The Leader takes a historical look back at the people, places and memories that made this community what it is today. Saturday, July 30, 2016 • Page 1B
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LOOK INSIDE • Think Facebook and Twitter were the first social media? Guess again. People used to send all their personal news to the local paper – Page 5B • Who knew Bonnie & Clyde used a bungalow in the Heights to hide from the police – Page 3B • Read a complete history of our neighborhoods – Page 5-6B • Before mega-chain grocery stores, there were local supermarkets owned by people like the Cohens – Page 3B
Connections to schools hard to break By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com Family traditions can take many forms. For Leader residents, one of these traditions is an educational one, with multiple generations of the same family attending the same high school. The quote may be “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” but graduates of both St. Pius X High School and Waltrip High share the differences of their experiences as well as the common bond they share. When Linda Kappe, now Linda Kappe Hughes, went to St. Pius X High School, the Dominican Sisters used to live on campus in the convent and the electives included mimeographing. “It wasn’t like copiers now,” said Hughes. “You had to pour ink into a tray.” Hughes, who graduated in 1968, explained that educational offerings were on a dual track, for both college prep and trade school, which offered classes like business and accounting. The St. Pius facilities were a lot smaller then and nuns taught most of Hughes’ classes. Hughes played basketball one year, was on the Student Council and was a member of Future Nurses of America. “I didn’t become a nurse,” she said. “Although I do take care of older people now.” She remembers sock hops after the football games, where you actually turned in your shoes before entering the gym, as well as the Silver Bell Ball and the Sadie Hawkins
dance, where girls got to ask their dates. After the football games, students met at DePaul’s Italian Restaurant on Shepherd to dig into pepperoni pizzas, and during Lent, cheese ones. “We’d wait until after midnight to eat the pepperoni,” laughs Hughes. Hughes and her husband, also a graduate, operated Hump’s Hamburgers near Waltrip for five years and then Hump’s Catering from the 1980s to 2001 where at one time they did the school lunches for eight different
schools, including St. Pius X. Now, she and her husband get together with the ten or so other St. Pius X couples they knew from school. A group of them go to the St. Pius X gala every year. Hughes still sees Sister Carol Mays, now a Prioress, who used to teach at the school. “We have very fond memories,” said Hughes. “It was a good life education.” Daughter Amy Hughes Thompson, a 1991 graduate, said that she had grown up around St. Pius X and always wanted to attend school there. “The school looks incredibly different,” she said. “There’s a new gym now, which is both air conditioned and heated, and renovations to the classrooms.” Thompson said that when she was there the students packed themselves into The Pitt, a small corner of the gym, and cheered loudly for their basketball team. “It was intimidating because we were so loud, and so close to the court,” she said. Athletic herself, Thompson was on the volleyball, basketball and softball teams and also served as the president of the the National Honor Society. She was also Miss Panther 1991, an honor voted on by faculty. Thompson remembers math being her favorite class which explains why at one time she was a math teacher. Mr. West who taught government and economics while Thompson was in school is still there, and his wife Mrs. West who taught algebra and calculus recently left. Sister Donna M. Pollard, who recently retired as the head of school, was Thompson’s basketball coach. Mimeographing was no longer an elective – See Memories P. 2B
When The Heights became ‘Dry’ By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com With all the interest in the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition Political Action Committee effort to legalize the off-premise consumption of beer and wine in the dry part of the Heights, and thus lure an H-E-B, among other aims, The Leader is reprinting a 2013 piece on why the Heights got dry in the first place. It is easy for Kroger Manager Gary Piet to spot someone on a beer run in his 20th Street store. “Two guys will come in and one takes the right side and the other the left,” he said. “I
usually catch up with one of them to say we don’t sell wine or beer. A lot of people assume it’s because of the church by us.” If his customers had the time, Piet could tell them the whole story of why portions of The Heights are dry, meaning a business cannot obtain a standard permit to sell alcohol. According to Sister M. Agatha’s book The History of the Houston Heights, the roots of the law go back to September of 1912 when area residents voted to make it so. Religion may indeed have played a role but in Agatha’s retelling the business-minded Heights residents didn’t appreciate the frivolity of saloon-life. The vote was apparently dispatched with little ceremony: “The electioneer-
ing…was all carried on at night, because that was the only time that anybody could spare for the business.” Former Heights Chamber of Commerce President Terry Burge says that when the area was wooed by the city of Houston in 1918 and subsequently chose annexation, the Heights City Attorney James G. Donovan made sure to include in the annexation papers the following statement: “Liquor shall not be sold in these premises until time runneth not.” This proclamation effectively ensured that the Heights would stay dry until Doomsday.
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Not so much was different exactly 40 years ago, where the 1976 Leader had stories of convention delegates and (below) a 1986 front page featuring a story on road construction.
First edition of Leader had dresses for $1.49 On Nov. 19, 1954, The Leader published its first edition. As far as we can tell, there are no remaining copies of that paper – just a description left by previous owners. So what was in that paper, nearly 62 years ago? The lead story on Page 1 announced the approval of funding to build the next stage of the “North Loop Highways,” between Jensen and North Shepherd, with construction to begin within a year. The Heights Lions Club was staging “The Shooting of Dangerous Dan McGrew” at its annual Lions Follies. Meanwhile, merchants association president Charlie Florian announced that the Oak Forest Shopping Center would be “decorating for Christmas with outstanding scenes, Christmas trees and various lighting effects.” Perhaps the most intriguing glimpses of everyday life are found in the issue’s varied advertisements. Kaplan’s Department Store featured a fabric sale on “cottons, rayons and acetates” for 59 cents a yard and girls’ dresses from $1.48. Down the street at Butler-Grimes variety store, a boy’s bike could be had for $12.95. Up North Shepherd, Hines Home Supply had sofa beds for $39.95. Harold’s Men’s and Boy’s Wear advertised premium Alligator-brand men’s top coats for $15.75, while Leeds had men’s suits for $39.50 and Florsheim shoes for $11.90 a pair. Over at Parsley’s “completely air-conditioned” photo studio, Howard Parsley (who also wrote an outdoor sports column for The Leader) would shoot three 8x10 portraits for $6.95 and let you pay it out at a dollar a week. At the Heights Theatre, you could take in “Betrayed,” starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner, for 50 cents. If you were hungry afterward, how about a jumbo hamburger with fries for a quarter at Plantation Oaks Restaurant on Shepherd? You could even order it to go by calling ME 0227. Prefer to dine at home? Rayner Packing had T-bone steak for 47 cents a pound and you could pick up a 6-pack of beer at Florian’s Minimax for 69 cents. And if you didn’t have a home of your own yet, Paul Pirkle Realty had a large, 6-room house on Arlington Street for the stately sum of $4,000. Today, there’s a home at the intersection of Arlington and 11th listed for $1.2 million.
