The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 11, 1963 Page: 3 of 28
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Wednesday, September II, 1963
At The Council Table
THE BELLAIRE
City Council Increases
Deposit For New Customers
An ordinance upping the de- qg manv water Ihilln run over unmfl
upping
posit requirement for customers
was passed at Wednesday night’s
Bellaire City Council meeting.
(The city fathers met on Wed-
nesday -because the regular Mon-
day meeting night fell on Labor
Day.)
Old charge was $5 for home
owners and $10 for tenants. The
new figure is $15 and it appar-
ently pleased no one at the coun-
cil table.
Mayor Robert Watts thought
it should be more and at least
two council members, John
Lockwood and James Skelton,
thought it should be less.
Several weeks ago Mayor
Watts said he thought the ordi-
nance should be changed be-
cause the city is frequently left
holding the bag when people
leave town owing a sizable water
bill which the deposit doesn’t
cover. At that time the mayor
also said he was disturbed over
the city’s practice o{f requiring
newcomers to the city to pay
someone else’s water bill. When
as many water bills run over
that amount with the city’s sys-
tem of billing once every two
months.
Mr. Skelton said he thought
that was preposterous and Mr.
Poindexter suggested a compro-
mise figure of $17.50. After more
discussion1 the council approved
the $15 figure with Mr. Watts
and Mr. Skelton voting no.
Lee Norris, 5117 Grand Lake,
appeared before the council—
equipped with a tape recorder—
to protest two aspects of the
wafer department’s operation:
1. The practice of requiring
new residents to pay bills left
by prior residents. This he said
was .both “illegal and immoral.”
2. The fact that longtime, up-
standing citizens sometimes go
away on vacation and return to
find “threatening” notices from
the water department because
they haven’t paid their water
bill.
Both Councilmen Lockwood
and Bill Rouse said they thought
there was merit in Mr. Norris’
there is a bill outstanding ^
Iatter complaint. They said they
against a meter, it has been the
city’s policy to refuse to provide
service to a new resident at that
address until the bill was paid.
The new ordinance does away
with this practice.
The new $15 fee does not ap-
ply, of course, to people who
are already being served by city
water.
However, if a Bellaire resident
moves from one house to another
within the city, they will have
to fork over the additional de-
posit before they can be recon-
nected.
At the outset of the discus-
sion Mayor Watts said he
thought the deposit would need
to be $20 or so to be effective
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sophomore, junior or senior stu-
dents. There will be one class
daily to allow the instructor to
be at Bellaire High and Waltrip
High, where the class will also,
be offered.
In Bellaire, where overcrowd-
ing is no longer a problem, it
was strictly “school as usual”
on opening day.
Condit
At Condit Elementary Princi-
pal Louise Robert was pleased
with an increase in enrollment
—up 75 over last year to a total
of 729. Condit has a new clerk,
Mrs. Colette Taliaferro and five
new teachers, Mrs. Miehae Sta-
thakis, sixth grade; Mrs. Helen
Mae Evans, first grade; Mrs.
Rella Allred, and Mrs. Elise Wil-
some method of handling the
vacation problem before another
summer rolls around.
Mr. Watts said he thought it
might be a pretty tough prob-
lem for the water department
to keep up with who is on va-
cation when. He said he thought
some responsibility in such mat-
ters should He with the individ-
ual.
Council asked City Attorney
Paul Strong to draft a tentative
ordinance in connection with
request for zoning modifications
to allow construction of a motel
on the R. R. “Pop” Reamer
property at Spruce and Sixth
Streets. Bellaire has had no pre-
vious experience with regulat-
ing overnight public lodgings.
The council called a public
hearing for Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
in the council room on a zoning
change requested by Texaco at
their Research Laboratory on
North Rice Avenue.
Texaco is seeking permission
to build a1 building to be used
for general office purposes on
the site. The property is cur-
rently zoned for research lab-
TEX A N
oratory facilities only. The Plan-
ning Commission has returned a
favorable r—flommendation to
council on the proposal.
The council also called a hear,
ing for 8 p.m. on Oct. 7 oni a
proposal to pave Florence Street
#rom the west line of Second to
the east boundary of Moreland
Court Addition.
The council appointed alter-
nate members to two city boards
Page 3
•—Robert N. Gay Jr., 4817 Ever-
green, to the board of adjust-
ment, and E, Pat Emimott, 5203
Valerie, to the Planning Board'.
The council also voted to re-
employ the firm of Ernst and
Ernst a® auditors for the cur-
rent year after jokingly taking
them to task for hiring away
one of the city’s employees, Joe
Smith, from the finance depart-'
ment.
Harrison, fifth grade; Mrs. Dor.
ris King, fourth grade; Miss
Karol Kolter, fourth grade; Mrs.
Anne Rollin, first grade; Mrs.'
Dorothy Sparks, music; Mrs.
Nancy Tulk, fifth grade; Mrs.
Patricia Wallace, first grade, and
Mrs. Julia Young, third grade.
Richmond
Richmond school reports an
enrollment of 1106, up about 75
Otver last year.
KOLTER
An enrollment of 953 at Kol-
ter Elementary School was re-
ported Monday. New teachers
this year are Miss Louise John-
son, kindergarten; Mrs. Carole
Abernathy, kindergarten; Mrs.
Lola Norman, sixth grade; Mrs.
Jaqueline Day, special educa-
tion; Miss Jerry Friedman,
Spanish; Miss Nancy Taylor,
music, and Mrs. Kathrine Bur-
-ti , uiubju, auu ivirs. rvauiime our-
kmson special classes and Mrs. t iibrarian Mr. and Mrs. Ro_
Aida Fernandez, Spanish.
Cunningham
Cunningham has an enroll-
ment of around 500 and two new
teachers, Mrs. Dee Taylor, third
grade, and Miss Ruth Darling,
fifth grade. Mrs. Dannie Moyer
is the new clerk.
Horn
At Horn School, enrollment as
of Friday was 903. Horn has a
new music teacher, Mrs. Sharon
Thornton, and a new Spanish
teacher, Mrs. Mary Bulnes.
Gordon
Gordon has an enrollment of
437 and two new teachers, Mrs.
Mignonette Spencer, sixth grade,
and Mrs. Ross Morris, first
grade.
Brae burn
Braeburn is bustling with an
enrollment of 1083. Two more
temporary buildings and1 a num-
ber of teachers have been added:
Mrs. Edith Broderick, special
class; Mrs. Jimmye Sue Hem,
first grade; Mrs. Catherine
Dunn, sixth grade; Mrs. Dorothy
Fletcher, third grade; Mrs. Pearl
bert Reader, safety chairmen of
the P.T.O. will head a highly
stressed' safety program for the
coming year.
LOVETT
Lovett Elementary School has
announced an enrollment of 802,
a small increase over last year.
Six new teachers have been
added to the staff. They are
Mrs. Vinnie D. Coffman, fourth
grade; Miss Elma Howard', kin-
dergarten; Mrs. Barbara Fogt,
second grade; Miss Patricia
Smith, third grade; Miss Jane
Runnels, fourth grade and Miss
Arlyne Blaugrund, fourth grade
This year Lovett will be one of
the first pilot schools in the
system to use programmed ma-
terial in arithmetic at the
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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/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.