is Mrs. E. Lee Bond
of 3707 Ingold these days. Her son,
Corp. Ned E. Simes, is home after
spending 34 months in the Pacific
theater. He will report back to
duty in Philadelphia early in Sep-
tember. . . .
The regular meeting of the direc-
tors of the West University Lions
Club will be held at 7:30 tonight in
the West University City Hall. . . .
All those facts Steina Gunnars-
dottir told about Iceland, her native
home, in a radio program over
KPRC the other morning were
most interesting. Steina, who is a
bookkeeper at the University State
Bank, appeared on Mrs. Chase's
program. . . .
The Rev. Malcolm L. Purcell will
leave in a few days to attend the
meeting of the Texas Synod in
Kerrville. Reverend Purcell, pas-
tor of the new West University
Presbyterian Church, is stated
clerk for the Synod. . . .
Glad to know that Dr. Fred Sim-
mons of 2811 Plumb is back home
and doing nicely after that recent
appendectomy. . . .
It is nice seeing Mrs. Rex Love-
joy, a former resident, back in the
neighborhood for a visit. She is
visiting Mrs. Allan King of 2211
Tangley and other relatives and
friends until October 1. . . .
Congratulations to Harvey Rich-
ards of 3402 University Boulevard
on his appointment as a director of
the Junior Chamber of Com-
merce. . . .
What, again? Yup, Mrs. R. R.
Doble of 3754 Plumb again walked
away with the honors in a golf
match last week. . . .
Rumor hath it that a huge Dallas
concern will erect a three-story
building to house a retail estab-
lishment in the heart of The Vil-
DAVIDSON'S
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HARDWARE
Garden Supplies
Pittsburgh Paints
Varieties
End of Bus Line
Bellaire al Richmond
Madison 2-0143
lage in the not-too-distant future....
Joe Dannenbaum of 5916 Char-
lotte really did a swell job as sub-
stitute tail-twister at a recent
meeting of the West University
Lions Club. . . .
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. C.
E. Woodall of 2145 Dryden enter-
tained with a tea honoring Miss
Margie Lynn Stroup, whose mar-
riage to Archibald flood will be an
event of early fall.
Winfield S. Sigler
Kites Held Monday
Funeral services for Winfield S.
Sigler of 3020 Sunset Boulevard,
who died Saturday at a Houston
hospital, were held Monday morn-
ing from St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church.
Before his retirement 18 years
ago, Mr. Sigler had been connected
with the Johns-Manville Company
in Mexico for 15 years. He had
lived here since his retirement.
Survivors include his widow, a
sister, Mrs. E. J. King of Kansas
City, Mo., and a niece.
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Brackman, Irvin H. Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1945, newspaper, August 23, 1945; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth392916/m1/2/?q=b-58: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.