Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1949 Page: 2 of 26
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SOUTHWESTERN TIMES
Thursday, December 1, 1949
SDUTHWESTER
Published Every Thursday for the Residents of West University Place,
Southside Place, Bellaire, Braeswood, Southampton,
Southgate and Adjacent Area.
IRVIN H. BRACKMAN..............................................Editor and Publisher
El IA MARI IN....................................................................Managing Editor j
SAM KEEPER......................................................................Associate Editor
MARIE HASTEN..................................................................................Society
WALT DEMPSTER....................................................Advertising Managei
R0Y KISER....................................................................................Advertising
AL WIESENTHAL......................................................Circulation Manager
Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 12, 1944, at the Post Office
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Admonition Is Seldom Heeded
Every year about this time the same good advice and
warning is given, “Do your Christmas shopping early.”
I his excellent admonition seldom is heeded even by those
who give it. This season, in all probability, will be no
exception to the general rule.
Most shops and stores do their part to help Christmas
shoppers avoid the last minute rush. Holiday stocks are
laid m and are put on display early. Most merchants offer
every possible cooperation to Santa, such as lay-away plans
and storing the pre-selected bikes and other presents until
the last minute to insure their safety from prying eyes.
It should be unnecessary to point out that early shop-
ping has many advantages. Early season stocks are com-
plete and varied. Many items that are plentiful now will
be sold out an- unobtainable before the final, frenzied rush
starts. It is possible now to locate a gift for that hard-to-
please-and-one-that-has-everything person. Unless you have
the luck of the Irish, just try to find something at nine
o clock Christmas Eve.
And then, there’s that matter of greeting cards. No
doubt last year you said, “Next year we’re going to have
the personal type of card with possibly a photograph on it
and surely one with our names printed on it.” It's dollars
t0 lnu!s You haven’t placed your order for the cards
and, it you have the photographic type in mind, you haven’t
even figured out what kind of picture you will use—much
less have had the picture taken.
So, here we are again with a merry Yuletide season
right upon us. We’ll read and hear plenty of warnings to
shop and prepare early. Most of us will dish out a few
admonitions to others. And then what will we be doing
Christmas Eve? Will we be a part of that milling mob
that is hunting desperately for sold-out items, making quick
and probably bad decisions, and taking what we can get?
The answer is easy. We’ll be seeing you there.
Girl Scout Fathers
Will Meet Tuesday
Fathers of Girl Scouts in the
West University neighborhood will
hold a meeting at 7 p. m. Tuesday
in the West University Methodist
Church, according to Mrs. C. A.
Martin, Jr., publicity chairman.
The session will be conducted by
Miss Natalie White and Miss Ruth
Wisdom of the Girl Scout Office.
The object of the meeting is to
acquaint fathers better with the
aims and work of the Girl Scout
organization, Mrs. Ross V. Lahr,
neighborhood chairman, said.
Homemade pie and coffee will
be served. A prize will be given to
each troop which has all fathers
in attendance.
The neighborhood group will
hold a regular meeting at 10 a.
Wednesday, December 14 in
the West University Community
Hall. Each leader is asked to bring
a sample of a craft done by the
girls of her troop, Mrs. Lahr said.
Mrs. J. W. Williamson of 3605
Georgetown will conduct a dem-
onstration on hammering alumin-
um at the crafts session. Mrs.
Lahr has requested that each per-
son bring aluminum, a hammer,
nails, a wooden mallet and maga-
zines to be used at the meeting.
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Texas Hero’s Niece
Dies In Albans Home
Buy Christinas Seals,
Southsider Pleads
Warning that the $110,000 coun-
ty-wide goal is the minimum need-
ed to finance the Houston Anti-
Tuberculosis League’s county-wide
work next year, Mrs. John G. Mc-
Gregor of 3723 Carlon, Christmas
Seal committee secretary, appealed
for early responses and increased
contributions wherever possible.
“Dread polio had killed 12 per-
sons in the Houston area as of
mid-November,” Mrs. McGregor
explained. “Tuberculosis killed 182
in the same period.”
“America’s fight against TB is
just as important this winter as
it was when Christmas Seals
started their work,” Mrs. McGreg-
or said. “Although tuberculosis has
been pushed from first to seventh
place as a killer since Christmas
seals were first sold, the scourge
still kills nearly 50,000 Americans
yearly.”
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Boys Of Section Invited
To Apply For Pigeon Stock
Boys in the Southwestern sec-
tion and those in other parts of
greater Houston who are interests
ed in homing pigeons will have an
opportunity Sunday to receive val-
uable racing stock, according to
H. A. Sears of 6414 Brompton,
local pigeon enthusiast.
Fifty pairs of the birds will be
given away by the Houston Limit-
ed Club and the San Jacinto Rac-
ing Pigeon Club. Interested boys
are requested to write before Sun-
day to Mr. Sears, P. O. Box 6116,
Houston 6, Texas.
Boys who apply for pigeons
should give information about hob-
bies, previous experience with pets,
parents’ or guardians’ consent, and
possibility of obtaining some
adult help. Each applicant must
be willing to follow directions as
to the care of the birds and should
give his name, address, and tele-
phone number, Mr. Sears said.
Baby Swallows Screw;
No Harm Done
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Framson of
520 7 Chestnut, parents of 14-
month-old Michael Framson, once
more are breathing freely, follow-
ing the removal without operation
of a one-inch screw from the
youngster’s intestinal tract.
The infant swallowed the screw
last Wednesday night. Two hours
later, it was located in his small
intestine by use of a fluoroscope.
It was out by Friday afternoon,
without causing any internal dam-
age.
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Gardeners Will Exchange
Gifts At Christmas Party
Gifts will be exchanged between
members of the Merrie Lane gar-
den Club at a Christmas party
next Thursday night, according to
Mrs. C. E. Whisman, publicity
chairman. The affair will begin
at 7:30.
Mrs. J. F. Stephenson of 4502
Palmetto, hostess, will be assisted
by Mrs. Robert Feemster.
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A touch of glory faded still far-
ther into the past this week with
the death of Mrs. Myra Williams
of 4123 Albans, 75-year-old widow
of Fulton Williams. Mrs. Williams
was the niece of the late Francis
R. Lubbock, Confederate governor
of Texas.
She died in a Houston hospital
early Friday morning and was
buried in Forest Park Cemetery
Saturday morning after Rev. Ar-
thur S. Knapp read services at
the George H. Lewis and Sons
Funeral Home. She was a member
of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Virginia Ferguson of the
Houston area and Mrs. Louise
Pitts of Long Island, New York;
two sons, J. K. Williams and Lub-
bock F. Williams, both of the
Houston area; a granddaughter,
Mrs. Jeanne Logerwell of the
Houston area, and a great-grand-
daughter, Miss Myra Leslie Loger-
well, also of the Houston area.
Pallbearers were Wendell T.
Lubbock, Dan G. Lubbock, C. G.
Jaqua, Turner Pope, James Mc-
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Brackman, Irvin H. Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1949, newspaper, December 1, 1949; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth576617/m1/2/?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.