Tri-County Sun Progress (Pearland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1969 Page: 8 of 10
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Page 8-Thuisday, November 6, 1969-TRI-COUNTY SUN PROGRESS
REDISTRICT
districting issue is illustrated
tn the comments of one man
who wr<xe a letter totheCoun-j
ty Redtstricnng Committee
last December
W. D. Hensonjtresidcnt of
the < ounty Judges and Ccm-
misslcners Association of
Texas, wrote, "There isn’t
much known at this time about
the full meaning of the Su-
preme Court’s decision In the
Avery vs Midland County suit.
There Is nothing to indicate
how inaccurate the equal popu-
lation must he and how often
the pre< InctS must be changed
to equalize the number of
voters or whether it is based
an the number of people or
number of registept-d voters "
Since the rime of the letter,
solicited by the committee,
and the landmark M i d I and
case, several itizens have
won redistricting suits nn the
basii 1 division by voter
registi at ion formula rather
than c i nsus
l ady In the heated argu-
ments over redistricting the
commissioners maintained
they would wait f r the 1970
census or "otherguidelines".
When the $u<. rssful court
cases were cited by various
ritlwn' "mb..
bncs”. ( 1'imissioncr Joe
Brigan* e stated the court did
not feel these < ases to be
"valid guidelines "
At the present time action
related to th<- issue is dor-
mant. The suit has been filed
ai*l awaits trial The com-
missioners have in their pos-
session several plans for re-
districting the county on the
basis of Voter registration.
This is the status of the
"hot and cold" issue. Every-
one inv dvt-d seems to be wait-
ing for the court decision.
While the principal persons
involved in the controversy
are awaiting trial, most muni-
cipal leaders and political
party officials are sticking
by their original opinions.
If any of the plans sub-
mitted to the commissioners
are eventually chosen. Henry
Jordan s Precinct 3wtllprob-
ably be the least affected
Even so, tue officials of
Precinct 3 s largest city. Al-
vin, probably favor immed.ate
redistricting as strongly as
any.
Alvin Mayor Ted Hermann
said that because Precinct 3
is least affected, redistrict-
ing Is "not exactly a burn-
ing immunity Issue.”
While the issue may not
K "hot" among the people
of Alvin Hermann savs rhe
city’s leaders staunchly favor
immediate redistricting.
The couth il voted 6-0 in
favor of immediate action and
forwarded its opinion to Com-
missioners Court.
Hermann says the reason-
ing b-hind the vote is the Su-
prer r Court ruling in the A-
verv vs Midland Countycase.
’The < ourt dicision made re-
distr 1 ting a law and for this
reason it should be done im-
mediately,” lie said,
"How can we expect the
rebellious youth of today to
respect law and order if the
adult world doesn’t do the
same. I think there is a defi-
nite paralie’ here,” Hermann
Although Alvin's council-
men and mayor unanimously
endorse immediate action.
Commissioner Jordan still
maintains (h«t ilte majority
of the people in the county
d not want redistricting.
Another Precinct 3 mayor,
Charles A. Perry of Hillcrest
Village, notified Commission-
ers Court that he too favored
immediate redistricting.
If the Alvin area would tx
the precinct least affected,
Lake Jackson could possibly
be affe< ted the most. Two of
the plans in the committee
file split l ake Jackson into
different commissioner pre-
cincts.
Ihit. Precinct 4 Commis-
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Brazoria County Drain-
District *4, Fearland,
Texas will accept bids on the
Legal Notice
fullowl ng:
One (P GMC-5-ton rating,
army surplus truck with no
accessories. No title transf-
er. Truck can tw used for
parts. Ser. No. 43342/2283.
One I 1952 Diamond-T-
10-ton rating, army surplus
truck with no accessories.
Title can be transferred. Ser.
No. M523584.
All blds .shall lie directed
to Vernon w. Halik.
ml**|on«r, Chairman, Bra-
zoria County Drainage Dis-
trict *4, Pearland, Texas
marked "Sealed Bld on used
Trucks".
