South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1976 Page: 1 of 8
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WELCOME TO PETE
Pete Figueiredo of Friendswood has been nam-
ed manager of the local New Vaudeville Pizza place
on Hughes Road. Pete and his wife Cathy will be
looking for a home in the local area in the near
future. The Figueiredo’s have a four month old
daughter, Cherish Heather. Pete has gotten very in-
volved in the community in the two ihort weeks
he has been here. Bob Buchannan already has him
working with the new Jaycees organization, and he
spent his day off at the Little League field. Welcome
to the community Pete!
COUPLE CELEBRATES BIRTHDAYS
Linda and Tom Squires have recently cele-
brated their birthdays. Tom’s is January 25th and
Linda’s is the 29th. They chose last Saturday to
celebrate and went out to eat at Kaphan’s. They met
friends, Marian and Larry Baxter later in the eve-
ning at a favorite club. It’s not every couple that
can celebrate their birthday together so we think
that’s rather special. Here’s hoping your birthdays
were the happiest ever.
JOE BUILDS MYSTERIOUS CONTRAPTION
Joe Snow was seen Saturday hauling lumber
and other materials to his home on Sageyork. He
is building a contraption which he designed himself.
If you ask him about it he may only give you a mys-
terious smile for an answer but we understand that
it will be put to good use.
DAVID IS 28 AND HOLDING
David Brown reluctantly celebrated his 28th
birthday Sunday and didn’t seem too excited about
turning a year older. Cheer up David! There are
scores of your friends that wouldn’t mind seeing
28 again! We hope you had a very nice party at
South Belt Press
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Volume 1, Number 2 * "The Voice of Community-Minded People" Thursday, February 12. 1976
Susan’s house Saturday night.
SCHADTS WEEK-END IN GALVESTON
We heard through the grape vine that Carol
and Ewald Shadit spent a very nice week-end re-
cently at the Flagship in Galveston. They had din-
ner at Pier 23 and went to a local club for entertain-
ment. They enjoyed their brief trip and .returned
home on Sunday.
RASCOE FAMILY HAS NEW ADDITION
Wanda Rascoe has been busily planning a new
-addition. She and husband, Larry, are adding on to
Iheir den and dining area. Wanda has been in a
wihirl selecting carpet and choosing other decorating
items. The new area will be finished very shortly
and the family is anxiously waiting to see the final
result.
CLINT AND BRAD HAVE SURPRISE VISITOR
When Brad and Clint Haygood woke up Satur-
day morning they were told that they were going
to have a surprise. In a short while as they were
playing in the yard their grandmother, Mary B.
Haygood, drove in from Bishop, Texas. They were
thrilled! They spent the week-end being spoiled in
true grandmother fashion.
SORORITY PLEDGE.
Miss Sandra Sampley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cart R. Sampley, has been pledged by Alpha Chi
Omega sorority at Texas A&I University. Sandra
is a freshman history major.
AREA RESIDENTS VISIT ROME
It was recently learned that BUI and Johnnie
O’Connor and their friends, Janis and Melvin Blan-
chard, have returned from a week long trip to Italy.
They visited Rome, Naples, Cerento and Pompeii.
The group had a marvelous trip. Johnnie is a ste-
wardess for Texas International and she was able
to arrange the "Rome Adventure" for the group.
LAS VEGAS TRIP
Rosalie and Bubba Campise, Rosanne and Ray
Coe and Rosalie’s parents were in Las Vegas last
weekend having a grand time at the MGM Grand
Hotel. Roseanne reports they saw such celebrities
as Sammy Davis, Jr., and Mac Davis. It was the
last trip away before Little League season gets un-
derway and Ray and Bubba begin their duties as
managers of the Cardinals team which both their
sons will be on.
TWELVE FOR LEON
Happy Birthday wishes go out to Leon Coe,
who will be 12 years old on February 15th.
FOR THE SECOND year in a row, the J. Frank Dobie Lariaettes Drill
team won a sweepstakes trophy at the Annual Blue and Gold Drill Team
Contest. The girls participated in the fourth annual competition Satur-
day, January 31 on the East Texas State University Campus. In orcfer
to receive the award, the team had to win a first division in jazz, high-
kick, and prop. More than 2000 students from 65 high schools from
across the state participated in the competition, with only nine Sweep*
stakes trophies being awarded to the 4A classification. Mrs. Peggy
Moree, Drill Team Director accompanied the 64 member team".