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Memories from P. 1B Thompson took computer science and art. “Homecoming was a big deal,” said Thompson. “St. Pius X had several state championship teams in the late 1980s and early 1990s. We still go to home football games. There was and is a family atmosphere here.” Thompson’s daughter, St. Pius X sophomore Jayme Thompson didn’t have to agonize over her high school choice either. “I looked around at other schools but always wanted to go to St. Pius,” Jayme said. Like her mom, she said her best subject was math and also really enjoyed her Spanish teacher Mr. Kaylor. Extracurricular activities include basketball, tennis, cheerleading, and Student Council – like her grandmother. “I really like homecoming,” Jayme said. “It’s the whole week. We decorate the halls and there are special dress days.” With 18 students in her graduating class at St. Rose of Lima and 180 in her freshman class at St. Pius X, Jayme wanted to get involved with sports and activities early to make her bigger school seem smaller. “I just like to get to know people,” she said.
Waltrip Legacy Waltrip High School 1972 graduate Susan Williams Barnes is a hometown girl. She’s never lived off her block in Oak Forest and attended neighborhood schools. When she got to Waltrip it was a little over 10 years old and the annex had just been added. Her neighbor Karen Kent Hailey graduated in 1971 in the same class as Patrick “Buddy” Swayze. Barnes said that while most students came from the local schools, with 800 in the senior class, there was no way to know everybody. At Waltrip, she was in the Teachers Aid Program, which offered a half day instruction and a half day working in the field. Barnes worked at Katherine Smith which she said was a “neat experience”, although like Linda Hughes, she didn’t become a teacher, but rather is preparing to retire from Union Pacific. A member of Youth for Christ and Future Homemakers of America, Barnes said she didn’t do sports herself but went to Delmar Stadium to watch the Rams play. She remembers the cheerleaders standing on the roof of the school during pep rallies while everyone else participated from the sidewalk. “My mother was pretty
strict and the 70s were getting a bit wilder,” said Barnes. “I don’t remember going out a lot after games but do remember eating at the Chuck Wagon before.” Other social outings included under 18 Friday night dances – not school sponsored – at the SPJST Lodge 88, and summers with Waltrip friends at the Oasis pool on Wakefield which required a .50 cent admission fee. Barnes fondly remembers her English teachers Mrs. Bradford and Mrs. Ferris. Mrs. Andrews, who taught math, was still at Waltrip when her three daughters attended. “I couldn’t believe she was still there,” said Barnes. As an adult, Barnes came back to be on the PTA and helped raise money by raffling free dress days, as there was a school uniform then of khaki pants and blue shirts. “I don’t get by there as much anymore,” Barnes said. Daughter Melissa Barnes graduated from Waltrip in 2005 and her two sisters went there too. She was a cheerleader who was also on the swim team – there’s a pool at the school – and a member of the French Club, Yearbook and Student Council. Tia Maria’s was a big hangout after the regular home football games and homecom-
Front page - l to r at top, Linda Kappe Hughes, Amy Hughes Thompson and Jayme Thompson share a St. Pius X bond. Left to right bottom, Susan Williams Barnes and Melissa Barnes attended Waltrip High School. Melissa’s other two sisters did as well. Contributed photos
ing was a school-wide event. “We prepared all week making signs and banners,” said Melissa. “There were dress up days and they were different every year. The homecoming dance was the weekend after the game.” Prom was also big, and her year was held in a hotel near the Galleria. “Each graduating class chose a different location,” she said. Melissa’s favorite teachers were speech teacher Mr. Reed, Mrs. Barbee who taught history and Mrs. Coleman who taught economics. “I’ve kept up with a lot of my teachers on Facebook, but most have retired or moved,” she said. Although a member of a graduating class of 240, which Melissa said was “pretty big,” she was surprised to know the majority. “I am happy to have attended Waltrip and gained a great community of friends,” said Melissa.
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Cohens deeply rooted in area Bonnie and Clyde history in Heights For The Leader From 1950 to 1970, many folks in the Heights would buy their groceries and other assorted non-food items at the Studewood Food Market owned by the late Carl Cohen and his wife, Melvalene, who still lives in the Timbergrove neighborhood in the same house the couple built in 1955. “We wanted to build a house closer to the store,” said Melvalene Cohen. “At the time, we were living in a small apartment in Jacinto City, and we were having to get up real early to open the store.” The Cohens purchased two lots on Shelterwood for the princely sum of $6,000. “There was hardly anything else in this part of the neighborhood back then,” she said. Located at 1407 Studewood (at East 14th), Studewood Food Market opened Jan. 5, 1950, and the Cohens ran the grocery for 20 years before selling the property to Weingarten’s in January 1970. The popular grocery store was the first place in Houston to stock hula hoops, and thongs (flip-flops), the first to utilize a conveyor belt to move meat from the delivery truck to the cooler and featured an in-house pharmacy. The Cohens also were pioneers in the move to provide their employees with pension plans. “It was a big store,” remembered Melvalene. “We had 135 employees when we sold to Weingarten’s.” She and Carl would make frequent trips to New York City to buy non-food items for the store. “All the vendors were located inside the Empire State Building,” she said. “So we’d be going up and down in the elevators all day looking for merchandise.” Melvalene was also a trailblazer in introducing vibrant colors to grocery shoppers. “Most of the grocery stores all had the same look — browns and dark colors,” she said. “I didn’t want that, though, so I had the walls inside the store painted in pinks, blues and yellows. I also had painted scenes like oxen pulling a plow, pigs in a barrel and the San Jacinto Monument.” The store had so many grocery carts, the Cohens had to purchase a house nearby just to keep them. “We worked hard,” said
Melvalene. “We worked at the store Monday through Saturday and then spent Sundays writing orders and doing other chores.” While having mostly pleasant memories of Studewood Food Market, she points to a fire that gutted the grocery and shut down operations for 45 days as a very unpleasant remembrance. “We had a crew that came in at midnight to stock,” said Melvalene. “And we think one of them flicked a cigarette that started the fire. That was not a good day. But we must have set a record in repairing the store and reopening. It only took us 45 business days and that’s because all of our vendors were losing money, too.” After selling the store to Weingarten’s in 1970, Carl Cohen became a commodities trader. Though he suggested that Melvalene take some business courses so she could work with him, the offer was declined.
