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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1975
Page
1
The Progress partners with local merchants for a January sale offering two for one classified line ads for non commercial use. Place two ads at same time during January and pay for one. Call 479 5263 to place an ad.
Registration for seven to nine year old baseball and softball runs January 18 and February 1 at the Civic Center. Optimist Club sponsors Deer Park Brookston College Park programs. Open House for Cecil Cummins Day set January 3 at 9 to 4 at the Civic Center. A Pasadena Deer Park ribbon cut on January 4 at 10:30 at city limits. Nature walk January 6 at Armand Bayou. City Council meets January 7 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall.
Representative Ed Watson joins efforts as Texas Legislature reconvenes January 14 to tackle land subsidence. The Interim Committee on Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas has proposed 36 bills affecting Harris and Galveston Counties, with plans for regional water authorities and groundwater management. A statewide surface water shift, including Shell and Rohm and Haas, is planned, funded by new permits and a Coastal Industrial Water Authority conveyance system from Lake Livingston.
District 23 4A coaches largely favor Deer Park to win the district basketball title starting Jan 7 with a 9 3 record last year cited as the Falcons top threat by rival coaches. Clear Lake and Pasadena are named contenders, while South Houston is expected to retain fourth place amid questions of depth and experience.
Deer Park School Board accepts the resignation of Mrs. Pat Baggs Director of Food Services. Her husband Cliff Baggs plans early retirement from Shell Oil. The couple will move to Oklahoma after a replacement is found. Baggs previously supervised cafeterias 11 years in Midland. She earned a BA in Home Economics from Texas Tech. The Baggs have three children.
F. J. Shorty Schindler looks toward 1975 hoping for better luck after breaking a bone in the same leg injured last August. He recalls a defeat by TEX RITTER and shares holiday musings while in Southmore Hospital. The piece notes assorted local greetings and community chatter, including birthdays and upcoming weddings.
Winchester residents share birthday wishes for Barbara Vaughn Charles Keeles Lisa Hartless and others with Elvis Presley among celebrants on Jan 1 to Jan 8. Community notes describe Santa Claus sightings Connie Greenway power outage river conditions and a trout tally at Pearler Gillum’s inquiry.
Deer Park merchants report flat to modest sales with luxury goods most hurt. Bank loans for cars fall as two lenders note fewer large purchases while overall per capita spending edges up. Community growth to 19,500 and new businesses indicate a slower recession impact locally.
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