The South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 25, 1978 Page: 1 of 4
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Incumbents selected by voters
Although the weather man
was not cooperating, 3320
voters made their way to the
polls last Saturday to rein-
state the three incumbents
in the Pasadena Independent
School District Board of
Trustee election.
In the election, which ap-
peared to have even the dis-
trict election pros guessing
until the last minute, in-
cumbents Jay Welch, Cecil
Ghormley, and Billy Morris
all regained their seats with
wide margins.
Welch, of Position 1, de-
feated his lone challenger,
Roy Shiflett by a tally of
2113 votes to 1042.
In the absentee balloting,
Silflett took the Saturday
morning lead with 82 votes
to Welch's 54.
High school voting break-
downs were as follows
Pasadena—Welch, 499; Shif-
lett, 210; Sam Rayburn —
Welch, 810; Shiflett, 455;
South Houston - Welch, 301;
Shiflett, 71; Doble - Welch,
443; Shiflett, 224.
in Position 2, challenger
Rick Carlisle also took the
lead in the votes cast during
absentee voting with 108 to
Ghormley’s 33.
The boxes at Pasadena
and 8am Rayburn kept the
candidates neck and neck,
with the winning margins
coming to Ghormley in the
South Houston and Doble
areas.
The breakdown was as fol-
lows: Pasadena—Ghormley,
401; Carlisle, 359; Sam Ray- ,
burn — Ghormley,. 698;
Carlisle, 633; South Hous-
ton — Ghormley, 281; Carl-
isle, 102; Doble — Ghorm-
ley, 428; Carlisle, 238.
The total tally was Ghorm-
ley 1841; Carlisle, 1440.
In Position 3, Billy Mor-
ris took the lead in the ab-
sentee balloting and followed
that by taking three out of
the four high schools, with
only the Doble box going to
challenger Don Bane.
Also running in that race
were BUI Chmylak and John
Crawford.
In the breakdown, it want
Pasadeha — Morris, 540;
Bane, 168; Chmylak, 25 and
Crawford, 23; Sam Rayburn-
Morrla, 821; Bane, 394;
Chmylak, 9; Crawford, 8;
South Houston —Morris, 204;
Bane, 157; Chmylak, 9 and
Crawford, 8; Doble — Mor-
ris, 144; Bane, 477; Chmy-
lak, 22 and Crawford 11.
Total votes cast at the
high schools were: Pasadena
770; 8am Rayburn, 1342;
South Houston, 390 and Doble
677; absentee votes, 141.
Both Pasadena High and
Sam Rayburn saw Increased
voting by approximately 100
votes over last year, while
South Houston decreased by
3 and Doble went down 104.
Politically active mem-
bers of the district were
predicting an extremely
close race between Ghorm-
ley and Carlisle, and by
election day it appeared that
Shiflett was gaining ground
on Welch.
The possible discontent
with Welch and Ghormley
stemmed from the fact that
both men had voted against
the installation of the arti-
ficial turf in Memorial Sta-
dium.
Ghormley brought this
topic to the surface at the
board meeting Saturday night
during which the Incumbents
were given the oath of office
for the next three years.
Ghormley stated that the
Pasadena school district
"athletic department be-
came involved and spread the
word that Cecil Ghormley is
against athletics. I have been
raked over the coals on two
Items, Astro turf and the
field house".
Ghormley explained that
he had voted against the con-
struction of the Stoney Phil-
lips Gymnasium because the
voters had turned down the
construction project prior to
the board vote.
He stated that his reelec-
tion showed that he had cor-
rectly represented his con-
stituents. m •
Ghormley explained that
he had voted against the con-
struction project prior to
the board vote. He indicated
that his reelection showed
be bad correctly represent-
ed his constituents.
He was applauded by the
audience when he stated that
some items should be put
before the voters on a refer-
endum vote He stated that
he hoped to "mend fences"
with the athletic depart-
ment”.
Ghormley praised his op-
ponent, Carlisle, and the
campaign which Carlisle
ran.
ki a more subdued speech,
Morris indicated that he
hoped the past could be for-
gotten, and that the board
would go forward in the edu-
cation of the students.
Welch thanked all those
who voted, and worked to
have him reelected.
The South Belt Press
Volume 2, Number 50 .
11 1 ■ i "The Voice of Community-Minded People
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Take One!
Wednesday, January 25,1978
Quartet apprehended
after spending spree
at local night club
Commissioner
Bass nominated
"major construction” as a
four lane divided curb and
gutter road which will be
an extension of the Beamer
Road located In Sagemont.
