Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 7, 1945 Page: 1 of 12
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, BELLAIRE,
SOUTHSIDE PLACE, BRAESWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHGATE AND ADJACENT AREA
Volume 1—No. 37
HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUNE 7, 1945
5c a Copy—Subscription $1.00 a Year
Quotas Neared
As Bond Sales
Spurt In Section
In contrast to the gloomy out-
look for the Seventh War Loan
Drive in the section presented last
week in the Southwestern Times,
this week's picture is much brighter
with some of the sub-areas getting
within striking distance of their
quotas.
Hugh L. Whiteside, chairman for
West University Place, called on
residents to put forth the final ef-
fort as his "team" was straining
on the 90-yard line with "goal to
go." Including one large purchase
of $126,000, Mr. Whiteside reported
a total sale to date of $229,068.75
toward the quota of $250,000.
Bellaire jumped forward with
sales including a single purchase of
$10,000. J. S. Spencer reported
that $22,275 worth of bonds had
been sold toward the city's $25,000
quota. Sales included $444 worth
of war stamps sold at Condit
School in Bellaire. Miss Ellen K.
Steam's room was awarded a flag
for its record sale of $113 in
stamps.
Actual sales and credit slips for
bonds purchased by Southsiders
through their firms totaled $14,125
at the end of last week toward a
quota of $20,000, Mrs. Earl E. Wat-
son reported.
Mrs. Morris Kilgore, who is
directing the drive in Southgate,
Braeswood and Windermere, said
that her workers had turned in a
total of $239,364.35 in sales and
credit slips with a quota of $500,-
000. Mrs. Kilgore praised the work
of Mrs. B. T. McNeil of 2245 Maro-
neal, who is co-major for Braes-
wood. Excellent reports have been
turned in by Mrs. C. F. Bedford of
2101 University, whose block
bought $89,018.75 worth of bonds
while the quota was only $14,000,
Mrs. Kilgore said. Mrs. R. F.
Schoepfer of 2223 Maroneal sold
$65,600 worth of bonds to go way
over the top on her quota of $4,900
for the 2200 block of Glenn Haven.
Mrs. O. F. Reynaud, whose terri-
tory includes Southampton, stated
that she has block workers for only
30 per cent of her territory and
called for volunteers to help put
over the drive. She reported a total
of $54,790.75 in sales and credit
slips with a quota of $316,700 for
the blocks being covered.
New Church Is
Announced For
West University
West University Place will have
its own Presbyterian Church soon,
according to Dr. Charles L. King,
chairman of Home Missions for the
Brazos Presbytery. Rev. Malcolm
L. Purcell, now pastor of the West-
minster Presbyterian Church at
Port Arthur, will arrive July 1 with
Mrs. Purcell and their three chil-
dren to establish the new congrega-
tion.
Church services will be held in
Pershing Junior High School until
a building can be erected. A home
for the pastor has already been
purchased at 3122 Georgetown. The
new church is being established un-
der the auspices of the Home Mis-
sions committee of the Brazos
Presbytery.
Reverend Purcell is a graduate of
the Union Theological Seminary in
Richmond, Virginia, and attended
the University of Texas. He has
been pastor of the church in Port
Arthur for 14 years.
Come On In, The Water's Fine .. .
Southside Pool Opened Last Saturday
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by Ottis Stahl.
Launching its summer season, the Southside Park Association Sat-
urday threw open the gates of the swimming pool to an enthusiastic
crowd of sweltering youngsters and adults. The scenes above show
part of the group that took advantage of the opportunity to cool off
on the opening day.
According to Malcolm V. Reed, president of the Park Association,
crowds were pretty consistent throughout the day with some of the
more enthusiastic youngsters remaining in the pool from the opening
hour until the pool closed at 10:00 p. m.
The pretty girls in the lower photo are, left to right: Carol Mullins,
3779 University; Jean Sugg, 6701 Edloe, and Betty Shaw, lifeguard,
3739 Carlon.
Fire Insurance Key
Rate Assured For
Municipalities Here
Representatives of the volunteer
fire departments of Southside
Place, Bellaire and West University
Place returned last week-end after
attending the annual School for
Firemen at A. & M. College. Their
attendance at the course and suc-
cessful passing of the examinations
has assured residents of the three
cities of a continuation of the three
per cent credit on the insurance
key rate which is allowed by the
state insurance commission for
cities sending representatives to
the school.
E. H. Barziza of Southside and
B. M. Seward of Bellaire took the
fire marshal's course, and E. G.
