Christmas Eve Family Reunion At Neve Household
A Christmas Eve gathering at the Neve home in La Marque features four generations of Rogers relatives. Juanita Neve hosts with B J Rogers of Texas City and extended family from San Antonio Freeport Pasadena and Texas City attending. The piece notes local newspaper rivalry and guff about power between La Marque Times and The Houston Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Juanita
Neve
Juania
B. J. Rogers
Texas City
Dorothy Langer
Chuck
Chuckie
Leslie and
Berry
San Antonio
Mary Jo
Scottie
Jena Kay
Pasadena
Cousn Gene Rogers
Kelly
T. C
Kim
Wilmer
Gene
Meeting Set In TC On Proposed H R 8283
Congressman Clark W Thompson and Texas Employment Commission officials meet at 10 am Tuesday January 4 at the Holiday Inn Texas City to discuss H R 8282 an unemployment compensation bill. The event is sponsored by opponents with co chairs G L Clayton La Marque and L B Welch Texas City and Ray Wall La Marque Chamber urging attendance to understand the legislation as Congress reconvenes in 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark W. Thompson
The
Texas Employment Commission
Holiday Inn
Texas City
G. L. Clayton
la Marque
L. B. Welch
Ray Wall
Wall
Bird House Invaded by Two Mice During Holidays
A La Marque School story notes two field mice visiting a bird feeder at Lamar Elementary, with plans to replace them with gerbils as holiday celebrations unfold. City Manager Duitscher resigns Jan 31 to join Pan American Gas Co. in Texas City, citing new opportunities and a continued local residence.
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Mickey Mouse
Charlie Brown
Lamar Elementary School
Cub Masterrohn Barlow
10Th Ave. N
Texas City
Howard Broderson
Creative Playthings, Inc
Bayamon
Puerto Rico
Ketchikan
Alaska
Stanley A. Duitscher
la Marque
Duitscher
Pan American Gas Co
la Marque Times
Pan American
Herb Langford
the Times
la Porte
la Marque Public
Texas Public Schools
Mrs. Duroux La Marque nursing pioneer dies at 80
Lillian Westerlage Duroux, 80, longtime La Marque resident and oldest surviving graduate of St Mary’s School of Nursing, died Friday at home after a brief illness. Born in Galveston July 29 1885 she helped establish La Marque with her family. Funeral Mass at Queen of Peace Church followed by burial in Galveston Memorial Park.
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Mitchell
Lillian Westerlage) Duroux
Ross Ave
Galveston
Richard Westerlage
St. Mary’s School of Nursing
George H. Lee, Sr
St. Mary’s
Nacogdoches
la Marque
Queen of Peace Catholic Church
James Crowder
Frank Lagana
la Marque Council
Knights of Columbus
Queen of Peace Church
Galveston Memorial Park
Bay Area Council
Freedom Foundation
Nathan Hale
E. Harold Adamson
Galveston County Memorial Hospital
Burl Clayton
la Marque Park
Queen of Peace Catholic Youth Organization
Year in Review La Marque School Integration Tops 1965 News
The La Marque Times highlights 1965 as the year of school integration for La Marque Public Schools, amid unrest and boycotts, followed by significant local developments. It notes Weingarten Markets announced a major 14 acre shopping complex, and the Mainland Junior College site near the Gulf Freeway as a key 1965 focus shaping growth and culture.
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la Marque
Times
Weingarten Markets
Oat Hwy. 3
FM 1765
Bishop Tract
Gulf Freeway
Dickinson Bayou
Galveston County Junior College
Wallis
Tex
Raymond Petrash
Orange St
18Th St
San Leon
Westland Ridge
Noble Rd
Highlands Baptist Church
Galveston County
Edmund F. Ball
Muncie
Ind
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Che la Marque Cimes
Veo
Texas
Houston Chronicle
Mr. Mecom
K Sunige
Vic Dupla
Azalea
Roche
Dawr Hunter
Dai Shier
M. Hunter
13Th St. N
Texas Cit
Julian Caldera
Cedar Dr
Cong
By Bob Moore
James C. Crowder
Crowder
Mgr
Duroux
Bayou Rd
la Marque High School
Caldera Photography
Wilbur Arrington
James Gartrell
Bank of the Mainland
Texas City National Bank
Thomas Paul White
Anahuac
Dave W. Williamson
Troy Uzzell
Board of
Galveston County Drainage Board No. 2
R. T. Fuller, Jr
Fuller’s
Walter Lang
Texas A&m University
Joseph Armacost
Explorer
Mainland Elk’s Lodge
Johnny S. Copeland
Willow
Union Carbide Chemical Co
Bostick
Frank Bostick
Steven Kays
Sherman Irish
Main St
U. S. Army
Fontainebleau
France
John P. Lucas
Mainland Elks Lodge
Williamson
PTA
J. W. Arey Sr
Belle Dudley
East Beach
Lee Hartzog
Frank Zimmerman
Gary Anthony
George K. Drake
Rosa Jones
Lincoln High
James Louis Bennett
Lincoln High School
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