Rice Board approves final payments on building projects
Rice Consolidated Independent School District closes out construction with final payment near 100000 to contractor J L Drymalls and retains 1000 until minor projects at Rice High School, Eagle Lake, and Garwood are finished. Board plans sign at Rice High School entrance and acoustics upgrades at Eagle Lake Gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice Consolidated Independent School
J. L. Dry
Rice High School
Build&e
Eagle Lake
Garwood School
Drymalla
Wilson, Morris, Crane, and Anderson
Altair
Nolan Willis
Garwood
Cox
Raider Booster Club To Meet July 26 at Rice High
The Rice Raider Booster Club will hold a meeting Monday night July 26 at Rice High School to plan 1271 72 athletic booster activities. Eugene Ramsey urges parents and others interested in school athletics to attend. Plans include a fund raising project and club projects for the coming year. Last year the club purchased blue bras for the high school athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice Raider Booster Club
Rice High School
Eugene Ramsey
Raider Boosters
Aitleres
Study Club Members Asked To Pay Dues
Members of the study club are requested to remit dues. The notice lists payment instructions and the method to make checks payable to the club. It emphasizes timely payment and directs members to follow the stated process for settlement of the dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Study Club
Benoam
Cms
Sca
Lavo Brisco Appointed To Rice School Board
Lavo Brisco, a Sherman rancher and livestock auction operator, was appointed to the Rice Consolidated School District board in Altair on Monday night to fill the vacancy from Weldon Brisco resignation. He serves Sheridan Position No. 3 until the April 1972 election, while Weldon Brisco’s term continues through 1873. Brisco and his wife Ruth have two children, Regena and Kevin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavo Brisco
Sherman
Gonzales
Flatonia
Rice Consolidated School District Board of Education
Altair
Weldon Brisco
Sheridan
South Texas
Mobil O11 Co
Save Brisco
Ruth
Regena
Kevin
School Board Hires Five New Teachers
The Rice School District board hired five new teachers for the 1971 72 year at Altair meeting. Resignations were accepted from five staff including Mrs Eurah Mulliner Mrs Edna Mae Willis and Mrs Loretta Dutcher. New hires include Violet Jo Harvay June Bell Eugene Walkoviak Lanny Powers and Claudette Powers. Former Garwood principal William Carpenter resigned and a new Garwood principal is to be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice School District
Board of Education
Altair
Garwood School
Eagle Lake Middle School
Eurah Mulliner
Eagle Lake
Kerrville
Edna Mae Wii
California
Loretta Dutcher
Mra. Dutcher
Mise Willis
Dwain Barnes
Kenn Norris
Cisco
Violet Jo Harvay
Garwood
June Bell
Eugene Walkoviak
Lanny Powers
Claudette Powers
Willam Carpenter
Universal Motor Company
No More Dumping at Youth Invited To Garwood Site
Rodney Craig, summer youth director at First Baptist Church, invites high school and college age students to a Coffee House at the former Carroll home beside Lake Avenue this Thursday night from 8 to 11. The event features entertainment and talks with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garwood Site
Baptist Coffee House
Rodney Craig
First Baptist Church
Carroll
Lake Avenue
Garwood river site closed to local dumping near bridge
Citizens near Garwood are warned that no further trash dumping will be allowed on land beside the Colorado River bridge. Colorado County now operates a county dump north of Skull Creek for residents, owner William K Lehrer notes dumping will not continue at the river site. County Commissioner Walter Henicke oversees the dump program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garwood
Colorado River
Stnte
Colorado County
Skull Creek
Wm. K. Lehrer
Walter Henicke
Dr Rhoades Dental Office Opens Part Time in Alvin
Dr William G Rhoades and family have moved to Alvin from Eagle Lake and now run a part time dental clinic on Stockbridge Street closed here except Mondays Tuesdays and Saturdays. He began practice on August 1 1968 in the brick building at Stockbridge and Strickland and partners with Dr H L Prager of Alvin. Mrs Carmen Jackson handles appointments in this office on weekdays except Thursday. The Rhoades family moved to Alvin July 2 to reside there and remain active in the community with Dr Rhoades previously serving as Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce director and Lions Club member.
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Rhoades
William G. Rhoades
Kaya
Alvin
Stockbridge Street
Stockbridge
Strickland Streets
H. L. Prager
Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce
Gallant
Eagle Lake Noon Lions Club
Jack Rhoades
Bank Deposits Up Slightly At First National Bank Eagle Lake
The First National Bank of Eagle Lake reports a rise in deposits and a sizable asset increase for the six months ending June 20 1971. Deposits on June 30 1971 stood at 9 714 962 24 versus 9 614 925 76 a year earlier, while total assets reached 12 185 924 35 compared with 11 575 196 08. Loans and discounts totaled 6 644 490 14 on June 30 1971, down from 8 508 542 63 the previous year.
