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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1977
Page
3
The Progress urges the community to wish Diana Floyd luck as she competes for Miss Texas in Fort Worth Saturday. The town praises her charm and talent, acknowledges local sponsors and volunteers, and invites residents to watch the finale on TV and send messages or flowers in support.
Deer Park ordinances prohibit sale display storage or use of fireworks within city limits. Police patrol holiday calls and warn that using fireworks is illegal. City spokesman says mosquito spray truck is back in service after repairs and now running.
Walter Evans an electrician and father of three was injured in a Wednesday collision at a two lane intersection. A vandal removed the stop sign for northbound traffic and the other driver Mrs Smith failed to see the stop ahead fifty yards from the vanished sign. Evans sustained brain stem injury causing ataxia speech impairment and emotional disability.
A suit by Walter Evans against Mrs. Smith and the county over a stop sign crash resulted in a verdict awarding Walter 250000 from the county and 50000 from Mrs. Smith. The court held both defendants negligent for failing to maintain and observe the sign, contributing to injuries in Washington Superior Court.
A consumer alert warns that coupon books marketed in many Texas communities often fail to deliver real savings. It covers deceptive practices, concealment of limits, and charities misrepresented as beneficiaries. It advises verifying merchant participation, expiration dates, and purchase obligations, and to contact the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division or local authorities with complaints.
In Albuquerque Max and Pat Evans recall Toby a friendly ghost who lingered in their house for years. He once threw objects during a party rage and hid Pat s earrings. Neighbors connected him to a Pettit family tragedy with a self inflicted gunshot death years earlier. Toby eventually disappeared when the family moved to Florida.
A compact digest of past Progress files notes Highway 225 funding needs and school gins from 1978, a continuing pipeline debate, Council appointing a Charter Revision Committee, and plans for cluster housing in a subdivision. It recalls a 1974 murder indictment, the Fourth of July crash killing Charles Cudney and Steven Pound, a new Texas Independence Bank building at 193 Center St, and a Center St facelift. The San Jacinto College Board sets tax at 20 cents per $100, vandals wrecked City Park restrooms in 1912, bids sought for Center St construction, FE R Williams installed as Rotary president, Debra Bear named Bluebonnet Girls State officer, Friends of Deer Park Library reactivated, and Jay Building permits totaling $1,917,774 issued in June.
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