Melvalene Cohen makes sure the candy display at Studewood Food Market is just so in this 1950s photo.
“I just wanted to be with the kids (sons Kevin and Danny),” she said. Melvalene was active in school activities while the boys were young, serving as PTA president at both Sinclair Elementary and Hamilton Junior High. She also volunteered with Boy Scouts of America, Skyline District; and was a member of the Timbergrove Civic Club and Floradora Garden, Friendship Club and the Houston Heights Woman’s Club. Newcomers to the Heights may not know that the Cohens helped organize the Houston
Heights Association, with Carl serving as the organization’s first president. “There was a lot of pride in that group,” said Melvalene. “We tried to be all-inclusive.” The Association was formed as a way to offset the negative publicity the Heights had received in the wake of a series of mass murders perpetrated by Dean Corll and his two accomplices, David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, from 1970 to 1973. “That’s all most people knew about the Heights,” she said. “We wanted to give the Heights back the good name it had before all those boys were murdered. A lot of thought went into forming it [Houston Heights Association], and a lot of people were willing to pitch in.” In July 1999, city officials and Heights residents joined together to honor the Cohens’ 50 years of service to the community with the dedication of the Melvalene and Carl Cohen Plaza, located in the 1100 block of the Heights Boulevard esplanade. After graduating from high school in the East Texas town of Garrison, Melvalene attended Business School in Marshall just before her family packed up and moved to Houston in 1942. She went to work for American Optical in downtown Houston. Melvalene met her future husband at the Walgreen’s drug store while she and one of her friends, Dorothy Hill, were sitting at the counter waiting to go to the movies. Carl Cohen, a military man who was stationed in Hitchcock at the time, came into the store with one of his buddies. “He sat down by my girlfriend and started talking to her,” said Melvalene. “He went to the movies with us and then walked to the Harrisburg bus afterwards.” The next time Carl went on leave, he came to Houston and was waiting on the Harrisburg bus when Melvalene walked up on him. The two became inseparable. “That was a very serendipitous meeting because we didn’t have a phone,” she said. “It had to be fate.” While dating, the couple communicated by telegram. “I still have all of his telegrams,” said Melvalene. The couple married Aug, 12, 1945.
Dry from P. 1B Not that it remained unchallenged. Former Heights Association President Paul Carr said that after prohibition was repealed nationally, an enterprising man tried to open a saloon on 19th Street and subsequently took his fight to court. He was denied. In 1937, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the law could only be overturned by a vote of the people in the exact boundaries of the ban. Sister Agatha’s book details the legalese of these boundaries which are roughly 26th Street to the north and White Oak Bayou to the south, Durham to the west and Oxford Street on the east side, with smaller pockets of ‘wet’ areas interspersed throughout. A vote to overturn the ban is unlikely at this point. Carr notes that the Heights has expanded beyond its 1918 borders. “We’re not that far from alcohol,” he said.
Burge added that the dry law was even a boon for the area in the 1960s and 1970s when the Heights was in decline because it kept strip clubs and cantinas from moving in. How Dry is Dry? Another reason why the law isn’t challenged is because there are still legal ways to serve alcohol in the Heights. Five establishments currently have a private club permit, allowing their patrons who become club members to be served: Down House and Just Mac on Yale, as well as Shade, Harold’s General Store and Torchy’s Tacos on West 19th Street. “It’s a lot of work – a serious endeavor,” said Jeff Haverlah who works in licensing at the Houston district office of the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission, which ironically is located on 20th Street in the dry Heights. He explained that the TABC
is “not the zoning police” and that it is the city’s responsibility to make the determination of dry vs wet. Those wanting to apply for the private club designation start with a 17 page pre-qualification packet. They must also get familiar with Section 32 of the TAB code which has numerous areas of compliance. Of course, other establishments choose to go the easier BYOB route because there is no BYOB permit in the state of Texas. Collina’s in the Heights on West 19th remains very popular despite its dry status. Manager Alex Garcia said that while some customers are surprised they can’t buy a glass of wine to go with their pizza, most are Heights residents and repeat customers. “They are surprised the corking fee is so cheap,” she said. “A lot of the regulars bring their own glasses.”
In 2007, longtime Heights resident Alice Butts told The Leader that two of the country’s more infamous characters lived in the Heights – at least for a while. “Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow once took up residence at 14th and Studewood, across from Reagan High School and Fred Schauer’s service station,” she said. Not many in the Heights were aware of their presence, noted Butts, because at the time, they were on the run and laying low to escape the law. The infamous couple were never known as shy people, as evidenced by the famous photo made by Barrow of a cigar-smoking Parker with her leg propped up on the running board of a car cradling a machine gun. They sent copies of that photo to every newspaper in the country. Nevertheless, said Butts, they apparently didn’t go around the Heights introducing themselves.
