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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1970
Page
5
Senator Ralph Yarborough attended ceremonies at Sadler Field to throw out the first ball and sign the ball marking the start of the baseball season in Deer Park on Saturday afternoon.
Tickets for the Senior Play You Cant Take It With You at Gaines Y Mason Auditorium are $1 at the door. Show starts 8 p.m. April 30. Proceeds fund the senior prom May 14 at the Rice Hotel. Deer Park High School news covers student council trip to Austin March 9 11 and local civic events.
Wayne Davis rides in style as local residents including Bob Thornton Charles Sheppard Wayne Dawson and others are commended at community events. Ambulance school attendees Paul Bond David Cox Tom High and Darrell Wood learn in Houston while Cecil Brewer guides the crew. Mike Black beautifies police grounds and Neva Obermier returns from vacation. The C V Bednar family hosts fests with Timms and Timms from England. Shell Refinery site tour helpers Bry an Chuck Rivers and R J Fikar assist at the refinery. Omicron elects Bill Chavez Kris Campbell Denise Blanar Joy Gauntt Debbie Mudd Cyndy Coleman Fran Capps and Don Bush. The Clores welcome a new buggy and Kathi Buchanan places first in UIL conference Informative Speaking.
Deer Park Rotary urges travelers to plan ahead for long trips. Change drivers every few hours, stop often for rest breaks, and allow time to cool both driver and vehicle. Such cautions aim to reduce fatigue and improve road safety.
Ed Hessley was elected president of the Deepwater Optimist Club at a regular Monday night meeting presided by Jim Bole. Don Karr and Don Nelson were chosen as vice presidents with equal duties, Harry Collect to be secretary treasurer.
Gloria Warren and Larry Tarkington have been chosen Junior Rotarians for April. They were honored at the Busi ness and Professional club luncheon last Tuesday. Warren and Tarkington were selected by the Deer Park High School faculty.
Opening day festivities in Deepwater include a parade at 12 30 p m from the high school with a full slate of youth leagues and a visit by Houston Oilers figure Johnny Peacock. The Deepwater organization is backed by the Optimist Club and local merchants and will spotlight Pee Wee, Girls Pony League, T Ball, and Girls Intermediate Softball.
Deer Park High School principal Felton Waggoner summarized that lawfulness matters to students during a Rotary Club session titled Shadow on Your Future at Gaines Mason Auditorium. Police Chief Kenneth Gage and Prosecuting Attorney P B Dover answered ninth through eleventh graders questions on arrest, searches, and curfew hours.
Gregory A. Sheppard son of Mr and Mrs Charles Sheppard 2005 Coy has been chosen for the Diamond Shamrock Corporation Merit Scholarship Award He applied to Abilene Christian College during high school he was an Eagle Scout class president varsity volleyball and member of junior varsity basketball He trained on the church newspaper staff was on the math team and will appear in the senior play April 30 The Diamond Shamrock Foundation is funded by Diamond Shamrock Corporation in Cleveland Ohio Its Merit Scholarships support education for high school seniors who are children of Diamond employees
Deer Park Church of Christ members R. G. Parkinson Billy Roper and General George welcomed 6 year old Lilani Gnanasundaram from Colombo Ceylon in Houston for open heart surgery. The church and others helped cover travel costs as Dr. Denton Copley agreed to perform the operation at no charge to the family.
Deer Park voters go to the polls Saturday for state and county primaries with three machines per site. Precinct 51 votes at Carpenter Elementary, Precinct 84 at the Civic Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Top races include U.S. Senate contest between Ralph Yarborough and Lloyd Bentsen, District A state representative with five candidates, and county commissioner and 22nd district Congress races.
Profile of Reginald Knowles chairman of Deer Park Library Board who helped spearhead the move for a new library. He recalls the 1969 opening funded by $150,000 in bonds and a federal grant of $135,610, with city support and efforts by trustees and the library director. He notes the board’s role in policy while staff handle books and personnel.
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