Robert E Lee High School - Lee Traveler Yearbook (Baytown, TX)

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X'1, f, 441 - YJ ,, - .pa-'-'-:cf . -5 A +' , . ,M , - ' 1L 1 3 1? Q -.... '-'19-x,N j I Fw' .11 nu 'm f ' .. I 4 . Q V I ll Y , , 4 5' I ig? x A 1 .31-Uiflou fag. ! Tm: SAGA OF A CITY In the f1rst decade of the twent1eth century the sectlon ofHarr1s Countybetween qan ac1ntoR1ver and Cedar Bayou was an 1so1ated r1ce farmxnc and cattle ra1s1ng area,owned and 1nhab1ted by such p1oneer fam1l1e s as the Wr1ghts joneses Busches Gllhards Wllburns Dukes Pellys Ilfreys Pruetts There were wagon roads thr ou gh the woods and across the pra1r1es and one c ounty road not all weather connectmg w1th Cedar Bayou and Crosby In other d1rect1ons ex1ts to the outs1de were by hand drawn ferr1es and row boats across bayous rlver bay The nearest pOStOff1C6S we re at La Porte and Cedar Bayou were the stores and churches The center of local act1v1t1es was Busch s Land1ng a comb1nat1on dock and warehouse located near the mouth of Goose Creek on the bayfront In 1908 the f1rst produclng o11we11 was brought 1n and although lt was not b1g enough to cause rapxd development 1t d1dbr1ng IH new people to bulld shacks and erect tents along the shore convernent to the o11f1eld Two or three general stores were opened In 1915 a postoff1ce was estabhshed 1n one of these stores under the name of Goose Creek The great hur r1c ane of 1915 and the br1ng1ng 1n of a gusher 111 1917 ma de It necessary to remove the vlllage from the bayfront ne a r the f1eld to the s1te of what later became Pelly 'F' -tarlvfd.-,,, ..'if-0431!-. -3'.L:'.f .rv -T 'l-.N W um guilt Q 'U' Ar' ll V I.. '1ll'! Y1 If U' in G 107.144, 3 I TILT , iv O S' Amr- 'J . . -M with ,35 Gitgggqwws ' w- W',s'Se.:..., .fif- .L- lv 5 A lg. N 'ny' I ' ' ' I D 1.1-J f.Q..Ll. - 0 - I , . . . . J , , . . ' , -it , ' I Y I I 0 J' A ' 7' 9 1 ' , as , . . . . 3 -, , . . . . , 1 , h . . . . . . - -... - ,245 ,-,, I My u 4 Q M l 1. -.13 'I . , f -,Q ' 'r A 'i' 'f'7- 'vii' ,' ' A In 5' ., 'IUI' ter' I Tr- --,.f' ' 41 1 e H, If - 1 ,.-X , , 4 ' H :zzz A . I , fl A, 1, ,M aw X' 'I ,Q I 1 ,, . 5' T : 'v It 1 4. -4-'., - 5 ' -f I ' 1 aut- I ' -iz . . 1 0 5 if I L-, . . I , QW' 1' ' i ,.. I - -- ft f- ' . I e cr I -W ' , 5 ,' W J if 1- I A Y 4 ' I .I O . Z , rg. , In ' 1 . bff.-1 . l 1' M A , . .V I 1 ,3..,, , - 0 Q A - 5 4 v A All -1-e:EJ.,g, :U Q-N N O G72 -. A :,ga'1---.EE 4 M ., .A .V lx -.egg ,A 'A N . . . ':.,:.A ,. . , 1

