Remembering the Houston Press of November 25 1950
A reader recalls the old Houston Press content from November 25 1950. The issue featured The Stroller by Sigman Byrd, The Town Crier by Bill Roberts, Navy Reserve Submarine Division commendation, Channelview Speedway updates, Cedar Bayou High School at a stock car race, Eleanor Roosevelt My Day column, FDR letters, a Korea war home-front note, and Alley Theater the Berry Street debut with Joshua Beene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Roberts
Maxim’s
Byrd
Houston
Naval Reserve
Johnny Armstrong
Baytown
8Th Naval District
Channelview Speedway
Cedar Bayou High School
Cedar Bayou
Bob Barfield
A.O. Bailey
Mildred Smith
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott
Korea
United Press
Alley Theater
Berry Street
Joshua Beene
Sterling band director conducts Region 8 concert in Groesbeck
Goose Creek CISD band leader Richard Clem, Ross S. Sterling High School, served as guest clinician and conductor for Region 8 of the Association of Texas Small School Bands after five hours of auditions and rehearsal with concert band students. They performed Vaughan Williams Flourish for Wind Band and Clem arranged Wenceslas Variations and other pieces including America the Beautiful. Clem, a longtime Texas music educator, is active with multiple associations and conducts Sterling’s full orchestra and teaches AP Music Theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling High School
Richard Clem
Association of Texas Small School Bands
Goose Creek
Vaughan Williams
Wenceslas
Nelle
Clem
Haze
Holsinger
Ward
Barker
Wenceslas Variations
Sterling Band
Texas Music Educators Association
Texas Bandmasters Association
The
National Band Association
Texas Music Adjudicators Association
Texas
Sterling
Goose Creek official named TASPA president 2008
Susan Moore-Fontenot, Goose Creek CISD director of personnel for elementary and junior schools, was named 2008 president of the Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators. As the 43rd president, she leads about 800 members and will push TASPA’s strategic plan to improve student success and public education through quality leadership in human resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Moore-Fontenot
Goose Creek Cisd
Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators
TASPA
Moore- Fontenot
Moore-Fontenot
Moore-Fontenot Networks
Austin
American Association of School Personnel Administrators
Texas
Community Calendar highlights local meetings and events
Community Calendar lists a 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. blood drive at Garth Rd campus with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center. Bay Area groups meet at new Baytown locations, including E F Green Center and J D Walker Center. A Priorities Meeting on April 3 covers habitat and water quality with contact Holli Swick. Numerous club gatherings, library hours, line dancing, bingo, and church activities are noted with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Garth Rd
Gail Lumus
Bay Area Networking Group
B.A.N.G
E. F. Green Center
W. Baker Road
Sterling High School
Trust For Public Land
Chambers County
Texas Coastal Management Program
American Legion Hall
Fort Anahuac Park
Call Holli Swick
Baytown Grandmothers’ Club
Wooster Baptist Church
Bayway Dr
Call
Baytown
Rotary Club
Goose Creek
ExxonMobil
Baytown Toastmasters Club
Carl Ralph Matthews
St. John's United Methodist Church
Alexander Drive
Ward Road
Market Street
Grace’s Kitchen
Grace United Methodist Church
N. Pruett
VFW
Main
Calvary Temple
Breda
April 2 in history highlights span wars, space and leaders
Highlights note 1968 world premiere of 2001 A Space Odyssey in Washington and 1950s events. mentions Ponce de Leon in 1513, Coinage Act 1792, Davis escape in 1865, Lindbergh ransom 1932, TWA bomb 1986, Pope John Paul II death 2005, and climate ruling. Includes local Baytown milestones and a biblical verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Kubrick
Washington
Juan Ponce de Leon
Florida
U.S. Mint
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Buddy Ebsen
Belleville
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Charles Lindbergh
John Condon
New York
Condon
John
Lindbergh
TWA
Rome
Athens
Greece
John Paul II
Vatican
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wanda Orton
Dack
Houston Press
Chronicle and Post
Scripps
Barry Nettles
Gccisd
Nettles
Bay Area Personnel Directors Association
Gulf Coast Association of School Personnel Administrators
Moore
Fontenot
Highlands Community Center
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Market St
Decker Dr
Sterling Municipal Library
Church Women United Board of Managers
First Christian Church
Forrest
Annie Watson
Ashbel Smith Elementary School
Mighty Minds
Alejandra Quintanilla
Leo Martinez
Leslie Guerrero
Sarah Baker
Jesus Jimenez
Tyler Garcia
Baghdad
Supreme Court
Associated Press
SUN History
Mont Belvieu
Texas Avenue
Harris County Sheriff's Deputies
Lynchburg
Bayway
Decker Drive
Jerusalem
Martha Graham
David
God
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