Hawkins Jarvis Reopens Intercollegiate Athletics
Hawkins Jarvis Christian College resumes intercollegiate athletics with Anthony Robinson as athletic director and coach for baseball. Staff includes Willie Owens tennis coach, Charles Holmes track coach, and Arthur Crutchfield golf mentor at Hunter Bush Memorial Golf Course. Women's basketball started strong in a recreational season led by Beulah Manning, with wins over Tourneau College and Texas College. football is not planned due to finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Bush Memorial
Interstate 20
O. M. Cormier
Tourneau College
Longview
Texas College
Tyler
Beulah Manning
Dansby High School
Kilgore
Robinson
Easter Seals Mail Campaign Hits Gregg County Goals
Grady Coates announced 25 000 Easter Seals mailed March 1 with 18 250 to Longview 4 000 to Kilgore and 2 500 to Gladewater for the Gregg County Easter Seals Appeal. The drive runs to Easter Sunday April 11 supporting local crippled children and adults with braces wheelchairs and therapies at the East Texas Treatment Center serving 13 counties and 41 towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Coates
Gregg County Society For
Longview
Kilgore
Gladewater
Gregg County
Coates
Gene Matthews
Roy Johnson
Ray Edelman
Pine Tree
C. C. Dowell
Spring Hill
E. B. Carrington
White Oak
Roy Cooley
Sabine
A. O. Gandy
John McDavid
Joe Pearson
Quentin Abernathy
Gregg County Society
E. H. Spear
Leonce P. Lanoux Jr
East Texas
Hot Gun Town seeks materials for German museum display
The American western town of Hot Gun Town asks Texans to send brochures posters and pamphlets for display in the American Museum in Germany addressed to Toni Loetschert. A garden contest in East Texas marshals local growers and touts gardening in America. Major James Arlen Clements a North Vietnam POW and nephew of public relations executive Jack Dupree remains a prisoner with Life magazine reporting on his captivity and family coverage. The piece also notes Christian Science services and a science lesson about man in God’s image and explains why onions make eyes water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Gun Town
Europe
Toni Loetschert
Grafrath & Munchen
Villentrasse 29
Germany
East Texas
Marion-Cass
Air Force
James Arlen Clements
Queen City
Jack Dupree
Upshur Aea
North Vietnam
Life Magazine
Major Clements
Christian Science Services
Science
Health
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus
Clements
Hanoi
Edward Kennedy
Life
Washington
Defense Department
National League of Families of American
D. C
Pentagon
Water Conservation Association Honors Gordon Fulcher
Gordon Fulcher chairman of the Texas Water Quality Board was named Man of the Year by the Texas Water Conservation Association at its 27th annual convention in Austin. The honor, announced at a Friday luncheon, recognized his work for Texas water conservation.
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Gordon Fulcher
Texas Water Quality Board
The
Texas Water Conservation Association
Austin
TWCA
Fulcher
Texas
Josiah Wheat
Woodville
Water Quality Board
John Connally
Citizens Journal
Atlanta
Texas Star
Unique Texas Museums Listed in New Directory
A new Texas Museums Directory catalogs 282 institutions across the state. Highlights include the Odessa Meteorite Museum, Alabama-Coushatta Indian Museum, Live Steam Museum in Alamo, Confederate Air Force Flying Museum in Harlingen, Jay Gould’s rail car in Jefferson, and the Bishop’s Palace Museum in Galveston. The pocket guide, published by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee, is free at highway visitor centers or the committee office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Medicine Mound Trading Post
Bishop’s Palace
Texas Museums Directory
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Texas Highway Department
Survey Committee
P. O. Box
Odessa
United States
Demure Veils Put Over Palace Cherubs in 1923 Diocese Edit
The Catholic Diocese acquired the Bishop's Palace in 1923 and covered the naked cherubs on the ceilings with veils to reflect its new religious use. Medicine Mound Trading Post in Quanah moved from Medicine Mound in 1964 as a Santa Fe depot display featuring railroad gear and pioneer memorabilia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop's Palace
Medicine Mound
Quanah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jarvis
Charles Holmes
Anthony Robinson
Arthur Crutchfield
Omie Cormier
Christian Science Sunday Service
Christian Science Churches
E. Methvin
S. Martin
Supply CO
Hliams Paints
Kemglo
Siavn
Gillette
LaLantin Lemar Itta Seerees
Dristan
Thurs
Wernets
Centure Creme
Ees Et
Water Conservation Association
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Museum
Livingston
Tupelo Gum Swamp
Big Thicket
Alamo
Harlingen
Confederate Air Force Flying Museum
Jefferson
Jay Gould
Bishop’s Palace Museum
Galveston
Col
Walter Gresham
Wartome
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