The Facts (Newspaper) - November 6, 2006, Clute, Texas MONDAY November 6 2006 Th Covering Brazoria Where 50 CENTS Began Published in Clute Texas CHASE ROLLS INTO TEXAS SPORTS IB Tales from the Brazos Stories from the rich history of Brazoria County School different at turn of century By Marie Beth ones Special to The Facts Gladys Wertz and her sister Nadine attended a little coun try school in a building on Austin Bayou about two miles from their home Young people were accus to walk ing good dis tances around the turn of the 20th century and they usual ly made their way on foot across the open prairie to reach their small school Cattle still moved at will on an unfenced range that extend ed from well beyond Houston to the Gulf and on some days herds of them could be seen grazing along their route These animals were far from tame and they presented a dan ger to pedestrians When Gladys parents saw them near they drove the children to school or picked them up To herds of cattle their only master was a rider on Gladys wrote One afternoon as she returned home she was followed and then chased by a large bull she described as the monarch of the Her mother who had noticed the small herd by which her daughter must pass hurriedly harnessed a team and ran it on the gallop to meet Gladys arriving just in time to pick up the winded girl when the bull was no more than a block away Texas history was among the subjects taught at the school and years later Gladys remembered being taught about the treachery of Santa Ana at the Alamo the bravery of Crockett and Afterschool snacks were a bit different then and the Wertz children came home in the late afternoons to eat warm yams just out of the oven sizzling in their own sweet The two sisters chores were allotted differently Gladys was designated to help her mother in the house while Nadine helped with the chores outside One of the regular duties about which Gladys wrote was using clabber to stir up pancakes for the breakfast She stood at the kitchen stove as they baked on two or three grid dles for a family of seven and remembered that she never got to eat till all had been Reading was one of her favorite pastimes and she had treasured memory of reading and rereading aloud the nov els of Charles Dickens as well as and such other books as Vanity Jane Eyre which she called her favorite which I all but memorized and Scottish the only book of fiction her Scottish great grandfather would allow in his house One spring after their school closed for the summer Gladys and Nadine went to Angleton for a few weeks to attend a See TALES Page 2A Saddam to be hanged Associated Press Iraqis hold up images Sunday of Saddam Hussein as they protest his death sentence verdict in his home town of Tikrit 80 miles north of Baghdad Backlash from Sunnis could be final shove into allout civil war By Steven R Hurst and Hamza Hendawi Associated Press Writers BAGHDAD Iraq Defiant raging and arrogant to the end Saddam Hussein trembled and shouted God is Saddam A GOOD READ DAN Facts Freeport Police Chief Jeff Pynes listens as 5yearold Jarious Jackson reads at Jane Long Elementary Chief Pynes and other employees from the department are volunteering for a reading program at the school and will rotate to read to the children While some kids need help with reading Jackson reads at an advanced level and enjoyed having someone to whom he could read The Cat in the Booking Freeport police among volunteers for new reading program By Velda Hunter FREEPORT The sound of words being pro and stories being told filled the room as 7yearold Joseph Pena sat next to Freeport Police Chief Jeff Pynes With a book called The Magnificent Mummies opened on the table the two read Thursday morning Actually hes reading me the Pynes said Pausing to help the with cer tain words the police chief later explained the meaning of the word comparing it to DAN Facts Joseph Pena shakes hands with Freeport Police Chief Jeff Pynes after Pena and Pynes read er at Jane Long Elementary Freeport police have begun coming to the school every week to help stu dents read the fright of Halloween surprises After about 10 minutes he ushered the boy back to his classroom and returned to the reading room with another student See READING Page 2A great as he was sentenced to hang Long live the people and death to their enemies Long live the glorious nation and death to its enemies Saddam cried out Then bailiffs took the arms of once leader and the man the United States went to war to drive from power walked steadily from the courtroom with a smirk on his face The chief judge Raouf See SADDAM Page 9A 2nd suspect arrested in shooting of shrimper By Mcna FREEPORT A second suspect who might be connected to the August shooting of a shrimper remained in the Freeport jail Sunday after being arrested by another law enforcement agency But Freeport police are saying little about how Andrew Anthony Woodard 20 of Wharton County could be involved in the death of Hein Van Ha say ing the investigation still is ongoing Were still investigating to determine what all did hap Freeport Police Detective Sgt Bruce Houston said Sunday Woodard was arrested by the Wharton County Sheriffs Department around Saturday at his mothers house in Boling and he was brought back to Brazoria County on Sunday A bond amount hadnt been set yet We finally got a tip come in to the police sta tion which led us to his Freeport Police Chief Jeff Pynes said When we got the tip he was out of our area so we coordinated with the other law enforcement Police issued a murder warrant for Woodard in September in connection with Has death Pynes said The body was discovered Aug 9 on a shrimp boat docked on the Old Brazos River lie had a single gunshot wound to the head Houston said Right now were not able to discuss much details because its under investigation but I can tell you the district attorneys office was present ed the information and they deemed it sufficient evidence to issue a murder warrant for his Pynes said received the tip an hour before his arrest from an anonymous caller Houston said On Aug 11 police arrested Kevin Pipkins 35 of Lake Jackson on a murder charge in connec tion with Has Pipkins remained in the Brazoria County jail Sunday in lieu of bond See SHOOTING Page 9A Were still investigating to determine what all did Bruce Houston Freeport Police Sargeant Celebration is dream come true Veterans Day ceremony idea came to man in sleep By Bridget Brown ANGLETON On Veterans Day American flags will wave to the sounds of brass horns and drums playing patriotic favorites along the streets of Angleton But this red white and blue slice of American life wasnt built overnight it was dreamed up that way eight years ago John Jasso a member of the American Legion Charles Dixon Post 241 said a vision of a countywide Veterans Day cel came to him in a dream and hes made it a mis sion to thank veterans by head ing up the yearly event Representatives from the countys 17 veteran organiza tions plan all year for a celebra tion large enough to honor Brazoria Countys veter ans Jasso said It cost about to bring the event together this year he said The average veteran served for four years Thats years of service veterans in the county have given to our coun said Glen Moody com mander of the post It gives me chills thinking about all that vets have done so much and the very little See VETERANS Page 9A BRIDGET Facts American Legion Post 241 Commander Glen Moody and member John Jasso look Sunday at Veterans Day posters which were made by students at the American Legion Hall in Angleton TODAYS WEATHER TODAY Rain likely Hi 78 Rain possible Low 62 forecast Page Comics Community 6B 4A Horoscopes Lottery 4B 2B Sports State 15B 5A 6A GET IN TOUCH Main office Angleton office Place a classified Circulation On the Web 979 2657411 979 8498581 979 2657401 979 2652999 7
