The Bellaire Citizen (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1950 Page: 1 of 22
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THE BELLAIRE CITIZEN
FOR CIRCULATION
INFORMATION
Call WE-7621
Official Publication Of The City Of Bellaire
‘i VOLUME i
.5 Cents Per Copy
BELLAIRE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1950
$ 1.50 Per Year by Mail
NUMBER 52
I
Here Are The "Clean Up" Block Improvement Winners
Village Assn.
Protests Bus
Rate Increase
Citizens
In The News
Hits Snag On
Bellaire Stand
The Village Association went on
record this week against proposed
bus fare increases, at the same
time asking for better bus service
Into the Village area Kirby
between Rice and University.
Rut while the Village croup
askeri for service into their area,
the Bellaire Chamber of Com-
merce through President H. L.
Hodell asked that the Bellaire hu
not be re-routed into the Village.
He said the Bellaire-Houston
service already is ‘too slow” as
he appeared before the Bellaire
City Council and asked mem-
bers to sustain the Chamber's
drive for better bus service.
On Tuesday, a committee from
the Village Association enter-
tained City Councilman J. S.
Griffith at a luncheon.
“It was an expression of our,
appreciation of the way Mr. Grif-
fith has helped us get our streets,
cleaned out here,” said Village
Association President Dick Tool-
an. ‘‘Since he has taken an inter-
est, we’ve had our streets cleaned
ROBERT A. CHILDERS AND GEORGE BUTLER
NEIL NICHOLS AND SALLY BARRY
THEIR AIM: A “Y” in every neighborhood community
Perhaps it was the howling, irritating March winds that blew
as fast as 52 miles an hour, knocked down signs, sent ladies’ skirts
regularly—more regularly "and^P and whiskert hats °« the heads of men' But whatever cauSed
oftener than ever before. We ap-(it’ Houston had one of her craziest weeks. It was complete with re-
preciate his help ” ports of flying saucers, a baby fell out of a window, was unhurt, and
But the Village Association somebody stole a rare plant that had just bloomed for the first time
members were too good “politic-
ians” to miss a chance like that.
They talked long and quietly
• bout the Village bus-traffic prob-
lems.
“Mr. Griffith would say only
that we will get as much co-op-
eration as any group, even
though we are located right
against the West University
boundary." said Mr. Toolan.
He seemed very happy with
this assurance.
Here is the letter sent by the
Village Association to Clinton
Owsley, City of Houston public
service director:
Dear Mr. Owsley:
The Village Association wishes
to protest the proposed increase
in bus fare by the Houston Trans-
it Company. There is considerable
in two years.
And after it was all over these citizens had made this news:
THESE AROUSED HUMAN INTEREST:
Martin Lee Robinson, 2, of 739 East 22nd, crawled out of a
second floor window,, fell 20 feet. He was unhurt but his mother
said he cried “because he was mad.”
Another baby, Jerry Ray Johnson, a brand new citzen, sent his .
mother. Hire. J. T. Johnxon. 3905 Jensen, to the hospital three times Uwvan.ty Place which line comes
,, , xu. ...x ,____.down to the west.side of Kirby, I
Oscar Okays
Kirby Paving
In Letter
Village Association
Gets Nice Answer
Paving of Kirby Drive—a proj-
ect near and dear to the hearts
of many merchants end residents
in the Southwest area—was given
a terrific boost this week.
Mayor Oscar Holcombe answer-
ed a formal application by The
Village Association with a coun-
ter-offer.
He said the City of Houston
would initiate paving all of Kir-
by from Westheimer to Bellaire
if the Village Association would
help fet the remaining outstand-j
ing right-of-way for a 100 foot
street, and if the Association
would try to get West University
property owners to join in paying
the paving costs.
That’s quite a job,” said J.
Hale Smyth, chairman of the
Village Association's Kirby
Drive Committee.
“But Mayor Holcombe’s out-;
spoken attitude is a real en-
couragement.”
The mayor's letter gave a very
strong promise that paving of
Kirby from Westheimer to Bis-
sonnet might be started soon.
“Prospects are fairly good this!
section (north of Bissonnet) will
be paved this year,” Mayor Hol-
combe wrote.
He noted that Houston could
not levy paving assessments
against the property-owners be-
tween west of Kirby between
Bissonnet and Bellaire.
