The Boogie Kings Ticket Sale
The Boogie Kings in Concert
Get your tickets to see The Boogie Kings Live on April 2nd at Honky Tonk Texas in Silsbee. Tickets are $15 in
advance! For reservation info. call: 409-386-1995
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1964 Graduate of TJ (Updated Article from 2019)
Thomas O. Hicks
Thomas Hicks was born in Houston, Texas. His family moved to Port Arthur when his father purchased a small radio station, KOLE.
By the age of 13, he had begun working at the station. At 15, he was a weekend disc jockey, earning $20 per week. He graduated in 1964 from Thomas Jefferson
High School, where he lettered in football.
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Becky Guidry, Museum of the Gulf Coast
Jay Bruce, Baseball and Football Player
Jay Bruce played both baseball and football at Beaumont's West Brook High School. He was a third-team all-American and drafted
12th in the first round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft. Bruce accepted a scholarship to play baseball at Tulane University before opting to turn
professional out of high school.
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A Collection of American History - Hollywood
John Wayne’s Public Image vs Reality
John Wayne (1907 – 1979) made a killing off his public image of rugged toughness,
and on-screen portrayals of virile and gung ho tough guys. “Duke”, as he was known to millions of admirers,
cornered the market for a while on depictions
of the quintessential American fighting
man. Such roles got him two Oscar nominations for Best Actor, including one for playing a tough US Marine
sergeant in The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949).
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