Large Crowd Expected To Attend La Marque Night
A big turnout was anticipated for La Marque Night at Colt Field in Houston Monday July 13. The Colt .45s faced the San Francisco Giants with a 7 30 p m start. Three chartered buses funded by the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Windmill Cafe and Elks Lodge planned to transport residents.
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Colt .45S
San Francisco Giants
Houston
Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club
Windmill Cafe
The
Elks Lodge
la Marque
Colt Stadium
la Donna Myrick
Marilyn Cox
Diana Meyer
Linda Chumle
Alvin Plasek
Billy Reeves
Ray Wall
Chamber of Commerce
Donnie Winslow
Bey
Jerry Harkreader
Rickey Rodgers
Mr. Vyvial
Clay Givens
Wayne Vyvial
Gene Chumley
Jesse Rodgers
City files Bayou assessment suit in La Marque
The City of La Marque filed suit July 1 against Marion Holloway to collect a Bayou Rd paving assessment of 557 dollars plus 7 percent interest dating from May 1962. The measure set at 3.30 per front foot, with five or six prior Cedar Dr suits settled after filing. this Bayou case is the first for that street project. A La Marque Night at Colt Stadium proclamation by Mayor James C. Crowder urged citizen attendance and support for youth baseball, with tickets $2.50 for adults and 50 cents for supervised children. Tickets available at multiple local offices and through Little League reps.
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la Marque
Marion Holloway
Lake Rd
Bayou Rd
Allan Lerner
Holloway
Bayou
James C. Crowder
City of
Colt Stadium
Alec Crea
Texas City Tavern Integration Bid Forestalled
Report notes several Negroes attempted service at six Texas City beer taverns but owners raised beer prices and no one paid. Police said the attempts were peaceful with no violations or incidents.
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Texas City
Texas City Police Department
the Times
la Marque
H. G. Whitmire
Vandals Rob and Wreck Area Grocery Store
A burglarized Sla ton's Super Market at 2206 Hwy 1765 left interior in shambles after entry through a boarded window. Sgt. Joe Standley of the Texas City Police said investigation continues with no charges. Loss estimate being prepared by Mrs. Leola Slaton.
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Slaton
Hwy
Joe Standley
Texas City Police Department
Leola Slaton
Standley
Bar r e t t to Cover Jamboree for Times
Marc Barrett will serve as National Jamboree correspondent for the La Marque Times as the Bay Area delegation attends the Sixth National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge from July 17 to 23. He and seven La Marque youths join 111 boys from Galveston and Brazoria Counties traveling July 9.
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Boy Scouts of America
Valley Forge
la Marque
The
Times
Marc Barrett
J. H. Barrett
Clark
Marc
E. S. Mabry
Bay Area Council
Bay Area
Texas
Bayou Bowling Lanes
Dickinson
Galveston
Brazoria
Robert Barron
Oscar Bracks
Mark Eldridge
Sammy Farler
Bert Jackson
Joe Sheppard
Barrett
Bracks
Sheppard
V.C. Calma
Baton Rouge
Montgomery
Roanoke
Asheville
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
New York
United States
Armory Site Deed Executed for 5.58 Acre Gulf Freeway Lot
The City of La Marque mailed a deed to a 5.58 acre Gulf Freeway tract to the National Guard Armory Board in Austin. City Attorney Allan Lerner noted an architect is engaged to plan a new armory building on the site. The city paid $2,000 per acre to Stewart Guaranty Title Co. of Houston. The armory would house two Galveston stationed medical battalions. Estimated cost is $150,000 with a 5,400 square foot auditorium and includes a kitchen offices and restrooms.
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Lerner
Stewart Guaranty Title Co
Houston
Galveston
Three Local Juveniles Arrested In Burglary
Three La Marque juveniles aged 14 13 and 10 were arrested after a 4:30 a.m. burglary attempt at Stuckey's Shop on Texas Avenue. Earlier they stole a watermelon from a Cedar Drive store and ate it at the Texas Avenue overpass before police stopped the spree. Wayne Dunn Stuckey's manager notified authorities.
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la Marque
Stuckey’s Shop
Texas Ave
Richard Durroux
Cedar Dr
Wayne Dunn
Stuckey
Runaway Youth Picked Up by LM Police
A 14 year old boy from College Station was picked up by La Marque Police Officer Jimmy Klyng on Monday after he was found wandering.
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College Station
la Marque
Jimmy Klyng
Four La Marque Citizens Hurt In Rash Of Traffic Accidents
Four La Marque residents were injured during a July Fourth period crash spree. James Larry Owen 14 suffered a broken leg in a collision with Alphonse Tolbert 46 who was cited for negligent collision. Katy Miller Ruffin 60 and Mildred Nuckols 48 sustained facial injuries. Ruffin's car hit Nuckols crossing Highway 3 at Cedar Drive. Richard Taylor and L C Jones involved in another Main Street and Highway 3 collision with injuries treated.
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la Marque
James Larry Owen
I. S. Owen
Avenue A
Alphonse Smith Tolbert
Cobb St
Katy Miller Ruffin
Albert St
Memorial Hospital
Jerry Larsen
Ruffin
Break-In Reported at Bogatto's Grocery in La Marque
police investigated a break in at Bogatto's Grocery Store La Marque between Sunday 1 p.m. and Monday 8 a.m. entry was gained by tearing plywood from a window previously broken. drawers were rummaged and a file cabinet broken into. Officer Wayne Stroud said it may have been the work of young children.
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Bogatto
la Marque
Wayne Stroud
Gibson's Discount Center Planned for La Marque
A Gibson's Discount Center is planned west of the Freeway on Highway 1765 in La Marque and could open November 1 if construction stays on schedule. The 3,200 square foot masonry building will sit on an eight acre tract with four acres of parking and three more acres for future development. The La Marque center will be home owned and financed, operating under a franchise with Gibson Products of La Marque, Inc. and employ about 55 people. The store will offer general merchandise including apparel shoes sporting goods and home items, with drugs and jewelry departments leased to others. The center is part of a 108 store chain mostly in the South.
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la Marque
Huffman
Walter Remschel
Herb Bisbey
K. D. Wilson
Texas City
Gibson's
United States
South
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Galveston County Memorial Hospital
Hwy. 3
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City Hall
George Beach Construction Co
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