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When Flying Used to Be May 16, 2017 The Our 23rd Year of Publishing FREE Weekly (979) 849-5407 PLEASE mybulletinnewspaper.com © 2017 TAKE ONE LAKE JACKSON Bulletin• CLUTE • RICHWOOD • FREEPORT • OYSTER CREEK • ANGLETON DANBURY • ALVIN • WEST COLUMBIA • BRAZORIA • SWEENY Give me a break – and grab the grapes When flying By Ron Rozelle right there in the lobby. Contributing Editor The big blockbuster epics back used to be fun You want to know what I miss? then usually lasted upwards of By JohnToth I miss intermissions in movie three or four hours. And by the Editor and Publisher theaters. time Ben Hur or Moses or El Cid On one of my son’s birthdays You remember those; at least or some other character played when he was little, we flew as a some of you by Charlton Heston had been on family to Orlando. The boys were do. When screen for the length of an average super excited about their first flight. half-way flick, your rear end, leg and back It was a special day, and a special through muscles, and bladder were scream- event when we boarded the plane. the show ing for relief. My wife, Sharon, told one of the word When I was a teenager and went the Delta flight attendants that it “Intermission” to see one of the revival showings was Bobby’s birthday, and as we would spread of “Gone with the Wind” in the old boarded, the co-pilot pulled him THE WORDSMITH across the Texas Theater up in Palestine, I aside and asked big silver remember needing that break pretty him if he would screen, the theme music of the film badly. By the time Scarlett O’Hara want to sit in the would start to play, the house lights waved that shriveled turnip in the pilot’s chair. would go up, and you’d have ten ruined vegetable patch and made This was minutes or so to stretch your legs her vow to never go hungry again way pre-9-11, and pay a visit to the rest room – the last scene before the intermis- and security and the snack bar without missing sion – I was in complete agreement wasn’t what it anything. Smokers could light up (Continued on Page 10) RAMBLINGS is now. Back in those days, the honor significant individuals and cockpit door sometimes remained Main feature: Movie theater madness THC seeks to fill real places like Brazoria’s Dr. Sofie open, and we could see the clouds By Michael Shannon watch home movies. Herzog, the first female surgeon in through the cockpit windows. We Special to The Bulletin Followed by continually increas- historical gaps, Texas, and the murals of Hannah didn’t worry about box cutters or When it comes to punishing ing ticket prices and then complain- Hall at Texas Southern University shoe or underwear bombs. Stuff like customers, movie theater owners ing how yearly movie attendance uses Brazoria’s Dr. in Houston that were painted by that never occurred to us, especially are in the same league as airlines. continues to decline. And eliminat- students of the renowned artist Dr. not on a flight to see Mickey Mouse. Just as airline CEO’s rarely travel ing ushers and wondering why Herzog as example John Biggers. Bobby, who turned 4 that day, was commercial, theater CEO’s evidently people didn’t want to buy a movie The Texas Historical Commis- The THC can assist local too shy to accept the birthday offer, never attend a ticket to sion (THC) is currently accepting sponsors and County Historical but my older son, John, jumped in matinee. Would you like a movie eavesdrop applications for undertold Texas Commissions with selected topics the pilot’s seat and marveled at the And there lies on someone historical markers that address his- by paying for the foundry cost of zillions of controls and instruments the explanation with your sloppy Joe? else’s conver- torical gaps and promote diversity a historical marker, or by assisting in front of him. for the repeated sation. of topics and cultures. with the research necessary to “What does this button do?” John failure of theater owners to under- The only positive development in The deadline for submission is submit and complete a qualified asked. stand anything about their customer the last 40 years is the cup holder June 15. application. “I don’t know. We’ve never tried it. base. The list of management mis- armrest. Everything else - larger The THC utilizes general marker For more information about the Push it and see,” the co-pilot replied, steps