What would you do if a hurricane heads this way
Goldie Raeburn recalls staying through Carla in 1961 and says she would not stay in her house if another hurricane approaches. She would seek shelter nearby, likely at a local community shelter, and pack only a few essential items.
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Texas
Carla
Goldie Raeburn
Jewell Turner
W.H. Jones
Victoria
Billie JO Bell
Huntsville
Fda
Jim Bob
Tom
Janet
Mandy
Jim
Bob
Don Juan
Galveston County 4H Fishing Rodeo Offered for July
The Galveston County 4H Club hosts a two division fishing rodeo July 17 and 18 with $3,000 in prizes. Inshore categories include speckled trout redfish flounder and croaker while offshore covers king mackerel ling red snapper and dorado. Entry fees are $3 per person and $6 per family inshore and $10 per person $20 per family offshore.
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Galveston County
Adult Leaders’ Association
Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Galveston
Brownwood
Highway 3
Dickinson
Texas City Jaycees
Marqueable: Jim Bob the cat steals the show
Cathy Gillentine recounts the antics of Jim Bob, Mandy’s single kitten turned household rover. The chatty tom jumps doors, climbs beds, and demands attention each morning while Mom wonders about his romantic exploits and the fate of Mandy.
Museums train four graduates for Texas museum director roles
The Texas Historical Commission offers a one year internship program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Four graduates will be based in Austin with time at museums statewide, earning 7000 dollars for the year. Apply by July 9 1976. work begins September 1.
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The
Texas Historical Commission
National
Endowment For the Humanities
Austin
City council approves paving contract and traffic light work
City officials in the Texas City area awarded the main street paving contract to Bryant Paving Co of Houston and the traffic light installation at Main and Bayou to Pfeiffer Gamble and Co. Mayor George Freeborn requested postponing workshop minutes until he reviews the tape. The council approved a second reading of Ordinance No. 389 regulating homes for delinquents.
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Texas City
Bryant Paving Co
Houston
Main and Bayou
Pfeiffer- Gamble and Co
George Freeborn
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Oscar Burwell
Joan Curran
Bayou Vista
la Marque
Melvin Russel
John Barnard
PD. Pol. AD
Janet Weston
Mar
By Cathy Gillentine
Judy Halla
First National Bank OF LA Marque
F.D.I.C
the Times
Orlando Blackburn
Maxene Bishop
Cathy Gillentine
Warrola Fadal
Greg Yaw
Musan Praesel
Mike Carr
Chionsine
Texas Press
Association
Harvie
Bayou Rd
Travel
Carmen Villarreal
Mexico
Australia
Singapore
Fargo International
9Th Avenue North
9Th Ave. North
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