New Year Celebrations and Greetings from Galveston
January brings weddings and family gatherings with notes of new year wishes. The Villarreal Grimes wedding ran late due to a missing veil, muffler repairs were noted, bouquets and garters were exchanged, and guests including Jane Etheredge and Donald Dudley were mentioned. Town birthday, anniversary, and travel mentions follow, with Texas traditions of black eyed peas and a Rose Parade highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janus
Villarreal-Grimes
Mary Margaret Carroll
Galveston
C. H. Grimes JR
Carol Grimes
Larry Grimes
Holmes-Bright
Kathy Connolly
Kenneth Bright
Jane Etheredge
Lynn
Bobby
Donald Dudley
United States
Houston
Bob Harrington
Bourbon Street
First Baptist Church
T. Paul White
Nacogdoches
la Marque
Yavon Burkett
G, Cooper II
Maxine Driggs
Leon McMillan
La Marque JC-ettes Set Deadline for Woman of the Year
The La Marque Jaycee-Ettes announce a Friday January 5 deadline for entries for the annual Woman of the Year award. Organizations or individuals may submit candidates with resumes detailing civic, educational, religious, and social achievements in La Marque. A reception for the honoree is planned January 21 at Mrs. James Orsak's home.
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la Marque Jaycee-Ettes
la Marque
Jaycee-Ettes Lan
James Orsak
The
Jaycee-Ettes
la Marque Jaycee- Ettes
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Rice coach Al Conover to speak at LM Cougar banquet
The La Marque Quarterback Club hosts the annual LM High School Cougar Football Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday January 20 in the high school commons. Guest speaker is Rice University head coach Al Conover. Master of ceremonies is Woody Carson. Numerous local coaches, family members, and Cougar players are listed as attendees and presenters.
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la Marque
LM High School
Rice
Peterson
Houston Oilers
Woody Carson
Eugene Tenney
Jim Llewellyn
Tom Williams
Jimmy Hayley
al Conover
LeRoy Carey
Orville Etheredge
Mickey Etheredge
Ralph Lowder
Williams
Jesse Darling
Ray Topera
Leon Carr
Audry Ford
Don Shumate
Charles Porter
Herman Mack
Tommy Barber
Bob Bannister
Larry Wilkin
Willie Edwards
Leo Vanhaverbeke
Dawell Criswell
Jack Matthews
Eugene Brown
George McKinnis
Julius Byrd
Wayne Brown
Richard Landers
Earl Byrd
Ben Davis
Realtors Attend TAR Winter Meeting In Waco
TCLM Realtors will join the Texas Association of Realtors winter meeting January 10 to 13 at Waco’s new convention center. Julio S. Laguarta of Houston, regional vice president, will head a delegation from the area. A Friday dinner dance on January 12 will install the 1973 TAR officers led by Joe Perrone of Austin. Dan Bellus of Dallas speaks at the Farm and Land Brokers luncheon January 11.
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Tclm Realtors
TAR
Waco
Julio S. Laguarta
Houston
Texas Association
Lou Lease
Texas City - la Marque
Joe Perrone
Austin
Joe Farmer
The
Texas Real Estate
Moody Trustees Approve More County Crime Funds
The Moody Foundation of Galveston voted to continue support for the Galveston County Regional Crime Squad with a grant of 413,311 for the second year. Matched by state and federal funds, total financing reaches 197,000 for ongoing crime fighting and drug suppression. The squad, ten men, focuses on intelligence for major crimes.
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Moody
Galveston
Moody Foundation of
Galveston County
Board of ‘Trustees
Moody Foundation
J. B. Kline
Organized Crime Control Unit
Yule Season Burglary and Theft Report Details
Police report shows more than 1000 dollars in valuables stolen during the holiday period including an auto burglary on Christmas Eve at 616 Benson Street with 53 eight track tapes tools and gear taken. Other thefts involved tires a shotgun a wedding ring set a diamond necklace and a revolver with multiple arrests and a vandalism at Lake Road Elementary. Suspect Loren Jay Luke apprehended New Year Eve on Howell Street with bond set at 2500.
