Wynnell & Tuggie Laperouse Catching the Train

Here is a photo from the McMeans Collection at Rice University. No doubt Mr. Robert Laperouse took it because the photo shows his daughters, Wynnell (SLHS '46) and Gloria 'Tuggie' (SLHS '48), as they are waiting for a train at the Sugar Land train depot. They may have been waiting for the 'Dinky,' a two-car commuter train that ran on the Southern Pacific tracks. I wish I could find a picture of the Dinky.

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.