Schools get early storm warning
NOAA Weather Service sponsored a Galveston County plan to educate school personnel on severe weather responses. In Dickinson officials discussed actions for tornadoes and thunderstorms, citing five tornadoes in Galveston County last year and 16 in Harris County. The La Marque district uses a tone alert radio and spotters around schools, with drills and a high school building built for emergency lighting and safe egress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Deming
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Noaa Weather Service
Galveston County
Dickinson
NOAA
Harris County
Galveston
Texas
la Marque Independent
M. Y. Johnson
la Marque
Johnson
Weather Warner
M.y.johnson
Meet the Candidate Night highlights in La Marque races
Rally speakers including Mayor George Freeborn and contenders for city council, school board, and College of the Mainland board voiced views and answered questions. Freeborn touted progress in streets, drainage, and safety while opposing tax hikes, and criticized rival plans amid debate over garbage rates and public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Gillentine
la Marque
School Board
College of the Mainland Board
George Freeborn
Office of Director of Public Safetys
Whelton
Baylor, SMU honor lists and local notices in bay area paper
Fall semester honors include Baylor Dean's List recipients Richard Brown a junior accounting and Robert Sterling senior music education both 1972 La Marque High School graduates. SMU honors include Virginia Black Mark Hults Gayle Van Dersmilsen and others. local birthdays and a paper presentation at the Texas Academy of Science in Huntsville. Charter bus tour participants listed with numerous residents visiting historic sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylor University
Richard Brown
Billy J, Brown
Raymond
Robert M
Sterling
Robert L
Carriage Lane
la Marque High School
Virginia M
Black
Mark B
Hults
Gayle Vandersmilsen
la Marque
Real University
Sonny Tholkcen
E. A. Tholcken
Gary Delaune
J. Delaune
Texas Academy of Science
Huntsville
AARP
Bluebonnet Trail
Inman
Charles Duble
Lumoen
Louise Haughton
Aaron, Baker
C. E. Allard
Wee, Hocking
Carol Eames
Faye Shultz
Jennie Lee Quebe
Carol Ohlund
Herbert Rilat
Zalmie Martin
Isabel Coe
Newspaper delivery shifts for Oak Park Addition
Beginning next week subscribers in Oak Park Addition will receive the paper on Wednesdays after noon. Route carrier Steven Taylor is available at 948-4406 to assist if the paper is not received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Steven Taylor
Accidents Draw Two Major Local Incidents
A La Marque woman was admitted to County Memorial Hospital and a Texas City man was charged with DWI after a head on crash at 1765 Avenue C. Donald Scales pulled from Hemp Hill in Texas City in a 1969 Buick and Margaret Morton of Robbie in La Marque in a 1972 Buick collided, injuring three. Scales fled hospital, was later jailed for DWI and negligent collision. Lloyd Gregory injured and treated. A separate crash the next day involved Vivian Temple and Ronald Brooks at Vauthier and Cedar with Temple cited for failure to yield.
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Texas Ave
First Street
Leland Deming
la Marque
County Memorial Hospital
Texas City
1765
Avenue C
Donald Richard Scales
Hemphill
Margaret Ellis Morton
Robbie
Morton
Scales
Bill Dawson
Dawson
Temple
Vauthier and
Cedar
Honda
George Plasek
Bleacher fund reaches goal for La Marque 4H project
Local businessmen capped a drive that funded bleachers at Mahan Park Riding Arena with a remaining 414 dollars raised after a city council appeal. Labor will be provided by city crews and a dedication will follow installation. The project began September 24, 1973 with donations from Feddersen Savage Crowder and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Payne
The
Jaycees
Charles Feddersen
Feddersen
Sam Savage
Jre
James Crowder
Mex Dorsett
Walter Feigle
Paul Hopkins
R. E. Foster
Raymond Junemann
Mahan Park
Dawson Aims for Full Time Law Enforcement Role
Dawson, an auxiliary turned regular with the La Marque police since 1971, is 34, married to Ginger, with son Brad. He moved from Ohio, trained at College of the Mainland, and is a Civil Defense Radiological Fallout Monitor. He dislikes midnight shifts and traffic tickets and urges tougher courts on arrestees, especially reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Dawson
la Marque
Dawson
Force
Brad
the College of the
Mainland
Civil Defense
Local Election Round-up for La Marque and Hitchcock
Polls run 7 to 7 April in La Marque for city and school races and in Hitchcock for school and city contests. La Marque candidates include incumbents Harold Jay Milton Johnson Bill Eldred for the school board and George Freeborn vs R C Whelton for mayor. Hitchcock lists multiple positions with unopposed and contested seats across school board and mayoral races. vote canvassing is scheduled for the Monday or Tuesday after the election.
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la Marque
Hitchcock
Hitchcock City
la Marque School Board
College of the Mainland Board
Lamar School
Hitchcock High
COM
Harold Jay
Milton Johnson
Bill Eldred
George Freeborn
R.C
Bob’ Whelton
Alex Pratt
Dennis Payne
Joe Shipman
Harold Choate
Dave Thornburg
Charles Fedderson
College Board of Trustees
Robert Green
C.J. Houlgraves
Ernest Deats
James A. Sims
Hazel Thomas
O.H. Parker, Jr
A.L. Thompson
Henry Wulf
James D. Speaker
Doyle R. Murphree
Richard S. Hunter
James M. O'Neal
Also Mentioned on This Page
First National Bank
Fiat
Wherton
Freeborn
Denns Payne
Lloyd Gregory
Rosalie
la Marque Busi
Ginger
Ohio
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