Health Department becomes a giant at Camp Wallace era
The La Marque Times recalls how a citizen committee spurred countywide health reforms during 1943. A Galveston County Health Unit formed, with Dr. R. Barnes as director and Anna Ericson as senior nurse, tackling rats, diseases, and sanitation amid wartime strain and a hurricane.
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America
Camp Wallace
Hitchcock
la Marque
Commissioners Court
Theodore Robinson
Walter Hal Hall
Galveston County Health Unit
R. Barnes
C.C. Bannenberg
Anna Ericson
Guy Wilkinson
Mainland Chamber of Commerce
Galveston
Barnes
Roy Reed
D. Williams
J. Serro
L. Riley
J. Reeves
W.W. Kemmerer
S.S. Grand
La Marque school history notes 1945 to 1976 milestones
The record highlights shifts in La Marque School District from 1945 to 1976, including shifts of students from La Marque High School to new campuses, dedications of Westgate Lake Road and Westlawn Elementary Schools in 1956, a 1957 Lincoln High auditorium dedication, a 1970 consolidation at Vauthier Road, and the 1975 76 administration building project. It also details 1952 football triumphs, conference changes, and notable staff such as coach Orille Etheredge.
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la Marque
Westgate
C. T. McCracklin
Lake Road
Westlawn
la Mar
Bellville
Jack Throckmorton
Jimmy Fife
Simms
P. S. Simms
Lincoln High School
Vauthier Road
la Marque Intermediate School
Notable Leaders Support Local Edition Acknowledgments
Civic and industrial leaders from La Marque and surrounding areas assisted this edition with information and advertising. Correspondents thanked include Boyce House, Jesse H. Jones, Paul Fulks, Lloyd Gregory, J. Frank Dobie, and a figure signing as The President, Harry S. Truman.
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P. J. Sweeney
Pan American Refining Corporation
H. M. Ross
Carbid and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Alexander Ter Braake
Tin Processing Corporation
Frank C. Smith
Houston Natural Gas Corporation
la Marque
Boyce House
Jesse H. Jones
Paul M. Fulks
The
Texas Press Association
Lloyd Gregory
Houston Post
J. Frank Dobie
Harry S. Truman
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