One more city utilizes its abandoned depot
Ocean Springs Mississippi transforms the old Louisville and Nashville station renamed The Whistle Stop into a distinctive shop. Built in 1907 the depot recalls $1.00 round trips from New Orleans to the springs once a Gulf Coast resort. Today the site hosts golf, fishing, boating and art, with imports and local crafts surrounding a pot bellied stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Springs
Miss
Louisville and Nashville
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
A Calendar of Fact and Opinion on Transportation and Equality
A federation publication cites 1972 highway losses with 56 600 deaths 2.1 million disabling injuries and 19.4 billion costs while noting a lower death rate per 100 million vehicle miles. It also includes quotes on energy freedom and gender pay equity urging ERA ratification and equal opportunity progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Users Federation
National Safety Council
Williams Remembered for Lifelong Service and Teaching
Williams was honored for 30 years of perfect Rotary Club attendance and leadership at First United Methodist Church. Supt. Johnson and others praised his devotion to youth, Christian family values, and the many students influenced by his vocational agriculture course. Ronald Williams spoke for the family as Rev. Conrad Winborn offered the benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
First United Methodist Church
Supt. Johnson
Williams
Jones
Johnson
Ronald Wiliams
Conrad Winborn
Cheese Champions honor picks mix praise and protest
The author rates the University of Texas Longhorns and the Dallas Cowboys as top Cheese Champions while condemning several rivals for poor play. The piece ventures humorous notes about energy shortages and media fatigue, naming other programs like LSU Alabama USC and praising UH and Texas Tech as notable exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University OF Texas Longhorns
Longhorns
Oklahoma
University of Miami
Texas
SMU Tcu
Baylor
Rice
Texas A&m
Arkansas
Texas Tech
Tennessee
Vikings
Fran Tarkenton
Dallas
Ohio State
University of Houston Cougars
Red Raiders
Cougars
Tulane
Volunteers
Dallas Cowboys
Teacherage changes reflect shifting housing and transport needs
The district recalls a two dozen capacity teacherage and a 14 occupant peak, later used as kindergarten space. In the 1940s many teachers were unmarried and lived with limited housing, while today most are partnered and drive. Road projects and property sales aim to modernize parking as new superintendents move in. Interwoven notes on direct senatorial elections dating from 1913 provide historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Bird
U. S
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Carrington
Koonce
White Oak Road
Cates Avenue
Hhachey Road
Leverett’s Chapel
New London
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Ocean Springs, Miss
J. Bennett Johnston
Louisiana
Oak Manor
East Texas Finest Nursing Home
Oak Manor Nursing Home
East Hwy
Elwanda Walker
Jimmy Brown
America
Waterbury
Mirror Office
Darrell Royal
Nebraska
Horns
Alabma
Cowboys
John R Marshall
Marshall
Robert Hugman
Mirror
United States
Quitman Street Church OF Christ
Gladewater, Texas
W. Upshur
Pharmacies, Inc
Joyce’s Steakhouse
Jacs
Buckskin
Jork Rhodes
S. Main
Gladewater
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