La Porte Roundup Highlights Clubs and Local Notes
La Porte community notes show ALICE STABBS leading the booster club as president for 1955 56 with J B Womack and R H Mace among officers. Plans include buying a new washing machine for the field house. Rotary and Kiwanis hear Elgin Watch Co history film narrated by Ray Sparks. new member Don Howell joins Key Club. Symphon minds La Porte high band members join Houston Junior Symphony. local and visiting guests attend events.
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Alice Stabbs
Tuesay
Leo Rictuto
J. B. Womack
R. H. Mace
George Barden
Rotary
Ralph Gissler
le Porte Rotary Club
Elgin Watch Co
Watch
St. John's Hall
Simeon Hyde
Baytown
Houston
Pasadena
W. R. Davidson
Hyde
Harris
Ray Sparks
Walt Baumbach
Emery Farkas
Richard Finclair
Don Howell
Howell
Bud West
Key Club
A. Chetham-Strode
la Porte
Houston Junior Symphony
Betty Isensee
Bobby Jones
John Stanford
The
Symphony
Speeder's Warning Backfires In Pasadena
La Porte man Ned P. Oliver 2 South Iowa was ticketed for speeding in a radar control zone in Pasadena. He then warned motorists ahead of the radar, leading officers to find him. Oliver was charged with interfering with the duties of a peace officer and released after posting a 25 dollar bond.
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la Porte
Pasadena
Ned P. Oliver
South Iowa
Oliver
Holladay Buys Lakewood Grocery
Paul Holladay a Baytown grocer for 11 years has purchased a Lakewood grocery store joining the Lucky Seven chain. The Lakewood village market becomes Paul’s Supermarket a new Lucky Seven store as Holladay closes his Minnesota outlet and adds Lakewood location to his holdings.
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Paul Holladay
Baytown
Lakewood
Lucky Seven
Lakewood Village
Paul
Holladay
Minnesota
Here And There in deer park
Local column by Mickey Cavalier reports arrivals and moves in Deer Park including the Olson and Record families, new businesses, and school enrollment figures. Noting Tom Record and Pat moving to Deer Park Terrace and Lubrizol plant safety staff return. Enrollment at Deer Park schools exceeds projections with San Jacinto elementary at 450 pupils and kindergarten through sixth grade totals listed.
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Mickey Cavalier
Shane GR
Mra
William Olson
Moline
J. Seale
Olson
Seale
Deer Park
Tom Record
Pat
Deer Park Terrace
Records
Jacinta City
A. Willis
Lubrizol
Cleveland
Ohio
Gerald Haneys
Fort Worth
G. G. Wilaoaw
Wilson
Wilson-Linck
San Jacinto
Man Cuts Down Trees On His Own Property
Conrad Murph faced a malicious mischief charge after cutting trees and a shrub on his own property. Justice Walter Queen dismissed the case after five hours of testimony.
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Conrad Murph
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen
Murph
Queen
Glor ia 12 year old speller wins big TV prize
Gloria Lockerman a 12 year old speller won 14007 on a TV show and received 16000 pickles sent by the Rit Teakers Associ Wr to her Baltimore home indicating pickles are her favorite relish. The association later announced the gift.
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Gloria
Teakers Associ Wr
Pishis Pashkers Association
Aggie Scores For Mothers Wins $400 For Club
Baytown resident Bl G Smith representing the Aggie Mothers club won 400 dollars on Henke and Piliot s Darts for Dough. He guessed 1190 contestants appeared on the show since its start, closer than others though not hitting the bullseye. Mrs Blanche DuPlantis leads the Aggie Mothers club.
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Aggie
G. Smith
Baytown
Smith
Beall Brox
Fairuess
Braith
Blanche DuPlantis
The
Aggie Mothers
Father Hero to Son as Cop Captures Bandits
Edwin Bronkal Jr. watched his off duty rookie policeman father stop two bandits at gunpoint on a crowded Chicago bus after a wild chase through the south side. The boy rode along to pay bills and saw the entire cops and robbers thriller from the back seat of their car.
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Edwin Bronkal Jr
Chicago
Edwyin
Tru Edwins —Jr
Broukal
Derk FF
Zwart
Edwin Jr
Joseph Lecke
Charles Brown
Edwin Sr
Specialist on Mexico Culture Joins UT Staff
Dr William Madsen a Mexican culture specialist will join the University of Texas anthropology faculty this fall He is writing a book on Christianity and native religions in Mexico He has surveyed the Nahuatl Indians and studied at Cambridge California Harvard and Stanford Universities Also includes a stray narrative about a police chase and a father and son amid robbery.