All Md* shall be accompan-
ied by a Certified or Cashier's
check on a Texas Bank for five
(5%) percent of the amount of
bid.
All bids must I* In the hand*
of Vernon Halik, Chairman,
not later than November 24,
1989, not later than 8:00 a.m.
at which time blds will be
opened at the Drainage Dis-
trict Office, 4805 W. Broadway
Pearland, Texas.
The Drainage District re-
serve* the ylcht to reject -try
or all blds.
ISSUED this 27th day of
October, A.D., 1969.
CHAIRMAN
''•/ Vernon w. Halik
SECRETARY
/•/H. E. Johnston
MEMBER
B. E. Griffin
stone r Joe Briganee says this
does not necessarily mean
Lake Jackson would lose any-
thing - they could possibly
gain.
Briganee said that If Lake
Jackson were split, the pos-
sibility exists that rhe v »tt r«%
could elect two county 'om«
miss loner 3 from the same
city, resulting ingreaterpow-
er.
It was pointed out however,
that the opinions of the Re-
publicans in the county are by
no means unanimous. "Some
favored delayer no r'^di st riot-
ing at all, but all backed r-dis-
tricting in principle. They
realize it is best for all con-
cerned, while not necessarily
best personally or poli-
tically." he said.
Democratic Parry Chair-
man Cecil Wingo of Angleton
indicated that the opinions a-
mong members of his party
are just as divided.
In a letter t* th« Redij-
tricting Committee he stared:
". .redistrict.ng of the
court boundaries lias an ur-
gency that would require its
accomplishment In a delibe-
rate fashion, and we urge such
deliberateness
The letter, which carried
the heading of the Democratic
’■ xecutiv Committee, indi-
cated no timetable for redis-
tricting, but Wingo said in a
recent interview, "We want
redistricting. but > n the basis
of the 15170 census.”
He said this was a per-
sonal opinion and would serve
two valuable purposes. "The
census will provide a better
picture of the distribution of
people and should stand for
another 10 years,” h< said.
While Wingo personally fa-
vored waiting, hi said hi could
see the other s»d< .if the coin
too. but it was for the court
to decide when new bounds ries
would he drawn.
”1 can sympathize with the
people who want immediate
redistricting because of the
representation the one-man,
onc-vot< i one ept would pive
them,” hr said.
T. C. Selman, mayor of
Freeport, said recently he
does not feel as strongly about
the timing as he dot' shout
other aspects of the issue.
He said that he places more
importance on proposals that
would split political subdivi-
sions and public knowledge of
an ultimate plan than he does
the actual time that redia-
trit ting Is accomplished
"We arc tinalr. rably op-
posed to any plan that would
split the < iiy of Freeport.
We further feel that areas
of common interest and areas
whit h arc within the juris-
dictional limits of the incor-
porated cities should be
grouped together if at all
possible,” he said.
The statement was a rcem-
phssis of portions of a letter
in that same letter, Selman
urged the court to set a public
hearing when a plan for redts-
triettr.g is finally agreed. "We
recommend that a public hear-
ing be held to give the people
't "‘riroria < an
tunity to voici their opinion
of these proposals before a
final decision is made.”
Last February, Freeport’s
City Council agreed that wait-
ing for the 1970 census would
give a more urate location
of the county’s population.
Mayor el "..an saidliewasno
sure if this was the opinion
of the council currently, for
that aspect of the Issue had
not been discussed since Feb-
ruary
If a "straw vote " we re taken
today on redi st r i ct ing.the
average man would probably
be* pressed to predict the re-
sults in Clute, Angleton and
Sweeny.
Sweeny Mayor Carol Becker
said that “the issue has never
been discussed by the new
City Council and among the
people of the . ity the* issue
appears t be subdued."
"There have been so many
other issues that are of great-
er importance to us hx ally,
that redistricting seems to
have died," Recker says.