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Nearly a century later, Quality still feeds For The Leader Since 1928, as Houston evolved from small town to international city, there has been a feed store on its twoacre plot along North Main Street. Today, nearly a century later, the store proudly serves as one of the oldest businesses in Houston and one of the oldest Purina feed and garden stores in the United States. In 1928, founder J.C. Millis built the store. Back then, all feed store fronts were uniquely painted so customers could easily recognize the brand of feed they carried. The building was painted with red chains on its facade, and the business was established as a Red Chain brand feed store. Mr. Millis owned the store until 1938 when he sold to Albert Romund. A monster of a man, Albert could lift two 100 pound feed sacks – one in each hand! Known as “Slim” by most folks, Albert was offered a prestigious Purina franchise deal he eagerly accepted. As a new Purina dealership, the old store was re-painted in the traditional Purina red and white checkerboard style with blue trim, and the store was renamed Quality Feed Company. You can still see evidence of the old paint job on store walls. In 1949, Albert became unexpectedly ill, and his brother-in-law Alton Behrend, who had just returned from naval duties in World War II, purchased the business that year. Alton became the new “Slim” and served as sole proprietor with help from his sister Lydia Romund, wife of Albert Romund. At the age of 70, Alton decided to retire. He became friends with longtime customers Chris Bules and Ken Cousino, took them under his “wings” to teach them the business, and after a simple handshake deal, current owners Chris and Ken purchased the store in 1991. Ohioans by birth and Tex-
ans since 1983, both Chris and Ken have agricultural backgrounds in livestock production, and farming grain and alfalfa crops. The feed and garden business turned out to be a great opportunity for them to build on those experiences. In 2001, the feed store’s name changed again to Quality Feed & Garden Inc. Its products and services also changed to meet the evolving needs of animals, lawns and gardens. But the ambiance, personal service, reasonable prices, and honest and knowledgeable expertise have stayed the same. For nearly a century, as Houston evolved from small town to huge international city, Quality Feed & Garden has served the community as a vital gardening and animal care headquarters. And with
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2016 brings Buffaloe Floor Covering into its 51st year in the flooring industry! Founded by Glenn and Irene Buffaloe as a part-time endeavor from Glenn’s full time job at F.M. Black Middle School as a counselor, Buffaloe has grown to be one of the leading flooring businesses in Houston. Ownership is now with the Buffaloe’s two daughters and their husbands, Renie and Larry Kristynik and Denie and Ken Lunsmann. Throughout the past 51 years, Buffaloe employees have striven to maintain the work ethic and personalized customer service that was the hallmark of Glenn and Irene and passed on to their children. Flooring may have changed over the years, but Buffaloe Flooring continues to maintain the customer service and integrity that our company was founded on when there were just a few customers a month. Now we service hundreds of residential customers per month, as well as commercial jobs of all flooring types. We also sell blinds and shutters, sport team rugs, and Artstone personalized gifts.
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1982 at the Dallas Flooring Market. From left to right, Irene Buffaloe (Passed away in 2010), Glenn Buffaloe, Kyle Kristynik (Larry & Renie’s 2nd son), Renie Buffaloe Kristynik, Larry Kristynik (the president of the company now) and Kurt Kristynik (who is now one of our top salespeople--and third generation to be employed at Buffaloe.)
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family owned and operated business serving the Houston area since 1969. Susan Tate & Judy Bankhead H.T. “Pat” and Velma Patterson opened Darlene’s Flower & Gift Shop in Woodland Heights in February of 1969. Darlene’s was born as an extension of their wedding catering business, Diane’s Catering Service, for the convenience of the brides and their families to be able to plan flowers and catering all at one stop. Working in the business since it’s inception, their daughters, Susan Tate and Judy Bankhead took over the daily running of the shop in 1982 after the death of their Mother. Remembering “Those Were the Days” brings to mind a time, early on, when funeral sprays were $7.50 and roses were $15.00 a dozen, arranged. Now, a mere 47 years later, the prices have changed with the times but, thanks to our many loyal customers and a host of new customers, we are still going strong! “The Sisters” pride themselves on still being your full service family owned and operated Flower & Gift Shop that puts a new twist on the traditional fare. Along with things customary, such as beautiful flowers, plants and balloons, they also offer candles and potpourri, Gift and Gourmet Baskets, home décor and inspirational gifts. Susan and Judy constantly strive to find new and different items to make shopping at Darlene’s an adventure. Since the inclusion, in 2011 of D Boutique…A Dazzling Division of Darlene’s, they offer an array of eclectic clothing, jewelry, hand painted leather shoes by Elite/Corky’s, Handbags by Steve Madden and Sondra Roberts/SR Squared as well as Bath and Body Products by Enfusia (all organic and scented with essential oils). They both feel that this has been a real enhancement to the store – not only can they decorate your home or decorate for your event, but they can help you with “what to wear”. Flowers, art, fashion and design are all intermingled to give you a beautiful and relaxing place to shop! Please stop by for a visit!
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fter 70 years, Flight Officer Judson Baskett comes home to his final resting place at Historic Hollywood Cemetery. On Nov. 27, 1945, an Army Transport Command aircraft was returning from Singapore with a three man crew. At 2:19 a.m. the aircraft disappeared from radar with Heights resident Flight Officer Judson Baskett on board. Flight Officer Baskett’s remains were recently discovered in the South Pacific and returned to Houston. On Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, a grateful nation will pause to honor and celebrate the life of Flight Officer, Judson Baskett, U.S. Army Air Corp, as his remains will be interred alongside those of his parents at Historic Hollywood Cemetery. Surviving family members and friends will assemble to witness this final act of honor and respect for the sacrifice of a fallen hero. Under the command of the United States Army, full military honors will accompany the interment. All are welcome to attend and witness this historic and final tribute to one of America’s Fallen Heroes.