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First National Bank of
Eagle Lake
Lsts
Garwood Area Seeks Citizens Cooperation on County Dump
Readable text requests the cooperation of all citizens in the Garwood area for access to the county dump. It directs travelers to Highway 71, PM 102A, and the first road north of Skull Creek, with signs guiding to the dump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garwood
Skull Creek
Rice School Health Nurse Reports Immunization Progress
Rice district school nurse Mrs. Eart H. Rod vere notes progress in immunization programs prompted by Texas Board of Health deadlines and a legislative change. She cites state aid for vaccines, caution about drug use among older students, and concern over rising venereal disease rates with only limited parent interest.
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Rice School
Eart H
Annette) Rodvere
Mire
Rodgers
Texas Board of Health
Texas
Rice
Jocal
Ste
Local Man Drowns At Gravel Pit Sunday
Eagle Lake All Stars and Colorado Valley All Stars from East Bernard Wallis Sheridan Garwood draw byes in Arena II in La Grange with playoff rounds set for July 19 to 22. Opening games feature La Grange vs Twin Cities and Columbia All Stars vs WS All Stars, with winners meeting in later rounds to determine the area champion advancing to the District 43 tournament. Managers named for Eagle Lake and Colorado Valley entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Eant Bernard
Wallis
Sheridan
Garwood
la Grange
Twin Cities All Stars
Moulton and Flatonta
Columbue
Weimar
Schulenburg
Colorado Valley
Bil Wikerson
Benne Miller
Glen Kaminsky
East Bernard
Harry Lobpries
Four Colorado County youths to attend FB Citizenship Seminar
Four Colorado County high school students will travel by chartered bus on Tuesday July 20 to Baylor University in Waco to attend a four day Texas Farm Bureau Citizenship Seminar in July 2024. Representing Columbus Welmar Rice and Sheridan high schools, the students are Marilyn Moeller Joseph Manis Harry Brisco and David Marshall. The local Farm Bureau sponsors the trip.
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Colorado County
Baylor University
Waco
Texas Farm Bureau
Marilyn Moeller
Victor Moeller
Fayatteyne
Columbus High School
Joseph Manis
Mrr
Louis T. Manis
Welmar
Welmar High School
Harry Brisco
H. A. Brisco
Sheridan
David Marshall
Roy T. Marshall
Eagle Lake
Rice High School
Altair
Colorado County Farm Bureau
Tragic Drowning Claims Eagle Lake Man and Child
Ray Fernandez Jr 20 of Eagle Lake dies in a drowning at a local gravel pit near Eagle Lake two miles southwest around 8 30 p m last Sunday July 1 Friend Robert Contreras nearly drowns while trying to save him scuba divers John Mollen and Robert Adkins recover the body after over two hours of search Funeral services set for Fernandez at Mill River Funeral Home with burial in Lakeside Cemetery He leaves a wife and a newborn daughter born in Eagle Lake Community Hospital at 12 05 a m the same day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Fernandez, Jr
Eagle Lake
Fernandez
Lake Motors, Inc
Justice of Peace
M. M. Jonas
Pernandez
Robert Contreras
Contreras
Almoat
Steve Almanza
Adkins
Mill Raver
Burialo
Lakeside
Raymond Caranza Fernandez, Jr
Raymond Fernandez
Celia Caranza Fernandez
Eugle Lake Public
Mary Fernandez
City to Ask Bids for 4 Miles of Paving
City officials authorize bids to pave four miles of streets financed by a one cent city sales tax. The plan covers nearly all streets except Donovan Street Hubbard Ferry Road and Seventh Street with seal coating on four busy streets and base material hauling bids for about 5000 cubic yards of gravel. Plans target completion before summer end with several unpaved segments listed in the project scope.
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Eagle Lake
T. J. Smith
Donovan Street
Hubbard Ferry Road
Seventh St
Church Street
Banks Avenue
Pendleton Avenue
West Main Street
West A
Warethk Ant Airline
McCreary
Fairview D
Jcee- Mule
Amt
Possible leads in missing Alvin girl case
Law enforcement in Brazoria and nearby counties probe four leads about 13 year old Colette Anise Wilson who vanished in Alvin at 12 30 pm on June 17. A reported sighting near Eagle Lake prompted a search of an abandoned well where officers recovered a piece of flesh and sent it to Houston for analysis amid uncertain results.
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Brazoria
Colette Anise Wilson
Alvin
Dune
Roy Chisum
Lanny Powers
be andrtis #1ife
Eagle Lake
Trey
Awe
Chisum
Braxcria
Houston
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Sherry Anderson
Ouston
Linda Anderson
Beverly Marquart
Karen Evers
Rice Board
E. A. Reivacka
Supt. Krivacks
Bernardo
Bermsrés Voleseer
Raider Booster Club
Eagle Lake Is All Stars
CVLL
Harry Brisco, JR
Ray Fernandez
Alvin Girl
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