Joe Maranto Third Career as Navy Medic and Undertaker
Joe Maranto, a 28 year old Houston State graduate, has led a varied professional life including service as a Navy Pharmacist’s Mate during World War II and later as a funeral director and undertaker. He has worked with several Galveston-area funeral homes and served as a pallbearer and caregiver for seniors.
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Ighing
Joe Maranto
Navy
Undertaker
Joe
Maz Appara
Pharma
Peo Houston State
Padertaker
Pease
Seviors
Galveston
Maranto Named Barbers Hill Schools Superintendent
Jenson Maranto has been appointed superintendent of Barbers Hill Schools. A Crosby Iz student and Clifton and Hamilton teacher veteran, he holds degrees from the University of Iowa and Texas and has earned a master's and education credentials. He has served with Redeemer, Lush-Gureh, and the Mont Belv Lions Club, and taught English and Spanish at Vanderbilt High School. Maranto pursued a master’s at Sam Houston and joined campus groups there. A Navy veteran, he participated in Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Philippines invasions, traveled widely, and studied at Puebla Mexico before transferring to Sam Houston State.
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Jenson
Barbers Hil
Crosby
Clifton
Hamilton
Cranfills
College Academy
Tather College
Iowa University of Texas
Oustes
Giachéor
Vanderbilt High School
Marante
Maranto
Sam Houston
M Maranto
Galveston Beach
Tro Can
Ais
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Philippines
Marants
China
Japan
England
France
Germany
Sam Houston State
Puebla
Mexico
Meranto
Tulane University
Meet These Baytown Aggies Eight 1951 Graduates Enroll There
At least eight 1951 Robert E Lee graduates plan to enroll at Texas A&M this fall. Charles Baker Karl Oproyshek and Michael Kirkpatrick will begin pre med courses. Carter is taking courses this summer and was named one of the three outstanding freshmen in his squadron.
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Robert E. Lee
Aggieland
Charles Baker
Karl Oproyshek
Michael Kirkpatrick
Carter
New Teacher Is Former Cheerleader
Virgil Hargis Jr former University of Houston cheerleader will teach mathematics at Bay Town Junior High School this fall. He has taught math at Liberty Junior High for three years and did graduate work at the University of Houston this summer. He spent six weeks in Mexico City through UH extension, was born in Galveston and has lived mainly in Houston, graduating from Milby High in February. He chose teaching for the joy of working with youth and is keen on swimming. A pocket comb with a feather case was noted as a neat incentive for junior pride.
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Virgil Hargis Jr
University of Houston
Baytown
Hargis
Liberty
Mexico City
Galveston
Houston
Millby High School
New Auto Mechanics Teacher Named for AEL
Hillsboro resident Leslie L. Powers, a wartime veteran who served with the 38th Division and in the ordnance corps in North Africa and Europe, becomes auto mechanics instructor at Robert E. Lee this fall. He attended Hillsboro Junior College and Texas A and M, earning a BS in industrial education in 1953. Powers, a craftsman and model maker, loves football and basketball and aims to teach rather than merely instruct.
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38Th
National Guard
Leslie L. Powers
Hillsboro
Robert E. Lee
36Th
Ordnance Department
Tunisia
Algeria
Sicily
Italy
Powers
Hillsboro Junior College
Texas A and M
JW Pyle On Board Since 1945
J W Pyle has served on the Baytown School Board since July 1945. He arrived in Baytown in 1934 as manager of Phenix Dairy, later managed Piggly Wiggly, became Gulf Coast general manager, then opened Pyle's Supermarket at 3708 Market. He now manages both grocery businesses and is active in Grace Methodist Church, the Chamber of Commerce, and Rotary. he has one child in school and another daughter who has graduated and enlisted in the WAES.
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J. W.pyle
Baytown
Phenix Dairy
Piggly-Wiggly
Gulf Coast
Piggly- Wiggly Company
Pyle
Speermarket
Grace Methodist Church
WAES
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
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Superintentient
Bartown Redeemer Lush- Gureh
The
Mont Bel- Lions Club
Jensen
Sal
Junior Petites
Pat Evel
Tate
Pelusively
Baytown Aggies
Jimmy Braswell
Banta Twins
Mack
Jack
Teddy G’sell
College Station
John Flynt
Bob Stout
Aggies
James Read
Jimmy Tyree
Jerry Wickerson
Bob Callaway
Albert Muller
L. L. Powers
AEL
Leslie IS. Powers
JW. Pyle
Banchcraft
Penney's
California
New York
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