Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1951 Page: 1 of 16
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SOUTHWESTER
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE.
BELLAIRE, SOUTHSIDE PLACE. BRAESWOOD. SOUTHAMPTON.
SOUTHGATE AND ADJACENT AREA.
(Official Publication for the Cities of West University Place, Bellaire and Southside Place)
Volume 7—Number 40
HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUNE 28, 1951
5c a Copy—Subscription ?1.50 a Year
As In Hollywood:
Spotlight Falls
On WU’s Sunset
Boulevard, Too
“Sunset Boulevard,” a street
name which denotes spotlights and
activity, although usually way out
in Hollywood, got the same no-
toriety this week at the West Uni-
versity Council meeting.
First, it wasn’t a movie star act-
ing up, but a bunch of stinging bees
on the attack. Second, it wasn’t the
trouble of high-powered, sleek con-
vertibles whizzing down the famous
thoroughfare, but the report of a
jam on a portion of the local
street caused by cars standing still.
And third, it wasn’t a world pre-
mier site which called for additional
pedestrian protection, but a park
site on the local street which resi-
dents said needs better protection
for children.
Dr. Ray H. Skaggs of 4247 Sun-
set appeared before the council to
report that a large hive of bees on
Lehigh, just back of his place, had
swarmed over the neighborhood the
past few months to sting several of
the neighbors as well as his wife.
Couneilmen pointed out that al-
though Houston and Bellaire have
ordinances forbidding the keeping
of bees in the city, West Univer-
sity does not. However, the prob-
lem will be studied immediately,
and if necessary, an ordinance
might be passed, they said.
A. J. Mengden, 3110 Nottingham,
an 18-year resident of the city, sug-
gested something be done about the
jam of cars in the 2600 block and
its vicinity on Sunset, an office
building site. With parking allowed
on both sides of the street, t\Vo
cars meeting in the middle have
to choose up sides to see who backs
up and lets the other through. Mr.
Mengden suggested abolishing
parking on one side of the street
along the block. Mayor Hal Terry
appointed a committee comprised
of Frank Hangs, City Engineer
Irving Peabody, Mayor Pro Tern
DuPree Holman, City Secretary
Whitt Johnson and Police Chief
Harold Shipp to study the prob-
lem and to bring a recommenda-
tion to the council.
Commissioners voted to put up
a four-way stop sign at Belmont
and Sunset Boulevard (it has been
a one-way stop) after an unidenti-
fiel spokesman urged the precau-
tion as a safeguard for children
crossing the intersection to ap-
proach Wier Park.
Local Merchants
Will Organize
OPS Price Clinic
A question-and-answer clinic for
merchants of the Southwestern sec-
tion is being planned for the near
future, according to an announce-
ment by the Houston Office of
Price Stabilization.
The OPS has asked the Village
Association to contact other mer-
chants of the section in order to
establish a date for the meeting.
Merchants were asked to telephone
the Village Association office at
Linden 6561 or to write to 2436
Times Boulevard in order to state
a date preference.
The time and place will be sched-
uled at a meeting of the Village
Association board of directors on
July 2.
ROBSON NAMED TO HEAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION
Merchants' Group Holds Annual Meet
In Local Legion Hall Monday Night
Mrs. William W. Crouch of
6330 Belmont is representing
Beta Zeta Beta chapter of Alpha
Chi Omega at the sorority's
28th national convention. The
gathering is being held June 25
through 30 in the Hotel Roan-
oke, Roanoke, Virginia.
Roulande
Holiday Advances
Ad Deadline,
Postpones Meet
All movie houses, most service
stations and some restaurants will
stay open July 4 but almost every-
thing else will be closed tight for
the Independence Day festivities.
Because of the holiday, the dead-
line for both news and classified
ads in the Times will be noon
Monday.
The Bellaire council meeting, nor-
mally held each Wednesday night,
will be conducted Thursday, July 5,
instead.
Winners in the circulation contest recently conducted by the
Times are pictured above with Nathan Brien, circulation man-
ager (third from left). Left to right with him are Don Prince of
4540 Magnolia, Sonny Bourke of 3903 Law and Jon Bourg of
4641 Spruce. As an added bonus, the boys won an all-expense-
paid trip to Galveston. Photo by The Maorers
New officers of the Village Association are pictured with some
of the directors elected at fhe Monday night meeting. In the
front row are Charles Scheps, William H. Levy, Mrs. Lucile Glea-
son (secretary-treasurer) and Harris Cohen. In the back row are
President Charles Robson, Henry Casey and Vice President David
Kegg.
Photo by The Maurers
Stella Link Road
Paving Appears
To Be Favorable
Verbal indications are that the
five property owners along the
curved section of Stella Link Road
from the intersection of Ruskin to
Bellaire Boulevai-d are agreeable to
paving that portion of the street,
it was announced at Monday night’s
meeting of the West University
City Commissioners.
