Deer Park Notes Include Closures and Events
Schools in Deer Park close Monday and Tuesday April 20 21 for San Jacinto Day. City Hall closed April 21. Planning and Zoning meets April 20 at 7 pm. Senior play You Cant Take It With You set for April 30 at Mason Auditorium 8 pm. Myrna Thiessen elected to Bank governors position 2 with American Institute of Banking. She and husband Bill live at 3705 Green Shadows Pasadena with four children. Youth Night at Deer Park First Baptist Church April 18. High School Band trip May 15 7 20 pm tickets 1 for adults 50 cents for students. Corpus Christi Buccaneer Festival May 1 2. Sperry Hancock awarded $15 for Spring Art Festival entry Untitled at Museum of Fine Arts. Senator Chet Brooks and others attend Deer Park Democratic Headquarters opening April 18 2 6 pm 610 Center Street refreshments. Mrs John L Hardy hosts office as secretary. Deer Park First Baptist training staff noted for Sunday services.
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Deer Park High School
Mason Auditorium
Ers
Myrna Thiessen
Deer Park Bank
American Institute of Banking
Thiesen
DP Bank
Bill
Green Shadows
Pasdena
Corpus Christi
Sperry Hancock
Fred Hancock
Pickerton
Deepwater Junior High
Stitenery
Museum of Fine Arts
Chet Brooks
Peace
Bnd
Bob Jones
Bill William
Wayne Prosperi
Deer Park
Democratic
Center Street
Mra
John L. Hardy
Peggy Peterso
Aries
Incres
Ute
Ry le Maddux
Ivy
Shirley Toler
Garretts Open Home to Welcome County Commissioner
In College Park Mr and Mrs John Garrett hosted an open house to introduce County Commissioner V Ramsey to local residents at their residence on a Sunday afternoon. The informal event gave attendees a chance to meet the official and discuss community concerns.
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John Garrett
College Park
V. Ramsey
4-H Leaders Named for DP Club and Projects
Mrs. Bunny Knotts announces appointed chairmen for DP Club project groups with members split into woodworking dog handling clothing foods rabbits and horse projects. Additional helpers include Mrs. Dietrich for food and clothing James Ledbetter woodworking or automobiles and Mrs. Lawrence and Mrs. Benton assisting with rabbits and horses. Call 479-3908 for open project leader roles. Membership open to boys and girls ages nine to nineteen. Continued on page two.
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Chub
Bunny Knotts
Robert W. Neason
Grady Akers
Rebe Baker
James Ledbetter
Dorothy Lawrence
Barbara Benton
Knotts
Little League Parade Set For April 25
The Jan Scoby twirlers will present a short routine during the parade. Beginning at 3 p.m. there will be baseball involving all minor and major league teams. The Ladies Auxiliary will operate game booths and offer food at the event.
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Jan Scoby
Tao
Rotary Club Safety Reminder for Road Trips
The Rotary Club Safety Committee urges travelers to plan ample travel time, rotate drivers every few hours, and stop frequently to rest. This helps both motorists and vehicles stay cool and alert during long drives.
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Rotary Club
Deer Park Council Swears In Three New and Returning Members
Fred J. Brown and William Chmylak sworn in for first terms and Robert Linberger to a second term at city hall. Brown defeated incumbent Bill Black 692 to 458 for Position 2, Chmylak beat Harrel Kesterson 595 to 546 for Position 4, and Linberger, unopposed for Position 6, received 914 votes. The council thanked retiring members Black and Lehr with plaques.
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Fred J. Brown
William Chmylak
Deer Park
Robert Linberger
City Hall
Earl Dunn
Brown
Deer Park High School
Bill Black
Chmylak
Harrel
Black and Lehr
Texas Tech Student Wins Harvard Kennedy School Fellowship
Texas Tech University senior David Wheat, Woodrow Wilson Fellow, earned a Harvard Kennedy School fellowship for 1970 71 valued at 3000 dollars. Wheat, May graduate candidate in government with math minor, pursues public policy doctoral study and focuses on urban education policy analysis.
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Weer Parkian
David Wheat
Texas Tech University
Woodrow Wilson
Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Wheat
Texas Tech
Harvard
Deer Park Council Hears Urgent Sewer Repair Plan
City Administrator Clovis Mann urged emergency action on a failing 10 inch sewer line from Kentucky Street to the north plant. Engineer Ballard proposed replacing with a 24 inch line with potential 39 percent federal aid. Council also set Deer Park as a bird sanctuary but declined an animal cruelty ordinance.
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Kentucky Street
Clovis Mann
Charles Ballard
Deer Park
The
Bird Society
Boy Scout Troop 534
Beautiful Handsome Winners Named in Gaines Auditorium Pageant
The annual Most Handsome and Most Beautiful contest at Gaines Y Mason Auditorium on Tuesday April 9 selected Janet Brady Diana Fis Twyla Ganteobein Deb rat Medan Debole Walt er Barry Brashear Johny Dill Troy Humphries Nallcy Harion Shoults and others as top winners. Judges listed Mayor Clyde Doyal Becky Busch Jim Barlow and Jo Ann Maynard. First runners up Kay Hughes Mike McCulloch. second runners up Gerri White Bob Langham Joe Mac Wheat Dana Simpson.
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Tweney
Gaines Y. Mason ‘Auditorium
Peting
Janet Brady
Diana Fis
Clyde Doyal
Pasadena
Becky Busch
Jim Barlow
The
Houston Post
Jo Ann Maynard
University of Houston
Kay Hughes
Mike McCulloch
Gerri White
Bob Langham
Joe Mac Wheat
Dana Simpson
Chos
Library Worker Donna Thomas Receives Texas Library Award
Donna Thomas longtime Deer Park Public Library trustee and board chair was named Library Trustee of 1970 by the Texas Library Association at Amarillo conference April 9 to 11. Her work on a new library building and high service standards earned praise along with leadership roles in Texas and American library circles.
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Donna Thomas
Deer Park
Thomas
Texas
Li Aison
American Library Association
Washington
Pastor Dr Jimmie Nelson Frames Youth as Church's New Core
Dr Jimmie Nelson pastor of First Baptist Church urges renewal through youth noting their honesty and rejection of phoniness He teaches Bible courses at San Jacinto Junior College and has served since 1966 His congregation backs youth work including Rio Grande Valley trips and downtown Houston missions.
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Jimmie Nelson
First Baptist Church
Nelson
Paul
San Jacinto Junior College
First Baptist Ins
Themn
Nelace
Etmrch
Comecee
Rio Grande Valley
Baptist Mission
Houston
Christ
Loveless Baptist Church
Hill County
Oak Grove Baptist
Tarrant County
Baylor University
Colada Wilt Baptist
Suyéer
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P&z
Deer Park Planning and Zoning
San Jacinto
Baptist Meet
Deer Park First Baptist
Coarah
Annes of
Te Sas ‘Baptist Church
Tai Tos van Pees
Ant Tira van Sottre
Lam
Robert P. Linberger
Barl Dunn
Chiglak
Het Farms
Lisberger
Clyde King
Paul Strong
Bay Concrete Products, Inc
General Concrete Products
E. J. Fiedler
Pasade
Gerard Mulraney
Tim Galban
Bow
McCumber
Geo
Palm Terrace
Mre. L. C
Coward Runce
Rynone
Larry Garnett
Betty Nemes
Cathy Monceaux
Wilfred Monceaux
Sherman
Farrell Walker
A.’ Walker
Ellen
Allen
Linda
Chu
Dr. Nelson
Borger
Bay ‘University
Dolores
R. Nelson Akes
Tsinsence Cana Tne
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