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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1957
Page
4
Florine Petrucha led the Red Sox scoring while four players on the team, including Judy Bergeron and Beverly Olive, helped repeat victory against the No Sox. The undefeated No Sox were upset 51 to 2 before a record crowd of 927 as Jerry Dodson’s late foul produced the final two points for the No Sox.
The Take-off-Wate Club organizes to shed pounds with members including Florence Niell who has already lost five pounds three ounces. Lee College drama students plan a field trip to Actors Studio in New York City led by Mrs. Lynn O'Hagan. They will depart after We Three Angels and return for a summer barbecue hosted by Mrs. O'Hagan on Bay Shore Drive with guest of honor Lee Strasberg.
Lee College will observe a first ever Sisterhood Week in LC gymnasium after the intramural season. Wilson's Weak Women and Bonner's Beatable Bunch teams will be honored as trophies and medals are awarded, followed by solemn rituals and light festivities. Miss Peggy Haskel and Alton Laird perform on the trampoline, and a roller skating party will cap events for all participants.
Velda Gruver leads Lee College Student Council to bar classes during Dead Week at spring term end. A domino tournament will entertain students who finished finals. Faculty win a five day vacation but students demand teachers return the next week to administer exams on schedule.
Plans convert the chemistry lab into a welding workshop and open a library trading post for work clothes. Jeannine Hager organizes a men’s glee club while Guy Johnson prepares a mural for the mill cafeteria and John son curates background music for shifts.
Dean Rundell endorses a course aiding Moon players in lounge profits from illegal dime nickel games while claiming ethical motives and planning a scholarship. He laments remodeled offices and questions community support as citizens vacillate between refusal and acceptance.
Goose Creek Country Club will host college summer classes, Dean Walter Rundell reports. He says the site reduces ball noise and allows students extra swimming time.
Lee College will repeat its Senior Day on May 1 inviting 1957 high school graduates from the United States and Russia. Miss Peggy Haskell notes the event will enlarge facilities including Weingarten's and Little League Park to attract prospective students. Nelson McElroy hopes the day could grow into a World Fair for Bay Town business. Joe Gilliland, a Lee College instructor, has a college leave of absence to drive a hot rod to Rio de Janeiro and bring Ben Jack Cage to Austin for ICT Insurance Company probe testimony.
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