Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1944 Page: 1 of 12
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Volume 1—Number 13
Tree Of Light
Will Be Planted
By Garden Club
West University Place will have
its own "Tret of Light" in future
years as plans for planting a yew
tree on the grounds of the city hall,
University at Auden, have been
completed by the Garden Club of
West University, according to Mrs.
B. T. Bowlin, president. The tree
will be planted with appropriate
ceremonies on Arbor Day in early
February. Next Christmas and in
succeeding years the Garden Club
will decorate the tree.
Planting of the tree is part of the
club's civic program for this year
and is to be done in conjunction
with the national movement to pro-
vide living memorials to servicemen
of this war.
Mrs. Bowlin and Mrs. A. A. Meis-
ter, civic chairman, have received
the approval of the city through
Jack Ogg, city commissioner in
charge of civic beautification.
HOUSTON, TEXAS, DECEMBER 21, 1944
Girl Reserves Clul)
Commended By
McCloskey General
Members of the Pershing Junior
High School Girl Reserves are very
proud of a letter they received from
Brig. Gen. James A. Bethea, com-
manding officer of McCloskey Gen-
eral Hospital at Temple. The letter
read in part:
"Your Christmas card with all
your names attached and the check
for $34 were received and appre-
ciated.
"This check will go a long way
toward making many of our pa-
tients happy. In fact, the very
thought that you girls are thinking
of our boys who have made sacri-
fices for us is the best part of the
gift."
Mrs. Sadie Wicks is sponsor of
the group.
'Why The Chimes Rang'
Presented By Large
Cast At School Here
A Christmas pageant, "Why the
Chimes Rang," was presented by
150 children of West University
Elementary School, assisted by the
Pershing Junior High choir, before
375 members of the Parent-Teach-
ers Association and a large number
of guests December 12. E. D. Shep-
herd, school board member, was
among the guests.
The membership voted to send a
year's subscription for each of
seven magazines to a ward at Mc-
Closkey Hospital. Mrs. Lelia Mc-
Kinley's low ninth and Mrs. John
Allen's low fifth grades won at-
tendance prizes for largest numbers
of parents present.
Merry
Christmas
From The
CHRISTMAS IN A TROUBLED WORLD
By REV. J. LAWRENCE PLUM LEY
The day in which we live is as black as midnight, yet there
a light that still shines; a light that the hours of darkness
during the past 20 centuries have not extinguished. It is the
light of incarnate love in the person of Jesus born into a
world shadowed with the forces
of evil.
If we imagine that Jesus came
into a calm and serene world, we
had better have another look at
the record. We too often look
upon Christmas as a festival, an
occasion of joy and merriment,
and forget that the first Christ-
i had its setting at night. We
forget the brutal facts. But the
New Testament is too realistic to
omit them. The star, and wise
men, and shepherds, and choiring Angels, are all in that most
realistic book. But listen also to this: "When Herod saw that
he was mocked by the wise men, he was exceedingly wroth,
and sent forth and slew all the male children in Bethlehem
and the surrounding territory,
from two years old and un-
der." Ah, brutal facts.
Another who did not overlook
that Light in the darkness was
John, who wrote a hundred years
after Bethlehem: "In Him was life;
and the life was the light of men—
and the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness apprehended it
not." The modern interpretation of
the last phrase is this: "The light
still shines in the darkness; but the
darkness has never yet put it out."
That was the astounding thing to
John, that after one century, that
all the dark forces of evil unleashed
by men, had not put out the light
Jesus had brought to mankind. You
see, John took for granted the dark-
ness. It was as if he had said: "Of
course darkness. Stop being a senti-
mentalist. With the beastly things
going on in the world and the moral
depravity of man so profound, to be
sure darkness." Yes, John took for
granted the darkness, but the ai
ing thing was that it had not put
out the light after a hundred years
Should that not be the message
of Christmas for 1944? Not after
one century but 20 centuries, that
light still shines and the darkness
has not put it out.
To be sure it is dark. What else
when men have lost their bearings
and don't look up to see the light
which illumines the way of life of
the Prince of Peace ? But that light
is still burning. No darkness of any
age has been able to dim its flare.
And men in every generation have
seen it, rediscovering the signifi-
cance of the Bethlehem babe, and
from it have evolved noble charac-
ters and great works.
