Hitchcock Elementary Celebrates Human Relations Day Flag
Elementary students in Hitchcock observe Human Relations Day on October 10 with flag raising at Northside and Stewart Elementary. Jan Harding introduces Bicentennial Flag. Charles Cantrell Randy Pearce and Jessie Scales raise it as band from Crosby Intermediate plays. VIPs include J C Sheperd and HISD trustees. Third to fifth graders read Preamble Look Up There s the Flag and A True Citizen. The program echoes The Spirit of 76 and Bicentennial awareness.
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Hitchcock
Northside
Jan Harding
Galveston County
Charles Cantrell
Randy Pearce
Jessie Scales
Hisd Board of
O.H. Parker
Allan Ivey
S.F. Belt
Stewart Elementary
John Hilton
Louis Galicia
Delessa Hall
Terry Sander
Stewart Elementary School
Ont Crowell
Delessa
Mainland United Fund drives progress across divisions
Fund chairs report $207,870 raised toward the Mainland United Fund goal, about 59 percent of target. Santa Fe leads community division with 87 percent, industrial at 63 percent, 55 percent of report done. Amoco Oil Union crafts hits 101 percent of its goal, up 11 percent from last year. A combined labor management group shows 32 percent more collected than last year from Monsanto. Total Mainland campaign trails by $143,129.
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United Fund
Santa Fe
Amoco Oil
Monsanto
Elks Boost Endowment Drive for College of the Mainland
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Main land Lodge No 2121 donated 1000 to COM endowment fund joining the lodge scholarship efforts. The gift follows a record youth program and COM fund open to individuals and groups with donor names engraved in the administration building plaque. Contact Dr Taylor at College of the Mainland Texas City for details.
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College of the Mainland
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Mainland
Elks Lodge
Texas
COM
Exalted Rulers Association
Lodge
Jack Cross
the Elks
Taylor
Palmer Highway
Texas City
COM Endowment Fund
Mike Terraso
Joe Mathews
Fred Taylor
L.E. Warren
Pete Katrausky
Jim Barnes
Chamber elects officers for Greater Texas City area
The Greater Texas City La Marque Chamber of Commerce elected President Bill Martin and Vice-president Randy Dietel along with John Dunn Dwight Spurlock and Dr Fred Taylor as officers. They will be installed at the annual banquet in mid January. A resolution seeks a Houston Galveston Area Council study for an airport on the Mainland. Industrial Horizons 75 opens Monday with a ceremony and flag raising. Nessler Center exhibits run 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. About a quarter of a million dollars in equipment from various industries will be on display, with roughly 6000 schoolchildren expected to visit during the week.
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Greater
La Marque and Hitchcock Trustees Set Meetings and Plans
School boards in La Marque and Hitchcock announce timely meetings. La Marque trustees discuss Jack and Jill property sale and the Attorney General’s fees ruling. Hitchcock trustees retain Wyatt Hedrick contract, delaying additional architecture workshops pending action.
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la Marque
Hitchcock
Wyatt Hedrick
Jack and Jill
Small orders spur regional pallet manufacturing push
Area industry signals gradual expansion toward a full scale operation with a target of producing up to 10 000 pallets a month. Company official notes patient growth strategy and plans to broaden capacity as orders rise.
Rehabilitation training plan outlined for workers
The article notes that participants will still receive rehabilitation services at the workshop but will be trained in skills enabling employment in various other industrial settings, according to Billings. The emphasis is on broadening job readiness beyond the workshop environment.
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Billings
Opinion explains school fee ruling by state Attorney General
A seven point summary mailed to district superintendents clarifies the Oct 1 1975 ruling by Attorney General John L Hill. It covers driver education tuition, school supplies and lab fees, excluded items, how materials and projects remain property of students, possible district tuition for driver training in summer, admission fees for non-participating students in elective activities, and band uniform rental prohibitions.
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John L. Hill
Hill
Brockette
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Howard Winwood
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Chamber
Nessler Center
Les Box
Bob Sullivan
Eugene Tenney
Allen Lerner
Galvez Aplaes
General Cinema Corporatio
Galvez Plaza Y
Sidney Poitier
Bill Cosby
Jimmy Walker
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