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4196 'f gr YGEEMGHD W1th best W1 s he s for your future and hopes that you may approve of the results of our work as your yearbook staff vte de l1ver to you the LEE TRAXILLER 1949 S1nce the ded1cat1on 1 s to our hometown and 1n thumb na1l sketches and old PIC tures s ome of 1tS h1story 1S traced the a rt s cheme used IS that of a V1ctor1an p 1 c tu r e album W e hope that the many hours of planrung and worlung that went 1nto the creat1on of th1s book XVIII br1ng you many hours of pleasure We v.1sh to express our thanks to Lloyd Sewer and other members of Mr Ward s class 1n mechan1ca1draw1ng fo r draw1ng border l1nes to Jane Ba1ley for do1ng the frames for Mr and M1-ss RobertE Lee to john Pagan for des1grung the foot ball pa ge s to Mr D Ol1VC of Humble O 8: R Company Mrs H111 Mrs F I.. Robb1ns Mr N an Meldert Mr Mc Elroy of the Chamber of Commerce and to Mrs Gauteson for help 1nco11ect1ng old p1ctures used on the d1V1S1OD pages RIGHT Daruel He1ntschell Ed1tor 1n ch1ef Mary POSk0y ASSOC1ate Ed1tor 1mm1e Rae Treat Ir Representatwe Roger Gary Sophomore Representatwe LEFT Jean Kellogg BUSIHBSS Manager Betty Fram Ass1stant Bus Mgr Robert Blystone jumor Representz-1t1ve Gordon Kellogg Sophorngre Representatlve Art1st Faculty Sponsor Mrs O11V6 Pruett ..,-f 2 :,.rrf -2,-is-'Q N .Jw 6 vofbi! 3 .Nl-1 ...He- I Q SY ' . Ml! te I - . ' r gif, , 1 . E. 1-H1256 ...J . 1,7 1 ' . A ' J-ee .-5-Afr 'f:w -.-iff'-rijjff. . ' ' - 0 X U ' ' ,X I ,fx V J , X , .g I. .A gg I PM V P V 'E K ,. y , 1 ,M or 1 p n- , 5 W 1 1 1 'F , 2? Rs N ' 1 W U - ' ' 2 W ' I ' n '3 K' - ,fp f- A 1 . , , , - jj ' .1 I X ' ' A , , I .yu Q :Tj-Q E '. ax, , ' - ' ' - f 4'1 3 I ' f -, X . . . J' , . A ' 4 J ' , . ' . 'J if ' .4 , -. . ' 1 ,- , 'f 4 l ' .F ' , - ' ig., , . .4 A G . E ..-T525 Ab' C . V ,, A ' V 1 T . . . . 1 . . . Fil? 1 1 Q ' N' C' w X Q ,2 .. . ur l C l 'H 1- 1 ' 1 ' - Q Q 1 . Q 5 . . - .- 'N A- 1 . I . F E , r r I J O 1 I 1 0 . 1 - ' l I - Y J 1 . U i 'r' xg A , 'Q '11 h I' I . 1 1 . 1 ful! if - A C X., . . . ' I A r - J nk V or Q , I, ,Q 1 ' , 1 : ,, 'J I ' y .-.... . ' V . IA , Z ', ' ' -- s J . . . .gl H ,JI ' x s 0 I I L. . X I A K ,1, 6 . f . . . ' . 5 ' F clinll . 0 I I ' f I I 0 l A I I I 1 n J -Q I . . Y I . ' - , .YJ K J' V' f , UN x ' -1 r'f Vf , ,. H.. . , I' - K' ' in Hg .M U Che f 6- L is . ff! 'iraq N ,,, .x' I 6,2 I , KW 'wr-Ls L f ' X a I ii . 1 ' 1 on Q ' . Q . ' ' - A .4 , . ,A , Q ,Q a .ng -. lx , re K fy J 'r- f ' A f I f 5 , 1 e a It il ' ' iii . If , k f I .I 4 W ' . ,f A ' O ,, - . ' , ,A I .. my X . . Mr -wr ' r' H - f A A 1

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t l -Q IF!!! ... J f 45 'S XI' ln BOARD OF TRUSTEES GOOSE CREEK INDEPENDENT SCHOOLDISTRICT Stand1ng j W Pyle I S Kellogg H F Hartman oo Rnd attorney George H Gentry Supe r1ntende nt A Seated Iwlrs J ones assxstant to -supenntendent Theo Wllburn pres1dent of Board Claude C Foster v1ce pres1dent of Board Chfton Adams Absent A R Stark Secretary ofthe Board Left George H Gentry Supemntendent of schools X ecjo ,C x. f J, .1 ,,,,, . wil' fixz,- rf-i.. r...f f .., - ' 'QA - . 0 J 5 4 3' ri? .5 'I ' Aff' V Y' lu , ':1:.1'5t.f'f-- S' C-fl 'L' '1. t . 14 ix'--:c'- V- ..,- ' ' ' .: - r- 'ig + -' -EQ: f ., - - 2 U J K .,. J - S - Q . Q- nl- i if , i 0 , .4 A ik 1 I l HMM t Q 4 V . if-' ' I 'Ui , . - - A, . . A 1 s b A f l .. , 1? l - 1 . a , V F- '-, I .I lf .' rx d . P333 . - tu'- l ' . . K g , ? E ' . - .. , 'Q , ., . 'tix 3 .5- ,X .5 - I' f ' B vm X N1 5' A ' J' xl i -. Li' 5 J I , f' ' - , , .- 'A I I v - ' y z A V 4 - 1 - I 1 f .. ..-.. .... - 1 V 4 - A f H - V Q - W ,aus . nv, ,-- 1 - is .. . -,fi N g 1' f A V P, . . , . . .1 Yx . . It - . .' . I . . , . . , J , , , 4 A . , g ,Q . : . . J. J , . ' 5 ' , ' F! S 9 - , - 1 'S . - . . . , , . 1 , : . , ' 5 x, f C -. . fy , 'wu .V, -. .L .. fl. Q, - ' .Q ,ffl f , ' f Q . f I ' n ' ll!! G r T J! 1 3 I ' . Q' l f ' X . H 5 I I 1 , ' , l X' ' ' gf ,f ' ,ffcl lf 1 ' , 1 1 , -Q 9 I 1, - ' , I 1 '1 g . 1 ' T ' ' ' -' 5 1. 1 l ' 4-i A' , f ' , - , Q ay ' 'n ll ' u oi ' .