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10-ATHEGALVESTON DAILY NEWS MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1989 Galveston County Galvesfon woman in pageant today tar SAN ANTONIO Two representatives of Galveston County will compete with others for more than $90,000 in cash and prizes, as well as the opportunity to represent Texas in the Miss USA Pageant in February at 8 p.m. today on Channel 11. Cynthia Marks, Miss Galveston County, and Lianna Dudley, Miss Galveston, have been in San Antonio for the past week preparing for the live telecast. Miss Marks is the daughter of Mary Dueron and Max Marks of Dickinson, and is a junior at the University of Houston-Clear Lake where she majors in communications. Miss Dudley is the daughter of Ray and Mary Jane Dudley of Galveston.

She attends Galveston College and is majoring in restaurant management. Both are under the direction of Miss Galveston County Pageant Director Michelle Hatmaker. Cynthia Marks Lianna Dudley Cruise ship terminal area should have priority ByJACKSTENGLER Tfie Daily News Years of work by many people finally began to bear fruit last week when a contract was signed to build a cruise ship terminal at Pier 25, or the old Mallory building. However, as great as this is expected to be for the city's economy, the terminal will not be completed-until February at least. There is another section of the port just east of the cruise ship terminal that should receive a concentrated effort of reconstruction.

This is the Pier 21 area where the day cruises, gambling ships and cruise-to-nowhere vessels are to be docked. The Galveston Wharves is scheduled to sign a contract Tuesday for the service of the first of the day cruise ships. No date" has been announced when this service will start, but if a contract is being signed it should not be long. But what shape will the port's facilities be in for passenger boarding and debarking? Shouldn't there be a top priority given to getting this area for use as soon as possible? Two weeks ago, during its retreat to the South Shore area, the Galveston City Council vowed to make some changes in several areas, including sticking closer to specific timetables In 1936 Buick convertible for meetings. One vow was that if a certain amount of time is set for an executive session before an open meeting, the specific time period would be adhered to.

City Manager Doug Matthews instigated this pledge because he said executive sessions were being set for a half-hour, but were running up to twice that long, leaving people who had an interest in some workshop topic standing in the hall. Matthews pointed out that many times these people had to take off from work or make other arrangements to attend the workshop session. ByMANDYMIKULENCAK The Daily News DICKINSON Phil Evans is about to set off on a cross-country road trip in a 1936 Buick convertible. He is hoping to win $50,000 in the process. Today, Evans and his friend, R.B.

"Bob" Taylor of Seabrook, will begin a 12-day rally across the United States in Taylor's mint-condition Buick. This will be the seventh year for Interstate Batteries to sponsor the Great American Race. It will be Taylor's fourth year as a driver, and Evans' second year as a navigator. Evans said the team is feeling competitive this year. "We both have a lot of experience, and we have a good car," Evans said.

"We might just pull this off." As navigator, Evans will steer the team from Norfolk, to Disneyland in California with overnight stops in Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and finally California. This year, Evans and Taylor will be sponsored by Child Health U.S.A., an organization chaired by former first lady Nancy Reagan that works to fight child abuse. Evans said that each of 120 sponsored teams will receive daily instructions on the number of miles Taylor, left, and Evans with rally car to travel that day, the exact route to take and the designated speeds. He added that the instructions must be followed exactly, requiring cooperation between driver and navigator. In addition, the contestants must try to match an unannounced computer-selected time.

The fun becomes serious business when one realizes the time and money the teams put into entering and vying for the grand prize. Evans said the stiff $5,000 entry fee was the first commitment to the grueling task ahead. Some teams have up to half a million dol- iars invested in their cars and support vehicles traveling garages and mechanics to keep the vehicles running smoothly. This pledge was good for one week, for last Thursday the half-hour executive session was an hour and 15 minutes long. Possibly this is just the result of an unusual situation that happened to occur the second week after the retreat.

Only time will tell. The city's police mini-station becomes official today when the ribbon cutting is held in the Palm Terrace facilities of the Galveston Housing Authority. The idea for this facility came from Walter Norris, executive director of the Housing Authority, but there is some serious doubt in many people's mind about how effective this will be. It is the result of serious crime problems, especially drug trafficking, in the Housing Authority's facilities and is an effort to clean up this situation. But would it not be more effective to have police in a more mobile mode, with an increase in manpower for areas that need it? It is difficult'to'believe that a structure in one housing project area, manned only part time, would be as effective as a special, mobile police unit concentrating its efforts where needed.

