Notable Notes From Deer Park Rotary and Local Events
Rotary speaker lineup features Rice University coach Jim Hess discussing The Rice Owls 1970. Rice football player David Stockwell leads a youth revival Aug 8–16 at Second Baptist Church. Bombeck book discussion Aug 20 with reviews by Mrs. Janet Dye. Calls for details to Evelyn Sanders or Marian Records. City Council meets Aug 11. library friends meet Aug 11. tennis tournament Aug 14 at Deer Park High. Preschool testing delayed in La Porte ISD. Summer Reading Club awarded 12 books read by July 20. Community Evening School fall registrations ongoing at Pasadena High School offices.
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Jim Hess
Rice University
Houston
Rotary Club of
Deer Park
Rice Owls
David Stockwell
Rice
Second Baptist Church
Kingsdale
Wits End
Erma Bombeck
Deer Park Ladies Civic Club
Deer Park Bank
Janet Dye
Bombeck
Evelyn Sanders
Marian Records
Around Town Highlights at Local Meetings and Events
Local brief rounds up mentions of Mary Henderson at the Library Board, Jim Bone starring in Beaumont, Clovis Manny’s house facelift, Carolyn Hall described by La Porte Rotarians, Tom Osburn and Bill Antone as early birds, Mrs Louise Thomas gracious after interruptions, Derek Parkinson late for circus tickets, Mrs J H Burns late for this week, missing Deer Park Civic Center post noted for Ditta Mrs H I Isgitt Jr Sylvia Davis, Linda Crate answers, Joyce Miller anniversary at DP Library, Annette Limmer also noted.
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Mary Henderson
Jim Bone
Beaumont
Clovis Manny
Carolyn Hall
St. John's Episcopal Church
la Porte
Tom Osburn
Bill Antone
Louise Thomas
Derek Parkinson
J, H, Burns
Ditta
I, Isgitt JR
Sylvia Davis
Deer Park Civic Center
Linda Crate
DP Library
Joyce Miller
Annette Limmer
Rotary safety note urges rest and driver changes
The Rotary Club Safety Committee advises travelers to allow ample travel time and take frequent rest stops to cool both driver and car. It recommends changing drivers every few hours to reduce fatigue and promote safer journeys.
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Rotary Club Safety Committee
Entries for Heads Up Contest in Deer Park
Entries for the Deer Park Progress Heads Up contest are arriving as residents vie for 70 in prizes. The leading scorer among 75 local businesspeople pictured in last week's full page ad will win 50, with 20 for second. Mail or deliver entries to The Progress by August 11 postmark. no phone entries.
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Deer Park
The
Progress
Progress Office
Center Street
Deer Park School Board race fields two candidates
By Monday morning two men had filed for positions on the Deer Park School Board for the October election. Incumbent W D Antone will face Tom Osburn for Position No 7. Harold L Shelton had not filed for re election for Position No 6 by the deadline 4 pm Wednesday Sept 2. Osburn, a Shell foreman and former City Commissioner, lives at 824 James St near Antone and opposes the 1 1 2 cent tax increase. Antone, a Shell laboratory foreman, holds a teaching certificate and aims to sustain Deer Park Schools quality and foster city school cooperation.
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Deer Park
W. D. Antone
Tom Osburn
Harold L. Shelton
la Forte
James St
Antone
Osburn
Shell
Shell Oil Co
Shell Employees Recreation Association
American Legion
Deer Park Planning and Zoning Meeting Yields Little Action
Deer Park planning and zoning members conducted a light session with most agenda items dropped tabled or moved to future work sessions A two to two vote deferred action on a zoning ordinance map update and several rezoning requests including Land Venture Consultants W C RR Survey and Maria Pults for a bowling center and roller rink The latter’s money was refunded as the request was postponed for master plan updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park Planning and Zoning Commission
I Maxey
Shane Jack
Ronald Marney
Land Venture Consultants
W.C.R.R
Maria Pults
Houston
Pasadena Boulevard
Book Discussion Group to Meet at Deer Park Library
The Book Discussion Group is set to gather at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday August 5 at the Deer Park Public Library. The discussion will focus on Mark Twain's Letters from the Earth.
