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THE BELLAIRE CITIZEN
VOLUME 2
5 Cents Per Copy
BELLAIRE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1950
$2.40 Per Year by Mail
B nai B rilh
SponsorsNew
Cantor Show
Humanitarians
Honor Founding
Great showman, great humani-
tarian Eddie Cantor, the man
with a song, a gag and five
daughters, will bring his new
“Evening with Eddie Cantor” to
Houston.
Plaudits from the Carnegie
Hall opening booked the show in
33 cities. The B’nai B’rith Coun-
cil of Houston is sponsoring the
October 19 Houston show in ob-
servance of the 107th Anniver-
sary of 1he organization.
B’nai B’rith is the oldest Jew-
ish Service agency in the world,
dedicated to the principle of ser-
vice to mankind. The organization
has put its belief “Love Thy
Neighbor” to work by educating
youth, aiding victims of war, dis-
aster and disease regardless of
creed.
Especially noted for vocational
guidance, a survey by this group
has been used by government
agencies and has been a vital
contribution to the entire coun-
ciling field. B’nai B'rith has re-
ceived national recognition for
aiding veterans and sponsoring
local and national projects.
Eddie Cantor, the humanitar-
ian, like Cantor the showman, has
a long record of honors and cita-
tions behind his career. He start-
ed the March of Dimes; he raised
millions in behalf of charitable
organizations; he did a 24 hour
radio program to raise forty mil-
lion for the Fourth War Loan
Drive.
His list of patriotic achieve-
ments include “Give to the Yank
Who Gave” campaign for Christ-
mas gifts for wounded veterans,
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Citizens
In The News
A silver saddle, which was given the late Governor Beau-
ford Jester by George Echols, Houston oilman, has been donated
by the Jester family to the annual Bill Williams Capon Dinner
Oct. 24. The saddle will be auctioned at the dinner, with pro-
ceeds from the $5000 silver-mounted, hand-tooled saddle to go
to boys’ projects of the Variety, Optimist and Salesmanship
Clubs.
Committee chairmen for the dinner are: Ralph A. John-
ston, invitations: Allen II. Russell, reception; Elmer N. Castle,
auction: J. M. Richardson, big gill; Louis J. Higginbotham,
premiums and prizes; William D. (Bill) Morse, fun; Bill Ring,
entertainment: Mack Howard, midway; Bruno Bagnoli, refresh-
ments; Bill Williams, grub; H. L. Sadler, finance, and Lloyd
Gregory, publicity. The chairmen are predicting this year’s
event will top last year’s dinner, when 1100 attended and
$46,842.85 was raised.
These Were Honored, Elecled:
Frank W. Ilfrey, vice president of the Union National Bank
was elected president of the Houston Clearing House Assn.
Dr. L. IJ. Farragut, director of the Harris County Health
Unit, has been named medical defense director for District 11,
by Dr. George W. Cox.
Delos Rentzel of Houston, brother of B. F. Rentzel of the
Houston National Bank, was named by President Truman to
the Civil Aeronautics Board.
United States Supreme Court has admitted eight Houston
lawyers to its bar: Marvin K. Collie, A. Frank Smith, W. Car-
loss Morris Jr., Lou Nora Spiller, Lero.v Jeffers, C. Brien Dillon,
Albert P. Jones and Denman Moody.
H. J. Job, French Consul General in Houston was promoted
by Henri Bonnet, Ambassador of France, to an Officer of the
Legion of Honor.
These Made Business News:
Oilfield Truck Equipment Co. will erect a $200,000 manu-
facturing plant on the Gulf Freeway across from Buffalo Sta-
dium, A. M. Hollier, president, has announced.
John Townsend Jr., president of the Townsend Construc-
tion Co., has announced a $1 million new subdivision in Bellaire.
Reid-Murdook division of the Consolidated Grocers Corpora-
tion of Chicago has contracted with National Industries Corp.
to occupy a $275,000 office and warehouse building to be con-
structed at Nance and Elysian Streets, Tom C. Mabray of Na-
tional Industries has announced.
