The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1970 Page: 1 of 28
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Webster, New Council
Promise Improvement
Amid congratulations and ap-
plause from approximately 120
friends and relatives, Mayor
Grant Webster and the new City
Council were sworn in Friday
night.
In his first speech as mayor,
Webster said he had listened to
both his opponent and Bellaire
citizens during the campaign and
that he would try to take advan-
tage of the suggestions and make
use of them in improving Bel-
laire.
He reiterated his "more of the
same” policy. "That is,” he said,
"more of the best government we
can provide.”
“Only this I can promise,” he
concluded, "continued improve-
ment.”
Mayor Bill Rouse dwelled on
the excellence of the staff at city
nail in his final speech. In parti-
cular he pointed out the outstand-
ing services given his adminis-
tration by attorney Paul Strong,
City Clerk Mrs. NellieGallagher
and City Manager Gary Sum-
mers.
Outgoing Councilmen Earl
Kelley and Jack Randolph both
commented on the quality of ser-
vice provided by all the city em-
ployees also.
. Proceeding the special meet-
ing city employees held a recep-
tion for the new mayor and coun-
cilmen.
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Five Place In Piano Auditions
Five Southwest area students
will be featured in concerts May
10 and 17 with the All-City Sym-
phony Orchestra.
The students were winners of
the annual piano auditions spon-
sored by the Houston Music
Teachers’ Assn, and the orches-
tra, held May 3.
Antoinette Oakes, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Oakes,
5150 Beechnut, placed first in the
junior high division in chamber
music and concerto. Antoinette
attends Johnston Junior High, and
is a student of Mrs. John M.
Kern
John Hendrickson, a Lamar
High School sophomore, won sec-
ond in the senior division of the
chamber music audition and first
place for his piano concerto. He
is a student of Edward Acton.
Billy Jones of Lamar placed
second in chamber and third in
concerto auditions. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones, 1409
Marconi, and studies under Miss
Bessie Griffith.
He switched places in each
event with Bill Koehler, who won
third in chamber and second in
concerto. Koehler, a Westbury
High student, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. William M. Koehler,
5635 Spellman. His piano instruc-
tor is Mrs. Moreland Kortkamp
Roller.
Alanna Silverstein, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Silverstein,
3103 Broadmead, a student at
Bellaire High, won third in the
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In spite of threatening weather
the finals in the Bellaire Re-
creation Department’s Youth
Olympics was held at Feld Park
April 25.
Darrell Carrow grabbed three
first places in his division with
wins in the 25 yard dash, 50
yard dash and the cross coun-
try. Wesley Hogue captured two
firsts and a second with wins in
the 25 yard dash and 50 yard
dash. He placed second in the
running broad jump.
Milton Forney dominated the 11
year olds with three first places
in the 25 yard dash, 50 yard dash
and the cross country, Forney
placed second in the running
broad jump.
Over in the girl’s division lit-
tle Kristen Tackett carried off
three first place medals for her
performances in the 50 yard
dash, 25 yard dash and the run-
ning braod jump. HersisterKar-
en took two firsts in the 25 and
50 yard dashes and grabbed a
fourth place ribbon in the broad
jump.
Sarah Hall turned in two win-
ning runs in the 25 and 50 yard
dashes, ages 10-11.
Contestants were registered
at their schools and could enter
a maximum of four events. The
only requirements were that chil-
dren must be in the first through
sixth grades and reside within
the Bellaire city limits.
Preliminaries were held April
4 and 11 at Feld Park and the fi-
nals were to be held April 18 but
were rained out.
First place winners received
gold medals while second, third
and fourth finishers received rib-
bons.
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Sewer Called Major Problem
The new City Council was pre-
sented with a major problem at
their first meeting Monday night.
Delbert Jeter, suprevisor of
Bellaire’s Waste Water Purifica-
tion Plant, gave a report on 1900
feet of the main sewer line that
runs down Ferris to Jessamine
and doglegs to Bellaire Blvd.
A remote control television ca-
mera was pulled through the 15
inch line and Leter took 35mm
color slides of the picture as
shown on a closed circuit tele-
vision screen.
Jeter showed these slides to
Meyerland Swimmers Place In Junior Olympics
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The Meyerland Aquatic Club
Senior Boys, ages 15-17, relay
won first place in the 400 yard
free relay with a time of three
minutes, 39 seconds on April
26 at the Junior Olympic spon-
sored by Dad’s Club YMCA, Voss
Rd. at Katy.
Other first places won by the
Meverland team were by Rod
Hardie, 4915 Braesvalley, in the
200 yard free style; by Pat Wad-
dell, 5010 Braesvalley, in the
200 yard butterfly; Bobbie Len-
drigan, 9626 S. Rice Ave., in the
200 yard breaststroke and in 200
yard individual medley.
Medals were presented by the
National Sponsor of Junior Olym-
ics, the Quaker Oats Company.
Intermediate girls of Meyer-
land, won the first 3 places in the
500 yard freestyle event, with
first place won by Laurie Lon-
drigan, 9626 S. Rice Ave., sec-
ond by Sally Winston, 8526 Fer-
ris and third by Mary Beth Thom-
as, 5246 Indigo.
Thirty-six Meyerland swim-
mers participated In the meet,
which had an attendance of ap-
proximately 175 from 12 clubs,
including Beaumont, Bayshore,
Lake Jackson, and Houston.
Mike O’Donnell is the new
coach of the Meyerland team,
coming to Houston from El Paso
in the fall of 1969.
The Meyerland Aquatic Club
has over 60swimmers participa-
ting in spring workout at the club,
9002 S. Rice Ave. They swim 2
hours a day and average about
4 miles per workout.
the council as part of his report.
He said that since the lines
were initially laid 25 years ago
the supporting ground had settled
causing the lines to buckle. Be-
cause water does stand in these
buckles, hydrogen sufide gas
forms and reacts to form sul-
furic acid.
The sulfuric acid deteriorates
the cement in the lines, esepc-
ially on the top and sides above
the water line.
The walls of a line normally 2
inches in diameter had deterior-
ated to less than one-half inch.
Cement had fallen from the pipe
and had teft a rough surface
pocketed by pebbles and holes
where pebbles had been.
In some sections of the sewer
line, Jeter’s slides showed the
pipe had been entirely eaten a-
way and the clay used as fill
could be seen.
He said that had to be done
soon or the Ci ty would have a ma-
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ABC To Hear City Manager
MEYERLAND AQUATIC CLUB - The senior boys relay team that swept the Junior Olympics at
Dad s Club April 26 are (1. to r.) Pat Waddell, Bobbie Londrigan, Rod Hardie, Bob Schreck and
Tommy McCarver.
City Manager Gary Summers
will be the speaker at the Asso-
ciation of Bellaire Citizens final
meeting of the season, 8 p.m.,
Monday, May 11, Andrew W. Lad-
ner, club president announced.
“Bellaire is beginning a new
era with a new administration,
a new Housing Code, and a new
Zoning Law. These three must
work, with the help and coopera-
tion of energeticcitizens, to solve
the same old problems and
the new problems as they come,”
Ladner said.
Mr. Summers will discuss
“The Problems and the Pros-
pects” of Bellaire and howto im-
prove the city’s neighborhoods.
His talk will be followed by a
discussion period.
The club will hold its annual
election of officers at the end of
the program.
The public is welcome at the
meeting in the Community Build-
ing.
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Burleson, Darlenna. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1970, newspaper, May 6, 1970; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth566973/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.