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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1971
Page
1
The Deer Park Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council schedule meetings in April at City Hall. Election canvassing will occur and winners sworn in. Local queen titles and wig prize at TOPS Club events are noted, plus library tax help and a revival at Bramley Baptist Church. Recreation classes and exercise sessions announce schedules, fees, and contact numbers.
Danny Wingo fourteen and his mother Mrs Virginia Wingo report relief as Danny leaves Diagnostic Center Houston after knee surgery for torn cartilage. He plans to return to Deer Park Junior High on crutches for a half day Thursday. Neighborhood notes mention J T Foulds, progress office calls, IRA Cook amid a Deer Park community scene, and Jaycees Meet the Candidates program moderated by Bill Lafield with family sightings and editor conversations.
The Deer Park Planning and Zoning Commission approved the proposed zoning ordinance regulations and map with six amendments and sent them to the City Council for adoption at a March 22 special meeting at City Hall. Amendments include revisions to land use notices within 300 feet of planned residential developments, restricting developments to SF1 and SF2, capping multi family dwellings to two stories, deleting Use Group five townhouse options and Use Group 22 semi private clubs, clubs, and taverns, and aligning a paragraph with state protest statute. The Rotary safety reminder notes travel precautions.
The Deer Park Youth Riding Club and families rode in the final Dome performance at the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo on March 7. A police escorted motorcade carried horses to the Astrodome with Drillmaster Aubry Adkison leading maneuvers and a grand entry.
The Deer Park Independent School District Vocational Cooperative Department will hold its annual Employer-Employee Banquet at 7:30 PM on Tuesday April 6 in the Student Union Building ballroom at San Jacinto College. Dr John R Gimple associate commissioner for Occupational Education and Technology at the Texas Education Agency will speak. Warren D Adams coordinates Distributive Education at Deer Park High School.
The First Baptist Church of Deer Park presents an Easter Cantata Twe Seven Last Words of Christ by Dubois at 7 15 p m Sunday April 4 at 438 East 8th Street Organist Mary Eldridge Pianist Jeanine Copeland Soloists Bruce Meyer Chester Davidson Joe Escobar Mrs Jimmy Ware Mrs A J Haatek Miss Sandy Wiley and Glenn Adams lead the performance Dr Jimmie L Nelson pastor invites the public to attend the annual presentation.
Eight candidates vie for mayor and council seats in Deer Park with one write in candidate for a council post. Incumbents Farl Dunn and James Cook seek reelection, facing Arline Johnson and others. Voting runs 7 am to 7 pm at Civic Center and Kingsdale Recreation Center with judges named.
Deer Park High School senior Randy Markham son of Mr and Mrs John Markham from Luella Deer Park has been chosen as a Camp Olympia counselor from over a thousand applicants. Camp Olympia in East Texas near Trinity spans 1600 acres and is run by Chris Gilbert and Corby Robertson former UT stars. Markham age 16 has summer camp background including water skiing scuba diving swimming and lifeguarding and will focus mainly on horsemanship.
Police sought Patrick E. Kronin Deer Park finance director on forgery charges after an unauthorized city check of about 300 dollars and missing pre numbered blanks. An audit was ordered by City Administrator Mann and a bond on Kronin was notified. Kronin’s car was found at Houston airport and he was charged in La Porte Justice Court on Saturday.
E M Maxwell devoted decades to Deer Park welfare and civic life. He helped found charitable programs, served on the city council 1961 1967, led parks and recreation work, and chaired charter efforts. A charter member of Rotary and a longtime civic activist, he earned multiple awards for community service.
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