The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 11, 1963 Page: 1 of 28
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For the first time in the re-'Serving Bellaire, Meyerland, Flack Estates, Robindell, Brae Burn Terrace, Larkwood, Willow Bend, Westbury, and Sharpstown
corded annals of the Texan, the’
bossman has taken a vacation.
Abandoning: care to an un-
precedented degree, he isn’t even
writing a column.
But friends and foes take
heart; Ole Our Side will be back
on the track in a couple of
weeks when he and! wife, Kate,
return from visiting friends and
relatives in the Midwest.
VOL. 10 NO. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1963
10c—-Subscription $3.00 per year
Ho*o ky Dorld't—lillalra Clrcl*
A REAL CHAMP
Ten-year-old Pam Elliott,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Reed Elliott, 5155 Birdwood,
s-et a new national age
group record in the 110
yard breast stroke on August
29 at the Shamrock-Hilton
Meet of Champions. Swim-
ming for the Meyerland
Club in the ten and under
age group, Pam's time of
one minute 40.5 seconds
bettered the old mark by
two full seconds. Pam is in
sixth grade at Lovett Ele-
mentary and has been swim-
ming for 5'/j years.
Bellaire Area
Has 3 Largest
Public Schools
The Bellaire area now has the
dubious distinction of having the
“biggest” public schools at all
levels.
Bellaire, with an' enrollment
of 2733, is the largest senior high
school.
Johnston, with an enrollment
of 3136, is the largest junior
high school.
And Parker, with an enroll-
ment of 2200, is the largest ele-
mentary school.
And the influx' of new stu-
dents brought less spectacular
increases in enrollment to most
other public schools in this area.
An increase of around 4 0 0
students brought the enroll-
ment at Johnston Junior High
School to 3136, making Johns-
ton not only the largest junior
/high, but the largest school in
[Houston. A few more students
are expected to enter during the
week.
Principal Charles Williams
reported that opening day went
smoothly with all students in
their classes by 8:15 in spite of
the large number. Nineteen tea-
chers have been added to the
■staff to handle the student load.
Parker E 1 e m e n tary School,
with an enrollment of 2200, is
jiow the largest elementary
school in Houston.
Benjamin D. Freiler has been
/named assistant principal at
Parker this year to handle some
of the administrative chores in-
volved with' so many children.
Assistant principals are now as-
signed to all schools with an
enrollment of over 1800.
Mr. Freiler’s teaching experi-
ence includes five years at Oa-
tes Elementary School in Hous-
ton, three years in Lancaster,
Pa., one year in Germany and
one year with the Navy in Sic-
ily-
Westbury High School had an
Opening day enrollment of 1687,
an increase of around 400 over
last year. Additional registra-
tions are expected during the
week. Seventeen teachers were
added to the staff at Westbury
this year.
Red Elementary School had
enrolled 1566 students Thursday
for a slight increase over last
year. Final enrollment is ex-
pected to reach around 1600.
Four new teachers have been
assigned to Red this year for a
total of 47 teachers. They are
THEY HAD TO CALL OUT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD1.
The neighborhood small fry in the 6800
block of Mobud, were equal to the chal-
lenge Saturday afternoon when K. L. Pen-
nick cut this Texas-size watermelon which
ws must in all honesty confess was grown in
Oklahoma. Mr. Pennick bought the massive
melon at a roadside stand in Purcell as the
family was enroute home from a vacation
in Wichita, Kansas. It chilled for three days
in the cooler of a local store and then Mr.
Pennick called in the neighborhood children
to polish it off. They didn't have to be
coaxed.
Photo by Peter Whitney
City Council Approves Employee
Pension Plan Effective October f
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Seven Hurt In Crash
Seven people were injured!—
one child very seriously—Sun-
day night when a car crashed1
into a parked vehicle in the 900
block of Mulberry Lane.
The driver of the car, Bob
Harvey of 706 Mulberry Lane,
was among the injured.
Most seriously injured was
Michael Hall, 6, of 4515 Feagan,
who was taken to Bellaire Gen-
eral Hospital and later trans-
ferred to Hermann Hospital for
surgery. The child’s condition
was listed as good Tuesday
morning.
Other injured who were taken
to Bellaire General were Joan
Falkenberg, 29, 4747 W. Ala-
bama; Nelia Hall, 4515 Feagan;
David Hall, 4, Richard: Hall 1,
and Allen Hall, 2%, all of 4515
Feagan.
Sgt. James O. Terry, who in-
vestigated the accident, said Mr.
Harvey told him that he was
blinded by the lights of an on-
coming car and did not see the
vehicle. He was issued a ticket
for negligent collision.
Bellaire City Council took the
final step to make a pension plan
for city employees a reality at
last Wednesday night’s council
meeting.
They, unanimously passed' an
■ordinance adopting a plan.
Mayor Robert D\ Watts point-
ed out that adoption of the or-
dinance marked the culmination
of five years’ work.
Councilman John Lockwood,
who made the motion “with
honor and pleasure” that the
plan be adopted, said “this is
the most worthwhile thing any
city council has done in a long
while.”
The council approved the or-
dinance with a resounding unan-
imous “aye.”
The ordinance named the
Bank of the Southwest National
Assn, as the trustee of the pen-
sion trust and specified that the
director of finance pay $1000 in-
to the trust fund prior to Oct. 1
which is the date the pension
plan goes into effect. Fhe bal- An invitation to young folks to
ance will be paid into the fund ,go swinging back to school in a
in monthly installments. Ibig “Back - To - School Swing-
Bellaire voters gave their |Ding» dancklg and skating par-
overwhelming approval to a ^ was extended today by Ann
pension plan for city employees, Keene Dance studi(> and the
leaving it to the city council to Bellaire skating Rink,
work out the details of the The big dance-skate party will
P^an- . .be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
The plan specifies that the city Tuesday night, Sept. 17, at the
shall not in any year pay into rjnk at 5811 chimney Rock Rd.
the fund more than 7% percen Area students, from. 6th grad-
°f the. compensation of all par- erg throu,gh high school seniors,
ticrpating employees for the
year. The employee’s contribu- payers demand.
■tion is set at a flat 4 percent of Normal retirement age under
his salary. the plan is 65 and employees
It has been; estimated that the who wish to remain beyond that
plan1 will cost the city aproxi- age may do so only with the
mately $20,000 a year. This consent of the city council.
amount was appropriated in the
new city budget adopted' three
weeks ago. The pension plan is
being inaugurated without a
raise in taxes.
Chief argument used by Bell-
aire’s elected officials in work-
ing for adoption of the plan was
a very practical one. They said
a pension plan would put the
city in a position to compete
with private industry for the
services of the high caliber type
of employee which the city
•n.pedg and which Bellaire tax-
Three employees will be elig-
ible for retirement at the time
the plan goes into effect. They
are Captain L. I. Moody in the
Fire Department, J. A. Lee, fi-
nance officer, and L. Ross in the
Water Department.
Band, Orchestra
Parents To Meet
The Bellaire High School
Band and Orchestra Parents will
meet Monday, Sept. 16 in the
school auditorium' at 7:45 p.m.
Young Folks Invited To Big
Back To-School Swing-Ding
are invited by the joint sponsors
of the big party.
The skating will be first, then
the dancing, according to Ann,
Keene, who annually sponsors
or co-sponsors a back-to-school
party.
, There will be skating and
dancing exhibitions and door
prizes donated by area mer-
chants, said Miss Keene, who
invites the young folks to come
out and enjoy themselves Tues-
day night.
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Norton, Mary. The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 11, 1963, newspaper, September 11, 1963; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521391/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.