Five Classes Begin At Civic Center
The Dow Park Community Center expands facilities and adds five new fall classes starting Sept. 8. Karate Baton Advanced Arts and Crafts Aerobics Conversational Spanish square dance and folk dance are on the lineup. Dennis Wade, a longtime karate competitor since 1973, will lead beginner and advanced classes in American Karate. Donna Philpot, a prominent twirler and majorette, shares her background in UIL and invitational contests and parade appearances.
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Dow Park
Civic Center
Dennis Wade
Wade
Japan
Donna Philpot
Columbia High School
Donna
Brazoria County
Community Arts and Dance Instructors Announced
Donna assisted junior high band routines and twirling training in West Columbia. Twirling camps are planned at Houston Baptist, Sam Houston State, Lamar, and West Texas State universities. Dottie McFerrin, Deer Park resident, joins Parks and Recreation as advanced arts and crafts instructor, focusing on holiday themed crafts for gifts. Janez Ward specializes in aerobic dance and will teach square and folk dancing, studying at San Jacinto College and attending UH seminars and Fort Worth conventions.
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Donna
West Columbia
Houston Baptist
Sam Houston State University
Lamar University
West Texas State University
Dottie McFerrin
Deer Park
Parks and Recreation
Expanded Dow Park Community Center Opens New Facilities
The Dow Park Community Center expands recreational space with a large auditorium for 1700, a kitchen, two meeting rooms, three activity rooms, two game rooms, a teen and preteen arcade, a weight room, and an intercom system. Local instructors Kenneth Bradshaw Connie Gaffin Sarah Curry Stuzie Van Trease Barbara King and Brenda Bounds teach guitar belly dancing exercise oil painting dancing and more at the center and through Parks and Recreation.
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Dow Park
Parks and Recreation Department
Allied Deer Park Bank
Kenneth Bradshaw
Plaza Music
Bradshaw
San Jacinto College
Connie Gaffin
Parks and Recreation
Miss Gaffin
Fatima
University of Houston
Sarah Curry
Curry
Houston
Dewann Cotton
Carlton Lee
Jack LaLayne
Baylor University
Stuzie van Trease
Civic Center Usage Policy Updated
The Recreation Commission Board kept most civic center rules unchanged while adjusting rental rates. Room rates are $1.50 per hour, rising to $3.50 after 5 pm. auditorium is $5 per hour, or $7.50 after 5 pm. Rooms limited to Deer Park residents or sponsor groups. regular Boy Scout meetings free. Reservations through the Department at 610 E San Augustine or 479-3002.
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the Recreation Commission Board
Dow Park
Deer Park
Boy Scouts
Parks and Recreation Department
San Augustine
Public Hearing Set For Voting Precincts Aug 21
Harris County Commission ers Court will hold a public hearing on changes to voting precinct lines for the year beginning March 1, 1976. The hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday Aug. 21 in the Commissioners Courtroom at the Family Law Center 1115 Congress Avenue. The court will review a precinct map and consider redrawing lines and appointing election judges for 1976 77 term. For more information call County Judge Jon Lindsay at 228 8311 ext 382.
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Harris County Commissioners Court
Harris County
Commissioners
Family Law Center
Congress Avenue
San Jacinto and
Fannin
Commissioners Court
Jon Lindsay
Deer Park 1824 History Highlight of Local Heritage
The Deer Park Bicentennial Commission and Heritage '76 urge residents to learn Deer Park history as part of National Bicentennial commemoration. It notes Thomas Earle of Illinois receiving the first Mexican land grant in Deer Park on July 7, 1824, paying 12 percent per acre to petition the Mexican government, securing 4,428 acres for $553.55, as recounted in From Deer Park, a history of a Texas town by Barbara Weidig.
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Deer Park
Texas
Barbara Weidig
Hiss Named by Chambers in 1948 Washington claim
On August 3 1948 Whittaker Chambers senior editor of Time magazine named Alger Hiss former State Department official as a former key member of a Communist underground operating in Washington.
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Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Alger Hiss
U.S. Department of State
Washington
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Fort Worth
Health
State of Texas
Miss Ward
Civic Center Progress
State Farm
R.W. Wallace
Center St
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington, Illinois
Barbara King
Mrs. King
New Orleans
Brenda Bounds
Chery
Liferly
Acrobatics
Polar Heating & Airconditioning Corp
Deer Park Community Center
C.F. McDonald Electric, Inc
Lamar
Fred
Old Milwaukee
Windsor
Bourbon
Gilbey’s Vodka
Hiram Walker
Spencer Hwy
New Civic Center
Progress
Dow Park Community Center
Wer
Imhoff’s
Modernfold Company Inc
Stebbins
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