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Newspaper
Deer Park Weekly Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1969
Page
1
A Deer Park Pharmacy ad lists address and phone at 2020 Center St. For home care notes a Blue Lustre carpet cleaner is recommended. Western Auto Store at 802 Center St. provides electric shampooer and contact GR 9-2966.
Galveston-Houston Diocese Bishop John L. Morkovsky will dedicate the new St Hyacinth Church at 2924 Center Deer Park at 11 a.m. Sunday September 21. The Bishop will bless the church then celebrate Mass with pastors Father Milam Kieas and Father Robert Daigle assisting. Master of Ceremony will be Reverend John Grigsby deacon from St Marys Houston and parish member. Altar boys named James Opre Albert Zucha Bobby Rubin Tommy Black. A public Bar-B-Q dinner follows with $1.50 adults 75 cents children. The parish serves Deer Park Eastern Pasadena and part of LaPorte. Open House planned in about a month.
The San Jacinto Museum of History in the San Jacinto Battlefield area announces air conditioning for exhibit and storage spaces. Grants from the M. D. Anderson Foundation and Nouston Endowment, Inc. plus Texas Parks and Wildlife funds support the project. Improved climate will benefit visitors staff and historic collections.
The Junior Girl Scouts in Troops 104 and 1774 merge this year with Wan da Whitmire and Mary Meza leading. The first meeting Sept. 9 at the Civic Center drew 29 girls who proposed contests, a style show, and hair styling show. Planned workshops will let each girl pursue a project, including a trip to Astroworld on Sept. 20 and a Junior Day at Strawberry Park on Nov. 1. A December weekend camping trip to Camp Arnold is set for Carpenter Deer Park and Deepwater neighborhoods, with Brownies invited. Local civic club support is noted and volunteer leaders are sought to handle the waiting Brownie list. Contacts: Wanda Whitmire, 479-3962 after 4 p.m.. Mary Black, 479-2133. Helen Richards, 479-1014. Donations of uniforms welcome at Mrs. John Brown, 810 Norwood.
Randal Gorton aged five celebrated at Tootsies Birthday Hut Houston with friends and family. The party featured a marionette show, clown Tic-Tac, games, cake, ice cream, and a finger puppet gift from the birthday cake.
Xi Iota Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a Beginning Day ceremony at 1109 Ellen on September 6. New yearbooks were presented and plans for the year outlined by committee chairmen. A short business meeting was followed by a reception hosted by Peggy Warren.
Carl T. Scarmardo of 758 Columbia Lane died Sept 9 in a Houston hospital. He was vice-president of Redwood Chemical Co and a member of Austin Avenue Baptist Church. Survivors include wife Jeannette, daughters Carla Simpson Suzanne Scarmardo Sandra Scarmardo, son Steve Scarmardo all of Deer Park. mother Mary Castoria and stepfather Tony Castoria of Houston. son-in-law Jerry Simpson of Deer Park. Services were held last Thursday at Farthman Gulf Peaceway chapel with Rev Nick Michalinos officiating. interment at a VA Cemetery.
A list of new families moving to Deer Park is welcomed to the community. Names and street addresses include Tommy Sublett 1109 Rutgers Lane Lee Shamburger 1814 Park Avenue Patrick Hefferman 710 Lambuth Lane E W Jordan 2020 Louisiana Herbert Taylor 1202 East Amherst Terry Cable 310 Crete Bob J Barnes 2429 Pine Lane Charles Hults 205 East First Gary T McGee 801 Center James Walker 487 Ash Lane A T Matlock 729 Academy Drive William Tidwell 2119 Pickerton Robert Lotley 2209 Hillshire.
The Crystal Palace revue presents Way Out West as part of Astroworld Fall, with a new six show weekend schedule from 1 to 6 pm, and Astroworld open 10 am to 7 pm Saturdays and Sundays. The $4.50 adult $3.50 child admission covers 100 adventures and shows. Cast includes Lanelle Davis, Whitney Barnhart, Kathy Williams, Nancy Parrish, Mike Massey, Danny Thweatt, Roger Vernon, Randy Horan. songs include By the Time I Get To Phoenix and Ghost Riders in the Sky.
A major accident occurred Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. when five year old Larry Warren riding a bicycle along North Parktown Drive was struck by a 1964 Ford driven by Nancy L Stewart. The boy was taken to Bayshore Hospital with minor injuries. no charges filed. Investigating officer Thomas Franklin led the inquiry.
A witty aphorism contrasts failure to push with pulling and stepping aside. It notes that an expert arrives at the last minute to shoulder responsibility, framing blame as a shared, urgent dilemma. The line underscores pressure, timing, and accountability in high-stakes work.
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