Gator Splash, May 17, 1946

T. C. Rozelle saved a copy of the SLHS newspaper published on May 17, 1946. It's a long read, but interesting if you know the people involved.

Drive-In Movie Intermission

The food and drinks look delicious!

Sugar Land 1st Graders Visit The Houston Zoo, 1957

The 1st grade classes at Sugar Land Elementary took a field trip to The Houston Zoo in the spring of 1957. My mother took our movie camera and got film of it. I can identify many other kids, but it's hard to make legible annotations.

Field Trip To The Zoo

Fort Bend Mirror Special Edition on 4th Anniversary of Sugar Land Shopping Center

Not much explanation needed on this. Fascinating articles on the history of Sugar Land scattered throughout the paper.






















(The following page is from the main section of the paper. It had relevant articles that must have 'overflowed' from the special supplement.)

Second Annual Dance Recital, 1930

I found this in the Rozelle archive. It's a program from a dance recital performed at the Auditorium in May, 1930. I've noticed some out-of-towners (at least one or two Rosenberg children) participated.

Program from PTA Presentation of Living Pictures & Other Entertainment

Here is another item from the Rozelle archive. No date appears on the program, but I'll bet the date is sometime in the spring of 1957. I know some of the characters listed in the cast. Maybe they can shed some light on this.

Sorry I missed this presentation. If I'd seen it, I know I'd remember it. Seeing and hearing 'Little Joe' Bono perform "Sixteen Tons" would have been worth any admission price.

Governor's Inauguration Program, 1963

Marjorie Rozelle lent me T.C.'s files to scan recently. He had a program from John Connally's inauguration in January, 1963. Great stuff IMHO.

Imperial Sales Meeting Program, 1967

Imperial Sugar held a general sales meeting in January, 1967 at The Shamrock Hilton Hotel in Houston. I can't tell for sure, but it appears that Imperial invited customers and potential customers to the event. As you can see from the program they toured the refinery in Sugar Land and facilities in Galveston. I may be able to find more information in The Crown, Imperial's weekly newspaper.

Program: Sugar Land Gators vs. Rosenberg Brahmas, 1940

This is a real treasure to me for several reasons. First, it's the earliest program we have from a Gator football game. Many, many thanks to the Krehmeier family for giving us this scan. Second, my father and several of his friends and classmates are listed in the roster. They were juniors in the '40 season. You'll see Bill Krehmeier, Wayburn Hall, and William 'Sweat Pea' Gandy.

Photos of the old Shopping Center in January, 1952

These photos come from a defunct newspaper called The Fort Bend Reporter. It devoted its inaugural edition to the opening of the Sugar Land Shopping Center in January, 1952. The first photo shows the drug store in its original configuration. (It was remodeled several times over the years.) The soda fountain is in the back and to the right. The camera is angled toward the east wall where the prescription drug counter was. Off to the right (out of view) were the cosmetics counter, office supplies, magazines and comic books!



This second photo shows the front wall of the dry goods store. The entrance to the super market was just outside the front door on the left. I think there was a second front door into the dry goods store on the right - just outside the camera's view.

SLHS Band, 1946

The first picture shows the SLHS Marching band in late 1946. (My mother is the twirler on the left.) The photo was taken at what became Kempner Field facing the east stands. Notice how small they are. I think the larger wooden stands were built for the 1947 football season. The second photo shows Jean McCord Babineaux and Jean Watson (both Class of '48) posing in front of the band bus in their uniforms.

(Update) I received a note from Marjorie Hauerland Polasek ('49) who said if you look real hard you'll see her holding the Texas flag in the picture!