The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 17, 1961 Page: 1 of 20
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OUR SIDE
TRACKEf
I’m not a person who can go
through life without opinions;
usually, as readers know, I can
get opinionated as all get out
if the mood strikes me. But I
can’t seem to get up a head of
steam over the pending U. S.
Senatorial runoff election.
I only mention the above
because people have been
warning me that, if 1 plan to
take sides, to take my side
enough ahead of the election to
give them time to knock mv
block off. I'm always inter-
ested in hearing reader opi-
nions. and will print them one
and all.
Rather, I have fallen into a
rather strange mood — I feel
like a man waiting for lightning
to strike, and worried about
when and where it will strike.
I have a feeling we are not
really concentrating our efforts
on fighting communism from
within on an intelligent basis.
And that while we moil around
the Red forces of evil continue
their almost bloodless march for-
ward.
—o—
I feel at times our viewpoints
are not as broad in their scope
as they should be, not as pene-
trating, not as understanding.
I feel at times we get bogged
down in personal problems, af-
fairs, desires to the detriment
of overall problems that effect
us as a whole. I get the feeling
we’re not pulling together as a
nation.
I’erhaps we are just getting
around to thinking about doing
this — pulling together. Per-
haps we are in a transitionary
stage between the more placid
stage of unexcelled prosperity
and a different, harder, tough-
er stage of the "finger on the
trigger” approach.
What brought this mood on
.was some preparatory thoughts
to a talk (I’m a terrible speech-
maker) I gave Monday night on
“Leadership” to the Bel-high
Key club members. In mulling
the subject over, in delineating
the abilities of leadership, it was
brought home again that leader-
ship off-times emerges from vio_
lence, or a violent period, or
starts violence.
Whose names reverberate in
history? The Hannibals, the
Napoleons, Grants, the Lees,
the Hitlers, the Stalins, the
Wilsons, the Churchills, the
Roosevelts, the Eisenhowers,
the MacArtluirs, the Khruch-
evs . . . men who rise to im-
mortality through the history
books from the smoke and
flame belching along the road
that surely is leading to Arma-
geddon.
Perhaps my feeling is we arc
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the Texan
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VOL. 8—NO. 12
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1951
Bellaire Chamber Writes Letter
Urge Priority For RR Ditch
In Next County Bond Issue
If the Harris County Com-
missioners Court calls a bond
election in September and if the
voters OK a $30 million bond
issue, the Bellaire Chamber of
Commerce wants to see a hefty
chunk of the money spent in
the Bellaire area.
That was the gist of a letter
authorized by the chamber board
of directors and sent last week-
end to County Commissioner
Kyle Chapman over the signat-
ure of Chamber President Fred
W. Campbell.
The three major improve-
ments which the chamber seeks
are improvement of the railroad
ditch which lies between Bell-
aire’s east city limits and the
Southern Pacific Railroad tracks,
the widening of Richmond Rd.
and the construction of a court-
house annex to serve this area.
The chamber’s interest in
these three projects won’t be
news to Mr. Chapman. Repre-
sentatives of theT Chamber have
discussed Bella'ire’s interest in
the proposed bond issue with
the commissioner in recent
months.
The letter makes the cham-
ber’s request a matter of record.
Number One Priority
In the letter the directors
stated that the Railroad ditch is
“outside the City of Bellaire and
the county is under contract
with the railroad to maintain
it. It has silted up until it is
no longer effective and the wat-
er. which normally flows in that
direction, will not now drain into
it. This ditch should be widen-
ed, deepened and lined with con-
crete. This improvement is one
of the primary needs, not only
of Bellaire but of the area and
we think it should have number_
one priority of all the improve-
ment programs.”
With reference to Richmond
Rd., the chamber letter stated
that with the. completion of the
Southwest Freeway, Richmond
Rd. will still be overloaded with
traffic and said it should be in-
creased from a two lane to a
four lane street.
Courthouse Annex
In citing the need for a court-
house annex the letter pointed
out that the present tax office
substation “is doing a tremen-
dous business and service to this
Andy Anderson School To Be R
Dedicated Thursday Evening
Dedication ceremonies for
Vnd.v Anderson Elementary
school, Lansdowne and Lud-
ngton, will be held Thursday
ivening. An open house at 7:30
>.m. will precede the dedication
irogram in the school auditori-
im beginning at 8 p.m.
Speakers will include Dr. John
N. McFarland, superintendent ol
ichools, and George Carmack,
(ditor of the Houston Press. The
ichool was named in memory of
he late Andy Anderson, be-
oved newsman who for many
rears devoted himself to aiding
he disabled and the needy thro-
igh the columns of the Houston
3ress.
Participating in the dedication
(eremony will be Mrs. Dallas
Dyer, president of the Houston
school Board, and Gerald A.
rones, school principal.
Clyde Watson, president of the
Andy” Anderson Parent-Teach-
er Group, will be master of
ceremonies. The Rev. F. Clyde
Woodward, pastor of Westbury
Methodist Church, will give the
invocation and the benediction.
Participating in the flag cere-
mony which will precede the
program will be Duke Durrett,
representing the Boy Scouts;
David Bennett, representing the
Cub Scouts; Patty Diggers, re-
presenting the Girl Scouts;
Martha Davis and Emiliy Ter-
rill. representing the Camp Fire
Girls; Rene Durrett, representing
the Brownies and Mary McLen-
nan, representing the Blue Birds.
