Deer Park Football Preview Sees Tough District Race Ahead
Deer Park coach Gary Berry notes improvement after three non-district games. Offense shines with Carwile and Westmoreland, passing attack growing, line play strong, defense needing more consistency. Berry calls the district race among the strongest in years, with La Porte, South Houston, and Sam Rayburn contenders. Public notices and bids for city planning, zoning, and college projects are listed, including a Specific Use Permit hearing and bid openings.
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Deer Park
Pasadena
Eagles
Gary Berry
Berry
Billy
la Porte
South Houston
Sam Rayburn
Planning and Zoning Commission
Texas
Center Street
Harris County
White-wing hunt fades in Texas rain at Last Frontier Ranch
Ed Holder reports from Van Horn Texas on a white-wing dove hunting trek at Canaveral Corp's Last Frontier Ranch 23 000 acres of outdoorsman subdivisions. Flooded roads and wet skies disrupted plans but offered dramatic sightings of white wings and mourning doves over mesquite and cliffs along the Rio Grande.
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van Horn
Texas
Presidio County
Rio Grande
Henry Dubbins
Dubbins
Canaveral Corp
Texas Outdoor Writers
Dobbins
Mexico
Mexicoa
LPHS Volleyball Opens Season with Wins for 1975 76
La Porte high school volleyball enters its 1975 76 season with freshman junior varsity and varsity squads. Freshman players include Lucy Aitken Kim Anderson Janice Berridge Linda Burton and others. Freshman beat Friendswood 15 7 17 15 in their Sept. 11 home opener.
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la Porte
Lucy Aitken
Kim Anderson
Janice Berridge
Linda Burton
Tammy Dawson
Judy Frels
Lucy Gonzales
Celestine Gross
Denise Lamberson
Cyn Merritt
Tammy Moore
Lillie Scott
Sherry Shoppe
Dora Sinegal
Sonya Litton
Julie Smith
Stephanie Swain
Nettie Warren
Bulldogs
Friendswood
Karen M. Moore
Barbara David
Gwen Carter
Julie Sikes
Janice Mckenzie
Cecila Valdes
Celeta Piearce
J.V
Wanda Barnes
Dana Burton
Robie Headrick
Sherry Martindale
Friendswood Mustangs
LP Bulldogs
Semifinalists named for high school merit program
The text lists numerous students from Deer Park and surroundings as semifinalists for the 1976 National Merit Scholarship Program. It notes their high schools, home addresses, and extracurriculars such as Mu Alpha Theta debate Thespians and Interact. It explains the merit process and potential finalist and scholarship outcomes. It also profiles local professionals Dr. Wheeler and Laird, detailing careers, civic service, and community roles in La Porte and surrounding areas.
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Deno
Deer Park
Bruce
Student Congress
Glyn C. Jones
Kelvin Lane
Mu Alpha Theta
Science Club
Wade
Paul G. Haase
Burke
Pasadena
Rice
Janet
Kentridge High School
Kent
Wash
Gordon Neary
Suzanne
Augusta Rich
Quiet Hill
The
Thespians
Margot
Paul Neynaert
Belfast
Mark
Stephen C. Slaymaker
Valley Brook
Dale
Benjamin F. Ritchie
S. Shady Lane
Eugene
Terry S. Diana
San Jacinto
Bobby
James D. Price
Shoreacres
Interact
NMSC
Arrow Named Assistant Coach for San Jac Ravens
Wayne Ballard adds Ronnie Arrow as assistant coach for the 1975-76 Ravens season after Arrow’s stint as Pasadena High School head coach. Arrow brings a 70-33 Pasadena record, including 32-4 in 1974 and district runners-up in 1973, aiming to help the Ravens reach the National Tournament under Ballard.
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Ronnie Arrow
Pasadena High School
Arrow
Clear Creek High School
Clear Creek
Ravens
Pasadena
Phil Eaton
Southwest Texas
Sam Houston State
George Washington
Sam Houston
Pete Bronson
Mike Schultz
Reggie Harrison
Row
The
Havens
Ballard
Wayne Ballard
Untamed Land Shielded by Self Reliance in Early Pioneers
Ruth Wallis Herndon notes colonists faced lack of European civil government and protection against crime. The frontier era bred extreme violence as settlers armed themselves for self defense with little recourse to authority.
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Ruth Wallis Herndon
Europe
New Land
Pioneer Defense Traditions in Early American Settlements
The passage describes settlers protecting land and family from hostile Indians and animals, noting muskets required reloads after each volley. It highlights pioneer women' s skill with guns and other weapons, sharing in homestead defense, a tradition carried through America s development.
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America
Battle Recalls Union Victory at Second Bull Run
General John Pope led Union forces to a decisive victory over Confederate troops on August 30, 1862, in the Second Battle of Bull Run, a key engagement recalled from the Civil War era.
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John Pope
Bull Run
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Carwile
Randy Westmoreland
Dulles
Texas City
Bob Staton
Dorothy S. Martin
Ivy Street
P” Street
James Ponder
San Jacinto College
G.C. McCollum
South Campus
Spencer Highway
James E. Burleson
East Freeway
Houston
W. M. Newton
Wmn.rk
Board of Adjustment Commission
Central Baptist Church
Wilma Chapman
B. J. Westbook
Deer Park Industrial Park
Board of Adjustment
Dorothy
Martin City
the Great
Ed Holder
LPHS
Barbara Graham
Susan Collins
Pat Moon
Debra Mckenzie
Melissa Carter
Marion Scott
Sherry Cichorz
Rosie Farias
Julie Theriot
Sue Therrell
Doris Swanagan
LP Varsity
Mustangs
Miss Graham
Auburn University
Athens College
Texas Association of School Boards
Laird
San Jacinto’s
Wayne Perkins
College Ravens
Mike Evans
YMCA
Bill Black
John DeVille
Greg
Bil Stephenson
Donna
Donna Bolch
New Heart Singers
First Baptist Church
1604 S
Tatar
Pasadera
Dan Sampson
Ruede M. Wheeler
W.D. Davison
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