Going Forward with La Marque Hospital Wing Dedication
A full page feature in The Communicator covers the dedication of the new wing at Galveston County Memorial Hospital with a photo of the ribbon cutting, noting the hospital lies within Texas City but appears on La Marque meter books. The piece includes local humor from W G Drake at the La Marque Jaycee banquet and a light anecdote about a cannibal boy getting expelled.
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Galveston County Memorial Hospital
Communicator
Employes of Community Public Service Co
la Marque
W. G. Drake
Galveston
Council Invited to Causeway Dedication Yet Unaware
La Marque City Council was invited to the Galveston causeway dedication but did not know of it. Mayor Crowder noted a Galveston invitation letter was misplaced after being forwarded to City Hall. He stressed good relations with Galveston and wants to keep them.
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la Marque
Galveston Causeway
James C. Crowder
Galveston
Crowder
Jaycees appoint five couples to officer slates
Leah Gartrell secretary Barbara Klyng treasurer Jane Hayley and five husband and wife teams the Terrys Gartrells Klyngs Browns Hayleys were named to officer slates in two clubs. Cr J Leesmann Humble Oil Co sales coordinator spoke at the banquet about Bayport project deepwater access for Clear Lake area. President James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland were mentioned as gout victims.
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Jaycee
Bruce Terry
Fred Foreman
Sue Brown
Jaycee-ette
Rosalie Terry
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Terry
Barbara Klyng
Barbara Smith
Happy Terrys
Bruce
Rosalie
Jaycees
Jaycee-ettes
Leah Gartrell
Jane Hayley
The
Terrys
Gartrells
Klyngs
Browns
Hayleys
Cr. J. Leesmann
Chemical Industries
Humble Oil Co
Humble
Bayport
Clear Lake
Local governments' hidden costs fuel tax concerns
The piece notes the Oregon State Tax Commission lists 1,207 taxing bodies including schools cities and districts. It argues true fiscal efficiency requires reducing waste at the smallest local level, not only federal spending.
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Oregon State Tax Commission
Oregon
Ten Years Ago In La Marque Highlights
Ten years ago in La Marque notable items included record high enrollments with 202 total students in junior and senior high, 66 seniors and 136 juniors. Local events covered garden show honors, new club presidencies, a plumbing code adoption, factory safety, and community happenings.
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LA Marque
W. G. Bietler
Neumann
la Marque Garden Club
Victor Blackburn
Xf. Phi
Pan American Refining Corp
Charles
School board weighs budget and curriculum changes
The board debated prelim budget needs after tax board timing and discussed adding agriculture to high school as parents request. Dr. Kolb and Dr. Black pressed on salary hikes and calendar length while Holt opposed expanding agriculture. New equalization board members were sworn in by Fetter.
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Fetter
Tax Board of Equalization
W. G. Kolb
E. H. Black
I. S. Griffing
Black
Holt
Eugene Tenney
New Equalization Board
Matthew Wilson
Sid Holliday, Jr
Archie P. Donahue
Swabbing and maternal memory from a Texas City family
A 1940s letter recalls a foot injury from a broken bottle in a Texas City yard, hospital care by Dr. Clarence Quinn, and a father who fainted after stitches. The writer celebrates his mother’s care, recounts a college form letter from Southwestern and a Norfolk shipyard trip, and ends with praise for his wife as mother.
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Artment
17Th Ave
Texas City
Danforth Hospital
Clarence Quinn
JuneMann Leads Galveston County Elections In Quiet Finish
The results show Junemann with 10 426 votes defeating Ted Bishop 5 300 and R A Apffel 4 840 for Galveston area seats. C R Johnson wins re election as Galveston County Tax Assessor Collector. Engelke trails Jones by 196 votes prompting a possible recount.
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Ted Bishop
Texas
R. A. Apffel
Galveston
Galveston County
C. R. Johnson
Texas City
Walter Holland
W. P
Bill) Tarpey
Roy Engelke
Jerome Jones
Precinct 36 updates alter Drainage District 2 results
Official results from Precinct 36 in the Hitch cock area shift totals in the Drainage District No 2 Commissioners race. Junemann gains 95 to 1774, Mora 59 to 1250, Huffman 68 to 1365, Sutton 75 to 1562, Uzzell 73 to 1583, Ruiz 81 to 1375.
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Hitchcock
Drainage District No. 2
Junemann
Mora
Huffman
Sutton
Uzzell
Ruiz
Miller outlines SCHREIBER store expansion plan
Miller announces a 90 day expansion to display wall mirrors clocks and wall racks on the doomed north wall. Laying of foundations starts this week and Seymour Halfant remains store manager with staff likely increasing. Offices become three show rooms and new modern offices to be built in the center of the enlarged store. No cost announced.
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Miller
Seymour Halfant
First Street
Local Man Serving on USS Yorktown
Robert D. McConnaughey seaman apprentice U S N son of Mr and Mrs James R Mc Connaughey of 2814 Katherine is serving aboard the anti submarine warfare aircraft carrier USS Yorktown operating out of Long Beach California
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Robert D. McConnaughey
USN
James R. McConnaughey
Katherine
Yorktown
Long Beach
Calif
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la Marque, Texas
iBy
Bob Moore
Texas Press Association
Orlando Blackburn
Causeway Fete
Julie Junemann
Marcus
Drainage Board
Little League
James Buchanan
Grover Cleveland
la Marque-Mainland
Louise
Southwestern
Bill
Norfolk
Virginia
Alabama
Doris
River Styx
Anderson and Kolb Clinic
Elizabeth Jones
Engelke
Jones
B. B. Hankins
Bayou Road
Scott Street
Midway AsSembly of God
Thomas H. Nail
Schreiber
USS
Drainage District Commission
Marcus Junemann
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