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Newspaper
La Marque Times
Location
La Marque, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1972
Page
5
Garden note by Mrs Winnie Duggan offers practical rose growing guidance for La Marque. Key points cover site selection with sun and wind considerations, drainage tests, raised beds, soil testing, compost use, spacing, planting technique, mulching, and pruning practices for hybrid teas, grandiflores, and floribundas.
Mrs Perrie Adams hosted the Galveston Music Club at her home with Mrs H E Courtney of Texas City presiding at the business meeting after coffee. Guests included Mrs E Y Quinn district 8 NFMC president from Navasota and Mrs M E Bonniwell of Navasota, NFMC manuscript chair. Adams, a pianist, played Debussy Garden in the Rain and Chopin Ballade in A flat.
Mrs John Clark entertained at a buffet luncheon at her home for her birthday with guests including Mrs Sam Jackson Jr. and a large group of family friends. The column also offers detailed summer rose care tips and guidance on watering, feeding, and spraying roses.
The text suggests the French may have been first to use metal foil to wrap chocolate. It also notes the Congo River, now the Zaire River, discharges about 1,400,000 cubic feet of water per second into the Atlantic, staining the sea brown for roughly thirty miles offshore.
Mr and Mrs R Hantuli of La Marque announce the birth of their second child, a son named Sammy born January 17 at Galveston County Memorial Hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. Grandparents are Tawfig Hantuli and F Yusef of Jordan. sister Reem, age 1, is at home. Father works for Texas Highway Department in La Marque.
Mr and Mrs Tim Walker of 5 Trinity welcome their first child Amy Leah born January 23 at St Marys Hospital Galveston weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces. Grandparents include Mrs G W Ware and Mrs R C Walker among others. father a LaMarque schoolteacher.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Colden Hux II announce the birth of their first child, a son named Joseph Colden IV, born January 21 at Danforth Hospital in Texas City. He weighed 8 pounds 2 1/2 ounces. Grandparents are K J Hile of LaMarque and J C Hux Jr. of Rhode Island, formerly of LaMarque, with Colden Hux and Mrs Colden Hux as great grandparents. Father works for Pepsi Cola in LaMarque.
Plans announced by Mrs Cora English for Naomi Circle No 4 meeting place. Deaconess Board of Greater Bell Zion Baptist Church meets Friday at 7 30 p.m. Mrs Sallie Linscomb president. Saturday Community Bible Club at 7 p.m. hosted by Mrs Dan McGill. Tuesday Greater LaMarque Lodge No 07 AF and AM meets 7 30 p.m. at Masonic Hall Anita. Bible band Rising Star Baptist Church 6 to 7 p.m. Rev D N Benford teacher. Faith Chapter No 92 Order of Eastern Star at Masonic Hall Washington 7 30 p.m. Mrs B McHenry W M. Wednesday Jolly Social Club 7 30 p.m. at Mrs G M King home. Girls Auxiliary Greater p.m. at church. Mrs Z Phillips and Mrs C Reynolds Queen of Sheba C E S No 195 7 30 p.m. Masonic Hall 109 Anita. Mrs Laura Lee Coldwell W M.
The Queen of Peace CYO hosts a chili dinner and game night in the church parish hall this Saturday January 29. Dinners served 5 to 9 p.m. Carry out available. Adult tickets cost 1.25 dollars and children 75 cents. Public invited.
At the January meeting the Texas City Art League set April 8 9 for the annual Spring Art Show at the Nessler Center Texas City It will be a membership show and open to non members The show includes Ceramics and features committee members Mrs Allene Curtis Mrs Ruth Lionil Mrs Laura Lanigan Mrs Christine M Bagby and Mrs Odette Ruben president who won a third Houston Art League exhibit with a watercolor of an old Galveston home.
The 1972 Miss Texas Universe Pageant runs April 10 through 15 at HemisFair Plaza Theatre of the Performing Arts San Antonio. About 60 contestants from across the state will compete, culminating in a statewide telecast the night before Fiesta Week opens. The winner will join the Fiesta Week parades The King’s River Parade The Battle of the Flowers Parade and The Fiesta Flambeau Parade, which drew over 1.5 million spectators in 1971.
P J Mims director of the Houston VA Regional Office reports GI Bill enrollment up 39 percent from last year after his Washington conference with VA leaders. Over 2.7 million veterans have used the program in its five year span, surpassing the 2.4 million who used the Korean era bill. The VA budget reaches a record 10.9 billion for fiscal year 1972 as it pursues unemployment relief and health care for 28.5 million veterans.
January 1 brings shifts in Texas Parks and Wildlife boat registration with a staggered renewal schedule. All watercraft with machinery must be registered, including trolling-motor canoes. New plastic Certificates of Number include two color coded decals for expiry, placed beside registration numbers for officer checks.
Dr Roy Beller of the Texas State Chiropractic Association warns parents and teachers that children's activities lead to spinal subluxations. Tiny misalignments from twists lifts and awkward postures can disrupt the nervous system and cause illness if unchecked. Regular spinal health exams are urged as a preventive measure.
Baylor University will hold its second annual High School Counselors Symposium February 8 and 9 on the Waco campus. About 200 counselors from six states are invited for conference sessions and campus tours to learn about the Baylor system. The event includes an all expense paid visit and admission to the Baylor Arkansas basketball game and is co hosted by the Baylor Chamber of Commerce.
College of the Mainland lists the final three ACT test dates February 26 April 22 and July 15 1972 with registration periods through January 31 February 14 March 27 and April 10 June 19 1972. The ACT Battery includes four tests plus a biographical section and guides college planning and course selection.
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