Deer Park Residents Attend Shell Oil's 30-Plus Party
Jack Englishby of 120 E 11th and C E Walker of 210 W 6th St were among 25 Shell Oil Company employees honored for more than 30 years of service at a recent dinner. Englishby and Walker marked their 40th anniversaries this year. Englishby is Engineering Foreman in the Engineering Field Department, Walker is a Senior Analyst in the Dispatching Department. The 30 plus Party is a semi annual affair recognizing long service, with attendees from 30, 35, 40, 45 or more years.
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Jack Englishby
E, 11Th
C. E. Walker
W. 6Th Street
Shell Oil Company
Englishby
Walker
College Park Elementary Opens September 2
The College Park Elementary School will begin classes on September 2 on schedule. Students should bring sack lunches for the first days. The cafeteria will sell milk for five cents a carton.
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College Park
School Opens Tuesday Drive Carefully
Thousands of children return to school next Tuesday September 2 with safety in mind. Police urge extra caution during the first weeks, as speed limits and blinking lights surround schools and seven school crossing patrols will operate morning and afternoon. Parents are urged to walk with younger children and use crosswalks, since driver responsibility remains primary for child safety.
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Kenneth Gage
Deer Park Employees Attend Texas A&M Safety Seminar
Six Deer Park Chemical company staff joined 49 chemical industry safety experts from Texas, Louisiana, and Nevada at Texas A&M University for a two day Safety in the Chemical Industry seminar. Participants included J W Dominey W R Venable B L Lange D G Goates J R Oliphant Bryant Krenek. The event, one of three national seminars, was led by WW Mansfield and co sponsored by the National Safety Council and the Texas Chemical Council.
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College Station
Deer Park Chemical Company
Texas
Louisiana
Nevada
Texas A&m University
Ethyl Corporation
J. W. Dominey
W. R. Venable
B. L. Lange
D. G. Goates
J. R. Oliphant
Shell Chemical Company
Bryant Krenek, Rohm and Haas Co
Chemical Industry
WW. B. Mansfield
A&m
National Safety Council
Texas Chemical Council
Wise Vacation Motorists Drive With Traffic
The Rotary Club Safety Committee warns motorists not to dodge and weave through traffic to save time. They emphasize that risky driving during vacations rarely pays off in time saved and increases danger on the road.
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Rotary Club Safety Committee
Elks Family Picnic and Beauty Contest Report
Elks members enjoyed a successful family picnic with a large turnout and praise for the barbecue. The event featured a beauty contest with Ginger Jackson, Cindy Jones, and Karen Louvier winning in three age groups. Texas Elks State Assn President-elect Biffle and Secretary Gene McMullen presented trophies. The dunking machine was a popular highlight.
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S. C. Blount
Noel Brown
Ginger Jackson
Cindy Jones
Karen Louvier
Biffle
Texas Elks State Assn
Gene McMullen
City Hall by Clovis Mann City Administrator
A city official warns that removing the tax exemption on municipal bonds would raise borrowing costs for citizens. Mayor Earl E. Dunn notes the exemption benefits taxpayers, not the wealthy, and urges letters to Senators Tower and Yarborough and Congressman Casey opposing the legislation. The piece includes satire on ad valorem tax changes and federal tax reform proposals affecting municipal bonds.
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Earl E. Dunn
Tower
Yarborough
Casey
Tower and
Patrick E. Kronin
U. S Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
House of Representatives
U.S.A
John Doe
Book Discussion Group Organizing at Deer Park Library
The Deer Park Public Library hosts an organizational meeting for a book discussion group under Mr. Robert Martens on Tuesday September 2 at 7 30 p m in the library multi purpose room All interested residents may attend or call the library at 179 5276 to leave name phone number and preferred meeting night
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Deer Park Public Library
Deer Park
Center Street
Robert Martens
Cub Scouts Pack 268 To Hold Round-Up
Cub Scouts Pack 268 will hold its annual round-up Monday September 8 at 7 30 PM in the San Jacinto Elementary School Cafeteria. Bayshore District representatives will discuss Scouting with parents and new boys aged 8 to 11. Parents should accompany their boys to join a program promoting physical, moral, and mental development.
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Cub Scouts
San Jacinto
Bayshore
Deer Park Schools Welcome 63 New Teachers
The Deer Park Schools welcomed 63 new teachers at a luncheon. 41 replaced resignations or retirements from 1968-69, 22 added for the new elementary school and larger enrollment. Assignments split among Senior High, Jr. High, Deepwater Jr. High, Elementary, and district-wide duties. 44 with prior experience, 19 with master's degrees, totaling 376 instructional staff for 1969-70.
