Hugh Roy Cullen gave a luncheon at his Houston mansion on Dec. 7, 1949 for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. Taking the war hero aside, the Texas oilman echoed the sentiments of most Americans by urging Ike to run for president in 1952.
Five dozen Europeans from the slums of New York City set foot in Texas on Dec. 3, 1833 on their way to a promised paradise on the Rio Grande.
“Big Bad John,” a talking ballad written and recited by a tall drink of water from the Texas Panhandle, stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 40 for the week of Dec. 4, 1961.
6th grade UIL winners and participants: Front row: Brooklyn Gardner, Sophia Little, Brandon Lilly, Gavin Hendon, Landon Southerland, Tyler Massingill, Sawyer Hanson, Edgar Ortiz, Kingston Wright, Kyle Singleton, Isaac Downs and Marysol Vazquez.
Christmas Concert
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Alejandro Moncada gets hot cocoa and cookies after singing Christmas songs in Spanish, Chinese and sign language Monday evening at Ann Whitney Elementary.
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