Aldine Scrapbook, Volume 2 (1976 - 2004)

The North Freeway LFADLR, Tlirn MEMaERlP 16 NATIONAL >H6Wm* MtQCUTWW^ NEIGHBORHOOD Ш WATCH Ы . PROGRAM •" HIDDEN VALLEY CIVIC CLUB DATE : TUvesbAV^ TOLV 1 , >974 en Valley residents still not sure about neighborhood watch f •By In* Bolt 1 » ‘ r Correspondent |W(11 neighbor awareness t crime in the subdi- ons? That is the ques- Ш the residents of Hidden foliey hope to answer by it Neighborhood Watch ;ram. * Necessity is the mother Invention/' says ' Bob Utchie, publicity chairman I (he, Hidden Valley Civic 3ttb4"We had a great leedHor crime control, tefcording to the Sheriffs apartment we had 40 ties committed in Janu- and after the program ^formed in February id took shape, it dropped cfibout 16.'r S&Vin Rochelle, Security Jwdrman of the program, jhbblUnt to say now sue- dtfuj , the program has !\ye have such a diffi- ^ getting any informa- lout of the Sheriffs { Department. I think they could give us a better idea as to what is actually going on,” he said. Rochelle urg¬ es crime victims to report it to the Civic Club President, to facilitate the compilation of statistics. An attempt to get data on the crime rate in the civic club, before and after the program was initiated, was fruitless. There was no answer to repeated calls to the Harris County Sheriffs Community Service office. But civic club optimism is high. A sign dedication was held June 22 at the Deer- trail entrance to Hidden Valley. The signs, warning po¬ tential lawbreakers of the enforcement of “Block Watching,” are posted at each entrance to the tract. The organization under Rochelle consists of eight area coordinators, and a block captain for each 40 houses. Under the block captains are six helpers, according to need. The following^procedure is followed. If a watcher or neighbor suspects some¬ thing is not right in some¬ one’s home, such as an unfamiliar station wagon or truck parked in the drive¬ way, the first step is to call the house. If the owner does not answer or an unfamiliar voice does, call the sheriffs department. "Burglars in the process of entering some of the homes have been caught since the program start¬ ed,” Ritchie said. “A ju¬ venile was involved in one and several others rofessional.”' case were more also said the people in the subdivision have been "tre¬ mendous in volunteering their efforts.” "The program is more and more successful as people become more famil¬ iar with it. We cannot become an island by our¬ selves,” Ritchie noted. In spite of the stepped- up efforts to combat crime some residents are being burglarized. Mrs. Rose Gunji notified the workers she would be away for a three day week¬ end. She was gone only a day when a neighbor called to lell her that her home had been burglarized. The neighbor checked her house when she saw the Gunji garage door was open. Mrs. Gunji cut her holi¬ day short and returned to find three color T.V.'s, a watch, pearl necklace and pearl pin, photographic equipment including two movie cameras, two pro¬ jectors and two still camer¬ as gone. Also an electric lawn edger, a microwave oven, two bicycles, a Wil¬ liam Rogers Stainless Steel set and a Tea and Coffee Service, along with a new sofa table and stereo and a piggy bank containing $15. Thirty-two items were missing. The burglars had brought chocolate milk with them and sat down to eat. They messed up the kitch- . en, spilling the chocolate milk, leaving broken pieces from the microwave oven which they dropped. They also broke a huge flower pot located next to the T.V. AH mattresses had been turned upside down and the front door was /damaged when it had been pried open. Tire marks and mud left in the garage and other clues led to their capture and eleven items were re¬ covered, most of them in very bad condition.. The publicity chairman Moore is new Aldine librarian The Harris County Al¬ dine Branch Library has а-Г new librarian. She is Mrs. Gniisje (pronounced Hooshia) Moore. Mrs. Moore, former supervisor of the Harris County Bookmobile, re¬ places Connie House, who recently resigned along with Children s librarian Terry Mote. Mrs. Moore, who has эссп married three years, will also be doing graduate work in geology. She hails from Florida and came to Texas to attend the Univer¬ sity of Texas Library School two years ago. Assisting her is Peggy Adamson. Mrs. Moore made sever¬ al announcements in her first days as librarian. She announced the li¬ brary will be closed July 5 and people may obtain their library cards if they applied two weeks ago. The Children's Story Hour will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays. 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