Multiple Community Events In Deer Park March 11 16
The Deer Park area lists events including Oratorical Contest March 11 at 8 p.m. 29 Dixie St, baseball registrations March 13 at Dow Park, benefit basketball game March 13 at high school north campus gym, and a rotary admin meeting March 11. Also council meetings March 16, Scouts Pack 5% March 11, and ongoing clubs, drives, and classes across civic venues.
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Optimist Club of
Deer Park
Dixie St
Carpenter Elementary
Two Deer Park Benefit Basketball Games Set
Two charity basketball games roll into Deer Park with proceeds aiding local student loans Rotary scholarships and the Little League baseball fund. March 11 features the Deer Park School Board and Administration versus a community team at 7 30 p m at the north campus night school gym with half time acts and a long shot contest. March 13 pits the Deer Park Little League Dads against the Houston Oilers at the same venue at 7 30 p m with players including Billy Johnson Lynn Dickey Zeke Moore Bob Atkins Jim Beirne and Gene Mauck. Tickets are 1 for adults 50 cents for children 2 at the door and through neighborhood bands.
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Houston Oilers
Deer Park
Deer Park Rotary Club
Mil
Oilers
Billy Johnson
Lynn Dickey
Zeke
Absentee Voting To Begin March 15 For City Council
Absentee voting for the city council election is set to start March 15 if ballots are ready. City Secretary Dottie Martin says the regular election is April 3 with three seats open. Jim Kite and incumbent Gordon Robb contest position four, Earl Dunn seeks position five unopposed, and Bill McDonald, Walter Hall, and Bill Chmylak chase position six. Absentee voting occurs in City Hall office.
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Dottie Martin
Jim Kite
Gordon Robb
Earl Dunn
Bill McDonald
Walter Hall
Bill Chmylak
Mrs. Martin
City Hall
Absentee Voting Rules Outlined for March 30 Deadline
The notice explains absentee voting runs through March 30 for registered voters facing conflicts on election day. Valid reasons include sickness, being out of the county, physical disability, or religious obligations.
League Sponsors Candidate Rally at the Augustine
The League of Women Voters will sponsor a meet the candidates rally at 7 p.m. on March 26. City council candidates invited to attend and answer audience questions after brief introductions. The event will take place at the Augustine.
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League of Women Voters
San Augustine
Progress Adds Editor Suzanne Roquemore to staff
Suzanne Roquemore has joined Progress as social and sports editor at 714 N Kaufman. She is a University of Houston junior majoring in journalism with 15 hours in communications and 12 in psychology and sociology. Roquemore is a Sam Rayburn High School graduate and attended Southwest Texas State University.
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N. Kaufman
Progress
Roquemore
University of Houston
Sam Rayburn High School
Pasadena
Southwest Texas State University
Wade
O. Lewis and Coke
Roquemores
Brandon
Allison
Shell Lowers Gasoline and Heating Oil Prices Nationwide
Shell Oil Company cuts gasoline prices by one cent per gallon effective 12 01 a m Saturday March 6. The reduction applies to all classes of trade resellers and consumers nationwide. Home heating oil price drops 1 1 cents per gallon effective Saturday morning.
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Shell Oil Company
Police Nab Youths With Stolen CB Radios in Pasadena
Police officers Braune and Akmal recovered three CB radios and a four channel stereo from a South Houston youth and a South Side Place youth at 4 50 a.m. on March 8. The youths were stopped on Center Street after the radios, stolen that night in Pasadena, were found.
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South Houston
South Side Place
Braune
Akmal
Center Street
Pasadena
Town Notes Highlight Local Figures and Events
Dottie Leezer avoids the camera while John Garrett works on a new project. Father Mike Keppler flags a Progress error. A J McNemar hosts a church meeting. R D Butler plans a Dallas small business gathering. Bill Lafield’s hospitality praised. Joe Field6 and Larry Power sketch in fog on a windshield. Bob Straka’s fortieth birthday brings surprises. Councilman Bob Linberger notes perils of naming ordinances after people. Well wishes go to a long list of residents including Glen Jones and Marian Records remarks on grandchildren.
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Dottie Leezer
John Garrett
Mike Keppler
Ernest Wilson
Bob Linberger
Glen Jones
D. A. Mudd
Alma Alsup
L.D. Bishop
Evelyn Foster
Heather Gill
Evelyn Bingham
Gladys Land
Bertha Ochs
John Castleberry
Shirley Lanier
J.T. Robers
Bobbie Butler
Marian Records
Political Profile Kite Seeks Position 4
Jim Kite 41 his wife Sandy and children Kinny and Kevin live at 1701 Atlanta He is President of HUDco Consultants Inc a firm specializing in municipal planning and community development His background includes highway construction engineering with the New Mexico Highway Department exploration geophysics with Humble Oil and Refining Co and facilities civil engineering with Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp He has spent two years in Christian missionary work in Brazil He attended the University of New Mexico the University of Houston Harding Graduate School of Religion and the Housing Specialist Institute He has organized the Deer Park Tigers Youth Football Club and served as director or president for four years He is a trustee and Administrative Board member of Golden Acres United Methodist Church He serves on the Citys Charter Study Committee and has attended most City Council meetings He pledges to support youth parks and recreation and urges immediate planning for a garbage and solid waste disposal facility as Pasadena City dump will be filled He is concerned with flooding drainage and rapid growth requiring planning with greater county cooperation.
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Sandy
Kinny
Kevin
Atlanta
Hudco Consultants, Inc
New Mexico Highway Department
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp
Kite
Brazil
University of New Mexico
University of Houston
Harding Graduate School of Religion
Memphis
Deer Park
Pasadena
Sunny View King Redeemed as Top Red Poll at Houston Show
Deer Park resident Kit Maybin's red poll Sunny View King earned Grand Champion red poll and first in his class at the Houston Livestock Show. Maybin also won third in his class with Sunny View Baby the heifer. The pair showed together, claiming third in their combined class. Maybin, who owns Luella Street herd, has six years of red poll production and previously claimed the Herdsman Award in 1975 and Grand Champion Red Poll Female in 1974. The bull was later purchased by Billie Uhl of Deer Park.
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Deer Park
Houston
Kit Maybin
Luella
Luella Street
Maybin
Sunny View
King
Baby
Billie Uhl
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