“Those people live in West
'hoMe - Whipple sWO
<gpeaJmuf Block Wins
- ^ - In Bellaire
BY JOHN H. MURPHY
It has never been bruited about,;
due to our deep-rooted modesty,!
but since this is Spring and base-
ball is bursting out all over, we’ve|
decided to reveal an old and par-
donable pride of ours that has
been withheld from the sporting jn
world for all
Ciiywide Judging
Ends March 30
Bellaire’s pretty red-haired Janette Steile will take another
how as guest of honor at the annual Gold Star tea of Harris
County 4-H clubs Saturday at Sears’ auditorium. Janette is
used to the limelight. She is president of the Bellaire 4-H Club
and is Harris County's “Gold Star girl of the year.” She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Steile, and Is a senior In San
Jacinto High School. Here Janette is shown with her Hereford
calf which she is raising to show in next year's Houston Fat
Stock Show.—Photo by Parsley
Roman 'Dishes':
part of the paving, the city (ofl
Houston) will be glad to initiate e’
the project.”
Eearlier this week. Council-
man Harry Holmes announced
all but one of the property
false alarms, finally got together with the stork and was born
in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
Uncle Dave Jordan, 82, 901 Gruss, “dang near Jumped out. of my
hide” when a daughter he hadn’t seen in 40 years, surprised him with
a visit,
Holcombe Crosswell, 2154 Dryden, grandson of Mayor Oscar
Holcombe, led a whole Den of Cub Scouts (Pack 211) into his
grandpappy’s office, inveigled His Nibs to personally take his friends
on tour of City Hall.
Max J. Adlof, 52, 1011 Telephone Road, sent $5 to a New York
boy whose dog got killed, sadly recalled his own son lost his life
aiding an injured pup.
Mrs. David H. McKinney, 4376 Wheeler, spent two years grow-
doubt that the increase will bene- jng a rare, snow-white amaryllis until it bloomed, almost cried
fit the company or the public. In when some feminine culprit stole it, roots, stalk and bloom.
•ubstantiation of that belief, we Two University of Houston students, Ruthmary Anderson, 7915
offer these points for considera- Keller, and Leroy Bolin, 3507 Blodgett, set up observation post to
*'nn spot flying saucers after three other Houstonians. Mrs. Lillie Rhodes. Kirby Drive paved.
1. The major portion of the fi809 K Mrs Edna jeans, 3801 Melbourne and Dr. Raymond L _
Hus % revenue comes from pen- Rrad|eV) 2411 Binz, reported they had seen flying disks in the Hous-1 fcUlK BllfllS Posii
pie of lower incomes, from those , „
, ton ozone. ^■
these made civic news: Bozarth Is
Bellaire-WUP Puellae
To Wear Togas T0 Dinner
these many years.
Even The Sport-
ing News won’t
know about it un-
til now. But a
feeling of obliga-
tion of Abner
Doubleday and
the great nation-
al pastime forces
us to reveal that
we hold the only record of its
kind in baseball history! You don’t
believe it? Well, quit tearing up
the paper a minute and listen.
MURPHY
Here are the first-round win-
ners of the two southwest areas
the $24,000 “clean-up, paint-
up, fix-up” neighborhood block
improvement contest.
In Bellaire, Mrs. W. H. Ben-
ton Jr. chairman of the judging,
the winners were:
The 114-128 block of Whipple
Drive, entered by Mrs. E. O,
Barton, 124 Whipple Drive,
first: 4701-4717 Linden, second;
543-551 South Rice Boulevard,
third, and 4901 Beech, fourth.
In the Southwest-West Univer-
sity-South Side area, Mrs. C. C.
Huff chairman of the judging, the
winners were:
The uneven numbers of the
4000 block of Byron, entered hy
Mrs. H. C. Beckerman of 4015
Bvron: the uneven numbers of
the 3700 block of Rnhinhond,
second.
These winners will be judged
other
Having come from a great line,
of baseball players (our forefa-
thers were stars with the original;
County Cork Clubbers in the Ma-
larkey League in Northern Ire-!
land) we took up baseball at an .
early aBe. How well w« recall 1 dinners .n the 10
getting our first base hit, a bloop- areas nt Gr*a,er Hnuston servP!i
er into left center that we would by The CllIzen Newspa0ers by
have made three bases on exeeptlMarch 30' wording to Mr,. J. L.
for our diapers falling down. !Webb- *eneral chairman of ths
# ^neighborhood block improvement
Well, as the years and seasons!1 °J^S '
went by we developed into a great!
coach told us that with a little
more seasoning and a lot of prac-
tice he wouldn't hesitate a mo-
jment in trusting us with the medi-
icine kit.
The judges all were proud of
their areas’ work.
