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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1973
Page
1
Deer Park City Council, Planning and Zoning and Recreation Board announce meetings and hearings through September. Notices include a public hearing on a water plant use permit, bid openings for plastic bags and Christmas decorations, and open meetings of local youth baseball and environmental groups.
Deer Park will not borrow $400,000 from Deer Park Bank for the North Sewer Plant after City Administrator Clovis D. Mann said HEW officials expect Payment I and II totaling about $700,000 within 10 days to two weeks. The city already paid the contractor Environmental Construction Co. and faced a cash shortfall.
Jesse Campbell of 817 Kentucky and Milton Stanley known as Bill Bailey of KIKK Radio announced plans to file for Position 6 on the Deer Park Independent School District board. They join Bill Handrick already filing for the other open seat. incumbent Bill Anton is sole candidate for that position. Deadline to file is Sept 5 with a September 6 drawing by the superintendent.
The Deer Park Progress will be closed all day Monday September 3 in observance of Labor Day. New deadlines for submitting Classified ads take effect with a 5 p.m. Friday August 31 cutoff for properly classified ads and a noon Tuesday September 4 deadline for Too Late to Classify ads.
Column of small town notes from Deer Park area including corrections about Bill Handrick's age, residents in hospitals and nursing homes, welcome and birthday mentions, and community event observations. Names include Mrs L D Heinze, Don Bradley, Sarah F Bradley, Fransiggett, Bob Tavel, Lillie, Wanda Hayre, Bonnie Johnson, David Roessler, S Sue Masterson, Maria Faye Slovacek, Hannah Schook.
John H. Garrett, president of Richmond Road & Engineering Co. in Houston, was named to the Harris County Transit Authority by the Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday August 23. He joins Herman Lauhoff as the two new at large members. earlier appointments included Dr. Lebron B. Williams and Knox Askins.Houston appointees include Carole Pinkett Willoughby Williams Mario Quinones Mary Rollins and Sam A. Bowman.
Deer Park joins Texas cities in legalizing right turns on red after 12 a.m. Monday August 27. City Council unanimously approved dropping restrictions on second reading, following police and administrator recommendations to test the state law.
Bonnie Johnson began her service as the first woman bailiff in Deer Park on August 22, serving in the Deer Park Municipal Court under Judge J B Masterson. A trial case involving a disorderly conduct charge against a landlord was dismissed after a court hearing.
Mrs Art Burchard of 1102 Amherst Deer Park reports her pool table ad sold on first call and she turned away many callers. The Deer Park Progress classifieds invite readers to shop buy or sell with a 4 p.m Monday deadline and a special 4 p.m Friday deadline for the next issue on August 31.
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