Bay Area Council BSA Plans 1972 Banquet Installations
The Bay Area Council Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual recognition banquet at the Nessler Center in Texas City on Saturday January 22 1972. W H Swede Sandberg will install officers including President Earl Brasfield and a long list of vice presidents and executive board members. The program also features unit leader recognitions Silver Beavers and Silver Fawn Awards and a talk by Glendon Johnson president of American National Insurance Company of Galveston.
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Bay Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
United Fund Agency
Nessler Center
Texas City
W. H
Earl Brasfield
D. Armstrong
C. D. Fitzhugh
Clyde W. Neal
M. L. Owens, Jr
Edward Protz
A. Richardson
H. H. Swift
Mel Weir
Ralph Anselmi
Robert Baker
Truman Blocker
Jim Briscoe
Maxey Brooke
J. C. Burns
Ben D. Cannan
Darrell Collins
Jim Crews
Hardy Dansby
John Engel
Lloyd Ferguson
Paul Ferguson
Dick Fostick
W.E. Franklin
Hall W. Griggs
T. M. Gupton
Walter G. Hall
Ted Hermann
Jim Hickey
H. L. Hubbard
Thomas Jenkins
Bob Johnson
J. V. A, Kirksey
M.O. Knapp
A.C. Learned
Sam Lee H
David Rooke
W. H. Sandberg
Cary Selig
Louis Shelton
Jack S. Smith
William Sprulll
John Suggs
Don Tarpey
Spencer Thompson
Joe L. Tod
Lucian Vautrain
M. L. Waugh
Ted Weatherall
Marcus Weems
Marvin West
Edgar Willheim
Glendon Johnson
American National Insurance Company of
Galveston
Annual Tree Sale By Realtor Board
The Texas City La Marque Board of Realtors holds its annual tree sale on Saturday January 22 from 7 30 a m to 1 p m. Live oak and pine trees will be sold at wholesale cost on a vacant La Marque lot across 1st Street from Penns Dept Store with proceeds supporting the National Make America Better project. Trees also will be offered at Mainland Bank Trust Company parking lot in Texas City.
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Texas City - la Marque
Robbery and stabbing at Higginbotham’s and Avalon Cafe
Police report describes a robbery at Higginbotham’s Service Station on Main Street and Hwy 3 where a small cash box was pried open and change stolen from a locked car at Avalon Cafe on Hwy 1765, plus a Sunday morning stabbing at the Avalon Cafe. Ora Lee Holiday was stabbed by a man known as Red after a remark about the Hawaiian Blue Room. Holiday was treated then released against doctor’s advice. no charges filed yet.
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Higginbotham
Main
Hwy 3
Hwy 1765
J. W. Dawson
Bill Fowler
Willie Williams
Ramada Inn
Barbra
Avalon Cafe
Smith
G. C. Oliver
Ora Lee Holiday
Grace
Red
Holiday
John Sealy Hospital
No Strings Attached Lock Still In Use In History
A description explains an early latch string lock where a string threaded through a door hole lifts the latch bar to open and withdraws to lock from inside, illustrating how such devices operated in pioneer days. The note emphasizes that the mechanism remains in use today.
Beach Use Conference At Galveston Saturday
Senator A R Schwartz chairs the Senate Interim Coastal Zone Study Committee as Galveston hosts a Saturday January 15 1972 conference at the Flagship Hotel. State officials will discuss Texas Open Beaches Act and coastal regulation with Eckhardt opening the keynote on the National Open Beaches Bill.
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A. R. (Babe) Schwartz
Galveston
Senate
Texas Law Institute of Coastal and Marine Resources
College of Law
University of Houston
Texas
Bob Eckhardt
Crawford Martin
Galveston Island
Bob Armstrong
General Cross
Parks and Wildlife Department
Galveston County
Ray Holbrook
Cecil Reinke
Army Corps of Engineers
Schwartz
Roy Harrington
Port Arthur
Ronald W.W. Bridges
Corpus Christi
Murray Watson
Waco
Jim Wallace
Houston
Eckhardt
State of
Special EC continuation lists resignations and hires
The committee reviewed personnel actions and approved the resignations of Mrs Jan Copeland, Mrs Jeannie Pemberton and Mrs Vickie Ann Walker Major. They hired Mrs Nora Suzette Gourrier as school nurse, Mrs Mary Eubanks as Inter-City Elementary science, Miss Karen Scruggs for Lamar Elementary first grade, and Miss Linda Caryl Riley for La Marque Junior High English.
Galveston College Offers Sixteen Adult Education Courses
Galveston College lists sixteen non credit adult education courses for the 1972 Spring semester. Evening classes start between February 1 and 15, covering Oil Painting Real Estate Conversational Spanish Conversational French Speed Reading Public Speaking Interior Decorating Personal Investments Federal Income Tax and Parliamentary Procedures. Registration for non credit runs January 10 11 8 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. and 4 30 p.m. to 7 30 p.m. in room 136 or by phone 763 1275 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. before the first class. Credit course registration is January 10 11 or late January 17 21 even if taken non credit.
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Galveston College
The
Ancient Sunglasses Find Ancient China Precedent
Sunglasses may be trendy now but 14 centuries ago Chinese people wore tinted lenses to shield their eyes from the bright sun. The practice shows long standing awareness of eye protection in Early China.
Galveston County Sells 1972 Vehicle Renewal Applications
Galveston County motor vehicle owners receive 1972 renewal forms from Austin. Owners may renew in person at Tax Office locations or apply by mail. Mail deadline is March 15 1972 with a $1 handling fee and must use a cashier’s check or money order for the renewal fee.
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Galveston County
Austin
Galveston
Texas City
Dickinson
Personalized License Tags Now Available in Galveston County
Galveston County residents may apply for personalized license plates for motor vehicles. Apply through Tax Assessor-Collector offices, select up to six alphanumeric characters, and send a $10 annual fee per vehicle to the Highway Department in Austin. First, second, and third choices required. About 600 personalized plate sets issued in 1971.
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Galveston County
C. R. Johnson
Galveston, Texas City
Dickinson
Highway Department
Austin
Lockhart resigns. board may vacant seat until April election
Superintendent R. E. Tenney said the board would probably leave the seat vacant until the April elections. He noted this is how such situations have been handled in the past and he imagines the board will likely follow the same course again when asked about replacing Dr Lockhart if she resigns.
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R. E. Tenney
Tenney
Lockhart
Explorer Post aims to teach youths police work in La Marque
Officer Crow told the mayor and council that the Explorer Post would educate young men in police work with similar posts existing in Texas City and Alvin. The council unanimously passed the resolution adopting the Explorer troop.
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Boy Scouts of America
Crow
la Marque
Texas City
Alvin
Dr Mantooth Named Medical Staff Head at Galveston County Hospital
Elaine Mantooth M D becomes chief of the medical staff at Galveston County Memorial Hospital in 1972 succeeding Dr Peter Garber and Dr Joseph Murphy as chief elect. She practices general medicine at Magliola Clinic in Dickinson, Texas. Married to James L Mantooth with two children, she is a Ganado native and UW Texas graduate. She is active in the American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, Texas Academy of General Practice, Galveston County Medical Society and the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. She previously served as past president of the Galveston Chapter of the Texas Academy of General Practice.
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Elaine Mantooth
Galveston County Memorial Hospital
Peter Garber
Joseph P, Murphy
L. Habashy
Mantooth
Magliola Clinic
Dickinson
Ganado, Texas
James L. Mantooth
James L
Woody) Jr
Deborah
Ganado High School
Texas College of
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