Tri-County Sun Progress (Pearland, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1968 Page: 1 of 8
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ri-County Sun Progress
frlo. 38
8 Pages In I Section
HU 5-3148
Price Ten Cents
Pearland-Friends*.ood, Texas, Thursday, March 28, 1968
CITY OF PEAHLAND. TEXAS
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center of the map is the Shadycrest, Regal Oaks and Yost Road
area, the middle left area is the Walnut Street Relief line and
the upper area is the Clear Creek Estates and Twin Creek
Woods area including a sewage treatment plant forthat area to
be located on the bank of Clear Creek.
TOTAL COST
AVAILABLE FUNDS
AMOUNT NEEDED
Woodrow Lesikar, Democratic Chairman of Precinct 12 and
Mrs. Annie Boyd, Precinct 26 chairman, ask that all voters
study this map carefully to determine which precinct you live tn.
Any WedJ
Jane For^H!
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sewer improvement program
in 1964. SI,173,000 was orig-
inally earmarked. The pro-
gram has fallen short by about
tWC,000. General upgrading
of quality and capacity plus
delays and increased costs
hav* caused that shortage,"
Keller said.
He went on tc say that if
Pearland is to proceed with
the regular police force
patrols and on the dispar h
desk at the stat: >n. I he
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can very well happen here at
any time, so 1 urge everyone
with pets to bring them to the
city hall Saturday afternoon
between noon and 4 p.m. for
that vaccination,” Koza plead-
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Brazoria County had only one
reported rabies case in 1967,
this being one skunk.
“These statistics, although
not necessarily in Brazoria
County, are alarming and it
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Serving the
PearlanJ-Friendswoocl HrooksiJe- Manvel Area
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4800,000
400,000
$400,000
an orderly growth and to con-
tend with the mushrooming
growth, more money will be
needed to complete the orig-
inal program
“Hew do we get this badly
needed money'’ From general
obligation bonds approved by
the voters of Pearland. That
is why you, the voters of Pear-
land need to vote for the bond
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THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF YOUR CITY
DEPENDS ON YOUR AUTHORITY TO SELL $ 400,000
IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
VOTE YES on APRIL 6 th
no parking on the street
at any time.
The improvements suggest-
ed by the highway department
include widening the street
and extending the present
curbs, and gutters from the
vicinity of the Western Auto
Store on East Broadway to a
Dog vaccination day in
F riendswood has been set for
Saturday morning, March 30
from 3 a.m. until 12 now at
the fire station.
F riendswood Police Chief
Mitch Wright urged last week
that all pet owners in Friends-
wood have that pct vaccinated
against rabies.
There will be a W 00charge
for the vaccination and $1.00
for a dog tag. Dr. James Mose-
ley of the F riendswood Animal
Hospital will be doing the vac-
cinating.
FOR
WALNUT STREET RELIEF TRUNK SEWER LINE
FLUS FAClLtT’S AND SERVICE FOR
SMAOYCREST, CREEKVIEW. RE«AL OAKS,
TWIN CREEK W000S AND CLEAR CREEK ESTATES AREAS
Plan To Widen And
Four Lane Broadway
Members of the Pearland
City Council, the Drainage
District, Chamber of Com-
merce, the state highway de-
partment and the police de-
partment met informally last
week at the city hall to.dis-
cuss ways of relieving the-
traffic oengestion on Broad-
way downtown, both east and
west.
The general opinion between
everyone at the meeting was
the widening of Broadway, put-
ting in more curbs and gut-
ters, marking the street for
four lane traffic and enforc-
Police Reserve Capt.
Mack Fernandez, a veteran
of the Pearland Police Re-
serve. has been named Cap-
tain of that organization fol-
lowing the resignation of for-
mer Captain Ken Hutcherson.
Hutcherson resigned the
force to accept a position as
resident Brazoria County
Deputy Sheriff in this area.