Each was convinced that her
winners had a chance at the $500
television-radio-record player for
the No. 1 improved home as well
as the No. 1 improved block of
wrote the mayor. j He might be a Latin from Man-IMrs. Deman, Assistant Principal
“If your committee can getjhattan—but she’s likely to be a Richard and Mrs. Jones, and
them to agree to pay for their pue„B from West University or|newsmen wi" b' guest5' WilUam
■' ' Mauk will be master of ceremo-
nies, Bob Griffin will review Ci-
cero. Those old Romans, Sue Huff.
Yep, the Pershing Junior High sjuurline Hancock, Ann Sheppard
Latin Club is branching out thisland Martha Howdeshell will give
week with a “slave auction” oma Roman dance, Miss Edna Ruska
owners between Bissonnet and the school campus Tuesday after- will review Virgil. The banquet
Westheimer on Kirby had Jnoon and a Roman banquet at Bill!will close with a ‘‘Prayer to Bac-
agreed to give up as mueh as |Williams, starting at 7 P.M. on chus” by William Mauk and "Oc-
20 feet of property to provide Thursday,
a 100-foot right-of-way.
Mr. Holmes, backed by The
Citizen from the outset, has been
the steady supporter of getting
uli Texani” by the group.
All club members will wear. •
togas t.o the banquet and will rep- Celia Buchan, club president, is
resent some figure in early Ro-jgeneral chairman of the banquet,
man history. Mrs. Leila Mae McKinley is club
Principal Clarence Deman and|sponsor.
Big Show Building:
But to get on With the story. It|homes in the city-wide judging,
was a crucial game in the Ameri-j The>' reported whole ex-
teriors of houses repainted and
can l^egion Junior League..As the
star first sacker with the Kismus-j
sen Rats, we were expected to pro-
duce great things. It wasn't long!
before we did. In the ninth in-j
ning, with the score tied and a I
reworked, new lawns filled and
sodded, screens, porches and
steps galore reworked, rebuilt
or repainted.
Much of the prize-winning
those who now ride the buses to
George A. Butler, 3416 Chevy Chase, president of the Central;
use their automobiles, in manyj yMCAi askcd $200,000 to build “Y” facilities in Houston's neigh-
eases forming car pools,
3. The bus company should
plore other means of increasing
revenue, such as by making use of
idle buses during most of the day.
(Continued on Page 5)
'King Of Kings'
Free In Kirby
For Holy Week
borhood communities in talk that was part of drive for members.
(See Photo.)
Postmaster Granville Elder, who gets his mail at 3215 Ozark,
announced new Foster Place postal substation will open about
May 1.
Susan Anderson, 3414 Del Monte, smashed champagne against
bow of Houston’s new $187,000 fire boat, “Captain Crotty” at Cam-
den, N. J.
Dick Toolan, 917 Harvard, spoke for 165 Southwest business
men. asked Houston Transit Company to find other revenue, avert
bus fare hike.
Charles E. Jones, 2343 McClendon, secretary of the Houston
Building Trades Council, revealed that his unions had given more
Cecil B. DeMille’s immortal.lhan F200*000 *° local welfare agencies in year. Next day Mr, Jones
____ ___ - .. ininpfi I no RraHv 400*7 Ova lrfArrl rnnrocon t i rr noneieitotioM emnlr...
masterpiece, ‘
coach of the Western All-Stars for the 1950 Bast-West Shrine grid
classic.
Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett, Plaza Hotel, president emeritus of Rice
Institute, paid tribute to late Harry C. Wiess at dedication rites for
school's new dormitory, Weiss Hall.
And in Dallas, Eddie J. Landry gave Houston something else
to brag about by winning a bricklaying contest for apprentice brick-
masons.
THESE WERE ELECTED, APPOINTED:
Legionnaires Buzz Ahead
On Spring Festival Work
Commander
VFW 5619
M. C. Bozarth of 3819 Swarth-
more, will be installed cammand-
er of the Frank Burns Post No.!
5619, Veterans of Foreign Wars.|to 300.000 visitors to the
at the next meeting. April 14. west Legion Spring Festival, MAdison 1237.
Mr. Bozarth was elected at the members of the Burkett-Milleri
meeting March 24. Post No. 77 were buzzing into Business firms and trade groups:'
Other officials named then andjtheir preparations for the festival wishing to take commercial booth Mntir Mpnv Pp^l/'
to be installed with Commander’this week on many fronts. space can make their reservationsU W il Cal *1 C&XY
man on second base, we came to wol’k in these areas was done in
bat. The crowd roared but we|1be backyards of homes,
were used to it. ; Very little of the work wa«
• done on public properties or on
The count got to two and two. vacant lots.
