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50UTHWESTER
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE.
BELLAIRE, SOUTHSIDE PLACE. BRAESWOOD. SOUTHAMPTON.
SOUTHGATE AND ADJACENT AREA
(Official Publication for the Cities of West University Place, Bellaire and Southside Place)
Volume 4—Number 13
HOUSTON, TEXAS, DECEMBER 18, 1947
5c a Copy—Subscription $1.00 a Year
Civic Club Names Officers For Year
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ly-elected officers of the West University Place Civic Club, with Willinn
t, congratulating newly-elected President William E. Adams, on the righ
from left to right, are J. Paxton Huff and R. H. Lloyd, first and secom
esidents, respectively. In the back row are C. A. Jackson, E. C. Noble, Rodney Quinby, Howar,
, Mark Hanna, Dr. J. R. Bohannon, R. A. Kerr, Ben B. Judd and J. E. Doffing, all members of th
ve committee. —Photo by Gus Barko\
Pictured above are the r
C. Buschardt, outgoing presic
in the foreground. Behind th<
Beauty Of "Silent Night" And Plea
Of Sentimental Cop Quell Complaint
All is calm, all is bright . . .
The soothing melody of "Silent
Night" was blanketing the area
surrounding The Village, and the
Houston police patrolman was
settling down to a routine, quiet
night.
Round yon Virgin Mother and
Child . . .
Suddenly the police radio blared
out instructions for him to inves-
tigate a complaint. Proceeding to
the house, he found a disquieted
woman waiting.
"It's not that I don't' like the
carols," she said. "It's that the
children won't go to sleep. They
sit up in bed and sing along with
the music. It's really not good for
them to stay up like this."
The mother and the patrolman
stood at the door of the house. As
the wind shifted so that it was
coming from the direction of Rice
Boulevard Shopping Center, the
ni usic returned, mellow and clear.
Holy Infant so tender and
mild . . .
"Aw, lady," the policeman beg-
ged. "It's only once a year, and it's
Two Weeks—No Fires,
Hot Turkey—Two Fires
Fires Out—Cold Turkey
It had been almost two weeks
since the West University Volun-
teer Fire Department had had a
fire alarm. Friday they were gath-
ered for the annual Christmas hot
turkey dinner at the Community
House.
Off went the siren—they rushed
to their engines and over to the
2600 block of Pemberton. A steak
was on fire in a broiler. They did
their duty and returned to the not-
so-hot turkey dinner.
Barely enough time had passed
to eat halfway through a drum-
stick when off went the siren—
they jumped in their engines and
raced over to the 2700 block of
Pemberton. An electric motor was
on fire, just a few doors from the
first call.
Putting out the fire, they re-
turned—to a cold turkey dinner.
the most beautiful music there is.
Plea3e don't spoil it."
"Yes, I guess you're right. It is
awfully pretty. I'm sorry I called.
Good night, officer," she called
after him, "and a Merry Christ-
"Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep
in heavenly peace."
Faculty Honored At
Christmas Party By
P.T.A. Board Monday
The West University Elemen-
tary School was the scene Monday
of the annual Christmas party
given for the faculty of the ele-
mentary school and Pershing Jun-
ior High School by the West Uni-
versity Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion's executive board.
Included in the festivities,
which lasted from 3 until 4 in
the afternoon, were an exchange
of gifts, a program and refresh-
ments.
The program, which was under
the direction of Mrs. Virginia
Smith, began with John Alban
singing "The King's Birthday."
Following this were renditions of
"'White Christmas" and "Winter
Wonderland" by an ensemble of
ninth grade girls; Jem Bentz, Pat
Fenoglio and Joan Nelson singing
Schubert's "Ave Maria"; and Mrs.
Leah Harris, third grade teacher,
singing "Je3u Bambino" by Pietro
Yon. Mrs. Alice Kimberly Hall ac-
companied Mrs. Harris at the
piano.
Coffee was poured by Miss Zel-
pha Shumate, the assistant prin-
cipal, and Mrs. Margaret S. Fultz,
secretary to Clarence Orman, who
is principal of the two schools.
Mrs. E. G. Murphy of 6621 Buf-
falo Speedway, social chairman
for the P.-T. A. Board, was in
charge of plans for the party.
Christmas Bustle
Brings Woes To Four
Village Merchants
Christmas brings joy to many
but to the merchants of The Vil-
lage, while it means a season of
good sales, it also brings an epi-
demic of shoplifting.
Among the stores reported hit
by the petty thieves have been
Ben Duffie, Inc., Stevens Record
Shop, Western Auto Store and
Butler-Grimes. Duffie's lost a
quantity of fine china and glass-
ware to a pair of shoplifters who
worked in the best fashion of the
professional. They took a gold-
plated china ashtray, a miniature
china teacup set, some floral pat-
terned china ashtrays and a crys-
tal cigarette box. All the objects
they stole were valuable.
Western Auto lost two L. C.
Smith shotguns worth about $100
each. The numbers on these guns
were 15162 and 17804. Both were
double-barrel modela. Also stolen
from the store was a $56 Lionel
electric train engine.
An Emerson personal radio
about 10 inches long and three and
one-half inches wide was taken
from Stevens. The model number
was 558 and the 3erial was 1049-
4788. It had an ivory plastic case.
A happy note in the pilfering
wave came from Butler-Grimes.
