Tri-County Sun Progress (Pearland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1970 Page: 4 of 6
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The 18th Annual Lions Tur-
key Shoot and Fire Dep- Bar-
beque was reported to be the
biggest and best ever. The
Shoot grossed about $'.000
and the Fire Dept, gross was
repc red to be over $3,301
Jack Faulkner of La Pone
was the trophy winner for
the Shoot. And Bert Jamison
beat Lloyd Yost again for the
13th time to win the first
turkey.
According to reports th.
PT A Annual Halloween Carni-
val also was a b:g success.
Chairman Dor. Tobola sa c
The gross figures on theC ar-
nival were about $: 929
this amount after expens-;;
ftfty per cent went • the ■ ~ A;
thirty per tent wen: to the Ju-
nior class at PH; and tw-
per cent was divided am :-g
the various schools m the Dm-
tri ct.
D..A. 'Bill' Perrin.longtirr
Pearland resident, and f:rr~-
er Brazoria County Drair,ao-
Commissioner of D r a i n a g
District No. 4, passed gwav
leges' for 1969-" 3hs ;« m
daughter of Mr ancMts -..
graduate of Pea riant • / •
School.
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Perrin had served 1- ",
U.S. Marine Corps as a para-
trooper and suffered th;
of Ms left arc. ;r the batt;-
of Bouganville. He had se rv ■ .
as Drainage Com- .ss. re..-;
thirteen years. He rar unsu ■
cessfully for the t f f 1 ■ e .
County Commissione r it. .-6
or ar. independent :. -e-
1966 he made an unsutres. ’’
bid for Drainage Distr — O'
missioner against Comr
sioner Vemor. Hall-.
sewer systems in the Clear
Creek Estates and Twin Creek
Woods sub-divisions.
The Pearland Oilers rack-
ed Santa Fe 21-6. and Kent
Ballard of the Friendswood
Mus-angs scrambled 79 yards
as the Mustangs defeated the
Barbers Hill Eagles 14-
The C.H. Alexander Es-
tate and Mrs Helen Alexander
offered to donate all the need-
ed right-of-way across Alex-
ander property to the east of
Pearland for the construction
of the planned Houston-Alvin
expressway, a distance of
about 2.5 miles. The estimated
value of the property was be-
tween $420,000 and $6.36.000.
New additions were planned
for the annual Pearland PT A
carnival to be held the end of
the month. The Carnival ap-
peared to be forming into the
biggest and best ever, Chair-
man Don Tobola stated.
Lee Thornton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H.B. Thornton of
Pearland was named as the
Gold Star Boy of the Year for
the Brazoria County 4-H.
A light voter turnout in
F ne ndswood retumed both in-
cumbents to offi'e in the
Friendswood School Board
elections. Those retaining
their seats on the Board were
H.K. Speck and Di k Warren.
A total of 178 voters out of
a possiblelKlOaualified,turn-
ed out to vote.
M.re offers of free Right-
er-way were presented to the
Bns a —. ■ ■
ers. Berry Miller Sr. ofPear-
land and John Coffee of Hous-
: - offered to donate right-
:f-way f; r the proposed Hous-
ttm-.Alvir. Expressway, if the
route should go to the west of
Pearland Commissioner Hen-
J rdar. said Miller had es-
timated that he owns about 160C
ar.es on the west and south
of Pearland. No monetary
value had been plated or. the
M.ller and Coffee land.
The did Pearland City Dump
was officially closed, and the
Cry fathers signed a contract
with, 'he City of .Alvin to dump
Pearland's garbage at the Al-
vir. dump at least for the next
year.
The Pearland City Council
adopted a $629,924 budget, and
r.ept the same tax rate as 1968
namely $1.15 per $100 valua-
ti: ised or 6C percent mar-
ket valuation The budget for
the uperminp year is $115,-
3>1 higher than the budget ''or
196e. City Administrator Billy
-riff said the assessed valua-
tion is $4 million over the total
for 1968.
Ton; F.ozell, daughter ofMr.
and Mrs Jim Swearingen of
Pearland was r rowned as Lit-
tle Miss Brazoria County for
19". it ceremonies in .Angleton
during the Brazoria County
Fair week festivities.
A Houst on man and his wom-
an - ompamon we re a r rested by
Brazcria County deputies after
allegedly attempting to bribe
Pearland Justice of the Peace
Arnold Watson. Bond was ori-
ginally set at $20,000. but the
woman's bond was reduced to
S1C.00C. Both were releasee
or. bond.
Four PHS Choir members
earned .-.egion UIL Choir seats.
They were Danny Stevenson.
Gloria Canales. Beverly Keele
and Larry Bethune.
The Pearland Oilers defeat-
ed the Dickinson Gators 14-0;
the F riendswt-od M u s t an g s
romped past the Hungerford
Brahmas -4-14.
Homecoming Queen for
P e a r 1 an d High School was
crowned at half-time cere-
monies. Miss Nan Fluesmeie r
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L..A. Fluesmeier was the lucky
winner. The Oilers lost to
Channelview 13-9.
The Tri-County Sun Pro-
gress received the Texas State
Teachers Association Second
Annual School Bell Award,
for outstanding Pictorial in-
terpretation ofeduca’ional
programs, achievementsand
needs by a weekly newspaper.
