The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 22, 1964 Page: 1 of 24
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OUR SIDE,
TRACKS/
I’m seldom surprised at events of
the day. But reaction to last week's
column took me back abit. It never
occured to me that so many people
apparently know so little about the
mechanics of politics, particularly the
purpose and value of the precinct
convention.
/ should know better, perhaps.
Vve watched the struggles of pre-
cinct chairmen for these many years
as they knocked on doors and rang
telephones trying to interest friends
and neighbors in attending precinct
meetings.
The Republicans, of course, were
most busy in this respect over the
last decade in this Southwest area.*
So busy digging into the grass roots,
in fact, thlltt, under the wing of Joe
Fournace, they organized Bellaire into
a strong GOP block. They knocked
on doors and rang telephones so
successfully that, if I remember cor-
rectly, Bellaire came up with one of
the first Republican city councils and
ipayors in Texas. The GOP crews,
augmented (if that is the proper
Word) by niore conservative elements,
helped spread the word as the entire
area grew. Today, Bellaire and Hous-
ton 35 and 36 are GOP-Conservative
strongholds.
So you’ll find the Goldwater people,
for example, in this area know more
about the value of the precinct con-
vention than the great numbers of
people who are just too busy, or
aren’t interested in politics until four
days before the general elections in
November. For Mr. Goldwater’s sup-
porters utilized the precinct conven-
tions to get their man on the road
to nomination.
Yet people", some' of them even
active to some degree in their pre-
cinct operations, come up to me
and say “Gee, I didn’t really know
the value of a precinct program."
And several confessed they actually
didn’t know who their precinct
chairman was even though he repre-
sented them in county and state
conventions.
The fact that revolutions start from
the ground up should point up the
value of the precinct organization
and what it can do in organizing
an assault on the status quo. Thus
if the Goldwater people can get their
man elected President they will, in
fact, have brought about a revolu-
tion—at least within their party. Pro-
vided they can pry it out of the "me,
tooism” rut it has been floundering
around in for Lo, these many years.
_ _ A COMMUNITY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEX*AN
VOL. I I NO. 20 WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1964 10c—Subscription $3.00 per ye,
CITY HAS
DOUBLE A
BOND RATING
The Bellaire City Council
heard a report Monday night
from City Manager Gary O.
Summers that Bellaire has been
accorded a Double A rating by
Moodys Investors Service Inc.,
New York firm that rates bonds.
Mr. Summers said only three
other cities in Texas — West
University, Dallas and Austin —
have such a rating.
Mr. Summers said the top
rating will make it possible for
Bellaire to sell its bonds at top
priority at the lowest interest
rate possible and that it also
makes them eligible for pur-
chase by banks.
Bel-Hi To
Host 2 More
AFS Students
The R. A. Patterson family
of 5310 Valkeith has developed
an unusual interest in Ecuador of
late and the Thomas R. Dunns of
5430 Ariel are boning up on
j£pan.
This fascination with faraway
places stems from the fact that
the two families will be opening
their homes this fall to American
Field Service exchange students.
Seventeen-year-old Miyuki
Kosetsu of Osaka, Japan, will
be making her home for nine
months with the Dunns and 18-
year-old W. Alberto Bonilla-
Valverde of Guayaquil, Ecuador,
will live with the Pattersons.
Miyuki is scheduled to arrive
in San 'Francisco on July 30
and will be in Houston a few
days later. Alberto will arrive
in Miami on August 25.
Members of the Bellaire Stu-
This feeling is reinforced by a dents Committee of American
review of a book in Sunday's POST— Field Service are already mak-
MThe Futile Crusade: Anti-Commu- ing plans to welcome the two.
nism an American Credo." The re- Neither of the two host fami-
view concluded: "'A closing chapter, lies have been active before in
dealing with anti-communism in the American Field Service pro-
Latin America, notes a revolutionary gram.
pattern almost drearily similar to 'Mrs. Patterson said s'he first
Asia and Africa. He (Author Sidney learned that homes were being
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“ ’By seeking to make a revolu-
tion from the top down—through
the oligarchies—the Alliance for
Progress has failed in its mission.
Unless it reorients its policy, it
proposes to isolate the United States
once again from radical nationalism
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sought for students through an
article in the Bellaire Texan and
Mrs. Dunn learned of it through
the PTA newsletter.
