The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 18, 1962 Page: 1 of 24
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Lis always easy lo tell the
hardest workers on a good, hot,
(sunshiny election day — they
have the reddest sunburns. And
(Saturday was no exception.
There were more rednecks in
Bellaire council chamber
Saturday night to hear results
4ttnui in Georgia.
Hardest campaigner of the
election, it seemed to me, was
Kill House’s wife. Leila. I think
she and Moppy Gay are the
two who enjoy a good cam-
paign most and work the hard-
est, though Joe Fournace gets ;
the most excited. Mr. Rouse,
it must be pointed out, polled
more votes than anyone else
— 1214 — excepting the mayor
race.
Joe, incidentally, shows up at
each rally wearing a different !
(•campaign button. At the Don
Atwood rally on Cedar Oaks
t/ane July 9 Mr Fournace sport-
ed a Cleveland campaign button.
But for the election night vote-
oounting he wore a George Wash-
ington button Joe, incidentally,
lias one of the finest collections
«#f campaign buttons, watch fobs,
around
Formal opening ceremonies for
the new George B. Meyer Sr.
Branch library will be held at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The impressive $120,000 build-
ing is located at W. Belfort at
Balmforth near the intersection
of West Belfort and Post Oak
Rd.
City officials will be on hand
for opening ceremonies presided
over by Carl F. Stuebing, presi-
dent of the Houston Public Li-
brary Board. Participants in
formal acceptance ceremonies
will be Mrs. Harriet Dickson
Reynolds, director of libraries,
Mrs. Leota Hess, City Council-
man Lee McLemore and Mayor
Lewis Cutrer.
Mrs. Hess is the daughter ot
George B. Meyer Sr. in whosa
honor the library was named,
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BELLAIRE'S OWN WFEK'I Y OOMK
BELLAIRE'S OWN WEEKLY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Serving Bellaire, Meyerland, Flack Estates, Robindall, Brae Burn Terrace, Larkwood, Willow Bend, WestburyTand Sharpstown
Vol. 9 No, 21
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1962
10c—Subscription $3.00 per year
The three-way race for Pos. 5
was destined for a run-off from
start in my opinion. All
(Bhcee candidates — Ed Milwee,
4Puy Carby and Pauline Foster —
«*r-» newcomers, all three were
.working hard, and it was ap-
parent that it would take at least
** 2000-voter turnout to give any
®ne a clear majority of all votes
Mr. Milwee won out handily
for the No. 1 spot in the Pet.
!i race. He took clear majori-
ties in two precincts — 128 and
268 ami led his opponents in
882 for a final total of 790.
The second runoff spot, how-
, ever, wasn’t decided until the
final precinct was in, and this
(was Mr. Oarby’s 215. Mrs. Fos-
ter had won two precincts over
Mr Oarby, 120 to 101 in Pet.
(82. and 86 to 60 in 214. Mr.
Carby turned in a strong 149
ifo* 101 over Mrs. Foster in 128,
and edged her 65 to 60 in 268.
I Si. he held a mere 8-point edge
<#75 to 367) for the runoff place
until his own 215 came in. Here
tie racked uip a majority triumph
over both opponents — 113 to
87 for Mr. Milwee and 51 for
Mrs. Foster. This put him in the
, runoff.
Sunday Is
Polio Vaccine
Day In Area
Details of a massive program
to vaccinate better than a mil-
lion and a quarter Houston and
Harris County residents with the
newly-developed Sabin oral live
polio vaccine were disclosed this
week by the Harris County Med-
ical Society.
The program, dubbed “Victory
over Polio”, is co-sponsored by
the Society and the Houston Ju-
nior Chamber of Commerce. It
aims at immunizing every resi-
dent of Harris County against
the crippling disease.
Immunization “clinics” will be
set up in more than 200 schools
located throughout Houston and
Harris County between noon and
6 p.m. July 22.
There were a few “slates”
making the rounds, some with a
reluctant candidate apparently
Wed in against his wishes. But
«kothing emerged with any de-
finiteness. Pop Reamer, accord-
ing to strong report, was pitting
©eorge Glass, Curtis Darnell,
| dint Moore, Joe Poindexter. Jay
IMMUNIZATION
STATIONS
Schools in the Bellaire area
where immunization stations
will be set up on Sunday, July
22 are: Anderson Elementary,
5727 Ludington: Braeburu
Elementary. 7707 Rampart;
Condit Elementary, 5005 Lau-
rel: Cunningham Elementary,
5100 Gulfton Drive; Gordon
Elementary. 707 N. Avenue B;
Horn Elementary, 4535 Pine;
Kolter Elementary, 9701 Run-
nymeade: Lovett Elementary,
814 South Rice; Parker Ele-
mentary. 10626 Atwell: Red
Elementary, 4520 Tonawanda:
Richmond Elementary, 8714
McAvoy Drive: Sutton Ele-
mentary, 7402 Albacore.
Everyone in Houston and Har-
ris County is eligible for vaccina-
tion.
At a news conference held in
the Jesse H. Jones Medical Li-
brary, Dr. Thomas Royce, presi-
dent of bhe Medical Society,
pointed out: “We are faced with
tremendous job of organizing
BELLAIRE'S NEW ’FIRST FAMILY'
Bellaire's newly elected mayor, Robert D.
Watts and his handsome family pictured in
the living room of their lovely contemporary
home at 5104 Grand Lake. The children are
Lynn, 13; Lee, 10, Robbie, 6 and Doug, 2.
The new mayor, who has already served two
terms on city council, takes office August I.