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Facebook? Twitter? This was social media This is a movie card for the Garden Oaks Theater on Shepherd, dated 1963. I used to attend the “Fun Club” there on Saturday mornings. There would always be a portion of an ongoing serial show, like Spin and Marty, then a cartoon, then the movie! Cost me a quarter to get in! Not just the Days, but the Good Old Days!! — Cindy Morgan
Locals reflect on how they stayed entertained When I was a young lad growing up near the Heights, summer nights would more often than not end with a bunch of us kids chasing fireflies. It seems there were thousands of them flying around and we had a ball running after them, following their blinking signals from yard to yard. Of course we’d have to try and capture some of these magical beacons and place them in a jar. But then after being admonished that prolonged capture could kill them, we’d release the little guys after a while. You don’t see many fireflies these days. Some experts say it’s because of the severe drought we’re going through, and others point to the urbanization of America. Most insects need natural settings in which to live, such as woods, meadows and creeks, and those places are rapidly being replaced by homes and concrete. Still others say the culprit are all those insecticides we use these days. Too many children today don’t get the chance to marvel at fireflies. Instead, they’re stuck with an empty jar. — Robert Anz When it was time for school to start back in the 1930s, my mom and I (me pulling my Red Flyer wagon) would head over to Kalmans on West 19th, where the west end of the parking lot of the Heights Specialty Hospital is now. Mother made my school dresses and we
bought the materials at Kalmans. We also went to the shoe department and went through boxes and boxes of leather high-tops and low-top tie shoes. The salesman would get out his stool, and measure width and length of my sock foot. He would then determine the size and bring out my new school shoes. Then came the funny part. I would step up on the flouroscope machine and look at the bones in my feet. One half-inch from big toe to shoe was the perfect fit. This was so fascinating and I always thought the flouroscope machine was the best part of shopping at Kalmans. Next to Kalmans was a bakery, where you could buy three large cookies for five cents. Outside the bakery was a table full of old-timers playing dominoes. Stude Park was the site of many a Friday Night Dance back in the 1940s. The red brick building would be filled by those attending the free dance, which featured a juke box blaring out tunes of the day, including lots of “boogie woogie.” Parents would also join the festivities, bringing cookies, sandwiches and Kool-Aid for the dancers, made up mostly of Reagan High students. When you entered the building, your hand was stamped. If you went outside, you could not come back in the building. The Friday Night Dances at Stude Park was something we all looked forward to. We respect-
Back before television was introduced to the world, the only news folks saw was shown at the movies. The North Main Theater was no different, featuring news clips and cartoons, in addition to movies of the day.
ed the rules and snacked on homemade goodies provided free to all. Fond memories. Sanders Market, located at Oxford and 13th, was a familiar haunt for kids attending Reagan High School in the 1940s. This was a small store with wooden floors and a few tables, a small meat counter and a “goodie case” topped with large gallon jars of big dill pickles put on a stick and pickled pigs feet sold the same way, that sold for five cents. Bottled sodas, including Orange Crush, Big Red and Grapette, were sold for 10 cents. If you returned a bottle, you got a two-cent deposit back. Although Reagan students were supposed to eat in the school cafeteria, many went quickly to Sanders to eat. There they dined on candies, cookies or bubble gum sold from gallon jugs for a penny or maybe two cents each. The big wooden building was torn down in 1963 and an apartment building constructed in its place. More recently, that apartment building was demolished to make way for the Reagan
The History of... Discover the roots behind today’s neighborhoods For The Leader How did The Heights, Garden Oaks and Oak Forest come to be? Read on...
The Heights
The old timers were known to say that in the Houston Heights, the top of the trees tickled the toes of the angels… To really talk about the Heights, we should talk about Mr. Oscar Martin Carter, the father of the Houston Heights. Mr. Carter was born Sept. 2, 1842 in Salem Mass. and was orphaned by the age of six. He moved from family to family and was treated so poorly that he ran away and joined up with some people heading West. In one small town he worked as a tinsmith. He was a genius and an adventurer. At one time he was a teamster on wagon trains and even panned for gold successfully in Colorado while there. It made him a millionaire, so he returned to Omaha, Neb., where he eventually owned six banks. He had holdings in real estate and became well known in business circles in New York and Washington, D.C. He even met the president of the United States. In 1887, he heard about Houston, Texas, and after looking it over, formed the Omaha and South Texas land Company, buying 1,765 acres of land from the Allen brothers, who were in need of funds. The Allen brothers had paid $4 an acre and sold to Mr. Carter for $45 an acre. The land, located in the northwest area, was to become the “Houston Heights,” so named because it was 23 feet higher in elevation than the rest of the city. Soon, people would escape from the epidemics of the city to the healthier “Houston Heights.” Mr. Daniel Denton Cooley (treasurer of the Land Company) built the first home in the Heights on the northeast corner of Heights Boulevard and 18th Street. Mr. Cooley was the grandfather of the renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Denton Cooley. The home was demolished in the 1960s and the property acquired by the Houston Heights Association. The property is the home of Marmion Park, so named for the last mayor of the Houston Heights (1914-1918), Mr. J.B.