Someone asked William Howard
Taft what would be the outcome of
the League of Nations, and he
plied, "The best things get crucified
and are buried. But then there
always the third day." To be su
crucifixion and the tomb, but there
is a third- dayl It is dark, but the
darkness has not put out the light.
Hold to that.
War Dept. Letter
Tells Details Of
Lt. B. Miller's Crash
A letter from headquarters of the
Army Air Forces in Washington
:ently gave Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Miller of 2931 Georgetown the first
details of the accident through
which their son, Lt. Beverly E.
Miller, became "missing in action,
On last January 10 Lieutenant
Miller, pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt,
flying an escort plane on a mi
to Sofia, Bulgaria. His pla'
developed trouble over the target
ja and the last word other planes
the group received from him
that he was going to have to make
a crash landing. The other planes
made a search but were unable to
locate his ship, and low gasoline
pplies forced them to abandon
the hunt.
Another son, F. Kerby, is i
infantry in the Pacific.
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Youth Choir Gives
Christmas Cantata
The Youth Choir of the West
University Baptist Church will pre
sent a Christmas cantata, "Ch
of the Holy Night," by Holton, at
the regular evening service Sunday,
The choir held its Christmas
party December 1 with decorations
in the holiday motif. The group
composed of 50 boys and girls u
der the direction of Mrs. W.
Dawson and Mrs. W. E. Goeman,
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Christmas Party
The Bellaire Home Demonstra-
tion Club gathered for its annual
Christmas party on December 15,
at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Raney in River Oaks. About 60
guests were present for the buffet
supper and an evening featuring
gifts delivered by Santa Claus,
games and music. Mrs. W. II. Red-
field of 4527 Oleander is president
of the club.
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New Attorney,
Other Officials
Named In WUP
Dr. A. L. Kerbow, recently re-
elected mayor of West University
Place, announced that the city com-
taking office in January
has agreed to appoint Troy T.
Stokes of 3706 Sunset as city at-
•noy to replace Harvey T. Flem-
ing, who lives at 6549 Sewanee.
Paul G. Williams of 2716 Univer-
ty will be clerk of corporation
urt, replacing Marvin Cole, 3930
Coleridge, who has held that posi-
tion for several months. New chair-
of the personnel board control-
ling civil service employees will be
Capt. E. A. Moreno of 3501 Cason.
This post is now held by Frank L.
Bender of 3016 Amherst. Dr. Ker-
bow stated that these appointments
ill be made officially at the first
iceting of the new commission on
January 2.
Mrs. James R. Harmeling has
been elected by the commission to
finish the unexpired term of her
late husband, who died December
12. She will serve for the few days
emaining in this year. Jim M.
Dunnington, who is scheduled to be-
mayor pro tem under the ad-
ministration taking office January
elected to fill that position
for the balance of the present term.
Jiminie Harmeling's
Death Mourned
Throughout City
Friends of Jimmy Harmeling
throughout Houston, and West Uni-
versity Place in particular, are
mourning the passing of the city
ioner, who died in Hermann
Hospital December 12 after an ill-
of several months. Mr. Har-
meling lived with his wife at 2927
Georgetown. As city commissioner
for the past four years, he was in-
tensely interested in all projects for
the betterment of the municipality
and devoted his full time to his
office.
Funeral services were conducted
the West University Methodist
Church with Rev. Bascom Merchant
officiating.
Active pallbearers were: G. L.
Fugate, C. A. Nees, Jack Ogg, J. H.
Wright, J. A. Metcalf, Joe Compton.
Honorary pallbearers were J. D.
Faucette, Jack Doran, George M.
Stewart, F. L. Bender, Frank Aus-
tin, George Markins, O. H. Carlisle,
Harvey Fleming, C. K. Madison, W.
R. Hancock, Dr. James Choate,
Ferd Rieger, Tom Bailey, Grady
Smith, Percy Boyette, members of
West University Place fire depart-
ment, police department, auxiliary
police and office of civilian defense.
Times Office Has
New Phone Number
In order to render better
service to readers and ad-
vertisers, the Southwestern
Times has had three phones
with a rotary telephone ser-
vice installed. In the future
those who call the office will
not receive the "busy" signal
as often as in the past.
To get the new service, it
was necessary to change the
telephone number. In the
future call the Times office at
Keystone 3-6686
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Brackman, Irvin H. Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1944, newspaper, December 21, 1944; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393200/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 Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.