Learn to be alone by Father Plessala speech on solitude
Cathy Gillentine notes Father H Plessala of the Houston Galveston Diocese addressing La Marque Kiwanis on the need to be alone. He urged learning to live with oneself before others, resisting distraction, finding the center, and moving from loneliness to solitary, reflective living. He warned against pride and urged humility to face poverty and duties, stressing that space to face oneself enables caring for others.
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Cathy Gillentine
Father H. Alessala
Houston-Galveston
Catholic Church
Father ‘Plessala
la Marque Kiwanis Club
Han
COM Board Grants 5 Percent Raise for All Full-Time Staff
College of the Mainland trustees approved a five percent salary increase for all full-time employees based on the president’s recommendation. The raise, about $110,000 drawn from $200,000 remaining in the budget, will be paid in seven equal monthly installments starting December 1974 and applies to the president but not to supplements or part-time faculty. The board also approved a Christmas week off from December 23 to 27 and a shutdown December 21 to 29 to save utilities. A ten-foot utility easement for an underground telephone line was approved, with continued future use unrestricted. A report on grants showed 15 applications totaling 28 with three still pending.
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College of the Mainland
Board of Trustees
Fred Taylor
Taylor
Safety Drive Rewards Drivers in December in Galveston County
The Justice of the Peace and Constables Association launches a December safety program in Galveston County with weekly cash prizes for courteous drivers, a mystery jaywalker contest, bumper stickers, and a slogan contest. Five weekly cash prizes and a weekly license plate winner are announced, with a $10 prize for the courteous driver of the week and $2 to $5 for identifying the mystery jaywalker.
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Justice of the Peace and Constables Association
P. O. Box
Hitchcock
Galveston County
Jaywalker
Joe Scrofne, Sr
Scrome
Military notes on local airmen and sailors abroad
Airman David L. Hardin of Woodland Street La Ward, La., assigned to Chanute AFB Illinois after basic training and a six week Lackland TX program, will train in aircraft maintenance at Chanute. Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Miller of Texas City graduated from MACDILL NCO Leadership School at MacDill AFB Florida and serves as a refueling maintenance specialist. Airman Kenneth L. Francis recently graduated from Keesler AFB Mississippi and heads to Japan for an 18 month tour. he is Hitchcock High School 1973 alumnus. Navy Machinist’s Mate First Class Charles L. Proctor of Texas City left San Diego aboard USS Dubuque for Western Pacific deployment with the Seventh Fleet after a Lincoln High School La Marque 1966 background.
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David L. Hardin
Robert C. Hardin
Woodland St
la Warghey
Chanute Afb
Ill
Air Force
Air Training Command
Lackland Afb
Tex
Technical Training Center
Chanute
Hardin
la Marque High School
U.S. Air Force
Clarence E. Miller
Loretta E. Bell
E. Woodrow St
Texas City
Tactical Air Command
MacDill Afb
Fla
Miller
MacDill
Lincoln High School
la Marque
Kenneth L. Francis
Keesler Afb
Miss
Japan
Hitchcock High School
James P. Francis
Hitchcock
A.A. Proctor
S. Cobb St
San Diego
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Proctor
Far East
Navy
Marque-Able by Cathy Gillentine and a chaotic collision of thoughts
The essay moves from a Carbide power plant cameo to a safety campaign and a humorous bumper sticker anecdote. It recalls Shadrach and Abednego, ponders power temptations, and narrates a tale of a San Antonio man named Jim Murphy who, after bumper stickers vandalized his car, sued a trading post and won a $50 fine for the proprietor. The piece also promotes a Christmas Carol show at the college theater December 17–21 with reservations urged.
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Carbides
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Heavenly Plains
Lucifer
Justices of the Peace and Constables’ Association
Jim Murphy
San Antonio
New Mexico
Will
Murphy
Trading Post
Las Cruces
Happy Apodace
Apocada
College Theater
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First Bank of la Marque
Chamber of Commerce
Windown
COM Board
Pearland
P.G
Alfredo Garcia
Christine Jorgensen
Burt Reynolds
Eddie Albert
Galvez
United States Supreme Court
Twilight Hour
Sam Ly Tacks
Thia
Billy Jack
Mike Nichols
Jack Nicholson
Candice Bergen
Arthur Garfunkel
Ann-Margret
Jules Feiffer
Thriorm
Clarence Miller
Kenneth Francis
Charles Proctor
Charles L. Proctor
David Hardin
Delores Taylor
Tom Laughlin
ABC Records
Howard Insurance Auto - Home
Hwy
MR. Howard
Real Tacos
Orlando Blackburn
West Texas City
R. J. Grimes, Jr
Stan Irish
Anna Marie Black
Leland Deming
Lillian Poole
Ruth Graham
Mike Flowers
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