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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1969
Page
1
The Deer Park Parks and Recreation Department announces new hours for the Dow Park Summer Recreation program starting Monday July 7. The sessions run 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. due to extreme heat in the late afternoon. Registration remains open for a summer of fun.
Two young girls, Cynthia Andus aged 5 and Hazel Tolar aged 6, were hit by a car in the 2300 block of Kingsdale Street in the early Tuesday evening. They were transported to Bayshore Hospital by the Deer Park Emergency Corps. The driver was 18 year old David S. Brandon of 2813 Coy.
Funeral services were held for John R. Foulds 25 of Deer Park and Glenn Harlan Lanier 24 of Pasadena who drowned in a Lake Sam Rayburn boating accident. Foulds body was recovered near Jackson Hill Park after dredging, Lanier’s near the shore the next day. survivors include spouses children and parents. Interment followed at Grandview Memorial Park.
Bayshore Hospital notes list I. D. Wheat and Rachel’s mother Mrs. Ruffin. Methodist notes include Mrs. Joe Warren and Bay Town resident Mrs. Mary Eleanor Barrow. Ruffin and Barrow appear among reported patients or visitors at local facilities.
A new Youth Council is organized and meeting with Mrs Sylvia Davis twice monthly at the Deer Park Civic Center. Steven Cook chairs with Mike Willis as vice chair Paul Woodruff as second vice chair Monta Gayle Cain as secretary and Carla Wyant as assistant secretary. Next meeting is July 10.
The Recreation Department offers a summer class at the Civic Center for beginner guitarists. Sessions run twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 11 a.m. over seven weeks from July 8 to August 21, 1969, at a $6 fee. For information call 479-3002.
Christy C Land 72 of Deer Park died June 25 in a Houston hospital after eight years in Deer Park. Survivors include wife Gladys and multiple children in Pasadena, Deer Park, Rosenberg, Conroe, and Liverpool. Services were held June 27 at Emimence Baptist Church Wallisville with burial in Emimence Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
Residents are reminded of a city ordinance in Deer Park prohibiting fireworks within city limits during the upcoming three day Fourth of July weekend. Police may fine violators from 100 to 200 dollars and parents may be held responsible for minors.
The council vows to enforce the fireworks ordinance with a 5000 yard from city limits rule for stands and stepped up Fourth of July patrols. It also backs a $191 travel allowance for Mrs. Allen Thomas to lobby Washington for restoring education and library funding. The meeting notes a Durant Avenue sewer bid of $13,280 by Barney's Inc and requests for city work cost estimates.
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