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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1953
Page
3
A dramatic scene illustrates a factory accident and raises questions about causes and prevention. The article outlines how safety departments train engineers, hold monthly meetings, award safety achievements, and teach first aid, emphasizing safety as a shared national responsibility and urging adherence to rules to save lives.
Joveta Jones, a prominent 1953 Lee College figure and student leader, will attend the University of Texas next spring to study physical education. She has excelled as a Lee College student, held Phi sorority and student council roles, led Gamma Phi Kappa, and was named Most Representative Girl. Joveta plans to join friends at Texas and hopes to contribute as a trainer and athlete.
1953 season closes at Lee College as boys and girls complete paddle tennis and ping pong events. Ed mond LaFonte defeats Billy Glen Davidson 6-1 6-4 in singles. Hunsucker and Hensley win doubles. mixed doubles go to Hensley and Oakes. Girls claim ping pong titles. multiple athletes earn high point trophies and event medals.
While enrolled at Lee College Joveta worked nearly full time and completed two years on schedule. She supported the Rebel cause selling tickets for home games and participated in the French club. As a council member she served as decorator dishwasher and hostess.
Narrates Bill Few of Chickasaw Alabama now at Lee College recalling a pro baseball path from 1947 with the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Red Sox and Birmingham Barons, a 1948 shoulder injury, a 1951 return with Galveston and Baytown Oilers, Marine service, a Purple Heart, and current Baytown Police work while studying law at SC.
Pat Mann son of Mr and Mrs Carl R Mann a Baytown native at Lee College is noted for activity in clubs and sports He attended RELHS involved in Key Club History Club Camera Club and JCL In 1950 he joined a National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge PA He plans to study engineering at the University of Texas and dreams of new reasons to skip class while enjoying stamps and sports
Bill and LaNell Smith, a mechanical engineering student and a secretary courses student, are a leading couple at Lee College. Both work locally, have Nebraska and Colorado roots, traveled the West, and juggle studies with jobs while planning summer visits with family.
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