Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1946 Page: 1 of 16
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, BELLAIRE,
SOUTHSIDE PLACE, BRAESWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHGATE AND ADJACENT AREA
Volume 2—Number 28
HOUSTON, TEXAS, APRIL 1946
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PAVING, ANNEXATION ELECTION SET FOR MAY 11
Airport Adjacent
To Homes Planned
In Brae Burn Area
An airport for owners of small
planes with adjacent homesites is
planned for the Southwestern sec-
tion by Carroll A. Lewis, insurance
and real estate man. The airport
will be operated 011 a cooperative
basis with each owner having a
voice in its management. Brae
Burn Airhaven has been selected as
the name for the new development.
Plans call for the construction of
hangars, a control tower and ad-
ministration building, recreation
facilities, such as a swimming pool
and tennis courts. Owners of home-
sites surrounding the airport will
have access to the field with their
planes readily available for busi-
ness or pleasure trips.
Associated with Mr. Lewis in the
development are his son, Carroll
Lewis, Jr., and C. E. Whisman. Sale
of tracts has already been started.
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West University
P.-T. A. Will Meet
Tuesday Afternoon
Departing from their usual cus-
tom of night meetings, the West
University Parent-Teacher Asso-
ciation will gather at 1:30 p. m.
Tuesday in the school cafeteria, ac-
cording to Mrs. H. C. Mayers, presi-
dent.
Miss Zelpha Shumate, assistant
principal of Pershing Junior High
and West Unfversity Elementary
schools, will be the speaker, and
members of the student council of
the elementary school will give a
demonstration.
Miss Nancy Bringhurst is faculty
sponsor for the council and in
charge of the traffic squad. Other
teachers who serve as sponsors are
Miss Jean Green, park; Mrs. Mar-
jorie Holland and Miss Adelene
Dickinson, health; Mrs. Anne Cox,
fire; Mrs. Carolyn Hancock, Red
Cross; Miss Etta Pegoda, junior
commando, and Mrs. L. C. Clark,
room representative.
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New kiwanis Club Of
Southwest Section
Meets Friday Noon
Members of the newly-organized
Kiwanis Club of Southwest Hous-
ton will meet at 12:15 p. m. Friday
in the Plaza Hotel, according to L.
Goldston, president. The East End
Kiwanis Club will have charge of
the program.
At last week's meeting Frank C.
Smith, a Kiwanian for 26 years,
told the new group with the or-
ganization means.
To Sail For Germany In May
Mrs. A. Y. Austin and her two daughters, Alicia (left) and Andrea,
expect to leave some time in May for Germany to join Captain Austin,
who is stationed there. Mrs. Austin is explaining to Alicia that they
will travel on a big boat when they "go to see Daddy."
Mrs. Austin And Two Daughters To Join
Husband, Father For Stay In Europe
What with the heat wave of last week and Houston's natur-
ally warm climate, Mrs. A. Y. Austin isn't getting much
cooperation out of the weather as she makes preparations for
a two-year sojourn in Germany. Her husband, a captain and
billeting officer at Hochst, a suburb of Frankfurt, wrote her
to bring plenty of woolen un-
derwear and stockings when
she sets out in May.
"It's awfully hard to-concentrate
on woolen underwear on a day like
this," said Mrs. Austin last Satur-
day afternoon as the thermometer
climbed to 96 degrees. "And be-
sides, such garments are pretty
scarce around here even in the
winter."
Accumulating enough clothes to
last two growing girls for two
years is another of Mrs. Austin's
problems. She will be accompanied
by her daughters, Alicia, three and
Village Group
To Push Paving
At Friday Meet
A discussion 011 steps that the
association can take to help speed
the installation of drainage and
paving in The Village will be held
at the meeting of the Village Asso-
ciation Friday afternoon.
The group will meet at four
o'clock in the board of directors'
room at the University State Bank.
A report will be made on the build-
ing boom in The Village and its
expected results on business activi-
ties in the thriving community
shopping center.
L. Goldston, president of the as-
sociation, stressed the importance
of joint efforts in the development
of the section and urged the at-
tendance of all merchants and
property owners in The Village at
the Friday meeting.
a half years, and Andrea, 16
months. Shoes are the main worry,
but she is trying to anticipate the
sizes the children will require.
Captain Austin has been over-
seas for the past two years and
hasn't seen his younger child. He
is with the Engineers Corps and
has signed up for two more years.
Captain Austin has written that
he has a house for his family with
a yard and gas, water, lights and a
central heating plant, but the
weather is so cold that he advised
the woolen underwear. In addition
to clothing for herself and the chil-
dren, Mrs. Austin will take their
car, linens, dishes and cooking
utensils. They own the home at
2517 Southgate Boulevard.
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Revival Planned
By Bice Temple
Baptist Church
A revival meeting for the Rice
Temple Baptist Church will open
Sunday and continue through the
following Sunday, according to J.
Vernon Wheeless, pastor. Mr.
Wheeless will do the preaching and
his brother, James V. Wheeless,
director of music for the Norhill
Baptist Church, will be in charge
of the singing.