Monsanto Chemical Company has announced a $30 million
expansion program for its Texas City plant, with 1500 men to
be employed when the work gets underway soon. T.ie new plant
will produce acrylonitrile and related chemicals by a process
direct from acetylene.
Permits issued by Houston last week for new construction
totaled $4,528,066.
Street, Zone
Policies Set
By Council
City Tells Police
To Stay In Limits
Police Department, streets
and zoning held the Bellaire
City Council's attention last
week as. several new policies
were determined. The coun-
cil was told that one resident was
constructing a driveway apron
that would cut into a neighbor’s
property.
Actually the front strjp of
property belongs to the city but
if the property line is projected
the apron would extend into the
adjoining property. The council
decided that if residents were al-
lowed to cross their projected
property lines, in some cases it
could make a serious cut into a
neighbor’s front.
The council passed a motion to
prohibit encroachment by drive-
ways except in emergency cases.
F.. A. Rassiner questioned the
council on the paving of Holt
Street. In his block there are
lots with no contracts that are
rent property. Several streets
in Southdale have had this
same difficulty with skips and
to remedy this situation the
council passed a motion by Rex
Baker to assess rent property
in Southdale when it is neces-
sary for paving purposes.
A question of building permits
brought up the need for inter-
pretation of the section of the
zoning law covering lots smaller
than present zoning requirements
where the lots are in separate
ownership.
Mayor Everal West said that
at the present, building permits
were issued if the lots had been
undersized before the passage of
the zoning ordinance providing
the adjoining lots were in sep-
arate ownership. However, if ad-
joining undersized lots were
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New officers for the Horn P-TA begin work on this year's program. They are (standing)
Mrs. J. R. Lee, Mrs. K. YV. Morgan, Mrs. D. M. YVarren, Mrs. J. R. Spiller. and Mrs. Dorothy Tag-
gart. (Seated) Mrs. J. B. Zeller. Mrs. R. A. Rowland, Mrs. C. E. McBride, Mrs. Paul Hall and
Mrs. G. D. Ladd.
McBride And Ladies Plan P-TA Work
Unique in the line of P-TAs pable citizen who devotes more
is the Horn School organization than his share of time to civic
with its all-woman slate of offi- activities.
cers headed by a man, C. E. Me- This year the officers are pre-
Bride. paring a program with the theme
McBride is an energetic, ca- “Meeting Your Children’s Prob-
Property Owner Says
Rezoning Local Matter
The date of the zoning hearing
on the H. D. Niday property at
Richmond, Avenue A and Oak
has been corrected from October
2 to October 11. Referring to
statements made by Councilman
Don Cayton on the proposed re-
zoning for business, Niday said
that the matter did not concern
residents other than his imme-
diate neighbors.
“This is a local matter so far
removed from Post Oak that
there should be no objection from
those people,” Niday said.
He held that the problem
should and could be settled lo-
cally. According to Niday all of
his neighbors think the proposed
shopping center for the property
would increase their values.
Answering charges that he did
not make a zoning request at the
March zoning hearing when the
zoning ordinance was set up,
Niday said that he had considered
that another local matter that was
no business of his.
Niday has asked that a pie
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lems.” There will be such topics
as “The Art of Learning,” “Ad-
ventures in Reading,” "Family
Relationships” and a program on
polio by the Hedgecroft Clinic.
Also planned is a children’s
Christmas Program and a big
Spring Festival.
The first meeting' will be
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. which will
be an introduction to the school.
After a social hour in the audi-
torium parents will be invited
into their children's rooms where
the teachers will explain their
proposed work for the year.
The P-TA is especially inter-
ested in encouraging attendance
of parents of pre-school children.
McBride said that plans were be-
ing made to include this group in
the years activities.
Condit Plans
School Setup
Study Series
Presbyterians To Get
New Pastor Sunday
The Rev. William A. Baine
THE REV.