A father dragged hi3 teen-aged
son into the store and made him
give back 15 fountain pens that
the boy had taken.
Early Deadline
Next Week
The special Christmas issue of
the Southwestern Times will be
put in the mail next Tuesday
night and delivered to you Wed-
nesday instead of the usual
Thursday. We'll be happy to run
an item on your holiday party,
but please take note that the
deadline for all stories, social
items and classified ads will be
Monday noon.
WUP Commission Awards
Swimming; Pool Contract
Plans for a swimming pool for West University Place
by next summer came one step nearer realization Tuesday
night when the city council in a special session moved that
Mayor Ralph B. Lee be authorized to execute a contract on
behalf of the city with the Paddock Engineering Company,
as soon as he received from
the city treasurer a certifi-
Annual Tree Of Light
Ceremony Scheduled
For Tomorrow Night
The third annual Tree of Light
ceremony, with Harvey Fleming
of 3010 Plumb, prominent attor-
ney, as master of ceremonies, will
be held at 7:30 Friday evening in
front of the West University
Place City Hall, it was announced
by the Garden Club. In the event
of inclement weather, the program
will take plape in the old auditor-
ium of the West University Bap-
tist Church.
Dr. Malcolm Purcell of St. An-
drew's Presbyterian Church will
give the invocation, and Mayor
Ralph B. Lee will deliver a brief
Following this the Girl Scouts
of the area will present a tableau
and will then join the Boy Scout3
in the singing of Christmas carols.
Other songs will be rendered by
the glee club of Pershing Junior
High School.
Climax of the ceremony will be
the turning on of the lights by
three-year-old Annadele Holm,
granddaughter of Mra. E. G.
Holm, president of the Garden
Club, which is sponsoring the pro-
gram.
City officials announced that
the City Hall would be decorated
for the holiday season in time to
enhance the attractiveness of the
ceremony. Posters distributed
throughout the city to announce
the ceremony were made by sev-
enth grade pupils of Miss Mary
Jane Ryan of Pershing School.
The yew tree, which each year
becomes the Tree of Light, was
given in memory of Sgt. Charles
F. Alton, Jr., a war casualty, by
his parents.
Garbage Dumping On
Kirby Drive Results In
Fines For Two Men
Every effort is being made to
stop the practice of dumping gar-
bage and tra3h on Kirby Drive
near the sewage disposal plant, J.
P. Davidson, West University
Place health officer, stated this
week. Since Kirby is in Houston,
the cooperation of officers in this
city has been obtained. Two men
were fined in Houston corporation
court last week, and the cases of
four others, caught dumping on
Kirby, are pending.
Mr. Davidson stated that the
West University garbage dump on
the Alief Road would be sprayed
with a DDT mixture as soon as
weather permits. The equipment is
being loaned the city by the United
States Health Service and is the
finest type available, Mr. David-
son said.
cate of availability of the neces-
sary fund3.
The firm, submitting a low bid
of $62,479, has in addition agreed
to assume the expense of drawing
up plans and specifications.
The major part of the cost will
be carried by the revenues already
obtained by selling bonds, which
amounts to $47,727.96. In addition,
$1,794.83, the remainder of a pre-
vious recreation fund, will be used,
and $13,000 will be borrowed from
the general fund, to be repaid by
the further sale of bonds not later
than May of this coming year.
The pool, to be erected in Co-
lonial Park, in the 4100 block be-
tween Case and Byron, will be
horse3hoe-shaped with a length of
100 feet and a maximum width of
80 feet. All necessary complement-
ing features such as a pump house
and filters are included in the con-
tract. Plans for the construction
of a bath house have not yet been
completed.
Director Election
Slated For January
By Water District 12
An election for the purpoae of
selecting five new directors for
Harris County Water Control and
Improvement District 12 will be
held January 13 at Mary Burnett
School, according to J. L. B yson,
president of the board of directors.
The election will be open to all
qualified voters of the district, Mr.
Bry3on said. Any resident desiring
to be a candidate may file with
Mr. Bryson or with K. L. Caskey,
secretary. Applications must be
filed at least 20 days before the
election. The three candidates re-
ceiving the highest number of
votes will serve for two years and
the others for one.
To the newly elected members
will fall the chore of deciding how
to spend the $925,000 worth of
bonds voted this year. Of this,
$750,000 is slated to be spent im-
mediately and the re3t is ear-
marked for reserve. At present a
suit is under way contesting the
legality of the bond election.
At a meeting of the board Mon-
day night, B. F. Thompson was
named presiding judge, with R. S.
Bayless as his assistant. Clerks
will be Lon E. Babcock and J. J.
Keenan.
St. Nick Will Make
Early Appearance
At Village Store
Marking what is probably an-
other "first" for The Village will
be the appearance of Santa Claus
at Terry's Juvenile Shop, 2520
Rico Rice Boulevard, beginning
Friday.
Santa will preside from 10 to 12
in the mornings and from 1 until
"losing time in the afternoons,
every day except Sunday through
Christmas Eve. In addition to lis-
tening to the requests of the chil-
dren, he will present them with
small gifts.
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Brackman, Irvin H. Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1947, newspaper, December 18, 1947; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393201/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.