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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1977
Page
1
The San Jacinto Association for the Retarded will host a Bike a Thon at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday Oct 8 with a 20 mile route to earn pledges. An optional one mile walk for reluctant adults will start at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Pasadena. Contact Hileen Kinney at 946 6196 for details.
The Friends of the Library request portable electric lights carpet shelving and bean bag chairs for three days during the October 2022 Fall Festival. Call Frankie Fox 479 7331 or Lou Spitzenberger 479 5086 with offers. Deer Park Chamber updates club listings and asks presidents to contact Darlene Carwile at 479 1559 with current information for the year ahead.
Oct 7 is the deadline to accept booth applications for the Deer Park Chamber of Cammtree seventh annual Fall Festival Oct 20 22. Booths cost 75 for the first, 80 for each additional. Late applications incur extra charge for signs. Call 479 1559 for details. A Royal Academy Ballet Theatre car wash at Tolar's Car Wash 122 San Augustine runs 9 am to 3 pm Sat Sept 8 to raise funds for out of town trips. car fee is 3.
Deer Park police detained 25 people in the week of September 27 to October 3. Among those taken into custody were two on warrants, multiple arrests for public intoxication, burglary charges, driving license issues, and negligent collision. One suspect faced two counts and was transferred to county jail in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Carpenter PTO sponsors an Octoberfest from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Oct 29 featuring a spook house dart game and cake walk with 15 game booths. Prizes will be awarded and food and drinks will be sold.
Deer Park Chamber of Commerce members vote Thursday October 13 to elect four of eight candidates for three year terms. Nominees include Melba Eveler John Garrett Tom Godwin Ray Lopez Bill Meinecke Gene Pack Glenn Tolar and Darlene Ward Ballots mailed or delivered to the Chamber Office by 4:30 p m daily with in person by 2 p m Oct 13 deadlines.
The Center Street esplanade cutting proposal to ease Deer Park Lumber Co relocation was discussed at the council workshop and placed on the Oct. 11 agenda. Debates covered traffic flow, alternatives like extending X Street, or removing sections of the esplanade at Lawther’s cost. A separate plan to locate a water main to Underwood Road was also slated for next Tuesday’s meeting with city and company representatives to agree on funding and zoning implications.
Monday night the Planning and Zoning Commission denied the preliminary plat for Erin Glen Section Three, a 10 lot subdivision west of Georgia Street extension, citing an ordinance that bans driveways on thoroughfares unless the commission recommends it. The vote followed a premeeting workshop on Deer Park's five year Capital Improvement Plan. The plan lists paving projects on San Augustine East Boulevard Eighth Street and Thirteenth Street, plus hydrant placement ranked atop water facilities. Commissioners also urged future county bond improvements including Boggy Bayou cleanup to Highway 25 Pasadena Boulevard to Underwood Road widening and a regional park to serve Pasadena and Deer Park on Port of Houston Authority land between the two cities.
Deer Park Volunteer Fire Department hosts a 10 am parade Saturday October 9 195? featuring trucks from Highlands Channelview Cloverleaf La Porte Lomax Pasadena and two antique Houston buffs vehicles. Also from Harris Fort Bend Dallas Counties with guests State Rep Ed Wason Deer Park ISD trustees city council and Deer Park Clown Club plus clown Zay Wynn. Bands from Deepwater and Deer Park JH and High School. judges include J J Pruitt E C Summers Mike of Houston VFD and Dave Miller. Four prize categories announced.
The eight page tabloid showcases the new year models with pictures and descriptions. It guides buyers on choices available and where to buy them. Local banks offer financing information in this special edition.
Former con artist Frank Abagnale, whose crimes totaled over 2 million, told Deer Park Rotary Club about his six year career. He impersonated a co pilot, served on state staffs, worked as a pediatrician and college instructor, and escaped multiple times. He later served prison time in France, Sweden, and the United States before joining a Houston based investigative agency. A Dustin Hoffman biopic is planned.
Deer Park High School hosts an open house on the south campus at 7 p.m. Monday Oct 24 featuring an educational flat and displays by departments. Visitors view classroom work, blood pressure tests by health occupations students, first aid demonstrations, science experiments, and job-skill emphasis in business and writing activities.
A cluttered recap lists residents and events from recent days including Robert Touchton fishing trips, Pam Sea ux comments, Bevonda Laws promotion, and various social notices. Birthdays, anniversaries, new subscribers, and small anecdotes from daily life populate the page with names like Carlisle Ford, Sherry Ford, and Mary Green, plus routine items about bus dedication and a luncheon attended by Oscar Beard and Yma Eaves.
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