WILLIAM A. BAINE
2 Experts
Arrive For
School Study
Two nationally known educa-
tional authorities from the Uni-
versity of Texas arrived in Hous-
ton this week to begin a survey
of the city's school building
needs.
•
They are Dr. Henry J. Otto,
professor of elementary educa-
tion, and Dr. J. G. Umstattd,
professor of secondary education.
Their sixty day visit was
prompted by the June recommen-
dations of Dr. W. E. Moreland,
superintendent, for a $32,585,000
school bond issue. Upon comple-
tion, their report will he present-
ed to the school board.
•
Included in Dr. Mooreland's
recommendation were: rehabili-
tation. and a paved play area
and the estimated cost nf $110,-
000.
A twenty room addition for
Pershing Junior High School at
the probable cost of $360,000.
A new elementary school for
the Bellaire area with 14 class-
rooms and one kindergarten to
cost $330,000.
•
A new high school for the
Bellaire-West University area
with the capacity to accommo-
date 1800 to 2000 students. The
estimated cost is $2,500,000.
And general maintenance for
the Wilson school.
will become the new pastor of
the Bellaire Presbyterian Church
October 1, Mrs. Myrtle McLaran,
church secretary, has announced.
Baine will preach at the 11
a.m. service and will be installed
at 7:30 p.m. at the church. After-
wards a reception will be held for
him and Mrs. Baine in the Activi-
ties Building.
Baine was born in McAllen and
reared in Taft. He graduated
from Austin College in 1943 with
a Bachelor of Arts degree, and
received his Bachelor of Divinity
degree from the Union Theologi-
cal Seminary, Richmond, Vir-
ginia, in 1946.
After graduating Baine served
as pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church in Lancaster until
1948, when he assumed duties as
assistant pastor of the Highland
Park Presbyterian Church of
Dallas.
Baine married Miss Margaret
Truman of Sherman in 1945.
They have a two-year-old daugh-
ter. They will live at 4902 Lin-
den Street.
TRA Warned
Against High
Ad Valorem Tax
At a meeting of the Bellaire
neighborhood TRA Tuesday eve-
ning, J. S. Bracewell, former
president of the Houston Harris
County Taxpayers Association,
warned against unduly increasing
the ad valorem taxes as h means
of raising additional revenue for
cities, school districts and other
taxing agencies.
He pointed out that during the
depression years much property
would not yield a fair return on
invested capital and in many in-
stances sold for less than it was
assessed for.
Mr. Bracewell discussed the ef-
fect of high ad valorem taxes on
home ownership and favored a
higher natural resources tax, a
gross receipts tax, or even a
sales tax in preference to plac-
ing additional burden on home
ownership.
Commissioner Talks
To Presbyterian Men
William G. Murray, Texas
Railroad Commissioner, talked to
the Bellaire Men’s Club at the
Bellaire Presbyterian Church
Wednesday evening.
C. F. Maginnis is the new
president.
Great Big Houston To Celebrate Opening
Of Nation's Most Modem Gridiron Palace
Great big Houston comes out
of the small town stage Saturday
as far as football stadiums are
concerned when Rice Institute
opens its huge, 70,000 seat Hous-
ton Stadium with festivities to
match the nation’s most modern
gridiron palace.
This will be the day Houston
and Gulf Coast football fans
have dreamed of; the day when
they could buy a ticket to a Rice
game without writing their con-
gressman or losing a limb and
being able to see all the plays in-
stead of part of them once they
were in the stadium. Houston
Stadium, as the new plant is
named, not onlv solves those
problems but many more be-
sides.
It’s a vast plant that offers
every accommodation and serv-
ice that any football stadium
could be asked to provide. It was
designed from every standpoint
to assure every fan a good look
at the game going on before
them. All the science and know-
how of modern architecture and
construction was employed by
Brown & Root, the general con-
tractors, and Lloyd & McGinty,
the architects. The result is a
plant that has brought Rice from
just about last place in the mat-
ter of football playing fields to
the very top. No other stadium
in the nation can compare be-
cause, for one thing, no other
major plant has been built in
some 10 years.
