Crosby High names top graduates Spence and Kristynik
Andrew Spence earned valedictorian honors with a 96.39 average at Crosby High School and Gardina Kristynik was salutatorian with 94.5. Spence, son of Mr and Mrs A Spence Crosby, will study chemistry engineering at Purdue Polytech Institute in Indiana after a school career highlighted by Science Club leadership, National Honor Society presidency, multiple science fairs and varsity basketball. Kristynik, active in Spanish Club, Science Club, and student government, earned multiple scholastic awards and district top finishes in Interscholastic League events.
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Gardina Kristynix
Crosby High School
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Dianne Ewell Named Crosby High Majorette for 1964-65
Dianne Ewell daughter of Mr and Mrs Manroé Ewell of Crosby named Crosby High School Band drum majorette for 1964-65. Other majorettes named include Patsy White Peggy Marshall Cara lyn Ewell and Barbara Jasek with Genny Lyn Barge as alternate. Junior High drum majorette Patricia Petrick. Officiating judges were band directors from out of town. Gardina Kristynik received multiple awards including American Legion Award Best Senior Citizen and Who's Who while editing the Buffalo yearbook and holding NHS officer roles. Gardina starred in All District and All Regional bands and served as Crosby marching band sergeant. Gardina also played basketball and earned honorable mention on the all-district team. She participated in One-Act, Future Homemakers of America, Medical Careers Club, and Science Club, aiming for nursing at Texas Woman's University.
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Dianne Ewell
Manroé Ewell
Crosby
Crosby High School
Patsy White
Peggy Marshall
Caralyn Ewell
Barbara Jasek
Genny Lyn Barge
Patricia Petrick
Lynn Faust
Cindy Woodard
Joclle Moore
Shirley Prochazka
Connie Lintelman
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National Honor Society
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Future Homemakers of American
Gardina
Texas Women's University
Denton
Romania Urges People to Make Communism Work
Vienna AP reports Romania's Communist regime tells citizens to chart their own path for communism. Rallies in factories and universities criticise Moscow and Khrushchev while backing the April 22 party declaration for economic independence and closer Western ties.
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Space Suits to Undergo Tests at Wright-Patterson AFB
Manned Spacecraft Center announced that all space suits will undergo comprehensive tests by the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. Tests will simulate lunar gravity of one sixth and zero gravity using a RC-135 aircraft performing steep dives to create weightless conditions.
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Fishing Tournaments Set At Lake Corpus Christi
Fishing events are planned at Lake Corpus Christi this month and in early June. The Alamo Club Bass-o-Bee runs May 29 31, and the Mathis Chamber of Commerce Fishing Rodeo is June 17. Safety tips warn about footwear life jackets and cautious boating while snakes and wildlife are noted.
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Associated Press
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Mathis Chamber of Commerce
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Dallas
Planes Fly 1 000 Sorties Per Week In S Viet Nam
Washington reports U S and South Vietnamese air forces conducting over 1,000 missions weekly in Vietnam hampered by the rainy season. Last week 1,150 sorties against Viet Cong and about 1,300 the week before. T2 trainer fighters and Skyraider dive bombers underlined attack plans for air support, helicopter escort, recon, lift, and bombing guerilla encampments.
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Heavy Rain Sweeps Corpus Christi and Lower Texas Coast
The Associated Press reports heavy rain drenched Corpus Christi with over an inch and showers continuing along the lower Texas coast and Rio Grande Valley. A cloudburst dropped 7.4 inches near Corpus Christi's Concordia, while North Texas saw showers through Greenville and Paris. Temperatures ranged from 67 in Amarillo to 76 in Galveston as forecasts call for similar cloudier, warm conditions through Saturday.
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Rio Grande Valley
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Terrell
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Ice Cream Bootlegger Arrested in Maryland
Washington AP reports Andrew W Townsley aged 22 the ice cream vendor dubbed a ding a ling bootlegger sold beer with frozen treats. District Heights Maryland police say his dual merchandising ran for two weeks leading to his arrest Wednesday on charges of selling alcohol to minors and contributing to delinquency of a minor.
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National Rice Advisory Committee Meeting Planned
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman will convene the National Rice Advisory Committee in Washington on June 1 and 2. The 15 grower members include Henry Gy Chalkey, Theodore Cobens, Lester J. Crenek, Henry G. Hardee Jr., William G. Johnson, Marcius W. Mauritz, Joseph Mouton, and David R. Winterman. Miller representatives are Richant E. Deroy, Gordon E. B. Dare, and Frank A. Godchaux OY.
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National Rice Advisory Committee
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Lake Charles
Theodore Cobens
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Frank A. Godchaux OY
Abbeville
Landmark NY death case award tops 645000 plus interest
A New York judge approved a 645000 dollar award plus interest to the wife Edna Kam Oxford in a fatal air collision case over designs on distinctive neckties bearing the city insignia. The settlement marks the largest death case payout to date, connected to a chemist killed in the incident. The award relates to events around December 16 1960 and involves William F X Geoghan and a residence at 4880 Fitin Ave.
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Crosby Highlights Graduation at Stephen F. Austin College
Crosby correspondent reports Milton Block and family attended the graduation of their daughter and son-in-law, the Sullivans, who earned bachelor of science degrees at Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches. Mrs Sullivan now works as assistant manager in Neiman Marcus children’s shop in Houston. Sullivan attends South Texas School of Law and works at Goodbody's Investment Co. Also noted is a Wednesday Canasta Club gathering hosted by Mrs Russell Donnell with peach parfait pie and coffee. high scorer Mrs Leroy Jancoek and low scorer Mrs Elmo Stevens.
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Idell Anderson
Crosby
Milton Block
EC. Block
Emma Wiggins
Mike Sullivan
Stephen F. Austin College
Nacogdoches
Sullivans
Sullivan
Neimen-Marcus
Houston
South Texas School of Law l
Goodbody’s Investment Co
Russell Donnell
Leroy Jancoek
Elmo Stevens
Luther Brady
Theo Ramsey
Jay Cherpriller
Don Ramsey
Gerald Conner
Daily visits to Dallas assassination site six months on
Dallas observers note growing crowds at the Kennedy assassination site. About 200 visitors daily walk to a white curved colonnade and floral tributes, recalling the moment Kennedy was shot from the Texas School Book Depository. Officials plan a black square memorial near the County Jail by 1966, with a fundraising drive starting May 29 and early donations totaling around $15,000.
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Summer Swim Program At Crosby Opens For Beginners
Crosby Elementary to host a summer swim program for students in grades one through three, sponsored by the Crosby PTA. Lessons run July 6 to July 17 at Humble Jaycee Pool, buses depart at 9:30 a.m. and return by 11:45 a.m. Head instructor is Doug Mennings, Crosby High coach. Limited to 70 students from 1963-64 grades. fourth graders may be admitted if space remains. Cost is 3 dollars per student. registration through teachers ASAP.
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