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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1971
Page
1
The library has a large collection of junior and senior college bulletins plus national institution catalogs for checkout a week. Visitors can access handbooks and guides for college exams and applications. Nearly 200 children have registered for the summer reading club open to first graders and up, with up to four books per checkout.
The program runs May 29 through July 24. Readers who complete 12 books by July 24 win a trip to Jones Hall to see Bird Boy, a play sponsored by Houston Public Library and the Junior League of Houston. Join the club before it ends.
Jaycees outline yearly aims for Deer Park development linking to bowling alleys and putt putt courses. They seek community input and volunteers, urging contact with D. W. Nesser or Gordon Robb at listed phone numbers to join projects or suggest others for the coming year.
Julius W. Alford a 54 year old cargo inspector at Shell Refinery died Monday in a Pasadena Hospital after 37 years with the company. Services Wednesday at Golden Acres Methodist Church were officiated by Rev. LeRoy Stanton. Surviving are his wife Frances, daughter Joyce, son Stanley, mother Margaret, sisters Maud Lawdon and Anna Key, brother Vernon Alford and many nieces and nephews. Burial followed at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery with Colonial Funeral Home directing.
Glen subdivision details are subject to police and fire chiefs approval for street names. W. D. Lawther is listed as the subdivision developer. Mrs. Gloria Smith will serve as recording secretary after replacing Mrs. Margy Lambert who resigned.
Funeral services for Ellis EB Hottle 52 a 15 year Deer Park resident were held in Pasadena with members of Depauw Masonic Lodge No 333 and Millwrights Local Union No 2232. He died June 4 at Pasadena General Hospital. Graveside rites were by Deer Park Masonic Lodge No 1312 AFAM. Internment at Grandview Memorial Cemetery under Colonial Funeral Home Pasadena duties.
Deer Park Jaycees president Artie McFerrin announced a fund raising dance for Friday June 18 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Gilley’s Club on Spencer Highway Pasadena. The Annual Jaycee Jamboree aims to raise funds for youth oriented summer programs with Mickey Gilley and the Bayou City Beats providing music and entertainment. Tickets are $3 per person.
News editor Elsie Moore recounts a perilous boat misadventure on the Intracoastal Canal near Matagorda and a missed 15 year anniversary celebration due to illness. She and husband Snookey endured a stalled motor, navigation by flashlight, near brushes with danger, then a safe harbor on the Colorado River followed by a good catch of 23 flounders.
Deer Park parks and recreation chief Ron Downing outlines a free summer program for ages five and up featuring arts crafts drama ceramics and supervised recreation with flexible registration. He discusses Center Street landscaping plans the Civic Center upgrades and his hopes for growth and community involvement.
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