Kultgen Expressway Honored by Waco City Council
Waco honors Jack Kultgen for conceiving the River side Drive route along the Brazos, connecting LaSalle to Waco Drive. He chaired local civic efforts and served on the Texas Highway Commission, aiding highway planning and traffic movement in Texas.
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Jack Kultgen
Waco
Temple
Dallas
Kultgen
LaSalle
Waco Drive
Brazos River
Jack
Texas Highway Commission
State of
Texas
Waco Chamber of Commerce
Waco CC
United Fund
Dallas Highway
Potts
Rio Grande Valley
Brazos
Waco Applies to Become Early Model City
Waco could be among the first cities designated as a Model City. Washington OKs the effort with about six weeks until federal funds are allotted for a study. The city’s application has approval, with eleven million dollars earmarked for planning and a further half billion requested from Congress for supplementary funds.
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Bob Poage
Ralph Yarborough
John Tower
Waco
Congress
Lake Waco
Poage
Fed
Rotary Club Receives Charter For East Side Waco
The newly organized Rotary Club of East Side Waco Texas will hold its charter night on May 12 1967 at 7 00 p m in the Baylor University student union building Waco Texas The East Side Waco Rotary marks a formal charter ceremony with local civic groups in attendance.
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Rotary Club
East Side
Waco
Texas
Baylor University
Centex Pilots Honor Skeet Eason With Paid Life Membership
The Central Texas Pilots Association will award William Rupert Skeet Eason a paid life membership for decades of promoting aviation in Waco and Central Texas. Skeet learned to fly in 1925, barnstormed, taught students, and ran Central Texas Flying School, later selling it in 1954 to Dale Milford. Now 66, he still instructs, while the East Side Waco Rotary Club joins with District 587 to mark its charter night with Dr. Durwood Fleming as guest speaker.
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Central Texas Pilots Association
William Rupert
Skeet
Army Air Corps
Corsicana
Central Texas Flying School
Bob Brashear
Central Texas Pilots’ Association
Spencer B. Swigert
Swigert
Skeet Eason
Kwtx TV
Dale Milford
Wfaa-Tv
Weatherman
Federal Aviation Agency
Waco
Hallie Eason
Vernon
Jiggs) Goodwin
Bess Porter
Rotary International
Worldwide Service Organization
Rotary Clubs
C. T
Pete) Matthew
Yoakum
Texas
Arthur Kaspar
Jasper N. Bell
Rotary Club
East Side
Waco Rotarians
Rotary
Durwood Fleming
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Rotary Club of
Chicago
Illinois
Paul P. Harris
Patterson
Latin-American Christian Center
Shrine Circus Returns to Waco This August
The Shrine Circus will return to Waco at Dutton Street Park on August 17, 18 and 19. Karem Shrine Temple potentate says the outdoor show draws growing crowds of children and adults who enjoy the clowns acrobats and animals. John R. Rogers serves as general chairman with 12 000 programs distributed last year. Advertising sales drive led by A J Van Arman Jr with co chairs Dr Joe Littrell and Jack Fortenberry. About 200 Shriners are soliciting ads.
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Shrine Circus
Waco
Dutton Street Park
Karem Shrine Temple
la Winthrop Seley
Good Old
John R. Rogers
A. J. van Arman, Jr
Circus Program
Joe Littrell
Jack Fortenberry
Shriners
College Receives $13 525 for Work Study Program Award
Mc Lennan Community College earns a $13 525 award from the federal HEW for its on campus work study. President Wilbur Bail announces funds will pay student salaries from July to December, with a similar amount expected for the next six months totaling over $27,000 for the year.
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McLennan Community College
Wilbur Bail
Federal
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Lions Pool Set to Open May 6 in Lions Park
The Waco Lions Club and Parks and Recreation announce Lions Pool opening Saturday May 6 with hours 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. after school ends. Located at 41st and Colcord, Lions Park. Manager is E. C. Patterson. Kiwanis and Bledsoe Miller pools open May 20, Sun Pool opens June 1, 1967.
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Waco Lions Club
Parks and Recreation Department
Lions Club
Lions Pool
41St and
Colcord
Lions Park
E. C. Patterson
TP & L Names Patterson Assistant to President
TP and Light District Manager E C Patterson of Waco resigns to become assistant to the TP and L president at Dallas. John E Davis of Irving will succeed him as Waco district manager. Davis has held multiple TP and L posts in Irving and nearby districts and is a Baylor alumnus with broad community involvement.
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E. C. Patterson
Texas Power & Light Company
Tp&l
Dallas
Lufkin
Nacogdoches
I Irving
Davis
Clarksville
Paris
Irving
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Harlingen
Texas
Baylor University
Baylor
Rotary Club
Irving Ymca
Western Star District
Boy Scouts of America
North Texas Council of Governments
Irving Chamber of Commerce
The
Irving Jaycees
University Hills
Waco
International Pageant on KWTX TV Delayed Live Broadcast
The IX International Beauty Pageant will air on KWTX TV this Saturday at 10 30 p m from the Long Beach California Civic Auditorium. It is a delayed tape of the April 29th action featuring local Miss Lake Waco Judi Lackey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwtx-Tv
Long Beach California Civic Auditorium
Laymans Barbecue Features R H Bond of Memphis
R H Band of Memphis Tennessee will be featured speaker at the Annual Laymen s Barbecue sponsored by the Waco District Board of Lay Activities of the Methodist Church. The event on the Methodist Home campus runs 5 30 to 7 00 p m with program at 7 15 p m. Bond, a 30 year Southern Bell employee, is a Mason Gideon and former Marine, active in Boy Scouts and the Heart Fund. He has held many church lay leadership posts and has attended multiple Methodist Church conferences. Music will be provided by Clark Watters and the Boys Chorus of the Methodist Home. Tickets available from local Lay Leaders.
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R. H
Red
Memphis
Tennessee
Waco
Methodist Church
Methodist Home
Methodist
Bond
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Gideon
Heart Fund
General Conference of the
United States
Clark Watters
Carl McIntosh
Maggart B. Howell
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W. S. Foster
Civic Auditorium
Sanger Brothers
Old Hill College
Eighth Street
Franklin Avenue
Veterans Administration
Asher and
Sanders Lowich
Franklin
Seldon
Elmer Roberts
David Smith
North Waco
John McNamara Jr
Astros
Eral
Washington D. C
Daughtrey
Beverly Hills
City of
Centex
Eason
Col. Bell
Chester R. Hastings
Clayton Oakes
Fred B. Smith
Bryce Rawlinson
Eddie Eskew
Bryce
Bill Foster
Cheks
First National Bank
Lions
TP & L
John E, Davis
Interstate Theatre
Lai
Charles K Feldmans
Columbia Pictures
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