Jack Stengler is City Hall reporter for The Galveston Daily News. road trip A $250,000 purse means a cash prize waiting for the winner of each leg of the race. Also waiting for the winner of each leg is often a grand welcome from the host town. Usually, the host towns plan some kind of event for the participants, Evans said, even if it's just a meeting of the antique car club in that town. Evans said that the towns with the parades, bands, and cheering crowds become one of the nicest parts of participating in the 4,000 mile rally.

His wife, Ruth, will be in Irving July 1 for the Texas svelcome of the racers and to give support to her husband as he continues the rally. Evans said he hopes that Texans interested in the vintage automobiles will take advantage of the July 4 weekend to drive up for the Irving celebration. ESPN televised the pre-race activities Sunday. Race updates will be made during Speedweek shown Thursday and July 6 at 7:30 p.m. The winners and their story will presented at 4 p.m.

July 8. As a sports car enthusiast, Evans said he thinks he'll be participating in the Great American Race for years to come. "It's exciting, and fun and challenging all at the same time," he said. "I'll be doing this forever." Homemakers plan reception Hitchcock Extension Homemakers will observe its 40th anniversary 2-4 p.m. today with a reception in the community room of Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library.

Members are shown at a recent planning meeting. DAR officers Officers and committee chairman of George Washington Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, from left, Zora Evans, regent; Daisy Wittjen, motion picture, radio and television committee chairman; Ella Sheffield, immediate past regent. The group will show the film "America, You're Too Young to Die" 10 a.m. July 1 at Rosenberg Library. Statue missed 1895 snowfall, but not in 1973 as warmer weather hits Galveston County ByMAURYDARST The Daily News GALVESTON As the summer sun beats down hard on Galveston County, there is one solution to the dilemma.

Think snow! For there have been times not in the summer, though when snow has blanketed Galveston County and Galveston Bay actually froze over. Two major snowstorms swept across Galveston County, the first Jan. 12, 1886, and the second on Feb. 14, 1895. The latter brought business to a standstill throughout the county; sleds were fashioned; and residents of every community engaged in snowball fights.

Historical, accounts show Galveston County was a winter wonderland that February day, with snowdrifts banked in streets from Galveston to League City. Icicles hung from buildings, tree limbs and the masts of ships. Business was suspended throughout the county and in Galveston, streetcars ceased operations. Wagons that attempted to crawl through the snow found themselves mired in drifts. Galveston Daily News files show that snowball fights were the order of the day and one of the few islanders to venture out 'into the frozen wonderland was the late Marsene Johnson who at the time held the position of city recorder.

He had few followers. Johnson also is reported to have telephoned W.S. Sinclair, operator of the Beach Hotel, offering to "send out a plough to rescue the hotel from its burial under a mass of snow and icicles." Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe passenger trains ran late, but trains of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad failed to leave Houston due to the heavy snowfall GALVESTON GOLD SILVER 6025 Heards Lane 740-1463 Custom Design Expert Jewelery Repair Jeweler On Premises in the Bayou City and the fact much of the right of way was buried under the white.blan- ket. Along waterfront, many ships were frozen at their docks and hundreds of cotton bales were covered with up to 15 inches of the white powder. Weather bureau records show a total snowfall of 15.2 inches, although snow measured from 2 to 5 feet in other parts of the county.

Larger amounts were recorded in other areas of the state. And temperatures? Records show a steady 24 degrees below zero and lower over a period of several days: There also were reports of heavy wind gusts. In time, hack drivers did a landslide business as Galvestonians desired to go sightseeing. Reports show the charge was $20 per ride. Alderman Joe Levy was reported to have glided over the snow in a wagon mounted on runners.

And Joseph Seinsheimer also mounted a buggy on runners to see the sights. One Galvestonian, Hart Settle, is reported to have attached his horse to a skiff and "had a fine time sleighing a la lapiander with his family." One man was injured when he slipped and fell on a sidewalk near 22nd and Market streets, and another suffered a broken leg when he fell near Eighth and Market streets. Two people died when a fire gutted their home at 39th Street and Avenue at the height of the snowstorm. Records show firemen were hampered in fighting the blaze by freezing temperatures and low water pressure. No one took a' dip in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the few bodies of water in the county that did not freeze.

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