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Deer Park Public Library
Mark Twain
Deer Park ISD Sets New Student Registration Dates
Deer Park Independent School District will hold new student registrations on Tuesday August 11 and Wednesday August 12. Registration times run 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for all grades at designated schools with specific ages and vaccination requirements for kindergarten and first grade. The 1970-71 school year begins Monday August 24.
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la Porte Independent School
Deer Park Independent
Deer Park
Lee B. Gaither
Gaither
Deer Park High School
Deepwater
Moore & Moore Wins Low Bid For Morgan Points Marine Facility
Moore & Moore General Contractors Inc of La Porte posted the lowest base bid for a San Jacinto College marine biology facility at Morgan's Point. Four bids were submitted, with the low base bid at 17,000 and a high at 19,899. An alternate cyclone fence bid ranged from 2,000 to 1,563. The building will sit on pilings at the old Corps of Engineers site across roughly 4.56 acres. President Thomas Spencer said students will study marine life firsthand there. The board approved negotiating a 165,000 state loan to cover first month payroll due mid September amid the college calendar shift.
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Moore & Moore General Contractors, Inc
la Porte
Morgan’s Point
San Jacinto College
Board of Regents of the College
Corps, of Engineers
Thomas Spencer
College
Spencer
Funeral services for slain Deer Park youth Wiltsey
Don ald Dean Wiltsey age 15 of 214 EF Forest Lane Deer Park was killed July 28 during a robbery attempt. Funeral held July 31 at Earthman Pasadena Chapel officiated by Rev. Joe Sturdivant. Wiltsey shot four times. police found 37 dollars, marijuana, and a pistol near the body. Suspect Richard Burton Pitcoke age 47, store owner at Pidts Drive In Grocery, was wounded July 30 during the robbery. Pitcoke died early Friday from a gunshot to the head and chest. Wiltsey buried at Forest Park East Cemetery. Survivors include wife Sherry, mother Irene Sanders, father A. L. Wiltsey, siblings, and two grandm others.
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Donald Dean Witsey
Forest Ln
Deer Park
Earthman
Pasadena Chapel
Wiltsey
Richard Burton Pidcoke
Pidt
Flagstone
Pidcoke
Pitcoke
Forest Park East Cemetery
Sherry Wiltsey
Irene Sanders
A. L. Wiltsey
Houston
Carl R_ w Wiltsey
Missionary Family From Deer Park Shares Brazil Journeys
Profile of Kyle and Dot Lawrence living on Byron Street on furlough from Brazil. They recount missionary work patterns from Belem to interior towns, their marriages in Rio, and their approach to serving communities with nurses, aspirin aid, and minimal racial prejudice. The couple reflect on wartime chaplaincy shaping their path and the challenges of hosting families in missionary outreach.
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Ann Owen
Byron Street
Kyle Lawrences
Brazil
States
Deer Park
Kyle Lawrence
Washouchity Baptist University
Arkadelphia
Ark
France
Lawrences
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Memphis
Dot Lawrence
Rio
Lawrence
Belem
Amazon
Mrs. Lawrence
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Civic Club
Ken Gage
Bill Koym
Southeast Texas Association
Baytown
Koym
Texas Division of International Association For Identification
Austin
Center St
Library Friends
Friends of the Library
Deer Park Parks and Recreation Department
Melvin McBee
Texas A&m University
McBee
Deer Fark Teenage Boys Baseball League
Community
Pasadena High School
S. Shaver
Pasadena
Chantilly
Bob Denais
Monge Bote Sheth
W.D. Antone
SJ Marine Biology
Jerry Aldredge
Justice of the Peace U. S
Bud
George Counts
Edmond Clawson Jr
S. Hwy
Phernalia
John Allen Hutchins Jr
Paul D. Haylon
E. J
Joe Vasquez
Vista Rd
Michael Lind
Jacqueline Ann Hutchins
Elsie Moore
Progress News
Witsey
Joe Sturdivant
First Baptist Church of
Golden Acres
Pidecke
Indenmann
Deborah Wiltsey
Anna Wiltsey
Mrs
Cassie
Wilson
Towa
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