Marmion Sr. and Kaiser Pavillion, named for Dr. and Mrs. C.H. Kaiser, who donated the “seed” money for the project. Mr. John Milroy built his home on the northeast corner of Heights Boulevard at 11th Street. The home, still standing, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Both Mr. Milroy and Mr. Cooley built homes and sold lots. It is said that even through the Great Depression, not a home was repossessed by either man. When a man could start paying again, he simply picked up where he had left off. The Heights was a planned community with roads, utilities, transportation and industries. The Heights was laid out with a beautiful wide boulevard that ran North and South. Originally there were wooden bridges over White Oak Bayou. The street was later paved with bricks. The streets running North and South were named for universities, and the streets running East and West were numbered. Mr. Carter knew there would have to be transportation so he bought horse-drawn trolleys (later electrified trolleys) that went north on the Boulevard to 19th Street, west to Nicholson (Railroad Street), along the railroad track. After several near fights with the train men who would leave boxcars on the tracks, the trolley moved its tracks one block south to Ashland. From 17th Street, the trolley would go south on the Boulevard to Washington and east to the city of Houston. There was also the shuttle for people to go to the industrial area and homes around it. Around 26th Street was the South Texas Cotton Seed Mill, the Pickle Factory, the Mattress Factory, which later became the Oriental Textile Mill, the Furniture Factory, the Lumber Yard and Mill Shop, and the Clock Tower on West 22nd Street and Lawrence, one block east of Shepherd. The Omaha and South Texas Land Company and its developers spent over a halfmillion dollars before the first lot was ever sold on May 5, 1891. There was a large twostory hotel on the northeast corner of 19th and Ashland, for business people to stay in while visiting the Heights. It later became a sanitarium and burned in 1915. There was a two-story brick
building that housed a drug store below and Dr. Miller Robinson and Dr. Sinclair had offices upstairs. On the other corner was located Harolds in the Heights. Mr. Charlie Kaplan had a bicycle repair shop in an old two-story brick building. On 7th and the Boulevard, now Donovan Park, was Mr. Scott Wimberly’s grocery store. The park was named for Mr. James G. Donovan, the city attorney for Houston Heights from its beginning until it was incorporated by the city of Houston in 1918. Mr. Donovan was on the school board for many years. He is better known as the father of Marcella D. Perry, whom we all call “Mrs. Heights.” Mrs. Perry is well known as the founder of Heights Savings and for her “Econo-casts” reports on radio and TV for many years. There was only one brick Victorian home built on the Boulevard at 10 1/2 Street. It became a lovely bed-andbreakfast called the Webber House, owned by the Jacksons. Three more bed-andbreakfasts on the Boulevard – the Durham House and Angel Arbor, owned by Marguerite and Dean Swanson, and Sara’s, owned by Donna & Tillman Arledge and their daughter, Sara. At the corner of 17th Street and Rutland was the Dexter Store, owned by Fred Dexter Sr. who was once the choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Houston. There was a room upstairs used for various meetings. The building was later used by Fred Dexter Jr. in his business, Dexter Diaper Service. Fred Jr. invented the “no-fold” diaper still used by many diaper services. The Dexter family home was on the southwest corner of Yale at 17th Street and was called “Rose Lawn” for the beautiful rose garden. Further down at 124 W. 17 St. was the home of Edmond V. and Maude Whitty who started the first theater group in the Heights. The home then was owned by Dennis and Laura Virgadamo. In 1912, Dave and Bessie Kaplan opened Kaplan BenHur department store at Yale and 22nd Street. It was referred to as the “Neiman Marcus of the Heights.” In 1911, Clayton Lee, started Clayton Lee Plumbing
Company (still in operation in the Heights and Conroe). We have always had a great number of churches in the Heights. The Heights Presbyterian Church was the first one built, on the southeast corner of 18th Street and Rutland. In 1908, Baptist Temple was formed while meeting above Simon Lewis’ grocery store, and in 1912 built its first building on the southeast corner of 20th Street and Rutland. It grew to cover the entire block to Yale Street, along with an additional building on 19th Street. All Saints Catholic Church built their first building in 1909 on the northeast corner of 10th and Harvard, a beautiful brick structure, and a new one in 1918. Then came the Grace Methodist Church on 13th and Heights Boulevard, and the Heights Church of Christ at 16th and Harvard, founded by Mr. Woodard who lived in the 1600 block of Heights Boulevard, followed by many more. At 1846 Harvard is the Houston Heights Woman’s Club founded in the 1900. The property was given to Mrs.
High football field. The North Main Theatre was a social gathering place for Heights kids of all ages. Before going into the movie, most stopped at Shorty’s Pop Corn Stand for a bag of popcorn. Because Shorty was a midget, the floor in the stand was raised higher so he could wait on the kids. One day I saw him as he exited the stand and was shocked when I realized he was so short. But Shorty was a special person to us kids as popcorn was not sold inside the theater. When we entered the theater after buying our tickets, ushers in swanky uniforms and carrying flashlights escorted us to our seats. There was no smooching allowed inside and so no kids were allowed in the balcony. One neat thing was that the theater allowed us to stay all day if we wanted and watch cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Popeye and Superman. Back then, as there was no TV yet, the only news we saw was shown at the theater. — Alice Butts
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Neighborhoods from P. 5B D.D. Cooley as a birthday present from her husband, and she donated it to the club of which she was a charter member in 1911. The clubhouse was built in 1912. There were many small clubs for women in the Heights at the time, including the Needlepoint Club, Literary Club, Mandolin Club and others which eventually combined to form the departmental club known as the Houston Heights Woman’s Club. Early accomplishments include starting the first library in the Heights and funding many of its projects over the years and starting the first PTA at Cooley School on 17th Street as well as donating the use of the clubhouse to the American Red Cross during both World War I and World War II. The City Hall, fire station and jail was located on 12th Street between Heights Boulevard and Yale. Now owned by the city of Houston, the building which was used as a fire station was vacated because the doors were too small for the modern fire equipment to go through. The Houston Heights Association leases the building from the city for use as a community meeting place and museum. Just across Yale Street was the two-story frame Heights High School, which burned on March 13, 1924. The site is now Milroy Park. A new building was built at 20th Street and Heights Boulevard, which is now Hamilton Middle School. When the new Reagan High School was built, the students marched in parade from the old location. The neighborhood swimming hole from 1896-1942 was called the Natatorium and was located at the south end of Harvard at White Oak Bayou. There is an office building at that location named “Coombs Park” after the owners of the Natatorium. On the northeast corner of 11th and Harvard is the second home of the Reagan Masonic Lodge. As in many cases during the Depression, they were unable to handle the mounting debts and lost the building. It became a condominium. After the loss of the building, they met at a telephone company building on the northwest corner of 8th Street and Harvard. A new lodge was eventually built at the corner of 16th Street and Heights Boulevard. Across Harvard Street was a lovely old stucco home called the “Alamo” house that was on the annual Heights Home Tour. Phenix Dairy had a building on 10th Street and Railroad (Nicholson). It still has the numbers overhead where the horse-drawn wagons would park. Eggs were 5 cents a dozen. Mildred Dupuis of the Yale Pharmacy was one of the first women pharmacists in the state of Texas. Her father owned the Gramlin Dairy, north of town. You can still get the best hamburger and malts at the soda fountain at Yale Pharmacy. The first Heights Theater had a hand crank projector that was later electrified. On Saturday, you wouldn’t want to miss the cliffhanger continued serial and the great cowboy movies for 5 to 15 cents. Next door was the Heights Confectionary with ice cream and candy. Across the street was the famous Mrs. Bender’s Hamburgers for a nickel. For