In a desperate play, the coach gave “Everywhere the contest
the signal for the man to steal!brought substantial improvements,
third just in case we failed to gel and we are most pleased with re-
a hit. The pitch was wide, we suits,” said Mrs. Webb,
let it pass and at that moment we| “Remember that this contest
entered the hall of baseball fame, was on improvement—not on
The catcher let go with a throw present appearance. The winners,
to third base to get the runner,Itherefore, still may not be the
but being curious by nature we!most beautiful blocks in their
had leaned over to see where the;area. But. they have done the best
ball went and the baseball caughtjjob “cleaning-painting-fixing up."
us flush on the back of the head.
j( witnesses say it went 40 feet int°| M p n H ] i rx p T-ny
jthe air) rebounded over the grand-; x U1
stand and the winning run camel
in.
Rendering In
There you have It: We are the.*y-% -i ■» . -ur rx-i
Expecting as many as 250.000.Jng interest in taking booth space. on*v living man who ever batted!jQj0j.l3.llTG JYi3.T.
South- He is accepting reservations at;in » winning run with his head!!
Dilch Drainage
If you have property within the
City of Bellaire on which you
might want to ask a hearing be-
ifore the city's tax equalization
board, you'd better read this no-
Bozarth are William H. SandfordJ # PY calling Ward Fleck at The Cit-j if Bellaire catches a downpour]
4203 Tennyson, senior vice com-' The festival location and datesiizens’ southwest office, 5707 Kir- noWi it wjn be in better shape to;
t.ice.
The King of Kings " ,0'nec* *,oe Bradv* 4902 Crawford, representing construction employ- mander, Berney H. Lesher, 6529 definitely were tied down to the by Drive, over KEystone 1181.
** ’ . .i . •. . , . . .... i . nit Ol_____^ t m
Belmont, junior vice commander.
Fulbright F. Mays, 4001 Case,
quartermaster, Frank J. Ney, 3772
Harper, chaplain. C. Grady Smith,
4235 Coleridge, post judge advo-
cate, Dr. Fred W. Hughes, 3604
will be brought to Houston during ers’ in si*"inS “no strike” Pact between building unions and eon-
Holy Week, April 3 to 8, under the! trac‘ors.
sponsorship of a committe of Pro!-! dcss Neely, 2215 Dryden, coach of the Rice Owls, was named
esteant ministers and laymen, and
will be shown at the Kirby Thea-
ter at 8:4,5 o’clock each morning.
Admission to the showing will
be free, but. a free will offering
may be left at the exit to help de-
fray actual expenses of the pic-
ture. There will be only one show
ing each morning. Facilities ofl
the theater are provided through!
the courtesy of Interstate Theaters. D,l,on And«*rso", 3413 Del Monte attorney and father of Susan
More people, according to a Anderson (see above), was named to head Community Chest’s big thlirCh MeWS
rent report, have seen “The King|8‘fts division. -
of Kings” than any other picture Neal Shurtleff, 8212 Park Terrace, was appointed to succeed
in the history of motion pictures.: Thomas Decker, justice of peace for Precinct 2, resigned.
Each .year thousands upon thou- "* Hovey, .1395 Del Monte, was named head of economics
sands of people, who have seen: ootniTiittee °f Independent Reliners Association,
the picture before, attend again. John H. Crooker Jr., Warwick Hotel, elected chairman of Cen-
for nothing even remotely ap- VMC A management committee.
proaches the awe inspiring mag- ^arl Frazer, 2322 Oakdale, re-elected president of the Hous
nificence of the story of Jesus of; f°n Transit Company. Also re-elected: L. M. Coates Jr., 1601 Hazard.
Nazareth, the King of Kings, whose as v*ce president, and Elmer P. Knecht, 3106 Wentworth, secretary-
words and deeds have swayed hu-1 treasurer.
manity for almost two thousand; Mrs* Griffith Lawhon, 3825 Inverness, elected president of the
years. Junior League of Houston.
The Rev. Ben F. Lehmberg, min- Glenn McCarthy, 7500 Kelvin, and J. D. Reed. Shamrock Hotel.
Ister of the Riverside Methodist; named to represent Harris County on Joint City-County Airport
Church, has served as chairman of! Zoning Board.
the King of Kings Committee in Thomas H. Shartle, Memorial Drive, elected president of Steel
Houston, for the past six years. Founders’ Society of America.
