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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1970
Page
5
The Deer Park Progress offers two free circus tickets to the first ten callers or visitors to 1006 Center before 5 p.m. Friday. Three random readers win three tickets each. names appear in the classifieds. The item covers internships, club drives, rummage sales, library programs, a planning commission note, and upcoming council and library meetings.
The steel for the Firemen's Recreation Building is arriving as construction ready to begin soon. Local pastor Rev Milam Kleas is out of town this week. Several residents enjoyed vacations returning home, including Clinton Voekel Gene Pollard Dawn Pollard Mrs Thelma Cook Jody Haygood and Helen Fields and family. Birthday observances include Billy Holland Norman Sheffield and Rose Shultz.
The Deer Park Rotary Club Safety Committee urges motorists to allow extra travel time, change drivers every few hours, and stop frequently for rest breaks to keep both people and vehicles cooling and safe during trips.
L. T. Wilson, manager of Shell Oil Company's Deer Park Refinery, said construction will start soon on an ortho xylene unit at the Shell Oil Shell Chemical complex in Deer Park. When ready in early Q4 1971, the plant will produce 200 million pounds annually. Ford Bacon Davis, Inc. is the primary contractor. The unit expands Shell's aromatics line, joining a 1967 para xylene facility in Houston. Ortho xylene is used to make phthalic anhydride for plasticizers in PVC products such as rain coats, curtains, upholstery, floor coverings, shoes, handbags, and wrapping film.
Betty McCarley elected president of the Friends of the Deer Park Library at a July 14 meeting. Officers include Ann Owen vice president, Diana Garrett secretary, Georgie Linberger treasurer, Paula Carillo organizations director, and Lou Spitzenberger ecumenical director. Meeting set for second Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. in the Library conference room. Plans include a membership drive and a book sale. Janet Dye and Lyn Benton represented the library. Bob Hunter of Abilene Christian College slated as guest speaker for Deer Park Church of Christ services on July 26. About 60 First Baptist Church of Deer Park members will travel July 19 to San Benito for Vacation Bible School with six search and rescue teams.
Mr and Mrs Earl Zottarelle honor their son Jim by donating books to the Deer Park Public Library. Jim a 1957 Deer Park High School graduate and former Navy man travelled Europe and the US before his death in Central Park New York City in 1968. The couple note his love of reading and have left volumes including Reinterpretation of Victorian Literature and Victorian Age Prose Poetry and Drama to serve as a lasting memorial.
Deer Park trustees meet at 6 p.m. Monday July 27 to approve a budget about 1 million higher than 1969 70 and set a new tax rate. Business manager Charles Garrison cites a longer school year and salary raises as primary factors. teachers report Aug 17 and students return Aug 24. The 1969 70 budget was 6 7 million with a 1 62 per 100 valuation tax rate based on 45 percent valuation. A regular meeting follows the budget hearing.
Polly Ann Chandler, six, received Deer Park Library’s 9 000th library card on July 15 from Library Director Mrs Lyn Benton. Card requires age six and residency in Deer Park. Polly also got a copy of Whose Mouse Are You by Robert Kraus.
The Deer Park City Council awarded Walter M. Mischer Co. a 423974.64 contract for phase one of Center Street paving from 13th Street to 3 745 feet south. The project includes drainage work, a box culvert, and a median, with completion in 120 working days. Phase two depends on bond sales from the November 25 1969 election.
Post master Raymond C. Petrie says the Deer Park Post Office window service will be discontinued starting this Saturday while the box section remains open on Saturdays and mail will be processed to the box area. The stamp machine will be accessible 24 hours a day to support a more efficient operation.
Joyce Gibson and her family, active in Deer Park, host and aid diverse connections from mission work in Brazil to a Taiwan wedding at Deer Park Baptist Church. The Gibsons' ministry extends to volunteering with students, supporting Bobby Lawrence’s high school education, and fostering cross cultural ties through community events.
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