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SoulJiwest Chinese Journal
AUGUST 1, 1976
PLnS Underuia y for Houston Ct ina town ea ft
Chinese movies are being shown in Houston now every Wednesday and Thurs-
day night at the Bijou Theater, 2610 Fondren at Westheimer. The movies are
run three times each night with the first show beginning at 7 pm and lasting
an hour and 45 minutes. They are in the Mandarin language and have English
subtitles.
Hie Bijou Theater is being rented on a temporary basis for the showing
of the films. Plans are being made by Mr. Lang Y. Woo, owner of BoBo Rest-
aurant, for a new Houston Chinatown Theater to be located at Walker at Char-
tres. The 4500 Sq. Ft. building will have a seating capacity of approxi-
mately 400, and will have a stage so that live productions can be performed.
Construction should start sometime in September on this much needed facility
for the Chinese community of Houston.
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Friday night, August 20th thru Sunday evening, August 22nd
marks a weekend of activity long planned by the CACA Houston Lodge
and the Women's Auxiliary.
The Annual Miss Chinatown Texas Pageant will be held on Fri-
day night, August 20th in the Astroworld Hotel Grand Ballroom.
Cocktails will be served at 8 pm and dinner will begin at 8:30 pm.
The pageant begins at 9:30 pm and a dance with music by the pop-
ular group, the Dialogs, will immediately follow the pageant.
Special Honored Guest at the pageant, as well as at all other
planned functions will be Miss Chinatown USA, Linda Chun from Hon-
olulu, Hawaii. Also present will be Miss Chinese Chamber of Com-
merce 1976 - 1st Princess '76, Judy Lee of Pharr, Texas; Miss
Chinatown Houston and 2nd Princess, Cynthia Lee, and many of the
past Miss Chinatown Houstons.
The girls participating in this year's pageant will be vying
for the titles of Miss Chinatown Texas and Miss Chinatown Houston.
Both winners will receive trips to California to compete in the
national contest, and in addition, the Miss Chinatown Texas winner
will receive a free trip to the Orient with China Airlines.
Tickets for the Cocktails, Dinner, Pageant, and Dance are $10
per person and reservations must be made by August 18th. This can be done by calling Mr. or Mrs. Gene Y. Woo at
721-3818, or Mr. Bill Woo at 926-0590. Tickets for the pagaent and Dance only will be sold at the door beginning
at 9 pm. winners of the pageant will not be announced until the picnic, Sunday August 22nd at Sylvan Beach Pavillion
in LaPorte from 1 pm to 7 pm.
Miss Chinatown USA, LINDA CHUN and
Miss Chinatown Houston, CINDY LEE
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Activities at the Chinese Baptist Church are many and varied this sum-
mer:
On the weekend of July 16th-18th, the boys softball teams went to
Louisiana for a tournament against the teams of the Chinese Presbyte-
rian Church of New Orleans. The busload of about 50 team members and
their supporters arrived in New Orleans on Friday night the 16th, and
were the weekend guests of the New Orleans team members. Results of
the tournament: College & Career team - lost; RA's (jr. and sr. high
school) won.
FUN-NIGHTS have been held almost every Thursday evening of the
summer at the Trinity Episcopal Church, downtown on Main at Holman.
Held in the Church gymnasium, Fun-nights mix games such as volley-
ball, basketball, ping pong, etc., with fellowship. The next one will
be held on August 5th, Thursday night.
BIBLE FELLOWSHIPS are held every Wednesday night at the Church
from 8-9:30 pm. They are open to college and career people. For the
next 3 or 4 sessions there will be a guest speaker present, Mr. Wally
Wood, who will discuss the Book of Revelations.
On the weekend of August 7th and 8th, the Church will host the
Choir of the Chinese Presbyterian Church of New Orleans. The Choir
will sing at service on Sunday, August 8th.
YOUTH RETREAT will be held Wednesday, August 11th thru Saturday,
August 14th at Peach Creek. For more information call Youth Council
Chairman, Terri Ligh at 729-8234, or the Church.
Raymond Lau of Hawaii (and former member of the CBC), will be the
guest speaker at the English Speaking Revival to be held on the even-
ings of August 18th thru the 22nd. Although he will speak in English,
there will be translation into Chinese through the earphone System.
A Defensive Driving Course sponsored by the Church will be held
in the latter part of August. The cost of the 8 hr. lecture and film
course will be $10 per person, and completion of the course will make
one eligible for a 10% reduction in their insurance rate for 3 years.
SPECIAL NOTE:
FREE copies of the Houston Chinese Direc-
tory are now available at Lee Printing &
Stationery Co., 3914 Leeland. The Direc-
tory lists Chinese Restaurants, Grocery
Stores, Professional services, and other
businesses, in addition to the phone num-
bers and addresses of Chinese in Houston.
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The young people should be
good at home, polite and re-
spectful in society; they
should be careful in their .
conduct and faithful, love
the people, and associate
themselves with the kind
people. If after learning
all this, they still have
energy left, let them read
books
"CONFUCIUS"
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