The Citizen (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1947 Page: 1 of 36
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Editorial, Circulation And
Advertising Offices
5717 Kirby Drive . . . K. 3-1181
or L. 6948
THE CI FIZEN
Serving The Communities of Houston's Southwest Area
Published Each Friday
For the Service and Information
Of 1 1,500 Homes In The
Southwest Area.
VOLUME I ft SERVING 45,000 READERS ft * HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1947 ft 5C pe r Copy; $2 Per Year by M ail ft NUMBER 22
Lab Opening Spotlights Southwest
THIs WINNER—Above, Shirley Jones. 12. of 3125 Quenby,
receives a $10 check for having the winning entry in the foot-
ball contest sponsored recently in The Citizen by the Dclman
Theater and a group of advertisers. Curtis Roberts, assistant
manager of the Delinan Theater, is seen handing the check to
Miss Jones. The contest involved picking the winners of major
football games played last week. —Photo by Ottis Stahl, Jr.
V. A. Voices Opposition
Fo Parkins: Meter Plan
Pa rking
Pointing out they believed other
remedies would be more beneficial
and that such a move would in no
way help the situation, members
of the Village Association unani-
mously voted Tuesday night to go
on record as opposing the estab
lishment of parking meters in The parking
Village.
The Village to see about the erec-
tion of some 2,000 meters.
Tuesday night’s move brought
to the fore action which first
commenced about two months ago
Club Seeks
To Maintain
Area's Curbs
Progress Noted by
Southampton Group
The movement to main-
tain basic restrictions in
Southampton was moving
forward this week, a report
to the Southampton Civic
iClub revealed as it was re-
ported that a petition to the
effect that the residents will keep
only “bonifide” servants in ga-
rage apartments has been signed
by more than 225 people of the
1 area.
•
Bernhard F. Jutzi, who is in
charge of circulating the petition
explained how the petition was
being handled. He then inquired
jof the 38 people present at the
Monday night meeting, how many'
of them had not signed and asked
them to sign after he had given!
his views on the subject. Said he:
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Dedication
Ceremonies
Begin at 3
Burns, Thompson
To Make Addresses
Eyes and ears of the world
will focus on the great South*
west section of Houston today
when nationally-known dig-
nitaries and representatives
of the nation’s press and
radio networks take part in
the dedication ceremonies for
Shell Oil Company’s elaborate,
ultra-modern exploration and pro-
duction research laboratory on
Bellaire Boulevard in Southside
Place.
On hand to hear Col. E. O.
Thompson, chairman of the Texas
Railroad Commission; H. S. M.
The Association then' decided[appointed
to draft a letter presenting their
views on the situation to be sent
to Thomas E. Willier, Houston city
director of traffic and transporta
tion. Mr. Willier, according to
recent statements released from
his office, is now conducting
survey of such Houston areas as
Dance Tonight
Ends Firemen’s
Radio Campaign
The Bellaire Fire Department
will terminate its drive to obtain
funds for a two-way radio for
sending and receiving fire alarms
at the department’s Seventh An-
nual Christmas Dance to be held
tonight at the End-O-Main Dance
Hall.
Money from the dance will be
used to purchase the radio, which
will cost approximately $3,000.
Tickets are still being sold by the
firemen and will be sold at the
door tonight.
“It seems to me that this is a'
very definite advantage to thej
homeowners of this community.
, , ... . , We are trying to do away with the
when initial rumblings of the encroachment on restrictions in
meter proposal were,the area If we have lhjs petition
heard. At that time Village As- signed by as many people as pos-;
sociation President Robert Levyjsible it can be used as a weapon
to gain this end.”
C. C. Womack, president of the
Traffic Committee,
composed of three men represent-
ing various business interests in club, added to the comment byj
this area, to contact Mr. Willierjexplaining that it will be neces-
the matter and voice the feel-
ings of local merchants.
Edwin Smith, a member of that
committee, reported at the meeting
Tuesday that the group had not
as yet met with the traffic en-
gineer but had talked with him
over the telephone and that Mr
Willier had expressed a willing-
ness to confer with the commit-
tee on the situation. Other mem
bers of the committee are Rodney
Boling, chairman, and Richard
Grimes.
President Levy urged that the
Traffic Committee arrange
meeting with Mr. Willier as soon
possible and make a report
on the outcome to the Associa
tion at its next meeting, in Jan
uary.