Early this year, tlx weeny
council wrote that they felt
tliat there was "*n urgent need
for redistricting" and it
should be done on a popu-
lation basis as soon as pos-
sible.
Hecker said that although
Sweeny has threen< wcouncil-
men. he felt rh» same opinion
Big And Little
When you're standing twenty feet below, it’s hard to fe’ a
real sharp phutu, but it would take a person with extremely
bad eyesight not to Spot the tai net* tacked to the wail* ui the
announcer’s booth at the Lions Club Turkey Shoot. That's W.
H. Backhaus standing in the doorway. To the left of the picture
Is a huge target plainly marked, "Exclusive Use Of Lloyd
Yost ONLY". To the right Is a little-bitty target which bears
the Inscription, "For Use Of Tagle Eye* Bert Jamison *’
The guilty party who put the targets up around daylight refuse a
to ‘own up’ to this dastardly deed, but we have Bert’s sworn
word that he didn’t do It. We know but we’ll never tell.
is still favored. The issue has
nnr been discussed by the new
council, however, Becker
said.
"In ( lute, redistricting is
apparently not an issue as far
as we are concerned. We have
not even talked about it,”
said Mayor T. L. Runnels.
Mayor Runnels,however per-
sonally favors waiting fcr the
1970 census "I can’t see the
urgen- v. We really should wait
for the figures in the 1970
census,” he says.
While most other city offi-
cials have apparently consi-
dered the possiblity of having
their city split. Runnels said
he had not given that issue
much thought
"None of the plans I have
seen split Qute For this
reason we haven’t thought too
much about all the ramifica-
tions of such a riove " Mayor
Runnels says.
Angleton's Mayor, Jesse
Bares, agrees with the obser-
vations of Mayor Runnels as
far as timing is concerned.
"It is my opinion that redis-
tricting be based on the 1970
census.”
Whih Bates agrees on that
point, he disagrees with any
proposal that would split a
city.
"Reapportionmcnt should
not split any city. A city is
a political entity and should
stay unified in all respects,
even legislative redistrict-
ing," Bates said
Although Brazoria Mayor
H. L. (Red) Johnston feels his
city may be affeited heavily
be any redistrictingmeasure,
he says he has no opinion on
the timing of such a move The
City Council has never for-
mally stated an opinion either,
Johnston said.
Johnston also said it was
difficult to say whether or not
splitting a city Is a good idea.
"What we art really inter-
ested in is good representa-
tion fo r our part of the
county," he stated.
Apparently West Columbia
officials stand alone in their
opinions.
VNrst ( olumbia Mayor W.G.
Hill w-ote to the Redistrict-
ing Committee last February
that the City Council felt "re-
districting should hr post-
poned until other < ases in the
courts have been decided and
the law clarified.”
At about the same time West
Columbia Chamber of Com-
merce President Bob Tavel
wrote that the chamber direc-
tors felt "theprecincts should
remain as they exist now.”
Tavel said more recently.
“Cur position has not changed
sin<v last February. It Is
as strong now. If not strot^j-
Democrats To
Honor Brooks
Hie Galveston County Dem-
ocrats have scheduled an Ap-
predation Dinner honoring
The Honorable U. S. Repre-
sentative Jack Brooks on
Thursday, November 13, 1969
at 8:00 p.m. in the Moody
Civic Center, Galveston, ac-
cording to Jimmie Dimitri,
Club President.
Congressman Brooks was
first elected to the U. S.
House of Representatives in
1953 and has represented the
Ninth Congressional District
since 196^ when the Texas
Legislature merged most of
the former 2nd Congressional
District with the present Ninth
Congressional District which
composes the following coun-
ties: Galveston, Chambers,
Fort Bend, Jefferson, and part
of Brazoria County.
Banquet Chairman is V. J,
Beninati. Jr., and serving with
him as Co-Chairman is Paul
Stapp of Friendswood. Ben-
iati announced the following
committee chairmen; C. S.
