From ironing days to electric power progress
The passage contrasts old fashioned ironing on a wood stove with modern electric washers, dryers, and irons. It notes electricity’s growing role in homes, industries, and schools and promises reliable power as you press clothes. Public service message from Community Public Service Company.
Youth Services Bureau head addresses Galveston youth issues
Mrs. June Bucy, Program Director of the YWCA Youth Services Bureau, will speak at the Mainland Coffee Club’s Continental Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday September 25 in College of the Mainland Student Center. She outlines Bureau responsibilities, youth programs, staff roles, and the recent $70,886 HEW Runaway Youth grant. The bureau shelters 35 to 40 youths monthly, with 86 percent referrals from Galveston County agencies. The bureau also facilitates academic credit for 24 students across ten colleges, including eleven pursuing doctorates. Public invited. coffee and rolls served.
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College of the Mainland
Galveston County
HEW
Blackwoods Quartet to Perform in Texas City Oct 7
The world famous Blackwoods Brothers Quartet will present a gospel music evening at 7:30 in the Texas City High School Auditorium on October 7. The Crawford Family from Heights Baptist Church joins the program. Tickets are 3 dollars and sold at Apex Records Good News Bible Book Store Neptune Pet Center or by calling Leonard Williams at 9457900.
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Texas City High School
Crawford
Heights Baptist Church
Apex Records
Good News Bible Book Store
Neptune Pet Center
Leonard Williams
Public Hearing on Aging Area Plan Planned in HGAC Region
The Houston Galveston Area Council will hold a public hearing at 9 30 a m on Thursday September 25 in the HGAC Conference Room at 3701 West Alabama Timmons Place Houston to discuss the Area Plan for Programs on Aging.
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Houston- Galveston
Trustees Vote Budget Amendment and Band Trip Plan
Trustees approved the final amendment to the 1974-75 budget sending it to TEA for records and to the County Commissioners Court. The HHS Band trip to Six Flags Over Texas Concert Band Festival May 7-9 was approved pending enough adult chaperons for an eight to one ratio. A Robinson Road resident urged restoring bus pickups, citing safety concerns with a bus turn around on Center Street. the board will study the issue.
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County Commissioners Court
HHS
Tom Knoflicek
Knoflicek
Robinson Road
Robinson
Center
Salesman premieres at College of the Mainland Arena Theatre
Death Of A Salesman opens Thursday on Main land Community Theatre intimate stage at College of the Mainland Arena Theatre. Arthur Miller’s American classic has won major awards and will run Thursdays to Saturdays until October 18 with early reservations encouraged. Season tickets offer reserved seating for all five shows at $1.60 each.
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Mainland Community Theatre
College of the Mainland
Arena Theatre
Arthur Miller
U.S.A. tryouts for Americana WWI musical at COMarena Theatre
Mainland Community Theatre announces auditions for U S A a musical review reflecting World War I and the Great Depression era Celebrities such as Henry Ford Valentino and the Suffragettes appear in songs like Bye Bye Blackbird and Rose of Washington Square Auditions Sunday September 28 2 00 to 3 00 p m and Monday 7 00 to 8 00 p m No experience needed Directed by Jack Westin Script available in college library For more information call theatre office ext 345 or visit an evening rehearsal
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U.S.A
Mainland Community Theatre
Comarena Theatre
Henry Ford
Valentino
Washington Square
Jack Westin
College
Bicentennial plans shape La Marque events calendar
The La Marque Bicentennial Committee schedules a 7 30 p m City Hall meeting on October 6 inviting civic clubs churches and schools to submit planned activities for an official newspaper list and county calendar. Planned events include October 19 All City Historical meeting at Pauls Union Church and October 20 Chamber of Commerce Industrial Horizons 75 celebration. A bake sale at First Bank of La Marque October 24 will support the museum fund with proceeds from Nessler Center exhibits and Bicentennial in Texas items.
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la Marque
City Hall
Pauls Union Church
Chamber of Commerce
Nessler Center
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ReMarqueAble by Cathy Gillentine
Cathy Gillentine describes a mindset shift from degree reliance to ongoing learning, noting how knowledge evolves after college. She jokes about a Compugraphic computer in her office that dominates the back room, its red eye watching staff and feeding on proper handling, with a pun hinted at in the narrative.
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Ivy
Orangeburg
A.J
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