Lester Ingram is A La Marque Clock Collector
Lester Ingram, a La Marque city councilman and former jewelry store owner, travels to acquire and restore antique clocks. He is a member of national and southern clock collectors groups, owns a Frank Kroeber 1874 clock valued at up to 250 dollars, and maintains a workshop in LaMarque.
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Ingram
la Marque
Ingram Jewelry Store
Highway 3
Ings
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors
Association
Southern
Texas
United States
Ingram Jewelry
LaMarque Pharmacy
Texas Supermarket
LaMarque Business Shopping Center
Fort Worth
National Collectors
Frank Kroeber
Houston
Lester Ingram
Mrs H Ford Heads Mental Health Association of Galveston
Mrs Hamilton Ford was reelected president of the Mental Health Association of Galveston County Inc. Other officers named at the annual luncheon at the Jack Tar Hotel include Dr Patricia Bosworth as vice president and Robert E Lewis as treasurer. Thomas H Watkins of the Texas Association for Mental Health spoke on the role of the association in the community and state.
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Hamilton Ford
Mental Health Association of
Galveston County Inc
Patricia Bosworth
Sealy Hutchings II
Robert E. Lewis
Lafayette Williams
Jack Tar
Thomas H. Watkins
The
Texas Association For Mental Health
Mental Health Association
June Mannn Continues as Local Drainage Leader and Counselor
Junemann highlighted for leading county flood control work and serving on bond committees for seawall and bayou projects. The piece notes his church involvement, family of six, and a clock hobby. Ingram is praised for prioritizing city duties and time management expertise.
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Texas Highway Department
la Marque
Texas City
Hitchcock
Texas City - la Marque
Highland Bayou
Junemann
St Michael
Memorial county pets pull heart strings amid shelter surge
County Memorial reports a surge at SPCA Animal Shelter as German Shepherds and other dogs fill cages. Call 966 2626 for adoption info Tuesday to Saturday 9 AM to 5 45 PM. John Place seeks help for a dog rabbit problem involving Larry Schuenemann’s Labrador.
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County Memorial
Spca Animal Shelter
John Place
Larry Sch~uenemann
Blackie
Bucky
Cason Advocates Long Range Plan for Government Financing
Cason argues for a just fair long range financing plan to replace the present piecemeal tax method. He contends the current system burdens citizens least able to pay.
Roosevel Taylor Seated Over Protests At City Council
Curtis Daniels, representing La Marque residents in Target Area Nine, protested the seating of Roosevelt Taylor on the new board. The council seated Taylor after objections. outgoing president Calvin Vincent became an ex officio member of the executive council. The article notes a school focus on the child and teacher as essential factors.
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Curtis Daniels
la Marque
Target Area Nine
Roosevelt Taylor
Taylor
Calvin Vincent
Serendipity Singers Rescheduled at College of the Mainland
The Serendipity Singers cancel Saturday show at CoM due to contractual commitments and will perform Thursday at 7 30 p m for two hours. Tickets capped at 400 with advance sales only, no door sales. They later appear in Houston at Bojangles Club February 6 to 12.
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Serendipity Singers
College of the Mainland
Serendipity
Jack Parr
Market Square
Houston
Humphrey Cancels Lecture Series
Senator Hubert Humphrey will not appear in the Great Issues series this Spring as planned by the College of the Mainland Continuing Education Division. He was set to speak at La Marque High School in January but with his presidential campaign he will not attend such lectures. His office hopes to visit Texas in the Spring and may stop at College of the Mainland.
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Hubert Humphrey
Continuing Education
College of the Mainland
Humphrey
la Marque High School
Texas
Kiwanis Finish First Phase of Tree Planting
La Marque Kiwanis and Key Club completed phase one at La Marque High School planting 100 pine and 34 oak trees. Pines donated by the Kiwanis Club, 27 oaks bought by members. The Sun and several local businesses donated trees. more planting is planned. Contact Kiwanis members to donate.
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la Marque Kiwanis
la Marque High School
Kiwanis
Key Club
la Marque Kiwanis Club
la Marque Feed
Texas City
Medical and Surgical Clinic
Bank of the Mainland
the Sun
State Wide Reform Movement Underway
A Texas Legislature leader says the Dirty Thirty coalition plans a statewide drive to elect reform minded candidates. Representative Lane Denton of Waco coordinates and seeks contact with current or potential candidates, with a Box 3204 Waco TX 76707 address for correspondence and a $1 fee plus late payment penalties. Funds will expand social services and family planning reach, targeting 5000 or more patients, with Emergency Food and Medical Services aiding low income residents in need. Indigent UTMB Galveston patients and their relatives are included in the program scope.
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Texas
Waco
Lane Denton
Denton
UTMB
Galveston
Creagh and Hitchcock Seek Re election For District Projects
Creagh and Hitchcock in Galveston County back Texas Highway Department pipeline firms and Industrial Water Company with Drainage District efforts to improve area conditions. District works include FM 1765 SH 45 Highland Bayou and the Seawall dogleg. He seeks reelection to finish current programs and maintain ongoing efforts.
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Hitchcock
Galveston County
Texas Highway Department
Pipeline Companies
Industrial Water Company
SH 45
Highland Bayou
Seawall
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M H Association
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Cason
George M. Cason, Jr
Garza
General Electric
HE As
Yy Ap
H.P. GE
Oak St
Laurel
Hitchcock & la Marque
Bank Americard
Serendipity At
Com Tonight
la Marque, Texas
Texas Press Association
Orlando Blackburn
R. J. Grimes, Jr
C. R. Johnson
Grant
Creagh
Alex Creagh
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