includes dividing large theaters screens, more legroom, reclin- application funds to sponsor these Undertold Markers Program, con- demonstrating that pilots do have a into very small “multiplexes,” where ing seats - are efforts to undo the markers that represent an untold or tact the THC’s History Programs good sense of humor. At least this the size of the screen was only a damage caused by earlier bad undertold aspect of Texas history. Division at (512) 463-5853, or visit one did. bit larger than what families used to (Continued on Page 6) Previous undertold markers thc.texas.gov. Of course, as soon as John made a motion toward the button, Sharon and I both jumped to make sure Purple Heart that it did not get pushed, and the co-pilot started laughing. barbecue That’s the atmosphere we used May 20 (Continued on Page 11) fundraiser set for Like us on Facebook Saturday facebook.com/ SEE PAGE 2, 9 brazoriacountybulletin Page 2 THE BULLETIN May 16, 2017 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Purple Heart barbecue fundraiser set for Saturday The Military Order of the Purple veteran or widower found to be in Monetary donations also can be Heart Chapter 867 will hold a need, according to Sonya Broad- made payable to MOPH Chapter barbecue fundraiser Saturday, May way, the director of the Brazoria 867 at P.O. Box 1801, Angleton, 20, at Dunbar Park Pavilion in Lake County Veteran’s Office. 77516. Donations for food and Jackson. The Military Order of Purple Heart supplies for the barbecue also are Plates of brisket and sausage (MOPH) was founded in 1932 for welcomed. Other than fundrais- GEE WHIZ, MA’AM, YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO TELL MY DAD! with the trimmings and tea or water he protection and mutual interest of ers, the chapter is supported by its A young man on spring break got a $200 tattoo of a tribal shark on his will be sold for $10 each at the park, all who received the decoration of membership. calf at a shop in Key West, then fled the premises without paying. But which is located at 803 FM 2004, Purple Heart. It is the only service To purchase tickets in advance, he posted the artwork on Instagram, and the lady who owns the place between 11 a.m. and 4 p,m, organization comprised only of please contact Jim McIlroy at (979) went on his account and sent him a message: “Bring your punk a— back The group works closely with combat-wounded veterans. 549-4555. to my shop and pay for your (expletive) tattoo.” She also contacted his the Brazoria County Veterans office father. The kid came in and paid up. to help provide funds for one-time YES, SEND LADIES WHO ARE, SHALL WE SAY, VERY rental and utility payments, food, HELP WANTED FRIENDLY: A man made several calls to the police emergency number clothing and gasoline for any in Duncannon, Pa., after midnight “requesting girls be sent to his loca- Now hiring cooks, tion.” He was arrested for disorderly conduct. cashiers. $8.25/hour NO KIDDING, I’M A COP, TOO: A man, who was impersonating and up. (979) 798-9101 a police officer, pulled over a car in Riverside county, Calif., and discov- ered, to his dismay, that the driver was a real deputy sheriff. or apply in person. IT’S NOT MINE; I DON’T KNOW HOW IT GOT THERE: A RED TOP RESTAURANT man, who came to the Cambria County Courthouse in Ebensburg, Pa., Hwy. 36, Brazoria was arrested after a routine search revealed that he had 52 doses of heroin in his pockets. SOOO, WHAT ARE YOU LADS UP TO? Three youthful nitwits conducted a drug deal – selling a quarter pound of marijuana -- in a gas station parking lot right next to the police station in Ellsworth, Wis. A drug task force officer, who was pumping gas into his patrol car, saw the whole thing. YOU’RE RIGHT, THE SECRET SERVICE THING IS WAY MORE IMPRESSIVE: A man in Greensburg, Pa., was arrested for buying fake Secret Service identification cards and badges online to impress women. His real occupation is proprietor of a company that cleans up dog poop. ABOUT US YOU PICKED THE WRONG PLACE TO ROB, BUB! A man came into a saloon in Cleveland waving a pistol and demanding the John and Sharon cash from the register. A group of patrons drinking at the bar did not take Toth, Owners and kindly to this and leapt on the would-be robber, disarming him and hold- Publishers ing him down until the cops arrived. 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