Bass also commented that
his office was working with
giving assistance to improv-
ing the local baseball facili-
ties at the United Sports
Association fields in "what-
ever way was legally
possible".
in gaining entrance to the
vault were In vain, as there
was nothing of value in the
vault.
Barber also reported that
the burglars did a lot of
damage before leaving. The
damage done included the
tearing up of items in the of-
fice, damaging typewriters,
spraying the stamp machine
with fire extinguishers, etc.
Later that morning the
home of Jim Eaves at 10815
Sageberry was visited by the
four. While there, they stole
a rifle, camera, guitar, and
jewelry.
Minutes later, the home
of Leon Coe on Sageburrow
became the next target.
Among the items taken from
the Coe home was a pair of
blue jeans purchased by Ros-
ann, for her husband, Leon.
Roseann had left her home
only minutes before the
burglars gained entrance by
breaking a bay window. She
had been called to pick up
her daughter who had taken
ill at school.
Upon returning home, she
noticed the broken bay
window, and went to aneigh-
bors to call [dice. The bur-
glars were still in the home
at the time, and were slot-
ted leaving by Roseann.
Police report that the bur-
glars traveled on foot, and
made use of pillow cases
to carry their loot.
The youths taken into cus-
tody were described as male,
ages 16, 17, 18 and 22, all
from the South Belt area.
The 16 year old Is legally
considered a minor.
According to police, It Is
the 16 year old who appear-
ed to be the ring-leader.
He Is also being questioned
in regards to burglaries in
Friendswood and Webster.
Police report that he will
be turned over to the juvenile
division. One of the other
male adults is expected to
be held on jossession of a
narcotic charge, one will
be charged In the burglaries,
and the fourth one is expect-
ed to be released with no
charges filed.
In regards to the Elling-
ton Air Force Base contro-
versy, Bass reported tha't
he would prefer to see the
base remain in the federal
inventory, rather than be
turned over to the state,
cities or other agencies. He
clarified, that If maintained
in the Inventory, he would
prefer to have additional fa-
cilities at the base being
put to use, rather than just
left In non-use.
Bass also stated that If
the base were to be turned
over to a local city govern-
ment, he would prefer to see
the City of Houston be the
city host as opposed to the
City Of Pasadena.
In recent months. Con-
gressman Bob Gammage has
worked to see that the base
is maintained in the federal
inventory. During that time,
John Ray Harrison has been
working to have the base
placed under the City of
Pasadena government
Bass also commented that
he will enjoy being a states-
men this election year,
rather than a politician, M
be is not up for re-election
until 1980.
Preclnt l*s Harris County
Commissioner Tom Bass
has been nominated as the
next president of the Hous-
ton-Galveston Area Council.
For the past year, Bass
has served as the vice-
president of that organiza-
tion which Is a consortium
of local governments in a
thirteen-county area.
The major responsibility
of the groups is to review
requests for federal grants.
The executive committee
of HGAC Is composed of
elected officials.
In addition to serving on
the HGAC, Bass has been
keeping busy with numerous
projects which affect South
Belt area people.
On the third Wectoesday
of each month, Bass is avail-
able at the Clear Lake City
Court House for visitation
by local residents, (hiring
the hours of 9:30 and 11:30
a.m.
He describes the response
to his visitation as "pretty
good, although not standing
room only”. "People have
been showing up with prob-
lems which range from con-
cerns about annexations,
roads, social service, and
justices of the peace".
Regarding roads, Bass re-
ports that work on Beamer
Road, between Sagedowne
and Choate Road, will begin
this year on precinct tends.
"Major construction on
Beamer Road will have to
wait until after the next bond
election", stated Bass. The
bond election is scheduled
for next Call.
Bass described the
o
e
Ellington to host team
Pasadena School District attorney, Stanley Baskin
administered the oath of office to school board election
winners, right to left; Jay Welch, Cecil Ghormley,
and Billy Morris. The ceremony took place at the
administration building Saturday night after the elec-
Openings are available,
and anyone wishing to get
Information concerning try-
ing out for the team Is urged
to contact the coach Arie
Selinger, through the Pasa-
dena City Hall office of Bil-
lie Fife.
The team consists of wo-
men from California, Texas,
Minnesota, Pennsylvania,
New York, New Jersey and
Missouri. The women are
ages 18 to 27.
The life is a rough one,
and the demands of dedica-
tion sometimes surpasses
expectations of team mem-
bers. Consequently the num-
ber of members on the team
tlon returns were tallied. All three men were Incum-
bents, and will serve as trustees for the next three
years. The school board will bold Its next regular
meeting this Thursday.
fluctuates from time to time.
The team has received
permission to use the gym-
nasium located at Ellington
so they may have a home
field for practicing their
volleyball until time to leave
for the big games.