Mallia Mrs. Pauline ■ verly,
Mrs C, R. Johnson, I. D.
Armstrong. Mrs. LloydCriss.
Joe Willoughby. Mrs. C. V.
Rice. Richard Kirkpatrick.
Mrs. Tom Barker,Mrs. Ceary
Johnson and Mrs. George Mat-
tingly.
Banquet tickets are 17.50
per person and can be obtained
from the committee chairmen
and from Democratic Precin. t
Chairmen. Sponsor tickets are
also available from any of the
above.
Highway Commission
Approves Relocation
Section Of State 36
The Texas Highway Com-
mission today approved engi-
er. than it was.” He also said
that he felt mest of the people
in West <’ ...uu.mIc advocated
this principle of waiting for
the 1970 census.
When the "’pinions of all the
officials interviewed are con-
densed, several facts seem to
emerge
One is that the timing of
redistricting seems to he e-
qually split *moqg municipal
leaders
But. even though they seem
to be split on Hut Issue, a
majority seems to indicate
that all cities should be left
intact.
And, most seem tu indicate
they are most Interested tn
equal representation, regard-
less of how redlstrit »ing is
accomplished.”
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Yarborough.
John Olsovsl
is Divi
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of work.
Presenting... the Oiler Seniors of 'll
Alton Petter
John Lindsay
of Mr. and M
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year with PHS, has
been sharing fallback
honors thia year. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Petter of Pear-
land.
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Here's
Your Heal
Gene Hinds at .Alvin and
“Boots” Guillot at Break-
side are ticket chairmen and
able for the purchase of rigl
of way and construction. Th
work wiU be undertake t
increments as funds becoffi
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All elected Democratic
County and State offi< lais
Alvin Optimists Plan
Aerial Exhibition Nov.
enjoy the afternoon with
good meal and help unite t
tovajsa; and <
L son of Mr. am
The Alvin <'ptimist Club is
sponsoring an Air Show in .Al-
vin Nov. 16 on Stringtown
Road (South Highway 35 on
Angleton Highway to blinker
l.ght - Monsanto turnoff -
turn right onto Stringtown
Road. 1/4 nile on the right!.
The aerial line-up includes
. . D. "Ed” Fitch of Houston
in his Zhn-526A Acrobat Spe-
cial; Houstonian Georgi Arm-
strong in his Boeing ’pecial
"'-A; R. D. "Bube" Hering
Democrats Honor
Sen Yarborough
The United Democrats
Club will sponsor a barbecue
Sunday. Nov. 23 at the Alvin
ri' »n ; 'glon Roleo
Grounds honoring Senator
Ralph Yarborough.
Barbecu. will be served
from 12:30 until 3 p.m. and
Senator Yarborough will
cipat-' in the events sched-
uled during the afternoon.
This will be an excellent
opportunity for the people of
this area to meet the Sen-
ator, exchange ideas with
Jlim, and let him know (i
hand of their problems
well as to c ominend him
pound reserve center
«i-i ilneoacker with the
1969 Oiler*. He Is the
of Mr, and Mrs.
Jului W. Ltnd*ay.
are opting donations of
il 50 tor adults and 75cents
for children 12 years and
younger Tickets will also
be available at the grounds
1 ladies-in-s
ly Guajordo, d*
■i Mrs Samue
First Savings & Loan
of Pearland
neenng surveys, location and
determination -f right of war
requirements for the reK a-
tion of a section of State High-
way 36 in Biuauri* County.
The project extends from
near Jones Creek southeast-
ward to Suit- Highway 2t>8 tn
Freeport, a distance of ap-
proximately 3.0 miles.
The action was taken in the
interest ot advance planning.
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Storrs, A. W. & Storrs, Betty. Tri-County Sun Progress (Pearland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1969, newspaper, November 6, 1969; Pearland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1215206/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.