The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1962 Page: 1 of 24
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As an inveterate attender of
public meetings, 1 hustled down
to the Johnston Jr. High audi-
torium Monday night to observe
the initial public hearing on
Houston’s plans for a zoning ord-
inance. This hearing was for
Area 1 South of Bellaire and
West of S. Main. And tonight,
at Jane Long Jr. High, the hear-
ing will be held for Area 2.
I'rom the show of hands in
a sort of double vote on zon-
ing at the Johnston hearing,
I gathered residents of Area 1
attending the meeting were
about three or four to one in
favor. About 350 persons at-
tended.
However, some others in at-
tendance, mostly real estate
people from outside the area or
speculative property o \v n e r s,
asked that they be allowed to
vote. So Chairman George T.
Barrow of the zoning commis-
sion held a separate show of
hands for them. Here, it ap-
peared the vole was about split
even.
This was an interesting hear-
ing in that it set the pattern for
the many more remaining, I
would imagine. In residential
areas, it would seem the senti-
ment is for zoning protection.
However, at these hearings I
would expect a task force of
opposition to appear and bring
tip all kinds of arguments—re-
lated and unrelated — to cast
doubts and confusion. It was al-
ways thus when such subjects
as planning and zoning come
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Post Office
May Be Complete
if Tuesday
Give or take a few coat hooks,
soap dispensers and leaking can-
opies, it looks like Bellaire’s
long-awaited new post office
building might be ready to pass
final inspection next week.
Postmaster Del Amos said he
has been informed that a roofer
will be on the job Friday to
make repairs on a leaking front
canopy.
“With that taken care of and
if materials for other minor fin-
ishing work arrive, it looks like
they might be through by next
Tuesday,” said the Postmaster.
This will mean that the move
into the new building and the
dedication ceremonies will prob-
ably be scheduled sometime be-
tween Jan. 20 and the end of
the month, he said.
Vol. 8 No. 46
Curtail Free
Bus Service
To Johnston
At least 328 Johnston Junior
High School students now riding
School District busses won’t be
after mid-term.
The Houston School Board
Monday decided to eliminate
free bus service to children who
live within the state-imposed
two mile limit from the school
or from public transportation.
The state does not reimburse
the district for children living
within the two-mile radius.
A recently instituted Rapid
Transis bus route puts many
children within the two mile
limit who were not previously,
according to Leonard Naill of
the district transportation of-
fice.
The Rapid Transit bus goes
down Stella Link to Willow-
bend, out Willowbend to Bel-
fort, from Belfort to Chimney
Rock to Ludington to Lands-
downe, to Warm Springs, to
Mullins, to Belfort and return.
Mr. Naill said that north of
the school the only eligible chil-
dren will be those living inside
the Bellaire city limits.
“Due to the fact that they live
in another municipality, they are
eligible for service although they
live within two miles of public
transportation,” he said.
Students living in Westbury,
Post Oak Manor, Willow Mea-
dows and Meyerland will appar-
ently no longer be eligible for
free transportation, Mr. Naill
said.
Routes listed by Mr. Naill as
being either partially or entir-
ely eliminated are as follows:
Bus 130 (Trip 2)—in West-
bury southwest of the school, 79
children no longer eligible for
service.
Bus 162 (Trip 1)—About 20
children eliminated.
Bus 140 (Trip 1)—east of Stel-
la Link and north of Willow
Bend, 64 children no longer
eligible; Trip 2, area north of
Willowbend and west of Stella
Link, 66 children no longer el-
igible.
Bus 150 (Trip 2)—area south
of Willow Bend, 44 children no
longer eligible for service.
Getliseiiiane Meth. To Break
Ground For Second Unit
Groundbreaking ceremonies
for an interim sanctuary for
Gethsemane Methodist Church,
6856 Bellaire Blvd., will be held
at 10:15 a.m. Sunday.
Dr. Wayne McClesky, district
superintendent for the West Dis-
trict, will preside and will preach
•t the 11 a.m. service. (There
will be no 8:30 a.m. service Sun-
day).
W. E. Murrell, 7095 Carvel,
chairman of the building com-
mittee, will lead the laymen’s
part in the groundbreaking
ceremony. The children’s Sun-
day School Classes will also par-
ticipate.
The contractor, Harold Van
Buskirk Co-, expects to get un-
derway the following morning
on the $175,000 structure. Com-
pletion time is estimated at six
months.
In addition to a worship area
which will seat 600, the building
will include two administrative
offices, a pastor’s study, seven
classrooms and a prayer chapel
which will be open 24 hours a
day.
The Rev. M. Keith Kellow,
pastor of the church, said the
new structure will represent the
second stage of the congrega-
tion’s master plan of construc-
tion.
The new building will ulti-
mately become a fellowship hall
when the permanent sanctuary
is constructed.
The first unit of Gethsemane
Methodist’s building program
was completed in Oct. 1958. In
the overall plan it was designed
as an Educational Building but
will be used as a fellowship hall
after the new unit is completed.