Presently they are sta-
tioned as a team in Colorado
Springs until they travel
to Cuba for a series of
matches scheduled for
March. They are scheduled
to move into Ellington in
April.
The team has been re-
ceiving considerable support
from Pasadena Mayor, John
Ray Harrison, who was in-
strumental In getting per-
mission for the team to be
based at Ellington during
their training for the games.
Ellington Air Force Base
will have some unique resi-
dents, as the Pasadena —
based United States Olympic
Volleyball team is preparing
to move to the base during
their preparation for the
1980 Olympics.
The U. S. team, thought
to be one of the six best
in the world, is confident
that they will be one of the
ten teams to take part in
the Olympic games to be
played in Moscow.
Twelve women are pre-
sently on the team, although
normally the teams consists
of eighteen players.
The spending of large
amounts of rolled coins and
silver dollars led to the
apprehension of four males
sought in connection with
area burglaries.
Thursday night the Hous-
ton Police apprehended the
males in a night club on
Winkler Drive. '
The quartet came under
the suspicion of the club
manager after they were ob-
served spending rolled coins
marked as belonging to the
J. Frank Doble library, and
numerous silver dollars.
The manager alerted off-
duty policemen who were
working the club that night.
Credit cards, check blanks
and other items connected
the four suspects with four
different burglaries in the
South Belt area.
The group had apparently
been quite active, as all four
burglaries took place in less
than twenty-four hours.
The first burglary credit-
ed to members of the group,
was a burglary which took
place at the office of Dr.
Ronald Richards, D.D.S.
Dr. Richards office is lo-
cated on Hughes Road, next
to the Sagemont Community
Center.
Richards reported that the
burglars were apparently
looking for drugs and money.
According to Richards, he
keeps only a small amount
of money at the office and
does not make It a practice
to keep narcotics on the
premises.
The burglars did not leave
empty-handed, as they took
equipment, and materials
used to fill teeth.
To gain entrance to the
building, the burglars had
disconnected the alarm sys-
tem. Rjchards reports the
present alarm will be forti-
fied with a supplementary
alarm system to be Installed
soon _
After going to sleep, and
getting up early, the group
visited J. Frank Doble High
School Tuesday morning.
According to police, this job
took place at approximately
5:00 a.m. Tuesday.
They gained entrance to
the school building by break-
ing the glass on one of the
outside doors. They then
proceeded to the shop section
of the school where they
broke Into the general metals
and auto mechanics class-
rooms.
While there, they obtained
tools such as a hammer,
crowbar and drills which
they carried to the office
area of the school.
Using these tools they at-
tempted to break open the
vault door. Being unsuccess-
ful at breakingopen the door,
they gained entrance to the
vault through the wall ad-
joining the vault.
Jimmie Barker, Associate
Principal of Doble reported
that the time and effort spent
Longer vacation
is board topic
The Pasadena Independ-
ent School Board of Trustees
will hold Its January meet-
ing on January 26 In the
board room of the Adminis-
tration Building, with good
news for students
Included on the agenda will
be the expected approval of
the calendar for 1978-79.
Pasadena students will
enjoy a longer summer this
year than what they have had
for a number of years.
The Texas Legislature cut
the student school attendance
year by five days at their
last session, from 180 days
to 175.
Many districts around the
area started this school year
later, and Pasadena chose to
take the five "no school”
days off the end of this year,
changing the last day of
school from June 2, as was
scheduled, to May 24.
If the board approves the
calendar to be presented this
Thursday, school will start
one week later than last year,
with the opening date set for
August 30. This will give
Pasadena students a two
week longer summervaca-
tion this year.
Other Items on the agenda
will Include the annual eve-
ning school report; recom-
mendations for summer
school and plans for con-
struction In three areas.
Final plans will be pre-
sented for renovations on
Kruse Elementary, as well
as final plans for the service
center. Final plan additions
at Sam Rayburn High School
will also be presented.
The meeting is an open
meeting and anyone wishing
to attend may do so. The
meeting is scheduled to begin
at 7:30 p.m.
Beverly Hills Honor String Quartet
The Honor String Quartet from Beverly Hills liter- were chosen for the honor over quartets from the
mediate School has been spending a lot of time eight other Pasadena fotermedlate schools. Members
practicing for a clinic session which they will be of the honor group are: right to left; Karin Wu,
presenting at the Texas Music Educator Association Sandra Elkins, Calvin Perry and David Buras. The
Convention next month. The members of the Quartet students are under the direction of Betty Baker.
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Flickinger, Marie. The South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 25, 1978, newspaper, January 25, 1978; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1199457/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting San Jacinto College.