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Austin
William Madsen
Joln
University of Texas Anthropology
Mexico
Cambridge University
Great Britain
University of California
Harvard
Stanford
First Air Conditioned Subway Car Trial in New York
NEW YORK UP The first air conditioned car in New Yorks subway system will be tried in September just 15 days before the end of a very hot summer. Transit authority Chairman Charles I Patterson rode the car in Hoboken and called it comfortable. He said the system is bankrupt and must offer cooler rides to regain stranded riders from buses and automobile pools.
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New York
Transit Authority
Charles I. Patterson
Hoboken
Patterson
Notable retirees and a star's defiant remark dominate quotes
United Press round up features Cel Percy Waller Thompson announcing retirement after 30 years with the Army and plans to study law at the University of Florida under the GI Bill. Ezzard Charles clings to a win belief after losing to Tommy Jackson. Mary Astor divorcesThomas Wheelock amid financial tensions from a decade of marriage. Mrs Truman addresses West Coast speaking reports denying discord with Ed Pauley. Portland manager John Kory recounts a 24 hour stint. Danny Schmidt reconciliation scene described at a beach cabin. Mamie Till laments Mississippi danger and racial hostility following her son's death.
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United Press
Percy Waller Thompson
Maj
John Eisenhower
Arpty
University of Florida
John W. Kory
United Prose Br
Portland
Ore
Danny Schmidt
Uns
SFA College To Get New Dean Educator Gerber Is In Line For The Job
NACOGDOCHES Dr Joe N Gerber longtime dean of the SFA junior division will become the college dean on September 1 after the retirement of Dr Thomas Ferguson The Illinois born educator holds a Ph D from George Peabody College and has written for higher education and science journals He is active in local civic groups and served in the U S Navy during World War II
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SFA College
Gerber
Nacogdoches
Spl
Joe N. Gerber
Stephen F. Austin State College
Paul L. Boynton
BFA
Thomas EB. Ferguson
Ferguson
U Sfa
U.S. Navy
Illinois
Northwestern State College
Natchitoches
University of Tinois
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tennessee
Journal of Higher Education
Peabody Journal
Louisiana
Salem Bay
Italy
Naval Reserve Electronics Division
Gertrude Palmer
Louisiana State University
Gerver
Joan
Barbara
Barbers May Close Shops On Mondays
Baytown barbers consider Monday closures similar to Houston shops. Secretary-treasurer J B Rosamond says no action yet but a meeting is likely. Unofficial discussion shows local support for weekday closing with Local 518 president J B Crummy noted.
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Baytown
Houston
J. B. Rosamond
Wold
J. B. Crummy Ia
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Rebekahs
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Martin Legrove
Eula Byrd
Jack Cook
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
T. F. Smith
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Mae Baker
Carmen Littlefield
Mississippi
Texas
Park Place
Pemlais
And
Jesse James
Sas
Highetty
Bronson
Pete Kelly
Spete
Kelly
Janet Leigh
Edmond O'Brien
Peggy Lee
Noy
Pevine
Martin Bla Fitzeena
Warner Bros
Jack
Renee Pe Bee
Speeder
Lakewood Grocery
Tri-City Club
Bay
Cinemascope
Marshall Thompson
Charles Drake
Gregg Palmer
Jack Kelly
Universal-International Picture
Orach
Laval
Sue-Le-Lac
Que
Canadaiia National Railways
Washington
Interior Department
Nevada
Vinnna
Antonio Zapotocky
Mexico City
Jorge Anchez
Brown's Chicken Shack FE
Texas Ave. of Highway
KREL
Driftwood Drive
Melody Lang
Traum
Pe Studio SD
Rai Veter
Descalzo
Housewives
By Som Leff
Cranio
Steve Milgrim
UR Bealin
Franio Heavy WE Champ
Tcarambae
Ezzard Charies
Tommy
Hurricane) Jackson
Mary Astor
Thomas Wheelock
Harry S. Truman
Ed Pauley
Pauley
Mamie Bradley
Emmett Till
Linda Darnell
Dan Duryka
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Technicolor
Diana Lynn
Nina Foch
Maryland Club
Gladiola
Betty Crocker
el Monte
Dr. Pepper
Frozen Foods
Minute Maid Juice
Stokley
Calif
Towie
Manzanilla
Sewetad
Une Olives
Eleor
TRANA
Wieners
Busch
C.E
A. J. Busch
Thrifty
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