Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Born August 6, 1926 in Jennings, Louisiana to Robert Linus and Lelia (Boone) Caswell. At the age of 93 she went home to her Heavenly Father and Lord Jesus Christ on July 6, 2020 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. The highlight of her life was spending time with her very loved family. She was preceded in death by her parents and stepmother, Lovenia (Tootsie) Caswell. She was also preceded in death by her husband’s C.L. Miller, Sr. and Robert (Bob) Blackwell. Being t...
The Orange Chapter of American Association of University Women (AAUW) honored its 2020 scholarship honorees at a small luncheon on Wednesday, July 1, in the meeting room at Old Orange Cafe. From left, are Darby Watson of Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School (LCMHS), and Shamyia Scott of West Orange-Stark High School (WOSHS), both awarded a $1,000 scholarship each. Each year, AAUW gives an outstanding female senior from LCMHS, as well as from WOSHS, the special academic...
HAPPY 50TH BRIDGE CITY I was there every step of the way. It just doesn't seem possible all those years have gone by. The city, despite many setbacks, has come a long way and is no longer the little country town it was when it became a city. I love the dear folks and gentle people who make up our hometown. See Down Life's Highway column for a little bit of history.*****I must move along. Hop on board and come along, it won't do you no harm. PAYING THE PRICE FOR POORLY MANAGED...
Some 95 years ago my father, Clay Dunn, started building the Silver Slipper Club. New Year's Eve, 1925, he opened up the club on Lake Street, then known as the Ferry Crossing Road. The building, probably the oldest building in the city, stood for many years but was finally destroyed by Hurricane Ike. Later, in 1946, he built the Midway Motel, which included a restaurant and liquor store. The motel was Bridge City's first and only motel. The motel and the liquor store remained...
Fifty years ago this week citizens of the growing community known for decades as Bridge City voted to officially become a municipality. The election to incorporate was won by a slim majority and on July 13, 1970 the declaration was approved- the City of Bridge City was born. But Bridge City as we know it today would not exist had it not been for the 1939 construction of a two lane, electronically powered steel I-beam swing bridge crossing Cow Bayou. The pre-WWII era "Cow...
Caught in the crossfire of annexation, a community-conscious group of citizens in 1970 initiated a movement to incorporate the town of Bridge City. July 7 marks the 50th anniversary of their success. By the late 1960s, the town of Bridge City's young infrastructure had taken root. In a healthy economic environment the thriving community boasted a Class 3A State Football Championship, a Chamber of Commerce, a Little League, a hometown newspaper and about 6,000 inhabitants....
David Rutledge wasn't born in Bridge City. But the fifth-year mayor got here as fast as he could. "My family moved here from Orange in 1960, when I was 7 years old," he recalled in an interview Tuesday morning. In 1960, Bridge City, the city, didn't officially exist. The unincorporated area had earned that nickname because of its location between the Rainbow Bridge over the Neches River and the Cow Bayou Swing Bridge. But the school district was named Bridge City and so were...
"Virtual" online instruction and on-campus "face-to-face" learning will be the ways to go for the state's public primary and secondary schools – all while looking to avoid using "pandemic time." Texas schools commissioner Mike Morath issued the long-awaited "public health planning guidance" Tuesday for the start of the 2020-21 school year, noting the school plans – like those for reopening the Texas economy – are subject to change along with the COVID-19 infection rate. "Not t...
Pics: Hunters wanting to keep their dogs in tune should be careful of the heat and concentrate training during early morning and late evenings. Switching gears I know it's tough to even imagine it, especially when the mercury is threatening to burst out the top of the thermometer, but hunting season is right around the corner. In just about 50 days everything gets kicked off so hunters are now seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. For the fishermen it's just now getting rig...
Another one bites the dust!! Last week the brain trust of professional baseball announced there will be no 2020 minor league baseball season due to the coronavirus. This hit close to home for me because more than a half century ago, I was playing minor league baseball with the Chicago Cubs organization. Back then, very few minor leaguers were in it for the money, because most of them were corralling less than a thousand dollars a month. And the minor league baseball season...
Mauriceville Middle School cheerleaders, mascots, and coaches had a veray successful camp last week, collecting trophies and many awards, including Top Team Cheer , Most Improved, Spirit Stick, Mascot Spirit Stick, 3 blue ribbons and 1 red ribbon, Stunt S.A.F.E. award and a bid to Nationals Award. . All American Nominees were Haylie Robson, Madison Loupe, Kinley Lacouture, Anna Claire McKenzie, and Alexia Wright. All American Mascot Nominees were Bella Nicholas and Kiari...
Varsity cheerleaders earned a variety of awards during last week's Cheer Camp in Galveston. Among the recognitions were 3 Superior Evaluation Ribbons, an Excellence in Tumbling Award, Top Team Chant, Top Team Cheer, Top Team Herkie Award for the whole camp, which was voted on by the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) staff, and won the Spirit Stick every night. They won the Stunt S.A.F.E. Award and a bid to NCA High School Nationals. All of the Varsity squad was...
The Little Cypress Junior High Cheer Team came back from camp last week with several awards. They received the spirit stick every night, won superior ribbons for both evaluations, and received both the Crowd Involvement and the Herkie Team awards. Cheerleaders took the Top Team Chant and Madison McConnell was named Creative Mascot and Ella Stephenson won Best Custom Props. The entire squad were All American nominees and two were named All American; Ava Rambo and Cailynn...
