Explosive Hen House Mystery Baffles Local Census Takers
In a rambling piece the scene shifts from a hen house explosion rumor to census takers Billy Joe Stanger and Morris Holiday collecting data. Morris boasts a high scoring lead while Billy Joe encounters evasive residents and coffee loving women as he records names and details in a rural setting. The column ends with a string of witty telegrams that amuse station masters and hint at quirky family messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Joe Stanger
Morris Holiday
Morris
Billy Joe
Billy
Finigan
Bids On Building Ready In May
Dean Walter Rundell announced that Lee College will have a new building financed by sale proceeds and roadready plans show bids to contractors by May 1. If bids go out by May 1, contracts could be let by June 1 and construction may take about a year. The building aims to be ready for the summer term of 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Walter Rundell
Dean Rundell
Costley and Jacobs Win Frontier Fiesta Scholarships
Annette Costley and Albert Jacobs represented Lee College at the University of Houston Frontier Fiesta pageant in Houston. They won scholarships to the university and were chosen to represent Lee College. Other colleges represented included Lamar Brenham Elena and Southwestern Houston. The delegates toured campus and attended shows despite rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette Costley
Albert Jacobs
Lee College
University of Houston
Honor Roll list tops Stanger leads second semester
Mark W. Eakin announces the second nine weeks Honor Roll with Billy Stanger at 66 grade points. The list includes Laura Hebel Kenneth Baird Wayland Cohoe Annette Costley June Lloyd Florine Wynne and others. Phi Theta Kappa spring initiates are shown with Stanger and peers in the photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark W. Eakin
Billy Stanger
Laura Hebel
Kenneth Baird
Wayland Cohoe
Annette Costley
June Lloyd
Flourine Wynne
Mary Ellen Brannon
Charleen Jackson
Jonell Seale
Dean Williams
Elizabeth Hill
Bobbie J. Nixon
Jeannine Owens
Charles Patterson
Catherine Baker
Helen Bedinger
Pat Holitzke
Betty Ann Williams
William E. Dunn, Jr
Walton Barr Killough
Elzie McCagg
Melba Brown Miller
Lora Musick
Effie Jane Radford
Irma Wilburn
A. D. Gaston, Jr
Walter A. Hodges
Norma Jean Steed
Nathan Welch
Marvin Wolcik
Ben F. Ammons
Peter Karl Baumgarten
Peggy Rae Bittick
Jesse I. Black
N. W. R. Bonetti
Arthur B. Booth
Grace Bounds
Flora Costley
James L. Creel
George Elliot Crist
Hallie Couser Dismukes
William T. Eford
Patricia Ewing
Arnold Fields
Horace Graves
Doris H. Harrop
Lorene Hlanak
Robert Lee Jackson
Peggy Koenig
Marjorie Kroschewsky
Hugh Lansford
David Lefkovits
Eugene Lovering
Katie Morrow
Dorothy Patterson
Joyce Peet
Edna Jewel Sheridan
Lois Shuttles
Shirley Ciruti
May Viola Hanlin
George Howard Sheffield
Phi Theta Kappa
Dolly Moskowitz
Janelle Seale
Billy Rae Robertson
Albert Muller
Jack Carpenter
Linda Hennigan
Lee College Choir Plans April 30 Concert
The Lee College Choir will give a 3:30 p.m. concert Sunday April 30 in the Robert E Lee auditorium directed by Mr Thomas Seale with Miss Jones Seale at the piano. Patsy Disbrow and Barbara Clark sing solos in a program of sacred and classical works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LEE Choir
Lee College
Robert E. Lee
Thomas Seale
Miss Jones Seale
Charles Gounod
Patsy Disbrow
Solist
Richard Farrant
Samuel Braber
Monte Oliveti
Palestrina
J. S. Bach
Jesus
Hohmann
Barbara Clark
H. W. Davies
Shirley Durham
R. C. Wilson
James
Jacob
Ruby Shaw
Everett Titcomb
Norman Lockwood
Peter C. Lutkin
A Capella Choir To Sing Tonight In Coast Of Texas Tour
The A Capella Choir of Southwest Texas State Teachers College performs at Robert E Lee auditorium at 8 15 p m tonight as part of a Coast Of Texas tour April 23 to 27. The 50 voice group visits ten Texas towns covering more than 300 miles with a program of classical music Negro spirituals cowboy melodies contemporary and folk songs. Directed by Irs Renny Bowles the choir will also sing in San Antonio and San Marcos on prior engagements. Admission is free and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Robert E. Lee
Texas
San Antonio Symphony
San Marcos
Max Reiter
San Jacinto
San Antonio
Irs Renny Bowles
Alpine
Otf
Mr. Bowles
Westminister Choir College of
Princeton
N. J
Pasadena
la Porte
Baytown
Galena Park
Sugarland
el Campo
Wharton
Angleton
West Columbia
Edna
Lee College crowns royalty at Fourth Annual Coronation
Jack Alford and Jo Ann Hopper will be crowned king and queen of the Lee College Student Body at the Fourth Annual Coronation and Formal. Prince and Princess Albert Jacobs and Helen Morgan, dukes Carl David Russell and Jimmy Johnson, and duchesses Mary Peskey and Jeannine Owens join a larger royal contingent from local high schools. A grand march precedes the crowning in the main ballroom with Band master Bill Kovar leading the orchestra. admission is 1.50 per couple or single.
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Jack Alford
Jo Ann Hopper
Lee College
Prince
Princess Albert Jacobs
Helen Morgan
Carl David Russell
Jimmy Johnson
Mary Peskey
Jeannine Owens
Dayton
Cedar Bayou
Deer Park
Crosby
Robert E. Lee
Bill Kovar
Joe Dollar
Lois Helen Bedinger
Winners Named In Tri County Art Exhibit
The Tri County Art Exhibit announced winners for April 11 to 14 at Lee College Library and Kress's. Mary Louise Jones chaired judges, with Ann Harrell and Anniedeen Bateman. First place blue ribbon went to Mary Sweeney's portrait John, second place to Inez Ford for Share Cropper's Sons, and Nora Templeton earned honorable mention for Huffman Home.
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Tri-County
Lee College
Harold Robinson
Zena Moody
Carl Benson
Glads
Gloria Konecny
Billie Freeman
Calesta Carson
Daphne
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Stanger
S.W.T.S.C
Aloo
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