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WORLD'S BEST MATH TEACHER REVEALED HIS SECRET

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It Was Time to Pose the Haunting Riddle of 40 Years to Math Teacher Dan Reeves
By Dallas Broker-Realtor Bill Cherry

The guy was one of the very best teachers most of my contemporaries and I ever had. His name was Dan Reeves, he was nearing 78, ...

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Dallas' Galen Jeter Jazz Orchestra Resume 9-16-07

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GALEN JETER AND DALLAS' BIG JAZZ ORCHESTRA A LA STAN KENTON

Next Sunday, September 16, the famous Galen Jeter Jazz Orchestra will resume its weekly concerts at Dallas' Village Country Club. This is very definitely big band music at its best. I'...

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Trinity's e-Piphanies -- An Interesting Story

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Trinity's e-Piphanies -- An Interesting Story --

By Dallas Realtor Bill Cherry

Some years back, Patty and I were in Manhattan when the worse snow storm to come there in many years paralyzed the city. Fortunately we were staying in our usual sp...

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WHO NAMED THE FAMOUS GALVESTON STREET STRAND?

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Michael W. Shaw, First Jeweler in Texas

by Bill Cherry

When the Galveston streets were originally platted in the 1830s, they didn't use names like Oak Street or Water Street or Bayou View.

The founding fathers of Galveston thought that street ...

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THE MONEY DOC & REAL ESTATE DOC

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The Money Doctor and The Real Estate Doctor -- Two Ph.D.s Making a Difference.

He's known around here as the Money Doctor, and in reality he is a doctor, a Ph.D., and his name is W. Neil Gallagher.

And the picture to the left is of Doc and Stev...

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Estevanico --Called Black Stephen the Medicine Man

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By Bill Cherry
Dallas Realtor-Broker
www.billcherrybroker.com
214 503-86563

The true founder of the island of Galveston was a black man, a Moroccan named Estevanico. He also called Black Stephen. Estevanico was born in 1503, in the Atlantic Oce...

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When the 1943 Hurricane Hit Galveston

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During World War II, Galvestonians stayed home at night. Often times all of the city’s lights were ordered shut off to keep it safe from air attack. Rather than sit in the dark, people were in bed.

So on July 26, 1943, Galvestonians went to bed ...

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