Organized in April of 1956,
Gethsemane Methodist Church
now has 835 members.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1962 10c—Subscription $3.00 per year
FRIDAY NIGHT FROLIC
The weekly frolic at the Bellaire Community
Hall for the city's junior teen-agers has be-
come a popular part of the Bellaire Recrea-
tion program. Here taking time out from
dancing for a popcorn and Coke break are,
left to right, Margaret Walker, 7139 Bel-
laire Blvd.; Carol Swepston, 5126 Laurel, T.
G. Collier Jr., 5250 Lymbar, and Vincent
Pelataria Jr., 6837 Bellaire.
Photo by Roloc
COUNCIL REAPPOINTS TWO
TO INSURANCE COMMISSION
Reserve Seats
New Fur Jan, 24
Chamber Banquet
Make your reservations now
for the Bellaire Chamber of
Commerce banquet to be held
Jan. 24 at the Braeburn Coun-
try Club, Chamber Manager Ro-
ger West nip urges.
Tickets will not be offered
for sale at the door the night
of the banquet, Mr. Westrup said.
“We will be able to accommo-
date a maximum of 250 people
so it is urgent that you make
your reservations early,” Mr.
Westrup said.
Speaker for the banquet will
be John H. Wimberly, president
of the Houston Natural Gas
Corp.
Highlights of the program will
be the presentation of Bellaire’s
Outstanding Citizen Award and
awards for Bellaire’s outstand-
ing student and outstanding ath-
lete. New Chamber officers will
be installed.
Dr. Murray Klaff will emcee
the program and an orchestra
from the II & H Music Co. will
provide music.
Hugh Watson is serving as
banquet chairman.
Those planning to attend are
urged to return their banquet
reservation forms to the Cham-
ber office right away or call the
Chamber office to make arrange-
ments.
Norman Gauerke and Phil
Stietenroth were reappointed to
two year terms on the Insur-
ance Commission by the Bellaire
City Council at the Tuesday,
Jan. 2, meeting.
At the meeting council also
opened bids on the shelving for
the new Bellaire Library under
construction and five new pol-
ice cars and for a new car for
City Manager Gary O. Summers.
Tne bids were referred to the
city manager for tabulation and
recommendation.
Mr. Summers reported that
the contractor on the new lib-
rary, Pence Construction Co.,
has said that, with continuing
favorable weather, that the new
library building will be com-
pleted by Feb. 1.
The council also authorized
the city attorney to prepare
proceedings for letting a contract
Members of the Bellaire Jay-
cees are being urged to become
“roving poll tax deputies” to help
reach more voters before the Jan.
31 deadline for paying poll taxes
or obtaining exemption certifi-
cates.
“We hope all Bellaire Jaycees
will become poll tax deputies to
and calling a hearing on benefits
for paving the south half of
Dash wood from Sixth to Chim-
ney Rock. This is the street
tvhich runs in front of the re-
cently opened Bellaire General
Hospital.
Property owners on the north
side of the street who are in
the city of Houston have already
signed up for the paving, City
Manager Summers said. With
one exception the south side
property owners—in the city of
Bellaire—have also signed.
The necessity for going through
assessment proceedings will
mean a delay of from one to two
months before the work can get
underway.
Gaylord Construction Com-
pany was low bidder. The city
has just completed installation
of a storm sewer along Dash-
wood, draining into Chimney
Rock, a $7500 project.
help out in reaching more vot-
ers this year,” Bergen B. Hall,
Bellaire Jaycee president, said.
“Operation Poll Tax” project
director is Ernie Klein, vice-
president of the club, who is In
charge of the program for to-
night’s meeting at 7:30 p.m. at
Condit Scout House behind City
Hall.
Bellaire Jaycees To Launch
“Operation Poll Tax”
Marilyn Estates
Club To Meet
With Mrs. Taylor
The Marilyn Estates Garden
Club will meet at 10 a.m. on
Jan. 12 in the home of Mrs. R.
E. Taylor, 5402 Wigton.
Mrs. Guy Fausset, 5434 Ruth-
erglen, will be co-hostess. The
program will be, “Flower Show
Practice,” and Mrs. R. A. Sala-
thiel, 8410 Cedarbrake Drive,
will be the speaker. There will
be a comprehensive study on
“Birds,” given by Mrs. F. W.
Jackson, 5406 Dumfries. Mrs. L.
A. Luljak, 5411 Lymbar, will
give gardening tips for January.
Now Arranging
Concerto Auditions
Applications for Concerto
Auditions—piano and orchestral
instruments — are now being
accepted at the Houston Youth
Symphony Office, P. O. Box
556, Houston 1, Texas.
Appointment for preliminary
auditions must be made at
once by calling FA 3-0301.
Students, age 9 to 19, should
be prepared to perform a
movement of some standard
concerto. Those selected by the
judges will perform with the
Houston Youth Symphony in
Music Hall Concerts.
New Civil Defense
Bulletins Now
Available Here
This newly issued govern-
ment-issued booklet, “Fallout
Protection — What To Know
and Do About Nuclear At-
tack.” is now available at two
locations in Bellaire.
The booklets are available
at the Bellaire Post Office,
5004 Cedar, or from Bellaire
Civil Defense Director John
Taylor at Target Cleaners,
5008 Bellaire Blvd.
The booklets will not be
mailed out. Mr. Taylor said.
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Norton, Mary. The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1962, newspaper, January 10, 1962; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521463/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.