Barbers Hill Play Cast Receives District Honors
Barbers Hill performers earned district honors at the West Hardin High School meet. Mike Blythe won Best Actor, Drexel Cox Best Supporting Actor, and Kathy Farrell made the All Star Cast. The group, directed by Dolly McGuffin, placed second with Gammar Gurron's Needle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Belvieu
Barbers Hill
West Hardin High School
Mike Blythe
Drexel Cox
Kathy Farrell
Gammar Gurron
Warren High School
Ron Bayless
James Clark
Rosemary Hatfield
Patsy Willams
David Steck
David Irby
George Taylor
Candidate Ferguson speaks at area sessions for JP race
Co. D. Sonny Ferguson of Channelview seeks Justice of the Peace from Precinct 3. He told Highlands Civic Club the office must be re educated and seen as a court of justice. He added every citizen deserves a day in court and would rule in favor if not convinced of guilt. A Harris County Bar poll last week endorsed him by more than 200 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Justice of the Peace
Harris County Bar Association
Hospital Notes Admits Multiple Patients to Gulf Coast
Admitted to Gulf Coast Hospital are Robert Gregg and Michael Lee Duppstadt, sons of Mr and Mrs Robert L Duppstadt of Houston, in Room 732. Robert Ross and Donald James Mixon, sons of Mr and Mrs James Douglas Mixon of La Porte, in Room 132. Merk Alen Creel, son of Mr and Mrs Robie L Creel of Highlands, in Room 111. Wr and Mrs Curtis W Grant Sr and son Curtis W Jr of Houston, in Room 217. Mrs Robbie R Carrico of Oakland, in Room 124. Mrs Claudine L Moore of Tompkins, in Room 128. Mrs Minnie Wilson of Hill, in Room 102. Mrs Juanita Joyce Alen of Channelview, in Room 153. Mrs Dorothy Louise Smith of Harold, in Room 161. and Ms Mildred M Hunter of Massey Tompkins, in Room 154.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gregg
Michael Lee Duppstadt
Robert L. Duppstadt
Houston
Robert Ross
Donald James Mixon
James Douglas Mixon
la Porte
Merk Alen Creel
Robie L. Creel
Highlands
Curtis W. Grant, Sr
Curtis W. Jr
Robbie R. Carr
Senate District 7 Confab Set for May 11 at San Jacinto
The Senate District 7 convenes May 11 at 10 am in the San Jacinto Junior College auditorium. The Texas Legislature replaced the old county convention with senatorial district conventions in metro counties. Baytown area precinct conventions will elect delegates to the Senate District 7 convention. Raleigh Bishop of Pasadena was elected temporary chairman on Feb 12, with Mrs. Abbie Evans of Houston elected district rotary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown ‘Wall
San Jacinto Junior College
Texas
Baytown
Raleigh Bishop
Pasadena
Senate
Abbie Evans
Houston
Rotary
Gaudeamus Celebration at St Josephs Workman Feast
St Joseph Catholic Church hosts the Gaud eamus celebration for St Joseph the Workman with dinner from 3 to 7 pm priced 1.25 for adults and 0.50 for children. Blue Jay band concert at 7 pm and a dance 3 pm to midnight featuring Joe Zatopek and the Hungry Seven. Parishioners and friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph
Blue Jay
Joe Zatopek
Hungry Seven
Sergeant Jon Mike Bowers Promoted to Sergeant
Sergeant Jon Mike Bowers, 22, son of Mr and Mrs Mike Bowers of 408 Inwood, has been promoted in the U S Army. He serves at a Bearcat camp near Saigon in Vietnam and is due to return home in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Mike Bowers
Mike Bowers
Inwood
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Hame
Nationwide events mix politics and labor unrest
President Johnson is set to sign a bill lifting the six percent ceiling on FHA and VA home mortgage rates. AANP says some papers closed due to unfair NLRB bargaining. Nixon predicted to win GOP nomination by third ballot. Wage talks near settlement as nationwide toll strike ends. Rockefeller leads in Massachusetts GOP primary. Eisenhower hospitalized with mild heart attack. Columbia University suspended classes amid campus crisis. Mrs. Humphrey undergoes routine pelvic surgery. James Earl Ray hunted by Australian police. Ray may have fled to Australia. Lebanese golfers blast holes through rock to build Beirut course.
Crosby Students Attend Meeting Of Homemakers
Crosby students and sponsors traveled to Austin for the Texas Future Homemakers of America convention. Gypsy Ransom Kathy Loftin Cheryl Slovacek earned state degrees in the Friday program. Kathy Bilanscet represented Area L1 in national FHA chorus tryouts with Nancy Clifton as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zerline Allen
Patsy Jasek
Crosby
Nancy Clifton
Gypsy Ransom
Area HI
Areaa
Giants and Cardinals Win IL Contests in East League
In Baystown Little League, the Giants beat the Dodgers 3 2 despite four hits to six as three runs crossed. The Cardinals shut out the Eagles 2 0 on an error plagued game with unearned runs for the Cardinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baystown
Giants
Dodgers
Cardinals
Eagles
Cardrans
Laredo Jaycees Fund Trip for 80 Area Seniors
Local Laredo Jaycees covered transportation for 80 high school seniors in poverty programs to attend HemisFair. Sixty are in Neighborhood Youth Corps and twenty in the Migrant Compen satory Education Project. NYC director Homero Canales notes the summer program will include a trip to HemisFair, helping seniors who would have missed the visit.
English Teacher Joins NDEA Summer Institute at Chico
Miss Cherry Silliman, sixth grade English teacher at Horace Mann Junior School, selected for National Defense Education Association Summer Institute at Chico State College California. Seven week program runs June 1 to August 2 offering grammar linguistics literature plus workshops including children s literature curriculum self expression seminars and Renaissance Workshop. A Shakespeare Festival trip to Ashland Oregon is included. Silliman is a Horace Mann veteran of three years and a Henderson State graduate with graduate work at North Texas State and the University of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Silliman
Horace Mann
National Defense Education Association
Chico State College
Chico
Calif
Ashland
Oregon
Ada
Expnerienace
Miss Silliman
Horace
Portugal’s Tagus River bridge ranks world’s fifth longest
The article notes the Tagus River bridge in Portugal as the fifth longest globally, with only four American suspension bridges surpassing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Tagus River
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
JP Ferguson
Notes
Gulf Coast
Johnson
Federal Housing Administration
Veteran’s Administration
American Newspaper Publishers' Association
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Fred A. Seaton
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Coordinating Committee
Johnion
March Air Force Base
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Massachusetts
New York City
Columbia University
Hubert H. Hunphrey
Bethesada Naval Medical Center
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther Wing Jr
FBI
Ray
Erie Starge Galt
Australia
Beirut
Maharani
Austin Municipal Auditorium
Visa Kay Sutton
Danny Sutton
Hirold
Luis Martinez V
David
Chiriqui
Republic of Panama
Wayne Sutton
Pleasanton
Loris Mae Skelton
Shawnee
Oklo
Dan Bartlett
Ohio
W. FE. Sutton
Stockdale
Laredo Jaycees
Ben Fain
General Electric
Whitehall Glassware
Val
Whitehall
Riviera
Cannister
By Lefton
Ndea
Call
R. M. McCollum
D.C
Chiropractor
W. Main
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!