•
William Levy, who advanced the
motion to go on record as opposing
the establishment of meters in The
See SOUTHAMPTON CLUB
Page 4, Col. 5
Rain Hampers,
But Paving Gains
On University
DEDICATION FIGURES—Principal addresses at the open-
ing ceremonies of Shell's new laboratory this afternoon will be
delivered by the trio of officials above. Left to right they are
Col. E. O. Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commis-
sion: Dr. Harold Gershinowitz, director of the new plant, and
Mr. II. S. M. Burns, president of Shell Oil Company, Inc. Strik-
ing beauty of the structure is captured in the night picture,
below, snapped by Citizen Staff Photographer Jerry Maze.
Taking advantage of the sun-
shine during the early part of this
week, paving contractors in West
University got busy and poured _
[about 300 feet of concrete in- the More Local Groups
3700 block of University Boule- Bacj< Club’s Action
vard in front of Pershing School,
but were stopped Tuesday night
by the rain.
Parents Hally Behind Civic (dub In School Drive
The dance ends a drive that village, said he believed the
marking off of spaces in front of
the stores would prove more val-
uable in relieving the parking sit-
uation than meters. He was named
by the president to assist in draft-
ing the official letter.
Hugh Whiteside, secretary of the
Association, cited need of traffic
lights on Kirby Drive at the Uni-
has been in progress for the past
30 days. Volunteer firemen have
been selling tickets to every resi-
dent of Bellaire as they covered
the city in a house-to-house can-
vass to raise the radio funds.
W. J. “Bud” Ward, assistant fire
chief, is expecting a large crowd
at the dance and reported that
after the dance the result of the
department’s drive will be
leased.
See LOCAL MERCHANTS
Page 4, Col. 2
the school board to rent more
One hundred ami thlrty-thvee!nearby church space to take care
, ,, ... , ., of the expected influx of 165 stu-
jparents of the ninth grade pupils^ ^ K
(conditions that will prevail at mid-jin the Baptist and Methodist Are Given
Report On Situation
term. The committee plans to askjChurches near the school.
Things were still looking pretty
damp on Wednesday, too, and even
with sunshine it will take at least
two days before the sand will
dry enough to pour any more con-
crete. officials reported.
Materials have ceased to be
of Pershing Junior High Schoolj
The group was stirred into ac-
unanimously this week signed a tion as they were enlightened by
petition authorizing the West Uni-
versity Civic Club’s School Com-
mittee to represent their interests
to the school board.
The action was taken alter the
school committee, headed by Ralph
a Browning, made a report to the spa<
problem on the paving project; the group in the cafeteria of the school handle 785 pupils,
contractors are now fighting thelTuesday night.
Mr. Browning’s report of present
conditions. Based on statistics
from the beginning of the semes-
ter, Mr. Browning told the group,
there are 2233 pupils going to
the West University Elementary
and Pershing Junior High in a
that is only equipped to
lor mid-semester was the renting Le sites and included the|Best known ol this visiting Shell
fSSr&SSfcSgr** «— — ■»*».-!**
be available. jbuilding program. Page 4, Col. <3
Then
winter. Enough material stock-
piled to complete the job, and
work will be in full swing at each
interval when the weather per-
mits, officials said.
Before the petition was signed,
the group also made and passed
a resolution to the effect that they
were in accord with the commil
Mr. Browning then explained
that the solution most agreeablejeier^entary schools constructed 0njscheduled to last about 20 minutes.
The Citizen is offering to its
readers today a special added
feature in the form of a 16-
page supplement entitled
“Salute to Shell”, carrying
pictorial and editorial cover-
age of the new Shell labora-
tory. Citizen staff members
have spent the past several
weeks doing extensive re-
search on details of the elabo-
rate plant and the men who
will direct its operations in
order to give the reader as
complete a picture as possible
of this development, which
marks a revolutionary stage in
oil research and development
industry.
Burns, president of Shell Oil Com-
pany, Inc.; and Dr. Harold Ger-
shinowitz, director of the labora-
tory, deliver the principal dedica-
tion speeches at 3 p. m. also will
be leaders of the oil industry,
scientists, educational, gov ern-
mental and civic figures from
throughout the United States.