a dime, you could get a hamburger as big as a dinner plate! When Robert L. Cole was going away to military school, Mrs. Bender told him to come in and eat all the hamburgers he wanted. He ate 12! At that location is now the famous Harolds in the Heights. Next to Mrs. Bender’s was the Sweetheart Ice Cream shop that belonged to Mr. Ples Kennerly who lived on West 18th Street. There was also a man who had a large stone wheel that he pushed down the sidewalk. He would blow a loud whistle that ranged from low to high to let you know he could sharpen scissors and knives. There was a medicine show that would come through. They would sell salve that was good for whatever ails you. It would even grow hair! A circus that came and set up on the southeast corner of 18th Street and Heights Boulevard. It featured GiGi, the “Wonder Girl.” Mr. Fritchie delivered the Chronicle in a two-wheeled horse-drawn cart. He would blow a whistle and yell, “Chronicle boy!” He must have been 75 years old at the time. Many children of the area have photos of themselves on a pony that was taken by a photographer that would go from house-to-house taking pictures of the children. Kids used to have lots of fun at the Heights Cliffs, located behind what is now the SPJST Lodge at the west end of West 15th Street. One of Clayton Lee Jr.’s fondest memories is the night after a picnic in Hermann Park celebrating the vote that made the Heights “dry” from alcohol in November 1937: “Mr. Donovan got in touch with me to get a band together. We were on the back of a flatbed truck, and the people would hear the music and come to hear Mr. Donovan talk as to why they should vote the Heights “dry.” Some of my friends in the band and I were able to get the leftover lemon juice from the picnic and trade it to Abe Hoyt for root beer. We drank all of the root beer and went skinny dipping in the Bayou at the Cliffs. We started squirting on each other, and then some of us shimmied down the cliffs, and that is when it all started. The guys on top started throwing dirt clods down on us. Believe me, it is hard to throw clods up the cliffs and hit anybody. There we were, at the bottom of the cliffs like a bunch of jaybirds, so we went downstream a ways and got back on top, crawling in the grass that was about two feet tall. I saw a 1931 Chevy coming toward us, and it looked just like mine. I stood up in the grass waving my arm, yelling, ‘Over here!’ The only trouble was that it wasn’t my ’31 Chevy. I still don’t know whose it was. The Heights sure is a good place to live and raise children because it is ‘high and dry’.” The information about the Heights came from Clayton Lee who passed away in 2002. He operated the plumbing company inherited from his father that still is in the family. His widow, Libby, believes he wrote this history sometime in the late 1960s.
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proximately 1,400 homes continues to attract attention and rave reviews. From the quaint cottages and charming bungalows to plantation, ranch and traditional style homes, Garden Oaks supports diverse updates while maintaining its charm and sense of history. Because of its excellent location, mass appeal, oversized lots, and booming property values, Garden Oaks is often compared to West University and Bellaire. In 1937, Edward L. Crain established Garden Oaks on a tract of land just north of the Houston Heights. Comprised of 5 sections, Garden Oaks offers a unique blend of midcentury homes—mostly pier and beam cottages. The western edge of the neighborhood is comprised of G.I. homes built for returning veterans after World War II. All five sections have seen an abundance of renovations and newly constructed homes.
Texas and moved to Houston to build a small house or two near the ship channel for workers who were building ships for use in World War II. Then he sold those two and built four more and soon he had built a small village known as Jacinto City. The first houses in Oak Forest sold for $8,000-$10,000. Larger houses built in the 60’s sold for $15,000-$20,000. From the History section of the Oak Forest Homeowners Association Page
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Development of the Oak Forest Subdivision started in 1946. The first house, which served as a sales office, was built at the corner of Golf and Fisher Dr. Almost all of the first houses were sold to World War II veterans. My husband, who had been a Captain in the Army in WWII, and I bought our house in April, 1947, when it was only a slab and moved in on June 1, 1947. Oak Forest Realty Corporation, founded by Frank Sharp, built houses only in Section 1 (Golf Dr. to Oak Forest Dr., and Dubarry to W. 43rd. Mr. Sharp continued to develop the neighborhood for 17 more sections, by building the streets and installing utility lines: however, building contractors would then build the houses. We had no telephone service. The only telephones were in the construction shack on the corner of Wakefield and Kinley Ln. and in the house of Frank Sharp’s niece at on Wakefield. We finally had telephones about the middle of 1948. Sufficient acreage in Oak Forest was set aside for building churches and many denominations have taken advantage of this. Also space was made available for parks, and Oak Forest has four parks within the area: T.C. Jester, Candlelight, American Legion and Oak Forest Park. Areas were also set aside for commercial development and this accounts for the many grocery stores, cleaners, service stations, etc., which are located on W. 43rd St. and Ella Blvd. Oak Forest was annexed by the City of Houston about 1949. In the year 2000, there were 5,523 homes in Oak Forest with a population of over 23,000. Oak Forest was the largest subdivision in Houston until Mr. Sharp built Sharpstown. Now the area is the third largest after the annexation of Kingwood. The original Oak Forest Elementary was built in1949, followed by Black Junior High School (now Frank Black Middle School) in 1958 and Waltrip High School about 1961. Stevens Elementary was added as the area was built up. Mr. Sharp was born in East
From 1958 to 2016, Herbert Armendaiz takes his time with his customers clocks, whether in the form of mechanical antique watches or modern pocket watches. While “time standing still” might be a popular phrase for some older shops, having time stand still is the last thing Herbert and Maria Armendaiz want for their customers. Their store, Herbert’s Watch Repair, is celebrating over 45 years of fixing watches, clocks and all manner of time-telling machines in the Houston area. “Honesty is number one fo rus,” Herbert Armendaiz says. His success is reflected by the pull his business has with customers from all over the Houston area, with people from as far as Sugarland making the trek into the Oak Forest area for watch repair services. Although the business might be at a new location at 965 Pinemont Dr., customers have remained loyal – something that might be best reflected in the near-perfect ratings on Google and Yelp. “I do everything by hand and we’re very oldfashioned by nature,” Herbert Armendaiz said. “We keep it very simple, as having a big heart and integrity is something that is hard to find among many watch repair stores.” Herbert Armendaiz still remembers what
first sparked his interest in fixing watches and clocks. He was around 8-years-old, a friend in school had a relative who was a watch maker and from the first time Herbert saw someone working in 1947, he has consistently worked with fine watches. “Now I work on any kind of watches, whether they’re complicated, simple or high-grade watches and clocks,” Herbert said. “The only thing I need is time.” He and his wife said they have continued attracting their loyal customers and others who have heard of Herbert’s work. Because of the old-fashioned nature of so many repairs, some may take more time to complete, but they’re done with precision and an attention to detail that Maria Armendaiz said has kept people coming back for generations. “I wish he would retire, but so many older people would wonder who is going to fix their old watches,” Maria Armendaiz says with a laugh. “Besides good service, we also give love.”
