Primary election polling places listed for La Marque area
Voters in La Marque area will cast ballots Saturday in county state and national races. Democratic polling sites include La Marque City Hall Precinct 44 Highlands and more, with Republican sites at Lamar Junior High and West Road among others. Polls run 7 am to 7 pm and 1.8 million Texans expected to vote statewide.
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U. S. Senate
la Marque Area
la Marque City Hall
H. P. Broderson
Rosadele
Ronald Brown
Elmo
Chester Colwell
Lamar Dr
Norman Bach
la Marque Junior High
James E. Pierce
West Road
R. B. Toney
Bernice
Louis M. Buttery
Leaders Named to Head La Marque Mental Health Campaign
Miss Joan Clifford and Mrs M E Williams were selected as chairman and co chairman of the Bell Ringer March in the La Marque area. They will lead a house to house solicitation from 7 to 9 p m on Monday May 4 to raise funds for the Galveston County Association for Mental Health.
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Joan Clifford
M. E. Williams
Bell Ringer
la Marque
Galveston County Mental Health Association
Miss Clifford
Mrs. Williams
Galveston County Association For Mental Health
Kennedy
Galveston Association
Woman in red bathing suit jailed after hurricane arrest
Sally Faye Edwards Englehart, a Houston woman, was found guilty in La Marque city court of being drunk in public and cursing an officer after she was detained in a red wet bathing suit by officers on Highway 75 at 2:50 a.m. last September. She was fined 25 dollars on each charge and assessed 30 dollars in warrant fees. a duplicate cursing charge was dismissed.
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Houston
la Marque
City Corporation Court
Sally Faye Edwards
Englehart
John Anderson
Jack Reeves
Nesmith
F. L. Jennings
James Crowder
City of la Marque
Texas City youth fined after affray in La Marque Jail
Jimmy Pena of 1140 1st Ave South was fined 25 dollars in city court after a fight in a La Marque City Jail cell with Archie Curl, who faces an April 29 docket on an affray charge. Both men, being held on drunkenness complaints, required hospital treatment. Pena claimed self defense. Pena had a leg cast and had earlier injuries from an incident with Texas City police.
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Texas City
Jimmy Pena
1St Ave. S
City Corporation Court
la Marque City
Archie Curl
Pena
Carl
John
Erson
Crowder Funeral Home
Hitchcock
Texas City Police
Crowder
Silver Jubilee Month observed for Rev Lagana's 25th priesthood anniversary
Rev. Frank A. Lagana marks 25 years as priest with May celebrations at Queen of Peace Church La Marque. Events include Solemn High Mass May 5 with Bishop Nold, luncheon at Elk's Hall, and a May 10 reception. parish groups host and invite locals. Lagana has served since 1951 and is the son of late Dominic Lagana.
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Alliam Pickard
Jack McGinnis
Wendelin J. Nold
Galveston - Houston
John J. Cassata S.T. L.V.G
Galveston-Houston
Queen of Peace
Ray Schmidt
Father Lagana
Elk’s Hall
la Marque
Catholic People of
Jaycee Installation Set Saturday Night
The La Marque Jaycees and Jaycee-ettes hold their annual installation banquet at 7 30 p m Saturday May 2 at Bostick's Cafe with a social hour from 7 p m. C J Leesmann of Humble Oil Co speaks on Bayport deepwater access and its regional economic impact. W G Drake provides entertainment and Jimmy Hayley will award outstanding members and contributors.
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la Marque Jaycees
Jaycee-ettes
Bostick’s
C. J. Leesmann
Jaycee
Troop 245 Wins Top Presidential Award at Mainland Scout Show
Boy Scout Troop 245 sponsored by Queen of Peace Catholic Church in La Marque won the top presidential award for best exhibit at the Mainland Scout Show held Saturday at Robinson Stadium. The theme Trail to the Eagle featured 21 scouts presenting merit badge displays and talks. The troop, organized three years ago with 22 members, includes scout master Ole C Berntsen and his son Ole Jr as junior assistant scout master.
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Boy Scout
Robinson Stadium
Queen of Peace Catholic Church
la Marque
Ole CC. Berntsen
Ole Jr
Mother's March in La Marque Raises Cancer Funds
La Marque residents opened doors and hearts for the American Cancer Society Mother's March on April 22. Over 1100 in person gifts plus 450 in mail contributions brought total near 1600, with city collections still ongoing.
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la Marque
American Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Key Club
la Marque Pilot Club
Dorothy McDermott
Cliff Fieselman
Norwood Ruiz
McDermott
W. A. Bonowitz
Walter Burns
Hazel Strickland
Jamie Young
Bank of the Mainland
Open House Planned for Retiring LM Teacher Mrs Shrader
Open house to honor retiring LM teacher Mrs John Shrader set for Sunday May 3 from 2 to 4 PM at the Mainland Elks Lodge. Shrader retires in May after 30 years in teaching including 15 years in La Marque schools. She taught at Lamar Elementary for one year and Highlands Elementary for 14 years since its 1950 opening.
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John Shrader
la Marque
Mainland Elks Lodge
LM Council Not Asked to Attend Causeway Rites
La Marque City Council did not receive a formal invitation to the Galveston dedication ceremonies for the remodeled Galveston causeway. Members quipped about holding their own ceremony as the $2,014,600 project funded by state taxes neared completion after remodeling began in November 1961. The lift section was removed and the middle span raised to 73 feet to align with the new structure.
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LM Council
la Marque
Galveston
St Michael's Parisian Festival fundraiser May 2 in La Marque
St Michael's Church hosts a May 2 festival from 3 to 7 p.m. on Lake Road and Magnolia in La Marque to benefit church and diocese. Women of St Michael's chair the event with Bobcat booths, a Sidewalk Cafe, pony rides, and a Barbecued chicken dinner served 5 to 7 p.m. Proceeds support church activities. takeout available.
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St. Michael's
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Lake and Magnolia
Mary Hope Jockusch
Larry Hughes
Phyllis Russo
St. Michael’s
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Lake Road
Magnolia
la Marque
Milt A. Williams
M. W. Weakley
C. C. Burks
Women of
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