Launching activities will uom-
|mence at 9:45 a. m. when lie
visiting Shell Board of Direct -is
will hold a press conference ior
both local and out-of-town press
representatives in the conference
jroom of the downtown Houston
[Shell building. This meeting is
9 I Then a short history of WesUjtjf vg g
“This is by no means the only University’s efforts to obtain bet-IfffS* 1V1 UriuMCliftC
object of the committee,’ Mr. ter school facilities was given,ii •
Browning said. “Our main pur-after which a member of the au~ fjPlIs)lt"P I ifv
pose is to get permanent relief dience spoke to the group aboutj *’•/
from the conditions, but at the a similar school committee thatj I*!/- (lllltc
present time immediate housing functioned in 1938. Cldl ^ \/llILd
is more important." • Mrs. ElizabethM^ndhenke, Bell-
The two elementary school sites,I i„ that year, the ^oup was toid.
[one on Bellaire Boulevard andja committee asked for a bond issue
—
Then Mr. Browning told how,---- — -------- ---------- ----,a tuaimmce »KCU iui a uunu issue
the committee had gone before'one north of Richmond Road, own-jto construct more schools and was
the school board and requested ed by the school board, came intolyoted down. The member who
some sort of additional space
for the
discussion at the meeting.
Mr.
told of the incident
it- the students, which it received Browning said that it is the de-what this area needs
tee’s plans to solve the crowded|in the form of four church roomsjsire of the committee to
Pawarama “Seacitcf p%am
Picturesque scenes of growing Houston, the south's
most rapidly expanding city, depicting both residential
and business developments are clearly accented in view’s
from the Shamrock Hotel, now under construction at
South Main and Bellaire Boulevard. In the scene at left,
the camera focuses on city’s downtown skyline. In center
foreground is the Rice football stadium. Building under
construction at right is the Hermann Hospital Profes-
sional Building, part of the big Texas Medical Center.
At far right is the Baylor University School of Medicine
Building. In the other picture, the camera scans a section
of the Southwest area, in which are located some of
Houston’s finest homes.
said that
is a man
have!from the area on the school board
|to represent the needs of the sec-
tion. After this statement he sat
down amid a rousing hand of ap-
plause.
The Civic Club's school commit-
laire City secretary for the past
three and one-half years, has
tendered her resignation to the
Bellaire City Council, it was an-
nounced this week, and the council
accepted the resignation after
making the following statement:
“ft is with a sense of loss and
regret that we receive Mrs. Mund-
henke's resignation as city secre-
tary. She has been a tireless and
ceaseless worker during the past
tee received two other official en- several years and has been of in
jdorsements this week. They were
from the West University Volun-
teer Fire Department and the West
{University Garden Club.
! Other civic groups that have al-
jready endorsed the committee are
jthe West University P.T.-A.,
Southside City Council, West Uni-
versity City Council West Uni-
versity Lions Club and the John
R. Burkett Post No. 77, American
Legion.
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Inspector Makes
Postal Survey
Of Bellaire Area
Post Office Inspector W. R. War-
wick was reported to be in Bel-
laire this week making a survey
with Bellaire Postmaster Leon L.
Kosner. The purpose of the sur-
vey is to determine
needs in delivery.
Mr. Warwick will send the re-
isuits of his survey to Washing-
ton and changes or additional de-
estimable value to our town dur-
ing its present period of growth.
The council and myself accept her
resignation reluctantly and only
upon her insistance to take a few
months vacation and rest during
the winter months, after which
she plans to engage in private en-
terprise. Our best wishes and
thanks go with her for performing
such valuable public services in
past years.” The letter was signed
by Mayor Madison Rayburn.
. Mrs. Mundhenke was elected to
the city post last April and had
served eight months of the two-
year term.
Mi-s. Gladys Lawlor, w i fe of
corporation court judge. Jack
Lawlor. is temporarily filling the
vacancy until the council can ap-
point someone to the position.
Mayor Rayburn said that several
applications have been filed for
the job. and the council expects
to appoint someone to the position
Bellaire’s in the very near future.
In Mrs. Mundhenke's letter of
resignation to the council she
stated: “I find a few months of
rest is necessary at the present
ivories will be announced by that time. I have prepared the 1947
’•hce. tax roll and I think I have com-
Mr. Rosner said that Bellairejpleted the most important work
rill probably get increased serv-jfor the year.”
ee because of its outstanding* Mrs. Mundhenke’s resignation
[growth in recent months. (became effective December 1.
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Murphy, John H.; Daniels, A. Pat & Farley, James L. The Citizen (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1947, newspaper, December 5, 1947; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth566265/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.