North Galveston County parks boost community life and sports
County parks in League City, Dickinson and Raceland provide escape for thousands. Elva Lobit Park and Walter Hall Park showcase strong community involvement, grants from Texas Parks and Wildlife, and ongoing upkeep by resident keepers amid busy softball leagues and events.
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Galveston County
League City
Dickinson
Mark Lidell
Elva Lobit Park
Walter Hall Park
FM 66
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
League City Lions Club
Liddell
Elva Lobit
Tom Bolen
Bolen
Lion's Club
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Briarglen Park
Dickinson High School
Owens Street
Tp&w
Briarglen
Dickinson T-Ball Association
Paul Hopkins
Paul Hopkins Community Park
Dickinson Bayou
Giesler’s Gulch
Bayshore Park
Racliff
Santa Fe Student Wins Calf in Houston Scramble
David Culbreth Jr of Santa Fe High School won a $600 calf purchase certificate in the 1988 Houston Livestock Show calf scramble. He dodged a 350-pound calf amid 28 contestants in the Astrodome to secure the prize, sponsored by Sheriff Gus George and Tim Eaton. He will raise the calf and later compete in a following year’s showing.
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Houston
David Culbreth Jr
FFA
Galveston County
Culbreth
David
Betty Culbreth
Santa Fe
Gus George
Sheriff
Fort Bend
Tim Eaton
Eaton Manufacturing Co
VFW to hold March event in Bacliff
VFW District 16 schedules a dinner March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bacliff VFW Post to honor Commander-in-Chief Earl L. Stock Jr. Stock's Texas tour runs March 20 through 27 with a team including State Commander Felix Longoria and others. Calls listed for details include R T Dambach and D E Baldwin.
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Bacliff
VFW District 16
Earl L. Stock Jr
VFW
District 16
Stock
R.T. Dambach
D.E. Baldwin
Texas
Felix Longoria
George Sparkman
James E. Nier
Glen M. Gardner Jr
National Council
Robert J. “Tiger’ Lyons
Vern Pall
National Public Relations Department
As Quimby
Victor Vfw
Est
Golden Fifties Texas City memories on Sixth Street
A Texas City writer recalls the 1950s era, describing busy Sixth Street, local shops like C P Evans A P Hall Rock's, dime-store treasure hunts, Saturday theatre days at Showboat Jewel and Texas, a 9 cent admission, and weekly church Sunday routines. She remembers Rock's shopping, dime-store thrills, and the thrill of dressing up for musicals with Marge and Gower Champion.
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Texas City
Sixth Street
C.P. Evans
Sixth
A&p
Seventh Ave
Texas Ave
Butler-Grimes
Rock's
Showboat
Jewel
Texas
Grand Ole Opry
Bomba
Lash LaRue
Marge
Gower Champion
Sds
J.C. Penny
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North Countia
Houston Lighting and Power
Robinson
North
Doug Loveday
Lobit Park
Brad Cowan
Culbreth, George and Eaton
Holst
Houstoy
Veterans’ Organization
United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Penny’s
Jewel Theater
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