King of West University Place en-
rolled for the general basic fire-
men's course. One of the features
of the course was a demonstration
of methods for extinguishing a
burning airplane.
Civil Air Patrol Squadron Plans
Airport For Southwestern Area
Tentative plans for the construc-
tion of a small airport adjacent to
the Southwestern section are being
made by the Civil Air Patrol, ac-
cording to Capt. Monroe R. James,
Two Parks In West
University Are
Being Developed
Development of two parks in
West University Place, dedicated
years ago but never improved, is
in progress, according to R. B.
Allen, city secretary - engineer.
College Court Park in the 4200
block of Judson and the Circle at
College and Old Richmond Road
have been leveled, cleared of rub-
bish and wild brush and are now
being planted in St. Augustine
grass.
The Park Board will be asked to
make recommendations for the
planting of trees and shrubbery and
the possible placement of play-
ground equipment in the newly-de-
veloped parks. Trees will be planted
next winter.
Joe Clarke of 3805 Swarthmore,
acting superintendent of the Park
Department, is directing the work.
Improvement of these parks is part
of the City Commission's plan to
beautify the city and improve the
parks whenever possible, Mr. Allen
said. Other city parks are Wier on
Sunset at Belmont and Colonial on
West Point between Case and
Byron.
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Braeswood Garden
Club Meets Tuesday
Hostess for this season's last
meeting of the Braeswood Garden
Club to be held next Tuesday morn-
ing at 10 o'clock will be Mrs. J. P.
Hamblen of 2305 Bluebonnet. Mrs.
Martha Perlitz. mother of the
hostess, will assist.
The business meeting will be fol-
lowed by a Coke party.
commander of West University
Squadron 4. The project was dis-
cussed at a meeting of squadron of-
ficers recently, attended also by
visiting officers from Group 4
headquarters.
Classroom Needed
"The West University Squadron
has had plans for several months
to build a combination auditorium
and classroom for use in instruct-
ing students," Captain James said.
"Previously, we were considering
constructing a $15,000 structure on
the grounds of Pershing Junior
High School. However we decided
at the meeting that it would be
more advisable to secure a small
airport in the adjacent area and
build a classroom at the airport.
"A classroom for C.A.P. is need-
ed to house the old engines, parts
of aircraft and other instructional
material which is supplied to
C.A.P. by the United States Air
Forces for training purposes. In
addition, the Air Forces are allo-
cating planes to C.A.P. for instruc-
tion purposes.
Available To Public
"An airport, which could be used
as a public landing field, as well as
by the patrol, would serve the dual
purpose of making flying facilities
more accessible to residents of the
area and of providing a permanent
classroom and airport for C.A.P."
Captain James stated that a
group of public-spirited citizens
have promised support of the proj-
ject and that the squadron officers
are interested in finding a con-
venient plot of land for the airport.
In addition to the classroom, the
field would have an operations
building and T-hangers for civilian
This week is being observed as
Civil Air Patrol Week following
proclamation of the mayors of Bel-
laire, West University Place and
Southside Place. Summer training
sessions will begin next Wednesday
night with classes from 7:30 to
9:30 each Monday and Wednesday
in the West University Community
House.
Weingarten's Village Store Will
Celebrate Fourth Birthday This Week
Representative of the super food
markets of Houston which have
drawn nation-wide attention, Wein-
garten's store No. 15 at 2512 Uni-
versity Boulevard is this week cele-
brating its fourth birthday. Since
it was opened on June 6, 1941, it
has been visited by numerous gro-
cery chain operators from various
cities in America who have carried
back with them some of the ideas
and innovations to incorporate in
their stores.
Nat Greenman, manager of the
store, has been with Weingarten's
more than five years and says that
he is happy that the firm is in a
position to celebrate the anniver-
sary with such an outstanding
birthday sale as the store is fea-
turing this week-end. One of the
most unusual features of the sale,
unheard of in recent months, is the
guarantee by Mr. Greenman that
cigarettes will be on sal? continu-
ously all day Saturday.
According to Irving Axelrod,
merchandising manager for the
Weingarten chain, the organization
has made every effort to provide
its customers with the basic neces-
sary foods in spite of war-time
shortages. He says that the firm is
particularly proud of this store, in
NAT GREENMAN
the heart of The Village, because
of the complete lines carried in
every department. He also called
attention to the store's 38 loyal
employees and their active partici-
pation in all War Bond drives and
other patriotic activities.
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