Tri-County Sun Progress (Pearland, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1968 Page: 1 of 6
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Tri-County Sun Progress
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Peer land-Friendswood, Texas, Thursday, June 20, 1968
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Mrs. Tholen
Plant! Pioneer
BUFORD WALDROP
Question School Board Actions
Point To Admin.-Teacher Unrest
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This Month
lol Board Awards Contracts
Building Expansion Program
Welder Dies Of
Heat Stroke
At Texas Gulf
Fr$ of the board this
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kE. E. Martin with
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1st Methodist
The Rev. Lewis E. Tucker
is the new pastor of the First
Methodist Church of Pearland,
replacing the Rev. Durward
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the Channel view Methodist
Church.
Rev. Tucker comes to Pear-
land from the First Methodist
Church in Center. He is a
graduate of Texas Wesleyan
College and the Perkins School
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Pearland-Friendawood-Brooheide- Manvel Area
Serving the
the call, speculated he had
been dead for quite some
time.
Slover. who was originally
from Oklahoma City. Okla,
is survived by his wife and
three children of South Hous-
ton.
Irsr meeting day, July
p r hear tax ques-
hcerning oil and gas
L in the district and
L’uly 25 to hear prob-
|tial estate taxes.
Iwill be a legal notice
Il ■ the Sun Progress
hr date giving exact
Id details of both meet-
Buford D. Waldrop has been
hired as new Pearland City
Administrator, according to
an announcement made last
Thursday nigh: by Pearland
Mayor Dan Keller.
Keller said dial Waldrop
will probably report for work
at the city hall on July 1 or
sooner if he can get moved
here and situated.
V.aldrop will assume the
duties presently being per-
formed by Mrs. Dorothy Cook,
who was appointed city sec-
retary following the resigna-
tion two months ago of Jerry
Henderson.
Waldrop, 29, was formerly
employed as .Assistant City
Manager at Mesquite -- a 50,
000 populated residential sub-
REV. TUCKER
doches; and two 30ns, Edwin,
15. will be a freshman at
Pearland High School in Sep-
tember and Kelly 12. will be
in the seventh grade at Pear-
land Junior High School.
Mrs. Tucker is a graduate
of Southwestern University at
Georgetown. She Is the daugh-
ter of Dr. J. C. Godby, re-
tired head of the science de-
partment at Southwestern.
parents of three children. A
daughter. Claudia, 18, is a
summer freshman at Stephen
F. Austin College in Nacog-
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Taking Oath
d Mayor Dan R. Keller, left, administers the oath cf
■c newest member of the Pearland Police Depart-
Tier Lee Bruner. Officer Bruner will be replacing
Ln old Srygler who resigned June 15.
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Prensner conce rning this
matter and if so, what did he
indicate9” Foster asked Rost.
“Yes, 1 have talked with
Mr. Prensner and he did in-
dicate there were some areas
where small problems may
exist, but I don't feel it is
anything to be disturbed a-
St. Helen's Ground-breaking
eesecese and Gerald Branda of Houston, the architect. The
ceremonies were held on June 9at 12 noon. The site for the new
parish center is at the corner of Plum and Old Alvin Road,
across from the football stadium. Work is expected to begin
on the new parish center the end of June.
parland School Board
two bids and tenta-
Iwarded a third for
i expansion building
h at the regular boa rd
[last week.
tract will be 1st to the
pd Construction Co.
kdeling of the girls
pm. Fleetwood sub-
fie hw bid of S28.967
I they could complete
F In 75 days.
fci contract was a-
■r th* Servall Meehan*
practors for additional
pit’suing in the three
buildings for a bid of
Mth 180 days allowed
Greater Pearland Area
Chamber of Commerce
President Earle Maxwell said
Monday morning, that the reg-
ular monthly meeting of the
chamber will be held Friday
night, June 21, at 7;30 p.m.
at Ford's Restaurant.
This is a ladies night meet-
ing and all chamber members
are urged to attend and bring
their wife and any other guests
they might desire.
The meal will be served off
the regular buffet line at
Ford's. J. C. Stokes has pro-
mised an outstanding program
and Maxwell said there is
much chamber business to be
discussed
Jimmy Silver, 25. an em-
ployee of the Texas Gulf Tank
Company was found dead in-
side a large tank at the local
plant Iasi Thursday afternoon
at 3:30 p.m.
Pearland Patrolman D. T.
Norris said that Slower was
discovered in the tank by Pete
Baruness, plant foreman.
Norris said Slover had been
welding Inside the big steel
structure and one witness said
he went into the tank at approx-
imately 10:30 a.m. and was
not seen again until found life-
less at 3:30 p.m. inside the
tank.
Doctors at Ben Taub hos-
pital who performed an
autopsy on Slover said he died
from heat stroke.
Norris said he didn't know
just when Slover had died and
was also uncertain whether
or not he came out of the tank
at noon to eat lunch.
