Mainland Times (Newspaper) - March 27, 1963, La Marque, Texas SERVING COUNTYS GREAT INDUSTRIAL AREA THE MAINLAND TIMES EACH WEDNESDAY THE LA MARQUE TIMES FRIDAY 26 LA MARCH 1963 PRICE Water Problems Get Spotlight At Rally of the La Marque Times house all got the Cooks Tour to see how the newspaper is Left to right Car James Don you cant see much of him and Orlando publisher of the Inspect New Times Headquarters LM Man Charged In Assault Case A charge of aggravated assault has been filed In the court of Justice of the Peace Reddell against John candidate for city council In La Accused of kissing a 15year old La Marque High Pedroso posted a bond of The incident occur ed at Shell service station Sunday afternoon be tween 1 and 2 By Orlando Blackburn Here it is Monday morning and the La Marque Times staff Is getting down out of the clouds and going to work in a flower It is the first time we have ever worked In a place which resembles a nursery in full bloom and It is It Is a result of our open bouse when more than a thousand visitors came to see our new building and how BACK IN THE dark when I went to ath letes were recognized for their beef and brawn rather than for their But we have come a long way and now athletes are mixing a potion of gray matter along with muscular Take David for in He is gathering high er education at Schreiner In at Kerrville and seems to be doing rather well at the According to a recent edition of The Moun the schools publica David Is not only on the Deans honor roll but also has been elected to Phi Theta which is a national ho nor The primary qualification for PTK is and evidently David made the La Marque sports fans re member David for his many fine performances on the Ti ger football team and also as a member of the La Marque High School mile relay team which went to Austin for the state interscholastic track They didnt win first place but they kicked dust in the faces of some of the states David is the son of and Ford Barker of 2910 The same edition of The brought news of another La Marque Nick ie Stepchinski must have been learning his squads right and squads left and present arms very because he was promoted from private to pri vate first Nickie is the son of and Pat Stepchinski of 1401 IVE BEEN hoping for a long but at last it looks like one BLACKBURN is going to amount to Or ra ther she has already amount ed to I wish we could claim her as a rela but she wont hear of She is Barbara attractive and talented daugh ter of and Louis not my brother 2219 who Saturday night was named winner of the se cond annual La Marque High School Beauty She had some tough Oat isnt the word beauti Continued on 11 an offset newspaper is pro We were astounded as well as pleased at the large num ber of visitors who came to see Their interest in the operation of the plant was gra From the number of com plaints we get nothing unusual for a newspaper sometimes we feel we dont have any friends at However we must have been wrong from the number of beautiful flo wers and pot plants which were sent for the The flowers are still fresh this morning so that is why we feel like we are working in a flower We certainly express our thanks to all of you who were so There are a lot of mighty happy folks In La Marque because of wonderful door prizes which were Some of the door prizes are here at the office and the win ners will have to go to the stores to pick up the If the winners will come by The Times office we will give them a letter to the various merchants where their pri zes Here are the Electric hair dryer from Cedar David 1014 Lake Two Long Theatre Happi ness Books from Radio Sta tion Willie Mae 2708 Fifteen dollars worth of groceries from Texas Super Food Flora Alice 2219 Meadow Fifteen dollar permanent wave from persons Beauty dont know what he will do with It Billy 2105 Royal white sidewall tire from Welch Chev 2703 Cedar Electric heater from Com munity Public S e r 1904 Ever Dinner for two at Johns Oyster 121 Sixteen dollar auto wash and wax Mary Fos 4427 Avenue Galves Elgin Sportsman wrist watch from 104 walnut book H 2602 Croc kett Drive Transistor radio from Hun ters Television and Appli Kirby 1911 Vista cup and saucer set from Charles 314 9th Avenue Texas johnny Walker cowboy boots Continued on Page 10 Dillon Is Off Board Robert a mem ber of the board of directors of the League of Women Vo ters of La has re signed from the board in keep ing with the nonpartisanship policy of the This policy requires a board member to resign from the board and make public an of the fact if she or a member of her immed iate family wishes to engage in conspicuous political act Inasmuch as her Robert Is chairman of a group of citizens who are actively supporting three can for election Council of La the of the accepted re alnut book League xs Weede Following Heart Attack to a statement by the girl given to the La Marque she had run oat of gas and two friends drove her to where iher parents have traded for nearly ten She claims that Pedroso Lets go back and see if we can find a When in the ac cording to her he asked for a for finding the can a nd put his arms around her and kissed Pedroso denies that he in the girl to the back of the station and says that he didnt know that she had fol lowed him to get the He said after picking up the he turned around and bumped into her by acci An employee at the sta Jimmy Lloyd said that he Pedroso from about 25 feet away and didnt see anything saw the Continued on 1 DEMONSTRATING the scene which resulted in ag charges against Johnny roso is shown turning around in his storeroom where he said he bumped the high school girl who ac him of kissing Pedroso is one of the 20 candidates for city 3111 Melody Is home from the hospital after suffering a heart He has been a patient at Marys Infirmary since suffering the attack Approves JH Traffic Relief Plan Whitmire To Speak At Washington Ceremonies Police Chief Whitmire will be one of the speakers at the first national observance of Police Officers Memorial Day ceremonies in May Whitmire has helped Charles a butcher from who worked for three giving his time and to get congress to pass a to set aside