Fernandez has been a mem-
ber of the local reserve force
since it first came into being
in 1959 when the city was in-
corporated. Prior to that, he
was a special deputy sheriff
in this area for two years.
“The Police Reserve will
continue its policy of coop-
eration witheveryone in Pear-
land and we will continue to
work with business people
here to aid in law enforce-
ment and to provide a safe
place for everyone to live and
raise children," Fernandez
said.
“We have a good reserve
force here and I will do every-
thing within my ability to keep
this force up to its present
strength and capabilities," he
added.
Fernandez pointed out that
in 1967 the Police Reserve
worked a total of 4177 hours
utilizing 20 members, helping
hours were put in by reserves
who received no pay ai <11 fur
their time
Capt. Fernandez lives at
Route 1, Box 157 with his wife,
Isabel and five children, rang-
ing in age from 13to20years.
He is an independent paint con-
tractor here.
cent is voted here, these same
retailers willcollect three per
cent and Pearland will get one
per cent less a collectors fee
charged by the State Comp-
troller.
The Texas Municipal
League released some figures
on the 158 cities that have al-
ready approved the tax. The
cities contain a total popula-
tion of 6,231,211 while cities
defeating *he tax last year
have a total population of 377,
987.
“I hope the voters in Pear-
land will agree with me that
Pearland must take this op-
portunity to increase its re-
venue by voting for a local
sales tax on April 6," Mayor
Keller urged.
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er and more self-sufficient.
If we fail to pass this tax we
may well forever lose our
chance for this source of ad-
ditional revenue," Mayor Dan
Keller said here last week.
If this tax is passed in Pear-
land, the revenue from it will
be used for street repair,
maintenance, construction of
new streets and for the sup-
port of police department op-
erations.
This city sales tax is unique
in that it is paid not only by
residents, but also people
from adjacent areas and many
other people who just pass
through and stop to shop and
buy. I his allows others to
support and contribute to the
services and facilities pro-
vided by Pearland.
A list of questions and an-
swers concerning this tax is
printed on page three of this
newspaper and will give vot-
ers a more compre-hensive
picture of just how the tax
works.
Vaters in 158 Texas cities
containing 70 per cent of the
states urban population ap-
proved the one per cent mu-
nicipal sales tax in elections
held during 1967. Only 22 ci-
ties throughout Texas defeat-
ed the tax proposal.
At the present time, re-
tailers here collect two per
cent sales tax which all goes
to the state. If this one per
Robert Sewer Improvement Bond Map
shows the exact location of sewer trunk lines and
city will Install with the passage of the $400,000
: HKrcrrcnt program on April 6. The heavy dark lines
lelocat mi of trunk and lateral linesand the shaded areas
areas to be served by this system. In the lower
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stmakl at the Pearland
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using the slogan
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i.-mg this drive
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4 ptt t' have it innocu-
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labor during the
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'uis offered
Kl fi < There will be
Pye of $3 to help pay for
owners, especially those with
dogs, to please if possible,
have the animal on a leash
to avoid any unpleasant mis-
understandings between ani-
mals at the vaccination scene
“After studying statistics
on rabies supplied by the State
Department of Health, we felt
this rabies vaccination drive
was a necessity for Pear-
land, Koza said.
Health department statis-
tics show that in 1967 there
were 385 confirmed cases of
rabies reported in the state
These cases appeared mostly
in dogs, but othe r animals such
as cats, foxes, skunks, bats,
cows, raccoons, goats and
horses were confirmed car-
riers of r a bier .
One county alone reported
an alarming 51 cases in 1967.
Of these 35 were dogs, one
cat, six skunks, seven bats,
and two coyotes. The next
closest county wide report
showed 38 reported rabies
cases. Again the largest num-
ber was 31 dogs.
According to the report
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Voting Map
Tl» above map shows the boundary lines of the two voting
precincts in this area. This chv^eand the creation of Precinct
26 was made last year by the county commissioners court.