In addition to the services Sun-
day at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., spe-
cial services will be held at 7:30
each evening and at 10 a. m. Tues-
day through Friday. Mr. Wheeless
will celebrate his first anniversary
as pastor of the church April 14.
Swimming Pool Included In $390,000
Improvement Bond Issue Before Voters
The long-awaited paving project in West University Place
can soon become a reality if the voters so choose on May 11,
the date established by city council last Monday night foi* a
special election. Another vital issue to be decided on that
date is the much discussed annexation ordinances taking in
Bellaire and Southside Place. The city commission is asking
for the approval of West University citizens of the ordinances
which hold the key to the annexa-
tion of the entire unincorporated
area and any future expansion of
the city.
Acting unanimously, the council
members voted to present to the
voters a bond issue of $390,000
which will make possible numerous
improvements in the city which
have been urgently needed for
many months. Included in the bond
issues are appropriations for pav-
ing, storm sewers and drainage, a
park and swimming pool and a new
fire truck.
Reinforced concrete construction
was decided upon and streets to be
paved are University Boulevard
from Kirby to Community Drive,
Rice Boulevard from Kirby to Bel-
mont, Auden from Rice to Univer-
sity and Weslayan from Old Rich-
mond Road to Bellaire. A new
bridge on University over the
drainage ditch is included in the
plans.
The park and swimming pool
project designated to be built be-
tween Ruskin, Riley, Weslayan and
Southside Place is to be financed
partially by tax bonds and the rest
by revenue bonds to be liquidated
from the profits of operation.
A breakdown of the entire bond
issue allocates the funds as fol-
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Modern Optics To
Open New Plant
In Southside Soon
Modern Optics, a firm new in
Texas and formed to manufacture
optical lenses and instruments, will
move into the building now occu-
pied by the National Instrument
Co. as soon as tile latter gets pos-
session of its building now under
construction in the 2300 block of
Bellaire Boulevard. Virgil Han-
cock, formerly of Dayton, Ohio, is
president of the new concern, and
hopes to get into the building in
mid-April.
Modern Optics will employ 50
persons when it opens, will expand
its staff to 95 shortly and within
several years will have a staff of
225, Mr. Hancock said. A high-type
of business will be conducted and
there will be no loud noises or
other disturbing factors, Mr. Han-
cock stated.
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Tom Parks Heads
New Southside
Teen-Age Group
Teen-agers of Southside Place
have formed an organization under
the name A.R.E. and will hold their
first dance at 8 p. m. Saturday in
the Club House, according to Mrs.
Ed Carmical, sponsor of the group.
The significance of the initials will
be announced later, she said. All
teen-age residents of Southside are
invited to join the club and may
obtain additional information by
calling Mrs. Carmical at Madison
2-5482. In addition to sponsoring
monthly dances, the group will par-
ticipate in spring and summer ac-
tivities at the park.
At a recent meeting the follow-
ing officers were elected: Tommy
Parks, president; Marian Boone,
vice president, and Patsy Riggs,
secretary. The dance committee for
the senior group is composed of
Mary Ann Plumb and Marjorie
Cochran, and for the junior group,
Pat Hepinstall and Ann McElroy.
The club expects to have more than
50 members.
£
South End Christian
Church Breaks Ground
For New Structure
Ground was broken Sunday aft-
ernoon for the new $175,000 build-
ing for the South End Christian
Church in the 3100 block of West-
heimer. Local residents on the
building committee are C. W. Scott
of 2821 Tangley and John Fox-
worth of 3909 Rice Boulevard.
Dr. Elmer 1). Henson of 2912
Tangley, pastor of the church, was
last week elected president for
the 1947 convention of Christian
churches at the closing session of
the assembly in Dallas.
Ruriul Services Held
For Mrs. Aria Metealf
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada
Metealf, 78, who died Friday in a
Houston hospital, were held Satur-
day afternoon in the Hyde Park
Funeral Home. Burial was in the
Forest Park Cemetery with Rev. J.
Vernon Wheeless officiating.
Mrs. Metealf made her home
with her son, James A. Metealf, at
6320 Buffalo Speedway. She is sur-
vived, also, by another son, Charles
H. Metealf; a sister Mrs. O. I. Mc-
Clenton, and a grandson, James
Metealf.
Seven-Year-Old
Gives Blood For
Anti-Measles Serum
Seven - year - old Beth Harrison,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Quinn
Harrison of 4133 Cason, voluntarily
contributed five ounces of her blood
recently for serum so that other
children, exposed to the same dis-
ease, would have lighter cases or
escape entirely. She did it with no
thought of reward but was happily
surprised last week when her phy-
sician sent her a $25 U. S. Savings
Bond. V
Little Beth, who had recovered
from a particularly severe case of
measles, calmly agreed to donate
her blood even though she was told
the needle would hurt her. She has
added this bond to others she has
bought and which will be used to
buy a horse "when Uncle Sam does
not need the money any more."
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Brackman, Irvin H. Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1946, newspaper, April 4, 1946; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth409851/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.