a day as police officers memorial day and also police officers The was passed last The ceremonies are in WHITMIRE are memory of police of fleers who have given their lives in the line of Sussman has invited Vice President Lyndon Edgar Hoover and other government officials to be on the Governor John been invited to be a speaker and was asked to bring a de legation of Texas State Ran gers with Whitmire served on the na tional advisory c o m m which worked for the passage of this A traffic plan to relieve morning and afternoon con gestion at the junior high presented by the PTA traffic won the approval of the Board of Trus tees of La Marque dent School District meeting Thursday The presented by and John spokesmen for the will make Neumann oneway Forman one way Magnolia one way east be tween Bayou and and Bayou one way south between Evergreen and Magnolia on school days from to and from to Walter assistant chief of was present at the meeting and pledged the support of the La Marque Po lice He added that the plan cannot be put into ef fect until the city council pas ses an ordinance to give it the status of At the recommendation of the the Board voted 52 against requiring a unit of economics for gradua Trustees Orren Holt and Leroy Dampman cast the min Eugene assis tant cited the difficulty of finding qualified loss of elective and the lack of acr textbooks as reasons for not making the course a graduation He said that most of the students who can profit from the course are now taking eco and that the study of economics is best students who are capable of Barbara Blackburn Is Crowned School Beauty Miss Barbara daughter of and Louis 2219 and a sophomore at La Marque High was crowned Beauty at the beauty pa geant held Saturday night at the high school Miss Betty all school beauty of crowned Miss Blackburn and presented her with a bouquet of red Before a full house 30 girls from La Marque High School competed for this The ten who were picked as finalists were Judy Pam Patricia Vlll Betty Suzy Tina Kathy Alicia Elaine Akin and Miss Black Others who entered the con test were Christine Cynthia pat Max ine Burr Diana Di ane Diann Barbara Alexis Ann Linda Pamela Mary Blake B e e 1 e Diane Su lanne Donna Wood Vicki Charmaine Donna Jackson and Candy Doug Barber served as master of ceremonies with Miss Patti Rogers at the Doris Kitty and Harry gave vocal and dance solos were performed by Gloria Heyman and Linda A sextet composed of Al fred Joe Adolph also Barber was de chairman Continued on 4 MISS BARBARA BLACKBURN receives a bouquet of red roses from Miss Betty Wilson ot the beauty pageant held at the La Marque High School Saturday Miss Blackburn was chosen beauty from 30 contestants and Miss Wil son is last years Looking on is Miss Judy one of the independent Holt asked why is it nec essary to have the course taught only by teachers who have so many hours of col lege Trustee Bur ton Barber answered that the course might do more harm then good If Improperly Trustee Leroy Dampman said that he had read a pro posed textbook and found no thing President We Id on Kolb rejoined that some of my tive friends have taken that same book and found phrases which they say can be given a very different meaning than you or I would give Alvah principal of Highlands Elementary appeared before the Board to present a description pf his He said that the highest en this year has been 524 and the present en is During the 551 pupils have attended according to Wil Referring to the reading he stated that the prime objective is to age an appreciation and liking for He cited statistics from achievement tests taken by Highlands pupils which in that they are well above the national We try to make the stu dent think and per haps this is best accomplished in quipped Wil He said that the object of teaching science is to create interest in the world where we live and said that all stu dents are encouraged to par in the schools annual science 1 We try to provide for the special needs of capable he When instruction is aimed at the the good and poor stu dents both Continued on Page 4 Only Eleven Candidates Of 20 Appear By Gladys Allen The water system In Marque was one of the main topics of discussion at the meeting organized labor Monday night for the of getting the city council views on facing the one of pointed out that no tax money goes into the water and sewer fund whidt gets its only income from There is bond left which cannot be sold be cause the revenue coming to this department does not warrant coverage of the There are many people ftf the city who have water sewer in front of their houses but who have not tied onto the city Barnes stated that It has cost the city money to run these lines but there is no return on this Eleven of the 20 candidates appeared at the meeting held in the County Health Unit meeting The cerned how the about zoning and whether ft should be put to a what type of city goW 1 they preferred and how they felt about ing the salaries of city em They were also asked tf they would oppose civil ser vice protection for police men and firemen and other city Questions were asked their feelings on the need of a long range planning program for La Marque and the in the water Jimmy Crowder Jimmy Crowder said he be in a planned and or city and the zoning issue needs revising and to be put to a vote the In favor of retaining a city manager form of government Crowder said he believes la keeping the salaries up much as possible within the He would not oppose service for all city if they desire it and on page 13 Water Safety Instructors Course Slated An American Red Cross Water Safety course is set to begin Wed March 27 at the Tex as City High School indoor Enrollment is now being accepted at the local Red Cross Applicants must own a current Senior and be over 18 years of No charges or fees are ac Students must pur chase two 75cent Part One of the course Is set to run Monday through Part Two will com mence upon completion of part Joe a longtime lo cal water safety enthusiast will instruct the initial phase of the Part Two will be handled by the School Ath Director and Water Safe Continued on Page 5
