Teens plan Go MOD Day in Galveston County fundraiser
Teen Action Program volunteers led by C V Rice and Martha McGinnis organize Go MOD Day on Saturday January 5 as part of March of Dimes efforts to raise funds and awareness for birth defects. TAP members support health education prevention and treatment year round and emphasize genetic counseling rubella vaccination and Rh protection for future families. March of Dimes funds back research and services benefiting about 250 000 children annually.
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Galveston County
C.V. Rice
Martha McGinnis
TAP
Teen Action Program
Rice
March of Dimes
Safety award honors La Marque High School students
During the 1972-73 school year La Marque High School’s Student Association led a safety campaign using posters signs and slogans to raise accident prevention awareness. The school received a certificate of exceptional effort in safety from Ruth Jewell chair of the National Safety Council honor roll judges committee.
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la Marque High School
Ruth Jewell
National Safety Council
Energy conservation push in Texas public schools
Governor Dolph Briscoe declares an energy emergency for Texas school districts from January 1 to March 31, 1974 and urges a 15 percent curtailment. The Texas Education Agency will coordinate a statewide energy saving program requiring each district to file an approved plan and report after the emergency period on the measures’ effectiveness.
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Texas Public Schools
Dolph Briscoe
J. W. Edgar
Briscoe
Govnor
Texas Education Agency
Christmas Parade Judge Shares Holiday Reflections
Local observer recalls judging a Christmas parade in Hitchcock and juggling a TV shoot while awaiting Channel 13 news. She writes of gratitude for family, friends, coworkers, faith, and the burdens and growth born from divorce, urging readers to include lonely neighbors this holiday season.
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Hitchcock
Channel 13
Marvin Zindler
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