The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 10, 1982 Page: 3 of 16
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February 10, 1982/The TEXAN/3
Henshaw property debate forwarded to state commission
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Dozens of Bellaire residents are con-
vinced that at least part of the Henshaw
family does not want to sell 3.7 acres of the
family homestead to the city of Bellaire for
a park. Constant pushing from members of
one Bellaire organization, they say, has
forced Bette Henshaw into agreeing to sell
the property.
Bette Henshaw, friendly but obviously
fatigued, refused to comment.
“I’m so tired of this whole thing, I really
don’t want to comment on any of it,” she
says.
Since last summer, the Friends of
Bellaire Parks organization has been
collecting donations irom businesses and
individuals with hopes that the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Commission will approve a
grant matching the collected funds,
enabling the city of Bellaire to purchase the
Henshaw property.
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Lee Kretzchmar. “She has lived on that
land for 52 years and wanted to spend the
rest of her days there.
“The small group calling themselves
Friends of Bellaire Parks have badgered
her and made her life miserable, to the
point where she has finally put the 3.7
acres up for sale,” she continues.
Many others express similar beliefs.
“She told me she wanted to live out her
days there,” agrees Mrs. Robert Gay, Jr.
“She spends much of her time out of
town to avoid the people who march onto
her land without invitation, acting as
though the property was already a public
park,” contends Daisy Ruth Engle, a
neighbor of the Henshaws since 1929.
Bette and Frank Henshaw currently live
in the family home, located on 7112
Newcastle Drive. Along with brother Jack,
The Friends of Bellaire Parks and the
Bellaire Civic Action Club, another group
interested in the land acquisition, are
outraged by such accusations, but have
declined to make any public comment.
Publicy arguing, says Bellaire Parks
member Virginia Bland, will only dis-
courage people or businesses from dona-
ting to the park acquisition project.
Last month the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department agreed to give the Friends of
Bellaire Parks until March before final
donations must be reported to the state.
Thus far, about $200,000 has been
collected
According to the 1981 tax rolls, the
property is valued at $311,380. Last
srping, however, the property was report-
edly placed on the open market, briefly,
with an asking price of more than $1.3
million.
What the land would cost, if purchased
as a city park, is ultimately up to the state.
Should the state decide to award a
matching grant, it will then appraise the
property’s value.
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'She (Bette Henshaw) spends much of her time out of
town to avoid the people who march onto her land
without invitation '
Fearing that the acquisition may become
a reality, about 150 residents recently
signed a statement informing the com-
mission that they are opposed to the sale.
Many others wrote letters to the state
department, informing it of Bette’s “true
feelings.”
“Bette Henshaw has been a friend of
mine for many, many years,” writes May
they wrote a letter to the Bellaire City
Council last August saying, “...we whole-
heartedly support this effort and would be
willing to make a donation to the project in
the form of a reduction in our asking price
to the city.”
According to one long-time family
friend, however. Jack is the only one of the
three interested in selling the land.
Valentine’s Day, Febru-
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both the growing and ship-
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too, that the holiday is on
a Sunday in 1982 so you
won’t be able to pick up
flowers on your way home
from work.
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Punch-card voting taught
at Chimney Rock Courthouse
Instructions in punch-card
voting will be offered to the
public by Harris County
Clerk Anita Rodeheaven on
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7:30
p.m. at the Chimney Rock
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Two vandalized autos
and one bomb threat against
a restaurant spoiled an
otherwise peaceful period
(Jan. 29-Feb.20) for West
University police officers.
An employee of the Cellar
Door restaurant, 6732 Stella
Link Rd. received a tele-
phone call at 4:21 p.m. on
Feb. 2. Sounding like a black
male in his early 20s, the
caller claimed the restaurant
would blow up in five
minutes.
Police Captain Jimmy
Bryant responded to the call,
but no evidence of a bomb
could be found.
Earlier that day, officer
M.J. Stanick responded to a
call about tires that were
slashed in the 4000 block of
Bellaire Boulevard.
At approximately 11:30
that morning a neighbor
Transportation planning
committee meets Friday
The Multimodal Transportation Planning Committee for
the Gulf Coast State Planning Region will meet at the
Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Conference Room
located in Houston at 3701 West Alabama on Friday, Feb.
12, at 9:30 a.m.
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male, later identified as
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Missouri City, using a poc-
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tim’s auto tires.
The auto suffered $115
worth of damage. Charged
with criminal mischief, Nic-
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A 1979 Honda Accord was
vandalized to the tune of
$100 two days earlier. Some-
time between 11 p.m. Jan.
31 and 10:20 the next mor-
ning, the auto was damaged
while parked in a driveway
in the 3800 block of South
Western Street. The un-
identified vandal smashed
the right, rear window with
an unknown object. Other
vehicles parked at the same
location were not damaged.
WUP Officer S. E. Eisen-
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Nedland-Peterson. The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 10, 1982, newspaper, February 10, 1982; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth646676/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.