Yarborough Throws First Ball At Deer Park Season Opener
Sen Ralph Yarborough attended ceremonies at Sadler Field on Saturday afternoon and signed the opening baseball in Deer Park. Local officials and fans witnessed the kickoff as the season began with the ceremonial first pitch.
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Ralph Yarborough
Nana
Sadler Field
Sen
Yarborough
Deer Park
Wiley Green
D. Hi. Wheeler
Shell
Dodgers
Dean Shaver
Clyde King
Senior Play Tickets On Sale For You Can t Take It With You
Senior play You Can t Take It With You runs Thursday April 30 at Gaines Y. Mason Auditorium. Tickets are $1 at the door. Proceeds fund the senior prom May 14 at the Rice Hotel. Students David Spinks and Bill Montgomery accompany Deer Park High on the trip to the State Student Council Convention in Austin March 9-11.
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Gaines ‘Y. Mason Auditorium
Hime
Rice Hotel
Soe
David Spinks
Bill Montgomery
Deer Park High School
Doyal Fenn
Austin
Deer Park High
FTA
Future Teachers of America
Mechike
Marcell Koonce
Deer Park Community Calendar Highlights Local Events
Deer Park city meetings welcome the public as the council meets May 3. Student activities include Deer Park High School journalism awards and Earth Day photography contest honors for Bob Vaughn. Local groups promote church programs, pageants, baton twirlers, and the Our Little Miss pageant set for May 24 at the Civic Center.
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Bob Vaughn
the Antler
Deer Park
Pasadena Public Library
Vaughn
Judy
Columbia
Civic Center
Jan Seeby
Deer Park Civic Center
Bettye Donoho
Hessley To Head DW Optimists
Ed Hessley was elected president of the Deepwater Optimist Club at the regular Monday meeting. Jim Bole presided over the session. Don Karr and Don Nelson were chosen as vice presidents. Harry Collect will be secretary-treasurer. Howard Boozer Eugene Nink and Gerald Burgess win two year board terms. B J Atkinson gets one year. New officers take duty October 1.
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Ed Hessley
Deepwater Optimist Club
Jim Bole
Don Karr
Don’Nelson
Harry Collect
Howard Boozer
Eugene Nink
Gerald Burgess
B. J. Atkinson
Charles Walker
Calvin Williams
Juniors Named For April by Deer Park High School
Gloria Warren and Larry Tarkington have been chosen Junior Rotarians for April. They were honored at a luncheon of the Business and Professional club last Tuesday. Warren and Tarkington were selected by the Deer Park High School faculty.
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Gloria Warren
Larry Tarkington
Business and Professional Club
Miss Warren
Mr. Tarkington
Deer Park High School
Deepwater Opens Baseball Year With Parade and Games
The Deepwater baseball program kicks off Saturday with a parade and ball games. A visit from Houston Oilers star Johnny Peacock will highlight ceremonies. Deepwater's program includes Pee Wee, Girls Pony, T Ball, and four Girls softball leagues, backed by the Optimist Club and local merchants.
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Deepwater
Houston
Johnny Peacock
Deepwater Optimist Club
Area Merchants
Shadow on Your Future panel educates Deer Park students
Deer Park High School hosted a Rotary Club sponsored Q A session titled Shadow on Your Future at Gaines Mason Auditorium. Chief Kenneth Gage Attorney P B Dover and Rotary President Bill Black answered ninth to eleventh graders questions on arrest procedures curfew laws and police action.
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Gaines Mason Auditorium
Kenneth Gage
P. B. Dover
Park voters decide state and county races in repeat polls
Deer Park voters head to the polls again this month to decide Democratic and Republican primaries for state and county offices. Precincts 51 84 will use limited machines with polls open 7 am to 7 pm at Carpenter Elementary School and the Civic Center. The Democratic focus includes U S Senator Yarborough versus Bentsen and multiple state House races in Districts 24 and 6. County contests feature W V Ramsey facing Jamie Br in the commissioner race.
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Deer Park
Paul Ebel
Progress Monda
Park
Democrats
Republic
Carpentermentary School
Civic Center
Richard Dorbyn
Bob Gammage
Rod Gorman
Bob Jones
Charl D. Marshall
Johnny Nelms
Wayne Prosperi
W. V. Ramsey
Jamie Br
U. S
Sheppard Wins Diamond Shamrock Merit Scholarship
Gregory A. Sheppard son of Mr and Mrs Charles Sheppard has been chosen for the Diamond Shamrock Corporation Merit Scholarship Award He is an Eagle Scout and campus leader who played varsity volleyball and basketball and helped with his church newspaper staff He plans to attend Abs lene Christian College and was a four fold part of the Four Fold Aid to Education program by Diamond Shamrock Foundation based in Cleveland Ohio.
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Gloria
H.W. Warren
W. Fifth Street
DPHS
JCL
Earl A. Tarington
Larry
Jena Lane
Passom
Gloris
Mu Alpha Theta
Gregory A. Sheppard
Charles Shepard
Coy
Chos‘m
Diamond Shamrock Corporation
Sheppard
Abslene Christian College
Lass
Diamond Shamrockorporation Foundation
Cleveland
Ohio
Church Here Aids Young Heart Patient Opens Hope for Lilant Gnanasundaram
Deer Park Church of Christ members welcomed 6-year-old Lilant Gnanasundaram from Colombi Ceylon as she arrived in Houston for open heart surgery. G Parkinson Billy Roper and General George helped organize support funds. Dr Deaton Cooley will perform the procedure at no charge to the parents.
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G. Parkinson
Billy Roper
General George
Deer Park
Deer Park Library Leader Reginald Knowles Profile
Reginald Knowles, Deer Park Library Board chair, recalls pushing a new library starting six years ago after a Ringsdale meeting. He cites city council support, a $150,000 bond package, and a $135,610 federal grant via the Texas State Library, along with staff and trustees driving library programs and policies.
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SY Ann Owen
Deer Park
Reginald Knowles
Library Board of Trustees
Ringsdale
Connally
Texas
Texas State Library
Knowles
Lyn Benton
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Wayne Davis
Bob Thornton
Charles Sheppard
Wayne Dawson
Larry Chandler
Orville Underwood
Church of Christ
Paul Bond
David Cox
Tom High
Darrell Wood
Cecil Brewer
Captain Bond
Mike Black
C. V. Bednars
S. Timms
England
Timms
San Jac
Bill Chaves
Kris Campbell
Denise Blan
Joy Gauntt
Debbie Mudd
Caty Coleman
Fran Capps
Don Bush
Kath! Buchanan
Svivtow
Corncil
Medina
Deer Park Church of Christ
Pam
Little Miss
Deorettes
Deer Park Parks and Recreation
la Porte
Pak Itetery
Aneens
Hessley
DW Optimists
Ned
Felton Waggoner
United State
Lloyd Bentsen
Distric
Diamond Emp
Gregory Sheppard
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