Battle of San Jacinto Described by Gen Sam Houston
Gen Sam Houston details the San Jacinto engagement in 1836, reporting to President David G. Burnet from Galveston. The account covers marches, the battle plan, troop actions, casualties, captures, and loot, noting Santa Anna’s defeat after a swift, decisive 18 minute fight and praise for officers and soldiers.
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Gen. Houston
Battle of
San Jacinto
Burnet
Jim Kyle
Sam Houston
David G. Burnet
Republic of Texas
Houston
Galveston Island
Harrisburg
Santa Anna
Perry
Clopper’s Point
Lee College Plans First Literary Publication Since 1939
Lee College students will publish The Renascence in early May, marking the campus’s first literary magazine since 1939. Chief editor Donald G. Dial, production editor Crispin James, and Rick Johnson oversee 24 pages of prose poetry and introspective art. About 500 copies will be printed with an affordable price yet to be set.
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Lee College
Donald G. Dial
H. J. Smith
Sher
Dial
Crispin James
School Employees To Retire Soon
Two veteran school employees will retire at the end of the school year. They are Mrs. Lillie Coltharp, first grade teacher at Carver Jones, and Mrs. Christine McLemore, study hall supervisor at Robert E Lee. Their resignations were accepted by the school board this week, along with six other teachers in the district. Others resigning include Mrs. Mary H. Brown, Mrs. Reba Cochran, Miss Ann Ray Kelly, Mrs. Robin E. Osgood, Mrs. Stella J. Radle, and Mrs. Delia L. Sutton.
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Lillie
Coltharp
Carver-Jones
Christine McLemore
Robert E. Lee
Mary H. Brown
Reba Cochran
Ann Ray Kelly
Robin E. Osgood
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Sherman
Millard
Burleson
Cus
Brazos
George W. Hockley
Henry Millard
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Alamo
Karnes
Cos
Guerrero
Army of
Bary le Grounn
Flousros
Grady W. Norton
Colby Drive
General Telephone
Baysown Navy
John W. Blakeway
Seabees
Narton
Biloxi
Miss
Deborah Ann Cline
M. L. Cline
South Second
U.S. Air Force
J. W. Pickle
Baytown Usaf
James Roberts
Flouston Waf
Robbie Michaud
Deborah
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Justice OF the Peace
Glenn Vickery
Gus Mutscher
Austin
Vickery
Texas
House
Senate
Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas
Jack Heard
Texas Department of Corrections
Huntsville
Heard
Are
Dale Adams
Bill Grimsley
Glenn Tiller
John McCormick
B.D. Walker
Forrest Gober
Robert Lemmon
Robert &. Lee High School
Interact Club
Rel
Gober
AFS
Baytown
Alice Antonini
Ross Sterling
der Deutscher Verein
Texas Association of German Students
University of Texas At Arlington
Paul Bounds
Gene Lovering
Mike Tiner
Patti Schneider
Ulrich Kleinschmidt
Shirley Worcester
Steve Wilson
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