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Deer Park
Deer Park Jr. High
Deer Park Senior High
Deepwater Jr. High
Deer Park Elementary
W. A. Carpenter
San Jacinto
Deer Park High Scrimmage Preview Showcases 161 Reported
SCRIMMAGE SATURDAY 161 Candidates Report For Football A total of 161 youths reported to Coach Jim Amos and his staff for two a day football workouts Monday morning. Of these 35 varsity 50 junior varsity and 76 freshmen. The first two days workouts in shorts have been encouraging. The players will get pads Friday for a scrimmage with Texas City Saturday at 7 30 p m. Nine lettermen return led by quarterback Mike McCullouch. The club will be strong on backs and ends but weak in the interior line.
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Jim Amos
Deer Park
Amos
Texas City
Mike McCullouch
Fire Destroys Fowler Home in Deer Park
Firemen responded to a 3 30 a m call at 2701 Luella to the William M Fowler residence. Fire Chief Odis Chappel reports a good head start made control slow but firefighters halted the blaze. Cause undetermined. family varnishing floors the day before may have contributed.
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Deer Park
William M. Fowler
Luella
Odis Chappel
Local Hospital Updates and Community Notices
CLINT WARRICK was discharged from the hospital and is reported to be doing well. LINDA MILLER will undergo a tonsillectomy at Pasadena General. MRS H R SHELLEY of 349 Irene recently spent nine days in Bayshore Hospital but is now at home. Fire Chief CHAPPELL and Mrs Chappell are on vacation and plan fishing at Rockport.
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Clint Warrick
Linda Miller
Pasadena General
Deer Park City Administrator Mann looks at growth as business
In Deer Park the city operates under a council Manager form since 1965 with City Administrator Clovis D. Mann overseeing policy, department coordination, and the annual budget. Mann, a longtime city manager and Oklahoma native, credits staff and local involvement, sharing his home at 722 Academy with wife Billie and their two grandchildren.
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Deer Park
Clovis D. Mann
Mann
Council
Police
City Council Deliberates Rezoning And Infrastructure
City Council held a long regular meeting Tuesday night on multiple items including a rezoning request by W D Lawther to convert the east 30 feet of Lot 4 Swindell Addition to Business District. Traffic concerns on Sylvia Street, sidewalk needs, and a disaster planning discussion were also raised.
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P&i Commission
W. D. Lawther
Swindell
Center St
Town Plaza Center
Sylvia St
Sylvia
Lawther
P&z
Council
W. J. Knox Jr
E. Oak St
Arbor
Luella St
Linberger
Mann
Civil Defense
Tom Cutter
Dunn
Box Scouts Court of Honor and Family Night
The Box Scouts of Troop 268 will hold a Court of Honor and Family Night on Thursday August 28 at 7 30 p m at the Civic Center. All parents and incoming Webelos are urged to attend to hear activities for the coming year and enjoy refreshments served by the Scouts.
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Civic Center
Webelos
School Trustees Accept New Elementary School
The School Trustees voted to accept the new Deer Park Elementary School opening September 2 after an executive session. Landscaping will be provided by Lawson's Gardens for $1,202.50, and Gulf Oil Corp. won the 1969-70 petroleum contract. Several resignations and five new teachers were noted, the 1968-69 budget amended by about $40,000, and new department chairs at the high school named for one-year terms.
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Deer Park
Lawson’s Gardens
South
Houston
Gulf Oil Corp
Pete Paul
Elizabeth Paul
Martha Childress
Deepwater Elementary
Gladys Goodin
Elodia Rojas
Span
San Jacinto Elem
Mary Kk. Barrow
Winnie Hilliard
Cathryn Mabry
Florine Schelling
Seale Seeks BBA Degree at Lamar State College
Roderick Wyatt Seale of Deer Park is among 445 provisional candidates for degrees at Lamar State College of Technology. Summer commencement will be held Saturday August 30 at 9 a.m. in McDonald Gymnasium. He is pursuing a BBA in marketing. He is the son of Mr and Mrs James W Seale of 205 West 4th Street.
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Beaumont
Roderick Wyatt Seale
Deer Park
Lamar State College of Technology
McDonald Gymnasium
Seale
James W. Seale
West 4Th Street
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SHELL
A. J. Englishby
L. T. Wilson
Shell Oil
CP Elementary
Retery
Clovis Mann
Martens
Fowler
Mr. Mann
Antlers
Okla
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Burkburnett
LaPorte
International City Managers Assn
Texas City Managers Assn
International Public Personnel Assn
National Public Works Assn
National Municipal League
Texas Municipal League
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Church of Christ
City Council
M. C. Davis
Pasadena
John Bean
FMC Corp
13Th St
Buster Ballard
Board of Equalization
Roderick Seale
LAMAR
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