Kiwanis Club program highlights local recreation plans
Dawell Criswell and John Young outline La Marque Kiwanis summer activities expected to involve over 2,000 participants across more than seventeen programs including tennis skating tumbling story hour bowling bridge and swimming. Young explains the Physician’s Assistant program at Galveston medical branch and internship with Dr. Robert Sullivan. Delegates named for the district convention in Abilene and fundraising plans discussed with continued Apple Sale and annual Chili Supper. A thunderstorm energy note closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Marque
Criswall
Young
Galveston
Henry Dowdy
R. C. Robinson
Jack McCartney
Abilene
Henry
Remembering the ice man and his horse drawn wagon
Mrs. Marian Stephens recalls childhood summers in Texas City with the ice man delivering weighed blocks by horse drawn wagon. She describes ice cutting with a steel tool, chiseling into leather carriers, draining melting water, cooling by a fan, and children enjoying ice chips and puddles. Contributions urged to The Old Timer in Frankfort Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Stephens
Texas City
Tex
Summersville Lake Visit and Local Highlights
Atlanta and Baton Rouge travelers near Summersville Lake in Brenham visit PAM FRANKE JOEL FRANKE and granddaughter KIM. Marquees cheerleaders VADA HILL PHYLLIS PHELPS CYNDEE SCAR CELLA CINDY RODRIQUEZ LEIGH PAGONAS RHONDA WRIGHT earned two first and two second places at Huntsville cheer school with 500 girls attending. CINDY BAYS KAREN LAPOINT attend UT Austin workshop for pep squad. Skipper Deckard’s lost calf leads to news of a small herd via classified ad. Families return from vacations in California, Las Vegas, and Mexico with travel snippets and tours to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skipper Deckard
Skipper
Lonnie Phillips JR
J. D. Crayton
Galveston
Melpitas
Calif
Mr. Crayton
Edward R, Phem
Phillips
Oakland
Las Vegas
Reno
Nev
Hoover Dam
Grand Canyon
Wood table ware styles split blondes versus brunettes
A shopping note notes blondes and brunettes in wood table ware with blondes gaining favor though dark pieces stay fashionable. It mentions corrugated paper furniture as low priced, lightweight sets that can be knocked down and include clocks and lamps. Detergent excess risks a film on stainless steel tableware easily removed by polish. It cites a 1960s rise in home ownership of about one percent adding seven million owners.
Weekly paper ad notes La Marque edition rates
Publication outlines Thursday issue in La Marque Texas with subscription rates in Galveston County at 4.80 dollars per year and 5.50 dollars per year for outside Galveston County. Betty Thierry and Jerry Nucker listed as classified composing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Marque
Texas
Galveston County
Weiner's Opens New Bryan Store in 1972 Grand Opening
Weiner's Department Store will hold a 9 a.m. grand opening on Monday August 7 in Bryan Texas at the new North Bryan Shopping Center. The 20000 square foot store serves Bryan and Brazos County offering full stock of nationally known clothing brands and home merchandise with uniform low prices. Executives Leon Weiner Sol Weiner and others announce expansion from Houston and other Texas cities with plans for two more Houston stores opening in late fall 1972.
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Weiner’s Department
Bryan
Weiner
Brazos County
North Bryan
Houston
Weiner’s
Texas
Leon Weiner
Sol B. Weiner
I. Weiner
Pasadena
Texas City
Brenham
Conroe
Dickinson
Victoria
Lufkin
Nacogdoches
Huntsville
Freeport
Galveston
Lake Jackson
la Marque
Orange
Port Arthur
Rosenberg
Wharton
Deer Park
Interstate 10
Sheldon Road
Sheldon Forest
Southgate
Hiram Clark and
Fuqua
First Nuclear Sub USS Nautilus Traverses 62000 Miles
The United States launched the submarine USS Nautilus the first nuclear powered craft. It reportedly traveled 62000 miles without refueling, marking a milestone in naval propulsion and endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S.S
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Criswell and Young
Kiwanis Club
Robert Sullivan
Gupton
Af Engineers
The
American Society For Testing and Materials
American Insti
Tute
Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Nondestructive Testing
Betty Ruth
Deats Road
OASIS
West Texas
New York
Detroit
Houston Natural Gas Corporation
HNG
Texas Gulf Coast
Frankfort
Atlanta
Baton Rouge
Summersville Lake
Pam
Joel Franke
Kim
Terry Payne
Dorinda Phinney
Nessler Center
Associated Druggists
Write Bros
Schick
Mfg
BRECK
Johnson & Johnson Baby
Mennen “E” Deodorant
BAYER
Macleans
CREST
Terest
Oye
Alberto Balsam
Cashine “ Boguet
America
Ee Aa la Marque Pharmacy
Oak St
la Marque, Texas
Texas Press Association
Orlando Blackburn
R.J. Grimes, JR
Madelyn Ludlow
Anna Marie Black
Clara Fitts
Betty Thierry
Jerry Nucker
Society Editor
Generation Gap
U.S.A
Busse’s
Cedar Drive
Colorado
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Harvie
J 1
Ibeef
SHAM
K.F.C
Smokey
11Th Ave
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