Friendswood voters turned
down a oond proposition last
Saturday that the city had
hoped would allow them to go
into the gas selling business.
A vote of 683 against to only
118 for the $750,000 bond issue
seems to have killed the gas
proposal altogether.
Councilman Ralph Somers
said after the election that the
city had talked too long about
the possibility of a city owned
gas system before taking i(
to the people.
The city asked the voters to
approve the $750,000 for the
city to either purchase the
present system from Gas U-
tilities Service Corp, or to
put in another system.
Tony Banfield, president of
the Chamber of Commerce in
Friendswood, Issued a state-
ment prior to the election
voicing chrmber objection to
the portion of the ordinance
allowing the city to put in Its
own gas system.
Somers, who is running for
Mayor of Friends wood, said he
felt that the idea of the city
putting in its own gas system
may have defeated the issue.
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The Pearland High School
Senior Choir received a First
Division award in the 2-AA
class last Saturday March 23,
in Victoria. Texas.
Thirty-six Senior high
choirs participated in the
meet, with eight first division
awards being given. Pearland
took the 2-AA class and there
were five firsts given in 3-
AAA class and two firsts given
in 4-AAAA class.
The Region XIII University
Inter scholastic League meet
was for Concert and Sight
Reading.
In addition to a I, Pear-
land won a III for Sight
Reading Ratings ranged from
I to V. 1 is Superior - The best
conceivable performance for
the event and the class of the
participants being judged;
worth the distinction of being
recognized as a first place
winner ' II - Excel!tnt. til-
Ave rage .IV- Below Ave rage.
V - Poor.
First degree ratings were
received by Pearland from all
three judges. Judges for the
meet were A.E. Tellinghau-
sen, Choral Director, Texas
A&l: Theron Kirk, Composer,
Trinity University and Ken
Howard, Music Supervisor,
Waco Independent School Dis-
trict.
issue on April 6. If ever your
voice is to be heard for pro-
gress and growth, it is now,"
Keller added.
Keller made this same plea
to voters last December when
the bond issue failed. But tn
Derernher when voters ?*ked
for a promise as to just where
the money would be spent, Kel-
ler could not give this guaran-
tee because of the way the
bond ordinance was written.
"We have corrected this
problem with this issue and
the ordinance points out just
exactly where we must use
this money and who will get
•he sewer," Keller said.
The ordinance specifically
sets out the areas where sew-
er improvements must be
made with this $400,000. It
says Shadycrest, Creekvuw,
Regal Oaks. Twin Creek
Woods, Clear Creek Estates
and the Walnut Street relief
sewer are the areas that tin
money must be used tn.
Keller also, in explaining
the upgrading of equality v d
capacity, pointed out that the
new sewer treatment plant
was enlarged and its capacity
increased from 750,000 gal-
lons to one million in anti-
cipation of growth in Pearland
and that a better grade f
sewer line pipe was used to
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Reality With Voters Approval
For the first time in the
history of the City of Pear-
land voters will have a chance
to vote on a new source of
revenue at the polls on April
6 when the question of the one
per cent City Sales Tax ap-
pears on the ballot.
This is a comparatively
new form of revenue avail-
able to local governments. It
was enacted last year by the
sute legislature and left to
the disgression of voters in
local elections as to whether
or not it will be utlized by
cities.
“Passage of such a sales
tax can make our city strong-
Mayor Urges Passage $400,000
Sewer improvement Bond Issue
Pearland Mayoi Dan Keeler,
in a statement released here
this week, urged voters to sup-
port and pass the $400,000
Sewei bond issue on the April
6 city ballot.
Keller pointed out the need
for thl* additional money if
Pearland is to prosper and
grow in an orderly fashion.
“Pearland began Its current
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.rred the last day performance of the County c'.rcue hem week but Mr
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pearanee here w„ sponsored by the RetsU
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