23 Dec 1976
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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1976
Page
1
A new session of classes starts the week of January 3 at the Community Center 610 San Augustine with varied classes for all ages. The building closes Dec 24 and 31. Movie showings on holiday break include Valley Of The Gwangi on Dec 28 with 50 cent tickets.
Pasadena man Michael William Opelt, 23, was struck while riding west on Highway 225 Friday evening and left in a ditch. The driver, Joseph Daniel Bowen, 31, Arcola, fled the scene, later surrendering to police and facing a failure to stop and render aid charge in 184th District Court. Opelt remained in the ICU Tuesday with head and leg injuries. Deer Park Emergency Corps aided at the scene before transport.
Maurice Barclay files for Position 1 in the school board race facing Jerry Garner Dean Evans and Sammy Patterson. Tommy Thompson withdraws from Position 3. Absentee voting set Dec 27 to Jan 11 with office hours 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
A Pasadena woman Rhonda Baker Maxwell, 21, died early Monday when driving west on Spencer Highway she ran off the road into a bridge abutment and split her car into four pieces. Divers recovered her body from a canal under the bridge at 1:55 a.m. Harris County morgue received the remains.
A Shell Oil Company report states eight workers in the tube dewaxing unit were tested for peripheral neuropathy. Four of the eight showed nerve damage while remaining results were inconclusive regarding work relation. Tests include clinical exams and EMG. causes may include diabetes and chemicals such as toluene.
A collage of brief notes: Larry Allen and Theo Thomas dodge photos. Gail Hanna dodges calls. Beverly Corbin celebrates a birthday. Earl Smith keeps a neat desk by discarding ads. Dean Lawther asked about butterfly in Spanish. Kathryn Dickerson urges practice. Jane Ulrich vs Mary Tyler Moore comparison teased. Jerry Schindler injures knee at church. Shorty notes his son’s English degree. Maurice Barclay hosts an open house. Nell Bou Mes hosts an elegant gathering. Joe Fields marks a birthday with a unique cake. Dr Lee Bishop hosts a party. Glen Sem Grant hosts a Christmas open home. Judge Mib Culling offers advice to sit down. Earl Smith on scene as reporter for aes. Billy Bess corrects a statement. Dottie mizes a punch last Tuesday. Lado family ribbon cutting. Jimmy and Matthews up for reprints. Richard Eberle as shutterbug on page one.
City council Tuesday gathered bids for a Dow Park parking lot and Spencerview demolition. An engineer error left Dow Park phase two bids incomplete. parking lot bids from Wiley Green of Richmond Road led.
A Deer Park parent and taxpayer outlines concerns over school governance and the need for qualified, well paid teachers to implement board policy. He stresses parental accountability and supports board responsibility to students and taxpayers in the Deer Park Independent School District.
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