Mahans Host Labor Day Visit With Painted Home
JOHN and BOOTS MAHAN invited their three daughters LINDA ANNA LEE and JOAN along with families for a Labor Day weekend visit. Each guest received a paint brush and paint, resulting in a freshly painted home. Mrs ALMA JONES and Mrs W B WHEELER have returned from a two week trip to Memphis Oxford and Opraland in Nashville.
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John
Boots Mahan
Linda
Anna Lee
Joan
Mahan
Alma Jones
W. B. Wheeler
Memphis
Tenn
Oxford
Miss
Opraland
Nashville
Fall Fashions For The Family at Chaparral Rec. Assn.
The Chaparral Rec. Assn. will present its Fall Fashions For The Family at 7:30 p.m. Monday Sept. 11 at the Chaparral. Tickets cost 1.25 for adults and 50 cents for children 12 and under. Tickets may be bought from Marc ele Kirkland Joe Swain or any board member at the club or at the door. Door prizes from Galveston County merchants.
District Officer to Visit Pilot Club in La Marque
John Baucum Sr. district 8 Pilot International 2nd Lt. Gov. will make an official visit to the Pilot Club of La Marque on Tuesday night Sept 12 at McNeill’s Restaurant. Meeting at 8 p.m. with a 6 p.m. board gathering and 6:45 p.m. dinner. Mrs. Baucum former leader at Mid-Jefferson County teaches at Hilcrest Elementary Nederland and serves in the Nederland Chamber of Commerce.
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John Baucum Sr
District 8
Pilot International
Pilot Club of
Hilcrest
Nederland
Nederland Chamber of Commerce
la Marque Pilots
Galveston
Safety & Pateriotic Emblems Committee
Vee Bogatto
Cougars Optimistic On Friday Game
Local preview of La Marque football ahead of a tough district 24 AAAA schedule led by Conroe test. Players express cautious optimism as the team relies on size and speed from linemen and backs, with standout performers Flynn Bucy Jeff Rose Floyd Simmons and a supporting cast to boost title hopes. Enthusiastic community support is urged.
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Cougars
Clear Creek Wildcats
la Marque
Tim Alford
Cougar
Conroe
la Marque Cougar
Floyd Simmons
Flynn Bucy
Jeff Rose
Harold Richardson
Jimmy Haley
School Board Meeting Reports On Curricula Reforms
Dr. Fred S. Williams presented at the Board of Trustees meeting on September 5 after a Labor Day shift. He noted the high school TV studio is active with four classes, a TV repair program upcoming, and 25 students placed in 15 hour weekly jobs through the Industrial Cooperative Training Program.
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Williams
New LMISD Additions Include Former Teachers
The La Marque Independent School District adds several former teachers returning after study or leaves. Walter Fred Allen serves as junior high counselor and nears a Doctor of Education. he has worked seven years in the district and teaches at UTEP. His wife Sue is a teacher aide at St Michael's. they have five children and reside in La Marque. Minnie L. Cates teaches reading and art at the junior high, holding a BSEd from Southern State. she previously taught in Arkansas and has seven years in education, with Jewel E. as her husband and an operator by profession.
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la Marque
Texas School Counselors Association
Sue
St. Michael’s School
Debbie
Rene
Craig
Christy
Cathy
Minnie L. Cates
Southern State
Magnolia
Ark
el Dorado
Amity
Sheridan
Little Rock
Jewel E
American Oil Company
Texas City
Richard S. Colvin
Phi Mu Alpha
TBA
TMEA
TSTA
University of Texas
Austin Symphone
Texas Tech
Linda
Sandra Creel Johnson
North Texas State University
Steven L. Johnson
YWCA
Chattanooga
Tenn
New Telephone Equipment Is Installed Here
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. installs new switching equipment in its La Marque office, enabling 790 additional phones beyond the 18 260 in service in the La Marque exchange area. The firm projects rapid growth, adding phones at about 600 annually as part of a Houston area budget exceeding 170 million for 1972.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
la Marque Central
Mark Chalker
la Marque Exchange
Chalker
Houston
Southwestern Bell
Back The Cougars Fly Your Flag Join QB Club
La Marque Quarterback Club held its first public meeting of 1972-73 at La Marque High School Commons. The board organized membership sales to fund team blazers.
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Cougars
QB Club
la Marque
la Marque High School
Clear Creek
Tom Williams
Conroe
Jimmy Hayley
Gene Sutton
Joe Lowe
Ann Crowder
Dolie Johnson
Evalon Eldred
Jimmy Crowder
Jack Wilson
Barney McDaniel
George Beach
Edward Kelly
Leon
Kreskin to Speak at College of the Mainland October 11
The College of the Mainland Student Center Programs Council announces that popular mentalist Kreskin will perform October 11 at 7 30 p m on the college campus in Texas City La Marque The article notes his early career as a traveling boy magician at age nine and hypnotic acts at eleven His vast library of nearly 3000 volumes covers magic hypnosis telepathy and parapsychology and he can read about 7000 words per minute The piece mentions recent TV appearances with Mike Douglas Johnny Carson and Steve Allen
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College of the Mainland
Kreskin
Texas City - la Marque
Mike Douglas
Johnny Carson
Steve Allen
Benton in His 25th Year Forecasting Gulf Weather
Davis Benton, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Galveston, reflects on 26 years forecasting the Gulf Coast climate. He traces his turn to weather work from WWI Navy service to studies at Memphis State, Penn State, and Miami, settling in Galveston for radar aided forecasting and hurricane history since 1900, 1915, and 1961, noting storms like Carla test crews and public safety.
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Davis Benton
National Weather Service Office
Galveston
Texas Gulf Coast Area
Benton
Naval Base
Corpus Christi
Davis
Navy
Weather Service
US Weather Service
Memphis State University
Penn State
University of Miami
la Marque
Galeveston
Carla
Post Office
Gulf Coast
East Coast
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American Association of Medical Assistants
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Bim” Crowder JR
Common Wealth College of Mortuary Science
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Union Carbide
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Don Rodie SR
Don Rodie JR
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