The Sun Progress was nomi-
nated by the Pearland Educa-
tion Association for its an-
nual Salute to Public School
Week special edition. Al
Storrs, managing editor for
the Sun Progress, accepted the
award in San Antonio.
Friendswood bombed Tide-
haven 52-12; and the PHS
JV's beat the Falcons 19-6.
-30- end of October
NOVEMBER
1 he P1SD Board of Trus-
tees in a special meeting,
called for a $4.5 million dollar
bond issue election to be held
on Dec. 20. The bond issue
would be divided into two pro-
positions; $2 million for im-
mediate neods of the District;
and 2.5 million for a Five-
year future needs program.
Supt. Robert Turner said
"h's either go all the way
and accept and approve the
five-year plan, or come back
to the people in two years and
ask for another bond issue, be-
cause they only approved the
$2 million immediate n e e d s
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erendum vote on the subject
J selling ;.,.t warrants by
the city of Pearland was pre-
sented to the Council. The pe-
tition was presented to the
Council by Attorney W'ayne
Holder who was representing
Mrs. Jane Schupp, 1408 Roy
Court. The petition said to cor
tain some 327 names ofquali-
fied voters of Pearland, was
accepted by the Council and
made ar. official part of the
record of the meeting.
When asked what the peti-
tion did to the proposed time
warrent sale. City Attorney
Bobby Williams said. "With
presentation of this petition,
the city cannot now sell the
war rents until such time as
the election is called or the
petition is declared null and
void." The presentation of
the petition stopped the sale of
time warrents to help finance
atrson
Mrs. Helen Brogdon
Helen sepMne Brog
c ' - tsse passed awa-
Frier, ds w red M -Stangs
staiped the Santa Fe Indians
4.-;'.; the Pearland Idlers
tty Bulldogs.
Sgt. D. T. Norris was ap-
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ministra-tr Billy Wolff as the
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land. Norris fills the vacancy
leff by the resignation of C.R.
Matthews, who resigned totake
a security n>anagr-rship of a
chain of Houston department
st- res. Chief Norris has been
and featipg. The
s owned by Johnny
rs. ne.er a.,a
■and; one broth
m.ssioners Court instructed
the District Ancmey to ans-
wer the redistnotmg suit filed
by Bob Aleott Judge Ahce
Arnold said this was a matter
of procedure. The individual
comm issioners made 1: plain
they had no intention of aban-
doning their intention to delav
redistricting until the 1970
census figures became avail-
able.
OCTOBER
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at rhe Colonial
it Rev. Thomas
:ing. Interment
was .- Grandvieu Merr-or.al
Park under the direction of
t'x -oionicl Funeral Home
of Pasaoena.
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rine D.vis;
Pair, and Sherlyn Love.
• ne Pearland City Council,
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bid' and attempts toget some-
thing started on a remodeled
t ty hall complex for the titv
c-nng t lengthy and hea-ed
meeting.
_ Pearland Police Chief C.
Ray Matthews announced his
resignation from the poLce
force effective Sept. 19. He
left the Department totakethe
job oTDivisicB SecuntyMana-
ger for a chain of Houston de-
partment stores.
Fcxxball was in full swing
in the area. The Pearland
Roustabouts opened theirpre-
season games with three wins
and one loss over the Deer
Park reams. The Pearland
Oilers were getting ready for
Sweeny, and toe Friendswood
Mustangs were preparing fir
the Santa Fe Indians.
The Pearland area Chamber
of Ccmmeroe annual member-
ship drive was in full swing
this month. A new business to
join the Chamber during Sef>-
tember was Aero-Air Sys-
1969 Recap
ly 21 years old and
KEEDS: The
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ELVIS PRESLEY
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TENT’S reeling"
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from thi
sr
for Knapp.
Six young ladies were named
by the Pearland Junior High
School as iheir cheerleaders
fc r the 1 9-1C yea r The y ? uni
ladies were Kathy La Faso,
Jarelle .V.hols, Staoie Siu-
sion.
The Pe
of Comm
the ring '
how to qjr. The P.esp,rarcrv
Disease Fss: .ai r. resolves
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DEATH
NOTICES
11. Fereday
an:
andoht
av.
onday
nape
Mr. and Mrs,
celebrated t'.-iu
s: redding anniversary or. Christmas
: .-ethers
Sn?w, Ok
redav ?J
> ?oc Co nr . The> *iave beer residents of reariandsince April
of 2'-'- aric sa* -'-e- really erjov living in Pear lane. Mr. and
‘•'.rs. Mxre have *our :'.ilcre', '-'rs. R-tr Brown and Harold
Moore ' ."earlanc, Donny Moore ?• Houstor and J*. D. Moore
of Dallas. Thev also ha-e eir”-‘ grandchildren.
es* Farr' „awndale Cemetery
.inder -ne direction of the
Mrs. Jimmie Mae Fereday;
one s?r. -'war. L-ving Fereday
?f Houston; two daughters.
rs. G. L. Pledger
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Storrs, A. W. & Storrs, Betty. Tri-County Sun Progress (Pearland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1970, newspaper, January 1, 1970; Pearland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1215137/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.