— Photo by Dobie High School
Frazier P-TA
As a special Bi-Centennial
program sponsored by the
Frazier Parent-Teachers As-
sociation, three well-known
area politicans have been
invited to Frazier Elemen-
tary, Feb. 17th at 7:30 p.m.
Tom Bass, County Com-
missioner, and Bill Caroway,
State Representative have
both confirmed that they will
be able to attend.
Frank Mancusco, city coun-
cilman has indicated that he
too will be in attendance.
The PTA is sponsoring the
program As a project to in-
form parents of Frazier stu-
dents about the various as-
pects of three levels of gov-
ernment.
The three guests will have
a speaking time alloted
them, and they will then be
Available for a question and
answer period.
Also invited to attend the
grade students who will be
program, are 15 Frazier fifth
allowed to ask their ques-
tions concerning local gov-
ernment. The students have
been learning about govern-
ment, and will attend the
meeting as a special project.
Coffee will be served. AH
parents of students attending
Frazier are invited to attend.
UPCOMING DOME SPORTS EVENTS
Varsity Basketball
Fri., Feb. 13 Deer Park There 7:45
Tues., Feb. 17 Pasadena Phillips Gym 6:45
Fti., Feb. 20 South Houston Phillips Gym 8:30
Fri., Feb. 13
Tues., Feb. 17
Fri., Feb. 20
J. V. Basketball
Deer Park There 6:00
Pasadena Phillips Gym 5:00
South Houston Dobie 6:00
Sophomore Basketball
Fri., Feb. 13
Sat., Feb. 14
Tues., Feb. 17
Deer Park
Pasadena
Pasadena
There 4:30
There 4:30
Dobie 5:00
Freshman Basketball
Thurs., Feb. 12 Deer Park
Mon., Feb. 16 Pasadena
Thurs., Feb. 19 South Houston
Here 6:00 and 7:30
There 6:00 and 7:30
There 6:00 and 7:30
EAT YOUR HEART OUT, Wright Brothers!
The Science classes from Pod Four at Frazier
Elementary are in the process of constructing
a 707 and 727 jet. The students have planned,
designed and constructed both planes. They
have printed tickets, called airlines, interview
pilots, and all other necessary work which goes
into "jet building.” In the process they have
learned how to conduct group studies. The first
"flight” is due to take off. Thursday, with Jack
Harvey, Frazier principal as the pilot
— Frazier Elementary Photo
Candidates for Senate
Seat to speak at local
civic club gathering
Four candidates running for the Senate Seat in
the February 28th election have accepted an invita-
tion to appear at the February 12th meeting of the
Beverly Hills Civic Club.
The meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Bev-
erly Hills recreation center. The candidates rupning
for the seat are: Woody Denson, Gene Jones, Walter
Keith and Joe Ponpony.
Inre Szakalos, president of the Beverly Hills
Civic Club stated that the "civic club does not en-
dorse any one of the candidates, but we wish to help
inform all the people as to who is running. We hope
to help the people in our area become acquainted
with the candidates. We wish for all registered vot-
ers to vote.”
At the meeting each candidate will be allowed
to give a five minute speech after which there will
be a question and answer period.
Szakalos would like all area residents to attend
the February 12th meeting. "We want residents of
all the subdivisions in the surrounding areas to at-
tend if possible,” stated Szakalos.
In addition to the four above mentioned candi-
dates, Jack Terry and Larry Hillis, two local resi-
dents, will introduce themselves as candidates run-
ning for Democratic committee members.
Hillis is running for precinct 418 (Meador Ele-
mentary), and Terry is seeking District 76 (Dobie
High School).
The February meeting will be the first for the
1976 slate of Beverly Hills Civic Club officers.
The newly elected officers are: President, Sza-
kalos; Vice President, Al Loga; Treasurer, Larry
Hillis; Secretary, Eden Terry. Newly elected board
members are Bob Hilliard, Kendall Hutton, Vic and
Cindy Johnson and Joe Borja.
CABRINI TOPPLES JEROME’S
St. Frances Cabrini’s Christian Youth Organi-
zation football team took on the CYO from St.
Jerome’s parish on the other side of Houston. Na-
turally the home team won. The score was 21-7.
Making TD’s in the rough and physical game were
Brad Boothby, Steve Breaux and Donny Janak, all
from Cabrlni. An added treat was a visit from Fa-
ther Frank Jones, associate pastor of St. Jerome’s
and formerly assigned at Cabrlni.
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Flickinger, Marie & Griffin, Bobby. South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1976, newspaper, February 12, 1976; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1199647/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting San Jacinto College.