To appropriately mark such
an important day Houston will
declare a holiday to put on a
celebration that will probably set
a new high even for Houston
and Texas.
•
Mayor Oscar Holcombe will
head the festivities, which will
take all day to stage. At 10:30 a
long parade will start from the
downtown section, including 31
high school bands, the Tyler
College Apache Belles and all
sorts of dignitaries.
The program at the stadium
will start at 5:30 p.m. Drill
squads will perform, bands will
play and Patti Page, The Sham-
rock’s featured songstress, will
sing some of her songs before
leading the crowd in the National
Anthem.
•
The ball game, between Rice
and Santa Clara, which has al-
most taken on the role of an in-
cidental attraction, will get
underway at 8:15 p.m. Then, at
half time, Mayor Holcombe, Gov.
Allan Shivers, Rice president,
William V. Houston and other
speakers will take part in the
dedication ceremony. Jack Shan-
non, a member of the Rice
Alumni Association, is chairman
of this part of the program.
The first meeting of the Con-
dit P-TA will be held on Oct. 5
in the Condit- School auditorium
at 7:30 p.m., beginning a year's
program planned for better
understanding of the work of
the school system. This will also
be an organizational meeting.
Miss Margaret Patrick, Super-
visor of Recreation and Physical
Education in the Houston school
system, is the first speaker in
this series and will explain the
work of her department.
Since the budget of the Con-,
dit P-TA included money for
playground equipment, it is of
interest to the parents to hear
Miss Patrick’s suggestions for
alleviating the playground prob-
lem.
A warm welcome is extended
to parents whose children have
entered Condit School for the
first time.
Community Zone
Soon May Aid
Shoppers On Bus
Under the proposed bus zon-
ing systems shoppers living in
West Univeiiity and Bellaire
may get a break.
This is because West Univer-
sity, along with East End and
the Heights, is being considered
as part of a community center
zoning system.
Bellaire shoppers will prob-
ably ride anywhere in the city
on the flat rate schedule.
Clifton Owsley, director of
public utilities for the city, ex-
plained the system would mean
that one could ride into the
shopping district for a “base
rate.” These rates have not as
yet been set.
However, one could not ride
through the community center
and town without paying extra
fare.
Nevertheless, nothing is defi-
nite yet, Owsley said.
Bellaire 4-H Club
WELCOME TO HOUSTON AND THE RICE OWLS’ NEW
70.000-SEAT STADIUM—These Houston high school senior beau-
ties, all commanders of their respective drill squads, extend a
salute and a warm welcome to the other 26 Texas high school
hands that will attend the stadium opening as guests of Rice
Institute.
The Rice Owls. Cotton Bowl Champions, play the Santa Clara
Broncos, Orange Bowl Champions, in the “Battle of the Bowl
Teams” inaugural game at the nation’s most modern stadium.
On Saturday morning the high school hands will participate
in the big downtown street parade at 10:00 a.m. that will be led
by the Rice Ow l band and the Tyler Junior College Apache Belles.
High school girl drill squads will perform on the gridiron in
the pre-game ceremonies starting at 5:30 p.m. The Apache Belles
are scheduled to stage their show at half-time.
Pictured above, left to right: Ann Honeycutt, Milby Co-Ed
C'adettes; (standing) Betty Kennedy, Jefferson Davis Carleton
Cadets; (kneeling) Virginia Whitley, San Jacinto Golden Gau-
chos; Nancy Drake. Reagan Redcoats: Nancy Daugherty, Stephen
F. Austin Scottish Brigade: and Virginia Mikeska. Sam Houston
Black Battalion.
