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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1970
Page
3
Classified note shows a want ad for a chair purchase and provides a contact phone number 427 2863 to call after an unspecified time in the afternoon or evening. The fragment lacks clear context but indicates a buyer seeking a wheel chair and requesting a callback.
The Deer Park Schools emphasize excellence with a premier high school band. The 11 month program runs August to June, focusing on halftime shows August to November, then shifting to a concert band December to April. Students rehearse after school four days weekly, audition for ensembles, and perform for graduates in May amid contests and public appearances.
Twirlers enter their first contest in November while the band performs for judges. Band Days at the Astrodome unite bands for a halftime show. June regional solo or ensemble results allow entry to state, with Lamar Tech in Beaumont hosting two weeks of work and Sam Houston State University hosting a week of drilling for the twirlers and drum majors. John Wiley leads, John Bennett assists.
Vicki Cline enjoys a vacation in Centerville. Bill Mann and his family plan an excursion to old New Orleans as part of ongoing leisure trips featured in the column.
Palm Terrace column details summer visits in Bela Louisiana and California, cousin weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries. Phillip and Monica Johnson attended a cousin’s wedding. Pat Marsh celebrated a 20th wedding anniversary with a honeymoon trip. births include Christopher Don Thornton born Aug 4. Local residents Donna Delt rich, Felice McKissick, Paul Allison, Mike Kretzschmar, and Don Johnson have August birthdays.
Beaumont social notes recount Lisa Leger joining from China Texas and Georgette’s three week stay, Nita and Milton Brown with dogs, and David Beamer's recovery. Greg Bonneau’s first birthday celebrated Aug 10 with family and friends. Karen Schock, wife of Lloyd, enjoyed a flying Las Vegas and California trip to Las Vegas Sands, Disneyland, and Hollywood, before returning home a day early.
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