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• This is our home in 1965. My parents paid around $12,000. Today it is worth approximately $290,000. • Median income went from around $6,900 to $69,000. In 1965, you could get a candy bar for a dime, a stamp for a nickel, a new car for around $3,000. • I have fond memories of playing outside as we had no computers. • The neighbors would gather outside in the cool of the day. • You settled deals with your word and a handshake.
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City Wide Wholesale was started in 1932 by Jake Court, Father/Grandfather of Jerry and Wayne Court, present owner/operators. Mr. Court started with selling supplies out of his truck for small Mom and Pop restaurants, fruit stands, sports groups etc. He next opened his first warehouse supply facility on Preston Avenue. As his business grew and he needed more space he started looking for another location. Jerry Court followed his Dad around and helped in the business from the time he was a kid growing up. In 1967 Jerry decided to get in the business with his Dad and they eventually moved to Heights and 14th Street location. In 1985 they moved to 610 and Airline, an old plumbing supply. In February 1986 this warehouse burned down and they re-opened Heights and 14th where their business grew. Wayne started working with his Dad and they eventually moved in 1994 to the present location 801 Service Street, across from Canino Produce. The business has grown and prospered with the integrity, hard work and service of the Court family. They say ìRemember us for all your Hot Truck, Catering and Vending Needsî. Actually, City Wide is a place where restaurants, delis, cafes, sports snack bar owners, party organizers, reunion groups etc. can find food and equipment supplies that will SAVE them money. They are open to the public. They, like many successful companies, are always reorganizing and improving their facilities to make it more customer friendly and to segregate foods, drinks, equipment, etc. City Wide is adding more lines of foods and restaurant equipment, and supplies as well as merchandizing and allocating different space for better cleaner display and selection.
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STHS basketball product impresses a top university By Jonathan Valadez For The Leader As a sophomore last year, St. Thomas guard George Fisher got his first taste of playing at the varsity level and despite being only a role player, the time he did spend on the court caught the attention of the prominent Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And if you are wondering, this is indeed the same school where a math whiz disguised as a custodian outsmarted an entire class of Cambridge’s brightest. “It’s a really prestigious school, and academics mean a lot to me,” Fisher said. “I feel like that’s the kind of place that I would want to go, where I can get a great education and also play basketball.” Fisher said that after the basketball season was over, his head coach, Jonathan Kwok, sent out a highlight reel to several schools for Fisher. After a while, Fisher started receiving emails from universities – mostly NCAA Division-III schools – including MIT. At the end of the school year, he got in contact with MIT’s head coach, who invited Fisher to the school’s basketball academy in August. Fisher has yet to make the trip to Cambridge, Mass. but said he looks forward to the visit, where he hopes he can make an impression on the court with his skill set. MIT is one of the most
difficult institutions to get into, with an acceptance rate of less than 10 percent, but Fisher has worked just as hard inside the classroom as he has on the court. When Coach Kwok sent out the tape, “he sent a description of me as a player and as a student,” Fisher said. “I have a 4.0 (GPA), so I think he mentioned that. That’s what made MIT interested.” While it is not necessarily known for its basketball program, MIT has hovered around a .700 winning percentage for the past five years, and eventually adding a player like Fisher, who can play the point and shooting guard positions, will likely result in continued success. Although attending and playing at MIT would be welcome to Fisher, he is more than content focusing on what is right in front of him: high school and St. Thomas basketball. Until this summer, Fisher played basketball for the Houston Lynx, an Amateur Athletic Union team. He realized that in order to help St. Thomas win this year, he needed to put in extra work this summer. Fisher left the Lynx this summer so he could focus on spending more time in the weight room and on the court, improving his strength and dribbling. “I’ve been in the weight room a lot and continue to do skill work every week,” Fisher said. “Because I’m go-
ing to be in more of a point guard/shooting guard role, being able to handle the ball against pressure will help a lot.” The Eagles graduated several key starters this past year, but Fisher is eagerly awaiting the challenge to showcase his ability. “I think we’re a young team and we have a lot of talent,” Fisher said. “Seeing what the seniors did by getting to the state tournament, we feel that learning from them, we can be just as good.” With two years of high school and basketball left, it is likely that Fisher will draw even more college suitors, but despite the attention his mindset remains the same. “School and basketball are the two things that I care the most about right now, so I do whatever I can to make sure that they both get equal attention and time,” Fisher said.
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