This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
La Marque Times
Location
La Marque, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1966
Page
2
The La Marque Times publishes weekly on Thursdays from La Marque Texas. Orlando Blackburn serves as publisher and the paper is a member of the Texas Press Association.
The Boy Scouts of America celebrates a nationwide observance reaching over 5.665 million youths and leaders in 143300 units. Scouting is praised as a force for good shaping duty and character across 93,000 organizations. Leaders and youths perform service projects during the week while pledging the Scout Oath and Law.
Veterans notes list longtime Evans chain staff in Texas Cities La Marque and Galveston. Priddy and Monnie live in La Marque with children John and Sheryl, Rice family resides in Texas City with son Jack at University of Houston and daughter Mary Louise in Cypress teaching Phys Ed. Vanderford family also in La Marque. W P Deyo Jr. leads La Marque market, Emile Istre oversees produce after 12 years with Evans chain. Also mentions Mayans calendar origin and historic dates including 300 B C, 1066 and 1099.
A school board debate centered on reducing required physical education from three to two years. Dr White presented a majority-principal report while Dr Kolb urged keeping the three year standard, with Dr Black questioning program quality and band exemptions. the group ultimately split 1-1 as a playful analogy of a game ended with no clear decision.
A column recalls Monsanto host events at Guido's with friends from The Galveston News and KGBC, notes a prominent aviator Wiley Post as a famous dropout, and traces corporate mergers and leadership changes in Gulf Coast Food Mart and Shop Rite chains, including Onstead and Evans roles.
A Texas City booster letter to the Houston Chronicle urges widening the Texas City Dike and building a toll bridge from the dike tip to Bolivar Peninsula. The writer proposes a shorter route via Highways 146 and 1764, suggests park-like dike improvements, and argues the toll bridge would offer a safer hurricane escape route and spur auto traffic without harming Galveston Island tourism.
The Evans business underwent incorporation in June 1946 forming C P Evans Food Stores Inc. The younger Evans was elected president, marking a culmination of lifelong roles in the family chain from store manager to branch manager and grocery buyer. Jack Evans then became chairman of the board.
The 1965 66 school funding shows total revenue of 24.7 billion, up 12 13 percent from last year with federal aid rising 130 percent to 1 9 billion. Local taxes and state sources provide 13.1 and 9.7 billion respectively, while staffing totals reach 1 866 273 with average teacher pay 6506 and overall staff salary 6792.
A lively recount of the Blue and Gold Cub Scout banquet at La Marque Presbyterian Church with Monsanto Company hosts at Guido's Galveston. The column covers county reporters dinner, praise for W Robb Nisbet and Ebert Steele, a call to support animal protection legislation, reflections on Lupercalia and Valentine's Day, and a La Marque Junior High Press Club initiation with a newsquiz.
State Senator Criss Cole of Houston will head a new permanent three man sub committee of the Pollution-Multiple Use Study Committee, Texas Waters, for the Houston area. Also named were Rep Dean Neugent and Houston attorney Charles Sowell. The group will coordinate with the Texas Water Resources Foundation and other bodies active in water pollution work locally.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.