Brenda Stinnett Wins Deer Park Football Prognosticating Contest
Brenda Stinnett 305 Crete Deer Park led the weekly football contest sponsored by The Deer Park Progress and area merchants, missing only two winners. C M Caffey of Caffey's Lucky Seven also topped the prognosticators with a strong showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Stinnett
Crete, Deer Park
Deer Park
Harold Dudley
Deer Park Bank
Brenda
Victor Spinks
Ivy
Joe Skinner
Oak
Pasadena
Bill Black
Western Auto
Dudley
Jimmy Matthews
Matthews Superette
Bill Taylor
Gulf Oxygen
Harrell
Military and local notes mix of airmen and police hires
Airman Steven W. Darby reports to Keesler AFB Mississippi after basic training at Lackland Texas, with avionic systems training to follow. Airman Darby, a 1972 La Porte High School graduate, is the son of Mrs. Bette H. Darby. Two Deer Park patrolmen join the city force, George Marvin Wesley and Joel E. Wilson, bringing prior service from West Lake Hills Elgin and Baytown, plus UT and Navy training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven W. Darby
Bette H. Darby
Dartmouth
Keesler Afb
Miss
Air Force
Air Training Command
Lackland Afb
Tex
Keesler
la Porte High School
Deer Park
Araxos
Greece
Air Force Communications Service
Richard L. Pebworth
John L. Hardy
Rutgers St
2140Th Communications Group
George Marvin Wesley
West Lake Hills
Elgin
Austin
Southwest Texas State University
Austin High School
U.S. Navy
Wesley
Joel E. Wilson
Baytown
University of Texas Police Academy
Abilene Christian College
Metro Center
Houston
Beki
Pasadena
Ronney
River Rat the spoiled cat of Matagorda’s Mosquito Hole
Elsie Moore shares a humorous snapshot from Matagorda on the Colorado River. River Rat, a yellow tom, is pampered by her husband Snookey Moore as they fish near their cabin. The cat lingers by Snookey’s legs for morsels, purring and awaiting scraps of freshly filleted fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Moore
Progress News
River Rat
Mosquito Hole
Matagorda
W. M
Snookey
Gulf
Austin
Colorado
Snooky
Colorado River
Private health insurance to pay over $2 billion monthly by 1975
Estimates say by 1975 the public will receive more than $2 billion a month in private health insurance benefits, excluding government payments through Medicare and Medicaid. CNS
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CNS
UH Enrollment Doubles Over 10 Years at University of Houston
The University of Houston system reports total enrollment of 34,618 for Fall 1974, up from 17,750 a decade earlier. Central Campus tops 29,350 with 29,948 including Victoria Center, Clear Lake City 1,095, Down Town College 3,575. International students reach 1,800 from 80 nations, with Black and brown students rising about 200 each since Fall 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Houston
Ramon A. Vitulli
UH Victoria
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Caffey
Darby
Pebworth
Ed San Jacinto Junior College
University of Southern Mississippi
Louis A. Pebworth
Dodge City, Kan
Glenn Tolar
Tolar Auto Supply
Gordon Robb
Bay Area Insurance
Jerry Garner
Garner’s
Deer Park Lumber
Joe Fields
First National Bank of
Toxie Wright
Tg&y
Dennis Crago
Madhess Industries, Inc
Rick Dunham
Pasadena Western World
Ken Hendrix
Wayne Realty
Kesterson
Robb
Mat
Thews and
Crago
Tavel and
Dickerson
Taylor
Fields
Leezer
Garner
Hollingsworth
Wright
Dunham
Hendrix
Grimes
Police
Deer Escort
Debbie Milburn
Dena Kethan
Debbie Gilbertson
Laurie Miller
Sharon Raney
Susan Spinks
Cindy Erwin
Antler
Texas
W. 7Th Street
Larry Power
Elsie McOre
Jackie Gore
Ann Owen
Nonnie Barton
Jane Bauer
Suzanne Dodd
Robbie McGehee
Larry Lawrence
Harris County
Battleground Road
LA Porte
REP
State Farm
R.W. Wallace
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington, Iluskais
Elgin and
Wheeler Streets
Scott and
Calhoun
Elsie Fleming
Deer Park School Food Service Association
Ann Biddy
Pat Baggs
Deer Park Independent School District
Progress
San Jacinto Battleground
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