Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1946 Page: 1 of 20
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA. OR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, BELLAIRE
SOUTHSIDE PLACE, BRAESWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHGATEAND ADJACENT AREA
Volume 2—Number 47
HOUSTON, TEXAS, AUGUST 15, 1946
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X WUP Council Action On Street Lights Proves Boomerang
Residents Asked To Advise Secretary
Bellaire Council
Holds Quiet Meet
After Recent Storm
The Bellaire City Council Mon-
day night, in a striking reversal
of its turbulent session last week,
held a routine meeting marked
only by the conspicuous absence of
Commissioner Frank Henshaw.
Mr. Henshaw tendered his resig-
nation to the council last week
after declaring that he was
"through with the bickering, petty
grievances, fighting and faction-
ism that marked the council meet-
ings."
Commissioner Henshaw's ab-
sence did, however, account for
the majority of the discussion,
most of it bouncing back and forth
between Mayor A. B. Zindler and
Dr. L. W. Kuebler, president of
the Bellaire Civic Club.
Dr. Kuebler asked the council
why Mr. Henshaw's resignation
had not been accepted. Mayor
Zindler replied that Mr. Henshaw
had indicated to him that he would
continue to serve on the council.
Just prior to the close of the
meeting, Bellaire's current head-
ache—the zoning question of Rich-
mond Road—turned up again like
the proverbial bad penny, with Dr.
Kuebler again spearheading the
discussion.
The city council has refused to
pass judgment on the matter of
zoning Richmond Road for busi-
ness or residences, ordering, ra-
ther, a general election of the
people on the matter and prom-
ising to vote in accord with the
will of the majority of the citizens.
Dr. Kuebler asked that the city
laws governing zoning be read
aloud before the meeting. After
a reading by Paul Strong, Bel-
laire attorney, Dr. Kuebler re-
marked that there was nothing in
the laws about a vote of the peo-
ple on any zoning matter. He
chided the council for failing to
use their granted powers.
Maintaining his firm stand,
Mayor Zindler said that his coun-
cil vote would go in accord with
the popular vote of the majority
of the citizens and that there
would be no council action on the
matter until the voice of the peo-
ple was heard in the election.
Thomas E. Haner Elected
To Accounting Society
Thomas E. Haner of 523 South
3rd Street in Bellaire, has been
elected to membership in the
American Institute of Accountants,
it was announced last week.
Mr. Haner, a certified public ac-
countant, is a partner in the firm
of Haner and
To Model Campus Clothes
Little Girls Grieve
For Missing Pet
Has anybody seen Butch?
That's what Yvonne and Dianne
Richards of 3402 University
Boulevard want to know. He is
their blonde and white cocker
spaniel, seven months old, and
he's been missing for more than
two weeks now. The girls are
very unhappy about the disap-
pearance of their pet, so their
daddy, Harvey Richards, is of-
fering a $10 reward for his re-
turn. The phone number is
Madison 2-1930—just in case
you've seen Butch.
Scheduled to take part in the style show to be sponsored by the
White House are the two lovely young ladies pictured above. They
are Alice Broadwell, left, of 2332 Robinhood and Charlotte Hall of
6105 Annapolis. The models will show back-to-school clothes needed
by the college and high school girl. —Photo by Ottis Stahi.
' Santa's Mother
Calls For Broken
Toys To Repair
If Mrs. L. F. Patterson of 3810
Tennyson has anything to say
about it, next Christmas will be a
cheery day for everyone.
Popularly known as "Santa
Claus' mother," Mrs. Patterson
last Yuletide distributed toys to
approximately 250 underprivileged
children in Houston—toys which
she collected, repaired and made
months before Christmas.
And now, despite the seasonal
heat of August, Mrs. Patterson
has already turned her thoughts
toward the coming Christmas with
plans for a bigger and better do-
nation to Houston's less fortunate
children.
In this vein, "Santa Claus'
mother" is urging all persons to
begin gathering up broken or out-
grown toys so that she many begin
making them ready to gladden
some child's heart on Christmas
day.
Mrs. Patterson requests resi-
dents of the section to begin bring-
ing toys to her home immediately
so that the work of putting them
in shape for Christmas delivery
can be started and finished on a
larger scale than ever before.
If the toys cannot be brought to
her home, Mrs. Patterson says
that she has a bicycle which she
will ride to collect any toys that
will be donated. Her phone num-
ber is Madison 2-5450.
School Girls' Style
Show To Be Presented
By Local White House
As part of its program to ac-
quaint college and high school
girls with the complete line of
"Back-To-School" clothes, the
White House at 2525 University
Boulevard is presenting a style
show in the Village Theatre at 9
o'clock next Monday and Tuesday
nights. Prominent girls of the
section will serve as models to
show the latest in date frocks, eve-
ning dresses and campus clothes.
Taking part in the show will be
Misses Jessie Carso, Mignonne
Cloud, Bertha Gray, Charlotte
Hall, Fay Kenelly, Colletta Ray,
Martha Smith, Geraldine Smith,
Joan Eckhardt, Alice Broadwell,
Joanne Peine and Mercedes Holtz.
