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Yesteryears
Published November 8, 2009
70 years ago
The Freeport diversion channel had its first flood test this week when the waters, which recently fell in the lower Brazos watershed, began to pour through the new channel into the Gulf of Mexico.
The water rose to near the highwater mark established in the flood of 1913. The water at the bridge, which normally is around 15 feet, rose to around 25 feet deep. And the new channel was carrying 80,000 cubic feet of water per second, more than ever was carried by the old river channel per second. The fall of the river from the bridge to the gulf was nearly two feet per mile, which accounted for the swift current racing out at the rate of 8 miles per hour.
The river had a spread from levee to levee, a distance of about 3,000 feet. In other words, the river was out if its banks and spreading its waters from levee to levee.
When some of our people heard of the rise in the Brazos, they went down to the old channel which is now cut off from the upper flow of the river, and found it as clear as a mountain lake. They had merely forgotten that the new channel was functioning, and never again would muddy water and drift be routed by the town as formerly.
It also impresses upon us the necessity of the new channel as a water carrying agency, and the necessity of the channel free from current and mud as a shipping avenue.
50 years ago
Four thefts were on the weekend Freeport police report. They ranged from a shrimp net to a pair of brown suede shoes. A “found” wallet and $5 bill were also reported.
W.F. Buckheit of 618 W. Fourth called police Saturday morning to report that a $200 net had been taken from a boat, the Loyalty, between 2:30 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday. He told police that it was the second net within a month to be stolen from the boat. Police are investigating the felony theft.
Two transistor radios were taken from Velport TV Service Friday. The loss was reported to police by M.L. Urell, company owner. W.V. Witte of the R&R Garage on Haynes Road, Oyster Creek, called Saturday to report the theft of two wheels and tires from a Buick.
A Lake Jackson woman called police Sunday to report that a pair of brown suede pumps had been taken from her car about 2 a.m. The car was parked near a Freeport Cafe.
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Clute’s application to the Federal Urban Renewal Agency has been approved and $270,000 has been received for that city.
A joint telegram from senators Ralph Yarborough and Lyndon Johnson and Congressman Clark Thompson informed the city officials of the approval.
A letter from the national director of U.R. was received by City Secretary F.M. Sanders this morning, confirming the approval. Of the total $47,000 will be available immediately for the engineering costs on the improvements to the designated area of rehabilitation in the city, City Attorney Tom Kenyon said today. He added that contracts will be forthcoming within the next few days to get plans under way.
30 years ago
HOLIDAY LAKES — Two vehicles were reported damaged by vandals here early Sunday morning. One was a 1976 Oldsmobile owned by a resident of Anchor Road of Angleton. He told Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department investigators that an object had been thrown at his car and caused about $250 in damage.
Another Angleton resident told investigators that his 1969 Chevrolet had a broken windshield. He valued the damage at $300, the sheriff’s department said.
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ANGLETON — A burglar scattered drugs “all over the place,” according to an Angleton doctors office employee who reported a burglary to the Angleton Police Department Thursday morning.
The entry into Dr. Ben Weiner’s office at 335 Hospital Drive was reported at 8:03 a.m. and apparently took place sometime Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
Reported as missing from the office was $313 and one bottle of drugs.
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