News & Updates

Thank you, Mary Lee Brodecky Sebesta, for sending me a link to Mrs. Patsy Guerrero's obituary. (I mentioned her death in an earlier post, but didn't have a link to her funeral notice.) Click here to view the obituary. My sincerest condolences to the extended Guerrero family for the loss of their loved one.

Many of you know Lakeview Elementary celebrated the centennial of its campus (former site of Sugar Land School) last week. Click this link to view photos from the event, which was a big success.

Others of you may have heard that FBISD's current facilities plan includes an option of closing LVE and merging its student body with Meadows Sugar Mill Elementary. Click here to view the schedule of public meetings for community feedback on the facilities plan. Click here and go to page 11 of the plan and view the details regarding merging Meadows Sugar Mill and Lakeview Elementary Schools.

More Selections from the 1959 M. R. Wood Panther annual

Here is another selection from the 1959 Panther yearbook for M. R. Wood School in present-day Mayfield Park. This was the first annual the school produced.

Click the image below to view pages showing the school principal, Charles L. Jingles, and faculty.
 

1959 M. R. Wood School annual.

More People of Old Sugar Land: Sugar Land Elementary School in 1960

My thanks go to Tommy Laird (DHS '67) for sending me this scan of the 1960 Sugar Land Elementary School annual.

Click the image to view it.
 

SL Elementary School annual.

Aerial Images of Sugar Land

Click the image below to view a selection of aerial photos included in Images of America: Sugar Land, Texas. from Arcadia publishing company.

 

Industrial Park looking northwest from above Hwy. 90A.

More Historical Photos of Houston, the US, and the World

Click this link to view color photos of Houston in the 1950s and '60s. 

These next photos come from a Rice history blog that I follow. Look at the 2nd aerial, which gives a good view of the empty space between Houston and Stafford.

My thanks to the readers who sent me the following photo album. There are a few repeaters, but most are new (to me).

Click the image to view it.
 

 Construction of the Empire State Building, 1931.

News & Updates

I'm very sorry to report the death of 4 old Sugar Landers. 

Donald Brooks in 1947.

The first is Donald Brooks, who passed away on February 28th. Here is an obituary. Donald was a long-time employee at Imperial Sugar Company.

 Charlie Tise in 1947.

The second is Charlie Tise, who died last Friday (March 16th). He and his wife Frances retired to Wimberley, but their connections to Sugar Land were always close. Here is an obituary for Charlie. 

 

 Frankie McFadden in 1947.

  

The third is Frankie McFadden, who died on March 17th. I think  he lived in Spicewood near his daughter Kelly, who cared for him the past few years. His father was the third mayor of Sugar Land (1968-1972). Unfortunately, I don't have an obituary.

I don't have much on the fourth person, but she was Vickie and Patsy Guerrero's mother. Mrs. Guerrero was 97-years old/young and a long-time resident of Sugar Land. I will try to find more information and include it in a future post.

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I want to make one final reminder of the centennial celebration at Lakeview Elementary on Saturday, March 24th. 

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Here is a map to show parking & shuttle locations. (There will be no public parking at the school.)

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Here is a news item on development at old Central Unit 1 that appeared in the recent edition of the Sugar Land Sun.

And, here's another news item on a couple of notable old Sugar Landers: James and Mary Jo Patterson have been named honorees for the 2018 Fort Bend County Fair. Congratulations!

More People of Old Sugar Land: SLHS Class of '48

My aunt (Mayme Rachiug Hause) sent me four snapshots from her high school days, which include two of her classmates who died recently: Frankie McFadden, and Charlie Tise. I added a later photo of another classmate who died earlier this month, Donald Brooks. There were 17 students in the Class of '48.

 

Frances Koon & Charlie Tise in the mid 1940s.

Mayfield Park History

I want to thank Fred LaMaster for sending me a link to this Facebook post made by his niece, Vickie Lynell Evans, who lives in Mayfield Park. Note that she mentions Aline McClemore, who in 1961 was the first resident to buy a home in Mayfield Park. I have the  photo below which appeared in The Fort Bend Mirror.

Aline McClemore is shaking hands with Bill Little (Sugarland Insdustries). Beside  her is Ted Kosse, the contractor who built her home. On the far right is Bob Womack, manager of Imperial Insurance Agency.

Joe Falsone Family Photos of Stafford in the 1940s

I received these photos from the Fort Bend County Historical Commission's Oral Histories Committee (Jane Goodsill), who obtained them from the Joe Falsone family. There are more good photos, which I'll put in future posts. I'll also include a link to the accompanying interview when it is available.

Click the image to view the album.
 

Highway 90A in Stafford, looking westward.

More Historic Photos from Around the Wold

I can't recall who sent me these photos, but I always appreciate contributions. Thank you, whoever sent them. Click the image below to view the album.
 

 The lake side (reverse side) of Hover Dam before Lake Mead was filled with water.