La Marque City Council and Community Group Meetings
Local notices list La Marque events including City Council at 7:30 p.m. April 10 in City Hall. Mainland Elks 2141 regular meeting at 8 p.m. April 6. Seabreeze Sweet Adelines bake sale April 7 at Bank of the Mainland. Houston area groups host gospel singing and choir programs April 9 and 6. Alta Loma Volunteer Fire Department barbecue April 9. softball moms and Little League and Knotholders meetings in April. joint Queen of Peace parish hall meeting for league finances on April 6.
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la Marque
Ladies Auxiliary
Mainland’ Elks 2141
Lake Road
la Marque Seabreeze
Soproccos Gospel Singing Group of
Houston
Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
of Hemphill
FM 1765
Rey
Alta Loma
American Knotholers Club
Queen of Peace Parish Hall
Laurel and Cedar
Cancer Crusade Opens April 1 Nationwide Campaign
The American Cancer Society begins its annual Crusade on April 1 led by Dr. W. T. Longmire of Galveston. The drive emphasizes early detection, regular health checkups, and 45 million leaflets urging Pap tests for uterine cancer. It notes progress in cancer cures and urges vigilant prevention measures to reach more lives saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
W. T. Longmire
Galveston American Cancer Society
Longmire
Dr. Longmire
Times Topics In La Marque
Friends of FRAN SHEP PARD will be glad to know she will be back for a visit next month. She and JIM have been missed since they went to Puerto Rico. Dr and Mrs W T AN DERSON were in Puerto Rico for Easter with grandchildren and a reunion with son LEE. Sympathy to ANNETTE TREACCAR for an Easter break. Teeth can be a nuisance. Junior RUSSELL HEALD and freshmen MIKE ANDERSON and GERALD JOLLY starting Spring training at LSA. Remember LMHS feats on the field. Poll for boa constrictors. CLAUDIA TAYLOR with a specimen. JESSICA KARBOWSKI tall from catching many fish on Easter at Sam Rayburn Lake with TED.
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Fran Sheppard
Jim
Puerto Rico
W. T. Anderson
Lee
Lee Fetter
Annette Treaccar
Annette
Russell Heald
Mike Anderson
Gerald Jolly
L. S.A
LMHS
Boa
Claudia Taylor
Jessica Karbowski
Ted
Sam Rayburn Lake
Galveston Shrimp Festival Schedule Announced
Galveston Island prepares for its 11th Shrimp Festival with a week of events led by a 4 p.m. Sunday blessing of the fleet at Piers 15 18 and a 1 30 p m parade. Free gumbo plus sandcastle contests at Stewert Beach and a choral festival at Moody Memorial Church run April 22 29. The Treasure Isle Golf Classic at Galveston Country Club spans April 28 30, with Band Battle at Menard Park and Nostalgia 72 performances at the Moody Civic Center.
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Galveston Island
Galveston
Galveston Restaurant Association
Moody Memorial Methodist Church
Galveston Country Club
Menard Park
Nostalgia
Moody Civic Center
Leasing Of Lincoln Gym Presents Problem For LM School Board
Two new LM School Board members and one incumbent were sworn in Monday night at La Marque. The leasing issue for Lincoln Gym presents governance questions for the district.
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Lincoln
LM School Board
la Marque School
Voters Elect Eldred Jay And Johnson In La Marque
In the La Marque School Board election on April 11, Harold Jay Milton Johnson and Bill Eldred won positions 1 2 and 3. Turnout was 2034 with 236 absentee ballots. Jay topped Pat Jackson 1047 to 833 for position 1. Johnson won position 2 with 1192 over Fred Ryman 662 and Frank Cosgrove 139. Eldred took position 3 with 845 while R M McDonald had 765. The rest of the meeting saw reorganization with Dr John Nolte as president George Clayton as vice president and Dr Lillian Lockhart as secretary. Controversy over leasing Lincoln Gym persisted with wrestling petitions and requests tabled pending study by Milton Johnson. Nora Wyatt accused officials of lying. the chair dismissed the charge.
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Eugene Tenney
Milton Johnson
Harold Jay
Bill Eldred
la Marque
Jay
Pat Jackson
Johnson
Fred Ryman
Frank Cosgrove
Eldred
R. M. McDonald
Weldon G. Kolb
Weldon Kolb
John Nolte
George Clayton
Lillian Lockhart
West Texas
John Yancy
Nora Wyatt
Lettter
Lincoln Gym
Wyatt
April 15 Deadline For Filing 1971 Income Tax
April 15 is the traditional filing date for Federal income tax but the Social Security annual earnings report has separate rules. People who worked and earned over 1680 in 1971 must file a social security annual report unless they were aged 72 or older in January 1971. This year the report deadline shifts to April 17 since the 15th falls on a Saturday. For questions contact the Galveston Social Security Office at 1419 Tremont, SO-31211.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Galveston
Llewellyn Seeks Second Term as County Commissioner
Galveston area report notes Earl Llewellyn 56, a former PR and advertising executive, seeks a second four year term as Precinct 1 County Commissioner. He references a record of attendance, promises kept since 1968, and cites projects including Bolivar Crossing funding, UTMB indigent care collaboration, unit road improvements, beach cleaning funds, and an 11 cent tax cut in 1972.
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Earl Llewellyn
Llewellyn
Precinct 1
Irwin P. Dantin
Galveston
Bolivar Crossing
Texas Highway Department
UTMB
Galveston County
Bolivar Penisula
Do You Know How To Vote Absentee?
Absentee voting rules outline in person and by mail options for qualified voters. Requirements include timing windows, written applications, and registration proof, with party primary notes and mailed ballot details.
Interact Club Formed In LM
The La Marque Rotary Club welcomed a newly formed Interact Club of 17 members led by president Ann Jeanette Rylat with officers Robin Combs Kathy Pittman Deborah McLandon Taffy Saxon Renee White Connie Mack. Advisors Gary Eubanks and Booker T Sears will guide the group which meets Thursday at 12:15 p.m. at the Mainland Elks Lodge in La Marque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interact Club
la Marque
Taffy, Saxon
Ann Jeanette Rylat
Virgil Willhelm
Galveston Rotary Club
John Kvinta
la Marque Rotary
Booker T. Sears
Gary Eubanks
la Marque High School
Doug Hoover
Rotary
Interact Committee
la Marque Rotary Club
la Marque Rotarians
Robin Combs
Kathy Pittman
Deborah McLandon
Taffy Saxon
Renee White
Connie Mack
Al~so
Ricky Gilliam
Beth Blakeman
Richard Imerson
Brenda Lemley
Michael Augustus
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South Texas
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Houston Engineering and Scientific Society
Fannin Street
Men’s Brotherhood of Paul’s Union Church
Kkk
Annie L. Brooks
Rev. S. A. Anderson
Rising Star Baptist Church
Arle Benford
D. N. Benford
George Moore Sr
Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan Association
J. T. Dunlap
Kirk
Cancer Crusade
James Crowder
Charles Phinney
American Cancer Crusade
Phinney
Tess Arrington
Pat Harvill
Jean Gremillion
Karen Barger
Flo Young
Virginia Becker
Stewert Beach
Eldred, Jay and
Lincoln Gymnasium
Melvin Gillihan
Gillihan
Texas City
Board
Board Room
Samual F. Ward, Jr
Texas
M. Y. Johnson
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