Commununity Chicken Barbecue at Katy VFW Park Saturday
The First Methodist Church of Katy hosts a community wide chicken barbecue this Saturday from 11 30 a m to 7 30 p m at Katy V F W Park. Roy Beckendorff and crew cook the barbecue with Carey Pitts Leonard Jordan Oscar Kemp among helpers. Tom Walters Olen Thompson Lloyd Sloan and Walter Mims prepare the trimmings. Proceeds go to the Mission and Benevolent program of Katy Methodist Church.
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First Methodist Church
Katy
Roy Beckendorff
Carey Pitts
Leonard Jordan
Oscar Kemp
Tom Walters
Olen Thompson
Lloyd Sloan
Walter Mims
Roy Norton
F. Bill Bryan
VFW
Katy Methodist Church
Richard Jenkins
Katy-Brookshire
Katy V.F.W. Park
Royal Band Presents Concert Friday Evening
The 64 piece Royal High School band will perform a 75 minute program of marches overtures and popular TV selections under Band Director Kent Holder. Larry Hammerling will conduct. Donations will be accepted to cover band expenses and the public is invited. In case of bad weather the event moves to the Pattison High School gym.
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Royal High School
Royal Elementary School
Pattison
Kent Holder
Larry Hammerling
Donnie Gibbs Places Third At State Poetry Meet
Katy High School student Donnie Gibbs placed third in the Boys Poetry Interpretation contest at the State Interscholastic League meet in Austin. He delivered My Last Duchess by Robert Browning. First was Mike Narrell of Plano and second was Jerry Foreman of Comanche.
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Donnie Gibbs
Katy High School
Austin
Robert Browning
Mike Narrell
Plano
Jerry Foreman
Comanche
Friendship Bonds To Fund Katy School Exchange Plan
Citizens urged to support the Katy high school AFS exchange program for the 1963 64 term. Students will sell Friendship Bonds to individuals and firms as financing and solicitations are planned for Wednesday and Thursday May 15 and 16.
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AFS
Katy
Dear Mother Poem by James J Metcalfe
A lyrical tribute mounted as a heartfelt poem by James J Metcalfe to his mother. It expresses enduring love, gratitude, and the comforting role of a mother in the speaker’s life, ending with affectionate thanks and a note of lasting devotion.
Royal High School announces valedictorian and salutatorian
Larry Hammerling holds a 93.66 grade average and is valedictorian while Thomas Leggett, at 93.54, is salutatorian of Royal High School. Cookie Mueller is third with 92.24. Hammerling is active in National Honor Society, student government, band, theater, and athletics. Leggett is NHS member, Band Club president, football letterman, and UIL participant. Both plan further education at Houston-area universities.
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Royal High School
Larry Hammerling
Roy Hammerling
Pattison
Thomas Leggett
W. R. Leggett
Cookie Mueller
I. P. Mueller
Larry
Royal
University of Houston
Thomas
National Honor Society
UIL
First Historic Site Medallion Presented at Liendo Plantation
A Texas Historical Building Medallion ceremony on April 28 at 4 00 p m marked the first such honor in Waller County and the plantation’s first public opening in years. The event at Liendo Plantation near Hempstead, now owned by Mr and Mrs Detering of Houston, drew about a thousand attendees.
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Liendo Plantation
Hempstead
H. E. Anderson
Prairie View A & M College
G. N. Tompkins
Waller County
Tragic kill of 18 in Highway 90 crash
Henry Louis Speckmaier 18 died Sunday night in a two truck collision on Highway 90 near the road to Addicks. He was returning from Houston and attended Katy High School and Katy FFA. Funeral services were held at Heights Funeral Home with burial at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.
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Henry Louis Speckmaier
Houston
Heights Funeral
J. W. Hulme
Memorial Oaks
Henry
Addicks
Katy
Katy Ffa
FFA
Lee Don Bienski Wins First In State In Science
Royal High School sophomore Lee Don Bienski won first place in State B in the ter scholastic League Science contest on May 4 in Austin. He is selected for summer science classes at Texas A&M College and will attend geology and field trips at College Station and across Texas and Oklahoma.
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Lee
Don Bienski
Lee Don Bienski
Royal High School
Austin
Charles Whatley
Lee Don
Leon Bienski
Texas A & M College
National Science Foundation
College Station
Texas
Oklahoma
Katy High names 1963 valedictorian and salutatorian
Karen McDonald is valedictorian with 93.0 GPA and Gary Gostecnik is salutatorian with 92.36 at Katy High School for the class of 1963. Also honored are Helen Brinegar Mike Bacon Ann Adele Macebes and Mary Ann Henderson with top grades.
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Katy High School
Karen McDonald
Gary Gostecnik
Helen Brinegar
Mike Bacon
Ann Adele Macebes
Mary Ann Henderson
Karen
Library Club
Gipson Third at State in 49.6 Sprint
Jerry Gipson of Katy High ran a personal best 49.6 in Austin to finish third in the quarter mile behind Edward Butler and Billy Williamson. Gipson ends a standout career in football basketball and track and will join Texas A&M on an athletic scholarship next fall.
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Jerry Gipson
Austin
Jerry
Edward Butler
Karnes City
Billy Williamson
Jacksboro
Katy
Bob Stephenson
Stanton
Bert Brewer
Crockett
Alfredo Avila
Donna
Katy High
Texas A & M
Katy High Band to Present Annual Spring Concert
The Katy High School Band will present its Annual Spring Concert Tuesday May 14 at 8 p m in the Katy High School Auditorium. The program includes marches Broadway selections and pieces from the UIL Concert Contest in Navasota. Tickets are available from band members.
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Katy High School
Navasota
Revival To Begin At Katy Assembly Of God Church
The Katy Assemblies of God Church on Lilac Street near Katy Hockley Road opens a revival Tuesday May 14 at 7 30 pm led by Evangelist Gene Allen of Dallas Texas. Services run nightly 7 30 except Saturdays through May 26 with special music and visiting singers including a Spring Branch choir and Rev and Mrs Allen.
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Katy
Spring Branch
Mrz. Allen
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Royal Ffa
Bill Sterling
Esterling
Danny Spencer
Center
L. L. Bienski
G. L. Buller
Roy Muske
Upton Diemer
J. P. Mueller
W. R. Kohler
Howard Brookshire
Bruce Vierick
Lawrence Ehlert
VFW Park
Royal Band
James J, Metcalfe
Sam Houston State
Thomas Legyrett
Dad
Evangelistic Temple
Henry M. Speckmaier
Dorothy
Dean
Kenneth
Allen
H. H. Moers Af. Addicks
Webe Spencer, Jr
Glen Jordens
Frank Fry
Walter Lee Goldon
Bobby Carroll
Ralph Fisher
Pat Adams
Speckmaier
Adams
Raymond Lewis Heimlich
Indianapolis
Indiana
Henry Speckmaier
Liende
Liende Plantation
FHA
John McDonald
Gary
Frank Gosteenik
Brookshire
Katy Band
Assembly of God Church
Rev. Genelen
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