Concerning Desires For Illumination
When the City Council of West University Place ar-
ranged with the Houston Lighting and Power Company to
install 85 additional street lights in the city, the city fathers
thought they were acting in line with the citizens' desires
and that their efforts would be applauded. Now they aren't
too sure.
When the utility company started installing the lights,
which incidentally are being put in at no cost to the city,
complaints from residents began pouring into the City Hall.
Many householders did not
want a light on their particu-
lar corner. Some 25 or 30
poles have been erected, but the
city has given orders that work
on them be suspended until the
desires of the majority of the
residents can be obtained.
Free Lights
Through an agreement of the
city with the Houston Lighting
and Power Company, a certain
number of lights is maintained
Village Merchants
To Elect Officers
At Friday Meeting
Election of officers for the com-
ing year will be the chief order
of business at the meeting of the
Village Association at 8 p. m. Fri-
day in the office of the Superior
Distributing Co., 5505 Kelvin
Drive, Lenode Goldston, president,
states. The office of this firm is
located just one block east of the
University State Bank in the block
between Times Boulevard and Am-
herst. J. Roy Jones, owner of the
Superior Distributing Co., will be
the host.
Mr. Goldston stated that this
will be an important meeting in
urging all members and those
qualified for membership to at-
tend. The association is open to
all merchants, professional men
and property owners of The Vil-
lage. It was organized a year ago
to promote the business interests
and civic welfare of the popular
shopping center. In addition to the
election of officers other business
will include the planning of fur-
ther promotion for The Village
and a discussion of the damage
that is being done to the section
by the continuation of the build
ing strike, Mr. Goldston said.
Chief of Police Grady Smith
appeals to residents to consider
the crime angle when deciding
whether or not they want lights
"The more illumination you
have, the less crime," the chief
pointed out. "There is no ques-
tion about it. Every type of
crime and misdemeanor is reduced
in proportion to the amount of
lighting in a city."
without cost to the city. This is
based on the gross receipts the
light company receives • from the
community and, according to a re-
cent estimate, the City of West
University is entitled to 104 free
lights. If the residents do not
want the new lights, credit will be
allowed on the same number of
old lights, and $2.50 a month on
each light will be saved by the
city, J. L. Williams, city secretary-
engineer, stated.
Mr. Williams asks that residents
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Burkett Post To Probe Export Of Critical
Building Materials, Overcharges To Vets
A chance remark made by a Le-
gionnaire at the meeting of the
John R. Burkett Post 77 recently
about the alleged export of critical
plumbing materials from Houston
to foreign countries, is expected
by Legion officials to develop into
national significance.
The remark, made by an un-
identified member of the post, said,
in effect, that various Houstonians
had witnessed the shipment of
plumbing materials from Houston
while homes for veterans here are
being slowed down tremendously
The local White House store has due to the lack of the same crit-
a complete line of new fall mer-
chandise with particular emphasis
on the many items needed by the
college and high school girl, store
officials stated.
ft —
Reverend Plumley May Go
To Charleston Church
The Rev. J. Lawrence Plumley,
rector of St. Mark's Episcopal
Church, has received a call to
Grace Church in Charleston, South
Carolina. He and Mrs. Plumley
flew to Charleston last week to
inspect the church.
Interviewed Monday, Mr. Plum-
ley stated that he would make his
decision later in the week as to
whether he would stay here or go
to Charleston.
ical materials.
J. P. Gwin of 3524 Amherst,
appointed by the post to investi-
gate the alleged shipments, said
that the plumbing materials were
coiisigned to Havana, Cuba, for
completion of resort hotels there.
He also said that tin and copper
are being exported while the vet-
eran's housing program is bog-
ging down.
Mr. Gwin said that he was pre-
paring a resolution to be read for
approval to the post meeting to-
night. The resolution will ask for
an investigation of the exports and
if approved by the Burkett Post,
will be presented to the State Le-
gion convention in Galveston early
in September. If approved there,
Mr. Gwin said that the resolution
would be taken to the national
meeting in San Francisco late next
month.
With the combined efforts of the
national group behind the resolu-
tion, Mr. Gwin believes that per-
haps some kind of export restric-
tions can be placed on commodi-
ties required to advance tho hous-
ing program.
Along with the export investi-
gation the post also named H. N.
DuBois o/ 4020 Swarthmore to in-
vestigate exorbitant prices alleg-
edly being charged veterans who
are building homes.
Mr. DuBois, a real estate agent
who has been aiding ex-GI's in
development of their property,
charges that to obtain materials,
a home-builder must pay the dif-
ference between ceiling prices and
the price that the seller asks.
He says that he has attempted
to buy hardwood flooring and
sheetrock from various dealers
only to be told that they had none
in stock. He claims that later he
has found the same companies'
trucks delivering the materials.
"If you've got the money, which
most veterans haven't," he says,
"you can buy at prices above ceil-
ing."
Mr. DuBois stated that he is now
attempting to get statements from
veterans who have been over-
charged for materials to include
those in the resolution.
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Brackman, Irvin H. Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1946, newspaper, August 15, 1946; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth409868/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.