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David Stevenson
Benson Street
Gene Olivier
Denise Smith
Downey
Cecil Leigh
Oak Street
Larry Crow
Peggy S. Blackford
Taylor
Lake Road
Charles Totty
Loren Jay Luke
Howell Street
Leonsard
Bill Dawson
Ray Short
Paul Luczkowski
Rosenberg Library Sponsoring 10 Week Retirement Program
The Rosenberg Library Department for Aging will sponsor a ten week series titled Preparation for Retirement beginning January 10. Each session will feature a different speaker.
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Rosenberg Library
Rosenberg Library Department For Aging
Aliens Address Reporting During January Program Notes
Information from aliens annual address reports is confidential under statute. Port Isabel INS official Hoyt H. Harris notes reports must be filed by January with forms at post offices or INS offices. Galveston Rosenberg Library hosts Wednesday programs 7:30 to 9:30 PM through March 14 in Wortham Auditorium at 2310 Sealy Avenue with free admission and parking.
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Hoyt H. Harris
Port Isabel District
Immigration and Naturalization Service Office
United States
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Wortham
Rosenberg
Sealy Avenue
Galveston
Rosenberg Library
Marilee Neale
Ken Kuhl
Y.M.C.A
William Whitney
Hutchings-Sealy National Bank
Wesley Mullins
Antonio
GoMOD Day in County Sponsored by TAP Volunteers
Galveston County volunteers and local students organize GoMOD Day for the March of Dimes. Teen Action Program volunteers will collect in shopping centers and business areas to support birth defect prevention, with funds aiding research, medical service, and education.
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Gomod
TAP Volunteers
Galveston County,s
C. V. Rice
Mainland
TAP
the March of Dimes
La Marque council sets 3000 homestead exemption for seniors
In a special Friday meeting La Marque City Council established a 3000 property tax exemption for homeowners 65 and older and set an April 1 filing deadline. The council also unanimously rehired Jack Treaster as city manager at the 1973 budget salary after he briefly left for the state waste disposal department and then returned.
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la Marque
Jack Treaster
Treaster
State
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Jimmy Krell
Wesley, Meyer
Charles Lockland
Wes Meyer
Ralph C. Allen
Charles Burkett
Keith and
Kenneth Westerlage
Angleton
California
Alvah
Elizabeth Williams
Arkansas
Elizabeth
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LM Jc-Ettes
Rice University
Adolphus Garrett
David Davis
Cougar Guard
Barbara Francis
Daryl Everrett
Eugene Sefcik
Danny Hall
Paul la Point
Melvin Fife
Morning Watch
Cathy Willard
Marie Bray
Llewellyn
Daphne Williams
Debbie Casey
Debbie Koester
Francis Hill
Marla Chionsini
Linda Treadway
Amy Wilson
Debbie Dixon
Charline Moore
Lynn Pagonas
Martha McGinnis
Linda Long
Cougar
Texas Farm and Land Brokers
Bellus
Julius Cambell
Sheri Denise Gibbs
Helly
Michael T. Fogarty
Betty Monych
Maureen McNab
Jim Alford
Randy Kelso
Linda Collier
Joe Compian
Linda Bump
Charles McDaniel
Dianna Schmidt
Stephen Rice
Chuck Rice
Scott Cragin
Robby Kelso
Kathy Gramfortone
Glenn Augustus
Edwin S. Mabry
Sam Ward
Social Security Administration
C. Merrill Stiles
M.D
Joe Andrich
Galveston Housing Authority
Florence Mansfield
Gulf Breeze Apartments
Joe Helms
Moody House
Robert Regester
Turner Geriatric Center
John D. Hyatt
Resent High
Texas City
Dickinson
League City
Friendswood
Hitchcock
Alta Loma
Arcadia - Algoa Area
College of the Mainland
Key
Career Club
CYO
Highland Baptist Church
First United Methodist Youth Group
Luther League
Community Action Youth
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