La Marque Local Notes Highlight Community Changes
The December 28, 1972 La Marque Times lists many civic updates from Victoria and La Marque including the D and L Glass Company opening, Dr. Lamar S. Clark named pastor, Rex Whitted as Times carrier, and Henry B. Shaw retiring after 31 years. Also noted are Rotary, Masonic, and Jaycees activities, school honors, new city leadership moves, and community events with dates and names such as Vicki Owens, Manana, and John C. Mahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Whitted
Times
Clifford Remmers
Thailand
Sam
Sam Reid
LM Rotary Club
Henry B. Shaw
LM US
Weiner’s
Texas City
Harold L. Fickett
Highlands Baptist Church
Kerry K. Johnson
Rotary
LM Cho
John M. Partain
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Subscription Rates For Galveston County And Nearby
Rates listed show a Galveston County subscription at 4.80 dollars per year and 5.50 dollars per year for outside Galveston County. The notice is signed by R J Grim es Jr.
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Galveston County
Office Furniture Donated to Galveston SPCA
American National Insurance Company Galveston branch and American Mayflower move donated office furniture to the Galveston County NASA area SPCA. Shelter manager Elizabeth Hill selected desks chairs filing cabinets. Mayflower branch manager Donald Sarver arranged free transport. SPCA board member Pat Jackson and Hill accepted the donation praising the generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SPCA
Willie Coleman
Pat Jackson
Elizabeth Hill
Don Carver
Herbert Poole
Glendon Johnson
John E. Hall
American National
San Leon
San Leone
American National Insurance Company of
Galveston
American Mayflower
Galveston County
NASA Area Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Herbert D. Poole
ANICO
Caveston
Wall Veteran of WWI LaMarque Resident
A former Galveston resident, Wall lived at 1506 Bowie in La Marque since 1949. He served in World War I and belonged to the First United Methodist Church, La Marque Rotary Club, and the Texas Chambers of Commerce Managers Association. Survived by his widow Ciddie Wall and a sister in Tulsa plus six nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers were Dean Collier, Ed McGehee, Buck Foster, L. P. Acklen, Jimmy Hayley and Herb Hudler Sr. honorary pallbearers were La Marque Rotary Club members and close friends.
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Galveston
Wall
Bowie
la Marque
First United Methodist Church
Buck) Foster
L. P. Acklen
Jimmy Hayley
Herb Hudler
The
Secretary of the Year 1973 Named for COM
Mrs. Foster, longtime COM staffer and secretary to President Taylor, is honored as Secretary of the Year 1973. Her career spans Brian's Business College, Silas Macon Company, Humble Oil, UTMB, and Titus Harris Clinic, with journalism stints and civic work.
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Taylor
Foster
June McConnell
COM
Bank of the Mainland
la Marque
Brian’s Business College
Warren
Ark
Greensville
Miss
Silas Macon Company
Shreveport
Humble Oil
Racliff
Titus Harris Clinic
Galveston
Tammy
Bob
CCM
Helen
Volunteers Seek Health Education and Support Roles
Volunteer opportunities in health education scholarships patient services and community programs including Rubella immunization and sickle cell education with support for the Texas Birth Defects Centers. For details contact Galveston County Chapter March of Dimes at 1709 23rd St. or call 7635116.
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Call
Galveston County
March of Dimes
23Rd St
Payroll leaflets explain Social Security changes
The Galveston Social Security office offers a leaflet titled Your 1973 Social Security Deductions explaining how payroll deductions from January 1973 raise retirement disability survivors and Medicare protection for employees employers and self employed people. Ward said employers with under 1000 employees can get up to 1000 copies free on request while larger firms can obtain free repro proofs to print their own copies. The Galveston office is at 1419 Tremont and phone 763-1211.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Social Security Office
Samuel F. Ward Jr
Social Security
Ward
Also Mentioned on This Page
la Marque Times
Vicki Owens
Manana
Texas Highway Department
LM Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan Association
Lester R. Calhoun
Jerry Gilley
Jennie Livergood
Howard G. Kelly
Emmett Kirkham
Bertran B. Naschke
John G. Nolte Jr
James M. Webb
LM Police Department
Paul Gupton
Monsanto
Noah New
Jay Arrington
Larry Duckworth
LM Jaycees
Henry A. Germer
Norman Koneman
Mark Eldridge
American Association of Medical Assistants
James Crowder
Davis Benton
National Weather Service
Elizabeth Black
Barbara Jarvis
Sherman
Austin College
France
Spain
Institutes of European Studies
LMHS
Scott Cragin
Barbara Francis
Paul Jennings
Allison Marshall
Union Carbide
Steve Lekva
Texas A&m
Herbert Hudler
United Fund Campaign
Bernice E. Heyser
Texas Nurses Association
Bays Automotive Parts
Clyde Beatty - Cole Brothers Circus
Carbide Park
Leroy Carey
GAF Chemical Plant
Charles W. Hathaway
James C. Crowder
E. H. Jones
Phillip R. Miller
Charles R. Broman
John C. Mahan
Kreskin
College of the Mainland
Harvie’s
Weldon G. Kolb
Texas Academy of Family Physicians
Glo Ann Cole
South Pacific
Rebecca Drake
Brad Lockhart
Nixon
LM Cougars
Dickinson Gators
Mika Doughty
Melinda Anne Lindsay
iSam Houston State University
TC = LM Chamber of Commerce
Richard J. Fosdick
Preston Tempell
J.r.mcconnaughey
Larry Durland
J. J. Weatherall
Gene Hammon
Sam J. Alberoi Jr
W. E. Etheredge
Ray Peterson
Howard Stutzman
Don Tarpey
R. J. Grimes Jr
LM City Council
Jack Treaster
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Wayne Doyle
Wesley Unruh
LM School
Ray Wall
Nays
Calif
Bernice Gordy
Earl
Ruth Schlegelmilch
By Raymond
Wallow Auto Repair
Junemann Insurance Agency Protection
Laurel
Mainland
Agency
Texas
la Marque, Texas
Texas Press Association
Orlando Blackburn
R.J. Grimes, JR
Society Editor
Madelyn Ludlow
Anna Marie Black Ee Eee
Clara Fitts
Jerry Nucker
Reddy Kilowatt
Neddue
Dateston
Jack Ratcliffe
Linton
Aluminum
Post Office
V. L. Donihoo
Yvonne Lowe
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