City council debates street work and park monument
Mayor George Freeborn urged 100 percent participation to favor a street upgrade while funds from the park budget and La Marque Jaycees will buy a granite monument for Mahan Park, though it won’t be ready for the June 30 festival. Other items include prohibiting right turns on red, paving Rosalie, senior tax exemptions, late closing lounges, and a drainage district vote. Comanche artist Doc Tate Nevaguaya and Miss Teenage Texas contestant Sheri Deese are noted in this issue.
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Mahan Park
Jaycee
Joe Hartnett
Freeborn
Dennis Payne
Treaster
Rosalie
Harold Choate
Whelton
Hitchcock ‘State Bank
Doc Tate Nevaguaya
Oklahoma
la Marque High School
Sheri Deese
San Anetio
Times editorial urges La Marque recycling push by residents
A Times editorial urges La Marque citizens to back a city wide recycling effort chosen by League of Women Voters. Stations for waste paper cans glass and aluminum would be set up while churches and scout groups already salvage materials. The piece argues sorting is quick and saves dump charges landfill material and raw supplies. It urges universal participation as ecologically sound and beneficial.
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la Marque
League of Women Voters
School Board Passes Resolution on Local Fund increases
Board trustees met briefly to protest a Local Fund Assignment increase caused by County Ad Valorem tax revaluation. The groups in Friendswood Santa Fe and Hitchcock school districts object the revaluation, arguing districts should not bear or lose state funds due to wider countywide valuation changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendswood
Santa Fe
Hitchcock
Galveston County
Bayou La Marque paper notices rates in Galveston County
The notice shows the newspaper’s mailing details for La Marque Texas with second class matter status dated September 19 1947 and subscription rates of 4.80 per year within Galveston County and 5.50 per year outside, published weekly with box 158 for mail subscriptions.
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la Marque
Texas
la Marque, Texas
Galveston County
Stroke club urges handicapped to contribute and act
Ellis Williamson urges handicapped people to prove their worth through constructive activity. He cites the Galveston Stroke Club formed in 1968, notes 79 inquiries about starting clubs in the U.S. and abroad, and mentions planned International Stroke Club Bulletin. He urges contacting the YMCA for facilities and donations of walking aids, listing 762-1022.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Galveston
U. S
Canada
England
Galveston Stroke Club
International Stroke Club
American Heart Assny
Austin
Y.M.C.A
Stroke Club
Bay Area Heart Assa
Ellis Williamson
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Naxes Dip
Po-Ace
Lerner
Bill Bailey
Austin Dr
Laurel
Hitchcock Bayou Plaza Shopping Center
Bankamericard Mastercharge
Pha Yate RT Ea NY 11
Ena Tomes
Tanai Tet
Taeppee
Dad
TIMES
Bud Dietrich
Bobby Darin
Gibson
First National Bank of la Marque
Ron Moore
Moore and
Moore Construction
Afl-Cio
Moore
Deer Park
Baytown
Rj. Grimes
HNG
Cleburn Wendell
John Sullivan
John Wesley
Howard Bell
Houston Natural Gas
Wesley
Oak Park
Wells
Che la Marque Times
Texas Press Association
Orlando Blackburn
R. J. Grimes, JR
Cathy Gillentine
Anna Marie Black
Claudia Taylor
Clara Pitts Bation Wee
Jerry Nucker
van Heusen
Jarman
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