The Bellaire 4-H Club had its
first meeting at the home of
Carolyn Trousdale when new
officers were elected. The new
officers are Carolyn Trousdale,
president: Eleanor Warden, vice
president; Nancy Anders, secre-
tary; Dorothy Williams, treasur-
er; Eleanor Fisher, reporter;
Dorothy Dean, parliamentarian;
Carol Beckman, council delegate;
Claudia Swails, song leader;
Eleanor Warden, demonstrator;
Carolyn Trousdale, clothing; Ele-
anor Warden, Eleanor Fisher and
Dorothy Dean, recreation com-
mittee.
NUMBER 2(5
Park Board
Opens New
Rec Program
Activities Center,
Workers Wanted
A full scale recreation pro-
gram for Bellaire got under-
way this week when the
Parks and Recreation Board
made recommendations for
youth activities headed by a part
time worker and asked the city
council for a youth activities
building.
The board voted to begin a
recreation program that will in-
clude teen age athletics, teen can-
teen, kid-fun show club and girls*
recreation. For the immediate
future they asked that Vic Dris-
coll and a woman recreational
worker be hired on a part time
basis at $75 a month to operate
the activities plan.
While all the board members
were in agreement about employ-
ing Driscoll now there was a
division of opinion about the fu-
ture of the recreation program.
The board asked and was given
funds in the new budget to be-
gin a program and to hire a full
time recreation director in the
spring.
A majority of the board
wants to employ an experi-
enced municipal recreation di-
rector in April as planned,
however another group indi-
cated that they would favor
continuing with Driscoll on the
part time schedule.
It was pointed out that Driscoll,
who is connected with the YMCA
and has taught physical educa-
tion, would not be expected to
set up a complete program be-
cause of the limited hours he will
be working.
The board felt that the pro-
posed plan which must be ap-
proved by the council, would bt
an adequate beginning.
A motion by O. B. Manes was
passed requesting that funds
be included in the. forthcoming
bond issue to construct a youth
activities building.
R. W. Warden s<*id that there
was no place in Bellaire for in-
door sports and urged action on
the building which will include
basketball courts. The board has
already requested additional park
sites and equipment.
P-TA Elects
New Delegates
Delegates to the City Council
and State Convention will be
elected at the regular meeting
of the Pershing P-TA Oct. 3 at
7:30 p.m. in the seb >ol auditori-
um. There will be community
sing, adoption of e budget and
discussion of p- jets for the year.
New officers for this year are
Mrs. U. M. Harrison, president;
Mrs. J. H. Pundt, vice president;
Mrs. Malory McDonald, organi-
zation director; Mrs. H. E. Lott,
extension director; Mr. W. A.
Hamlett, public welfare director;
Mrs. Ann Cox, education direc-
tor; Mrs. W. A. Young, home
service director; Mrs. H. H. John-
son, health director; Mrs. L. O.
Weison, recording secretary; Mrs.
K. B. Knox, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. George Stubblefield,
treasurer; Mrs. B. H. Powell,
publicity chairman; Mr. Richard
Jones, parliamentarian; Mrs. Irv-
ing Ford, historian; Mrs. Ed Fur-
ler, finance chairman; Mrs. A. H.
Beale, hospitality chairman; Mrs.
Leone Lord, student aid chair-
man; Mrs. R. C. Suggs, telephont
chairman; Mrs. D. J. Matranga,
room representative chairman.
Faith Lutherans Plan
Rally Day Luncheon
Members of the Faith Ameri-
can Lutheran Church will attend
a basket picnic luncheon on rally
day next Sunday at the church,
the Rev. Rolland L. Miesel, pas-
tor, has announced.
The luncheon will be held in
the Fellowship Hall immediately
after the worship service. Rec-
reation has been planned for the
afternoon.
W. H. Gips, Sunday School
superintendent, is chairman of
the affair.
Christ Lutheran Ladies
To Meet At Church
The Women's Missionary So-
ciety of Christ the King Lutheran
Church meets Tuesday evening at
8 p.m. at the church.
Mrs. Kenneth Urmy is program
chairman and Mrs. Sheldon Rey-
nolds is hostess.
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Wilson, Mary & Murphy, John H. The Bellaire Citizen (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1950, newspaper, September 28, 1950; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521908/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.