April 1959, YMCA Burns to the Ground - Nothing Saved

Photograph of the remains of the YMCA on the Southeast corner of Austin Avenue in Port Arthur, Texas, 1959. Fire crews are spraying the wreckage with water. All that remains is a pile of twisted steel I-beams and stone.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Cricchio Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

April 1959, Fire Destroyed the Port Arthur YMCA Building

Photograph of the remains of the burned YMCA building in Port Arthur, Texas, 1959. All that's left are twisted steel I-beams, charred wood, and stone. Firemen can be seen working in the wreckage.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Cricchio Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Women's Committee Plan YMCA Fund Campaign

Photograph of nine women and men gathered at the end of a covered table. Seated left to right: Mrs. G. S. Donegan; Mrs. W. F. Fredeman; Mrs. Baron; and Mrs. Mike Murphy. Standing: Mrs. H. P. Weber; Mrs. Maxwell Cook; Mrs. Wes Spiegel, Jr.; Euclid Hudson; and A. F. Myers. Typewritten under the photo is a description, noting the people, positions, and dates.
Date: April 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Elderly Women at a High School Reunion]

Photograph of a group of women at their sixtieth high school reunion. They pose underneath a chandelier inside of a Wyatt's Cafeteria. The other side of the photo notes that the women in the front row are Lois Dunaway Holcomb, Aileen Keeney Levingston, Florise Cash, and Ida Hebert Moran. In the back row are Wilma Knot, Meva Walker, Faye F. Franklin, Flora McDonald Tout, and Frances Turner.
Date: April 24, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Elderly People at Their Sixtieth High School Reunion]

Photograph of Myrtle Bowen Bender, Mandie Walker, and Flora Tout at their sixtieth high school reunion on April 24th, 1982. One woman wearing a pale blue jacket and shirt looks behind the camera, while a woman in red and a woman in a plaid jacket converse. Unidentified elderly men in suits can be seen in the background. The photo was taken inside of a Wyatt's Cafeteria.
Date: April 24, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Elderly People at a High School Reunion]

Photograph of a group of elderly people at their sixtieth high school reunion. Taken inside of Wyatt's Cafeteria, the photo shows two women talking to each other. Behind them, Lois and Leroy Halcomb can be seen together. Ida Moran is partially within the picture to the right. The other side of the photo indicates that one of the women shown is Naomi O'Nial Switzger, but doesn't indicate which person is her.
Date: April 24, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Elderly Men at Their Sixtieth High School Reunion]

Photograph of Leroy Holcomb, S. W. Levingston, and James Bender at their sixtieth high school reunion in a Wyatt's Cafeteria. The reverse side of the photo notes that the men are married to Lois Holcomb, Aileen Levingston, and Myrtle Bender, respectively.
Date: April 24, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mason Barron and Ida Moran at High School Reunion]

Photograph of Mason Barron and Ida Moran at their sixtieth high school reunion in Wyatt's Cafeteria. Another elderly woman sits in front of a doorway.
Date: April 24, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution in Memory of The Honorable Dr. George Isadore Sanchez Y Sanchez by the Austin LULAC Council - 1972-04-05] (open access)

[Resolution in Memory of The Honorable Dr. George Isadore Sanchez Y Sanchez by the Austin LULAC Council - 1972-04-05]

Resolution in Memory of The Honorable Dr. George Isadore Sanchez Y Sanchez by the Austin LULAC Council presented to the League of United Latin American Citizens at the 43rd National Convention assembled at Beaumont, Texas signed by five past presidents of LULAC.
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution in Memory of The Honorable Dr. George Isadore Sanchez Y Sanchez, unsigned copy] (open access)

[Resolution in Memory of The Honorable Dr. George Isadore Sanchez Y Sanchez, unsigned copy]

Unsigned copy of the Resolution in Memory of The Honorable Dr. George Isadore Sanchez Y Sanchez by the Austin LULAC Council presented to the League of United Latin American Citizens at the 43rd National Convention assembled in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to G.W. Gillean - 1955-04-20] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to G.W. Gillean - 1955-04-20]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter ton from John J. Herrera, dated April 20, 1955, addressing the matter of helping Gillean obtain a beer license in LULAC's name. Herrera is responding to a letter that Gillean sent to Joe Garza from LULAC Council Number 235 in Beaumont.
Date: April 20, 1955
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: 3 gas explosions] (open access)

[News Script: 3 gas explosions]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 23, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Oil fire] (open access)

[News Script: Oil fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 24, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mckeithen] (open access)

[News Script: Mckeithen]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 11, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Beer] (open access)

[News Script: Beer]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 10, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Tidwell Killing] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tidwell Killing]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-70 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-70

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Constitution would have to be amended in order to provide retirement, disability and death benefits to officers and employees of the political subdivisions of Jefferson County.
Date: April 30, 1963
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-30 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-30

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to license a Grayson County resident to operate an employment agency in Jefferson County.
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cook Book Cake at Lakeview Grocery]

Photograph of a man and a woman standing on either side of a Cook Book Cake display at Lakeview Grocery and Market in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: April 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 10, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 15, 1945 (open access)

Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 10, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 15, 1945

Semi-monthly newspaper published at the Pennsylvania Shipyards in Beaumont, Texas that includes news and information of interest to employees along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1945
Creator: Scurlock, Ruth G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1945 (open access)

Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1945

Semi-monthly newspaper published at the Pennsylvania Shipyards in Beaumont, Texas that includes news and information of interest to employees along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1945
Creator: Scurlock, Ruth G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 15, 1944 (open access)

Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 15, 1944

Semi-monthly newspaper published at the Pennsylvania Shipyards in Beaumont, Texas that includes news and information of interest to employees along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1944
Creator: Scurlock, Ruth G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1944 (open access)

Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1944

Semi-monthly newspaper published at the Pennsylvania Shipyards in Beaumont, Texas that includes news and information of interest to employees along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1944
Creator: Scurlock, Ruth G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1943 (open access)

Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1943

Semi-monthly newspaper published at the Pennsylvania Shipyards in Beaumont, Texas that includes news and information of interest to employees along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1943
Creator: Scurlock, Ruth G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History