Officials of Niday Ambu-
lance service who answered
* ”\$ien Steve asked for this
job two years ago. he was
eager for the position. If
everything was as it should
be. he would not have changed
his mind so soon.” Adams
said.
Foster said he had talked
previously with members (J
the board and asked them to
personally talk with other
school officials concerning
any problems tlx-y may have.
“We have been critized for
going into the school on past
occasions and I felt that Mr.
Bost as president of the
Board, should make any in-
quires necessary here,”
board member Bob Burkett
said.
When Foster could not get
the board to agree with him
that there were problem areas
within the school, he told
them he "had the strangest
feeling I’m apologizing for
being here tonight. ”
Foster said he became a-
ware of possible unrest in the
school some two months ago.
He asked board member Rex
Rowell il he felt there had
been some overstepping of au-
thority by the board. Rowell
replied that there had been
some in three or four in-
stances.
“It is the duty of the su-
perintendent to bring these
things to the attention of the
board. There was unrest in
the school when I took over
two years ago and 1 have tried
to correct them as much as
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the exception of writing a the-
sis.
Waldrop and his wife. Bar-
bara, plan to move from Mes-
quite to Pearland in the
immediate future.
“1 feel that (his position
offers me a great challenge
and am honored (hat Mayor
Keller and the city council
saw fit to accept me in Pear-
land. Just as soon as 1 can.
I'm looking forward to meeting
and working with the people or
Pearland.” Waldrop said.
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Officiating « the ground-breaking enronontes for the ne-
st Helen’s Catholic Church are, left to right,the Rev. Fr. Ed-
ward Cronin. pastor of St. Helen’s: the Rev. Fr. John
Hakev O.M.I.. Provincial of the Oblate Fathers representing
the Rev Bishop John Morkovsky of the Galveston-Houston Dio-
Council Names Newj€ity Administrator
Buford Waldrop,Former Mesquite
Asst. City Manager Here July 1
urb of Dallas. He spent two
years at Mesquite where he
worked his way up from an
administrative intern to as-
sistant manager’s position
He graduated from Cro-
zici Technical High Schoo! j:
Dallas in 1956. He then served
three years in the U. S. Air
Force as an Airborne Radio
and Radar Technician.
He attended Howard Payne
College for one year, then
transferred to North Texas
State University at Denton
from which he graduated in
1965 with a Bachelor of Ans
degree in government.
He has also completed all
his college work toward a
Masters of Arts degree in
Municipal Management with . . - _
- Dies June 15
«f TS^nlngy at Southern Meth-
odist University. He was or-
dained in 1939.
A native of Central (Fort
Worth) conference, he served
two years in the Louisiana
conference. In 1948, Rev.
Tucker became a member of
the Texas conference. Since
1948, he has served churches
tn Brazoria. Genoa. Kellys In
Lufkin. Bridge City, Wharton,
La Porte and Center
Rev. and Mrs. Tucker, the
former Rosie Godby, are the
bout,” Bost said.
Foster then asked, again di-
recting Ids question to Bost,
“Then you feel we have no
reason to be disturbed abait
any of this?”
“Yes. I feel you have
some reason for being dis-
turbed.” Bost answered.
Foster then directed his
question to Prensner and ask-
ed if he had felt any unrest
among the administration at
the school.
“Yes, there has been some
area of unrest here. Lines
have been blurred as to the
proper chain of command be-
tween the administration and
the boa rd,"Prensner said.
Foster told the board he had
talked with other members
of the school administration
and they had indicated to him
they vere, in some instances,
unsure of themselves as con-
cerned their position at the
school.
Foster then asked Bost if
he had received the same such
answers in his talks with
school officials. “No, they
did not indicate any problems
in mv talks with them,” Bost
replied.
Foster then asked board
member Dr. W. C. Adams
if he felt there was anything
The possibility of unrest
within the school administra-
tion was discussed at length at
the school board meeting last
week, with Rev. Darrell Fos-
ter doing the ’alking for a
group of what ne referred to
as Interested and concerned
citizens.
Foster, pastor of the First
Baptist Church here, point-
ed out to the board that he
and his group were not try-
ing to be ‘rabble rousers'
but that they were concerned
about rumors that there is
and has been a certain amount
of unrest and uncertainty a-
mong the school administra-
tion since Superintendent Ste-
ven Prensner resigned last
month.
Foster indicated that his
group felt most of the unrest
problem stemmed from school
board members over stepping
their bounds and taking a-
way authority from adminis-
trators in the school system.
“Do you feel there is any
unrest or cause for such in
the school administration,”
Foster asked board president
J. E. Bost.
Bost told Foster he did not
feel there was any unrest in
the school.
“Have you talked with Mr.
^AKI$Hization
ci To Meet
...
Mrs. Margaret Tholen, 80,
one of Pearland's oldest long-
time residents, died Saturday,
’une 15 at 11:20 a.m. at the
Golden Age Manor Southwest
in Houston. Mrs. Tholen had
been in ill health for several
years.
