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Volume 8—Number 23
HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARCH 27, 1952 5c a Copy—Subscription $1.50 a Year
Westridge Place
New Bellaire Baptist Church Begun Richmond Post Oaks Addition tots
Ground was broken after morning worship Sunday for the new
Bellaire Baptist Church, which will be erected where the old
building burned to the ground last year. Shown pushing the
shovel into the earth is the Rev. H. O. Wynne, pastor. Others,
left to right, are James L. Able, chairman of tne finance com-
mittee; John Willhelm, building chairman; George Mayes, chair-
man of the board of frustees, and Mrs. W. C. Richardson, oldest
member of the congregation. Photo by Peter Whitney
Swimming Pools And Recreation Plans
For Summer Months Discussed In WUP
Residents Pledge
$5,000 For Lights
Pledges of $5,000 for street
lights and a shelter for people
going into town were received by
residents of Westridge Addition
Saturday night.
On the playground loaned the
residents by Bert Wheeler, resi-
dents met SatUray night. Coffee
and- cake was served while pledges
were given, and a bonfire was
built by Dan Schriebner and Hank
Stanburry.
Mose Hochman. president of the
Westridge Civic Club and some of
his helpers, Mr. Stanburry, Glenn
Cornwell, W. A. Sammis, Ralph
Belasco, D. E. Barcus, are getting
the shelter, donated by J. Pabst,
to be erected at the corner of
Westridge Avenue and Buffalo
Speedway.
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K. Worden Named
Physical Director
For Southwest 'Y'
Kim Worden has been named
physical director of the Southwest-
ern YMCA. In his job he will di-
rect the Inter-Church Leagues and
other athletic programs of the lo-
cal “Y.”
Mr. Worden comes fr6m Hot
Springs, where he was connected
with the physical education de-
partment of the public schools. He
has also served as aquatics in-
Kim Worden
structor, camp director and basket-
ball director for the Hot Springs
YMCA.
Besides the work with the
Church Leagues, Mr. Worden will
be the director of aquatics with
the Southwestern branch, which
has had the largest instruction
program among the YMCA’s of
Texas. Last year nearly 1300 chil-
dren received systematic swim-
ming instruction in the various
centers of the community.
Mrs. Worden was religious edu-
cation director of the First Meth-
odist Church of Hot Springs.
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Condit School CD
Course Cancelled
Civil Defense classes planned
for tonight and Monday at Condit
School have been cancelled because
of the light attendance at the
showing of an introductory meet-
ing this week, it was announced
Tuesday.
When the city council starts
talking about swimming pools, ten-
nis courts and associated topics,
you can be sure summer is nearly
here.
Monday night the West Uni-
versity Place city Council dis-
cussed plans for the 1952 sea-
son at the pool and delayed ac-
tion on a request for additional
participation in the Southwest
YMCA recreation program.
Whitt Johnson, city secretary,
told the council that he was look-
ing for a qualified man to take
over the management of th-3 pool.
Most of the rules, regulations
and policies of the pool will be
unchanged, according to the
council’s decisions Monday.
Rates, too, will probably remain
the same.
The problem of more city funds
for the YMCA was deferred on
the suggestion of Mayor Harold
Terry. He asked members of the
council to meet some evening with
Photos, Calls Come
In For WUP Issue
Photographs and phone calls
have already started pouring .
into the Times from folks wKo
want to make West University's
Silver Jubilee something to re-
member.
The Southwestern Times Sou-
venir Edition commemorating
the event will be published on
April 17. Folks who have ma-
terial are asked to call the
Times, KEystone 5566. A spe-
cial messenger will pick it up
and then return it when we’re
through with it.
Harold Nichols of the Southwest
Y to see slides and talk about the
organization’s program in this
area.
City Attorney Charles Taylor,
speaking only as a resident,
asked, “Why don’t we draw park
supervisors from the area?” He
questioned (he policy of support-
ing the YMCA, “a quasi-public
organization,” from taxes paid
by residents.
Mayor Terry said the $2,000 a
year given by the city to the
YMCA was a small sum in com-
parison to the cost of hiring
trained and qualified personnel to
run a recreation program.
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Bellaire To Give
All Streets 1 Free
Oil Treatment
Every unpaved street in Bellaire
will get one treatment of oil this
summer at city expense, it was an-
nounced by the city this week.