However, Mrs. Dunn said she
had known about the AFS pro-
gram for some time. A sister in
Kansas City had been an “Ame-
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From tarantulas to rare canines, the Bell-
aire Recreation Department's Pet Show last
Wednesday attracted an unusual assortment
of entries. First place winners shown with
their animals are, left to right, seated, Diane
Shops & Shoppers
Trice Carpet
Now Gives
Green Stamps
John E. Crabtree, manager of
the Trice Floor Covering Store,
4151 W. Belfort, announces that
S and H Green Stamps will be
a regular bonus given with each
retail purchase of carpet in the
Trice stores.
‘This is another first for
Trice,’’ said Mr. Crabtree.
The West Belfort store not
only sells retail to the general
public but is the headquarters
of the Commercial Division of
Trice, specializing in large in-
stallations such as theatres,
churches, offices and even
yachts.
Photo by Bill Sargent
PRIZE PETS AND PROUD OWNERS
Walker, 4712 Bellview; Deborah Judy, 4610
Oleander, and Marsha Carsten, 4907 Brae
burn; standing, Jane Walker, 4712 Bellview,
and Robert Sterr, 4803 Bellview.
Record Turnout For
Bellaire Pet Show
fact that it’s eld every
was the only thing
‘usual” about the Bellaire Rec-
reation Department’s annual pet
show last Wednesday.
The record turnout of 81 pets
included a tarantula and a Kees-
hond, the National dog of Hol-
land.
The tarantula, shown by Debra
Judy, 4610 Oleander, was a
cinch for first place in the ‘‘Most
Unusual” category, and the
Keeshond, a pretty grey fuzzy
fellow named Dutchboy, won
first in the division for dogs,
as well as the top award of the
show as the best all-around pet.
Dutchboy belongs to Candy
Kennon, 4911 Braeburn who
was out of town, and was shown
by Marsha Garsten, 4907 Brae-
burn.
First place winners in the
other categories were: Cats,
Diane Walker, 4712 Belfort, with
her Siamese cat named Tao;
Birds, Robert Sterr. 4303 Bell-
view, with a parrot: Smallest,
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City, School Officials Meet On
High School Parking Problem
Construction Underway
On Texaco Office Bldg.
A progress report on efforts
tq solve the parking and traffic
dilemma around Bellaire High
School was made Monday night
by Bellaire Mayor Robert D.
Watts.
The mayor reported on a
meeting held Friday with school
officials.
He said Dr. Jo-hn W. McFar-
land and other school officials
were also very concerned with
the problem and that plans
whereby as many as 100 parking
spaces may be added on school
property were discussed. Also
discussed was a plan for cutting
a drive through to Sixth Street
to empty the faculty parking lost
in that direction and ease move-
ment of traffic on Rice. He said
the work would involve an ex-
penditure of several thousand
dollars by the school district.
He said Dr. McFarland was
scheduled to present a favorable
recommendation on the proposal
to the board Tuesday night.
The general contract for the
construction of a new six-story
Texaco Inc. Office Building in
Bellaire has been awarded to W.
S. Bellows Construction Corpo-
ration, Houston, and construction
will begin immediately, it was
announced by Texaco Inc.
Scheduled for completion in
May, 1965, the new Texaco
building will be occupied by
about 325 employees. Houston
Department; Housion Division.
Mayor Watts said he has con- Domestic Producing Department
tacted Houston Mayor Louie (East); and Houston Division
Welch about Houston standing 0{ The Texas Pipe Line Com-
a third of the cost of putting a pany, mainly, will occupy the
(Continued ca Page 22) offices.
The building, which will front
on Gulfton Street about 1200
feet east of Rice Avenue, will
be approximately 182’ by 82’.
Exterior walls will be exposed
white aggregate masonry with
full-heigth tinted windows. The
foundation will be a low podium
type, three steps above ground
level.
A cafeteria for employes will
be located on the ground floor.
Parking space will be provided
for more than 300 cars.
Wilson, Morris, Crain and An-
derson, Houston, are the archi-
tects.
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Norton, Mary. The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 22, 1964, newspaper, July 22, 1964; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521059/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.