Mrs. Frances Durrett is in char-
ge of flag ceremony arrange-
ments.
The Andy Anderson Chorus
under the direction of Don Mar-
tin will present “America In
Review.” Music preceding the
program will be provided by
Mrs. Helen Ball, teacher at Andy
Anderson School.
“That office, together with a
highway patrol driver’s license
office in Etellaire, automatically
draws many out-of-state auto-
mobiles for an official check so
that they may obtain Texas cer-
tificates of title. We, therefore,
think that a deputy sheriff
should be stationed here at all
times. The filing of deeds, mort-
gages and other papers in the
County Clerk’s office has be-
come so complicated, because of
the necessity to include the cor-
rect filing fees, that it would be
a tremendous advantage to the
citizens, as well as the County
Clerk if that office, too, could
have a substation located here.
“Last but not least, it would
save the people of this area
enough time to pay for the build-
ing, if the Justice of Peace could
hold court here on certain days
rather than for them to have
to go to the present Precinct No.
1 courtroom.”
Burgess Pool
Names Assistant
To City Manager
Longtime City of Bellaire Em-
ployee Burgess Pool has been
named assistant to the city man-
ager and Assistant Director of
Finance Joe Smith has been
named purchasing agent.
City Manager Gary O. Sum-
mers made the announcement of
the shift in' responsibilities at
the Monday night council meet-
ing.
Mr. Pool, who formerly held
the post of purchising agent,
is one of the city’s oldest em-
ployees in years of service. He
has been with the city since May
of 1049 and lias served as acting
city manager on several occa-
sions when Mr. Summers has
been out of the city for an ex-
tended period of time.
Mr. Smith, who will now hold
both the titles of assistant fin-
ance director and purchasing
agent, has been with the city
since December of 1957. His of-
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Fire Damages
Residence Of
obert L White
The Robert E. White home at
817 Holton was extensively dam-
aged by a fire last Friday night
which apparently started from a
short in an electrical connec-
tion.
The fire started in a back bed-
room of the White home while
Mr. and Mrs. White were away
at a movie.
Karen Lord of 810 South Se-
cond, a Bellaire High student
who was staying with the chil-
dren while their parents were
away saw the youngsters safely
out of the house and called the
fire department.
Mrs. White called the 'Texan
Monday to warmly praise Kar-
en and members of the Biellaire
Fire Department.
“They were simply wonder-
ful in the way they handled the
situation,” she said.
Mrs. White said Karen and
her older son, Robert, Jr., 11,
were in the living room watch-
ing television when they smelled
smoke.
“They went to investigate and
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TWO WAYS TO STAR-GAZE
While six-year-old Mary Jo gets an assist from science and
views the moon through the telescope her Dad, Joe Strother,
made, big sister Nancy, 10, apparently finds the view satis-
factory -- even with the naked eye. The telescope will be a
feature of the weekend's Country Carnival at Bellaire Meth-
odist Church. (See Story, Page 7)
Photo by Peter Whitney
Parade Will Blaze Trail
To Bel-Meth. Carnival
“I Lovva Parade” — and if
you do too — then you’ll want
to be at curbside in Bellaire
Friday for the parade that will
launch the third annual Com-
munity Carnival of Bellaire
Methodist Church.
According to Carnival General
Chairman J. Cullen Paxton, any-
one with wheels — bicycle, car,
what have you — or a good pair
of walking shoes, is invited to
take part in the event which
will 'officially launch the 1961
edition of this popular event.
The parade will gather at 3:15
Friday afternoon in the swim-
ming pool parking lot behind
the Bellaire Community Center.
It will travel north on Rice and
then west to the Circle, around
the circle and east on Bellaire
Boulevard to the church.
Shops & Shoppers
Bang's Cafe
Under New
Management
MACY AND KAY KAUFMAN
have taken over management of
Bang’s Cafe (5200 Bellaire Blvd.)
A successful team of restaur-
ant and cafe operators for more
than 18 years, the Kaufmans
bring to the Bellaire area a
knowledge of people’s wants in
good food at moderate prices.
Parents of two sons — Jon,
22, graduate of Colgate Univer-
sity and a Houston Press re-
porter; and Bob, 16, Pershing
student — Mr. and Mrs. Kauf-
ma nlive at 3822 N. Braeswood.
They invite you all to drop
in to say hello and sample their
fine foods.
A large number of floats, dec-
orated cars, two wheelers and
tricycles have already been en-
tered, but there is room for
plenty more, according to Pax-
ton.
New Concessions
Several new concessions have
been added to the fun filled
event which will open immedia-
tely following the parade on
Friday, and will also be held
starting at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
In the run down of concessions
is a hot dog stand sponsored
by the Bellaire Methodist Fel-
lowship Class; balloons and
home-made lemonade by the Se-
venth Grade of the Sunday
School Department, “Sock the
Staff” booth manned by the
Young Married Adult Class, cold
drinks dispensed by the Fisher-
man Club, handmade aprons of-
fered for sale by the XYZ Club,
those “old kitchen” style baked
beans prepared by the WSCS
and a ‘‘Big Telescope” booth
sponsored by Joe strother —
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PUPPIES
OR KITTENS?
The Bellaire Texan
can sell them for you.
Mrs. C. C. McDougle sold
a litter of 10 and received
20 calls.
BEAGLE PUPPIES, 10 thoro-
breds, females, $20. Males
$25.
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Norton, Mary. The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 17, 1961, newspaper, May 17, 1961; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521751/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.