The decision was handed by the
city council after a motion by
Councilman W. J. Ward and a sec-
ond by Don Cayton. They were
joined in the affirmative vote by
Mayor Everal L. West and Coun-
cilman James Fitzgerald. Council-
man William T. Burke abstained
from voting.
It was made clear in the discus-
sion that the plan would not pre-
vent the city’s oiling of streets
designated thoroughfares more
than once. In addition, as in past
years, home-owners along residen-
tial streets will be able to partici-
pate in other oiling at their ex-
pense.
Said To Conflict With Zoning Laws
Who let the subdividers of Richmond Post Oaks Addition
put in lots that don’t conform to the Bellaire zoning ordin-
ance? The question was asked at the council meeting last
Wednesday night to start another discussion centering on
Bellaire’s one time “hot spot”—the corner of Post Oak and
Old Richmond Roads.
It all started when Stewart
Morris, attorney for the de-
velopers, appeared before the
city governing body to point
Richmond Plaza
De-Annexing Suit
Waits Other Case
Richmond Plaza’s suit to bs dis-
annexed from the City of Houston
remains unscheduled in the courts
pending the final outcome of a
case before the Supreme Court of
Texas.
In the case, the Supreme Court
has ruled that the City of Tex-
arkana cannot charge a higher rate
for water to those living outside
its corporate limits. A motion for
rehearing is pending from the City
of Texarkana.
The basis of the suit by resi-
dents of Richmond Plaza that their
subdivision be dis-annexed from
Houston is that the larger city is
taxing them without giving the
area return, such as water and
sewer service. As a result, the area
depends on the almost completely
surrounding City of Bellaire for
these needed utilities.
According to Ernest R. Knipp,
attorney for residents of Richmond
Plaza, one of the reasons for their
wanting to become a part of Bel-
laire would be in order to enjoy
the Bellaire water and sewer ser-
vice rates. As it stands now, the
residents of Richmond Plaza (ex-
cept for that small portion which
is inside the Bellaire city limits)
are paying half again as much as
their Bellaire neighbors.
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Mayor Terry Named
County Group Head
West University Mayor Hal
Terry was named vice president
of the Harris County Mayor’s and
Councilmen’s Association at the
March meeting, held in Galena
Park.
out that the use of curved streets
in the sub-division had caused
house set-back lines on two cor-
ner lots to be too far back to per-
mit normal construction. He said
that the sub-division plat called
for 30-foot set-backs on the sides
of the two lots as well as on the
fronts, instead of the usual 15-foot
set back at the sides.
In looking at the plat, however,
the councilmen noticed that a num-
ber of lots lacked the necessary
65-foot width as required by the
zoning ordinance.
Fritz Kaffenberger, chairman of
the planning commission, stated
his belief that the plat was not
the same one presented for ap-
proval to his group.
The discussion of the council in-
dicated some pending rewording of
the zoning ordinance to provide for
odd-shaped lots and other unusual
circumstances caused by curved
streets.
The council, however, indicated
their dissatisfaction with the ap-
parently undersized lots. As a re-
sult, they ordered a delay on issu-
ing building permits for the nine
lots which apparently do not meet
requirements until Paul Strong,
attorney for the city, has investi-
gated the circumstances and made
a recommendation.
They also asked Mr. Strong for
a recommendation on the two lots,
the set-back lines of which will
deter home construction.
The addition is located on the
southeast Richmond-Post Oak cor-
ner. Owners of three of the cor-
ners at one time asked that the
zoning laws be changed to permit
construction of businesses on the
property.
The request was denied after a
series of heated public hearings.
Prizes.1 Cooking! Entertainment!
It's All In Homemaking Festival ~
Coming To The Village April 24-25
The Homemaker Festival is coming to The Village Thursday and.
Friday, April 24 and 25, with prizes and the latest cooking infor-
mation for housewives of the Southwestern section!
During the two-day celebration, two brand new gas cooking
ranges and two home heating units will be given away, along
with a list of other gifts long enough to twist the tongue of a
TV politician.
WHAT IS IT? It’s the Homemaker Festival, sponsored jointly
by the Southwestern Times, the Houston Natural Gas Company
and the Village Theatre.
WHEN: 9:30 a.m. April 24 and 9:30 a.m. April 25.
WHERE: Village Theatre.
PRICE: It’s absolutely free. No admission charge. No tax.
PROGRAM: A three act play (identical on both days) chock
full of humor, music, household hints, and full meal menus pre-
pared before your very eyes by expert home economists.
Look in next week’s Southwestern Tiroes for a full list of prizes
and the places to register for them!
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