Deer Park announcements cover sports, meetings, and classes
Principal Felton Waggoner announced admission prices for girls basketball games. Non district games cost $1 for adults and 50 cents for students for the 1970 71 season. The Library Board, Deer Park Fire Department, story hour plans, zoning and council meetings, and holiday class dismissals are noted along with scholarship recipients at Abilene Christian College and a Beginning Russian Conversation class at Pasadena Public Library with no tuition.
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Felton Waggoner
Deer Park High School
Waggoner
Wanda Hayre
Deer Park
Joyce Miller
Jere Gannon
West Texas
Abilene Christian College
Keith George
G. M. George
Norwood
Greg Sheppard
R. C. Sheppard
Pasadena Public Library
Minerva
Pasadena
Harold E. Babbitt
Praise for The Progress feature writer and staff
A tidy town column notes Mrs Pearl Welmeak praises The Progress profile of Santa Claus interview by MRS Owen. The piece, and Bobbie Miller’s hospitality, bring cheer. Clyde King Jr leaves The Progress for Terrell Tribune to join display department, will be missed.
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Ann Owen
Pearl Welmeak
Hickory
Santa Claus
Bobbie
Ace
Clyde C
King JR
Clyde
Progress
Terrell
Terrell Tribune
Rotary safety reminder for trips on hot days
The Rotary Club safety committee urges travelers to allow ample travel time and to change drivers every few hours. Stop often for rest breaks to cool both people and vehicles and prevent heat related issues.
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Rotary Club Safety Committee
Education gap spurs Texas industry study hearing
Senator Chet Brooks head of the Senate Committee on Technical Occupational Education told 26 industry representatives and San Jacinto College officials that 80 percent of high school graduates do not attain a baccalaureate degree and must learn through experience. He warned that without aligning education with job availability, dropouts with no marketable skills could rise. The luncheon aimed to bridge education and industry led by S R Hrachovy with department chairs summarizing programs at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet Brooks
T. W. Hudson
Armco Steel
Channel Area
San Jacinto College
Brooks
State Senate Committee of
Texas
Senate Committee On
Channel Industries
San Jacinto College Technical Education Division
Tas
Tion
S. R
Rocky” Hrachovy
J. L. Hallmark
Shell Oil Co
E. B. Bradley
R. J. Handley
Oxfrane
Larry Reids
G. R. Walton
Rohm and Haas
M. T. Panos
Celanese Plastic
Deer Park High School Beauty Contest Honors Top Students
A panel of four judges selected Miss Janet King and Rodney Monson as the Most Beautiful and Most Handsome students at Deer Park High School during a December 17 event in Gaines V. Mason Auditorium. Contestants were chosen from 24 students, with runners-up listed, judged on poise, appearance, personality, and grooming.
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Janet King
Rodney Monson
Deer Park High School
Gaines V. Mason Auditorium
Cathi Sims
Pam Cook
Sherri Poe
Darola Pilkinton
Paul Curlee
Burton Moore
Bo Lively
Paul Knox
Martha Stanley
Georgiana Fowler
Deborah Blankenship
Jean Braden
Barbara Beasley
Donna Corley
Irma Cole
Dean's Letter
David Spinks
Bobby Goldsmith
Corky Cottrell
Robert Ellis
Smokey Monday
Randy Porter
Josie Weber
Tempo Magazine
Carla Newell
The
University of Houston
Jerry Huffman
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
Curtis Doo
King
Deer Park Council Awards Bids for Lighting and Fencing
Deer Park City Council awarded lighting bids for two softball and pee wee fields to B and M Electric Co of Houston at 14 359 with 45 day completion. Dow Fence Co of Pasadena won fencing at 6 645 split 4 645 for softball and 2 000 for pee wee. A used vehicle bid for the superintendent’s car favored Jay Marks Chevrolet of La Porte at 3 095 13 with 45 day delivery.
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Pee Wee
Deer Park
City Hall
B & M Electric Company of
Houston
Peterson Electric
Fasadena
Two-Car Crash In Deer Park Injures Passenger
A 10 15 p m Monday December 21 two cars collided at Center and L Streets Deer Park. Linda Gale Williams 607 James Street Pasadena a passenger in Roy Gene Williams 607 James Street Pasadena s 1968 Ford pickup was taken to Pasadena Bayshore Hospital with pain though no obvious injuries. Gary Lynn Dodd 2805 Wisdom Deer Park drove a 1968 Chevrolet hardtop. Both drivers reported a green light and were charged with negligent collision and failure to maintain control.
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Center
Deer Park
Linda Gale Williams
James Street
Pasadena
Roy Gene Williams
Pasadena Bayshore Hospital
Gary Lynn Dodd
Wisdom
Kemp
Dodd
Williams
City Hall To Close Friday For New Year Holiday
Deer Park City Hall will observe the holiday by closing all day Friday January 1 New Year’s Day. Regular garbage pickup remains unchanged. City Hall will open until 5 pm New Year’s Eve. The Deer Park Bank closes all day New Year’s Day and the following Saturday lobby open until 2 pm drive‑in windows until 5 30 pm on New Year’s Eve.
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Deer Park City Hall
City Hall
Deer Park Bank
First Woman Elected Pasadena Board of Realtors Leader
Helen Johnson will become the Pasadena Board of Realtors president, the first woman in 20 years and only the second Deer Park member elected, outlining goals to build the board, educate the public on ethics and the difference between licensees and realtors, and promote professionalism and growth while keeping Deer Park zoned for healthy development.
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Ann Owen
Helen Johnson
Pasadena Board of Realtors
Deer Park
Johnson
Board of Realtors
Tealtors
Texas Association of Realtors
National Association of Realtors
Houston Board
University of Houston
Texas Association
Bill (Tompkins
Shell
Houston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Library Board
Bob Garoutte
Darrell Wood
Jean Fonetenot
Deer Park Parks
O. C. Willis
Southeast Texas Communications
Dickinson
M. C. Perkins
J. B. Masterson
City of
Center Street
Food For
Sen. Brooks Committee
Me Monson
Miss King
Elsie Moore
Progress News
Cording
Jack Kemp
Realtors Board
Helen
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