National chairman is Dr. Ralph W., Arthur H. I>aro, 1109 Berthea, George Carmack, 3209 Reba, and
Sockman of New York. (Continued on Page 8)
Montclair Shopping Center at
You must render your property
Bellaire City Hall before mid-
shed water than it has been in ,
many months, thanks to recent . _ , .
Wesleyan and Richmond, a site] Shelley Blewster. general chair-|work by the Harris County Floodi01^,’ .c ' „ . .
offered by Russell Nix, on May man of the Festival, reported con-control District. 1 1 iere no puena •' °r n°
12-20. sistent interest all over South- . dering except that unless property
• west Houston, Bellaire, West Uni-; Cypress ditch which takes much * ,enrie'frl ' lrin nnl
Grady Smith reported a num- versity Place and Southside Place of Bellaire's surplus w-ater into/1P*' 16 * e
University, post surgeon, Ray-;ber of civic organizations show-|in the event. Bray's Bayou already has been
mond R. Burns, 3775 Tangley, and »T « n n .. . “ cleaned out.
c. Badeaux Jr., 4120 Byron, New Square Dance Hasses At Joellaire
trustees, Mr. Ney and Mr. Smith. ,, , J Most of the Rice Avenue
council delegates.
T. S. McDaniel will start a! 13. Classes will be held from 8
a!
John S. Roberts will serve aslcourse t*1e Bellaire Community to 10:30 P.M. for 10
installing officer. Building for beginners, on ApriljThursdays.
ditches near the Bellaire Commu-
Bellaire officials said only about
350 of the 4000 properties within
the city limits have been rendered
thus far.
consecutivejnjty Building have been cleaned
• and deepened.
Bellaire Postal
Job Exam Soon
Mrs. Marshall Installed By Bellaire Presbyterians
If you’d like a starting job In
the Bellaire post office as sub-
stitute carrier-clerk for $1.31 ^
At the recent meeting of the. Mrs. Richard Mason, 4922 Lin-|church will attend the Presbytery Title of the Easter cantata. to;Per h°ur- -v°u have until April 17
Women of Bellaire Presbyterian;iden was installed to serve as pas-Youth Rally to be held March 3lJtje April 7. will be "The l° ,'*e vour application in the
Church, Mrs. T. R. Marshall, 5305|tor's aide, and Mrs. George R.,and April 1 in Bay City. They will *. . w0rd of Christ’’ °^'ce-
Brae Bur n Drive, was installed, Reese Jr., was pr esented with ajbe accompanied by Miss Coline 'en * Application forms can be secured
as president. life membership pin, badge of the Gunn, religious education rii- * through Postmaster Leon Rosner
• Women of the Presbyterian rector. Or. Paul S. Van Dyke, superin- in the Bellaire postoffice, or from
Dr. C. L. King, of the FirstlChurch, US. • tendent of Home Missions of the;director of the 14th U. S. Civil
Presbyterian church, also installed) • All Sunday School and Vesperi-\yestern Texas Presbytery, willj^erv*ce ^eS'on* Dallas, t, Texas,
Mrs. L. W. Anderson, 2913 Am-i Installed recently to head thejmembers of The Pioneers ^avetbe primi Isi k at th II am the aPPl'l'al'f,ns must be
Ibyterian church.
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heist, vice president: Mrs. John)Presbyterian Youth Fellowship!heen requested to meet at 9 a.m.; r returned by the deadline date.
W. Morrow, 111 S. Post Oak. sec-j group were these new officers—^.Saturday to go in a group to ii]sen’ce Sl|nc^aN a' Bcllaiie Pies- After the deadline, the director
retary; Mrs. Robert J. Kief. 520a Bobby German, president: Sharonjmorning skating par ty.
Locust, treasurer; Mrs. S. Jj Alpha, secretary; and Kenneth) •
Cherry, 6520 Belmont; and MrsjPrime, treasurer. The monthly workers’ confer-. During this'service,
O. L. Beckman, 4908 Spruce, par-j • ^ence is scheduled for 7^30 p.m.,iterly sacrament of
liamenlarian. j Sixteen young people of thejApril 5, at the church. jmunion will be held.
v ' -s
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;\vill set a date for a competitive
examination between applicants t.o
the qusr-.be eligible, applicants must actual-
holy com- ly reside within the delivery sys-
Jtem of the Bellaire postoffice.
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Carroll, James; Daniels, A. Pat & Murphy, John H. The Bellaire Citizen (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1950, newspaper, March 30, 1950; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth522018/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.