The section of the street is not
in the county log, but County Com-
missioner Myle Chapman was re-
ported to favor asking the city for
outstanding right of way deeds and
of taking it in the county road log.
Plans were studied recently for
getting the small part of the street
paved after a contract was let for
paving Weslayan from the existing
concrete pavement at Tennyson
south to Stella Link Road.
July 4 Celebration
For Residents Set
By Legion Group
The 175th Independence Day will
be marked in the section Wednes-
day, July 4, by a big celebration
to be sponsored by members of
American Legion Post 77 in their
home at 5505 Kelvin Drive.
All residents of the section are
invited to the event which will in-
clude free food, entertainment,
souveniers for the kiddies, music
by a vocalist, and a talk by a dis-
tinguished speaker, according to the
plans revealed this week by Post
Commander Charles Drnek.
Activities will get underway in
the Legion Hall at 4 p. m.
Delegate
Bellaire Voters
To Hear Candidates
At July 12 Meeting
A town meeting, at which all
candidates for the July 14 Bellaire
municipal election are invited to
speak, will be held Thursday, July
12, in the Civic Center. The meet-
ing was authorized by the city
council last Wednesday night.
Ernest R. Keeton and Everal R.
West are candidates for mayor. The
two of the six council candidates
receiving the most votes will be
elected. The six are James H. Blair,
William T. Burks, Jack Lawler,
Emil (Doc) Miller, James A. Trey-
big and W. J. (Bud) Ward.
Charles Robson of Taylor’s Book Shop was elected presi-
dent of the Village Association at the group’s annual meeting,
held Monday night in the Village Legion Hall. Others elected
to posts in the organization were D. C. Kegg of Kegg’s Can-
dies, retiring president, as vice-
president, and Mrs. Lucile
Gleason to succeed herself as
secretary-treasurer.
The officers were elected by
the new board of directors, which
was selected by the membership at
the meeting. Directors in addition
to the three officers are William
Bethany Church
Buys Five-Acre
Tract By Bayou
Purchase of a five-acre tract
south of Brays Bayou by the
Bethany Methodist Church was an
nounced Tuesday by the Rev. Wil-
liam M. Harris, pastor. The $40,-
000 purchase also signalled the start
of plans for a permanent building
on the new site.
The tract is located one block
west of Buffalo Speedway and ap
proximately four blocks south of
the bayou. When Linkwood Drive
is extended eastward, the thorough-
fare will touch the church property.
A planning commission has been
organized to start work immedi-
ately on defining the needs of the
congregation and on plan construc-
tion to meet those needs. A mas-
ter plan will be prepared with the
first unit to start as soon as funds
are available.
Chairman of the planning com-
mission is R. C. Rumble. Other
members are Mrs. H. S. Brannen,
Phillip K. Clifton, S. R. Evans,
Oswald Gerrard, Harry Hackethorn,
James W. Kisling, A. L. Maedgen,
Floyd Marsellos, Mrs. Paul B. Mil-
ler, L. R. Shankle, Mrs. H. C. Talley
nd Thomas T. Wier.
The congregation now numbers
186. Services are held in the Per-
shing Junior High School audi-
torium.
H. Levy of the Rice Boulevard
Food Market, Charles Scheps of
Scheps’, John Olson, Henry Casey
of the University State Bank, Bill
Behm of Campus Cleaners, Joe
Gibbs Jr. of Gibbs and Gibbs Sport-
ing Goods, Harris Cohen of Harris
Men’s Shop, Bill Terry of Terry’s
Juvenile Shop and R. J. Read of
the Peterson Pharmacy.
A traditional highlight of the
dinner meeting was the reading of
a recapitulation of the organiza-
tion’s accomplishments, including
the erection of street markers and
the presentation of a Christmas
program sponsored jointly by the
Village Association and the South-
western Times.
Master of ceremonies for the eve-
ning was Krause Earhart, foreign
representative for the Texas Com-
pany. The chicken dinner was serv-
ed by Carlos Mexican Restaurant.
Other highlights of the program,
in addition to a movie shown by
the Houston Fire Department, were
acaordion selections by Joyce Ber-
ry, a magic act by Edward Jahn
Jr. of the Times Boulevard Barber
Shop, musical selections by Jose-
phine, Aaron and Jeannie Perl Me-
siroff and songs by Arnold O’Con-
ner of Arnold’s Barbecue Restau-
rant.
Plenty Of Light
Summer Reading In
Bellaire Library
There’s plenty of light summer
reading in the Bellaire Library,
Among some of the recent ac-
quisitions are “Give Us Our
Dream” by Arthemise Goertz, “The
Bright Promise” by Richard Sher-
man, “The Wayfarers” by Dan
Wickenden, “Singing Waters” by
Ann Bridge and “The Flames of
Times” by Baynard Kendrick.
Cop Times' Circulation Contest Crown
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Brackman, Irvin H. Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1951, newspaper, June 28, 1951; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth576589/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.