She was born in Newton,
Illinois in 1888 and her fam-
ily moved to Pearland in the
1890'S. Her father built the
familiar rwo-story house at
223C North Houston Street
where Mrs. Tholen lived and
where her parents lived until
their deaths.
Mrs. Tholen was a charter
met-ib r of the First Metho-
dist ( hurch in Pearland and
was the church's oldest mem-
ber in time of membership.
She was preceded in death
by her daughter, i dna in 1941
and her husband, E. E, Tho-
len in 1943
Mrs. Tholen, known as
“Aunt Maggie” to many tn
Pearland, is survived by three
sons, Bernhard H. Tholen;
Merle E. Tholer and John
Victor Tholen. all of Hous-
ton; a sister-in-law, Mrs.
Mildred Howard of Bellaire
and three grandchildren,
Douglas Tholen, Roberta Tho-
len and Bernhard Tholen Jr.,
all of Houston.
Services were held at 3 p.
m. Monday, June 17 at the
First Methodist Church in
Pearland with the Rev. Lewis
Tucker officiating. Burial was
in the Pearland South Memo-
rial Park Cemetery, under the
direction of the Niday Funeral
Home.
Pallbearers for the funeral
were Herbert Dorden, Kenneth
Cook, LeRoy Howard, Buddy
(Ben) Tholen, Ted Gutherte
and Splon Lane.
L board set thf
I 'uly 24 and 25 for
li’i! of the Pearland
kin School District
Iqualization Board to
for completion.
The third bid, which the
board tentatively accept-
-j • nrnvislon that re-
visions can be made in C*
specifications to reduce the
bid by some 10^, came from
T&L Construction Company
with a bid of 1108,195 for the
new field hou^e and shop
buildings.
No date has been set for
work to begin on any of the
projects sltMigh school of-
ficials said the air condltlai-
be signed immediately so work
can begin.
Joins Pearland
Police Force
Homer Lee Bruner was
sworn in as Pearland's new-
est police officer on June 11
in the office of Police Chief
A. H. Casey. Pearland Mayor
Dan R. Keller administered
the oath of office to the new
patrolman.
Officer Bruner will be re-
placing Sergeant HaroldSryg-
ler whose resignation became
effective June 15, and who had
been an outstanding member
of the Pearland force for one
year to the day. Sergeant
Srygler will be going to Ken-
tucky for a time, but his plans
are indefinite as to the future.
officer Bruner, his wife,
Evelyn, and family are pre-
sently living tn Houston, but
hope to find a home in Pear-
land as soon as possible. The
Bruner's have four children,
a daughter, Linda Gayle 15;
and three sons, Homer Lee
Jr.. 11; Jackie, eight; and
Billy, six years old.
Officer Bruner 36. is a
1949 graduate of Jefferson
Davis High School in Hous-
ton. He attended the Univer-
sity of Houston for one year,
taking the Basic Police Train-
ing Course.
He entered the law enforce-
ment field in 1953 as a mem-
ber of the Houston Police
Department. He is a graduate
of the Houston Police Aca-
demy. WYdle with the Houston
Police Department he served
as radio patrol, dispatcher,
and in the jail division. He
kff the Police Department
in 1955 and entered the United
States Army, serving in Ger-
many as Personnel School
Quartermaster.
Upon receiving his Honor-
able Discharge from the Army
in 1957, officer Bruner went
to work for Sears and Roe-
buck Co.
The hiring of officer Bru-
ner brings to six the number
of officers in the Pearland
Police Department. They are
Police Chief A. H. Casey;
Assistant Police Chief A. A.
Jones; officers Marvin Priest.
D. T. Norris, Gary Kennedy,
anu Homer Lee Bruner.
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pria County Is Named As Top
e Growing Area In State
h- mty is the num-
rattk raising county
La: of Texas. Not
k is aware of this
L si'lilight to the
k economy, but the
p- tatus hasn’t been
r - ently -- it has
| fact since the last
kts taken in 1964,
known the county
I >n this matter since
i' was only recently
be’ ived the informa-
L; th** other '•*'“»*»-
Ll :. M, Vaughan,
ricultural agent.
Hd County surpassed
punry, which dropped
blaet’, for the honor,
i County came from
lown on the list to
Jecond.
■in Brazoria County,
Tf 1964 census, num-
L — Gonzales had
ir j Harris, longtime
ber one county, had
E- head,
kp nine counties all
pve 80,000 cattle.
Vaughan said
Vaughan stated there were
various reasons for this grow-
th. which lias been steadily
rising over the years. I m-
proved pastures, fertilizer
and weed control, disease con-
trol and feed additives, were
some of the reasons he cited
as party responsible for the
growth.
Vaughan said that there
hasn't been much more land
put into cattle ranches but that
there has been much improve-
ment done to existing pas-
tures, including clearing
them.
The county with 636 cattle
owners listed on the current
tax rolls, has long been one
of the leaders in irrigation.
The next census is due to
be taken in 1969.
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Storrs, A. W. Tri-County Sun Progress (Pearland, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1968, newspaper, June 20, 1968; Pearland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1243093/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.