Photo by Pater Whitney
Oanby and Ball Kellogg against! a community-wide team to be
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Freeway Access Sparks Hot
Argument In Braeburn Glen
To barricade or not to barri- I publicity and protests, the bar-
eade. that is the question in ricade was removed. Stivner said
Braeburn Glen. j Mayor Cutrer ordered the re-
The controversy, a hot one. moval but quoted the Mayor as
binges on whether Imogene j saying he couldn’t guarantee it
Street should be used as ap en- 1 would 9tay open,
trance to the Southwest Freeway The street is open to the Free-
from the subdivision. j way, but how long it will stay
The question of the barricade that way is anybody’s guess,
came up last week after Imo- ' Many residents feel that mak-
gene was extended to the Free- ing Imogene an access road is a
way by the State Highway De- j good thing. Without it, they have
partment. The extension w a s | to travel about three miles extra
paid for by a private donor j via Richmond Road to reach the
according to Art Stivner. 8618 Freeway.
-Birdwood, president of the Brae-
burn Glen Civic Club.
On July 13, shortly after the
extension was complete, the City
of Houston barricaded it. clos-
ing it as an entrance to the
Freeway. This was on order of
Eugene Maier, director of .public
works.
Barricade Removed
On July 14, after a flurry of
But others, particularly those
living near or on Imogene con-
sider it a traffic hazard to their
children. The Braeburn Glen
swimming pool is near the Free-
way and many neighborhood
children swim there.
They also feel that it will
cause their property to depreci-
ate.
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Miss Elementary
Finalists Named
Preliminary judging for the
Miss Elementary Contest was
held Friday at Bellaire and
Evergreen Pools.
Finalists from Bellaire Pool
are: Karen Crosson, 804 Wood-
stock; Barbara Roach, 910 N.
Avenue A; Denise Bautsch, 5315
Grand Lake: Linda Wreay, 5000
Laurel; Barbara Ponsot, 5206
Mimosa; Kathleen Gough, 5105
Valerie; Penny Tatham, 5123
Linden; Marsha Clouse, . 5218
Linden; Margaretta Bolding,
4520 Oleander; Dona Bolding,
4520 Oleander; Linda Ludwig,
4907 Chestnut; Susan Thomas,
5121 Jessamine; Grace Kilgor,
5113 Braeburn; Terry Givens,
515 S. Third; Brenda Watson,
4816 Wedgewood.
Judges were Mrs. Vance A.
Knight, 5608 Whitehaven: Mrs.
R. D. Henderson, 5137 Maple,
and Joe Walter, 4515 Birch.
Finalists from Evergreen Pool
are:'Catherine Gray, 5207 Pine;
Katherine Anne Drake, 4508
Birch; Lisa Keeper, 5419 Vale-
rie; Deana Bass, 4317 Lafayette;
Nancy Stephenson, 4527 Birch;
Cheryl little, 4610 Brae Burn;
Kathy Box, 4323 Jtm West; Me-
lissa Dyson. 102 Marrakech; Ka-
thy Sparks, 4925 Holt; Becky
Bridge, 4616 Verone; Virginia
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Ed Milwee, lay Carby
In Position 5 Run-Off
Bellaire voted in a new mayor
and two new councilmen in Sat-
urday’s election — with one race
(Pos. 5) going into a runoff to
be decided July 28.
Perhaps a highlight of the
election was the decisive triumph
of Bill Kellogg over incumbent
Jim Roos for Pos. 6.
And, also, the brisk battle for
Pos. 5 between Ed Milwee, Jay
Carby and Pauline Foster with
Mr. Milwee and Mr. Carby step-
ping into the runoff.
Excepting results of the run-
off, Bellaire’s City Council after
Aug. 1 will be:
Mayor: BOB WATTS, who
was unopposed.
Pos. 1: WM. H. ROUSE.
Pos. 2: JOHN LOCKWOOD,
incumbent.
Pos. 3: JIM SKELTON.
Pos. 4: JOE POINDEXTER, in-
cumbent.
Pos. 5: (ED MILWEE - JAY
CARBY runoff).
Pos. 6: BILL KELLOGG.
The results give the council
four experienced men at the
council table, since Mr. Watts
has completed his second term
as councilman, Mr. Rouse is a
former councilman who served
two terms 1957-60, Mr. Poin-
dexter is presently Pos. 1 incum-
bent and Mr. Lockwood is Pos.
2 incumbent.
Mr. Watts, though unopposed,
did run into some opposition —
for 36 votes for 17 write-ins for
mayor. Strongest “write-in” can-
didate was John Harvey, who
racked up six votes in Pet. 182.
(See election chart).
And togetherness was express-
ed for the Hugh Kelton family,
since Mr. Kelton drew a write-
in vote for Pos. 1 councilman
while Mrs. Kelton received a
write-in in Pos. 3 councilman.
Atty. Robert H. (Bob) Martin
and C. A. Tirado forces brought
in four write-in votes each for
their men for mayor, while Jay
Carby had three write-in votes
for mayor.
Joe Fournace was considered
of mayor calibre by one write-in
voter.
All winners (excepting the
runoff) won handily. Mr. Rouse
defeated Mr. Glass 1214 to 479;
Mr. Lockwood took Mr. Darnell,
1183 to 486; Mr. Poindexter won
over Mr. Janicek, 1098 to 599;
Mr. Skelton topped Mr. Moore,
1051 to 611.
And Mr. Milwee failed by
only five percentage points to
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Norton, Mary. The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 18, 1962, newspaper, July 18, 1962; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521888/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.