Community notes highlight bands and students across Texas
Patricia Browning played bassoon with the Moody Concert Band in Cleveland public auditorium, part of a 15th Anniversary celebration for WCRF FM. Kathy Jones named Miss Congeniality at Southwest Texas State University beauty contest. Royalty contenders from Texas Lutheran College include Marvin Byrkett and Cadet Herschel Cashin. Cynthia Ann Goode and Daphne Saxon pledge social clubs at Abilene Christian College. Galveston County Historical Survey Committee wins Distinguished Service Award in Fort Worth for preservation work. Dr Gary James named Flower Mound New Town Community Services director. Birthday salute to Amanda Jefferson Smith in Galveston. Continuous updates on residents visiting or traveling and NAACP youth committee appointments.
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Patricia Browning
Marvin Byrkett
J. C. Byrkett
la Marque
Herschel P. Cashin
Georgia P. Cashin
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Missouri
Cynthia Ann Goode
Garland Goode
Little Street
Daphne Kay Saxon
James Edwin Saxon
Long Ridge
Abilene Christan College
Cyndi
la Marque High School
Delta Theta
Daphne
Galveston County Historical Survey Committee
Commission
Fort Worth
Gary James
David and
Alta Mae James
Flower Mound New Town
Grapevine Reservoir
Denton County
Amanda Jefferson Smith
Lawrence Owens
W. M. Jefferson
Galveston
Ola McDaniel
Queene Pollard
Jessie B. Ross
N. Martin
Frank Eskridge
Hazel Demerson
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Toronto
Canada
E. M. F. English
Waco
Clauda Allen
Galveston County Memorial Hospital
Emmit Harris
Carrie White
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Houston
Robert Joseph
R. V. McClintock
Naacp Youth Councils
Ears Replaced After Hospital Burn Injury At Shrine Burns Institute
Vincent received two artificial ears regular and Spock after a fire left him earless. Sara Bolieu, Burn Prevention Program director, told Coffee Club members about burns as a silent epidemic and shared slides of burn victims. She noted burns cause more annual deaths and crippling than many realize and highlighted parental guilt in affected families.
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Cathy Gillentine
Vincent
Mr. Spock
Shrine
Burns Institute
Spock
Sara Bollieu
Institute
Coffee Club
Bolieu
Bat Good Turn Day Draws 15000 Bay Scouts and Cubs
More than 15,000 Cubs Scouts and Explorers from the Bay Council prepare for Goodwill Good Turn Day. Troops packs and posts across two counties will hand out bags starting October 22 for homes to place usable clothes shoes books on the porch after 1:00 p.m. November 4. Goodwill Industries helps handicapped people learn skills to gain employment.
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Explorers of the Bay Council
Goodwill
Goodwill Industries
First Place Winners Named in Football Contest
Last week's football contest awarded first place to Craig Thomas Mayes Jack Crosby and Wade B Hughes each receiving 5.00. Second place went to Irene Domins Veronica Hone Ruby Hone C R Domins Leroy Kristek Ralph Minor Susan Herring T F Harrison John C Kurtz and Mrs Jessie Lee Hughes each 1.00. Winners must pick up by 5 pm Monday with entry deadline at noon Saturday.
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Craig Thomas Mayes
Sycamore Drive
Galveston
Jack Crosby
Main
Wade B. Hughes
Irene Domins
South Black Oak
Veronica Hone
Houston Drive
Ruby Hone
C.R. Domins
Leroy Kristek
Record Wet Year Proclaimed For La Marque Rain
National Weather Service meteorologist Davis Benton reports La Marque is on track for the wettest year on record with 65.72 inches of rain so far, about 20 inches above normal with two months to go. October so far shows 7.40 inches, and March 28 brought a heavy 8.10 inches amid minor floods and two trenchers.
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Cathy Gillentine
Spain
la Marque
National Weather Service
Davis Benton
Benton
Galveston
PIGSKIN ANALYSIS Tors turn mellow yellow
In Galveston last Friday the Cougars delivered their best effort of the season in a spirited win over La Marque and Ball. Coach Tom Williams praised the team for energy and fan support while noting fumbles as the main drawback and predicting a tough showdown with Stafford Dulles.
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Galveston
Cougars
Cougar
Golden Tornadoes
la Marque
Blue Devils
Tom Williams
Tors
Williams
Stafford Dulles
Vikings
Dulles
Houston
Silent Epidemic Prompts Home Safety Prevention Talk
Mrs Bolieu leads a safety program that links child injuries to flammable fabrics and fuels. She cites a cotton nightgown on a doll igniting in ten seconds and warns about gasoline vapors triggering explosions. The talk stresses burn prevention and rapid response steps for children.
COM Board Fails To Form Quorum On Absence Day
College of the Mainland board members met last Thursday but could not reach a quorum due to absences. Stanton Calvert presented Roland Smith for a computer service report covering student registration course selection room utilization student activities class loads and student credit reports. The November December meeting was set for the second Thursday of November at 4 30 p m.
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College of the Mainland
Stanton Calvert
Roland Smith
Comuter Service
Texas Senator urges national Open Beaches Act model
State Senator A R Schwartz of Galveston told a Congressional committee that a National Open Beaches Act should mirror Texas Open Beaches Act. He backed Eckhardt's bill to recognize public beach rights, shift burden of proof to developers, and fund beach recreation and access projects nationwide.
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Washington
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Schwartz
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Houston
Bob Eckhardt
Texas House of Representatives
States
Eckhardt
Texas
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Cougs
Lindsay Hall
L. B. Hall
Doug Conway
Robert M. Christian
Robert Dowdy
Frank Llewellyn
Ray Holbrook
Main Street
Swartz
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